Hello, and welcome to
"Behold the Lamb Presents."
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I'm Chris Shelton your host
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and I want to
invite you to stay tuned
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and join us as we
study our final message
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in a three part series that
we've entitled "The Godhead."
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In parts one and
two we have examined
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the scriptures along
with Sprit of Prophecy
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to glean information on
God the Father and God the Son.
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Today, we will be
studying the third person
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of the heavenly
dignitaries, the Holy Spirit.
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And perhaps just the
name of this third deity
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in and of itself has
caused people to come
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to conclusions about
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this heavenly
being that is in conflict
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with the
teachings of the scriptures.
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In fact, people
have left churches
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over their misgivings about
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this third
person of the Godhead.
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So is there ample
evidence to keep us
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from being so
divided with one another?
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First of all, God is
not the author of confusion
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and although we may
never fully understand
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all that there is to
know about the Godhead,
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we do believe that God has
given us enough information
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that we need not be
deceived by the theories of men.
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And I'm so thankful
that Pastor Kenny Shelton
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has taken the time to
thoroughly study this issue
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and rightly
divide the word of God
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in order to make it
clear for those of us
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who study along with him.
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I know you will be
blessed as we conclude
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this three hour
study on "The Godhead."
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But first let's listen to a song
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that is entitled
"Shall We Learn To Be Friends"
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as sung by Steve Darmody
from the 3ABN Worship Center.
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You are my sister
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Even when I do not know you
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You are my brother
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Even when I do not show you
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You're in my family
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In Christ, you're kin to me
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Now you are one with me
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Shall we learn to be friends
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You are my mother
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when I fall and when I'm hurting
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You are my father
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Please forgive me my deserting
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You're in my family
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In Christ, you're kin to me
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Now you are one with me
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Shall we learn to be friends
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I need you near me
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When my hope is gone
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Come lift me up
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And help me carry on
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Then when you're weak
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You'll find me by your side
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To comfort you
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And see you through
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You are my daughter
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It matters not
your race or nation
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You are my son, my own
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May we embrace in celebration
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You're in my family
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In Christ, you're kin to me
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Now you are one with me
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Shall we learn to be friends
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Thanks for joining us here
once again "Behold the Lamb"
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and you've already heard
this is a interesting subject.
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In fact, this is a
subject that is debated.
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It's a subject it's
called separation and division.
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People have left
the cause of Christ
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because of not
receiving proper instructions
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of the office
of the Holy Spirit.
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Wow, as we get into this study
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you are gonna
see a lot of things
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maybe you haven't seen
before, maybe you have.
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But we are gonna
bring it together
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in the simplicity
of the Word of God
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and the power of the Holy Spirit
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because we need
to understand this.
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And you are gonna ask me,
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why do we really need
to understand the function?
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I realize it's
so far over my head
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and maybe not over yours
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but still yet God has left us
enough information in His word.
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Listen, this is interesting.
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The enemy likes for us to commit
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the unpardonable sin.
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What is that sin
against the Holy Ghost?
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Would it not be in this subject
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if we deny the
entity of the Holy Spirit?
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Would that not be a
denial of the Holy Spirit?
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Wow.
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Would that not
grieve the Spirit of God?
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We need to
rethink about this issue.
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We are gonna go to prayer
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and I want you to
pray along with me
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because this is
so, so, so important.
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Remember if you had
some preconceived ideas,
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let's lay them all outside.
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Let's take our Bible
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and let's get into
the Word of God together.
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Shall we do that?
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I want to pray right now
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and I like you to
pray along with me
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and I'm thankful
for the prayer warriors
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and you usually
write in or some call
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and say, I'm
praying right with you.
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Thank you for that.
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And let's pray right now again
for the unction of the spirit.
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Merciful God in
heaven, we thank You again
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that we can call upon
You in our time of need
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and of course anytime.
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But Lord, we have a need
today specially on this subject.
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It's just, it's
so big, it's so huge
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and I realize that we
can't properly understand
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all of that there is to
know but You've given us
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enough information
that we may understand
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and know what is truth.
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So help as we pray, send
that precious Holy Spirit
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that we may have our
minds, our hearts open
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and we may receive
maybe today in some lives,
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some peoples lives
that they might see it
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little differently
than they have before.
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And, Lord, I'm
gonna thank You in advance
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for what You are going to do.
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Thank you for those who
watch and those who send in,
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those who
encourage us to continue on.
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We give You praise and honor
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and glory in Jesus' name, amen.
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Again, it's so very important
and I stress this every program
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because I understand
there is lot of information.
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We are only gleaning today.
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We are just taking a little
bit of all the information that
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you know, you can
study and put together on it.
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We take hours
and hours and hours
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but, you know, some of
us need to be doing that.
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And so through
all the hours of study
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try to condense it down here
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in just a matter of some minutes
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and it's gonna demand that
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you study a
little bit further long,
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but then I know
you will do that.
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Because you
know, again I mentioned
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this subject has
caused all kind of problems
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and I don't want to cause
any problems in your heart
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and in your life.
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So today as we
look at the Holy Spirit,
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we are not gonna
spend a whole lot of time
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of going into all the office
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and all the
function of the Holy Spirit.
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Most of us
probably understand that.
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If you've been on the word
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or you are follower
of Jesus Christ you--
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I'm sure you
understand these things.
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But we still need to
mention some of the office
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or the ministry
of the Holy Spirit.
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Remember the Bible said
the Holy Spirit it guides us.
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It's an influence in our
lives, it's a gift, it's a fruit
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that we need, it's an office,
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it's an
outpouring, it's inspiration
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that we so desperately need.
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It's the power
that's been promised to us.
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Jesus promised us the power
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of the Holy Spirit and
so I praise God for that.
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And you know, I
thought very interesting
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the Holy Spirit has a
personality, interesting.
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And we need to be careful
not to grieve the Holy Spirit.
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Remember do not
grieve the Holy Spirit.
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Blessings will
come to the church,
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will come in your
heart and in my heart
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as we understand this subject.
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But I can guarantee you
this that the Holy Spirit,
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the power of God will
not come upon individual
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or in a church who rejects
the truth of this subject.
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So I'm sure that you
are not gonna reject it
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because you are
gonna be studying
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right along with me on this.
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God's blessing will
come to you, I know.
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Let us give-- I
like thought questions
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so I'll maybe
provoke some of you
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but it's okay, I'll get
you thinking along with me.
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If we will, if we will
just acknowledge today, what?
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Number one, the
power of the Holy Spirit.
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So number one I
want you to acknowledge
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the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Number two, I want you to say,
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I want to be submissive to
and molded by the Holy Spirit.
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Two little simple
things if we will do that,
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we shall stand,
notice this, complete in Him.
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Two little things we
will stand complete in Him,
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we need that.
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So the truth of the Holy
Spirit is important, absolutely.
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It's revealed
clear, unmistakable lines
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in the Word of God.
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Now how do we that?
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The Bible said,
we study for truth,
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we do line upon
line, precept upon precept,
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here a little
and there a little.
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You say, well,
where do you find that?
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Well, Isaiah Chapter 28
read verses 9 through 13
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you will get little better
just the whole thing there.
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Now, for those of
you who say, well,
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you know, I really--
I think I understand it
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but I'm not sure of it.
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This is for you, of
course, this is for all of us.
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We can study this
subject from Bible
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and the Bible
alone, understand the power
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and understand the
function of the Holy Spirit.
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But for some of you we believe
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in the Spirit of
Prophecy so little clearer,
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you know, in some of our
minds, we will use the Bible
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and Spirit of
Prophecy on this subject.
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Now remember every
truth in the Word of God
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must be proven from scripture.
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This is right, this is
what God would have us to do.
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I'm thankful also for
the Spirit of Prophecy
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and I know that you are too.
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I like, I love the
Bible when I get into it
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and I know you
do too in Acts 5:32.
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Jot it down quickly, Acts 5:32.
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You remember the
Bible says the Holy Spirit
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or the Holy Ghost has
promised to those who what?
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Good. Those who obey Him.
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Right off the
reel we have a problem.
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The Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost
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has promised to
those who obey him.
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Majority of
people just not obeying
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how can you
receive the Holy Ghost
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if we are not being obedient
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to what God has
said in His word?
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Interesting in 2 Corinthians 2:9
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the Bible says, notice,
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We need to be
obedient in all things.
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I'll read the whole
verse, read it before,
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read after you will
see that's the principle
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we need to be
obedient in how many things?
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All things.
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Not just what
suits your little fancy
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or my little fancy.
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We need to be obedient
the Bible says in all things.
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1 Peter 1:22, it
says, we need to obey
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the truth through the Spirit.
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We need to obey the
truth through the Spirit.
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Jeremiah has
something powerful to say
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on this in Jeremiah
7:23, notice how it reads.
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It says, notice
simple bottom line.
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"Obey my voice, and
I will be your God."
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What? Obey.
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Always something
about obedience here.
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Lot of people
want to throw it out.
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The Bible is
clear about obedience.
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If you want the Holy Spirit,
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we have to be
willing to be what?
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Obedient.
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Now, you say,
well, where do we start?
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Oh, wonderful place to
start is in John Chapter 16.
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Now can we read
all those verses?
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No, we cannot.
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But I want to point
you to verses 7 through 14.
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Now keep this in
mind, John chapter what?
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Good, you are jotting
it down 16, 7 through 14.
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Here's what Jesus promises.
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Now does Jesus
keep His promises?
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Absolutely, He does.
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He promised to
send the Holy Spirit.
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Here He says, I promised
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to send you the
comforter, notice this.
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What would the Holy Spirit do?
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The Holy Spirit, He
says then would do what?
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Would convict the world of sin,
notice this and righteousness.
