The Promise of the Father: A Spirit Filled Church

The Promise of Our Father: The Spirit Filled Church Acts 2.42-47 Pentecost resulted in a Spirit Filled Church. The Promise of the Father for the followers of Jesus is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. We hear different things today about churches. We hear things like, “the worship in that church is awesome. “We hear, “What great programs they have!” Felix Mapa’s church in a remote area of Papua New Guinea All over Europe and North America The withered fig tree, leaves but no fruit, looked good but fruitless. Temple, what magnificent buildings… going to be destroyed, fruitless. What is a Spirit filled church? We’re going look at that from God‘s Word this morning. Remember there were no church buildings until the 3rd century. Their organization was simple. Pentecost Sunday had taken place and this, and this is the result The marks of a spirit filled church. Pentecost or the Feast of First Fruits The first of the wheat harvest waved before the LORD. Honor the LORD with all of your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing and your vats will brim over with new wine. Proverbs 3.9 -10. Giving is a blessing. It has promised returns. Marks of a Spirit Filled Church: Those people love Jesus! You can feel the strong arms of Jesus there. The Presence of the LORD is there when it gathers. Their boast is in the LORD, not how great their church is. They don’t say, “You ought to come to my church.” They say, “You ought to come to my Jesus.” Yesterday morning, 35-40 Hindus from Bangladesh coming to Christ. v.42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Devoted= regular and continually, persist, constantly diligent, committed, dedicated, persevere Robe devoted to something or someone is to be loving, loyal and dedicated Clothed With Christ Jesus Romans 13:12-14 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Not a hit and miss. Not an option. Marriage sometimes yes, sometimes no. I don’t feel like being married this week. I am too tired. I have so much going on. How long will that last? There is a need today to patiently persevere in the Word. Pastors need to be faithful to the Word. God’s people need to be devoted to the Word * What was the Apostles Teaching? * It was the Word. What was the Word? It is the Logos. John 1.1 In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. With great power the apostles continue to testify to the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus and much grace was with them all. Acts 4.33 Clothed with the power from on High the apostles taught the soon to be written New Testament The apostles teaching was Jesus Christ, the Son of God, crucified and risen and coming again! I Corinthians 2.2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The early church was devoted to this. Devoted= regular and continually, persist, constantly diligent, committed, dedicated, perseveres We are in a time now that “calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of the saints.” Revelation 13.10b One of the marks of a Spirit filled church is that they are devoted to the Word of God, to Jesus Christ and that is their focus. Preach the Word Herald, Proclaim Publish They were devoted to the Fellowship. “You yearn for a safe place, a community of friends who are hungry for God, who know what it means to sense the Spirit moving within them as they speak with you. You long for brothers and sisters who are intent not on figuring out how to improve your life, but on being with you wherever your journey leads. You want to know and be known in conversations that aren’t really about you and or anyone else but Christ. “Only a few voices direct us to worship or call us to a new level of trust. Only a few invite us to experience spiritual conversations in a spiritual community.” -      Dr. Larry Crabb (True Spiritual Community, Formerly The Safest Place On Earth Fellowship= community, communion, joint participation, the share in something, intimacy, a gift jointly given The Spirit filled Church or a church filled with people who are Spirit Filled, have community, they participate in each others joys and sorrows, struggles and victories. They encourage each other. We participate in each others lives. Prayer, caring, loving In this fellowship we see Jesus. We see Him in others. We see Christ in eyes, words and deeds and in just the ministry of Presence. What is this need we have. We need community. We were created for fellowship. Fellowship with God. Fellowship with one another. It is based on His Word, by His Spirit. There’s not a friend like the lowly Jesus. They care for each other… and they do not broadcast what they do for one another. Edie, Margot, Leah These is holy intimacy among them, the love of God. They share each others lives. A person who stirs up conflict in the community is detestable to the LORD Proverbs 6.19 They were devoted. The early church was devoted to this. Devoted= regular and continually, persist, constantly diligent, committed, dedicated, persevere Biblical Fellowship Old Testament word for fellowship is peace in some translations. It means sacrifice for alliance or friendship, voluntary sacrifice of thanks. Exodus 20.24 “‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you. Leviticus 3.6 “‘If you offer an animal from the flock as a fellowship offering to the Lord, you are to offer a male or female without defect. There is a purity, a perfection with our fellowship with the LORD. It is special. Numbers 10.10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts—you are to sound the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.” Giving to God is a form of fellowship. We have koinonia as we give. The same with giving gifts to one another. II Samuel 6.17 They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD. A wonderful time of rejoicing and victory for Israel. They had fellowship with Him. We used to open the school day with a moment of silent prayer. We used to have prayer at graduations. I prayed years ago at Bay Shore High School’s Graduation. We acknowledged God. No more. Sad. God wants to have fellowship, not sure how many were doing that… I know I was. We had prayed the night before at the Family Altar, the sofa in the living room. We had prayed before we went to sleep. My Mom prayed with us before we left for school. So it was appropriate for me to pray at school. II Chronicles 30.22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised the Lord, the God of their ancestors. New Testament word for fellowship is koinonia. It means fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse, the share which one has in anything, participation, intimacy, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship I John 1.3 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 1. 