Welcome to 3ABN's
Fall Camp Meeting,
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Homecoming 2018.
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Featuring inspired
messages from your 3ABN family.
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And featured
speaker Shelley Quinn.
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All to prepare your heart
for the coming of the Lord.
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Hello and welcome once again
to 3ABN's Spring Camp Meeting,
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Fall Camp Meeting,
that's right, 2018.
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And we praise the Lord
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for every one of
you that has come.
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So welcome every
one of you that is here
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and every one of
you that is joining us
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wherever you are in this world.
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During this hour,
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we have Sister
Shelley Quinn with us.
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She works as
Program Development Manager
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and Producer at 3ABN.
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And I appreciate, one
of the things I appreciate
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about Sister
Shelley Quinn is that,
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she preaches with conviction,
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compassion and also
depending on the Holy Spirit.
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So she will be out very soon
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to bring the
message to us entitled
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"His presence in the cube."
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His presence in the cube.
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And I am happy to share with you
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that we also have
Brother Tim Parton,
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he will be coming
out to play the piano,
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and Pastor Ryan Day will be
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also singing a beautiful hymn
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that will prepare our
hearts for the message
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we are going to hear.
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The title of the song is,
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"I stand in all of you."
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So if you're ready
for God's blessing,
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let's hear the message and song,
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and then we
will hear the message
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and the preaching of God's Word
through Sister Shelley Quinn
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right after this beautiful hymn.
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May God bless every one of you.
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You are beautiful
beyond description
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Too marvelous for words
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Too wonderful for comprehension
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Like nothing ever seen or heard
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Who can grasp
Your infinite wisdom?
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Who can fathom the
depths of Your love?
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You are beautiful
beyond description
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Majesty, enthroned above
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And I stand
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I stand in awe of You
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I stand
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I stand in awe of You
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Holy God to whom
all praise is due
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I stand in awe of You
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You are beautiful
beyond description
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Yet God crushed You for my sin
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In agony and deep affliction
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Cut off that I may enter in
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Who can grasp
such tender compassion?
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Who can fathom
this mercy so free?
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You are beautiful
beyond description
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Lamb of God who died for me
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And I stand
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I stand in awe of You
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I stand I stand in awe of You
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Holy God to whom
all praise is due
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I stand in awe of You
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And I stand
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I stand in awe of You
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I stand
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I stand in awe of You
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Holy God to whom
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all praise is due
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I stand in awe
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Of You
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I stand
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In awe
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Of You
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Thank you, Ryan and
Tim, for ushering us
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into the presence of the Lord.
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These gentlemen learn that song
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and my request it's one
of my favorite worship songs.
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And I thought it
was so appropriate
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for today's topic.
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Let's pray.
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Heavenly Father, we
do stand in awe of You,
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You are too great for our
human minds to understand,
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but Father I really
believe You've directed me
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to teach on this topic today.
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And I thank you for leading
me through a new study of this.
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And I just ask,
Father, help me to share
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what You've directed
in a way, in a manner
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that can have an
impact on our lives.
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In Jesus' name,
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let Your Holy Spirit
be our teacher, amen.
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Do you realize God created
us with mathematical minds?
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Math is a science,
but it is also a language
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that
astrophysicists and astronomers
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used to try to understand,
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and to describe
His great universe.
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You use math daily.
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You use math to
count, to tell the time.
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You use math to measure,
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to shop those 50% off sales.
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You use math to
bank to pay your bills
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and even to
operate your vehicle.
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If you have a car that
gets 30 miles to the gallon
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and you buy 2 gallons
of gas, how far can you go?
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Amen, 60 miles.
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I knew you look
like a smart audience.
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So I need you to help me
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with a very
simple math equation.
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If I have one here,
and one here, and one here,
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what does that equal?
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Three. Absolutely.
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Three is the correct answer.
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If we assume
addition is the right formula.
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The Bible says
in Deuteronomy 6:4,
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"Here, oh Israel,
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the Lord our
God, the Lord is one."
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That is a major
tenet of Judaism,
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they are monotheistic,
they believe in one God.
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It is a major tenet
of Christianity as well.
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Jesus quoted Deuteronomy 6:4,
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when someone asked Him,
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"What is the
greatest commandment?"
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And it's recorded
in Mark 12:28, 29.
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Paul describes God as one God.
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And we know that
in Deuteronomy 6:4,
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when it says, "The Lord is one."
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The Hebrew word
for one is echadh.
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And it means a compound unity.
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God is one,
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but He is made
up of more than one.
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When we think about,
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I believe and I
hope to show you today,
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that the Bible
teaches God, the Father, Son,
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and Holy Spirit equal one.
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Now some people
push back on that idea
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because their mathematical
mind has a hard time realizing
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how three can be one.
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So I asked God
for an illustration.
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And no sooner had I prayed that,
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then He gave me an epiphany.
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It is something I
have never heard before,
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and I have
shared this with people
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who've been in
ministry longer than I,
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and they've never
heard it before either.
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What this is, is
we need to change
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our mathematical assumptions.
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It is not addition
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because one plus, one plus, one,
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the Father, Son,
and the Holy Spirit.
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One plus, one
plus one equals three.
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The formula
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for our triune
God is on the screen.
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It is one times one,
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times one, which equals one,
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one to the third power.
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The Father, Son, and Spirit,
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the three persons of the Godhead
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are of equal essence,
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they have the exact same nature.
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Jesus said, "I and
the Father are one."
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He said, "Believe me
that I am in the Father,
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and the Father is in me."
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And then He
called the Holy Spirit,
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the Spirit of your Father.
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Paul called Jesus
the great God and Savior.
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And Paul equates
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the Holy Spirit to
the Spirit of Christ.
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They are all of
the same essence.
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One times, one
times, one equals one.
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But they are
also the divine nature
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is an indivisible essence.
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One divided by one,
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divided by one, equals one.
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One is the perfect
number to represent the Godhead.
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One is the only number
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that can be
multiplied by itself,
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and divided by itself,
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and still equal
the original number.
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To the Hebrew mind,
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harmony was
achieved by exact equality
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or by repetition
of like dimensions.
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So they saw harmony in a square
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and perfect harmony in a cube.
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When you in math, take a number
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and multiply itself by itself,
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say for example two times
two, that number is the square.
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If you multiply a
number by itself twice,
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two times, two times two,
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that number is a cube.
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One is the only
number that can be cubed
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and still have the same
value, the original number.
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One times, one times
one equals one cubed.