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So conviction of
sin is the function
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of the Holy Spirit would convict
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and also the
function of the Holy Spirit
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is to lead and
guide us to teach us
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what is right in
righteousness and also what?
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A judgment the Bible said.
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And then in John
Chapter 16 the Bible says,
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the Spirit would
guide us into all truth.
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See we have a
real problem there.
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Guide us into all truth.
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Why are there so many
different people thinking
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on so many different lines,
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so many different
areas and subject?
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The Holy Spirit will not lie.
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The Holy Spirit leads you
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and guides you
into all truth in me.
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So what Spirit is leading today?
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It's a good question
for us to come up with.
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In fact, the Holy
Spirit, the Bible says
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there in John
16, that the Spirit,
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Holy Spirit would
show us things to come.
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If you will notice the work
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that's going on
in this world today,
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notice, is left in the function
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or in the hands
of the Holy Spirit.
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Notice that, He's talked about,
He convicts the world of sin.
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Convicts us of what?
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Of righteousness and of judgment
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would guide us into all truth.
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And notice and the Holy Spirit
then its function is to what?
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Prophecy.
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Would guide us
and then would what?
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Show us things to come.
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That's prophecy, isn't it?
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And then notice
this, it caps it off here
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the Holy Spirit
then would do what?
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Would glorify Jesus.
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So the function
of the Holy Spirit
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then is to simply
glorify, notice this,
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we will talk more about,
it represent Jesus Christ.
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What an awesome
thing to think about
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is the work of the Holy
Spirit in this world today.
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In fact little credit is
given to the Holy Spirit.
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Many times we don't even
think about the Holy Spirit.
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I think we really need to.
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So the Bible is
very clear in principle
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that the Holy Spirit
then was promised to be,
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listen
carefully, put it together,
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would be Christ representative.
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The Holy Spirit
would be Christ what?
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Representative.
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A representative
then is not what,
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would not be Christ
but it would be somebody
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who comes and
represents someone else.
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So His representative.
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A little book called "Messages
to Young People" page 55.
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Notice just one
little line here,
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keep your mind open.
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Notice what it says.
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It says, "The Lord Jesus,"
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notice "The Lord
Jesus acts through"
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notice "the Holy Spirit,
for it is His representative."
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That didn't say
Christ spirit or God spirit,
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it said the Holy Spirit.
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It's His representative.
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In fact, it gets little
clear as we go John 16:7 says,
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Jesus says this, He
said, it's expedient.
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Notice this,
it's better for you.
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It's going to be an
advantage to you, for you.
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It's going to be
profitable to you,
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that's what
expedient means here.
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For you that I go away.
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Jesus says it's going to
be, let's keep this in mind
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because Jesus said
it's better that I go away.
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How could it be
better that He goes away?
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Oh, then he begins to explain
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why it's better
that He goes away.
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He says, "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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How wonderful.
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Jesus said, if I--
but if I go I'm gonna send
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you a Comforter, I'm
gonna send you someone
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that's going to
stand in My place.
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I'm going to send
someone to represent Me.
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Wow.
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You see, you think about this--
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let's go back just a little bit,
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turn a few pages back.
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Okay, can we do that?
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Do you remember this?
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Jesus said this in John 16:7.
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Now what He said? He said what?
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"It is expedient
for you that I go away."
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Now what does He talking about?
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Now He is talking about
here, expedient that I go.
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He was talking about what?
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He'd come into this
earth, living and dying what?
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Coming out of the tomb
and then going back to heaven.
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Who was waiting for
all of this to transpire
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and take place
before it really poured?
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The Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit
then and we read that
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in Acts Chapter 2.
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Disciples were what?
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They were in the upper
room and they were praying.
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You remember that?
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And they were up
there for 10 days,
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they're praying for
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
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It's kind of interesting
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when you think
about this right here.
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They prayed, oh, God, we need
the power of the Holy Spirit.
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And notice this, that
time Jesus was in heaven
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and He was also added His
intercessory prayer to this.
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He wanted to send that spirit.
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He want to send
it in great measure
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because He knew
that we would need it,
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that His people would need it.
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Think about this.
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We say, well, how come we say
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a while ago is
expedient for you that I go.
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You remember
what Jesus certainly
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while He was here on earth,
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He couldn't be
everywhere at once.
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Could He?
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When He came He was fully human
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and fully certainly
divine, but remember,
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He couldn't be at
every place at once.
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Where Jesus walked
that's where He was at.
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Say He went over here,
that's where He was at.
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See before Him
coming down to here
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we will find
out here in a moment
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He could be
everywhere but not anymore.
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He came down to
this, to this earth.
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He took on humanity.
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And so here He
said, it's gonna be
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an advantage to you,
00:19:37.87\00:19:39.21
it's gonna be
profitable for you.
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I can't be everywhere at once.
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He said, I want to
leave you something
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that's very special.
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He said, I'm
gonna go to the Father
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and I'm gonna send
the Holy Spirit to what?
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To be My successor on earth.
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He was going to leave.
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Now remember
when Jesus come out--
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We will read
this in just a moment.
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You remember Thomas,
well, Doubting Thomas?
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Oh, how much Jesus
gave up for us, we will--
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Oh, we will never
learn in this life.
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It's too much for us
but we have a little piece
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that fits together
it's how wonderful it is.
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You see, but let'
think about the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit then
is not cumbered with the,
00:20:15.61\00:20:18.98
with the
personality of the humanity.
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The Holy Spirit is a spirit.
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Jesus while He
was on this earth,
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remember one place at one time.
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But now the Holy
Spirit would represent Christ.
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So the Holy Spirit then could be
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in all places at the same time.
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Wow.
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So after
resurrection, you know what?
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After resurrection
when Jesus came up,
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He would bear the marks of what?
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Of humanity for eternity.
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So it's kind of
interesting when you say,
00:20:47.31\00:20:48.94
well, that's--
in the Bible it says
00:20:48.98\00:20:50.31
the Spirit of
Jesus, the Spirit of God.
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Really?
00:20:53.55\00:20:54.88
Interesting when
Christ went back,
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He was in flesh
and right in bone.
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He could no
longer ever be everywhere
00:20:58.89\00:21:01.52
at once like He could
before He came down here
00:21:01.56\00:21:03.63
and gave that up
for you and for me.
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But He's not--
I have to send you
00:21:05.99\00:21:07.33
to the Holy Spirit
because Holy Spirit
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can be everywhere it wants
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and everybody is gonna need help
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and I can't do it anymore.
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I can only be
in, wow, one place.
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So how can He
give something that
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he doesn't possess anymore?
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Wow.
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I mean that's
an awesome thought.
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Think it through,
pray it, pray it through.
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Remember He say well,
I'm not sure that's the way.
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You remember we
talked about Doubting Thomas
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and you can read
that in John 20:27.
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I'm gonna just
read that for you here.
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It said, when
Doubting Thomas said,
00:21:33.49\00:21:34.86
well, I'm gonna have to
see, I'm gonna have to touch,
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you know, I'm going
to have to lack of faith
00:21:36.69\00:21:38.53
but notice what
it-- Jesus said to him,
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how wonderful
what a loving my Savior
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.30
that you serve and I serve.
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He could have said,
man, that's the way you are.
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Hey, bye-bye. He didn't do that.
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He said, come on over here.
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He said, notice,
"Reach hither thy finger,
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and behold my
hands, reach hither,"
00:21:52.24\00:21:55.18
notice it "thy hand,
and thrust it into my side."
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notice it "thy Jesus is
assuring old Doubting Thomas
00:22:00.42\00:22:03.95
and you can
read that in verse 25
00:22:03.99\00:22:05.49
where Thomas is asking this
question of John Chapter 20.
00:22:05.52\00:22:08.96
Now notice Luke
Chapter 24 says it
00:22:08.99\00:22:11.16
just a little different
but same principles here.
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Notice verse 39.
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It say, it puts this way.
00:22:14.86\00:22:16.33
"Behold my hands and my feet,
00:22:16.36\00:22:19.80
that it is I myself."
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Beautiful.
00:22:22.97\00:22:24.54
He goes on, He
said, "handle me, and see"
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notice this "for a
spirit hath not" what?
00:22:27.14\00:22:30.71
"Flesh and bones,
as ye see me have."
00:22:30.75\00:22:32.98
Jesus said, I'm not a
spirit. I have flesh and bones.
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He can only be in one
place. One place at one time.
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Just here, over here or--
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See why He want to
send us a Comforter.
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Think about it. The
Holy Spirit has attributes.
00:22:44.89\00:22:49.23
The Holy Spirit
has characteristics.
00:22:49.26\00:22:52.77
It's not just some kind
of an influence or somebody--
00:22:52.80\00:22:56.40
notice this the Holy Spirit,
the Holy Spirit is omnipresent.
00:22:56.44\00:23:00.98
Think about
omnipresent, what's that mean?
00:23:01.01\00:23:02.91
Well, we just talked about
00:23:02.94\00:23:04.28
Holy Spirit can be
everywhere at once, praise God.
00:23:04.31\00:23:07.98
John 14:17 read
that, jot it down.
00:23:08.02\00:23:11.19
Psalms 139:7-12,
everywhere at once.
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Wow.
00:23:15.72\00:23:17.16
Now remember that's an
attribute of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:17.19\00:23:19.36
Another attribute
of the Holy Spirit
00:23:19.39\00:23:21.16
is that what is omniscient.
00:23:21.20\00:23:23.57
Now notice what does that mean.
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That means knowledge,
that means infinite knowledge,
00:23:26.30\00:23:29.47
wisdom knowing all things.
00:23:29.50\00:23:32.37
Notice how this
is fitting together.
00:23:32.41\00:23:34.08
These are things that
Christ had, right, that God has.
