Spiritual Awakening. Wake up! What are you waiting for? Tell your neighbor. The PROMISED" Saved it! Don't forget or delete it! I had taught & preach this subject many time (for 24 years) but today it's time to become serious otherwise if the oil level in our heart is down below the reserve because:
Challenge: Nowadays, many were forgetful & neglectful about the promised of God. Why? 2 Peter 3:9, The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." Forget the pandemic and WWIII! Sensitivity to the leading of the Holy Spirit should be our lifestyle. This promise is so special & let's be determined to love the longing, waiting and watching for it. Does it make sense or is its non-sense ? You're the only one can answer that!
I. Introduction: The 3 dynamic of Revival in Matt. 3:11, "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but He that cometh after me is mightier than I. Whose shoes I'm not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
A. Why we need God Super-power? Romans 3:23, For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
B. Why we need the Holy Spirit's baptism? Baptism of the Holy Spirit will revolutionize or 180 degree turn us from darkness into God's marvelous light, and His light will reflect to us. Matthew 5:14, Ye are the light of the world.
C. Why we need the consuming fire? Rom 2:29, But he is a jew, which is one inwardly & circumcision is that of heart, in the spirit and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men, but of God. Baptism with the consuming fire of the Holy Spirit cleanse our heart, which is the seats of carnality, a place that have no life or true freedom.
II. Message: What is today's issue of being forgetful and neglectful?
A. In Contradiction - Isa 55:8, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. God declares that man's natural inclination & thought structures toward living and key relationship are contraries to God's thoughts and the way He wants to live.
- The mind. We are the people that always think clean in everything, but our mind doing evil continually.
- The eyes. We have clean & beautiful eyes, 20-20 vision but it is filled with evil, perishing & no vision.
- The nose. The plastic surgery fixed our flat nose but we can't smell a sweet savor of sacrifices of praise.
- The teeth. A clean & white tooth but it is a grave digger. (their god is the belly)
- The mouth. Fresh breath but garbage in and garbage out.
- Expensive clothing. A covered sinner, that out-fashioned the robe of righteousness with faded leaves.
B. The Promise. With this condition of our heart, we need to give importance to know what is the promise? Let us start viewing the upper room! The 120 exultant believers waited patiently & suddenly there came sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting. What meaneth this? What a great and brilliant question!
- Refreshing - When the life of the Spirit placed w/in earthly vessel, we begin to taste of the heavenly wine.
- Breath of life - When the child is born into this world, it is powerless until it begins breathing. The same is true with our spiritual life, there is no life at all until it begin breathing. The same is true with our spiritual life, there is no life at all until we are filled with the Spirit of God.
- Unspeakable joy - A new born infant cries & screams when entering this natural, the newborn child of God usually cries and screams with joy when transformed into a child of God.
- Infilling of the Holy Spirit - Have you ever touched a live electrical wire? It produces strange reactions. Testify "Electrocuted body"
C. Cross-Examine - Let us examine why people need to be filled with this Super-Power?
- The Spirit brings Super power to witness! Acts 1:8 "but ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you shall be my witnesses unto all judaea, Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the world.
- The Spirit brings Superpower over the enemy! Matthew 16:18, "That thou art peter, and upon this rock I will build my church"
Conclusion: I am done and tried to. Today is your day to experience your Pentecost. The Holy Ghost is a free-gift God for those who believe. Faith is simply believing that there is a God and that He will perform His promises. The same question of Paul to John's disciple that we need to hear again today: "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? If you have not experience yet the infilling of the Holy Spirit then, this is your day. Do not wait for another Sunday. If we make it, you can make it. If not here, where? If not now, When? When left behind?
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!