“Our Debt to the World: An Encounter With God” & Ch. 13 – “Our Identity In This World” – Pt. 1

ENTERING THE TWILIGHT ZONE Pastor Bill, and probably some of us here tonight, travel to many cities that are spiritually dark (i.e. Vancouver). You can feel the oppression of such cities when you enter. Considering what we all represent to that city in Christ, we would be wrong to focus on the darkness as though [...]

“Sowing In Time of Famine” 8-15-10

Gen. 22:1-14 When was the last time you took a big step of faith? It’s been said many times and in many ways that “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” In the case of Isaac, this is very true. He was not only a child of God’s promise, but he was also a [...]

Ch.10; “Powerlessness: Unnecessary & Unbalanced” Pt 2 7/28/10

OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT To begin our study tonight, our first in three weeks from When Heaven Invades Earth, Pastor Bill addresses two very important truths regarding “not grieving” and “not quenching” the Holy Spirit, which will help us deal directly with the trap of comparing “character vs. power”. When God commands us, “Do [...]

When Heaven Invades Earth – Ch. 10, “Powerlessness: Unnecessary & Unbalanced” 7/7/10

PBJ: “I’m not impressed with anyone’s life unless they have integrity. But I’m not happy with their life until they are dangerous (…to the powers of hell and the works of darkness). As much as I have the ability to do so, I’ll not let those around me get away with just being nice people. [...]

Expecting the Supernatural

How God’s grace upsets the natural (name him what? – “John”) Luke 1:66 “…the hand of the Lord was with him (John the Baptist was either aided, protected or favored by God).  The spoken words could even have been a part of the speech of the neighbors – “What kind of child will this be?  [...]

Holy Spirit – Teacher of All Things

Since Pentecost Sunday, we’ve studied about the Holy Spirit, His Personal attributes, operation and manifestation in and through believers in Jesus.  Let’s pick up where we left off last week and begin with John 14:19-31. Obedience to God is the offspring of love for Jesus Christ.  Obedience is the proof of love.  Obedience is also [...]

Holy Spirit – Our Transforming Agent

John 14:15-18 “Agent is defined as, “One that acts as a rep. of another.” V. 15 The word “keep” is in the future tense, not the imperative (command) tense, which means that our Lord is saying, “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments”, which is how the marginal note reads in my Bible.  [...]

Pentecost – The Promise and Power of the Holy Spirit

Today the Church worldwide celebrates Pentecost Sunday.  In Jewish religious tradition, this was an annual festival also known as the “Feast of Weeks” or the “Day of Firstfruits” when the people would celebrate the first buds of the harvest.  It was one of three times each year when Jewish men were required by law go [...]

Holy Spirit Anointing for your Calling 5/30/10

Importance of The Anointing 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.”  Two anointings – with the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:21-22) and with power (after wilderness temptation – Luke [...]

Are you Straining or Reigning

  Last week I compared conformity to obedience, We looked at the difference between the two, and how grace frees us to truly obey our Lord, not just conform to some standard that we often design, such as the Pharisees were known to do. I want to develop that theme further today, because God’s grace [...]

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