[Music] today I'm going to talk about 10 benefits of the holy spirit in the life of the believer when you speak of the Holy Spirit as a topic most people turn to the book of Acts because they think that's where it began actually the the Holy Spirit shows up in Genesis 1 And1 and it shows up in Genesis 1:26 when the Bible records let us make man in our image obviously us is more than one the holy spirit is never to be referred to as it the holy spirit is God there is God the father Jesus the son God the holy spirit co-equal in purpose and power the Holy Spirit the holy spirit in creation I believe that Genesis 1 And1 probably could contain the most truth of any singular verse in all of the Bible and let me explain why it says in the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth that sounds very simple until you consider every word in the beginning was before creation time did not begin until the sun and the moon were created so that time could be calibrated the dateless past in the beginning time started afterwards the Holy Spirit shows up in Genesis 1 and one in the beginning in the dateless past God the word there is Elohim it is the plural form of L which in Hebrew is God plurality of persons means there's more than one again therefore it would be in the beginning the DAT is pass God the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit and now we come to the word created which means bar which means to be made from nothing scientist and atheist can tell you what happened after the world got here or what they think happened but they cannot tell you how it got here Genesis 1 And1 very clearly says God made from nothing and created This Magnificent Universe in which we live he is the author and the finisher of all things the gap between verse one and two could be millions of years if your son comes home from college and says the professor says they've carbonated a rock that's 50,000 years old the professor's probably right because there is no time time clock running between 1 and two as the Earth is in a state of void verse two the Holy Spirit appears again and he hovers over the Earth and when he's hovering over the Earth Supernatural power is released in the creative in the creative work of the Holy Spirit and that's where we're going to B begin with purpose number one the holy spirit is a hovering force that brings Supernatural power to you and to Everything You Touch read with me acts the first chapter the eth verse ready 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 ends of the Earth father thank you today for the power of the Holy Spirit which is still very much intended to be a part of the New Testament Church in Jesus name we pray and ask it and all of God's children said amen am you may be seated consider the holy spirit in the life of Jesus John the Baptist who came specifically to introduce Jesus presented him as the baptizer in the Holy Spirit Matthew 3:11 John speaking I John the Baptist baptize you with water for repentance but after me will come one who is more powerful than I whose sandals I am not fit to carry he's talking about Jesus he will baptize you with a Holy Spirit and with fire two things Holy Spirit and with fire these are two experiences on the day of Pentecost in the upper room there are 120 followers of Jesus Christ in the upper room back to the Bible math why were there 120 because there were 12 tribes because in Israel you could not have a legitimate prayer meeting without 10 people being present 10 * 12 is 120 this was a National Prayer service every tribe was there ready for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and suddenly there came from Heaven as of a rushing Mighty Wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting I'm quoting now the book of Acts there then appeared cloven tongues of fire that set upon each of them and they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues as the spirit of God gave them utterance Acts 2 and 4 according to Acts 2 there were 16 languages that were spoken by different groups of people that had converged on Jerusalem at this time of the year for celebrations this was a this was an evangelism explosion par Excellence beyond anything that you can possibly imagine there was no Gutenberg Press there was no television there was no radio way to reach all of these nations but because they were all here there was a supernatural anointing on these people and they left the upper room and they went out in the streets and they began to preach the gospel in the language that God was giving to them in the language of the people that were in front of them that's how 3,000 people got saved in one day because of that evangelism explosion purpose number two the purpose of the holy spirit is to empower you to be a witness for Christ if you're not a consistent witness for Christ you can't possibly be filled with the Holy Spirit I he people say well I'm timid you got married didn't you come on if you really love the Lord and the fire of the holy spirit is in your soul people are going to know there's something about this life they want to know about Jesus said to the disciples I'm going to send you the comforter a a comforter that would be the Holy Spirit and he will testify of me he will what testify of me the purpose of the Holy Spirit through us is to testify of Jesus the Holy Spirit experience