21 July 2019 - What Grieves the Holy Spirit - Pastor Joseph Prince Sermon Notes - New Creation Church Sermon NotesPraise and Worship Songs performed by Pat Barrett: (I missed one or two songs before this) 1. Yes and Amen - Pat Barrett 2. Build My Life - Pat Barrett 3. Good Good Father - Pat Barrett If any man serves Jesus, God the Father will honor him. When you getyour rewards from God, remember to give Him all the honor for it. In Heaven, we’ll cast all our crowns before Him. When you use the Grace that God first gave you, He rewards you for it. In the body of Christ, different preachers are called to preach with a slightly different focus in their heart. There’s no competition—only collaboration. Matthew 25:14-23 - The talents represent giftings. The servants gave glory to their master for giving them the talents. We can’t do anything without Jesus, but with Him we can do all things because He strengthens us. The servant gained five more talents. “Gained” means that it’s God’s favor that enabled the increase. ““For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey. Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. In the same way, he also who got the two gained another two. But he who received the one talent went away and dug in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. “Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them. He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.’ “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’ “He also who got the two talents came and said, ‘Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.’ “His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’” (Matthew 25:14-23 WEB) Matthew 25:24-25 - The word “hard” in Greek has the idea of harsh, stern and even violent. All fear is caused by a wrong perception of God. When being tested by the devil in the wilderness, Jesus translated the fear of the Lord to be worship of the Lord. Hate follows the heels of fear. God doesn’t want you to hate Him. When the wrong kind of fear comes in, a person is unable to use the gifting that he has received and becomes unfruitful. Right believing leads to right living. Wrong believing leads to wrong living, serving and giving. ““He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.’” (Matthew 25:24-25 WEB) When Peter ministered healing to the lame man in the Book of Acts, he was quick to give all glory to Jesus and let the people know that it was not because of his own power or holiness. The Holy Spirit cannot be grieved when you eat cookies during service. He is not so brittle and doesn’t take off like a scared bird because of all these trivialities.
The Holy Spirit cannot be grieved when you eat cookies during service. He is not so brittle and doesn’t take off like a scared bird because of all these trivialities. To find out what grieves the Holy Spirit, we must study what grieves Jesus. Jesus was grieved at man’s lack of Grace. Words that don’t impart Grace grieves the Holy Spirit.
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