NEW LIFE IN CHRIST
DYNAMIC DISCIPLESHIP SERIES
FROM SHATTER THE DARKNESS
HOW TO KNOW THE PRESENCE AND POWER OF GOD
God exists! He is there whether a person knows Him or not. He is present everywhere at all times. God is unlimited, infinite and OMNIPRESENT. See here what scriptures says
''7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?'' Psalm 139
The answer is ....nowhere!
Even Creation itself knows and testifies to the unceasing presence and power of God-
Romans 1:
God is awesome and beyond all that is but He is also the most personal and powerful being that exists.
Before we come to know Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord (salvation) we were dead to God. That is we were separated from God because of our sin and satans ownership. At the moment of salvation Christ came into our lives. the presence of God is both on the outside and now on the inside of our lives. He is forever beyond us and now in Christ within us.
Jesus said in John 17:26
''I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."
Colossians 1 says
''......glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.''
1. GOD'S PRESENCE WITH AND IN US
The felt presence of God is the witness of His living existence and joy of knowing God.
We experience the presence of God : (study theses verses)
As God calls us to salvation in Jesus Christ
At the moment of salvation as Christ comes-lives in us by the Spirit of God
As the Holy Spirit lets us know within that we are God's child
As we worship Him in Spirit and Truth
As we pray in the presence and also the power of God
6 Ways to know better God's personal presence in your life
look up in your Bible
A. Acknowledge Him-Christ personal presence with in you by faith
Romans 8
B. Appropriate the truth of the Word of God- He is present and never leaving
Hebrews 13
C. Worshiping God brings the manifest felt presence of Christ
Ephesians 5:16--
D. Ask the Lord Jesus to give you ' a Spirit of Wisdom and revelation"
Ephesians 1:17-
E. Interact with the Word of God Hebrews 4:12
God is in and uses the Word of God...it is His voice
F. Live a life of Love as He did 1 John 5
2. GOD'S POWER WITH AND IN US
God's power is a demonstration of His awesome presence. His power and presence are inseparable. As a Christian you know Him in a real and personal way. His presence has come to live in you by the work of His power. Look in you Bible for the answers
How was Christ conceived in the virgin Mary that God may visit us in person?
Luke 1:35 ____________________________________________________
How did Jesus do all His works and miracles?_______________________Luke 4
Jesus was raised from the dead by the _____________________Of God?
Romans 1
Is this the same power that has come to live in us? _________________
Ephesians 1
The Gospel is the____________ of God for the salvation for all who believe?
Romans 1:16
What is within you that you may life for Christ and be devoted to Him?
2 Peter 1:3 ______________________
What is in the Word of God that make It unlike any other writing?
Hebrews 4:12 _________________ ___________________
What is dwelling in you that is beyond anything or anyone else in the world?
Ephesians 1________________ ; 1 John 4:4 ____________________
You can pray with great ____________________James 5
People can be healed when the __________of the Lord is Present Luke 5:17
You can grow more and more_____________as you step out and obey God?
Acts 9:22
You can win others to Christ when you are 'clothed with ________________?
Luke 24 and Acts 1:8
It is also God's Power that will be demonstrated when Christ Returns
''1After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:
"Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Pray that you and other Christians will be ..."I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
