From the Aug. 29 sermon, "Jesus Rejoices in the Holy Spirit," on Luke 10:17-24: The bad news is we have an enemy who’s at war against us. The good news is Jesus is in authority over him and he delegates his authority to us. Even better than that, if we are Christians, our names are written in heaven. So, Jesus tells us to rejoice because he wins, rejoice because we know God, and rejoice because the kingdom is coming. Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, not his circumstances. Pastor Mark also offers ten practical life applications for rejoicing in the Holy Spirit.

There is no knowledge of God, there is no revelation of God, there is no declaration of God apart from Jesus. Some of you say, "That’s very offensive." What’s more offensive to God are false religions that would encourage you to know the Father apart from the Son, meaning you don’t know him at all. We don’t want for you morality, religion, or spirituality. We want the Father’s love. We want you adopted into the church, the Father’s family. We want you to receive the Father’s inheritance, which begins with a down payment of the Holy Spirit, and that is only made possible through seeing and savoring Jesus as Lord, God, Savior, and Christ. Do you know Jesus? Have you met Jesus? Mars Hill, do you love Jesus? Some of you are here today and you would say, "I believe in God." Jesus is who you need to get to know. Some of you would say, "But I’m very spiritual." Spirituality apart from Jesus is demonology. Get to know Jesus. You cannot know Jesus without the Holy Spirit. You cannot know the Father without Jesus.