The Word: John 14: 16 – 17(KJV)
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Dig Deeper:
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Think about it
DESIGNED FOR DIVINE FELLOWSHIP.
So we don’t forget, Let’s remind ourselves again that baptism is to Immerse or Dip. And the reason for baptism or immersion is to:
– Soak, fill up, saturate, permeate, fill to overflowing, overload, drench, submerge, inundate, infuse, impregnate, penetrate, percolate.
God’s original plan was for man to be in constantly in fellowship with him. Man was not designed to live or exist without Divine fellowship. For anyone who does not know Jesus, there is something significant missing. Such person’s life will never be complete until that missing Jig saw puzzle is found and that is Jesus. The person may have a good Job, may have a good spouse and children, may even be financially rich but there is a hollow, a longing, a thirst, a spiritual need that only God can meet. And you find God through Jesus. When man was formed in (Genesis 2: 7), We read that God breathe into his nostrils the breath of life. That breath is the life of God or the God’s kind of life (Zoe), no wonder when they were listing the generations of people born at the beginning, Adam was listed as the son of God. Adam had no other surname, no father…. God was his father and so his name would have been Adam – God. That is the way we were designed to live. However Adam sinned and the connection was destroyed. John the baptist was sent to prepare the way before Jesus came and get the people to repent (Isaiah 40: 1-3, Matthew 3: 1-3). He preached a repentance message. People came to him at the Jordan and confessed their sins and got baptised but he warned them them there was a greater baptism which is the Holy Spirit baptism (Matthew 3:11, Mark 1: 8, Luke 3: 16, John 1: 33-34). Before Jesus left he left instructions for new believers to be baptised (Mark 16: 15-16, Matthew 28: 19-20) He also promised the coming of the Holy Spirit (John 14: 16-18, Acts 1: 4-5, 8).
The infilling of the Holy Spirit is available for every believer.
– The Holy Spirit comes with Spiritual power
– The Holy Spirit empowers us with boldness in witnessing
– He helps us with prayers, we can pray at a higher level. He helps us to pray in unknown language of the Holy Spirit
– He allows manifestation of divers gifts and manifestation
– He helps us grow fruits of the Holy Spirit
– We can have greater results in praying for the sick
The Holy Spirit brings the missing dimension of fellowship with the father. He allows to be filled with his race and power……
Nuggets:
You need him, I need him
Our memory verse for Jebruary 2018
John 3: 3
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Let’s take a few moment to learn our memory verse for this month by heart. It can be memorised in 2 lines:
Line 1: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Line 2: Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Once you say it a few times it will stick.
Prayer focus: Our prayers for the next level project:
Today we continue pray for missionaries, ministries, Christian organisations
On Grace:
Masterlife Workbook: The Church is embarking on weeks of discipleship workbook study: Masterlife now on the 2nd workbook: The Disciple’s personality
