You know, I have it on good
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authority from the inspired word
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that Bible study
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among other things
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helps build spiritual muscles.
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It makes us stronger.
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It helps us know and understand
God's will for our lives.
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It broadens our horizons.
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It gives us an understanding of
how we are to live in this world
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as we prepare for
the higher citizenship
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in the world to come.
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But not only does it
do all of those things.
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I've been told that Bible
study, and here's the quote...
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"increases the intellect. "
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In other words, studying
the Bible makes you smarter.
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Amen!
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So we can think of Bible
study as medicine for the mind.
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Hi, my name is C. A. Murray,
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and it is my privilege
and pleasure to welcome you
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to Volume 3, Subject No. 2 -
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night #2 - of this wonderful
series that we have dubbed
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Give Us The Bible.
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And you can think
of tonight's message
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as a spiritual vaccination.
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A spiritual inoculation
against the cancer of sin.
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And a little mind
boost as we try to discern
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and do God's will for our lives.
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Our evangelist, our
friend, our mentor, our teacher
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is Evangelist Kenneth Cox.
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And tonight's subject
will deal with why many do not
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receive benefit
from the Holy Spirit.
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This particular series
deals with the Holy Spirit.
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What He wants to do
to, with, for, and through
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each and every one of us.
And we learned on last night
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that the Holy Spirit is
not a force... it's a He...
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it's a personage. It can
be wounded; it can be grieved.
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It can work with us,
through us, for us, in us.
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And tonight we will learn so
much more about the Holy Spirit
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from Evangelist Kenneth Cox.
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But before he does come to us,
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we are very, very pleased
to have David Tank with us.
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And he's going to be
doing a very beautiful song
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This World Is Not My Home.
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This world is not my home,
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I'm just a passing through.
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My treasures are laid up
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somewhere beyond the blue.
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The angels beckon me
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from heaven's open door,
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and I can't feel at home
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in this world anymore.
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Oh Lord, You know
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I have no friend like You.
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If heaven's not my home
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then Lord what will I do?
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The angels beckon me
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from heaven's open door,
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and I can't feel at home
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in this world anymore.
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Just up in Gloryland
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we'll live eternally.
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The saints on every hand
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will shout the victory.
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Their songs of sweetest praise
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will ring from heaven's shore,
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and I can't feel at home
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in this world anymore.
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Oh Lord, You know
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I have no friend like You.
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If heaven's not my home
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then Lord what will I do?
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The angels beckon me
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from heaven's open door,
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and I can't feel at home
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in this world anymore.
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Oh Lord, you know
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I have no friend like You.
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If heaven's not my home
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then Lord what will I do?
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The angels beckon me
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from heaven's open door,
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and I can't feel at home
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in this world anymore.
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No I can't feel at home
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in this world
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anymore.
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Amen.
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Thank you, thank you
David. Appreciate it very much.
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Wonderful song!
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Good evening.
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And welcome to Give MeThe Bible.
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Appreciate you being here.
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And all those that have been
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joining us by television,
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by radio, we welcome you
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again tonight. This
series that we are doing now
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is on the Holy Spirit.
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In other words we call
this series that we are doing
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all this year Give Me The Bible.
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But each month we do
a series within that.
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And we have done one
on conversion so far.
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We have done one on the
second coming of Christ.
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And this one is
on the Holy Spirit.
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So we hope you will
be blessed as we go along
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and study God's Word together.
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Tonight our subject is
Why Many Do Not Receive
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the Benefit of the Holy Spirit.
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A lot of people that
have prayed for it, sought it,
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just don't seem to
have any benefit from it.
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Why not?
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So that's what we're
going to take a look at tonight.
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Our next
presentation will be entitled
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The Fruits of the Spirit.
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Fruits of the Spirit.
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You see, as I
mentioned last night,
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the Holy Spirit
does a work within us.
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And what it does
is it produces fruit.
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And that's what we're going to
look at in the next presentation
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is the Fruits of the Spirit.
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What fruits it produces.
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So we hope it will help you
understand what the Holy Spirit
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will do for you in your life.
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Tonight as I
mentioned we are looking at
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What are you looking for?
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What are you... what do
you need to be watching for
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during the presentation?
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Well, there's three
reasons why people don't.
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And so make sure you have
those clear in your mind...
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what those reasons are.
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And you'll find that there are
just some things that you and I
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need to do in
order for the Holy Spirit
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to work in our lives.
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So kind of watch for
that as we go through.
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It's very important.
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What says the
Bible, the blessed Bible?
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This should my only question be.
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God gives us His Spirit
to lead and to guide 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.
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And so we're glad you're here.
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We hope you'll be
blessed as we go through
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this subject tonight.
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Normally Dona
Klein plays for us.
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She's our keyboard artist,
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but she also sings.
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And she's going to sing for
us tonight a beautiful song...
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song entitled In Vain.
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Lord, in my darkest days
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when I have lost my way,
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shine down Your light
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on me again.
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Through trials great and small
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help me to face them all.
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Then I will not have lived
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my life in vain.
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Lord, lay Your hand on me
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and guide my destiny.
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Just help me make it
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day by day.
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Then let Your Spirit breathe
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eternal life in me.
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Then I will not have lived
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my life in vain.
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Jesus, you laid the stone
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for men to walk upon.
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Now gently guide me
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in Your way.
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Then through this earthly pain
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please help me praise Your name.
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Then I will not have lived
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my life in vain.
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Lord, lay Your hand on me
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and guide my destiny.
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Just help me make it
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day by day.
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Then let Your Spirit breathe
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eternal life in me.
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Then I will not have lived
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my life in vain.
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Our Gracious Father, tonight
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we ask for Your presence.
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We ask Lord that we
might be in tune with heaven.
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That the Holy Spirit
may quicken our intellect.
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That we might see and understand
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anything that would prevent
us from receiving the blessing
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that You have for us in
the work of the Holy Spirit.
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Bless us tonight we
ask in Christ's name, Amen.
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With the death of Jesus,
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all the hopes, ambitions,
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desires...
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everything that those disciples
had thought that they...
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would happen, died.
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I mean, how could this be?
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One that they
believed to be the Son of God,
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One they
believed to be the Messiah
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lying there in the tomb... dead.
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How was that
possible? How could that be?
