UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT - WORLD
Sermons
TEXT: 2 CORINTHIAS. 13:14
1. The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
2. The Love of God
3. The Communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.
A. The Word Grace in Original Greek… Ultimate in Beauty. The Greeks enjoyed ULTIMATE BEAUTY through PHILOSOPHY, SPORTS, POETRY, DRAMA, SCULPTURE and ARCHITECTURE. Their land, mountains, streams, coastlines surrounds them with beauty.
This meaning of GRACE also developed to include BEAUTY OF WORKS, ACTS, THOUGHTS, ELOQUENCE and even MANKIND
B. GRACE – FAVOUR- goodwill given out of UNCONDITIONAL, OVERFLOWING LOVE with no expectation of reward or payment from the recipients.
C. PRAISE WORTHY WORK, EXHIBITING VIRTUES far exceeding the COMMON.
THE LOVE OF GOD John 3:16 John 3:1-9 John 3:16-21. John 15: 13-16 John 1: 29
LOVE EROS: Love of the flesh
LOVE PHILEO: Love of the senses
LOVE AGAPE: The God kind of love
3. COMMUNION MEANS:
i. Communicating with the Holy Spirit
ii. Traveling together with the Holy Spirit
iii. Transporting together with the Holy Spirit.
iv. Unity of the Holy Spirit
Modern system of transportation is one primary way to measure a nation rate of development and progress; Air travel, land travel, rail travel, space travel. Sea travel.
Transportation systems are so, so, CENTRAL to human existence. If the global system of transportation is disrupted, the earth can easily become an EARTHLY HELL of a place.
So also is COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, so, so essential to our spiritual LIFE AND FAITH.
According to Pastor Paul Yonggi Cho, “THE MEASURE OF OUR CHRISTIAN, BIBLE FAITH, IS IN DIRECT PROPORTION TO OUR COMMUNION WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT: Through communion with the Holy Spirit, daily blessings are transported from heaven’s inexhaustible store house to us here on earth.
COMMUNION IN GREEK: KOINONIA
1. FELLOWSHIP
2. PARTNERSHIP
3. TRANSPORTATING TOGETHER.
4. UNITY
