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?
00:22:01.38\00:22:02.38
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.
00:22:06.82\00:22:09.82
This is not something
that you pray through to get.
00:22:10.03\00:22:13.66
This is a GIFT
that God gives to you.
00:22:13.90\00:22:16.80
It's a gift of God
He gives to us, OK?
00:22:17.00\00:22:21.20
He said: "Simon, your heart's
not right in the sight of God. "
00:22:30.38\00:22:34.52
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. "
00:23:03.68\00:23:06.15
So I must be willing
to give up known sin.
00:23:14.59\00:23:20.36
I can't
continually live in known sin.
00:23:20.56\00:23:24.67
Why not? Because the Holy
Spirit can't use me, you see.
00:23:24.87\00:23:28.74
Great, great difference.
00:23:38.55\00:23:40.28
See, Simon was wanting
to use the Holy Spirit.
00:23:40.48\00:23:43.15
No, you can't
use the Holy Spirit.
00:23:43.15\00:23:45.65
The Holy Spirit...
You must, you must be
00:23:45.85\00:23:49.32
in a position so the
Holy Spirit can use you.
00:23:49.52\00:23:54.00
In fact, it talks
about it in the scripture
00:23:54.20\00:23:57.23
about us being vessels.
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And it says that we are vessels,
and in order for the Holy Spirit
00:23:59.40\00:24:04.27
to use us as vessels,
those vessels have to be clean.
00:24:04.47\00:24:08.34
They have to be empty.
00:24:08.54\00:24:10.31
They have to be
something that the Holy Spirit
00:24:10.55\00:24:12.15
can come and use
in a special way.
00:24:12.35\00:24:15.48
And it goes on and says here:
00:24:15.48\00:24:17.19
I don't know about you,
but in the home I grew up in
00:24:27.66\00:24:30.97
we had vessels of honor
and we had vessels of dishonor.
00:24:31.17\00:24:34.44
Do you have that in your home?
00:24:35.70\00:24:37.11
Sure, we have vessels of honor.
00:24:37.31\00:24:38.77
My mother had a china
cabinet, and when we had company
00:24:38.97\00:24:43.41
she got the vessels out
of the china cabinet of honor
00:24:43.61\00:24:47.48
and she set the table with those
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.28
and served us with
the vessels of honor.
00:24:49.48\00:24:52.29
When the company
left, she put them all back
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.96
in the china closet and we ate
out of the vessels of dishonor
00:24:55.96\00:24:58.46
after that. OK?
00:24:58.46\00:25:00.23
So, yes, there's
both kinds there.
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Vessels of honor and dishonor.
But it goes on and says here
00:25:07.37\00:25:10.51
that not only are there
vessels of honor and dishonor...
00:25:10.71\00:25:14.81
That means cleanse himself
from being a vessel of dishonor.
00:25:21.88\00:25:26.25
OK?
00:25:26.49\00:25:28.02
So if I will cleanse myself
00:25:34.46\00:25:38.43
then I will
become a vessel of honor
00:25:38.63\00:25:42.27
to be used of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:42.47\00:25:45.27
All right? Now, let me just
tell you this right up front.
00:25:45.47\00:25:49.98
It's not hard to get clean.
00:25:50.18\00:25:53.98
Now I just want to
make that very clear.
00:25:54.18\00:25:57.29
It's not hard to get clean.
00:25:57.49\00:25:59.42
You don't have
to beat your back.
00:25:59.62\00:26:01.72
You don't have to crawl
down the aisle on your knees.
00:26:01.92\00:26:05.29
None of that is
required to get clean.
00:26:05.49\00:26:08.26
The Bible tells
you how you get clean,
00:26:08.26\00:26:09.83
and you get clean this way:
00:26:10.03\00:26:11.40
That is the way
that you and I get clean.
00:26:22.08\00:26:25.48
So dear friend, if you
have been convicted by the
00:26:25.48\00:26:31.19
Holy Spirit of a
particular sin in your life
00:26:31.19\00:26:35.26
and you haven't been
willing to give it up,
00:26:35.46\00:26:38.66
that will stand between
you and receiving the benefits
00:26:38.86\00:26:43.63
the Holy Spirit will do for you.
00:26:43.63\00:26:45.37
Therefore, give it
up. Just give it up!
00:26:45.57\00:26:50.17
Become a clean vessel
that the Holy Spirit can use.
00:26:50.37\00:26:55.78
If you and I do that,
the Holy Spirit will work
00:26:55.98\00:26:58.71
in our lives in a special way.
00:26:58.71\00:27:00.92
OK, another reason that
many people do not receive
00:27:01.12\00:27:05.59
the baptism of the Holy Spirit
00:27:05.59\00:27:06.79
is because they
grieve the Holy Spirit.
00:27:06.99\00:27:09.39
Says "Don't
grieve the Holy Spirit. "
00:27:16.33\00:27:19.30
When it says don't
grieve the Holy Spirit,
00:27:22.50\00:27:24.67
there's a very
definite way that you grieve it.
