I'm asking you to go
with me to the book of John.
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The gospel is written by John.
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What book did I say?
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John, Chapter 14,
and we're going to read
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a rather lengthy
reading to try and set the stage
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for what we want to talk about.
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I'm in John 14,
beginning at verse 14.
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John 14:14, we're going to read
all the way down to verse 21.
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Give you a second to find it.
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John chapter 14, the
gospel of John, St. John 14,
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and I'm beginning with verse 14.
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Can you say Amen?
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Powerful text of scripture!
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Christ is saying
many, many things
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and we want to walk
our way through them.
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First of all, Christ
promises us another helper.
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Got one helper,
his name is Jesus,
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but Jesus promises us another
helper making it twice as nice.
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Can you say amen?
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That's where the
title comes from.
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We have two helpers.
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We have Jesus, and
we have another helper,
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the Greek here calls
it the allos paraklatos,
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or the allos paraklaton.
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That's the word that is
translated; another helper.
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The King James translates
that; another comforter.
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Comforter, helper;
pretty much the same thing.
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The Bible says allos.
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It uses the word allos.
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It's a very
interesting Greek word.
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It's opposite is heteros.
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Allos means
another of the same kind.
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Heteros means
another of a different kind.
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We hear:
heterosexual or heterogeneous,
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another, but of
a different kind.
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Allos means
another of the same kind.
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Christ says I'm
going to send you somebody.
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It's going to be somebody
else, but he's of the same kind.
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Can you say amen?
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Same as me; thinks like me,
acts like me, talks like me,
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carries the
same message as I do.
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I'm going to send you somebody
else, but it's going to be
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of the same kind.
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Then he calls it the paraklatos.
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That is the word that
is translated; helper.
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Para meaning standing
alongside or working inside.
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You hear the word parasite.
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A parasite is something which
goes in and lives off of you.
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Well, the paraklatos
is something that goes in
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and helps you, lifts you
up, doesn't make you weaker
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like a parasite, but
indeed, makes you stronger.
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Christ is saying
something important here.
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He is saying, I am going
to go away, but I'm going to
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leave you somebody
else who's like me,
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who will stand beside you
and work in you and help you.
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Can you say amen?
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I'm not going to
leave you an orphan.
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Christ says that I
don't have any stepchildren.
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I don't have
any foster children.
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I'm going to send
you somebody special
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who's going to work with
you, who's going to help you,
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who's going to work alongside
you, and who's going to help
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to lift you up.
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This he calls
the allos paraklatos.
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I'm going to send you somebody
to help you on the way to glory.
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We can thank God for that.
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It's a new kind of helper.
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He'll have the same personage.
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He'll have the same mission.
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He'll have the same calling.
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He'll have the same goal.
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He'll have the same objective.
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He'll teach the same things.
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He'll preach the same things.
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He'll show you the same things.
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He'll live out the same things.
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He is going to be a little
different in function and role
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but the same things I
teach you this new helper
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is going to teach
you the selfsame things.
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Can you say amen?
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This new helper is not
going to invent anything new.
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On the contrary, John 14:26
tells me that he's going to
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teach and preach the same things
that Jesus taught and preached
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not going to invent anything
new, in fact, Christ says
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he will testify of me.
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In John 14, Jesus
himself ties it all together
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with a beautiful cord.
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He says, this new helper is
going to have the same mission.
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He's going to
teach you about lordship.
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He's going to teach you
about victorious living.
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He's going to teach you
about commandment keeping.
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He's going to teach
you the gospel of truth.
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He's going to teach you how
to live victorious in Christ.
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He will be the presence
and power of the Most High God.
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Christ here, shows us
that this new helper will work
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hand in hand with Jesus and
God the Father in our salvation.
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Jesus doesn't say flatly,
you know, Keep My commandments,
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and then wipe His hands
and ride off into the sunset.
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Look at how he follows it up.
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He says, Keep my
commandments if you love Me,
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and I'm going to
give you some help.
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Can you say amen?
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Christ doesn't say, just keep
my commandments, just do it.
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He says, No, no, if you
love me, keep my commandments,
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and I'm going to give you some
help to do what I ask you to do.
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This isn't going
to be part-time help.
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This is not going
to be occasional help.
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This is not going
to be off and on help.
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This is going to be full-time
life long help from within
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that will assist you in
victorious Christian living.
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Christ says, Do it and
I'll give you help to do it
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to make sure that you do it,
and that you do it successfully.
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Pretty soon, He says, the
world is not going to see Me,
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but you'll see Me, you will.
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Don't look in Bethlehem anymore.
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Don't look in Nazareth, Bethany,
Capernaum or even Jerusalem.
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Christ says, My new
residence, My new address,
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My new post office
box is gonna be in here.
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I'm not going to be walking the
streets of Palestine anymore,
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but through the power of
this new helper I plan on taking
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up residence inside your heart.
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Can you say amen?
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As long as you keep the
welcome mat open, Jesus says,
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I will stay with you,
through My Holy Spirit, forever.
