Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: CSH
Program Code: CSH021429
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00:45 >>WELCOME TO SACRAMENTO CENTRAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 00:48 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY HERE IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA - 00:52 THE CAPITAL CITY OF CALIFORNIA - AND WE ARE JUST SO GLAD 00:55 THAT YOU ARE TUNING IN. 00:56 WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING ON THE RADIO, WATCHING LIVE ON OUR 00:58 WEBSITE OR ON THE VARIOUS TELEVISION NETWORKS, WE DON'T - 01:02 IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US HOW YOU'RE JOINING US, WE'RE JUST 01:04 GLAD THAT YOU ARE AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR YOU TODAY 01:08 AND WE KNOW THAT GOD HAS A SPECIAL BLESSING FOR YOU AND 01:11 PASTOR DOUG WILL BE BRINGING US OUR LESSON STUDY. 01:13 BUT BEFORE WE HAVE OUR LESSON STUDY, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING 01:15 JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY. 01:17 INSTEAD OF TAKING YOUR REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM ALL OVER 01:21 THE PLANET, KULA, JOLYNE, MYSELF AND MICHAEL ARE GOING TO SING A 01:26 SPECIAL SONG FOR YOU ENTITLED 'WAYFARING STRANGER'. 01:31 (MUSIC) 01:48 I AM A POOR WAYFARING STRANGER, TRAVELING 01:58 THROUGH THIS WORLD BELOW. BUT THERE'S NO SICKNESS, TOIL 02:10 NOR DANGER IN THAT BRIGHT LAND TO WHICH I GO. 02:20 I'M GOING THERE TO SEE MY FATHER; 02:27 I'M GOING THERE NO MORE TO ROAM. I AM JUST GOING OVER JORDAN, 02:42 I AM JUST GOING OVER HOME. I'LL SOON BE FREE FROM EVERY 02:56 TRIAL, THIS FORM WILL REST BENEATH THE SOD; I'LL DROP THE 03:07 CROSS OF SELF DENIAL AND ENTER IN MY HOME WITH GOD 03:21 I'M GOING THERE TO SEE MY SAVIOR, WHO SHED FOR ME HIS 03:32 PRECIOUS BLOOD. 03:36 I AM JUST GOING OVER JORDAN, I AM JUST GOING OVER HOME. 03:54 I KNOW DARK CLOUDS ARE GATHERING O'ER ME; 04:01 I KNOW THE PATHWAY'S LONG AND STEEP. 04:08 BUT GOLDEN FIELDS LIE JUST BEFORE ME WHERE WEARY EYES 04:19 NO MORE SHALL WEEP. I'M GOING THERE TO MEET MY 04:28 FATHER, I'M GOING THERE NO MORE TO ROAM. 04:37 I AM JUST GOING OVER JORDAN, I AM JUST GOING OVER HOME. 04:51 I'M GOING THERE TO SEE MY SAVIOR WHO SHED FOR ME HIS PRECIOUS 05:03 BLOOD. I AM JUST GOING OVER JORDAN, 05:12 I AM JUST GOING OVER HOME. I AM JUST GOING OVER HOME. 05:27 I AM JUST GOING OVER HOME. 05:49 >>WILL YOU BOW YOUR HEADS WITH ME? 05:52 FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE ARE JUST WAYFARING STRANGERS ON THIS 05:57 WORLD AND WE DO HAVE A HOME THAT'S FAR BETTER 06:02 THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 06:05 AND I PRAY THAT WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT AND THAT WE WILL 06:08 KEEP OUR EYES ON YOU BECAUSE ONE DAY WE WILL GO HOME AND SEE OUR 06:13 FATHER, OUR SAVIOR, WHO HAS GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR US. 06:18 WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT AND FOR GIVING US THE HOPE 06:22 THAT WE HAVE AS CHRISTIANS. I PRAY YOU'LL BE WITH US AS WE 06:26 OPEN YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY TOGETHER AND BE WITH OUR 06:28 SPEAKER. THANK YOU. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 06:33 >>HAPPY SABBATH EVERYONE. GLAD TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING AND 06:38 WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING, IN JUST A MOMENT, ON OUR LESSON 06:41 DEALING WITH THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 06:43 IN PARTICULAR, TODAY, WE'RE DEALING WITH LESSON #3 - NOW 06:47 WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE HIGH POINTS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY - 06:50 TALKING ABOUT GOD - TALKED ABOUT THE SON. 06:52 TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 06:54 NEXT WEEK IT'S ABOUT SALVATION AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, 06:57 'WHAT DO I DO TO BE SAVED?' THESE ARE JUST REALLY IMPORTANT 07:00 FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES. TODAY WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT 07:03 GOES ALONG WITH THE LESSON ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IT'S CALLED 07:07 'HOLY SPIRIT: THE NEED' - IT'S SOMETHING WRITTEN BY YOURS TRULY 07:10 THAT I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS ON HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE 07:14 WORK AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 07:16 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FREE. 07:18 JUST CALL AND ASK FOR IT. IT'S OFFER #723. 07:21 JUST MENTION THAT WHEN YOU CALL. AND THE NUMBER IS 866-STUDY-MORE 07:26 - THAT'S THE ACRONYM - 866-STUDY-MORE AND THAT 07:28 TRANSLATES TO 866-788-3966 AND ASK FOR THE BOOK ON THE HOLY 07:34 SPIRIT. WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU. PLEASE READ IT. 07:36 SHARE IT, THEN, WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. 07:39 THE LESSON TODAY IS DEALING WITH SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC THAT, 07:45 YOU KNOW, EVEN AS I PREPARED AND WENT OVER IT SEVERAL TIMES I 07:48 THOUGHT, 'BOY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD 07:51 WE'RE REALLY TREADING ON HOLY GROUND AND SO I WONDER IF YOU 07:55 WOULD JUST JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT - I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PRAY - 07:58 AND YOU PRAY FOR ME AS I TEACH BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS, 08:02 'AS THE HEAVENS ARE HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH, 08:04 SO ARE HIS WAYS ABOVE OUR WAYS.' 08:06 SO WHEN A MAN STANDS BEFORE OTHER MEN CLAIMING TO BE ABLE TO 08:11 TALK ABOUT GOD WE REALLY NEED THE SPIRIT TO UNDERSTAND THE 08:14 SPIRIT SO FATHER IN HEAVEN, JUST RECOGNIZING THAT WE DO NEED YOUR 08:21 SPIRIT TO UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS AND HOW FRAIL EVEN THE 08:24 HUMAN LANGUAGE IS TO DESCRIBE THEM. 08:27 I JUST PRAY THAT YOUR PRESENCE WILL BE HERE AND THAT OUR 08:31 UNDERSTANDING WILL BE CLEAR AND JUST BLESS THE PRESENTATION OF 08:35 THE LESSON TODAY. WE PRAY IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 08:39 YOU CAN'T BE SAVED WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 08:44 BUT SO OFTEN, WHEN WE SAY THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE'RE THINKING OF 08:48 AN IT INSTEAD OF A WHO. NOW WE'LL GET MORE INTO THAT, 08:54 BUT JUST REMEMBER THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT SOME ESSENCE OF 08:58 GOD. IT'S NOT A FORCE OF GOD. 09:00 IT'S NOT SOME SEPARATED POWER OF GOD. 09:02 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS GOD - ONE OF THE PERSONS OF GOD - AND 09:07 UNDERSTANDING HIM AND HIS WORK IS ACTUALLY EVEN A LITTLE MORE 09:11 DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A HIERARCHY IN THE GODHEAD - AND 09:15 THERE APPEARS TO BE - WHERE THERE'S DIFFERENT ROLES AND GOD 09:18 THE FATHER IS ALWAYS PORTRAYED IN THE - AS THE SUPREME 09:22 AUTHORITY - AND EVEN WHEN THEY'RE LISTED - 'GO THEREFORE 09:25 AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING IN THE NAME OF' - IT DOESN'T SAY 09:28 THE SPIRIT, THE SON AND THE FATHER - IT ALWAYS SAYS, 'THE 09:31 FATHER, THE SON AND THE SPIRIT.' AND THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IS TO 09:34 EXALT THE FATHER, TO EXALT THE SON - BUT IT'S EASIER FOR US, 09:41 SOMETIMES, TO UNDERSTAND OR TO, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR FRAIL 09:45 CAPABILITIES, TO VISUALIZE THE FATHER. 09:49 I MEAN, IF I TELL YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PICTURE GOD THE 09:52 FATHER, YOU MIGHT, IN YOUR MIND, SEE THIS MAJESTIC LOOKING BEING 09:57 - KINGLY BEING - WITH, YOU KNOW - HE NEVER DYES HIS HAIR. 10:03 HIS HAIR IS ALWAYS GRAY - SITTING ON A THRONE, EMANATING 10:08 LIGHT. AND IF I SAY, 'PICTURE JESUS' 10:12 MOST OF US PROBABLY WOULD PAINT IN ONE 10:14 OF THE MANY PAINTINGS WE'VE SEEN OF JESUS SOMEWHERE BECAUSE, YOU 10:17 KNOW, YOU SEE A PICTURE OF JESUS IN A BOOK OR SOMETHING AS A 10:19 CHILD AND THAT SORT OF CREATES AN IMPRESSION THAT GIVES YOU 10:22 CONTEXT FOR WHAT JESUS LOOKED LIKE BECAUSE YOU DON'T FIND MUCH 10:26 IN THE BIBLE ABOUT WHAT JESUS LOOKS LIKE. 10:28 IT SAYS 'THERE'S NO OUTWARD FORM OR COMELINESS THAT WE SHOULD 10:32 DESIRE HIM' AND JESUS SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO MELT INTO A CROWD 10:35 LIKE AN AVERAGE PERSON. 