KNOWING JESUS IN THE SPIRIT

How well do we know Him?

Jesus returned to the Father in heaven, so the Holy Spirit could be sent to us (John 16:7-15).  It is the Holy Spirit ministry to reveal Jesus to us.  In fact we cannot really know Jesus except through the Holy Spirit.

That is why it is so important that every believer on Jesus needs to go on and be filled with the Holy Spirit as Jesus command to His followers that they “go no further” until they be endured with power (dunamis) from on high.” -  Luke 24:49

Worship Jesus in the Spirit 

1 Corinthians 5:16

16 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Jesus Christ can no longer be known through natural or intellectual means (2 Cor.5:16). He can only be known “in the Spirit.”

God is a Spirit. Worship is in the spirit.  When we worship Him in the Spirit we can connect to God and even hear His voice and witness in our hearts.

The Book of Revelation

Apostle John in the isle of Patmos was a barren, sterile island that never saw any fruitfulness of anything that was planted there. John was sent there to die a slow, cruel death by starvation. He had the Holy Spirit and instead of giving to the natural circumstances and believing there was no hope, no rescue, no future but to die. His choice was between yielding to the flesh or yielding to the Spirit within him. He chose to yield to the Holy Spirit.

The Power of Choice

CHOOSING TO BE IN THE SPIRIT

Revelation 1:10 - “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, I heard behind me a loud voice” John testified two things that happen when in the Spirit. He hear a voice (Jesus)   He see Who the voice comes from (Jesus)

When we are “in the Spirit”  that voice is the voice of revelation right from the heart of God.  It is the voice of truth and it always reveals more of the real Jesus to us.  We know the true Jesus only by the Holy Spirit. So John in the Spirit had a revelation of Jesus Christ. He saw Him as He really is!

So “in the Spirit” God trusts us with information that enables us to hear and see things as they really are.  They are not polluted with man’s interpretation and man’s  understanding of Biblical truth.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ - Rev. 1:1  

“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants – things which must shortly take place.”

Many Christians view the Book of Revelation as mainly a book of end-time events. But the Book of Revelation is first and foremost “the revelation of Jesus Christ”  Rev.1:1. We must never by-pass the Person of Jesus and focus on “events”. Nothing must ever be allowed to take the place of Jesus!

Jesus Reveal to John His Names. When Jesus reveals Himself to John He reveals all His Names in Revelation.

I Am - Rev. 1:8; 1:18

The Alpha – Rev. 1:8; 1:11; 21:6; 22:13

The Omega

The Beginning

The Ending

The Faithful Witness – Rev. 1:5;3:14

The First Begotten of the Dead – Rev. 1:5

The Prince of the Kings of the Earth 1:5

The Word of God 1:2, 9; 6:9; 20:4

The Amen – 3:14

The Lion of Judah 5:5

The Lamb of God 5:6; 5:12

Kings of Kings, Lord of Lords 17:14; 19:16

Kings of Saints 15:3

The Tabernacle of God & the Bright and Morning Star

When John got in the Spirit God showed him truth that he could not learn or know in any other way.  He received revelation of the Spirit  and saw Jesus as He had never been seen before (that we know of).  Jesus was revealed “by the Spirit” to John by at least 75 different names in the book of Revelation. If you have a pen write down all the names by which Jesus was revealed to John.

 Some Names of Jesus:  75 names.  It was in the Spirit these names were revealed to John in his exile.

QUESTIONS!

How well do we know Jesus (Bible Jesus)

How filled are we with the Holy Spirit?

How often do we choose to be “In the Spirit”?

Do we so know the Holy Spirit of Truth that Jesus can reveal Himself to us with any name He desires?

We only recognize and know Jesus by a few names. Each of His Names gives us a different revelation of His Person and Character.