Sermon Notes 6/23 – The Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12

ONE BODY

v12 – the body of Christ is compared to a human body

-as the human body has many members so does the body of Christ

-the head of the church is Jesus Christ – Col 1:15-18

ONE SPIRIT

-Eph 4:4-6

-one true, living Spirit who is a person and God

-2 Cor 11:3-4, 13-15 – there are false spirits

verse 13 – all believers are baptized into the church by the Holy Spirit

          3 Main Baptisms in the Bible

                1. water baptism…into water…by another believer

                2. Baptism in the Holy Spirit – our spirit is overwhelmed by more of the Holy Spirit,,,,,,,by Jesus Christ – Matt 3:1-11

1 Corinthians 14

verse 1 – Pursue love – means to press forward…run after love…persist until embraced

-this is a hunting term where you do not stop until you capture your prey

-you pursue love because love is God – 1 John 4:7-8

-we need to baptized in the love of God

-Pursue love, the Lord, the gift giver and not the gifts – Rev 19:9-10

Desire earnestly and eagerly spiritual gifts

Desire – means to long for…have a warm feeling for — Psalm 84:2

Earnestly – means with zeal and intensely

verse 3 – 3 Reasons for the Spirituals

         1. To Edify – means to build up – this is a construction term

         2. To Exhort – means to strengthen and encourage

         3. To comfort  – it means to give hope

verse 4 – Tongues and Prophecy

     Tongues

-Praying in tongues edifies us

-we do not know what we are saying – v2

-the enemy does not what we are saying – 1 Cor 13:1 – when we speak our heavenly language

     Prophecy

-Prophecy edifies the entire church because it is spoken in our native tongue

verse 5 – I wish you all would speak in tongues

-the Lord desires that every person be saved and speak in tongues

-Paul spoke in tongues – 1 Cor 14:18

-Paul is our Biblical pattern to follow in several ways

-to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, you just must be saved

It is better to prophecy than to speak in tongues unless someone interprets the tongues……

***Private Tongues – this is speaking in tongues personally and daily when you receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.  This is a possession of the believer

***Public Tongues – this is speaking in tongues in a public setting & there must be an interpretation

verse 6 – UNDERSTANDING

-Paul speaks about understanding what is said in church

-there must be an interpretation when speaking in tongues publicly

-prophecy can be understood because it is in a persons own language