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All their plans... all
the things that they thought
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was going to happen laying
there in the tomb with Him.
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And then Sunday
morning word began to trickle
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across Jerusalem
that He had risen,
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and Peter and John
ran out to the tomb.
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Got out there and
looked inside, and He was gone.
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Not there. And it says:
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Looking in the tomb;
He's not there, He's risen.
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They don't know what's happened.
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Mary thought
somebody had robbed the grave.
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They're wondering what
happened when these two men
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were standing beside them.
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He's not here... He's risen.
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And those angels told
them to go on to Galilee
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and there Christ
would meet them in Galilee.
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They couldn't
understand what was happening.
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Jesus spent 40 days
with those disciples.
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During those 40 days
He gave them instructions
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and He said this to them:
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So God told them that with the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
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that they would receive power to
be witnesses to all the earth.
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And they went out and
they preached the gospel.
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And men and women accepted
it and believed the gospel.
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But through the work... through
the work of the Holy Spirit
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it took place.
There's three reasons...
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Three reasons
why that takes place.
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And I want you to follow
carefully as we take a look at
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those three reasons
because it enters into our lives
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in a special way.
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Philip... Philip has gone
down to Samaria and as we found
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out last night. Remember
the Holy Spirit was poured out
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on the Jews there in
Jerusalem at Pentecost.
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A little while
later it was poured out
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on the people in Samaria
through the preaching of Philip
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and Peter and John going
down and praying for them.
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And it says:
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So they went out. That's
part of the gospel, folks.
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That they go in -
ministers do - and they preach
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Jesus Christ, and men and women
accept Him as their personal
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Savior and
follow Him in baptism.
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That's part of the gospel story.
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That's part of what
needs to happen and take place.
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So here in Samaria
they've accepted Christ.
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They've received water baptism.
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Now watch:
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They heard that
through Philip's preaching
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that these people
had accepted Christ,
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they had received water baptism,
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and so they sent Peter
and John down to help Philip
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because
something needed to happen.
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Yeah, they went down and they
hadn't received the Holy Spirit.
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They prayed for them that they
might receive the Holy Spirit.
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So the Holy Spirit
had not been given.
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But with Peter and John
coming down and praying for them
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it says the Holy
Spirit was poured out.
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Then they laid hands on them
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and they received what?
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The Holy Spirit
was given to them.
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They received the Holy Spirit.
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Now, something begins
to happen here, folks.
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And you need to follow
carefully because one reason
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that people do not receive
the benefit of the Holy Spirit
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is because they are:
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Now let me... let me
define what I'm talking about.
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I am not talking about
when you stub your toe.
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I'm not talking about when the
devil breathes down your neck
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and tempts you, and
you do something wrong.
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That's not what
I'm talking about.
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I'm talking about when the
Holy Spirit has convicted you
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concerning something
that you are doing wrong
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and you're
refusing to give it up.
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Those circumstances...
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that will keep the
Holy Spirit from working
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in your life.
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So I must be willing to give
up known sin that is in my life,
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and here in Samaria is an
excellent example of that.
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Because Peter and
John have gone down.
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They have prayed
for these people.
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They have
received the Holy Spirit.
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And among those
people that received it
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was a man by the name of Simon.
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And Simon came to Peter,
and he had this to say to him:
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That's strange.
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Some people think anything
can be bought with money.
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But there are
some things, folks,
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that cannot be
bought with money.
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Just can't be bought
with money. Impossible.
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This man thought if
he'd give Peter this
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well Peter would give him that
ability. Listen to the words:
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Said: "Give me this power
that whoever I lay hands on
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they will receive
the Holy Spirit. "
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Now folks, let's
clarify something here.
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What did Peter just
call this... the Holy Spirit?
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He said this was
a "gift of God. "
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Are you following me?
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We talked about this last night.
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This is a GIFT God gives.
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This is NOT
something that you work for.
00:22:06.86\00:22:09.86
This is not something
that you pray through to get.
00:22:10.06\00:22:13.69
This is a GIFT
that God gives to you.
00:22:13.90\00:22:16.84
It's a gift of God
He gives to us, OK?
00:22:17.04\00:22:21.26
He said: "Simon, your heart's
not right in the sight of God. "
00:22:30.40\00:22:34.42
Now watch as Peter
comes right to the problem:
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Peter said: "You're
poisoned by bitterness.
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You're in the bonds of iniquity.
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This you can't receive.
You can't have the benefit
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of the Holy Spirit if
you're going to be like that. "
00:23:03.73\00:23:06.18
So I must be willing
to give up known sin.
00:23:14.60\00:23:20.37
I can't
continually live in known sin.
00:23:20.57\00:23:24.70
Why not? Because the Holy
Spirit can't use me, you see.
00:23:24.90\00:23:28.79
Great, great difference.
00:23:38.57\00:23:40.31
See, Simon was wanting
to use the Holy Spirit.
00:23:40.51\00:23:43.15
No, you can't
use the Holy Spirit.
00:23:43.18\00:23:45.69
The Holy Spirit...
You must, you must be
00:23:45.89\00:23:49.35
in a position so the
Holy Spirit can use you.
00:23:49.55\00:23:54.01
In fact, it talks
about it in the scripture
00:23:54.21\00:23:57.29
about us being vessels.
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And it says that we are vessels,
and in order for the Holy Spirit
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to use us as vessels,
those vessels have to be clean.
00:24:04.52\00:24:08.38
They have to be empty.
00:24:08.58\00:24:10.36
They have to be
something that the Holy Spirit
00:24:10.57\00:24:12.18
can come and use
in a special way.
00:24:12.38\00:24:15.42
And it goes on and says here:
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.22
I don't know about you,
but in the home I grew up in
00:24:27.72\00:24:31.01
we had vessels of honor
and we had vessels of dishonor.
00:24:31.21\00:24:34.47
Do you have that in your home?
00:24:35.74\00:24:37.15
Sure, we have vessels of honor.
00:24:37.35\00:24:38.81
My mother had a china
cabinet, and when we had company
00:24:39.01\00:24:43.44
she got the vessels out
of the china cabinet of honor
00:24:43.64\00:24:47.52
and she set the table with those
00:24:47.72\00:24:49.30
and served us with
the vessels of honor.