00:23:34.11\00:23:36.64
Now, the Holy
Spirit has these three,
00:23:36.68\00:23:38.75
omnipresent, omniscient,
notice this read that
00:23:38.78\00:23:41.72
in 1 Corinthians
2:10, Romans 11:33
00:23:41.75\00:23:48.86
and then just a
little more study
00:23:48.89\00:23:50.36
you can go back to
1 Corinthians 2:10-12.
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Think about the Holy Spirit
00:23:55.40\00:23:57.30
has infinite
knowledge knowing all things.
00:23:57.33\00:24:01.07
Can be
everywhere at the same time.
00:24:01.10\00:24:03.51
That just blows
your mind, doesn't it?
00:24:03.54\00:24:05.74
Wow. Praise God.
00:24:05.77\00:24:07.58
You see, why Jesus
said, I can no longer,
00:24:07.61\00:24:10.18
I can no longer be everywhere.
00:24:10.21\00:24:11.78
When I came down to
this earth, this is it,
00:24:11.81\00:24:13.62
I carry humanity back with me.
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.25
That's how I identify.
00:24:15.28\00:24:17.29
And so if I don't go
away, you won't have this power.
00:24:17.32\00:24:21.49
Wow, how good He is.
00:24:21.52\00:24:22.86
And then three
certainly almighty.
00:24:22.89\00:24:26.26
We are talking about
almighty God, omnipotent.
00:24:26.29\00:24:28.73
You say, oh, I've
heard that word before.
00:24:28.76\00:24:30.70
Doesn't that mean, almighty?
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.07
Is that it mean all powerful?
00:24:32.10\00:24:33.74
The Holy Spirit then is not,
00:24:33.77\00:24:35.50
is not limited to anything,
it's all, he is all powerful.
00:24:35.54\00:24:39.34
How beautiful that is.
00:24:39.37\00:24:40.71
Read that in Genesis 1:2,
00:24:40.74\00:24:43.45
Job 33:4 and Luke 1:35.
00:24:43.48\00:24:49.78
Now again are
there more passages?
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Absolutely.
00:24:52.69\00:24:54.32
These are just
a little foretaste
00:24:54.36\00:24:56.06
of what we are studying about.
00:24:56.09\00:24:57.43
I pray that you are going
to be really excited about.
00:24:57.46\00:25:00.20
Think about omnipresent,
00:25:00.23\00:25:01.66
omniscient and
omnipotent, almighty.
00:25:01.70\00:25:04.33
These are
attributes of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:04.37\00:25:06.94
When some people says,
00:25:06.97\00:25:08.30
well, Holy Spirit
is really not a person.
00:25:08.34\00:25:10.87
Well, how can it have
these attributes if it's not?
00:25:10.91\00:25:14.01
Wow.
00:25:14.04\00:25:15.38
Aren't you thankful Holy
Spirit is all knowledgeable,
00:25:15.41\00:25:17.15
can be everywhere it wants, why?
00:25:17.18\00:25:19.11
Because if Holy Spirit it
wasn't over here somewhere
00:25:19.15\00:25:21.58
and all these other
millions and billions of people,
00:25:21.62\00:25:23.22
you know what,
couldn't help them.
00:25:23.25\00:25:25.32
I'm so thankful for
that God knows what's best.
00:25:25.35\00:25:27.22
Doesn't He?
00:25:27.26\00:25:28.59
I was reading a little,
God call it a "Manuscript 125."
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This is written
September 4th, 1907.
00:25:32.46\00:25:35.50
Listen carefully.
This is, listen to this.
00:25:35.53\00:25:37.90
"Those who reject
the Spirit of truth"
00:25:37.93\00:25:41.07
notice "place themselves under"
00:25:41.10\00:25:43.74
notice "the
control of the spirit
00:25:43.77\00:25:46.64
that is opposed to the
word and works of God."
00:25:46.68\00:25:50.75
Please keep that in mind.
00:25:50.78\00:25:52.11
I'm gonna have to go
if some of you miss that
00:25:52.15\00:25:53.48
boy, did you miss it.
00:25:53.52\00:25:54.85
A chip gone.
00:25:54.88\00:25:56.22
Notice this, "Those who
reject the Spirit of truth."
00:25:56.25\00:25:58.82
See what happens, you will say,
00:25:58.85\00:26:00.19
oh, well, no, I'm not
rejecting the spirit of truth,
00:26:00.22\00:26:02.09
it's God's spirit,
it's Jesus' spirit.
00:26:02.12\00:26:04.19
Really, it's not
a personal entity?
00:26:04.23\00:26:08.13
Is it be-- can we--
00:26:08.16\00:26:09.50
if we are rejecting
this personal entity,
00:26:09.53\00:26:10.93
the Holy Spirit, is
that not rejection of truth?
00:26:10.97\00:26:14.37
Think about it.
00:26:14.40\00:26:15.74
"Those who reject the
Spirit of truth place themselves
00:26:15.77\00:26:17.64
under the control of the spirit
00:26:17.67\00:26:20.21
that is opposed to the
word and works of God."
00:26:20.24\00:26:24.91
This is little more heavy duty
than what most people think.
00:26:24.95\00:26:28.05
I find people just mounting
up, just big old volumes,
00:26:28.08\00:26:31.39
you know, these
papers this thick
00:26:31.42\00:26:32.75
and book and
writing all kind of stuff
00:26:32.79\00:26:34.29
and getting in
all kind of detail,
00:26:34.32\00:26:35.96
it still does not line
up with the Word of God.
00:26:35.99\00:26:39.63
Line upon line and
precept upon precept.
00:26:39.66\00:26:42.10
Doesn't matter how
much material you have,
00:26:42.13\00:26:43.57
does it balance with scripture?
00:26:43.60\00:26:44.93
Balance with the
Spirit of Prophecy?
00:26:44.97\00:26:47.20
See, the Bible is so
clear, the Holy Spirit,
00:26:47.24\00:26:50.07
listen is a divine person.
00:26:50.11\00:26:52.71
Now you read that, I
know in Matthew 28:19
00:26:52.74\00:26:56.34
where it says, "Go ye therefore,
00:26:56.38\00:26:58.38
and teach" how many?
00:26:58.41\00:26:59.75
"All nations" and doing what?
00:26:59.78\00:27:01.12
"Baptizing them" notice this
00:27:01.15\00:27:02.88
"in the name of the Father,
00:27:02.92\00:27:04.25
and of the Son,
and of the" what?
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.39
"The Holy Ghost."
00:27:06.42\00:27:08.16
Now think about that,
you have a lot of people
00:27:08.19\00:27:10.09
and many people get hung
up on this, I understand.
00:27:10.13\00:27:13.50
Everything they
do is in the name of.
00:27:13.53\00:27:16.16
If we understood this principle,
00:27:16.20\00:27:18.27
we wouldn't have
all these other issue.
00:27:18.30\00:27:19.77
This is simple, simple issue.
00:27:19.80\00:27:21.60
When it says in the name of
00:27:21.64\00:27:23.07
and it does mention three
not two, not one but three.
00:27:23.10\00:27:26.98
In the name of,
what does it mean?
00:27:27.01\00:27:28.78
Three names, three
persons, the word name--
00:27:28.81\00:27:31.11
let's just do it simple.
00:27:31.15\00:27:32.48
The word name in the
Greek means literally
00:27:32.51\00:27:37.49
or figuratively
authority or character.
00:27:37.52\00:27:42.92
So in the name of, the
name then symbolizes what?
00:27:42.96\00:27:45.96
The authority of.
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.80
So it says, go baptized, right,
00:27:47.83\00:27:50.10
in the name of, that
means in the authority of
00:27:50.13\00:27:52.97
or in the character of.
00:27:53.00\00:27:56.27
Let me read you something,
may this will help you.
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.57
The rendering if
you look up and you--
00:27:58.61\00:28:01.14
how the Greek was written out.
00:28:01.18\00:28:03.55
It reads a little differently
00:28:03.58\00:28:04.91
than the one it would
English the way that we speak.
00:28:04.95\00:28:06.92
But notice how it reads here,
rendering of the Greek is this.
00:28:06.95\00:28:10.32
In heaven and
upon earth having gone
00:28:10.35\00:28:14.26
then the disciples,
all nations, baptizing them
00:28:14.29\00:28:19.56
into the name, the what?
00:28:19.59\00:28:22.50
The character of
or the authority of
00:28:22.53\00:28:26.23
the Father, and the
Son and the Holy Spirit.
00:28:26.27\00:28:29.17
So still naming three
and to do away with that
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.81
we are going to have to really
00:28:31.84\00:28:33.54
just take the
scripture and start just ripping
00:28:33.58\00:28:35.14
pages out I would assume.
00:28:35.18\00:28:38.05
Because when I see three of that
00:28:38.08\00:28:39.41
and I don't take
very-- little child can count
00:28:39.45\00:28:41.28
one, two, three, right.
00:28:41.32\00:28:43.35
Now notice who are
still with me here.
00:28:43.39\00:28:45.49
When we talk about the Godhead,
00:28:45.52\00:28:46.86
we are talking about Godhead 3.
00:28:46.89\00:28:49.42
All right, God, Jesus
Christ and the Holy Spirit.
00:28:49.46\00:28:53.53
When we talked about this
we looked up in Acts 17:29
00:28:53.56\00:28:56.20
we won't do that`
00:28:56.23\00:28:57.57
but it's
talking about God likes.
00:28:57.60\00:28:59.03
So the Godhead
means here in Acts 17,
00:28:59.07\00:29:01.30
the Godhead, God like.
00:29:01.34\00:29:03.81
In Romans 1:20 the
Bible talks about here,
00:29:03.84\00:29:06.44
the God-- it mentions Godhead
00:29:06.47\00:29:08.01
it's talking about divinity.