in Acts two was God's FedEx to the church that Jesus had arrived in heaven Jesus said to his disciples I will send you a comforter how did they know he had arrived because in the upper room the Holy Spirit came and clothing tongues of fire set upon each of their heads what is Pentecost Pentecost is not a denomination don't shut your television off Pentecost is an experience Pentecost did not start in the upper room Israel had been celebrating the Feast of Pentecost for 1500 years before Acts 2 ever got printed first day of Pentecost was at Mount Si where God told Moses to bring the children of Israel going from Egypt's bondage to the promised land why is it called Pentecost it was a 50-day journey from the Red Sea to Mount Si Moses is on the mountain he's face to face with God the Bible records that the mountain was covered with forked tongues of fire of lightning 70 languages were spoken and the nation of Israel was born 1500 years later in the upper room in Jerusalem clothing tongues of fire set upon the head of every believer and the New Testament Church was born on that day the day of Pentecost is the birth day of the new church that's where we began that's where we began not your denomination but there in Jerusalem in Acts 2 and4 the day of Pentecost established the birthday of the Church of Jesus Christ Jesus said to his disciples you shall be Witnesses unto me say that unto me we're not called to be Witnesses for your denomination many people are more in l over their denomination than they are Jesus we're not called to be a witness to your church we're not called to be a witness to your dreams and Visions we're called to be a witness to Jesus Christ he is the answer he is the answer he is the answer not us the third purpose of the holy spirit is to bring Unity to the body of Christ 1 Corinthians 12:13 for by one Spirit we are all all baptized into one body where the Jews are Greeks where the slaves are free and have all been made to drink of one Spirit we must realize that Paul's main emphasis was not on a Doctrine but on the unity of the body of Christ God's primary purpose for bestowing the baptism of the holy spirit is the unity of the church mention the word Pentecost and many people think that it is many people who don't go to church much many many people think that it is an emotional undisciplined group of people running down the aisle screaming like a commanche Indian no that's not that's not that God has nothing to do with that when the holy spirit moves check it out for yourself in the New Testament there is no specific reference to emotion in the various places where the baptism of the holy spirit is written of or described in the Bible they were people worshiping the Lord and the fire fell and the power came it wasn't an emotional thing they walked out and they did the will of God they were disciplined to become ambassadors of Christ the fourth purpose of the holy spirit is to be our helper Jesus said to the disciples and I will ask the father and he will give you another helper someone other than Jesus that he may be with you forever for how long forever the Holy Spirit shows you what to do when you don't know what to do the Holy Spirit teaches you what to say when you don't know what to say the holy spirit will give you Revelation knowledge about what's about to happen to you when you don't know what's about to happen to you we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the rulers of the darkness of this age spiritual warfare is a battle between light and darkness yet as Believers in Christ you're not alone God has not left you defenseless trust that the King of Kings has armed you well for the spiritual battle with your gift of any amount we will send you our new devotional spiritual warfare as well as the Bible tabs this devotional is filled with scriptures testimonies and practical steps to fight for Faith and embrace God's will for your generous gift of $150 will send you the full spiritual warfare collection including a stylish Bible cover the three Heavens book and the angels and demons study guide draw near to our Savior with him by your side the battle is already won send your best gift today call the number on your screen or visit jhm.org Warfare the fifth purpose of the holy spirit is the spirit of Truth Jesus gave this specific promise to his disciples in John 14 16-18 the Bible reads and I will ask the father and he will give you the spirit of Truth this world cannot accept him brother is that ever the truth but you know him for he lives in you and will be with you always truth is being rejected by America right now I want you to know that we are still contrary to what some political leaders are saying we are still one nation under God we are still endowed by our creator with certain inable rights that among these are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness we are the nation whose founding fathers got on their knees when they were writing the Constitution asking God for divine guidance in birthing the United States of America we are the nation where General George Washington nailed in the Snows of Valley Forge and prayed for God to give him Divine guidance in this military exercise we are the nation led by Abraham Lincoln that crushed slavery you young people who are in the streets of America screaming that you're slaves listen up