Sermon Notes:
1. Every miracle Jesus did was done after He was baptized by the Holy Spirit at the Jordan River.
2. The Holy Spirit is associated with power.
3. There is a permanence of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit at conversion.
4. There is an available filling of the Holy Spirit when we submit to Him.
5. Believers may lose the filling, but never the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Follow-up Questions from Sunday:
Quick Review:
Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything you heard for the first time or that caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?
Digging Deeper:
1. Read Luke 3:21-22, 4:14. According to these verses what was different about Jesus after He was baptized in the Jordan River?
2. What do you think it means when the Scriptures say, “Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit?”
3. Read Luke 4:16-19. Jesus opened the scroll of the prophet Isaiah and read out loud chapter 61 that talked about how the coming Messiah would have the Spirit of the Lord on Him and be anointed by the Holy Spirit. When do you think this happened to Jesus? Why do you think it was important for the Holy Spirit to fall on Jesus?
4. Read Acts 1:4-8. After Jesus had risen from the dead, He told his followers to wait in Jerusalem for the Baptism of the Spirit and then begin doing ministry. Why do you think it was so important for the Holy Spirit to come on them?
5. Read Mark 14:66-72; Acts 3:1-10; Acts 4:1-8. How would you compare the differences of Peter from before and after the Holy Spirit came on him?
6. According to Ephesians 1:13 when did the Spirit come on you? When did you first receive Jesus?
7. According to 2 Timothy 1:7, what does the Holy Spirit bring to your life? How have you experienced this?
8. In the book of Acts, Peter was baptized once in the Holy Spirit but filled with the Holy Spirit many times. According to 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:5, how many times were we baptized in the Spirit?
9. According to Ephesians 5:15-21, how many times are we to be filled with the Spirit and what does that look like?
10. What things do you do to experience a fresh filling of the Holy Spirit in your life?
Prayer:
Ask the Holy Sprit to fill you today with power to be the person that Jesus called you to be and do what Jesus calls you to do.
Taking it home:
Memorize/ Meditate on John 7:37-39
Theological question:
What similarities and differences do you think existed when the Holy Spirit came on Jesus for ministry and when the Holy Spirit came on the disciples for ministry?