4-The Empowerment of the Spirit
The Power and Presence of the Holy Spirit
Pastor Mike Cooke
Throughout history, the Holy Spirit “came on” people in “power”.
1.To grant them ______and ______.
(The Power to ______)
A.On Joseph—SoPharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?" Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. (Genesis 41:38-39)
B.On Solomon—I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be. (1 Kings 3:12-13)
C.On Messiah to Come—The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 11:2)
B.To inspire them with ______utterance.
(Power to ______)
A.On the Seventy Elders—Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took of the Spirit that was on him and put the Spirit on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not do so again. (Numbers 11:25)
B.On Balaam—When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him and he uttered his oracle. (Numbers 24:2-3)
C.On Saul—The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you in power, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. (1 Samuel 10:6); When they arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came upon him in power, and he joined in their prophesying. (1 Samuel 10:10)
D.On Saul’s Men—But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men, and they also prophesied. (1 Samuel 19:20-21)
C.To move them to ______and ______.
(Power to ______)
A.On Joshua—So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him.” (Numbers 27:18)
B.On Othniel—The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, so that he became Israel's judge and went to war. (Judges 3:10)
C.On Gideon—Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him.(Judges 6:34)
D.On Jephthah—Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah. He crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from there he advanced against the Ammonites. (Judges 11:29)
E.On Samson—The Spirit of the Lord came upon him in power so that he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as he might have torn a young goat. (Judges 14:6)
F.On David—So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power. Samuel then went to Ramah. Now the Spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul.(1 Samuel 16:13-14)
G.On Elijah—The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. (1 Kings 18:46)
H.On John the Baptist—And he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born . . . And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah. (Luke 1:15-17)
I.On Mary the Mother of Jesus—“The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35-36)
4.Jesus told his disciples to ______such empowerment.
A.“I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." (Luke 24:49)
B.“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)