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0:00 Welcome to the Men's Global livestream. If you have a bible, I want you to hold a spot in Acts chapter 1, and we're gonna be moving from Acts chapter 1 to Acts chapter 2 in a few big spots in today's session. Now0:12 we're starting a new series called overtaken. And by definition, that means that something catches up to you and and passes you or something comes0:23 upon you suddenly. We're actually seeing 1 country right now in real time being overtaken by another country. Right? Russia0:35 and Ukraine. But that doesn't work just country to country. It can be a feeling that overtakes a person emotionally or a force inside that overtakes0:47 a person motivationally. It could be a new agenda overtaking an old agenda agenda. So I think we have a sense of what that means. And my question just to get us0:59 going in the right direction is has a force or a feeling, positive or negative, ever overtaken and started to control you? Right? My family jokes about how1:10 hunger is force and it overtakes me and starts controlling my body. Right? It's sort of like I'm not in charge anymore and1:22 my behavior starts to change. I get a little more visible and more highly motivated around food. But people start wondering, hey, what what's1:34 gotten into you? You know what's gotten into me? I've become hangry. Okay? I'm sure that a lot of you can witness to that. Right? But when a force or a feeling overtakes1:46 you and you haven't said what that is, people will ask you, what has gotten into you? Because they're seeing outward changes that1:58 reflect something that's going on on the inside. I think if any of you guys are married or if you're dating, you remember like I remember finding out, oh my gosh, this person likes2:10 me. I like them. And I remember my buddies in college were just like, what has gotten into you, dude? We never see you anymore. I like disappeared almost because I2:22 was in love. It makes me think of elf. Right? When Buddy the elf falls in love and he says I'm in love, I'm in love and I don't care. Who knows? He just he's dancing around.2:34 That is the spirit of what we're talking about. Right? A force or a feeling overtaking us. You're not in charge anymore. There's a new normal, new status, new2:46 reality and our experience as a person is being changed. Now that as a basis at the start of our new series overtaken, Jesus told his2:58 followers, you're gonna be overtaken and that that event was literally gonna rock their personal world and it was gonna3:09 rock the actual world. And here's the exciting part about that experience that Jesus talked about. That's happening right now in3:21 our time and in our space and among men around the planet. Right? A fresh wind is coming upon God's men. Right? A3:33 fire is coming on them. And it's coming upon communities and groups and individual men that are actively waiting on,3:45 actively seeking, and actively experiencing Holy Spirit impartation, and ignition, and3:57 overtaking, and that's rocking their world. People are seeing a new expression. And guess what? They're wondering what has gotten into4:09 these men right now today as I'm speaking to you. You see, God wants to set you loose in your personal world. To do4:20 what? To advance his kingdom in your personal context. Right? Where you work, where you live, where you pray, where you play, he knows exactly what he wants to do.4:33 Right now, in your personal context, the unique places and spaces that are connected to you with people in him. The question is, do you know? And so4:45 that's why we're starting this 5 part series called overtaken. We're gonna look specifically at how God moves in us through the Holy Spirit to work through us. We're gonna look at how God saves us4:57 so that we can have influence and serve other people and advance his kingdom purposes. We're gonna look at the specific ways that the Holy Spirit works through followers5:09 to advance God's kingdom using Jesus and the disciples and their Holy Spirit expression as our models. Why? Because it's the same Holy5:21 Spirit. Same goal of advancing God's kingdom on earth. Same expressions, but in our time, in our spaces, in our5:33 places that are unique to you and to me. So in part 1, what I wanna do is I wanna lay the foundation for the taking over,5:45 right, of Jesus's followers by a new powerful force called the Holy Spirit. Right? There's a prediction of that overtaking, a promise of that overtaking.5:57 Then we're gonna look at the fulfillment in the acts of the apostles, the fulfillment of that powerful overtaking and prediction and what that involved. What did it look like when that6:09 happened? Right? And then we're gonna see the pattern clearly about men and being overtaken up by the Holy Spirit. And then we're gonna look at it, how that works out in our time6:21 and in our context. And then we're just gonna directly apply it with some prayer as a community of men. So let's