LUKE 24: But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 3 So they went in, but they didn’t find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. 5 The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone who is alive? 6 He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.” 8 Then they remembered that he had said this. 9 So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened. 11 But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it. 12 However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.

GOD IS IN THE BUSINESS OF TRANSFORMATION!

FEAR AND DISAPPOINTMENT CAN OVERWHELM FAITH!

LIFE CAN TRAUMATIZE OUR BEING AND OVERWHELM OUR FAITH!

LUKE 24: 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. 46 And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. 47 It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ 48 You are witnesses of all these things. 49 “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”

MOST OF THE TIME, WE PRAY AND DESIRE AN OLD TESTAMENT GOD!

GOD COULD NEVER PROVIDE ENOUGH EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF HIMSELF TO CHANGE A HEART!

THE OPEN SECRET OF THE NEW TESTAMENT!

ROMANS 8: 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.

1 JOHN 4: 4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world.

ROMANS 5: 5 And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.

GALATIANS 5: 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

THE POWER IS FROM WITHIN!

WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT HABITATION THERE IS NO TRANSFORMATION.

LUKE 11: 24 “When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, searching for rest. But when it finds none, it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ 25 So it returns and finds that its former home is all swept and in order. 26 Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before.”

ACTS 3:12 Peter saw his opportunity and addressed the crowd. “People of Israel,” he said, “what is so surprising about this? And why stare at us as though we had made this man walk by our own power or godliness?

ARE YOU WILLING FOR JESUS TO CLEAN YOUR WHOLE HOUSE?

ARE YOU THEN WILLING FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO INHABIT THE WHOLE HOUSE?

TAKE IT HOME!

1. INVITE JESUS TO CLEAN YOUR WHOLE HOUSE!
2. THEN ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COME AND INHABIT YOUR WHOLE HOUSE!
3. EXPERIENCE TRANSFORMATION FROM THE POWER WITHIN.