The Holy Spirit has a threefold ministry that relates to the Word of God. First of all, He is involved in the revelation of the Word of God. In other words, the Holy Spirit reveals the thoughts and words of God to man. Secondly, He is involved in the inspiration of the Word of God. This means that God specially enabled the people who wrote down His words by the Holy Spirit, so that the words were kept pure and accurate. Last of all, the Holy Spirit is involved in the ministry of illumination. To be illuminated means to have light shine on the subject. Without the illumination of the Holy Spirit, we could not understand the word of God. “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit” (I Corinthians 2:14, NIV). May we be blessed as we read, hear, study, and understand the Word of God! This is part of the work of the Holy Spirit in our midst!
Courageous Christianity
February 14, 2016 • Dr. Danny Lovett
David volunteered for a battle that the regular soldiers had no courage to engage in. Even King Saul, who stood head and shoulders taller than most of his men wouldn't go out to fight. "Then David said to Saul, "Let no man heart's fail because of him [Goliath]; your servant will go and fight this Philistine" (I Samuel 17:32). This shows us David's courage. God used a volunteer, a shepherd, a younger brother, named David, at a time when everyone else was afraid of the enemy. Apart from David, there was no one upon whom God could lay His hand of power. David was marked as a young man of courage and we know him as a man after God's own heart. This Sunday we will look at the distinguishing characteristics of David which caused him to be a great example of how we should live our lives as courageous Christians.
Being Filled with the Holy Spirit
February 7, 2016 • Dr. Danny Lovett
What does it mean to be filled with the Holy Spirit? And why is it important for us to even learn about it? Is it not some mysterious doctrine that belongs to the Mystics? Does it have anything to do with you and me in a practical sense?
All of us would agree that living the Christian life is a demanding experience and that standards for living like Jesus are high or should be. In fact, they are not attainable through normal means. This Sunday we will look at how we can be filled with the Holy Spirit. This is the secret to victorious Christian living. I always tell you that the message from the Word of God will change your life, but this one will have huge impact as you hear and apply it to your life!
Where Life in Christ Begins
January 31, 2016 • Dr. Danny Lovett
Comforter
January 24, 2016 • Dr. Danny Lovett
The doctrine of the Holy Spirit is one of the most important doctrines of the New Testament yet, it is also the least understood and the least talked about. Because the Holy Spirit is a person that we can't see, feel, touch, taste, or smell, we wonder if He is really real. Our culture makes us think of him as a ghost, much like an imaginary character; but nothing could be farther from the truth. The Holy Spirit is absolutely vital to our Christian life. Just as Jesus, the Messiah was promised to come to redeem us, so the Holy Spirit was promised to come and dwell within us to empower us to live holy lives. You don't want to miss a single message, as we begin this exciting new series, Christ In You, the Hope of Glory, starting this Sunday.
