Sunday 06/15/14
Topic: Review: An you will receive Power Pt. 1
Series – The Ministry of the Holy Spirit XV.mp3
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Key Texts:
Acts 1:1-8; 1 Cor. 14
And you will receive Power
In Acts 1:8, we are told that the disciples would receive enabling power once the Holy Spirit had come upon them. This enabling power was for the work of the ministry. We know this because Jesus had just told them to wait in Jerusalem before beginning the great commission of being His witnesses, until they had received this power from on high. The power they were to receive was an enabling power which is different than authoritative power. There are two different types of power mentioned in the New Testament.
- Dunamis which is “DOING POWER”. By this I mean it is the power given by the Holy Spirit which enables you to do something.
- Exousia which is “BEING POWER”. By which is meant not the power to DO something, but the power to BE something…in other words it is Authority. This authority is always associated in one way or another with stewardship/ministry.
The power conferred upon the disciples of the Lord that day and on all those subsequent to that by the baptism of the Holy Spirit is Dunamis – enabling power. The power itself is the person of the Holy Spirit and His operations within the children of God. God as the SOURCE All authority is from God – “For there is no authority except from God,” – Rom. 13:1 All power belongs to Him – “After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a large crowd in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God.“ ~ Rev. 19:1 In this session I taught on the fundamental differences between AUTHORITY from God (exousía) and His ENABLING POWER (dúnamis). This study is important in order to properly discern when God is delegating executive authority in the body (Authority – exousia) and when He is empowering you to perform something (Enabling Power – dunamis). We then looked a little at 1 Cor. 14, to see the gifts of the Spirit in operation and to begin to illustrate the difference between tongues as a prayer language and tongues as a gift. We will be covering this for several weeks. I hope you will enjoy the rest of this teaching and as a result be better equipped to co-partner with the Spirit in the work of the ministry!
We encourage you…give it a listen!