00:27:24.87\00:27:27.28
Now I want you to
look at something here.
00:27:27.48\00:27:29.11
This text is found where?
00:27:29.31\00:27:31.51
All right, it's found in
Ephesians the 4th chapter
00:27:31.71\00:27:35.08
and verse 30.
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You need to kind of
put that down in your mind.
00:27:37.35\00:27:39.05
Ephesians 4 verse 30 is
where it's found at. OK.
00:27:39.25\00:27:42.86
How do I go about
grieving the Holy Spirit?
00:27:43.06\00:27:45.89
They grieve the
Spirit. How do we grieve it?
00:27:50.73\00:27:54.14
Watch. We're
back into Ephesians 4.
00:27:54.34\00:27:57.77
Look at the next
text, Ephesians 4 verse 31:
00:27:57.97\00:28:01.01
You see I grieve the Holy Spirit
00:28:13.05\00:28:15.92
by being angry.
00:28:16.12\00:28:19.86
I cannot be used of God
00:28:20.06\00:28:24.93
if I'm an angry person.
00:28:25.13\00:28:27.30
If you're mad at your wife
00:28:29.14\00:28:32.91
and you stay that way,
00:28:33.11\00:28:36.54
you're not going to
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:28:36.75\00:28:39.05
If you're mad at your husband,
00:28:39.25\00:28:42.55
you won't
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:28:42.75\00:28:45.85
If you're mad at your children,
00:28:45.85\00:28:48.79
if you're angry
with your parents,
00:28:48.99\00:28:51.36
that doesn't work, folks.
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.30
We cannot live in anger.
00:28:54.50\00:28:57.60
Impossible, you know?
00:28:58.80\00:29:01.24
If you went down and
prepared breakfast with all the
00:29:01.44\00:29:04.01
tender loving care you know how,
00:29:04.01\00:29:05.77
and your husband came down
and got up on the wrong side
00:29:05.97\00:29:09.58
of the bed and hateful and
all, and you want to tell him
00:29:09.81\00:29:12.85
where to go and
how to get there,
00:29:13.05\00:29:14.32
that isn't what
you're supposed to be doing.
00:29:14.52\00:29:17.05
You see, I can't
be an angry person.
00:29:17.25\00:29:21.09
I have to let the Holy
Spirit work in my life.
00:29:21.09\00:29:24.29
And there's a lot of
people that are angry people
00:29:24.49\00:29:27.96
and they don't receive any
benefit from the Holy Spirit.
00:29:28.13\00:29:32.47
They just do not receive any
benefit from the Holy Spirit.
00:29:32.67\00:29:36.57
Let me just say
to begin with, folks,
00:29:36.77\00:29:39.14
it's not hard to be angry.
00:29:39.34\00:29:41.14
I want you to understand that.
00:29:41.44\00:29:43.04
You don't have to work at it.
00:29:43.24\00:29:45.61
You don't have to, you
know, do any certain things
00:29:45.81\00:29:49.75
to be angry and to be
mad and that kind of thing.
00:29:49.95\00:29:52.92
That all comes naturally.
00:29:53.12\00:29:56.12
Did you know that?
00:29:56.32\00:29:58.06
Yeah, that all comes naturally.
00:29:58.26\00:29:59.76
The scripture calls
it "works of the flesh. "
00:29:59.96\00:30:04.00
See, you're born with those.
00:30:04.90\00:30:07.44
You're born with all these
works of the flesh in your life.
00:30:07.64\00:30:11.14
Let's look at them.
00:30:11.34\00:30:12.67
So, I can't let
the works of the flesh
00:30:51.98\00:30:55.55
control my life.
00:30:55.95\00:30:59.12
I can't be an angry person.
00:30:59.32\00:31:02.36
You know? And dear
friend, you may have something
00:31:03.69\00:31:07.50
that happened in your life
00:31:07.66\00:31:09.40
and you may feel like
you have reason to be angry.
00:31:09.60\00:31:13.44
I'm sorry.
00:31:13.74\00:31:15.44
The Holy Spirit's
supposed to take that away.
00:31:15.64\00:31:18.87
That's the work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:31:19.07\00:31:21.18
And you and I must surrender our
lives and let the Holy Spirit
00:31:21.38\00:31:25.08
do its work in our lives.
00:31:25.28\00:31:27.42
We can't be angry people.
00:31:27.62\00:31:30.42
I find that people use
this text for justification.
00:31:30.62\00:31:33.92
It says:
00:31:33.92\00:31:35.02
I have some people tell
me "Well, it's OK to be angry
00:31:39.83\00:31:43.43
and mad at your wife
just as long as you don't
00:31:43.63\00:31:45.00
let the sun go down on it. "
00:31:45.00\00:31:46.37
No, that's not what it's saying.
00:31:46.57\00:31:49.74
You see there are
reasons to be angry.
00:31:49.94\00:31:53.58
It's never wrong to be
angry over an abused child.