00:24:49.50\00:24:52.32
When the company
left, she put them all back
00:24:52.52\00:24:55.87
in the china closet and we ate
out of the vessels of dishonor
00:24:55.97\00:24:58.37
after that. OK?
00:24:58.47\00:25:00.24
So, yes, there's
both kinds there.
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Vessels of honor and dishonor.
But it goes on and says here
00:25:07.42\00:25:10.54
that not only are there
vessels of honor and dishonor...
00:25:10.74\00:25:14.84
That means cleanse himself
from being a vessel of dishonor.
00:25:21.92\00:25:26.29
OK?
00:25:26.50\00:25:28.06
So if I will cleanse myself
00:25:34.52\00:25:38.49
then I will
become a vessel of honor
00:25:38.69\00:25:42.33
to be used of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:42.53\00:25:45.31
All right? Now, let me just
tell you this right up front.
00:25:45.51\00:25:50.02
It's not hard to get clean.
00:25:50.22\00:25:54.03
Now I just want to
make that very clear.
00:25:54.23\00:25:57.33
It's not hard to get clean.
00:25:57.53\00:25:59.44
You don't have
to beat your back.
00:25:59.64\00:26:01.74
You don't have to crawl
down the aisle on your knees.
00:26:01.94\00:26:05.32
None of that is
required to get clean.
00:26:05.52\00:26:08.20
The Bible tells
you how you get clean,
00:26:08.31\00:26:09.87
and you get clean this way:
00:26:10.07\00:26:11.46
That is the way
that you and I get clean.
00:26:22.12\00:26:25.42
So dear friend, if you
have been convicted by the
00:26:25.53\00:26:31.13
Holy Spirit of a
particular sin in your life
00:26:31.23\00:26:35.27
and you haven't been
willing to give it up,
00:26:35.47\00:26:38.67
that will stand between
you and receiving the benefits
00:26:38.87\00:26:43.58
the Holy Spirit will do for you.
00:26:43.68\00:26:45.40
Therefore, give it
up. Just give it up!
00:26:45.60\00:26:50.23
Become a clean vessel
that the Holy Spirit can use.
00:26:50.43\00:26:55.80
If you and I do that,
the Holy Spirit will work
00:26:56.00\00:26:58.64
in our lives in a special way.
00:26:58.75\00:27:00.95
OK, another reason that
many people do not receive
00:27:01.15\00:27:05.48
the baptism of the Holy Spirit
00:27:05.62\00:27:06.82
is because they
grieve the Holy Spirit.
00:27:07.02\00:27:09.41
Says "Don't
grieve the Holy Spirit. "
00:27:16.39\00:27:19.35
When it says don't
grieve the Holy Spirit,
00:27:22.54\00:27:24.71
there's a very
definite way that you grieve it.
00:27:24.91\00:27:27.31
Now I want you to
look at something here.
00:27:27.52\00:27:29.16
This text is found where?
00:27:29.36\00:27:31.56
All right, it's found in
Ephesians the 4th chapter
00:27:31.76\00:27:35.13
and verse 30.
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You need to kind of
put that down in your mind.
00:27:37.39\00:27:39.08
Ephesians 4 verse 30 is
where it's found at. OK.
00:27:39.28\00:27:42.88
How do I go about
grieving the Holy Spirit?
00:27:43.08\00:27:45.90
They grieve the
Spirit. How do we grieve it?
00:27:50.77\00:27:54.18
Watch. We're
back into Ephesians 4.
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Look at the next
text, Ephesians 4 verse 31:
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You see I grieve the Holy Spirit
00:28:13.08\00:28:15.96
by being angry.
00:28:16.16\00:28:19.87
I cannot be used of God
00:28:20.07\00:28:24.99
if I'm an angry person.
00:28:25.19\00:28:27.34
If you're mad at your wife
00:28:29.17\00:28:32.94
and you stay that way,
00:28:33.14\00:28:36.58
you're not going to
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:28:36.78\00:28:39.08
If you're mad at your husband,
00:28:39.28\00:28:42.57
you won't
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:28:42.77\00:28:45.86
If you're mad at your children,
00:28:45.89\00:28:48.83
if you're angry
with your parents,
00:28:49.03\00:28:51.39
that doesn't work, folks.
00:28:51.59\00:28:54.34
We cannot live in anger.
00:28:54.54\00:28:57.66
Impossible, you know?
00:28:58.84\00:29:01.28
If you went down and
prepared breakfast with all the
00:29:01.48\00:29:03.96
tender loving care you know how,
00:29:04.06\00:29:05.80
and your husband came down
and got up on the wrong side
00:29:06.00\00:29:09.63
of the bed and hateful and
all, and you want to tell him
00:29:09.84\00:29:12.88
where to go and
how to get there,
00:29:13.08\00:29:14.36
that isn't what
you're supposed to be doing.
00:29:14.56\00:29:17.09
You see, I can't
be an angry person.
00:29:17.29\00:29:21.00
I have to let the Holy
Spirit work in my life.
00:29:21.10\00:29:24.32
And there's a lot of
people that are angry people
00:29:24.52\00:29:27.97
and they don't receive any
benefit from the Holy Spirit.
00:29:28.17\00:29:32.51
They just do not receive any
benefit from the Holy Spirit.
00:29:32.71\00:29:36.60
Let me just say
to begin with, folks,
00:29:36.80\00:29:39.18
it's not hard to be angry.
00:29:39.38\00:29:41.17
I want you to understand that.
00:29:41.47\00:29:43.07
You don't have to work at it.
00:29:43.27\00:29:45.64
You don't have to, you
know, do any certain things
00:29:45.85\00:29:49.77
to be angry and to be
mad and that kind of thing.
00:29:49.97\00:29:52.95
That all comes naturally.
00:29:53.16\00:29:56.16
Did you know that?
00:29:56.36\00:29:58.08
Yeah, that all comes naturally.
00:29:58.28\00:29:59.79
The scripture calls
it "works of the flesh. "
00:29:59.99\00:30:04.04
See, you're born with those.
00:30:04.94\00:30:07.48
You're born with all these
works of the flesh in your life.
00:30:07.68\00:30:11.17
Let's look at them.
00:30:11.37\00:30:12.70
So, I can't let
the works of the flesh
00:30:52.03\00:30:55.58
control my life.
00:30:55.98\00:30:59.16
I can't be an angry person.
