Good afternoon, everyone.
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Before we begin
because I'm not smart enough
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or intelligent
enough to communicate
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the realities of
the gospel to you,
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I say let's go to our knees.
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Is that all right?
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And let's ask
God for special help.
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Father in Heaven, we
just want to thank You
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and praise You for Your grace
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that You've
extended to us once again.
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To be able to come
into this place of worship,
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to be in Your presence.
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And Father, as we open the Word,
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we dare not open it without
the gift of Your Holy Spirit
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which is the only
effectual teacher of truth.
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So we pray for
this gift right now,
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we pray for
thoughts and feelings
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that reflect Your own.
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And we pray all these
things in the name of Jesus
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and we claim the
merits of His holy
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and most precious blood.
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Amen, amen.
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So a few years
back I was at home
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visiting my mom and my dad.
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And I heard a
little ruckus in the room
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where my mom was and my sisters
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were in the room
causing my mom some distress.
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So as a good
momma's boy as I am,
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I went to the room to handle it.
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And I went told my sisters
to stop talking to my mom
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the way they
were talking to her.
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Of course, my sister
didn't pay me any mind
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and she continued to talk.
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So I said to her, look,
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if you don't stop
talking to her right now,
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I want to knock
you out, little sis.
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She continued to persist
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and talk the way she was talking
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and so I did what I had to do.
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I grabbed my little sister
up, put her on my shoulder,
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walked her out the room
and threw her into the closet.
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Now you have to understand,
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this is after I
already know Jesus,
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this is after I already
claimed that I'm a Christian
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and I took my
sister put in the closet,
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close the door and I
went down into the basement.
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Now I went to the basement not
because I was mad at my sister,
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I think more so I
was in the basement
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because I was mad at myself.
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I figured that if I knew Christ
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my behavior should
be somewhat different
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and I was completely frustrated
with trying to be a Christian.
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So, as I was
sitting in the basement
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musing in my own frustrations,
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I began to curse God.
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And I heard a
little voice say to me,
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"Andre, go talk to your father."
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And I didn't want to
go talk to my father,
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I was upset, I would go upstairs
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and beat my sister up but no,
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I didn't want to
go talk to my father.
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I kept sitting there and
a voice said to me again,
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"Go talk to your father."
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And I said I don't
want to talk to my dad.
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And one more time it said,
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"Andre, go talk to your father."
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So I got up, went upstairs,
second floor, third floor,
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I went to the third floor
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and I was going to turn
left to go talk to my dad
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and I thought, you know what,
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let me just go
let my sister know
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what's up one more time.
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But I don't know
I-- I turned left,
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I went talk to my dad.
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He's sitting in the room
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typing on the
computer, typing away.
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He doesn't even look at
me when I walk into the room.
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And he's typing and typing,
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I said, dad, I
need to talk to you.
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He said, oh, yes, son, go ahead.
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What do you need to talk about?
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And he's typing still
not even looking at me.
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I said no, dad, really,
I need to talk to you, man.
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So he stops what he's
doing, turns his chair around,
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he looks at me, he
says, what's up, son?
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You know, I just wanted to
have a simple conversation,
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like a regular, dad, you know
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I'm just pretty much
done with Christianity,
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its too hard for me
to try to be a good guy.
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And that's what I wanted to say.
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I wanted just to say dad,
I'm done with Christianity.
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But you know
what came out instead?
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Instead of me just saying
I'm done with Christianity,
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I'm done with
God, what came out was,
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I hate God! I hate Him!
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That was strange.
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Why would I say that?
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But it came out. And my
dad didn't say anything.
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Now if you know my dad,
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you know, you'd
know he don't play that.
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It's not his
normality to sit there
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while his son is
behaving the way he is,
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but he sat there, he
got up and he gave me a hug.
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That's all he did.
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He just gave me a
hug, didn't say a word,
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didn't say anything,
he just gave me a hug.
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I thought about it,
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that hug saved
my life, you know.
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In that moment and
time as I'm cursing God,
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as I'm frustrated
with my Christianity,
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my father, my human father
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expressed my divine
Father's great love for me
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in my great frustration.
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But what happened was after that
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my mind began to
try to figure out
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what must I do to live a life
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that reflects the
reality of heaven's power?
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With that in mind I
want you to open your Bibles.
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We're going to do a Bible study.
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Is that all
right? Can we do that?
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We'll open our
Bibles to Deuteronomy
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the 11th chapter.
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Deuteronomy the 11th chapter
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and its going to appear
like this has nothing to do
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what I've just said
but pay close attention.
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Deuteronomy the 11th chapter
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and we're going to begin
reading at verse number 11
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and when you have
it, just say amen.
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Deuteronomy
11:11, the Bible says,
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"But the land,
whither you go to possess it,
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is a land of hills and valleys,
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and drinks water
of the rain of heaven.
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A land which the
Lord thy God careth for,
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the eyes of the Lord
thy God are always upon it,
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from the beginning of the year
even unto the end of the year."
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Verse 13 "And it
shall come to pass,
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if ye shall hearken
diligently unto my commandments
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which I command you this
day, to love the Lord your God,
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and to serve Him
with all your heart
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and with all your soul,
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that I will give you the rain
of your land in his due season,
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the first rain
and the latter rain,
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that thou mayest
gather in thy corn,
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and thy wine, and thine oil."
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Verse 15 "And I will send grass
in thy fields for thy cattle,
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that thou mayest
eat and be full."
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Very simple idea,
very simple idea here.
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The Bible is very simply saying
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that I'm gonna let
it rain on the land.
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I'm gonna let the crops
grow when the rain falls
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but there is a
condition to the rain falling.
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Listen to me,
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there is a
condition to the rain falling.
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You see it right
there in verse number 13,
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it says, "And it
shall come to pass,
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if ye shall hearken"
how, what's the word there?
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"Diligently."
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If you are hearken diligently
then I will send the rain.
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So I remember one
day I was washing dishes
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and my dad came
into the kitchen,
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I love my dad.
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Dad came into the kitchen
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and he picked up a
fork and looked at the fork
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and it was completely not clean.
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So my dad said Andre,
come back in the kitchen.
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So I came back in the kitchen
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and my dad began to
lecture me about my life.
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How my life is going
to be a messed up life
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because of this fork.
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And if that wasn't enough
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after he lectured me
on how messed up my life
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was gonna be based on this fork,
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he said Andre, I
want you to do something.
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I want you to take
every dish out the cupboard.
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I want you to take every fork,
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every spoon, every single one
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and I want you to
wash everything again.
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Oh, man, I was completely
not happy with that idea.
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But you know what I did
when I wash those dishes?
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I washed up those glasses
and I put 'em up to the light.
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I made sure there was
no water spots in there.
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I took those forks
and I hearken diligently.
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You hear what I'm saying?
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I hearken diligently to
the commandment of my father
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for I had no desire to
repeat this activity ever again.
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Hearken diligently, pay
attention to the details.
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You see my friends,
we're here on this planet,
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we as a people are
suffering spiritually
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because we have not paid
attention to the details.
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Details are important,
especially in the eyes of God.
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He promises to
send us rain and no,
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I'm not talking about
physical rain right now,
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I'm talking about
some special rain.
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Is that right?
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I'm talking about rain
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that will empower
God's people to live lives
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that reflect the reality
of the power of the cross.
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But let's go a little further.
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I want you to see something else
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in the same passage, verse 16.
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Verse 16 says,
"Take heed to yourselves,
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that your heart be not deceived,
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and ye turn aside,
and serve other gods,
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and worship them,
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and then the Lord's
wrath be kindled against you,
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and he shut up
heaven, that there be no rain,
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and that the land
yield not her fruit,
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and lest ye perish
quickly from off the good land
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which the Lord
thy God giveth you."