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Praise God.
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Let's demystify, let's
demythologize this entity
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known as the Holy Spirit.
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We're going to do a lot of
text hopping so I want you to
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limber your fingers up.
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We're going to go through a
lot of texts in the word of God.
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First of all, you'll note
that the Bible does not say it,
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and I didn't say it, I said He.
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The Holy Spirit has
and is a personality.
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What did I say?
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The Holy Spirit has
and is a personality.
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Let's go to the word of God.
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I'm in the book of 1 Corinthians
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What book did I say?
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1 Corinthians chapter 2, we're
going to begin our reading at
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verse 9, 1
Corinthians 2 and verse 9.
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Can you say amen?
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So the Holy Spirit knows
the things of God and as such
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is able to show us and
teach us the things of God.
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Anything that we
really know about God, we know
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through the agency
of the Holy Spirit.
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None of us have seen God.
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Amen.
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How do we know about God?..
through the Spirit of God!
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Through that
person of the godhead
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which teaches us about God.
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That's how we know about God.
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That's how we
understand about God.
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That's how we
communicate with God...
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through the Spirit of
God, through this third person
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of the godhead.
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Number 1: The
Spirit has personality.
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If you're
writing, write that down.
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Very important.
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He also has knowledge.
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When we read and study and
meditate on the things of God,
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and that light shines in
your soul, that is evidence
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of the presence and
power of the Holy Spirit.
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It is.
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Sometimes you're
listening to a sermon.
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You feel a little tingling
down in the pit of your stomach.
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You know? You know what that is?
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Spirit of God.
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It's the pricking
power of the Spirit of God.
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Sometimes when I'm
preparing a sermon,
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and my wife
knows this to be true,
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I'm writing and sometimes I
have to get up and walk around
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and I shake myself.
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You read something in the Bible.
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I had an old friend, a Methodist
pastor, who used to say you get
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slapped by the Holy Ghost.
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Sometimes when you are studying
you read something that just
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hits you right where you live.
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You got to put the Bible down
and just get up and walk around.
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I'll be writing something and
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all of a sudden
I'll be in the bedroom.
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Irma's like, what
are you doing in here?
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I gotta walk,
gotta walk, gotta walk.
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God will give you something that
touches right where you live.
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It just thrills your soul and
for me I gotta get up and shake;
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just gotta walk
around a little bit.
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That's the power
of the Holy Ghost.
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The Holy Spirit
will do that for you.
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Sometimes you go to church
and your feeling just like
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you've been run over
by a forty ton truck.
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As you get in church the
one song you need to hear
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is the song that
somebody sings that day, Amen.
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The one sermon that
you need to hear preached
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that's the sermon the
pastor preaches, and it's like
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that service was
tailor-made for you.
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You come out praising.. you know
as you're in church it's just...
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my favorite writer, Ellen
White calls it spiritual heat.
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You get in there and the
heat just turns up and you start
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feeling good about the Lord and
you feel good about the church
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and you feel good
about being a child of God.
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It's just something comes
over you and you're just...
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you just can't... you're
just squirming in your seat
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cause it's just good,
good, good, good, good!
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That's the Spirit of
God quickening your soul.
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It's a little hug from the Lord.
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The Spirit teaches and
it educates and it makes
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you glad to be a child of God.
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So when the word
does get in it is carried
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on the wings of the Holy Spirit.
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Can you say amen?
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So, now let's go on.
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Number 3: The Spirit has will.
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Now what did I say?
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The Spirit has will.
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I'm in the book of 1
Corinthians, chapter 12.
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1 Corinthians,
chapter 12 and verse 11.
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Now I put that text in there
for this particular reason;
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so that you don't walk away from
here believing that the Spirit
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is some sort of inanimate force.
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This is not Star Wars.
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This is not, "May
the Force Be With You".
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The Spirit has a mind, it has a
personality, and it has a will.
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That means it goes
where it wants to go.
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In other words, listen to me
folks, you don't use the Spirit
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the Spirit uses you.
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Amen... Amen.
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The Spirit goes
where it wants to go.
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I'll tell you something.
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The Spirit, like Jesus,
does not go where it is not
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wanted or invited.
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God is not gonna
kick your door down.
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You gotta want Him in.
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Now He'll hear
your faintest cry.
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If you make a little
peep; He's right there.
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but He's not
gonna kick your door in.
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No sir, you gotta ask Him.
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When you ask Him, He'll come
a running', I guarantee you.
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Now, come a runnin' is kind
of a southern Illinois thing.
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Those of you who are from New
York I don't usually say that.
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I don't say come a runnin'.
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It's startin' to slip
and I heard Pastor Pinero say
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ya'll a little while ago.
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Being an east coast guy from
Puerto Rico, his language has
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elevated a little bit.
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He's including ya'll in there.
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I heard myself say
ya'll the other day.
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It does come out; you tend to
pick up from your surroundings.
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The Spirit has will.
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We don't use the
Spirit, the Spirit uses us.
