The Rock San Diego – 3/29/09 – The Invisible Man Separates

1 – The Holy Spirit wants to separate you from yourself

Thy will be done
Proverbs 12:15 – The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel is wise

2 – He wants to separate you from the world

He sets you free from living like the world lives
He sets you free from retaliation
He sets you free to love your enemies
He sets you free from lust (lust is a strong desire to get something that doesn’t belong to you
Your flesh and your spirit are at war with each other
Your maturity as a Christian can be perceived as how quickly, how often and how faithfully you say no to your flesh and yes to God – period
It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been saved
Your ability to obey against strong desires of the flesh is a measure of faithfulness (praising God in front of strangers is different than praising God in church)
When you are called to do something, how willing are you to do it, even if it’s not the fashionable thing to do?
Fruit trees do not strain to bear fruit, they just bear them. You will too – just obey God

3 – He separates you unto himself

The Holy Spirit has something for you to do – do you want to know what it is?
His job for you is part of his will for your life
God is very coordinated, very organized, very effective, very efficient
The Holy Spirit is constantly speaking to you – you either decide to ignore him or submit to him, there’s no other way – to say ‘wait’ is a no, which is called sin

4 – He separates you from death

Even living 150 years on earth is nothing compared with eternity
The objective on earth is to do what God has designed you to do