Hello and welcome to
what we can call Volume 3
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of our trek through the Word
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of God that we have called
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Give Me The Bible.
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My name is C.A.
Murray, and it is my privilege
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and pleasure to
welcome our in-house audience
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and those of you listening and
viewing from around the world
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to this wonderful walk
through the Word of God:
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Give Me The Bible.
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This night you will hear
a man who is intelligent,
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but his intelligence
will not impress you.
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You will hear a
man who is articulate,
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but his articulence...
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Can I say that
word "articulence? "
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his... the fact that he is
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articulate will not impress you.
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You will hear a man who
has studied much and long
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in the Word of God AND history,
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but that's not the
thing that will impress you.
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It will simply be the fact that
God has chosen to use this man
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in this place, at this time,
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because He wants to speak to us.
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God wants to give us a message.
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God wants us to be prepared
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for the second coming of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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And so He has laid
His hand, His mantle,
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on Kenneth Cox
because He wants you and I
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to be ready when Jesus comes.
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And so we ask you to give ear
this night to the man of God.
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But before Elder Cox
comes and speaks to us
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on this wonderful subject
- The Promise of His Spirit,
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and we're going to be talking
about the Holy Spirit for the
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next several sessions - we have
a good friend of the ministry...
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David Tank is here. He's
going to talk about nature
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and grace and the
goodness of the Lord.
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Hear this
beautiful, beautiful song.
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Deep within me
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there lies a true distinction
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between the things I
would and what I really do.
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And I cannot believe
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that I'm so unusual.
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Isn't this a common sorrow
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within me and you?
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Nature will seek
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only its own advantage.
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It considers only how
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another might be used.
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But grace will bring
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a new humility
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to comfort those afflicted
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and to help those once abused.
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Nature will seek
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its fair consolation.
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It never offers its
help without its price...
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and rewards.
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Grace finds reward
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in another's consolation.
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Learning in this paradox
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the power of our Lord.
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Nature will seek to be exalted
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in authority, to
argue its opinion
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and to have all
the world conform.
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But grace humbly comes
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in a silent assuredness.
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Seeking only to conform
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a man unto his Lord.
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Nature will seek
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its fair consolation.
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It never offers its
help without its price...
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and rewards.
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Grace finds reward
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in another's consolation.
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Learning in this paradox
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the power of our Lord.
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Learning in this paradox
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the power of our Lord.
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Amen.
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Thank you. Thank you, David.
Appreciate that very much.
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Hope you were blessed!
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Enjoyed it!
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Glad to see each of you
here, and glad that you're back.
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Welcome to Give Me The Bible.
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Give Me The Bible.
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What says the Bible,
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the blessed Bible?
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This should my only question be.
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The Lord has given
His Spirit to teach us.
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What says the Book of God to me?
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That's what we want to
find out and look at tonight.
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And so this particular
series is on the Holy Spirit.
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That's what we're
going to be talking about
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is the Holy
Spirit. I really don't know
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of any subject that is
probably more important
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than the subject
of the Holy Spirit.
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Something that you and
I need to know about...
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we need to understand.
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And so in this
series there is five parts,
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and tonight we're talking about
the promise of the Holy Spirit.
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The promise that God gave us
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that He would
send us His Spirit.
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That's the subject tonight.
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Our next presentation will be:
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Why many people
never receive the benefit
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from the Holy Spirit.
And I'm talking about people
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who have accepted the Lord.
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Accepted Christ but they never
in their life seem to receive
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any benefit
from the Holy Spirit.
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That's what we'll be looking
at in our next presentation.
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And then our presentation
after that will be on the
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fruits of the Spirit.
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God promises that with
the Holy Spirit there are
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certain fruits
that come with it.
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And so we'll
take a look at that.
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And then our next presentation
after that will be on the
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gifts of the Holy Spirit.
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Gifts that God
gives to each one of us.
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We're going to take
a look at those gifts.
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And then we'll
close out our last session
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on the Holy Spirit
will be on the Latter Rain.
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Those are the
subjects we'll be covering,
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and we hope that they
will bless you in a special way
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as we look at them.
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But tonight we're taking a look
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at The Promise
of the Holy Spirit.
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What do you need to look
for in tonight's presentation?
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Well the first
thing you need to look for
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is who is the Holy Spirit?
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You know? Who
is the Holy Spirit?
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Are you clear from scripture
who the Holy Spirit is?
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We're going to
take a look at that,
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and then we're going to take a
look at the promise that God has
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given to us
concerning the Holy Spirit.
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How do I
receive the Holy Spirit?
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How does that
take place in my life?
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What happens?
When does it happen?
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Those are some of the things
that you'll need to watch for
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as we go through
tonight's presentation.
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And we hope that it
will help you understand
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the work of the Holy
Spirit in a special way.
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So we appreciate you being here.
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All those that are
watching by television...
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we're glad that you're here.
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Those of you that
are listening by radio...
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And we hope that as we
go through this subject
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that it will make it very
clear and that you'll be able to
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understand where we are.
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We are very
happy to have with us
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David Tank. David's
going to sing for us
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a song: Surely the
Presence of the Lord.
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Surely the presence
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of the Lord is in this place.
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I can feel His mighty power
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and His grace.
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I can hear the
brush of angels' wings,
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I see glory on each face.
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Surely the presence
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of the Lord is in this place.
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In the midst of His children
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the Lord said He would be.
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It doesn't take very many...
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it can be just two or three.
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And I feel that
same sweet Spirit
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that I felt often times before.
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Surely I can say
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I have been with the Lord.
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Surely the presence
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of the Lord is in this place.
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I can feel His mighty power
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and His grace.
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I can hear the
brush of angels' wings,
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I see glory on each face.
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Surely the presence
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of the Lord is in this place.
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There's a holy hush around us
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as God's glory fills this place.
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I've touched the
hem of His garment,
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I can almost see His face.
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And my heart is overflowing
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with the fullness of His joy.
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I know without a doubt
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that I've been with the Lord.
