Acts 2 (Part 1) - The Holy Spirit | Pr Alvin Keng

You're listening to a message to go from ex church. We hope this message

will light up your day. Today. I'm gonna share something that I hope

will prepare you. It's actually gonna be a third part message because as I'm

like laboring, a three parts are so. But today we're gonna do part

one. Okay, uh, and we're gonna go all the way back to

when the church started, you know, the first church in the Bible.

So let's turn to X chapter two. Right, X chapter two. If

you're writing notes, and I will encourage you friends, pick up the habit

of writing notes so that you were growing your faith so that you will being

you remember. Okay, So X chapter two and I'm gonna read from X

chapter one. So let's go through some foundational understanding. First. I want

to clear these offers so that we won't be confused, won't you argue you?

Okay? So what is foundational said? Do you know that we're here?

We are here. We are here as believers to proclaim the good news?

Do you know that you know that what is the good news? You

know what the good news is. We are here to proclaim the good news,

and we're here to proclaim the Gospels. If you think that we are

just here to clap hands and praise the Lord, you don't pray, and

then you know, God bless my No, no, guys, you're clearly

misaken now, because God's very clear we are here to proclaim the good news.

Okay, that is our mandate. That is why Christ came on this

earth. Not so that we can have a holy huddle. It's so that

more people who know about him, more people are experiencing. That is the

core of it. So let's not get that confused. If you want to

disagreement, go ahead, we will have a debate after this. I'm very

confident we've found these points. Okay, And where's the good news from the

four Gospels? You know what the four Gospels is not some you're not what

you're talking about. See, that's why I want to go through this foundation

that you know, because understanding is powerful, and when you understand, you

know what you know what to do. Okay. So the Foregus wills is

man to you, Mark, Luke and John, those are the foregstwels.

Why is the foreg'swelst important for us? Why y'all know? Yeah, it

talks about Jesus. He's the main guy here, guys, right, He's

the main guy. Right. If any other book you need to remember,

you need to remember the foregst Wars because it is an eyewitness a count it's

an eyewitness account of this guy called Jesus who came who we believe is the

son of God and also men, son of men. You'll catch that.

So the so we are here to do what proclaim the good news? Amen?

Not just the Pastador, not just Evangelisa, all of us, all

of us are here, are supposed to share about Jesus. Okay, let's

let's get that down. Okay, understanding, let's talk about understanding. Don't

worry. I'm not gonna not you. I'm just saying, let's understand this.

Okay. So, and we need to know that it came from the

fore Gospels, right, So we need to understand the FOG's post. Can

I encourage you a little bit more before we start quoting scripture and doing other

things? Can we go read the four Gospels first? Can we at least

understand who this Christ is first? Before you won't start digging into le No,

no, can we understand the fogstel these super foundational guys, Why is

it so important that I'm stressing on it? Because if God's going to use

you, He's gonna use you with the right foundation so that you won't have

trouble next time. Right. So the for God's worls is important. It

is an eyewitness account, and we trust this eyewitness account. Okay, So

we're here to proclaim the good news. Then the question is what is the

good news? What is the good news? Okay? So you might be

butler because it's quite not but board normal practice. I want to get this

off. Then I'll go into the other's things. Can can. So the

good news is Jesus came to die for our sins. That is a good

news. Why Because there's sin in this world, that's evil in this world,

and it's in all of us. Okay, I'm not going to go

to any philosophical or psychological debate about that, but we for now just accepted

first and Jesus came to die for all sins because there is no other way

to fulfill the law of God but true a sacrifice. Amen. So he

replaced us. You know, when you do something wrong, you need to

be punished. Well not I say need to be you can be forgiven.

But you know, God is God. He cannot contradict himself. So he

provided that. And what did Jesus do? This is a good news.

He fulfilled the law. That's why Jesus said, I came to fulfill the

law. I didn't come so that your can have just grace, grace,

No, he came to fulfill the law. The only reason why we are

made righteous now and we can call upon the Lord is because Jesus fulfilled the

law. God never contradicts himself. You'll catch that. It's important to understand

it's not because if not, then we live our life like like we got

get get out of jail free cart. No, guys, remember there was

a sacrifice. There was a sacrifice. Amen. Right. So he came

to fulfill the law, and he redeemed us from our sin and the penalty

of sin, which is death. Friends, that is the good news.

Are you happy that you don't have to die? Are you happy that someone

came and settled your bill? Right? Are you happy? Some? You

know something? I feel some Christians they don't really know the good news.