00:31:54.08\00:32:00.05
You know, there are
certain things that are...
00:32:00.22\00:32:03.22
there's reason to be angry.
00:32:03.42\00:32:05.32
But the scripture says you're
not even to let the sun go down
00:32:05.52\00:32:08.89
on that. That's
what it's saying.
00:32:08.89\00:32:12.06
You and I are not to
let the sun go down on that.
00:32:12.06\00:32:14.30
I'm not to let
anger control my life.
00:32:14.30\00:32:18.47
Why not?
00:32:18.67\00:32:20.30
Well, when I was a teenager
00:32:20.50\00:32:23.07
a couple boys and I
decided that we would go out and
00:32:23.27\00:32:26.37
climb a mountain there.
00:32:26.57\00:32:27.91
It wasn't a big mountain...
00:32:28.11\00:32:29.98
close to the house.
00:32:30.18\00:32:31.78
And we went out and started
climbing up this mountain.
00:32:31.98\00:32:35.08
And as we were climbing up
the mountain, we came to this
00:32:35.28\00:32:38.29
ledge... just a rock
that went straight up.
00:32:38.49\00:32:43.66
And it was large, and
we'd have to go a long way to
00:32:43.86\00:32:49.03
get around it. And it
wasn't that tall, and we thought
00:32:49.23\00:32:54.20
that we could jump up and
grab the edge of that rock
00:32:54.20\00:32:57.31
and pull ourselves up, over, so
we could go on up the mountain.
00:32:57.51\00:33:01.21
I jumped several times.
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.18
I just couldn't
jump high enough.
00:33:04.38\00:33:06.48
The other two
fellows... they jumped.
00:33:06.68\00:33:08.65
They just couldn't
get there, you know...
00:33:08.85\00:33:11.29
couldn't jump high enough.
00:33:11.49\00:33:13.19
And in the course of our jumping
00:33:13.39\00:33:15.52
we weren't
paying much attention.
00:33:15.52\00:33:17.16
And we stopped after we
had jumped several times
00:33:17.36\00:33:20.36
and we heard
something. And we looked down
00:33:20.56\00:33:23.30
and right there at
the bottom of that cliff
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.97
was a great big rattlesnake.
00:33:26.17\00:33:28.07
You know, all three of us
made it up on top of that ledge.
00:33:28.27\00:33:31.91
Now, I'm just trying to
illustrate something for you.
00:33:34.78\00:33:38.85
You see, when you're frightened,
00:33:39.05\00:33:42.72
when you're scared,
00:33:42.92\00:33:44.69
God made you so that the
adrenaline comes up in your body
00:33:44.89\00:33:49.49
and you can actually do things
00:33:49.49\00:33:51.56
that you wouldn't do
under normal circumstances
00:33:51.76\00:33:54.23
because of the
rush of adrenaline.
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.36
But that comes up,
and then that goes down.
00:33:56.56\00:34:00.04
Adrenaline drops, and that's
the way it's supposed to be.
00:34:00.17\00:34:03.77
But when I am angry
00:34:04.07\00:34:07.34
and I stay angry,
00:34:07.54\00:34:10.58
that raises my adrenaline,
and it doesn't let it drop.
00:34:10.78\00:34:15.62
It stays up, and that is
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.89
extremely unhealthful.
00:34:18.89\00:34:21.96
That's why the scripture says
00:34:22.19\00:34:23.69
"Don't let the sun
00:34:23.89\00:34:25.73
go down on your wrath. "
00:34:25.93\00:34:28.70
You and I must turn our
lives over to the Holy Spirit
00:34:30.77\00:34:36.77
and let the Holy
Spirit do its work.
00:34:36.97\00:34:38.91
Now I read to you
Ephesians 4 verse 30.
00:34:39.11\00:34:42.01
And we read verse 31.
00:34:42.21\00:34:44.21
I want you to listen to
what it says in verse 32.
00:34:44.41\00:34:46.88
You see, the Lord
wants you and I to be kind,
00:35:02.26\00:35:07.20
gentle, forgiving, loving.
00:35:07.50\00:35:12.41
That's what the Holy
Spirit is to do in your life.
00:35:12.61\00:35:16.01
That's the work of
the Holy Spirit, folks.
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.78
So you can't be an
angry individual and be mad.
00:35:18.98\00:35:24.22
If you are, you are
grieving the Holy Spirit.
00:35:24.42\00:35:29.06
You're grieving the Holy Spirit.
00:35:30.66\00:35:32.19
OK, one more way. You see,
00:35:32.39\00:35:36.77
why... why does
this make a difference?
00:35:36.97\00:35:39.63
When God made you,
He gave you something.
00:35:41.17\00:35:46.41
He gave you a will.
00:35:46.61\00:35:48.68
OK? By giving you a will,
00:35:48.88\00:35:53.05
that gave you the
opportunity to be on the throne.
00:35:53.35\00:35:59.29
In fact, you
know, when we're born
00:35:59.49\00:36:04.63
we're born on the
throne. Did you know that?
