a message to remind ourselves about the future

2. NO POWER = NO USE

3. IMPORTANCE of HS POWER
1. The HS is that person of the trinity
who touch upon the believer
2. We are in the “Age of the Spirit”
3. The HS is vital to Christian life
and existence
4. We relate to God in the spirit
5. The HS makes truths
understandable and alive

4. SATAN’S TWO GREAT ENTERPRISES
(Walter Lewis Wilson)
1. Keep the sinner away from the Saviour
- that will make him puts his faith in Christ, and
become part of the family of God
2. Prevent the Christian from giving full
control to the HS
- That will make him an active and intelligent soldier
of God who will attack the strongholds of the enemy

5. Acts 1:8 “you will receive
POWER… you will be My
WITNESSES”

6. Eph. 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the POWER
that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory
in the church by Christ Jesus
throughout all ages, world without end.
Amen.

7. Psa. 118:6 The LORD is on my side; I will
not fear: what can man do unto me?
2Tim. 1:7 For God hath not given us the
spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind.

8. EXERT, SHOW that POWER
Through our obedience to the word of Christ.
 Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.
 Eph. 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God.

9. EXERT, SHOW that POWER
Through our faithfulness to Christ and
our unity in the church.
Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and
power, did great wonders and miracles
among the people.

10. EXERT, SHOW that POWER
Through our courage in Christ to proclaim
his gospel.
 Rom. 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
 1Cor. 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the
power of God.

11. EXERT, SHOW that POWER
Through our love of Christ and each
other.
2Tim. 1:7 For God hath not given us the
spirit of fear; but of power, and of love,
and of a sound mind.

12. EXERT, SHOW that POWER
Through our prayers to God in the name
of Christ
James 5:16 The effective, fervent prayer of
a righteous man avails much.

13. 10 vs. 2 = 12 spies
[83% vs. 17%]

14. PENTECOST – Acts 2

16. What does prophecy mean?
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary “the
inspired declaration of divine will and
purpose.”
Tyndale Bible Dictionary: “speak forth,”
“proclaim,” “announce,”
… speaking, proclaiming, or announcing something
under the influence of spiritual inspiration.

18. Isaiah 6:8 (NLT) Then I heard the Lord asking,
"Whom should I send as a messenger to my
people? Who will go for us?"
Romans 8:19 (NLT) For all creation is waiting
eagerly for that future day when God will reveal
who his children really are.

19. God’s Messengers

21. Pathetic or Prophetic

23. SHALOM
= nothing broken, nothing lacking