Presence and Power | (Re)acquainted with his presence and power | April 2, 2023

Presence and Power | (Re)acquainted with his presence and power |
April 2, 2023
Logan Holloman | NextGen Pastor

Why did you come this morning?

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (NIV)
And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.

1 Corinthians 2:10b-12 (NIV)
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us.

The Holy Spirit moves our faith from head knowledge to heart knowledge.

“The Spirit makes the heart of Christ real to us: not just heard, but seen; not just seen, but felt; not just felt, but enjoyed. The Spirit takes what we read in the Bible and believe on paper about Jesus’ heart and moves it from theory to reality, from doctrine to experience."
Dane Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly

“The first practice of resilient discipleship we uncovered in our research among exemplar, young adults (the group we labeled resilient disciples) is a transformational experience of Jesus. Most Americans say they are Christians, but few follow that up with deep, heart-level, life-directing commitments. This is true of all generations, and it remains true of young adults.”
Faith for Exiles, David Kinnaman & Mark Matlock

In our qualitative interviews, we discovered that people don’t learn to follow Jesus simply by having lots of great head knowledge about him (although having the right beliefs matter, as we’ll see). Experiencing Jesus is found along a relational pathway with family, friends, and other people who love and experience Jesus. We are loved into loving Jesus.
Faith for Exiles, David Kinnaman & Mark Matlock

Practicing expectancy

Luke 23:18-27; 32-34 (NIV)

Reflection Questions:
1) Studies have shown that the primary reason believers and nonbelievers alike come to church is to “meet with God and experience his presence.” What is the primary reason you come to church?

2) Have you experienced the Holy Spirit? If so, how have you experienced him?

3) What is the foundation of your faith? How is that foundation? Is it rock solid? Shaky?

4) What would it look like for you this week to be “expectant” of God?

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Notes Page: https://journeyweb.net/sermons/notes/2023.04.02.pdf