00:29:08.04\00:29:09.94
And the third one
is in Colossians 2:9
00:29:09.98\00:29:12.45
and it says deity or godly.
00:29:12.48\00:29:15.95
Now let's give
you a couple examples
00:29:15.98\00:29:17.32
in scripture, you can just read,
00:29:17.35\00:29:18.69
there's lot more of
these but you can see
00:29:18.72\00:29:20.56
the three separate
entities in this passage.
00:29:20.59\00:29:23.99
If you are looking
for you will see it.
00:29:24.03\00:29:25.36
Notice with me Luke
Chapter 24, jot it down,
00:29:25.39\00:29:27.63
we got like a lot
of material to cover.
00:29:27.66\00:29:29.43
Luke 24:48, 49.
00:29:29.46\00:29:32.90
Here we see
three persons involved.
00:29:32.93\00:29:35.70
Bible says, "And ye are
witnesses of these things.
00:29:35.74\00:29:38.77
And, behold,"
notice this "I," Who I?
00:29:38.81\00:29:41.38
Jesus "send the
promise" who is the promise?
00:29:41.41\00:29:44.75
That's the Holy
Spirit. "Of my Father" what?
00:29:44.78\00:29:48.38
God "Upon you"
notice this and he says,
00:29:48.42\00:29:50.75
"but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem, until the" what?
00:29:50.79\00:29:54.69
"Thou be endued
with power from on high."
00:29:54.72\00:29:57.39
So what is the
power? Two places here.
00:29:57.43\00:30:00.36
Well, let's let the Bible do it.
00:30:00.40\00:30:02.23
Certainly the power
will be Holy Ghost power,
00:30:02.26\00:30:04.27
wouldn't it?
00:30:04.30\00:30:05.63
Acts 1:8, notice
"Ye shall receive power,
00:30:05.67\00:30:09.94
after the Holy
Ghost has come upon you."
00:30:09.97\00:30:13.58
Power here, so we see
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
00:30:13.61\00:30:17.95
John 14:16, 17 we
see mentioned again
00:30:17.98\00:30:22.05
three different Father, Son
and Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
00:30:22.08\00:30:26.45
John 16:13-15
read all those verses
00:30:26.49\00:30:29.62
while you can do all three.
00:30:29.66\00:30:31.89
Listen, this is interesting.
00:30:31.93\00:30:33.26
In John 15:26 if we
look at it dramatically,
00:30:33.29\00:30:37.47
if we look at,
it's in the masculine.
00:30:37.50\00:30:40.54
So again, you English speaking
00:30:40.57\00:30:41.90
you will understand
that and you can study
00:30:41.94\00:30:43.37
and you can look it up.
00:30:43.41\00:30:44.77
Now notice with me
"Manuscript 66, 1899"
00:30:44.81\00:30:48.34
this was written.
00:30:48.38\00:30:49.94
Now remember this is
speaking of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:49.98\00:30:53.01
Notice this we need to
realize the way it starts out.
00:30:53.05\00:30:56.28
"We need to
realize" this is plain.
00:30:56.32\00:30:58.12
"We need to realize
that the Holy Spirit
00:30:58.15\00:31:01.82
is as much a person
as God is a person."
00:31:01.86\00:31:05.89
Wow.
00:31:05.93\00:31:07.26
The Holy Spirit is
as much as a person
00:31:07.30\00:31:09.43
as God is a person
00:31:09.46\00:31:12.03
and He is walking
through these grounds.
00:31:12.07\00:31:13.44
Now think about that.
00:31:13.47\00:31:16.00
To deny, and to get away
from the separate entity,
00:31:16.04\00:31:18.17
the Holy Spirit say
its not separate entity.
00:31:18.21\00:31:19.97
You are denying
Spirit of Prophecy,
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.34
you are denying the Word of God.
00:31:21.38\00:31:23.18
We're having to twist
it, we have to mutilate it
00:31:23.21\00:31:25.91
because it says
here that the Holy Spirit
00:31:25.95\00:31:27.55
is much a person
as God is a person.
00:31:27.58\00:31:31.62
"Special Testimonies" series
B number 7 page 62 and 63.
00:31:31.65\00:31:35.82
I'll just read just part of it.
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.56
"There are three living
persons of the heavenly trio,
00:31:37.59\00:31:41.10
in the name of
these three great powers-
00:31:41.13\00:31:43.67
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit."
00:31:43.70\00:31:47.17
See, to me it--
because it's just simple.
00:31:47.20\00:31:50.04
It's one, two, three.
00:31:50.07\00:31:51.41
What did we do
with the scriptures?
00:31:51.44\00:31:53.41
What did we do with
the Spirit of Prophecy?
00:31:53.44\00:31:56.04
See, we must be careful,
I mentioned this before.
00:31:56.08\00:31:58.41
We must be careful
that we are not committing
00:31:58.45\00:32:00.42
you see the unpardonable sin
00:32:00.45\00:32:02.48
or the sin against the Bible
talks about the Holy Ghost.
00:32:02.52\00:32:06.05
That's the
rejection of the Holy Ghost.
00:32:06.09\00:32:08.89
Have you read
that in Matthew 12:32?
00:32:08.92\00:32:11.86
I'm sure, you have.
There is a warning there.
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.50
Have you read it
in Acts 3:14, 15?
00:32:14.53\00:32:17.53
Or the Book of Ephesians 4:30?
00:32:17.57\00:32:20.67
It's talking about
rejection of the Holy Spirit
00:32:20.70\00:32:23.24
or deny that the
Holy Spirit really exist.
00:32:23.27\00:32:25.57
You'll say, well, I'm
not denying it exists.
00:32:25.61\00:32:27.31
You are denying if
you are not accepting
00:32:27.34\00:32:29.08
it as the third
person of the Godhead.
00:32:29.11\00:32:31.61
Wow, you could be in trouble
00:32:31.65\00:32:33.52
and you didn't, maybe
didn't even realize that.
00:32:33.55\00:32:36.38
Let's do some more study
shall we, as we go on here.
00:32:36.42\00:32:38.95
Little book and I love this book
00:32:38.99\00:32:40.39
called "Patriarchs
and Prophets" page 405.
00:32:40.42\00:32:44.06
Notice the functions that
we get into the Holy Spirit.
00:32:44.09\00:32:47.20
"It is through the
agency of the Holy Spirit that
00:32:47.23\00:32:50.90
God communicates with man."
00:32:50.93\00:32:53.00
Now how does God
communicate with man?
00:32:53.03\00:32:54.50
Certainly through the word.
00:32:54.54\00:32:55.90
The God uses the
Holy Spirit here with man.
00:32:55.94\00:32:58.94
Notice "Those who deliberately
00:32:58.97\00:33:01.28
reject this agency as satanic,"
00:33:01.31\00:33:04.05
you will say well,
I'm not doing satanic.
00:33:04.08\00:33:06.08
If you don't believe its truth
00:33:06.11\00:33:07.45
and it must err so
it must be satanic.
00:33:07.48\00:33:09.92
Think about it.
00:33:09.95\00:33:11.75
"Have cut off the
channel of communication
00:33:11.79\00:33:14.02
between the soul and Heaven."
00:33:14.06\00:33:17.16
Those who reject this
truth of the Holy Spirit,
00:33:17.19\00:33:20.36
you cut yourself off
between the soul and heaven.
00:33:20.40\00:33:23.73
This is heavy duty.
00:33:23.77\00:33:25.17
Devil wants us
think it's not soul
00:33:25.20\00:33:26.53
and its real simple
going the other way.
00:33:26.57\00:33:27.90
No.
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.27
He doesn't want
you, he didn't want you
00:33:29.30\00:33:30.64
to have the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:30.67\00:33:32.41
He doesn't want the Holy Spirit
00:33:32.44\00:33:33.78
to convict you of sin.
00:33:33.81\00:33:35.14
He doesn't want the Holy
Spirit to give you victory.
00:33:35.18\00:33:36.51
We will talk more
about these things.
00:33:36.54\00:33:38.15
Remember the
Holy Spirit is alive
00:33:38.18\00:33:39.75
and well and
working here on this earth,
00:33:39.78\00:33:42.82
we need the Holy Spirit.
00:33:42.85\00:33:44.95
Notice "Manuscript
20" written in 1906.
00:33:44.99\00:33:48.52
Notice once again.
00:33:48.56\00:33:49.89
Here to deny
this subject, to deny
00:33:49.92\00:33:52.29
what we are talking
about here is to deny
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.50
and have to throw out
00:33:54.53\00:33:55.86
and twist the
Spirit of Prophecy.
00:33:55.90\00:33:58.47
Notice how it reads here.
00:33:58.50\00:33:59.83
It says "The Holy
Spirit is a person."
00:33:59.87\00:34:03.44
Well, that's all I need to do.
00:34:03.47\00:34:04.97
I can go sit down. The
Holy Spirit is a person.
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.84
It's either truth or it's a lie?
00:34:07.88\00:34:09.94
You are challenged with
it if you think differently.
00:34:09.98\00:34:12.45
I'm challenged with it
and I want to believe that
00:34:12.48\00:34:14.78
Holy Spirit is a person.
00:34:14.82\00:34:16.58
Why?
00:34:16.62\00:34:17.95
"Because He beareth
witness with our spirits
00:34:17.99\00:34:20.39
that we are the
children of God."
00:34:20.42\00:34:21.96
Don't you love that?
00:34:21.99\00:34:23.99
"The Holy Spirit
has the personality."
00:34:24.03\00:34:26.19
If there was some
kind of an influence,
00:34:26.23\00:34:27.56
it wouldn't have a personality.
