{"id":598,"date":"2011-11-20T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=598"},"modified":"2011-11-20T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T16:52:00","slug":"they-reflect-gods-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2011\/11\/they-reflect-gods-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"They Reflect God&#8217;s Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>QUESTIONS FOR #10- They Reflect God\u2019s Spirit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Do you agree with the statement that maturing\/growing Christians will take on the character traits of Jesus?\u00a0 How does that happen?<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 In the sermon Bill mentioned a three line \u201cditty\u201d by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro.\u00a0 It was:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">When an idea enters our head, it\u2019s called <em>information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">When it touches our heart, it\u2019s called <em>inspiration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">But when it bleeds out our toes and fingernails, it\u2019s called <em>incarnation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on that?\u00a0 What does he mean by incarnation\/<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 What does it mean to be \u201cfilled with the Spirit\u201d according to Eph.5:18?\u00a0 Maybe a better question to start with is \u201cwho is the Holy Spirit to you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 What contrast is Paul showing in this verse?\u00a0 How does that contrast manifest itself in your explanation?<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 The original language actually says, \u201cBe being filled.\u201d\u00a0 Why does that make sense?\u00a0 {Answer was given in sermon}\u00a0 J<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Living the Christian life is a supernatural undertaking or it will be worthless and fruitless.\u00a0 What does being sensitive to the Lord\u2019s leading have to do with this?\u00a0 How can a person \u201chear\u201d God speak?<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 The result of being filled with the Spirit and listening to God\u2019s voice is producing the fruit of the Spirit.\u00a0 What are those fruit and how would you describe them?<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 As a wrap-up to this lesson (and to the series), please read 2 Peter 1:8.\u00a0 Any thoughts you care to share as you finish this study?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUESTIONS FOR #10- They Reflect God\u2019s Spirit 1.\u00a0 Do you agree with the statement that maturing\/growing Christians will take on the character traits of Jesus?\u00a0 How does that happen? 2.\u00a0 In the sermon Bill mentioned a three line \u201cditty\u201d by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro.\u00a0 It was: When an idea enters our head, it\u2019s called information. When &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2011\/11\/they-reflect-gods-spirit\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-group-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":601,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}