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So if you want to take one point
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from what I'm saying right now,
rain comes based on condition.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Rain comes based on condition.
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Hosea Chapter 6 now,
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the Book of Hosea, Hosea 6:3.
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Hosea 6:3,
please notice carefully
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what the Bible has to say.
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In Hosea 6:3, the Bible says
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"Then shall you know,
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if you follow on
to know the Lord,
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His going forth is
prepared as the morning,
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and He the Lord
shall come unto us as the"
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what's the word right there?
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"Rain, as the latter
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and former rain unto the earth."
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So here the Bible
describes God's coming to us,
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God's presence
is equated to rain.
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And based on what
we've already studied,
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when or how do
we know rain comes?
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Rain comes based on a what?
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Condition.
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So now go to Hosea 10:12.
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Hosea 10:12.
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The Bible says in Hosea 10:12,
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"Sow to
yourselves in righteousness,
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reap in mercy, break
up your fallow ground,
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for it is time to seek the Lord,
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until He come and rain"
what upon you, my friends?
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"Righteousness."
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So, it's time to
seek the Lord until.
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In other words, don't
stop seeking until it rains.
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Don't give up, don't act
like well, I pray for it.
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It must be
coming at some junction.
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No, the Bible says very clearly,
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pray until it rains.
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Don't stop
praying until you receive
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what God has promised.
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Let me ask you a question.
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When you decided to
come to this conference,
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did you think that
you could just come,
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have a great time,
feel good and go home?
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Is that what your plans? Is
that what you planned to do?
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Did you come just to hang out,
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fellowship with everybody,
be cool with everybody
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and then go home, and
then continue as life goes on?
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Let me tell you
something, first and foremost,
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I didn't fly 21
hours and more to come here
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to be a regular dude.
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I didn't come here
to hangout with you.
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I didn't come to be
partners and we're gonna hangout
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and be friends for life,
that's not my game plan here.
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My game plan is very simple.
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I come to receive
the blessing God promised
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He would give to
gatherings like this.
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Let me say it again, I came here
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to receive the blessing
God intended to give to people
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that come to
gatherings like this.
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You and I do not need to
leave this place without power.
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You and I don't
need to leave this place
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the same way we came.
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We do not need to leave
here as powerless Christians.
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We can leave this place knowing
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that we have a
vital connection with God.
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That's what I want.
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I want to pray until He
gives me what He's promised.
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I want you to go
to Book of Joel now,
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the Book of Joel
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or Joel as some people call it.
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Joel 2:23, please notice again
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what the Bible
says in Joel 2:23.
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The Bible says, "Be glad
then, ye children of Zion,
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and rejoice in
the Lord your God,
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for He have given you
the former rain moderately,
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and He will cause
to come down for you
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the rain, the former rain,
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and the latter rain
in the first month."
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Now as a casual
student of the Bible,
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you would, may have
missed something that
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if you had just taken
a little bit more time
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in your private
study, you would have seen.
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But and you're
studying, you study margin.
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If you have a King James Bible
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or a New King James
Bible and you study margin,
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they have a word
there for former rain
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and that word
there for former rain
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is teacher of righteousness.
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Pay attention now,
in your study Bible
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in that margin it
says the former rain
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and it says
teacher of righteousness
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and there's a word
there that says moderately
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and your margin
in your study Bible,
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it's to say
according to righteousness.
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So let's read it again
with that idea in mind.
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"Be glad then,
you children of Zion,
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and rejoice in
the Lord your God,
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for He have given you
the teacher of righteousness,
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according to righteousness."
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What does that mean?
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Who is it that
God is giving that
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is a teacher of righteousness
and according to righteousness?
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Who is it that's going
to come to the people of God
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and show them
what righteousness is
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and demonstrate that
reality in their lives?
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Keep it, keep it, keep it
there, keep it in your mind.
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I want you now to go with
me to the Book of Zechariah.
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And again I'm simply laying
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Old Testament
principles so we can apply it
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in the New
Testament here very shortly.
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In Zechariah 10:1.
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Zechariah 10:1,
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please notice here
what the Bible says.
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The Bible says, "Ask ye of
the Lord rain in the" what?
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What does it say in the what?
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"In the time of the latter rain,
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so the Lord shall
make bright clouds
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or thunder clouds and
give them showers of rain,
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to every one
grass in the field."
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So let me ask you a question.
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If the Bible
says pray for the rain
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in the time of the rain,
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should you know when
the time is for the rain?
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Should you expect it to
rain without you praying for it?
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Should you expect it to
rain without you praying for it?
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Yes or no?
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No.
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In other words, it
could be the time for the rain
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but it may not be raining.
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It could be the exact time
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that you are supposed
to receive this blessing
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but you may not be receiving it
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because you have
not asked for it.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying, my friends?
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Keep that in mind
and I want you now
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to go to the Book of John.
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John, John Chapter 14
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and we're going to
begin reading at verse 15
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and you know this
very, very well, I know.
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John 14:15 please notice
here what the Bible has to say.
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In John 14:15, the Bible says,
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"If ye love Me, "
what does it say to do?
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Now keep that principle in mind
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and I want you to
connect it in your mind
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to Deuteronomy
Chapter 11 verse--
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I believe,
verse 13 we're reading
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where it says hearken
diligently unto the what?
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Commandments.
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Hearken diligently
to the commandments
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and if you hearken diligently
what is supposed to happen?
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It's supposed to what?
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Rain. Now pay attention.
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"If ye love Me,
keep My commandments."
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The next thing we should read
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we should be reading about rain.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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Verse 16 says "And I
will pray the Father,
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and he shall give
you another Comforter,
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that he may abide
with you" How long?
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If you love Me,
keep My commandments
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and I'm gonna go
talk to my Father
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to make sure you
receive this special gift
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called the
Comforter, the Spirit of God
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so that you and I can
live spiritual, powerful life.
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But wait, there's more.
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Verse 16, verse 17 says
"Even the Spirit of truth,
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whom the world cannot receive,
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because it seeth him
not, neither knoweth him,
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but ye know him,
because he dwelleth with you,"
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and notice this,
"and shall be in you."
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Question, what is shall be?
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Is that past,
present, or future?
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Future. Shall be is future.
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So in that
present moment in time,
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the disciples did not have
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the Spirit of
God dwelling inside.
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The Holy Spirit was with them,
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the Holy Spirit
had been guiding them
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but the Holy
Spirit was not in them?
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Let me ask you a question,
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you don't have
to answer out loud.
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Did the Holy
Spirit dwell within you?
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Does the Spirit
of God from heaven
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dwell within your heart?
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I know He's with you.
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I mean, He's been with
you since you were born,
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guiding you, protecting you,
giving you knowledge, wisdom,
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got you to this place
today, no question about it.
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My question is not
whether or not the Spirit
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is with you for He's always.
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My question is,
is He inside of you?
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That's a whole
another level of relationship,
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don't you think?
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That's a whole another level
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of nearness and
closeness to God,
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where God desires to
have the inwards parts of men.
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Not simply as I were comforting
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to the realities
of what is truth,
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but its life demonstrating
the power of the gospel.
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Keep it in mind
now, we're just studying,
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but notice again at
some point in the future,
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Jesus tells His disciples
the Holy Spirit will be in you.
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Remember, I laid out
the principle already
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that there is a
time for the rain.
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You should be asking
yourself the question,
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what is the time?
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What is transpiring that
would allow the disciples
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to pray in the right
time to receive this spirit?
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Notice what else the Bible says,
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continue reading in John 14:18.
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It says, "I will not
leave you comfortless,
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I will come to you."
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Doesn't that
sound like Hosea 6:3
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when He said I will
come to you as the rain?
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It says "I will come to you.
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Yet a little while, and
the world seeth me no more,
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but ye see me, because I live,
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ye shall live also."