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Surely the presence
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of the Lord is in this place.
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I can feel His mighty power
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and His grace.
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I can hear the
brush of angels' wings,
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I see glory on each face.
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Surely the presence
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Yes, surely the presence
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of the Lord
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is in this place.
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Father in Heaven,
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We come to You this evening
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asking... asking Lord
that Your Spirit may be present
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in a marked manner.
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That our eyes may be open.
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That our hearts may be soft.
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That we may see and that
we might understand Your Word.
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Help us, Lord, to learn
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all that You have in store
for us concerning Your Spirit.
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For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
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Christ had spent 3-1/2 years
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with His disciples.
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He's about ready to
go back to His Father.
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And of course, understanding
that these 12 disciples
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were really young in
what they had learned
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and all that was before them,
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the great, great need of them
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having something that would
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guide, direct, and lead them
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was needed. And
also in our own case.
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And so Christ gave
this promise. He said:
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So He's promising here
that He's going to send
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to them and to
us the Holy Spirit.
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That it was to be there to
help us and to guide and direct
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our lives. You
see, each one of us
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are in need of two things
that we cannot do for ourselves.
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Two things that we just
cannot do for ourselves.
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And one of those things
that we can't do for ourselves
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is forgiveness.
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You see Christ did that for us.
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Christ did that on Calvary.
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He died for us,
and He paid the price,
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and He made forgiveness
possible for you and for me.
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The other thing that
we can't do for ourselves
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is that of goodness.
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You see, that's something
that the Holy Spirit does in us.
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Christ paid the price
and made forgiveness for us.
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But the Holy Spirit
does something IN US.
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That's where goodness
comes from... the Holy Spirit.
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And that's why as we look at
the subject of the Holy Spirit
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it's so important that
you and I understand and know
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what the Holy
Spirit does in our lives
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and how it works in our lives.
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And so tonight we need
to simply ask ourselves the
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question: Is this some force?
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Some power? Some magnetic power?
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Is this simply the
power of God the Father?
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Who IS the Holy Spirit?
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Never... never...
no place in this book -
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absolutely
nowhere in this book -
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does it ever refer to
the Holy Spirit as "IT. "
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It just does not do that, folks.
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It DOESN'T EVER refer to
the Holy Spirit as "IT. "
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It always refers to Him as HIM.
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Puts it in those terms.
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In fact, as you read through,
you'll find the Holy Spirit...
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speaks of Him having intellect,
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of Him having a will,
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Him having emotions...
all those things it refers to
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as far as the Holy
Spirit is concerned.
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And so there's certain
things that the Holy Spirit does
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that I'd like for you to
look at with me this evening
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as we talk about it.
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One of the things that it tells
us that the Holy Spirit does
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is that He speaks.
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You'll find that
in Revelation 2:7
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and also in Acts 13:2.
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It simply says:
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So it speaks very clearly
here about the Holy Spirit
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saying something, talking
to them... that He speaks.
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Also it tells us
not only does He speak
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but that He intercedes.
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That's what it says
in Romans 8 verse 26.
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Folks, a force... a
power... it can't intercede.
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That's impossible.
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When it speaks of it interceding
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that takes a person,
that takes a being to do that.
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And so it says the Holy Spirit
"intercedes in our behalf. "
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It also says that He testifies.
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John 15 verse 26:
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And it says:
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In other words it's very clear
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that the Holy
Spirit was going to testify
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concerning Jesus Christ.
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In other words, He speaks,
He testifies concerning Christ.
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Again, this requires
a being... not a force.
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Also it says that He leads.
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In the early church this
was very, very important that He
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led out as that church was
just in the matter of formation
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as they were
going out. And it says:
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You remember, He had told
Philip to go down to Gaza.
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And you remember the Ethiopian
was going there in his chariot,
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and He said: "Run,
overtake the chariot. "
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And so He spoke,
again... directed. He led
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in what needed to be done.
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It also says concerning the
Holy Spirit that He commands.
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Acts 16:6,7...
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The Holy Spirit told
them... Paul and his companions
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were going to go over to Asia
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and God said:
"No, it's not time. "
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The Holy Spirit
said: "Not time to go. "
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He forbade them to go.
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Commands: that is the
work of the Holy Spirit.
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Not only has He commanded things
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but it says He appoints.
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In Acts 20 verse 28:
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He appointed them, put
them in their position,
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told them what they were to do.
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So when you take a look
at the list where it says
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He speaks, He testifies,
He intercedes, He leads,
00:20:13.98\00:20:18.65
He commands, He appoints...
00:20:18.65\00:20:20.28
all those are things
that the Holy Spirit does,
00:20:20.48\00:20:23.25
and all those are
done by a being...
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not by some external
force. It's very clear.
00:20:26.32\00:20:30.99
The Holy Spirit, it
says, can be lied to.
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He can be blasphemed.
00:20:34.10\00:20:36.36
He can be insulted.
00:20:36.56\00:20:38.17
All those are things that
can be done to the Holy Spirit
00:20:38.37\00:20:41.27
because He is a being.
00:20:41.47\00:20:43.71
In fact, the
scripture says clearly, folks,
00:20:43.91\00:20:46.98
that the Holy Spirit is God.
00:20:47.18\00:20:50.28
In fact, it tells
us that the Holy Spirit
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has attributes
that only God has.
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No one else.
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And because it has those...
He has those attributes,
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HE IS GOD.
Listen... Hebrews 9:14:
00:21:05.09\00:21:09.60
It speaks of the Holy
Spirit as the eternal Spirit.
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That belongs only to God -
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no one else -
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when it says He is
the eternal Spirit.
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That's an
attribute that only God has.
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Nobody else has that attribute.
00:21:40.93\00:21:43.77
It also says:
00:21:43.97\00:21:45.50
Speaking of the
Holy Spirit to Mary here,
00:21:55.08\00:21:58.31
it said "the Holy Spirit
is going to come upon you"
00:21:58.51\00:22:01.35
and it says "the
power of the Highest. "
00:22:01.55\00:22:04.32
In other words what it's saying,
folks, is the Holy Spirit is
00:22:04.52\00:22:08.52
omnipotent.
