The School of the Spirit meets in Mission Viejo, California every 2nd and 4th Wednesday. We’re currently teaching a series on the Gifts of the Spirit. I’m exited about seeing the saints taught, trained, transformed and touching the world around them and then spreading out to the four corners of the…
Lesson Objectives (Part 16)We will talk about the fruit of the Spirit and how it is demonstrated through our personality.In this lesson we’ll discuss how to walk in the spirit and not the flesh. How the flesh is disabled by the fruit.We’ll learn how the developed fruit in our life keeps us level headed and how they maintain our emotions.Galatians 5:25 tells us, “If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” The fruit demonstrated through us is the existence of heaven on earth.This lesson will discuss how the flesh defies God and the fruit of the Spirit is our inheritance. We will talk about Jesus in the Wilderness and what He was up against when the devil tempted Him.The ministry of the fruit is to wrapped around the gifts of the Spirit complementing one another. Outline:The Gifts of the Spirit (I Corinthians 12:7-11)The Fruit is Demonstrated Through Our Personality (Galatians 5:22-26)Crucify the FleshThe Fruit Keep Us LevelheadedLiving and Walking in the SpiritThe Flesh Defies GodJesus in the WildernessThe Fruit and the Gifts Complement Each OtherLove Complements the Word of WisdomJoy and Word of KnowledgePeace and FaithLong-suffering and HealingGentleness and MiraclesGoodness and ProphesyFaithfulness and Discerning of SpiritsMeekness and Divers Kinds of TonguesTemperance and Interpretation of Tongues
Lesson Objectives (Part 15)What is the purpose of revelation, inspiration and illumination in the apostolic writers.We’ll talk about Luke, Paul and John’s style of writing in the Greek and the degrees the writers were inspired as they wrote the Scriptures.This teaching will explain the process of “comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”In this teaching we will cover twenty proofs that the Bible is inspired by God.We’ll explain the impressions of the Holy Spirit and what He imparts through illumination.Outline: • Review • The Holy Spirit Uncovered Mysteries to Man • To What Degree Were the Writers Inspired? • The Process the Writers of the Bible Walked Through • Twenty Proofs that the Bible is Inspired • The Impressions of the Holy Spirit • Illumination of the Holy Spirit imparts
Lesson Objectives (Part 14) • We’ll talk about how the spiritual senses of the apostolic writers were captivated by the Holy Spirit. • The miracle is that man surrendered his faculties to the Holy Spirit to record the Scriptures. Their spiritual senses were elevated instinctively to record the truth of the Scriptures correctly. • We’ll learn the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the common man is through revelation, inspiration and illumination. • We’ll talk about the three acts of God on the behalf of the apostolic writers. • We’ll discuss the combining of spiritual ideas with appropriate expressions. • We’ll talk about the Greeks drowning in the world’s system of philosophy. • We are to “beware” and not let anyone cheat us through philosophy. • We’ll discuss the characteristics of philosophy. • When there is resistance to the Word and the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ we’ll talk about what to pray against.Outline: • Holy Spirit’s Activity in the Writing of the Scripture • The Things Freely Given to Us • Revelation, Inspiration and Illumination • Three Acts of God on the Behalf of the Apostolic Writers • The Appropriate Expression • The Greeks Drowning in Philosophy • Philosophy (Colossians 2:8) • Characteristics of Philosophy • When there is resistance to the Word and the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ pray against