00:30:59.36\00:31:02.37
You know? And dear
friend, you may have something
00:31:03.70\00:31:07.52
that happened in your life
00:31:07.72\00:31:09.46
and you may feel like
you have reason to be angry.
00:31:09.66\00:31:13.49
I'm sorry.
00:31:13.79\00:31:15.48
The Holy Spirit's
supposed to take that away.
00:31:15.68\00:31:18.92
That's the work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:19.12\00:31:21.22
And you and I must surrender our
lives and let the Holy Spirit
00:31:21.43\00:31:25.13
do its work in our lives.
00:31:25.33\00:31:27.44
We can't be angry people.
00:31:27.64\00:31:30.46
I find that people use
this text for justification.
00:31:30.66\00:31:33.86
It says:
00:31:33.96\00:31:35.05
I have some people tell
me "Well, it's OK to be angry
00:31:39.86\00:31:43.48
and mad at your wife
just as long as you don't
00:31:43.68\00:31:44.95
let the sun go down on it. "
00:31:45.05\00:31:46.40
No, that's not what it's saying.
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.78
You see there are
reasons to be angry.
00:31:49.98\00:31:53.63
It's never wrong to be
angry over an abused child.
00:31:54.13\00:32:00.04
You know, there are
certain things that are...
00:32:00.24\00:32:03.25
there's reason to be angry.
00:32:03.45\00:32:05.36
But the scripture says you're
not even to let the sun go down
00:32:05.56\00:32:08.81
on that. That's
what it's saying.
00:32:08.91\00:32:11.99
You and I are not to
let the sun go down on that.
00:32:12.09\00:32:14.26
I'm not to let
anger control my life.
00:32:14.36\00:32:18.50
Why not?
00:32:18.70\00:32:20.36
Well, when I was a teenager
00:32:20.56\00:32:23.11
a couple boys and I
decided that we would go out and
00:32:23.31\00:32:26.43
climb a mountain there.
00:32:26.63\00:32:27.94
It wasn't a big mountain...
00:32:28.14\00:32:30.03
close to the house.
00:32:30.23\00:32:31.80
And we went out and started
climbing up this mountain.
00:32:32.00\00:32:35.10
And as we were climbing up
the mountain, we came to this
00:32:35.30\00:32:38.30
ledge... just a rock
that went straight up.
00:32:38.50\00:32:43.68
And it was large, and
we'd have to go a long way to
00:32:43.88\00:32:49.07
get around it. And it
wasn't that tall, and we thought
00:32:49.27\00:32:54.11
that we could jump up and
grab the edge of that rock
00:32:54.25\00:32:57.34
and pull ourselves up, over, so
we could go on up the mountain.
00:32:57.54\00:33:01.25
I jumped several times.
00:33:02.08\00:33:04.20
I just couldn't
jump high enough.
00:33:04.40\00:33:06.53
The other two
fellows... they jumped.
00:33:06.73\00:33:08.67
They just couldn't
get there, you know...
00:33:08.87\00:33:11.33
couldn't jump high enough.
00:33:11.53\00:33:13.22
And in the course of our jumping
00:33:13.42\00:33:15.46
we weren't
paying much attention.
00:33:15.56\00:33:17.18
And we stopped after we
had jumped several times
00:33:17.38\00:33:20.38
and we heard
something. And we looked down
00:33:20.58\00:33:23.31
and right there at
the bottom of that cliff
00:33:23.34\00:33:26.02
was a great big rattlesnake.
00:33:26.22\00:33:28.13
You know, all three of us
made it up on top of that ledge.
00:33:28.33\00:33:31.95
Now, I'm just trying to
illustrate something for you.
00:33:34.81\00:33:38.88
You see, when you're frightened,
00:33:39.08\00:33:42.75
when you're scared,
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.73
God made you so that the
adrenaline comes up in your body
00:33:44.93\00:33:49.43
and you can actually do things
00:33:49.53\00:33:51.57
that you wouldn't do
under normal circumstances
00:33:51.77\00:33:54.27
because of the
rush of adrenaline.
00:33:54.47\00:33:56.42
But that comes up,
and then that goes down.
00:33:56.62\00:34:00.02
Adrenaline drops, and that's
the way it's supposed to be.
00:34:00.22\00:34:03.82
But when I am angry
00:34:04.12\00:34:07.39
and I stay angry,
00:34:07.59\00:34:10.62
that raises my adrenaline,
and it doesn't let it drop.
00:34:10.82\00:34:15.64
It stays up, and that is
00:34:15.84\00:34:18.77
extremely unhealthful.
00:34:18.90\00:34:21.99
That's why the scripture says
00:34:22.20\00:34:23.71
"Don't let the sun
00:34:23.92\00:34:25.76
go down on your wrath. "
00:34:25.96\00:34:28.76
You and I must turn our
lives over to the Holy Spirit
00:34:30.81\00:34:36.80
and let the Holy
Spirit do its work.
00:34:37.00\00:34:38.94
Now I read to you
Ephesians 4 verse 30.
00:34:39.15\00:34:42.05
And we read verse 31.
00:34:42.25\00:34:44.24
I want you to listen to
what it says in verse 32.
00:34:44.44\00:34:46.93
You see, the Lord
wants you and I to be kind,
00:35:02.31\00:35:07.25
gentle, forgiving, loving.
00:35:07.55\00:35:12.44
That's what the Holy
Spirit is to do in your life.
00:35:12.64\00:35:16.04
That's the work of
the Holy Spirit, folks.
00:35:16.25\00:35:18.81
So you can't be an
angry individual and be mad.
00:35:19.01\00:35:24.25
If you are, you are
grieving the Holy Spirit.
00:35:24.45\00:35:29.09
You're grieving the Holy Spirit.
00:35:30.69\00:35:32.21
OK, one more way. You see,
00:35:32.42\00:35:36.83
why... why does
this make a difference?
00:35:37.03\00:35:39.69
When God made you,
He gave you something.
00:35:41.22\00:35:46.45
He gave you a will.
00:35:46.65\00:35:48.70
OK? By giving you a will,
00:35:48.90\00:35:53.08
that gave you the
opportunity to be on the throne.
00:35:53.38\00:35:59.33
In fact, you
know, when we're born
00:35:59.53\00:36:04.64
we're born on the
throne. Did you know that?