00:36:04.83\00:36:06.93
Yeah. If you don't know
that these little babies aren't
00:36:07.13\00:36:10.40
on the throne, then you
haven't been around very much.
00:36:10.60\00:36:13.50
You know, they're
not only on their throne,
00:36:13.50\00:36:16.07
they'll get on your
throne if you let them.
00:36:16.27\00:36:18.04
See? We're born that way.
00:36:18.24\00:36:20.78
We're born... and we even
raise our children that way
00:36:20.98\00:36:24.95
and say: "Well you can
handle this; you can do this.
00:36:24.95\00:36:27.35
You can do that. " You know?
00:36:27.35\00:36:29.45
"I can do that. "
00:36:29.45\00:36:31.45
And so we grow up thinking
that we can handle anything.
00:36:31.65\00:36:36.49
That we're on the throne.
00:36:36.69\00:36:38.39
And we make decisions
because God gave us a will.
00:36:38.59\00:36:42.70
I can say "yes.
" I can say "no. "
00:36:42.90\00:36:45.77
I can make a definite decision.
00:36:45.97\00:36:48.47
Said we can make
that decision, you know.
00:36:58.65\00:37:02.95
Do what we want to do and all.
00:37:03.15\00:37:05.45
Well, let's say...
Let's say here this evening
00:37:05.69\00:37:08.36
that you're on the throne.
00:37:08.59\00:37:10.89
OK?
00:37:11.09\00:37:12.69
That you're running your life.
00:37:12.89\00:37:14.56
That you're handling this.
00:37:14.76\00:37:16.73
That you're in charge.
00:37:16.93\00:37:18.30
Now since you are on the throne
00:37:18.50\00:37:21.67
and you're running your life,
00:37:21.87\00:37:23.17
what's going to happen?
00:37:23.37\00:37:25.11
Do you have any idea?
00:37:25.51\00:37:27.78
Well, if you're on the throne
00:37:27.98\00:37:30.38
then the works of the
flesh are going to operate.
00:37:30.61\00:37:36.48
Because you're on the
throne... You're flesh,
00:37:36.69\00:37:38.85
and the works of the
flesh are going to operate.
00:37:39.05\00:37:40.86
What are the works of the flesh?
00:37:41.09\00:37:42.29
Let's look at a few of them
here, and we'll talk about them.
00:37:42.29\00:37:44.76
But God not only gave you a will
00:37:44.99\00:37:49.53
but He gave you a brain.
00:37:49.53\00:37:51.70
Now folks, the
brain that God gave you
00:37:51.90\00:37:55.04
is a great big filing cabinet.
00:37:55.24\00:37:58.34
That's what it is.
00:37:58.54\00:38:00.21
And it files away
everything that you see,
00:38:00.41\00:38:04.85
everything that you hear,
00:38:05.05\00:38:06.92
everything that you taste,
00:38:07.12\00:38:08.78
everything that you smell,
00:38:08.98\00:38:10.39
everything that you touch.
00:38:10.59\00:38:12.09
It files all
that away perfectly,
00:38:12.29\00:38:16.09
and you can pull it
up any time you want to.
00:38:17.23\00:38:21.96
You can pull it up
and think about it.
00:38:22.16\00:38:24.67
See? Any time you want to.
00:38:24.87\00:38:26.97
All you have to do is just
go back and access it. See?
00:38:27.17\00:38:29.67
Here, you... I'll
show you what I mean.
00:38:29.90\00:38:33.88
Where were you? Where were you
00:38:34.08\00:38:38.88
when 9/11 took place?
00:38:39.08\00:38:42.08
Hmmm? When the twin towers
were bombed, where were you?
00:38:42.28\00:38:46.12
Watch all of you... doodoodoo...
00:38:46.32\00:38:48.89
Oh, yeah. That's where I was.
00:38:48.89\00:38:50.43
See? It's all stored up there.
00:38:50.63\00:38:52.79
You know where it's at.
00:38:52.79\00:38:53.93
Those of you that are old enough
00:38:54.10\00:38:55.80
I could just ask you this:
00:38:56.00\00:38:57.33
where were you when you heard
John Kennedy had been shot?
00:38:57.53\00:38:59.87
Watch it... doodoodoo.
00:39:00.07\00:39:02.37
It's all
there... See, it's there.
00:39:02.57\00:39:04.27
God... that mind files
all that away perfectly
00:39:04.47\00:39:09.38
so that we can pull it
up any time we want to.
00:39:09.58\00:39:11.88
When you pull it up
and you think about it,
00:39:12.08\00:39:16.89
the mind, if
you're on the throne,
00:39:17.79\00:39:20.99
has a problem.
00:39:21.19\00:39:22.59
Therefore what's in
your mind are going to be
00:39:31.23\00:39:34.24
works of the flesh. OK?
00:39:34.44\00:39:37.31
In fact, when I think
on things, dwell on them,
00:39:37.54\00:39:42.24
the Bible refers
to the heart. OK?