No, the Christians so long, but then they don't realize that the good

news is actually very good, right, right? Why why he came to

do that so that what we can have eternal life and become heirs of God.

God accepts us into his family. Ready, that is what Jesus did,

right, That's like he's so important to us. Amen, right,

we can have eternal life. We believe in that. Right. Of course

people argue about going to heaven and hell and all these different other things.

Please read your Bible. It's not just a place, Okay, it's not

just a place that we are. We are worried to go. Oh I'm

scared. I'm scared. No, no, no, it's not just about

fear. It's about living life. Right, So that is the good news,

so that it's actually the news that we need you to share everybody,

as simple as that. Do you know despite all that you're going to through

your life, this for all that you're experiencing, all this evil in the

world, all this messed upness, all this mental health, all this sickness,

do you know that Jesus, this guy came down so long ago to

die for your sins so that you can experience peace, so that you can

experience life, so that you can have eternal life. Do you know that

that is the good news. That is why we should focus on. That

is what we should share. Of course, sir, that good news itself

unlocks many many more other things like it unlocks the promises of God in unlocks

being blessed, right, but blessed? Oh, you know, let's not

talk about prosperity gospel, friends, blessed to be a blessing. If you're

not blesser, how are you going to be a blessing? So you know

where that's prosperity goes, what come from? It comes out when you are

blesser, but you never do anything about it. Oh oh wow, Lord,

thank you for the Lamborghinea. Thank you, thank you for giving me

the Lamborghinea. Lamborghini cannot cannot fash you word church and no only got two

sits there. Why do I emphasize on people coming to church because in church

people hear the good news, not because I want the church to be bigger.

Well, in a way, I want to church begure. You know

why. The bigger the church, the more people know the good news.

So it's not about numbers nor friends. Don't make let's make the main thing

the main thing. You know, Sometimes our human minds are we tend to

convolute things? Now, I'm going to keep it very simple. Are we

preaching the good news to our friends? Our family? Is your friend going

through a tough time with your heartbreak? Are they going through a difficult time

in their job? What are you preaching to them? Sometimes we preach methods

and businesses more passionately than the good news. But do you know that when

they receive Christ their life will be changed as your life was changed. Do

you know that having Jesus in your life, a lot of things will be

different? We experience it, so you know I'm talking about why so hard

to share with other people? Okay? Why so hard? Amen? It

is a story of redemption from sin and evil by this one man. So

that is the good news. Amen? You got dad? Okay, you

know what we need to do? You know that is good news? Okay,

God, lot other details, a lot of the things. Let's put

it aside from now. Okay, Now let's talk about X chapter one,

the first Church. Follow me, follow me in this journey. Okay,

you've got questions, hold on. First, following this journey, I'm going

to read the four of X chapter one so that we understand the former account

I made o Theophilus of all that Jesus began both to do and teach until

the day in which he was taken up, after he, through the Holy

Spirit, had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen, to whom

he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many infallible proofs being seen by

them during forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of

God. That one paragraph is so important for us believers to remember. Jesus

died on the cross, right, that's why it shed. But you want

to know the powerful thing he resurrected from the day he was around for forty

days? Why so that he can improved to everybody there he is alive?

Why he hang out so long just for fun? No, there was a

reason all the way until Thomas the doctor, I want to see to believe,

and Jesus had to say, look at my hands. Don't you see

the scars? You still don't believe. So for those of us here,

your daughters, Jesus is still thinking of you. But believe. After you

see, please believe. Don't be so stubborn. Amen. So Jesus came,

He did all these things, okay, And then what happened? And

being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem,

but to wait from the promise of the Father, which he said, you

have heard from me. So what is the promise from the Father? He

don't. I'm not asked you a question. Okay, we go deeper into

for John truly baptize your water. But you shall be baptized with the Holy

Spirit not many days from now. Therefore, when they had come together,

they asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore the

kingdom of Israel? See until now, the disciples not getting it because they've

been expecting Jesus to come and save them. But Jesus wants to save the

world. He preaches about saving the world for God, so love the world.

He didn't say for God, so love Israel. Only for God,

so love the world. But they still not getting it. They still Jesus,

when are you going to come back to restore the kingdom? He said,

well, I'll come back sooner. Right. And what was Jesus answer?

And he said to them, it is not for you to know times

or seasons which the Father has put in his own authority. Wow, this

line is very important for us. How many of you here looking for finding

life partner? Lord? When will I ever be married? And then you

get his answer. It is not for you to know times or seasons which

the Father has put in its own authority. Okay, I'm just joking,

like you're so serious. Chill, chill, chill, chill. You want

to find life partner? Very easy? Go and join the X y R

Secret Search book reading. Then you will learn more. Then maybe the lot

revealed to you, you know, amen, But you shall receive power when

the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to me

in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth.