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Verse 20 "At that day" what day?
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The day that He comes to them,
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"At that day ye shall
know that I am in my Father,
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and ye in me, and I in you."
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At that day you're
going to know something,
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you're going to know
that I'm in my father,
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you are inside of Me
and I'm inside of you.
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You are going to know
that there is a oneness
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between broken
humanity and infinite power.
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You're not hearing me right now.
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Remember, my frustration was
how is it that God is asking me
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to live a
spiritually, powerful life
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but my life does
not reflect the reality
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of what His word says.
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And here God is making a promise
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to His disciples to
say, look, if you want power
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I'm going to show you
how you are going to get it.
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I want you to wait here,
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I'm going to go get
something special for you.
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You're not
hearing what I'm saying,
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are you hearing what I'm saying?
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I'm going to go get something
special for My children
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so they can live a life
that reflects what I died for.
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Well, wait, let's go
a little bit further.
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I want you go
to John Chapter 16,
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we're going to begin
reading at verse number 7.
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And there's so much,
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I'm skipping so
much in theses passages,
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but I think I just want to
highlight these key points.
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In John 16: 7, the Bible says,
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"Nevertheless I
tell you the truth,
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it is expedient
for you that I go away,
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for if I go not away,
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the Comforter
will not come unto you,
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but if I depart, I
will send him unto you.
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And when he is
come" pay attention.
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"And when He is come,
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He will reprove
the world of sin,
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and of
righteousness, and of judgment."
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I think about it, I say, okay.
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When the spirit comes,
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he's gonna
reprove the world of sin.
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How many of you like to
be told that you are wrong?
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Please raise your hand.
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I mean that's the
job, the first thing
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that I realized
as I read the text
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is that the spirit is gonna come
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and he's gonna say guess what?
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You are all wrong.
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Guess what, your life is
not what it's supposed to be.
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Guess what, you are
not supposed to lose
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your temper with your wife.
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Guess what, you are not supposed
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to raise your
hand to your child.
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Guess what, you're
supposed to love your enemies,
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do good to them that misuse you.
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There's no way that
you are right in yourself.
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Somebody says, I'm
praying for the Holy Spirit.
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Sometimes people want
to pray for Holy Spirit
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so they can feel
good but that's not
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what the spirit is coming to do.
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The Holy Spirit is coming
to let you know you need help.
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Holy Spirit is
coming to let you know
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that there is no
excuse for living a life
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of flawed "Christianity."
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It's gonna reprove the
word of sin, a righteousness.
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Now what of righteousness?
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I just-- I just
need you to imagine now
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what it would have
been like to walk with Jesus
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every single solitary day.
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That had to be the best ever.
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You wake up in the
morning, you wanted it 12 now,
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you sleeping in
the fields with Jesus,
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waking up with
doing your forehead.
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You are walking along the
way, Jesus is teaching you.
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He sits down.
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You see how He's
dealing with the children.
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You see how He
interacts with false leadership.
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You see how He
teaches and how He loves
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and you are just
there soaking it all in.
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Can you imagine
what that's like?
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He's demonstrating the reality
of what righteousness is.
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He is the word made flesh.
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I want to read something to you,
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if I can find it
within some reason here.
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I want to read
something to you that
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I found to be
quite, quite fascinating.
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And you'll find it here--
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let me see if I
could find it here.
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Yes, yes, Steps to
Christ, page 74, paragraph 1.
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Now watch this,
this is quite fascinating
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as I was reading this,
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talking about the
outpouring of spirit of God.
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Now watch this.
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Remember I told
you imagine Jesus,
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you're waking up
everyday, He's your teacher,
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you are watching Him,
00:23:21.40\00:23:22.55
you're interacting
with Him, watch this.
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"Henceforth through the Spirit,
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Christ was to abide continually
in the hearts of His children.
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Their union with
Him" listen to this
00:23:34.20\00:23:36.85
"Their union with
Him was closer than
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when He was
personally with them."
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Did you just
hear what I just read?
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I just told you
if I woke up everyday
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and Jesus is right
there and I'm walking
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and talking with
Him, He's teaching me,
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I would be so happy about it
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but I just read to you right now
00:23:55.21\00:23:57.42
that when Jesus sent the spirit,
00:23:57.45\00:23:59.64
it was as if He was closer
00:23:59.67\00:24:01.62
than if He was
standing here in the flesh.
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"Henceforth through the Spirit,
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Christ was to abide continually
in the hearts of His children.
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Their union with Him was closer
00:24:12.44\00:24:15.73
than when He was
personally with them.
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The light, and love, and power
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of the indwelling
Christ shown out through them,
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so that men,
beholding, 'marveled,
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that they took
knowledge of them,
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that they had been with Jesus.'"
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Oh, what a
wonderful privilege we have.
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So again I ask
the simple question,
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I'm not asking if the
spirit of God is around you,
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that is not the intent of
my thought process right now.
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My question is
does the Spirit of God
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dwell within you,
for this is the only way
00:24:45.74\00:24:48.02
that you can
truly be a Christian.
00:24:48.05\00:24:52.36
This is the only way that
00:24:52.39\00:24:53.42
you can truly
live a life in a world
00:24:53.45\00:24:55.97
and I look and
I-- it's hard, man.
00:24:56.00\00:24:57.91
I travel all over the place.
00:24:57.94\00:24:59.35
I go everywhere
00:24:59.38\00:25:00.55
and even, even in my
own private time of God,
00:25:00.58\00:25:03.61
it's as if darkness is
pressing around everywhere.
00:25:03.64\00:25:08.57
It's almost like there's nowhere
00:25:08.60\00:25:09.65
you can go
without seeing darkness.
00:25:09.68\00:25:12.10
Some temptations, some poor,
00:25:12.13\00:25:13.83
something that's just
causing righteousness to look
00:25:13.86\00:25:16.42
as if it doesn't
even exist on the planet.
00:25:16.45\00:25:20.32
And how can a
Christian live in a world
00:25:20.35\00:25:23.06
where this-- this
great miasma of darkness.
00:25:23.09\00:25:26.99
Without being involved,
without being taken in,
00:25:27.02\00:25:29.15
without being put to
sleep with all the things
00:25:29.18\00:25:31.74
that are taking
place in this world,
00:25:31.77\00:25:33.21
how can a Christian
live in a world like that?
00:25:33.24\00:25:37.65
I tell you what,
the only way to live
00:25:37.68\00:25:38.95
is if you have
indwelling Christ.
00:25:38.98\00:25:41.87
That's the only way
to live, my friends.
00:25:41.90\00:25:43.97
Please, listen
to me very carefully
00:25:44.00\00:25:45.54
and I'm stopping
to plead with you,
00:25:45.57\00:25:47.52
so you can lock
this into your mind.
00:25:47.55\00:25:49.94
Everyday when you wake
up you need to make sure
00:25:49.97\00:25:54.50
Father, take my
heart for I cannot give it,
00:25:54.53\00:25:58.20
it is Your property.
00:25:58.23\00:26:01.99
Why?
00:26:02.02\00:26:03.32
Because you can't live
00:26:03.35\00:26:04.49
the Christian
life without strength.
00:26:04.52\00:26:08.49
You can't.
00:26:08.52\00:26:10.37
And you're gonna bang
your head against the wall,
00:26:10.40\00:26:12.25
and bang your
head against the wall
00:26:12.28\00:26:13.85
trying to live righteously
without the righteous one.
00:26:13.88\00:26:19.28
Oh, I eat right. Yeah, okay.
00:26:19.31\00:26:21.46
You dress good, praise God.
00:26:21.49\00:26:23.33
How long is that
gonna last without Jesus?
00:26:23.36\00:26:28.63
You need Him.