00:39:42.44\00:39:47.65
It says: "Give Me thine heart. "
00:39:47.85\00:39:51.39
What's the Bible talking
about when it talks about
00:39:51.59\00:39:54.26
your heart? Giving your heart?
00:39:54.46\00:39:56.36
Well, it tells us this.
00:39:56.56\00:39:59.29
It says:
00:39:59.49\00:40:00.60
All those come
out of man's heart.
00:40:20.82\00:40:23.55
Do you know what those are?
00:40:23.75\00:40:25.35
Those all are emotions.
00:40:25.65\00:40:29.62
And when the scripture talks
about "give Me thine heart, "
00:40:29.82\00:40:33.76
it's talking
about your emotions.
00:40:33.76\00:40:35.46
And when I take
something out of my mind
00:40:35.66\00:40:39.67
and I think about
that, that produces emotions.
00:40:39.87\00:40:44.41
Very, very important.
00:40:44.61\00:40:47.58
Once those emotions happen,
00:40:47.78\00:40:50.55
then you have actions.
00:40:50.75\00:40:54.92
See, that's what
produces actions is the emotions
00:40:55.12\00:40:58.29
produce actions.
00:40:58.29\00:40:59.59
We have actions takes place.
00:41:06.29\00:41:08.60
Those are the processes, folks,
that takes place in our lives.
00:41:08.80\00:41:11.83
OK. I have a
mind, I have a will.
00:41:12.03\00:41:15.60
I can decide who's
going to be on the throne,
00:41:15.80\00:41:17.94
who's going to run my life.
00:41:18.14\00:41:19.37
And when I do that, I
can think about things
00:41:19.57\00:41:23.88
and it produces
emotions in my life.
00:41:24.08\00:41:26.01
OK. Let's say that
you're on the throne.
00:41:26.21\00:41:29.28
You're running your life.
00:41:29.58\00:41:31.72
And since you're on the
throne running your life,
00:41:31.92\00:41:34.69
the works of the flesh
are evident, which are...
00:41:34.89\00:41:38.79
What's the first one?
00:41:39.03\00:41:40.03
Have people come to me and say
"Oh Brother Cox, I feel so bad.
00:41:45.37\00:41:49.10
I committed adultery. "
00:41:49.30\00:41:51.27
Now let me just tell
you something, folks.
00:41:52.61\00:41:54.54
That's the first
one that's listed
00:41:54.74\00:41:56.75
in the works of the flesh.
00:41:56.75\00:41:57.98
I mean, if you're going
to let the works of the flesh
00:41:59.11\00:42:01.82
operate in your
life, that happens.
00:42:01.82\00:42:04.22
I mean, that's kind of
almost like falling off a log.
00:42:04.42\00:42:07.79
It's going to happen
because it's part of the
00:42:07.99\00:42:11.09
works of the flesh.
00:42:11.09\00:42:12.56
OK. So, if I'm on the throne,
00:42:12.76\00:42:16.23
I'm in charge,
00:42:16.73\00:42:19.77
then I'm going to spend
time sitting in front of the TV
00:42:19.97\00:42:23.17
watching all these programs
00:42:23.37\00:42:28.34
that 90% of them deal
with sex and violence.
00:42:28.54\00:42:32.28
And I fill my mind
with all that stuff.
00:42:32.48\00:42:37.45
My mind is filled with that
because I sit in front of it
00:42:37.65\00:42:41.36
and watch it.
00:42:41.56\00:42:42.96
You know, I've
never understood this.
00:42:43.16\00:42:44.93
Explain this to me.
00:42:45.13\00:42:47.00
I've been in homes
where parents, you know,
00:42:47.20\00:42:52.57
were very, very
careful about their children.
00:42:52.77\00:42:56.50
And they would let
them... You know, they made them
00:42:56.71\00:43:01.34
have good manners and
they made them be respectful.
00:43:01.54\00:43:05.21
And they made them have
good morals and everything.
00:43:05.41\00:43:08.15
And those
parents would not permit
00:43:09.78\00:43:14.29
some stranger to
come into their home
00:43:15.49\00:43:19.09
and live in their home there
00:43:19.29\00:43:21.60
and use
profanity and bad manners
00:43:21.60\00:43:25.13
and immorality and all that.
00:43:25.13\00:43:27.14
They wouldn't permit
that. They'd kick 'em out.
00:43:27.14\00:43:28.77
And yet those same
parents will sit right there
00:43:29.77\00:43:33.58
and let that television
set do those very things:
00:43:33.78\00:43:37.88
teach them
profanity, immorality, and all.
00:43:38.08\00:43:43.75
I've never understood that...
00:43:43.75\00:43:45.29
how we can do that.
00:43:45.49\00:43:47.66
But if you're on the throne,
00:43:48.96\00:43:50.79
you're going to
watch that kind of stuff.
00:43:50.99\00:43:52.46
And if you watch
that kind of stuff,
00:43:52.66\00:43:54.13
then you're going to think
about it, and that produces...
