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Wk4: A Spirit-Empowered Life

(Acts 4:8-13) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 14 But since they could see the man who had been healed standing there with them, there was nothing they could say. 

1. A Spirit-Empowered life is by the Holy Spirit 

(Luke 4:1) Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness …

(Luke 4:14) Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside…

(Luke 5:17b) And the power of the Lord was present for him to heal the sick.

(Acts 13:2-4) While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them…” 4 The two of them, sent on their way by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 

(Acts 15:27-28) Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to confirm by word of mouth what we are writing. 28 It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us …

(Acts 16:6) Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.”

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✓ We grow in sensitivity to the Spirit through .

(Acts 1:14) They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

(Acts 2:42) They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to the fellowship, to the break of bread, and to prayer.

(Acts 3:1) One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer…

(Acts 4:24) When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer…

✓ We grow in sensitivity to the Spirit through

(John 14:6 CSB) But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.

✓ We grow in sensitivity to the Spirit through .

(Acts 9:11-17) The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on him to restore his sight.” 13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem. 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on your name.” 15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” 17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. 

(Galatians 5:25 NLT) Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. 

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2. A Spirit-Empowered life is by the Holy Spirit

✓ The Holy Spirit is a to the church.

(Acts 1:4-5) “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

(Luke 11:13) If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

✓ The Holy Spirit empowers the church with .

(1 Corinthians 12:1) Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

(Romans 12:6) We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.

(1 Corinthians 12:7 NLT) A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

(1 Peter 4:10 NLT) God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God’s generosity can flow through you.

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3. A Spirit-Empowered life is by the Holy Spirit 

(Acts 4:33) With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all.

(Acts 5:12-16) The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people … As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. 16 Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits, and all of them were healed.

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4. A Spirit-Empowered life produces the of the Holy Spirit.

(Galatians 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

(1 Corinthians 13:1-3) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

(2 Corinthians 3:18 NLT) So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.

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(Acts 2:39) The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.