EMPOWERMENT

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EMPOWERMENT
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I. The Holy Spirit is the Source of Power to
Live the Christian Life

• A. Who is He?
• 1. He was promised by Jesus - John 7 37-39
  (183) 2. The Holy Spirit is God - I Cor. 211,12
  (305)
• B. What does He do?
• 1. Rom 89 (289)
• He Lives in you
• He confirms you are a child of God

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I. The Holy Spirit is the Source of Power to
Live the Christian Life

• 2. John 168, 13, 14 (203)
• - He shows us the need for forgiveness
• - He guides us into truth
• - He reveals Christ to you
• 3. Acts 18 (215)
• - He equips you to be Christs witness

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I. The Holy Spirit is the Source of Power to
Live the Christian Life

• C. What does He desire to do?
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
  longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is
  no law If we live in the Spirit let us also
  walk in the Spirit Gal 522, 23, 25 (350)
• - He desires to produce godly character and
  fruit in your life - John 154, 5 (201)

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• Review
• 1. Who is the Holy Spirit?
• 2. What does He do?
• 3. What does He desire to do in our lives?

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II. Many Christians are Not Experiencing the
Holy Spirits Power

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h Throne of Our Lives Cross S Self
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II. Many Christians are Not Experiencing the
Holy Spirits Power
I Cor 214 (326) But the natural man does not
receive the things of the Spirit of God for they
are foolishness to him nor can he know them
because they are spiritually discerned
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The Natural Man
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II. Many Christians are Not Experiencing the
Holy Spirits Power
I Cor. 215 (326) But he who is spiritual judges
all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by
none.
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The Spiritual Man
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II. Many Christians are Not Experiencing the
Holy Spirits Power

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I Cor. 31 (327) And I, brethren, could not
speak to you as spiritual people, but as to
carnal, as to babes in Christ.
The Fleshly Man
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• Question
• What are the three types of men that Ive talked
  about?
• Hint
• N. man
• F.. man
• S. Man
• If you are comfortable with sharing, tell what
  type of man you think you are and why.

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III. You Can Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit

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• COnfess
• Surrender
• Trust

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III. You Can Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit

• A. The Empowerment Process
• 1. CONFESS
• Confess all known sin
• Ps 6618 (521)
• II Sam 11,12 - King David
• Ps 257,11,15-18 (490-491)

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III. You Can Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit

• 2. SURRENDER
• Surrender control of every area of your life
• Romans 612,13 (286)

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III. You Can Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit

• 3. TRUST
• Trust the Holy Spirit to fill you in response to
  Gods command and promise.
• Josh 2314

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III. You Can Be Empowered by the Holy Spirit

• B. Gods Command -Dont drink too much wine,
  for many evils lie along that path be filled
  instead with the Holy Spirit, and controlled by
  Him. - Eph. 518 (357)
• C. Gods Promise -And we can be confident that
  He will listen to us whenever we ask Him for
  anything in line with His will. And if we know
  He is listening when we make our requests, we can
  be sure that He will give us what we ask for.
  NLT 1 John 514,15 (436)

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Review

• What is the COST to be empowered by the Holy
  Spirit?
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• Confess
• Surrender
• Trust

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Summary

• I. Christians know that the Holy Spirit is the
  Source of Power to live the Christian Life.
• II. Some Christians and Non-Christians are not
  Experiencing the Holy Spirits Power.
• III. Fact You can be Empowered by the Holy
  Spirit through Believing and Receiving.
• IV. Fact You can be Continually Empowered by
  the Holy Spirit through Commitment and Prayer.

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What are you going to do today?

• D. Empowerment Prayer
• Dear Lord, I know that Ive been directing my
  own life, and Ive sinned against You. Thank You,
  Lord Jesus, for forgiving my sins through Your
  death on the cross. I now invite You to take
  Your place on the throne of my life. Fill me
  with Your Holy Spirit. I now thank You for
  empowering my life and for filling me with Your
  Holy Spirit.

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Ps 6618

• If I regard wickedness in my heart, the Lord
• will not hear

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Romans 612-13

• Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal
• body so that you obey its lusts, and do not
• go on presenting the members of your body to sin
  as instruments of unrighteousness but present
  yourselves to God as those alive from the dead,
  and your members as instruments of righteousness
  to God.

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Josh 2314

• .not one word of all the good words which
• the LORD your God spoke concerning you
• has failed all have been fulfilled for you, not
• one of them has failed.

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• SUMMARY