Thursday 14 June 2018

June 14, 2018 - Suggested Reading Joel 2 for June 17th’s Father’s Day message on 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 in both services


“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.”
Joel 2:28 (NIV)

The abundance of God that will be showered on the people after the locust horde has gone through the land, is a sign of the abundance God will shower on the people after the spiritual hunger of the 400 years of silence has ended. The abundance of the land, its grass, its fruit, its grain, its wine, and its oil are all pointing towards the abundance of the Holy Spirit being given to His servants in that Day of Grace that we live in now. This Day of Grace started when the Spirit was poured out on the believers gathered in that room in Jerusalem on the day we call the Day of Pentecost. We are still experiencing this Pentecost as God pours His Spirit on all who repent and believe on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. This promised blessing is for men as well as women, for children as well as seniors, the Spirit is for all who will come to Christ,
bow their knee and profess Him as Lord of their life. 
Just as the blessing of God on the earth after the locust horde came through brought life, and life to the fullest, so the blessing of the Spirit brings life to the fullest. 
All people - both genders and all ages - are the recipients of this blessing.
Friend have you gone to Christ to receive the gift of life?
Oh friend are you experiencing this abundant life today?

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