Spirit & Fire Pt. 2 | Chris Gross | Radiant Life Church

Come on. It is a great day to be in the

house of the Lord. We're going to spend

some time at the end at the altars just

asking Holy Spirit to move and to to

show himself in a special way. And that

leads us to today which we're going to

be in John chapter 16 uh verses 7-1 15.

John 16 · chapter mention

And as I've been thinking about and

walking through this uh sermon series,

Spirit and Fire, been thinking about the

helper, the word that is used here in

chapter 15 and 16 of John, the helper.

And I was thinking about a few weeks ago

I shared and I talked about fixing my

lawn mower. How many you were here you

remember the lawn mower story and gas

and yeah thankfully it's still working.

Uh nothing no more gas leaks. Nothing is

exploded. So I think that's a good win.

Uh but this last week we had a situation

here where if you can believe it our

church lawn mower broke down. It's it's

uh it's an awesome mower but it's

getting older so it breaks down. You

know that those things happen. But I

used wisdom this time. You know what the

wisdom was is? I called my dad. I was

like, "Hey, dad, this belt is not

working." By the time we got around to

it, like the spindle had fallen off and

all this stuff. So, um, I fixed this

lawn mower all by myself with the help

of my dad. Well, I mean, really what

happened was he fixed the lawn mower and

I cheered him on. I did run to the store

and I went and got the part, but I

actually went in and got the part and it

was just the spindle circle piece and I

was like, "Hey, I called dad after I

bought it. They said you can get the

whole unit like it's all attached. He's

like, "Get that one." Yeah. So, I went

back in, took it back, got a new one,

got the part, and my dad and I really I

did, but we I put it on. I I hand him

the rich wrench. At least he did the

rest. But, you know, I got it fixed all

by myself. It was great right out there,

and I was so proud of myself. And it

took like 10 minutes. Like, literally,

by the time I got back, Dad, I mean, I

had everything ready to go. And it just

went on and off and so so quick and so

smooth.

And you know when I was thinking about

it, putting all jokes aside, I was

thinking about the helper in our life. I

was thinking about the power of the Holy

Spirit and what the Holy Spirit does and

how the Holy Spirit moves in our life.

And so often in my life, I want to do it

like just by trying. I'm like, if I just

watch enough YouTube videos, I can

accomplish it. If I just have enough

gumption and just make it happen and try

hard, I can make it happen. That's what

I did a few weeks ago when I tried to

fix my own mower and it did not go well

and I thought I might start the whole

house at least the mower on fire which

thankfully didn't happen. So the Lord

was gracious. But then when I had dad

help me, you know what? It was so fast

and so easy and he had the right tools

and like pulls this and does this and

cranks this thing and says, "Hey, can

you hold this?" And I'm like, "Yes." I

didn't even get any grease on me. It was

great. I was ready for church on

Wednesday night. It was like everything

was awesome. Everything was moving. And

something happens when we realize the

spirit wants to help us. And when the

spirit helps us, our life is entirely

different. It works entirely different.

Everything happens entirely different.

And I was joking around about saying, "I

accomplished the mower being fixed here.

I didn't do anything on that mower." And

you know what? I think sometimes the

Holy Spirit wants to help us understand

that we don't have it. We might not have

the skills or have the ability or have

the the uh whatever we need to make it

happen. But the spirit of God, the

helper within us, he's got all we need.

And on the other side of when the spirit

guides and the spirit helps us, oo,

anything is possible. You can accomplish

anything with the power of the Holy

Spirit. You can accomplish anything when

the helper is there. And it might be

just like me with my dad and that mower.

And all I did is he said, "Hey, can you

hand me the wrench?" I'm like,

50/50 chance. This one. I think it's

this one, right? Or, hey, give me the

pliers. Okay, I know what those are.

Something happens when we realize the

Holy Spirit's the one that knows. He's

the one that has it. He's the one that

gives the wisdom. He's the one that

gives the guidance. And all the pressure

goes off. And dad and I fix that mower

in record time because mostly I stayed

out of the way and dad fixed the mower.