you are free you can do anything you want to take your life and do something with it other than whine and complain about what you're not getting do [Applause] something get a job and go to work the sixth purpose of the holy spirit is the voice of Prophecy the men who wrote all of the prophecies in this Bible didn't do it because they felt oh this is a neat idea they wrote it because of the Holy Spirit second Peter 1:21 for prophecy never had its origin in the will of man but men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit I had our television Department to put this headline up this headline appeared in the San Antonio light in May 1948 it says Israel was reborn after 2,000 years but what's so exciting about that what's so exciting about that that is Ezekiel 3,000 years ago in Ezekiel 36 and 37 said that exact thing was going to happen because the Holy Spirit told him what is going to happen do we know what the future is going to be absolutely because the Holy Spirit has revealed it to John the Revelator and to Daniel and you put Daniel Ezekiel and Revelation together and you know more about tomorrow than the Wall Street Journal will ever know we are a nation that was born in a day that was Israel Ezekiel 36:35 people will say that this land that was death desolate is now like the Garden of Eden if you go to Israel and go through the Jordan Valley it looks like the Garden of Eden why because God says I'm going to bring you from your Gentile Graves and you shall live you shall live Israel lives Israel lives Israel lives the seventh purpose of the Holy Spirit is to seal your life until the day of redemption Ephesians 1:13-14 and you the believer also were included in Christ when you heard the word of Truth The Gospel of your salvation having believed you were marked in him God meaning God you were marked in God with a seal the promised Holy Spirit listen the holy spirit is God's deposit depos it in you right now for the next age that would be the Rapture and Eternity before credit cards and I know some of you have never had this but for four credit cards people made deposits they went into a store and they saw something they wanted to buy let's say it's the lamp it cost $11,000 you didn't have $11,000 so you gave the owner of the store $200 this is my deposit on that lamp I want it I'll be back with the rest in 3 days the deposit sealed the deal that lamp was yours it was put aside anyone who came to take it the owner would say hands off that has already been sealed with a deposit when you receive the Holy Spirit your life becomes sealed by the Holy Spirit you are Untouchable by demonic forces when Satan and his desonic goons try to touch you when they try to tempt you when they try to harm you when they try to harm what belongs to you God says hands off that person those people that family they belong to me get your hands off them the eighth purpose of the holy spirit is to give laser beam accuracy When you pray Paul writes in Romans 8:26 through 27 and I read and in the same way the spirit also helps our weakness for we do not know how to pray as we should but the spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words and he who searches the hearts listen and he who searches your heart knows what the mind of the spirit is because he the holy spirit intercedes for Saints on the earth who are praying according to the will of God Paul speaks of our weakness it's not a physical weakness but it's a limitation of your mind to know exactly how to pray have you ever had a troubled Spirit you were anxious about something you knew something was wrong and you begin to pray but you could not put it into words there was just a spirit that was hanging around a circumstance that you could not get a grip on and you began to pray in the Holy Spirit and here's what happened God the Holy Spirit listens to you and he fedexes that right right to the throne of God he says father this is what she's trying to say this is what he's trying to say they're they're humans they're limited she knows he feels now let's take this answer back boom it comes back and suddenly the problem disappears because the Holy Spirit has taken your message to heaven and returned it give the Lord Praise in the house the ninth purpose of the holy spirit is to raise your dead body from the grave on the resurrection morning Romans the 8th chapter verse 11 and if the spirit of him that's the Holy Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you he who raised Christ from the dead will also give you life in your mortal body through his Spirit who lives in you what does that mean it means when the Trump of God has sounded and you have died and you're in the grave and you your body has decomposed to just ashes the holy spirit will Quicken your mortal body your body is instantly going to be recreated and reunited by the by the Bara of God the the creative power the the power of the Breath of God your body will will instantly be joined to your spirit and sail into the heavens to meet the Lord how were our bodies in the first place created Genesis 2:7 God formed a Man Out of the Dust of the earth you if you're in your grave long enough will turn to dust but when the Trump of God shall sound the holy spirit will respond to the ruach of God the Breath of God and instantly you will become a living Soul when you die the Breath of