Ghost Stories : The Purpose of the Holy Spirit | Pastor Benny Perez

loving me empowers you to obey Mike aren't you glad that we can obey God's commandments because of the great love of God right how do you think that we should come on live for the honor of God can I see your hand right I mean think it's smarter to do God's Way than your way I mean no that's sin your way will wreck your life mm-hmm so we let me just save you this way it's smart to listen to God okay let's go to verse 16 and I will ask the Father and He will give you another Savior another comforter the Holy Spirit of Truth who will be with who will be to you a friend just like me and he will never leave you the world won't receive him because they can't see him or know him but you know him intimately because I love this watch here's what you say he remains with you right and he will what come on help me church he will what say louder he will what inside look at your neighbour he's gonna live tell your neighbor he's gonna live inside of you look at your neighbor and say neighbor it looks like he needs to live inside of you say Amen you may be seated thank you so much we're in a series called ghost stories and it's a series on the Holy Spirit most people have no problem when you talk about God the Father our Father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name come on thy kingdom come come on you former Catholics thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into the casino but lead mm-hmm that's the Vegas translation but deliver us from the blackjack table in Jesus name and everybody say some of you were so bad as Catholics you were playing hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee blessed art thou amongst women blessed a fruit of thy womb Jesus Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now in the hour of death amen so we don't have any problem with God the Father we don't have no problem with talking about Jesus but we start talking about the Holy Spirit for some of you that grew up in different styles of church or maybe you've never grown up in church and you the kind of people I like I prayed this church gets filled with people that have never been a church before and people that are reconnecting to church but the Holy Spirit sometimes is is misunderstood he's kind of like quote the weird cousin you know and people know that Holy Ghost stuff or maybe watch things on television or or maybe you know you've heard things or you've heard of Pentecostal churches and all kinds of stuff in fact it's so amazing that people maybe have heard about this church no that's the wild church and then even though I was the pastor or you've heard about church LV yep I so Wow have you ever been there nope but I heard the wild church it's just amazing how people can give come on criticisms are places they'd never been to and so the Holy Spirit I want we're doing this series this series gonna go all the way through June you're not gonna get tired of it cuz we're gonna really unpack the Holy Spirit so you understand who he is what he does what he brings the purpose of and and and I pray that after this series you embrace come on the third person of the Godhead the Holy Spirit in John chapter 14 we we begin to see Jesus explaining the purpose of the Holy Spirit taking notes write this down the title the message is the purpose of the Holy Spirit so to say the purpose of the Holy Spirit I was praying this week and God gave me three words for you write these down I will be done in record time trust me because I want to do something the very end three words about the Holy Spirit he gave me are you ready write this down number one he enters us say he enters us watch the empowers us say empowers and number three say he equips say enters and powers equips it's a little weak for 820 it's tried it again say say enter and powers equips let me deal with this for the next twenty minutes or so and and then we're gonna do what I believe the Holy Spirit wants us to do at the very end like we did last night which was very powerful first of all number one big point number one write this down he enters us Jesus tells us that the Holy Spirit is not just on us come on but he enters us that he says that he'll never leave us nor for seika's John chapter 14 verse 17 is clear as Jesus begins again to tell his disciples he says this but you know him intimately because he remains with you and will live inside of you so what does that mean that means when you put your faith and trust in Jesus when you say yes to Jesus I become a follower of Jesus something supernatural happens that you may not see with your eye but you can sense with your spirit that literally now the Holy Spirit comes inside of you and makes you a living being Jesus is speaking to disciples who doesn't don't understand this concept like a lot of us to understand that concept because in Jesus day they understood the Spirit of God would come on people and then he would leave he'd come on Sampson he ripped a line in two and then he would leave he'd come on different prophets different men and women and then the Holy Spirit would leave the concept of the Holy Spirit actually stayin in abiding and actually being in some place permanently was foreign to them because the only place they understood that to be was in watch me now was in the Ark of the Covenant they understood that the presence of God would reside in the Ark of the Covenant in the Most Holy of Holies and only once a year you as a high priest would be able to go in and now encounter the presence of the Holy Spirit and so Jesus is saying let me tell you that when the Holy Spirit comes after I leave and he's coming he's not just gonna be on you cuz they got that but he's gonna be come on living inside of you in other words you're gonna become the Ark of the Covenant you're gonna be the what the place where the Holy Spirit resides in the Holy Spirit is gonna be living inside of you and some of us need to get a revelation that you are not just a normal person but if you