18.07.09

The Holy Spirit - Pastor Kong

• We need to work and walk closely with the spirit of the living God.
• “Like a dove” – He is gentle / pure like a dove.
• “Like water” – Likened to a river of life.
• The atmosphere. When the HS comes, he brings a spiritual environment.
• Acts 10:44-46
o Fell – to ‘embrace with living affection’
o To seize with power, to ‘press upon’
• Acts 8:5-8
o To the apostles, crowds and excitement doesn’t mean a thing.
• Acts 8:15-17
• A spiritual atmosphere is the difference between a church service and a lecture.
• The gifts of the HS will be at work among the people when there is a spiritual atmosphere.
• 5 lessons
o In a spiritual atmosphere, the Holy Spirit:
1. Sustains our life in Christ.
2. Presses us closer to Him.
3. Protects us from demonic attacks.
4. Imparts blessings.
John 1:10 – He was in the spirit and heard the voice of Jesus talking to him.
1 Cor 14 – Praying in tongues, our prayer is unhindered. Even the devil can’t understand what we are praying.
5. Reflects the beauty of the Church.
• The atmosphere isn’t just in the Church building. It can be at home & work etc.
• When people come to church, they should be coming here to experience the spiritual atmosphere.
• God responds to our faith in our hearts.
• 2 Corinthians 13:5





• Remember:
a. Prayer
i. Acts 4: 31,33
ii. The HS invaded the meeting and shook it.
b. Praise
i. It’s not a sing-a-long.
ii. It creates a throne for Jesus to sit upon.
c. Hunger for God’s word
i. Luke 5:17.
ii. You don’t love God more than his word.
iii. The Word is life. If there is no hunger for the Word, the HS doesn’t show up.
d. Unity of heart and vision
i. Matthew 18:19-20, Philippians 2


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