00:22:08.52\00:22:10.09
He is all-powerful.
00:22:10.29\00:22:11.93
That's an attribute
that belongs ONLY to God...
00:22:12.13\00:22:16.87
that He is omnipotent.
00:22:17.07\00:22:19.33
And then it says:
00:22:19.53\00:22:20.57
David's saying
there's no place I can't go
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where the Holy
Spirit isn't there.
00:22:32.25\00:22:34.22
He's present everywhere.
00:22:34.42\00:22:36.18
In other words,
He is omnipresent.
00:22:36.38\00:22:40.32
Another attribute
that only belongs to God:
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that He's
omnipresent everywhere.
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He's not limited. That's
why Christ said to His disciples
00:22:45.89\00:22:49.63
"It's expedient
for you that I go away,
00:22:49.83\00:22:53.40
because if I don't go away
the Holy Spirit won't come.
00:22:53.60\00:22:57.31
But if I depart,
He will come to you. "
00:22:57.31\00:22:59.24
That meant that He could
be with every one of them
00:22:59.44\00:23:02.28
anywhere they were. And
that means the Holy Spirit can
00:23:02.48\00:23:05.18
be with each one of you
no matter where you are.
00:23:05.18\00:23:09.08
He's omnipresent.
00:23:09.08\00:23:10.65
That is an
attribute of God alone.
00:23:10.85\00:23:14.39
And then it says:
00:23:14.59\00:23:16.09
In other words, it says the
Holy Spirit knows everything.
00:23:26.27\00:23:29.54
It searches the
deep things of God.
00:23:29.74\00:23:31.74
In other words, the
Holy Spirit is omniscient.
00:23:31.94\00:23:36.21
He knows all... completely.
00:23:36.41\00:23:39.68
Those are attributes
that God the Father has.
00:23:39.91\00:23:43.25
Those are attributes
that Jesus Christ has.
00:23:43.45\00:23:46.19
Those are attributes
that the Holy Spirit has.
00:23:46.39\00:23:49.76
See? HE IS GOD.
00:23:49.96\00:23:52.69
I'm sure you remember the story
00:23:52.89\00:23:54.76
where in the early church
00:23:54.96\00:23:58.17
a couple by the name
of Ananias and Sapphira
00:23:58.37\00:24:01.30
had said they would give
00:24:01.50\00:24:03.81
a portion of land
00:24:03.81\00:24:05.74
to the early church.
00:24:05.94\00:24:07.74
And when they sold
it, it brought more money
00:24:07.94\00:24:11.55
than they had expected.
00:24:11.75\00:24:13.62
And so they took some of it
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.58
and kept it for themselves.
00:24:15.78\00:24:17.59
And they came and told the
apostles that they had given
00:24:17.79\00:24:20.96
everything they had gotten.
00:24:20.96\00:24:22.29
In other words,
they lied about it.
00:24:22.49\00:24:23.99
And this is what
Peter said to them:
00:24:24.19\00:24:27.46
Listen folks...
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See? It makes it very clear
that the Holy Spirit is God...
00:24:40.51\00:24:43.81
that he had lied to God.
00:24:44.01\00:24:46.35
In fact, it says the Holy
Spirit is one that was involved
00:24:46.55\00:24:50.95
in creation.
00:24:50.95\00:24:52.32
Saying the Holy Spirit was there
00:25:01.80\00:25:03.97
and that that was part
of the Father and the Son
00:25:04.17\00:25:07.77
and the Holy Spirit in
the creation of this world.
00:25:07.77\00:25:10.37
So when we are
taking a look at God's Word,
00:25:10.57\00:25:12.81
studying it,
00:25:13.01\00:25:15.41
the Holy Spirit is God.
00:25:15.61\00:25:18.88
That's what it is, and that's
what you and I need to realize
00:25:20.12\00:25:23.75
when it says that He promised
the Holy Spirit would come
00:25:23.95\00:25:27.86
and be with us.
00:25:28.06\00:25:29.76
That it's going to do
certain things in our behalf,
00:25:29.96\00:25:32.89
and we need to look at those.
00:25:33.09\00:25:34.83
Sometimes we use
the word Trinity...
00:25:35.00\00:25:37.03
and there's a lot of
discussion about the word.
00:25:37.23\00:25:39.30
And some people say that's
a word that came as a result
00:25:39.50\00:25:42.74
of the Catholic
church. Is not really.
00:25:42.74\00:25:45.07
The word Trinity came
from an early church writer
00:25:45.27\00:25:48.74
by the name of Tertullian.
00:25:48.94\00:25:50.65
And he's the one that coined
the word... taking the word tri,
00:25:50.85\00:25:54.18
which meant three,
and the word unity...
00:25:54.38\00:25:56.58
and put the two together.
00:25:56.79\00:25:58.19
That's where the
word Trinity came from.
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.39
And it just means three in one.
00:26:00.59\00:26:03.36
That's what it stands for.
00:26:03.59\00:26:05.09
So when we look at the
Trinity, you need to understand.
00:26:05.33\00:26:08.23
Of course, you've got to under-
stand, folks, that we're human.
00:26:08.43\00:26:10.57
And we don't even
start to comprehend
00:26:11.97\00:26:15.94
the greatness and
the complexity of God.
00:26:16.14\00:26:20.18
We don't even... we don't
even start to understand that.
00:26:20.38\00:26:24.25
And so when we get into
this subject of the Holy Spirit
00:26:24.45\00:26:29.68
or God the Father...
folks, we're in areas
00:26:29.68\00:26:32.75
where the amount of knowledge
that we have is just so small
00:26:32.95\00:26:38.16
it's unbelievable, OK?
00:26:38.16\00:26:40.46
But when you're
thinking about God it says
00:26:40.66\00:26:43.10
these... "We Three are One. "
00:26:43.30\00:26:44.77
"These Three are One. "
00:26:44.97\00:26:46.10
You can't think of
it as we do as humans.
