June 21, 2007

7-Fold Expression of the Holy Spirit
 
Revelation 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6 and Isaiah 11:2
 
 
***There is only one Holy Spirit with 7 different functions or expressions.............
 
***why have these expressions?  Luke 4:16-19 & Acts 10:38
 
 
 
(1) THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD - Isaiah 11:2
 
Rest - means to settle upon;come upon;to settle down and remain
 
a.) speaks of a crowning; a weightiness of God
 
b.) it is a tangible manifest prsence of God upon someone
 
c.) it is a permanent resting
 
***Obtained by Jesus through intimacy - He is the BRANCH...
---------------abide - means to lock in; engage in union with Jesus Christ
 
 
***believers can have the Spirit upon them because they are branches - John 15:1-15
 
 
 
 
 
(2) THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM - Isaiah 11:2
 
definition - it is supernatural ability to do what you cannot do, see what you cannot see & know what you cannot know
---this is not one of the 9 spirituals of 1 Cor 12 - the word of wisdom tat the Holy Spirit gives to people as He wills...
 
 
 
a.) this wisdom originates from God Himself - Col 2:1-3; Mark 6:2; Luke 2:52
 
-it can increase
 
-a very important part of our lives - Prov 8:11
 
 
 
b.) this wisdom can be asked for - James 1:5
 
Example: Solomon in 2 Chronicles 1;1-3, 7-12
 
 
 
 
c.) this wisdom includes instruction - Proverbs 4:5-13
 
instruction - means to shoot like an arrow/ to guide like a wise master builder
-God has a custom made house for you - a special set of blueprints
 
 
---instruction includes accountability
*parents
*pastor
*wife
*older friends and believers