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Let's go on.
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The Spirit also has a mind.
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What did I say?
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The Spirit has a mind.
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I'm in the book of
Romans, what did I say?
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Romans chapter 8 and verse 27.
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Romans 8:27.
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So the Spirit has a mind.
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It operates, it thinks,
it helps, it encourages,
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it lifts up; the
Holy Spirit has a mind.
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It is not just a force.
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It is a personage.
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It is the third
person of the godhead.
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Well, what else
does the Spirit do?
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Number 5: The Spirit loves.
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Amen. Well God loves.
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God so loved that He gave.
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Jesus loves.
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The Bible says, 1 John 4:8, "he
that loveth not knoweth not God.
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"For God is love. "
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So it should not surprise
us that the Spirit loves.
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Let's go to the book of Romans.
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What book did I say?
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I'm in Romans
chapter 15 and verse 30.
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Romans 15 and verse 30.
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The key word there is
the love of the Spirit.
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God loves you. Praise the Lord.
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Jesus loves
you. Praise the Lord.
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Spirit loves
you. Praise the Lord.
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God the Father loves you.
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Holy Spirit loves you.
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Jesus sure does love you. Amen.
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Amen. So the Spirit loves.
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The Spirit talks and also
enjoys fellowshipping with us.
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I'm in II
Corinthians chapter 13 verse 14.
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II Corinthians
chapter 13 and verse 14.
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This is Paul's sort of sign off.
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He's saying may the communion
of the Spirit be with you.
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Do you know what
else the Spirit does?
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It binds us together. Amen.
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One of the greatest
things about being a Christian
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is being with other Christians.
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Amen. When heart to
heart and breast to breast
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with those who love
the Lord like you do.
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We go to work and we
go to different places
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and we have to associate with
those who don't love the Lord
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and we are called to
shed our light in the lives of
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those who don't love the Lord;
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but it's nice to come together
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with people who
think like you do. Amen?
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Who love the Lord like you do.
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Who worship God like you do.
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Who care about
the Lord like you do.
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The Spirit binds us together.
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It helps us to unite our hands,
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but it also helps us
to unite our hearts. Amen.
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Amen. That's why when
somebody else does good
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or gets something
good I rejoice with them.
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Amen. You get a brand new
car and bring it to church.
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I rejoice with your new car.
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If I need a ride home
I expect to get a ride
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in your new car. Amen.
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That's what the Spirit does.
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It makes us one in the Lord.
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Amen. I enjoy going to potluck
at people... you know I like
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potluck at church.
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I really, really, really
enjoy going to people's house
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after church for dinner.
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I do. I like potluck.
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There's something about going
to somebody's house after church
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and eating dinner.
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Maybe it's because I didn't
grow up in an Adventist home.
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When I went home, since
my family was not Christian,
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I basically had to go in a
room by myself, all those years,
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and try to keep
Sabbath holy, myself.
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My family were
football watchers.
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They were football watchers.
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They...
Everybody had their own TV.
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Sister had a TV in her room.
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Mother had a TV.
Father had a tat.
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No one could watch TV together,
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because they all
watched TV differently.
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My sister liked to scream
and throw things at the TV.
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My father likes it perfectly
quiet when he's watching TV,
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so they couldn't watch together.
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My mother didn't
watch it with either of them
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because she liked it
sometimes quiet and some...
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so when I came home on Sabbath
I had three TV's in the house
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all of them had on football.
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Sister screaming...
Daddy... paying attention...
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and my mother running back and
forth, cooking and watching TV
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at the same time, so I had to go
in my room to stay away from TV.
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Now, as an
adult, when I pastored,
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and someone invited me
home to a Sabbath afternoon meal
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where it was quiet and
they're praising the Lord
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and they're is
Christian music on.
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That is just the ultimate
for me; has always been.
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I love going to Sabbath,
so if you ever invite me to
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Sabbath afternoon dinner.
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I'm not going to turn you down.
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No way.
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Amen.
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So the Spirit binds us
together is my point, Amen.
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Let's go on. The Holy
Spirit can be grieved.
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This is an important one.
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The Holy Spirit can be grieved.
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I'm in the book of Ephesians.
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What book did I say?
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Ephesians chapter 4, verse 30.
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Ephesians 4 and verse 30.
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Let's read the word of God.
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Powerful text. God is
saying in His word, don't grieve
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the Spirit of God.
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Don't fight
against the Spirit of God.
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It is the Spirit of God
that pricks your conscience
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and affirms for you
that what God is telling you,
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what you're reading
in the word is true.
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So when you read it,
for God's sake, do it.
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Amen. If you don't you are
wearying, you are fatiguing,
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you are grieving
the Spirit of God.
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You're pushing back,
you're fighting against
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the Spirit of God,
because it's the Spirit's job
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to convict you of sin.
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When you come to church and
you're feeling comfortable don't
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don't get mad at the preacher
for stepping on your toes.
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The preacher just
preached the word.