00:34:27.60\00:34:29.06
It wouldn't be a
person. Would it?
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.53
Interesting.
00:34:30.57\00:34:32.40
"Else He could not bear
witness with our spirit."
00:34:32.43\00:34:35.70
Now notice, how
this continues on.
00:34:35.74\00:34:38.01
"And with our spirit we
are the children of God.
00:34:38.04\00:34:42.48
He must be" I'm
reading on, notice.
00:34:42.51\00:34:44.21
"He must also
be a divine person,
00:34:44.25\00:34:48.12
else He could not
search out the secrets
00:34:48.15\00:34:51.19
which lie hidden
in the mind of God."
00:34:51.22\00:34:54.16
Have you read
that in 1 Corinthians?
00:34:54.19\00:34:55.52
I know you have
to 9 to 10 and 11.
00:34:55.56\00:34:59.59
As you read that
searching out these things.
00:34:59.63\00:35:02.70
So we see the Holy
Spirit then is a person,
00:35:02.73\00:35:05.70
the Holy Spirit
has a personality,
00:35:05.73\00:35:08.10
the Holy Spirit is
divine, divine person.
00:35:08.14\00:35:11.11
Wow, praise God for that.
00:35:11.14\00:35:13.38
And get little
bit more as we go here
00:35:13.41\00:35:14.81
in "Manuscript
145, 1901" notice this.
00:35:14.84\00:35:19.08
Again "The eternal
heavenly dignitaries"
00:35:19.11\00:35:22.32
just mentions Him
eternal heavenly dignitaries
00:35:22.35\00:35:25.65
"God, Christ and
the Holy Spirit."
00:35:25.69\00:35:29.02
So remember if the Holy Spirit
then is simply what they say--
00:35:29.06\00:35:33.29
Is simply Christ
spirit or it's God's spirit.
00:35:33.33\00:35:37.27
How do Christ
give something that
00:35:37.30\00:35:39.50
He didn't have?
00:35:39.53\00:35:40.87
After He came out
of the tomb, what?
00:35:40.90\00:35:42.64
When He came down
to this earth, wow.
00:35:42.67\00:35:46.07
How can He give
what He doesn't have?
00:35:46.11\00:35:48.28
He can't be at every
place He wants anymore.
00:35:48.31\00:35:52.15
So has to be a separate entity
00:35:52.18\00:35:53.55
when you think
because Jesus can't be.
00:35:53.58\00:35:55.78
He is in heaven right now.
00:35:55.82\00:35:57.15
He is in the flesh and
bone, we just read that.
00:35:57.19\00:36:00.22
So how can He give the spirit?
00:36:00.26\00:36:01.59
He doesn't have that spirit.
00:36:01.62\00:36:02.96
He gave that up for you and me
00:36:02.99\00:36:04.33
and so the Holy Spirit,
00:36:04.36\00:36:05.69
a separate entity is
coming down, doing the work.
00:36:05.73\00:36:08.53
Praise God for
that, that's wonderful.
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.00
He said, oh, it's
gonna be good for you.
00:36:10.03\00:36:12.13
Its better that
I go, that I leave
00:36:12.17\00:36:14.17
so I can send you the Comforter.
00:36:14.20\00:36:17.37
This is good, this
is good thinking here.
00:36:17.41\00:36:20.21
Remember, you
know, Christ and humanity
00:36:20.24\00:36:23.14
cannot be every place at once.
00:36:23.18\00:36:26.72
Now remember this,
00:36:26.75\00:36:28.08
this is some of
you still confused.
00:36:28.12\00:36:29.68
It's interesting,
some people go back
00:36:29.72\00:36:31.29
and say that the
pioneers and the different ones.
00:36:31.32\00:36:33.52
We've talked about
this in the first part
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.26
but I want to bring it up again.
00:36:35.29\00:36:36.79
We want to say,
oh, some of you are,
00:36:36.83\00:36:38.26
you know, the Arian
doctor, you need to be careful
00:36:38.29\00:36:40.73
because you are up
to your eyebrows in it
00:36:40.76\00:36:42.36
and you don't even know it.
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.83
Yeah, we are gonna challenge
you with it, absolutely.
00:36:44.87\00:36:47.04
See previous
parts of this series
00:36:47.07\00:36:49.70
the Arian heresy we call
it and I call it a heresy,
00:36:49.74\00:36:53.07
we address it the time.
00:36:53.11\00:36:55.54
Right, now, it's
not gonna allow for it,
00:36:55.58\00:36:57.01
I can tell you that
right now but I can say this.
00:36:57.05\00:36:59.41
It is a heresy.
00:36:59.45\00:37:00.98
It is not right, it
is from the pits of hell,
00:37:01.02\00:37:03.12
it's from, pits from the devil.
00:37:03.15\00:37:05.32
And why?
00:37:05.35\00:37:06.69
Because the Arian teaching
the heresy denies notice,
00:37:06.72\00:37:10.13
the deity of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:10.16\00:37:12.89
Wow.
00:37:12.93\00:37:14.26
Are you denying the
deity of the Holy Spirit?
00:37:14.30\00:37:16.56
You better go check about
00:37:16.60\00:37:17.93
where you got
this teaching from.
00:37:17.97\00:37:21.00
Over hundred year,
hundred and fifty years,
00:37:21.04\00:37:23.30
some of our pioneers
in the early movement
00:37:23.34\00:37:25.97
coming from many
different denominations
00:37:26.01\00:37:27.88
and many backgrounds
they be coming into the truth
00:37:27.91\00:37:31.11
that we're studying about
the Holy Spirit and the power
00:37:31.15\00:37:34.55
and the influence of the spirit.
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.82
And they said in the beginning
of Holy Spirit is not a person.
00:37:36.85\00:37:41.06
Wow, why?
00:37:41.09\00:37:43.39
I will even give
you some of the names,
00:37:43.43\00:37:44.76
you can go back and say
E.J. Waggoner has said that
00:37:44.79\00:37:47.36
E.T. his son, Uriah Smith.
00:37:47.40\00:37:51.20
That's just a few who
believe this teaching.
00:37:51.23\00:37:53.94
Uriah Smith actually
taught in the early days
00:37:53.97\00:37:56.81
and I'm talking
about 18-- about 1878 here
00:37:56.84\00:38:00.54
and I will just
read you a quote.
00:38:00.58\00:38:01.91
If you don't
mind I will do that.
00:38:01.94\00:38:03.28
This is from the
Biblical Institute page 184.
00:38:03.31\00:38:06.92
It says the spirit,
talking about the Holy Spirit,
00:38:06.95\00:38:09.42
"Is a mysterious,
notice, influence emanating
00:38:09.45\00:38:13.59
from the Father and the
Son, their representative
00:38:13.62\00:38:17.89
and the medium of their power."
00:38:17.93\00:38:19.96
Wow.
00:38:20.00\00:38:21.73
Difference of opinion you see,
00:38:21.76\00:38:24.07
continue to go on
for quite a few years
00:38:24.10\00:38:26.90
but about the end of the
19th century we find out that
00:38:26.94\00:38:30.24
the view of the Holy
Spirit began to be made clear
00:38:30.27\00:38:33.88
and it gonna be
recognized as, as what?
00:38:33.91\00:38:36.41
The third person of the Godhead.
00:38:36.44\00:38:39.38
That's wonderful.
00:38:39.41\00:38:40.75
A divine person
"Evangelism 617."
00:38:40.78\00:38:45.25
Let me just tell you
something, I've told this out
00:38:45.29\00:38:46.76
so you can see we
have to be careful
00:38:46.79\00:38:48.12
where things begin
and how they start out.
00:38:48.16\00:38:50.33
But remember God
who starts it somewhere
00:38:50.36\00:38:52.53
and then He begins
to lead and guide us
00:38:52.56\00:38:54.43
into what Holy
Spirit, into all truth.
00:38:54.46\00:38:57.93
Let me tell you,
I've seen a lot of people
00:38:57.97\00:38:59.43
who reject the deity, the
third person of the Godhead.
00:38:59.47\00:39:03.10
And you know what?
00:39:03.14\00:39:04.47
Many of them go out
00:39:04.51\00:39:05.84
from the movement
of Christ and Adventism
00:39:05.87\00:39:08.51
and they just go out
and leave and they flee.
00:39:08.54\00:39:09.88
They fall apart.
00:39:09.91\00:39:12.25
You can put that
together if you think about it.
00:39:12.28\00:39:14.78
In fact, in
Review and Herald article
00:39:14.82\00:39:16.65
this is in 1896,
even this article
00:39:16.69\00:39:21.82
in 1896 notice this spoke--
00:39:21.86\00:39:24.96
you see, they were coming out
00:39:24.99\00:39:26.66
and the Holy Spirit
was leading and guiding
00:39:26.70\00:39:28.60
and they came to the
knowledge of the truth.
00:39:28.63\00:39:30.43
But this point in time
that's why people are confused
00:39:30.47\00:39:32.80
because you go back
and say the pioneer said.
00:39:32.83\00:39:34.60
Be careful, use a
Bible and Spirit of Prophecy
00:39:34.64\00:39:37.24
that's all you got to be using.
00:39:37.27\00:39:39.17
You can prove anything you want
00:39:39.21\00:39:40.54
if you take it out of
context but notice this,
00:39:40.58\00:39:42.21
spoke as Christ
as having two births,
00:39:42.24\00:39:46.31
one in eternity
and one in the flesh.
00:39:46.35\00:39:49.08
We know that's
not true, interesting.
00:39:49.12\00:39:51.82
Who taught us about that?
