Text: Acts 2:41-47 Sean Smuts
Subject: Holy Spirit
Theme: Power of the Spirit "The Flame Burns Brightest When Lit"
A story is told about a pastor driving around the block many times...
Pastor: "Forgive us our transgressions"
Policeman: "Lead us not into temptation"
The spirit of the story that we tell is what is important, well today we will talk about a different kind of spirit, The Holy Spirit.
Explanation:
1.Pentecost
2.Pentecostal Sermon
I.The Power itself
1. dunamis
2.3000 added to their number
3.Application: (illus.) forest fire analogy
II.The Power through us
1.(illus.) Mission Work – NY and Guatemala
2.Acts 2:42
3.Application: (illus.) Ray Boltz – One Single Flame
III.The Power against us
1.Acts 19:11-20
2.Application: (illus.) Bees not bugging you if you leave them alone
Conclusion: (illus.) John F. Kennedy "Ask Not What Your Country can do for you..." “Ask not what your God can do for you, but what you can do for your God.”