00:36:04.84\00:36:06.94
Yeah. If you don't know
that these little babies aren't
00:36:07.15\00:36:10.46
on the throne, then you
haven't been around very much.
00:36:10.66\00:36:13.45
You know, they're
not only on their throne,
00:36:13.55\00:36:16.11
they'll get on your
throne if you let them.
00:36:16.31\00:36:18.08
See? We're born that way.
00:36:18.28\00:36:20.83
We're born... and we even
raise our children that way
00:36:21.03\00:36:24.89
and say: "Well you can
handle this; you can do this.
00:36:24.99\00:36:27.36
You can do that. " You know?
00:36:27.39\00:36:29.34
"I can do that. "
00:36:29.47\00:36:31.47
And so we grow up thinking
that we can handle anything.
00:36:31.67\00:36:36.50
That we're on the throne.
00:36:36.70\00:36:38.43
And we make decisions
because God gave us a will.
00:36:38.63\00:36:42.74
I can say "yes.
" I can say "no. "
00:36:42.94\00:36:45.83
I can make a definite decision.
00:36:46.03\00:36:48.50
Said we can make
that decision, you know.
00:36:58.69\00:37:02.98
Do what we want to do and all.
00:37:03.18\00:37:05.48
Well, let's say...
Let's say here this evening
00:37:05.72\00:37:08.39
that you're on the throne.
00:37:08.60\00:37:10.90
OK?
00:37:11.10\00:37:12.70
That you're running your life.
00:37:12.90\00:37:14.62
That you're handling this.
00:37:14.82\00:37:16.78
That you're in charge.
00:37:16.98\00:37:18.36
Now since you are on the throne
00:37:18.56\00:37:21.71
and you're running your life,
00:37:21.91\00:37:23.20
what's going to happen?
00:37:23.40\00:37:25.14
Do you have any idea?
00:37:25.54\00:37:27.80
Well, if you're on the throne
00:37:28.00\00:37:30.43
then the works of the
flesh are going to operate.
00:37:30.64\00:37:36.51
Because you're on the
throne... You're flesh,
00:37:36.71\00:37:38.89
and the works of the
flesh are going to operate.
00:37:39.09\00:37:40.89
What are the works of the flesh?
00:37:41.10\00:37:42.15
Let's look at a few of them
here, and we'll talk about them.
00:37:42.25\00:37:44.77
But God not only gave you a will
00:37:45.01\00:37:49.46
but He gave you a brain.
00:37:49.58\00:37:51.75
Now folks, the
brain that God gave you
00:37:51.96\00:37:55.07
is a great big filing cabinet.
00:37:55.27\00:37:58.38
That's what it is.
00:37:58.58\00:38:00.24
And it files away
everything that you see,
00:38:00.44\00:38:04.87
everything that you hear,
00:38:05.07\00:38:06.96
everything that you taste,
00:38:07.16\00:38:08.83
everything that you smell,
00:38:09.03\00:38:10.41
everything that you touch.
00:38:10.61\00:38:12.10
It files all
that away perfectly,
00:38:12.30\00:38:16.10
and you can pull it
up any time you want to.
00:38:17.24\00:38:22.01
You can pull it up
and think about it.
00:38:22.21\00:38:24.72
See? Any time you want to.
00:38:24.92\00:38:27.01
All you have to do is just
go back and access it. See?
00:38:27.21\00:38:29.71
Here, you... I'll
show you what I mean.
00:38:29.94\00:38:33.93
Where were you? Where were you
00:38:34.13\00:38:38.90
when 9/11 took place?
00:38:39.11\00:38:42.11
Hmmm? When the twin towers
were bombed, where were you?
00:38:42.31\00:38:46.14
Watch all of you... doodoodoo...
00:38:46.34\00:38:48.78
Oh, yeah. That's where I was.
00:38:48.91\00:38:50.46
See? It's all stored up there.
00:38:50.66\00:38:52.79
You know where it's at.
00:38:52.82\00:38:53.94
Those of you that are old enough
00:38:54.14\00:38:55.86
I could just ask you this:
00:38:56.06\00:38:57.39
where were you when you heard
John Kennedy had been shot?
00:38:57.59\00:38:59.90
Watch it... doodoodoo.
00:39:00.10\00:39:02.40
It's all
there... See, it's there.
00:39:02.60\00:39:04.32
God... that mind files
all that away perfectly
00:39:04.52\00:39:09.43
so that we can pull it
up any time we want to.
00:39:09.63\00:39:11.92
When you pull it up
and you think about it,
00:39:12.12\00:39:16.90
the mind, if
you're on the throne,
00:39:17.82\00:39:21.00
has a problem.
00:39:21.20\00:39:22.63
Therefore what's in
your mind are going to be
00:39:31.27\00:39:34.28
works of the flesh. OK?
00:39:34.48\00:39:37.35
In fact, when I think
on things, dwell on them,
00:39:37.58\00:39:42.28
the Bible refers
to the heart. OK?
00:39:42.48\00:39:47.69
It says: "Give Me thine heart. "
00:39:47.89\00:39:51.41
What's the Bible talking
about when it talks about
00:39:51.61\00:39:54.29
your heart? Giving your heart?
00:39:54.49\00:39:56.39
Well, it tells us this.
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.31
It says:
00:39:59.52\00:40:00.60
All those come
out of man's heart.
00:40:20.86\00:40:23.57
Do you know what those are?
00:40:23.77\00:40:25.37
Those all are emotions.
00:40:25.67\00:40:29.64
And when the scripture talks
about "give Me thine heart, "
00:40:29.84\00:40:33.69
it's talking
about your emotions.
00:40:33.79\00:40:35.50
And when I take
something out of my mind
00:40:35.70\00:40:39.72
and I think about
that, that produces emotions.
00:40:39.93\00:40:44.46
Very, very important.
00:40:44.66\00:40:47.62
Once those emotions happen,
00:40:47.82\00:40:50.57
then you have actions.
00:40:50.77\00:40:54.96
See, that's what
produces actions is the emotions
00:40:55.16\00:40:58.21
produce actions.
00:40:58.31\00:40:59.61
We have actions takes place.
00:41:06.30\00:41:08.65
Those are the processes, folks,
that takes place in our lives.
