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Luke 22:27. Three Essentials Spiritual Leaders Can’t Do Without, Pt.3 Series: New Testament, Spiritual Leadership. Ed Riddick, October 20, 2013. Three Essentials for NT Spiritual Leadership. We must have a growing knowledge of God’s Word
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ThreeEssentials Spiritual Leaders Can’t Do Without, Pt.3Series: New Testament, Spiritual Leadership Ed Riddick, October 20, 2013
Three Essentials for NT Spiritual Leadership • We must have a growing knowledge of God’s Word • We must learn to live in power of God’s Spirit • We must learn to live from the center of prayer
Prayer The Spirit God’s Word(The only foundation for clear thinking)
I. It’s a brand new day… • Promise given (PG) John 14:16-17John 15:26-27John 16:7-15Acts 1:4-5
Today: We must learn to live in power of God’s Spirit Promise Fulfilled • Acts 2:1-4 – Jews • Acts 5:32 • Acts 8:14-17 – Samaritans • Acts 10:30-35, 44-48 – Gentiles • Acts 11:15-16 (Recounted) • Acts 15:8-9 (Recounted again) • Acts 19:2-6 – OT believers brought into the NT
What does this mean? Promise Explained “For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.” (1 Cor. 12:13, NIV84)
Every Christian’s new covenant birthright is the indwelling Holy Spirit Acts 5:32Romans 8:11; 5:5Titus 3:61 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 12:132 Corinthians 1:21-22, etc.Romans 8:9, 12Galatians 5:16-26
Promise Worked Out in Our Lives Ephesians 5:18-21 “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”
II. The Work of God’s Spirit in my life • The HS creates life • The HS speaks truth into my life • The HS is the presence of God in my life • The HS enables you to speak for God
II. The Work of God’s Spirit in my life • The HS directed the ministry of the early church • The HS directed decision-making in the early church • Sometimes the HS spoke one thing to one and something else to another w/o contradiction
Bottom line… Ephesians 5:18-21 “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”