His Infernal Ministry – The Person Of The Unholy Spirit – His Nature And Names

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Jeff Jones

This series on #Satan is not meant to glorify the #enemy, but rather to inform. What can we learn about the nature of the #Devil by some of his names? What can we derive from the title ‘prince of the power of the air’ and how can we combat that? Who is the Prince of Heaven and how did He handle the prince of the Earth? Does Satan have any influence over politics or religion? Who does the Devil leave alone? Rebel, tempter, and deceiver tell us what about his personage? What can we be sure of when lying creeps into our personality? How does he try to pervert everything good? Has he ever created anything original? Who destroys and kills? Who is the one who shakes the nations? Who goes about as a roaring lion seeking to destroy? What are tools to defend ourselves?

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His Infernal Ministry – The Person Of The Unholy Spirit – His Being And Beginning

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Jeff Jones

We just finished a series of messages on the #HolySpirit. Now we start an informative and necessary series on #Satan or the #Devil. Brother Tommy wanted to inform us about this subject without giving more relevance or power to him. Some people decry even the existence of Satan, but what does the Bible say about him? Where and when did Satan originate? Was he created as an angelic being? Is he eternal? What did Lucifer look like? Is he wise and talented? What is wrong with the caricature of a red ugly demon running around with a pitchfork? What about Satan’s position informs us about the struggle between man and himself over the dominion of the Earth? What was the source of his downfall? What are the limits of his power? What tools have we been given to resist? Why didn’t God prevent Satan’s fall or man’s for that matter?

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His Internal Ministry – The Pertinence Of The Holy Spirit – Sensing Sins

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Jeff Jones

With great #power comes great #responsibiity – Uncle Ben. What are some things we are warned about concerning the #HolySpirit? What six sins against the Holy Spirit are both Believers and unbelievers told about in the Bible? Everyone has resisted the Holy Spirit to some degree in the past and many still are. What is the end result of perpetual resistance? What is the unpardonable sin? What is the paradox of wondering whether or not you have crossed the line of the unpardonable sin? What are the evidences of it? How can we grieve the Holy Spirit? What does that tell us about Him? What does it mean to quench the Holy Spirit as opposed to grieving?

Hopefully, you have enjoyed this series on our helper, the Holy Spirit. Next week, Lord willing, we will start a series on our enemy, the Devil.

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His Internal Ministry – The Pertinence Of The Holy Spirit – Giving Word Gifts

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Jeff Jones

Last week, we learned about #work #gifts from the #HolySpirit and this week, we are going to learn about what Brother Tommy calls #word gifts (not to be confused with the Fruit of the Spirit). What is discerning of spirits? Interestingly, the Bible says discerning of spirits and not people. What can we do to build this word gift? Is it possible that more of us Believers have been given the gift of evangelism than we are aware? What is involved in the gift of exhortation? What is the gift of interpretation and how does it need to be present before the use of another gift? Who showed us the gift of the word of knowledge in the Bible? Music, although not specifically defined as a gift, is presented throughout the Bible. Do you desire the gift of prophecy? Good, Paul said you should, but it may not look like what you think it does. Teaching is a more often seen gift, but it is still too rare. Is there a more controversial gift than speaking in tongues? What about wisdom and how does it differ from knowledge?

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His Internal Ministry – The Pertinence Of The Holy Spirit – Giving Work Gifts

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Jeff Jones

What is an #apostle? Were they just the hand picked followers of #Christ or is the #HolySpirit still enabling Believers with the work gift of apostleship today? I personally have a friend who has the work gift of craftsmanship.

Brother Tommy next details the work gift of faith and how it differs from saving Faith. What about the gift of giving? Is it only for the well off individual? What is it about the gifts of healing that makes us unsettled? Does God always want someone healed? What do we need to know about the gift of leadership? How about mercy? Are there still miracles being performed? Which gift refers to feeding and caring for the flock? And finally, similar to pastoring but standing on its own is serving. What is the reward for using these gifts properly?

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His Internal Ministry- The Pertinence of the Holy Spirit – Giving Worthy Gifts

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Jeff Jones

Unlike the #fruit of the #Spirit, which all #Believers get in full, the #gifts of the Spirit are given individually to Believers at the Lord’s discretion. What are the dangers of over or under emphasizing the gifts of the Holy Spirit? What does the presence of the Holy Spirit indicate about the status of a Christian? Does everyone who puts the Lord in charge of their life receive at least one of these worthy gifts? Why does Paul say that he doesn’t want us to be ignorant about these things? Who decides what gift we receive? Who decides when and where it will be used? And who gives that gift power? Who receives a gift and who is supposed to benefit from it? Estimates of the different gifts vary but, Brother Tommy believed there were twenty and he broke that down further into ten work gifts and ten word gifts which we will cover in the next two weeks (Lord willing). How do these gifts compare to natural abilities? Why should we not compare our gifts with those of others? How can we discover our gift and increase it? Why does the love chapter appear right in the middle of the discussion of gifts?

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His Internal Ministry – The Pertinence Of The Holy Spirit – Growing Upward Graces

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Jeff Jones

This week we look at the three remaining facets of the #fruit of the #Spirit and we see that all of these graces have one thing in common, they cannot be bought. So #money or the lack thereof is of no consequence when it comes to obtaining them. The last three of these, Brother Tommy calls upward graces because they have to do with our relationship with the Lord. What does it mean to be faithful? What is the counterfeit of faithfulness and what is the opposite of it? Meekness is defined by most people as weakness, but the Bible says it is the opposite of that. It also has an opposite and a counterfeit. And finally, what is temperance and its opposite and counterfeit? What does the Bible say about attempting self-control without the help of the Holy Spirit?

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His Internal Ministry- The Pertinence of the Holy Spirit – Growing Outward Graces

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Jeff Jones

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This week we look at three more facets of the #fruit of the #Spirit or as one scholar said #flowers in the #garden. If you recall, Brother Tommy calls these parts of the fruit graces. What is long-suffering and how is it similar to patience? How do we know God is long-suffering? What causes impatience? How does faith in the Lord and the fruit of the Spirit counteract the World’s call, i.e. the news and social media, to be impatient with government and our own neighbors? What is so attractive about gentleness and what are the opposite works of the flesh? Can gentleness be counterfeited and for what reason? What does true gentleness look like? The sixth grace is goodness. That word can be rather generic. But, when you look at the opposite and the counterfeit, it becomes much more clear.

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