1. Church as God intended Steve Petch Sunday 23 rd September 2007

2. Church as God Intended Part 1: Good foundations Part 2: No divisions Part 3: Spirit filled

3. Part 3: Spirit Filled 1 Corinthians 2 v 1 - 5 Church as God Intended

4. Spirit filled Who is the Holy Spirit? 1.The Holy Spirit is God

5. Spirit filled Who is the Holy Spirit? 2. The Holy Spirit has personality He can be grieved – Eph 4 v 30 He can speak – 1 Tim 4 v 1 He desires things – Gal 5 v 17 He gives gifts to us – 1 Cor 12 v 8-10 He makes decisions – 1 Cor 12 v 11

6. Spirit filled Who is the Holy Spirit? 3. The Holy Spirit has a hard job! He is RESISTED He is RIDICULED He is MISUNDERSTOOD

7. Spirit filled What does the Holy Spirit do? 1. He enables us to be witnesses

8. Spirit filled What does the Holy Spirit do? 2. He leads people to faith in Jesus

9. Spirit filled What does the Holy Spirit do? 3. He gives us supernatural power ALL believers can be baptised in the Holy Spirit We can expect to see spiritual gifts in operation We should know the tangible presence of God in our meetings

10. Church as God intended Steve Petch Sunday 23 rd September 2007