POWER RESTORED
The Book of Acts • Sermon • Submitted
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· 3 viewsThe Beginning of the Church and how the Holy Spirit empowers us to fulfill the mission by spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Series - The Book Of Acts
How many of you were here last week?
Pastor Caleb brought the word
“FUNCTION CHECK”
are you functioning the way God has called you to or designed you to function?
OR ARE YOU A PART OF THE BODY THAT NEEDS TO BE CUT OFF……WOW
bible calls it being excommunicated
WE SHOULD OFTEN BE PERFORMING THESE “FUNCTION CHECKS” IN OUR LIVES.
THE WEEK BEFORE THAT WE STARTED A SERIES
SIMPLY TITLED “THE BOOK OF ACTS”
I KNOW VERY CLEVER HUH?
WE WERE IN ACTS CHAPTER 1 LAST WEEK”
WE LEARNED THAT JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES NOT TO LEAVE THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE
YES IT’S PAINFUL
YES IT NOTHING GOOD SEEMS TO HAPPEN THERE
HE TOLD THEM “DON’T LEAVE JERUSALEM”
THERE IS SOMEONE COMING (HOLY SPIRIT) THAT WILL EMPOWER YOU AND HELP YOU ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION
HE WAS TELLING THEM TO.....
STAY IN THE MISSION THAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU INTO
STAY UNTIL YOU SEE A BREAKTHROUGH
THIS WEEK WE MOVE INTO ACTS CHAPTER 2
UP UNTIL THIS POINT THE DISCIPLES HAD NOT EXPERIENCE A SUPERNATURAL POWER WITHOUT JESUS BEING ON THE EARTH WITH THEM
ACTS 1:8
The New International Version (Chapter 1)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
say power
THE TITLE OF MY SERMON TODAY IS
“POWER RESTORED”
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AND TELL THEM
HALLELUJAH, THE POWER IS BACK ON
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING MORE AND MORE POWER OUTAGES
AND THOSE OUTAGES SEEM TO BE GETTING LONGER AND LONGER....OR IS THAT JUST ME?
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EXTRA FLASHLIGHTS AND CANDLES READY JUST IN CASE….
ANYONE IN HERE HAVE A WHOLE HOUSE GENERATOR?
WE DONT LIKE YOU….LOL…JK
MY DAUGHTER ASKED ME LAST TIME
‘DAD THE NEIGHBORS POWER IS STILL ON’
GET BEHIND ME SATAN…LOL
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LOSE POWER?
IT GETS DARK (MY WIFE IS THE BEST AT LIGHTING UP A DARK ROOM)
IT GETS HOT (because it always happens in the summer)
YOUR IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR FOOD
YOU BEGIN TO LOSE CONTROL OF EVERYTHING AROUND YOU!
NOT ONLY THAT BUT, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE....
BEING IN THE DARK MAKES YOU MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRANGERS SHOWING UP ON YOUR PROPERTY.
IN OTHER WORDS…THE ABSENCE OF POWER MAKES YOU MORE VULNERABLE TO THE ENEMY
OH COME ON SOMEBODY
WE HAVE GOT TO GET OUR POWER BACK
THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS WITHIN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER
THE PROBLEM IS....
DISUNITY
THE LACK OF UNITY AMONG THE BODY OF CHRIST I BELIEVE....
IS CAUSING POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES....
BEING SELF CENTERED AND SELF ABSORBED IS CAUSING DISUNITY WHICH IS CAUSING BLACKOUTS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
OH I HOPE Y'ALL ARE LETTING THIS SINK IN CHURCH
WE HAVE GOT TO LEARN TO COME TO TOGETHER
PUT OUR DIFFERENCES ASIDE (EXPOUND)
WE GOT TO COME TOGETHER IN ONE MIND, ONE ACCORD
UNTIL WE DO THIS, WE WILL NOT SEE THE FULLNESS OF THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AT WORK IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR BODY.....AMEN?
ACTS 2:1-8
Christian Standard Bible (Chapter 2)
When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 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.
5 Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, devout people from every nation under heaven. 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd came together and was confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 They were astounded and amazed, saying, “Look, aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 How is it that each of us can hear them in our own native language?
