The Spirit Without Measure
Foundation Statement: John 3:34-Jesus saw the spirit work without measure because
he only spoke the words of God; it wasn’t his intense effort, it was his
precise obedience
I.
John 3:27-No man can just
decide to go do something and have heaven’s backing; no man can take unto
himself anything, but it must be given to him from Heaven first
A. 26-They are concerned
that Jesus is taking John’s people
1.
29-John
is rejoicing because of what Jesus is doing
B. 27-John says He couldn’t
do this if the Father hadn’t given it to Him to do – He can do nothing of
himself, only what He sees and hears; John knows that if Jesus hadn’t been
authorized by Heaven He couldn’t have done what he’s doing
1.
The Living Bible-God in
Heaven appoints each man’s work
2.
MSG-It’s not possible for
a person to succeed--I’m talking about eternal success--without Heaven’s help
C. We do have authority in
the Earth, we do have power in the Earth, we are kings unto God and we are
supposed to rule and reign in the Earth and at the same time we can do nothing
of ourselves, just like Jesus had authority and yet he could do nothing of
himself-John 5:21-22,24,26-27,30
1.
The
Kingdom Process is I can do nothing of myself. I can only do and say what the Father
shows me to do and say and when I do it and say the Father who dwells within me
he does the work
2.
Anything
you do of yourself will be void of backing
II.
John 3:31-I come from
above and therefore am above all-John 3:3, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Philippians 3:20
A. 31-I am above
all-Ephesians 1:19-22, 2:6, 1 John 4:17
1.
Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father
– the place of authority – and we’re seated with Him. If you know anything about history, you
know that to sit at the right and of the king or pope means authority. We died with Christ, and we were raised
with Him. This is not something God
is going to do in the future; He already has done it.
a. Yes
Jesus is above all, but I’m his body, I’m his representative and I stand in
that authority and as a son of God that authority is a much mine as it is his
2.
Prominence-Exalted in rank, High in
Office
a. You are exalted in rank
and high in office – You are on official business from Heaven and you
have been personally sent by the Creator of the universe to do kingdom business
here; I’d say that’s exalted in rank and High in office
3.
Excellence-High rank in scale of
beings, title given to Kings
a. You are high rank in
scale of beings – You are created in God’s image and in his class, you
are above unsaved people, you are above angels, you are above demons
b. You are a king –
Revelation 1:5-6
B. Psalm
82:1-8-We are divine ones, who are from above and above all, and we are
supposed to be ruling and reigning on the Earth
1.
God is judging the behavior of these divine ones,
these rulers, these ones who are god-like
a. The
Amplified Bible says his representatives, you are to judge on his behalf
2.
2-God’s correcting them for judging unjustly
3.
3,4-These things are the job of God’s divine ones
a. Defend
the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy
b. Justice
is what’s right---What’s right is what the Father shows you to do and to say
c. Bring
the poor into safety and security
d. Snatch
them out of the hand of the wicked (That’s the devil)
4.
5-All the foundations of the Earth are out of
course because God’s men aren’t doing their job
a. Things
get out of course in your personal life when you don’t do your job and rule and
reign and exercise your authority over the devil
5.
6-Ye are god’s (Divine ones, rulers, judges, gods,
god-like ones)
a. Are
you a divine one? Are you god-like? Are you a ruler?
b. Ephesians 4:24-Put on the new
nature created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness
c. 1 Peter 1:23-If the word of God is
divine and it’s the seed that birthed my recreated spirit than a divine seed,
produces a divine harvest
d. 2 Peter 1:4-You are a partaker of his
divine nature
e. Romans 5:17-They which receive the
abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one,
Jesus Christ
f. Revelation 5:10-And has made us
unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the Earth
6.
6-We
sprung off of El Elyon-Acts 17:26
a. I was created to rule and
reign and to have dominion by the kingdom process
b. John 5-Jesus revealed to
us that he had authority and yet he could do nothing of himself
7.
7-Even
though you are like God because you have a body you will still die like men
8.
8-This
is what God is saying to his divine ones --- Get up and do your job and rule
and reign on the Earth because the Earth is yours to inherit-Romans 4:13, Psalm
115:16
III.
John 3:34-The person who
God has sent speaks the Words of God (The person from the Earth speaks Earthly)
A. If God has sent you, you
should be saying what God tells you to say, all the time in every area of your
life
1.