Very important point, the Holy Spirit. They didn't get it. Do

you know that after the Holy Spirit came they got it? Do you know

that after the counselor came they got it? Before this they didn't get it.

They're still seeing what's in front. But when the Holy Spirit came,

it was supernatural. Friends, Church, do you think you will go into

your domain with your own strength or do you think you need God to do

the supernatural in your life? You can go with all the wisdom of the

Bible. Can I be honest? You can go with all the understanding of

apologetics, but do you want to know what will convict people's hearts to follow

Christ? The Holy Spirit, nothing else. Not you're convincing, not the

amount of love you can give them. Of course, yes we still love

them, right, but it's only by the Holy Spirit. We are just

conduits of the Holy Spirit. So that also means that we need to receive

the Holy Spirit. Amen. We need to walk with the spirit. Amen.

Then He can work in our lives. But if you are not doing

that, then it's very difficult, no wonder, it's difficult to preciate good

news, you know, the type not open, open the type then the

water will flow. Now, when he had spoken these things which they watched,

he was taken up with a cloud who received him out of their sight.

And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven. As he went up, behold

two men stood by them in white apparel or and I love this, okay,

right, Basically they're all looking at Jesus. And then he went up

to heaven and then Sunny, two guys Sunny appeared next to them, almost

like, uh, I don't do that. I dot, I'm not sure.

Like let's say someone standing here right looking at Jesus, and a person

just like walk past, and then look at a person. And then they

said, men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?

This same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will so come in

like a manner as you saw him go into heaven. It's like, what

are you still here? Can you please go home? He went up heaven,

right, don't worry, Jesus come back the same way he went.

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olive, which is near Jerusalem,

a seventh day's journey. And when they had entered, they were up

into the room where they were staying. Right, so they stayed in the

upper room, the atta's room, you know, like when you go to

those like a shop blocks upsets called those people staying. Yeah, it's something

like that, right, Quite a lot of them say that. Peter James,

John Andrew, Phillip, Thomas Bartholomew and Matthew James the son of al

Faeus, and Simon the Zealand and Judas the son of James. These all

continued with one accord in prayer and supplication with the Woman and the Mary,

the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. And in those days Peter

stood up in the midst of his disciples. Altogether, the number of names

was about one hundred and twenty, well, quite a lot of people in

the upper Rouma, men and brethren. The scripture had to be fulfilled,

which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David, concerning Judas,

who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus, for he was numbered with

us and obtained a part in this ministry. Now, this man purchased a

field with the wages of iniquity, and falling had long, he burst opened

in the middle, and his entrailed. Okay, a big gross became known

to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, so that the field called in their own

language a kill dama, that is fill of blood, for it is written

in the book of Psalms. Let his dwelling place be desolate, and let

no one live in it, and let another take his office. Oh,

very interesting now that the Bible says that. So they talk about Judas,

but they also say let another one take his office. Therefore, they of

these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jews went in

and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John to the day when

he was taken up from us. One of these must become a witness with

us of his resurrection. Long story shot, They got yourb disciples, one

betrayed Jesus when and off himself. They only got eleven, and the scripture

said someone will take his space. So they're just following scripture. That's oh.

Was there any prayer? No, they just like, oh, the

scripture say like that, we follow up. It was just like that.

Now, guys, that's what happened, right, But how did he do

it? And they prayed and said, you, old Lord, who know

the hearts of all, show us which of these two you have chosen.

And of course before that they proposed two guys, right, Joseph called Barsabas,

who was surnamed Jewish Justice, and Matthias. Hey, Matthias, Mattia's

behind right, Oh no, it's outside, okay, right, Show which

both of you have chosen to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which

Judas, by transgression, felt that he might go to his own place.

And they cast their lots, and the Lord fell on Matthias, and he

was numbered with the eleven apostles. I find it very interesting that the Bible

actually had to have that part inside that they have to complete the child.

What's so special about child? People? I think God can still use eleven,

But because the scriptures say someone will take his place, they're like,

I think you better follow right. But what happened after that? And this

is the scripture for today? EX checked the two verse one to thirteen.

When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord

in one place, and suddenly there came a sound from heaven and a rushing

my tea in and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then

there appeared to them divided tongues as a fire on the head right, and

one set upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy

Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them utterance.

