Notes from Roger Aubrey
(scripture references are from NIV)
Fire, mighty rushing wind, floods of water--> the very thing we pay money to insure ourselves against...
Wind: at Pentacost, the first inkling they got that something was going to happen was the sound of a strong wind. They didn't feel the wind but they heard it.
Ruach (Hebrew) - wind or breath or breathe. Air in movement or motion.
Pneuma (Greek)
Ezekiel 37
"The hand of the LORD was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign LORD, you alone know.”
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come, breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’” So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.’”
I'm just having fun with the colour coding, but just to highlight that there's POWER in our words. Power in what we say. God created everything by speaking. Also the red highlighted stuff was about breath.
John 20 v21-22
"Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. "
John 3 v1-8 (NKJ for some reason...)
"There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
You can't see the wind- it's invisible. You have to have faith , and you have to know the spirit by faith. If you can't see the Spirit, you're living by faith if you believe in him. It's no hard thing to believe what the devil says to you-->you're worthless, etc, but you need faith to believe when God says you can do the impossible! (through him of course)
We don't create the wind and we can't control it. Wind comes in varying degrees. It can be stronger and tornado-like sometimes, or weak and just a gentle breeze. The Spirit can move in different intensities or varying degrees, depending on the situation or what's needed. You can't see the wind but you can see the affects of the wind.
You can see when the wind of God is blowing through a person's life. If this was happening, what would you expect to see?:
----> changes (from glory to glory) (God can't resurrect your old life,your old sinful life, he won't do it.)
---->Fruit of the Spirit and signs that someone's filled with the Spirit. Joy, etc. Joy you can hold on to, but happiness slips through your fingers. It depends what your circumstances are, but your joy is your strength.
When there's a storm, the weaker structures would fall and the solid structures on solid foundations will stand.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is blowing through, you'll see someone who knows who they are in Christ. Where the Spirit blows you will find peace. And when it happens to the natural it is really beyond all understanding. The wellbeing of God in your life.
Christians are not immune to life, we face the same things as the rest of the world, but we are overcomers.
Power--->to do everything God calls us to do. The ability to do what's necessary.
What do you have the ability to do?
-->pray for the sick
-->cast out demons
-->testify that Jesus is Lord
John 14 v12
"Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father."
When thinking of miracles, people default to Christ's greatest miracle, which was raising the dead, and then say they can't do that.
What could Christ do through 18 (there are 18 students in my class...) people?? He changed the world through twelve.
Fire:
Acts 2 v1-4
"When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them."
Signs are there to point you to something, and wonders make you wonder. To make you think, wow, this is what God's capable of!
At Pentacost, they heard something first, and then they saw something.
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."
Hebrews 12 v28-29
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire."
Fire is to do with the nature of God. God got Moses' attention with a burning bush. Burning bushes were nothing new to Moses, he lived in a dry desert, but a burning bush that was not consumed, that did not burn up, THAT caught his attention... (Exodus 13 v19-21)
There was a pillar of cloud and fire leading the Israelites for forty years. Through everything that happened to them, that pillar was there. Cloud during the day and fire at night. This pillar was presence. It was a symbol that his presence was with them. The trademark of the church is God's presence. There's an attraction to fire, and it's the same with the Spirit.
God judged sin with fire. Fire's natural quality is to refine, cleanse, consume, purify. (refining fire, my heart's one desire).
Leviticus 10:1 "Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command. "-->this was unauthorized fire. Fire that God did not ask for or want.
Breaking bread is a time of self-judgement, not criticism.
Holy means set apart. You are holy. Our christian walk is really just us trying to attain what we already are.
Zeal--> to burn in your face, have a face that's on fire.
Isaiah 9 v7
"Of the greatness of his government and peace
there will be no end.
He will reign on David’s throne
and over his kingdom,
establishing and upholding it
with justice and righteousness
from that time on and forever.
The zeal of the LORD Almighty
will accomplish this."
'I'm so zealous for this (thing), that I would lay down my life for it.'
John 2 v12-17
"When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
What are you zealous for? People are zealous but for the wrong reasons.
Are you more passionate for things than you are for the Lord? For the house of the Lord? What do you give your time to?? What do you think about the most?? What do you talk about or tell people about the most?? What are you willing to give up things for? Where are you willing to put your money? What are you giving your life for??
The thing that should burn greatest in you is zeal for his house.
Water
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. "
Psalm 46 v4
"There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells."
The Holy Spirit shall make glad Zion (the church).
Three rivers the bible talks about.
Genesis 2 v4-14
"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.
Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush. The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. "
It's meant to flow OUT of you and produce fruit. Our life is designed to be a pleasure, to be good, to be a blessing. No matter what happens, have the attitude that life is good. Your life is meant to be a pleasure and a blessing to the world and to God. Your presence in this world is a benefit to this world. The Holy Spirit is given to you for good, for blessing.
The river watered the garden. The Holy Spirit has been given to water our life. To bless us and give us delight.
The river flowed out from the garden. The river of the Holy Spirit will flow out from you. Attitude, character, conversation, actions. He's given to you that you might give him away.
The river had four branches that flowed out to the world. We're meant to take this out into our world.
Pishon: to gush, to overflow, to drench or to spring up. (very active). The life of the Spirit in you is not a trinkle.
Gihon: to break out, burst forth, break forth. Cannot be controlled or contained. Life in the Spirit is not subject to human control. You cannot put limits or conditions on what the Spirit is allowed to do in your life. He has the absolute control.
Hikkekel (Tigris): to be active, rapid, quick, swift. The opposite of passive. Life in the Spirit is like white water rafting! The Holy Spirit sweeps you along in the current. Never lose that sense of adventure in the Spirit.
Euphrates: sweet, to bear fruit, to be fruitful.
Second type of river:
Ezekiel 43-47
The man brought me back to the entrance to the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was trickling from the south side.
3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits[a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, “Son of man, do you see this?”
Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, “This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah,[b] where it enters the Dead Sea. When it empties into the sea, the salty water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea. 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”
The river flows from God, through the temple. The temple is for worship, and in the NT, Paul tells us that we are a temple for the Holy Spirit. So the Spirit flows from God through us. Our life is one of increase. Increasing measure. We were designed to swim. He's breaking the control of our lives.
This river is a river of life. The spirit that flows out of you is fresh and it produces swarms of living creatures. It goes into impossible situations and changes things.
You have the resource and power to bring life into every single situation you face. Your Holy Spirit way of life changes things.
God has no problem with you having wealth, the problem is when wealth has you!
Christians deal in hope. We are the trees that stood by the river bank. We live a supernatural life. It's not ordinary for trees to produce fruit each month. That means they are even producing out of season.
You're part of the answer and not the problem.
The last river is in Revelation 22 v1-2
"Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. "
The river was pure and flowed from the throne. It flowed down the center of the city. Jesus stood astride the river. He stood on either side. He's the center, the pride, the guide of life.
Our life is meant to be a blessing, and the church is really only the church when it allows the Holy Spirit to flow through the center to point us to Jesus.
Let the Holy Spirit increase your sense of bigness.
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