9 God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. II Corinthians 13. 14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. The Fellowship of Sharing In His Sufferings Saint Francis wrote, “We have got a lot of dying to do if we are to have the lives our souls hunger for, a lot of entering into the great mystery of death and resurrection.” That is fellowship. Isn’t that where we connect the deepest? When we bear one another’s burdens, when we show our scars? Of course it is. Philippians 3.10-12 I want to Christ, the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings They were devoted to the fellowship. Bread= food often eaten Barley, Wheat, Mills, Ovens The early church was devoted to the breaking of bread Devoted= regular and continually, persist, constantly diligent, committed, dedicated, persevere * The Breaking of Bread had to do with eating together. Acts 2.46b They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, This was sublime fellowship Extreme joy Not without its challenges but we can have joy in problems, in grief, in struggles! The source of joy is the LORD and our relationship to Him and fellowship with Him? After this service this morning! * The Breaking of Bread had to do with the LORD’s Supper. We do this to remember Christ’s sufferings Proclaiming the LORD’s death until He comes I Corinthians 11. 26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the LORD’s death until He comes. His Body broken, His blood shed Do this in Remembrance of Me. I Corinthians 11.24 The way He broke the Bread Luke 24.30 When He was at the Table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and gave it to them. We do this to examine ourselves. I Corinthians 11.28 A man or to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. to test, to scrutinize, deem worthy, If Repentance is needed, then do it, confession, As soon as you come to Christ you can take this, even if it is right before! Jesus served this to men who followed Him and were clean by the Word He spoke but still needing to be converted. We do this to be reminded of His Promise of the Kingdom Mark 14. 25 “Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.” We remember what our salvation is based on The LORD left a meal to remember Him by. Broken unleavened bread. This is My Body broken for you. The Song is of Moses and of the Lamb. Revelation 15.3-4 The Passover lamb in Moses was fulfilled in Jesus, the Lamb of God. Revelation 5.6 I saw a Lamb, looking as if had been slain, standing in the center of the throne. I Corinthians 5.7 Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Prayer Prayer= addresses to / conversations with God, places devoted to prayer/ synagogue and outside if there was no synagogue Devoted= regular and continually, persist, constantly diligent, committed, dedicated, persevere Constantly in prayer prior to Pentecost and a mark of the church afterwards. Acts 1. 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, Prayer is conversation with the LORD God Almighty. Both in public and more so private. Missionary and evangelist E. Stanley Jones wrote, “The first thing in prayer is to get God. If you get Him, everything else follows. Allow God to get at you, to invade you, to take possession of you. He then pours His very prayers through you. They are His prayers—God-inspired, and hence, God answered. “Prayer’s like the fastening of the cup to the wounded side of a pine tree to allow the resin to pour into it. You are now nestling up into the side of God—the wounded side, if you will—and you allow His grace to fill you up. You are taking in the very life of God.” Oswald Chambers, —Matthew 6:6 Jesus did not say, “Dream about your Father who is in the secret place,” but He said, “… pray to your Father Who is in the secret place….” Prayer is an effort of the will. After we have entered our secret place and shut the door, the most difficult thing to do is to pray. Devoted= regular and continually, persist, constantly diligent, committed, dedicated, persevere Colossians 4.2 “devoted” to adhere to one, be his adherent, constant to one, to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care to a thing, to continue all the time in a place, to persevere and not to faint, to show one's self courageous for, to be in constant readiness for one, wait on constantly So important being devoted to prayer is that Jesus ruthlessly cast out everyone who bought and sold in the temple, and said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations…. But you have made it a ‘den of thieves’ ” (Mark 11:17). A House of Prayer for all nations: praying for the children of Bangladesh on Tuesday morning, for Haiti on Sunday night Praying for Kenyan Pastor Mathew. The prayer box, the prayer meetings We need to be on our guard for those things that can enter our temples and take the place of prayer. The devil has an arsenal full of stuff… everything from bitterness to busyness. He told His disciples the parable of the widow, the friend at midnight and the unjust judge to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He calls us to faithful, persistent, importune, persevering prayer. Romans 12.12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. If you pray only when you have a great need in your life then you are not devoted to prayer. We are to pray always and not give up. What is a Spirit Filled Church? It is described here: v.42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Continue in this way.