10:37 IT NEVER SAYS HE WAS STRIKING LIKE A MOVIE STAR. 10:39 BUT, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY SEE ONE OF THOSE TYPICAL PICTURES OF 10:43 SOMEBODY WITH BROWN OR CHESTNUT HAIR AND BLUE OR HAZEL EYES AND 10:47 THE, YOU KNOW, NEATLY TRIMMED BEARD AND SO FORTH. 10:50 BUT WHEN I SAY 'PICTURE THE HOLY SPIRIT' ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO 10:56 COME UP WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT MENTAL IMAGES. 11:01 THE BIBLE SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LIKE WIND. 11:07 ANOTHER PLACE IT SAYS 'YOU'LL BE BAPTIZED WITH FIRE. 11:11 ANOTHER PLACE, 'IT'S LIKE LIVING WATER.' THE HOLY SPIRIT 11:16 SOMETIMES WE THINK OF, YOU KNOW, THINGS SHAKE - IT'S LIKE THE 11:20 SOUND OF A TRAIN GOING BY OR - SO COMPREHENDING THE HOLY SPIRIT 11:25 IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS THAT WE DEAL WITH IN THE 11:28 BIBLE. WHAT THE SPIRIT DOES IS CLEARLY 11:31 LAID OUT - PICTURING THE HOLY SPIRIT OR WHAT THE ESSENCE OF 11:35 GOD THE SPIRIT IS IS A LITTLE HARDER FOR US. 11:38 NOW, LET ME TELL YOU WHY - AT LEAST MY THEORY - WHY I THINK 11:41 THAT IS. WHEN ADAM AND EVE WERE IN THE 11:44 GARDEN OF EDEN BEFORE SIN THEY HAD 11:48 SOMETHING WE DON'T HAVE NOW. THEY, FOR ONE THING, HAD SOME 11:53 FORM OF SUPERNATURAL CLOTHING BECAUSE WHEN THEY SINNED, THE 11:58 CLOTHES SORT OF DISAPPEARED - THESE ROBES OF LIGHT. 12:02 I BELIEVE ADAM AND EVE COULD TALK TO ANGELS THE WAY I'M 12:04 TALKING TO YOU. ANGELS AREN'T PLAYING 12:06 HIDE-AND-GO-SEEK WITH US. ANGELS ARE SPIRITUAL CREATURES. 12:10 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THEY'RE SPIRITUAL MINISTERING SPIRITS OF 12:13 GOD. AND THERE'S A WHOLE WORLD AROUND US RIGHT NOW. 12:17 ARE ANGELS IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW? GOOD AND BAD, MAYBE, HUH? 12:21 BUT WE CAN'T SEE THEM BECAUSE WHEN MAN SINNED WE LOST ONE OF 12:26 OUR SENSES. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR SENSE 12:29 OF TASTE AND HEARING AND SIGHT AND TOUCH AND SO FORTH. 12:32 I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER SENSORY ABILITY MAN HAD BEFORE 12:35 SIN TO BE IN TUNE WITH THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AROUND US. 12:40 AND WHEN MAN SINNED AND THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE CLOTHES 12:44 DISAPPEARED AND MAN BEGAN TO DIE, WE LOST SOMETHING. 12:49 AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO EVEN DESCRIBE IT BECAUSE IF I COULD 12:52 DESCRIBE IT I'D HAVE TO HAVE IT. BUT WE LOST SOMETHING - WE LOST 12:56 THE ABILITY - I MEAN, DIDN'T MAN TALK TO GOD FACE TO FACE? 13:01 AND GOD DIDN'T HAVE TO PERFORM A TRICK TO REVEAL HIMSELF 13:04 BACK THEN, MAN COULD JUST SEE HIM. 13:07 WE LOST A SPIRITUAL SENSITIVITY AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S SO 13:11 HARD FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BECAUSE WE LIVE 13:13 IN THESE DARK THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLDS WHERE THE FOURTH 13:17 DIMENSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SEEMS FOREIGN TO US. 13:21 ANGELS REALLY HAVE TO GO THE SECOND MILE TO REVEAL THEMSELVES 13:24 TO US AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOD THE SPIRIT, 13:28 WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT HE'S VERY 13:32 REAL AND HE CAN BE IN YOU. 13:34 NOW JESUS MADE IT - WELL, FIRST LET'S DO OUR MEMORY VERSE - I 13:38 WAS GETTING CARRIED AWAY WITH MY OWN VOICE. 13:41 MEMORY VERSE IS JOHN 14:16 - JOHN 14:16 - IT'S THE NEW KING 13:46 JAMES VERSION. I INVITE YOU TO SAY IT WITH ME. READY? 13:50 "AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER HELPER, 13:55 THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER." 13:59 JESUS SAID, 'I'M GOING AWAY BUT I WILL PRAY - I'LL INTERCEDE 14:03 WITH THE FATHER AND HE WILL SEND YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER.' AND THE 14:06 WORD, SOMETIMES, IS COUNSELOR, COMFORTER, HELPER. 14:10 THE WORD JESUS USED IN GREEK IS PARAKLETOS AND THAT IS A 14:15 COMPOSITE OF TWO WORDS PARA- MEANING 'BESIDE' AND KLETOS- 14:20 MEANING 'CALLED' - SOMEONE WHO IS CALLED TO YOUR SIDE.' AND 14:25 IT'S USED IN THE BIBLE IN THE SENSE OF A COUNSELOR - EVEN A 14:28 DEFENSE ATTORNEY - AND SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SOMEONE WHO IS 14:32 GOING TO BE THERE AS TO AID, TO GUIDE, TO COUNSEL - TO HELP MAN 14:38 IN THE ABSENCE OF CHRIST. NOW, WHEN WE THINK OF GOD - THIS 14:42 IS SOMETHING ELSE IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. 14:45 GOD IS OFTEN DESCRIBED WITH THREE THEOLOGICAL TERMS. 14:49 GOD IS CALLED 'OMNIPOTENT' - WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 14:55 ALL POWERFUL. IS THERE ANYTHING GOD DOES NOT HAVE POWER? 15:01 GOD IS DESCRIBED AS OMNISCIENT - ALL KNOWING - 15:05 HE KNOWS EVERYTHING. THIS IDEA THAT GOD'S ON A 15:08 JOURNEY AND HE'S LEARNING ALONG WITH US IS ABSURD. 15:11 GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING. HE CAN'T LEARN. 15:13 YOU CAN'T TEACH HIM ANYTHING. HE'S ALL-KNOWING. 15:16 AND THEN ANOTHER TERM WE USE TO DESCRIBE GOD - WHO KNOWS? 15:20 OMNIPRESENT - I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY IT - OMNIPRESENT - 15:23 NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? OMNI MEANS 'EVERYWHERE - 15:25 ALL ENCOMPASSING'. THAT MEANS YOU CAN BE PRESENT 15:29 EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU READ IN 15:33 PSALMS 139, VERSE 7, 'WHERE CAN I FLEE FROM YOUR SPIRIT?' 15:37 SO IS GOD'S SPIRIT OMNIPRESENT? IS GOD THE FATHER OMNIPRESENT? 15:43 I'VE HAD LENGTHY DEBATES WITH FRIENDS - 'WILL THE FATHER BE 15:46 WITH JESUS WHEN HE COMES?' HAVE YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? 15:50 IT'S KIND OF A TRICK QUESTION BECAUSE, WELL, CHRIST BRINGS THE 15:54 REDEEMED TO THE FATHER - IT SAYS, 'THEN HE WILL SEND 15:59 JESUS.' IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE JESUS LEAVES THE FATHER AND 16:02 COMES TO EARTH. BUT THEN CHRIST SAYS, 'I'M 16:04 COMING ON THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER. 16:06 BECAUSE THE FATHER IS OMNIPRESENT, JESUS NEVER REALLY 16:09 ESCAPES HIS PRESENCE. THE CLOSEST YOU COME TO THAT WAS 16:11 AT THE CROSS WHERE THE FATHER SEPARATED OR, AT LEAST, VEILED 16:16 HIS PRESENCE FROM CHRIST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ETERNITY. 16:20 BUT WHEN JESUS CAME TO EARTH AND HE TOOK ON THE FORM OF HUMANITY, 16:25 HE DID SOMETHING THAT WAS HARD FOR US TO COMPREHEND. 16:27 HE LAID ASIDE A DIMENSION OF HIS DIVINITY IN THAT CHRIST WAS NO 16:33 LONGER OMNIPRESENT WHEN HE WAS ON EARTH, RIGHT? 16:38 HE SAID, 'LOOK, IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS - WHEREVER 16:41 YOU GO - IT MUST BE THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT.' 16:44 AND SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS OMNIPRESENT. 16:49 AND HE SENT US THIS COUNSELOR - THIS COMFORTER - TO BE WITH US. 16:52 SO THAT PROBABLY IS A GOOD SEGUE INTO THE FIRST SECTION HERE 16:56 DEALING WITH 'THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHRIST.' NOW THE HOLY SPIRIT 17:00 WILL NEVER TELL YOU OR SAY ANYTHING DIFFERENT TO YOU FROM 17:04 CHRIST OR FROM THE WORD OF CHRIST. 17:07 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FRUSTRATES ME IS SOMETIMES DOING 17:12 EVANGELISM, YOU'LL PREACH A VERY CLEAR BIBLICAL DISTINCTIVE AND 17:20 YOU MIGHT PREACH THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SABBATH. 