Hello, friends and
welcome back to another
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"Behold the
Lamb" presents program.
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We're so
thankful that you have put
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aside whatever
you were doing and
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decided to tune in today.
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You know we're
living in awesome times.
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Prophetically we
are living right before
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our Lord and Savior is to appear
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in the clouds of glory,
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appear to take his Church home,
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his children home,
the apple of his eye.
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But you know first he
has given us a job to do.
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He has given us a
job to do with power.
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He has given us a
work to do in Faith
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and he wants us to have
that Holy Spirit boldness,
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the Holy Spirit
power that he promised
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as he was leaving this earth.
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But you know many
of us, day to day,
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we wonder week to a
week at Church you know,
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where is the Holy Spirit?
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We feel where
is the Holy Spirit?
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I've got news for you.
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You may have been asking is that
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Holy Spirit is it
truly working with power
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to prepare people to meet Jesus
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just as he had promised.
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The answer is emphatically,
yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
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And Pastor
Kenny, he has prepared
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for us a five
part series dealing
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with the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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But before we
listen to Today's Message
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which is entitled,
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"Does Your Church
Need More Power?";
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Does Your
Church Need More Power,
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before we listen
to today's message
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we're so blessed
to be able to go to
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3ABN's Worship Center and listen
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to Brother
Christian Berdahl as he sings
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"Oh Let Me Walk with Thee"
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O let me walk with Thee, my God,
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As Enoch walked in days of old;
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Place Thou my
trembling hand in Thine,
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And sweet
communion with me hold;
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E'en though the
path I may not see,
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Yet, Jesus, let
me walk with Thee.
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I cannot, dare not, walk alone;
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The tempest rages in the sky,
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A thousand snares beset my feet,
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A thousand foes
are lurking nigh.
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Still Thou the
raging of the sea,
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O Master! let me walk with Thee.
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If I may rest my hand in Thine,
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I'll count the
joys of earth but loss,
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And firmly, bravely journey on;
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I'll bear the
banner of the cross
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Till Zion's
glorious gates I see;
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Yet, Savior, let
me walk with Thee.
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Till Zion's
glorious gates I see;
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Yet, Savior, let
me walk with Thee.
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Thank you for
joining us today wherever
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you might be around the world,
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it's our privilege
to be able to present
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God's word today
and again without you
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we wouldn't be able
to present the word,
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and by the way thank
you Brother Christian for
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that beautiful song,
"Oh Let me walk with Thee".
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You know, we should
be claiming that everyday
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of our life. We're
gonna have exciting study
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for today and before
we get into our study
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what do you say,
let's kneel and ask God's
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blessing upon it.
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Gracious Heavenly
Father, we thank you
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for the privilege of
prayer, now we invite your
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Spirit to come near to give us
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proper
understanding of your word, open
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the ears of each and
everyone of your children,
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that we may hear
wondrous things out of Thy word.
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Thank you for your
love, thank your for
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your out pouring
of your sweet Spirit,
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blesses now we pray to
this end in Jesus name. Amen.
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Oh! It's possible.
I'm gonna make sure
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you have your
Bible and those of you
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at home again you
maybe traveling in possible,
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but you have access
to the pencil or pen,
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we jot some things down today.
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We're gonna be
talking about very, very
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important subject
and it deals with our
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relationship with
Christ and the Church.
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The Church! Is it
possible that your Church
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needs more Holy Spirit power?
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That's really our
subject for today,
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and I know many of you, say well
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I know now if we need
more Holy Spirit power or not.
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But what kind of
power does your Church have?
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Is there a Church that
really seems to be going
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nowhere and it's been going
nowhere for literally years?
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If so why?
Hasn't God promised to
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us some power in the Church?
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By the way if you
could, maybe on a scale,
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let's do this on
the scale, shall we.
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From 1 to 10 and, but
this is only your opinion now,
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doesn't mean that
necessarily everybody will
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agree with it, but
this is your opinion.
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Scale 1 to 10 is how
much Holy Spirit power
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you believe that's in
your Church, where you go?
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But somebody might
say well I believe on
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scale 1 to 10, it's a seven.
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Oh! Praise God that's
wonderful, it's not 10,
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but it's seven and I
wonder some of you might
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say well I don't
know whether there'll be
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such a thing as
Holy Sprit power.
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So that means the
needle wouldn't even
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move at all. So
we need to make sure
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now as God
promise the Church power.
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"Does Your
Church Need More Power",
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is our subject for today.
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As we go through the
following studies together,
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you're gonna see how
all of these fits together.
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I dare to say that many
are wondering right now,
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where is this going?
What is going to be said
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about Holy Spirit power?
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Friend I'm telling
right now, we need that
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kind of power, and
God has promised that kind
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of power to the Church.
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And if we're not experiencing,
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maybe something is wrong.
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What kind of a
problem might we have
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in the Church,
let's say for instance
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that we go weekend and week out,
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month after
month, year after year,
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and nothing is still happening.
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Some of you get
excited sometimes and say
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how is it going in
your Church and somebody
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might say something like,
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well you know we had a
couple of visitors this
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later year. But we
had a couple of people
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promise they were
going to come to Church,
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well they never
did, but they were
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at least promised.
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And yet others would say oh,
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our Church is growing.
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Things are happening,
God's working miracles.
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Souls were coming
in. They are committing
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themselves to Jesus Christ.
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Now that's exciting, isn't it?
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Talked to my brother
several times and I said to him,
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Daniel you know I
love to be around movers
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and shakers. What is
the person mean by that?
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I wanna be around
movers and shakers that
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mean something is happening.
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See God's Church should
be in that shaking mode.
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There means
something should be happening,
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not growing stale, no
outlet, but things happening.
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Now by the way some of you,
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you are saying well
we're not sure if things are
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really happening or not you know
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because we give
a few studies and
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we're busy doing some things.
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You know, what the outcome is,
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what it is doing in
your life, what is it doing
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in the life of the community.
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You know, I've
experience to going to some
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Churches and it
seems like they are dead,
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spiritually dead.
People are afraid to smile.
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They are afraid to
experience some of the
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power of the Holy Spirit.
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And especially if
you've mentioned something
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like supernatural
power, my how that just
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gets people drawn
back and a shield goes up
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over their face and
oh! They are afraid why?
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I've mentioned this
several times; I think
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it's kind of interesting.
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When we read the
Bible, many times it says
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Holy Spirit power,
other times it will
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refer to the Holy Ghost.
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I had one person say in
the Church one time he said.
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When you say Holy
Ghost quite of bit,
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what did you
just say Holy Spirit?
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In mind what's the difference.
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They were
afraid, afraid of what?
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Are we afraid of the Spirit?
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After all isn't the
Holy Spirit promised to the
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Church today in
great measures especially
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for the coming of
Jesus Christ right now,
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and by the way
are there conditions
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of receiving The Holy Spirit?
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Are there conditions?
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Does God put
conditions on pouring out
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his Spirit upon his
people here in his last days?
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By the way how about that power,
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isn't it in operation
right now in your Church,
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or maybe it's put on hold?
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And if it's put on
hold, why is it put on hold?
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And if it is, wouldn't
you like to see it put it
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operation again?
Wouldn't you like to see
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some real Holy Spirit
power filled meetings?
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More people are giving
their hearts to Jesus and
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they are being
convicted of sin and
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they are reaching
out for a better grasp
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of Jesus Christ.
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Oh! I wanna be a
part of that, oh yes.
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See we need a
revival in the Church.
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Wouldn't you wanna see
that power active again?
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You see I wanna see power,
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I wanna see
active power, I wanna see
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things that are happening.
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By the way what
would happen in your Church
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if we just let the
Spirit of God come in,
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by the way if we
were right with God
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to where the Spirit
could really come in,
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what would happen in the Church?
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What would happen in your life?
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What would happen
even in the community?
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And by the way you
know the first thing
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and I've figured
this out, I've been around
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a while and I figured
this out and you know it too,
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but listen carefully.
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In order to find a
cure for any problem,
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you first have to
admit, some of you heard on me,
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that there is a problem.
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So, its best today as
we're going through this
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study is to establish
and firstly you know the
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study is going be coming up.
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You're gonna see how
is gonna fit like a glove,
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but first of all
we're gonna have to admit
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that there is a problem.
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some messages sometime
they say something like,
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well, you know I
just don't believe that.
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We think there is a
power in the Church,
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good things are
going on. There is
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power in our life, really?
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But do you want
more? Do you sense
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that you need more,
not only in your life,
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but when I talk
about the Church;
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I'm talking
about what individuals.
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Are you hungering and thrusting
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after righteousness?
Do you really want more?
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First of all
we're going admit what?
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Okay there is a problem.
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There is a problem,
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maybe not
everywhere but in some places
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there are problems.
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You go to Churches sometime and
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your preaching the
word and the good news
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the hope of the
coming of Jesus Christ,
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think with me a minute.
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About Jesus
coming in the clouds of
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Gloriousness being
able to go home, no pain,
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no sorrow, no death, no sickness
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and you know what?