00:39:51.85\00:39:53.19
Well, E.J. Waggoner
and Prescott taught that
00:39:53.22\00:39:56.46
even for a while
and then they came
00:39:56.49\00:39:58.09
to the knowledge of the
truth in the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:39:58.13\00:40:00.10
Certainly God was
giving light to His people.
00:40:00.13\00:40:02.56
Let's just quickly, let's go
00:40:02.60\00:40:03.93
we are talking
about the Holy Spirit.
00:40:03.97\00:40:05.30
Holy Spirit then
is a personal being.
00:40:05.33\00:40:08.10
The Holy Spirit
is the third person
00:40:08.14\00:40:10.21
of the Godhead, how beautiful.
00:40:10.24\00:40:12.74
Now listen to
some of these things
00:40:12.77\00:40:14.54
and let's see if the
Holy Spirit were just
00:40:14.58\00:40:16.58
some kind of an essence,
some kind of a little power
00:40:16.61\00:40:19.15
or emanating from something
00:40:19.18\00:40:20.52
and not an entity within itself.
00:40:20.55\00:40:21.95
Think about what
this really means.
00:40:21.98\00:40:24.29
The Holy Spirit this
blows people's minds.
00:40:24.32\00:40:27.96
The Holy Spirit was
present at creation.
00:40:27.99\00:40:32.79
Wow.
00:40:32.83\00:40:34.96
I'll read you a little
bit more a little bit later.
00:40:35.00\00:40:36.67
Holy Spirit was present
and had a part in creation.
00:40:36.70\00:40:42.67
Interesting, wow.
00:40:42.70\00:40:45.34
The Holy Spirit was
present at Christ baptism.
00:40:45.37\00:40:49.81
Matthew Chapter
3, you remember that?
00:40:49.84\00:40:52.05
The Holy Spirit
certainly was present there.
00:40:52.08\00:40:55.65
The Holy Spirit was
present at Pentecost.
00:40:55.68\00:40:59.09
You remember, Acts
22:33, so the Holy Spirit,
00:40:59.12\00:41:04.33
you see, was present
and working in behalf of man
00:41:04.36\00:41:06.96
and sometime we reject
that power, that entity.
00:41:07.00\00:41:11.37
The Bible is clear that
the Holy Spirit has knowledge.
00:41:11.40\00:41:15.34
How can how kind of essence
00:41:15.37\00:41:16.71
or power whatever-- the
Holy Spirit has knowledge.
00:41:16.74\00:41:22.58
Read that in 1 Corinthians 2:11.
00:41:22.61\00:41:26.55
The Holy Spirit has a will, wow.
00:41:26.58\00:41:31.45
2 Corinthians 12:11,
the Holy Spirit has a mind.
00:41:31.49\00:41:35.86
The Book of Romans 8:27 says,
00:41:35.89\00:41:38.26
think about the
Holy Spirit has what?
00:41:38.29\00:41:40.53
Has knowledge, it has
a will, it has a mind.
00:41:40.56\00:41:43.20
Romans 15:30 says,
the Holy Spirit has love.
00:41:43.23\00:41:48.20
Somewhat personal, doesn't it?
00:41:48.24\00:41:51.17
Personality?
00:41:51.21\00:41:52.94
As much a person
is God is the person.
00:41:52.97\00:41:56.24
Notice these characteristics.
00:41:56.28\00:41:59.01
The Holy Spirit has
communion with us as,
00:41:59.05\00:42:01.72
well, 2
Corinthians 13:14 communicate.
00:42:01.75\00:42:05.62
The Holy Spirit, the
Bible said can grieve.
00:42:05.65\00:42:08.16
How can you grieve an essence,
00:42:08.19\00:42:09.52
something to say you
don't know what it is?
00:42:09.56\00:42:11.29
Must be a person.
00:42:11.33\00:42:12.66
Can be grieve the Bible said.
00:42:12.69\00:42:14.60
Ephesians 4:30 the
Holy Spirit can be insulted.
00:42:14.63\00:42:19.50
Do you remember that?
00:42:19.53\00:42:20.87
Oh, I wish we had time
to read everyone of these
00:42:20.90\00:42:22.37
and put them more in
context but you can do this.
00:42:22.40\00:42:24.94
Hebrews 10:29,
00:42:24.97\00:42:26.88
the Holy Spirit can be insulted.
00:42:26.91\00:42:28.88
And let's say, the
Holy Spirit can be lied too.
00:42:28.91\00:42:34.78
You remember
that in Acts 5:3, 4.
00:42:34.82\00:42:38.09
See this is so important
what the Holy Spirit does.
00:42:38.12\00:42:42.69
The Holy Spirit
notice, applies the benefits
00:42:42.72\00:42:46.90
of the atoning sacrifice
of Jesus Christ or Calvary
00:42:46.93\00:42:50.90
and makes this
sacrifice effective.
00:42:50.93\00:42:53.94
Notice that,
effectual, effective.
00:42:53.97\00:42:57.21
What do you mean?
00:42:57.24\00:42:58.57
Effective in us.
00:42:58.61\00:43:00.84
The Holy Spirit
puts inside of us.
00:43:00.88\00:43:04.05
Certainly Christ died
00:43:04.08\00:43:05.41
but the Holy
Spirit is taking that
00:43:05.45\00:43:07.28
what Jesus did for
us in putting it inside,
00:43:07.32\00:43:09.98
making it effective.
00:43:10.02\00:43:12.65
The Holy Spirit
communicates to us
00:43:12.69\00:43:14.62
the very life of Jesus Christ.
00:43:14.66\00:43:18.09
What is the Holy
Spirit's function?
00:43:18.13\00:43:19.89
Holy Spirit didn't come to--
00:43:19.93\00:43:21.26
Oh, so many
passages you can look up.
00:43:21.30\00:43:22.73
It didn't come
to testify itself.
00:43:22.76\00:43:24.60
It came to everything what?
00:43:24.63\00:43:25.97
It testified of Jesus Christ,
00:43:26.00\00:43:27.67
represented Jesus in all things.
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.37
Jesus came down here
and He represented who?
00:43:29.40\00:43:31.57
God in everything.
00:43:31.61\00:43:32.97
Jesus didn't
represent Himself at all.
00:43:33.01\00:43:34.58
He represent the Father, right
00:43:34.61\00:43:36.11
and now the Holy
Spirit does nothing
00:43:36.14\00:43:37.48
but represent Jesus Christ.
00:43:37.51\00:43:38.85
That's why you can say
00:43:38.88\00:43:40.22
it's God spirit
and Christ spirit.
00:43:40.25\00:43:43.12
Wow.
00:43:43.15\00:43:45.72
Separate entity but a function.
00:43:45.75\00:43:49.62
Think without
this, you have Calvary,
00:43:49.66\00:43:52.36
you have the atonement,
you have the sacrifice.
00:43:52.39\00:43:55.36
Calvary.
00:43:55.40\00:43:56.73
But without the Holy
Spirit it wouldn't be effective
00:43:56.77\00:43:59.87
because we wouldn't say,
00:43:59.90\00:44:01.24
we wouldn't have
the drawing the wowing
00:44:01.27\00:44:03.30
of the spirit to work
upon our heart and mind
00:44:03.34\00:44:05.84
to give our
life to Jesus Christ.
00:44:05.87\00:44:08.01
Oh, how we need
that Spirit of God.
00:44:08.04\00:44:10.98
See the Holy
Spirit helps to bear
00:44:11.01\00:44:14.42
the fruits of the spirit.
00:44:14.45\00:44:15.78
You read that in
Galatians 5:22, 23.
00:44:15.82\00:44:20.26
We have to have the
fruits of the spirit.
00:44:20.29\00:44:22.99
And only the Holy
Spirit can help us
00:44:23.02\00:44:24.99
to attain those
fruits that power.
00:44:25.03\00:44:28.30
How wonderful. What do we do?
00:44:28.33\00:44:30.67
Christ is in
heaven, He is in the flesh,
00:44:30.70\00:44:32.97
we need the Holy
Spirit so we can understand
00:44:33.00\00:44:34.87
what these fruits of the spirit
00:44:34.90\00:44:36.24
and how they need to
be operating in our life.
00:44:36.27\00:44:39.57
The Holy Spirit
qualifies me, it qualifies you,
00:44:39.61\00:44:42.28
it qualifies us for service.
00:44:42.31\00:44:44.75
You realize the
power of the spirit here?
00:44:44.78\00:44:47.32
It qualifies men for
service to wok for Jesus Christ.
00:44:47.35\00:44:51.85
It gives us power for
witnessing and conversion.
00:44:51.89\00:44:54.59
Praise God.
00:44:54.62\00:44:56.32
You remember the
power in Acts 1:8,
00:44:56.36\00:44:58.79
you receive
power after the what?
00:44:58.83\00:45:00.73
Come on, the Holy Ghost
has come upon you, absolutely.
00:45:00.76\00:45:04.23
You read that in Acts 13:2-4
00:45:04.27\00:45:07.87
and Acts 15:28 read that.
00:45:07.90\00:45:12.04
The Holy Spirit
gives life to the church.
00:45:12.07\00:45:15.71
There's lot of churches there--
00:45:15.74\00:45:17.08
I won't say they are in a mat,
00:45:17.11\00:45:18.65
well, I will go
ahead and say it anyway,
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.02
they are in a mat
00:45:20.05\00:45:21.38
well because they don't have
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:21.42\00:45:22.85
They are
rejecting the Holy Spirit,
00:45:22.88\00:45:24.35
they are throwing
the Holy Spirit out.
00:45:24.39\00:45:25.95
There could be no
power in the church.
00:45:25.99\00:45:27.46
There can be no
conviction of sin.
00:45:27.49\00:45:28.82
There can be no victory
without the Holy Spirit.
00:45:28.86\00:45:32.13
We need to be praying for
that spirit each and every day.