17:23 AND YOU CAN SHOW A PERSON, YOU KNOW, 50 SCRIPTURES ON THE 17:26 SUBJECT THAT ARE JUST REALLY POWERFUL, CONVINCING, SLAM-DUNK 17:28 SCRIPTURES AND THEN I'LL HEAR SOMEONE SAY TO ME AFTER THE 17:32 DOOR, 'WELL, PASTOR DOUG, I KNOW THE BIBLE SAYS THAT AND THAT 17:35 SOUNDS VERY CONVINCING, BUT THE SPIRIT IS TELLING ME SOMETHING 17:39 DIFFERENT.' YOU EVER HEARD THAT BEFORE? WILL THE SPIRIT OF GOD 17:45 EVER CONTRADICT THE WORD OF GOD? IF JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD 17:50 INCARNATE, THE PURPOSE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO BRING TO YOUR 17:54 REMEMBRANCE WHAT JESUS SAID. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL ALWAYS 17:57 ENDORSE AND UNDERSCORE AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT IS IN THE WORD 18:02 AND SO, IF YOU EVER SEE A CONFLICT BETWEEN SOMEONE SAYING, 18:04 'WELL, THE SPIRIT IS TELLING ME THIS. 18:06 I KNOW THE WORD SAYS THAT.' AND I KNOW I'VE SHARED THIS WITH YOU 18:09 BEFORE BUT IT'S HAPPENED MANY TIMES WHERE I'VE TALKED TO SOME 18:15 - SOMEBODY WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CHRISTIAN AND THEY'RE MARRIED 18:19 BUT THEY'RE HAVING AN AFFAIR - THEY'VE MET SOMEBODY ELSE - BUT 18:23 THEY STILL WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN BECAUSE - AND THEY'RE 18:26 SAYING, 'YOU KNOW, THE SPIRIT IS TELLING ME THAT I WAS MEANT TO 18:29 BE WITH THIS PERSON.' HAVE YOU EVER RUN INTO THIS BEFORE TOO? 18:36 YEAH. WILL THE HOLY SPIRIT EVER 18:39 INSPIRE A PERSON TO CONTRADICT ONE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 18:43 SO ALWAYS REMEMBER: JESUS IS THE WORD. THE HOLY SPIRIT'S WORK 18:49 IS TO REINFORCE - TO ENDORSE - TO EXALT THE WORD. 18:56 AND SO IN DOING SO, HE'S EXALTING CHRIST. 19:01 GOD THE FATHER, SON AND SPIRIT - GOD IS ALWAYS - HE SAID, 'I'M 19:04 GLORIFYING THE SON.' THE SON SAYS, 'NO, I'M GLORIFYING THE 19:07 FATHER.' THE SPIRIT SAYS, 'NO, I'M GOING TO GLORIFY THE FATHER 19:09 AND THE SON.' AND GOD OPERATES AS ALWAYS GIVING AWAY. 19:15 AND THE FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO ENDORSE AND 19:18 GLORIFY EACH OTHER, WHEREAS IN OUR WORLD WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO 19:22 SORT OF SOAK UP THE GLORY. THAT'S WHAT THE DEVIL DOES. 19:25 HE ALWAYS WANTED THE GLORY FOR HIMSELF AND GOD IS THE OPPOSITE 19:28 OF THAT. SO THE SPIRIT IS GIVING. 19:30 HE'S GIVING COMFORT. HE'S GIVING SUPPORT. 19:35 MATTER OF FACT, SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME - WE'VE GOT SOME VERSES 19:37 WE, I THINK, DISTRIBUTED. JOHN 14:26 - WHO HAS THAT? 19:42 HOLD UP YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE GOT THAT. OVER HERE - 19:44 AND YOU'VE GOT A MICROPHONE. DO YOU HAVE THAT STACY? 19:47 WE'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND. 19:49 I'M GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF OTHER VERSES - TALKING ABOUT THE 19:51 REPRESENTATIVE OF CHRIST. IN 1 JOHN 2:1 HE SAYS, "MY 19:57 LITTLE CHILDREN, THESE THINGS I WRITE TO YOU, SO THAT YOU MAY 20:00 NOT SIN. AND IF ANYONE SINS, WE HAVE AN 20:03 ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS." 20:06 NOW DID YOU KNOW WHAT WORD WAS USED THERE FOR ADVOCATE? 20:09 PARAKLETOS - SO NOT ONLY IS THE HOLY SPIRIT CALLED COMFORTER AND 20:14 HELPER, BUT AT LEAST IN THIS VERSE, CHRIST IS CALLED 20:18 'HELPER, COMFORTER, COUNSELOR'. 20:20 WHEN JESUS WAS ON EARTH AMONG MEN, DIDN'T HE DO THOSE THINGS? 20:24 SO WHEN CHRIST SAID, 'LOOK I CAN'T BE HERE PERSONALLY BUT I'M 20:26 GOING TO SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO THE SAME THING I DID WHEN I 20:29 WALKED AMONG YOU.' THAT MAKES SENSE. 20:31 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD READ FOR US - 14:26. 20:34 >>"BUT THE HELPER, THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM THE FATHER WILL 20:38 SEND IN MY NAME, HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS, AND BRING TO 20:41 YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL THINGS THAT I SAID TO YOU." 20:45 >>SO THERE YOU HAVE IT. THIS IS THE HOLY SPIRIT'S JOB - 20:48 TO EXALT AND TO RE-ATTRACT ATTENTION TO JESUS. 20:54 IN 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14, HERE IN PAUL'S CLOSING STATEMENT HE 21:00 SAYS, "THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF 21:04 GOD, AND THE COMMUNION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU ALL, 21:07 AMEN." NOW, DO YOU SEE THE TRINITY IN THAT VERSE? 21:10 THE GRACE OF THE LORD, THE LOVE OF GOD, COMMUNION OF THE SPIRIT 21:15 BE WITH YOU ALL. SO PAUL IS ACTUALLY PRAYING FOR 21:19 THE PRESENCE OF THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE SPIRIT TO BE WITH US 21:23 ALL. BUT WHICH MEMBER OF THE GODHEAD 21:25 BRINGS US THAT PRESENCE? IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT. 21:29 HE BRINGS US - WHEN YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, 'I FEEL JESUS IS CLOSE.' 21:34 OR THAT YOU SENSE THAT CHRIST IS WITH YOU, IS CHRIST WITH YOU 21:36 PHYSICALLY OR IS IT THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT - 21:38 THAT YOU SENSE CHRIST'S PRESENCE? 21:41 IS GOD THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE SPIRIT COMPLETELY ONE? 21:47 HEAR O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE.' ONE GOD AND YET THEY'RE 21:51 MANIFESTED IN THREE DISTINCT PERSONS. 21:54 BUT THEY DON'T HAVE STRANGELY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. 21:59 THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN HARMONY WITH EACH OTHER AND SO 22:02 ONE IS GOING TO BE GIVING THE IMPRESSION AND SUPPORTING THE 22:07 SAME SENTIMENTS OF THE OTHER. 22:11 SO HE'S THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHRIST HERE IN THE WORLD. 22:13 WHEN JESUS WENT TO HEAVEN HE SAID, 'SO AS THE FATHER SENT ME, 22:18 SO SEND I YOU.' AND SO IS CHRIST STILL IN THE WORLD TODAY? 22:25 THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. BUT IS CHRIST IN THE WORLD TODAY 22:29 THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT BLOWING LIKE WIND AROUND THE PLANET? 22:34 THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED ON THE FACE OF THE WATERS? 22:36 OR IS GOD - IS JESUS STILL IN THE WORLD TODAY THROUGH THE HOLY 22:40 SPIRIT IN PEOPLE? SO WHAT DID JESUS DO WHEN HE WAS ON EARTH? 22:45 HE TAUGHT, HE HEALED, HE LOVED PEOPLE. 22:49 HOW DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT NOW MANIFEST GOD IN THE WORLD? 22:52 THROUGH SOME ELECTRIC THUNDER OR IS IT THROUGH PEOPLE? 22:58 SO CHRIST IS STILL IN THE WORLD TODAY THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT 23:03 BEING REVEALED THROUGH YOU AND I. 23:05 SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT THAT WE HAVE THE SPIRIT? 23:07 IF THE WORLD'S GOING TO SEE JESUS TODAY, HOW IS THE WORLD 23:10 GOING TO SEE HIM? THROUGH THE SPIRIT FLOWING THROUGH US. 23:15 CHRIST SAID, 'I'LL BE IN YOU A FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER AND 23:17 IT'LL BE ARTESIAN - IT FLOWS OUT TO THOSE AROUND YOU. 23:20 AND SO THE LORD WANTS TO REACH OTHERS, AS JESUS DID, WHEN THE 23:25 SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN US. YOU AND I ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST. 23:29 YOU AND I ARE THE HANDS AND THE FEET AND THE MOUTH AND THE EYES 23:32 OF JESUS IN THE WORLD TODAY, RIGHT? 23:35 NOW THIS NEXT SECTION HERE - AND I'M RUSHING BECAUSE I THINK MOST 23:39 OF YOU UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT REPRESENTING 23:41 JESUS. BUT THERE'S MUCH DEBATE ON THE 23:44 NEXT SECTION. IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON? 23:49 NOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO INTO ALL THE HISTORY OF SOME OF THE 23:57 VIEWS ABOUT THE TRINITY AND ARMINIANISM AND ONENESS. 24:04 SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT GOD IS ONE GOD, MEANING THAT ONE GOD 24:09 MANIFESTS HIMSELF THREE DIFFERENT WAYS - THAT GOD 24:13 SOMETIMES APPEARED AS THE SON AND HE SOMETIMES APPEARS AS THE 24:16 SPIRIT AND HE SOMETIMES IDENTIFIES HIMSELF AS THE FATHER 24:19 - BUT THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE WITH THAT DOCTRINE: IT'S LIKE ONE GOD 24:23 HAS MANY MASKS THAT HE WEARS. