Notes from Sunday's service. (Thanks, Jean)
Dr. Barclay - Something to Think About
Theme: Righteousness Found Through Faith In Christ
We are all so fortunate to have the commandments, yet sadly we have all transgressed them at some time.
James 5:16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
How do we become righteous? By our faith in Christ.
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Abraham placed his trust and confidence in God and stepped out in faith.
Through our faith in Christ as our Great Saviour we find righteous and we can have confidence when we pray.
Pastor Caroline Barclay
Theme: The Gifts And Fruit of the Spirit
Acts 2:1-4
Based on this scripture, sometimes the Holy spirit is depicted as a flame and other times as a dove (Matthew 3:16)and the spirit is also depicted as a blowing wind (John 3:8).
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
The gifts of the Holy Spirit are given as benefits to us all, we may not have them all, some of us may only have some of the gifts. Everybody having something builds up the church tremendously. We are not to worry or fret about the gifts, God will give us just what we need when we need it, so we will be blessed and bless others.
Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
God wants us to bring the fruit of the Holy Spirit to other people. When we are operating in the gifts of the Spirit we will find life will be a whole lot better. The Holy Spirit becomes ours, when we believe on Jesus, receive him as Saviour and accept his gift of salvation. The Holy Spirit will bring conviction to the sinner, regenerate the believer gone astray and guide and teach the believer following Christ.
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