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Each time a cube is
mentioned in scripture,
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it is a place where God dwells.
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And I believe that
what God is showing us
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in the cube is His
invisible attribute
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of one times, one times one.
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In Romans 1:20 on the screen,
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Paul here is
writing, referring to nature.
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But He says,
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"For since the
creation of the world,
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His invisible
attributes are clearly seen,
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being understood by
the things that are made,
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even His eternal
power and Godhead."
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Well, God instructed
other things to be made.
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And I believe it is to
show His invisible attributes.
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God told Moses on the mountain.
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Let them make me a sanctuary
that I may dwell with them.
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That is the heart
of our loving God.
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He wants to
dwell with His people.
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And then, He gave
Moses the exact dimensions,
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He gave him exact instructions,
how to build this sanctuary.
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And it was
theology in a physical form,
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it explained the
plan of salvation.
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The Holy of Holies
which was the inner sanctuary,
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it was the most sacred
place of the sanctuary.
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This was where
God's Shekinah Glory
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would come down and rest
on the Ark of the Covenant,
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it was symbolic
of His throne room.
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The Holy of Holies
was a perfect cube.
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And in 1 Kings 6:20,
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we see that the Holy of Holies,
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the design was duplicated
by Solomon in the temple.
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On the screen,
1 Kings 6:20 says,
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"The inner sanctuary,
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the Holy of Holies
was twenty cubits long,
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twenty cubits wide,
and twenty cubits high."
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A perfect cube.
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Now to the Hebrew mind,
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a cube was the
symbol of perfection
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because it was
square on every side,
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and all sides and
angles corresponded
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exactly with each other.
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This indicated to them
that the Holy One of Israel
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dwelt in perfection.
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God's presence was in the cube.
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What else is a
cube in Scripture?
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The New Jerusalem
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that will be the
most holy place on earth
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where God will
dwell throughout eternity,
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and where all will
come in and see His face,
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and experience face to
face fellowship with Him.
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In Revelation 21:16,
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this describes the New
Jerusalem on the screen.
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"The city is laid
out as the square,
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its length is as
great as its breath.
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And he measured
the city with the reed:
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twelve thousand furlongs.
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Its length, and
breadth, and height are equal."
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The New Jerusalem
is a perfect cube.
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God's presence is in the cube.
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Even the perfect
unselfish love of God
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is described in
cubular language.
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Paul told the
Ephesians, that he prayed
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that all of the saints would
be able to comprehend the width,
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and the length, the
depth and the height,
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depth and height,
they're of the same dimension.
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But the width, the
length, the depth and the height
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of the love of Christ
which passes knowledge,
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the Lord our God
is one, one times,
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one times one
equals one divine being.
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And His presence is in the cube.
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Only one true God, a
single divine person...
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Excuse me, a
single divine being,
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but the Bible never
says a single person.
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Scripture clearly
describes God as existing
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in a unique plurality
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of three divine
persons who cooperate
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and are in
agreement about everything,
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they share the
nature of the Godhead,
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they share His
personality, His character,
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and the divine
attributes of deity.
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Now I have to say this.
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Our triune God is totally
unlike anything in our world.
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He is greater than
anything that we can comprehend.
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We know and believe,
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and I think you will
all agree that God is love,
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that is the essence
of His divine nature.
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He is a relational God.
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And in the next 39 minutes,
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we're going to
consider a few other things
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that God says about His nature.
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But I am approaching this
topic with humility and caution,
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we are on holy ground,
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it is beyond comprehension
for the finite human mind
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to understand the nature of God.
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So we don't want to
go beyond Scripture,
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we're going to
stick to Scripture.
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I started off, I did a
study of 150 pages is my notes.
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And then I had to
reduce that to 16,
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and I still have too much.
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But I wanted to
make sure for myself
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because sometimes
you believe something
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and I just
wanted to double check.
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But Scripture
clearly determines,
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God is self existent,
unchangeable, eternal,
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omnipresent,
omniscience, omnipotent,
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and incomprehensible.
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Jesus said in John 4:24,
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"That God is Spirit,
and those who worship Him
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must worship in
Spirit and in truth."
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And Paul wrote
in 1 Timothy 1:17,
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"God is the king, eternal,
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immortal, and invisible."
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And then again in 1
Timothy in 6:16 he says,
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"God alone has immortality
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who lives, who dwells
in an unapproachable life,
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no man has seen
Him or can't see Him."
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God is Spirit.
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He is distinct from
any material substance.
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He is transcendent.
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He is not subject
to the limitations
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of our material universe,
yet Scripture is clear.
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As a Spirit, God is not
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a mere impersonal force.
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God interacts
with His created beings
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in an intimate
and personal manner.
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Now the Bible speaks of God
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in terms of the
activities of mankind,
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of walking,
sitting, hearing, or seeing.
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But there is a sense
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in which God is not
like humanity at all.
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He does not have a
physical body like us,
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yet he is a person.
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He is a living entity,
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endeavored with
personal properties
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of understanding
will and emotion.
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And it is not
inaccurate to call God person.
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In the Greek, prosopon is used,
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it translated person,
presence, face, countenance,
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and it is used of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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Let's look to the
screen for Genesis 1:26 and 27.
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"Then God said, 'Let
us make man in our image,
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according to our likeness,"
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here we see God
speaking of Himself
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with plural pronouns,
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this expresses communication
among the divine beings.
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And then he says,
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"Let them have
dominion over the earth.
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So God created
man in His own image,
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in the image of God He
created the male and female,
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He created them."
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Scripture is not specific
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as what, to what
constitutes the image of God.
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In context, the
creation of animals and mankind
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were separate acts, we
did not evolve from an ape.
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Male and female were
created with moral, mental,
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and spiritual capacity
to have fellowship with God.
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He walked with Adam and
Eve in the cool of the evening,
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in the garden.
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We were created
with intelligence
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to exercise free will.
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What a great gift.
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And to have
dominion over the earth
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and to procreate.
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But man's fall into sin
marred God's image in us.
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1 Corinthians 15,
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just jot that down,
but don't turn there.
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We don't have time.
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Paul writes,
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"We have borne the
image of the man of dust,
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the first Adam."
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But then He gives us hope.
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"We shall also bear the
image of the heavenly man,
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the last Adam."
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At the last trumpet,
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when the
redeemed are called forth,
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and put on immortality.
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Let me tell you something,
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the reason I am a
Seventh-day Adventist Christian
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is because I
believe this church teaches
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more Bible
truths than any other.