NOW.....FOR A COUPLE OF GUYS TO SPEAK A COUPLE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS MIRACULOUS BUT,
WHATS THE CHANCES OF THEM SPEAKING EVERY TONGUE TO EVERY NATION? LOL
THIS IS THE FULFILLMENT OF JESUS’S PROMISE TO THE DISCIPLES BACK IN CHAPTER 1:8
HE TOLD THEM....
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
THE PROMISE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WOULD COME UPON THEM AND GIVE THEM THE POWER TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL TO ALL NATIONS AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH WAS FULFILLED IN ACTS CHAPTER 2.
WE SEE THE DISCIPLES IN THE UPPER ROOM AND THEY WERE PRAYING TOGETHER IN ONE MIND AND ONE ACCORD...
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR “THERE IS POWER IN PRAYER”
COME ON SOMEBODY....PRAYER PRODUCES POWER
HOW HAS THE ENEMY TRIED TO KNOCK OUT YOUR POWER?
FEAR
THE FEAR OF MAN
THE FEAR OF LACK OF PROVISION
PASTOR CHRIS IF I DO THIS WHAT IF I RUN OUT
WHAT IF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IT
WHAT IF I DON’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
FOR SOME OF YOU THE ENEMY HAS COME AFTER YOU THROUGH .....
2. OFFENSE
JOHN BEVERE CALLS OFFENSE....
“THE BAIT OF SATAN”
HOW MANY FISHERMAN DO WE HAVE IN HERE?
WHEN YOU GO FISHING
YOU GOTTA HAVE THE RIGHT BAIT FOR THE TYPE OF FISH YOUR TRYING TO CATCH
YOU WANT SOMETHING THATS GONNA BE DELICIOUS TO THE FISH, RIGHT?
LET ME TELL YOU THIS MORNING...
THE ENEMY KNOWS WHAT BAIT IS DELICIOUS TO CHURCH PEOPLE.....OH COME ON
LISTEN TO ME.....THIS IS IMPORTANT
WHEN THE CHURCH IS NOT FIGHTING DARKNESS THEY START FIGHTING EACH OTHER!
THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID…BE IN ONE ACCORD
JOHN 17:20-23
English Standard Version Chapter 17
20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
THIS IS THE ONE AND ONLY UNANSWERED PRAYER OF JESUS.....”THAT THEY MAY BE ONE AS YOU AND I ARE ONE”
YOU CAN NOT BE ONE WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IF YOUR FIGHTING WITH YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
MARK 3:25
English Standard Version Chapter 3
25 And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
I TRULY BELIEVE THE REASON WE ARE NOT WITNESSING MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS IS BECAUSE OF OF THE LACK OF UNITY IN THE BODY
WELL WHAT DO YOU MEAN PASTOR?
HAVE PEOPLE BEEN FIGHTING?
NO, I’M TALKING ABOUT BEING IN ONE MIND AND ONE ACCORD TOGETHER IN HARMONY WITH THE SAME GOAL AND THE SAME PURPOSE
AND THAT IS TO INVOKE HIS KINGDOM AND HIS WILL ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
LORD GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD
LORD WE WANT MORE OF YOU
WE WANT MORE OF YOUR PRESENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY
MORE OF YOUR MIRACLE WORKING POWER IN OUR LIVES
HOLY SPIRIT WOULD YOU COME AND FILL THIS PLACE........OH COME ON SOMEBODY
CHURCH IM TALKING ABOUT UNITY
I’M TALKING ABOUT YOUR EXPECTATIONS
I’M TALKING ABOUT YOUR PURPOSE FOR COMING TO CHURCH WEEK AFTER WEEK.
I’M TALKING ABOUT THE PARTS OF THE BODY COMING TOGETHER TO FORM THE BODY OF CHRIST AND OPERATING UNDER THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
I’M TALKING ABOUT BEING IN SUCH HARMONY TOGETHER THAT PEOPLE ARE HEALED OF THEIR SICKNESS AND DISEASE
I’M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COMING AND RECEIVING DELIVERANCE FROM ADDICTION
DELIVERANCE FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS
I’M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEING RADICALLY SAVED AND TRANSFORMED UNDER THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
SOME OF YOU... HE IS STEALING YOUR POWER WITH OFFENSE.....YOU GOTTA FORGIVE AND MOVE ON
FOR SOME OF YOU THE ENEMY HAS TRIED TO KNOCK YOUR POWER OUT WITH:
HURT
ANGER
CONFUSION
COMPARISON
PRIDE
SELFISHNESS
SHAME
......WORSHIP TEAM WOULD YOU COME.......