00:41:08.85\00:41:11.87
OK. I have a
mind, I have a will.
00:41:12.07\00:41:15.66
I can decide who's
going to be on the throne,
00:41:15.86\00:41:17.98
who's going to run my life.
00:41:18.18\00:41:19.43
And when I do that, I
can think about things
00:41:19.63\00:41:23.92
and it produces
emotions in my life.
00:41:24.12\00:41:26.05
OK. Let's say that
you're on the throne.
00:41:26.25\00:41:29.32
You're running your life.
00:41:29.62\00:41:31.74
And since you're on the
throne running your life,
00:41:31.94\00:41:34.71
the works of the flesh
are evident, which are...
00:41:34.91\00:41:38.83
What's the first one?
00:41:39.04\00:41:40.04
Have people come to me and say
"Oh Brother Cox, I feel so bad.
00:41:45.43\00:41:49.15
I committed adultery. "
00:41:49.35\00:41:51.31
Now let me just tell
you something, folks.
00:41:52.64\00:41:54.59
That's the first
one that's listed
00:41:54.79\00:41:56.68
in the works of the flesh.
00:41:56.78\00:41:58.03
I mean, if you're going
to let the works of the flesh
00:41:59.18\00:42:01.74
operate in your
life, that happens.
00:42:01.84\00:42:04.24
I mean, that's kind of
almost like falling off a log.
00:42:04.44\00:42:07.80
It's going to happen
because it's part of the
00:42:08.00\00:42:11.01
works of the flesh.
00:42:11.11\00:42:12.59
OK. So, if I'm on the throne,
00:42:12.79\00:42:16.29
I'm in charge,
00:42:16.79\00:42:19.80
then I'm going to spend
time sitting in front of the TV
00:42:20.01\00:42:23.22
watching all these programs
00:42:23.42\00:42:28.39
that 90% of them deal
with sex and violence.
00:42:28.59\00:42:32.30
And I fill my mind
with all that stuff.
00:42:32.50\00:42:37.48
My mind is filled with that
because I sit in front of it
00:42:37.68\00:42:41.38
and watch it.
00:42:41.58\00:42:42.98
You know, I've
never understood this.
00:42:43.18\00:42:44.95
Explain this to me.
00:42:45.15\00:42:47.00
I've been in homes
where parents, you know,
00:42:47.20\00:42:52.61
were very, very
careful about their children.
00:42:52.81\00:42:56.56
And they would let
them... You know, they made them
00:42:56.76\00:43:01.39
have good manners and
they made them be respectful.
00:43:01.59\00:43:05.24
And they made them have
good morals and everything.
00:43:05.44\00:43:08.17
And those
parents would not permit
00:43:09.83\00:43:14.31
some stranger to
come into their home
00:43:15.50\00:43:19.13
and live in their home there
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.63
and use
profanity and bad manners
00:43:21.66\00:43:25.08
and immorality and all that.
00:43:25.18\00:43:27.04
They wouldn't permit
that. They'd kick 'em out.
00:43:27.17\00:43:28.81
And yet those same
parents will sit right there
00:43:29.83\00:43:33.63
and let that television
set do those very things:
00:43:33.83\00:43:37.90
teach them
profanity, immorality, and all.
00:43:38.10\00:43:43.76
I've never understood that...
00:43:43.79\00:43:45.32
how we can do that.
00:43:45.52\00:43:47.69
But if you're on the throne,
00:43:48.99\00:43:50.83
you're going to
watch that kind of stuff.
00:43:51.03\00:43:52.47
And if you watch
that kind of stuff,
00:43:52.67\00:43:54.17
then you're going to think
about it, and that produces...
00:43:54.37\00:43:58.50
See? That produces lust.
00:44:00.77\00:44:02.46
And if I think about it and
that emotion of lust takes place
00:44:02.66\00:44:07.39
in my life, then you're going
to wind up committing adultery.
00:44:07.59\00:44:11.23
Those are the simple
steps that take place.
00:44:12.76\00:44:16.24
So, you see, I can't do that.
00:44:17.30\00:44:20.06
I have to make a decision
00:44:20.26\00:44:21.89
not to permit that
to happen in my life.
00:44:22.09\00:44:25.74
OK. One other way that people
00:44:25.94\00:44:30.44
don't have the benefit of
the Holy Spirit in their life
00:44:32.89\00:44:35.10
is because they
quench the Spirit.
00:44:35.20\00:44:38.03
OK? Notice again,
that's in I Thessalonians 5:19.
00:44:40.47\00:44:44.63
"Do not quench the Spirit. "
00:44:44.83\00:44:47.16
OK. How do I quench the Spirit?
00:44:48.39\00:44:50.51
How does that take place?
00:44:50.71\00:44:52.53
Well the scripture tells us
that that takes place by fear.
00:44:52.73\00:44:56.01
If I live in fear,
00:44:57.43\00:44:59.93
I am quenching
the Spirit of God.
00:45:00.14\00:45:02.39
I cannot live that way.
00:45:02.59\00:45:05.64
How am I as a Christian,
00:45:05.84\00:45:08.68
as a person who has
received the Holy Spirit...
00:45:08.88\00:45:11.67
which you receive
when you accept Christ,
00:45:11.77\00:45:13.78
what? How am I supposed to live?
00:45:13.98\00:45:15.70
Let's back up
here in I Thessalonians
00:45:15.90\00:45:18.52
and take a look because
it will tell us in the verses
00:45:18.72\00:45:20.95
how we're supposed to live.
00:45:21.15\00:45:22.45
I Thessalonians 5:16 through 18.
00:45:22.65\00:45:25.86
So it tells you and I
that we are to rejoice?
00:45:39.75\00:45:43.64
That means I'm to be happy.
00:45:43.84\00:45:47.46
I'm not to go around defeated;
I'm not to go around sad.
00:45:48.45\00:45:52.10
I'm not to go around feeling
like everything's against me.
00:45:52.20\00:45:55.45
I'm to rejoice and
be happy in Christ.
00:45:55.65\00:45:58.55
Secondly, I'm to
pray without ceasing.
00:45:58.79\00:46:01.15
And then it says I am
to give thanks in how much?
00:46:01.45\00:46:06.21
Everything. It says I am to
give thanks in "everything. "
00:46:06.41\00:46:11.26
You mean if my son
went out and wrecked the car
00:46:12.44\00:46:14.76
I'm to thank God for that?
