Experiencing the Presence of God's Spirit - Francis Chan

Are you staying in the "Shallow End" in the relationship with God? Francis shares the joy of jumping in the deep end and how to live out our faith in God. God promises so many things in scripture and when I jump off the high dive with faith in God, then I have an amazing experience and spiritual growth. Uploaded with permission!

AGE OF DECEIT 2* (FULL) Alchemy and the Rise of the Beast Image

This is the full video, two hours worth, but well worth the time.

 

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AGE OF DECEIT 2: Alchemy and the Rise of the Beast Image (Full Movie)

Many believe Alchemy is merely a false science with the hopes to transmute base metals into gold. In reality, alchemy is an occult metaphor for transforming the human being from our current fallen state into a godlike ascended state. Such desires to discover the elixir of life, known as the philosophers stone, that would give man longevity, and the return to our glorified state of being has been part of mythological lure for centuries. But with the advent of the scientific and technological advancement in our day, these occult dreams founded in the alchemical philosophy are now being fulfilled. The Bible seems to speak of a day when the false prophet, through the lies of Satan would create an Image that will have breath and speak, causing the world to worship the image, and take it's mark, or else be killed.
Is it possible that these future events spoken about in Revelation 13, are in fact unfolding right before our eyes? Does Artificial Intelligence, a hope for a singularity, and the advent of transhumanism, all play a role in the grand deception that will enslave humanity through the lie that the Mark of the Beast is actually the Philosophers Stone?
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Featuring Douglas Hamp, Rob Skiba, Cris Putnam, and clips from Paul Washer, Russ Dizdar, Chris White and many more.

Topics covered include: Age of deceit 2, Alchemy, Ayahuasca, Antichrist, Ancient History, Artificial Intelligence, Armageddon, Alien Abduction, Bible Prophecy, Bible Study, Book of Revelation, Book of Genesis, Book of Matthew, Cybernetics, Cryonics, Channeling, Chemtrails, Deities, Demiurge, Deceit, Deception, Evidence, Electronics, End Times, False Prophet, False Messiah, Fallen Angels, Fables, Freemasons, Facebook, God, Geoengineering, Gnosticism, Grace, Google, GMO, Hamp, Health, Hitler, Him, Hope, Holy Spirit, Hermes Trismegistus, Information Technology, Image of the Beast, Industry, Intelligence, Illuminati, Alex Jones, Jesus Christ, Kabbalah, Lucifer, Lake of Fire, Money, Monism, Materialism, Martyr, Matrix, Mark of the Beast, Metaphor, Nephilim, New Age, Nanotechnology, Oppression, Omnipresence, Pope, Papacy, Prophecy, Problems, Peril, Revelation, Restoration, Rise of the Beast Image, Risen, Robotics, Repentance, Reveal, Skiba, Satan, Spirituality, Spiritualism, Secret Society, Supernatural, Spirit, Scripture, Technology, Transhumanism, Technocracy, Trust, Thoth, Truth, UFOs, Ufology.

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The Holy & Profane

Good message...the church needs the power (dunamis) of God now more than ever.

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Jesus shows us what it's like to live a Spirit-empowered life

Jesus' life and power are not just to be admired; his power is also to be experienced. Jesus didn't cheat but came to earth as a man and showed us what it's like to live a perfect, Spirit-filled, Spirit-empowered, Spirit-led life.

This clip is excerpted from the sermon "Jesus Empowered by the Spirit," the first part of our sermon series Acts: Empowered for Jesus' Mission. It was preached by Pastor Mark Driscoll out of Acts 1:1--11 at Mars Hill Downtown Bellevue and released on May 26.

Watch the full sermon here: http://jesus.to/11jfZvQ
Check out the full Acts sermon series here: http://marshill.com/acts

RA Torrey on the Personhood of the Holy Spirit

 

R.A. Torrey

 

R.A. Torrey (1856–1928) was an independent Congregationalist educator and evangelist. He was ordained in 1883 as a Congregationalist minister serving as a pastor and missions supervisor (1883–1889). In 1889, D. L. Moody asked Torrey to become the first superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute where he served until 1908. Torrey pursued his interest in mass evangelism and missions with overseas tours, including meetings in Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, and elsewhere. In 1912, Torrey took leadership of the newly formed Bible Institute of Los Angeles (Biola). His leadership was foundational for the school which today boasts one the top apologetics programs in the country as well as the well respected Talbot School of Theology. Torrey stayed at Biola until 1924. We need more men like him today.