first open our Bibles and look at some of6:32 the the overpowering predictions that happened prior to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. First 1 that we see in the gospels is in Matthew chapter 3 verse 11.6:44 It's gonna be on the screen and it's also in the downloaded notes. First prediction by John the Baptist. Listen to what he says. He says, I baptize you with water for repentance, But after me6:56 comes 1 who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. Now the baptism image7:08 and experience was very well known in the first century. Right? When someone was baptized, alright, it meant that you intended to become 1 with whatever message was7:20 being preached. So John's message was 1 of repentance and the changing of ways. And so if you got if you receive John's baptism, what it meant was I'm being7:32 baptized and I intend and I'm sending the message through this baptism that I am going to change my ways. But then John is is saying this this outer7:43 baptism that I'm talking about, and that we're doing right now, and that you're connecting with about changing your ways, guess what? There's going to be an inner baptism7:55 that will publicly and visibly spread through the 1 who's coming. And it's gonna be a baptism of the Holy Spirit and it's gonna be a baptism of8:06 fire. Right? And the images of spread. So that's the first prediction that we see and that's kind of the imagery of what he sees is going to happen, what8:18 he's predicting is gonna happen through through Christ. Alright? And then Jesus, as he is about to leave, and this is in Acts chapter 1, he predicts8:30 what John predicted, and he repeats what he says, but he gives it a little bit more definition. Listen to what he tells the disciples. He told them, you don't get to know the time. Timing is the father's8:42 business. What you'll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, overtakes you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the8:53 ends of the world. These were his last words. And as they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there staring into the empty9:05 sky. And suddenly 2 men appeared in white robes and they said, you Galileans, why do you just stand there looking up at the empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to have to heaven will9:17 come as certainly and as mysteriously as he left. So the second prediction by Jesus, right, comes in the context of9:29 his followers going, hey, is the kingdom right now? Are we gonna establish it right now? And he's like, that's timing is not under your control. And that's that's the father's9:40 business. But here's what I'm gonna tell you. In my physical absence, I'm going to send my spiritual presence. He had even told them earlier, it's better that I go.9:53 Why? Because then God's kingdom could advance virally through the Holy Spirit and be all places at all times versus in 1 body10:04 in 1 place at 1 time. So this public departure, right, ruptured the expectations of the disciples. They10:16 thought he's gonna kick Rome out, he's gonna establish the kingdom, and Jesus is saying, nope. That's that that timing for that event where the kingdom of God10:28 overtakes the kingdoms of men. That's the father's timing. Let me tell you what's gonna happen now. I'm leaving, but I'm sending my my spiritual power and presence10:40 in the absence of my physical presence, and it's gonna be the holy spirit. And we can just unpack a few truths through what Jesus said, and let's let's write these down. They10:52 both John the Baptist and Jesus said, something's coming, and here's what was coming. Write this down. A consuming and powerful baptism of the spirit by Jesus. That was John's prediction. It11:04 was going to be greater than the baptism he was offering. His outer baptism was gonna be matched by this inner baptism coming through the person of Christ, the the 1 who's greater than11:16 he is, and it was going to be consuming. Right? Baptism is the image of soaking, and it was gonna be powerful and spread. That's the image of11:27 fire. Secondly, it's going to be a possessing of their mind, their body, and their energy. That's what Jesus is talking about. He says, what what you're gonna get is the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit11:39 comes on you, it's a full overtaking. Alright? You're gonna you're gonna be overtaken by a force that is powerful and it's gonna change11:51 the way you think. It's gonna command your identity. It's gonna command your body and it's gonna command your energy. And then third, we can observe through Jesus's words, it's gonna be an12:03 overtaking of their purpose and expression. Right? They're gonna be taking the good news of Christ all over the world. Now you can imagine how12:16 mysterious, supernatural, and disillusioning a guy you've been hanging out with for 3 years, and he tells you that I'm leaving, but I'm not leaving. I'm I'm I'm gonna12:28 go, but I'm gonna come to