UNDER THE INFLUENCE AT EPHESUS (13 OF 15)
Scripture: Ephesians 5:17-33
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Under the Influence at Ephesus (13 of 15)
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 5:17-33
I - Our Spiritual Attributes (17 - 21)
II - Our Submissive Accountability (22 - 24)
III - Our Symbolic Affection (25 - 33)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
DL Moody and the Holy Spirit
Speaking to a large audience, D.L. Moody held up a glass and asked, ''How can I get the air out of this glass?'' One man shouted, ''Suck it out with a pump!'' Moody replied, ''That would create a vacuum and shatter the glass.'' After numerous other suggestions Moody smiled, picked up a pitcher of water, and filled the glass. ''There,'' he said, ''all the air is now removed.'' He then went on to explain that victory in the Christian life is not accomplished by ''sucking out a sin here and there,'' but by being filled with the Holy Spirit.
Moody was to have a campaign in England. An elderly pastor protested, ''Why do we need this 'Mr. Moody'? He's uneducated, inexperienced, etc. Who does he think he is anyway? Does he think he has a monopoly on the Holy Spirit?'' A younger, wiser pastor rose and responded, ''No, but the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on Mr. Moody.''
D.L Moody said, ''I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God. We must be emptied before we can be filled.''
Finney and the Holy Spirit
Finney wrote how God gave him mighty infillings of the Holy Spirit ''that went through me, as it seemed, body and soul. I immediately found myself endued with such power from on high that a few words dropped here and there to individuals were the means of their immediate conversion. My words seemed to fasten like barbed arrows in the souls of men. They cut like a sword. They broke the ...
Series: Ephesians
Donald Cantrell
Ephesians 5:17-33
I - Our Spiritual Attributes (17 - 21)
II - Our Submissive Accountability (22 - 24)
III - Our Symbolic Affection (25 - 33)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
DL Moody and the Holy Spirit
Speaking to a large audience, D.L. Moody held up a glass and asked, ''How can I get the air out of this glass?'' One man shouted, ''Suck it out with a pump!'' Moody replied, ''That would create a vacuum and shatter the glass.'' After numerous other suggestions Moody smiled, picked up a pitcher of water, and filled the glass. ''There,'' he said, ''all the air is now removed.'' He then went on to explain that victory in the Christian life is not accomplished by ''sucking out a sin here and there,'' but by being filled with the Holy Spirit.
Moody was to have a campaign in England. An elderly pastor protested, ''Why do we need this 'Mr. Moody'? He's uneducated, inexperienced, etc. Who does he think he is anyway? Does he think he has a monopoly on the Holy Spirit?'' A younger, wiser pastor rose and responded, ''No, but the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on Mr. Moody.''
D.L Moody said, ''I believe firmly that the moment our hearts are emptied of pride and selfishness and ambition and everything that is contrary to God's law, the Holy Spirit will fill every corner of our hearts. But if we are full of pride and conceit and ambition and the world, there is no room for the Spirit of God. We must be emptied before we can be filled.''
Finney and the Holy Spirit
Finney wrote how God gave him mighty infillings of the Holy Spirit ''that went through me, as it seemed, body and soul. I immediately found myself endued with such power from on high that a few words dropped here and there to individuals were the means of their immediate conversion. My words seemed to fasten like barbed arrows in the souls of men. They cut like a sword. They broke the ...
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