How Do I Know Where the Holy Spirit Is Leading Me?
Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear
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🗓️ 25 April 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Show Notes:
* In Romans 15, Paul gives us a great example of what it looks like to be led by the Holy Spirit. As we look at that text, we discover that all of us have a part to play in the kingdom of God.
* All of us are called to ministry. The call to leverage your life for the Great Commission was included in the call to follow Jesus.
* Jesus' last words to his disciples were, "GO and make disciples."
* A lot of Christians are waiting on a still, small voice when they already have a very clear verse.
* Not everything that comes from Heaven has your name on it.
* The Spirit of God does reveal to us in dynamic and sometimes mystical ways exactly what your part to play in the kingdom of God is.
* Three ways to find out what your calling is:
* Through prayer
* Through engagement in ministry
* Through involvement in the local church
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to Ask Me Anything, a podcast where Pastor J.D. Greer answers tough questions that you have. My name is Matt Love and I'm your host. And again, over the past 20 years, Pastor J.D. has tackled so many difficult questions from the pulpit during his teaching time on the weekends. And so we want to hear today a teaching from a recent sermon |
| 0:38.5 | that answers the question, where is the Holy Spirit leading me? Let's jump in. |
| 0:45.4 | Here in Romans 15, Paul is going to discuss his personal calling. Look at verse 15 there in Romans |
| 0:51.2 | 15, but on some points, Paul says, I've written to you very boldly, |
| 0:55.2 | because of the grace given to me by God, a special grace given to me to be a minister of Christ |
| 1:02.0 | Jesus to the Gentiles and the priestly service of the gospel of God so that the offering, |
| 1:08.0 | my offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable. |
| 1:15.5 | Verse 17, in Christ Jesus, I have reason to be proud of my work for God. |
| 1:21.7 | Verse 18, well, I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me and bringing the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed. |
| 1:26.8 | Verse 19, from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum, |
| 1:30.7 | I have fulfilled, I have finished the ministry of the gospel of Christ. |
| 1:35.9 | And thus I make it my personal ambition, |
| 1:39.5 | my unique contribution to the kingdom of God, |
| 1:43.3 | to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been |
| 1:47.2 | named, lest I build on somebody else's foundation. Because as it is written, those who have |
| 1:53.9 | never been told of him will see. And those who have never heard will understand a quote from |
| 1:59.1 | Isaiah 5215. Verse 22. This is the reason that I've so |
| 2:04.1 | often hindered coming from you even though I wanted to come. But now since I no longer have any |
| 2:09.4 | room for work in these regions, nothing left for me to do. I hope to see you in passing as I go to |
| 2:15.6 | Spain, a place that in those days had yet to be penetrated |
| 2:19.1 | with the gospel. The first thing that I want you to notice in these verses is the extremely |
| 2:24.7 | personal way that Paul talks about his ministry. Did you see it? I tried to emphasize it. |
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