God at the Heart
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters…”
Genesis 1:1-2
The Spirit of God shows up in the very second sentence of the Bible.
The personal presence of God—what the ancients called his Ruakh—is the third person of the trinity, the Holy Spirit. Through his Spirit, God ordered his good creation. Through his Spirit, Joseph interpreted dreams, and artisans shaped the sacred ornaments of the tabernacle.
It is the Spirit of God that came to rest on Jesus at his baptism. The Spirit of God through whose power he was raised from the dead. The Spirit of God which came to dwell inside the hearts of all believers at Pentecost, empowering them to join him in restoring all that’s lost.
The Spirit of God is indeed the power by which our broken creation becomes re-ordered, but this is not some mystical, disembodied energy—the Spirit is a person. And at the heart, he is a gentleman. He may counsel, comfort, and convict—but he will not force. He offers us relationship with the risen Christ, and power from the living God, but only at our invitation.
Will we let him in, or tune him out?
Join us for a 3 week series, God at the Heart, January 16th – 30th.
Week 1
1 OF 3
KAILEY NEWKIRK
JANUARY 16, 2022
Week 2
2 OF 3
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JANUARY 23, 2022
Week 3
3 OF 3
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JANUARY 30, 2022
