Justified, sanctified, and anointed by the Holy Spirit. So, seeing all these things,
what is revealed about the Spirit of God? In your life. It's a picture here.
There's a very different emphasis than much of what is taught and proclaimed
in churches, in many places. What do we see? Each one reveals something. The Spirit
came upon Bezalel. Why? To have the skills and the wisdom to put together
the Tabernacle of God and the holy things of God. The Spirit came on Moses and then
on the leaders. Why? To lead, minister, judge, discern, have the ability to bless
the people of God. The Spirit came on Joshua. Why? That he might have the power to walk
in the footsteps of Moses and take charge, and to lead the people into the Promised
Land, to fight and have the victory. The Spirit came on Samson. Why? That he might
have power and strength to overcome the enemies of God's Kingdom. The Spirit came
on Ezekiel and the prophets. Why? That they could speak and do the will of God and
reveal the revelations of God to his people. And write the scriptures for you.
The Spirit of God came upon Messiah. Why? That he might bring salvation. The Spirit
came on his disciples. Why? That they might fulfill the Great Commission.
What do you see in all these things? This is a very different revelation than what is
often preached. The Spirit doesn't come upon us so we can simply say, the Spirit
came upon us. Or have the gifts or have the services, services about that.
That's not the, the full or main thrust. The Spirit of God comes upon us
so that we would do something. The Spirit of God anoints us that we can do
the will of God. The connection is between the Spirit and the will. You have,
you have a spirit, and you have a will. Your spirit
and your will are joined together. Your spirit wills your will and does your
will, leads you to do what your spirit is leading you to do, in doing your will.
So with a ... with God Himself. The Spirit of God will, it wills the will of
of God. The Spirit of God does the will of God.
It moves to accomplish the will of God. The commands of God in the Torah came from
the Spirit of God. So how do we fulfill the commands of God? Only by the Spirit of God.
We're all in the same boat. We have, we, we have to, we desire to,
to do the will of God. We want to. But how? How does one live, quote, the Christian life?
One doesn't. One can't. Only one life can live that life. Only the Christ can live
the Christian life. How does one live the Messianic life? One doesn't.
Only the Messiah lives the Messianic life. How do you live the godly life? You can't.
Only God can live the godly life. It is the presence of Messiah that fulfills
the Messianic life. The presence of the Christ that fulfills the Christian life.
And the presence of God that fulfills the godly life. And the presence of God
in you, you can live the life that you're called to live. Most believers who love God
struggle with doing the will of God. Doing what's right and not doing that
thing that's wrong. But there's a gap between what you should do and what you do.
What you shouldn't do and what you do. So believers struggle with this,
and you're probably struggling in some way or mostly, or you have your days. You will
have your days. And then on the other hand believers think of this struggle,
.... other believers think of the Spirit coming. And the spiritual
experiences, oh the gifts and ... all that. The point is it's not to be two
separate realms. It's one realm. We've got to bring the two realms together.
The one has everything to do with the other. Most believers try on their own to attain
the standards of God. Try, I'm trying to do what's right.
I'm trying to not do what's wrong. It's good that you want to do what's right.
And it's good that you don't want to do that's, what's wrong. That's a good thing.
But it's missing something. If you are given a power, if you're
given a power and you don't use that power, you're gonna be no better off
than the one who does not have the power. What does God say? I will put my Spirit
inside of them and I will cause them to walk in my ways. So if you're walking or
doing on your own and not by the Spirit then how are you going to walk in his ways?
If that power is specifically given to have you do it and you don't live by
that power how can you do it? It all goes back to Popeye.
I'm not saying that Popeye was spirit-filled. Don't quote me, and we'll
have people write in and we'll have more opposition. But we all grew up, most of us
grew up watching Popeye. Even some of you in Latin America where you had Popeye
speaking Spanish. We ... grew up, Popeye's being beaten up, beaten down, helpless.
And you're going, oh Popeye. Why? Again? And in his pocket is that can, of spinach.
And you're saying, Popeye eat the spinach. I mean if ... he's ... you're smart, you wouldn't wait until
you're beaten up. I mean you're living reactively. Be proactive. Eat your
spinach before the fight. Is that asking too much? Or at least when you see Bluto
coming. You know the guy's got an anger problem.
Break out the spinach. But he never did. Always had to be beaten up before
he reached for that can. And it was sad. It ... he barely could
open up that can. Sometimes, I mean he had to eat it through his pipe. And that's sad.
That was sad. When you have to eat spinach through a pipe. But once he ate
the spinach everything turns around. He changed from being beaten up
to beating up. From a victim to a victor. And there's a lot we can learn from that.
Because believers are a lot like Popeye. Turn to your neighbor and say,
you're a lot like Popeye.
You're struggling with the enemy. You're struggling with that sin.
You're struggling with that habit, and that problem, and the thing that gets you, and
you're not winning. You're getting all beaten up by the enemy. And there's
no reason you have to be. Because you have the power that is stronger
than the enemy. You're just not using it. And it doesn't matter how long you've been beat up.
Or no matter how beaten up you've been in your walk or your life.
If Popeye could open that can with his pipe you can access the power that is given
to you by God. And you completely, you can turn the situation around and start
sending the enemy running ... by the power of the Spirit of God.
Just reach for that can. You know it says, S P I R I T. Better than spinach.
It's the Spirit of God. It's the power of victory. Even though we know it in our heads, we barely use it.
Him. To really use it is radical, that can radically change your life. To take those
two realms and join them together. The, the Spirit of God coming on Pentecost and
what you're dealing with in your life. All things to live in a new way, to deal
with in a new way all things, by the Spirit. What's the power of the Spirit?
The power that gives you ...