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT THEOLOGY 24:27 IS AT THE BAPTISM OF JESUS - A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS. 24:31 WHEN GOD THE FATHER IS IN HEAVEN THE HEAVENS PART AND GOD THE 24:36 SPIRIT COMES DOWN UPON CHRIST AND GOD THE SON IS IN THE WATER 24:41 AND GOD THE FATHER SAYS, 'THIS IS MY SON' - SO IS GOD BEING A 24:44 VENTRILOQUIST? OR DO YOU SEE GOD, AT ONE 24:48 MOMENT, IN THREE DIFFERENT PERSONS? 24:51 SO THAT IDEA DOESN'T WORK. BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME THAT 24:55 STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA THAT JESUS, AT ONE TIME, WAS CREATED 24:59 IN THE REMOTE RECESSES OF HISTORY AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS 25:03 REALLY THE FORCE THROUGH WHICH THE FATHER AND THE SON OPERATE. 25:08 BUT THE BIBLE USES EVERY TERM IT POSSIBLY CAN TO TELL US THAT THE 25:13 SPIRIT IS A HE. MATTER OF FACT, IT WAS IN OUR MEMORY VERSE. 25:16 IT SAYS 'THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH 25:21 YOU.' WHY COULDN'T JESUS SAY 'IT'? 25:24 DIDN'T JESUS KNOW THE WORD 'IT'? 25:26 DOESN'T JESUS SOMETIMES USE THE WORD 'IT'? HE DOES. 25:28 HE DOESN'T REFER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A THING OR A FORCE. 25:32 THEY HAD ALL THOSE WORDS IN GREEK AND HEBREW. 25:35 BUT HE SPECIFICALLY USED THE WORD 'HE'. 25:38 SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME 1 CORINTHIANS 12:11 - WE'LL JUST 25:42 GET YOU READY. WHO HAS IT? OVER HERE? OKAY. 25:45 AND I'M GOING TO READ JOHN 16:13, "HOWEVER, WHEN HE, THE 25:53 SPIRIT OF TRUTH, HAS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH; 25:57 FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, BUT WHATEVER HE HEARS 26:03 HE WILL SPEAK; AND HE WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO COME." 26:07 DO YOU NOTICE THAT? ONE VERSE. I DIDN'T COUNT. 26:09 HOW MANY DID WE COME UP WITH? LET'S DO IT RIGHT HERE. 26:13 HANG ON. HE, HE, HE, HIS - CAN I COUNT HIS? 26:21 HE, HE, HE - I GOT SEVEN INCLUDING 'HIS'. 26:24 ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN TERMS HERE THAT IDENTIFY 26:29 HIM AS A PERSON IN ONE VERSE. JESUS COULD HAVE SAID 'IT' 26:35 AND HE DIDN'T. HE SAID 'HE'. 26:37 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD READ FOR US 1 CORINTHIANS 12:11. 26:41 >>1 CORINTHIANS 12:11, "BUT ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT 26:45 WORKS ALL THESE THINGS, DISTRIBUTING TO EACH ONE 26:48 INDIVIDUALLY AS HE WILLS." 26:51 >>IT SAYS, 'THE SPIRIT IS DISTRIBUTING AS HE WILLS.' JOHN 26:56 15:26, "BUT WHEN THE HELPER COMES" - THE PARAKLETOS - "WHOM 27:02 I SHALL SEND TO YOU FROM THE FATHER, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH WHO 27:05 PROCEEDS FROM THE FATHER, HE WILL TESTIFY OF ME." 27:08 AND THERE'S SO MANY VERSES THAT BEAR THIS OUT. 27:11 ACTS 15:28, "FOR IT SEEMED GOOD TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND TO US, 27:17 TO LAY UPON YOU NO GREATER BURDEN THAN THESE NECESSARY 27:20 THINGS:" SO HERE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LAYING A BURDEN. 27:25 HE'S GUIDING THE CHURCH. AND SO OFTEN THEY PRAYED AND 27:28 SAID THE SPIRIT - HE - TOLD US TO GO HERE OR TO DO THIS AND TO 27:32 DO THAT AND HE'S GIVING INDIVIDUAL GUIDANCE. 27:35 THEY COULD HAVE SAID JESUS TOLD US TO DO THIS OR THAT. 27:37 NOW IT JUST POPPED INTO MY MIND, IS THERE ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE 27:44 WHERE WE ARE TOLD TO PRAY TO JESUS? 27:51 WE'RE NOT EXPLICITLY COMMANDED ANYWHERE IN THE BIBLE TO PRAY TO 27:53 JESUS. WE ARE TOLD TO PRAY IN HIS NAME. 27:57 I CAN THINK OF ONE PLACE IN THE BIBLE AND YOU MIGHT THINK OF 27:59 ANOTHER BUT I'VE NOT FOUND ANOTHER, WHERE SOMEONE DID PRAY 28:03 TO JESUS AND IT'S WHEN STEPHEN IS BEING STONED AND HE SEES THE 28:09 HEAVENS OPENED AND HE SEES JESUS ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER. 28:13 THERE, AGAIN, YOU'VE GOT TWO INDIVIDUALS - AND HE PRAYS AS 28:16 HE'S DYING, 'LORD JESUS RECEIVE MY SPIRIT.' SO USUALLY WE PRAY 28:20 TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN BUT HE ACTUALLY SAW JESUS IN HEAVEN AND 28:23 SO HE PRAYED TO JESUS. NOW IS THAT WRONG TO PRAY TO 28:26 JESUS? NO, I DON'T THINK SO. 28:28 WE TYPICALLY, I MEAN, JESUS IS OUR FRIEND AND WE TALK TO HIM. 28:31 A LOT OF CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO PRAY, 'DEAR JESUS' - RIGHT? 28:36 WE ALWAYS TEACH THEM - NOT THAT THAT'S WRONG BUT I THINK LET'S 28:40 NOT NEGLECT TO TELL THE CHILDREN ALSO TO PRAY TO THEIR FATHER IN 28:43 HEAVEN IN JESUS' NAME. BUT THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT 28:46 ALSO BECAUSE THAT'S EXPLICITLY TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE - THAT WE 28:50 ADDRESS THE FATHER - SO WE NEED TO DO THAT. 28:52 BUT WHERE IN THE BIBLE DO THEY PRAY TO THE SPIRIT? 28:57 THERE'S NO REAL PRAYER ADDRESSED TO THE SPIRIT BECAUSE THE SPIRIT 29:00 IS OFTEN THE BRIDGE THROUGH WHICH PRAYER FLOWS. 29:05 HE IS THE ONE WHO OFTEN IS DELIVERING. 29:08 WHEN YOU PRAY AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, IT'S THE SPIRIT 29:10 THAT TAKES OUR GROANINGS AND MAKES THEM ELOQUENT BEFORE GOD. 29:14 THAT'S A PARAPHRASE OF WHAT PAUL SAYS. 29:18 SOMETHING ELSE: WHAT DOES THE WORD 'MESSIAH' MEAN IN HEBREW? 29:26 ANOINTED. WHAT DOES THE WORD 'CHRIST' MEAN? 29:29 GREEK - ANOINTED. THEY BOTH MEAN ANOINTED. 29:33 LIKE WHEN YOU TAKE THE OIL AND YOU POURED IT ON A KING OR YOU 29:36 POURED IT ON A PRIEST, THAT WAS CALLED ANOINTING. 29:40 AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULD ANOINT THE ALTARS - 29:42 THAT MEANS YOU WOULD PAINT SOMETHING. 29:43 THIS TIME OF YEAR, AROUND THE FOURTH OF JULY, YOU SHOULD ALL 29:46 GO OUTSIDE ANOINTED WITH SUNSCREEN. 29:50 THAT'S WHAT ANOINTING MEANS - TO COVER SOMETHING OR TO POUR 29:53 SOMETHING ON SOMEBODY, RIGHT? WHAT WAS JESUS ANOINTED WITH? 30:03 AH, HE SAYS, 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME FOR HE HAS 30:06 ANOINTED ME TO PREACH.' RIGHT? AND WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED THE 30:10 HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN LIKE A DOVE. 30:12 CHRIST WAS ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AT HIS BAPTISM. 30:16 HE WAS THE CHRIST AND WHAT HAPPENED TO DAVID WHEN THEY 30:20 POURED THE OIL ON HIM AND HE BECAME KING? CHRIST, AT HIS 30:23 ANOINTING, IN A SPECIAL WAY, WAS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. 30:27 BY THE WAY, THAT SAME ANOINTING OF THE SPIRIT - NOT THAT WE 30:31 BECOME THE MESSIAH - BUT IT'S PROMISED TO FOLLOWERS. 30:34 THAT'S THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 30:36 AND WE'RE GETTING TO THAT LATER IN THE LESSON. 30:38 ALRIGHT, A COUPLE MORE HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT JESUS - I'M 30:41 SORRY - THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING A PERSON. 30:45 IT SAYS, 'THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS' - ACTS 13:2 - AND I'LL 30:50 PUT THE NOTES ONLINE BECAUSE I'M GOING THROUGH THESE QUICKLY AND 30:52 I KNOW YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK THEM ALL UP. 30:54 THE HOLY SPIRIT INTERCEDES. HE TESTIFIES - AND, BY THE WAY, 30:58 THAT'S ROMANS 8:26 - HE TESTIFIES - JOHN 15:26. 31:02 HE GUIDES - JOHN 16:13. HE COMMANDS - ACTS 16:6 AND 7. 31:07 HE APPOINTS - ACTS 20:28. HE LEADS - ROMANS 8:14. 31:12 HE REPROVES AND CONVICTS OF SIN - JOHN 16:8. 31:16 HE SEALS GOD'S PROMISES IN A BELIEVER'S HEART - 31:18 EPHESIANS 1:13 AND 14. HE SHAPES THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE 31:23 LIFE TO CHRIST'S - ROMANS 8:1-17. THE BIBLE SAYS THE 31:27 HOLY SPIRIT HAS INTELLECT, HE HAS EMOTIONS AND WILL, 31:31 HE CAN BE GRIEVED. 