Hopefully there has been some positive progress in understanding how Jesus rearranged the categories of His world. Everything began to change as the kingdoms of men fell and the kingdom of God increased. This reversal came as the gospel was received and lived by faith. We should read the Bible to see how truth was experienced by the people who were interacting with Jesus and the Apostles. The Bible isn't just information but transformational. The stories are really stories of either gospel transformation or enslavement to self and sin.
I believe one major factor in the effectiveness of Jesus and the Apostles is the interaction of the Spirit in their lives. We need to think more deeply into the relationship we have with the Spirit of power so that our lives would be characterized as Spirit filled.
This coming Sunday we will look at the prayer of Jesus in John 17. I would encourage you to view this as a Spirit-filled prayer. In fact the only way a person could pray this prayer was if they were filled with the Spirit.
Our church doesn't just need prayer - we need Spirit filled prayer!
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