6 September 2020 - Activate the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPastor Joseph Prince taught us how to rely on the Holy Spirit which produces in us a higher standard of moral excellence than is possible under the Law. By relying on the heavenly prayer language of "praying in the Spirit", we can repair our bodies, minds and position ourselves to receive breakthroughs which we don't know how to pray for in words! Praise and worship songs performed: 1. See a Victory - Elevation Worship 2. Turn your Eyes Upon Jesus 2 Peter 1:2 - Grace, mercy and peace (shalom) is not multiplied by us doing more, but through the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. “Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,” (2 Peter 1:2 WEB) Romans 10:14,17 - Faith can come and increase by hearing and hearing the word of Christ. The context here is hearing through a preacher. “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? ...So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:14, 17 WEB) Philippians 2:13 - The indwelling Holy Spirit works (energeo) in you to become both willing and able to do His purpose. “For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13 WEB) Ephesians 4:28 - The Law says “Do not steal”, but Grace asks us to work with our hands so that we can give. If you keep the Law. you can avoid stealing and still be stingy. But Grace makes you generous. “Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, producing with his hands something that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.” (Ephesians 4:28 WEB) Acts 20:35 - With man, we are more blessed to give than to receive. “In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”” (Acts 20:35 WEB) 1 John 3:16 - The Law says “do not murder”, but Grace teaches us to lay down our lives for the brethren. Grace supersedes the moral requirements of the Law. “By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.” (1 John 3:16 WEB) Colossians 4:6 - The Law says “Do not lie”, but Grace makes us speak gracious words, seasoned with salt. The Holy Spirit is grieved when we don’t speak words of Grace. Even though Gideon was hiding in the threshing floor, God still called him a valiant man. This is extending undeserved favor. “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” (Colossians 4:6 WEB) Ephesians 5:25 - The Law says “You shall not commit adultery”, but Grace teaches and empowers you to love your wife just as Christ loved the church. If you are on bad terms with your wife, just focus on Jesus and see Him loving you. “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;” (Ephesians 5:25 WEB) Romans 7:4-6 - We are not under the covenant of the Law, but under the covenant of Grace. Jesus supersedes the standard of the Law, and yet He empowers us to live righteously. The Law will not bend to help you become righteous or live righteously. “Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were through the law, worked in our members to bring out fruit to death. But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held; so that we serve in newness of the spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.” (Romans 7:4-6 WEB)
Pastor Joseph Prince taught us how to rely on the Holy Spirit which produces in us a higher standard of moral excellence than is possible under the Law. By relying on the heavenly prayer language of "praying in the Spirit", we can repair our bodies, minds and position ourselves to receive breakthroughs which we don't know how to pray for in words!
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