00:26:46.30\00:26:51.41
You see, Hebrew helps you...
the Hebrew language helps you
00:26:51.61\00:26:56.14
because in Hebrew there
are words that are singular.
00:26:56.34\00:27:00.45
OK? And there are
words that are dual...
00:27:00.65\00:27:04.35
which meant two. And there
are words that are plural...
00:27:04.55\00:27:07.96
which means more than two.
00:27:08.16\00:27:10.63
So if you're
reading it in Hebrew
00:27:10.86\00:27:12.96
and you come to
this particular word,
00:27:13.16\00:27:14.93
because of the accent
and all that's put upon it
00:27:15.10\00:27:17.80
it makes it clear
that it is singular,
00:27:18.00\00:27:20.67
or it's dual, or it's plural.
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.47
Well, let's look
at a few words here
00:27:23.67\00:27:26.14
in the scripture that in
Hebrew that are this way.
00:27:26.34\00:27:30.28
Genesis 1:26 it
says: "in Our Image. "
00:27:30.48\00:27:36.45
That word in Hebrew
"Our" in Hebrew is plural.
00:27:36.72\00:27:41.66
It means more than two.
00:27:41.86\00:27:45.23
Genesis 3:22:
00:27:45.43\00:27:47.56
"one of Us. " That
word Us is plural...
00:27:47.86\00:27:53.80
meaning more than two.
00:27:53.80\00:27:55.87
They aren't singular, they
aren't dual... they're plural.
00:27:55.87\00:27:58.41
Genesis 11:7:
00:27:58.61\00:28:00.38
"Let Us go down. "
00:28:00.58\00:28:02.64
And that word Us is plural.
00:28:02.84\00:28:05.38
Isaiah 6:8:
00:28:05.58\00:28:06.82
"Go for Us. "
00:28:07.02\00:28:08.48
Us there is plural.
00:28:08.68\00:28:10.02
So it makes it clear that this
is talking about more than just
00:28:10.22\00:28:15.06
God the Father or
Jesus Christ the Son.
00:28:15.26\00:28:17.59
It's talking about all three.
00:28:17.79\00:28:19.66
So when we're talking about
the Trinity, it's really not
00:28:19.86\00:28:24.40
1+1+1 = 3.
00:28:24.67\00:28:29.90
That's not the way it is, folks.
00:28:30.11\00:28:32.87
It's this way:
00:28:33.07\00:28:34.88
1x1x1 = 1.
00:28:35.08\00:28:38.78
That's the
Trinity: Three in One.
00:28:38.98\00:28:43.89
God the Father, God the
Son, God the Holy Spirit:
00:28:44.09\00:28:49.29
those three.
00:28:49.49\00:28:50.63
So, with that
understanding of the Holy Spirit
00:28:50.83\00:28:54.10
and who the Holy Spirit is,
00:28:54.30\00:28:55.63
let's go to the promise...
00:28:55.83\00:28:57.90
the promise of the Holy Spirit.
00:28:58.10\00:29:00.40
That God gave us that
promise that He would give us
00:29:00.60\00:29:04.41
the Holy Spirit. And how does
that take place in our lives
00:29:04.61\00:29:08.18
and what happens. It says:
00:29:08.38\00:29:09.61
That commission was
given that we were to go out
00:29:18.72\00:29:21.82
and we were to preach the
gospel and make followers.
00:29:22.02\00:29:26.06
Disciples, OK?
00:29:26.26\00:29:28.20
Baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
00:29:28.40\00:29:30.93
in the name of the Son,
00:29:31.13\00:29:32.43
and in the name
of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:32.63\00:29:35.04
Those three. That
was the commission
00:29:35.24\00:29:37.77
that is given to you and to me.
00:29:37.97\00:29:40.64
Not to just a
preacher but to everyone
00:29:40.88\00:29:44.18
to proclaim the message there.
00:29:44.18\00:29:47.05
Now, we find that
when John the Baptist came
00:29:47.25\00:29:51.42
it says that he
preached the kingdom of God.
00:29:51.62\00:29:55.09
He said: "The
kingdom of God is at hand. "
00:29:55.29\00:29:56.86
And he said this to them:
00:29:57.06\00:29:58.59
So John prophesied, proclaimed,
00:30:19.38\00:30:22.88
that Jesus Christ would come
00:30:23.08\00:30:25.32
and that He would baptize
them with the Holy Spirit
00:30:25.52\00:30:29.49
and with fire.
00:30:29.69\00:30:32.09
Well, when Jesus came
He did just exactly that.
00:30:32.29\00:30:37.43
In fact, it was
on the day of Feast
00:30:37.83\00:30:43.91
of Tabernacles and all
of Israel had gathered there
00:30:43.91\00:30:48.74
in Jerusalem to celebrate
the Feast of the Tabernacles.
00:30:48.94\00:30:52.98
It's the last
day... the last day of that
00:30:52.98\00:30:56.28
particular feast, and on that
00:30:56.28\00:30:58.55
particular day they went and
00:30:58.55\00:31:02.16
took jugs of
water and a jug of wine
00:31:02.16\00:31:05.83
and they would stand
at the altar of sacrifice
00:31:06.03\00:31:09.26
and they would pour
the water and the wine
00:31:09.46\00:31:12.43
into a funnel there.
00:31:12.63\00:31:13.97
And just as those
priests are pouring that water
00:31:14.17\00:31:17.04
and wine into that funnel
00:31:17.24\00:31:18.87
Jesus, who was
standing out in the crowd,
00:31:19.07\00:31:21.48
began to shout.
00:31:21.68\00:31:22.78
And this is what He said:
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.78
Now if you can
just picture that...
00:31:36.42\00:31:38.26
here Christ is shouting
out across that whole crowd
00:31:38.26\00:31:41.83
of people: "If anybody's
thirsty, let him come unto Me
00:31:41.83\00:31:45.00
and drink. "
00:31:45.00\00:31:46.67
Told them, He said:
"If you believe in Me,
00:31:58.51\00:32:01.32
out of you will flow
rivers of living water. "
00:32:01.52\00:32:05.05
Now what is Jesus talking about
00:32:05.05\00:32:07.66
when He talks about out of them
flowing rivers of living water?