You never use a smile,
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people are seemed to be happy,
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I don't know why? If there
is ever time to get excited,
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it's when you're
talking about going home with
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Jesus isn't it?
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This world passing away so what?
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And spending
eternity with Jesus,
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oh! Listen if
there wasn't a problem
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why would Jesus
address by the way
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the Seventh Church in the book
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of Revelation Chapter 3.
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Now you know this
well, but I want you just
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pay little close attention to it
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because I want to
make sense to you.
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Revelation Chapter 3,
Jesus calls that last Church and
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by the way we are in
the last Church aren't we?
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And so first of all
remember we talked about,
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first we have to
admit that there is what?
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That there is a problem;
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that there is
more that maybe God
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hasn't store for us.
Don't be afraid of the more.
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We have not
because we asked not,
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are we seeking the
Lord with all of our heart
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and our soul and our mind?
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Wouldn't you wanna
see a Church literally on
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almost on fire, hot?
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But Jesus said last
Church has this problem
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of being lukewarm.
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By the way in Revelation
3 Verse 17 Jesus said:
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Because, notice this,
thou sayest, I am what?
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Rich, and increased
with goods, and have what?
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And have need of
nothing; he said:
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knowest not that
thou art wretched,
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now pay close attention,
Jesus said there is a Church,
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there are
people in the last days
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and they are saying is
I have need of nothing.
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Right! There it tells
me that we got a problem.
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When you say, I say
oh I don't have need of
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anything spiritually, yes.
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Who can really say that?
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Jesus said these
individuals said knowest not
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that thou art, Jesus
said are thou art wretched
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and I thought bold
that word, wretched!
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What is it really
mean to be wretched?
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Wretched deals by
the way spiritually,
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with task and trails
that we're going through.
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Jesus said don't
you know that you still,
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you are wretched.
You're going through a
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test and you're going
through a trial right now,
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and one that maybe
you will not pass through
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notice this and your
experience that you have
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with Jesus listen
carefully is only an attempt,
00:16:17.93\00:16:22.32
attempt to have an
experience with him.
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You're only attempting
it. It's not bearing fruit,
00:16:26.10\00:16:29.77
but you are attempting.
Jesus said if you are
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only attempting
you are lukewarm.
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Don't you know
that's you're wretched?
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Then he goes on and he
says you are miserable.
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What do you mean miserable,
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and again this pertains by
the way to your experience.
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It means that you're
having a weak experience
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in Jesus, and by
the way the word here
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means in the Greek, it
means a tender experience.
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You know as a tender
Christian you had to be careful,
00:16:57.86\00:17:00.26
we get our
feelings hurt rather easily,
00:17:00.29\00:17:02.49
and tender simply
means experience that we had,
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even though we're sin.
We had need of nothing.
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Jesus said you are tender,
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he says you're
experience, listen carefully
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is coming apart.
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Now, Jesus
wouldn't say this unless
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he knew it to be true.
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Are we're gonna put
our head in the saying
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or we're gonna just
come back and say well okay
00:17:24.35\00:17:25.91
I hear what Jesus
said, and then he goes on,
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he says you're poor.
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People say well you
know they think about
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money right off
the real, but you know
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it deals with this,
when he said don't you know
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that you're poor,
don't you know that
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you're a beggar.
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It's what the word
mean, don't you know
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that you're a beggar.
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And by the way
it even means more.
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Don't you know that
you are about to fall?
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By the way our response
is, what we have need him,
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nothing, we've got it
all and Jesus said don't
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you know you're about to fall.
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He is saying it to the
Church, they saying it to you,
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they are saying it
to me today dear friend.
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Then he goes on and
then he makes it even
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little clear. He says you
are blind, did you get it,
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and you are what?
You're blind, people say
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well know I can
see with my eyes.
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He said you have
eyes, but you're not seeing
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with those eyes and
that denotes by the way
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listen carefully, that denotes
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that you're seeing but there is
00:18:21.84\00:18:23.86
a smoke field haze.
00:18:23.89\00:18:26.49
You're seeing
because it's not real smoky.
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But you can't see through like
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you should be
seeing through here,
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and by the way that could mean,
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mentally,
physically, and spiritually.
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He says we're
blind and then he goes
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on to say, and
you're naked or you are
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exposed and you
don't even know it.
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We naked! He said
you're, listen, poorly clad
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and when he
invites us by the way you
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remember he says, put
on the hold armor of God.
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So he invites us, but
yet we are in denial to
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say well no we don't
have any problem here.
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You say well I'm
not sure that's what
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that passage means.
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Jesus said you remember there in
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Verse 17: And
knowest not that thou art,
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you don't know it,
you don't want to know
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it you don't want to
admit that you are he says here.
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By the way this speaks
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of professed Christians, who are
00:19:26.56\00:19:29.12
lukewarm, a lukewarm experience,
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a lukewarm Church, one who,
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by the way this simply means one
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who does not
bare a decided witness
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for Jesus Christ.
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A lukewarm Christian
is one who doesn't what?
00:19:40.92\00:19:43.81
Bare a decided
message for Jesus or witness.
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You find a lot
of people like that,
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well I don't wanna
get in the controversy,
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or I don't wanna
hurt anybody speaking,
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we need to be
careful about this.
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Friend don't you
think it's past time
00:19:58.75\00:20:00.62
that we need to bear down on
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the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
00:20:01.66\00:20:03.22
not to be ashamed on
the Gospel of Jesus Christ,
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but bear a decided
witness and testimony
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in favor of the truth.
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It either is or isn't.
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See does the
Church need more power?
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Does your
Church need more power?
00:20:19.29\00:20:20.87
Do the people in
it need more power?
00:20:20.90\00:20:22.04
Do I need more power?
00:20:22.07\00:20:23.52
These are the
studies that we're going
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to be doing dear
friend, unless we come
00:20:24.65\00:20:26.25
to grips with this
it's not going to make
00:20:26.28\00:20:28.01
sense because bearing your head,
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you don't say well I
have need of nothing,
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my Bible says we have need.
00:20:32.51\00:20:34.14
We have tremendous
need. We're about to fall.
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We're week, our
experience through test
00:20:36.48\00:20:38.70
and trial. We're
attempting to have our
00:20:38.73\00:20:40.90
relationship, but we
don't have the relationship
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God wants us to have.
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I read my Bible
it says: He that hath
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ears what? Good, let
him hear, let him hear
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or let him meditate.
Listen to me carefully.
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The Bible says,
He that hath an ear,
00:20:55.43\00:20:57.57
let him hear, let him meditate;
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let him think on the things that
00:21:01.05\00:21:03.91
God has told him,
he needs to be doing,
00:21:03.94\00:21:06.25
see that make sense to me.
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The instructions
that God gives to us
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we need to be meditating on it.
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We need to be
thinking on these things,
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and you know what
else we need to do,
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we need to
close our ears to this
00:21:18.37\00:21:22.71
nonsense around us.
00:21:22.74\00:21:24.95
The world there is
so much nonsense in
00:21:24.98\00:21:27.98
the world today, but
you know what Jesus said
00:21:28.01\00:21:30.21
we need to focus on
him, forget the nonsense,
00:21:30.24\00:21:33.23
forget the
folly that is going on
00:21:33.26\00:21:35.39
in the world
today, but consternate on
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what he has asked us to do,
00:21:37.35\00:21:38.56
other words dear
friends listen carefully,
00:21:38.59\00:21:40.44
don't hear what
the world has to offer,
00:21:40.47\00:21:43.40
don't repeat things
of this world right here
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and you know what
you will never go to
00:21:46.35\00:21:48.06
the wrong direction.
00:21:48.09\00:21:49.47
God's given us
some real council that
00:21:50.92\00:21:52.16
we need to be
paying close attention to,
00:21:52.19\00:21:54.49
as we see today approaching.
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Now does your
Church need more power?
00:21:56.87\00:21:59.24
Well I'm
beginning to think well yeah
00:21:59.27\00:22:01.29
I think we need
little bit more power here.
00:22:01.32\00:22:02.99
How do we're gonna
receive that power?
00:22:05.30\00:22:07.46
And if we don't
receive that power
00:22:09.17\00:22:10.43
when Jesus pronounce
the Church as lukewarm,
00:22:10.46\00:22:13.66
by the way I'm so
grateful and thankful
00:22:13.69\00:22:16.16
that everybody you
meet professed Christians
00:22:16.19\00:22:18.12
as lukewarm there are
some that's really on fire.
00:22:18.15\00:22:20.43
Really good to be
around this kind of people,
00:22:20.46\00:22:22.56
but unless this
lukewarm individuals
00:22:22.59\00:22:25.48
this professed
Christians make a decided
00:22:25.51\00:22:27.99
change for Jesus
Christ, dear friend we can
00:22:28.02\00:22:30.23
be sure and they
are not converted,
00:22:30.26\00:22:33.05
they are not gonna go to Heaven.
00:22:33.08\00:22:34.58
Lukewarm individuals
will not make it to the end.
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Well I'm a, they
were good person.
00:22:38.73\00:22:40.35
Oh, do nice things, they do,
00:22:40.38\00:22:43.17
do you love Jesus?
Are you really on fire?