ONE MIND AND ONE ACCORD....
EXPECTING AND WAITING FOR GOD TO MOVE
I’M TALKING ABOUT UNITY NOT UNIFORMITY
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE
UNIFORMITY IS...
LOOKING ALIKE
DRESSING ALIKE
AND ACTING ALIKE
IT BORDERLINES CULTISM
I’M TALKING ABOUT UNITY IN DIVERSITY
UNISON SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT SOUNDS BETTER THAN PERFECT HARMONY
HARMONY IS WHEN WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PARTS AND DIFFERENT ROLES TO SING OR PLAY BUT,
- WHEN WE COME TOGETHER.....IT’S LIKE HEAVEN OPENED UP AND ANGELS DESCENDING FROM ABOVE
COME ON YOU KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO AN ORCHESTRA CONCERT?
MAYBE A SCHOOL CONCERT
OR MAYBE YOU’VE BEEN TO A PROFESSIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
TALK ABOUT BRAYDON’S SCHOOL CONCERT
IN THE BEGINNING RIGHT BEFORE THE CONCERT STARTS
THEY ALL ARE PLAYING DIFFERENT TUNES AND VOLUMES DIFFERENT KEYS
IT SOUNDS LIKE A MESS, BUT
SOMETHING HAPPENS WHEN THE CONDUCTOR TAKES THE STAND AND RAISES HIS BATON
HE DRAMATICALLY MARKS THE FIRST NOTE OF THE PERFORMANCE
AND SUDDENLY......IT’S MUSIC
WE GO TO CONCERTS TO ENJOY THE HARMONY NOT THE UNISON
WE WOULD QUICKLY GET BORED AND TIRED ON THE MONOTONY AND WALK OUT IF EVERY PLAYED THE SAME NOTE AND BEAT ALL THE TIME.
THE WONDER OF A SYMPHONY ARISES FROM IT’S UNITY IN DIVERSITY
LOOK AT YOUR NEIGHBOR AGAIN AND TELL THEM...
THERE IS POWER IN UNITY
DARKNESS ABOUNDS AND WREAKS HAVOC WHEN THE BODY OF CHRIST DOES NOT DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY.
ROMANS 12:4-5
The New International Version Chapter 12
4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others
THERE IS POWER IN UNITY CHURCH...
WE NEED TO GET OUR POWER BACK
....STAND TO YOUR FEET WITH ME......
HOW MANY OF YOU WANT YOUR POWER BACK?
HOW MANY OF YOU NEED YOU POWER RESTORED?
EVERY HEAD BOWED, EVERY EYE CLOSED
PRAY…FERVENTLY
THERE ARE SOME WALLS THAT NEED TO BE BROKEN DOWN HERE THIS MORNING
THERE ARE SPIRITUAL GIFTS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES.
PAUL TELLS US THIS 1 COR 12 AND 14
HE TELLS US THAT WE SHOULD EARNESTLY DESIRE THOSE GIFTS.
OH COME ON......
THERE ARE SUPERNATURAL GIFTS TO HELP YOU AND THE BODY OF CHRIST AND GOD WANTS TO USE YOU IN THOSE GIFTS.
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT I WANT TO RECEIVE POWER FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT
I WANT TO RECEIVE GIFTS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT
I’M READY TO SEE PEOPLE USED FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD
I’M READY TO SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING MANIFESTED THROUGH GIFTS AGAIN
IS ANYBODY ELSE READY TO SEE THIS?
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS READY TO RECEIVE GIFTS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT?
OH COME ON SOMEBODY.....
LIFT YOUR HANDS AND BEGIN TO PREPARE YOUR HEARTS RIGHT NOW.
THIS MAY SEEM WEIRD
THIS MAY SEEM OUT OF THE NORM BUT,
I AM SICK OF TIRED OF NORMAL
I AM TIRED OF THE CHURCH MISSING OUT ON OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE WE ARE TOO COMFORTABLE WHERE WE ARE
ON THE COUNT OF 3 I WANT US TO BEGIN TO ASK TO RECEIVE WHATEVER THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS TO GIVE US THIS MORNING.
LIFT YOUR HANDS
- BEGIN TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO RECEIVE RIGHT NOW
- COMMAND ALL DOUBT AND FEAR TO LEAVE IN JESUS NAME
READY....1.......2.......3