This Coming Sunday, Oct 27th, Jeff Wiles will be leading worship! Meeting time 10:30am at 800 North Main Street Edwardsville in the Immanuel United Methodist Church Building.
“But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.” (1 John 2:20 NIV)
A divine book must have a divine teacher so that its message can be revealed on a spiritual level. Otherwise the message just crumbles into facts that reside only in our brain cells. That Jesus was born in Bethlehem is a fact. Understanding the glorious meaning of Immanuel, God with us, and the significance of him lying in a stable requires divine teaching. So it is absolutely necessary for the Holy Spirit to be our teacher if the Bible is to be truly understood. The Spirit can overcome the human limitations of voice, ear, and brain. He teaches in the classroom of the heart.
That is why we can read a portion of Scripture for years and then read it again, and whammo, it comes alive! We understand it in a brand-new way. We ask, Why didn’t I see that before? That is the teaching ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Holy Spirit teaching is so important because Satan uses all kinds of things to deceive and lead believers and churches away from the truth. He can even use people who claim they are teaching the truth. For example, in 1 John we read a warning: “I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you” (2:26-27).
Why would God say we don’t need anyone to teach us when he was the one who put teachers into the church body?
Of course teachers play an important role, as do apostles, evangelists, prophets, and pastors. But even when teachers do their best, the only way for us to be ultimately blessed by the Word is through the inner teaching of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is faithful to help us know truth from error and keep us from satanic distortions. But for all of that to happen, we must come with humble, teachable hearts. –Pastor Cymbala (excerpted from Spirit Rising)
PRAYERS: Use this mighty tool given to believers to call Jesus into our brokenness, our pain, our illnesses, our doubt, and our frustrations.
Donna Bowers Donna has been diagnosed with Breast cancer. We will lift her and Will to the Healing Hands of Jesus.
Mary and Lee Knapp have a great grand daughter Willow who was born with some deformity in her palate and will be undergoing surgery and her mother Heather has also been diagnosed with a large tumor that needs to be removed right away. We lift both Willow and her mother to Gods healing hands. We also want to lift Mary and Lee for Gods healing spirit to be with them for healing of back and joint pain.
Faye Heuchert, please continue to pray for Faye and Brad as Faye continues to heal from her brain surgery.
Pray for Gods wisdom for PCF as we get ready to enter our 9th year as a Christian Family. PCF the Church Without Walls!
See you soon. Love, pastor kent