In our increasingly pagan environment, poorly educated false teachers are infiltrating the body and spreading heresies and denying basic biblical theology. Recently the Lord has led me to address the attacks upon the Holy Spirit by Russ Houck (who claims a doctorate in theology from an unaccredited school) and his popularizer Rob Skiba, both who teach that that He is merely an impersonal force. While its common among the cults, it is a dangerous heresy. Torrey wrote an excellent book The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit stating in the very first chapter that this is not an optional doctrine but rather one that is fundamental to the worship of the true God:

It is of the highest importance from the standpoint of worship that we decide whether the Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, worthy to receive our adoration, our faith, our love, and our entire surrender to Himself, or whether it is simply an influence emanating from God or a power or an illumination that God imparts to us.If the Holy Spirit is a person, and a Divine Person, and we do not know Him as such, then we are robbing a Divine Being of the worship and the faith and the love and the surrender to Himself which are His due.
RA Torrey, The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit, (New York: Fleming HL Revell Company, 1910), 7.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who has questions or perhaps was misled by the heretical teachings of Houck and Skiba. It is available as free download here.

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The Theology of the Gospel - P3 - Chris White

Good explanations relating to the work of the Holy Spirit in the ekklesia.

It Will Cost You Everything

One of the most powerful, convicting messages I've ever heard.  We should all be making sure our lamps are full (Matt. 25) for the night is coming, and the whole world will soon stand before our Creator and Judge.  Are you ready?

 

Jesus shows us what it's like to live a Spirit-empowered life

David Wilkerson - The Indwelling Power of the Holy Spirit

I don't know of many who were more qualified to teach on this topic than the late David Wilkerson.  Well worth the listen.

The Restless Church (Part 8a - We Lack The Spirit's Power)

This is the heart of the New Covenant message.

A.W. Tozer - Who is the Holy Spirit? How can we Know Him?

Pretty cool that we have the actual lessons shared by Pastor A.W. Tozer, who passed away in 1963.  I spent several months last year in another country, all by myself.  Thankfully I was able to access lessons like this one, which were a great inspiration to me.  Perhaps today you can be an inspiration to those around you.  Perhaps today, you can make a difference, even if it's just one life, go make a difference.  It will be known in eternity!

Being Filled With The Holy Spirit - Charles Finney

I often stand in awe as I read Charles Finney.  He didn't accept apathy, which is the condition of the church in most of America today.  He was fiery, and believed that if we believed and sought God with all of our heart, we would indeed have the very Holy Spirit filling we sought.  Great stuff.

Stay Free part 26 - The Holy Spirit

You Can Have the Power of the Holy Spirit

Also known as "Why The Church Has No Power".  This is part of an original presentation from the great American evangelist Charles Finney.  I have slightly modified it and added scripture references to support the points. 

Charles Finney

YOU MAY HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT
- Because God has promised to give the Spirit to those who ask (Luke 11:5-13)
- God has commanded you to have the Spirit (Eph. 5:18).  If God has commanded it, it stands to reason that it must be possible to attain it.

THE TWO FILLINGS OF THE SPIRIT
- The scriptures give us the example of two levels of receiving the Spirit.  The first can be seen in John 20:22-23.  Here Jesus breathed on the disciples and told them to receive the Holy Spirit.  He followed that up by saying whoever's sins you forgive, they are forgiven, but whoever's sins you retain, they are retained.  This is equivalent to the receiving of the Spirit that all believers might enjoy when they first come to faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and their personal Savior.

- The second example is the outpouring of the power (dunamis, meaning the power to do anything) of the Spirit that is seen in Acts 2:1-4.  It was foretold by Jesus prior to His ascension in Acts 1:8.  In chapter two, we see the power (dunamis in Greek) falls in the form of cloven tongues of fire and with the sound of a mighty rushing wind. 