00:22:45.65\00:22:46.82
You loving, you
putting first in everything
00:22:46.85\00:22:48.76
that you say,
everything that you do.
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May I pose a question to you?
00:22:52.39\00:22:54.11
How do you know
if you have really
00:22:56.31\00:22:57.61
been converted?
00:22:57.64\00:22:59.65
By the way this is such
an interesting question.
00:22:59.68\00:23:04.69
You're gonna say, oh
well no, well listen,
00:23:04.72\00:23:07.18
just listen for a
moment, they are going around
00:23:07.21\00:23:09.85
a lot of Churches
for a lot of years,
00:23:09.88\00:23:11.58
and probably they
are biggest questions,
00:23:11.61\00:23:14.72
maybe the biggest questions that
00:23:14.75\00:23:19.16
post more often
then any of the others,
00:23:19.19\00:23:21.57
and it's usually by a few people
00:23:21.60\00:23:23.59
in the congregation,
they will say you know
00:23:23.62\00:23:27.16
I don't know whether
I've been born again or not.
00:23:27.19\00:23:30.47
I'm not sure I've been
in the Church all my life.
00:23:30.50\00:23:32.90
I'm a third and
fourth generation.
00:23:32.93\00:23:34.63
You know
Adventist or Christian and
00:23:34.66\00:23:36.40
I don't but I don't know.
00:23:36.43\00:23:38.02
Oh! Friend you need to know
00:23:39.29\00:23:40.84
how we can know,
00:23:40.87\00:23:43.63
no conversion dear
friends is genuine.
00:23:46.23\00:23:50.02
No, I'm not talking
about genuine conversion here.
00:23:50.05\00:23:52.48
There is no
conversion that is genuine one.
00:23:52.51\00:23:55.37
No conversion that is true,
00:23:55.40\00:23:58.06
unless that it does two things.
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Two as the
individuals, number one
00:24:03.08\00:24:04.95
it changes our character,
00:24:04.98\00:24:07.04
is our character changed
00:24:07.07\00:24:09.72
and by the way if
the, remember I said
00:24:09.75\00:24:12.86
two, if the
character is changed,
00:24:12.89\00:24:15.69
then the
conduct will be changed.
00:24:15.72\00:24:20.09
That's how you can
really tell if you've really
00:24:21.38\00:24:23.23
been born again, if you've had a
00:24:23.26\00:24:25.55
relationship with Jesus Christ,
00:24:25.58\00:24:27.18
are you real Christian?
00:24:27.21\00:24:30.64
Your character is
changed. You are not
00:24:31.80\00:24:33.32
what you used to
be and then what your
00:24:33.35\00:24:36.47
lifestyle changes,
your thought, your attitude,
00:24:36.50\00:24:39.21
everything, your
conduct changes, because
00:24:39.24\00:24:42.59
you love Jesus and
you've given your life
00:24:42.62\00:24:45.02
and remember in the Church.
00:24:45.05\00:24:47.46
If the love for
Jesus Christ is dolled,
00:24:47.49\00:24:50.86
if the love of
Jesus Christ is gone
00:24:52.76\00:24:54.34
out of your
commitment. Let me tell you,
00:24:54.37\00:24:56.88
the love for
souls will also die.
00:24:56.91\00:24:59.16
We are here as a
people of the Church,
00:24:59.19\00:25:02.99
for the winning of
souls for Jesus Christ.
00:25:03.02\00:25:05.77
If this happens or if
it's happening right now
00:25:07.99\00:25:10.05
individually or as
a group let me tell,
00:25:10.08\00:25:12.29
we are in trouble.
We are in big trouble
00:25:12.32\00:25:14.75
if this is happening right now.
00:25:14.78\00:25:16.31
What do we, what do
we're gonna do about it?
00:25:17.40\00:25:19.39
Well I tell you
what some people try
00:25:19.42\00:25:21.82
to do about it, they
continue on with their service.
00:25:21.85\00:25:24.13
They continue on
trying to you know
00:25:24.16\00:25:26.17
little prompt and a
little bit of outward
00:25:26.20\00:25:28.73
show and they
continue to do what they
00:25:28.76\00:25:30.64
think there are
suppose to do day in
00:25:30.67\00:25:32.77
and day out or I called
at the outward appearances.
00:25:32.80\00:25:35.62
They continue
to do these things,
00:25:35.65\00:25:38.74
but you know all of
their human effort is doll.
00:25:38.77\00:25:43.02
Its lifeless
without the Spirit of God,
00:25:43.05\00:25:46.39
without power, they're simply
going through the motions.
00:25:46.42\00:25:49.70
And by the way Second
Timothy 3:5 makes it very,
00:25:49.73\00:25:53.32
very clear, it
says: This group of people
00:25:53.35\00:25:56.10
who lost their first
love, they have grown a
00:25:56.13\00:25:59.25
little bit dull, they
have grown a little bit
00:25:59.28\00:26:00.89
sleepily, say lukewarm.
00:26:00.92\00:26:02.57
It says their goal
have a form of Godliness,
00:26:02.60\00:26:07.28
but deny what?
Good the power there of.
00:26:07.31\00:26:11.45
Friend we don't want
just the form Godliness,
00:26:12.02\00:26:14.80
we need some, we need
some power in our life.
00:26:14.95\00:26:17.71
And by the way
the Bible says from
00:26:17.74\00:26:20.45
such turned away
from, are you turning away
00:26:20.48\00:26:24.82
from that which
is draining you and
00:26:24.85\00:26:26.55
stripping you of
Holy Spirit power.
00:26:26.58\00:26:28.54
You realize how
important that power is
00:26:28.57\00:26:31.19
in your life not only
to prepare you for Heaven,
00:26:31.22\00:26:34.09
but prepare those
that are around you.
00:26:34.12\00:26:35.72
You see the things of
this earth, dear friends
00:26:35.75\00:26:37.93
I tell you, it's
rapping up right now.
00:26:37.96\00:26:41.07
There are not
important but yet we spend
00:26:41.10\00:26:43.79
our time in our waking moments,
00:26:43.82\00:26:45.23
in our energies and
everything that we have,
00:26:45.26\00:26:47.21
somehow we try to
fulfill sometime belonging
00:26:47.24\00:26:50.40
in our life when you
simply what, you need
00:26:50.43\00:26:52.18
more Spirit of God inside of us,
00:26:52.21\00:26:54.13
that brings true
happiness and real contentment.
00:26:54.16\00:26:57.68
Let me tell you do
you want that power
00:26:58.94\00:27:00.46
back in the
Church? Do you want that
00:27:00.49\00:27:02.51
power back in your life?
00:27:02.54\00:27:04.30
This is why feel
very impress that we
00:27:05.43\00:27:07.84
began these five parts series
00:27:07.87\00:27:10.60
and the first one
we are talking about
00:27:10.63\00:27:12.73
"Does your
Church need more power?"
00:27:12.76\00:27:14.51
This power I'm
talking about friend is a
00:27:17.53\00:27:19.33
supernatural power outside of us
00:27:19.36\00:27:22.73
that God wants to bring in,
00:27:22.76\00:27:24.61
and then what kind of
results are going to be
00:27:26.25\00:27:28.14
taking place.
00:27:28.17\00:27:29.18
When that power is
seen and that power
00:27:31.92\00:27:34.07
has failed to among
us, as God's people.
00:27:34.10\00:27:37.86
Man what exciting
times that we live in.
00:27:37.89\00:27:41.04
So first of all we have
to acknowledge that there
00:27:42.89\00:27:44.51
is a little problem
that we need some more
00:27:44.54\00:27:46.50
power that we need
something supernatural
00:27:46.53\00:27:49.29
going on inside of
us, and then we do some,
00:27:49.32\00:27:54.46
another part is
you have to really want
00:27:54.49\00:27:57.02
that power and then
you're going to have to
00:27:57.05\00:27:58.73
prepare to receive it
and then as you receive
00:27:58.76\00:28:00.96
that power, what
takes place in your life
00:28:00.99\00:28:03.07
and then we're gonna be
witnessing or working for
00:28:03.10\00:28:05.39
Jesus with power.
You see it changes
00:28:05.42\00:28:07.38
our whole life. It
changes the whole Church.
00:28:07.41\00:28:09.58
It changes people's life.
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.38
Remember what Jesus
said when we talking about
00:28:13.90\00:28:15.09
Holy Spirit and
Power. And John by the way,
00:28:15.12\00:28:19.33
John Chapter 16,
Jesus said notice note words
00:28:19.36\00:28:25.02
carefully with me,
John Chapter 16 Jesus said:
00:28:25.05\00:28:28.59
It is expedient
for you that I go away.
00:28:28.62\00:28:33.21
Jesus said it is
expedient. It's gonna be
00:28:33.24\00:28:35.88
best that I go
away and because why?
00:28:35.91\00:28:38.46
Because Jesus said
I promise to sends you
00:28:38.49\00:28:40.26
the comforter.