00:26:28.66\00:26:30.19
Oh, you need Him, my friends,
00:26:30.22\00:26:31.42
just as much as
you breathe right now
00:26:31.45\00:26:32.89
you need Christ more than
you possibly can understand,
00:26:32.92\00:26:37.72
more than I understand,
even as I say it to you.
00:26:37.75\00:26:41.84
But I want to go back
to the text for a moment
00:26:41.87\00:26:43.20
because I want you to see
something in verse number 8.
00:26:43.23\00:26:46.12
In John 16:8 it says,
"And when He has come,
00:26:46.15\00:26:49.37
He will reprove
the world of sin,
00:26:49.40\00:26:51.12
and of
righteousness, and of judgment."
00:26:51.15\00:26:53.16
I'm not gonna
touch judgment right now,
00:26:53.19\00:26:54.40
I'll deal with that later.
00:26:54.43\00:26:55.61
"Of sin, because
they believe not on Me,
00:26:55.64\00:26:58.13
of righteousness,
because I go to My Father
00:26:58.16\00:27:00.51
and you see Me no
more, of judgment,
00:27:00.54\00:27:03.61
because the prince
of this world is judged.
00:27:03.64\00:27:07.48
I have yet many
things to say unto you,
00:27:07.51\00:27:09.28
but you cannot bear them now.
00:27:09.31\00:27:10.93
Howbeit" pay attention,
00:27:10.96\00:27:12.79
"Howbeit when he, the
Spirit of truth is come,
00:27:12.82\00:27:17.63
he will guide you into"
how much truth, my friends?
00:27:17.66\00:27:21.83
"All truth for he
shall not speak of himself
00:27:21.86\00:27:24.86
but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak
00:27:24.89\00:27:29.38
and he will show
you things to come.
00:27:29.41\00:27:35.11
Pause.
00:27:35.14\00:27:36.55
I want to step over into part
of the seminar from last night.
00:27:36.58\00:27:39.29
I want you to go
to Luke Chapter 24,
00:27:39.32\00:27:40.92
pay close attention
now, Luke Chapter 24.
00:27:40.95\00:27:45.28
As again this
promise has been repeated
00:27:45.31\00:27:47.36
to the disciples
and Luke Chapter 24,
00:27:47.39\00:27:50.25
I love this passage,
00:27:50.28\00:27:51.65
I love how Brother Taj
broke it down last night
00:27:51.68\00:27:54.03
and I just want
you to think with me
00:27:54.06\00:27:55.56
as I'm meditating with
you openly on this passage.
00:27:55.59\00:27:58.97
Luke 24:44, notice
what the Bible says,
00:27:59.00\00:28:01.20
it says "And he said unto them,
00:28:01.23\00:28:04.18
these are the words
which I spake unto you,
00:28:04.21\00:28:06.77
while I was yet with you,
00:28:06.80\00:28:08.71
that all things
must be fulfilled,
00:28:08.74\00:28:11.45
which were written
in the law of Moses,
00:28:11.48\00:28:13.23
and in the prophets,
00:28:13.26\00:28:14.30
and in the
psalms, concerning me."
00:28:14.33\00:28:17.71
I think about this and I say,
00:28:17.74\00:28:19.31
I wonder what
kind of Bible study
00:28:19.34\00:28:20.84
Jesus had with these guys.
00:28:20.87\00:28:23.38
Can you imagine that?
00:28:23.41\00:28:25.31
Jesus doesn't say--
00:28:25.34\00:28:27.00
you know what,
just believe in Me
00:28:27.03\00:28:28.30
because I have
wounds in My hands
00:28:28.33\00:28:30.35
and I rose from the dead.
00:28:30.38\00:28:31.47
He says that's not
how you validate truth.
00:28:31.50\00:28:34.37
The truth is
validated by the text itself,
00:28:34.40\00:28:36.57
by the verses and
Jesus begins in Genesis
00:28:36.60\00:28:39.60
goes to Malachi and
shows that He is the Messiah.
00:28:39.63\00:28:42.77
I wonder how many in
this room can do that?
00:28:42.80\00:28:46.50
Old Testament
only, not New Testament,
00:28:46.53\00:28:48.00
Old Testament
only Jesus walks in,
00:28:48.03\00:28:49.80
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
00:28:49.83\00:28:53.27
I wonder how many
have taken the time
00:28:53.30\00:28:54.62
to know Jesus simply
from the Old Testament.
00:28:54.65\00:28:57.35
But notice what verse 46 says
00:28:57.38\00:28:58.91
"And said unto
them, thus it is written,
00:28:58.94\00:29:00.58
and thus it
behooved Christ to suffer,
00:29:00.61\00:29:02.65
and to rise from
the dead the third day
00:29:02.68\00:29:05.77
and that repentance
and remission of sins
00:29:05.80\00:29:07.32
should be preached in
His name among all nations,
00:29:07.35\00:29:10.17
beginning at Jerusalem.
00:29:10.20\00:29:11.68
And ye are
witnesses of these things.
00:29:11.71\00:29:13.95
And, behold," pay
attention now verse 49
00:29:13.98\00:29:16.47
"And, behold, I send the promise
00:29:16.50\00:29:19.62
of my Father upon you
00:29:19.65\00:29:21.90
but tarry ye in
the city of Jerusalem,
00:29:21.93\00:29:25.20
until ye be endued with
power" from where, my friends?
00:29:25.23\00:29:31.58
"Until it rains on you."
00:29:31.61\00:29:34.47
Pay attention, don't go anywhere
00:29:34.50\00:29:38.16
until you know you
received the power.
00:29:38.19\00:29:41.86
Hey, guess what?
00:29:41.89\00:29:43.11
If was an attendee at
this conference, and I am,
00:29:43.14\00:29:46.04
and I'm a preacher at
this conference and I am.
00:29:46.07\00:29:48.68
I'm not leaving this place
00:29:48.71\00:29:49.74
untill I get what God
says I'm supposed to have.
00:29:49.77\00:29:54.02
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:29:54.05\00:29:55.76
That means in
four days or less now,
00:29:55.79\00:29:58.67
I intent to receive
a measure of the spirit
00:29:58.70\00:30:01.86
that I have not had as yet.
00:30:01.89\00:30:07.01
I will not let
you go, as Jacob said
00:30:07.04\00:30:09.21
until you bless me, Father.
00:30:09.24\00:30:14.33
Why would I leave here unless
I receive what He promised?
00:30:14.36\00:30:19.65
"Tarry ye in the
city of Jerusalem,
00:30:19.68\00:30:20.73
until ye be endued
with power from on high."
00:30:20.76\00:30:24.74
Go with me now
to the Book of Acts.
00:30:24.77\00:30:26.98
The Book of Acts,
beginning at Acts Chapter 1,
00:30:27.01\00:30:30.24
Acts Chapter 1
00:30:30.27\00:30:31.74
and we're getting to
the day of Pentecost now.
00:30:31.77\00:30:33.65
We're getting to the point here
we understand the conditions.
00:30:33.68\00:30:36.31
The condition is if
you hearken diligently,
00:30:36.34\00:30:39.07
is that right, everybody?
00:30:39.10\00:30:40.46
Hearken diligently,
you can't just run around
00:30:40.49\00:30:42.60
and you pray in
the time of the rain
00:30:42.63\00:30:44.80
when it's supposed to transpire.
00:30:44.83\00:30:46.09
So now we are coming close
to that time, watch carefully.
00:30:46.12\00:30:49.48
In Acts Chapter 1:4,
notice what the Bible says.
00:30:49.51\00:30:53.30
It says, "And, being
assembled together with them,
00:30:53.33\00:30:55.17
commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem,
00:30:55.20\00:30:58.43
but wait for the
promise of the Father,
00:30:58.46\00:31:02.46
which, saith he,
ye have heard of me.
