Why the Early Church Was So Effective? John Giftah | Christian Sermon

0:01 Speaker 1: Do you ever look around and think, Wow, the world

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0:41 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA.

0:47 Speaker 2: Hey, it's such a joy for me to be with

0:48 Speaker 2: you today. And if you checked out my previous episode,

0:51 Speaker 2: I was talking to you about how he's wanting to

0:54 Speaker 2: row that Jesus died and rose again and he is

0:57 Speaker 2: ascended to the right hand side of the Father and

1:00 Speaker 2: it's not like he just ascended. And he said, you

1:02 Speaker 2: know what, figure out your life. Do whatever you can

1:05 Speaker 2: to make sure that you know you live out your

1:07 Speaker 2: salvation or do you know, like how do you overcome

1:10 Speaker 2: sin or anything. He's not just asking you to figure

1:12 Speaker 2: things out on your own. He has given you a helper.

1:16 Speaker 2: He's given you a counselor a comforter, a guide, and

1:20 Speaker 2: that is the Holy Spirit who's living on the inside

1:22 Speaker 2: of you and me. The Bible says in Romans eight

1:25 Speaker 2: eleven that the same spirit that raised Christ from the

1:27 Speaker 2: dead lives on the inside of you and me. And

1:29 Speaker 2: that's the benefit that you and I have. And I

1:32 Speaker 2: challenged you, yes, say that you need to walk in

1:34 Speaker 2: that awareness, and that's how you will be able to

1:36 Speaker 2: live their life that Jesus Christ came to give. But

1:39 Speaker 2: today I want to just remind you of one thing,

1:40 Speaker 2: because a lot of times you may say, yes, I

1:43 Speaker 2: know the Holy Spirit is with me. I know that

1:46 Speaker 2: you know, he's living on the inside of me, and

1:48 Speaker 2: I need to walk the Christian life with the help

1:51 Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit. But sometimes what happens is when

1:53 Speaker 2: it comes to being a witness for Christ, when it

1:56 Speaker 2: comes to you know, living out the Christian life, what

1:58 Speaker 2: happens is the Holy Spirit it becomes a theory for

2:01 Speaker 2: a lot of people. Sadly, holy Spirit is sometimes people

2:05 Speaker 2: even refer to the Holy Spirit as a thing. They

2:08 Speaker 2: say it comes on you. I'm telling you, holy Spirit

2:11 Speaker 2: is not a thing. The Holy Spirit is a person. Right,

2:16 Speaker 2: you won't call I mean, let me be honest with you.

2:19 Speaker 2: I don't even call my doggie as a thing. You know,

2:22 Speaker 2: I won't say it's seating. I always refer to as

2:25 Speaker 2: it like, you know, my doggie, she's coming, she's sleeping

2:28 Speaker 2: with me. You know. You know, if I can give

2:30 Speaker 2: so much of respect, if I love to give so

2:34 Speaker 2: much of honor to my doggie, how much more you

2:37 Speaker 2: and I need to learn to respect and honor the

2:39 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit because he is not just a thing. He

2:43 Speaker 2: is not just, you know, like a lesser version of God.

2:47 Speaker 2: He is the same as the Father and the Son.

2:52 Speaker 2: You need to give him the due respect. You need

2:54 Speaker 2: to give him the due honor. And the Bible also

2:56 Speaker 2: goes on to say this, right when you look at

2:58 Speaker 2: Acts Chapter one, was Jesus was saying, But you will

3:02 Speaker 2: receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and

3:06 Speaker 2: you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere.

3:09 Speaker 2: I'm reading from the NLT version, Okay, in Jerusalem, Rad Judea,

3:12 Speaker 2: in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Now

3:15 Speaker 2: listen to this carefully. A lot of people focus on

3:17 Speaker 2: you know, go into all the world, preach the gospel.

3:20 Speaker 2: You know you need to be a witness for God.

3:21 Speaker 2: You need to tell everybody about Jesus. They say all

3:24 Speaker 2: of these things, but they don't realize that you're not

3:27 Speaker 2: called to do all of that by yourself. You're not

3:30 Speaker 2: called to witness for Christ by yourself. If your ministry,

3:34 Speaker 2: if your witness, if your testimony, if your life is

3:37 Speaker 2: not making an impact, then you need to really question

3:41 Speaker 2: is it you who's doing this by your own striving?

3:44 Speaker 2: Is it by your own efforts? Is it by your

3:46 Speaker 2: own thing where you're just having the theoretical knowledge or

3:49 Speaker 2: theoretical expectation that the Holy Spirit is there, but are

3:52 Speaker 2: you really really really operating with the power of the

3:56 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit. Da da. I want to pray in the

3:59 Speaker 2: name of Jesus Christ for those who are listening to

4:01 Speaker 2: me from across the globe. I want to pray that

4:04 Speaker 2: you will understand that the Holy Spirit is not just theory.