you. So, you know, there's some mystery and probably a little confusion and definitely some ruptured expectations, but Jesus makes the promise and12:40 the prediction. Right? That there's a consuming and powerful baptism coming. It's gonna overtake them and it's gonna take his his his spiritual presence and and it's12:52 gonna come on them. Right? Now why were they candidates for this overtaking and this super explosion? Alright? Let's talk about that. It's important. Right?13:04 In the bible, in John chapter 1 verse 12, it says this, yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become13:15 children of God. Jesus was giving this promise to those who believed in him. Okay? Now the Bible says that that now as then,13:28 right, you join God's family, you get God's spirit in you. Right? Now these first followers, God's spirit was gonna come and initiate and come down13:40 upon them, move inside them, overtake them, right, and overtake their purpose and expression. Alright. Today, when someone believes13:52 that that same event happens. The Holy Spirit is deposited. It's sent. And that's what it says in Galatians chapter 4 verse 6. It says, and because we are his14:04 children, the ones who have believed, because when we believe we become a child of God, God has sent the spirit of his son where? Into our hearts. Okay. So what we need to14:15 see is that yes, there was a prediction that there would be this overtaking by the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist talked about it. Jesus talked about it. They described it was gonna be. But how does14:27 it transact? It transacts through believing in his name, believing in Jesus, his person and work, becoming a child of God. And the Bible says, and14:39 because we are his children, God sends the spirit of his son. So you join God's family, you get God's spirit. Write this down on your notes, believing triggers sending or believing14:51 triggers sending and depositing of God's spirit. So if you're watching this right now and you have believed in the person of Christ and the work of Christ for you and you've received that for yourself15:03 by inviting Christ into your life. Right? The presence of the Holy Spirit indwells you. Right? Indwelling. Right? Believing triggers sending.15:15 Now, let's move the story forward and see what happens with Jesus's followers in the book of Acts chapter15:26 2. Alright? This is what I'm calling the spectacle, right, of being overtaken by the Holy Spirit and then Peter explaining what is going on.15:38 Right? We see the spectacle unfold in Acts chapter 2 verses 4 through 6. Listen to the language. Right? It says this, then like a wildfire remember John's15:50 words how it would be a fire? Then like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks and they started speaking in a number of different languages as the spirit prompted them. There were many16:02 Jews staying in Jerusalem just then, devout pilgrims from all over the world. When they heard the sound, they came on the run and then when they heard 1 after16:13 another their own mother tongues being spoken, they were blown away. So you see that in this moment of Holy Spirit filling,16:26 outpouring, overtaking, that God uses that moment intentionally to do something special for that context. You see what was happening in that context16:38 was Jews from all over the world were in Jerusalem for Pentecost. Right? Alright. And they and so there was all these different types of people. And16:49 so the the the most visible and meaningful thing that the filling of the Holy Spirit could do in that specific moment was for17:02 men to to start speaking in languages of the people who came rushing to see what was going on. It's like a fist fight on a playground. People17:14 run to see these men who are worshiping and praising God in all these languages of people who are visiting and that is a sign of the kingdom of17:26 God. And of course, that would blow anybody away to experience that. Now, let's unpack the spectacle. Alright. What17:37 do we see? Alright. First thing we see is the Holy Spirit overtaking men. Right? Like a wildfire. This is a a17:49 community of men. They believe the Holy Spirit comes on them, overtakes them from the inside out. Right?18:01 Secondly, we see the spirit prompting men. Alright? To do what? They start saying stuff. Alright? They say stuff that the Holy Spirit is making them18:12 say and is prompting them to say, which is another worship of God in another language. It's just so supernatural. But what I don't want you to miss is when the Holy18:24 Spirit takes over a man just like this, it will prompt a man to do and say things that are specific in that moment for kingdom18:35 impact, visible signs, visible wonders. Third, what we see is the spirit impacting people specifically in a moment.18:47 Alright. So I want us to step back and see this moment in time and and just kinda take a simple look at it. You have Galilean18:59 