00:32:07.86\00:32:11.43
He told them, He said
they would receive this
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.28
and out of them would
flow rivers of living water.
00:32:34.48\00:32:37.22
But that was to come with the...
00:32:37.42\00:32:39.82
baptism of the Holy Spirit.
00:32:40.02\00:32:42.66
It had not yet been
given, folks. Get that clear.
00:32:42.86\00:32:47.23
It had not yet been given.
00:32:47.40\00:32:50.17
But He promised it. In
fact, this is after Jesus has
00:32:50.37\00:32:55.44
been crucified.
This is after He has been
00:32:55.44\00:32:59.01
resurrected from the
grave and when He is spending
00:32:59.01\00:33:03.31
this time on earth
with the disciples.
00:33:03.31\00:33:05.91
This is what happened here.
00:33:06.11\00:33:07.88
Acts the first chapter verse 4:
00:33:08.08\00:33:10.05
Now watch:
00:33:26.77\00:33:28.14
Hence... He said: "You're going
to receive the baptism of the
00:33:39.11\00:33:42.55
Holy Spirit" so He told them
"don't depart from Jerusalem.
00:33:42.55\00:33:45.92
Stay here; pray. You're
going to receive the baptism
00:33:46.12\00:33:49.52
of the Holy Spirit. "
And true to Christ's words
00:33:49.72\00:33:52.96
on the Day of
Pentecost it happened.
00:33:53.16\00:33:56.00
It says:
00:33:56.23\00:33:57.30
Here the Holy Spirit
on the Day of Pentecost
00:34:22.19\00:34:25.23
fell on these people.
00:34:27.40\00:34:28.46
Settled on them
like tongues of fire,
00:34:28.66\00:34:32.37
and they were
all filled with what?
00:34:32.57\00:34:35.84
The Day of Pentecost the promise
that out of them would flow
00:34:43.41\00:34:47.28
rivers of living water...
The Holy Spirit was given
00:34:47.28\00:34:50.39
to them on the Day of Pentecost.
00:34:50.39\00:34:53.49
Jesus had told them
the promise of it. He said:
00:34:53.72\00:34:58.29
Now folks, you must understand
this text in Luke 11:13.
00:35:08.17\00:35:12.67
This text Jesus said to them
00:35:12.87\00:35:15.48
before the Day of Pentecost.
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.78
Get it clear.
00:35:18.81\00:35:20.75
This was a promise He
made to them and told them
00:35:20.95\00:35:24.09
before the Day of Pentecost.
00:35:24.29\00:35:26.69
And He said they were
to ask for the Holy Spirit
00:35:26.89\00:35:29.59
and they would receive it.
00:35:29.79\00:35:32.29
And He said God
wanted to give them this.
00:35:32.49\00:35:35.36
So this is a promise
that Jesus was making to them
00:35:35.56\00:35:38.70
before the Day of Pentecost.
00:35:38.90\00:35:42.04
You see, I was
raised in a... a community
00:35:42.24\00:35:47.78
that was very,
very heavy Pentecostal.
00:35:47.98\00:35:51.28
And they believed
in the Holy Spirit
00:35:51.48\00:35:56.18
but sometimes the conversation
as people were talking
00:35:56.18\00:36:00.82
would go something like this:
00:36:01.02\00:36:02.69
"Did you hear that Mr.
Haney received the Holy Ghost
00:36:02.89\00:36:06.70
last night? " And
they'd say: "Yeah? "
00:36:06.90\00:36:09.86
They said: "Yes, he went
to church and he went forward
00:36:10.07\00:36:13.57
to the altar there,
and he prayed through
00:36:13.77\00:36:16.77
and he started
speaking in tongues. "
00:36:16.97\00:36:19.47
That was a conversation that
you could hear them talk about.
00:36:19.67\00:36:24.48
And I must admit, folks,
00:36:24.68\00:36:26.75
that that
influenced my thinking.
00:36:26.95\00:36:29.95
Because that's what went on
there and was taught and all.
00:36:30.15\00:36:35.09
And it influenced my thinking,
00:36:35.09\00:36:36.76
and even when I
got into the ministry
00:36:36.96\00:36:40.10
that same concept was there
00:36:40.30\00:36:44.00
because I would hear
church members or pastors
00:36:44.23\00:36:47.87
say to them: "We really
need to get together and pray
00:36:48.07\00:36:51.57
for the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
00:36:51.57\00:36:53.21
We really need to
get together and pray.
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.08
We need the baptism
of the Holy Spirit. "
00:36:56.28\00:36:58.28
And that was always
in the back of my mind.
00:36:58.48\00:37:01.15
It wasn't until I decided
that we would do this series
00:37:02.92\00:37:07.39
on the Holy Spirit
that I really dug into this
00:37:07.59\00:37:13.60
and began to read it
and try to understand it...
00:37:13.60\00:37:16.73
because it just
didn't fit in some places.
00:37:16.93\00:37:21.04
And as I studied it
00:37:21.24\00:37:24.44
I found that there is a
clear teaching in God's Word
00:37:24.64\00:37:29.81
about the Holy
Spirit and when it happens.
00:37:30.01\00:37:32.68
For instance, this happened
on the Day of Pentecost.
00:37:32.88\00:37:38.09
Now let's take a look
at what the scripture says
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AFTER Pentecost.
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See? And you
find that it changes.
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This is Peter.
This is after Pentecost.
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He's preaching:
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In other words,
up until Pentecost
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Christ had told them
that they were to ask
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and you find the
Holy Spirit was given
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to different individuals.
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But on the Day of Pentecost,
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the Holy Spirit was poured out
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on the people and no
longer did they need to do that
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because you and I
receive the Holy Spirit
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when we accept Jesus Christ.