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And if I found a
church that taught more,
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I would join it.
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Our pioneers came from
many different denominations,
00:22:53.94\00:22:58.01
many different beliefs,
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but I admire them,
that as they got together,
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and they had to
consolidate these beliefs.
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They did so through
deep study of the Scripture.
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It was a progressive study
and often a corrective study.
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They had to accept
new truths to them,
00:23:17.56\00:23:20.00
like the Sabbath,
diet, righteousness by faith.
00:23:20.03\00:23:23.57
But they also had to
release spiritual err,
00:23:23.60\00:23:28.30
like date setting or
the closed door policy
00:23:28.34\00:23:32.81
or in my absolute
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strong opinion Semitearianism.
00:23:36.88\00:23:40.25
You see, they were
the perfect example
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of Proverbs 4:18.
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The Bible says,
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"The path of the righteous
will shine ever brighter
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to the full light of day."
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Our church has 28
fundamental beliefs
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and what I love is that
the Bible alone is our creed.
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The second of our
28 fundamental beliefs
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is on the trinity.
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And here's what it states,
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"There is one God,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
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a unity of three
co-eternal persons."
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See, I am a
monotheistic Trinitarian.
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I believe in one divine being,
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who consist of
three divine persons.
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Now the word
trinity is not in the Bible,
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neither is monotheism,
neither is incarnation.
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These are words
that we have adopted
00:24:37.41\00:24:40.78
to explain what
the Bible teaches.
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Why do we
believe in the trinity?
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There are over 50
scriptures, triadic scriptures
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that mention the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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I think that is sufficient proof
00:24:54.99\00:24:56.93
to support our doctrine.
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Now the teaching on the Father
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is generally
unanimously accepted.
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So I want to
begin with Jesus Christ.
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In Philippians 2:5-7,
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this will be on
the screen for you.
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Paul writes, "Let
this mind be in you
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which was also in Christ Jesus,
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who, being in the form
of God," and in the Greek
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that's literally
existing in the form of God,
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He possess the
essential attributes,
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"did not consider it
robbery to be equal with God, "
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because He was,
00:25:31.09\00:25:32.76
"but He made
Himself of no reputation,
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taking the form
of a bondservant,
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coming in the likeness of men."
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Christ in His
pre-incarnate state,
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God of Spirit, Christ
was a spiritual being,
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equal to the
Father and the Spirit.
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He possessed all
the qualities of God.
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He has always been God,
and His love for humanity,
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He did not consider
that majesty, that equality,
00:25:56.89\00:26:02.29
something to hold on to.
00:26:02.32\00:26:04.33
No, He emptied Himself,
not of His divine nature,
00:26:04.36\00:26:08.70
but of His environment of glory.
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And the pre-incarnate
Christ came to earth
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as the eternal Son of God.
00:26:16.47\00:26:19.47
In the beginning
was the Word of God,
00:26:19.51\00:26:22.04
the Word was with
God, the Word was God.
00:26:22.08\00:26:24.51
Eternal God
became the last Adam,
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the only begotten Son of God.
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Do you know what
only begotten means?
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It actually means unique.
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One of a kind. In
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Hebrews 11, Isaac is referred to
00:26:39.23\00:26:43.16
as the only
begotten son of Abraham.
00:26:43.20\00:26:46.94
Oh, wait a minute,
Abraham had Ishmael first,
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that was his biological son,
then he had many other sons.
00:26:50.71\00:26:54.38
Yet the Bible
calls Ishmael, Isaac,
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let's see if I can confuse you.
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The Bible calls
Isaac, the only begotten son
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because Isaac was
unique to God's promise.
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The Gospel of
Luke refers to Adam
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as the son of God.
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.43
When the King of
kings and Lord of lords
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took humanity upon Himself,
in the limitation of humanity,
00:27:18.47\00:27:23.61
He became the last Adam.
00:27:23.64\00:27:27.24
And He came to earth in
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as the only begotten Son of God,
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the unique
covenant Son of promise,
00:27:33.58\00:27:36.69
for temporary
subordinate role to the Father.
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In Colossians 1:17, Paul writes,
00:27:40.16\00:27:43.96
"He is before all things,
and in Him all things consist."
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Jesus said,
"Before Abraham was I am."
00:27:49.40\00:27:53.74
He said, "I am the
Alpha and the Omega,
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the first and the last."
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And in Colossians 2:9,
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Paul says, "In
Him, in Christ dwells
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all the fullness of
the Godhead bodily."
00:28:04.28\00:28:07.68
Christ has always possessed
all the attributes of God,
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just as I believe
does the Holy Spirit.
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In the Old Testament,
two advents were promised,
00:28:15.96\00:28:20.63
the advent of
our Messiah Savior,
00:28:20.66\00:28:25.17
and the advent
of the Holy Spirit.
00:28:25.20\00:28:28.64
Now we have to understand,
00:28:28.67\00:28:31.07
the Bible is a progressive
00:28:31.11\00:28:34.74
self revelation of God.
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Theological
concepts that are introduced
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.65
in the Old Testament
are more fully developed
00:28:41.68\00:28:46.19
in the New Testament.
00:28:46.22\00:28:48.42
Both the Messiah
and the Holy Spirit
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were promised and introduced
in the Old Testament and both,
00:28:52.36\00:28:57.27
the theological concept
00:28:57.30\00:28:59.13
is more fully
developed in the new.
00:28:59.17\00:29:01.17
Now in our limited time,
00:29:01.20\00:29:02.54
I can't consider the
Holy Spirit's activity
00:29:02.57\00:29:05.01
in the process of salvation.
00:29:05.04\00:29:07.48
I simply want to
establish from Scripture,
00:29:07.51\00:29:10.85
that he is a person and
a person of the Godhead.
00:29:10.88\00:29:15.85
Now I'm defining
person as an individual
00:29:15.88\00:29:20.06
of conscious
intelligent existence
00:29:20.09\00:29:24.13
who is not an animal.
00:29:24.16\00:29:25.63
For example, we
think of the Angel Gabriel,
00:29:25.66\00:29:30.07
who is a
ministering Spirit, as a person.
00:29:30.10\00:29:33.67
We think of Satan,
who is an evil spirit,
00:29:33.70\00:29:38.04
as a person.
00:29:38.07\00:29:39.41
And Jesus said, "God is Spirit."
00:29:39.44\00:29:42.51
We certainly
consider Him as a person.
