MINISTERING THE SPIRIT

Sunday Morning:  March 2, 2003

Text: Galatians 3:2-6  "This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 3. Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4. Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 6. Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."

THE SPIRIT OF A SON

Galatians 4:6  "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."

ABBA SPIRIT

Mark 14:36  "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt."

THIS SPIRIT IS TAUGHT

Galatians 3:5  "He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing [thing heard] of faith?"

THE WORD OF GOD

Romans 10:17  "So then faith cometh by hearing [thing heard], and hearing [thing heard] by the word of God."

MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM

Luke 8:10-11  "And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 11. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God."

THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT

Ephesians 6:17  "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:"

THE SOWN SEED

Matthew 13:14  "And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing [thing heard, mystery of the kingdom of heaven] ye shall hear, and shall not understand (put it together); and seeing [present active] ye shall see, and shall not perceive:"

FAITH AND HOPE

Hebrews 11:1  "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

MINISTER GRACE

Galatians 1:6  "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:"

GRACE POWER

2 Corinthians 12:9  "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

GRACE MINISTERED BY TEACHING

2 Peter 1:2  "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge [epignwsiv, exact knowledge] of God, and of Jesus our Lord,"

TO FALL FROM GRACE

Galatians 5:4  "Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."

APPROVED BY FAITH

Galatians 3:11  "But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith."

GRACE ACCESSED BY FAITH

Romans 5:1-2  "Therefore being justified (approved) by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2. By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."

FAITH AND HOPE

Colossians 1:23  "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;"

THE HOPE OF GLORY BY FAITH

Galatians 5:5  “For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.”

HOPE OF GLORY

Colossians 1:27  "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"

BY FAITH ABRAHAM

Galatians 3:6  “Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

BELIEVED GOD

Romans 3:22  "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe [present active participle]: for there is no difference:"

THEM THAT BELIEVE

Romans 4:11  "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he (Abraham) might be the father of all them that believe [present active], though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"

THE ONES BELIEVING

1 Thessalonians 2:13  "For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh [present middle] also in you that believe [present active participle]."

ESTEEM AGELASTING LIFE

1 John 5:13  "These things have I written unto you that believe [present active] on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have [present active of ecw, esteem] eternal life, and that ye may believe [present active] on the name of the Son of God."

THE NAME

Revelation 19:13  "And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."

MINISTERING THE ABBA SPIRIT

Galatians 3:5  "He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?"

DO

Philippians 4:9  "Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you."

CONTINUE TO DO

2 Timothy 3:14  "But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;"

DO THE WORD OF GOD

Luke 8:21  "And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear [present active] the word of God, and do [present active] it."