Text: Acts 10:19-20

19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. 20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing:  for I have sent them.

Saturday, 22^nd June 2024        

THE HOLY SPIRIT SUPPLIES US WITH CHRIST

Text: Acts 10:19-20

Memory verse: Acts 11:3 Thou wentest into men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.

Anybody who is “filled with the Holy Ghost and power” is distinguished by how much the Spirit oversees his life. There is no other power available to us to live in Christ but the power of the Holy Spirit. Picture the Holy Spirit as a boundless ocean, a vast body of living water beyond all measurement, an endless supply. This supply is available to all who walk with Christ. How can we tap into it?

Any increase in supply depends on an increase in faith. Therefore, we get more of the Holy Spirit by giving up more and more control of our lives. Fullness of him comes by fully surrendering ourselves in faith. The more we yield control of our lives to the Spirit, the more we’ll hear the Lord whisper to our soul: “Now you are coming into power. True power is unwavering trust in my Spirit. Yes, real power is at work in you now.” As we yield to the power of the Holy Spirit, the word he brings will be clear and assuring. Consider how clear the word was that Peter received from the Holy Spirit: “Behold, three men seek thee. Arise therefore, and go thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them”.

Knowing this was the voice of the Spirit speaking, Peter obeyed, going with the men to the house of Cornelius. During that two-day journey, however, Peter must have had to fight off doubts. “What are you doing, Peter? Under the law, Jews are not permitted to fellowship with Gentiles. What if they insist you eat with them? That is forbidden for you.” But there was a power at work in Peter, assuring him, “Go, doubting nothing.”

We all know there was a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Cornelius’s house. Suddenly, Gentiles rejoiced at receiving the gifts of salvation in Christ and the powerful filling of the Holy Spirit. Yet, when Peter reported what happened to the church in Jerusalem, the leaders there were upset, just as predicted. The circumcision group confronted Peter, saying, “You ate with Gentiles? You fellowshipped with men who are uncircumcised?” Peter answered, “I said, Not so, Lord…But the voice answered me again from heaven…And the Spirit bade me go…As I began to speak to the Gentiles in Caesarea, the Holy Ghost fell on them…What was I, that I could withstand God?” In short, Peter explained, “The Lord clearly wanted to reach these Gentiles. Who was I to stand in his way?”

I believe the Lord is looking for servants like Peter today, those who will say, “I sought the Lord and surrendered my will to his Spirit. I am sure His voice is directing me.”

CGDS HYMN 28: SS&S 190:

 COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME

1. Come, Holy Spirit, come;

Let Thy bright beams arise,

Dispel the darkness from our minds,

And open all our eyes.

2. Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove,

And kindle in our breasts the flame

Of never-dying love.

3. Convince us of our sin,

Then lead to Jesus' blood,

And to our wondering view reveal

The secret love of God.

4. ‘Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,

To sanctify the soul,

To pour fresh life in every part,

And new-create the whole.

5. Dwell therefore in our hearts,

Our minds from bondage free ;

Then we shall know, and praise, and love

The Father, Son, and Thee !  

 Prayers 

1.  Holy Spirit, let there be an outpouring of Your Spirit and more of You in my life in Jesus’ name.

2.  LORD God Almighty, let every challenge becomes a channel to my salvation through the supply of the Holy Spirit of in Jesus’ name. Amen.  

3.  Pray for others in this regard.