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Outpouring of the Holy Spirit XV
20 September 2026

Outpouring of the Holy Spirit XV

Pastor Tony Kapola

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Chapters
    (00:00:00) - Opening prayer and scripture reading (Ephesians 2)(00:01:55) - Recap of the 90-day fasting journey(00:03:25) - Defining grace: being qualified though unqualified(00:04:19) - Placing limits on God through conditions and rituals(00:05:22) - Pastor's personal testimony of legalistic fasting(00:07:41) - The old covenant and God's oath to Himself(00:11:02) - Story of fasting struggles and health scare(00:15:14) - Fasting with humility, not as a bargaining tool(00:16:20) - Paul's ministry of grace vs law for the Gentiles(00:16:56) - Grafted in: Gentiles receiving grace after Israel's rejection(00:19:54) - John's Gospel: receiving Christ and becoming children of God(00:21:08) - Understanding eternal life as knowing God's nature(00:22:40) - Faith versus works in receiving God's power(00:24:15) - Origin of sin: disobedience of Adam and Eve(00:28:21) - Sin defined as missing the mark(00:30:28) - God's holiness and why Jesus had to come(00:32:27) - Jesus paying the price for missing the mark(00:33:10) - Receiving grace instead of self-payment for sin(00:34:45) - Tree of life vs tree of knowledge of good and evil(00:35:44) - God's covenant with Abraham begins by grace(00:36:38) - Noah's faith and pleasing God through belief(00:38:56) - Faith comes by hearing, pleasing God through belief(00:41:58) - Abraham's calling and God's unconditional promise(00:42:12) - Abraham's doubt and the sacrifice of animals(00:44:09) - Analyzing Genesis 12: God's call and blessing to Abram(00:45:28) - Purpose: showing the goodness of God to the world(00:46:45) - Abraham given the land before building the altar(00:47:40) - Child sacrifice culture and Abraham's background(00:50:28) - God gives before we give: the order of grace(00:51:00) - Personalizing God: 'God of so-and-so' testimonies(00:57:33) - Sacrifice follows blessing, not the reverse(00:59:37) - Call to build altars and be generous once wealthy(01:02:20) - Wealth, influence, and providing jobs as testimony(01:04:56) - Comparing mindsets: control of economy vs escapism(01:06:36) - Christian obsession with rapture versus building on earth(01:11:29) - Worship as work: the Hebrew concept of Avoda(01:13:16) - Rebuke of poverty mindset and trusting God for wealth(01:17:00) - Doubt delays the promise: Abraham's covenant ceremony(01:20:39) - How doubt delays miracles but does not cancel them(01:22:27) - Israel's exile explained through covenant and doubt(01:30:19) - Idolatry, false gods, and the first commandment's weight(01:32:52) - Warning against superstition and demonic deception stories(01:38:36) - We limit God's power through self-made conditions(01:40:06) - Ephesians 2 revisited: dead in sin, made alive by grace(01:46:17) - Seated with Christ: our position in heavenly places(01:51:53) - Authority and position over spirits through Christ(01:54:30) - Grace to be shown in ages to come(02:00:19) - Grace as a gift received by faith, not works(02:02:46) - Closing prayer of thanksgiving for grace and offering(02:04:50) - Closing announcements and offering information