00:45:32.16\00:45:35.03
See the Holy
Spirit-- remember gives what?
00:45:35.06\00:45:37.27
Gives to the church
00:45:37.30\00:45:40.40
1 Corinthians
12:7-11, read that.
00:45:40.44\00:45:43.64
The Holy Spirit does what?
Does the church need gifts?
00:45:43.67\00:45:47.28
Yes, when you come
in and there is a gift
00:45:47.31\00:45:49.51
that you have,
like build the church.
00:45:49.54\00:45:52.18
The Holy Spirit
has given you that gift
00:45:52.21\00:45:53.98
to use it for God's for
His honor and for His glory.
00:45:54.02\00:45:57.85
Found a little article,
I thought very interesting
00:45:57.89\00:45:59.45
and called the
Southern Watchman,
00:45:59.49\00:46:02.09
that's November
the 28th in 1905.
00:46:02.12\00:46:06.26
Notice once
again, it's going back
00:46:06.29\00:46:07.63
and covering some of the stuff.
00:46:07.66\00:46:09.00
It says here
"Christ is represented
00:46:09.03\00:46:12.73
by the Holy Spirit."
00:46:12.77\00:46:15.54
Didn't say His
spirit and other spirit.
00:46:15.57\00:46:17.57
"Christ is
represented by the Holy Spirit."
00:46:17.61\00:46:22.18
Wow.
00:46:22.21\00:46:23.55
What is represented mean again?
00:46:23.58\00:46:25.01
It means one who
stands in the place
00:46:25.05\00:46:28.18
or serves as an agent.
00:46:28.22\00:46:31.25
So it's not Christ spirit,
00:46:31.29\00:46:33.22
He is human,
right, He is in flesh.
00:46:33.25\00:46:35.82
Please keep this in mind.
00:46:35.86\00:46:37.19
Another book
"Gospel Workers, 222"
00:46:37.23\00:46:39.63
"Gospel Workers, 222" says this.
00:46:39.66\00:46:41.93
"The Godhead"
here we go, listen.
00:46:41.96\00:46:43.87
"The Godhead was
stirred with pity for the race,
00:46:43.90\00:46:47.94
the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit
00:46:47.97\00:46:51.17
gave themselves
to the working out
00:46:51.21\00:46:53.74
of the plan of redemption."
00:46:53.78\00:46:56.54
I heard people
say, oh, Holy Spirit had
00:46:56.58\00:46:57.91
nothing to do with
the plan of redemption.
00:46:57.95\00:47:00.88
All three notice this,
Father, Son, the Holy Ghost
00:47:00.92\00:47:04.29
gave themselves
to the working out
00:47:04.32\00:47:05.85
of the plan of redemption, why?
00:47:05.89\00:47:08.29
Because it would
involve all three.
00:47:08.32\00:47:10.19
God and it involve
Christ coming down here,
00:47:10.23\00:47:12.89
living the victorious
life, dying on Calvary
00:47:12.93\00:47:15.73
and then going back in the flesh
00:47:15.76\00:47:17.37
and then the representative,
00:47:17.40\00:47:18.93
right, the Holy
Spirit separate entity
00:47:18.97\00:47:21.94
would be down here
and do the work that
00:47:21.97\00:47:23.61
needs to be done
to convert the world.
00:47:23.64\00:47:26.01
Wow, how wonderful that is.
00:47:26.04\00:47:27.94
Praise God.
00:47:27.98\00:47:30.15
A little book, a devotional book
00:47:30.18\00:47:31.91
called "Sons and
Daughters of God" 28 says
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.92
"The Holy Spirit is a
person, for He beareth witness
00:47:34.95\00:47:38.09
with our spirits that
we are children of God."
00:47:38.12\00:47:40.56
Oh, we have to
hurry, oh, we run out time.
00:47:40.59\00:47:41.96
Got a mountain
of information here.
00:47:41.99\00:47:43.79
"Education" page 134, it say,
00:47:43.83\00:47:46.09
"Only by the aid of the spirit"
now notice this we talked about
00:47:46.13\00:47:49.53
in the beginning of
creation, notice this.
00:47:49.56\00:47:52.37
"Only by the aid of that Spirit
00:47:52.40\00:47:55.60
who in the
beginning "was brooding'"
00:47:55.64\00:47:57.64
that means would
shake, that would move,
00:47:57.67\00:48:00.84
that would flutter
"'upon the face of the waters,"
00:48:00.88\00:48:04.55
and by the Word by
whom 'all things were made.'
00:48:04.58\00:48:08.98
Only" listen "by their guidance
00:48:09.02\00:48:12.45
can the deepest
truth be discerned."
00:48:12.49\00:48:16.19
Wow.
00:48:16.22\00:48:17.93
Again you need some
word study in doing.
00:48:17.96\00:48:19.69
It's very simple to find out.
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.56
See some people have question
00:48:21.60\00:48:23.43
and they try to
isolate some passage.
00:48:23.47\00:48:25.13
I might have time to give
you one just here quickly.
00:48:25.17\00:48:27.20
I have had a call
on this and I said, oh,
00:48:27.24\00:48:28.94
but let me tell you,
I'll tell you I have found,
00:48:28.97\00:48:30.77
I have found what?
00:48:30.81\00:48:32.14
Listen, when you
have a mountain of truth
00:48:32.17\00:48:33.51
and clear information friend,
00:48:33.54\00:48:35.41
don't trade that for
one passage of scripture
00:48:35.44\00:48:37.95
that might seem to say
something little different.
00:48:37.98\00:48:40.22
You've got all of
this and you trade it for--
00:48:40.25\00:48:42.75
let me just
give you one quickly.
00:48:42.78\00:48:44.12
John 20:22, remember.
00:48:44.15\00:48:47.42
Now remember when
you are looking for truth
00:48:47.46\00:48:48.79
what do you do?
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It's one passage,
you know, line upon line,
00:48:50.19\00:48:52.23
precept upon
precept here, there a little
00:48:52.26\00:48:55.00
and we have to be
very, very careful
00:48:55.03\00:48:56.90
in order to find
out what truth is.
00:48:56.93\00:48:59.03
Now as we look at
this passage John 20:22
00:48:59.07\00:49:02.07
and I'm trying to hurry with it.
00:49:02.10\00:49:03.44
Now it says, it said, see
I told you the Holy Spirit
00:49:03.47\00:49:06.47
is just God's
spirit or Jesus spirit
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.68
because this proves it.
00:49:08.71\00:49:10.05
This doesn't prove
it, come on, look here.
00:49:10.08\00:49:12.05
It says "And when he had said"
00:49:12.08\00:49:13.98
when Jesus said to
them "He breathed on them,
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and saith unto them,
receive the Holy Ghost."
00:49:17.79\00:49:21.22
See, He breathed on.
00:49:21.26\00:49:23.06
Let's look at in
the light of truth here.
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There was a partial fulfillment
00:49:25.89\00:49:27.50
of this promise
of the Holy Spirit
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and we realize that was given.
00:49:29.36\00:49:31.20
And in John
Chapter 14 we realize that
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16 through 18 and then 16:7-15.
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The full outpouring of
the spirit we understand
00:49:38.41\00:49:40.81
was 50 days
later, Acts Chapter 2.
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But listen, let's
look back at this passage
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from the
original Greek rendering.
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Notice how it reads.
00:49:48.45\00:49:50.99
And this having
said he breathed.
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You know, what that means?
00:49:55.69\00:49:57.03
He breathed.
00:49:57.06\00:49:58.39
It says, here in
the Greek that means
00:49:58.43\00:49:59.76
he having said
this, He took a breath.
00:49:59.79\00:50:03.57
He took a
breath and said to them
00:50:03.60\00:50:05.40
receive the Holy Ghost.
00:50:05.43\00:50:07.10
You know, like we are talking
to somebody, sometime ago,
00:50:07.14\00:50:09.60
well, He breathed
and had nothing to do
00:50:09.64\00:50:12.17
with giving His spirit
the time, think about it.
00:50:12.21\00:50:18.21
"Sons and Daughters of
God" comment on John 20:22 says,
00:50:18.25\00:50:23.32
"By the heavenly gifts the Lord
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has made ample
provision for His people.
00:50:24.72\00:50:27.72
'Receive the Holy Ghost.'
00:50:27.76\00:50:29.59
This is the
greatest gift of heaven.
00:50:29.62\00:50:32.13
Christ imparts to them
through the Holy Spirit"
00:50:32.16\00:50:35.30
notice this "His
own" notice this, listen,
00:50:35.33\00:50:37.90
"His own sanctification.
00:50:37.93\00:50:40.77
He imbued them with power,
00:50:40.80\00:50:42.30
that they might win
souls to the gospel.
00:50:42.34\00:50:45.17
They were to be one."
00:50:45.21\00:50:47.98
Here we see my
friend, the Holy Spirit
00:50:48.01\00:50:50.61
is not just we say God
spirit or Christ spirit,
00:50:50.65\00:50:53.18
it is the third
person of the Godhead.
00:50:53.21\00:50:56.58
"Manuscript" 27,
1/2, written in 1900 says,
00:50:56.62\00:51:00.46
the "The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost,
00:51:00.49\00:51:03.26
powers infinite and omniscient,
00:51:03.29\00:51:06.19
receive those who
truly enter into the covenant
00:51:06.23\00:51:08.80
relationship with God."
00:51:08.83\00:51:10.73
See, this is good.
00:51:10.77\00:51:12.10
This helps to put
our minds at peace
00:51:12.13\00:51:13.64
with the office
of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:13.67\00:51:15.90
In fact, "Desire of
Ages" 669 says this quickly.
00:51:15.94\00:51:18.67
Now notice this, we
touched on the bitter notes.
