Talk

The Fellowship of The Spirit

Ben Stuart

February 16, 2020

“To be spiritual is to rightly relate with the Spirit of God.”

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We wrapped up our series, “God With Us” with a message from Ben Stuart that helps us understand the intimate and animating presence of the Holy Spirit.

Scripture References

2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

7Then the

Lord

God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

1A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse;

from his roots a Branch will bear fruit.

2The Spirit of the

Lord

will rest on him—

the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,

the Spirit of counsel and of might,

the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the

Lord

—

15till the Spirit is poured on us from on high,

and the desert becomes a fertile field,

and the fertile field seems like a forest.

16The

Lord

’s justice will dwell in the desert,

his righteousness live in the fertile field.

22And with that he breathed on them and said,

“Receive the Holy Spirit.

But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

18For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

19Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household,

20built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.

21In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.

22And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.

3Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

21For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

16So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

11For 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.

Ben Stuart

Ben Stuart is the pastor of Passion City Church D.C. Prior to joining Passion City Church, Ben served as the executive director of Breakaway Ministries on the campus of Texas A&M. He also earned a master’s degree in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Donna, live to inspire and equip people to walk with God for a lifetime.