Title: The Holy Spirit Part 3




FOR FAR TOO LONG, CHRISTIANS HAVE DABBLED IN A POWERLESS RELIGION OF “CHRISTIANITY” AND THE WORLD IS SUFFERING BECAUSE OF IT

We have settled for adequacy when God’s purpose for us is abundance.
Alistair Begg

Do you really want to have a relationship with God, or do you just want to have business transactions with Him?
Adam Mabry

Pay careful attention, then, to how you live - not as unwise people but as wise - making the most of the time because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
Ephesians 5:15-17 (CSB)

TIME IS SHORT, 
SO HOW WE LIVE MATTERS

WE WANT TO BE 
EMPOWERED FOLLOWERS WHO 
PURSUE CHRISTLIKENESS AND 
POINT THE WORLD TO JESUS

Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.
Colossians 3:12-13 (CSB)

Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful.
Colossians 3:14-15 (CSB)

Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children, and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (CSB)

And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit…
Ephesians 5:18 (CSB)

WHAT’S THE CONTROLLING 
INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE?

He cannot send His mighty Spirit to possess the heart where self-love, self-confidence, self-righteousness, self-admiration, self-aggrandizement, and self-pity reside
Tozer

CAN YOU BE FILLED?
DO YOU DESIRE TO BE FILLED?

“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.” He said this about the Spirit.
John 7:37-39 (CSB)

GOD HAS MADE HIMSELF FULLY AVAILABLE TO US, BUT HAVE WE MADE OURSELVES FULLY AVAILABLE TO HIM?

Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly…
Colossians 3:16 (CSB)

HAS THE WORD OF CHRIST FOUND A HOME IN YOUR HEART?

DOES THE WAY YOU LIVE ALIGN WITH THE TEACHING OF SCRIPTURE?

INFLOW DETERMINES OUTFLOW

IS MY LIFE DOMINATED, GOVERNED, INFLUENCED, AND CONTROLLED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT?

YOU AND I LIVE OBSERVABLE LIVES

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:16-17 (ESV)

Speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music with your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of Christ.
Ephesians 5:18-21 (CSB)

WE MUST POSITION OURSELVES IN 
SUCH A WAY THAT WE ALLOW THE 
SPIRIT TO FILL US, IN ORDER FOR 
THE SPIRIT TO MOVE, GUIDE, AND DIRECT OUR LIVES ACCORDING TO 
GOD’S WILL FOR OUR LIVES