31:33 ASIDE FROM THE PROBLEM THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOESN'T HAVE A BODY 31:35 AS WE VISUALIZE A BODY, YOU TELL ME WHAT WORDS YOU WOULD USE 31:39 IF YOU WERE GOD - TO TRY TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 31:42 IS A PERSON - THAT GOD DID NOT USE. SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 31:46 SO IF YOU WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS A 31:50 PERSON - ASIDE FROM HAVING A PHYSICAL BODY AS WE DO - WHAT 31:55 DID GOD LEAVE UNSAID? YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 31:59 HE GAVE HIM ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSON - HE 32:02 THINKS, HE FEELS, HE TALKS, HE GRIEVES, HE GUIDES - I MEAN, 32:06 HE'S DOING EVERYTHING A PERSON DOES. 32:08 YES, IT DOESN'T SAY HE WALKS FROM THIS PLACE TO THAT PLACE - 32:11 BECAUSE HE'S OMNIPRESENT SO HE DOESN'T WALK FROM PLACE TO 32:13 PLACE. BUT IN THE RESPECT OF INTELLECT 32:16 AND UNDERSTANDING, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALWAYS PORTRAYED AS 32:19 HAVING ALL OF THOSE FEATURES OF A UNIQUE PERSON. AND SO, YOU 32:25 KNOW, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH THAT BECAUSE IT'S 32:27 HARD FOR THEM TO CONCEIVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT I THINK THE 32:32 BIBLE TELLS US IN PRETTY CLEAR TERMS THAT HE IS REAL. 32:36 BY THE WAY, SPIRIT OF PROPHECY ON THIS POINT: THIS IS FROM THE 32:40 BOOK 'EVANGELISM' PAGE 616, 617, "HE MUST ALSO BE A DIVINE PERSON 32:48 ELSE HE COULD NOT SEARCH OUT THE SECRETS WHICH LIE HIDDEN 32:52 IN THE MIND OF GOD." 32:54 SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY SAYS, 'HE 32:58 MUST BE A DIVINE PERSON OR ELSE HE COULD NOT SEARCH OUT THE 33:03 SECRETS OF THE DIVINE - IN THE MIND OF GOD.' ALRIGHT, SO WE'VE 33:08 TALKED ABOUT, CERTAINLY, THE HOLY SPIRIT AS A UNIQUE PERSON 33:13 BUT IS HE GOD? IS HE DIVINE? 33:18 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. 33:21 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME LUKE 4:1 AND I'LL LOOK TO THE 33:26 RIGHT AND THEN TO THE LEFT - OVER HERE. 33:28 WE'RE KIND OF BEING A LITTLE BIT - I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT 33:32 SEGREGATED IN THE WAY WE'RE GIVING OUT THE SCRIPTURES. 33:35 THEY SEEM TO BE ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE CHURCH. 33:39 MAYBE THIS ONE MICROPHONE IS THE PROBLEM. ALRIGHT, SO SOMEONE 33:43 LOOK UP LUKE 4:1 AND I'LL GET TO YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. 33:47 HERE'S AN INTERESTING VERSE: MARK 12:36 - THIS IS JESUS 33:53 SPEAKING, "FOR DAVID HIMSELF SAID BY THE HOLY SPIRIT: 'THE 33:58 LORD SAID TO MY LORD, 'SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, TILL I MAKE YOUR 34:03 ENEMIES YOUR FOOTSTOOL.''" DAVID SAID, 'BY THE HOLY SPIRIT' SO 34:09 DAVID IS SPEAKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 34:12 THEN HE QUOTES PSALM - AND JESUS, OF COURSE IS DOING THIS - 34:15 HE'S QUOTING FROM PSALM 110, VERSE 1, WHERE THE LORD SAYS TO 34:19 MY LORD. AND IT WAS SPEAKING OF THE LORD 34:24 SAYING TO MY LORD, 'SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND.' IT'S THE HOLY 34:27 SPIRIT BY WHICH DAVID SAID THIS. IT DOESN'T SAY IT WAS BY GOD 34:30 UNLESS GOD IS THE SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT IS GOD. 34:34 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD AND READ LUKE 4:1 FOR ME. 34:37 >>"THEN JESUS, BEING FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, RETURNED FROM 34:41 JORDAN AND WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS." 34:46 >>COULD SOMETHING LESS THAN GOD LEAD THE SON OF GOD? 34:51 DO YOU SEE WHAT A PROBLEM THAT WOULD BE? 34:54 AND YOU NOTICE IT SAYS, 'FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, RETURNED 34:57 FROM THE JORDAN, LED BY THE SPIRIT'. 34:59 IT WAS THE ANOINTING OF GOD THE SPIRIT THAT WAS CONTROLLING THE 35:02 LIFE OF CHRIST. WOULD YOU HAVE SOMETHING LESS 35:05 THAN GOD - WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE HOLY SPIRIT'S A PERSON - BUT IS 35:08 THIS PERSON LESS THAN GOD AND HE'S LEADING GOD THE SON? 35:12 CERTAINLY HE WOULD NEED TO BE GOD IN ORDER TO DO THAT. 35:15 YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER INTERESTING VERSE I JUST FOUND 35:17 IN MY STUDY THIS MORNING. 35:19 LOOK WITH ME AT 2 SAMUEL 23, VERSES 2 AND 3 - AND THIS WAS 35:27 INTERESTING - IT'S DAVID, AT THE END OF HIS LIFE, HE SAYS, "THE 35:32 SPIRIT OF THE LORD SPOKE BY ME, AND HIS WORD WAS ON MY TONGUE. 35:38 THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID, THE ROCK OF ISRAEL SPOKE TO ME:" - NOW 35:43 NOTICE, HE SAYS THE SPIRIT OF GOD - WELL, LET ME JUST STOP 35:46 RIGHT HERE. I THINK MOST OF US WOULD BE 35:49 RELUCTANT TO SAY 'THE SPIRIT OF GOD SPOKE BY ME' BECAUSE, YOU 35:55 KNOW, DON'T YOU ALWAYS CRINGE A LITTLE BIT WHEN PREACHERS SAY, 35:58 'GOD'S TELLING ME THIS' AND 'GOD'S TELLING ME THAT.' I THINK 36:03 YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. 36:06 I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THE LORD SPEAKS THROUGH ME WHEN I'M 36:10 TEACHING FROM HIS BOOK. I MEAN, WOULDN'T YOU HOPE THAT? 36:15 BUT YOU BETTER BE REAL CAREFUL AND HUMBLE ABOUT SAYING THAT 36:18 BECAUSE IT COULD BE TAKEN WRONG. BUT DID DAVID SAY THAT? 36:21 WOW. THAT'S THE SAME DAVID THAT GOT 36:25 INTO ALL THAT TROUBLE WITH URIAH AND BATHSHEEBA? 36:28 BUT HE SAID, 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SPOKE BY ME.' 36:30 DID HE KNOW IT? HE DID. 36:34 AND THEN NOTICE, NOT ONLY DOES HE SAY 'THE SPIRIT' HOW DOES HE 36:37 CALL THE SPIRIT? 'THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID - THE 36:40 ROCK OF ISRAEL SPOKE TO ME.' SO HE'S MAKING NO DISTINCTION 36:43 BETWEEN 'THE SPIRIT SPOKE THROUGH ME' AND 'GOD SPOKE 36:47 THROUGH ME.' DO YOU SEE THAT IN THIS VERSE? 36:49 AND SO IS GOD THE SPIRIT? YEAH, I BELIEVE SO. 36:56 ALRIGHT, TALKING NEXT ABOUT THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - NOW 37:01 I'VE GOT - WOW, I'VE GOT TWELVE POINTS HERE. 37:06 AGAIN, I'LL POST THE NOTES AT THE - BOTH THE AMAZING FACTS AND 37:10 THE CENTRAL CHURCH WEBSITES SO YOU CAN - YOU LOOK THEM UP. 37:13 SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, 'DOUG, PUT THE NOTES UP. 37:15 WE USE THESE TO TEACH AND YOU WENT TOO FAST.' SO I'M GOING TO 37:19 GO THROUGH TWELVE POINTS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT QUICKLY 37:22 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MATERIAL HERE. 37:25 MATTER OF FACT, I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE NOTES HERE THAN I'VE 37:27 GOT TIME FOR. I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE 37:29 HOLY SPIRIT IN 45 MINUTES? AREN'T YOU GLAD THIS ISN'T MY 37:36 NOTES FROM THE NEXT WEDDING I DO? ALRIGHT FIRST OF ALL, 37:42 WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO UNDERSTAND THE WORD. 37:45 IT'S THE SPIRIT THAT QUICKENS. THE FLESH PROFITS NOTHING. 37:49 THE WORDS THAT I SPEAK TO YOU, THEY ARE SPIRIT AND THEY ARE 37:51 LIFE.' CAN YOU COMPREHEND THE WORD OF GOD WITHOUT THE SPIRIT 37:55 OF GOD? SOMEONE LOOK UP FOR ME 1 CORINTHIANS 2, VERSE 14. 38:00 YOU GOT THAT MIKE? LET'S GET YOU A MICROPHONE. 38:03 THERE'S ONE OVER HERE THEY'LL PASS YOU, OKAY? 38:06 AND IN THE MEANTIME, JESUS SAID IN REVELATION 2:7, "HE WHO HAS 38:11 AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS..." 38:14 DO YOU NEED SPECIAL EARS TO HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT? 38:19 WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, YOUR PHYSICAL EARS ARE NOT WHAT YOU 38:21 HEAR WITH, RIGHT? YOU NEED, ACTUALLY, A SPECIAL 38:24 SENSITIVITY TO HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT BECAUSE IS IT POSSIBLE TO 38:29 HAVE SOMEONE SPEAKING A SPIRIT-FILLED MESSAGE AND PEOPLE 38:33 LISTENING NOT HEAR IT? SO YOU NEED SPIRITUAL 38:37 DISCERNMENT TO HEAR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 38:39 THAT NEXT VERSE FITS RIGHT HERE SO YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THAT. 38:41 >>1 CORINTHIANS 2, VERSE 14, "BUT THE NATURAL MAN DOES NOT 38:45 RECEIVE THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS 38:49 TO HIM; NOR CAN HE KNOW THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE 38:52 SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED." 38:54 >>YOU'VE SEEN AND HEARD BEFORE WHERE SOMEONE PICKS UP THE BIBLE 38:57 AND THEY START TO READ AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE JUST 38:59 OVERWHELMED WITH THE POWER OF THE WORD AND THEIR HEARTS ARE 39:02 TRANSFORMED AND THEY'RE CONVICTED AND THEY'RE REPENTING 39:04 AND THEY GO THROUGH A DRAMATIC CONVERSION EXPERIENCE. 