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  • Unlocking The Mystery of Praying in The Spirit Pt.1

    Unlocking the mystery of praying in The Spirit  

    Sunday, December 1, 2019

    1 Corinthians 14:1-2 TPT “It is good that you are enthusiastic and passionate about spiritual gifts, especially prophecy. 2 When someone speaks in tongues, no one understands a word he says, because he’s not speaking to people, but to God—he is speaking intimate mysteries in the Spirit.”

    “Preparation time is never wasted time.” I believe it was Bob Yandian who made that statement in a book I read years ago and it has stuck with me ever since. As we started to get closer and closer to January and our annual 21 day fast I felt an urgency in my spirit to not just enter this fast flippantly, but to take some time and prepare ourselves for what God has planned. 

    Kelly and I were talking about the fast and she said when she was praying The Lord spoke to her that, “The fast is going to be a building on last year’s fast. Last year was preparation and plowing, this year is freedom and expression. The two will compliment each other.”

    The Holy Spirit took me to Joshua 3. “and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. 4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

    5 And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify (set apart, prepare) yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

    I believe that God is preparing us to step into another level of the promised land He has for us, which in part, is the Word He gave us concerning His Glory. He is teaching us to be comfortable with the unpredictability of following His Spirit as He leads us in areas we have not gone before. We are about to experience a flow of the Spirit of God that we have never experienced before and it will not be a temporary thing, but a permanent and perpetual building of the manifest presence of God with corresponding signs, wonders and miracles that bring Glory to Him demonstrate His love for people! 

    • It is important that we prepare from a correct perspective. Why is perspective important? Your perspective will determine your response. 
    • What is the perspective we must approach our preparation from? God is supernatural! There are mysteries in the Kingdom of God. 
    • We are going to attempt to demystify some of the things of the Spirit. Clear up some of the terms and phrases and answer some things we may not understand. “Baptisim of the Holy Spirit”, “filled with the Spirit”, “Praying in tongues or in the Spirit”… 
    • I had people tell me that I focus too much on the Holy Spirit and that we should not speak in tongues or have the gifts of the Spirit move on Sunday mornings because it is uncomfortable. Basically, you need to protect them form the Holy Spirit. My response: It is not my job to protect people from the Holy Spirit, its my job to introduce them to the Holy Spirit. Its not my job to protect them from the move of the Spirit, it is the mandate on my life to expose people to the move of the Spirit! 
    • Demystify does not mean to naturalize. Don’t criticize or dismiss what you do not understand. If you do, you will miss out on the vast majority of what God has for you! 
    • God is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of pursuit.
    • There is a vast difference between the reasoning and wisdom of man and the reasoning and wisdom of God! We have to stop reasoning in the natural concerning the things of the supernatural. The Spirit of God is not confined to nor will He be explained by our reasoning. He is God. He is supernatural. And we must view him as such!
    • The Holy Spirit is in you but He can come upon you. Some might say that doesn’t make sense. How can he be in me and upon me, but you’re thinking about it from a natural standpoint. As if he is finite, can only be in one place at one time. But he is supernatural and his ability defies natural reasoning.
    • I believe three of the greatest hindrances or barriers to seeing or moving in the supernatural are logic, reasoning, and dignity. 
    • We can not try to explain away the things of the Bible that we do not understand or have not experienced.  We must humble ourselves and seek God for the manifestation of what we see in the Bible. We have to bring our up to the standard of the Word and not bring the standard of the Word down to our experience. 
    • Why is it that we can believe that we can be born again spiritually, our sins eradicated by the blood of a God who left heaven, was born of a virgin, died on the cross and was raised from the dead yet we cannot believe that he would give us a supernatural prayer language?
      • Jesus our example both in action and direction. 
      • Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”… 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” 15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him 16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
        • Repent; me-tä-ni-a’-ō; to change one's mind.
        • It is important to distinguish between the new birth experienced and the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Why? Because if you do not know something is available how can you believe for it? 
          • The Spirit upon Jesus brought forth the ministry power needed for Kingdom advancement!
          • Jesus is the example of the work of the Holy Spirit within and upon. Jesus life was conceived by the spirit, and the spirit working within Him brought forth the fruit of good character. 
          • Baptize; bäp-tē’-zō; to dip repeatedly, to immerse, to submerge.
          • Acts 1: 4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
          • John 20:21  So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
            1. Peace: ā-rā’-nā: means: exemption from the rage and havoc of war.  Harmony. Of Christianity, the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and content with its earthly lot, of whatsoever sort that is.
            2. 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”
              • Gen 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.’
              • They were born again in that instant! This was their salvation experience. They became new creations!  They were commissioned in John 20, but they were empowered in Acts 2!
              • The baptism in the Holy Spirit is extremely important! 
                • The baptism of the Holy Spirit is for power. Power to live our lives according to His will. Power to demonstrate the Kingdom we have been place in. 
                • Jesus commanded His disciples to wait until they were baptized/filled with the Holy Ghost before they could move forward with the mandate upon their lives. 
                • Jesus was anointed with the Holy Spirit. Acts 10:38 “how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.”
                • The Greek word for POWER is du>namiv [dunamis], which means, “miracle working ability.”
                • The word WITNESS from the Greek means, “one whose life is evidence of the truth he believes; an evidence producer.” Martyr.  Power to lay down ones life. 
                • The Baptism in the Holy Ghost endues the believer with God’s Power to produce evidence that Jesus Christ is alive.
                • MARK 16:17-18 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
                • Acts 2 TPT On the day Pentecost was being fulfilled, all the disciples were gathered in one place. 2 Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear! 3 Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them. 4 They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!
                  • Other examples.
                  1. There are five recorded incidents in Scripture of individuals receiving the Baptism in the Holy Ghost. (Important: the Bible teaches by EXAMPLE as well as through PRECEPT)
                    1. The 120 who received on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4).
                    2. The Samaritan Revival (Acts 8:14-17).
                    3. Saul’s (Paul’s) experience (Acts 9:17).
                    4. Cornelius and his household. (Acts 10:44-46).
                    5. The Ephesians disciples (Acts 19:6).
                    6. Three of these cases (Acts 2:4, Acts 10:44-46, and Acts 19:6) specifically mention speaking in other tongues. The other two imply strongly that tongues did indeed occur.
                      1. The Samaritan Revival. (Acts 8:5-17).
                        1. 18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! 21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God.
                          1. What did Simon “perceive” that was so radically different?  He had already seen healings, miracles, and great joy.
                          2. In verse 21, the word “matter” could be translated as “something said” or “utterance.”
                          3. Simon evidently witnessed believers speaking in tongues (supernatural “utterance”) when hands were laid on them.
                          4. Saul’s (Paul’s) experience (Acts 9:10-18).
                            1. Although speaking in tongues is not specifically mentioned here, we do know that Paul DID speak with other tongues. 
                            2. 1 Corinthians 14:18 “I give thanks to God that I speak in tongues more than all of you”
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                            10. The Missing! Pt.1 Honoring One Another
                              The culture we live in and the culture of The Kingdom are completely opposite of one another. The kingdom of this world is built on dishonor, but The Kingdom of God functions in a culture of honor.  Could the reason we are not seeing miracles like we see in the NT be due to a lack of Honor?
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