And the spirit wants to do the same in

our life. And this morning we're going

to look at John chapter 16 7-15 and just

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see how this plays out and what this can

look like in our life when the spirit

when the helper moves within us. Now,

right before this, just to be sure we're

all on the same page, John 15, John 16,

John 14, if we go back another chapter,

Jesus is telling his disciples, "Hey,

I'm about to be out of here. I'm going

to be gone, but you're going to remain."

And the disciples are not liking it.

They're not a big fan. And then because

Jesus is just an encourager, he begins

to tell them that they're going to be

persecuted and the religious leaders are

going to hate them and people are going

to come against them and all of these

things that the the world is going to

miss who Jesus is and what Jesus wants

to do and they are going to have to

stand strong, right? Anybody? I was

kidding. Like that's like no Lord, you

can't. No, don't do it. Don't leave.

Please God, don't leave. But then he

gets to verse seven here of John 16. And

he says, "Nevertheless, I tell you the

truth. It is to your advantage that I go

away. For if I do not go away, the

helper will not come to you. But if I

go, I will send him to you. And when he

comes, he will convict the world."

Concerning sin and righteousness and

judgment. Concerning sin, because they

do not believe in me. Concerning

righteousness, because I go to the

Father, and you will see me no longer.

Concerning judgment, because the ruler

of this world is judged. I still have

many things to say to you, but you

cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of

truth comes, he will guide you into all

truth. For he will not speak on his own

authority, but whatever he hears, he

will speak, and he will declare to you

the things that are to come. He will

glorify me, for he will take what is

mine and declare it to you. All that the

Father has is mine. Therefore, I said

that he will take what is mine and

declare it to you.

there. I I hope you just feel the the

richness, the depth like this. This is

so vital to our walk with the Lord that

the helper comes and the helper gives us

what we need. And we're going to look at

three things this morning that are so

just they're glaring from this text that

we can grow in. And I believe the spirit

that he wants to speak to you and to me

through. The first is that the Holy

Spirit awakens need. He says, "I tell

you the truth. It is to your advantage

that I go away. For if I do not go away,

the helper will not come to you." The He

is saying, "It is a good thing. The

helper is going to come. The helper is

going to bring life." And I I just want

to be sure we're thinking about this.

They have been walking with Jesus. They

have been walking with the savior of the

universe, the one that's about to die,

that's going to go to the cross and then

rise again. They've been walking with

Jesus. And Jesus tells you, "It's better

if I leave. It's better if I go away

because the one that is coming."

We're like, "What? Jesus, how is it

possible?"

But the truth of the word comes because

if I go, I will send him to you. And

when he comes, he will convict the world

of concerning sin and righteousness

and judgment.

The spirit of God is needed in our life

just like he was needed in the disciples

life. And Jesus would even say even the

fact that I leave that I step out that I

move and let you then step in and the

Holy Spirit guide you and direct you.

Why? Because the spirit awakens the

need. The spirit convicts the world

concerning sin, righteousness and

judgment. The Holy Spirit convict uh

does something in us and conviction then

awakens awareness. If you didn't know,

that's the point of conviction. Not so

you are condemned and so you're beat

down. That's the opposite of the word of

God. But conviction says, "Oh, I need to

take a step in the right direction."

Now, how many of you have ever done

something in your life and you were

convicted? You knew that was not the

right thing. Anybody raise your hand

real high if that's been you? Yes. I I

think everyone in the room, we've had

those moments. Maybe as a parent where

you're like you say something to your

kid or you are louder, you're whatever.

You're like, "Ah, I don't know if that

was my best parental moment." or as a

spouse or as an employee or employer

like there's just moments where like

conviction has awakened awareness but

it's not only there to just awaken

awareness but that awareness is then

created to awaken hunger there's

something about being conict uh being

con convicted there's something about

this awareness that arises within the

people of God that all of a sudden we

say Lord Jesus you move I now have a

hunger for you I have a desire for you I

have something I need and I realize a

need that I can't do on my own. We jump

back in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Ezekiel 36:26 says, "And I will give you

Ezekiel 36:26

a new heart and a new spirit I will put

within you and I will remove the heart

of stone from your flesh and give you a

heart of flesh and I will put my spirit

within you and cause you to walk in my

statutes and be careful to obey my

rules." There's a an awakening, an

awareness that happens. There's a hunger

that happens and the spirit then guides

and helps us accomplish the things of

God.

