Receive [Part 1]

Pastor, author and Bible teacher Alan Wright best thing about the gospel and what makes it good news is that you couldn't keep the law, no matter how good a person you are. Jesus did so perfect and be a Christian is to be a person who has the full power of Jesus is cross and resurrection on your behalf.

It means, therefore your fully qualified to receive excited for you to view the teaching today. In the series higher power is presented with an old church in North Carolina. If you're not able to stay with us throughout our entire program today to make sure you know how to get our special resource right now. It can be yours for your donation this month to Alan Wright Ministries so as you listen to today's message go deeper as we send you today's special offer. Contact us@pastor.org that's pastor@an.rg or call 877-544-4860 877-544-4860.

More on this later in the program but right now let's get started with today's teaching here is Alan Wright okay are you ready for some good days there are no steps to receiving the Holy Spirit. You just receive and sometimes things that God meant to be simple, really complicated and I want to talk to about receiving the Holy Spirit as we continue in a series on the power of God in our lives. Got it.

Simply higher power. I want to begin by few verses from Galatians, Paul is addressing a big big problem and I wish I had a lot more time today to just talk about all the details of this text to the Galatians, but I'm going to print shorter and we got some testimonies today for Lord put this on my heart today coming weeks really share some stories about how people experience the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives is nothing more encouraging than that. So looking forward to that. But I want to show you a few things about this Texas Galatians chapter 3 verse 1O foolish Galatians who has bewitched you as before your eyes, that Jesus Christ is publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you, only this, did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith. Are you so foolish. Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flash. Did you suffer so many things in vain. If indeed it was in vain. This he who supplies the spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law or by hearing with faith, just as Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.

Did you receive say that's where were talking today. The spirit was at my works but you did buy some steps that you took or is it simply by faith Nancy as its by faith is football season and I like football I like how like everything about football but I think we may be the most exciting thing in football is the wide receiver position. I mainly throw a 50 yard bomb and just stretch out and catch that, you know for big game or I means using the balls that they can't they get right over to the line lean out over it. Their toes in the turf just to stay and found that it is like some people don't know that two of our campus passersby got football pastor Brandon at Clements.

He was the blade at Elon. He was the long snapper.

I told him I said you're still blocking the opponents and in the gospel long. As cheesy as cheesy, but it is an lot below pastor Barry Johnson are personal campus played wide receiver at Davidson College.

I always heard that he holds receiving records there and so I decided to look it up myself. This picture here as far as you know he's in that is nine here's some of the records I looked him up here is the season reception number. I know that's got small print them and tied for 10th of most receptions in a season 62 of them in 2003 tied for 10th and that career career receptions. He's think this is a career you see, where is he, number number eight number eight and career total number of receptions that's good work and single-season record season single record number six that's a strong number 980 total yards of receiving a 2003.

If you just caught one more 20 yard pass and be a thousand yards. I'm a little ashamed them for not getting a thousand and set right here is here's where is tied for number birthplace number one records tied for most touchdowns in a game right there against number gets Butler on September 20, 2003 called three touchdown passes, nobody's ever caught more. We all need to be praying in agreement that nobody ever catches for touchdowns and so he goes that I thought this lab will more of their career touchdowns career touchdown third all time 19 touchdowns. He caught Davidson so I just thought you might want know we got you got a pastor Clements played football pastor Barrett played football and I played football to playing peewee football in Greensboro and I was the running back for the first Baptist Church football team Faust best runabout but my dad was the coach so you know how to put me in a running back so I runabout but one of the things that I also was my duty was to be the return data from plants and kickoffs yeah heard you grown because you should grow because you know what happens.

Those guys they just get clobbered.

That's what happened now every now and then I'd scamper and have some big gain on the return but I'd specially dreaded it will play police club. The steam sponsored by police club back in that day they were checking Mercer tickets. I mean I'm nine years old and I like those guys got beer. I mean, this is not been back there, you know, ready to receive maybe two of us back there to receive upon and and Abby back there like look like I'm Ray to receive it and add employees to receive it. I look like I want to receive it, and I'm actually secretly praying Jesus, please, let it go to guy letting go out of bounds. I go anywhere except for me back Texas ball. I know what's gonna happen is gathering outcome Maryland down there and I will get you real hard is simple to look like a receiver and something inside of you is like see and somehow we've gotten that way when we think about receiving from God receive the Holy Spirit is the message of the Bible and I want to talk to you about receiving is not there's not some process or some staff for some complicated thing about receiving the Holy Spirit. The problem in the Galatian church was that they had begun in the power the Holy Spirit, the gospel that they heard they received with joy. The Holy Spirit began moving in their Mets.

