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ALLOW GOD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE

Supernatural eneblement for optimal living. ALLOW GOD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE. Michelangelo’s Creation of Man. Today Let's. Luke 24:36-49. Jesus referred to a promise that the Father had made. What did He promise? Who is the promise for?. A COVENANT

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ALLOW GOD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE

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  1. Supernatural eneblement for optimal living ALLOW GOD TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE Michelangelo’s Creation of Man Today Let's Luke 24:36-49

  2. Jesus referred to a promisethat the Father had made. • What did He promise? • Who is the promise for?

  3. A COVENANT "A compact or agreement between two parties binding them mutually to undertakings on each other's behalf" [Baker's DT, 142] God With Abraham Jesus with His Church A PROMISE "a declaration that something will or will not be done, given by one" [Random House Dict] rests on the veracity of the one who made the promise. When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself... -- Heb 6:13 Let’s Distinguish: From

  4. God made three promises: • To send a Redeemer. • To giveHis Spirit. • That Jesus would return a 2nd time. Let’s look at this one

  5. THE FATHER MADE THIS PROMISE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT First Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. – Lk 24:45-46

  6. It is illustrated by • The Mt Sinai experience • The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, -- Ex 33:14 • 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. --Eze 36:26-27 • The Life of David

  7. It is spoken of by the prophets • Isa 44:2-3 "This is what the Lord says--he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, who I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants.“

  8. It’s a promise for everyone: • Joel 2:28-29 "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.” • Peter said, …this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: -- Acts 2:16

  9. JESUS SPOKE CONFIDENTLY ABOUT THE FATHER’S PROMISE Second "I am going to send you what my Father has promised;..." – Lk 24:49

  10. Jesus put a lot of stock in the Father's Promise. • He not only Knew about it. • He expected the Father to fulfill His promise.

  11. If there’s a "promise of the Father“ I want it! • After all, it’s • Something we desperately need. • The promise of a reliable person.

  12. FOLK LIKE US TELL OF HAVING RECEIVED THE FATHER’S PROMISE Third …you are witnesses of these things. – v 48a

  13. at Pentecost. • All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit... – Acts 2:4

  14. Believers in Samaria got in on God’s promise. • When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. – Acts 8:14-17

  15. Cornelius and his household received it. • While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message.– Acts 10:44

  16. Believers in Ephesus experienced it. • When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them....– Acts 19:6

  17. STEP FORWARD AND RECEIVE THE FATHER’S PROMISE Now Then... …stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. – v 49b

  18. You may not fully understand The concept of the "fullness of the Holy Spirit" • But you know how to trust your Father. • It’s His promise • He knows how to keep it. • Jesus said he would send us the "promise of the Father". The Promise of God's Holy Spirit is just what we need!

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