It helps to show us, ooh, my life isn't

what it should be.

It helps us to realize and the world

around us to realize that when we look

and maybe news or what society would say

whether it's in the United States of

America or anywhere else in the world

that we say oh so often as Jesus had

just been sharing

what the world says and what the world

says they need and who you are and what

you say is right and what is needed are

not the same thing.

The spirit awakens need in our life and

shows us we need to take a step with

him. In Acts 2:38, just after Jesus has

Acts 2:38

gone to the cross on the day of

Pentecost, the spirit has been poured

out. Right after on that day, Peter gets

up and says, "Repent and be baptized,

every one of you, in the name of Jesus

Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,

and you will receive the gift of the

Holy Spirit." There's an awareness that

happens. The spirit comes and all of a

sudden we want to repent. We want to be

baptized and then we want the spirit to

move in our life because the spirit

awakens hunger. So hunger can be met

with filling. We say, "Lord, I don't

only want to be convicted. I want to

have awareness. Lord, I don't only want

to have awareness. I want to have

hunger. And Lord, I don't only want to

have hunger, but I want to be filled."

This morning I was thinking and I don't

know why this uh just has escaped me for

my whole entire life. But chicken

tenders that have or chicken thighs I

mean that you grill on a grill that have

bones in them. If

Pastor Brian I don't know. I've never I

don't think I've ever had such a good

piece of meat. We'll have you over

sometime. We need to have everybody

over. Like you eat them and you say I

need more of these things. They fill

you. And guess what? The spirit of God,

he wants to fill us. Not only say, "Hey,

there's a problem. Hey, here's some

awareness. Hey, you should do something

about it. You're hungry. But no, he

wants you, just like you eat your

favorite meal, he wants you to

experience him and to be filled with him

to the point where you just sit there

and you're like, "That was awesome." I'm

sure I'm not the only one that does that

with food. I definitely do. Just give me

a little coma moment. It's going to be

great. Like, praise the Lord. Well, way

better than that food is the spirit of

God that fills us and and does something

because there's a a need that is

awakened that leads us to hunger and

leads us to filling. The Holy Spirit

awakens the need. Second, the Holy

Spirit guides us into truth. Verse 12

and 13, I still have many things to say

to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Now, we have to stop right there. I just

want us to remember, put ourselves back

in that moment.

Jesus is walking with the disciples.

Jesus has been with them for three and a

half years. We're not talking about some

idea of Jesus. We're not talking about

even what we have, which is great, the

word of God. No, he he has been walking

with them. They are literally together.

They're seated. They're they're in this

place. He's teaching them. And he says

to them, "I still have many things to

say to you, but you cannot bear them

now." He's saying, "You're not ready.

you can't do it. You're not ready even

though I'm here. And he says that when

the spirit of truth comes, he will guide

you into truth. For he will not speak on

his own authority. He's saying even what

I could not share with you. But we

didn't have time and you weren't

prepared for and you weren't ready to

receive. Spirit will do that. The spirit

will work. The spirit will show up. And

just like the disciples needed the

spirit, church, we even more need the

spirit. We need the spirit of God. We

need his guidance. We need to know the

truth in our life. Said what for? He

will not speak on his own authority.

Whatever he hears, he will speak who

from the Lord from Jesus. The things of

God are going to be spoken to us through

his spirit. And he will declare to you

the things that are to come. The spirit

of God is vital for the Christian, is

vital for the world that we open our

hearts and say, "Holy Spirit, you are

the one that guides. You are the one

that directs." And I want you to know

just like that lawn mower with my dad if

I mean it's like it's perfect. He is

there. My dad was there. My dad says,

"Hey, go get this part." And I pray that

we're open when the Lord says move. That

we get up and move. When the Lord says

go, we get up and go. When the Lord

says, "Hey, stop doing that." We stop

doing that. When the Lord says, "Hey,

not the spindle, but get the whole unit

that goes with it." Then we say, "Yes,

sir." And we do what the spirit of God

would say because he guides us into the

truth. And the lawn mower doesn't

matter. But your heart, your life, your

situation, your family, the world around

you, the people that you interact with

matters in everything. But you know

what? He'll he'll lead in our parenting.