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That's when the Holy
Spirit is given to us!
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It is not given to us, folks,
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from praying through
00:38:38.08\00:38:40.65
or struggling
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or doing something of this type.
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That's not the reason the Holy
00:38:44.42\00:38:45.59
Spirit is given to us.
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It's given to us
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un... how shall
I say... unearned.
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Unmerited. It's given
to us by the grace of God.
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And God gives
you the Holy Spirit.
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That's what He does for us.
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In fact, as you read the
scripture it begins to come
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very, very clear. As
Jesus was talking to Nicodemus
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He said to him:
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When is a person born
of water and the Spirit?
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When they accept Christ.
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So it makes it clear
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that when you and
I accept Jesus Christ
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we receive the Holy Spirit.
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In fact, if you listen to
Paul... he's gone up into the
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coast to Ephesus and that area.
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And he finds some disciples
there, and he asks them
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a very pointed question. I want
you to listen to what he said:
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In other words he said:
"When you accepted Jesus Christ,
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when you believed, did
you receive the Holy Spirit? "
00:40:20.25\00:40:23.02
That... you see, that's
what the scripture teaches.
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So you and I, when we come to
Jesus Christ and we accept Him
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as our personal Savior,
we receive the Holy Spirit.
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As I got into it
and was studying it,
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I found that
there were other people
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who understood that clearly.
00:40:42.50\00:40:44.34
In fact, here's a
statement by Billy Graham.
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This is what he said:
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See, he's very clear. He said:
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"that's when you receive
the Holy Spirit is when you
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accept Christ as
your personal Savior. "
00:41:10.97\00:41:13.20
One of my favorite authors...
one of my favorite writers
00:41:13.44\00:41:17.51
felt the same way.
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Her name was Ellen G. White,
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and this is what she said:
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That comes from The
Upward Look by Ellen White.
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Makes it very clear
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that we receive the Holy Spirit
when we accept Jesus Christ.
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Does that mean that you and I
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are not to pray
for the Holy Spirit?
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No, that doesn't mean that.
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It means that you've
been given the Holy Spirit.
00:41:56.54\00:42:00.42
You and I need to pray
00:42:00.62\00:42:02.98
for a greater
infilling of the Holy Spirit.
00:42:03.18\00:42:06.59
As one person said:
"We're all leaky vessels
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and so we need to be filled. "
00:42:11.73\00:42:14.03
And so I need to come to
God and pray for the infilling
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of the Holy Spirit. But
folks, it's not a question
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of you and I having to
go and pray for the baptism
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of the Holy Spirit.
You've already been given it.
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You see, it's something
that is given exclusively
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to Christians.
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And God does that
work in your life.
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But some people will
say: "But Brother Cox,
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what about the incidents where
the Holy Spirit was given? "
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Well, I'd like for you to
follow very carefully now.
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This is in Acts 1 verse 8.
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Jesus is speaking to them,
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and He said:
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Now He said this is
what you can expect.
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Now you need to look
at that very carefully
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because He
specified. He said in Jerusalem,
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Judea, in Samaria, and
to the ends of the earth.
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Well, on the Day of Pentecost,
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when the Holy Spirit was poured
out on the Day of Pentecost,
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it says here:
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OK. So they're there in this
upper room. They're praying.
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They receive the Holy Spirit.
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Watch what the
scripture says here:
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"And there were
dwelling in Jerusalem" who?
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In other words, on
the Day of Pentecost
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the Holy Spirit
was poured out on Jews.
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They were all Jews in that room,
00:44:03.67\00:44:06.51
and it was poured out
upon them at that time.
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But a few weeks later
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Philip is down in Samaria
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and it says here
concerning Philip... It says:
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Philip went
down; preached to them.
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These are Samaritans now folks.
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Let's take a little time
and talk about them here.
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Samaritans were
hated by the Jews.
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They certainly didn't want them
involved in anything they did.
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They hated them.
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OK? So it says here Philip
went down and preached to them.
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When he preached Christ to them
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they accepted Jesus Christ
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and it says they
received water baptism.
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They sent them down,
and they prayed for them
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and the Holy Spirit was
poured out upon the Samaritans.
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OK? Why?
00:45:18.18\00:45:20.35
In order to take
the gospel to them
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there had to be some proof that
they were approved of heaven...
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because the Jews would
never go there if they weren't.
00:45:27.09\00:45:29.69
They just wouldn't have gone
there because they hated them.
00:45:29.89\00:45:33.73
They didn't have
anything to do with them.
00:45:33.93\00:45:35.00
So there had to be some proof
that they were accepted by God,
00:45:35.20\00:45:38.73
and so that's the reason
Jesus said it would be to
00:45:38.93\00:45:42.04
Judea, Samaria, and
the ends of the earth.
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And just exactly as Jesus said,
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it was poured out in Samaria.
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A few weeks or
months later, Peter...
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Peter is over in Joppa.
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.69
There's a man in Caesarea
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who has been
praying, and this man is by...
00:46:03.69\00:46:07.66
his name is Cornelius.
He's a Roman centurion,
00:46:07.86\00:46:10.70
and in a dream he's been
told to send some servants
00:46:10.90\00:46:13.87
to get Peter. And they went down
00:46:13.87\00:46:16.47
and knocked on Peter's door.
00:46:16.47\00:46:18.87
Peter had just had a dream,
00:46:19.07\00:46:21.04
and in that dream he had seen
all kinds of unclean animals
00:46:21.24\00:46:26.48
and a voice that said:
"Rise, Peter, kill and eat. "
00:46:26.68\00:46:30.32
And Peter said: "Not so,
Lord. I've never eaten anything
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common or unclean. "
00:46:34.09\00:46:35.22
That was done three times,
00:46:35.42\00:46:37.16
and it says that Peter
was wondering what that meant
00:46:37.39\00:46:40.33
when there was a
knock at the door.
00:46:40.53\00:46:41.96
And they told him
Cornelius had sent them.
00:46:42.16\00:46:45.70
The next morning Peter
goes with them back to Caesarea.