He says I go back,
00:28:40.29\00:28:44.11
I'm gonna send the
Holy Spirit, I'm gonna
00:28:44.14\00:28:46.32
send you what you
need in the Church,
00:28:46.35\00:28:48.54
I'm gonna send you
what you need is individuals
00:28:48.57\00:28:50.89
in your life.
Jesus promised us power
00:28:50.92\00:28:53.83
and so why should
the Church claim it?
00:28:53.86\00:28:57.48
Why shouldn't you
claim it in your life?
00:28:57.51\00:28:59.15
Too many weak claims?
00:28:59.18\00:29:00.92
Too many weak Christians,
00:29:00.95\00:29:02.46
but people go to Church,
00:29:04.53\00:29:05.86
but I'm not trying to judge,
00:29:05.89\00:29:07.34
you know
condemning, but there is just,
00:29:07.37\00:29:09.26
there is just
something wrong. If we know we
00:29:09.29\00:29:11.04
go to Church, well
yeah but we're not studying
00:29:11.07\00:29:12.91
the word. We're
going to Church for
00:29:12.94\00:29:14.51
years when you say
you know you call on
00:29:14.54\00:29:15.80
to say would you
ask the blessing or oh
00:29:15.83\00:29:17.68
I don't want to pray.
Now I know it's gonna step
00:29:17.71\00:29:20.27
on some of your
toes, but I want to say,
00:29:20.30\00:29:21.95
you're gonna
witness for Jesus or not?
00:29:21.98\00:29:23.62
Are you gonna always
say well I don't know I
00:29:23.65\00:29:25.56
can't do it? It's
not the words that
00:29:25.60\00:29:27.88
Jesus is interested in.
He is interested in what?
00:29:27.92\00:29:30.56
in what's in our heart. He takes
00:29:30.59\00:29:32.78
the mess that we making,
00:29:32.81\00:29:34.31
by the way I
understand I make a mess
00:29:34.34\00:29:35.93
all the time with
these words. But you know
00:29:35.96\00:29:37.35
what I believe, I have
Faith to believe the God
00:29:37.38\00:29:42.01
will take the mess that I make
00:29:42.04\00:29:43.64
and he will put
it right in your ears
00:29:43.67\00:29:45.90
exactly what you need to hear,
00:29:45.93\00:29:47.75
accompanied by a
Holy Spirit Power
00:29:47.78\00:29:50.22
and it will convict
your heart in your life
00:29:50.25\00:29:52.00
and turned you around.
00:29:52.03\00:29:53.58
That's what I'm
trusting and believing
00:29:54.83\00:29:56.34
is what? Is Jesus
Christ no matter here?
00:29:56.37\00:29:58.77
But his merits. So,
you think Jesus said:
00:29:58.80\00:30:03.49
It's expedient that
I'm gonna send you this
00:30:03.52\00:30:05.14
power and by the
way you know what
00:30:05.17\00:30:07.89
the first evidence of
the Holy Spirit Power is,
00:30:07.92\00:30:10.39
of the working part
of it, that Jesus said,
00:30:10.42\00:30:13.14
then the first evidence
of the Holy Spirit Power
00:30:13.17\00:30:16.04
working, the Bible says
there is conviction of sin.
00:30:16.07\00:30:20.83
The Church God's
people need to be convicted
00:30:22.06\00:30:25.17
of what, of sin issue.
00:30:25.20\00:30:27.51
He wants that to
go from our life.
00:30:28.79\00:30:31.67
He wants to feel
that there was something
00:30:31.70\00:30:34.03
that's good. But he
goes on and he said,
00:30:34.06\00:30:36.42
he's gonna convict
us of sin or there is
00:30:36.45\00:30:38.54
the Holy Spirit or
there is power comes in,
00:30:38.57\00:30:40.33
and of righteousness.
So the Holy Spirit,
00:30:40.36\00:30:44.29
you gonna have
help me to understand
00:30:44.32\00:30:46.19
what is right? The
right way to do things,
00:30:46.22\00:30:49.78
the right way to live,
think about the Holy Spirit?
00:30:49.81\00:30:53.73
The Bible says
there in John 16 Verse 13
00:30:55.30\00:30:58.78
he said: I'm
going to lead you into
00:30:58.81\00:31:00.60
all truth and
I'm going to show you
00:31:00.63\00:31:02.85
of things to come.
00:31:02.88\00:31:04.71
How gracious of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:04.74\00:31:07.16
To say I'm gonna show
you what sin is all about,
00:31:07.88\00:31:10.45
I'm gonna convict
you of it so you can
00:31:10.48\00:31:12.16
gain of
victories you come to me.
00:31:12.19\00:31:13.80
You know I'm
gonna lead you into,
00:31:16.17\00:31:17.47
I'm gonna show you
about righteousness
00:31:17.50\00:31:19.24
and how to do
things in the right way
00:31:19.27\00:31:20.96
and the power that
is available to you
00:31:20.99\00:31:22.88
and to me in our
life, really shedding away
00:31:22.91\00:31:25.96
that power. I
heard people say well
00:31:25.99\00:31:27.78
I just can't give it
up. I just can't stop.
00:31:27.81\00:31:31.25
And you know better then that.
00:31:33.00\00:31:34.11
When you say that when it comes
00:31:34.14\00:31:36.11
to something
harmful of your body or
00:31:36.14\00:31:37.80
something you're
taking in or something that
00:31:37.83\00:31:39.42
you're doing,
you're saying that God
00:31:39.45\00:31:41.62
that I serve that
Jesus that was nailed to
00:31:41.65\00:31:43.94
the cross. You are
telling me his blood
00:31:43.97\00:31:45.76
is not sufficient
enough. His blood is not
00:31:45.79\00:31:47.73
powerful enough to
give you the victory that
00:31:47.76\00:31:50.65
you need. I believe that
his blood is all sufficient,
00:31:50.68\00:31:55.08
all powerful, don't you?
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.46
In your life whatever it is that
00:31:58.67\00:32:00.04
you're struggling
with, is what, is it, yes
00:32:00.07\00:32:04.07
his blood is sufficient.
00:32:04.10\00:32:05.49
Just to apply
that to your heart,
00:32:05.52\00:32:07.47
to your life, and
by Faith watch what
00:32:07.50\00:32:10.53
God can do. Let's
get the Church on fire,
00:32:10.56\00:32:13.40
what do you say let's
get on fire ourselves.
00:32:13.43\00:32:15.78
We need it still desperately,
00:32:15.81\00:32:17.69
and by the way
when he talks about
00:32:18.98\00:32:20.81
righteousness
there in John's 16.
00:32:20.84\00:32:23.82
Remember not
only it's right doing,
00:32:23.85\00:32:26.19
but what happens
is he wants us to have
00:32:26.22\00:32:28.56
knowledge of what is
right or what is true.
00:32:28.59\00:32:32.85
Now here comes
the other side of it.
00:32:32.88\00:32:35.57
Once we understand what is right
00:32:35.60\00:32:38.19
and what we should be doing
00:32:38.22\00:32:41.30
by the grace of
God then listen friend,
00:32:41.33\00:32:43.95
he holds you and
me accountable for
00:32:43.98\00:32:46.45
every ray of light
that he brings our way.
00:32:46.48\00:32:49.89
Now think about
it. He doesn't judge
00:32:49.92\00:32:52.76
you for what you do not know.
00:32:52.79\00:32:55.22
But let me tell
you, let's get rid of
00:32:55.25\00:32:57.53
some these excuses
especially in the day
00:32:57.56\00:32:59.62
that we live right now.
00:32:59.65\00:33:01.12
People say, well I
didn't know the Bible teaches
00:33:01.15\00:33:03.78
anything like such
as, such that, well I do,
00:33:03.81\00:33:05.87
well you're not reading.
00:33:05.90\00:33:07.85
Somebody else was teaching this,
00:33:09.97\00:33:11.50
so he knows about
it. Are we not reading
00:33:11.53\00:33:13.19
the same Bible?
There is no excuse for
00:33:13.22\00:33:16.43
any of us to not
know what truth is
00:33:16.46\00:33:19.15
when that is the
function of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:19.18\00:33:22.18
He said I will
lead you into all truth.
00:33:22.21\00:33:25.25
Listen you don't
have the truth let me
00:33:27.30\00:33:28.76
tell you, let me just be real,
00:33:28.79\00:33:30.04
I'm gonna look you
right in the eye right now.
00:33:30.07\00:33:32.14
If you don't have the
truth then you know what
00:33:32.17\00:33:34.72
it's because you
don't want the truth.
00:33:34.75\00:33:36.53
Because I believe
that God cares so much
00:33:37.14\00:33:39.47
for you that if you
really wanna know what is
00:33:39.50\00:33:41.34
right, he's gonna
show you what's right.
00:33:41.37\00:33:43.51
The demons of
hell are not gonna keep
00:33:44.44\00:33:47.25
you from learning what is right.
00:33:47.28\00:33:49.88
They can't do it.
There is nothing that
00:33:49.91\00:33:52.29
separate us from
God, but the Bible says,
00:33:52.32\00:33:54.72
and yet we just one
excuse after the other
00:33:55.94\00:33:58.26
why we're not
gaining a bit, why we're not
00:33:58.29\00:34:00.39
busy for Jesus, why
we're not winning souls.
