INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
Insights From "Church, Read The Book Of Acts, & Get Ready!" by Donnie Swaggart - CHAPTER 310/7/2020 "THE RIVER OF THE SANCTUARY: Ezekiel 47:1-9. The River is a type of the Holy Spirit. Water symbolizes the life of the Holy Spirit. The strength & power of our churches is directly related to how much of the river is allowed to flow."
"...there is no church without the Holy Spirit." "...the church today must be a Spirit-filled church in order to be a New Testament church." "1. THE SOURCE OF THE RIVER: The source of the river is the sanctuary, the throne of Jehovah. Everything that is spiritual must begin in the Father's house, the sanctuary. It doesn't begin with the ideas, formulas or programs designed by man. That which is of God doesn't begin around a boardroom table as men try to formulate plans, but it must begin in the sanctuary." "...Verse 1 ...the door is Christ, for we know that there is no access to the Father except we first go through the Son. He is the door." "...'And, behold, waters issued out,' ...the Holy Spirit who issues forth from Christ." "The phrase, 'From under the threshold,' speaks of the floor, denoting humility. To receive the mighty infilling of the Holy Spirit, one must humble himself before Christ." "2. THE COURSE OF THE RIVER: ...the Holy Spirit could not reside in the hearts & lives of believers until Jesus Christ paid the price through the shedding of innocent blood at Calvary's Cross." "The course of the river is the Cross of Christ. As A.N. Trotter said so long ago, 'Everything comes through the blood of Jesus.' Salvation, the Holy Spirit, grace, sanctification, & justification come through what Christ did on the Cross." "3. THE FORCE OF THE RIVER: In Verse 7, the phrase, 'Very many trees on the one side & on the other,' shows us the force of the river as trees in Bible symbolism signify the production of fruit in us." "...the Spirit will do what is needed in us for us to produce the fruit of the Spirit (Mat. 7:17-20)." Church, Read The Book Of Acts, & Get Ready!, by Donnie Swaggart, pgs. 25 - 30.
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September 2023
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