Tasting The Powers Of The Future Age By Zac Poonen (Tamil)
Thanjavur Conference 2010: Tasting The Powers Of The Future Age By Zac Poonen (Tamil)
Summary
This sermon focuses on the concept of 'the future age' and the powers associated with it. Zac Poonen encourages the audience to understand and partake in these divine powers. The message is geared towards spiritual readiness for what is to come.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What does a believer watching dirty movies reveal?Watching impure things is compared to drinking sweet milk mixed with a little poison or licking a toilet bowl, showing a pig-like nature rather than a taste for the heavenly gift.
Partakers of the Holy Spirit and the word of GodA truly born-again person receives the Holy Spirit and moves beyond merely looking at pictures of spiritual food in the Bible to actually tasting the word of God through revelation.
Experiencing the powers of the future ageBelievers can ask God for a taste of future resurrection power and divine attributes like love, holiness, and endurance in their daily lives right now.
Desiring a taste of the glorious churchJust as John saw a holy city in Revelation, believers should carry a burden to see a pure, united expression of the church in their local area.
God rewards those who diligently seek HimGod is a rewarder of those who search for Him with all their heart, and He leads His children step by step just like a pillar of cloud.Hebrews 11:6Jeremiah 29:11–13
Facing persecution and trusting Jesus to build His churchChristians will face tribulation and the cooling of love in the last days before Christ returns, but Jesus promised that He will build His church.
God is interested in a body, not physical buildingsMany focus on putting up nice buildings or rely on human strategies, but God is interested in the spiritual body of Christ born by His power.
Learning from Mary's response to the impossibleWhen told she would bear the first body of Christ, Mary recognized human impossibility, and the angel answered that the Holy Spirit would accomplish it.
Honoring the Holy Spirit for the work aheadBelievers and elders must realize that building the church cannot be done through mere connections or conferences, but requires the continuous filling and power of the Holy Spirit.
