The Holy Spirit Glorifies Jesus

Why has God given us His Spirit?

• Is it so we can go to heaven? • Is it so we can bear fruit?

John 16:14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to

you.

Acts 3:1-4:4

1. The Healing – Acts 3:1-102. The Sermon – Acts 3:11-263. The Result – Acts 4:1-4

What is transferable from this historical narrative?

The Spirit gives us spiritual gifts

• Ephesians 4:7-16• Romans 12:3-8• 1 Corinthians 12:27-31

A spiritual gift is an enablement to meet the needs of people; it is given by the Holy Spirit

on the basis of God’s free grace in such a way that people are brought more under the

lordship of Christ with the result that the body of Christ is built up in quality and

quantity.

How do we discover our gifts?

Romans 12:3–5 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. 4 For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, 5 so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

How do we discover our gifts?

Romans 12:6–8 6 Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; 7 if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; 8 the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

House Church Open House Oct. 20th

House church leaders and members from all over eastern Iowa will be gathered to meet

and greet people who are interested in joining a house church.

• Between 1st/2nd & 2nd/3rd Ser. in Gym.• Join a newly formed House Church.• Find an existing House Church.• Details about leading your own House

Church

The Spirit Changes People

Acts 3:9-10 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Is anyone amazed by your “walk”?

Rise and Walk!

Galatians 5:16–18 16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Rise and Walk!

Galatians 5:19–21 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Rise and Walk!

Galatians 5:22–25 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.