And he'll lead us with practical things

of our life that have nothing to do with

people because he's with us in all

things. He wants to guide his church

into truth.

Truth in the Christian life. It's not

discovered by effort. It is revealed by

the spirit. It's not something that we

just make happen, but it's revealed by

the spirit. And so often we say, "If I

just try one more time, that addiction,

I can overcome it. If I just try one

more time, I don't need help. I'm just

going to work harder." We say, "If only

I can make this step. If only I can say

yes. If only I can maybe maybe the Lord

will help me and I I don't know, but I'm

going to try on my own." church, we're

not strong enough.

I can speak for myself and I'm going to

speak for you, too. You're not strong

enough to break the addiction that you

failed the last hundred times.

I'm a encourager this morning. But we're

not called to be strong enough. We're

not called to know the hows and the wise

and the whats. What we're called to do

is come to the spirit of God and let the

spirit guide us into truth. Let the

spirit guide us into wholeness. Let the

spirit guide us into what we should do.

In fact, in Exodus 13:21, all the way

Exodus 13:21

back at the beginning of the Bible, the

children of Israel, they're wondering.

It says, "And the Lord went before them

by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them

along the way, and by night in a pillar

of fire to give them light that they

might travel by day and by night." What

am I trying to say here? God never

expected his people to find the way

alone. He doesn't expect you to find the

way by yourself. He doesn't expect you

to just try harder, to give a little bit

more effort. But what he does ask is

that we come before him and we say,

"Holy Spirit, I need to be filled by you

so you would give me the power. You

would give me the strength. You would

give me the wisdom." And you know what

the Holy Spirit does? He guides us into

knowing what we need to do to accomplish

it. Which might mean, you know what, our

marriage, we need to go get counseling.

It might mean, hey, I need to be a part

of a group that's pushing me forward in

my spiritual walk. It might mean that I

have to get something or ways or, you

know, real practical, we might need to

get our phone and just smash them with a

hammer. If our phone is causing us to

sin, we don't need that. Get a dumb

phone, not a smartphone, right? I don't

know what the Lord is going to speak to

us, what the spirit's going to speak,

but he's going to guide us into the

truth of the word, the truth of who

Jesus is, the truth of the father, and

in the process, he'll give us what we

need to not stay where we are, but to go

where he would call us to go into

righteousness and to purity and to

faithfulness.

And not because you just try harder, but

because you submit. And I submit to the

power of God in our life.

And then I want you to know you can

truly accomplish anything with the power

of God. You can accomplish anything.

Anything that has bound you can be cut

off and be no more in your life.

Anything that you thought was just who

you were and you couldn't do anything

about it. No. With the power of the Holy

Spirit, you can overcome by the word of

the lamb, by the the blood of the of the

lamb and the word of your testimony. You

can experience new life. But not because

you just say, "I'm just going to do it.

I'm just going to make it happen because

I'm too weak and you're too weak. But

when the spirit of God leads us into

truth, anything

is possible for those who believe. And

the spirit of God is here for us.

I think there's something about clarity.

And when I think of truth and I think of

where we're going and individually but

also as the church that clarity in your

life follows spirit empowerment. If you

feel like I just I'm not sure life is

difficult. I'm I'm confused or I don't

know what's the way to go. Or maybe

you're just doubting even in your walk

with the Lord and you say I I I'm not

sure what to do and where to go. I'm not

sure how to get there. I want you to

hear today that the God of the universe,

he went Jesus to heaven and he sent the

helper to give you clarity, to give you

truth, to empower you.

And why would we think that we can do it

without his power and his strength? If

literally the disciples walked with

Jesus and Jesus says, "It's even better

that I go so the helper can come."

That's what he leaves for his church.