- So we see two levels of Holy Spirit power.  The first, the giving of new life through the breath of Jesus Christ, includes the power to forgive sins of others or hold sins to the account of others.  The second brings gifts of power for the good of the Body of Christ (the Church) and the fulfiling of the will of God, later separated into several categories in 1 Corinthians 12:1-13.

FILLING OF THE SPIRIT
1- May happen more than once (Acts 2;4, 4:31)
2- Happens that you may have joy (Eph. 5:19-20)
3- Happens to enable you to serve (Acts 6:3, 11:22-24)
4- Happens that you may have the power to be a witness (Acts 1:8, 2:4-7)
5- Prepares you for the hour of persecution (Acts 7:54-60)
6- That you may walk/live in the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:16-26)
7- That you may be led by the Spirit (Rom. 8:14)

WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR FILLING OF THE SPIRIT?
1- Desire filling
2- Ask
3- Believe

IT'S YOUR DUTY TO BE SPIRIT- FILLED
1- Because you have a promise of it
2- Because God has commanded it
3- It's essential to your growth
4- It's as important as your sanctification
5- It's necessary for your to do good works
6- If you don't have it, you dishonor God, disgrace the church

WHY MANY DON'T HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT

The simple answer here is sin.  The New Testament gives many lists of sins, and they can be found in 1 Cor. 6:9-10, Gal. 5:16-21, Eph. 5:3-5, Col. 3:8-9, 1 Tim. 6:9-10, 2 Tim. 3:2-4, Titus 3:3 and Rev. 21:8 just to list a few.  Let me encourage the reader that when in prayer, take time to confess your specific sins. The confession of being a sinner is not the same as the confession of specific sins.  This allows the Holy Spirit to work in power for our forgiveness and to free us from the power of these sins.

1- This may happen because you live a hypocritical life (as in having an insincere prayer life, or dishonest interactions with others)
2- Levity, foolishness and joking quench the Spirit (Mark 7:22, Eph. 5:4)
3- Pride (1 Tim. 3:6, 1 John 2:16)
4- Worldly-minded.  Entranced by the love of land, goods, money, etc. (Gal. 5:17, 1 John 2:16)
5- Failure to confess and forsake sins, often the result of making a general confession withouth acknowledging specific sins, or without a desire for repentance. (Matt. 18:23-35)
6- Neglect of duties - like a lack of prayer, lack of commitment of time and resources, or failure to do what God asks.
7- Resistance to the Holy Spirit.
8- Lack of desire - Remember the parable of the "Pearl of Great Price" in Matt. 13:45-46.
9- Failure to pray and/or act when your prayers are answered.

WE SHOULD SEEK THE SPIRIT BECAUSE
1- We disobey God's command by not seeking or having.
2- It inhibits or eliminates our ability to do good.
3- We are led to sin when we walk without the Holy Spirit.

 

THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING THE HOLY SPIRIT
1- You will be called eccentric, and you will probably deserve it!  You might even be called crazy.  (Acts 2:13)
2- You will feel sorrow at the state of the church, society and the world.  You will feel grief, perhaps even over the state of ministry.
3- You will be opposed in service, often by those within the church. (Matt. 24:10-12, 2 Tim. 4:2-4, 10)
4- You will have conflict with Satan. (Eph. 6:11-12)
5- You will have great conflict with the flesh.
6- You will have peace with God. (John 14:27, Phil. 4:7)
7- You will have peace of conscience.
8- You will be very useful to the Kingdom of God, no matter your circumstances. (1 Cor. 12:4-11, 1 Pet. 4:10)
9- You will not be pained and offended when others (the church) speaks out against you.
10-You will wise for using means for the conversion of sinners. (Col. 4:6, 1 Pet. 3:15)
11-You will be calm in affliction. (Matt. 5:10-12, James 1:2-4, 12)
12-You will be prepared to die. (Rom. 8:36, 2 Cor. 4:11)

CONSEQUENCES OF NOT BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
1- You will have doubts about your faith.
2, You will doubt the power of prayer.
3- Those who have the Spirit may cause you to stumble.
4- You will walk in agreement with carnally minded persons.
5- You will fear fanaticism.
6- You will be disturbed by measures used in revivals.
7- You will be a reproach to religion
8- You will not know much about the Bible.