Point of Grace – 6.9.24 Sermon Notes – “Summer for the Soul”

What is the Holy Spirit up to this summer?

The Spirit give us Identity – making us Sons and Daughters of God

Romans 8 “the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

The Spirit gives us Influence – bearing His fruit and His gifts so Jesus is magnified in our lives.

2 Corinthians 3:16-19 (NLT)

16 But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

We Become what we Behold!

In the Kingdom of God, who we are becoming is of infinitely greater value than what we are accomplishing!

“Who we are and how we act when being normal… … reveals how well we influence others!”

Going “Deeper” into His Presence (Beholding) will determine our influence “Wider” in the world!

Galatians 5:22-25

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

What is the Holy Spirit up to this Summer? Bearing this fruit in our lives! Our families, friends and world desperately need these influencers!

But there is a problem!

Galatians 5:16-21

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c] you want.19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

What is the answer to our conflicting “want to’s”?

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh……. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control.

The Spirit gives us Influence – bearing His fruit and His gifts so Jesus is magnified in our lives.

1 Corinthians 12

12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ…..

But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. 27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

We are the body of Christ – Jesus magnifiers to a world that need to see Him