What The Bible Is All About: “Mission Possible”

What The Bible Is All About

“Mission Possible”

12/15/24

Pastor Mark England

Acts 4:13 (CSB) When they observed the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed and recognized that they had been with Jesus.

God uses the to do the .

The difference maker is having an in your life for the Holy Spirit to be at work.

What does it mean to be “ Filled”.

Acts 2:2-4 (CSB) Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.³ They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them. ⁴ Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them.

Common “Spirit Filled” from the and His Mis-guided …

“If you don’t then you’re not filled with the Holy Spirit.”

“If you don’t hear the voice of God then you’re not Spirit Filled.”

“If you don’t have and a word then you’re not Spirit Filled.”

ALL LIES!

1 Corinthians 12:1-12 (CSB) Now concerning spiritual gifts: brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware. ² You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols. ³ Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴ Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵ There are different ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶ And there are different activities, but the same God works all of them in each person. ⁷ A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good: ⁸ to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit, ⁹ to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of tongues, to another, interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.¹² For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.

1 Corinthians 12 is the foundational Scripture for the identity of Diversity Church.

Everybody has a role to play in advancing the Kingdom of God.

No role is more or less important than another.

1 Corinthians 12:27-21 (CSB) Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it. ²⁸ And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, various kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles? ³⁰ Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹ But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.

Get up and do your part!

Acts 9:17 (CSB) Ananias went and entered the house. He placed his hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road you were traveling, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Without , do we get Paul… or any of the Epistles?

There is a “” in your life and they need you to be their “”.

to Be Spirit .

Acts 13:4-12 (CSB) So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. ⁵ Arriving in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as their assistant. ⁶ When they had traveled the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus. ⁷ He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God.⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer (that is the meaning of his name) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul away from the faith. ⁹ But Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at Elymas ¹⁰ and said, “You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord? ¹¹ Now, look, the Lord’s hand is against you. You are going to be blind, and will not see the sun for a time.” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand. ¹² Then, when he saw what happened, the proconsul believed, because he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

The Holy Spirit will you to speak life, freedom, love, and truth in the most situations.

Be Spirit .

Acts 7:55-59 (CSB) Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. ⁵⁶ He said, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” ⁵⁷ They yelled at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him. ⁵⁸ They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. And the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. ⁵⁹ While they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

When we are “” and stand up for Jesus in a corrupt world, stands up for us.

The of the Holy Spirit isn’t what we can accomplish in this life, but what is gained in .

God: Earth is as as it gets… and it only gets !

God: Earth is as as it gets… and it only gets !

Acts 13:52 (CSB) And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

There is a that cannot be explained when you make room for the Holy Spirit to be at work in your life.