God Pleasers
Pastor Erickson preaches from Hebrews 11:6 that without faith it is impossible to please God, and he shows that a God pleaser must first believe that God is and then diligently seek him as a rewarder. He traces the promise of the Holy Ghost from the Old Testament prophets to the day of Pentecost and calls people to repent, be baptized in Jesus name and receive the Holy Ghost that night.
The message in 6 points
Pleasing the one who matters
He reads Hebrews 11:6 and gives the title God Pleasers. A young pastor who tried to please everyone ended up exhausted and nobody was happy. No one can please everyone, he says, but anyone can please God.
1:10:38Step one: believe that he is
The Bible is full of events that are impossible to believe without faith, from creation and the flood to the Red Sea, Jonah, the virgin birth and the resurrection. Faith is not a suggestion but a divine requirement and the foundation of our relationship with an invisible God.
1:15:27Sin began with distrust
In Genesis 3 the serpent's first words question what God said, and Eve takes the bait through the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life. So the way back to God always begins with trusting him again, as the heroes of faith did, not because they were perfect but because they believed.
1:21:16Step two: he is a rewarder
God gives, and he still gives the gift of the Holy Ghost to those who diligently seek him. Recalling his visit to the upper room and the place Peter preached in Jerusalem, he says the new birth of water and Spirit is commanded, and that every time the Bible records the Holy Ghost being received, tongues follow.
1:28:49A Spirit that stays
In the Old Testament the Spirit came upon leaders for a time, but Jesus promised a Comforter who abides forever. The greatest continuing miracle is that God still pours out his Spirit every day, a promise foretold by Joel, Isaiah and Ezekiel that the Old Testament saints never received.
1:38:05Believe, then obey the plan
Belief comes before repentance, but belief alone is not enough. He asks the church to remember the day they believed, repented, were baptized and received the Holy Ghost, and calls everyone who is hungry to the altar to seek the promise that night.
1:49:12
In his words
“The bottom line is there's no way that I can please everyone. There's no way that a preacher, that a pastor can please everyone. However, here's the bottom line. I can please at least one.”
“This is not a suggestion. This is an absolute divine requirement. Faith is our foundation of the relationship we have with God.”
“If you can believe dead men walk out of tombs, then you can believe that you can be filled with the Holy Ghost tonight.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Hebrews 11:6
6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
King James Version.
Genesis 3:4-6
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
King James Version.
Acts 2:38-39
38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
King James Version.
John 3:5
5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
King James Version.
Acts 2:4
4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
King James Version.
Acts 19:5-6
5When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
King James Version.
1 Corinthians 14:18
18I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
King James Version.
John 14:16
16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
King James Version.
Joel 2:28-29
28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
King James Version.
Isaiah 28:11-12
11For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. 12To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
King James Version.
Isaiah 44:3
3For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
King James Version.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
King James Version.
Hebrews 11:39-40
39And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
King James Version.
Luke 24:49
49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
King James Version.
Acts 1:5
5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
King James Version.
Acts 1:8
8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
King James Version.
Acts 2:16
16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
King James Version.
Acts 2:33
33Therefore 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.
King James Version.
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