God that transformed the lump of clay into the living body of Adam will transform your body in the grave and instantly you rise on the resurrection morning to meet the Lord in the air who does that the holy spirit of God the 10th purpose of the holy spirit is divine love listen to this St Paul writes in ROM Romans 5:5 and hope does not disappoint us because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit he has given us that verse is earthshaking divine love is evidence of your salvation I don't mean you like somebody Jesus said the Pharisees liked each other said if all you can do is like those who like you you're know better than the Pharisees and he looked at the Pharisees and said prostitutes are going to heaven before you that's what Jesus said he didn't like them because they were arrogant self-centered people Divine love is evidence that you really know the Lord 1 John 4:7 and8 dear friends let us love one another for love comes from God everyone who loves has been born of God and knows god listen whosoever does not love does not know know God because God is love you know somebody carrying around a 12b King James Bible and is mean as a two-headed snake they're not a Christian they're just a guy with a big book let me quickly give these 10 benefits the Holy Spirit hovers over you to release Supernatural anointing and power two The Power of the holy spirit is given to you to be a witness to Christ three the Holy Spirit brings Unity to the body of Christ in the church in the family and in the nation for the holy spirit is our paraclete when you don't know what to do it will tell you what to do when you don't understand he understands five the holy spirit is the spirit of Truth you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free six the holy spirit is the voice of Prophecy seven the holy spirit is God's seal to deposit on your life eight the Holy Spirit prays through you when you don't know how to pray nine the holy spirit will Quicken your dead body in the grave and you will rise in the resurrection morning with your glorified brand new body Lord Jesus I'd like to have a touch of that right now the Holy Spirit brings Divine love and without the Divine love you are nothing nothing can we stand to our feet if you have been baptized in water and you would like to receive the holy spirit in your life I'd like for you to raise your hand thank you would like for everyone in this room to pray this prayer Heavenly Father heavenly father I come before you I come before you in the name of the Lord Jesus in the name of the Lord Jesus to ask you to forgive me of all of my sins to ask you to forgive me of all of my sins in my life in my life for things that are present and things in the past for things in the present and things in the past May the blood of Jesus Christ May the blood of Jesus Christ blot out my sin blot out my sin from the books of life from the books of Life Holy Spirit Holy Spirit having now met Bible conditions having now met Bible condition receive you into my life I receive you into my life Fill Me Now Fill Me Now hover over me hover over me flow into me flow into me bringing power bringing power life life health health Divine love divine love unity Unity victory victory over the World the Flesh and the devil Over The World the Flesh I receive it now I receive it now in Jesus name in Jesus name Give the Lord Praise in this house give the for the shout of Praise of thank you Legacy partners and friends for supporting hegu Ministries with your devoted prayers and finances God bless you and thank you for all you do to win the loss for Christ and bless the believer we are able to fulfill our mission based on your support and God's faithfulness stay tuned Pastor heggy has a blessing just for you haggy Ministries continues to proclaim the unadulterated truth of God's word around the globe thanks to our Legacy Partners it's the continued faithfulness of our partners that enables us to provide Hope Health and education to the young mothers and their children that call the sanctuary of Hope home as We Walk This Road Together We Are providing humanitarian Aid across Israel and helping with relief efforts and community service initiatives at home and abroad together we are transforming the nations of the world for Jesus Christ we are excited to reach the younger Generations as we expand into areas such as Apple TV Roku podcasts social media and live web streaming your action today can become part of your legacy become a legacy partner call the number on the screen or go to jhm.org SLP partner you've been watching pgy Ministries and now your blessing with Pastor John [Music] haggy and now may the Lord bless you and may the Lord keep you may the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you giving you his peace may you know that as a child of God our heavenly father wants you to have the best of things in the worst of times may you know in the deepest parts of your spirit that God wants you to live in peace even in the midst of the raging Storm you're now enduring may you trust in him and grow each day knowing that he loves you so very much and is working all things together for your good walk in the confidence that you are his child and everything is going to be all right in Jesus name receive this blessing for you and the members of your family amen and amen [Music]