00:31:02.49\00:31:05.07
For John truly
baptized with water,
00:31:05.10\00:31:08.36
but ye shall be baptized
00:31:08.39\00:31:10.74
with the Holy Ghost
not many days hence."
00:31:10.77\00:31:16.03
I want to ask you a question
not because you don't know
00:31:16.06\00:31:17.45
but because I want to make sure
you're still engaged with me.
00:31:17.48\00:31:19.67
What is the
promise of the Father?
00:31:19.70\00:31:21.01
What is it?
00:31:21.04\00:31:22.92
The Holy
Spirit. Only one person?
00:31:22.95\00:31:24.29
What is the
promise of the Holy Ghost?
00:31:24.32\00:31:27.82
I gave you the answer.
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.20
The promise of the
Father is the Holy Spirit,
00:31:30.23\00:31:33.72
tarry until you receive it.
00:31:33.75\00:31:35.49
Look at verse 7,
"And he said unto them,
00:31:35.52\00:31:38.21
is it not for you to
know the times or the seasons,
00:31:38.24\00:31:41.64
which the Father
"put in my own power"
00:31:41.67\00:31:43.74
in his own power.
00:31:43.77\00:31:44.99
But ye shall receive power,
00:31:45.02\00:31:47.77
after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you
00:31:47.80\00:31:51.54
and ye shall be witnesses
unto me both in Jerusalem,
00:31:51.57\00:31:56.88
and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria,
00:31:56.91\00:32:00.10
and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth."
00:32:00.13\00:32:03.04
Based on verse 8, who
are the witnesses unto,
00:32:03.07\00:32:07.06
based on the verse?
00:32:07.09\00:32:10.09
Are witnesses of, who
are they witnesses of?
00:32:10.12\00:32:13.18
Jesus.
00:32:13.21\00:32:14.73
Wait, are you telling me that
00:32:14.76\00:32:17.01
when I received the
power of the Spirit,
00:32:17.04\00:32:19.56
the Spirit comes to me so
that I can testify of Jesus?
00:32:19.59\00:32:25.42
That's what it's for.
00:32:25.45\00:32:26.52
I'll tell you one quick story,
I was on the plane flying,
00:32:26.55\00:32:29.24
I don't remember
where I was flying to,
00:32:29.27\00:32:30.43
it was one of
these trips I was taken.
00:32:30.46\00:32:31.74
I was on the plane
and I sat next to a guy,
00:32:31.77\00:32:35.03
he said to me sit down.
00:32:35.06\00:32:36.36
And I'm always asking the Lord,
00:32:36.39\00:32:37.69
is this the one I
should be talking to, you know.
00:32:37.72\00:32:40.15
And sometimes I
just want to sleep,
00:32:40.18\00:32:41.68
but this time I said,
00:32:41.71\00:32:42.76
is this the one I'm
supposed to talk to?
00:32:42.79\00:32:43.97
So as I'm asking the
question the guy sits down,
00:32:44.00\00:32:46.51
I said, hey,
brother, how are you doing?
00:32:46.54\00:32:47.89
He's like-- I'm like, okay.
00:32:47.92\00:32:51.78
He don't speak
English supposedly, all right.
00:32:51.81\00:32:54.07
So the next guy come sits
next to me on the other side,
00:32:54.10\00:32:56.82
he's from Berkeley University,
00:32:56.85\00:32:58.28
we started talking
and then I let him talk
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.36
for about 20
minutes just about himself.
00:33:00.39\00:33:02.57
He's talking and
after about 20 minutes
00:33:02.60\00:33:04.62
or so, he asked
me, what are you doing?
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.00
I said, oh, brother,
00:33:06.03\00:33:07.06
I'm so glad you asked, you know.
00:33:07.09\00:33:09.71
So we start-- I said, you know
00:33:09.74\00:33:10.89
I teach Daniel and Revelation.
00:33:10.92\00:33:12.31
He's like,
really? Yeah, I was like.
00:33:12.34\00:33:13.71
Have you ever read
the Book of Revelation?
00:33:13.74\00:33:14.82
He's like no, I never
read Book of Revelation.
00:33:14.85\00:33:16.26
I was like okay.
00:33:16.29\00:33:17.36
So we started going,
going to the Book of Revelation.
00:33:17.39\00:33:20.70
As I'm talking about
the Book of Revelation
00:33:20.73\00:33:22.84
and highlighting Christ
in the Book of Revelation,
00:33:22.87\00:33:25.48
the guy who did
not speak English,
00:33:25.51\00:33:28.95
he was listening very carefully.
00:33:28.98\00:33:32.15
The person in the front row
or the row right ahead of us
00:33:32.18\00:33:35.56
put his seat back
just so he can hear exactly
00:33:35.59\00:33:37.48
what we were saying.
00:33:37.51\00:33:39.07
The person across the aisle
was leaned into our conversation
00:33:39.10\00:33:42.79
and the person behind me
was over our seat looking.
00:33:42.82\00:33:45.15
Looking, when
Christ just lift it up,
00:33:45.18\00:33:51.52
He will draw how many at to him?
00:33:51.55\00:33:53.86
So the Spirit of God comes to us
00:33:53.89\00:33:55.42
not so that we
can uplift ourselves
00:33:55.45\00:33:57.14
and brag about how
righteous we are, no,
00:33:57.17\00:33:59.34
we are lifting up the man Jesus
00:33:59.37\00:34:01.28
for He is the only
means of salvation.
00:34:01.31\00:34:03.91
He is the only reason
where I can even stand
00:34:03.94\00:34:05.80
before you and
have a conversation
00:34:05.83\00:34:07.79
in some clearness of
mind about the gospel.
00:34:07.82\00:34:09.95
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:34:09.98\00:34:12.40
You pray for the
gospel, you wait for it,
00:34:12.43\00:34:13.92
you don't leave
until you know you have it
00:34:13.95\00:34:15.61
because you can't live
and witness without Him.
00:34:15.64\00:34:19.63
Now we're in Acts
Chapter 2, watch carefully now.
00:34:19.66\00:34:21.91
Acts Chapter 2:1,
00:34:21.94\00:34:24.37
the Bible says in
Acts 2:1, it says,
00:34:24.40\00:34:27.24
"And when the day of
Pentecost was fully come,
00:34:27.27\00:34:30.26
they were all with
one accord in one place."
00:34:30.29\00:34:36.99
Question, do you think
God is a respective person?
00:34:37.02\00:34:41.24
Meaning, does He
favor the disciples
00:34:41.27\00:34:43.07
over you and me right now?
00:34:43.10\00:34:45.45
I don't think so.
00:34:45.48\00:34:46.60
Okay, so let's think
about this for a second.
00:34:46.63\00:34:48.32
There are these
disciples in the upper room,
00:34:48.35\00:34:49.78
there's 120 in the upper room.
00:34:49.81\00:34:51.64
I don't know how many
people are at this conference.
00:34:51.67\00:34:54.25
I wonder 'cause I'm gonna
share with you what they did,
00:34:54.28\00:34:57.17
I wonder if we followed
the same recipe that they did
00:34:57.20\00:35:00.47
if in this place at this time
00:35:00.50\00:35:03.08
we could receive
the same benefits.
00:35:03.11\00:35:08.02
Would that be exciting to you?
00:35:08.05\00:35:10.98
I would be flabbergast,
I will be overjoyed,
00:35:11.01\00:35:14.20
if every single solitary
person in this room said,
00:35:14.23\00:35:16.75
we're gonna come on one accord.
00:35:16.78\00:35:19.25
We're gonna be one mine,
00:35:19.28\00:35:21.84
we're gonna put
all differences aside,
00:35:21.87\00:35:23.45
we're going to unite in such way
00:35:23.48\00:35:25.66
that heaven can
pour out his spirit
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.87
so Christ can be lifted up.