Wow, Wow, what happened After Jesus went back to heaven, he said,

I will send you a helper, as I have promised you. You

are not going to be alone. Of course, they'll be like, oh,

Jesus, you go back, nahawa, you came back. Then,

let's do this together a lot. And you think about it now. They

were disciples, but they were fallen manner. They were making mistakes all this

while in fact they were recognized by other people as uneducated men. They don't

know anything. That's like God used the foolish to make foolish the wise.

Right, it is unexplainable. How can these people be so eloquent in their

speech? You read the preaching by Peter, They'll be like this guy's a

fisherman. Sonny can spain excellent? No, not excellent, but yeah,

I mean right. And they were amazed, right, they were amazed.

Do you know that the Lord will use you? When the Holy Spirit come

upon you and the Lord uses you, maybe true prayer or maybe true a

word. Do you know that the people that you will talk to will be

amazed? They will be you know, they will be amazed. Wow,

I didn't know, Tim Kuan can say that, you know, wow,

how did Daniel know that I have this challenge? They will be amazed because

it is not by men that it is revealing to you, but it's by

the spirit of the Lord. And then you will be amazed. God,

you love you know, you know, like you catch something and then suddenly

you check whether you got spider powers. You don't get a memeric can mine?

Right? You will be a mass because God's using you. So he

told us that he will send the Holy Spirit, and through the Holy Spirit

we will become witnesses. Amen. The Holy Spirit will be the one that

gives us power, not the chosen few, not the passes and leaders.

Everyone here, everyone here. Can you look at your nighbor and say you're

going to get power, look at another another neighbor and say, the Holy

Spirit will come upon you. X one it. So what happened? Let's

starty a little bit. What happened? So they started with a prayer meeting.

Friends, I don't want to knock you, and if you feel like

knocking you, I apologize. But I want to encourage you. Come for

our prayer meeting. You want to experience more God in your life, come

for prayer. It doesn't have to be our prayer meeting on here. Just

know that prayer plays a very vital role. Prayer plays a vital role in

allowing God to move in your life. If your prayer life is a little

bit, increase it today. Don't be deceived. Oh why it's not moving?

Oh why is God not speaking to me? Are you showing in your

prayer life? It is a spiritual discipline. You know what discipline does,

right, Discipline is you have to work hard on you know. Let me

give you an example. So this year I started a new discipline. Jimmy,

that's my new discipline. Do you know that it's so hard to go

to the gym? Right? I just bought weight so I can do it

at home. Can I confess to you? I needed it once in the

morning because I got so busy. But it's a discipline. And because it's

a discipline, and I use you guys as my accountability partners, I will

go to the gym tomorrow and Tuesday because I tell you already I have to

go. Why Because I'm forced to go, Not because I want to go,

right, but I'm forced to go. It is a discipline. There

are certain things in our Christian life that is a discipline. We have to

do one and sorry is borrying one. He's worrying. I mean not for

long now when God is not boring anymore, because you'll be quite exciting.

Right. But it is a discipline. So can you don't be deceived?

Do you know what deception is? Deception is a thinking that we're doing the

same thing. Then God will move God or bless and all that, and

then we're like, oh, you know, no, friends, sorry,

I'm so sorry. As the pastor of this, I need to caution you

do not be deceived by the evil one. Do you know that if your

spiritual discipline of quiet time and prayer is strong, do you know that you

will be immovable? Do you know that when someone comes and say, hey,

keen, you know this pastor like that, the pastor like that,

the leader like that. Now do you know that God will speak to you

because you have a spiritual discipline and you can look at the brand and I

say, thank you so much for sharing me. I will go talk to

the bust of myself because God spoke to me. Ready. I'm not listening

to my friends, I'm listening to God. But you only can have that

with a spiritual discipline. You can only have that if you know how to

hear God's boys. But a lot of us here, sorry me, don't

have sometimes, so then don't know, listen to people and then get sweet,

you know, don't get sweet friends, do you know that there'll be

more deception in the world today? More? You know? Let me tell

you something I'm concerned about. We can still meet in church today. You

can still come here, and we can still worship. We can see me

in homes. Come the day we cannot meet, Come the day we cannot

you cannot hear this preaching and all, how's your faith going to be?

Let me be very honest to you. How's your faith going to be?