00:43:54.36\00:43:58.47
See? That produces lust.
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.40
And if I think about it and
that emotion of lust takes place
00:44:02.60\00:44:07.34
in my life, then you're going
to wind up committing adultery.
00:44:07.54\00:44:11.18
Those are the simple
steps that take place.
00:44:12.71\00:44:16.22
So, you see, I can't do that.
00:44:17.29\00:44:20.02
I have to make a decision
00:44:20.22\00:44:21.86
not to permit that
to happen in my life.
00:44:22.06\00:44:25.73
OK. One other way that people
00:44:25.93\00:44:30.40
don't have the benefit of
the Holy Spirit in their life
00:44:32.83\00:44:35.17
is because they
quench the Spirit.
00:44:35.17\00:44:37.97
OK? Notice again,
that's in I Thessalonians 5:19.
00:44:40.44\00:44:44.58
"Do not quench the Spirit. "
00:44:44.78\00:44:47.12
OK. How do I quench the Spirit?
00:44:48.35\00:44:50.49
How does that take place?
00:44:50.69\00:44:52.49
Well the scripture tells us
that that takes place by fear.
00:44:52.69\00:44:55.99
If I live in fear,
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.89
I am quenching
the Spirit of God.
00:45:00.13\00:45:02.33
I cannot live that way.
00:45:02.53\00:45:05.60
How am I as a Christian,
00:45:05.80\00:45:08.64
as a person who has
received the Holy Spirit...
00:45:08.84\00:45:11.74
which you receive
when you accept Christ,
00:45:11.74\00:45:13.74
what? How am I supposed to live?
00:45:13.94\00:45:15.68
Let's back up
here in I Thessalonians
00:45:15.88\00:45:18.48
and take a look because
it will tell us in the verses
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.92
how we're supposed to live.
00:45:21.12\00:45:22.42
I Thessalonians 5:16 through 18.
00:45:22.62\00:45:25.82
So it tells you and I
that we are to rejoice?
00:45:39.70\00:45:43.61
That means I'm to be happy.
00:45:43.81\00:45:47.41
I'm not to go around defeated;
I'm not to go around sad.
00:45:48.41\00:45:52.18
I'm not to go around feeling
like everything's against me.
00:45:52.18\00:45:55.42
I'm to rejoice and
be happy in Christ.
00:45:55.62\00:45:58.52
Secondly, I'm to
pray without ceasing.
00:45:58.75\00:46:01.12
And then it says I am
to give thanks in how much?
00:46:01.42\00:46:06.19
Everything. It says I am to
give thanks in "everything. "
00:46:06.39\00:46:11.20
You mean if my son
went out and wrecked the car
00:46:12.40\00:46:14.80
I'm to thank God for that?
00:46:14.80\00:46:16.17
Huh?
00:46:17.44\00:46:18.94
Yes!
00:46:19.34\00:46:20.38
Now let me understand what...
00:46:21.51\00:46:23.01
let me clarify what I'm saying.
00:46:23.21\00:46:25.48
You have to give God
thanks for everything
00:46:26.68\00:46:32.05
because if you
don't, you're on the throne.
00:46:32.25\00:46:36.79
You think it through.
00:46:36.99\00:46:38.99
If you don't give God
thanks for everything,
00:46:39.19\00:46:42.16
then you are on the throne and
you're running your own life.
00:46:42.36\00:46:46.23
But when I give God
thanks for everything
00:46:47.44\00:46:51.41
then I'm letting
God be in charge.
00:46:51.61\00:46:53.98
I'm letting Him do
His work in my life,
00:46:54.18\00:46:56.71
which makes a
great, great difference.
00:46:56.91\00:46:59.28
You see, you and I
are not to live in fear.
00:47:13.16\00:47:17.07
We are to live in
the joy and the happiness
00:47:17.27\00:47:21.00
that there is in Jesus Christ.
00:47:21.20\00:47:23.30
When it says "do
not quench the Spirit, "
00:47:23.51\00:47:28.88
and it says we
quench it through fear,
00:47:29.91\00:47:31.88
that word quench, folks,
means like when you go and you -
00:47:32.08\00:47:36.38
how should I say? -
00:47:36.62\00:47:38.59
you quench the fire on a candle.
00:47:38.79\00:47:41.39
You go up and press it out.
00:47:41.59\00:47:43.56
That's quenching. That
means if I live in fear
00:47:43.76\00:47:47.60
I can literally
quench the Spirit.
00:47:47.76\00:47:51.43
I can get rid of it.
00:47:51.63\00:47:52.90
That's why David prayed, said:
00:47:53.10\00:47:55.07
I need it to work in
my life in a special way.
00:48:00.51\00:48:04.88
Now, if you don't want
that to happen in your life,
00:48:05.08\00:48:09.32
then you have
to make a decision.
00:48:09.52\00:48:11.85
And you are in
charge, you have a will,
00:48:12.05\00:48:15.02
you're the one that
has to make the decision.