00:29:42.54\00:29:45.55
The Holy Spirit is not
00:29:45.58\00:29:47.15
a mere influencing
emanation of virtual power.
00:29:47.18\00:29:52.45
He is a conscious
intelligent person.
00:29:52.49\00:29:55.46
Some professed
Christians flatly deny
00:29:55.49\00:29:58.39
the Holy Spirit is a person.
00:29:58.43\00:29:59.76
And one of the
things I've heard,
00:29:59.79\00:30:02.00
you know, in the Greek,
the word for Spirit is pneuma.
00:30:02.03\00:30:05.33
And it can also
mean breath and wind.
00:30:05.37\00:30:08.80
So to suggest
that the Holy Spirit
00:30:08.84\00:30:11.31
is just the breath of God
and emanating virtue of power.
00:30:11.34\00:30:16.75
What anti-Trinitarians do
is that they point to John 3:38
00:30:16.78\00:30:20.25
where Jesus said,
00:30:20.28\00:30:21.62
"The wind blows
where it wishes."
00:30:21.65\00:30:23.69
You can hear it, you
can't tell where it comes from
00:30:23.72\00:30:26.86
or where it goes,
00:30:26.89\00:30:28.22
so is everyone
born of the Spirit.
00:30:28.26\00:30:30.56
This does not disprove
00:30:30.59\00:30:32.99
the personhood
of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:33.03\00:30:36.30
It simply
expresses a motive operation
00:30:36.33\00:30:40.14
like Jesus said, "I am the gate.
00:30:40.17\00:30:41.74
I am divine. I am the
door. I am the bread of life."
00:30:41.77\00:30:46.24
It is a mode of operation.
00:30:46.27\00:30:48.71
Now some
consider the Holy Spirit
00:30:48.74\00:30:50.71
an energy force from God
00:30:50.75\00:30:52.78
because He was, Acts
says He was poured out
00:30:52.81\00:30:56.45
that He was shed a blood.
00:30:56.48\00:30:57.82
But the same language
is used of the Messiah
00:30:57.85\00:31:01.62
in Isaiah 53:12.
00:31:01.66\00:31:03.99
It says, "He poured
out His soul unto death."
00:31:04.03\00:31:08.96
See, the word
poured out in the Hebrew
00:31:09.00\00:31:12.10
literally means to
expose or make naked.
00:31:12.13\00:31:16.84
This was a
metaphor that the Messiah
00:31:16.87\00:31:19.87
fully exposed Himself
00:31:19.91\00:31:22.21
to the naked reality
of death on our behalf.
00:31:22.24\00:31:25.85
The Holy Spirit poured
out His figurative language,
00:31:25.88\00:31:30.69
it is a metaphor
of Him descending.
00:31:30.72\00:31:34.06
When water is
poured out, it descends,
00:31:34.09\00:31:37.13
the Holy Spirit
descended from heaven to earth.
00:31:37.16\00:31:40.90
I believe that the public advent
00:31:40.93\00:31:42.96
of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost
00:31:43.00\00:31:45.90
was second in importance
only to the incarnation
00:31:45.93\00:31:51.84
of our Lord at the
advent of Jesus Christ.
00:31:51.87\00:31:55.41
He became
incarnate, Jesus became flesh,
00:31:55.44\00:31:59.91
so that He could
become the last Adam,
00:31:59.95\00:32:03.22
so that He could get it right,
as humanity's representative
00:32:03.25\00:32:08.56
to get it right,
to be faithful to God,
00:32:08.59\00:32:11.33
and also to be our
substitutionary sacrifice
00:32:11.36\00:32:14.90
on the cross for our sins.
00:32:14.93\00:32:17.33
Or the advent of the Holy Spirit
00:32:17.37\00:32:20.54
was also for
incarnation that He would live,
00:32:20.57\00:32:26.51
dwell in Christ redeemed,
for the purpose of ushering
00:32:26.54\00:32:30.95
and in
ministering the new covenant.
00:32:30.98\00:32:33.52
The same Holy Spirit
00:32:33.55\00:32:35.58
who had been
active among the people
00:32:35.62\00:32:37.92
from the beginning of time.
00:32:37.95\00:32:39.75
You'll probably
remember in Genesis 6:3,
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.56
Jesus or God says,
00:32:42.59\00:32:44.46
"My Spirit will not
strive with man forever."
00:32:44.49\00:32:49.36
The Holy Spirit has
always been with us.
00:32:49.40\00:32:52.17
But the spirit who
had led the disciples
00:32:52.20\00:32:55.00
working alongside
them in companion ministry
00:32:55.04\00:32:58.07
would now be
dwelling inside them.
00:32:58.11\00:33:01.44
After Pentecost,
00:33:01.48\00:33:03.55
He came to live in all believers
00:33:03.58\00:33:06.95
because that is
God's great desire
00:33:06.98\00:33:09.22
is to be with His people.
00:33:09.25\00:33:10.99
1 Corinthians 3:16, Paul says,
00:33:11.02\00:33:13.15
"Do you not know that
you are the temple of God
00:33:13.19\00:33:18.23
and that the Holy
Spirit dwells in you."
00:33:18.26\00:33:21.86
This demonstrates how personal
and relational our God is.
00:33:21.90\00:33:26.80
Now some believe that
the Holy Spirit is Jesus.
00:33:26.84\00:33:30.97
And Jesus
expressly disclaims that.
00:33:31.01\00:33:34.58
Let's look at John 14.
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We're going to
actually consider 6:16-18.
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But let's focus on John 14:16.
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Jesus said, "I
will pray the Father,
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and He will give you another..."
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Now that's a significant
word, we'll come back to it.
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"Another helper," in the
Greek it is allos paracletos,
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"that He," this other helper,
"may abide with you forever."
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A paracletos is a person,
there is not one English word
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that can translate that.
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A paracletos was an
advocate, a legal assistant,
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who defended someone's cause.
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He was an
intercessor, a counselor,
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a comforter, a helper.
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In His earthly ministry,
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Jesus was our
paracletos on earth.
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But He returned to the Father,
to prepare a place for us.
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And after making
the atonement for sin,
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Christ became our
paracletos in heaven.
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In 1 John 2:1, John
says, "If any one sins,
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we have an
advocate, in the Greek,
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a paracletos with the Father,
Jesus Christ, the righteous."
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So taking his
absence from earth,
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Jesus said, "He would send
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another paracletos."
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Another is
significant because in the Greek
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there are two words for another.
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Heteros is another
of a different kind.
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Allos is another
of the same kind.
