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Jesus is our Captain! by Lindsey Melton Jr

Week 5 - Holy Spirit Series 2023 by Lindsey Melton Jr

A lot of times we blame the devil for all of our woes, circumstances & hold-ups! However, The apostle Paul said in Galatians 5:17

"When your self-life craves the things that offend the Holy Spirit you hinder him from living free within you! And the Holy Spirit’s intense cravings hinder your self-life from dominating you! So then, the two incompatible and conflicting forces within you are your self-life of the flesh and the new creation life of the Spirit."

So our carnal behaviors is the very conduct that hinders the Holy Spirit from living FREELY within you! And because the behaviors of the spirit are rooted in truth, then the behaviors of the flesh are rooted in lies about God, ourselves, and others!

What lie about God, yourself, or someone else does sin have you believing?

Listen in as we break all this down and more!

It's not just Father's Day, it's Thermostats day!

Holy Spirit Series 2023 WEEK 3 by Lindsey Melton Jr

Naturally we all take on assignments, projects, mandates, etc. and once were in them the feeling of “I’m not fully equipped for this begins to rise up within us”

The worst is when we see others doing the same thing as us but their results are better than ours. Which causes to believe the lie of

I can’t do this

This must not be my calling

This must not be what I was created for

I’m wasting my life at this job

I’m wasting my life living in this town

I’m wasting my life serving at this little church

I’m wasting my life bc i’m not married or bc i don’t have kids or bc i don’t have someone to come home to, ETC

IF SATAN IS TELLING YOU ALL THOSE THINGS- WHAT DO YOU THINK GOD IS SAYING?!

Acts 1:2-9

Verse 8

8But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will be seized with power. You will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces —even to the remotest places on earth!”

Power- in the greek - Dynamis(doo’-nam-is) it’s where we get the word dynamite

Power, ability physical or moral as residing in a person or thing

“In Him we live and move….”

Power in action as in performing miracles!

THAT IS THE TYPE OF POWER GIVEN TO EVERY BELIEVER!

THE HOLY SPIRIT IS EQUIPPING YOU WITH POWER TO LIVE AND MOVE AND FUNCTION AND THAT SAME SPIRIT OF GOD EQUIPS YOU TO DO THE SAME THINGS JESUS DID ON THE EARTH WHICH ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS PERFORM MIRACLES TO SHOW THE GLORY OF GOD.

LET THAT MARINATE!

Verse 8 Jesus said you will have power to be my messengers.

Moses didn’t represent God without signs and wonders

Elijah and Elisha didn’t point to God without signs and wonders

Jesus didn’t just speak the words of God He performed miracles as well.

THE HOLY SPIRIT EQUIPS YOU TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL THROUGH YOUR SPEECH, THROUGH SIGNS AND WONDERS & THROUGH THE WAY YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE AND SO MUCH MORE.......

Homecoming 2023 Pentecost Sunday by Lindsey Melton Jr

For Yahweh is always good and ready to receive you.

He’s so loving that it will amaze you—

so kind that it will astound you!

And he is famous for his faithfulness toward all.

Everyone knows our God can be trusted,

for he keeps his promises to every generation!

Before you can go and do the great commission, you first have to believe in the right commission

Do we want people to come to church or do we want people to come to know Christ? It's not one or the other, but really one is the seed and the other is the fruit.

According to Jesus in verse 47 what are we to be preaching “repentance & forgiveness of sins”

The English word "re-pent" is unfortunately an intentional misrepresentation of the Greek word used in Scripture, which is "metanoia". Metanoia literally means to "re-think" or "to change one's mind." It does not mean

The modern Church here in America has this idea that "repent" means to:

1 - Tell God that you sinned

2 - Tell God that you are sorry for that sin

3 - Ask God to forgive you of that sin

4 - Promise to never do that sin again

5 - go down to an altar in a church and do all of these things while crying, wailing, and beating your chest,

*And a person can and do it all sincerely, and yet NEVER actually repent. SELAH

Unfortunately, the prevailing Church of the time intentionally inserted "re-pent" in place of "re-think" because of their emphasis on penance (doing works to merit/earn God's favor instead of depending on Jesus' blood and Finished Work).

In other words, they were saying "re-penance"; to do penance again. Of course, this also gave the Church control over people as it kept them coming back to the Church b/c it was the Church that functioned as the mediator between God and, once again, instead of Jesus. So, you had to come to the Church who would assign your re-penance.

The Church as a whole here in America desperately needs to repent of this false repentance because it keeps God's people in total bondage.

So, groveling in the dirt and going through this list of Protestant penance isn't something one must do to "get right with God" or to "get back into right standing with God."

Authentic metanoia is when we stop believing the lie(s) that are keeping us in bondage and turn to God's truth that sets us free.

Authentic metanoia is to rethink, to change one's mind, to believe like God, to agree with His opinion, to turn from error to truth, etc.

Sunday April 30th,2023 by Lindsey Melton Jr