are follower of Jesus you have supernatural power living inside of you so he enters us here's what he says I like like the creation story when it says that God formed man out of dust of the ground but he was laying there and it says this it says but then then then God breathed it into him and he became a living being the breath of God that's what the Holy Spirit is the breath of God the rule of God the pneuma of God came within Adam and he became a living being so when you now become born-again I know your life whether you're born again or not I know you're you're living this life and and you can see the trees and you can see the colors and you can breathe the air but when you become born again it's literally like creation story you become a new creation in Christ Jesus he enters you and old things that passed away come on all things have become new so when he enters you he is now Jesus called him a helper and encourage ER and advocate literally inside of you is the encourage ur come on the advocate come on he is there for you in fact the word in the Greek would be Parakletos say that with me Parakletos now to be a Paraclete in Jesus day there was actually men and women that were Paraclete so it'd be like an attorney a doctor so if you were say we're gonna call in a Paraclete to help us a situation a Paraclete in Jesus they did three things number one they would now be called in to motivate a group of soldiers that is discouraged has anybody ever faced his curse been in your life just waiver had some of your so discouraged you can't even wave her hand right now number two apparently was not just a motivator but it Paraclete now was an advocate that would now testify on your behalf in a court of law not only that it would be apparently would be called in now to be a consultant to help you make the right decision so what is living inside of you when the Holy Spirit enters you come on when you feel discouraged you can say Holy Spirit I thank you that you're living inside of me some of you right now you need to make a decision yes you can ask everybody ask Oprah doctor feel everybody you want to ask but before you ask anybody else you need to say Holy Spirit living inside of me what should I be doing right now he is the Advocate when the enemy comes to attack you and condemn you and shame you the Holy Spirit says no the blood of Jesus Christ has washed us cleanse you has made you whole and he turns you back come on somebody to Jesus so number one he enters you he's the spirit of true living inside of you he's a spirit of love that is living inside of you Romans 5:5 since it's so clear but the Holy Spirit as he enters you what does he do and this hope is not disappointing is not a disappointing fantasy because we can now experience the endless love of God cascading into our hearts how does that happen watch through the Holy Spirit who what the Holy Spirit living in you gives you the ability to experience I love this translation the cascading come on love of God that the Holy Spirit number one enters you he's living inside of you right now I don't feel him he didn't say he's only there when you feel him you know I live really good this week I know he's inside of me no he's inside of you when you act bad he doesn't leave based on your behavior he is given to you in fact he is the seal the promise of God himself that he puts his seal I don't even have time to preach that whole message that whole die I could preach to a thirty minutes is just on the ceiling of the Holy Spirit in your life but he is inside of you he's inside of me and I would ask you and submit to you that when you feel like he's the furthest as when he's the closest when the enemy comes and lies to you and says he's not there come on he's really there number one he enters you number two write this down he empowers us he empowers us in the book of Acts chapter one verse four Jesus leads the last words of Jesus and Jesus shared a meal with them chick-fil-a cuz it was a Saturday was it on Sunday you should laugh that was funny and Jesus struck to them and he said watch this don't leave Jerusalem but wait here until you receive say receive you're gonna receive the what the gift I told you about the gift the father has promised so Jesus is speaking to them it's his last meal with them and he says I want to remind you again that the precious Holy Spirit like I told you in the book of John chapter 14 a few days ago he's gonna be on you and he's gonna live inside of you so he's gonna enter you but he's also going to empower you and this empowerment isn't something you earn or deserve it is a gift and you receive this gift he says it's a gift from the father how many like to receive gifts can I see your hand how many love to receive gifts some you aren't raising your hands oh lord I just pray heal them from the trauma of growing up in their home with no gifts I like gifts I really do I like to receive them more than I like to give them come on wave her hand I know it's more blessed to give than to receive but hey I'm just being the truthful okay and and and I love receiving gifts but what I don't like is when I get a gift with strings attached woo you all some of you you think you've had a manipulator or two in your life come on wave your hand right now without revealing who the person is how many know somebody that in your past has given things to you to try and manipulate you and there's strings attached how many know somebody like that just wait Oh your hands are going up real fast and so what happens is is that a gift watch me is a gift because it's a gift I came to church to learn that yes because you need to learn that because what happens is we preach salvation is a free gift and then when you come to church but you've got to earn and deserve and keep on making sure that you could now somehow keep that gift listen to me baby it is a gift from the father and a gift cannot be earned it could only be received years ago I was preaching at a church that some of you may know him or not I'm not gonna