00:35:27.90\00:35:29.07
I wonder, would
you be interested
00:35:29.10\00:35:30.19
in having that type of power?
00:35:30.22\00:35:31.44
Would you be interested in that?
00:35:31.47\00:35:33.67
Let me read it to you,
00:35:33.70\00:35:36.04
they are all in one
place and one accord.
00:35:36.07\00:35:38.00
I want to read to
you, what they were doing
00:35:38.03\00:35:40.69
or what they did in order
for this to happen to them.
00:35:40.72\00:35:44.07
They were-- I think
I have 15 things here
00:35:44.10\00:35:46.02
but watch
carefully, you can get this
00:35:46.05\00:35:47.88
from Acts of
the Apostles page 35
00:35:47.91\00:35:50.02
just read that section there,
00:35:50.05\00:35:51.33
but I'm just gonna
highlight, what I pulled out.
00:35:51.36\00:35:53.17
Number one, they were
praising and blessing God.
00:35:53.20\00:35:57.74
They were in the temple
daily praising and blessing God.
00:35:57.77\00:36:00.49
Number two, they
came together to present
00:36:00.52\00:36:03.39
their request to the
father in the name of Christ.
00:36:03.42\00:36:07.00
Number three,
they humbled themselves
00:36:07.03\00:36:09.74
and confessed their unbelief.
00:36:09.77\00:36:13.71
Number four, they
recall Christ words
00:36:13.74\00:36:16.17
and understood their meaning.
00:36:16.20\00:36:18.98
So they thought of they
were meditating on Christ were,
00:36:19.01\00:36:20.92
what did He mean
when He said that?
00:36:20.95\00:36:22.26
I don't know, John.
What did you think, James?
00:36:22.29\00:36:23.69
And they are
going back and forth,
00:36:23.72\00:36:24.75
they recall Christ words,
00:36:24.78\00:36:26.01
then they says,
they regretted those,
00:36:26.04\00:36:29.01
they repeated those
truth to each other.
00:36:29.04\00:36:31.63
They approached themselves
00:36:31.66\00:36:33.17
for
misapprehension of their Savior.
00:36:33.20\00:36:35.83
They recalled Christ
life scene after scene.
00:36:35.86\00:36:40.93
They just thought,
they were just thinking,
00:36:40.96\00:36:42.34
what are you doing He was there?
00:36:42.37\00:36:43.61
How did he deal
with the Pharisees?
00:36:43.64\00:36:44.97
They resided, they
repeated over and over
00:36:45.00\00:36:47.35
all their mind was
thinking about was Jesus.
00:36:47.38\00:36:51.04
That was their conversation,
they were not worried about
00:36:51.07\00:36:52.94
the new
technology that came out.
00:36:52.97\00:36:54.44
They were not talking
about their favorite TV show.
00:36:54.47\00:36:56.77
They had no interest in
anything else but Christ.
00:36:56.80\00:37:01.59
They were
consumed of one passion,
00:37:01.62\00:37:03.38
one focus the man Jesus.
00:37:03.41\00:37:08.16
It says, they regret it
00:37:08.19\00:37:12.04
not paying
anymore attention to them.
00:37:12.07\00:37:15.95
They were
confident in their fact
00:37:15.98\00:37:17.02
that they were forgiving.
00:37:17.05\00:37:18.60
They prayed for
fitness to met men
00:37:18.63\00:37:22.59
to lead others to Christ.
00:37:22.62\00:37:24.00
That's what they prayed for.
00:37:24.03\00:37:26.63
They put away all
pride and supremacy.
00:37:26.66\00:37:31.07
They came close for fellowship.
00:37:31.10\00:37:33.60
They had deep heart searching.
00:37:33.63\00:37:41.17
They prayed not for themselves
00:37:41.20\00:37:42.58
but for the--
the burden of souls
00:37:42.61\00:37:45.49
and lastly they
prayed for the promise.
00:37:45.52\00:37:50.98
And they claimed the promise
00:37:51.01\00:37:52.54
that Christ had
promised to them.
00:37:52.57\00:37:57.13
I wonder if
this were our recipe,
00:37:57.16\00:37:59.70
if in this room, we said,
00:37:59.73\00:38:01.19
we're gonna put away pride
and arrogance and supremacy.
00:38:01.22\00:38:04.56
We're gonna humble
ourselves before God,
00:38:04.59\00:38:06.07
I'm gonna search my heart to see
00:38:06.10\00:38:07.85
if there is anything in my heart
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.48
that God does not want there.
00:38:09.51\00:38:11.50
I wonder if in this
place, this was done,
00:38:11.53\00:38:13.88
I wonder of heaven would be
00:38:13.91\00:38:15.20
so pleased to grant
us more of His presence.
00:38:15.23\00:38:22.28
I wonder is He a
respective persons, I think not.
00:38:22.31\00:38:28.15
Acts 2:1 again it says
00:38:28.18\00:38:29.73
"When the Day of
Pentecost had fully come,
00:38:29.76\00:38:31.58
they were all with
one accord in one place.
00:38:31.61\00:38:35.29
And suddenly there
came a sound from heaven
00:38:35.32\00:38:38.25
as of a rushing mighty wind,
00:38:38.28\00:38:40.06
and it filled all the
house where they were sitting.
00:38:40.09\00:38:43.20
And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire,
00:38:43.23\00:38:46.23
and it sat upon each of them.
00:38:46.26\00:38:49.02
And they were all filled"
they were all what my friends?
00:38:49.05\00:38:52.61
"They were all
filled with the Holy Ghost,
00:38:52.64\00:38:54.66
and began to speak
with other tongues,
00:38:54.69\00:38:57.37
as the Spirit
gave them utterance."
00:38:57.40\00:39:01.20
Now I'm gonna
share a secret with you.
00:39:01.23\00:39:03.19
It says that
they are all filled,
00:39:03.22\00:39:04.92
I want to share
a secret with you,
00:39:04.95\00:39:06.02
what was transpiring in heaven
00:39:06.05\00:39:07.85
that allow for them to
be filled on earth below.
00:39:07.88\00:39:11.16
I want you to go to the Psalms,
00:39:11.19\00:39:12.26
hold your hand
in the Book of Acts,
00:39:12.29\00:39:13.35
go to Psalms the 33rd division,
Psalms 133, 133, Psalms 133
00:39:13.38\00:39:20.85
and we're going to be
reading that verse number one,
00:39:20.88\00:39:23.86
Psalms 133:1,
00:39:23.89\00:39:26.59
pay close attention to
what the Bible has to say.
00:39:26.62\00:39:30.73
Psalms 133:1, the Bible says,
00:39:30.76\00:39:36.46
" Behold, how good
and how pleasant it is
00:39:36.49\00:39:40.94
for brethren to dwell
together" how my friends?
00:39:40.97\00:39:44.37
"In unity."
00:39:44.40\00:39:45.60
It is like.
00:39:45.63\00:39:47.95
"It is like the
precious ointment upon the head,
00:39:47.98\00:39:52.08
that ran down upon the beard,
00:39:52.11\00:39:53.97
even Aaron's
beard that went down
00:39:54.00\00:39:56.35
to the skirts of his garments."
00:39:56.38\00:39:58.89
Interesting. Unity is like oil.
00:39:58.92\00:40:03.11
Tell me in the Bible,
you've been Bible students
00:40:03.14\00:40:05.45
before you came to this
place, what is oil a symbol off?
00:40:05.48\00:40:09.21
Holy Spirit.
00:40:09.24\00:40:10.27
So unity is like oil
that comes down on, Aaron.
00:40:10.30\00:40:14.00
Tell me, what
position did Aaron hold
00:40:14.03\00:40:17.14
in regards to the sanctuary?
00:40:17.17\00:40:18.53
What position did he have?
00:40:18.56\00:40:20.65
He had the
position of high priest.