Can I be even more honest? I am preparing for the day that maybe

I won't go too much detail stuff. I'm preparing for the day that I

might not have a Bible with me. So I'm trying my best to remember

as many scriptures as possible because if it comes to a day where God forbid

right I'm taken away and locked up somewhere and I have no Bible and I

have no photo, I can still hold on to God because the scriptures is

in my heart. Right. So I know it may seem a behavior,

but hear my heart. Here where we need to go together, And as

we are here together, let's keep each other accountable, Let's build one another.

Let's not be so easily sweet, you know, because it's very dangerous.

Now, it's so dangerous. People are so easily sweet. Let's speak

truth in the situation. If there's rumors, addressing with truth, right,

don't continue with the rumor. No addressing with truth. Hearing from the horse's

mouth, talk to the horse itself, then you will know. Amen.

Why did I talk about that? Now? So pray me think, so

pray me think. They all continued with prayer and supplication. They were united.

That was the one key thing about the disciples, one hundred and twenty

of them. They were united. Remember what I talked to you about just

now about our leader's conference. We were united. Wow, I'm so excited.

Amen. And one hundred and twenty were there. Why because they believed.

One hundred and twenty believed they fulfilled the scripture by choosing Matthias to take

Judah's place. Do you know what that taught me? Or? Can I

just give you this this thought that I have reading that there will be certain

things that need to be put in order before God moves. There are certain

things in our lives that we need to put in order. And it's boring

one he was so boring? Lord, Who are Caslot choose no and after

that happened, the Holy Spirit came. After things were in order, the

Holy Spirit came. Do you know that God is a god of order?

We got to remember that, no, friends, God is a God of

order. There is order in certain things. You know. The Bible constantly

teaches us that there is a certain structure to things. When it comes to

leadership, when it comes to the way we lead our families, when it

comes to our own faith, there is an order that we need to adhere

to. And he's boring. Sorry, are used to boring a lota this

time. But that's why I realize the exciting things in life are we all

want to do. But sometimes the exciting things in life is fleeting. The

things that are boring now are the ones that are important. And actually,

I don't one. I don't one other things that we value, Okay,

I try some words. Faithfulness. We all value that, right, don't

we all value faithfulness in our marriages. I'm not just talking about you in

our marriages. Faithfulness in our office, faithfulness if we have staff under us.

Do you know that that's that? But do you know that faithfulness is

not exciting? Because after you work in the company for five years, it

is boring. You know, it's the same or same all you know?

Do you know that? Sorryer, I know I might be blessed fiaming a

little bit now, but do you know that? You know? Sometimes marriage

can be a bit boring one because you see the same person every single day.

Wake up. That's why married couples can I teach you a trick,

make it exciting, go for a holiday together. But the reality it is

worrying, right and if you if you're not careful, you'll fall in the

trap of bottom. And then you'll come to a place where this young hot

thing suddenly notice you in office, suddenly so exciting, and then people start

saying things like, oh, you know, I've never felt like this before.

Hello, wow, just the h That's how a fast start, right,

Husbands, make it exciting for your wife once in a while. Whisker

away right somewhere, whisker away, yeah on a horse? Right, we

can find horse here? Not you know? But but am I speaking sense

to your don't? Yes, faithfulness is boring, but we don't have to

make it boring can be an exciting one. But what's more exciting. The

why we all like to watch Korean drama and very exciting, so exciting.

Imagine how a drama that is like he wake up every day, you see

the wife, they love each other. He goes stick next day, he's

all boring. Nobody watched the drama. But do you know when God when

oh this person's mother, You know, with super we love it, but

do you know that in real life it happens is very damaging. It is

nobody wants to be in that situation. We like to watch on from the

site. This white gossip is very juicy because when you hear gossip, it

must be right, lad, it must be right. But actually the real

reason is we're boring one. The real reason is so boring. But because

so borrowing, we cannot believe. We want to believe that juicy bits.

Must be some drama happening. One must have some politics happening, must be

somebody against somebody, and guys, it's just a boring reason. Amen.

They fulfilled the scripture. The day of Pentecost came, the Holy spreit came.

What is Pentecost? Well, Pentecost just means the fiftieth day is the

second of three great Jewish feasts. Right, you have the Passover Pentecosts.

They cerebery yearly is the seventh week after the Passover, in grateful recognition of

the completed harvest. So what happened in the day of Pentecosts? Okay,

I read it just now, but let's just go to it real quick.

