Do You Hear The Wind
A People in Search of a King: A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel
Talk 1: Come, Holy Spirit!
This Feast Sunday, we begin a new series: WHO CAN LEAD US? A People in Search of a King: A Bible Study on Joshua, Judges, and Samuel. Joshua, Judges, and Samuel continue the story of Israel in the first five books of the Bible—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy—also called the Torah.
In these three books, the Israelites needed a qualified leader to be their King. In this powerful series, WHO CAN LEAD US?, we ask:
·Who influences me? What influences me?
·How can I pick the best influence for my life?
·How can I influence others to become better people?
·How can I make the Greatest Leader—Jesus—lead me?
Talk 2: Spirit-Filled People
WELCOME BACK to our empowering series on the Holy Spirit: Do You Hear The Wind?, an in-depth study to get to know The Holy Spirit.
Talk 2 is about Spirit-filled people.
In the Bible, there were many who were described as being filled with God’s Spirit.
This Talk focuses only on four of them (though the third example is a bunch). Through these biblical characters, we’ll get a picture of what happens when God’s ruach or breath takes up residence in a human.
The one big message of Talk 2 today is very special because it’s this desperate prayer: “Take not Your Spirit from me.”
Talk 3: Spirit-Filled Jesus
In our last talk, we explored a number of Spirit-Filled people in the Old Testament– guys like Joseph, Bezalel, Saul, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson…
In today’s Talk, we focus only on one Person—Jesus—and how He, too, was Spirit-Filled.
So, the title of Talk 3 is Spirit-Filled Jesus.
Wait a minute. Isn’t Jesus God? Why would He need the Spirit?
Yes, He is God. But Jesus is also fully human. He relied on the Spirit. You’ll find the Spirit intertwined with the earthly life of Jesus, from beginning to end…
One of the beautiful titles of the Holy Spirit is Helper.
By calling the Spirit Helper, Jesus is perhaps telling us: The Spirit is what you need Him to be right now. He will meet you where you are.
The key message of Talk 3 is: You need the Helper.
Talk 4: Spirit-Filled Church
Welcome to our series on the Holy Spirit: Do You Hear The Wind?
Today, we end with a bang by turning to Acts. How can we not? St. Luke wrote a two-volume work—Luke-Acts—with Luke mentioning the Holy Spirit 17 times and Acts mentioning the Holy Spirit 57 times—for a grand total of 74 times. More than any other Gospel or single Epistle in the New Testament. By the way, Luke didn’t give the title to his books. Someone else did that in the 2nd century. So, if we can rename them, we’ll title them in this way:
- Gospel of Luke: Acts of the Spirit Through Jesus
- Book of Acts: Acts of the Spirit Through The Church
The key message of Talk 4: You will receive Power.