00:34:00.42\00:34:02.84
Friend, the
Church needs some power.
00:34:04.01\00:34:06.60
We need some power
in our individual life.
00:34:06.63\00:34:09.55
And by the way I
love the passage.
00:34:12.09\00:34:14.59
I'm telling you I
love passages scripture.
00:34:14.62\00:34:16.35
You have your
Bible, you turned or
00:34:16.38\00:34:18.08
least mark it down.
Acts Chapter 1 Verse 8,
00:34:18.11\00:34:21.60
Acts Chapter 1 Verse
8, the Bible tells us
00:34:21.63\00:34:24.60
there, it says: But
Ye shall receive power,
00:34:24.63\00:34:29.09
when Ye shall receive
power, after the Holy Ghost
00:34:29.12\00:34:34.70
is come upon you: and you shall
00:34:34.73\00:34:37.24
be My witnesses.
00:34:37.27\00:34:40.61
Now once again notice
what the passage tells us.
00:34:40.64\00:34:44.56
When do we receive this power?
00:34:45.94\00:34:48.87
Well, the Bible is clear.
00:34:50.67\00:34:53.01
It says, the Bible
says, but you shall
00:34:53.04\00:34:55.71
receive power
after the Holy Ghost has
00:34:55.74\00:34:59.26
come upon you, after
you invite this Holy Spirit
00:34:59.29\00:35:02.55
inside your life, ask
for forgiveness of sin
00:35:02.58\00:35:05.33
think about it, to be
justified we can't live in
00:35:05.36\00:35:12.21
the sanctified life.
Jesus said you turned
00:35:12.24\00:35:14.13
your life over to me
and then when you do that,
00:35:14.16\00:35:17.18
I'm going to give
you power in your life
00:35:17.21\00:35:19.44
to gain victory.
After all that's what
00:35:19.47\00:35:22.48
it's about see you're
in a battle I'm in a battle
00:35:22.51\00:35:25.15
every day of my life and
some of my pretty ugly battles.
00:35:25.18\00:35:29.14
I don't about you.
Some of you think boy,
00:35:29.17\00:35:32.50
boy, boy, oh! Boy, I
wished I wouldn't be in this
00:35:32.53\00:35:34.24
battle but you know
what God seeing fit,
00:35:34.27\00:35:36.08
for you to go to
battle for him and when
00:35:36.11\00:35:39.39
each this script will
you go to battle for him,
00:35:39.42\00:35:41.37
he's gonna do
the fighting for you.
00:35:41.40\00:35:43.46
You're gonna come off
more than a victorious
00:35:43.49\00:35:46.30
because our Bible says
we're more then conquerors
00:35:46.33\00:35:48.66
through him.
00:35:48.69\00:35:49.66
See we have to believe that.
00:35:50.24\00:35:51.75
Don't let
someone take your crown.
00:35:53.75\00:35:56.70
Now some of you know
who I'm talking about.
00:35:56.73\00:35:59.08
It may just be you
today think about it.
00:35:59.11\00:36:01.28
Somebody is trying
to take your crown.
00:36:01.31\00:36:04.29
Somebody is tempting you.
00:36:04.32\00:36:06.17
Somebody is trying
to lead you astray.
00:36:06.20\00:36:07.97
Somebody is trying
to give you don't care
00:36:08.00\00:36:09.84
attitude but we
need power in the Church
00:36:09.87\00:36:12.41
and in our life where we care.
00:36:12.44\00:36:14.77
Jesus said I'm
gonna give you some power
00:36:14.80\00:36:19.14
after the Holy
Ghost or the Holy Spirit
00:36:19.17\00:36:21.73
has come upon you.
00:36:21.76\00:36:22.73
And let me just
say this you realize
00:36:23.92\00:36:25.33
if we look at the
early Christian Church
00:36:25.36\00:36:29.29
the New Testament Church,
00:36:29.32\00:36:30.98
feel Acts Chapte 2 with power,
00:36:31.01\00:36:33.94
but did you
realize what was essential
00:36:33.97\00:36:39.06
for the New Testament Church or
00:36:39.09\00:36:42.02
the successful
Christian in the days
00:36:42.05\00:36:46.14
of the disciple is
as essential in our day.
00:36:46.17\00:36:49.82
Did you get it? It's the same.
00:36:49.85\00:36:52.62
Oh! It's not well
it was back there here
00:36:52.65\00:36:55.44
what they did.
If you want to learn
00:36:55.47\00:36:57.37
how to receive this
power, if you wanna learn
00:36:57.40\00:36:59.17
how to gain
victory, you wanna learn
00:36:59.20\00:37:01.02
how to defeat the
devil then we go to the back
00:37:01.05\00:37:03.47
and we can read
those things that were
00:37:03.50\00:37:05.37
set for an example for us,
00:37:05.40\00:37:07.24
as we read these
things we will find that
00:37:07.27\00:37:09.75
these Christians who
gained these victories
00:37:09.78\00:37:12.15
dear friends these
same can be ours today.
00:37:12.18\00:37:14.62
You see this is
exciting news because
00:37:14.65\00:37:17.48
too many of us
go around defeated.
00:37:17.51\00:37:19.32
We go around
beat down, worn out,
00:37:19.35\00:37:22.27
depressed, not
knowing what to do,
00:37:22.30\00:37:23.98
just throw up our
hands, the devil is just,
00:37:24.01\00:37:26.46
oh, he is so happy.
00:37:26.49\00:37:27.74
Friends stand up for
Jesus what it is saying.
00:37:30.76\00:37:32.95
Ask for that Holy Spirit Power
00:37:32.98\00:37:36.58
and by the way
when the Bible says
00:37:38.01\00:37:39.87
the Holy Spirit
Power, you know as
00:37:39.90\00:37:41.73
they came upon and
then they received power
00:37:41.76\00:37:43.39
if the Holy Ghost
came upon on them.
00:37:43.42\00:37:45.66
What was the first
thing that the disciples did?
00:37:45.69\00:37:48.24
You see I'm
talking to the Church.
00:37:49.20\00:37:50.54
Church means its people here.
00:37:50.57\00:37:51.98
The Bible says
after they received
00:37:52.01\00:37:54.97
the Holy Ghost
they did something,
00:37:55.00\00:37:56.91
they became
witnesses for Jesus Christ,
00:37:56.94\00:38:01.41
think about witnesses.
00:38:01.44\00:38:02.90
They were doing
anything and everything
00:38:03.68\00:38:05.52
they possibly could to
save the soul for Jesus.
00:38:05.55\00:38:09.16
When the Holy
Spirit comes upon you
00:38:09.19\00:38:11.74
listen carefully you
become a soul winner.
00:38:11.77\00:38:14.26
If you were not a
soul winner today,
00:38:14.29\00:38:16.22
I challenge that
experience that you're
00:38:16.25\00:38:17.84
having. Oh, that's
pretty heavy, isn't it?
00:38:17.87\00:38:19.70
You see what happened to
the disciples isn't that right?
00:38:21.95\00:38:24.49
The New Testament
believers when they were
00:38:25.60\00:38:27.32
feel with the Spirit of God,
00:38:27.35\00:38:28.46
they quit worrying
about themselves and
00:38:28.49\00:38:31.17
what they wanted,
what they want to do
00:38:31.20\00:38:32.80
and all their time
and all their money,
00:38:32.83\00:38:34.47
it was everybody. It
was for the saving of souls,
00:38:34.50\00:38:37.53
and God honored
that and he blessed that.
00:38:37.56\00:38:40.40
Are you working for
the saving of the lost?
00:38:40.43\00:38:44.43
See today we must
believe that this is possible.
00:38:46.03\00:38:49.70
We have to first
believe that it's possible,
00:38:49.73\00:38:53.66
first what? We have to
recognize there is a problem.
00:38:53.69\00:38:57.05
We have to believe
that is it's possible,
00:38:57.08\00:38:59.04
and then let's
God begin to do that
00:38:59.07\00:39:01.96
kind of work in us.
00:39:01.99\00:39:03.45
I have heard
people say boy I tell you,
00:39:03.48\00:39:05.77
I can't wait for the
lateral rain experience.
00:39:05.80\00:39:08.36
I can't wait for
the Holy Spirit to fall.
00:39:10.53\00:39:12.30
Well on these
days, I tell you there is
00:39:12.33\00:39:13.57
gonna power in the Church.
00:39:13.60\00:39:14.99
I'm waiting for the day that the
00:39:15.02\00:39:16.55
power is gonna
come down, it's gonna
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.27
flood our souls
and what we're gonna do
00:39:18.30\00:39:20.41
great work for
Jesus, I can't hardly
00:39:20.44\00:39:23.01
wait for this
time, wait for this time.
00:39:23.04\00:39:28.74
You realize every
moment that we lose
00:39:30.44\00:39:35.42
in working for Jesus Christ;
00:39:35.45\00:39:38.90
there are people who are dying.
00:39:38.93\00:39:40.42
They are gonna lose
that on eternal life.