00:51:18.71\00:51:22.28
"The Holy Spirit is
Christ's representative,
00:51:22.31\00:51:24.91
but divested of personality
00:51:24.95\00:51:28.65
of humanity and
independent thereof.
00:51:28.68\00:51:31.62
Cumbered with
humanity," listen to this
00:51:31.65\00:51:33.76
"Cumbered with humanity,
00:51:33.79\00:51:35.12
Christ could not be in
every place personally.
00:51:35.16\00:51:39.66
Therefore it was
for their interest
00:51:39.69\00:51:42.90
that He should
go to the Father."
00:51:42.93\00:51:44.30
Are you still with me?
00:51:44.33\00:51:45.67
"And sent the Spirit to
be His successor on earth.
00:51:45.70\00:51:49.90
No one" oh, listen
"No one could then have
00:51:49.94\00:51:53.51
any advantage
because of his location
00:51:53.54\00:51:56.61
or of his personal
contact with Christ.
00:51:56.64\00:51:59.51
By the Spirit the Savior
would be accessible to all.
00:51:59.55\00:52:04.42
In this sense He
would be nearer to them
00:52:04.45\00:52:07.92
if He had not ascended on high."
00:52:07.96\00:52:10.56
Well, powerful.
00:52:10.59\00:52:12.49
Whole sermons can
be preached on that.
00:52:12.53\00:52:14.70
"Desire of Ages" 670,
00:52:14.73\00:52:17.00
"The disciples still failed
00:52:17.03\00:52:18.37
to understand Christ's
words in their spiritual sense,
00:52:18.40\00:52:22.30
and again He
explained His message.
00:52:22.34\00:52:24.44
He said, "By
the Spirit, He said,
00:52:24.47\00:52:26.54
He would
manifest Himself to them."
00:52:26.57\00:52:30.08
See in John 16
Jesus said the spirit
00:52:30.11\00:52:33.01
doesn't speak about himself,
00:52:33.05\00:52:35.42
it's gonna speak
about Jesus Christ.
00:52:35.45\00:52:37.49
I want to be
clear as we close here.
00:52:37.52\00:52:39.92
Listen again John 16 Jesus tells
00:52:39.95\00:52:41.92
this wonderful gift
He is going to give.
00:52:41.96\00:52:44.66
This is a Southern
Watchman, November 28th, 1905
00:52:44.69\00:52:47.53
reveals this
important, important truth
00:52:47.56\00:52:49.70
and we need to weight--
00:52:49.73\00:52:51.07
remember weight of evidence
here, weight of evidence.
00:52:51.10\00:52:53.23
"What gift could He" Jesus
00:52:53.27\00:52:55.30
"bestow rich enough to signalize
00:52:55.34\00:52:58.47
the grace of His ascension
00:52:58.51\00:53:00.51
to the mediation and His throne?
00:53:00.54\00:53:02.71
It might be
worthy of His greatness
00:53:02.74\00:53:04.55
and of His royalty.
00:53:04.58\00:53:06.01
He determined to
give His representative,
00:53:06.05\00:53:09.35
the third person of the Godhead.
00:53:09.38\00:53:12.29
This gift could not be excelled.
00:53:12.32\00:53:16.76
He would give all gifts in one,
00:53:16.79\00:53:20.96
therefore the divine
Spirit, that converting,
00:53:21.00\00:53:23.83
that enlightening,
that sanctifying power,
00:53:23.87\00:53:27.14
would be a" oh,
boy, "be a donation."
00:53:27.17\00:53:29.80
He would give it. Praise God.
00:53:29.84\00:53:33.88
You see, we live in this world
00:53:33.91\00:53:35.24
where there is
so much confusion,
00:53:35.28\00:53:36.61
there need not be.
00:53:36.64\00:53:38.45
When the Bible is talking about
00:53:38.48\00:53:39.81
three and the,
Spirit of Prophecy
00:53:39.85\00:53:41.78
talking about three, three means
00:53:41.82\00:53:43.85
three, three, separate
right, entities and powers.
00:53:43.89\00:53:48.42
Wow.
00:53:48.46\00:53:50.19
Why not today if
you've been thinking about,
00:53:50.23\00:53:51.59
you know, we might
need to just re-examine.
00:53:51.63\00:53:54.93
We might get on
our knees right now
00:53:54.96\00:53:56.36
and say, oh, God, forgive me.
00:53:56.40\00:53:58.27
I've been going
the wrong direction
00:53:58.30\00:54:00.34
and I need the Holy Spirit.
00:54:00.37\00:54:02.10
I need that
power. I want that power.
00:54:02.14\00:54:06.04
And because
somebody has come along
00:54:06.07\00:54:07.58
with some lie and
twisted things up,
00:54:07.61\00:54:11.35
that I went the wrong direction.
00:54:11.38\00:54:12.85
Today I want to come back.
00:54:12.88\00:54:14.52
I ask for forgiveness
and please empower me
00:54:14.55\00:54:16.95
with the Holy Spirit.
00:54:16.99\00:54:18.32
Would you pray
with me right now?
00:54:18.35\00:54:19.69
I'm gonna pray with you.
Just a minute or so left.
00:54:19.72\00:54:21.86
I want to pray
that you make that move
00:54:21.89\00:54:23.53
and you do it right now.
00:54:23.56\00:54:24.89
Don't grieve the
spirit. Don't reject the spirit.
00:54:24.93\00:54:26.53
Let's pray. Shall we?
00:54:26.56\00:54:28.90
Merciful Father in heaven,
00:54:28.93\00:54:30.27
we thank You for
Your Holy Spirit,
00:54:30.30\00:54:31.63
we thank You
for that conviction.
00:54:31.67\00:54:33.64
Pray right now for
those who maybe going
00:54:33.67\00:54:35.24
through a dilemma right
now and they are just oh, my--
00:54:35.27\00:54:37.37
we thank You
for that Holy Spirit
00:54:37.41\00:54:39.51
that's gotten their attention.
00:54:39.54\00:54:41.44
They are gonna make that
change back right now to You.
00:54:41.48\00:54:43.81
They are recommitting their life
00:54:43.85\00:54:45.18
and their heart to You.
00:54:45.21\00:54:46.55
They are inviting
the Holy Spirit to come
00:54:46.58\00:54:47.92
in once again and convict
and convert and empower them.
00:54:47.95\00:54:51.25
Lord, I thank You for
that conversion experience
00:54:51.29\00:54:53.59
for each and every
one for that renewed hope
00:54:53.62\00:54:55.99
and encouragement.
00:54:56.02\00:54:57.36
Bless us now, we
pray this and we thank You
00:54:57.39\00:54:59.26
for this beautiful
truth in Jesus name, amen.
00:54:59.29\00:55:04.57
Again mountain of information,
00:55:04.60\00:55:06.03
this is just
touched on just a few things
00:55:06.07\00:55:08.04
and I pray that
it's-- maybe encourage you,
00:55:08.07\00:55:10.31
maybe just, maybe
agitate you just a little but.
00:55:10.34\00:55:12.61
But I pray you
get into the word.
00:55:12.64\00:55:14.11
We thank you for watching,
00:55:14.14\00:55:15.48
we thank you for, you
know, tuning in every week
00:55:15.51\00:55:18.11
and, you know, we
continually need your support.
00:55:18.15\00:55:19.91
So please do that.
00:55:19.95\00:55:21.28
Pray for us and we
will see you next time.
00:55:21.32\00:55:25.12
Hello, and welcome back.
00:55:25.15\00:55:26.92
Isn't it
wonderful the gifts that
00:55:26.96\00:55:28.76
God has left with His church?
00:55:28.79\00:55:31.03
We are so blessed to
have so much information
00:55:31.06\00:55:34.30
from which to glean from.
00:55:34.33\00:55:36.30
The problem is that
we just do not study
00:55:36.33\00:55:39.67
as we should most of the time.
00:55:39.70\00:55:41.80
So much
confusion would not occur
00:55:41.84\00:55:44.61
in our churches if we
would just take the time
00:55:44.64\00:55:47.31
to read all that
God has left for us
00:55:47.34\00:55:50.21
on this subject as
well as many others.
00:55:50.25\00:55:52.95
And what wonderful
promises that are being found
00:55:52.98\00:55:55.82
as we study about the Godhead.
00:55:55.85\00:55:58.42
Listen to this promise
00:55:58.45\00:56:00.02
as we draw our study
together today to a close.
00:56:00.06\00:56:03.56
It is found in
"Special Testimony"
00:56:03.59\00:56:05.83
series B number 7,
it's on pages 62 and 63
00:56:05.86\00:56:10.17
and it was written back in 1905.
00:56:10.20\00:56:13.90
"There are three living
persons of the heavenly trio,
00:56:13.94\00:56:17.34
in the name of
these three great powers,
00:56:17.37\00:56:19.91
the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit,
00:56:19.94\00:56:22.84
those who receive Christ by
a living faith are baptized,
00:56:22.88\00:56:27.95
and these powers will co-operate
00:56:27.98\00:56:30.02
with the obedient
subjects of heaven
00:56:30.05\00:56:32.55
in their efforts to
live the new life in Christ."
00:56:32.59\00:56:36.52
Can you imagine, the
three greatest powers
00:56:36.56\00:56:40.00
to ever exist are
interested in co-operating
00:56:40.03\00:56:44.47
with little old us,
00:56:44.50\00:56:46.80
in order that we might be saved.
00:56:46.84\00:56:49.44
Amazing to say the least.
00:56:49.47\00:56:51.67
What a matchless love
00:56:51.71\00:56:53.48
they have for each
and every one of us.
00:56:53.51\00:56:56.95
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00:56:56.98\00:56:59.68
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