The Holy Spirit awakens the need. The

Holy Spirit guides into truth. And

third, today the Holy Spirit declares

Jesus. Verse 14 and 15 say, "He will

glorify me for he will take what is mine

and declare it to you. All that the

father has is mine." Therefore, I said

that he will take what is mine and

declare it to you. He declares Jesus

through you, to you, to the world

through you. He declares Jesus in a way

that we cannot understand simply by

knowledge or reading. And I want to make

this like super clear. I am so confused

in life because in times when I think

about the word of God, there are people

that go to college for theology. They go

to college to study the Bible, but they

are not in a place of relationship with

Jesus. They're just studying about the

Bible. And I want you to know today, you

can know all the information and all the

facts and all the understanding in the

world, but if the spirit isn't leading

us into truth and what that means and

why it matters, then I can know

everything and be entirely lost.

Several years ago, Rachel and I got to

go to Israel and we had the greatest

guide that he walked us through the Holy

Land like almost story by story, space

by space, situation by situation. He

very rarely got his Bible out because he

had it memorized and he could speak the

truth of the Bible with such clarity and

it was absolutely amazing. But we found

out that Ofer his name that Ofer does

not follow Jesus that Ofer doesn't have

a relationship with Jesus. In fact,

being in the Holy Land, he's not a

Christian nor is he a practicing Jew

either. He is just a doesn't believe

anything. It's just knowledge. It's just

information. And the guy who brought the

Bible land to life

completely missed the whole entire

point.

And church, it is possible that we can

be people that even study or know the

word, but we never let him transform who

we are. And church, the spirit is here

to give us and to guide us into truth,

to declare Jesus to us. That we're not

here on a Sunday just to sing some songs

and to celebrate even cool things that

happen. We're not we don't come to an

altar just for a special moment, but we

come because we want the power of God to

change us, to mold us, to make us. And

when we're confused or we just seem like

things are foggy, we come to him and we

ask, "Holy Spirit, would you give us

guidance and direction because I need

clarity and I I might know all the

things in the world, but I need clarity

from you." And that's what he does. He

brings clarity.

When we think of Holy Spirit baptism and

what we're experiencing the word of God,

it's not about a spectacle. Now, when we

think of Acts chapter 2, it's pretty

Acts 2 · chapter mention

spectacular. They had tongues of fire

that showed up on their head and people

are like, "That's crazy." Like fire on

people's heads. They began to speak in

other languages literally where people

around them could hear their language

that no one knew where they were. and

they could speak and the wisdom and the

words of God were being spoken like it

was spectacular. But I want you to know

that the spirit of God is not for a

special moment and a special moment at a

even a great moment at a stage which I

love. I mean at an altar in a church

service.

It's not about a spectacle, but it's

about receiving clarity of Jesus.

Because when we receive clarity of who

Jesus is, who's revealing God to us, all

of a sudden we love different. We act

different. We talk different. Everything

we do looks entirely different because

we see Jesus. We experience Jesus. We

know Jesus. And not only in principle or

in concept, but we begin to realize in

deep within our soul, Lord, who he is

and what he is. And all of a sudden, we

say, "My life is not my own. I give

everything to you. I lay it down at your

feet because you are everything in my

life." And not because we read one more

scripture, although we want to for sure.

Not because we went to one more group,

but because the power of the Holy Spirit

made those things make sense and bring

clarity to our life. And even when life

is hard and we don't understand and why

do we get sick or why do I have cancer

or why is a relational problem not going

how I want, we walk and we can even walk

saying, Lord, I trust you. And even in

the middle of difficulty, I have clarity

of who you are. I know who you are. I

keep my eyes on you even while life

might be the most difficult.

I can trust my God, my Savior, and my

Lord. Isaiah 11:2 says, "And the spirit

Isaiah 11:2

of the Lord shall be upon me, him, the

spirit of wisdom and understanding, the

spirit of counsel and might, the spirit

of knowledge and the fear of the Lord."

When I think about these words that are

spoken of Jesus and then to the church,

the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon

him.

church, we need this. And why? For

wisdom,

for understanding, for counsel, for

might, for knowledge. Right? Anybody

need those things? Like, Lord, I need

that. I need those things in my life.