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Jesus used
allos, allos paracletos,
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another of a like kind.
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Jesus was saying,
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"I am sending one
who is just like Me."
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The Holy Spirit has the
same character as Christ.
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He is God, no
comparison could be made
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between a person and
a mere Jesus Christ too
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as a person in a
mere abstract influence.
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So Christ was
signifying that the Holy Spirit
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would take His own
place as God's advocate
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with humanity
on earth to take up
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where Jesus'
earthly ministry left off.
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He would teach and comfort us,
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advice and defend,
and intercede for us.
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So now let's continue
with verse 17, John 14:17.
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Christ Identifies
this allos paracletos as,
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"The Spirit of truth,
whom the world cannot receive,
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because it neither
sees Him nor knows Him,
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but you know Him,
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for He dwells with
you and will be in you.
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I will not leave you as orphans,
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I will come to you."
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What did Jesus mean,
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I will not leave you as orphans?
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What does that promise mean?
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Within context,
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He is referring to the
advent of the Holy Spirit
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at Pentecost.
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When the Holy
Spirit dwells in you,
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the Father and the
Son dwell in you by faith,
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because the three are one.
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Look at Ephesians 3:16,
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Ephesians 3:16, it
will be on the screen.
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Paul praise, "That
god would grant you,
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according to the
riches of His glory,
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to be strengthened with
might through His Spirit, "
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His Holy Spirit,
"in the inner man,
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that Christ may
dwell in your hearts," how?
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"Through faith,
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that you, being
rooted and grounded in love,
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may be able to
comprehend with all the saints
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what is the width and
length and depth and height
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to know the love of
Christ which passes knowledge,
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that you may be filled
with all the fullness of God."
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In John 14:23, Jesus
made another promise.
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He says, "If anyone
loves Me, he will keep My word,
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and My Father will love
him, and We will come to him
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and make Our home with him."
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Where the Holy Spirit
dwells, the Father and the Son
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dwell by faith.
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They are equal one
times, one times one equals one.
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I believe the Word of
God unequivocally teaches
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that the Holy Spirit is as much
a conscious intelligent person
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as the Father and the Son.
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All elements that
constitute personhood and deity
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are ascribed to and
found in the Holy Spirit.
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We're going to look at
five points from Scripture
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that show He is the person,
He's endowed with wisdom,
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understanding, and a will,
he's endowed with emotions,
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with speech and a mind
that formulates thought,
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He intercedes,
Christ intercedes,
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He teaches and bears witness.
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Then if we have time,
we will look at five points
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that show His deity
that He is holy eternal,
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omniscient,
omnipotent, and omnipresent.
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So point number
one, as Christ...
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Excuse me.
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As a person the Holy
Spirit is endowed with wisdom,
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understanding, and a will.
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Look at 1
Corinthians 2:10 and 11.
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It says, "God revealed
them to us through His Spirit.
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For the Spirit searches,"
that's an act of understanding,
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"the Spirit searches all things,
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yes, the deep things of God.
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For what man knows
the things of a man
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except the spirit of
the man which is in him?"
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Now here in the Greek,
this is the self consciousness
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that resides in
a man or a woman,
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"Even so no one
knows the things of God
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except the Spirit of God."
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That is a totally
different Greek construction.
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It is not merely the
self-consciousness of God,
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but the personal Holy Spirit
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in His relation
to God, the Father."
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Then in 1 Corinthians 12:11,
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Paul speaking of spiritual gifts
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given by God.
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And 1
Corinthians 12:11 says this,
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"But one and the same
Spirit works all these things,
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distributing to
each one individually
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as He wills."
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The Holy Spirit is
endowed with a will,
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He operates with
divine prerogative.
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Paul's language would be
meaningless if the Spirit
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were only an influencing energy.
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Now open your Bibles
if you have them please
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to Acts 13.
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Acts follows
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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Acts is the history
of the first 30 years
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of the early church.
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We're going to
read three scriptures
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to prove His divine prerogative.
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Acts Chapter 13,
let's look at verse 2.
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We'll see the Holy
Spirit chose church leaders,
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He commanded and
exercised authority.
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Acts 13:2, "As they
ministered to the Lord invested,
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the Holy Spirit said,"
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now you've got to be able
to speak to say something,
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and here's what
the Holy Spirit said,
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"Now separate to me
Barnabas and Saul for the work
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to which I have called them."
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Now flip over to Acts 15.
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Acts 15, look at verse
28 because the Holy Spirit
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lead in church decisions.
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Acts 15:28, James says,
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"For it seemed
good to the Holy Spirit
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and to us to lay upon
you, no greater burden
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than these necessary things."
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So now flip to Acts 16.
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Acts 16:6.
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The Holy Spirit
led in the directing
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of where the
gospel would be preached.
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Act 16:6.
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"Now when they
gone through Phrygia
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and the region of Galatia,
they were forbidden by," whom?
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"They were
forbidden by the Holy Spirit
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to preach the word in Asia.
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After they had come to Mysia,
they tried to go to Bithynia,
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but the Spirit
did not permit them."
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So keep your
finger there in Acts
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'cause we're going
to come back there.
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Point number two, as a person
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the Holy Spirit is
endowed with emotions.
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So we'll look to the screen
for the next three scriptures.
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Romans 15:30, Paul says,
"Now I beg you, brethren,
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through the Lord Jesus Christ,
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and through the
love of the Spirit,
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that you strive together with me
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in prayers to God for me.
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The Spirit loves."
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Ephesians 4:30,
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Paul writes, "And do not
grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
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by whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption."
00:42:23.10\00:42:27.74
Only a person can be grieved.
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Then in Hebrews 10:29,
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it is written,
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"Of how much worse
punishment do you suppose,
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will be thought worthy,
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who has trampled the
Son of God underfoot,
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counted the
blood of the covenant
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by which he was
sanctified a common thing,
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and insulted the
Spirit of grace?"
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Only a person can be insulted.
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So now you've
got your finger next,
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let's turn to Acts Chapter 5.
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We have seen the
Holy Spirit loves,
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He grieves, he can be insulted.
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Acts 5:3. Acts 5:3.
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"Peter said, 'Ananias,
why is Satan filled your heart
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to lie to the Holy Spirit.' "
00:43:16.16\00:43:18.46
Only a person can be lied to.
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you got to hear
to receive testimony
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and keep back part of the
price of the lamb for yourself.
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While it remained,
was it not your own,
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and after it was sold.
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Was it not in your own control?
