May
2010
Holy Spirit – The “Helper” Series
January 31 – For the World – The Global Conscience
This is the first of a 4 part series on the Holy Spirit as our “Helper”. Ken begins with the broadest role of the Spirit; to reveal to our world what is right and wrong and the consequences of each (John 16:2-11) . Before the law, people “did what was right in their own eyes” (Judges 17:6). As a result, God brought the law so that they would know what was right and wrong. Jesus declared to His disciples that it was to their advantage that He would depart, for in His stead He would send a Helper, that would reveal to them what is right and wrong. He would be, in a sense, the global conscience.
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February 7 – For Us – Life Teacher
This second message in the Helper series addressed the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers. Jesus speaks of “another” Helper (John 14:16), the Spirit of truth, that will teach us all things pertaining to our Christian life. In the same way that Jesus came to “help” us out of our former life by means of salvation, the Holy Spirit gives us a new life (born again of the Spirit) and then helps us life that life successfully.
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February 21 – For Others – Ministry
Third in a four-part series on the Holy Spirit as our Helper, this message considers how the Spirit helps us to minister to others. Utilizing Acts 1:8 as the basis for the message, Ken weaves in the subjective (you shall receive power) benefit and objective (and be my witnesses) responsibility of the baptism of the Holy Spirit for believers. Ken presents three things that those who met in the upper room may have done as they await the arrival of the Spirit: wrestle through “be my witnesses (embracing the cost); redefine community (the Holy Spirit would change everything) and finally, pray for the promise (ask and ask and pray and ask for the Holy Spirit to come).