The Day of Pentecost

John 14.15-21 Hymn #143 The Comforter Has Come Hymn #659 We’ve A Story To Tell To The Nations Hymn #155 Spirit of the Living God The Day Of Pentecost Acts 2.1-13 Pentecost is a long-standing Jewish harvest celebration, a Christian celebration outpouring of the Holy Spirit and of the birth of the Church. The Greek word that means “fiftieth.” 50 days after Passover. 7 weeks from the Resurrection. They took the sheaves from the first fruits of the wheat harvest and waved them before the LORD in thanksgiving. The Feast of Weeks, also known as Pentecost, is a Jewish holiday celebrated 50 days after the Feast of Firstfruits (the day after Passover). It's a time of thanksgiving for the harvest and commemorates the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai. In the New Testament, it is associated with the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples, marking the beginning of the church.  For ten days after Jesus ascended the followers of Jesus waited. About 120 Acts 1.15 They prayed. They prayed continuously. 10 days Rebecca, can you tell of the importance of prayer in the church? Sound like a rushing mighty wind filled the house Tongues of fire upon each of them They were all filled with the Holy Spirit They began to speak in tongues as the Spirit enabled them The people heard these Galileans speaking in their own dialects from where they were from. In Jerusalem God fearing Jews from every nation under Heaven Heard them declaring the wonders of God in their own native tongue dialects where they came from. Jesus said they would be witnesses in Jerusalem, all Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. This was the beginning, paving the way For our discussion * Tell how the Gospel is tied into all nations I was going to have Pastor Johnson briefly tell us of the mission work you have done over the years. He is unable to be here. So I will share what is going on right now in my life and our fellowship.o * How do you believe a House of Prayer for all nations fits in here? * Obviously there was quite a change from hiding for fear of the Jews and all of them in Jerusalem with Peter preaching publicly and three thousand being baptized that Day. Talk to me about what made the difference. The Resurrection, being clothed with power from on High Baptized with the Holy Spirit. We see not long after Pentecost a miracle done in Jesus’s Name. Peter and John were arrested. Roberto, can you tell us briefly about your prison experience in Cuba? testimony to when you were filled with the Spirit, when your brother Paul prayed for you. Speak of the difference between inviting people to church and witnessing for Christ Church growth was never a goal of the church in the book of acts. It was the result of being filled with the Spirit. The Church Growth Movement began in the late 1970’s. Look where we are after nearly 50 years. Look where the Church in the Book of Acts was in 50 years. These are the men that have turned the world upside down! Acts 17.6 Ignorant unschooled men… who had been with Jesus and were filled with His Spirit. The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost He came in mighty fullness then His witness through believers won the lost and multitudes were born again. The early Christians scattered o'oer the world they preached the gospel fearlessly though some were martyred and to lions hurled, they marched along in victory. Then in an age when darkness gripped the earth the just shall live by faith was learned the Holy Spirit gave the Church new birth As reformation fires burned. In later years the great revivals came when saints would seek the Lord and pray O once again we need that Holy Flame to meet the challenge of today. --------------------------- CHORUS: Come Holy Spirit Dark is the hour we need your filling your love and your mighty power move now among us stir us we pray come Holy Spirit Revive the church today!