39:08 SOMEONE ELSE CAN PICK UP THE SAME BOOK AND THEY SAY, 'WHAT A 39:11 BUNCH OF NONSENSE.' PAUL TALKS ABOUT THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS 39:17 BLINDED THEM. SOME PEOPLE HAVE JUST GOT THE 39:21 DEVIL'S WAX IN THEIR SPIRITUAL EARS AND THEY CAN'T HEAR. 39:24 SO SPIRITUAL THINGS - THAT'S WHAT WE JUST READ - SPIRITUAL 39:27 THINGS ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. 39:30 SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR US TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT 39:32 BEFORE YOU READ THE HOLY BIBLE? DO YOU SOMETIMES FORGET TO DO 39:36 THAT? I DO SOMETIMES. I FIGURE, 'I'M A PREACHER. 39:38 I'LL JUST PICK IT UP AND' - YOU'VE GOT TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY 39:41 SPIRIT IF YOU REALLY WANT THE WORD TO COME ALIVE. 39:45 JOHN 14:26 - WE ALREADY TOUCHED ON THIS - "BUT THE COMFORTER, 39:49 WHICH IS THE HOLY GHOST, WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME, 39:52 HE WILL TEACH YOU AND BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE, 39:56 WHATEVER I HAVE SAID TO YOU." SEVERAL TIMES I'VE PRAYED 40:01 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN SOME KIND OF A BIBLE STUDY OR DEBATE 40:07 AND I THOUGHT, I CAN'T REMEMBER EVERYTHING. 40:09 I CAN'T FIND IT. IT'S NOT AT MY FINGERTIPS. 40:11 BUT I CLAIM THIS PROMISE AND I SAY, 'LORD, YOU PROMISED THROUGH 40:14 THE HOLY SPIRIT' - COMPUTERS ARE WONDERFUL IN THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU 40:19 TYPE IN THE LITTLE SEARCH WINDOW WHEN YOU'RE 40:21 DOING YOUR BIBLE STUDY AND SEARCH - ALL I NEED TO DO IS 40:24 REMEMBER A FEW WORDS IN A VERSE AND YOU CAN DO A SEARCH AND 40:30 IT'LL IMMEDIATELY - WITHIN A FRACTION OF A SECOND - SEARCHES 40:34 THE ENTIRE BIBLE AND SHOWS YOU WHERE THAT VERSE IS - OR ALL THE 40:36 VERSES THAT HAVE THAT WORD AND YOU CAN FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING 40:38 FOR JUST LIKE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME 40:41 WORDS THAT ONLY APPEAR ONE TIME IN THE BIBLE. 40:42 THOSE ARE EASY TO FIND - THOSE VERSES. 40:44 YOU PUT IN THE WORD 'THE' - YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF 40:46 VERSES, YOU KNOW? BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL WORK 40:51 LIKE SOME INCREDIBLE SEARCH ENGINE AND I'LL SAY, 'LORD,' - 40:54 AND I'VE BEEN GIVING BIBLE STUDIES BEFORE WHERE I DON'T 40:56 KNOW THE NEXT THING TO SAY AND JUST AT THE RIGHT MOMENT IT 41:00 COMES BACK TO ME AND IT COMES BACK TO ME. 41:03 SOMETIMES I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE PREACHING A SERMON AND 41:05 IT WASN'T IN MY NOTES AND THE HOLY SPIRIT REMINDS ME - IT 41:08 HAPPENS FREQUENTLY - THE HOLY SPIRIT REMINDS ME OF THINGS THAT 41:11 I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IN MY PREPARATION THAT WERE SOME OF 41:13 THE BEST POINTS AND THE BEST VERSES TO PROVE A POINT AND THE 41:16 HOLY SPIRIT GIVES IT TO YOU AT THAT MOMENT. 41:19 AND I THINK GOD DOES THAT TO REMIND US THAT IT'S HIM AND IT'S 41:24 NOT US. AND WE NEED THAT REMINDING FREQUENTLY. 41:29 ANOTHER PART OF THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO OBEY GOD. 41:32 WE CAN'T OBEY THE LORD WITHOUT THE POWER OF HIS SPIRIT. 41:35 ROMANS 8:13 AND 14, "FOR IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH YOU 41:39 WILL DIE; BUT IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO DEATH THE DEEDS OF 41:44 THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE. FOR AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE 41:48 SPIRIT OF GOD, THESE ARE SONS OF GOD." 41:50 ALSO, THAT WOULD BE THE DAUGHTERS OF GOD. 41:52 THOSE WHO HAVE THE SPIRIT MORTIFY THE DEEDS OF THE BODY. 41:58 EPHESIANS 2:1 AND 2, "AND YOU HE MADE ALIVE, WHO WERE DEAD IN 42:03 TRESPASSES AND SINS, IN WHICH YOU ONCE WALKED ACCORDING TO THE 42:06 COURSE OF THIS WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF 42:08 THE AIR" - THE DEVIL - "THE SPIRIT WHO NOW WORKS IN THE SONS 42:12 OF DISOBEDIENCE." AND SO NOW YOU'VE GOT TWO 42:14 DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPIRIT. YOU'VE GOT ONE SPIRIT OF THE 42:16 DEVIL - IS HE A PERSON TOO? HE'S VERY REAL. 42:20 HE'S GOT A PERSONALITY - WHO'S LEADING PEOPLE TO DISOBEY AND 42:23 THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO'S LEADING PEOPLE TO 42:27 OBEY. YOU CAN'T PRAY WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 42:32 ROMANS 8:26, "LIKEWISE THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR 42:36 INFIRMITIES: FOR WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY FOR AS WE 42:39 OUGHT: BUT THE SPIRIT ITSELF MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US WITH 42:42 GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT BE UTTERED." 42:45 I'M SO THANKFUL FOR GOOD TRANSLATORS AS I TRAVEL AROUND 42:49 THE WORLD BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT, SOMETIMES, TAKING 42:55 THOUGHTS FROM ONE LANGUAGE AND INTRODUCING THEM INTO ANOTHER 42:59 LANGUAGE UNLESS THE PERSON TRANSLATING HAS A VERY GOOD 43:02 COMMAND OF BOTH LANGUAGES AND ALL THE LITTLE NUANCES OF THE 43:06 WORD. I COULD TELL YOU STORIES OF SOME 43:07 VERY FUNNY THINGS THAT WERE SAID WHEN A TRANSLATOR MIXED UP SOME 43:12 WORDS FROM ONE LANGUAGE TO ANOTHER. MATTER OF FACT, 43:15 I'VE HAD TRANSLATORS STOP AND SAY, 'DID YOU REALLY MEAN? 43:19 Do YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT?' AND WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION 43:21 RIGHT THERE BEFORE HE TRANSLATES. 43:22 HE'LL SAY, 'YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SOUNDS LIKE IN THIS LANGUAGE? 43:23 YOU DON'T WANT ME TO...' I SAY, 'NO, NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I 43:26 MEANT.' AND SO HAVING IT TRANSLATED - NOW, IT'S NOT THAT 43:30 GOD NEEDS A TRANSLATOR, BUT ANGELS ARE LISTENING AND THE 43:34 HOLY SPIRIT TAKES OUR PRAYERS THAT MAY BE CUMBERSOME AND ROUGH 43:39 AND JUST SHALLOW AND HE MAKES THEM ELOQUENT WITH THE MERITS OF 43:44 JESUS BEFORE THE FATHER. 43:47 HE TAKES THE GROANINGS OF OUR HEARTS THAT WE CAN'T FIND WORDS 43:50 FOR AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOUR PRAYERS - IT'S NOT SO MUCH 43:56 THE WORDS THAT YOU CHOOSE IN YOUR PRAYERS - HAVE YOU EVER 44:01 SEEN SOMEONE READ THEIR PRAYER WHEN THEY'RE UP FRONT BECAUSE 44:03 THEY GET NERVOUS? I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT. 44:06 AND YOU GET INTO BIG FORMAL GATHERINGS AT THE CHURCH AND 44:09 SOMEONE HAS THE TIME OF PRAYER AND YOU'LL SEE THEM TAKE THEIR 44:11 NOTES UP THERE WHILE EVERYONE'S GOT THEIR HEADS BOWED AND 44:13 THEY'RE READING THEIR PRAYER. 44:15 AND YOU'VE HEARD OF PRAYER BOOKS BEFORE? THAT'S NOT ALL BAD. 44:21 THERE ARE SOME PRAYERS THAT ARE BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND IF YOU 44:23 CAN BUY INTO THOSE PRAYERS - THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT - I'VE 44:29 HEARD SOME BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS THAT PEOPLE HAVE PRAYED THAT 44:31 JUST TOUCH YOUR HEART AND MOVE YOU. 44:35 BUT WHEN YOU PRAY, IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO READ SOMEONE ELSE'S 44:38 PRAYER BECAUSE THE THING THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT WITH PRAYER IS 44:42 WHEN IT'S COMING FROM YOUR HEART. WHEN PETER WAS DROWNING 44:46 AND HE SAID, 'LORD, SAVE ME.' THAT WASN'T VERY ELOQUENT. 44:51 IT'S PRETTY BASIC. A THREE-YEAR-OLD CAN SAY THAT. 44:54 BUT THE URGENCY OF HIS PRAYER MADE IT ELOQUENT. 44:58 AND SO, SOMETIMES JUST THE VERY URGENCY OF YOUR NEED IS THE MOST 45:03 ELOQUENT THING YOU CAN PLEAD BEFORE GOD. 45:06 WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR LOVE. I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME. 45:10 AND THAT'S ROMANS 5:5, "AND HOPE MAKETH NOT ASHAMED; BECAUSE THE 45:14 LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST..." 45:19 'THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.' WE NEED THE 45:22 HOLY SPIRIT FOR PEACE AND COMFORT. 