Notes from Roger Aubrey
(any scriptures are NIV [unless otherwise stated] and these are haphazard, jotted down notes from class...sorry for the lack of structure...)
John 4 v24
"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth."
Romans 8 v11
"And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. "
The Holy Spirit has no interest in your life at all. He comes to live his own life in you, as God in you.
Romans 8 v14
"For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God."
Matthew 3 v11
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. "
Acts 1 v8
"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
(you will recieve all the ability of God when he comes on you)
Genesis 2 v4-7
"This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth and no plant had yet sprung up, for the LORD God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, but streams came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. "
(everything God creates, he creates by speaking)
When you become a Christian, you don't become spiritual, your spirit comes alive to God.
Zachariah 4 v6
"So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty."
Mark 1 v9-11
" At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
The Spirit tore heaven open as he descended!! Jesus never performed any miracles until the Spirit descended on him.
Could Jesus have performed miracles without the Holy Spirit?
-->YES, because he was fully God. The Spirit did not add anything to his person. NO, because he was modeling for us what a man filled with the Spirit looks like.
John 7 v37
"On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. "
The Spirit flows from within you. He works in you. He didn't say you would recieve a lake or a reservoir. It's not the lake of peace and tranquility, or a reservoir that gets used up. He's a river of flowing water.
To not be filled with the Spirit means that he doesn't have free range to move through. You can be filled with the Spirit in your sleep! You are, constantly, filled with the Spirit!
Who, exactly, are we dealing with?
1) The Holy Spirit is God.
In dealing with the Spirit, we are dealing with none other than the personal presence of God.
The Holy Spirit is the third person of God. He is just as much God as God the Father or God the Son. You are dealing with God.
For you in your experience of God, he's more likely to be the first person of the trinity that you deal with. You know Jesus through the Spirit and God through Jesus.
Genesis 1v2
"Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters."
The first person of God indentified in the whole word of God was the Spirit. (the law of first mention...)
You should get the idea of fatherhood, not from your earthly father, but from God.
God is fully comfortable within himself to not be bothered whether you pray to the
Father, Son or Holy Spirit.
Elohim: Gods. God plural. Genesis 1:1 'Elohim said, let's make man in our image.'
The Spirit is not New Testament. He is throughout all of scripture. He is God in motion. The first way he was described was as hovering; in motion.
Yahweh: the covenant, sacred name of God. Whenever someone asked his name in the old testament, this was what he answered.
Yahweh: I am the God who is. He is eternal and unchanging.
You have the same Spirit who came upon Samson and Elijah, Elisha and Moses!
Never read the bible as a book of nostalgia.
Whenever you read the bible, about what the Spirit does in all the stories and scripture, think, 'he's in me'.
The Spirit shares the names and titles of God.
We all have the same 'portion' or 'amount' of the Spirit. (every person's who's a believer) We have ALL of the Spirit, it's just how we let him use us.
The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Jesus as well as the Spirit of the Father.
Matthew 10 v19
"But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say, " (WHEN they arrest us. Haha, thank you Lord!)
v20..."for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Romans 8 v15
"The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” "
The Spirit is never called the 'spirit of the spirit', because he's not about himself.
The trinity is a sweet society. He always produces unity, he's a spirit of peace.
It may be something where you think, 'Oh Lord, I've always been this way,' and the Spirit shakes you and says, 'yep, and it's time to grow up.'
He has all the attributes and qualities of God. Our walk with God is determined very much by our concept of God. 'God is good' is a fundamental aspect of who God is - if God is good then nothing else makes sense.
God is omnipresent. He is this way through His Spirit.
Psalm 139 v7-10
"Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast."
The Holy Spirit is in the mosque. Just because he's there doesn't mean he gives his approval. The Holy Spirit is in you with exactly the same amount as he is in the farthest reaches of the universe.
The most miserable person in the world in the Christian who doesn't want to walk with the Lord, because there is nowhere you can go away from him.
Are there times when you are more aware of the Holy Spirit than others?
(an expectation? a mindset?)
--> you leave the meeting and then you go and you aren't paying attention anymore. It's almost a mode.
The general sense of the Holy Spirit's presence is there. We need to understand that that presence is a person.
ex. family members. You have photos or facebook or phone calls, but there's nothing like his presence.
It'll affect you in many different ways. He inhabits the praise of his people.
An attitude of thankfullness, you can attract the presence of God by the words that come out of your mouth. Praise, worship.
Silence itself can be powerful, but silence can be deadly. You should always begin by opening up your heart and verbally give thanks to God.
There's a power in the corporate. You've got to be strong on your own, but don't forsake the assembling together.
Expect something, you're there to make a contribution and take part.
You bring your attitude in. To any corporate meeting, church, home group, prayer meeting, when people come together, they all bring an attitude.
You have to learn how to wait on the Spirit.
When you're summoned, it's not an invitation. (talking about royal visits)
One of the appropriate dressings of going into the presence of God is thanksgiving. Don't go scruffy into the presence of God.
It's attitude. You're there to wait on the King of Kings. He can do with you as he pleases, with his timing and his agenda, and you go when he's done with you.
That's what the presence of God is about: we're here for him.
We're not here to analyze things. "Don't worry, it's God. I have no idea." (Roger Aubrey)
If you know it's God, then don't interfere. Leave people in the presence.
You leave experiences like that changed.
The Holy Spirit is not a subject, he's a person. And often when you focus on him, he'll focus you inward.
Everything God does, the trinity does, everything Jesus does, the trinity does, everything the Spirit does, the trinity does.
Matthew 3 v16
"As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. "
John 14 v15-23
“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. "
(they didn't have the Spirit yet, so this all would have been so confusing!!)
Ephesians 3 v14
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