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“I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like the son of Man,…When I saw Him I fell at his feet as though dead. Then He placed His right hand on me and said:…’Write therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery…” Revelation 1:12-20
Everybody loves the underdog story-including Jesus! This is ...
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“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, ‘I am Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,’ and, ‘What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea’…’He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says ...
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“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from my Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.” John 15:26-27 NKJV
There is that word, “Helper,” again! According to the Amplified Bible’s translation, the Holy Spirit is totally geared toward “counseling, helping, advocating, interceding, strengthening,” and “standing by” us! In this particular case ...
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Restoring the Missing Christian Art of Discipleship
Men of God don’t just happen, the Bible tells us they are made. God provides the call and, although that can sometimes mean isolated periods of training, in the end we all need the galvanizing effects which result from the process of discipleship. This is what Jesus modeled as the foundational approach to extending the faith He taught. We must do more than seeking the sensitive, lecturing the curious or dazzling the immature with ...
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“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you, but the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” John 14:25-26 NKJV
Notice this is the second time we find the word “Helper” in the various texts where Jesus discussed the personality and leadership characteristics of the Holy Spirit. What’s more ...
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“He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, ‘Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, ...
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“The Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”
John 14:17 NKJV
The second Christian leadership principle I want to discuss is that the Holy Spirit is an agent of “recognition.” This is very important because without an initial awareness of a thing there can be no deeper understanding of it. Since God’s essence is spirit (John ...
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“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another HELPER, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.”
John 14:12, 16-17 ESV
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father…And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in ...
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