The Coming Of The Holy Spirit

Luke 11.9-13 The Coming of the Holy Spirit John 16.7-15 Associate of Dwight L. Moody, R.A. Torrey’s testimony: I shall never forget the eighth of July, 1894, to my dying day. It was the closing day of the Northfield Students’ Conference — the gathering of the students from the eastern colleges.(Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth and others) Mr. Moody had asked me to preach on Saturday night and Sunday morning on the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. On Saturday night I had spoken about, "The Baptism With the Holy Ghost: What It Is; What It Does; the Need of It and the Possibility of It." On Sunday morning I spoke on "The Baptism With the Holy Spirit: How to Get It." It was just exactly twelve o’clock when I finished my morning sermon, and I took out my watch and said: "Mr. Moody has invited us all to go up to the mountain at three o’clock this afternoon to pray for the power of the Holy Spirit. It is three hours to three o’clock. Some of you cannot wait three hours. You do not need to wait. Go to your rooms; go out into the woods; go to your tent; go anywhere where you can get alone with God and have this matter out with Him." At three o’clock, we all gathered in front of Mr. Moody’s mother’s house (she was then still living), and then began to pass down the lane, through the gate, up on the mountainside. There were four hundred and fifty-six of us in all; I know the number because Paul Moody counted us as we passed through the gate.
After a while Mr. Moody said: "I don’t think we need to go any further; let us sit down here." We sat down on stumps and logs and on the ground. Mr. Moody said: "Have any of you students anything to say?" I think about seventy-five of them arose, one after the other, and said: "Mr. Moody, I could not wait till three o’clock; I have been alone with God since the morning service, and I believe I have a right to say that I have been baptized with the Holy Spirit." When these testimonies were over, Mr. Moody said: "Young men, I can’t see any reason why we shouldn’t kneel down here right now and ask God that the Holy Ghost may fall upon us just as definitely as He fell upon the apostles on the Day of Pentecost. Let us pray." And we did pray, there on the mountainside. As we had gone up the mountainside heavy clouds had been gathering, and just as we began to pray, those clouds broke and the raindrops began to fall through the overhanging pines. But there was another cloud that had been gathering over Northfield for ten days, a cloud big with the mercy and grace and power of God; and as we began to pray, our prayers seemed to pierce that cloud and the Holy Ghost fell upon us. Men and women, that is what we all need: the Baptism with the Holy Ghost. Note the date! It was a year before Phineas Bresee was “thrown out” of the Methodist Church and began the Church of the Nazarene, eventually housed in what became known as the Glory Barn. They moved to that location because Redmond’s Hall owners asked them politely to leave due to “excessive noise”. Just a few years earlier A.B. Simpson founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (1887) emphasizing Jesus as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King. The Assembly of God was founded in 1914, in Hot Springs, Arkansas The Assemblies of God has a very large global membership, with estimates ranging from 67 million to 86 million members and adherents worldwide. Like the Nazarene Church, at the present time, our growth is seen mainly in world areas, outside the USA. The Free Methodist Church was birthed in 1860 when Benjamin Titus Roberts, a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church, could no longer serve in harmony with their practices. He could not see how a church could support slaveholding, rented seats in the church, withholding women from full-time service in the church, and quench the movement of the Holy Spirit in public worship. In 1858 he was finally stripped of his ordination credentials in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In upstate New York he met in 1860 with 15 pastors and 45 lay persons and was elected the bishop of the free Methodist Church. Some Free Methodist ladies had an influence on Charles Finney in his ministry in upstate New York. You can read about that in Power From On High Finney: To the honor of God alone I will tell a little of my experience in this matter. I was powerfully converted on the morning of the 10th of October. In the evening of the same day and on the morning of the following day, I received overwhelming baptisms of the Holy Ghost that went through me, as it seemed to me, body and soul. I immediately found myself endued with such power from on high, that a few words dropped here and there to individuals were the means of their immediate conversion. My words seemed to fasten like barbed arrows in the souls of men. They cut like a sword. They broke the heart like a hammer. Multitudes can attest to this. Oftentimes a word dropped without my remembering it, would fasten conviction, and often result in almost immediate conversion. I want you to see that God was at work from 1860 until 1914 establishing new works out of a Move of His Spirit. Some were simultaneous. All of it by the LORD. HE is doing a similar thing in our day. We don’t understand it. Note that in several situations the founders of these groups when through some painful trials in the Methodist Church they had served in. Stripped of credentials, forced out by the powers that be. They did not grieve much