Standing in Awe of the Gospel’s Greatness
We need to appreciate and celebrate the greatness of the God-breathed New Testament gospel and its power to transform and shape our lives.
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Understanding the Work of the Holy Spirit
Mature Christians must be discerning to rightly understand the biblical teaching on the Holy Spirit’s person and works, both past and present.
Discerning God’s Will
God will direct you to do what he specifically plans for you to do, as you are diligent to get to doing what he has written, and are discerning about his undeniable adjustments along the way.
Getting Serious about the Counterattack
As we work hard to fight the temptation to envy, God’s Spirit fights through us and motivates us by his faithful promise to bring us final and eternal victory over all sin.
God’s Dwelling
When King Solomon had completed construction on the most magnificent, costly and beautiful edifice Israel had ever seen, he admitted during his dedicatory prayer that their new and expansive house of worship was far too…
Cornelius: Drawn to Seek God
We must value and celebrate the pre-Christian grace of God, which he clearly demonstrates in drawing people to a receptive hearing of the gospel of Christ.
Showing Up for Divine Appointments
We ought to always be ready and willing to obediently respond to God’s sovereign direction when he leads us and prompts us to engage non-Christians with the gospel.
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
We should rely on and revel in the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, who works to empower and embolden us as God’s redeemed children to effectively represent him in this world.
Trinity
he Bible presents us with a mathematical dilemma when we study the nature of God. From the beginning we are told that there is only one God. That revelation became the doctrinal rally point of ancient Israel – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one” (Deuteronomy 6:4). And yet, also from the beginning, there has been a kind of uncontainable “plurality” to that one God. Not only do we find
The Fruit Producing Relationship
Because God’s Spirit has graciously done so much to redeem us, save us, and give us new life, we ought to certainly give our all to know him, love him, and wholeheartedly follow his instructions for our lives.
Zeroing in on the Battle to Bear Fruit
Bearing the fruit of the Spirit is a battle that only results in real progressive victory over the desires of the flesh by those who are regenerate and actively reinforce and apply their repentance each day.
Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control
Getting our fallen physical and moral impulses to yield to our spiritual desires is never easy, but it is something that God’s Spirit has promised to enable us to do with increasing success as we pray for it and fight for it.
Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
By God’s power our bold, courageous, and sometimes indignant resolve to do right must be thoughtfully governed by a humble, constructive, and Christlike propriety, regardless of the provocations from our sinful world.
Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
God is perfectly reliable, consistent, and faithful in all his words and actions – a virtuous pattern that his Spirit has promised to produce in us as we understand it and purpose to reflect it.
Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness
God will change our core desires to enable us to persistently seek after what is good, as we call out for a new heart and continue to resolve to do what is good.
Fruit of the Spirit: Peace
God wants to provide, produce, and promote peace in the most important arenas of your life, as you diligently seek it, pray for it, and pursue it.
Fruit of the Spirit: Joy
God has commanded and will supply what is needed for us to experience and maintain the positive and optimistic virtue he calls joy, regardless of our circumstances.
Fruit of the Spirit: Love
The presence and activity of God’s Spirit in our lives is displayed by the increasing expressions of Christlike love, which don’t come easy, but will come, as we understand and cooperate with what God is working to do through us.
The Prophetic Anticipation of His Church
We can derive strength, courage, and perspective from God’s longstanding and indomitable plan to build his Church in preparation of the establishment of his coming kingdom on earth.
The Miraculous Launch of His Church
The supernatural launch of God’s Church should provide us with a sense of privilege for our inclusion in it, as well as motivating us to drive toward the completion of his work in filling it, both here and abroad.
Serious About Our Assignment
We must purpose play a significant part in God’s “new covenant” plan to be empowered by his Spirit and take the message of forgiveness and Christ’s dominion to everyone around us.
Taming Fire
God has granted us the powerful gift of communication, which we must employ with great care and deference to the good intentions of our all-knowing and all-hearing God.