men. Alright, simple, untrained religious guys. They're following Jesus. There's a prediction. The prediction19:11 is there's gonna be a coming upon and an overtaking of you by the Holy Spirit. John the Baptist said it was gonna happen, it's gonna be like fire. Jesus said, it's gonna happen and it's gonna take over your whole19:23 purpose and people are gonna see it. And you're gonna give evidence, be a witness, right of me. And these men used to be 1 way. And19:35 now they're acting in a completely different way. It is a spectacle. It is something that's visible. It is a sign of the19:46 kingdom of God. What's coming out of their lives is is is is praise, it's worship. Right? And this new19:58 different powerful scene and experience, it's never been seen before. And certainly, the people who are connected to these guys are like, what happened? What's gotten20:10 into them? And so they're naturally people, all these people that are visiting, their friends, their family, they're going, what's gotten into these guys? What's happening? Okay. Are have they been drinking too much? And20:21 so Peter explains the prophetic context and fulfillment. Right? And prediction that comes out from the20:33 Hebrew scriptures. And he does that in Acts chapter 2. So we see him rise and he's like, let me tell you what's going on here. That's when Peter stood20:45 up and backed by the other 11 spoke out with bold urgency. Fellow Jews, all of you who are visiting Jerusalem, listen carefully and get this story straight.20:57 These people aren't drunk as you suspect. They haven't had time to get drunk. It's only 9 o'clock in the morning. This is what the prophet Joel announced would21:09 happen, quote, in the last days. God says, I will pour out my spirit on every kind of people. Your sons will prophesy. Also, your daughters, your young men will see21:21 visions, your old men will dream dreams. When the time comes, I'll pour out my spirit on those who serve me. Men and women both, and they'll prophesy. I'll set wonders in the sky above and21:33 signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billowing smoke, the sun turning black and the moon blood red before the day of the Lord arrives, the day tremendous and21:44 marvelous. And whoever calls out for help to me, God will be saved. And so Peter is filtering, he's21:56 translating, he's giving them the prophetic context from the Hebrew scripture. God said this would happen. This is a predicted thing. This is the initiation of the22:08 advance of the kingdom of God and the birth of the church of Jesus. And they're not drunk. God is supernaturally overtaking these men and he22:20 uses interestingly the image of a super exploding volcano. Signs, wonders, fire, billowing smoke affecting the whole,22:32 right, atmosphere where it's just gonna go and there have been volcano volcanic explosions in time, massive super explosions just like this in real history, Krakatoa22:44 for 1 of them. And what it does is it it spreads around the whole globe. Right? And so he says the sun's gonna turn black because of the ash and the moon's gonna turn red because of the particles in the22:55 air and the sun hitting those particles and it's called interstellar reddening. And so it's this is a a super explosion that is going to reverberate around the globe. It is going23:07 to change the whole world. Wow. Alright. Now just kinda let that sink in for a second. And then, of23:19 course, Peter explains, and guess what? Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. This super explosion of power, this overtaking of23:31 men, this launch of movement that's been created, what's the goal? It's it's to get men transformed so that people see a visible transformation of their lives, to23:43 give them through that transformation a look into what the power of God does in a life and they see that it's God and then it prompts them to want to have happen23:55 what's happened to them and then they believe in the good news. And that is exactly what happened. You see, when the Holy Spirit fills men,24:07 he deposits not just power, but gifts and expressions that are supposed to be used to influence other people, you24:18 know, and to influence their lives. Talks about this in first Corinthians chapter 12. Alright. It says this, God's various gifts of the Holy Spirit24:31 are handed out everywhere but they all originate in God's spirit. God's various ministries are carried out. Where? Everywhere. But they all originate in God's spirit.24:42 God's various expressions of power are in action everywhere, but God himself is behind it all. Each person is given something to do that shows who God is.24:55 Everyone gets in on it. Everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the spirit to all kinds of people. The variety is wonderful. Wise counsel, clear25:07 understanding, these are gifts. Simple trust, healing the sick, miraculous acts, proclamation, distinguishing between spirits, tongues, interpretations of tongues.25:20 All