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It's the Spirit that quickens.
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So if your toes are a
little tight in your shoes,
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not my fault; Holy Ghost.
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Amen.
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Don't grieve the Spirit of God.
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Don't fight
against the Spirit of God.
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Work with the Spirit of God.
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Allow it to teach you and
move you from grace to grace
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and strength to
strength and victory to victory.
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By the way, let me say this.
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When you blow up
and get out of control
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the Spirit of God
takes a step back.
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One of the things the
Spirit of God gives you
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is commitment and control.
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You commit your life to Jesus.
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Holy Spirit seals the commitment
and gives you control.
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So you're not like a
runaway freight train.
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Got a short temper?
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The Holy Spirit
lengthens your fuse.
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If you walk around all day
like you're sucking on a lemon
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and mad at
everybody and everything.
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You need to check
your Spirit quotient.
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You need to pull
over and get a fill-up.
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The Holy Spirit
lengthens your fuse.
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It makes you nicer
and sweeter to be around.
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Let me add this,
this is not in the Bible,
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this is my own
personal exogenous.
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I think when you get the Spirit
of God you actually look better.
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Makes you better looking.
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Amen. Certainly
makes you smile more.
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You always look
better when you smile.
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So it makes you
look better. Amen.
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This text, before I
leave it, is an important text.
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We don't want to be fighting
against the Spirit of God.
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We want to work with the Spirit
of God for our own salvation.
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Now, as such, the Spirit of God,
the Holy Spirit can be insulted.
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Did you know that?
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It can be insulted.
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Let's go to the book of
Hebrews. What book did I say?
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I'm in the book of Hebrews
chapter 10, and verse 29.
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Hebrews 10:29.
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Powerful text. Powerful text.
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The text that precedes it
says back in the days of Moses
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you could be
condemned, out of the mouth
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of two or three witnesses.
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Three people come
together and say, He did it.
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You're condemned.
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The Bible is saying, back in
the day two or three witnesses
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could condemn a person.
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How much more are we worthy
of condemnation if we reject
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the power and presence of God?
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If we reject God's offer
of salvation and His promise
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of the Spirit to help us
get saved... if we reject that,
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we lose our salvation and
we insult the Spirit of God.
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This ladies and gentleman
is a very powerful text.
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It's one of those pit stop texts
that we find in the word of God.
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It's one of those.. check
engine light.. kind of texts.
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You know what I mean.
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When the engine light
comes on you need to pull over
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and check your engine
immediately because you
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could get stranded on the road.
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This is a text like that.
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The Bible is saying, if
you cast away your salvation,
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if you neglect your
salvation, if your don't work
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with the Spirit
you're in bad shape.
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Amen. The Spirit is there to
help you get out of this world
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and into the next.
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If you just push away the Spirit
it's gonna be bad for you.
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Don't reject Jesus and
don't insult the Holy Spirit.
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When you read something in
the word of God and the Bible
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pricks your conscience and tells
you this is the way, walk in it.
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Dare I say, get walking NOW!
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Amen! Don't wait, don't
hesitate, don't vacillate,
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don't consider, don't stutter,
don't stumble.. GET GOING...
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and do the will of God, Amen.
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The Spirit will help
you to do the will of God.
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So then, the
Spirit can be lied to.
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What did I say?
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The Spirit can be lied to.
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I'm in the book of Acts.
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What book did I say?
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I'm in Acts chapter
5, and I want verse 3.
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I'm turning to
Acts 5, and verse 3.
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Now this is a very powerful
statement, and I suggest you
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read that whole chapter.
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Ananias and Sapphira
sold a piece of land.
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They told the church we're
bringing the price of the land
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to the church
for the work of God.
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They weren't asked to bring it.
they weren't forced to bring it,
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They were in no way
arm-twisted to bring that money.
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They volunteered to bring it.
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They made a covenant.
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We're gonna sell it. We're gonna
give it to the cause of God.
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Somewhere along the line,
somebody came up with the idea
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let's keep some for ourselves,
and give the rest to the Lord.
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When you make a promise to God,
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God holds you
accountable for that promise.
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Are you listening to me?
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That's promise made
must be promises kept.
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When we sin... all
sin really is against God.
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There is no such
thing as a victimless crime.
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For ultimately,
all sin is against God.
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You remember back in Genesis 39?
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Potiphar's wife
cast her eyes on Joseph
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and day, after day she
said lie with me, lie with me,
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lie with me, lie with me.
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What was Joseph's response?
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His response was, how can I
sin and do this great wickedness
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not against you,
not against Potiphar,
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not even against myself.
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Ultimately, I will
be sinning against God.
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Joseph knew the reason
he had that job, the reason
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he was in Egypt, the
reason everything he touched
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turned to gold is
because God was with him.
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He also realized that
if he turned his back,
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and slept with that woman,
his sin was not against Potiphar
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or against the
riches, or even against self,
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it was against the
God who put him there,
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and he couldn't sin against God.