00:48:15.22\00:48:16.93
Nobody else can make it for you.
00:48:17.13\00:48:18.59
You have to make the decision
to put Christ on the throne.
00:48:18.79\00:48:22.80
Put Him on the throne.
00:48:23.00\00:48:25.47
If I put Christ on
the throne as Paul did...
00:48:25.67\00:48:29.80
He said: "For me
to live is... " What?
00:48:30.01\00:48:32.24
"Christ. " He put Him
on the throne in his life.
00:48:32.44\00:48:35.61
When I do that, then will Christ
do anything with what's in my
00:48:35.81\00:48:39.68
mind? Absolutely!
00:48:39.68\00:48:42.68
He'll control
what goes in my mind.
00:48:42.68\00:48:44.39
Will it affect my emotions?
00:48:49.36\00:48:52.09
OK?
00:48:52.29\00:48:53.76
Yes! It affects my
emotions, what I do.
00:49:00.07\00:49:03.64
Will it affect my actions?
00:49:03.84\00:49:06.51
Absolutely!
00:49:06.71\00:49:08.18
If Christ is on the throne,
if my mind is on God's Word,
00:49:08.38\00:49:13.31
if my emotions are
doing what they should,
00:49:13.52\00:49:15.68
then the results will
be actions that are good.
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.92
Or... the fruits of the Spirit
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.12
which we will talk about
in our next presentation.
00:49:32.80\00:49:36.44
But my actions
will be good actions
00:49:37.21\00:49:40.58
and I will do the work
that God has for me to do.
00:49:40.78\00:49:45.65
But I have to be willing, folks,
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.82
to put Christ on the throne.
00:49:48.02\00:49:51.05
Now, out of all the books
00:49:51.25\00:49:56.16
that I have in my library
00:49:56.36\00:49:58.69
I have one in which,
as far as I'm concerned,
00:50:00.16\00:50:02.86
is the greatest
statement I have ever read
00:50:03.06\00:50:05.93
about the Holy Spirit and
what it does in our lives.
00:50:06.13\00:50:09.44
I'd like to read
that statement to you.
00:50:09.64\00:50:11.77
It comes from a book
called Desire of Ages.
00:50:11.97\00:50:13.74
This is what it says:
00:50:13.94\00:50:15.48
They want to what?
00:51:08.73\00:51:10.50
They want to manage themselves.
00:51:10.70\00:51:13.84
That's why they don't
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:51:14.04\00:51:16.34
Watch:
00:51:16.54\00:51:18.41
All other blessings come in its
train - that of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:38.93\00:51:44.60
I have to be willing to
put Christ on the throne.
00:51:44.83\00:51:49.54
Paul said:
00:51:49.74\00:51:50.77
Listen as David sings.
00:52:05.59\00:52:09.32
Come, Holy Spirit,
00:52:09.52\00:52:13.73
I need Thee.
00:52:13.93\00:52:17.90
Come, sweet Spirit, I pray.
00:52:19.57\00:52:25.51
Come in Thine own strength
00:52:28.51\00:52:33.05
and power,
00:52:33.05\00:52:36.22
Come in Thine own
00:52:37.79\00:52:41.56
gentle way.
00:52:41.92\00:52:45.69
Let us pray.
00:52:46.76\00:52:48.16
Heavenly Father,
00:52:48.16\00:52:50.07
we come to You tonight
00:52:50.27\00:52:52.83
asking Lord that
You'll take away from us
00:52:53.03\00:52:57.54
any sin that is so
easily besetting us.
00:52:57.94\00:53:03.18
Those sins that
You've convicted us about.
00:53:03.38\00:53:06.51
We haven't been
willing to give them up.
00:53:07.98\00:53:10.09
Lord, tonight we ask that
our hearts might be surrendered.
00:53:10.29\00:53:14.52
That we might give them...
00:53:14.92\00:53:17.26
lay them at the foot of
the cross and give them to You.
00:53:17.59\00:53:21.06
We also ask, Lord,
that if we are angry...
00:53:21.93\00:53:24.37
mad... bitter...
00:53:24.57\00:53:28.14
that You'll cleanse our hearts.
00:53:28.34\00:53:30.67
Take those things
away from us, Lord.
00:53:30.87\00:53:33.64
May the Holy Spirit
do its work in our life.
00:53:33.84\00:53:37.11
We ask Lord that
You will bless us.
00:53:37.31\00:53:40.38
Help us not to live in fear
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.55
but to live in the
assurance of God's Spirit
00:53:43.75\00:53:47.76
and all that He
does in our lives.
00:53:47.96\00:53:50.99
Bless each one here tonight.
00:53:51.19\00:53:53.19
May they be drawn close to You.
00:53:53.50\00:53:56.16
And Lord may we all, day by day,
00:53:56.16\00:53:59.47
walk in the Spirit
and not in the flesh.
00:53:59.67\00:54:03.44
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:03.64\00:54:07.98
Well God bless you.
We... our next presentation
00:54:10.05\00:54:13.78
will be on The
Fruits of the Spirit.
