Zac Poonen - For Children: The Holy Spirit Comes Inside us to Supply Our Every Need

Zac PoonenJanuary 24, 202228mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: The Holy Spirit Comes Inside us to Supply Our Every Need Date: 01/23/2022 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

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The speaker contrasts God's work in the Old Testament, where help was external, with the New Testament, where God comes to live inside believers. This internal presence, powered by the Holy Spirit, provides the strength to overcome sin from within, unlike the external help of the past. This internal power is necessary because repeated confession of sin without internal change is insufficient.

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God worked differently in the Old and New TestamentsGod worked in one way during the Old Testament before Jesus came, and He works in a different way today under the New Testament.

God helped people from the outside in the Old TestamentThroughout the Old Testament and even during Jesus' thirty-and-a-half years on earth, God and Jesus could only help people from the outside.

Peter's failure shows the limit of external helpDespite walking with Jesus, Peter succumbed to fear and denied knowing Him three times because he lacked strength on the inside.

The New Testament brings God inside usBecause external religion cannot stop us from doing wrong at home, we need the New Testament reality where God comes to live inside to solve our problems from within.

It is better that Jesus went away so the Holy Spirit could comeJesus told His disciples it was good for them that He left, because His departure allowed the Holy Spirit to come and live inside them to provide power against sin.

We need the power of the Holy Spirit insideJust like a light bulb needs electricity on the inside to burn, human beings are made to have the power of God dwelling within them.

God works inside us to accomplish His willPhilippians teaches us to work out our salvation because God is actively at work inside us, something the Old Testament never offered.

Prayer is the expression of human weaknessJesus prayed all night because He was weak in His human flesh and depended entirely on God, serving as our example.Luke 6:12

Bearing fruit through union with ChristWithout Jesus we can do nothing of eternal value, but if we remain connected to Him like a branch to a tree, His life flows into us automatically without struggle.John 15:5

Jesus is able to keep us from fallingJust as gravity constantly pulls a pen down, the force of sin in our flesh pulls us down, but Jesus holds us up so we do not fall.

Believing that Jesus can keep you blamelessJust as people must believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins, we must believe that He is able to keep us blameless and present us before the Father.

God will supply all your needs in ChristGod promises to supply all our needs through His wealth in Christ Jesus, and we receive this grace by simply saying thank you in faith.Philippians 4:19

Turn everyday moments into quick prayersWe can practice this by offering short, instant prayers to the Lord whenever we face temptation or need help.

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