00:39:40.45\00:39:43.53
We're not
supposed to be waiting,
00:39:43.56\00:39:45.48
I mean doing. Yeah,
we're supposed to be
00:39:45.51\00:39:47.09
waiting and
watching, but it this meant
00:39:47.12\00:39:48.70
doing nothing.
00:39:48.73\00:39:50.12
So the Church
today can say you know;
00:39:50.36\00:39:55.74
we're looking forward
to the outpouring of the
00:39:55.77\00:39:59.41
Holy Spirit, or
can we say something,
00:39:59.44\00:40:02.40
it's our privilege
to have that Spirit now.
00:40:02.43\00:40:06.02
It's our privilege
to have it right now,
00:40:06.05\00:40:08.78
not for some future date
and something is gonna big,
00:40:08.81\00:40:13.09
big and it's is gonna
fall, oh then we are gonna
00:40:13.12\00:40:14.83
know what to do
and how to do it,
00:40:14.86\00:40:16.80
but think along with me.
00:40:16.83\00:40:18.26
It is our
privilege to have the power
00:40:19.43\00:40:24.09
of the Holy Spirit right now.
00:40:24.12\00:40:25.69
Friend that's exciting to me.
00:40:27.62\00:40:29.29
You say yeah but what how, how,
00:40:29.32\00:40:30.91
the Bible is
very clear it says we
00:40:30.94\00:40:33.62
to have seek for that power.
00:40:33.65\00:40:35.23
We have to pray for that power.
00:40:35.26\00:40:36.90
We have to
believe for that power.
00:40:36.93\00:40:39.05
And you know what
and we have to come
00:40:39.08\00:40:41.27
to God and say
something like this,
00:40:41.30\00:40:42.89
I must have it, praying
and believing and seeking
00:40:42.92\00:40:47.53
and then say God
I have to have it.
00:40:47.56\00:40:49.18
I want that power.
00:40:50.87\00:40:52.19
I need that experience with you.
00:40:53.63\00:40:55.72
Now, remember when
you're pleading with
00:40:57.39\00:41:00.43
powers of Heaven
for this listen God
00:41:00.46\00:41:03.74
wanting to
bestow on you already.
00:41:03.77\00:41:07.20
He is wanting to
give it to his Church
00:41:07.23\00:41:09.98
he is wanting to equip
us and such a special way
00:41:10.01\00:41:12.45
right now not some future time,
00:41:12.48\00:41:14.93
but right now. Are
you praying for it?
00:41:14.96\00:41:18.00
Or you someday maybe,
00:41:19.11\00:41:20.91
oh! Friend we're missing,
00:41:20.94\00:41:22.81
we're missing the boat.
00:41:22.84\00:41:24.02
I believe this that
God. God is right now.
00:41:27.20\00:41:30.32
He is working
mildly for his people.
00:41:30.35\00:41:32.74
He is breaking
down barriers right now.
00:41:34.51\00:41:37.54
He is performing
miracles right now in his name.
00:41:37.57\00:41:41.56
He is going
forward in battle today
00:41:41.59\00:41:45.12
in your place
and mine as we just
00:41:45.15\00:41:47.93
step forward he is
fighting that battle right now.
00:41:47.96\00:41:50.74
He is giving
victories right now.
00:41:50.77\00:41:52.59
Friends this is the
day that the Lord has made,
00:41:54.72\00:41:57.82
this is the day
that we claim it,
00:41:57.85\00:41:59.43
this is the day
that we say this is day
00:41:59.46\00:42:00.55
what the Church want,
00:42:00.58\00:42:01.99
you take a Church
let's the Holy Spirit control
00:42:04.08\00:42:07.04
that Church you're
gonna see a powerful Church.
00:42:07.07\00:42:09.92
A Church that
shall not be moved,
00:42:09.95\00:42:12.07
a Church that will move forward,
00:42:12.10\00:42:13.83
a Church that will
gain victory after victory,
00:42:13.86\00:42:16.21
a Church that Jesus said:
00:42:16.24\00:42:18.85
I am gonna come back after.
00:42:18.88\00:42:20.64
Oh! Friend, I wanna
be a part of that Church,
00:42:20.67\00:42:23.16
I wanna be a part of
that movement don't you.
00:42:23.19\00:42:24.92
You know what this
is; this is easier than
00:42:27.11\00:42:30.85
you think.
00:42:30.88\00:42:31.85
Everytime we think about gaining
00:42:33.59\00:42:34.89
victory or receiving power,
00:42:34.92\00:42:36.46
oh it is too much I
am getting a headache,
00:42:36.49\00:42:39.14
Well get a
headache, think on it.
00:42:39.17\00:42:43.51
Think on, we want to be
involved in this movement,
00:42:43.54\00:42:48.89
and boy I tell
you, as I talk about
00:42:51.03\00:42:53.16
it I get excited
when I read the book Joel,
00:42:53.19\00:42:55.46
and I see about the
promise of the power
00:42:55.49\00:42:59.49
that poured out
in fact I am going do
00:42:59.52\00:43:01.70
that right now my
Bible Joel chapter 1
00:43:01.73\00:43:04.10
I am going to start reading.
00:43:04.13\00:43:05.78
Joel Chapter 1 the Bible is so,
00:43:05.81\00:43:08.98
so clear verses
14:15, let me just read those
00:43:09.01\00:43:13.09
for you. The Bible
say we have to sanctify
00:43:13.12\00:43:15.76
ye a fast, notice
this call a solemn assembly
00:43:15.79\00:43:19.68
gather the elders
all the inhabitants
00:43:19.71\00:43:23.46
of the land into the
house of the Lord your God,
00:43:23.49\00:43:25.88
and cry unto the Lord.
00:43:25.91\00:43:27.66
Friend we need
to listen to this,
00:43:28.89\00:43:30.47
this is not just not
something is written down
00:43:30.50\00:43:32.06
we need to be
following this right here,
00:43:32.09\00:43:33.87
sanctify ye a fast,
call a solemn assembly,
00:43:33.90\00:43:37.34
gather the elders together,
00:43:37.37\00:43:39.58
says going to
the house of the Lord
00:43:39.61\00:43:42.96
and cry until the
Lord notice this Alas.
00:43:42.99\00:43:46.25
The Bible says for the day!
00:43:46.28\00:43:48.44
For the day of
the Lord is that hand,
00:43:48.47\00:43:50.68
and as a destruction from
the almighty shall it come.
00:43:50.71\00:43:54.90
Friend I tell you I
can't emphasizes enough.
00:43:54.93\00:43:59.06
I can't beg and plead
enough with you right now
00:43:59.09\00:44:02.65
to realizes alas for the
day is coming dear friend
00:44:02.68\00:44:05.70
it won't be long that
Jesus is coming we need to
00:44:05.73\00:44:08.23
call a solemn fast, I
am telling you we need to
00:44:08.26\00:44:10.62
call for the elders of
the Church that Church needs
00:44:10.65\00:44:12.94
assembled together
and quit their foolishness
00:44:12.97\00:44:15.21
and get down on
our knees and cry out
00:44:15.24\00:44:18.76
to God for Holy
spirit power in the Church.
00:44:18.79\00:44:20.90
Lot of families
like to get together
00:44:22.81\00:44:25.22
and they are not
wrong to get together but
00:44:25.25\00:44:27.50
sometimes it's the
foolishness of the world,
00:44:27.53\00:44:29.56
when to get
together when we need to be
00:44:29.59\00:44:32.25
singing songs about
Jesus about putting his
00:44:32.28\00:44:34.86
arms around us and
sheltering us as in the
00:44:34.89\00:44:37.03
midst of storm. But
too many hours dear friends
00:44:37.06\00:44:39.48
get together and
families and we tune up those
00:44:39.51\00:44:41.64
guitar and we, oh I
better be careful here
00:44:41.67\00:44:44.72
and you know we want
saying something like
00:44:44.75\00:44:46.77
crazy arms, rather than
lovely arms at Jesus around us.
00:44:46.80\00:44:51.51
We have no time for
that. That's foolishness.
00:44:52.33\00:44:55.46
It's a waste of time.
00:44:55.49\00:44:57.26
My Bible says we
need to call assembly here
00:44:57.29\00:45:00.24
together, a solemn assembly.
00:45:00.27\00:45:02.22
Then Bible goes on,
Joel Chapter 2 verse 1
00:45:04.53\00:45:10.39
says, blow the trumpet in Zion;
00:45:10.42\00:45:12.11
how many is trumpet in Zion.
00:45:12.30\00:45:14.68
Some of us not
even making noise.
00:45:14.71\00:45:16.54
Where are you
making little twit, twit?
00:45:16.57\00:45:18.16
My Bible say it
Blow the trumpet in Zion;
00:45:19.74\00:45:21.64
wake up here sound an
alarm in my Holy mountain
00:45:21.67\00:45:25.07
let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble,
00:45:25.10\00:45:27.60
notice it is land
tremble, notice here it is
00:45:27.63\00:45:29.94
for the day of the Lord cometh,
00:45:29.97\00:45:31.66
for it is nigh at hand.