00:46:14.86\00:46:16.21
Huh?
00:46:17.48\00:46:18.98
Yes!
00:46:19.39\00:46:20.42
Now let me understand what...
00:46:21.54\00:46:23.04
let me clarify what I'm saying.
00:46:23.24\00:46:25.53
You have to give God
thanks for everything
00:46:26.73\00:46:32.09
because if you
don't, you're on the throne.
00:46:32.29\00:46:36.82
You think it through.
00:46:37.02\00:46:39.01
If you don't give God
thanks for everything,
00:46:39.21\00:46:42.22
then you are on the throne and
you're running your own life.
00:46:42.42\00:46:46.29
But when I give God
thanks for everything
00:46:47.49\00:46:51.45
then I'm letting
God be in charge.
00:46:51.65\00:46:54.02
I'm letting Him do
His work in my life,
00:46:54.22\00:46:56.76
which makes a
great, great difference.
00:46:56.96\00:46:59.30
You see, you and I
are not to live in fear.
00:47:13.19\00:47:17.11
We are to live in
the joy and the happiness
00:47:17.31\00:47:21.04
that there is in Jesus Christ.
00:47:21.25\00:47:23.34
When it says "do
not quench the Spirit, "
00:47:23.54\00:47:28.91
and it says we
quench it through fear,
00:47:29.95\00:47:31.92
that word quench, folks,
means like when you go and you -
00:47:32.12\00:47:36.43
how should I say? -
00:47:36.64\00:47:38.62
you quench the fire on a candle.
00:47:38.82\00:47:41.43
You go up and press it out.
00:47:41.63\00:47:43.58
That's quenching. That
means if I live in fear
00:47:43.78\00:47:47.63
I can literally
quench the Spirit.
00:47:47.83\00:47:51.48
I can get rid of it.
00:47:51.68\00:47:52.96
That's why David prayed, said:
00:47:53.16\00:47:55.13
I need it to work in
my life in a special way.
00:48:00.56\00:48:04.90
Now, if you don't want
that to happen in your life,
00:48:05.10\00:48:09.36
then you have
to make a decision.
00:48:09.56\00:48:11.87
And you are in
charge, you have a will,
00:48:12.07\00:48:15.06
you're the one that
has to make the decision.
00:48:15.26\00:48:16.94
Nobody else can make it for you.
00:48:17.14\00:48:18.63
You have to make the decision
to put Christ on the throne.
00:48:18.83\00:48:22.84
Put Him on the throne.
00:48:23.04\00:48:25.50
If I put Christ on
the throne as Paul did...
00:48:25.70\00:48:29.84
He said: "For me
to live is... " What?
00:48:30.05\00:48:32.29
"Christ. " He put Him
on the throne in his life.
00:48:32.49\00:48:35.66
When I do that, then will Christ
do anything with what's in my
00:48:35.86\00:48:39.61
mind? Absolutely!
00:48:39.71\00:48:42.69
He'll control
what goes in my mind.
00:48:42.72\00:48:44.42
Will it affect my emotions?
00:48:49.38\00:48:52.12
OK?
00:48:52.32\00:48:53.78
Yes! It affects my
emotions, what I do.
00:49:00.13\00:49:03.69
Will it affect my actions?
00:49:03.89\00:49:06.56
Absolutely!
00:49:06.76\00:49:08.23
If Christ is on the throne,
if my mind is on God's Word,
00:49:08.43\00:49:13.35
if my emotions are
doing what they should,
00:49:13.55\00:49:15.73
then the results will
be actions that are good.
00:49:15.94\00:49:18.96
Or... the fruits of the Spirit
00:49:19.16\00:49:21.16
which we will talk about
in our next presentation.
00:49:32.84\00:49:36.47
But my actions
will be good actions
00:49:37.26\00:49:40.63
and I will do the work
that God has for me to do.
00:49:40.83\00:49:45.69
But I have to be willing, folks,
00:49:45.89\00:49:47.86
to put Christ on the throne.
00:49:48.06\00:49:51.09
Now, out of all the books
00:49:51.29\00:49:56.19
that I have in my library
00:49:56.39\00:49:58.72
I have one in which,
as far as I'm concerned,
00:50:00.17\00:50:02.92
is the greatest
statement I have ever read
00:50:03.12\00:50:05.98
about the Holy Spirit and
what it does in our lives.
00:50:06.18\00:50:09.47
I'd like to read
that statement to you.
00:50:09.67\00:50:11.81
It comes from a book
called Desire of Ages.
00:50:12.01\00:50:13.77
This is what it says:
00:50:13.97\00:50:15.50
They want to what?
00:51:08.79\00:51:10.55
They want to manage themselves.
00:51:10.75\00:51:13.87
That's why they don't
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:51:14.07\00:51:16.38
Watch:
00:51:16.58\00:51:18.45
All other blessings come in its
train - that of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:38.94\00:51:44.66
I have to be willing to
put Christ on the throne.
00:51:44.87\00:51:49.59
Paul said:
00:51:49.79\00:51:50.83
Listen as David sings.
00:52:05.60\00:52:09.36
Come, Holy Spirit,
00:52:09.56\00:52:13.74
I need Thee.
00:52:13.94\00:52:17.95
Come, sweet Spirit, I pray.
00:52:19.63\00:52:25.54
Come in Thine own strength
00:52:28.56\00:52:32.97
and power,
00:52:33.07\00:52:36.24
Come in Thine own
00:52:37.81\00:52:41.59
gentle way.
00:52:41.99\00:52:45.70
Let us pray.
00:52:46.79\00:52:48.13
Heavenly Father,
00:52:48.23\00:52:50.13
we come to You tonight
00:52:50.33\00:52:52.89
asking Lord that
You'll take away from us
00:52:53.09\00:52:57.58
any sin that is so
easily besetting us.
00:52:57.98\00:53:03.23
Those sins that
You've convicted us about.
00:53:03.43\00:53:06.55
We haven't been
willing to give them up.
00:53:08.03\00:53:10.13
Lord, tonight we ask that
our hearts might be surrendered.
00:53:10.33\00:53:14.55
That we might give them...
00:53:14.95\00:53:17.27
lay them at the foot of
the cross and give them to You.
