Splash Down | Crossland Community Church

This is where everything radically changed in the New Testament. He was no longer just available in the corporate environments. He's now going to individually enter people and be in you. The incarnation of Christ is God with us. The arrival of the spirit is God in us. That I know where he is. He's in each and every one of you that believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. He can't get any closer. Like, you never have to pray for the spirit of God to come. Don't do that. Waste of time. He's already here. [00:22:34] (32 seconds)  #HolySpiritAlreadyHere

As magnificent and mind blowing as it could be to go from 24 and a half thousand miles per hour all the way down to 16 miles per hour and land safely, that's nothing compared to the rapid descent of the spirit of the living God. He moves so fast it can't be seen. And he doesn't descend from the moon, he descends from the heavens. At an instantaneous arrival at the moment that you confess Christ, he has descended out of heaven and he is indwelling you forever and all eternity at a speed that is mind boggling. But he lands softly, and the reason he lands softly in your life is in order to make sure that you land softly in the next life. [00:08:51] (49 seconds)  #SwiftGentleDescent

Because the matter will never matter the way it could matter until the spirit of God descends into it. And as soon as the spirit descends into it, we know what happens, and God said. A powerful word is spoken and explosively, all of that matter begins starts to become everything God ever wanted it to be. The same thing's true in your life. That what God created was potential, and every born again believer is full of endless eternal potential that will never be a reality without the descending presence of the person of the Holy Spirit. Okay? But when he gets there, watch out [00:17:04] (43 seconds)  #SpiritUnlocksPotential

We always talk about this because you can't understand the entire Bible until you understand this passage. You can be saved, but you can't understand everything until you understand this. God made matter from nothing something. That's what we saw last week. A sinner is nothing because they're dead in their trespasses. Who can take nothing and make something? He can. Okay? And when you're made alive in Christ, when the nothing becomes something, God doesn't just leave it there, the spirit of God descends into it. [00:16:34] (30 seconds)  #FromNothingToNewLife

Because so often, we can be in one place and not altogether. And when it comes to the descending and continue filling of the spirit of God corporately amongst believers, that's why unity is so important. Unanimity is not something God wants. He wants unity of belief, unity of thought, and unity of faith. And when we're all together and in one place, powerful things begin to happen. And so what's happening is a holy commotion. The spirit of God is making a ruckus so that everybody in that area will hear it. [00:12:26] (33 seconds)  #UnityInvitesSpirit

So all of this, if you will, holy commotion and physical manifestations and demonstrations where communication could happen. Okay? That's what was happening so that the gospel could be preached. And those folks who came, they came because they heard a noise. They came and they saw something, and then they heard something, and 3,000 of them were saved. And you see, all of that is inaugurated, inspired, and empowered by a descending spirit who fills the place. Okay? [00:14:55] (38 seconds)  #SpiritDrawsTheCrowd

In the temple, it was a permanent structure, so the whole world would know that Israel really was the people of God, and then Christ to empower him because the next thing that happens is he's tempted by the devil in the wilderness. Why? Because he was gonna show the devil not everybody's disobedient in the wilderness. It's the same spirit that descended into you at the moment you were saved. That's got to affect you. That has got to impact your thinking about what's really going on, what really just happened. [00:21:26] (34 seconds)  #SameSpiritWithin

This is more like Artemis than anything. You can imagine how fast the spirit descended and then finally just slowed down a little so everybody could see it. Gently landed on him to empower him for his ministry. It's imperative that you understand that that which descended into you is the same spirit that descended into creation and it became what God wanted it to be. The same one who descended into the tabernacle, so his presence could be with them everywhere they went. [00:20:53] (34 seconds)  #SpiritEmpowersMinistry

I mean, the spirit of God has completely taken over this space. Alright? That's what the filling of the spirit does. The indwelling is when he fully takes up residence in that space. Okay? At the moment of salvation, you'll see in a second, man, he takes up residence. Now, does he fill the whole space or not? That's based upon our activities as much as anything. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them, probably the one twenty. [00:13:43] (31 seconds)  #FilledAndIndwelled

And in the absence of understanding that, you're never gonna fully experience everything God saved you to experience. We experience the fullness of salvation because of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. Now you're gonna see there's a difference between indwelling and filling. Okay? You'll see that today. There is a clear differentiation. We're gonna talk more about the indwelling reality in a couple of weeks, but and it's really today too. And once you get this down, I believe this, I really do, that this information can lead to radical transformation that changes the way that you live until you get to see Christ. [00:11:01] (39 seconds)  #UnderstandToTransform

Won't have one, don't need one because wherever the spirit of God is, crowd gathers. And what you do is you continue to foster an environment where he feels welcome. When he shows up, watch out. Okay? That's all we've ever done. And he's drawing in a massive crowd. This isn't for the people in the house. This is for the people in the community. Alright? I know a large crowd comes because over 3,000 of them were saved that day. And so it's the spirit that's making a lot of noise that draws them to this location. [00:13:06] (30 seconds)  #WhereSpiritIsCrowdsCome

And when you and I see that that's what he does and has done and is continuing to do, when you begin to realize that this is what happened to you, this is the beginning of church. It's the same thing that happens at the beginning of being a Christian. Okay? It should begin to make you realize that from 24 and a half thousand miles an hour to 16 miles an hour to splashdown safely is quite a feat. But the spirit of God descending from heaven to indwell you and fill you and empower you to do what God originally created and called you to do, [00:15:34] (37 seconds)  #SpiritBeginsChurch