05th January 2020 - God Gives His Holy Spirit To Widows - Santosh Poonen
05th Jan 2020 - Christian Fellowship Meeting - Bangalore. For more sermons please visit https://www.cfcindia.com/
Summary
The central message is that the ultimate characteristic of the fullness of the Holy Spirit is becoming holy, which is achieved by remaining under God's grace, likened to a waterfall. This grace covers the entire being, meaning that when one is truly humble and surrendered, sin is impossible. The primary obstacle to receiving this grace is pride, which causes the flow of God's grace to stop.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What is the genuine experience of the Holy Spirit?Believers should seek not just a single past event, but a consistent everyday walk filled with the Holy Spirit's fullness.
The primary characteristic of the Holy SpiritThe ultimate characteristic of the fullness of the Holy Spirit is that you become holy, humble, and a servant.
Living under the waterfall of graceTo be under grace means the Holy Spirit's waterfall covers your entire being constantly, making sin impossible as long as you remain surrendered.Romans 6:14
Pride stops the flow of graceThe only reason we step out from under the waterfall of grace is pride, because God is opposed to the proud and gives grace only to the humble.1 Peter 5:5
The devil's tactic of prideThe enemy prowls around like a roaring lion seeking to devour believers through the spirit of pride rather than outward persecution.
God tears down the proud and establishes the widowProverbs teaches that God tears down the house of the proud but establishes the boundary of the widow, which serves as a shadow of New Covenant humility.Proverbs 15:25
The widow indeed who fixes her hope on GodA true widow in Scripture is left completely alone with no other options, forcing her to thrust her hope entirely upon God.1 Timothy 5:5
The widow of Zarephath at the end of her ropeGod sent Elijah to a starving widow in Zarephath who had only a final handful of flour and oil, representing those who are at the absolute end of their own strength.
The widow in debt with a jar of oilAnother widow faced severe debt and the loss of her children, possessing nothing in her house except a small jar of oil.
The fire on the 120 in Acts chapter 2The early believers did not become a true church until the fire of the Holy Spirit rested on each of them individually in their desperate state.
Borrowing empty vesselsElijah instructed the widow to borrow empty vessels from her neighbors and pour oil from her small jar until every vessel was completely filled.2 Kings 4:2
The persistent widow and the unrighteous judgeJesus used the parable of the persistent widow before an unrighteous judge to teach that believers must pray continually without losing heart.
The Syrophoenician woman's humilityThe Syrophoenician woman humbled herself like a dog under the table willing to accept crumbs, showing that a true widow does not get offended.Mark 7:24