00:45:31.69\00:45:34.24
Notice verse 17
with me Joel chapter 2
00:45:35.56\00:45:38.11
was a Bible say, Let the priests
00:45:38.14\00:45:41.10
and the ministers of the Lord,
00:45:41.13\00:45:44.04
do what, have a joy us occasion
00:45:44.07\00:45:46.47
everybody party time
and oh this is time to do
00:45:46.50\00:45:48.83
all kind of things.
00:45:48.86\00:45:49.83
Those what the Bible say
00:45:53.27\00:45:54.63
Let the priests
and the ministers,
00:45:54.66\00:45:57.26
weep between the
porch and the altar and
00:45:57.29\00:46:00.62
let them say,
Spare thy people, O Lord,
00:46:00.65\00:46:03.32
and give not thine
heritage to reproach
00:46:03.35\00:46:06.22
and that the
heathen should rule over
00:46:06.25\00:46:08.34
them: wherefore
should they say among
00:46:08.37\00:46:09.94
the people, where is their God?
00:46:09.97\00:46:13.02
Friend think about that
please think about that.
00:46:13.05\00:46:16.37
We live in that
time, that the priests
00:46:17.78\00:46:22.94
and the ministers
instead of all the get together
00:46:22.97\00:46:25.76
for foolishness and
things in the world today,
00:46:25.79\00:46:27.78
we should be coming
together and the minister
00:46:27.81\00:46:30.40
should be crying
and weeping and crying
00:46:30.43\00:46:32.89
between the porch
and the altar saying God
00:46:32.92\00:46:35.08
spare the people.
00:46:35.11\00:46:36.94
Friend are you
praying that at home
00:46:38.15\00:46:39.89
you don't like to be
minister of preachers
00:46:39.92\00:46:41.44
to pray those kind of prayers.
00:46:41.47\00:46:43.08
Are you praying
them for your children
00:46:43.11\00:46:45.40
for your grand
children from your family
00:46:45.43\00:46:47.02
and friends that you know what?
00:46:47.05\00:46:48.74
I know we need to be praying.
00:46:49.82\00:46:51.29
I have being
prayer that myself I am
00:46:51.32\00:46:53.61
grand Lord whatever it
takes I get the attention,
00:46:53.64\00:46:55.43
whatever it takes
to get my attention
00:46:55.46\00:46:57.41
let her happen,
much better then go
00:46:57.44\00:46:59.56
through some things
in this life here and
00:46:59.59\00:47:01.16
be saved in God's
kingdom we need to be
00:47:01.19\00:47:02.97
crying between the
porch and the altar
00:47:03.00\00:47:04.73
spare our
children spare the people,
00:47:04.76\00:47:07.32
that's the hour
in which we live.
00:47:07.35\00:47:09.54
The Church needs more power
00:47:09.57\00:47:11.27
I think you see and
understand what I am talking
00:47:11.30\00:47:12.72
about don't you?
00:47:12.75\00:47:14.29
Wow. And of course we know
00:47:16.39\00:47:19.64
very well Joel
chapter 2:28 and 29,
00:47:19.67\00:47:22.40
I love this because
power in the Church,
00:47:22.43\00:47:25.81
I mean it's not
for some future time
00:47:27.38\00:47:29.68
but that power
can be ours right now
00:47:29.71\00:47:31.96
if we are willing to commit
to Jesus Christ 100 percent.
00:47:31.99\00:47:35.97
The Bible says it
shall come to pass afterward,
00:47:36.00\00:47:39.54
that I will pour
out my spirit upon all,
00:47:39.57\00:47:41.70
what, flesh; your
sons and your daughters
00:47:41.73\00:47:46.63
shall prophesy a bible says,
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.48
old men dream
dreams, your young men shall
00:47:48.51\00:47:50.37
see vision. God
said I am poured my
00:47:50.40\00:47:52.31
spirits out upon my people.
00:47:52.34\00:47:53.98
There is going to
be prophecy going on.
00:47:54.01\00:47:55.71
There is going to be
dreams he said I am going
00:47:55.74\00:47:57.91
to give him, there
is going to vision that
00:47:57.94\00:47:59.80
he is going to give his
going to give his people,
00:47:59.83\00:48:01.55
and he said and
upon my handmaids notice
00:48:01.58\00:48:05.21
this my servants and
handmaids in those days
00:48:05.24\00:48:08.14
will I pour out my spirit.
00:48:08.17\00:48:11.24
You can be a part of that.
00:48:11.27\00:48:13.01
I can be a part of that.
00:48:13.04\00:48:14.64
I thought how wonderful.
00:48:14.67\00:48:16.55
Peter in the New Testament,
00:48:16.58\00:48:19.32
Acts Chapter two
talks about this power
00:48:19.35\00:48:24.46
that went on at penny cost
and the partial fulfillment
00:48:24.49\00:48:27.41
of it so on and so
forth and I thought boy
00:48:27.44\00:48:29.28
this is abort. He was
talking supernatural gifts
00:48:29.31\00:48:32.13
in the last days
such as prophesying,
00:48:32.16\00:48:34.50
supernatural
gift in the last days
00:48:34.53\00:48:36.67
such as speaking in
other language did you
00:48:36.70\00:48:38.87
get that? The earliest Church,
00:48:38.90\00:48:41.51
the early Church by
the way is the gifts
00:48:41.54\00:48:45.03
we've seen and
they need to be seen
00:48:45.06\00:48:47.21
in the Church
today. These gifts were not
00:48:47.24\00:48:48.93
just for the New Testament.
00:48:48.96\00:48:50.49
It's for us right now.
00:48:50.52\00:48:51.94
The early Church
is New Testament time,
00:48:51.97\00:48:54.01
what, to profits
with all the Bible says
00:48:54.04\00:48:56.83
in first Corinthians 12:7,
00:48:56.86\00:48:58.22
this gift should be in
operation and the Church
00:48:59.58\00:49:01.70
what wisdom and
knowledge and faith
00:49:01.73\00:49:04.61
and healing and
helps and what, miracles.
00:49:04.64\00:49:08.04
This is a Church,
and this is not going on
00:49:09.69\00:49:13.48
in the Church, the
healing and you understand the
00:49:13.51\00:49:15.73
people outside the
unbelievers gonna say this,
00:49:15.76\00:49:17.52
this is gonna
say some like this,
00:49:17.55\00:49:19.07
where is your God.
00:49:19.10\00:49:21.48
We don't want that said.
00:49:24.58\00:49:25.89
We are asking God
to show himself to
00:49:28.29\00:49:30.20
be who he is today.
00:49:30.23\00:49:31.87
We get readiness of
people so that God can
00:49:31.90\00:49:34.22
work through us.
00:49:34.25\00:49:35.69
And by the way when
the disciples receive
00:49:36.83\00:49:39.79
this power and by
the way I love this,
00:49:39.82\00:49:43.42
oh somebody check it out.
00:49:43.45\00:49:45.04
Bible said it is
gonna pour out his spirit.
00:49:45.07\00:49:49.59
He didn't say he is
gonna sprinkle out his spirit.
00:49:49.62\00:49:55.07
He didn't say he give you
little dab to that spirit.
00:49:55.10\00:49:58.50
He said I am
gonna pour it on you.
00:49:58.53\00:50:00.85
I am gonna soak you with it.
00:50:00.88\00:50:02.72
Some of us are
afraid. Oh he is gonna
00:50:02.75\00:50:06.40
poured on the Holy
Spirit, there goes the umbrella.
00:50:06.43\00:50:09.73
Now we are poured on me,
00:50:09.76\00:50:12.97
pour out that spirit
do you realize that happen
00:50:13.00\00:50:18.61
as that spirit was
poured on disciples
00:50:18.64\00:50:21.53
what happened in
their life was awesome.
00:50:21.56\00:50:24.28
The priest and
the rulers, and all,
00:50:24.31\00:50:28.13
you know what, they
marvel at the disciples words.
00:50:28.16\00:50:32.44
They weren't the
same men anymore.
00:50:35.09\00:50:37.31
They spoke differently
they acted differently
00:50:37.34\00:50:39.34
after they was
consumed by the Holy spirit's
00:50:39.37\00:50:41.80
because it was no
longer them but Christ
00:50:41.83\00:50:46.24
who lived with in Paul
said it some thing like this,
00:50:46.27\00:50:49.23
it's no longer I but
Christ who lives within me.
00:50:49.26\00:50:52.01
This is what it happens
as were give ourselves to the
00:50:53.54\00:50:57.06
Holy Spirit, our
words different they become
00:50:57.09\00:51:00.36
more powerful
because the spirit is taking
00:51:00.39\00:51:02.91
those words and when they spoke,
00:51:02.94\00:51:07.30
they spoke with
utterances and power
00:51:07.33\00:51:09.53
of the spirit, only
the spirit can give.
00:51:09.56\00:51:12.55
Does the Church need
more Holy Spirit power? Yes.
00:51:12.58\00:51:17.17
Are we wanting that power?
