Good News Rally Easter Morning Service Notes:

Speaker: Reinhard Bonnke

Intro:

When Peter and John ran to Jesus tomb, they probably went and analyzed the tomb, and the clothes, and the stone, CSI: Jesus style. It would have been such a pity if they stayed and analyzed and analyzed and analyzed! Like some people do with the Bible these days! They analyze and analyze and analyze! And it gets them not very far.

BUT THEY WENT BACK AND ENCOUNTERED JESUS IN THE UPPER ROOM.


It takes an encounter! And they were brought from the grave to the Upper Room :D


And today we will go together to the Upper Room :D



From Easter to Pentecost! :


Acts 2: 1-4


Pentecost!

Disciples filled with power of Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues and praised God!




POINT NUMBER ONE:


GOD HAS NO FAVORITES. People think that being filled with the Holy Spirit is meant for "really spiritual Christians", and we elevate these leaders, so high that they become dizzy and fall down!

THAT IS NOT THE WAY GOD INTENDS US TO BE.


THERE IS A FLAME FOR EVERY HEAD. Unless you don't have a head, then Jesus doesn't have a flame for you *shrug*

But if you have a head... :D



Summary: That glorious anointing of the Holy Spirit IS NOT GOTTEN BY THE LOTTERY. It is not for a handful of lucky ones!

IT IS FOR YOU BY DIVINE RIGHT

-->IT IS FOR ME <--



POINT NUMBER TWO


EVERY TONGUE OF FIRE WAS MATCHED WITH A TONGUE OF FLESH!


There was a connection! A tongue of fire with a tongue of flesh! Heaven had connected with Earth! The supernatural had connected with the natural!


I pray that this connection happens with each and every one of us today :D


THIS IS LIVING TRUTH OFFERED FROM THE THRONE OF GOD.


WE WILL RECEIVE!

By God's generosity!




POINT NUMBER THREE


Those anointed began to speak in other languages!

It would have been such a pity if they only spoke in Hebrew! The Holy Spirit has only come for the Jews! Hebrew, Hebrew, Hebrew!

BUT THEY BEGUN TO PRAY IN THE LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD.


This is the ultimate truth of the ETHNIC interest of God!

ALL TONGUES, ALL NATIONS, WE WORSHIP JESUS CHRIST


The gospel is FOR ALL! Even Germans and Singaporeans!


We will walk around with a flame on our heads! :D


They prayed in the languages of the world because Jesus had ALREADY given them the Great Commission to go out to the nations!

And some came to Singapore long ago, and Singapore will carry that flame to CHINA AND INDIA AND INDONESIA!


POINT NUMBER FOUR


Pentecost is the incarnation of the Holy Spirit!


On the day of Pentecost, The Holy Spirit wrapped Himself around in the flesh of the 120 people in the upper room!

This means the Holy Spirit only works through HUMAN BEINGS.


So it means He needs us as much as we need Him!


We are earthly residential addresses of the Holy Spirit!


Only Jesus saves! But He invites us, to be part of his equation! We are part of God's plan to defeat the devil here on earth and bring others to heaven!


Judges 6:34 --> the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon!! (For victory)

In the Greek translation, it says The Spirit 'wrapped Himself around' Gideon!

-->Wrapped Himself around!! <--


And that will happen to us today :D


- Can a man go to the moon? It is a double answer. If you go as you are, YOU WILL DIE. But if you put yourself in a spacesuit, something which gives you protection and air and your needs, you can go to the moon!

The Holy Spirit is like that!!

You cannot go out and do battle as you are! LET THE HOLY SPIRIT WRAP HIMSELF AROUND YOU. (:


God is the highest power over sorcerers and witch doctors and everything! (:


No matter what they try, and tried to do to us! E.g. Reinhard :D



We are not alone, God is with us :D



POINT NUMBER FIVE

There are Christians who struggle!

Because they say the Holy Spirit is a 'most, holy, holy holy holy, Spirit.'


And I am not holy! I have so many flaws! D= I cannot approach the Holy Spirit...



The truth is this =


If you could make yourself worthy to receive the Holy Spirit, then nobody would need the Holy Spirit!

Ever!

:blink:


Never forget this for the rest of your life!! -->


OUR WEAKNESS DOES NOT REPEL THE HOLY SPIRIT


It -->ATTRACTS<-- the Holy Spirit!!!


:D



Though our flesh is weak!

But when you are washed by the blood of Jesus! The Holy Spirit comes for all of us(:


He comes for the best of us, and the worst of us!


Why does He come for us!

Because we need Him!

We neeed Him!


The Holy Spirit changes us!


Now Reinhard, changed by the Holy Spirit, preaches with emphasis!

The gospel incarnate!!

The gospel is not an alternative! It is an ultimatum!!!


When the Holy Spirit comes, suddenly you stand like a flame of fire (:




Point Number Six:

Let's talk about the Flame of Fire :D

- I decided to stop taking notes at this point and really devote all my attention to listening and letting God move. Some really powerful teaching happened. Haha. But I'm glad I stopped taking notes. We started inviting the Holy Spirit upon us, the flames of fire, and it started to come, the blessed anointing (: And then they broke it up to call for any new convictions of salvations, and man tons of people came up again oO.


Hahahaha. And we worshipped with Beautiful Saviour, and then we left to get lunch (: