Vineyard Church of the Peninsula Vineyard Church of the Peninsula

Jesus’ death was the payment of our ransom, redeeming us out of the grip of sin and death. It was the turning point in the war between God and Satan. Victory (Satan’s ultimate defeat) was now determined with a fixed end date (unknowable to us). At Pentecost, Jesus furnished his now-redeemed ones with all the power and protection they would need in the battles to be faced as that date approached. His Pentecost gift, the Holy Spirit, would be their in-house life coach, intimate friend, battle strategist (prayer counselor), and director of Love’s communications.
Proverbs 4:20-27, Luke 21:29-36


4:20-27 – A parent’s ______________________________________________





Luke 21: 29-33 – A prophetic _________________________________________





Luke 21: 34,35 – A priest’s ____________________________________________





Luke 21: 36 – A King’s _______________________________________________

Jesus, and the entire duration of his ministry, was a revelation of the Father’s plan. The disciples, and the crowds, often missed the truths constantly being opened up for them, tending instead to stay focused on the spectacular, like miracles of healing (even from the dead!) and crowd feeding and dominion over nature. These were meant simply to illustrate the dynamic truth of the Father’s love. Signs and wonders were never intended as the main event.
John 14:15-28
Seven (beyond spectacular) Eternal Promises –


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This week we had a visit by special guests Duke and Marie Lancaster. Marie shares a message about the true meaning of the book of Revelation and Duke leads a ministry time following the message.

Duke and Marie are mission mobilizers with Vineyard USA and visit various churches around the country, as well as internationally.

The unleashing of the Holy Spirit was a great pushing forward. It pushed the disciples forward along a path with no clear next steps. It pushed crowds of new believers in Jesus to quit old ways and begin to learn his ways. It pushed Jewish leadership to re-think beliefs and traditions and their manmade hierarchy. It soon brought pushback from that leadership in the form of resistance, anger, fear-fueled, murderous fury, and ultimately, widespread persecution of all those who claimed the name of Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Acts 7:48-60



1-47 – Stephen’s ______________________________________________





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  54-60 – Stephen’s ___________________________________________

The Pentecost pyrotechnics in that upper room were the prelude, not the main event. They signaled the birthing of Jesus’ church and brought his disciples front and center in a brand-new Kingdom adventure. What began as a Spirit-powered, forward-propelling, impacted the disciples with such force they were instantaneously transformed. Through them, huge crowds would begin to be drawn to Jesus’ church. His church (pardon the pun) was off to a roaring start.
Acts 2:11-41


11-16 – Holy Spirit ____________________________________________




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PENTECOST SUNDAY

The Pentecost Event was an incisive Kingdom invasion, with Jesus not waiting for the disciples to attain to a state of full readiness. It was clearly a ready-or-not overwhelming. They had been told (Luke 24:49) they would be ‘clothed with power from on high,’ (NIV) or that ‘the power of heaven would fall upon them and wrap around them’ (TPT). This was a no turning back moment, resulting in them (and every disciple to follow through centuries to come) being infused with more life, more strength, more power, more courage, more insight, than they could possess on their own. They had undergone a radical Kingdom makeover.

Luke 24:32-49

1. vv. 32-35 – Jesus ___________________________________________________

2. vv. 36-40 – Jesus ___________________________________________________

3. vv. 41- 43 - Jesus ___________________________________________________

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