But you know, there's one more, that

last one. It said, "For the fear of the

Lord, the fear of the Lord." And I think

we as a church need to get back to a

place where we understand, Lord, I love

you and Lord, your grace is enough, but

Lord, I also am called to fear the Lord.

the more knowledge and understanding and

wisdom I have, the more I fear the Lord.

And not like I'm scared he's going to

get a sledgehammer and bonk me with it.

But I mentioned my dad a little bit ago.

And you know what? When I was growing

up, uh my dad, okay, he's still he can

be very intimidating, I think, would be

a word that I could use if you know him

well. In fact, I grew up and I had just

a little bit of a fear of my dad. Not

like he was going to come and beat me.

Not that kind of fear, but I didn't want

to disappoint my dad.

And as I grew in life, I realized the

main reason I didn't want to disappoint

my dad is because if I disappointed my

dad, I was hurting myself in the long

run because he had good plans and good

dreams and good things and good rules

and the things were all about leading me

in the things of God and the things of

righteousness. And I hated it when I

disappointed my dad.

I had a little bit of a fear of my dad.

And I think people that are close to my

dad, they might also have just a little

bit of fear like of my dad just a little

bit in a healthy way and way more

is God.

I want to do what God has called me to

do. I want us as a church to be who God

has called us to be. We need to have a

healthy fear of our Lord. Lord, that we

give you everything. We honor you. We

give you glory and holy spirit. Help us

walk in truth. Help us walk declaring

you and wisdom and understanding and

counsel and might and knowledge. And

Lord, help us be in a place where we

have a healthy fear of our God to say, I

want to give you everything, honor you

with everything, give you every part of

my life. And Lord, I don't want to

disappoint and I don't want to sin

against you. And why sin hurts us, it

hurts others. Like he wants the best for

us. And when we understand that when we

fear a healthy fear of the Lord, our

life is going to go better. Things are

going to go right. We're going to be a

to take forward movement in him. Church,

that's what we desire.

It's Lord, I want you to be declared in

my life. Holy Spirit, I want you to be

declared in my life. I want to walk in

your power, your wisdom, and your might.

Peter in Acts 2:36 says, "Let all the

Acts 2:36

house of Israel therefore know for

certain that God has made him both Lord

and Christ, this Jesus whom you

crucified." This is Peter who denied

Jesus to a servant girl. This is Peter

who went the wrong way, did the wrong

things when Jesus needed him the most,

and now stands up not long after. Jesus

rose again, but he was crucified

probably within a mile of this location,

maybe two at the most. Right there,

Jesus was crucified. And now he stands

up. Let all the house of Israel

therefore know for certain that God made

him both Lord and Christ. This Jesus

whom you crucified, he stood up with the

power and the wisdom and the truth of

God, declaring Jesus because he was

filled just minutes before with the

power of the spirit.

When the spirit fills a person, Jesus

doesn't need to be defended. He is

declared through your life and actions.

And Peter got up and he gave the truth

of who God was in a powerful and in a

real way. And that's what we can all

experience

here in John 16. Everything Jesus

promised to them, right? It was a mess

for John 17 and 18 and 19, but they got

to Acts chapter 2 and everything

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changed. And what Jesus proclaimed began

to happen and be demonstrated

because conviction awakens hunger.

Guidance brought clarity,

revelation of who he is. And the spirit

made them so powerful. And Jesus

unmistakable in their life.

I want you to hear one more time. Jesus,

he doesn't just ask you to figure it

out. He's not telling you today just try

harder. He's not telling you today if

you just if you just cared. No, he told

the disciples and I think he tells us to

wait until they receive the Holy Spirit.

Church, where we've failed and where

we've messed up and where we've not been

good enough, we need the spirit of God

in our life. Church, where your

parenting seems like it lacks, you need

the spirit of God in your life. where

your relationships aren't what you think

they should be, you need the spirit of

God in your life. Where work or employee

or employees or your finances aren't

what they should be, you need the spirit

of God in your life. Maybe you're

witness to the world around you. You

need the spirit of God in your life and

watch him give you what you need to

accomplish his will. But we want to do

it without him. And it doesn't work that

way.

