2. Operating under the
influence/guidance of the Holy Spirit
• John 20 : 23 = Jesus
• Acts 7 : 55 = Stephen
• Acts 11 : 24 = Barnabas
• Acts 13 : 9 = Apostle Paul
• Romans 8 : 9 = Apostle Paul mission trip to Rome – addressing the
Romans
• Romans 8 : 13 = Apostle Paul addressing the Romans
• 1 Corinthians 2 : 13 = Apostle Paul teaching the church of Corinth
• Galatians 5 : 16 = Apostle Paul teaching the Galatians
• Galatians 5 : 25 = Apostle Paul teaching the Galatians
3. Who Am I ?
o We are made of 3 parts!
o You have a spirit (Gen 2:7)
o You have a soul (1
Corinthians 15:45)
o You have a body(
1 Corinthians 6:19)
o We have 4 entry gates
1. The mind gate
2. The emotion gate
3. The speech gate
4. The carnal gate
Spirit
Meaning
Purpose
Love
Body
(function)
Organs
Senses
Brain
Soul
(personality)
Conscious Mind
Thinking
Reasoning
Subconscious
Mind
Beliefs
Attitude
Feelings
Emotions
Memories
Heart
We are spirit, have a soul and live in a body
Our
Relationships
4. The 3 Heaven's
• The words Heavens occurs 127 times in the KJV bible.
• Gen 2 : 1, Gen 2 : 4, Deutr 10 :14, 1 Chron 16 : 31 etc…….
• 1st Heaven = Earth, the realm we see with the naked eye
• 2nd Heaven = Satan and his fallen angels rules (Rev 12:4)
• 3rd Heaven = God’s Throne (Heb 8:1)
•From which heaven do you operate?
• Who controls/occupy your mind?
5. The Basis = Galatians 5 :16 – 26
• Apostle Paul had to remind the church of Galatia about their fleshly
natures, attitudes, behaviors which is the nature of the flesh, the
carnal mind!
• He even referred then to the concept of being confined by “self”
(Verse 15).
• Self cannot operate and should not operate in the church today
therefore it is important for us to be circumcised (spiritually of the
flesh).
• That’s why Apostle Paul taught the church of Corinth about the fruits
of the Holy Spirit. What fruit do you bare? What fragrance are you
giving off to others? Are you drawn to others? Is there something
different about you??
7. The “New Wineskin”
• There is a process that is very meticulous to make a wineskin.
1) The Skin Selection
It is carefully selected! Which means we are carefully selected
by God at the right time for His Glory.
2) The Stitching process
It has to be stitched to become airtight! To prevent leakages!
Once it is stitched, it is turned inside out - this speaks of being
refined, being refined by the Holy Spirit, your thoughts, habits,
behavior, character, reasoning, attitude, feelings, emotions, will
etc..
The familiar stuff in our lives will be confronted during this
process – the mindset, strongholds, negative patterns,
unpleasing behaviors that is in contrary to the Fruits of the Holy
Spirit.
8. The “New Wineskin”
3) The Sealing process
Resin (oil) is used. Resin is a plant material, used to make
essential oils like Myrrh, Frankincense.
Resin is applied to the inside of the wineskin.
Resin is heated up & applied to make it waterproof – nothing
must leak out!
Resin is the Holy Spirit, it is the rubbing of the Holy Spirit.
Resin makes the wineskin flexible and pliable – Are you
allowing the Holy Spirit to do this?
You don’t want to leak out right?
If you don’t allow the Holy Spirit (Resin) to confront those
familiar things, it will become cracks in the wineskin!
The resin represent the dry areas of our life, the hardened
areas of our life.
9. The “New Wineskin”
3) The Sealing process
Hold onto what God wants to do in your life.
Hold onto to what God wants to pour out into your life.
We all want to overflow right!!!??
We don’t want to leak or have cracks right!!??
We are layered individuals, that has gone through trauma, different
levels of trauma, allow the Holy Spirit (resin) to set you free from
the trauma, offence, bitterness, control, anger, resentment etc…..
These things can become “familiar” things in our lives, we can
choose to accept it, cuddle it which will become part of your being,
your inner spirit man, you can learn to live with it BUT NO it is a
crack that God wants to heal.
No matter your level of trauma/woundedness, God’s grace goes
deeper. If you allow the resin to shape you, mold you, He wants to
fix those broken cracks!
Isaiah 58:2 “let go of the old”
10. The “New Wineskin”
4) The finishing process
The rim/mouth peace is fitted on – representing the Break of
God, His Ruach that he is breathing in you (Gen 2:7)
The stitching is checked to see for any possible leaks – this
is a continual process. You will be put to the test,
challenged, each of us must go through a wilderness -
Jesus went through it. Prophetic people will be hidden for a
season! That is good because this is the time of being
processed/shaped for His Glory.
At this stage when God is done with you, you can then start
to overflow, become prophetic, flow in the gifts of the Holy
spirit, operate in different offices of the church etc….
11. Summary
• God wants to make the wineskin NEW!
• Wineskin is a container.
• Are you a container of the Holy Spirit?
• Are you a container of what God wants to pour out?
• We need to steward what God puts in us!
• It is 1 thing to come under the touch and anointing of the Holy
Spirit = moment. But it is also 1 thing to become a container of
the Holy Spirit = continually
• Renewal of the mind is vital (Romans 12:@ ).
Your body is also the temple for the Holy Spirit (1 Corinth 6:19).