Matthew 16:19-21
Bible Fact: Jesus expects all of His disciples to demonstrate the authority and power of His kingdom as a witness to a weak and wicked world.
The Big Idea: To get Christian disciples to surrender their faith beyond the traditional to be offered the opportunity to engage with God without restrictions to do miraculous works that represent God.
- The SOUL ONLY is the lone citizen that lives in the kingdom of heaven.
- 7 Keys to unlock kingdom authority and power within you:
III. Kingdom citizen rules Jesus taught that release His keys of authority to His disciples
- The Holy Spirit’s release of God’s power to unlock authority and power in Christians
- The objectives of the Holy Spirit in Christians
- To exemplify His person
- To experience His power
- To elevate His purpose
- To execute His plan
- The Holy Spirit taught by Jesus to His disciples – John 16:13-16
- The Holy Ghost is the power agent that administers the salvation CHANGE act by the will of God and is responsible for the preservation, protection, protocols and power of Christians
- Acts as the agent to the will of God in the salvation CHANGE process;
- The first priority (roles) of the Holy Ghost is to help/assist the Christian believer with Divine instructions;
- Information (for education = what is learned)
- Interpretation (for communication = what is discerned)
- Inspiration (for motivation = what is performed)
- The five primary activities of the Holy Ghost
- To directs believers in the way of righteousness to represent The Lord;
- To divert harm from the presence and way of the believer:
- Balaam’s life spared and diverted from death; Number 22:1-35
- Hebrew boys keep from burning in the fire; Daniel 3:1-30
- Paul & Silas kept from harm and delivered from prison; Acts 16:22-31
- Paul assisted and kept from harm in a storm; Acts 27:6-44
Note: When we address the Holy Spirit we must do so in three ways to completely cover the broad perspective of:
- His Objective – the aim or goal
- His Role – the function/purpose/responsibility
- His Activity – happenings that are done, state of being active or actions, deeds
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