00:40:20.68\00:40:23.55
Watched again,
00:40:23.58\00:40:24.78
unity is like oil that came down
00:40:24.81\00:40:27.95
the head of the high
priest, wait a second,
00:40:27.98\00:40:30.67
how much oil did it
have to be for to come off
00:40:30.70\00:40:32.64
this head of this beard
and of the skirts of garments?
00:40:32.67\00:40:35.59
How much oil is that?
00:40:35.62\00:40:37.42
That's copious amounts.
00:40:37.45\00:40:38.51
That's quite a
bit. It is a lot of oil.
00:40:38.54\00:40:41.56
So again unity is like oil
that ran down Aaron's beard,
00:40:41.59\00:40:44.57
the high priest
beard off this clothes,
00:40:44.60\00:40:46.76
off the skirts of his garments,
00:40:46.79\00:40:49.44
verse 3, look at verse 3,
"And as the dew of Hermon,
00:40:49.47\00:40:54.37
and as the dew that descended
upon the mountains of Zion"
00:40:54.40\00:40:58.23
wait a second, in science class
00:40:58.26\00:41:00.81
I didn't learn
that dew descended.
00:41:00.84\00:41:05.03
I always thought dew
came up from the ground.
00:41:05.06\00:41:07.96
Is that right, my friends?
00:41:07.99\00:41:09.66
So this is not
talking about dew,
00:41:09.69\00:41:11.72
this is talking about rain.
00:41:11.75\00:41:15.52
Pay attention look again.
00:41:15.55\00:41:17.08
"As the dew of Hermon,
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.60
and as the dew that descended
upon the mountains of Zion
00:41:18.63\00:41:22.79
for there the Lord
commanded the blessing,
00:41:22.82\00:41:24.43
even life for evermore."
00:41:24.46\00:41:25.52
So here in this
imagery watch what he's doing?
00:41:25.55\00:41:27.70
It saying that unity is like
the high priest being anointed,
00:41:27.73\00:41:31.46
he's anointed in so much
00:41:31.49\00:41:32.95
that it goes of the
skirts of his garment
00:41:32.98\00:41:35.57
changes into water
and falls upon Zion.
00:41:35.60\00:41:41.86
What is Zion, my friends?
00:41:41.89\00:41:43.79
Jeremiah 6:2,
Zion is the church.
00:41:43.82\00:41:47.31
Psalms 48, Zion is the church.
00:41:47.34\00:41:50.02
So the church
receives an anointing
00:41:50.05\00:41:52.97
as their high
priest is anointed.
00:41:53.00\00:41:56.48
Are you listening
to what I'm saying?
00:41:56.51\00:41:59.19
As a high priest,
as a disciple are focus
00:41:59.22\00:42:01.83
on what their
high priest is doing,
00:42:01.86\00:42:03.46
as they are praying
in the time of the rain
00:42:03.49\00:42:06.95
they have pushed
position themselves
00:42:06.98\00:42:09.11
to receive the benefits of
their intercessor in heaven.
00:42:09.14\00:42:16.75
Pray for the rain in
the time of the latter rain.
00:42:16.78\00:42:21.06
Pray for the rain in the time.
So think about it for a moment.
00:42:21.09\00:42:23.68
Imagine if you will, you
were one of those disciples
00:42:23.71\00:42:26.05
and you decided not
to search your heart,
00:42:26.08\00:42:28.02
not to humble
yourself, not to go inline
00:42:28.05\00:42:30.66
and pray in regards
00:42:30.69\00:42:31.95
to what Christ was doing
in the heavenly sanctuary
00:42:31.98\00:42:34.09
and you decided
that you are going
00:42:34.12\00:42:35.50
to do something
all together different,
00:42:35.53\00:42:37.29
would you have
receive the rain, my friends?
00:42:37.32\00:42:39.92
No.
00:42:39.95\00:42:42.72
I say something to you in code
00:42:42.75\00:42:44.51
if you will that
there is something similar
00:42:44.54\00:42:46.97
happening right now in
heavenly sanctuary above.
00:42:47.00\00:42:50.17
That there's another anointing
00:42:50.20\00:42:51.53
that is supposed
to be taking place
00:42:51.56\00:42:53.27
and if God's people are
not in the right position
00:42:53.30\00:42:56.31
as He is anointed in
heaven the church below
00:42:56.34\00:42:59.41
would never receive
the power it needs to have.
00:42:59.44\00:43:03.81
There is a work,
there is a final work
00:43:03.84\00:43:05.51
that heaven is in
the process of completing
00:43:05.54\00:43:08.87
and His church
needs to be in cooperation
00:43:08.90\00:43:11.65
with His movements above.
00:43:11.68\00:43:17.22
I'm gonna show
you something else.
00:43:17.25\00:43:19.26
Go back to the book
of-- go back with me,
00:43:19.29\00:43:20.84
go back go to the
New Testament with me
00:43:20.87\00:43:22.80
to the Book of Hebrews
00:43:22.83\00:43:24.15
and I want you to
see if Hebrews 5:1
00:43:24.18\00:43:27.63
we are coming down
to the close Hebrews 5:1
00:43:27.66\00:43:31.69
please notice here
what the Bible says.
00:43:31.72\00:43:33.52
Actually before
you go to Hebrews 5:1
00:43:33.55\00:43:34.97
go to Hebrews 4:14 it says
00:43:35.00\00:43:38.74
"Seeing then that we
have a great high priest,
00:43:38.77\00:43:42.23
that is passed into the heavens
00:43:42.26\00:43:44.29
and Jesus Christ the Son of God,
00:43:44.32\00:43:46.04
let us hold fast our profession.
00:43:46.07\00:43:47.81
For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched
00:43:47.84\00:43:50.04
with the feeling
of our infirmities,
00:43:50.07\00:43:51.56
but was in all
points tempted like
00:43:51.59\00:43:54.34
as we are, yet without sin.
00:43:54.37\00:43:57.30
Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace,
00:43:57.33\00:44:00.39
that we may obtain mercy,
00:44:00.42\00:44:02.32
and find grace to
help in time of need."
00:44:02.35\00:44:05.96
Question, have you
saw that help today?
00:44:05.99\00:44:09.69
Go back to Hebrews 2:17
00:44:09.72\00:44:12.20
notice what it
says, our high priests.
00:44:12.23\00:44:15.34
Verse 17 says
"Wherefore in all things
00:44:15.37\00:44:18.89
it behoved him to be
made like unto his brethren,
00:44:18.92\00:44:21.37
that he might be a merciful
00:44:21.40\00:44:23.74
and faithful high priest
in things pertaining to God,
00:44:23.77\00:44:26.79
to make reconciliation
for the sins of the people.
00:44:26.82\00:44:30.56
For in that he himself
00:44:30.59\00:44:32.86
hath suffered being
tempted, he is able"
00:44:32.89\00:44:36.08
What's the word
there, my friends?
00:44:36.11\00:44:38.12
"He is able to succour"
00:44:38.15\00:44:39.20
or He is able to help
them "that are tempted."
00:44:39.23\00:44:42.85
How many of you in
this room have been temped?
00:44:42.88\00:44:44.59
Let me see your
hand. Been tempted?
00:44:44.62\00:44:46.49
Okay, how many
of you have fallen?
00:44:46.52\00:44:47.94
Don't raise your
hand on this please,
00:44:47.97\00:44:49.01
don't raise your
hand, I don't want to know.
00:44:49.04\00:44:51.04
Think how many of you have
fallen into your temptation?
00:44:51.07\00:44:54.27
Don't raise your hand.
00:44:54.30\00:44:58.57
Testimonies
volume 7, page 17 says
00:44:58.60\00:45:01.87
"Nothing is
apparently more helpless,
00:45:01.90\00:45:04.89
yet really more invincible,
00:45:04.92\00:45:07.21
than the soul that
feels its nothingness
00:45:07.24\00:45:09.88
and relies wholly upon on
the merits of the Savior."