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Why have you conceive
this thing in your heart?
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You have not lied?
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Who did He lied to?
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The Holy Spirit.
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You have not lied
to men, but to God.
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So if lying to the
Holy Spirit is lying to God,
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the Spirit must be God.
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Now jump down to verse 9.
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Peter's now talking to...
00:43:56.13\00:43:58.50
This is Acts 5:9,
00:43:58.53\00:44:00.87
"Peter's talking to
Sapphira and he says to her,
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'How is it that you've
agreed to test to tempt
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the Spirit of the Lord?
00:44:08.51\00:44:09.94
Only a person can be tempted.' "
00:44:09.98\00:44:12.91
Now on the screen, Mark 3:28-30.
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This is a sobering passage.
00:44:18.89\00:44:21.02
Jesus is speaking and He
says, "Assuredly I say to you,
00:44:21.06\00:44:24.86
all sins will be
forgiven, the sins of men,
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and whatever
blasphemies they may utter,
00:44:27.13\00:44:29.50
but he who blasphemes
against the Holy Spirit
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never has forgiveness,
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but is subject to
eternalcondemnation..."
00:44:34.67\00:44:37.64
Verse 30
explains why he said this
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because they said, "He
has an unclean spirit."
00:44:40.34\00:44:44.35
An unclean spirit
was a fallen angel,
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a demonic spirit, a person.
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So this is clear proof
that the Holy Spirit's a person.
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If he weren't a person,
00:44:53.02\00:44:54.36
no comparative
opposition could be made
00:44:54.39\00:44:57.46
between Him and
an unclean spirit.
00:44:57.49\00:45:00.23
But it is more,
00:45:00.26\00:45:02.30
it is clear proof
that the Holy Spirit is God
00:45:02.33\00:45:08.07
because only God
can be blasphemed.
00:45:08.10\00:45:13.58
Now point number three,
00:45:13.61\00:45:15.44
as the person the Holy
Spirit is endowed with speech
00:45:15.48\00:45:19.58
and a mind that
can formulate thoughts.
00:45:19.61\00:45:21.82
Turn quickly to Acts Chapter 8.
00:45:21.85\00:45:24.05
Hope you've still
got your finger there.
00:45:24.09\00:45:26.15
We're going to look at a
few of the many, many examples
00:45:26.19\00:45:31.69
that attribute
speech to the Holy Spirit.
00:45:31.73\00:45:36.16
Acts 8:29,
00:45:36.20\00:45:39.30
"Then the Spirit
said to Philip, "
00:45:39.33\00:45:43.17
here's a quote of the Spirit,
00:45:43.20\00:45:45.57
"Go near, and
overtake this chariot."
00:45:45.61\00:45:49.28
The Spirit was directing Philip.
00:45:49.31\00:45:52.05
Flip over to Acts 10.
00:45:52.08\00:45:54.85
Acts 10 will say
he speaks to Peter
00:45:54.88\00:45:59.05
in verse 19 and 20.
00:45:59.09\00:46:00.82
While, Peter...
00:46:00.86\00:46:02.19
Acts 10:19,
00:46:02.22\00:46:04.39
"While Peter
thought about the vision,
00:46:04.43\00:46:06.90
the Spirit said to him,
00:46:06.93\00:46:11.47
'Behold, three
men are seeking you.
00:46:11.50\00:46:13.60
Arise therefore, go
down, and go with him,
00:46:13.64\00:46:17.57
doubting nothing
for I have sent them.' "
00:46:17.61\00:46:21.78
Only a person,
00:46:21.81\00:46:24.78
a person of the
Godhead can speak
00:46:24.81\00:46:27.82
and exercise divine prerogative.
00:46:27.85\00:46:32.05
In 1 Timothy 4:1 on the screen.
00:46:32.09\00:46:36.12
It says, "Now the
Spirit expressly says, "
00:46:36.16\00:46:39.49
he's not vague in his speech,
00:46:39.53\00:46:41.46
"that in latter times
00:46:41.50\00:46:43.23
some will depart from the faith,
00:46:43.26\00:46:46.94
giving heed to deceiving spirits
00:46:46.97\00:46:49.70
and doctrines of demons."
00:46:49.74\00:46:52.61
The Holy Spirit in
clear words warns us
00:46:52.64\00:46:56.54
that apostasy would be
caused by evil spirits.
00:46:56.58\00:46:59.95
Now I want you
just to listen to this,
00:46:59.98\00:47:02.28
it won't be on the screen.
00:47:02.32\00:47:04.32
But this is an
Old Testament text.
00:47:04.35\00:47:07.26
It comes from Isaiah 63:10.
00:47:07.29\00:47:11.59
And it says,
00:47:11.63\00:47:12.96
"They rebelled
00:47:12.99\00:47:14.66
and grieved His Holy Spirit.
00:47:14.70\00:47:19.03
So he, the Spirit,
00:47:19.07\00:47:21.24
turned himself
against them as an enemy
00:47:21.27\00:47:23.81
and he fought against them."
00:47:23.84\00:47:26.17
Now let's look at
Hebrews 3:7 on the screen
00:47:26.21\00:47:30.58
because these
two tie in together.
00:47:30.61\00:47:33.98
Hebrews 3:7,
00:47:34.02\00:47:35.42
"Therefore, as
the Holy Spirit says:
00:47:35.45\00:47:39.02
'Today, if you
will hear His voice,
00:47:39.05\00:47:40.69
Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion.
00:47:40.72\00:47:42.92
In the day of the
trial in the wilderness,
00:47:42.96\00:47:45.29
Where your fathers
tested Me, tried Me,
00:47:45.33\00:47:49.96
and saw My works
for forty years."
00:47:50.00\00:47:52.53
See how those two
dovetailed together.
00:47:52.57\00:47:56.54
This is a quote from
Psalm 95, where God is speaking.
00:47:56.57\00:48:01.58
And it is attributed
00:48:01.61\00:48:04.15
to the speech
of the Holy Spirit.
00:48:04.18\00:48:06.25
Point number four, the
Holy Spirit intercedes,
00:48:06.28\00:48:10.95
the Holy Spirit intercedes.
00:48:10.99\00:48:13.19
"Likewise the Spirit
also helps in our weaknesses.
00:48:13.22\00:48:16.49
For we do not know
00:48:16.52\00:48:17.86
what we should
pray for as we ought,
00:48:17.89\00:48:19.29
but the Spirit Himself..."
