Signs

SERIES SUMMARY

By comparing the teachings of Jesus and Paul we can see the cause and effect of a genuine conversion. For everything the Spirit does (in the gospels), there is a noticeable effect in the believer’s life. Some have called these effects, “religious affections.” They are something that only the Spirit can do and He does it in all believers, thus they are something like signs. We cannot manufacture them on our own, but we can and we must grow in each of them and, as we do, we will know what it means to “keep in step with the Spirit,” (Gal. 5:25).

 

For the Love of God | Week 1

To every believer, Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would “be with us and would be in us,” that we would “not be orphans” but would “make our home” with Him. Yet many Christians struggle with the very problems this

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Steve DeNeff April 30, 2017

Appetite | Week 2

As Christians, we believe Christ’s promise that the Holy Spirit is within us and active. Yet, why is it that some Christians seem to be more aware of the Holy Spirit “teaching and causing to remember” in their lives more

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Alex Mandura May 7, 2017

Convict and Convince | Week 3

Many Christians today have adopted a “struggle theology” in which they are always battling sin and only sometimes winning. Too many of us seem to have an obligation to the sinful nature. We are caught in the same sins again

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Beau Hamner May 14, 2017

Realistic Optimism | Week 4

The natural man is restless until he finds his rest in God. But once we have, the Holy Spirit re-orders our interior world with the personality of God. Here is the source of our peace, joy, love and hope. But

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Steve DeNeff May 21, 2017

The Spirit will Lead | Week 5

Jesus has more to say to his disciples, but he will tell them in an extraordinary way: through the Spirit of truth. By taking a closer look at what Jesus said about how the Spirit would guide the disciples, we

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Matt Beck May 28, 2017

The Believer and the Body | Week 6

For some, the most significant affect of the Holy Spirit is that He joins us to fellow believers, to whom we belong. In Paul’s letters, three metaphors explain how, exactly, the Spirit does this: A body, a family and a

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Steve DeNeff June 4, 2017