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So, ultimately, every
time you sin it's against God,
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and against the Spirit of God,
which tells you don't do that.
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You've got to
shut your brain down.
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You've got to turn
against the Spirit in order
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to go ahead and sin.
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Your sins are against God.
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There are no victimless crimes.
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God is a victim
every time we sin.
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The Bible says in
Hebrews that when we sin
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we crucify Christ afresh,
and put Him to open shame.
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Every time we sin, we say Christ
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your blood is not
strong enough for me.
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You didn't shed
enough blood for me.
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You saved the whole
world but, you can't save me.
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So the Bible says
you crucify Him afresh
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and put Him to open shame.
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So every sin,
ultimately, is against God.
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God is a victim and so are you.
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There are no victimless crimes.
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Every sin is
against the Lord Himself.
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Let's go to Matthew, chapter
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Matthew 12:31.
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The Holy Spirit
can be sinned against.
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This brought us to the
point that we just made.
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I'm in Matthew,
chapter 12, and verse 31.
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I'll turn to it with you, and
give you a moment to find it.
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Matthew 12 and verse 31.
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Matthew 12:31.
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Let's read the word of God.
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"Therefore, I say to
you, every sin and blasphemy"
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"will be forgiven him, but the
blasphemy against the Spirit"
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"will not be forgiven. "
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We can blaspheme and
sin against the Holy Spirit.
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We can!
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We can sin against that
very power that's trying
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to keep us from sinning,
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something you don't want to do.
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Now, we've looked at
various aspects of the Spirit.
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Now we need to
find out where is He.
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Where is He and what's He doing?
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Let's go to the book of John.
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What book did I say?
00:31:50.15\00:31:51.24
Gospel is written by John.
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I'm in chapter 16, and verse 7.
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John 16:7 and we'll read...
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Christ is saying, I've
got to go but, when I go,
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I'm going to send somebody else.
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I say somebody
else not something else.
00:32:24.79\00:32:27.15
I'm gonna send Him
here to be with you
00:32:27.18\00:32:30.33
so that you're
not left comfortless.
00:32:30.36\00:32:32.76
In other words,
where is the Spirit?
00:32:32.79\00:32:34.65
He's right here with
us ladies and gentleman.
00:32:34.68\00:32:36.94
He's here with
the people of God.
00:32:36.97\00:32:39.23
He is a comfort
to the people of God.
00:32:39.26\00:32:41.11
He walks alongside you
and points out the right way,
00:32:41.14\00:32:44.42
and keeps you from
going the wrong way,
00:32:44.45\00:32:46.26
and protects you, and
comforts you when you are sad,
00:32:46.29\00:32:49.40
and celebrates with
you when you are glad,
00:32:49.43\00:32:51.78
and puts His arms
of love around you,
00:32:51.81\00:32:54.44
and encourages you
as you walk to glory.
00:32:54.47\00:32:56.82
Even on those days when
you're not feeling so good,
00:32:56.85\00:32:59.44
when you're
feeling alone and sad
00:32:59.47\00:33:01.45
you've got a constant
friend a constant comforter and
00:33:01.48\00:33:04.69
His name is the Holy Spirit.
00:33:04.72\00:33:06.67
Can you say amen?
00:33:06.70\00:33:07.98
That's why I'm so
glad I'm never alone.
00:33:08.01\00:33:10.42
You know we're
never, ever alone.
00:33:10.45\00:33:13.25
You've got a
guardian angel. Amen.
00:33:13.28\00:33:16.42
You've got God Himself in
the presence of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:16.45\00:33:20.53
None of us should ever
walk around with that...
00:33:20.56\00:33:22.32
mmmm.. nobody knows
the trouble I've seen.
00:33:22.35\00:33:25.45
Nobody loves me.
00:33:26.57\00:33:28.57
Nobody cares about me.
00:33:28.60\00:33:30.80
Feet hurt, headache, can't seem
to get anything accomplished...
00:33:30.83\00:33:37.61
I'm all by myself.
00:33:37.64\00:33:40.64
No, you're not.
00:33:42.37\00:33:44.04
You've got God with you in
the presence of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:44.07\00:33:48.62
That's why Christians
ought to be happy people.
00:33:48.65\00:33:54.18
The Bible says, Let
no corrupt communication
00:33:54.21\00:33:56.91
come out of your mouth.
00:33:56.94\00:33:58.69
Amen, only say
those things which lift...
00:33:58.72\00:34:02.25
You know listen, when I
ask you how you're doing,
00:34:02.28\00:34:04.69
I don't want to hear
every ache and pain you've got.
00:34:04.72\00:34:07.80
Not really!
00:34:07.83\00:34:11.55
Nor should you always tell me
every ache and pain you've got.
00:34:11.58\00:34:15.41
If you do end it with this.
00:34:15.44\00:34:19.71
I still got Jesus. Amen.
00:34:19.74\00:34:22.88
Yeah, end it with...
because it's the truth.
00:34:22.91\00:34:26.91
With all you got, you
still got Jesus. Amen.