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When he gets there
to Cornelius' house,
00:46:49.14\00:46:51.57
the house is full of people.
00:46:51.77\00:46:53.27
And Peter goes in
and Peter says to them:
00:46:53.48\00:46:57.48
"You know how it's an
unlawful thing for a man...
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a Jewish man... to go
to one of another nation,
00:47:01.28\00:47:05.72
but God has showed me
that I am not to call any man
00:47:05.92\00:47:09.62
common or unclean. "
And then something happened.
00:47:09.82\00:47:13.80
In other words, he had
just got through talking there
00:47:22.54\00:47:25.34
and he said this is not
a lawful thing for me to do
00:47:25.54\00:47:28.31
to come to Gentiles. Folks,
they didn't hate the Gentiles.
00:47:28.54\00:47:32.65
They considered them nothing.
00:47:32.85\00:47:35.58
They considered them dogs.
00:47:35.78\00:47:37.65
They considered them
a total waste of time.
00:47:37.85\00:47:40.36
They wouldn't have
gone to the Gentiles at all
00:47:40.56\00:47:43.09
unless there was
absolutely some proof
00:47:43.29\00:47:45.89
that they were to take
the gospel to the Gentiles.
00:47:46.09\00:47:48.70
And so when that happened,
00:47:48.90\00:47:50.20
this is what took place:
00:47:50.40\00:47:51.83
Just as Jesus had said!
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It had been poured out on
the Jew, on the Samaritan,
00:48:05.75\00:48:09.68
and on the Gentile.
00:48:09.88\00:48:11.92
That's the reason the
Holy Spirit was given,
00:48:12.12\00:48:14.29
and that's the reason they
prayed for it for those people.
00:48:14.49\00:48:17.66
Well, there's two exceptions.
00:48:17.86\00:48:22.16
And I must talk about
those two exceptions because
00:48:22.36\00:48:25.57
people will bring
them up if I don't.
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One exception is
what I mentioned earlier
00:48:28.30\00:48:31.27
when Paul is up in
the area of Ephesus
00:48:31.27\00:48:35.44
and finding some disciples.
00:48:35.64\00:48:38.05
Now these people were followers,
00:48:38.25\00:48:40.38
and he had asked
them the question
00:48:40.58\00:48:42.55
"Did you receive the Holy
Spirit since you believed? "
00:48:42.75\00:48:46.35
OK? Asked them that.
00:48:46.55\00:48:49.09
And as he talked to
them, he found out that these
00:48:49.09\00:48:53.50
were people that John
the Baptist had talked to.
00:48:53.50\00:48:56.00
Now these disciples in Ephesus
00:48:56.20\00:48:59.17
are kind of people that are
out of time and out of place
00:48:59.47\00:49:05.37
because they were
taught by John the Baptist.
00:49:05.57\00:49:09.51
They don't know anything
particularly about Jesus Christ.
00:49:09.71\00:49:14.28
And so here Paul has
explained to them about Jesus
00:49:14.48\00:49:17.55
and it says:
00:49:17.55\00:49:18.65
Because they knew very
little about Jesus Christ
00:49:23.76\00:49:26.86
and so Paul
explained about Christ to them.
00:49:27.03\00:49:29.26
They accepted Him as their
Savior, and they were baptized.
00:49:29.46\00:49:33.90
And then it says here:
00:49:34.10\00:49:35.90
Now the reason for
that is like I said:
00:49:44.98\00:49:47.52
because they were out
of time and out of place.
00:49:47.52\00:49:49.55
They weren't there, and so
it had to have some authority...
00:49:49.75\00:49:54.26
so the Holy Spirit
was poured out upon them.
00:49:54.46\00:49:56.89
That is an exception, folks.
00:49:57.09\00:49:59.03
There is one other exception,
00:49:59.33\00:50:01.66
and the other exception
is concerning Paul himself
00:50:01.86\00:50:05.80
because Paul... they had
real questions about Paul.
00:50:07.24\00:50:13.21
I mean he had gone and
drug them off to prison.
00:50:13.41\00:50:18.38
Had testified against them
00:50:18.58\00:50:20.25
and even to people
who had been killed.
00:50:20.45\00:50:22.55
And so on the road to Damascus
00:50:22.75\00:50:25.62
when Paul gave his heart to the
00:50:25.82\00:50:27.62
Lord, all of a sudden
00:50:27.62\00:50:29.42
they didn't know
what to do with it here.
00:50:29.62\00:50:32.33
And so God intervened.
00:50:32.53\00:50:34.63
And it says:
00:50:34.83\00:50:36.13
The reason for that, folks,
00:50:57.22\00:50:59.32
is there needed to
be some marked evidence
00:50:59.52\00:51:02.76
that Paul was accepted by God.
00:51:02.96\00:51:06.09
And Ananias could say clearly
00:51:06.29\00:51:08.70
"Yes, the Holy Spirit fell
upon him; he received it. "
00:51:08.90\00:51:12.53
Those are the two
exceptions that are given.
00:51:12.73\00:51:17.71
That's what the
scripture simply teaches.
00:51:17.91\00:51:20.34
And so when you came to Christ
00:51:20.54\00:51:23.78
and you gave your
heart to the Lord,
00:51:23.98\00:51:26.58
you received the Holy Spirit.
00:51:26.78\00:51:28.72
That was given to you.
00:51:28.92\00:51:30.85
Now the question of the
Holy Spirit here, folks,
00:51:31.05\00:51:34.82
is a question of you
and I learning to surrender.
00:51:35.02\00:51:40.30
Of surrendering our life
to the work of the Holy Spirit
00:51:40.53\00:51:44.93
and letting it do
its work in our life.
00:51:45.13\00:51:47.90
So many people I find
00:51:48.10\00:51:51.07
that are waiting on the
Holy Spirit to do something.
00:51:51.27\00:51:54.24
No! You've been
given the Holy Spirit.
00:51:54.44\00:51:57.61
What you need to do is
surrender your life to Him
00:51:57.81\00:52:01.65
and let Him work in your life.
