OUR HEART - HIS DWELLING PLACE - 2

OUR HEART - HIS DWELLING PLACE 2

Ephesians 6: 14 -17
14) Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15) And having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16) above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.
17) And take the helmet of salvation, & the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

A man, who had been witnessing one day, said "When I have proved a good sword that does the work of execution, I will just keep right on using it!"
Well the man just kept on using it. The man used the Word of God & the Holy Spirit did His work & the skeptic got saved & believed the Word of God. He had taken what the truth was of the Word, placed the breastplate of righteousness on, and shod his feet with he gospel of peace. Took the shield of faith & the helmet of salvation, with the Holy pirit with the sword of the Word of God!
We should be like this man who put on the garments of God as in Ephesians 6:14-17.
Through out the scriptures God, used believers as an instrument. So, we could go into the world, using the gospel to convert mankind.
Believers are the third greatest weapon, Jesus is the first weapon, Holy Spirit is the second weapon, & the believer third weapon. We have to be willing to let the LORD use us & He will. He wants us to testify to the world about the gospel of Jesus Christ. To glorify Christ not to buy & sell things to make a profit. But to glorify Jesus Christ!! We can not do this without the power the Holy Spirit & God's power.

1 Corinthians 2:1-5
1) And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.
2) For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ & Him crucified.
3) I was with you in weakness, in fear, & in much trembling.
4) And my speech & my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit & power,
5) faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

1 Corinthians 1:30
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--righteousness & sanctification & redemption

The Gospel in not earthly wisdom but the Gospel is Heavenly wisdom. I would like to have the Heavenly wisdom then earthly wisdom.

Through out the Scriptures when men were filled with the Holy Spirit they did not preach of self but of Christ & His crucifixion.
Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit. Zacharias prophesies of John's ministry

Luke 1:67-70 & 76-80
67) Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, & prophesied saying:
68) "Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited & redeemed His people,
69) And has raise up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
70) As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets. Who have been since the world began.

76) And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77) To give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,
78) Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;
79) To give light to those who sit in darkness & the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."
80) So the child grew & became strong in spirit, & was in the desert till the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Elizabeth & Mary were both filled with the Holy Spirit & both spoke not of themselves but of their Lord. Simeon also spoke of his Lord.
Luke2:27-35
27) So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in Christ Jesus, to do for Him according to custom of three laws,
28) He took Him us in his arms & blessed God & said:
29) "Lord, now you are letting Your servant depart in peace, According to Your word;
30) For my eyes have seen Your salvation
31) Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples,
32) A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel."
33) And Joseph & His mother marveled at those things which were spoken of Him.
34) Then Simeon blessed them, & said to Mary His mother, " Behold, this Child is destined for the fall & rising of many in Israel, & for a sign which will be spoken against
35) (yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."

Peter on the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

Acts 2:1-35
1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[a] as the Spirit enabled them.
5Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? 8Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? 9Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 10Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs-we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" 12Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?"
13Some, however, made fun of them and said, "They have had too much wine.[b]"
Peter Addresses the Crowd
14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: "Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
15 These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It's only nine in the morning!
16 No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will Prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
18 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below,
blood and fire and billows of smoke.
20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord.
21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
22 "Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know.
23 This man was handed over to you by God's set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men put him to death by nailing him to the cross.
24 But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.
25 David said about him: 'I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
26 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will live in hope,
27 because you will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.
28You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence
29 "Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. place one of his descendants on his throne.
30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would
31 31Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. 32God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. 33Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 34For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,
" 'The Lord said to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
35until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet."

Stephen when he was brought before the Council
Act 6:10
And they were not able to resist the wisdom & Spirit by which he spoke.

Barnabas, Paul, all of Jesus disciples. When you’re filled with the Holy Spirit you speak of Jesus Christ & the Scriptures now anyone who receives the Holy Sprit through trusting is the Lord Jesus will have river of living waters.

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;

John 4:14
"but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water spring up into everlasting life."

John 6:34 & 35
34) Then they said to Him, "Lord, give us this bread always."
35) And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, & he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

John 7:38
"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."

Do you want this Living Water? Then come to Jesus & ask Him into your heart, your soul, & body.