drop his name because he never dropped people's names first and last name but I was preaching for Bishop and when I was there now sometimes birth certificate I'm just saying it's not his name and in Dallas get ready to get ready and so what happened is if you heard the story is I'm preaching that right and a great place to preach at I mean it's lively all you see is Jesus and it's over people that mean it's just crazy it's like yeah like yeah I love this church praise the Lord right and I remember I was preaching and the Holy Spirit speaking to me to give this this this lady I had this hundred dollar bill in my pocket and and and I and I just I preached in the Lord says that that third person you're on your right you know and I'm like what huh is this God I mean for real I mean come on God not the whole hundred let's break it down let's give let's give ten surely you can't be that generous God you know and if you're the story before I remember just just preach in and and I stopped I stopped it you got to be crazy to stop when you're preaching for this guy and I stopped I said who are you lady and and and and and and she goes this is my name I said Wow and I go stepping out she steps into the aisle and I said you know what this may sound crazy but but IIIi Lord just told me to give you the hundred dollar bill in my pocket the lady gets up and starts going crazy she starts going what which means everybody started going crazy she's crying listen everybody's crying I'm crying cuz I have to give her the hundred dollar bill come on wave your hand if you know what I'm talking I was true story and then out of my heart out of my spirit comes these words it says I said it gift this gift because it's a gift and then I said these words that changed my life a gift is not given watch me not on the merit of who this woman is I don't know who she is I don't know how she's living because you think somebody gets a gift because they're that good but I said no a gift is a given on the merit of the one receiving the gift from the mayor to the one giving the gift what does that mean it means God gives you because God's that good God gives you gifts because God is that awesome God does things for you because he is immutable he is perfect he is the father and he's looking to bless his kids I wish somebody would give God a five second praise break right now [Music] could it be that God is gooder than you think now all you guys thought about was my bad grammar I'll say it again how many how many good thing could God actually be gooder than you actually think could God actually be so audacious in His grace and His mercy and his love that he sees your stuff but just like you you see your kid in the mud you're not gonna kick him you're not gonna push him down you're gonna go there and say son get up that's not who you are daughter get up that's not who you are I am that good of a father oh I think I'm gonna preach this thing right now religion wants you to keep earning and deserving and God is saying would you coming to my house and receive my grace and receive my mercy what it's the goodness of God that leads men and women to repentance oh my god I feel something in this place right now because what would happen if you actually believed in the goodness of God that when you did sin and when I did sin and when I did blow it it's the goodness of God that drives that that doesn't drive me away but draws me back and I repent I will repent repentance isn't an emotional thing repented as if beating yourself repentance is agreeing with God that his way is better than your way and God I blew it I receive your forgiveness I'm stepping in all that you have for me because I believe you're that good I know mr. Prentiss owner of the Holy Ghost but I'll take you the one right now it's a gift somebody say it's a gift so so watch he says you can receive this gift in and he says in Acts chapter 1 verse 8 and you shall receive power you can receive this power that promised the Holy Spirit you're gonna be seized with power now word power means to overcome resistance it doesn't mean that that you're not gonna have issues it means to the power of the Holy Spirit you're gonna be a word overcome those issues now word power means five types of power I get I could preach a whole 35 minute message on five powers of the Holy Spirit when you look it up in the original language which is Greek there are five powers that it gives you he gives you emotional power relational power financial power physical power and he gives you these five powers so it's not just this Holy Ghost that you feel if you grew up in Pentecostal church it's not just shouting and dancing but you have the power in your relationships you have the power to prosper you have the power to do it right he is the power sent by the father come out to charge you and to help you live the way you should live so it's gonna come upon you and that when he comes upon you and he lives in you he's gonna empower you listen to me you gotta watch your confession you gotta quit saying some stuff that is not true if you're a follower Jesus quit saying this stuff I don't think I can do it and it's not gonna happen and I feel this no you can say how you feel but following up and say but in Christ Jesus I know who lives in me I know the purpose of the Holy Spirit he's empower me right now devil you messed with the wrong woman you messed with the wrong man you messed with the wrong family you messed with the wrong church you mess with them you won't release what you don't realize some of you gotta quit praying prayers are not biblical a Holy Spirit no quit sayin Holy Spirit help me and say Holy Spirit you are in me I am overcoming this this addiction will not hold me much longer oh no no no my heart is being healed my body is being mended because I have the power of the Holy Spirit living inside of me and let me tell you we need to tell you this you need to tell yourself this on Monday it's easy in an environment like this just shout hi but you need to touch and let