00:34:26.94\00:34:31.34
You're not alone and you
have brothers and sisters
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.27
who love you, and you have
a name written in the book.
00:34:34.30\00:34:37.48
Life, you'll forgive
my pejorative English,
00:34:37.51\00:34:40.28
ain't so bad when
you got Jesus. Amen.
00:34:40.31\00:34:43.73
Yeah, life's not perfect
but, it's a lot better off
00:34:45.43\00:34:49.60
than it would be if we
didn't have Jesus to turn to.
00:34:49.63\00:34:53.21
So we've got the Lord.
00:34:53.24\00:34:55.23
Let's go to Acts,
chapter 1, verse 5.
00:34:55.26\00:34:57.45
Acts chapter 1, verse 5.
00:34:57.48\00:34:59.69
First book of
Acts, chapter 1, verse 5.
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Give you a second to
find it and then we'll read
00:35:03.27\00:35:05.06
the word of God together.
00:35:05.09\00:35:06.30
Acts chapter 1, and verse 5.
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Powerful text...
Here we go, word of God.
00:35:09.11\00:35:11.11
The word of God says,
Acts chapter 1 and verse 5.
00:35:11.14\00:35:14.71
"For John truly baptized with
water but you shall be baptized"
00:35:14.74\00:35:21.92
"with the Holy Spirit
not many days from now. "
00:35:21.95\00:35:26.92
This, of course, we
realize as we moved into Acts,
00:35:26.95\00:35:29.92
we're moving into a brand
new dispensation of the Spirit;
00:35:29.95\00:35:33.67
when men and women came forth
filled with the Spirit of God
00:35:33.70\00:35:37.87
and in love
with the Holy Spirit.
00:35:37.90\00:35:41.81
Now, let's go down to verse 8.
00:35:41.84\00:35:43.67
Acts chapter 1, and I
want to pick it up at verse 8.
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Love this text.
00:35:48.70\00:35:51.22
This is a great one.
00:35:51.25\00:35:52.55
"But you shall
receive power. " Amen.
00:35:52.58\00:35:57.88
Now there are two words in
New testament translated power.
00:35:57.91\00:36:00.08
One is exousia,
the other is dunamis.
00:36:00.76\00:36:03.10
Dunamis is the root
word we get dynamite from.
00:36:03.13\00:36:07.08
Dunamis is the physical
ability to get the job done.
00:36:07.11\00:36:10.92
Dynamite, that's
power. This is dunamis.
00:36:10.95\00:36:14.38
Dunamis is the
physical ability to get it done.
00:36:14.41\00:36:17.09
The other word exousia, in the
Greek, is translated authority.
00:36:17.12\00:36:22.41
God is saying you
get authority and power.
00:36:22.44\00:36:28.99
In other words, you get
the right to tell the devil
00:36:29.02\00:36:33.32
to get lost. Amen.
00:36:33.35\00:36:36.79
You get the right to
tell him that, in Jesus.
00:36:36.82\00:36:39.49
Here's the problem, the
devil is not afraid of you.
00:36:39.52\00:36:42.21
Nothing about you
that the devil fears.
00:36:42.24\00:36:45.16
Make funny faces...
the devil doesn't care.
00:36:45.19\00:36:48.21
Nothing about any of
us that the devil fears.
00:36:48.24\00:36:51.72
The devil fears our boss. Amen.
00:36:51.75\00:36:56.58
You don't say in the name
of CA Murray... take a hike.
00:36:56.61\00:37:01.91
The devil, you know
what he says to that?
00:37:05.05\00:37:07.96
Doesn't scare him at all.
00:37:10.96\00:37:13.10
You say, In the name of Jesus
of Nazareth leave me alone!
00:37:13.13\00:37:20.78
He takes off.
00:37:20.81\00:37:24.76
You get the power
to become a son of God.
00:37:24.79\00:37:29.05
You get the right
to become a son of God.
00:37:29.08\00:37:32.25
You get the authority
to become a son of God.
00:37:32.28\00:37:35.38
You get the vacuum
cleaner to blow the devil
00:37:35.41\00:37:39.30
out of your house, off your
doorstep, out of your family,
00:37:39.33\00:37:43.23
and off your job.
00:37:43.26\00:37:44.80
I've got a leaf blower, that I
use to blow leaves at my house.
00:37:44.83\00:37:49.60
The Holy Spirit is
like that leaf blower.
00:37:49.63\00:37:52.04
The devil comes, turn on the
thing and blow the devil away.
00:37:52.07\00:37:55.14
Amen. You get the right
and authority to tell the devil
00:37:57.39\00:38:00.53
leave me alone, I'm
trying to serve the Lord.
00:38:00.56\00:38:02.83
Get off my case and let
me serve my Jesus. Amen.
00:38:02.88\00:38:07.37
It also gives you the
power to witness for the Lord.
00:38:07.40\00:38:10.21
As much as I'd like to
believe that my screaming
00:38:10.24\00:38:13.52
helps convert people.
