Demonstrations of the Spirit
True or False, weeping is a demonstration of brokenness?
True
True or False, Isaac made a demonstration of wrestling with the Lord?
False (it was Jacob).
Who in the New Testament is recorded as preaching "with demonstration and with power"?
The Apostle Paul
True or False, clapping hands is recorded in the scriptures?
True (Psalm 47:1; Isaiah 55:12; Psalm 98:8)
Abraham's test by God was to see if his love for the ______ was greater than his love for the _________.
Gift; Giver
True or False, clapping hands is a demonstration of surrender?
False. Clapping hands is a demonstration of victory!
What was Abraham's ultimate demonstration of worship before God?
The "uplifted knife." When he offered up his son Isaac on the altar before God.
What demonstration did Jesus make when going to the Garden of Gethsemane?
He danced!
SWORD DRILL!!
Psalm 100:1
"Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands" (Psalm 100:1)
Which demonstration has a spiritual counterpart of separation?
Shaking in the Spirit.
When we pray together in the Spirit, what demonstration are we making?
Joshua made two demonstrations upon seeing Christ, the Captain of the host of the LORD. What were they?
Falling prostrate and taking off his shoes.
What does it mean in Matthew 26:30 when it says "they...sung a hymn"?
Transliterated the words say, "they psalmed a psalm".
SWORD DRILL!!
Jeremiah 23:9
"Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets: all my bones shake: I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness." (Jeremiah 23:9)
SWORD DRILL!!
Psalm 30:11-12
"Thou has turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou has put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever." (Psalm 30:11-12)
State the two spiritual counterparts to these demonstrations of worship:
Travailing Prayer and Quivering Lips
Agony (travail) and Humility (quivering lips)
What was Isaac's demonstration of worship and obedience to God?
He peacefully re-dug the wells which his father had previously dug after they were stopped up by his enemies.
Jesus Christ said He came to fulfill all of the words recorded in what three places of scripture?
The Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.
Locate the scriptures where we read about the Apostle Paul demonstrating in the power of the Spirit while preaching.
I Corinthians 2:1-5
What are the four classes of dancing as revealed by the four Hebrew words for dancing?
Round dance, Whirling dance, Spiraling dance, and Leaping/Skipping dance.
State the three spiritual counterparts to these demonstrations of worship:
Dancing, Leaping, and Noise
Union (dancing), Quickening of new life/light (leaping), Power (noise).
When wrestling with the angel of the LORD a certain Patriarch had the hollow of his thigh touched. What is the thigh a picture of?
The procreating powers of the human will.
Why did the Apostle Paul preach in a spirit of weakness and humility, while also relying on the demonstration and power of the Spirit?
So that the faith of the church would not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Where in the scriptures is the first use of the Hebrew word for worship "shaw-khaw"?
Genesis 18:2
"And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed H7812 himself toward the ground..."
Where in the New Testament can we find Jesus subtly endorsing dancing in church?
In the story of the Prodigal Son.
Luke 15:25
"Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house (the Father's house), he heard music and dancing."