Number one, the disciples were together, united in one place. Unity is

so important. Friends, Unity in the church is so important. Don't let

the devil destroy our unity. Don't let rumors destroy our unity. Yes,

you know, yesterday we were having a leadership meeting and I love one of

something. One of our brothers said, you know, when different drama happening,

and then he said this, He said, you know, I believe

that God has called me here and this is my home and we are our

family, and you know, our family, sometimes we fight one and of

course he use an example that we all love. You know, Sometimes we

fight and then we don't talk to you sh other for a while. It's

okay. Then we go and pray and then go to speak to us and

then one person will say sorry, but we're still family. So just because

of one disagreement, totally kaufla. No, We're still family. Can we

get the unity and can I trust you to get the unity. Amen.

And again, if I make a mistake, I apologize that. I'm sorry.

I'm just a man. But we build it together. We need to

be united, friends, We need to united. Your home leaders need you

to be united with them. You know, don't give them problem byby already

say don't give the leaders over you problem, right, because they have to

take care of you, So work with them. Amen. There was a

sound from heaven, a rushing, mighty win and it filled the house they

were sitting. There were tongues of fire on each of them. The Holy

Spirit filled them and they all spoke in tongues as the spirit gave them utterance.

A crowd came, right, It wasn't in the private, No,

a crowd actually came. It was such a big event that a crowd of

people, actually, they actually came to see what happened? Right, And

they were confused, given now right, confused. They recognized the disciples as

Galileans. Immediately can see all these are the girl Galileans. But the thing

that they couldn't understand is that why did the Galileans all speak in a different

language? And I understand the language, you know, all spoke in their

heart language. And the people that came, the crowd that came, if

you read the scriptures, they came from many, many different places, all

Jews, but all different places, all different dialects, all different understanding,

right, And they heard them speaking in their own language the works of God,

praise the Lord. God has the glory, God gets the glory.

They profess through the Holy Spirit. They profess in languages that they didn't understand,

the works of God, giving God the glory. That is what happened

when the Holy Spirit comes. That is what happened when the Holy Spirit comes.

And how did the crowd respond? Well, there were those who were

amazed, so interesting, what is happening? And there were those they're trying

to make sense of you ha ha ha, I don't understand. Did they

go for classes? You know? Did they plan this? And the disciples

were proclaiming of God's m new works in the language that they know. But

there were also those who doubted. So, friends, when the Holy Spirit

comes upon you and you act and you you know, obey him, do

also know that you might face rejection? Do also know that people will be

amazed? And that was so sure? Not not sure? Maybe no,

lie I'm sure you know Daniel know about my case because he talked to someone

now, right, that might happen. That might happen. Amen, So

there were those that doubted. That's what happened and the rest I will continue

in part two. Guys. Okay, so today I want to share about

the Holy Spirit. So who is the Holy Spirit? Who is the Holy

Spirit to us? And why is it so important? Oh? I thought

Christian just accept Jesus in my hand and that's it. Really, No,

the Holy Spirit is so important because it's not just accept my heart and that's

it. Yes, we accept Christ in our hearts. We build a relationship

with God. We grow in our faith. But do you know we have

a purpose, which is to share the good news to people. If you're

wondering what is the purpose of my life, the simple purpose is to share

the good news. You have received eternal life. It's time for you to

share something that with someone else. But of course we grow, right,

We grow in our faith, we grow in our understanding of the Word,

We grow in our experience with God. You know, I like how Drian

shared just now experiencing that and that experience that you cannot take away from her

because her experience. She said, I am now strengthening my faith. That

happens continuously, and we spur each other on so we grow, and the

more we grow, the more we can share. I can tell you she

can just easily go and shay, Hey, you know what happened to me

or not. This is my testimony. You know what God did for me.

She's sharing the good news. You know God is so rare in your

life. Yeah, he is, and that's something we all need to do.

Amen. The first point we need to know about the Holy Spirit is

that he's God. He is God, God the Trinity. Right. He's

not just a win, He's not just No, he is a person.

He can speak to us. We can speak to him. Very important.

Some people explain, oh, holy spirits like electricity. Ah, not exactly

correct. He is a person. We believe God the Trinity. Right.

He is a gift when we repent and are baptized X two to the eighth.

Let me read that. Therefore, let the house of Oh, sorry,

wrong one. Then Peter said to them, repent, and let everyone

of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,

and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Friends, there

is an order two things. We got to remember the order, right,

there has to be repentance. Do you know that in the world today,

not a lot of people preach repentance. They just preach acceptance. Oh,

Jesus will accept you. But they forgot that we have to repent of our

sins. They forgot that we have to lay aside our all and be born

again. Friends? Are we laying aside the old and be born again?