00:52:01.65\00:52:03.25
And as we learn to surrender,
00:52:03.45\00:52:06.65
the more we
surrender our life to Him
00:52:06.86\00:52:09.29
the more the Holy Spirit can
do in our life and work in us.
00:52:09.29\00:52:13.53
Gives us this promise here:
00:52:13.73\00:52:15.60
The Holy Spirit will be
there, abide with you, forever.
00:52:24.17\00:52:27.28
That's a promise given to you.
00:52:39.89\00:52:41.09
The Holy Spirit is
with you... will be in you.
00:52:41.29\00:52:43.69
And so the Holy
Spirit comes to our life
00:52:49.26\00:52:51.97
and works in our life in
a very, very definite way.
00:52:52.17\00:52:56.91
You see, all the power...
00:52:57.11\00:53:01.94
now listen to me...
00:53:02.14\00:53:04.35
all the power
in heaven and earth
00:53:04.55\00:53:09.12
is available to you
00:53:09.32\00:53:11.25
simply through the Holy Spirit.
00:53:12.62\00:53:14.09
And what you and I need to do
00:53:15.29\00:53:17.16
is in our daily life
we need to learn to access
00:53:17.36\00:53:20.83
the power of God.
00:53:20.83\00:53:22.20
We need to surrender,
00:53:22.40\00:53:24.00
let the Holy
Spirit come into our lives
00:53:24.20\00:53:26.77
and work in us and use
us in a very definite way.
00:53:26.77\00:53:31.31
God has promised you the Spirit.
00:53:31.51\00:53:33.58
He's given you the Spirit.
00:53:33.78\00:53:35.01
Now all that we
need to do is to go forth
00:53:35.21\00:53:39.78
in the Spirit and the
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:39.98\00:53:43.35
Let us pray.
00:53:43.55\00:53:44.62
Heavenly Father, we thank you.
00:53:44.82\00:53:48.09
Thank you, Lord, for
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:48.32\00:53:51.09
We ask that each of us
00:53:51.29\00:53:53.96
may take our lives
00:53:54.13\00:53:57.47
and lay them at
the foot of the cross.
00:53:57.67\00:54:00.84
Surrender, and
give it all to Jesus.
00:54:01.04\00:54:04.21
That we might learn
00:54:04.51\00:54:07.21
how to let the
Holy Spirit use us.
00:54:07.41\00:54:10.68
That we aren't here
to use the Holy Spirit...
00:54:10.88\00:54:14.78
that the Holy
Spirit is to use us.
00:54:14.98\00:54:17.65
Bless each one here, Lord,
00:54:17.85\00:54:20.02
that they might day by day walk
as the Lord would have them to
00:54:20.22\00:54:25.86
that we all might
enter into Your kingdom
00:54:26.06\00:54:28.90
because we've
given our hearts to You.
00:54:28.90\00:54:31.57
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:31.77\00:54:35.04
Well, tomorrow night:
Why Many People Never Receive
00:54:35.34\00:54:40.11
the Benefit of the
Infilling of the Holy Spirit.
00:54:40.11\00:54:42.98
So we hope you'll be sure
be here as we talk about it.
00:54:43.18\00:54:46.38
That you'll find it
to be helpful, I think.
00:54:46.58\00:54:49.08
May God bless you. Goodnight.
00:54:49.28\00:54:50.79
A coal miner of old
00:54:52.29\00:54:53.89
would leave his family every day
00:54:54.09\00:54:55.76
and descend into
the depths of the earth
00:54:55.96\00:54:57.99
with the certain knowledge
that the smallest mistake
00:54:58.19\00:55:01.43
could keep him and others
from ever seeing daylight again.
00:55:01.63\00:55:04.70
Walking along in the dark,
00:55:04.90\00:55:06.94
he could only rely
upon his feeble oil lamp
00:55:07.14\00:55:10.77
to keep him alive.
00:55:10.97\00:55:12.17
He faced many
dangers down there.
00:55:12.37\00:55:14.14
Rockfalls, flooding, fires.
00:55:14.34\00:55:17.48
But perhaps the
danger he feared the most
00:55:17.71\00:55:20.72
was the one that
he could not see.
00:55:20.92\00:55:23.08
They called it
chokedamp or blackdamp:
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an unbreathable mixture of gases
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that could quickly
snuff out his life.
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Imagine for a moment the
terror he felt when he realized
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he had hit a
pocket of blackdamp.
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The sudden drop in
oxygen would put out his lamp
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leaving him in terrifying
darkness, fumbling in vain
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to relight it before
he lost consciousness.
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Then in the late 1800's,
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a bright new light began
to shine in the dark world.
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Using marble-sized
pellets of calcium carbide
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and a few drops of water,
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this new lamp produced a gas
which burned six times brighter.
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Not only did it make
his job a whole lot easier
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but it also saved lives.
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You can see this tiny reflector
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could focus that beam of light
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on the roof of a mine so that he
could detect dangerous cracks.
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The lamp was
also easy to re-light.
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And since it
required far less oxygen,
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it could illuminate the way out
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should they
encounter the chokedamp.
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What an incredible
illustration this is
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of the condition of fallen man.
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After struggling to
survive the pitfalls of life,
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he suddenly realizes
the danger he could not see
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had left him without hope
and gasping for his last breath
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in utter spiritual darkness.
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For him there is no
eternal life through Jesus.
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In fact, he may not
have ever heard about Him.
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But friends, just
as that bright light
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of the carbide lamp saved lives,
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so does the light of the Bible.
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We need the light of God's Word
to illuminate the dark corners
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of our hearts. It focuses
our attention on Jesus Christ...
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our only hope for salvation.
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And all who read and study it
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are warned about
the rockfalls of life.
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That's why we call this
series Give Me The Bible.
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We're trying our best to
bring the light of God's truth
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to those who are
living and dying in despair.
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It's our
mission. It's our passion.
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Won't you join us?
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Please consider what you can do
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for those who still
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