More Than A Feeling- Week 4
September 28, 2024

For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
1 John 5:7-8

He Is The Director of The Church Age
He Is A Person, Not An Influence
He Possesses The Attributes of God
He Is A Person, With A Personality

He Lives In Us
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16 (1 Corinthians 6:19, Romans 8:11)

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
Romans 8:9

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23

There Is No Law

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Mark 12:30-31

The Fruit Is Balanced By The Gifts

And upon its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet, all around its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe all around. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron when he ministers, and its sound will be heard
Exodus 28:33-35

For The Church To Be Heard In Our Culture, We Must Have The Fruit
(Character) and the Power of The Holy Spirit (Gifts) In Our Lives

Gifts of The Father
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 12:6-8

Gifts of The Son
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.” (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Ephesians 4:7-9

He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
Ephesians 4:10-12

Gifts of The Holy Spirit

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.
1 Corinthians 12:1

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:7-9

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
1 Corinthians 12:10-11

Gifts of Revelation

A Person Is Used By The Holy Spirit
To Reveal Something From Heaven To Man

Gifts of Revelation
Word of Wisdom (Future)
Word of Knowledge (Current)
Discernment of Spirits

Gifts of Power

A Person Is Used By The Holy Spirit
To Affect The Earth In Defiance Of Natural Laws

Gifts of Power
Gift of Faith – Matthew 21:19 Fig Tree
Gift of Healings – Jesus, Paul Laying On Of Hands
Gift of Miracles – Samson Judges 14:6

Gifts of Inspiration

A Person Is Used By The Holy Spirit
Who Speaks Edification, Exhortation, and Comfort To The Church

Gifts of Inspiration
Gift of Prophecy – 1 Corinthians 14:3
Speaking In Tongues – 1 Corinthians 14:2
Gift of Interpretation of Tongues – 1 Corinthians 14:4

How To Receive and Move In The Gifts of The Holy Spirit

Allow “Love” To Be The Motivator

Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. For he
who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
1 Corinthians 14:1-2

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:1

Your Fear Must Be Eliminated

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7

Your Faith Must Be Applied

Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:5

You Ask and Receive In Prayer

Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
Mark 11:24