Message: “The Spirit Helps Us In Our Weakness” from Tom Leonard
A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” he Spirit Helps Us In Our Weakness
Romans 8:26-28
Main Point:
Jesus sent His Spirit to live in us and help us in our weakness
that we may live as His witnesses in this world!
John 14:16-18
Jesus promised to send the ‘ Helper ’ (paracletos) = ‘One who comes alongside, assists’, to be in us!
Verse 26a – The Spirit assists us in our weakness. .
Weakness (astheneo) = in infirmity, feebleness of mind or body, moral frailty .
Assist = ‘to lay hold of along with.’
Verse 26b Example- We do not know how (or ‘what’) we ought to pray, but the Spirit intercedes for us…
Intercede = speak to the Father on our behalf (regarding that in which we are weak).
>With groans that words cannot express (unutterable)
Verse 27 The Spirit intercedes for us in accordance with God’s will.
New Living Translation – ‘And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will.’
Verse 28 A promise to lay hold of!
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