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.