Peter loved Jesus. Peter had gone allin

with Jesus. Peter had believed and

trusted him with everything and he

failed and he denied Jesus

because he needed the power of the Holy

Spirit.

That's what we need today.

Pastor Rachel and worship team, if you

can come on back up. We're going to

spend some time here as we close. We

left some time just to spend in his

presence to ask him to move to ask him

to fill us with his spirit to see what

Jesus just might do in this place in our

lives as we continue to ask him. Lord,

awaken something in me. Show me what I

need. Guide me into truth. Lord, I want

my life to declare Jesus in everything

that I do. And maybe you're here today

and you say, "I am in a place where I

just need Jesus." You need to take that

first step. step into relationship with

him. Repent. It says number one, then be

baptized. You need to repent.

If you're here and you say, "I've never

made Jesus the Lord in my life." That's

where we're going to start this morning

is just by saying, "Lord, what do you

want to do? How do you want to move?"

And the Bible tells us all we have to do

is repent. All we've got to do is

believe. Confess with our mouth and

believe that he is Lord and Savior. He

welcomes us. And if you're here and you

say, "I've never made Jesus the Lord in

my life." No better time than right now.

That's why we are here as a church

family is to say yes to Jesus, to give

him glory, to give him honor just by

giving him our life. And if you're here

and you say, you know what, I've never

made Jesus the Lord of my life. Or maybe

I did, but I'm not walking consistently

with him and I want to rededicate my

life to him. If you'd say, that's me. In

a moment, I'm just going to ask you to

raise your hand and I'm going to scan

across the room and just that I would

see your hand. Then we're going to pray

together. one person I see one hand

we're going to pray in the room you're

home all you have to do is ask him Lord

forgive us but if that's you you feel

him knocking

you feel him calling you today this is

the moment

we can't give our lives or save our

lives by our good deeds by how great we

are we've sinned and we've fallen short

of him but he came he died as the

perfect sacrifice so that he gives us

life he makes us pure he makes us

righteous before him. If you say, "I

need Jesus. I want to say yes to him

today." I'm going to ask you to raise

your hand. Start on my left side, your

right side, over here. Is there anybody

you'd say, "That's me. I need to say yes

to Jesus." Anybody here? I don't want to

miss you. I'm scanning across the room.

Anybody on the right section, your left

section, you say, "That's me." Anybody

over here, you say, "That's me."

Most important decision that we can

possibly make.

I love it. There's nothing like it. If

you're at home today, if you're in the

room, all you have to do is ask him,

"Lord, forgive me. Make me new. Make me

whole." He welcomes you. He brings you

into his family and he opens up. Well,

we got to celebrate today.

I had four people between the two

services who said, "I want the world to

know I've given my life to Jesus."

Can be baptized. And then we can be

baptized in the Holy Spirit. And today

we're going to take a couple of songs, a

little extra time as we close and just

ask him, Lord, Holy Spirit, would you

fill me? Would you make me new? Would

you let faith arise? Next Sunday, we're

going to be talking Acts chapter 2. Acts

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chapter 2:4. Be filled with the Holy

Spirit. But we don't have to wait till

next week. Do we today can can let him

speak and let him move in our life.

He's so good.

He gave the promise. He offered that

promise to us. And now we can say yes to

him. And maybe you're not filled with

the spirit with the evidence of speaking

in tongues like in Acts chapter 2. I

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invite you just to ask him, Lord, I want

to be filled. Spirit, would you fill me?

Then all of a sudden, you just ask him.

Our prayer is you'll sense a moment

where you say, "Wow, I I need to begin

to speak in a language I don't know."

And you have to be the one to take the

step. It rises from your spirit, but

then you give voice to that those words.

And he fills you. We don't speak English

then. We don't have to analyze. We just

speak what he would share. But it's all

about our hearts being in a place of

surrender of Holy Spirit, I need to hear

you. I need to know you. I need to

experience you. Holy Spirit, move in my

life. Awaken the need. Show me your

truth. And Lord, I want Jesus declared

in me and through me to my