00:48:19.33\00:48:21.53
Now in the King James Version,
00:48:21.56\00:48:23.60
it says the Spirit itself.
00:48:23.63\00:48:25.77
"But the Spirit Himself
makes intercession for us
00:48:25.80\00:48:29.17
with groanings
which cannot be uttered."
00:48:29.20\00:48:32.11
Christ
intercession to the Father
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.28
proved that He was a
person distinct from the Father.
00:48:34.31\00:48:38.01
The same for the Holy
Spirit, his intercession proves,
00:48:38.05\00:48:42.52
he is distinct personhood.
00:48:42.55\00:48:44.95
Now there is much fuss
about the King James Version
00:48:44.99\00:48:49.16
and the translator
saying, "The Spirit itself..."
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Let me tell you something,
00:48:53.43\00:48:54.90
in the Greek that is
grammatically correct.
00:48:54.93\00:48:57.10
Spirit is neuter gender.
00:48:57.13\00:49:00.54
But other translators came along
00:49:00.57\00:49:03.04
and they changed it
to the Spirit Himself
00:49:03.07\00:49:06.01
because every time
00:49:06.04\00:49:08.81
Jesus referred
to the Holy Spirit,
00:49:08.84\00:49:12.78
He used the emphatic
male personal pronouns,
00:49:12.81\00:49:18.32
He, Him, or Himself
00:49:18.35\00:49:21.42
when referring
to the Holy Spirit.
00:49:21.46\00:49:24.83
I believe it is a grave
error to use it or itself
00:49:24.86\00:49:29.46
when referring
to the Holy Spirit,
00:49:29.50\00:49:30.93
even though it's
grammatically correct
00:49:30.97\00:49:33.64
because Spirit is neuter gender.
00:49:33.67\00:49:36.20
But we wouldn't
say, "God is Spirit, "
00:49:36.24\00:49:40.41
and when you worship it,
worship in Spirit and truth
00:49:40.44\00:49:44.51
because we know
00:49:44.55\00:49:48.18
that God is a person.
00:49:48.22\00:49:51.15
Under our next point,
00:49:51.19\00:49:52.52
we're going to
look at two scriptures.
00:49:52.55\00:49:53.89
The first one says, "Jesus says,
00:49:53.92\00:49:55.62
'The Father will
send the Spirit.' "
00:49:55.66\00:49:57.43
The second one, He says,
"I will send the Spirit."
00:49:57.46\00:50:00.36
There is no
contradiction in this
00:50:00.40\00:50:02.70
because they
always act in concert.
00:50:02.73\00:50:05.50
So point number five,
the Holy Spirit teaches
00:50:05.53\00:50:10.01
and bears witness.
00:50:10.04\00:50:11.87
John 14:26.
00:50:11.91\00:50:14.78
John 14:26, "But the helper,
00:50:14.81\00:50:17.85
the paracletos, the Holy Spirit
00:50:18.85\00:50:21.45
whom the Father will
send in My name, He,"
00:50:21.48\00:50:26.02
Jesus is using that
personal male pronoun,
00:50:26.05\00:50:28.99
"will teach you all things."
00:50:29.02\00:50:31.76
In other words,
He's all knowing,
00:50:31.79\00:50:33.13
He's omniscient.
00:50:33.16\00:50:34.50
"He will bring
to your remembrance
00:50:34.53\00:50:35.86
all things that I said to you."
00:50:35.90\00:50:37.47
He teaches both
the new and the old.
00:50:37.50\00:50:40.80
Christ
constantly used he and him
00:50:40.84\00:50:44.47
in referring to the Holy Spirit.
00:50:44.51\00:50:47.44
Let me ask you, do you think
00:50:47.48\00:50:50.35
our Savior would
have employed language
00:50:50.38\00:50:54.88
that would
confuse His disciples?
00:50:54.92\00:50:58.32
Would we dare accuse Him
of such a frightful error?
00:50:58.35\00:51:04.16
There's no other alternative
than to regard the Holy Spirit
00:51:04.19\00:51:09.63
as another
person of the Godhead.
00:51:09.66\00:51:12.43
John 15:26, "Jesus says,
'But when the Helper comes,
00:51:12.47\00:51:18.37
whom I shall send you
00:51:18.41\00:51:20.78
from the Father,
the Spirit of truth
00:51:20.81\00:51:23.51
who proceeds from the Father, "
00:51:23.55\00:51:25.75
and in the Greek the
literal is that He proceeds
00:51:25.78\00:51:29.88
from beside the Father,
00:51:29.92\00:51:32.35
"He, this Holy
Spirit, will testify of Me."
00:51:32.39\00:51:37.33
Jesus said about seven
times that He would give
00:51:37.36\00:51:39.93
or send the Holy Spirit.
00:51:39.96\00:51:41.46
To me that's additional proof
that the Spirit is a person
00:51:41.50\00:51:44.47
or Jesus' language would be
useless, it would be senseless.
00:51:44.50\00:51:47.30
He called this the Holy
Spirit, the Spirit of truth.
00:51:47.34\00:51:52.27
His disciples
didn't grasp all the truths
00:51:52.31\00:51:54.74
that Jesus tried to
teach them while on earth.
00:51:54.78\00:51:58.35
But when the Spirit
came, He made it plain to them.
00:51:58.38\00:52:02.45
Spirit guided Bible
study is progressive,
00:52:02.48\00:52:07.59
there is a progressive
understanding of the truth
00:52:07.62\00:52:10.26
as we are ready to receive it.
00:52:10.29\00:52:13.09
And the Spirit will
never teach us anything
00:52:13.13\00:52:15.63
that is not in Scripture.
00:52:15.66\00:52:17.37
In Romans 8:16,
00:52:17.40\00:52:20.14
it says, "The Spirit Himself
bears witness with our spirit
00:52:20.17\00:52:23.77
that we are children of God."
00:52:23.81\00:52:25.71
Bears witness
is a forensic term.
00:52:25.74\00:52:28.98
It denotes that He
is supplying evidence,
00:52:29.01\00:52:31.98
legal proof, and
only an intelligent being
00:52:32.01\00:52:37.25
could perform this function.
00:52:37.29\00:52:39.19
The Holy Spirit is a person.
00:52:39.22\00:52:42.62
Now Scripture clearly
and abundantly shows us
00:52:42.66\00:52:48.26
that the Holy Spirit
has the attributes of deity
00:52:48.30\00:52:51.93
that are peculiar to God.
00:52:51.97\00:52:55.00
First the Holy
Spirit is imminently holy
00:52:55.04\00:52:58.21
as His name indicates.
