Welcome Holy Spirit

Lord, do it again!

Do your consider yourself a Trinitarian or a Bitarian? Unfortunately, many solid Believers fail to recognize that the Holy Spirit is as much a Person and partner in the Trinity as the Father and Son.



Back in the Eighties I was President of the Presbyterian Renewal Ministries. One year I met with other heads of "God's frozen chosen" groups to plan a conference on renewal and revival. I was not so politely invited to resign from the Executive Committee because, a Pastor said, "Your group puts too much emphasis upon the Holy Spirit, leaving Jesus and The Father out of our conversations."



This Pastor had a Doctorate in Theology and led the largest Presbyterian Church in America. He acted like a Bitarian who recognized only the Father and Son leaving the Holy Spirit out of his life and ministry. His church was really big but quite powerless and flat.



The other members of the group protested. One Pastor said, "If Gary and his group leave I will leave. They are the ones that have promoted Spiritual Renewal and Revival for years while we have focused primarily on political and legislative changes. If we don't have the presence and power of the Spirit at our conference and in our churches nothing good will happen."



When Jesus was about to leave the earth, He transferred His ongoing ministry to the Apostles. In John 14 and 15 He made it clear how that would happen.


I will pray the Father who will give you another Comforter who will be with you forever. This is the Spirit of Truth who the world cannot receive. In fact the world cannot even see, or know Him. But you shall know Him because He will be with you and in you. John 14: 16-17



It is one thing for the world of unbelievers to deny the person and work of the Holy Spirit but it is quite another when Believers do. We cannot be Christians unless the Spirit give us life. We are born again by the invisible Spirit of God.



We cannot know God's truth unless the Holy Spirit reveals it to us. The third Person of the Trinity is hard to understand with our small minds but we do know that there is no revival, no awakening, no salvation and no truth without His interventions.



God the Holy Spirit is always working behind the scenes to accomplish His work and our works. Just because He is invisible to our human eye does not mean that He is not a real Person with ideas, emotions, desires and interests, just like the Father and the Son.



This coming Sunday Pastor Rich Femia and I are planning to launch a series of teachings on The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit at the Dwelling Place in Loveland, Ohio. The Dwelling Place is a small, intimate fellowship of Believers originally gathered by the Lord out of the Jesus Movement in the Seventies. It was formerly called, Remington Fellowship.


Max and Colleen Greissinger will lead us in worship and praise reminiscent of past Revivals; praise that is still within our hearts and minds and needs no song books to remember!


We have invited several of our friends from past renewals and expect the Holy Spirit to bring insight, joy, love and power to bear on our small gathering. We want God to bring us truth, love and healing along with direction and encouragement, so invite your friends.


I will bring a message on the Person and work of the Spirit and others will share their experiences with the Spirit. We will pray for people and enjoy the Trinity.


Directions to the Dwelling Place
Go 275 East past I-75 to the Loveland Madeira Exit.
Right off the exit to the UDF.
Turn Left at UDF and go under the Railroad Trestle to Remington Road.
Turn right on Remington Road and the little white church is straight ahead.
9335 Remington Road
Loveland, OH 45140
Service Sunday morning, November 2 at 10:30-12:00
Gary Sweeten

http://www.sweetenlife.com/