00:53:17.62\00:53:21.12
We also ask, Lord,
that if we are angry...
00:53:21.99\00:53:24.42
mad... bitter...
00:53:24.62\00:53:28.18
that You'll cleanse our hearts.
00:53:28.38\00:53:30.71
Take those things
away from us, Lord.
00:53:30.91\00:53:33.68
May the Holy Spirit
do its work in our life.
00:53:33.88\00:53:37.15
We ask Lord that
You will bless us.
00:53:37.35\00:53:40.40
Help us not to live in fear
00:53:41.35\00:53:43.59
but to live in the
assurance of God's Spirit
00:53:43.79\00:53:47.78
and all that He
does in our lives.
00:53:47.98\00:53:51.03
Bless each one here tonight.
00:53:51.23\00:53:53.23
May they be drawn close to You.
00:53:53.53\00:53:56.12
And Lord may we all, day by day,
00:53:56.22\00:53:59.51
walk in the Spirit
and not in the flesh.
00:53:59.72\00:54:03.49
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:03.69\00:54:08.00
Well God bless you.
We... our next presentation
00:54:10.08\00:54:13.83
will be on The
Fruits of the Spirit.
00:54:14.03\00:54:16.27
What the Holy Spirit
will do for you and for me.
00:54:16.47\00:54:20.29
And so we hope that the subject
00:54:20.49\00:54:22.72
of the fruit of the Spirit
00:54:22.76\00:54:23.81
will give you an idea
00:54:23.91\00:54:25.04
of how much God loves you,
00:54:25.07\00:54:27.14
how much He wants to do for you,
00:54:27.34\00:54:29.45
and what He CAN do for you
00:54:29.65\00:54:31.57
if you and I will do
just what we learned tonight.
00:54:31.77\00:54:34.12
If I'll surrender
and give it to Him.
00:54:34.32\00:54:36.86
So God bless you
in a special way.
00:54:37.06\00:54:38.97
We pray that
you'll have a good day.
00:54:39.17\00:54:41.14
God bless you.
00:54:41.34\00:54:43.19
A coal miner of old
00:54:44.28\00:54:45.77
would leave his family every day
00:54:45.90\00:54:47.52
and descend into
the depths of the earth
00:54:47.72\00:54:49.86
with the certain knowledge
that the smallest mistake
00:54:50.06\00:54:53.39
could keep him and others
from ever seeing daylight again.
00:54:53.59\00:54:56.99
Walking along in the dark,
00:54:57.19\00:54:58.64
he could only rely
upon his feeble oil lamp
00:54:58.84\00:55:02.71
to keep him alive.
00:55:02.81\00:55:04.04
He faced many
dangers down there.
00:55:04.24\00:55:06.11
Rockfalls, flooding, fires.
00:55:06.31\00:55:09.73
But perhaps the
danger he feared the most
00:55:09.93\00:55:12.67
was the one that
he could not see.
00:55:12.87\00:55:15.11
They called it
chokedamp or blackdamp:
00:55:15.14\00:55:18.39
an unbreathable mixture of gases
00:55:18.59\00:55:20.97
that could quickly
snuff out his life.
00:55:21.17\00:55:23.54
Imagine for a moment the
terror he felt when he realized
00:55:23.74\00:55:27.58
he had hit a
pocket of blackdamp.
00:55:27.78\00:55:29.85
The sudden drop in
oxygen would put out his lamp
00:55:30.05\00:55:33.16
leaving him in terrifying
darkness, fumbling in vain
00:55:33.36\00:55:37.52
to relight it before
he lost consciousness.
00:55:37.78\00:55:40.76
Then in the late 1800's,
00:55:41.89\00:55:43.85
a bright new light began
to shine in the dark world.
00:55:44.05\00:55:48.11
Using marble-sized
pellets of calcium carbide
00:55:48.31\00:55:52.29
and a few drops of water,
00:55:52.39\00:55:53.96
this new lamp produced a gas
which burned six times brighter.
00:55:54.16\00:55:58.67
Not only did it make
his job a whole lot easier
00:55:58.87\00:56:01.72
but it also saved lives.
00:56:01.92\00:56:03.97
You can see this tiny reflector
00:56:04.17\00:56:06.57
could focus that beam of light
00:56:06.77\00:56:08.58
on the roof of a mine so that he
could detect dangerous cracks.
00:56:08.78\00:56:12.80
The lamp was
also easy to re-light.
00:56:13.00\00:56:15.47
And since it
required far less oxygen,
00:56:15.67\00:56:18.43
it could illuminate the way out
00:56:18.63\00:56:20.71
should they
encounter the chokedamp.
00:56:20.91\00:56:23.19
What an incredible
illustration this is
00:56:23.39\00:56:26.55
of the condition of fallen man.
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.73
After struggling to
survive the pitfalls of life,
00:56:28.93\00:56:32.02
he suddenly realizes
the danger he could not see
00:56:32.22\00:56:35.61
had left him without hope
and gasping for his last breath
00:56:35.81\00:56:40.16
in utter spiritual darkness.
00:56:40.36\00:56:42.30
For him there is no
eternal life through Jesus.
00:56:42.50\00:56:46.29
In fact, he may not
have ever heard about Him.
00:56:46.49\00:56:49.84
But friends, just
as that bright light
00:56:51.79\00:56:54.66
of the carbide lamp saved lives,
00:56:54.86\00:56:57.38
so does the light of the Bible.
00:56:57.58\00:56:59.73
We need the light of God's Word
to illuminate the dark corners
00:56:59.93\00:57:03.67
of our hearts. It focuses
our attention on Jesus Christ...
00:57:03.77\00:57:07.50
our only hope for salvation.
00:57:07.70\00:57:09.74
And all who read and study it
00:57:09.94\00:57:11.95
are warned about
the rockfalls of life.
00:57:12.15\00:57:15.01
That's why we call this
series Give Me The Bible.
00:57:15.21\00:57:18.72
We're trying our best to
bring the light of God's truth
00:57:18.92\00:57:21.90
to those who are
living and dying in despair.
00:57:22.00\00:57:25.01
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
don't know about Jesus.
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As the Holy Spirit impresses,
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you may send your
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Thank you for helping us
to bring the Blessed Hope
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to millions all
around the world.
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