When I was in grade school there were so many people coming to church that they had four services every Sunday morning.

The Scott Park Gang would even attend, wearing heel plates on Beatle boots producing a thunderous sound on tile, as twenty five of them would walk in fashionably late. My point is that back then, even the bad guys attended church services. According to recent research, the average professing Christian today attends church services 1.5 times per month.

The spiritual eggheads of America’s religious kingdom have decided that the solution is to conduct one hour services or less, build out elaborate coffee shops to compete with Starbucks, and provide bigger and better entertainment. Not one researcher suggested we invite the Holy Spirit to come back. BTW, you will never experience a one hour service around here. God’s Word and the Holy Spirit are to be the main attraction and when God the Holy Spirit is in charge, you don’t need other allurements.

Paul closed out 2 Corinthians by praying, “… the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.” We’re to be experiencing a personal, directed, empowered, lock step, vibrant fellowship with God the Holy Spirit. You can’t even be a Christian without being sealed with the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon (epi) you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and even to the remotest parts of the earth (Acts 1:8).” Have you received God’s life changing empowerment?

The many eyewitnesses of Jesus Christ were not even empowered to take the gospel to this world. The one hundred twenty praying in the upper room were empowered only as they were filled and in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit. Jesus never told the one hundred twenty, “Print business cards, build a web page, and start classes on self-improvement.” Nothing changed until they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.

Be Filled and in Fellowship
Pastor Huck