The Heavenly Calling as Seen In The Church - The Birth Of The Church
Lucio begins by expressing gratitude for the opportunity to gather and reflect on God's mercy. He emphasizes the importance of divine revelation and vision in the Christian life, particularly in these "last days" as prophesied by Joel. Lucio then delves into the significance of the Day of Pentecost, highlighting it as the birth of the church and the beginning of a new dispensation characterized by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the revelation of Christ.
He meticulously unpacks Peter's sermon on Pentecost, emphasizing its focus on Jesus' person and work as the ultimate reason for the Spirit's arrival. Lucio explains that the Holy Spirit empowers spiritual understanding and reveals the heavenly vision, which consists of Christ as the head and the church as His body.
Lucio states that the outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost signifies not only Jesus' anointing as King and Priest but also the church's birth, comparing it to oil flowing from Aaron's head to the edges of his robes. This anointing, he explains, empowers the church to express the heavenly vision and bring life wherever it reaches.
He concludes by drawing a parallel between the book of Acts and the book of Joshua, where the Holy Spirit's leading resulted in victory and possession of their inheritance. He challenges listeners to examine whether they are hindering the Spirit's work and encourages them to fully embrace their inheritance of the Spirit's power for vision and expression.
Outline of Main Points:
Gratitude for Gathering and the Importance of Divine Revelation
The Day of Pentecost: A New Dispensation and the Birth of the Church
Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Revelation of Christ
Peter's Sermon: An Explanation of the Heavenly Vision
Jesus' perfect life, sacrificial death, and resurrection
The Holy Spirit given as a result of Jesus' exaltation
The Heavenly Vision: Christ the Head, the Church His Body
Jesus anointed as King and Priest
The Church anointed as His body, empowered for expression
The Holy Spirit: The Key to Vision and Expression
Enables spiritual understanding and reveals Christ
Empowers the church to live out and share the heavenly vision
A Call to Possess Our Inheritance: Living in the Spirit's Power
Recognizing hindrances to the Spirit's work
Embracing the Spirit's power for vision and expression
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? 13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: 21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: 24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. 25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; 31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. 32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
