Pastor Luke Martin shared at Empower Christian Church on Sunday 24 October 2010.
It's easy to detach 'the' Holy Spirit as a thing rather than a Person. In John 7:37-39, we read how He is an essential part of and presence in our lives. The Bible talks even more about the Holy Spirit. We believe in so much that is in the Bible. So too we should read the words about Him and believe them too.
The scene from John 7 is centred on the Feast of Tabernacles. It's a time of celebrating leaving Egypt. The celebration comprised making shelters or tents from branches. They even left enough gap to see the stars at night and allowed a bit of rain to fall through during the eight days of celebration.
Jesus refers to water in His words from John 7. The Feast also comprises a ceremony involving water on that final eighth day. The priest actually pours precious water, during a dry time, across the altar. In a state of dryness, Jesus tells the people to come to Him and drink. Right at that time, the people are very thirsty. The parallel of His sacrifice and that which the people enact during the feast is profound.
Jesus shows HE is the sacrifice. The picture He paints is for the people to be filled to overflowing, pouring out.
Go for something that will last forever, He shows.
So who is the Holy Spirit? Comforter. Inspirer. With us. Giver of life. Breath of life. Represented by fire and water.
There's the water - fulfilled through God's Holy Spirit. When you feel His presence, that's Holy Spirit.
Do you feel like you're dry? Like a river that's dry on top? Dig down and you may find water. But that's not how God wants you to be. He wants you to flow with His life and living water.
God's Holy Spirit filling is here today, just a prayer away. He will satisfy your thirst.
Why would you be dry and thirsty?
Maybe you're not drinking. So... Drink.
Maybe you're drinking the wrong fluid! So... Put the right water into your body.
Maybe it's just been a dry season. So... Make His Holy Spirit the most important thing in your life.
Today is a day if abundance and opportunity. Just ask for His filling.
Luke 11:11-13 tells us how much He gives Holy Spirit - a good gift, promised to you. Today.
Image source: By Paul Lee, linked from Heartlight, http://www.heartlight.org
It's easy to detach 'the' Holy Spirit as a thing rather than a Person. In John 7:37-39, we read how He is an essential part of and presence in our lives. The Bible talks even more about the Holy Spirit. We believe in so much that is in the Bible. So too we should read the words about Him and believe them too.
The scene from John 7 is centred on the Feast of Tabernacles. It's a time of celebrating leaving Egypt. The celebration comprised making shelters or tents from branches. They even left enough gap to see the stars at night and allowed a bit of rain to fall through during the eight days of celebration.
Jesus refers to water in His words from John 7. The Feast also comprises a ceremony involving water on that final eighth day. The priest actually pours precious water, during a dry time, across the altar. In a state of dryness, Jesus tells the people to come to Him and drink. Right at that time, the people are very thirsty. The parallel of His sacrifice and that which the people enact during the feast is profound.
Jesus shows HE is the sacrifice. The picture He paints is for the people to be filled to overflowing, pouring out.
Go for something that will last forever, He shows.
So who is the Holy Spirit? Comforter. Inspirer. With us. Giver of life. Breath of life. Represented by fire and water.
There's the water - fulfilled through God's Holy Spirit. When you feel His presence, that's Holy Spirit.
Do you feel like you're dry? Like a river that's dry on top? Dig down and you may find water. But that's not how God wants you to be. He wants you to flow with His life and living water.
God's Holy Spirit filling is here today, just a prayer away. He will satisfy your thirst.
Why would you be dry and thirsty?
Maybe you're not drinking. So... Drink.
Maybe you're drinking the wrong fluid! So... Put the right water into your body.
Maybe it's just been a dry season. So... Make His Holy Spirit the most important thing in your life.
Today is a day if abundance and opportunity. Just ask for His filling.
Luke 11:11-13 tells us how much He gives Holy Spirit - a good gift, promised to you. Today.
Image source: By Paul Lee, linked from Heartlight, http://www.heartlight.org
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