4:07 Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is not supposed to be confined to

4:10 Speaker 2: a book or a version. The Holy Spirit is not

4:12 Speaker 2: confined to your doctrinal expectation. The Holy Spirit is a

4:17 Speaker 2: real person and you need to get to that place

4:19 Speaker 2: where you say, Holy Spirit.

4:21 Speaker 1: I want you to film me.

4:22 Speaker 2: I want to operate in that power so that I

4:25 Speaker 2: can be a greater witness for you today. One of

4:27 Speaker 2: the things I want to tell you is one of

4:28 Speaker 2: the things that really puts me off is a lot

4:30 Speaker 2: of people in a lot of you know, the backgrounds

4:34 Speaker 2: or faith backgrounds or traditions. They put the tradition, they

4:36 Speaker 2: put their culture, they put their belief system, they put

4:39 Speaker 2: their doctrines about the Holy Spirit, and say, Holy Spirit,

4:43 Speaker 2: I want you to work in this. And many people

4:45 Speaker 2: don't even believe in the power of the Holy Spirit.

4:47 Speaker 2: Many people sadly don't believe in the prophetic, the healing,

4:49 Speaker 2: the gifts of the spirit. Because you need to understand

4:52 Speaker 2: you're not called to glorify or oh, glorify you know

4:55 Speaker 2: the miracles and the signs and wonders, but you should

4:57 Speaker 2: also not negate or neglect or ignore all of those

5:01 Speaker 2: things because God uses all of that to be the

5:06 Speaker 2: instruments to talk about who Jesus is, to draw people

5:10 Speaker 2: towards himself. I want you to understand something here you

5:15 Speaker 2: cannot negate. And sometimes people say, oh, you know what,

5:19 Speaker 2: This person is drawing people by encouragement. This person is

5:23 Speaker 2: drawing people by healings and miracles. This person is drawing

5:27 Speaker 2: people by this methodology. Can I tell you something. God

5:31 Speaker 2: has given different gifts because God wants you to use

5:34 Speaker 2: your gifts that He has given you. At the same time,

5:37 Speaker 2: He wants you to, you know, be aware of Him

5:41 Speaker 2: and tap into the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the

5:43 Speaker 2: power of the Holy Spirit, so that by that means

5:46 Speaker 2: you will be able to make a greater impact for

5:49 Speaker 2: the glory of God. Listen to me, Come carefully. You

5:52 Speaker 2: know you can have the best of knowledge. You can

5:54 Speaker 2: have the best of skill set, you can have the

5:56 Speaker 2: best of the information, you can have the best of

5:59 Speaker 2: your backing. You can listen to great sermons, and you

6:02 Speaker 2: can bring out messages in an amazing way. All of

6:05 Speaker 2: that is great, But the problem is none of that

6:08 Speaker 2: can be as effective as you healing to the Holy

6:12 Speaker 2: Spirit and operating in the power of the Holy Spirit

6:15 Speaker 2: and then living out the Christian life that God wants

6:18 Speaker 2: you to live. Today, I want to tell you something.

6:20 Speaker 2: If you want to live the Christian life, if you

6:22 Speaker 2: want to really be a witness for Christ, listen to

6:25 Speaker 2: me carefully. Witness for Christ. It's not just witnessing in

6:27 Speaker 2: front of a pulpit right. God wants you to witness

6:30 Speaker 2: for Him on any place that He has given you,

6:33 Speaker 2: maybe even in your workplace. He wants you to witness

6:35 Speaker 2: for Christ in the way that you do your work.

6:39 Speaker 2: He wants you to witness for Christ by the way

6:41 Speaker 2: you behave in your neighborhood. He wants you to witness

6:43 Speaker 2: for Christ by the way you behave in the traffic.

6:46 Speaker 2: He wants you to witness for Christ in the way

6:48 Speaker 2: you mingle with your friends, how you're being the light

6:52 Speaker 2: in the darkness. He wants you to witness for Christ,

6:54 Speaker 2: not by a preacher. You know, holier than that attitude.

6:58 Speaker 2: He wants you to be a witness by operating in

7:01 Speaker 2: the power of the Holy Spirit. Today, I want to

7:04 Speaker 2: pray in the name of Jesus Christ, that you will say,

7:07 Speaker 2: I don't want to just live a media cared life.

7:10 Speaker 2: I don't want to just live a normal life. I

7:12 Speaker 2: don't want to just operate with my own strength. I

7:14 Speaker 2: want the Holy Spirit to operate through me, and through

7:17 Speaker 2: the power of the Holy Spirit, you will be a

7:20 Speaker 2: great witness in the name of Jesus Christ. I just

7:25 Speaker 2: want you to receive my faith, to be aware of

7:28 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit the power of the Holy Spirit and say,

7:31 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit, fill me. I need you, Lord, I need

7:34 Speaker 2: to depend on your Lord. Help me to heal to

7:36 Speaker 2: you more regard, and I pray that He will do

7:39 Speaker 2: it for you. In the name of Jesus, I pray

7:41 Speaker 2: God bless you.

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