00:51:17.20\00:51:20.32
I want us to be in
agreement before we
00:51:20.35\00:51:23.35
close today I want
us to be in agreement
00:51:23.38\00:51:25.87
to say oh yes we need more power
00:51:25.90\00:51:29.04
in the Church and
the way we received
00:51:29.10\00:51:31.10
that power dear
friend is awesome
00:51:31.15\00:51:33.05
it be an another
lesson but all friends
00:51:33.08\00:51:35.86
we have to come to
the point to say this
00:51:35.89\00:51:37.92
I want that power.
00:51:37.95\00:51:42.81
If you want it
you shall receive it.
00:51:45.12\00:51:48.66
Are you asking
for even right now?
00:51:52.19\00:51:54.20
Some of you say
what, I don't seem to have
00:51:54.23\00:52:00.38
that power. Let me
say this before we close,
00:52:00.41\00:52:03.37
if we do not have
that power it is because
00:52:03.40\00:52:08.73
of our spiritual
lethargy, think about it,
00:52:08.76\00:52:12.51
spiritual lethargy
what does that mean?
00:52:12.54\00:52:16.26
Look up at that
word when you have an
00:52:16.29\00:52:18.33
opportunity. You
know what it means
00:52:18.36\00:52:21.33
it means abnormal drowsiness.
00:52:21.36\00:52:25.06
If you don't have
the Holy Spirit it is
00:52:25.09\00:52:27.23
because you have an
abnormal drowsiness,
00:52:27.26\00:52:31.11
you have lack energy
or you are just playing
00:52:31.14\00:52:34.79
sluggish. Now we
don't want that do we?
00:52:34.82\00:52:38.71
Or it might be
if we don't have it
00:52:41.14\00:52:43.22
is because we
become indifferent and
00:52:43.25\00:52:45.63
I am telling indifference
is in the Church today,
00:52:45.66\00:52:48.05
it's among God's people.
00:52:48.08\00:52:49.69
You say, well, what
you mean being different.
00:52:49.72\00:52:51.88
It is attitude
whatever, whatever?
00:52:51.91\00:52:55.99
Friends when it comes
to the cross of Christ
00:52:59.88\00:53:02.25
are can we know whatever,
00:53:02.28\00:53:03.93
we cannot be
indifferent that means what?
00:53:03.96\00:53:06.67
You just not
concerned the lack of concerned
00:53:06.70\00:53:08.82
and than it goes on
it say, our indolence.
00:53:08.85\00:53:11.64
If you don't have Holy
Spirit power in your life,
00:53:11.67\00:53:14.10
we don't have in
the Churches because of
00:53:14.13\00:53:15.71
what because of our
indolence and that simply
00:53:15.74\00:53:18.97
means that we are lazy
and we like to be lazy.
00:53:19.00\00:53:22.68
We want to avoid work.
00:53:22.71\00:53:24.30
We don't wanna to
do any thing for God
00:53:24.33\00:53:25.53
or for the Church,
we like to be ideal.
00:53:25.56\00:53:27.50
The ideal is not gonna
receive the power of God
00:53:28.91\00:53:31.13
think about it.
The abnormal drowsy one
00:53:31.16\00:53:35.12
is not going to receive power,
00:53:35.15\00:53:36.85
the one who says
although whatever
00:53:36.88\00:53:38.98
doesn't make any
difference I am not
00:53:39.01\00:53:40.67
really interested, you
are not going to receive
00:53:40.70\00:53:43.25
that power. Friends
there has to be a change
00:53:43.28\00:53:46.62
and then you know
what I may encourage you
00:53:48.25\00:53:50.44
this we need to come
out of our dead formality.
00:53:50.47\00:53:53.33
And we need to
come out as sleepiness,
00:53:53.36\00:53:57.54
this lukewarm and
this don't care attitude
00:53:57.57\00:54:00.51
and pray that God will help us
00:54:00.54\00:54:03.70
as a Church
individually to say God
00:54:03.73\00:54:06.34
you know what I need more power
00:54:06.37\00:54:08.88
and the Church we
want the Church to have
00:54:08.91\00:54:10.58
more power that we
may do your bidding
00:54:10.61\00:54:12.81
and your calling.
00:54:12.84\00:54:14.62
How long has it been
since you spent some time
00:54:14.65\00:54:17.33
with Jesus dear friend.
00:54:17.36\00:54:18.55
We are gonna
pray about that today.
00:54:18.58\00:54:20.17
We need to close
with the thought that
00:54:21.51\00:54:23.14
Mark 14:38 says we need to watch
00:54:23.17\00:54:25.28
and we need to pray.
00:54:25.31\00:54:26.78
The spirit truly is ready,
00:54:26.81\00:54:29.24
but the flesh is
weak. God help us,
00:54:29.27\00:54:32.58
God's Churches on
the march God Church
00:54:32.61\00:54:35.48
is moving forward
today dear friends,
00:54:35.51\00:54:37.22
they said he is
gonna, they pour out his
00:54:37.25\00:54:38.88
spirit on those who
in what Acts Chapter 5:32
00:54:38.91\00:54:41.95
that obey him, are you
willing to be obedient today?
00:54:41.98\00:54:45.37
Do you really, are
you really convinced
00:54:47.23\00:54:49.08
that the Church
needs more power and
00:54:49.11\00:54:50.68
what the Church can
do we can do individually
00:54:50.71\00:54:52.71
as we laid God
come in take control?
00:54:52.74\00:54:54.85
Oh what an awesome time.
00:54:54.88\00:54:56.58
I wanna be a part
of that how about you.
00:54:56.61\00:54:58.19
Why don't we go to
God right now and pray?
00:54:58.22\00:55:00.80
Some of you may go down
the road and you can do it
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.77
right now, that's okay
you can pray with me anyway.
00:55:02.80\00:55:07.06
For some of you it is
gonna to be able to get
00:55:07.09\00:55:09.24
down on your knees
but sorry I am going do it
00:55:09.27\00:55:10.96
right now have the
short prayer before we close
00:55:10.99\00:55:12.80
together. Let's pray
that God will give us that
00:55:12.83\00:55:15.16
kind of power, shall we.
00:55:15.19\00:55:16.83
Merciful father in
heaven we truly thank you
00:55:17.86\00:55:19.81
for your word, thank
you for the power that
00:55:19.84\00:55:21.46
you promised to your to people.
00:55:21.49\00:55:22.95
Lord may we open
our hearts and our minds
00:55:22.98\00:55:25.21
and may we see
Jesus in a special way.
00:55:25.24\00:55:27.20
May we realize the end
is near even at the door
00:55:27.23\00:55:29.92
we need to be
about our father business
00:55:29.95\00:55:32.31
I thank you and I
praise you now may each one
00:55:32.34\00:55:34.84
purpose in their heart that they
00:55:34.87\00:55:36.20
want to have the
Holy spirit power and more
00:55:36.23\00:55:39.13
abundant way in
Jesus name. Amen.
00:55:39.16\00:55:41.38
Well, until next time God
bless we will see you than.
00:55:44.04\00:55:46.95
Friends we pray
that was a blessing.
00:55:49.95\00:55:52.32
We pray that you
are energized that you
00:55:52.35\00:55:56.50
have some new
motivation to study God's word.
00:55:56.53\00:56:01.50
There are four more
parts to the series,
00:56:01.53\00:56:06.08
it doesn't stop here.
00:56:06.11\00:56:07.80
We are just beginning
to look into the power
00:56:07.83\00:56:11.19
the Holy Spirit. Next
we are gonna talk about
00:56:11.22\00:56:14.35
how you have to want that power,
00:56:14.38\00:56:17.36
it doesn't just
happened you got to want it,
00:56:17.39\00:56:21.40
remember scripture
we have to search for
00:56:21.43\00:56:23.77
truth as there were
searching for hidden treasure
00:56:23.80\00:56:26.36
you got to pray
you got to ask God,
00:56:26.39\00:56:29.14
and then we are
look at the preparation
00:56:29.17\00:56:31.37
needed to receive that power.
00:56:31.40\00:56:33.25
But what can we do be prepared?
00:56:33.28\00:56:35.52
What does the Lord except of us?
00:56:35.59\00:56:38.01
And then how can
we receive that power
00:56:38.04\00:56:40.60
and of course
finally witnessing with power
00:56:40.63\00:56:44.85
I know you wanna be a witness,
00:56:44.88\00:56:47.09
and there are many
times that I have prayed
00:56:47.12\00:56:49.08
Lord I wanna like
the disciples of old.
00:56:49.11\00:56:51.94
I wanna understand, I wanna hear
00:56:51.97\00:56:54.13
your spirits
speaking of my heart.
00:56:54.16\00:56:56.24
I want to know when
we are working with the
00:56:56.27\00:56:58.85
crowd what someone needs.
00:56:58.88\00:57:00.82
How we can help
them and we can only
00:57:00.85\00:57:03.64
do through the
power the Holy Spirit,
00:57:03.67\00:57:06.21
and I know that
this is a series that
00:57:06.24\00:57:08.32
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00:57:08.35\00:57:11.35
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00:57:11.38\00:57:13.46
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00:58:09.94\00:58:13.98
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00:58:14.01\00:58:18.24
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00:58:18.27\00:58:20.70
shall we until
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00:58:20.73\00:58:23.12
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