me know when you need to tell yourself is when you don't feel it when you doubt it you need to open up your mouth because the Word of God is true whether you feel it or not I'm empowered you can't keep me down very long I have too much bounce back in me no no I'm gonna preach over here you you may see me down but you can't keep me down I may be in a situation that don't look good but I won't stay there and even if you try and bury me there's resurrection power living inside of me baby Oh put me in the grave go ahead go ahead put that tomb go ahead cover it up go ahead and say bankruptcy chapter 11 don't never get to do don't ever get another building you don't ever get in location don't never get anything the devil is a liar because what God empowers ain't God equips God will fulfill what he said he will do if I was you I can't get a God a big ol five psychic break come out worship Him like like like he's gonna do something for you well this seems like a Pentecostal church no this is not Pentecostal in fact there's no Pentecostal Church in the Bible there is no Pentecostal worship that's not even a term in the Bible it is spirit led in a spirit field that we are men and women that when something inside starts jumping you gotta occasionally let it out on the outside he empowers you see old church people start running around the building mm-hmm mm-hmm yeah that's how they got that cardio they start taking power shakes in the morning mm-hmm cut the carbs high protein the night before I'm gonna burn fat give God praise a man at the same time has anybody ever been an old church come on come on some you've been an old church before and you know I used to make fun of those people when I was a kid and I'm a little fearful that we've become a little bit too formal a little bit too you know don't wanna don't want to rock the boat to rock the boat baby rock don't tip the boat over are you hearing me what's the person next to me gonna think what did they heal you did they deliver you that they bring you through did they die for you did they feel you what the date that there are they keeping you breathing are they doing something in your life did they give you a job are they your provider are they your source I'm looking for a group of people that were just God gave got about 10 seconds I don't care what you think praise break because he's in you and he empowers you somebody say yeah comes inside of you he empowers you and lastly he equips you write that down he equips you he equips you 1st Corinthians chapter 12 the Apostle Paul is writing to a church in Corinth and he says these words he says now dear brothers and sisters regarding your question about the special abilities the Spirit gives us I don't want you to misunderstand this why is Paul writing this because we know and we're going to talk about this in a whole message about the gifts of the Holy Spirit that he equips us so number 1 say enters number 2 he what and number 3 he what he equips us and so Paul is writing and he says there are spiritual gifts that are misunderstood so I'm gonna write this chapter God's telling me to write this chapter because I want you not to misunderstand that these spiritual gifts spiritual gifts the gifts of the Holy Spirit have divided churches families movements and nets created this despicable in the church so we say well tongues aren't for today they died with the apostles and disciples and then we start arguing well which gifts our purple are for today and and I'm here to tell you that I'm not gonna get into that all day today but I want to tell you that he does watch me equip us with spiritual gifts the Holy Spirit the Bible says in verse 4 of 1st Corinthians chapter 12 watch us there are different kinds of spiritual gifts let me say there's different kinds right but there's the same spirit say the same spirit is the what come on help me is the it's a source of what of all of them so watch there a multiplicity of gifts there's 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit and there's other gifts according to Romans chapter 12 and the nine gifts the spirit are the word of wisdom word of knowledge in faith gifts of healing work of miracles prophecy discerning spirits tongues interpretation of tongues he says there's a multiplicity of gifts but there's only one source and that is the Holy Spirit now why are we equipped so that we could be super Christian know the reason why we're equipped is found in verse 7 of first Corinthians 12 look at how powerful this is a spiritual gift is give it to each of us so we can help each other if the spiritual gift you claim to have is not helping somebody else that it's not a gift it is a show the gift on me to preach isn't for me I don't wake up and get all dressed and start preaching to myself in the mirror the spiritual gift that I have is to help somebody else out are you with me and so he equips us and the reason why he equips us is because he desires all of us to be a part of a family a community that listen it's not pastor Benny helping you it's not just some special person helping you everybody's sitting here right now watching me online everyone if you're follow Jesus I mean oh your mind you have a spiritual gift inside of you everybody does and so my question to you is what gift has the Holy Spirit released in your life that is meant to help set somebody else free and when you choose to live in isolation the enemy wins because the gift inside of you which is for somebody else can never be released because you are not living in community you're living in isolation so the enemy he tries to keep us separated he tries to keep races and ethnicities separated he's trying to separate male and female he's trying to separate his wife because when we come together we're more powerful you have a gift that I need you have something that I need you have something that's going to encourage me I have something that's gonna encourage you he equips all of us

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Published: Mon May 13 2019