45:25 JESUS SAID - JOHN 16:7, "NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE 45:27 TRUTH; IT IS EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO AWAY: FOR IF I GO NOT 45:31 AWAY, THE COMFORTER WILL NOT COME UNTO YOU; BUT IF I DEPART, 45:33 I WILL SEND HIM UNTO YOU." HE COMFORTS US. 45:36 ACTS 9:31, "THEN THE CHURCHES THROUGHOUT ALL 45:39 JUDEA AND GALILEE AND SAMARIA HAD PEACE, AND WERE EDIFIED; AND 45:44 WALKING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND IN THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY 45:47 SPIRIT, THEY WERE MULTIPLIED." 45:50 WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR CLEANSING - ROMANS 15:16, "THAT 45:54 I MIGHT BE THE MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE GENTILES, 45:57 MINISTERING THE GOSPEL OF GOD, THAT THE OFFERING OF THE 46:01 GENTILES MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE, SANCTIFIED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT." 46:06 2 THESSALONIANS 2:13, "BUT WE ARE BOUND TO GIVE THANKS TO GOD 46:10 ALWAYS FOR YOU, BRETHREN BELOVED BY THE LORD, BECAUSE GOD FROM 46:14 THE BEGINNING CHOSE YOU FOR SALVATION THROUGH SANCTIFICATION 46:17 BY THE SPIRIT..." WHAT DOES THE WORD 46:19 'SANCTIFICATION' MEAN? CLEANSING. 46:23 AND SO THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS A CLEANSING INFLUENCE IN OUR LIVES 46:28 - SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND BELIEF IN THE TRUTH. 46:32 WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR GUIDANCE. 46:35 YOU REMEMBER WHEN ELIJAH WAS OUT THERE IN THE CAVE AND HE HEARD 46:37 THIS VOICE, 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' 46:40 THERE WAS A MIGHTY WIND AND THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE AND 46:44 THERE WAS A FIRE AND IT SAYS GOD WASN'T IN THOSE THINGS. 46:46 BUT THEN HE HEARD A VOICE AND THAT PROBABLY IS LIKE ISAIAH 30, 46:50 VERSE 21, "AND THINE EARS SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND THEE," - 46:55 YOU KNOW WHY IT SAYS 'BEHIND THEE'? 46:56 YOU EVER THINK YOU HEAR SOMETHING AND YOU SAY, 46:58 'WHAT WAS THAT?' AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE. 47:00 IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT - YOU KNOW, YOUR EARS HEAR IN STEREO 47:04 AND BASED ON WHERE YOU HEAR, YOU KNOW WHERE TO TURN. 47:06 BUT WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING DIRECTLY BEHIND YOU AND THERE'S 47:08 NOTHING THERE, THAT MEANS IT WAS BETWEEN THE TWO EARS THAT YOU 47:11 HEARD. AND IF IT WASN'T IN FRONT OF 47:13 YOU, YOU FIGURED IT WAS BEHIND YOU. 47:15 BUT IT WAS REALLY RIGHT BETWEEN YOUR EARS THAT YOU HEARD IT, 47:18 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 47:19 ANY OF YOU EVER FELT LIKE YOU ALMOST HEARD THE LORD SPEAK TO 47:21 YOU BECAUSE THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT WAS SO LOUD? 47:24 MAYBE IT WAS CONVICTION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 47:28 AND YOU JUST, 'WOW, I FELT LIKE I HEARD THAT VOICE OF THE 47:32 SPIRIT.' "YOUR EARS SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND YOU, SAYING, 'THIS 47:38 IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT.' WHENEVER YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT 47:40 HAND OR WHENEVER YOU TURN TO THE LEFT." 47:42 - YOU KNOW, THE OLDER SHIPS, I UNDERSTAND, HAD TWO COMPASSES. 47:46 THEY HAD ONE COMPASS THAT WAS DOWN BY THE STEERING WHEEL AND 47:49 THEY HAD ANOTHER COMPASS HIGHER UP ON THE MAST. 47:52 AND THE REASON THEY PUT THE OTHER COMPASS HIGHER UP ON THE 47:54 MAST IS THEY HAD TO GET IT AWAY FROM ALL THE METAL THAT WAS ON 47:56 THE DECK SO THERE WOULD BE NO INTERFERENCE. 47:59 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT REALLY - IT'S LIKE A HIGHER FORM OF 48:04 COMPASS YOU MIGHT SAY. WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR POWER. 48:09 MICAH 3:8, "BUT TRULY I AM FULL OF POWER BY THE SPIRIT OF THE 48:14 LORD," - 'NOT BY MIGHT OR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT' SAYS 48:18 THE LORD - "I AM FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD AND OF 48:23 JUSTICE AND MIGHT, TO DECLARE TO JACOB HIS TRANSGRESSION AND TO 48:26 ISRAEL HIS SIN." ACTS 1:8 - FOR WITNESSING, "BUT 48:31 YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS COME UPON YOU; 48:34 AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM, AND IN ALL JUDEA 48:38 AND SAMARIA, AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH." 48:41 YOU EVER WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY MORE AND DO MORE FOR THE 48:44 LORD BUT YOU JUST SAID, 'LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.' THE 48:48 HOLY SPIRIT WILL THEN GIVE YOU THE WORD. 48:50 OR YOU'VE LOOKED FOR AN OPPORTUNITY. 48:51 YOU'RE TALKING TO A PERSON OR YOU'RE SITTING NEXT TO SOMEONE 48:54 YOU SAY, 'LORD, CAN YOU OPEN A DOOR? HELP ME KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 48:58 BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND YOU'RE TRYING 48:59 TO BE A WITNESS, YOU CAN BE OBNOXIOUS AND CUMBERSOME 49:02 AND JUST DO IT ALL WRONG. 49:04 BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD SEASONING YOUR SPEECH WITH 49:07 GRACE, IT GIVES YOU POWER TO KNOW HOW TO WITNESS. 49:12 AND THAT SAME POWER WORKS ON THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS. 49:14 OH FRIENDS, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE IN THIS LESSON ON THE SPIRIT. 49:17 I HOPE WHAT YOU'LL DO IS SEND FOR THE BOOK. 49:20 WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME. PLEASE SEND FOR THE BOOK THAT 49:23 SAYS 'THE HOLY SPIRIT: THE NEED'. 49:26 WE'LL SEND YOU A FREE COPY AND I'LL POST THE NOTES AND SOME OF 49:29 THE OTHER POINTS I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET TO TODAY AND HERE'S 49:32 THE BOOK AGAIN AND YOU CALL THE NUMBER THAT IS ON YOUR SCREEN 49:35 AND WE WILL STUDY TOGETHER AGAIN NEXT WEEK. GOD BLESS YOU, 49:41 FRIENDS, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AND THE LORD 49:45 BE WITH YOU. PRAY WE CAN HAVE A SPIRIT-FILLED LIFE. AMEN? 49:49 >>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 49:53 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND 49:57 PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. 50:00 FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST DAY EVENTS OF 50:03 REVELATION, 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM' IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN 50:07 EXPLORE MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS. ENHANCE YOUR 50:11 KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER TO GOD'S WORD. GO DEEPER. 50:16 VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIMELINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'. 50:22 >>HAVE YOU EVER WISHED YOU COULD DO MORE 50:23 TO LEAD SOMEONE TO JESUS? HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE NEED FOR 50:26 REVIVAL IN YOUR OWN LIFE? WELL, AFCOE IS THE PLACE FOR YOU. 50:31 THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF EVANGELISM HAS INCREDIBLE 50:34 TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BECOME A 50:37 DYNAMIC AND EFFECTIVE SOUL WINNER. THIS COMING FALL 50:41 AMAZING FACTS WILL BE CONDUCTING AN INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH AFCOE 50:45 EVANGELISM TRAINING PROGRAM IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. 50:49 FROM AUGUST 14 TO NOVEMBER 23, WE'RE GOING TO COVER A BROAD 50:53 RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING PERSONAL EVANGELISM, PUBLIC 50:56 EVANGELISM, PREACHING, BIBLE DOCTRINES, PROPHETIC 50:59 STUDIES AND MUCH MORE. STUDENTS WILL ALSO RECEIVE 51:03 HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE IN GIVING BIBLE STUDIES, HEALTH MINISTRY 51:06 TRAINING AND DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN CONDUCTING A 51:09 CITY-WIDE NET EVANGELISTIC SEMINAR. GO TO OUR WEBSITE - 51:14 'AFCOE.COM' - OR CALL US AT (916) 209-7249. 