00:45:09.91\00:45:12.43
Watch this.
00:45:12.46\00:45:13.53
"God would send every angel
00:45:13.56\00:45:16.09
in heaven to the
aid of such a one,
00:45:16.12\00:45:18.60
rather than allow him
or her to be overcome."
00:45:18.63\00:45:22.06
Did you hear what I said?
00:45:22.09\00:45:23.69
Testimonies volume 7, page
17, you look that up yourself.
00:45:23.72\00:45:25.90
So here's my question
again, you raise your hand,
00:45:25.93\00:45:28.26
you've been tempted? Yes.
00:45:28.29\00:45:29.32
How many of you
fallen to the temptation?
00:45:29.35\00:45:30.98
You raised your hand.
00:45:31.01\00:45:32.05
I say why? You have no excuse.
00:45:32.08\00:45:37.33
If every angel is
available to you and me,
00:45:37.36\00:45:40.11
if I go to my
master and say Father,
00:45:40.14\00:45:42.45
I need your help!
00:45:42.48\00:45:46.12
He will send every angel?
00:45:46.15\00:45:48.01
Yeah, if you need it.
00:45:48.04\00:45:52.62
If you put your
weight on His pharmacies,
00:45:52.65\00:45:54.21
if you
recognize your great need,
00:45:54.24\00:45:56.19
He will send
every angel in heaven,
00:45:56.22\00:45:58.89
so there's no excuse.
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.78
So the thing is we didn't
know we had access like that.
00:46:01.81\00:46:03.68
You know what I mean?
00:46:03.71\00:46:05.93
Didn't know that at Pentecost,
00:46:05.96\00:46:07.89
this is what was made
available to God's people,
00:46:07.92\00:46:10.40
strength was made
available to each one of us
00:46:10.43\00:46:13.09
so we don't have
to fall into sin.
00:46:13.12\00:46:15.50
Yes, we'll be tempted.
00:46:15.53\00:46:16.61
Yes, we're pulled
00:46:16.64\00:46:17.73
but we don't have to go with it.
00:46:17.76\00:46:21.05
Romans 6:16 says, "Know ye not,
00:46:21.08\00:46:22.85
that to whom ye yield yourselves
00:46:22.88\00:46:24.38
servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey,
00:46:24.41\00:46:27.40
whether of sin unto death,
00:46:27.43\00:46:29.02
or of obedience
unto righteousness?"
00:46:29.05\00:46:30.84
My question is,
hasn't God won your heart?
00:46:30.87\00:46:35.86
Hasn't He won your loyalty?
00:46:35.89\00:46:36.98
Hasn't He not demonstrated
His great love to us
00:46:37.01\00:46:39.02
by dying on Calvary?
00:46:39.05\00:46:40.66
Hasn't He done that for you?
00:46:40.69\00:46:42.02
So why will you
die in your sins?
00:46:42.05\00:46:48.00
Calvary is there.
00:46:48.03\00:46:51.37
Expressive of His great love,
00:46:51.40\00:46:52.94
expressive of what
He is willing to give
00:46:52.97\00:46:55.07
for broken humanity, why
will you die in your sins
00:46:55.10\00:46:58.50
when grace is so full and free?
00:46:58.53\00:47:05.50
Zechariah.
00:47:05.53\00:47:07.57
Zechariah Chapter
12, you want to know
00:47:07.60\00:47:11.05
what happened on
the day of Pentecost,
00:47:11.08\00:47:12.28
I'm gonna tell you.
00:47:12.31\00:47:14.17
Zechariah 12:10.
00:47:14.20\00:47:19.61
Zechariah 12:10, the Bible says,
00:47:24.57\00:47:31.95
"And I will pour
upon the house of David,
00:47:31.98\00:47:36.31
and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem,"
00:47:36.34\00:47:39.15
that's Mount Zion, my friends,
00:47:39.18\00:47:41.34
"the Spirit of"
what does this say?
00:47:41.37\00:47:43.88
"The spirit of
grace and of supplications
00:47:43.91\00:47:47.36
and they shall look upon
me whom they have pierced,
00:47:47.39\00:47:52.50
and they shall mourn for him,
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.78
as one that
mourneth for his only son,
00:47:54.81\00:47:57.66
and shall be in
bitterness for him,
00:47:57.69\00:48:00.70
as one that is in
bitterness for his first born."
00:48:00.73\00:48:06.05
Pentecost was poured out,
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.46
the disciples as
they received the spirit,
00:48:08.49\00:48:12.77
didn't start jumping
around and doing flips.
00:48:12.80\00:48:14.47
That's not what they did.
00:48:14.50\00:48:16.77
What became more
visible and clear to them
00:48:16.80\00:48:21.24
was that their
sins crucified Jesus.
00:48:21.27\00:48:25.08
What became more visible to them
00:48:25.11\00:48:27.57
was that someone
that was innocent died
00:48:27.60\00:48:31.52
when they
deserved death themselves.
00:48:31.55\00:48:35.45
I always ask this question,
ask myself this question.
00:48:35.48\00:48:38.60
Father, what is it about Calvary
00:48:38.63\00:48:40.42
that I don't understand?
00:48:40.45\00:48:44.09
Why is it that I can
look at it and not be moved?
00:48:44.12\00:48:48.76
Why is it when
they talk about Jesus,
00:48:48.79\00:48:50.65
it's just another theory,
00:48:50.68\00:48:51.71
another
philosophical approach to life?
00:48:51.74\00:48:54.22
Why doesn't it move our hearts?
00:48:54.25\00:48:59.93
Because the spirit of grace
hasn't been poured out upon us.
00:48:59.96\00:49:04.52
We refuse to be
ashamed of our sin.
00:49:04.55\00:49:09.41
We say, Jesus, You're good,
00:49:09.44\00:49:11.19
but I got my
life-- I got my life.
00:49:11.22\00:49:13.90
I'm gonna run my thing
the way I want to run it.
00:49:13.93\00:49:17.91
Then Jesus says,
why will you die?
00:49:17.94\00:49:19.97
Oh, house of Israel, I
have paid everything for you.
00:49:20.00\00:49:25.65
I have taken everything for you.
00:49:25.68\00:49:29.59
You don't have
to die in your sin.
00:49:29.62\00:49:32.04
How many want the Spirit
of God to be rested upon them?
00:49:32.07\00:49:34.26
Let me see your hand.
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How many want the
Spirit of God to be within?
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And in, that's
right, brothers and sisters,
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I want it in.
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Let's go to our knees.
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Let's ask Jesus
to come in right now.
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Is that all right?
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Into my heart
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Into my heart
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Come into my heart
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Lord Jesus
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Come in today
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Come in to stay
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Come into my heart
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Lord Jesus
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Father, You've heard our prayer,
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our great desires for
You not to be just around us,
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but for Your
presence to dwell within.
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With Your spirit, Father,
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we can live in
this wicked world,
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above temptation and above sin.
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But without You
Father, we are nothing.
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So we come now in one,
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in one voice and in one heart
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saying Father, take our hearts,
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we cannot give them,
they're your property.
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Keep them Father,
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for we cannot
keep them ourselves.
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Raise us into a
pure and holy atmosphere
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where the rich
colors of Your love
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may flow through our souls.
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Father, please,
for I know in this room
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there is a sincere soul
or two who want you, Lord.
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I know in this room Father,
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every person that
is on their knees,
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Father, is in great need of You.
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Please make Your
son more clear to us
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that we will learn to hate
sin and to love righteousness.
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Please, Lord.
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We pray all these
things knowing that
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You could do abundantly
above whatever we ask or think.
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We pray this in
Jesus name, amen.
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