Or are we believing in just accept except accept There is only one way,

and that's God's way. Jesus is the way. Amen. So repentance and

then the Holy Spirit will come. Amen. He is also the spirit of

truth. I'm just gonna ask actually to help John fourteen fifteen eighteen. Okay,

let's read the whole tree scriptures. John fourteen fifteen to eighteen. Can

I actually, if you love me, keep my commanments. It's good,

right, my commments? Okay? And I will pray the Father and he

will give you another helper that he may abide with you forever. Do you

know that there is a promise? Do you know that the Holy Spirit will

be with you forever? Forever? Oh? I's seen it. No,

no, no, forever our friends, forever you repent really right, Yes

we fail in all, but He's still with you, you know. Means

you can see us for forgiveness. We're seeing grace. But don't take him

for granted, la, because if you continue to reject repentance, then you're

going to reject the Holy Spirit because that can happen. But he will still

be with you, you know. So that's the wonderful thing about God.

Right, the spirit of truth. This is so powerful in today's world.

We need to speak truth and truth will set people free. What do I

mean by truth? I'm not just talking about truth of the Bible. I'm

talking about truth in our lives. Just now, I just mentioned to you,

do not believe in lives. Believe in truth, do not believe in

rumors. Seek the truth and you have confidence with the truth. When there

are rumors and you're not sure, do you know that dob sets in.

Maybe the more you have the maybe a dop sets in. And it's very

difficult. No, stop it and say, I need to seek truth.

Holy Spirit. Can you reveal the truth to me? What is the truth

in this situation? Again, Now, we may not fully know everything,

but we need to speak truth, and we need to know the Holy Spirit

can reveal truth. What is the truth in our lives that we need to

believe in? That is a question today, Amen, whom the world cannot

receive? Ah, very clearly, they cannot receive truth. That's why you

will get rejection. That's why you will get resistance when you speak truth in

a situation, especially in a corporate world. People might fight you because you're

spoiling things the world cannot receive. Right, the world cannot receive. But

someone needs to speak truth, Amen, because it neither sees him nor knows

him. But you know him, for he dwells within you and will be

with you. He's the spirit of proof. He is our very important helper.

Comforter counselor John fourteen twenty six. Right. The word that they use

comforter helper. The Greek word is paraclatos. Right. It means someone called

to one's side, call to one's aid. You know, you want to

have someone that no matter what happens, you know they'll come to your aid.

It's one who pleads another's course before judge. A pleader counsel for defense

legal assistant and advocate. Right, He's an intercessor for us. The Holy

Spirit so important, right, he's our helper, comforter and Counselor have we

spoken to the Holy Spirit today? Have we engaged him today? If you

not want to encourage you speak to him. He will guide you. He's

not scary on our guys. It is comforting. It is God's Spirit on

you. He will get you on. Or do you know that you're ask

him for advice. He will speak to you any advice in your work,

in your do you know parents, if you need help to take care of

your kids, if you're going through a difficult time, ask the Holy Spirit.

I believe he will reveal to you time and time again. He has

revealed so many things to me. In fact, God has done so much

for my life. I am just in awe. Yesterday we had a friend

come over and give us the most care. I cannot believe that. Okay,

but it's just me like as a parent, right because I see everything

right and this person just said your kids are so well behaved, and I'm

like, wow, I've never heard that before. And it was funny because

after that I reflect on my wife, I'm like, actually, they're not

too bad, la, but because maybe daddy you'll see everything. You're like

sure and not help, but behave. But that was good, you know,

and like, okay, I receive it like that well behaved, like

praisecot And of course the person is sharing it on the perspective of like they've

seen other children and they're like, oh, your kids are quite well behaved.

I'm like, okay, thank you. I've never gotten there, but

I can only equate it to God. I don't think it's me, you

know, honestly, I don't think. I don't know. If you see

me paranaw, you'd be like, oh no, I hope, I'm praying

I don't give my kids trauma. You know. Let me tell you something

funny, and I know you don't have time. So so now we have

a Y A Creatives Day, right, basically a YA the company I work

for, we are supporting VA by doing different things. So everyone say we

have Creatives Day. And then one of the Wednesdays I had the chance to

do some teaching, you know, like coach right, and at its really

funny, and then both my kids are dead in the primary section and they

saw daddy but of course cannot talk because I'm coach Elvin, right, I'm

not, you know. And also funny because after the whole session I went

back. I asked my eldest son, I say, how is it,

you know, the creatives? And he's like, yeah, I kind of

enjoy it. It's not too bad, you know, And then he quiet

for all and then suddenly he said, but you were creepy. Yeah,

I tell you I will. Huh what do you mean by that? May

you look at me? He like, you kept smiling all the time.

