Acts 7 | No Atheists in Foxholes

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Slides:

Theme: Our desire for the Spirit is directly proportional to: the depth of our need and our awareness of the glory of God.

1 Peter 1:1, 9

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen…9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

If you are in Christ, you are a priest. Your priestly responsibility is to proclaim.

We need the Holy Spirit to pour out His love in our hearts!

Romans 5:5 

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Two needs met by the Spirit: remembrance and confidence.

John 14:26 

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Acts 4:13, 31 

Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and [began] to recognize them as having been with Jesus. ... 31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and [began] to speak the word of God with boldness.

We need the Holy Spirit’s assurance that we are His children.

Romans 8:16 

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

Theme: Our desire for the Spirit is directly proportional to: the depth of our need and our awareness of the glory of God. 

Romans 12:1-2

Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, [which is] your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.