Reidhead Sermon Report
Sermon Name:
The Crisis of Experience
Theme:
Scripture:
Pneumatology
Acts 19:1-6
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Sermon Overview
Reidhead distinguishes between "knowing about" God and "experiencing" Him. He argues that the Christian walk requires specific "crises of experience"—such as the crisis of repentance and the crisis of the filling of the Spirit —where truth becomes a personal, transformative reality rather than just a doctrine.
Key Principles
Truth vs. Experience:Move past "knowing the theory" of the Bible into a "God-wrought experience" of its reality.
Crisis of New Birth:Ensure you have had a definitive "encounter" where you were translated from death to life.
Appropriating Fullness:Enter the "crisis of the filling" where you finally hand the scepter of your life to the Resident Teacher.
Beyond Intellect:Refuse to settle for "intellectual assent"; demand a "transformative reality" in your heart.
Agent of Experience:Look to the Holy Spirit as the One who moves truth from your "head" to your "heart."
God-Wrought Permanence: Trust that an experience "wrought by God" in a crisis will leave a permanent mark on your nature.
Obedience for Maintenance: Maintain your "spiritual fire" through daily, moment-by-moment obedience to the Resident Teacher.
Witness of Presence:Aim for a life so "marked by God’s presence" that others are convicted by your mere proximity.