these gifts have a common origin, but are handed out 1 by 1 by the 1 spirit of God. He decides who gets what25:31 and when. I love the scale and variety and uniqueness of deposits that the Holy25:43 Spirit gives. So upon belief, you become a child of God. And because you're a child, God sends his Holy Spirit to be in you. And when25:55 God sends his spirit to inside a believer, he deposits spiritual gifts that are unique to that 1 believer26:07 And those spiritual gifts then that are unique to him or her are then going to be used everywhere, carried out everywhere, put in power and26:19 action everywhere. Keyword, everywhere. And so when we see the progression, belief, depositing of the Holy26:30 Spirit, the overtaking, right, the presence of spiritual gifts, what can we conclude about the Holy Spirit in you, in me? Alright. Write this down. The Holy Spirit's mission26:42 is to engage the world you live in. Write that down. Through yielded and gifted men,26:55 write that down. So we're we're gonna engage the world you live in, that's the Holy Spirit's mission in you and me. We're gonna engage the world that we live in. Alright? That's the outpouring, that's27:07 the pattern. Through yielded and gifted men ready to follow, this is our last villain in this section, ready to follow the Holy Spirit's leading in27:19 the moment. This is what you cannot miss. When a man gets overtaken by the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit comes inside to dwell inside, he now is portable.27:32 There's gifts, natural spiritual gifts and promptings. We're listening. Why? To engage our world in the world you live in. Where you live, where you27:44 work, where you play, where you pray, everywhere you go is the Holy Spirit's mission. And he's inside of you and he will prompt you and he will use your gifts27:56 and you're gonna follow his leading in the moment. What we just read about in the book of Acts, that's a moment. Over belief, overtaking, ignition,28:08 expression, activation in a context that was meaningful for the people around those men who were overtaken in the Holy Spirit. Fast28:19 forward to today, this moment, your life after we get done with this study. Holy Spirit inside of you, depositing of gifts in you, your personal moments, where28:31 you work, where you live, where you pray, where you play, and then you being prompted by the same Holy Spirit to do things that show love for God28:43 and love for people. Alright. It's so cool to have Holy Spirit presence and power that leads to Holy Spirit28:54 impact and influence advancing God's kingdom. And the foundation of that, it's important that we see that 1 transformed man,29:06 just like it what we've just read, transforms many things. Many transformed men transform many things. An individual man can29:18 transform some things. Lots of men together can transform a city 100 percent. It's exactly what happened in Jerusalem. The church29:30 swelled from a group of 120 to 3000 to 5000 to 20000 eventually becoming a church of 100000 people. Out of that moment, it was a super29:41 explosion of the Holy Spirit overtaking men, them changing, and then engaging the world that they lived in, the city that they lived in,29:53 yielded to the power of the Holy Spirit, using the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and following the Holy Spirit's leading in the moment. 1 transformed man transforms many things. Many transformed men30:04 transform entire cities. Okay? Now, where what is the basis of that thinking? 1 transformed man transforms many things because I just wanna talk to you as an individual.30:17 You are alive today in a set of relationships in a place on the planet. You have a place where you live, where you work, where you pray, where you play. Right? And God30:29 wants to transform that. Right? What's transform you through the power of the holy spirit so you can transform your environment. Now I want to go back into the bible and see how there is this 1 to30:40 many sort of super exploding blast zone concept that's related to individual men who make individual choices that have30:52 consequences. And the basis for that is in Romans chapter 5 verses 17 to 19. It says this, for the the sin of this 1 man Adam caused death31:03 to rule over many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness for all who receive. It will live in triumph over sin and death31:16 through this 1 man, Jesus Christ. Yes. Adam's 1 sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's 1 act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new31:28 life for everyone. Because 1 person disobeyed God, many became sinners, but because 1 other person obeyed God,31:40 many will be made righteous. That is what you call a negative blast zone of spiritual influence and a31:51 positive blast zone of spiritual influence. You have 2 individual men making 2 very32:03 different choices. 