00:52:58.24\00:53:00.34
But the Holy Spirit
is eternal and attribute
00:53:00.38\00:53:03.95
that is exclusive to God.
00:53:03.98\00:53:06.18
In Hebrews 9:14, it says,
00:53:06.21\00:53:09.32
"How much more
shall the blood of Christ,
00:53:09.35\00:53:11.82
who through the eternal Spirit,"
00:53:11.85\00:53:14.39
and remember God
can be called eternal,
00:53:14.42\00:53:16.83
"offered Himself
without spot to God,
00:53:16.86\00:53:19.59
cleanse your
conscience from dead works
00:53:19.63\00:53:22.10
to serve the living God."
00:53:22.13\00:53:24.80
He also...
00:53:24.83\00:53:26.87
Point number
eight is omniscient,
00:53:26.90\00:53:29.50
He is all knowing.
00:53:29.54\00:53:31.24
We've already reviewed
John 14:26 when Jesus said,
00:53:31.27\00:53:34.78
"He's going to
send the Holy Spirit,
00:53:34.81\00:53:36.91
who would teach us all things
and bring to our remembrance,
00:53:36.95\00:53:41.18
everything He said."
00:53:41.22\00:53:42.78
Point number
nine, He is omnipresent.
00:53:42.82\00:53:45.79
He is everywhere.
00:53:45.82\00:53:47.59
In Psalm 139:7-10,
00:53:47.62\00:53:52.36
we're just
going to read 7 and 8.
00:53:52.39\00:53:54.53
He says,
00:53:54.56\00:53:55.90
"Where can I go
from Your Spirit?
00:53:55.93\00:53:58.43
Or where can I
flee from Your presence?
00:53:58.47\00:54:01.07
If I ascend into
heaven, You are there,
00:54:01.10\00:54:03.51
if I make my bed in hell,"
00:54:03.54\00:54:05.41
speaking of the grave,
00:54:05.44\00:54:06.84
"behold, You are there.
00:54:06.88\00:54:08.64
And He is..."
00:54:08.68\00:54:10.35
The tenth point, omnipotent.
00:54:10.38\00:54:13.11
Luke 1:35, "The
angel said and said to her,
00:54:13.15\00:54:17.52
'The Holy Spirit
will come upon you.
00:54:17.55\00:54:19.85
And the power of the
highest will overshadow you.
00:54:19.89\00:54:22.12
Therefore, also the
Holy One who is to be born
00:54:22.16\00:54:26.59
will be called the Son of God."
00:54:26.63\00:54:29.86
The Holy Spirit
miraculously formed
00:54:29.90\00:54:33.97
the incarnate Christ in Mary,
00:54:34.00\00:54:37.67
and then He
anointed Him for ministry.
00:54:37.71\00:54:41.14
Creation is attributed
as much to the Holy Spirit
00:54:41.18\00:54:44.21
as it is to the
Father and the Son.
00:54:44.25\00:54:46.38
Romans 8:11 says,
00:54:46.41\00:54:47.75
"The Holy Spirit
raised Jesus from the dead,
00:54:47.78\00:54:51.15
who but a divine person
00:54:51.19\00:54:54.66
could have accomplished this."
00:54:54.69\00:54:58.89
I believe that the
doctrine of the triune God
00:54:58.93\00:55:03.06
is an important matter.
00:55:03.10\00:55:06.20
The Bible plainly teaches
00:55:06.23\00:55:09.87
three divine persons
00:55:09.90\00:55:12.34
equal one divine being.
00:55:12.37\00:55:15.88
This is mysterious to us,
00:55:15.91\00:55:19.18
it is
inexplicable to human race.
00:55:19.21\00:55:22.48
And although they were
co-eternal, co-essential,
00:55:22.52\00:55:26.02
and co-equal,
00:55:26.05\00:55:27.39
we see a historic submission
00:55:27.42\00:55:30.13
in the history of
ministry on earth.
00:55:30.16\00:55:33.46
Christ submitted
to the Father's will,
00:55:33.50\00:55:36.10
the Holy Spirit
submits to Jesus' authority.
00:55:36.13\00:55:40.24
This is the absolute humility
00:55:40.27\00:55:44.91
of the Godhead.
00:55:44.94\00:55:46.71
There is no competition.
00:55:46.74\00:55:49.34
This is other centered love.
00:55:49.38\00:55:52.81
The advent of the Holy Spirit
00:55:52.85\00:55:55.15
is the
fulfillment of divine promises
00:55:55.18\00:55:57.45
in the Old Testament
and in the New Testament.
00:55:57.49\00:55:59.69
He came to witness
under Christ exaltation
00:55:59.72\00:56:03.09
to take Christ place on earth,
00:56:03.12\00:56:05.03
and to continue and
complete the cause of Christ,
00:56:05.06\00:56:08.86
to ignore the Holy Spirit
00:56:08.90\00:56:11.70
as the distinct third
person of the Godhead,
00:56:11.73\00:56:15.70
dishonors and grieves Him.
00:56:15.74\00:56:18.57
We're not giving Him
the glory do His name.
00:56:18.61\00:56:21.44
He's our helper, our comforter,
our teacher, our counselor,
00:56:21.48\00:56:26.21
and our advocate.
00:56:26.25\00:56:27.78
And His great work of salvation
is so necessary for us.
00:56:27.82\00:56:32.35
He's the one who sanctifies,
exhorts, inspires, and guides.
00:56:32.39\00:56:37.03
I believe the Holy Spirit
00:56:37.06\00:56:39.19
is the third
personal power of the Godhead.
00:56:39.23\00:56:43.77
God's presence is in the cube.
00:56:43.80\00:56:49.30
One times one,
00:56:49.34\00:56:52.24
times one equals one,
00:56:52.27\00:56:55.98
one to the power of three.
00:56:56.01\00:57:00.58
The Father, the
Son, and the Holy Spirit,
00:57:00.62\00:57:06.19
one to the power of three.
00:57:06.22\00:57:10.76
My, Brothers and Sisters,
I want to encourage you,
00:57:10.79\00:57:15.00
as I did, go back,
restudy, make sure that
00:57:15.03\00:57:19.93
what you're
holding on to is truth.
00:57:19.97\00:57:23.84
God's presence is in the cube,
00:57:23.87\00:57:26.88
and I don't want you to miss it.
00:57:26.91\00:57:29.54
God bless.
00:57:29.58\00:57:30.91