00:54:13.98\00:54:16.25
What the Holy Spirit
will do for you and for me.
00:54:16.45\00:54:20.26
And so we hope that the subject
00:54:20.46\00:54:22.72
of the fruit of the Spirit
00:54:22.72\00:54:23.89
will give you an idea
00:54:23.89\00:54:25.06
of how much God loves you,
00:54:25.06\00:54:27.13
how much He wants to do for you,
00:54:27.30\00:54:29.40
and what He CAN do for you
00:54:29.60\00:54:31.53
if you and I will do
just what we learned tonight.
00:54:31.73\00:54:34.07
If I'll surrender
and give it to Him.
00:54:34.27\00:54:36.81
So God bless you
in a special way.
00:54:37.01\00:54:38.94
We pray that
you'll have a good day.
00:54:39.14\00:54:41.11
God bless you.
00:54:41.31\00:54:43.14
A coal miner of old
00:54:44.25\00:54:45.88
would leave his family every day
00:54:45.88\00:54:47.48
and descend into
the depths of the earth
00:54:47.68\00:54:49.82
with the certain knowledge
that the smallest mistake
00:54:50.02\00:54:53.36
could keep him and others
from ever seeing daylight again.
00:54:53.56\00:54:56.96
Walking along in the dark,
00:54:57.16\00:54:58.63
he could only rely
upon his feeble oil lamp
00:54:58.83\00:55:02.76
to keep him alive.
00:55:02.76\00:55:04.00
He faced many
dangers down there.
00:55:04.20\00:55:06.07
Rockfalls, flooding, fires.
00:55:06.27\00:55:09.67
But perhaps the
danger he feared the most
00:55:09.87\00:55:12.64
was the one that
he could not see.
00:55:12.84\00:55:15.11
They called it
chokedamp or blackdamp:
00:55:15.11\00:55:18.35
an unbreathable mixture of gases
00:55:18.55\00:55:20.95
that could quickly
snuff out his life.
00:55:21.15\00:55:23.52
Imagine for a moment the
terror he felt when he realized
00:55:23.72\00:55:27.56
he had hit a
pocket of blackdamp.
00:55:27.76\00:55:29.82
The sudden drop in
oxygen would put out his lamp
00:55:30.03\00:55:33.13
leaving him in terrifying
darkness, fumbling in vain
00:55:33.33\00:55:37.47
to relight it before
he lost consciousness.
00:55:37.73\00:55:40.70
Then in the late 1800's,
00:55:41.84\00:55:43.81
a bright new light began
to shine in the dark world.
00:55:44.01\00:55:48.08
Using marble-sized
pellets of calcium carbide
00:55:48.28\00:55:52.35
and a few drops of water,
00:55:52.35\00:55:53.92
this new lamp produced a gas
which burned six times brighter.
00:55:54.12\00:55:58.65
Not only did it make
his job a whole lot easier
00:55:58.85\00:56:01.69
but it also saved lives.
00:56:01.89\00:56:03.96
You can see this tiny reflector
00:56:04.16\00:56:06.56
could focus that beam of light
00:56:06.76\00:56:08.53
on the roof of a mine so that he
could detect dangerous cracks.
00:56:08.73\00:56:12.77
The lamp was
also easy to re-light.
00:56:12.97\00:56:15.44
And since it
required far less oxygen,
00:56:15.64\00:56:18.37
it could illuminate the way out
00:56:18.57\00:56:20.68
should they
encounter the chokedamp.
00:56:20.88\00:56:23.14
What an incredible
illustration this is
00:56:23.35\00:56:26.51
of the condition of fallen man.
00:56:26.72\00:56:28.68
After struggling to
survive the pitfalls of life,
00:56:28.88\00:56:31.99
he suddenly realizes
the danger he could not see
00:56:32.19\00:56:35.59
had left him without hope
and gasping for his last breath
00:56:35.79\00:56:40.13
in utter spiritual darkness.
00:56:40.33\00:56:42.26
For him there is no
eternal life through Jesus.
00:56:42.46\00:56:46.23
In fact, he may not
have ever heard about Him.
00:56:46.43\00:56:49.80
But friends, just
as that bright light
00:56:51.74\00:56:54.61
of the carbide lamp saved lives,
00:56:54.81\00:56:57.35
so does the light of the Bible.
00:56:57.55\00:56:59.68
We need the light of God's Word
to illuminate the dark corners
00:56:59.88\00:57:03.75
of our hearts. It focuses
our attention on Jesus Christ...
00:57:03.75\00:57:07.49
our only hope for salvation.
00:57:07.69\00:57:09.72
And all who read and study it
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.93
are warned about
the rockfalls of life.
00:57:12.13\00:57:14.96
That's why we call this
series Give Me The Bible.
00:57:15.16\00:57:18.67
We're trying our best to
bring the light of God's truth
00:57:18.87\00:57:21.97
to those who are
living and dying in despair.
00:57:21.97\00:57:24.97
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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