They had healing miracles. They had wonderful joy in the Holy Spirit that all the time and then some false teachers came into the Galatian church and they were essentially teaching that if you really want to be powerfully spirit filled, super Christian, you want to really be in an ongoing do you need Jesus. What you do but you also need to keep a few Jewish laws, and particular. They emphasize the Jewish ritualistic law of circumcision as this historical traditional market, including including people in Judaism, the boys were circumcised as an instance of well polished so upset about this, that if we had time look to the Galatian epistle since things that you was Kimberly Paul would say that because Paul is a teacher of grace, but me. She says she says things like who has reached you even says this is the preacher of grace but he said if anybody preaches a gospel other than this pure gospel of grace, we should just be accursed.

He says this is so important to him. Why, why, why, what was the big deal, some little Jewish ritual, why, why can't you start because if you have a gift and then you put even a tiny little condition upon it is no longer a gift to Alan Wright will have more teaching moment from today's important series better marriage.

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We are happy steam as I thanked him Alan Wright Ministries, 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website pastor Alan.like today's teaching you once again is if it's a gift that is 99% gift, but 1% strings attached, is not a gift because if there's 1% of law are mixed into grace.

1% of condition mixed into just then, isn't there an unlimited capacity for you to worry about whether you have fulfilled that 1% and you never really can totally enjoy it pulsing you started in the spirit and now this Judaizers, is robbing the gospel of its power.

In other words, you put it as plainly as I can if you want to be more filled with the Holy Spirit. If today you want to have God breathes on you fresh and receive more of the Holy Spirit. The biggest obstacle to that is to think that there might be something that you need to add to the gospel other than Jesus Christ, crucified, dead, buried and raised because the best thing about the gospel and what makes it good news is that though you couldn't keep the law, no matter how good a person you are.

Jesus did so perfectly. And to be a Christian is to be a person who has the full power of Jesus his cross and resurrection on your behalf. It means, therefore your fully qualified to receive from God.

My first experience in a really the things of the spirit. I was a senior in college and well honestly there was this girl my Bible study name. Amen. And I was intrigued by RC was beautiful and the spiritual and fun and she she came out, Bible study, and she said that she had been. There was some visiting speaker on campus and some kind of fight healing meetings at all and she had gone and she said I think that our Bible study. We should go we were all kinda get interested in who the Holy Spirit and so she talked us into going and so we went out it was the first time I've ever been in a meeting where people were really worshiping passionately lifting their hands to the Lord and all. I just had, you know, I grew up in the Lutheran Church and and then I've been a great evangelical nondenominational church never seen this, I was honest I wasn't comfortable with it, but I was thinking they do seem happy and that was appealing to me and so we listen, and there was prayer for healing and it look like God was doing things in and felt like God was there and so it one point this fantasy set every head bowed her are close in on what about her had he said now who wants to be filled with the Holy Spirit and in our heads about and I'm just come peaked a little bit left and right. You know I get in and out of finance. It will sure I do. And all of a sudden he says they are a whole row of them and the only people that raise her hand where I Bible study we just stuck out like a sore I guess were the only people didn't have a Holy Spirit I don't know but anyway we went out for prayer.

I'll tell you the rest of that story sometime but my experience was not good when that night I was.

I feel uncomfortable people. All these people around me, laying hands on me and they were polite like we teach our people be polite to ask somebody before you go throw your hands all over me know. Can I lay my hand gently on her shoulder to know that the Ford I mean these are good people, but this is what was going in their mind fresh meat. You know I mean it was just like I was I would using Holy Spirit today and I just was like that's not the way I received from God. If I feel manipulated or anything. I just got Shut down and so I was all shut down the rest the bottles. I will came outside that school auditorium world going. Oh, that was uncomfortable. I did like that rare by saying all that, except this girly man and sees his client were like that was bad for you to choose like what I did something happen to you as well and I and and I got started on a level where there from that day on, because I was so intrigued by what was going on. This mysterious and who had begun experiencing noise.