1 to obey God, the other to disobey God, then you see 2 entirely different super32:14 explosions of influence. Adam's super explosion through his 1 choice of disobedience was death,32:26 and that death through sin ruled over all of us until another man came, made a different choice, obey32:38 God, that created another super explosion, but that brought God's gift of grace and life to32:50 many. 1 man's choice got us into a hell of a situation, literally. Another man's choice got us out of a hell of a situation,33:02 literally. And that was Jesus. Right? And either you're in Adam or you're in Christ.33:13 And this is where we have to really focus, fellas, because God has come into our lives, we've believed so he could deposit his spirit so that we could make33:25 choices that bring life and bring his blessing upon people into more spaces and more places. Right? With33:37 the people in those spaces and places unique to us. That's what God wants to do. He wants you to be like Christ. And he's put his Holy Spirit in you so that you33:49 can make choices that bring blessing and grace and benediction and life to the people around you34:01 just like Jesus did. 1 transformed man transforms many things. Look at what it says in second Corinthians 3 6. He, God, has enabled us34:13 to be ministers of the new covenant, of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the spirit. The old written covenant34:25 ends in death, but under the new covenant, the spirit gives life. Let's say that again. The spirit gives life. 1 more time. The spirit gives life.34:37 So now let's tie it all together. Alright. God wants to overtake your life34:50 with the presence of the Holy Spirit. Why? Because you believed. You believe you have the presence of the Holy Spirit. And the prediction and pattern35:02 that we see is that that the purpose of that sending of the spirit into the life of the 1 who believes is so that there can be35:13 an outflow of God's kingdom that positively impacts other people. And then you see men35:25 individually and communities of men engaging the world that they live in in their time, in their spaces, in their places with people in those places and spaces35:37 who are yielded, who are gifted and empowered and ready to follow the Holy Spirit's leading in a moment of time and in a moment of space35:49 on any given day in any moment. And so that's what's before us in this journey called overtaken. The question is, are you ready36:01 to be overtaken? Now I'm I know I'm talking to some men who this is new and that's okay. You're understanding, hey, I'm a believer. I have the Holy Spirit. I36:13 can have a super explosion of power. Yes. There are some of you who understand that the Holy Spirit lives inside of you, but you're not activating and listening to the Holy Spirit. This is36:25 for you too. There are some of you who want a greater influence and reach of the kingdom, God's calling you, and this is a confirmation of what36:37 God is doing. God's using you and you want doesn't matter which bucket you fit in. We're gonna close in prayer. We're gonna put a prayer on your screen and we're just gonna36:48 we're gonna dive into this together and we're gonna ask the Holy Spirit to take over our lives. Are you ready? It's gonna be on the screen,37:01 so just pray it with me. Holy Spirit, thank you for coming to me through Christ, dwelling in me, and filling my37:12 life with new gifts and new purpose to replace old ways and old habits that didn't glorify God. I want37:24 you to baptize my hopes and dreams afresh with your power. I want to overflow and spread your life and your health in the world around me.37:36 I want a blast zone of impact that causes others to wonder why a person like me is doing the things I'm doing. I want to be your salt,37:49 your light, your aroma of eternal life in my personal world where I live, where I work, where I pray, and where I play.38:01 Every space is yours. Every place I go is yours. Every personal encounter I make is yours. Give me your eyes38:13 so I can see all the opportunities before me on a moment by moment basis, big and small. This prayer is my flashpoint,38:26 my yielding to your work in me and through me now. Pour out your spirit upon me, into me, and through me. Holy Spirit, you have my permission and38:37 cooperation to use me in new ways. I seek this in Jesus' name. I ask for this now in Jesus name. I am38:48 knocking and want you to swing the doors wide open in Jesus name. And God's men said, amen. Amen. God is moving.39:02 God is moving in so many men right now. And and I want you to receive that, just go with it. And the Holy Spirit is going to now start prompting39:14 you and speaking you speaking to you regarding the spaces that you're in and for people. It's gonna be things that go right into your mind, insights, things to39:25 do, words to say that are going to be life giving and are going to advance God's kingdom. So if you prayed that prayer with me, be ready within the next hour, hours,Show more
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