because God had moved them into a new place, unbeknown to them at the time, but with His people and even more, led by His Spirit. Also great missionary moves were taking place. The China Inland Mission was being formed and flourishing! All across the nation, in individual congregations which would eventually become nationally known and band together with those of like precious faith, and around the world with the nations God was pouring out His Spirit. Habakkuk 3.2 LORD, I have heard of Your fame;     I stand in awe of Your deeds, Lord. Repeat them in our day,     in our time make them known;     in wrath remember mercy. We have been talking about the things Jesus said leading up to Pentecost. A time of new beginnings. Acts 1.1-8 He ascended back into Heaven They remained in Jerusalem until they were clothed with power from on High as per His command. 10 days later, on the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples in Jerusalem * Jesus’ Words to the Disciples About Leaving it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. The Coming of the Holy Spirit was in conjunction with Jesus leaving to go back to Heaven. The Comforter = called as one’s aide, to be besides one, an advocate, an intercessor, a helper The Holy Spirit destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles (after His ascension to the Father), to lead them to a deeper knowledge of the Truth, and give them strength and power needed to enable them to undergo trials and persecutions on behalf of the Kingdom of God and to remain faithful. He continues His Work, the work of Jesus to this day. Acts 1.1-4 There were times of Revelation of the Persons of the Trinity * From Creation until the birth of Jesus was the time God revealed Himself primarily as the Father. * From the Birth of Jesus until His Ascension was the time God revealed Himself as the Son Hebrews 1.1-4 * From the Day of Pentecost until the Second Coming of Jesus is the Age of the Spirit, the Spirit doing the work of God, glorifying Jesus, the Son. Jesus introduced them to the Holy Spirit. We are now in the Age of the Spirit. He has been outpoured Acts 2.1-7 With this marvelous outpouring comes gifts and graces. He produces His fruit in us. He works in us to make us more like Jesus. We are baptized with the Spirit. Filled to overflowing. Then we grow in Christ. He gives wonder filled gifts to us. Matthew 7.11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good gifts to those who ask Him! * The Spirit’s Work is To Bring Reality of Sin To The Souls of People -v.8-11 To Make us Holy by bringing us to Jesus. His Spirit speaks to our hearts about sin, judgment After a person has received Christ as his Savior, the Holy Spirit gives them the witness of the Spirit. It's a spiritual assurance that one is a child of God. This witness is not a singular event, but a continuing assurance that comes through the Holy Spirit's work in the believer's heart and life. Romans 8. 16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. We pray that everyone will come to know the LORD. He is not willing that any should perish but that all would come to repentance. He is at work. His work is in the hearts of people. We do not know what is going on inside of people. God has many Pentecosts in His Sky. -E. Stanley Jones This is where persistence in prayer comes in. The Fruit of the Spirit One wing of the Dove In the Bible, the Holy Spirit is described as descending upon Jesus in a bodily form like a dove during his baptism. This is depicted in Luke 3:22, where it says, "heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “You are my beloved Son, with Whom I am well pleased.” * The Spirit Guides Us Into All Truth -v.13, 15 Jesus is the Truth. I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. He takes the things of Christ and makes them known unto us. He works in us to refute false doctrine. We have discernment. 1 John 2:20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth. He guides us in the deeper life. The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. * The Spirit Will Tell of What Is To Come v.13 The gift of prophecy Like we shared last week. Revelation 19.10 The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. The Spirit inspired the Apostle Paul, John and Peter to write of the End of Time, the Day of the LORD. This is important, all important. The Spirit speaks through men and women to tell of us what is to come. My friend, Helen Wilk, was used in my life. Another meeting with the pastors in Bangladesh on Wednesday morning. Listen, be open. I have had false prophesies spoken. Things that never came to pass. The other wing of the Dove The Gifts Other gifts Romans 12. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith; 7 if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; 8 if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully. I Corinthians 12 .1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit,brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. 3 Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. 4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. 7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as hHe determines. * The Spirit Glorifies Christ vs.13-14 He will glorify Me. He will reveal Jesus to us. Reminding us of Jesus’ words Revealing the things of Christ to us. He will not speak of Himself. We all need to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Open your heart to the gift of God. How much more will your Father in Heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?! The LORD’s Supper