It
did not say that the person
God sends says whatever they want because they’re spiritual and a faith person
and a prayer person or they’re just blunt and forward and that’s just who they
are
B. 31-The mark of people
that are of the Earth is that they speak Earthly, they talk the language of the
Earth and speak from an Earthly standpoint
1.
To speak Earthy or worldly means that words don’t matter that much,
There’s not much power in your words and You just say what YOU want
2.
To speak the Earth’s language you have to talk fear,
unbelief, the curse
3.
To talk from an Earthly standpoint is to talk from a
perspective that doesn’t align with Heaven (I.E. From Heaven’s standpoint your
healed no matter what your body says and to talk from Heaven’s standpoint and
perspective then you say you’re healed no matter what)
4.
Where
you’re from determines how you speak; we haven’t spoke Heaven’s language
because we haven’t caught the revelation that we are from Heaven
a. To speak Heaven’s
language you have to take the time to learn it
b. We aren’t supposed to be
talking the language of the Earth and we aren’t supposed to be speaking from an
earthly standpoint, but that hasn’t been the case because our minds haven’t
been renewed to the Kingdom language,
the Kingdom process, and overall
we’ve been slow to receive correction
and act on what we our taught in
this area and if we’ve heard anything on it we think we’ve arrived and it is costing us our authority
C. 32-Because Jesus is from
Heaven what He sees and hears from the Heaven he says
1.
Jesus
is uttering, giving a report, and bearing record of what He has seen and heard
from the Father
2.
This
is how people from Heaven operate
a. The Holy Spirit-John
16:13-He only says what he hears
b. Jesus-John 8:28-He only
says what he hears
c. What about you??? People
from Heaven are supposed to hear before they speak-James 1:19
3.
The
difference between the guy from Heaven and the guy from Earth is that they guy
from the Earth talks the language of the Earth and his words are from and
Earthly standpoint, but the guy from Heaven only says what he’s seen and heard
from Heaven to say
IV.
John 3:34-Because He only
said & did what the Father showed him he got the spirit/power w/o
measure-Act1:8
A. He didn’t get the spirit
without measure because of intense effort, it was because of precise obedience
1.
VOICE-The One sent from God speaks with the very
words of God and abounds with the very Spirit and essence of God.
2.
NIRV-The One whom God has sent speaks
God’s words. God gives the Holy Spirit without limit.
3.
NLV-He was sent by God and He speaks God’s Word. God
gives Him all of His Spirit.
4.
ERV-God sent him, and he tells
people what God says. God gives him the Spirit fully.
5.
PHIL-For the 1 whom God sent speaks
the authentic words of God—and there can be no measuring of the Spirit
given to him!
6.
MSG-The One that God sent speaks God’s words.
And don’t think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces. The Father loves
the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it
away—a lavish distribution of gifts.
B. Jesus didn’t get the
spirit without measure because he was Jesus or because he never sinned, he got the
spirit without measure because he said what he was told to say
1.
If
you have been filled with the Holy Spirit you got the Holy Spirit without
measure, but the measure the spirit works through you is determined by the your
level of obedience to do what He says
C. Everything he did and
said was backed by the authority of Heaven because everything he did and said he
got from Heaven and originated with Heaven
1.
His
words were with power and authority because he got his words from the Father
a. Luke 4:32-That tells me
that Heaven was backing His words
b. Luke 4:35-36, Mark 4:41-When
he exercised his authority it worked
2.
If
you get what you say and get what you do from the Father then what you say and
what you do will be said and done with authority because the Father will back
it
3.
You want to speak with
authority and power? This is how speak only the words of God
V.
John 3:35-How much
spirit, how much power, how much authority you can be trusted with is
determined by how well you say what you’re told to say and do what you’re told
do
A. If you want the Father to
give you more to do, more to say, greater assignment, then prove yourself
trustworthy by saying only what he tells you to say and doing only what he
tells you to do
1.
1
Corinthians 4:2-To be trusted with more, it is required that you be found
faithful
B. God knew he could trust
Jesus because he knew Jesus would only say and do what he was told
1.
The
Father could trust Him with the spirit (the authority and the power), with any
assignment (to say and do anything) and He knew he could trust Jesus because
Jesus proved himself faithful over and over again by only doing and saying what
He was told