Like now, I try to think, like why did he say that?

Damn? Like oh, because when I'm like now, so I'm smiling all

the time. Right then I realized when I with've done at home, I

don't need smiler, Damn, Like I tell me to smell more. But

super Fanilla, because when you're out there it's different. I'm like presenting,

you know, with the other kids. I cannot be like, you know,

dead face with the other kids. Right, So it's quite Fuanilla when

you say that. But he's out comforted. Do you know that when we

want we've got, even in the areas that we have no revelation of,

he will help us. Do you know that? He said? No,

I think there's a scripture somewhere, hopefully you can find. Yeah, Romans

eight twenty sixty. You know, let's go to that. That's the next

cicture. Likewise, the Spirit also helps us in our weaknesses, for we

do not know what we should pray for in our lives. We do not

know as we ought. But the Spirit himself mixed intercession for us with groanings

which cannot be attered. Wow. God, Wow, when we accept the

Holy Spirit and when we walk with him, Wow, even in the areas

that I cannot think, you are taking care of it. Yes, that's

so powerful. Amen. You know when we and then these are other better.

When when we when the Holy Spirit dwells in us, we have the

fruit of the Spirit. That's in Galatians chapter five, US twenty two to

twenty three. You can go read read it on yourself. And the final

scripture that I want to you know, live it us is Mi ca trea

it Michael treat What does he say? But truly I am full of power

by the Spirit of the Lord and of justice and Mike to declare to Jacob

his transgression and to Israel his sin. The Bible time and time again says

that you will receive power. Friends, do you feel powerful today? Someone

say no, it's okay, you will receive power. It is not just

or only for the pastor needed, you know, only for the No.

No, no, no, everyone here because we need more winnesses, not

less. The Bible says the harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Do you know what that means. It just means that people who are

willing a few, not the people that believe. You know, people that

believe a lot, but the people are willing a few. I pray today

you will be willing. I pray today you will receive Amen. I don't

know whether I have enough time to do this, but I was hoping.

I'm not sure that we're doing it today. We'll see. I was hoping

to spend a bit more time ministering and praying for all of you here,

because I say, God wants to do something, but we've got to be

willing. And I hope that you have an understanding. Maybe in the beginning

you don't have, but then I'm giving you understanding, understanding of where we're

hitting, understanding of how the Holy Spirit can come and move in your life.

And I'm sure some of you hear you know already, right, but

a clearer understanding of where we're moving forward, amen, because God really wants

to do something in your life. Has that been a lack? Maybe that's

a question I'll ask, do you feel lost? It's time to engage God

again. You've been faithful doing all that you know, and maybe once in

a while you pray, and maybe once in a while you're like, okay,

but friends, can we wrestle with God? This whole money? I

was wrestling with God. I say, God, you come true. You

come true. It's not me, you come true. Your people need to

experience you. I've been wrestling with God today. Have you been wrestling with

God? When Jacob wrestler, We've got God anointed him. Of course he

he dis to get to his hippler, but God anointed him and said,

Israel, he renamed him. But he wrestled. You know him. Don't

need a wrestler anymore. How about us stop living in captivity, stop living

being deceived, Stop listening to well. I'd like to use to win nonsense

because it's a more friendly way to say, stop listening to nonsense, start

speaking truth. If there's anybody coming to create trouble. Can you stop the

plan and say, hey, hold on, I don't want to listen to

this because he's not right. I want to honor my leaders, I want

to honor the church. I want to honor my life. I don't want

to protect in all this because he's not right. Let me stay away from

it. You know, I don't want I don't want no, no God.

I don't know dishonor you. You know when when King David was running

away from Saul, and Saul was sleeping in the tent his own guys know,

come come, he's here, better kill him off. King David was

a man after God's own heart. He knew. He said, no matter

what, no matter how bad this person is, God, still he's still

the loss. Annoyted, I'm not gonna touch I did not I did not

dishonor God. So let me leave it. When the people around you know

they mean well, I'm not saying they are awful. People know they mean

well. But what is the testimony? Something we gotta ask ourselves that question?

What will be my testimony? Do you know that if if I myself,

I use myself for example, if I am I don't know, maybe

really not doing something good and you don't know about it. Do you know

that remove me? Can I be as humble to say that? Do you

know that I don't deserve to be here? Go remove me? You don't

have to do anything. Go remove me, and someone else would take my

place. Because God cares for you too much to allow those things to happen

when you have no control. That's why God is the one that is here.

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