51:25 >>AMAZING FACTS: CHANGED LIVES. 51:33 >>IT WAS - IT WAS ONGOING WITH ME. I WOULD GET UP AND DRINK. 51:37 I WOULD GO TO WORK AND DRINK. I WOULD COME HOME AND DRINK. 51:40 AND THAT WAS MY WAY OF LIFE. I HAD AN OLDER SISTER AND IN 51:46 2008 WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM HER HUSBAND SAYING THAT SHE 51:49 WAS INVOLVED IN A VERY SERIOUS HOME ACCIDENT. 51:53 SHE HAD FALLEN OUTSIDE ON HER PATIO - IT WAS A CONCRETE PATIO 51:57 AND SHE HIT HER HEAD BECAUSE SHE WAS IN A DRUNKEN STUPOR AND SHE 52:03 NEEDED EMERGENCY - EMERGENCY BRAIN SURGERY BECAUSE OF THE 52:06 TRAUMA THAT SHE HAD SUFFERED AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP THE 52:10 BLEEDING IN HER BRAIN, BUT HER ORGANS STARTED SHUTTING DOWN ONE 52:14 BY ONE. SO HERE I WAS, YOU KNOW, I HADN'T HAD A DRINK - BEING A 52:19 FULL-BLOWN ALCOHOLIC MYSELF - HADN'T HAD A DRINK IN PROBABLY A 52:23 FULL DAY, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, A LIFETIME FOR ME. 52:26 AND DURING THE TIME WE WERE WATCHING HER AND THEY SAID SHE 52:29 WASN'T GOING TO MAKE IT AND WE HAD MADE THE DECISION AS A 52:32 GROUP, YOU KNOW, WITH HER CHILDREN PRESENT AND HER 52:34 HUSBAND, THAT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THE 52:36 PLUG. AND DURING THAT TIME, WATCHING 52:38 HER FADE AWAY - GOD FORGIVE ME - BUT I SAT THERE ASKING HER TO 52:42 DIE FAST SO I COULD GO GET A DRINK. AND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T 52:49 EVEN SEE IT THEN - I DIDN'T SEE HOW BAD I WAS AT THAT TIME BUT, 52:52 YOU KNOW, I LOOK BACK AT IT NOW AND IT JUST - IT TEARS ME UP. 52:58 AND ALCOHOL, THAT'S WHAT IT DOES TO YOU. 53:01 I WAS WALKING OUT TO GO TO WORK ONE MORNING WITH MY BREAKFAST, 53:04 WHICH WAS A SIX-PACK OF BEER, AND AS I WAS CLIMBING INTO MY 53:08 TRUCK IT JUST HIT ME THAT IT WAS ENOUGH. SO I TURNED AROUND AND 53:15 TOOK THE SIX-PACK OF BEER AND I THREW IT IN THE TRASH CAN AND I 53:18 WENT AND TOLD MY WIFE I NEEDED HELP. AND THERE'S TWO THINGS I 53:22 NEVER DO: ASK FOR HELP AND THROW AWAY BEER. 53:25 AND, YOU KNOW, THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO DO BOTH. 53:29 WELL, WHEN I FINALLY GOT TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY CAME AND GOT 53:33 ME TOOK ME IN AND WHEN THEY DID A BLOOD ALCOHOL ON ME THEY HAD 53:37 TO DO IT TWICE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T QUITE SURE IT WAS RIGHT 53:39 BECAUSE IT WAS .38. THEY WERE ALL AMAZED I WAS EVEN 53:43 ABLE TO WALK IN THERE, LET ALONE, YOU KNOW, BEING 53:46 CONSCIOUS. IT WAS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER I 53:49 GOT OUT OF TREATMENT AND STARTING MY FRESH LIFE I LEFT 53:52 HOME, LEFT MY WIFE AND I WAS GOING TO START MY NEW LIFE OF 53:55 SOBRIETY AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE PART OF IT. 53:59 SO I MOVED OUT AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE STORE ONE MORNING 54:02 WHEN I WAS T-BONED - BROADSIDED - BY AN ONCOMING SUV ON THE 54:08 DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF MY TRUCK AND THIS DRIVER WAS DOING AN 54:12 ESTIMATED 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. 54:15 HE HIT ME SMACK ON MY SIDE OF THE DOOR. 54:18 I WOKE UP IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE TRUCK AND I REMEMBER 54:22 COMING TO AND HEARING PEOPLE STANDING OUTSIDE, 'LOOK, HE'S 54:25 STILL ALIVE!' THERE WERE HAIRLINE FRACTURES IN MY PELVIS 54:29 AND THERE WAS A COMPRESSION FRACTURE IN MY SPINE. 54:31 AND SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES I WALKED AWAY FROM AN 54:35 ACCIDENT I HAD NO BUSINESS LIVING IN. 54:37 WELL, WITH A BROKEN BACK, I WASN'T ALLOWED TO BE VERTICAL 54:40 FOR BUT VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME AND I WASN'T VERY MOBILE 54:45 WITH A FRACTURED PELVIS SO I WAS FORCED TO MOVE BACK HOME AND, 54:51 YOU KNOW, THANK GOD I'VE GOT A STUBBORN WIFE WHO WAS WILLING TO 54:54 TAKE ME BACK AND PUT UP WITH ALL THIS. DURING MY RECOVERY, 54:59 THE ONLY THING I COULD REALLY DO WAS WATCH TELEVISION. 55:02 AND SO, AS I WAS THUMBING THROUGH THE CHANNELS I NOTICED A 55:05 GENTLEMAN AND I HAPPENED TO STOP BECAUSE HE WAS PROCLAIMING THAT 55:10 YOU CAN'T PROVE BIBLICALLY THAT THE SABBATH WAS CHANGED FROM 55:13 SATURDAY TO SUNDAY AND THAT IT'S NOT BIBLICAL. 55:16 AND I THOUGHT, 'WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? 55:18 I THINK I CAN DO THIS.' YOU KNOW, SO I TOOK UP MY BIBLE AND 55:22 I DID SOMETHING STRANGE TO ME, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY STUDY. 55:26 YOU KNOW, AND OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF WATCHING THIS 55:30 MAN, WHO I WOULD LATER DISCOVER WAS PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR, 55:35 I STARTED TRYING TO DISPROVE EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING AND THE 55:39 MORE I READ AND THE MORE I STUDIED, THE MORE I FOUND OUT 55:42 THAT NOT ONLY COULD I NOT DISPROVE IT, I WAS BELIEVING IT 55:48 AND I REALIZED IT WAS THE TRUTH. 55:50 THEN I STARTED SOAKING UP EVERYTHING THAT AMAZING FACTS 55:53 HAD - I WAS AT THEIR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THE READING. 55:56 I WAS LOOKING AT THE SABBATH TRUTH. 55:57 I WAS, YOU KNOW, DOWNLOADING - STREAMING EVERYTHING THEY HAD, 56:00 YOU KNOW, AND I WAS REALLY, REALLY GETTING IN - AND IT 56:04 HELPED ME SO MUCH. OVER A PROCESS OF ABOUT THREE 56:07 MONTHS, WHILE STUDYING, YOU KNOW, WITH DOUG BATCHELOR AND 56:11 THE AMAZING FACTS TEAM AND THEN, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, MY BIBLE. 56:15 BUT OVER THAT THREE MONTHS I HAD FALLEN IN LOVE WITH CHRIST 56:18 LIKE I NEVER HAD BEFORE. 56:21 AND NOT ONLY WAS MY BACK AND MY PELVIS HEALED, BUT MY SOUL WAS 56:24 HEALED AND I EXPERIENCED AN EMOTIONAL AND A MENTAL HEALING 56:31 THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAD BEEN LONGING FOR FOR YEARS. 56:36 I'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. WHAT DO I DO NEXT? 56:39 SO I LOOKED UP IN THE PHONE BOOK AND I FOUND THE NUMBER FOR THE 56:42 LOCAL PASTOR AND I CALLED HIM AND I SAID, 'HI, MY NAME'S BRIAN 56:45 AND I'VE JUST BEEN CONVERTED. WHERE DO I GO?' 56:49 AND THE POOR GUY WAS LIKE, 'BRIAN, IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. 56:51 CONVERTED FROM WHAT AND GO WHERE?' 56:54 AND I SAID, 'THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!' 56:57 WE HAD A LITTLE LAUGH OVER THAT AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY AND 56:59 BEFORE YOU KNEW IT I WAS, YOU KNOW, HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS 57:03 LITTLE CHURCH AND I WAS STUDYING WITH THE PASTOR AND DECIDED, YOU 57:08 KNOW, I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED. I WANT TO BE RE-BAPTIZED. 57:11 AND WE THOUGHT, 'GREAT.' SO I DID SOME STUDY AND WE AGREED 57:17 THAT I WAS GOING TO BE BAPTIZED ON THIS DATE. 57:19 WELL, THE NEXT MORNING MY WIFE ASKED ME, 'WELL, YOU REALIZE 57:21 WHAT DAY THIS IS?' I SAID, 'WELL, IT'S SABBATH.' 57:24 AND, YOU KNOW, SABBATH WAS AMAZING IN ITSELF, BUT SHE SAID, 57:29 'LOOK AT THE CALENDAR.' AND I LOOKED AT THE CALENDAR ON THAT 57:32 DAY WAS MY ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY SOBRIETY. 57:36 I WAS BEING BAPTIZED ONE YEAR AFTER BEING SOBER AND I JUST 57:40 THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCE. 57:42 THAT WAS JUST AMAZING THAT GOD WOULD WANT THAT FOR ME. 57:45 GOD HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS WITH MY LIFE AND I AM - I HAVE TO 57:49 GIVE HIM, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CREDIT BECAUSE SHORT OF JUST 57:55 RESPONDING, YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE NOTHING. 57:58 AND IT'S BEEN HIM AND IT'S JUST PLEASURE - ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO 58:02 BE CALLED A CHILD OF GOD. I'M REALLY THANKFUL THAT GOD 58:05 USED AMAZING FACTS TELEVISION PROGRAM AND PASTOR DOUG 58:09 BATCHELOR TO MAKE A CHANGE IN MY LIFE. 58:14 (MUSIC) |
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