Actually sent me on a road becoming thirsty to receive from God, and I look back so often on that experience and that evangelists and who wants me fill the Holy Spirit almost just chuckle at the question because now that I know the Holy Spirit so well. It seems to me the silliest question in the world decided who wants to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

The questions not who wants to be filled always. The question is who want to be filled the Holy Spirit. Do you know this is the third person of the triune God. He is asked 16 seven this. Jesus you love Jesus. The Holy Spirit is Jesus's own spirit is like saying who was at lunch with Jesus today.

I do who would like to have Jesus lead your Bible study tomorrow.

I like that the Holy Spirit is the person of Jesus in the spirit to the spirit of Jesus would want to be filled with them is the greatest teacher in the world. John 1613, Jesus said when the spirit of truth come, he will guide you into all the truth. Jesus said when the Holy Spirit comes, he will guide you into all truth.

He is the greatest teacher in the world. He is the all knowing God. I think of him as the best coach you could ever you don't coach makes all the difference.

I mean I was shy just had to check and let you know who the highest-paid college football coaches are Nick Sabin, Alabama, and Dabo Sweeney at Clemson. Both make over $9 million a year.

We will pay for a good coach at least some I will pay for a good job and the Holy Spirit is an omniscient, all loving, all wise coach who knows what you're ready for you then put you into a training program that you're not ready for. He takes you step-by-step he's is beautiful. He's wonderfully cc here is he's the one who bring spiritual fruit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Who doesn't want that.

He brings gifts supernatural gifts will not talk next week about overview the spiritual gifts variety of gifts, who wouldn't want to be able to have mercy instead of judgment for people who wouldn't want to be powerful in your intercession.

Who wouldn't want to be able to hear secrets from heaven and share them so that people's lives are changed.

Who wouldn't want to have the joy of generosity rather than stinginess. Who wouldn't want to be able to join hands with someone and speak words of healing and they be healed. I want that and he is the deposit guarantee of our inheritance. Ephesians 113 in him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit is the guarantee of our inheritance. It's like the image of selling a house and someone gives you earnest money like I'm gonna pay you the whole amount that I meant to give you some now nonrefundable prepayment that is proof that I will finish this and so what Paul is saying here is the Holy Spirit is is a deposit that guarantees to you that the entire spiritual inheritance is yours.

All of heaven is yours and so I'm giving you the spirit so you will guarantee that you are writing good news message today titled receiving from the series higher power stick with this pastor Alan is back, you're in the studio assuring a parting good news thought for the day before we close out the back. You're just a moment better marriage.

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This broadcast is only possible because of listener financial support. When you get today we look for any special offer. We are happy for Steve as I thanked him Alan Wright Ministries, seven 877-544-4860 877-544-4861 come to our website pastor and dichroic glass in your life. Grace for grace and encouraging the blessing is free. Pastor I got away back rally in our parting good news the day and in today's teaching receiving receiving the power of the Holy Spirit. I think so often that I talk to Christians who are maybe a little worried a little reluctant about being filled with the Holy Spirit and today and tomorrow we are exposing some of the myths or potential obstacles to receiving and I think that once we really know how wonderful the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, spirit of Jesus. The greatest teacher in the world leads and guides and produces fruit in our lives.

The real question is not, you know who wants to be filled with the Holy Spirit, but the real question is, who wouldn't want to be filled with the Holy Spirit is wonderful so were learning about the Holy Spirit. And if you are new to learning about the Holy Spirit then welcome for these things are new to then be refreshed, but by any means be filled in Jesus name. Thanks for listening today. Visit us online@pastor.org or call 877-544-4860 877-544-4860 if you only caught part of today's teaching. Not only can you listen again online also get a daily email devotional that matches today's teaching delivered right to your email inbox free. Find out more about these and other resources@pastor.org that's pastor out.O RG. Today's good news message is a listener supported production Alan Wright Ministries