Pentecost: Embracing the Holy Spirit's Empowering Presence

Again, church, why would we ever have the right to pick and choose who we serve? When you serve God, you serve the father, son, and the holy spirit. You do not get the choice to say, holy spirit, you get in the back seat, and Imma let Jesus be in the driver's seat. Jesus says, when you look at me, you see the father. Jesus says, it's better for me to ascend, to go to heaven so the holy spirit may come. So, we see this unity in the trinity. We have to speak about it and live that life out as well and so, what we tend to do is we go through our life and not know the character of god because we have alienated parts of god. [00:34:01] (43 seconds)  #EmbraceTheTrinity

He will not speak on his own. He he will speak only what he hears. He will tell you what it is yet to come. That's like god level stuff. He will listen to this, verse 14. Write this one down. Circle it. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. How do I discern what is of him and not of him? I'm telling you, again, he is not some crazy ninja, some crazy monkey that's gonna jump on you and cause you to do weird stuff. Right? He's a gentleman. He's the advocate. He's the paraclete. He's the rear guard. All of the scriptures in scripture. And what is he saying in this moment? He says, he will glorify Jesus. [01:03:35] (38 seconds)  #SpiritSpeaksTruth

Think about the emotional roller coaster they've been on. Triumphal entry. Jesus arrested. Then they leave Jesus. They they depart from him. The guilt from that. Then they see Jesus crucified and then the resurrected Jesus. Yes. But then processing again, what's my responsibility in all of this? The emotional roller coaster? Do you think they had some things to work through? And listen to me, maybe this is put in scripture for you and I as well. That we, as as Jesus, has a plan for us to move forward and be empowered and and and to take some ground and to see that victory you've been praying for, maybe he's telling you today, I I I need you to process. I need you to wait. [00:43:28] (48 seconds)  #ProcessAndWait

And so if I get in my flesh and I make it about me and I talk about all the things, I want you to look at me and the things that I'm doing. Well, whose banner's getting raised? It's pastor Chad's. It's not the holy spirit. That's pride. God opposes the proud. So, what is what is the directive of the holy spirit? The character is to raise the banner of Jesus higher. It's humility. It's the fruit of the spirit. In Galatians five, it's all of these things. You can put it on the screen. All of these things, the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control, all of these things are producing fruit of the source. That's the holy spirit. [01:04:14] (44 seconds)  #HumilityBeforeGod