00:38:13.55\00:38:14.82
I realize that no
matter how loud I talk
00:38:14.85\00:38:17.63
that's not going
to convert anybody.
00:38:17.66\00:38:19.51
Amen. No, it is the
power of God that quickens.
00:38:19.54\00:38:27.35
It's the Spirit that quickens.
00:38:27.38\00:38:28.90
So when you preach,
when you teach you do so
00:38:28.93\00:38:32.14
with the assurance
that all I've got to do
00:38:32.17\00:38:34.65
is get the word out there.
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.61
God will do the rest.
00:38:36.64\00:38:38.97
I can't convict anybody.
00:38:39.00\00:38:40.63
I can't convert anybody.
00:38:40.66\00:38:42.28
I can't change anything.
00:38:42.31\00:38:44.11
All I can do is preach the word
and then the Spirit adds power
00:38:44.14\00:38:48.99
to the word, pushes into your
heart and changes your life.
00:38:49.02\00:38:53.71
They say, Oh,
Murray you did a good job.
00:38:53.74\00:38:57.06
You preached hard, but
when I get on my knees at night
00:38:57.09\00:39:00.00
I've got to say thank you
Jesus for taking my mean words
00:39:00.03\00:39:04.47
and turning them into ministry.
00:39:04.50\00:39:07.49
If any heart is converted, if
any life is changed it's not me.
00:39:07.52\00:39:13.09
It's the Spirit of God.
00:39:13.12\00:39:15.36
Any pastor who is a real
pastor who knows the Lord will
00:39:15.39\00:39:18.57
tell you the same thing.
00:39:18.60\00:39:19.72
We just get up
and shout and scream.
00:39:19.75\00:39:21.92
The Bible calls it the
foolishness of preaching.
00:39:21.95\00:39:25.05
Through the foolishness of
preaching lives are changed.
00:39:25.08\00:39:29.02
Why, because the
Spirit of God changes lives.
00:39:29.05\00:39:34.02
Amen, and Amen.
00:39:34.05\00:39:37.15
Now, why is He necessary?
00:39:37.18\00:39:38.53
We're in the book of
Acts, let's stay there.
00:39:38.56\00:39:40.26
I'm in Acts
chapter 1 and verse 11.
00:39:40.29\00:39:43.22
Acts chapter 1 and verse 11.
00:39:43.25\00:39:46.70
Who also said, Men of
Galilee, why do you stand gazing
00:39:46.73\00:39:53.98
up into heaven?
00:39:54.01\00:39:55.63
"This same Jesus who was
taken up from you into heaven"
00:39:55.66\00:39:59.24
"will so come in like manner
as you saw Him go into heaven. "
00:39:59.27\00:40:05.03
So Jesus is in heaven and He
has left for us an ambassador;
00:40:05.07\00:40:11.15
The constant witness
to His presence here.
00:40:11.18\00:40:15.05
The Spirit is
the emissary of God.
00:40:15.08\00:40:18.77
He is the ambassador of God.
00:40:18.80\00:40:20.76
The nuncio, dare I say, of God.
00:40:20.79\00:40:23.94
He lets us know what is going
on in heaven on our behalf,
00:40:23.97\00:40:27.46
and keeps us in
touch with heaven.
00:40:27.49\00:40:31.04
Can you say, Amen?
00:40:31.07\00:40:32.04
It's like a cell
phone, dare I say.
00:40:32.05\00:40:35.69
Always got it with you and
you can check in with heaven
00:40:35.72\00:40:39.36
anytime you want.
00:40:39.39\00:40:40.71
Can you say, Amen?
00:40:40.74\00:40:41.92
Direct line! You don't
have to go through an operator.
00:40:41.95\00:40:44.70
You don't have to go
through any kind of switchboard.
00:40:44.73\00:40:47.52
You open up and you talk to
Jesus through the Spirit, amen.
00:40:47.55\00:40:51.95
Gonna come to a really
sharp text in just a little bit.
00:40:51.98\00:40:54.53
Acts 2:4, what book did I say?
00:40:54.56\00:40:56.34
Acts, chapter 2 and verse 4.
00:40:56.37\00:40:58.65
Now, I could spend a lot
of time talking about tongues.
00:41:11.09\00:41:14.06
But, Pastor Hal
Steenson, down at 3ABN
00:41:14.09\00:41:17.24
does it so much better than me.
00:41:17.27\00:41:18.64
We have a program
called Heaven's Point of View;
00:41:18.67\00:41:21.47
that deals with the
whole issue of tongues.
00:41:21.50\00:41:24.60
There's some wonderful material
that you can get from 3ABN
00:41:24.63\00:41:27.54
that deals with tongues
and that is a series of sermons
00:41:27.57\00:41:30.59
in and of itself.
00:41:30.62\00:41:31.94
Sufficed to say, the Spirit
is concerned about evangelism.
00:41:31.97\00:41:35.75
The Spirit gave the utterance of
tongues so that the word of God
00:41:35.78\00:41:39.98
could be understood
by other individuals.
