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 is a crazy place and it just seems to get crazier and crazier. Ease your mind and take a break. This is Fuel for the Soul with John GIFTA. We're a hub for inspirational Christian sermons, practical keys for Christian living, in Christian discussions and interviews. You'll be inspired to live the life that you were created for. Your host is a top ranking podcaster, best selling author, world record holder, aerospace engineer, life coach, evangelist, and founder of John Gifta International.

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 you today. And if you checked out my previous episode, I was talking to you about how he's wanting to row that Jesus died and rose again and he is ascended to the right hand side of the Father and it's not like he just ascended. And he said, you know what, figure out your life. Do whatever you can to make sure that you know you live out your salvation or do you know, like how do you overcome sin or anything. He's not just asking you to figure things out on your own.

1:14 Speaker 2: He has given you a helper. He's given you a counselor a comforter, a guide, and that is the Holy Spirit who's living on the inside of you and me. The Bible says in Romans eight eleven that the same spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives on the inside of you and me. And that's the benefit that you and I have. And I challenged you, yes, say that you need to walk in that awareness, and that's how you will be able to live their life that Jesus Christ came to give. But today I want to just remind you of one thing, because a lot of times you may say, yes, I know the Holy Spirit is with me.

1:44 Speaker 2: I know that you know, he's living on the inside of me, and I need to walk the Christian life with the help of the Holy Spirit. But sometimes what happens is when it comes to being a witness for Christ, when it comes to you know, living out the Christian life, what happens is the Holy Spirit it becomes a theory for a lot of people. Sadly, holy Spirit is sometimes people even refer to the Holy Spirit as a thing. They say it comes on you. I'm telling you, holy Spirit is not a thing. The Holy Spirit is a person.

2:15 Speaker 2: Right, you won't call I mean, let me be honest with you. I don't even call my doggie as a thing. You know, I won't say it's seating. I always refer to as it like, you know, my doggie, she's coming, she's sleeping with me. You know. You know, if I can give so much of respect, if I love to give so much of honor to my doggie, how much more you and I need to learn to respect and honor the Holy Spirit because he is not just a thing. He is not just, you know, like a lesser version of God. He is the same as the Father and the Son.

2:52 Speaker 2: You need to give him the due respect. You need to give him the due honor. And the Bible also goes on to say this, right when you look at Acts Chapter one, was Jesus was saying, But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses telling people about me everywhere. I'm reading from the NLT version, Okay, in Jerusalem, Rad Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Now listen to this carefully. A lot of people focus on you know, go into all the world, preach the gospel.

3:20 Speaker 2: You know you need to be a witness for God. You need to tell everybody about Jesus. They say all of these things, but they don't realize that you're not called to do all of that by yourself. You're not called to witness for Christ by yourself. If your ministry, if your witness, if your testimony, if your life is not making an impact, then you need to really question is it you who's doing this by your own striving? Is it by your own efforts? Is it by your own thing where you're just having the theoretical knowledge or theoretical expectation that the Holy Spirit is there, but are you really really really operating with the power of the Holy Spirit.

3:57 Speaker 2: Da da. I want to pray in the name of Jesus Christ for those who are listening to me from across the globe. I want to pray that you will understand that the Holy Spirit is not just theory. The Holy Spirit is not supposed to be confined to a book or a version. The Holy Spirit is not confined to your doctrinal expectation. The Holy Spirit is a real person and you need to get to that place 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 can be a greater witness for you today. One of the things I want to tell you is one of the things that really puts me off is a lot of people in a lot of you know, the backgrounds or faith backgrounds or traditions. They put the tradition, they put their culture, they put their belief system, they put their doctrines about the Holy Spirit, and say, Holy Spirit, I want you to work in this. And many people 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, the gifts of the spirit. Because you need to understand you're not called to glorify or oh, glorify you know the miracles and the signs and wonders, but you should also not negate or neglect or ignore all of those things because God uses all of that to be the instruments to talk about who Jesus is, to draw people towards himself. I want you to understand something here you cannot negate. And sometimes people say, oh, you know what, This person is drawing people by encouragement.

5:22 Speaker 2: This person is drawing people by healings and miracles. This person is drawing people by this methodology. Can I tell you something. God has given different gifts because God wants you to use your gifts that He has given you. At the same time, He wants you to, you know, be aware of Him and tap into the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the power of the Holy Spirit, so that by that means you will be able to make a greater impact for the glory of God. Listen to me, Come carefully. You know you can have the best of knowledge.

5:54 Speaker 2: You can have the best of skill set, you can have the best of the information, you can have the best of your backing. You can listen to great sermons, and you can bring out messages in an amazing way. All of that is great, But the problem is none of that can be as effective as you healing to the Holy Spirit and operating in the power of the Holy Spirit and then living out the Christian life that God wants you to live. Today, I want to tell you something. If you want to live the Christian life, if you want to really be a witness for Christ, listen to me carefully.

6:25 Speaker 2: Witness for Christ. It's not just witnessing in front of a pulpit right. God wants you to witness for Him on any place that He has given you, maybe even in your workplace. He wants you to witness for Christ in the way that you do your work. He wants you to witness for Christ by the way you behave in your neighborhood. He wants you to witness for Christ by the way you behave in the traffic. He wants you to witness for Christ in the way you mingle with your friends, how you're being the light in the darkness.

6:53 Speaker 2: He wants you to witness for Christ, not by a preacher. You know, holier than that attitude. He wants you to be a witness by operating in the power of the Holy Spirit. Today, I want to pray in the name of Jesus Christ, that you will say, I don't want to just live a media cared life. I don't want to just live a normal life. I don't want to just operate with my own strength. I want the Holy Spirit to operate through me, and through the power of the Holy Spirit, you will be a great witness in the name of Jesus Christ.

7:24 Speaker 2: I just want you to receive my faith, to be aware of the Holy Spirit the power of the Holy Spirit and say, Holy Spirit, fill me. I need you, Lord, I need to depend on your Lord. Help me to heal to you more regard, and I pray that He will do it for you. In the name of Jesus, I pray God bless you.

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