00:41:40.01\00:41:41.79
The Spirit doesn't give
things just for confusion;
00:41:41.82\00:41:44.94
just so people can get up
and make noise and show off.
00:41:44.97\00:41:47.25
The Spirit has a purpose.
00:41:47.28\00:41:48.83
The Spirit's
purpose is to lift up Jesus.
00:41:48.86\00:41:51.21
Whatever the Spirit does
it does so to lift up Jesus.
00:41:51.24\00:41:54.45
If there is
somebody in the audience
00:41:54.48\00:41:55.96
that doesn't understand
Jesus, doesn't know Jesus
00:41:55.99\00:42:00.13
and needs to hear about
Jesus and really wants Jesus.
00:42:00.16\00:42:03.02
The Spirit's job is to
get Jesus to that person.
00:42:03.05\00:42:06.31
That's what the
Spirit did on that day.
00:42:06.34\00:42:08.47
You got a bunch of
people sitting around,
00:42:08.50\00:42:10.07
can't speak the language, can't
understand what's going on,
00:42:10.10\00:42:12.77
but need to hear
the word of the Lord.
00:42:12.80\00:42:14.44
The Spirit says okay,
I'll take care of that.
00:42:14.47\00:42:16.45
The Spirit did the translation
and they heard God's word
00:42:16.48\00:42:19.22
in their own
language. Praise God.
00:42:19.25\00:42:20.95
The Spirit has a purpose
and that is to lift up Jesus.
00:42:20.98\00:42:25.37
Now, it is also heaven's God.
00:42:25.40\00:42:27.33
I love this text, John 16:13.
00:42:27.36\00:42:29.40
What book did I say?
00:42:29.43\00:42:30.40
Gospel of John,
chapter 16 and verse 13.
00:42:30.41\00:42:35.02
The Holy Spirit's
job, what it wants to do,
00:43:03.32\00:43:06.68
is lead you into the
truth about Jesus Christ.
00:43:06.71\00:43:10.41
It's to guide you
on this road to glory
00:43:10.44\00:43:14.10
so that you need not get lost.
00:43:14.13\00:43:15.99
A lot of these people
have... as a matter of fact my
00:43:16.02\00:43:18.17
pastor and friend, John Lomacang
has one of these GPS units.
00:43:18.20\00:43:22.32
It's a little satellite unit
that will direct you anywhere
00:43:22.35\00:43:26.54
you want to go and
Danny Shelton was telling me
00:43:26.57\00:43:29.73
the other day that
he was following John
00:43:29.76\00:43:32.10
someplace they were going.
00:43:32.13\00:43:33.35
Pastor Lomacang said
follow me I got my little GPS.
00:43:33.38\00:43:38.29
They kept going around and
around and around and around
00:43:38.32\00:43:42.25
and Danny began to say to
himself, something's wrong.
00:43:42.28\00:43:44.83
John said stick with me the
unit says just one more block.
00:43:44.86\00:43:48.59
They made a turn and a dead
alley, dead end or something,
00:43:48.62\00:43:51.88
and the GPS unit
had led him wrong.
00:43:51.91\00:43:54.30
They don't often do that
but occasionally they do.
00:43:54.33\00:43:58.38
You can't always trust
your satellite GPS unit.
00:43:58.41\00:44:02.76
The other day, Irma
and I were going someplace
00:44:02.79\00:44:06.06
on the other side of Chicago.
00:44:06.09\00:44:07.53
We got the MapQuest directions,
got them on the computer,
00:44:07.56\00:44:11.37
wrote them out and
followed them to the letter
00:44:11.40\00:44:14.32
and got
hopelessly, hopelessly lost.
00:44:14.35\00:44:19.16
So we got out the map and we
fingered our way and found it.
00:44:19.19\00:44:24.31
Sometimes even these modern
devices can lead you astray.
00:44:24.34\00:44:28.87
Praise God, the Holy Spirit
will never lead you astray.
00:44:28.90\00:44:34.16
You can follow it, you can
trust it and it will lead you
00:44:34.19\00:44:37.22
safely and safely and
safely and gently home.
00:44:37.25\00:44:41.00
Alright, the Holy
Spirit shares heaven's love.
00:44:41.03\00:44:43.71
I'm in the book of Romans.
00:44:43.74\00:44:44.71
What book did I say?
00:44:44.72\00:44:45.81
Romans, chapter 5 and verse 5.
00:44:45.84\00:44:48.33
Romans 5:5, I'm moving along.
00:44:48.36\00:44:50.47
Amen, one of the Holy Spirit
does is make you love people.
00:45:07.67\00:45:15.03
Amen, amen, it makes you love.
00:45:15.06\00:45:19.45
The Holy Spirit
makes you a loving person.
00:45:19.48\00:45:21.70
It makes you lovely to be
loved and it makes you a lover
00:45:21.73\00:45:24.65
of other individuals.
00:45:24.68\00:45:25.89
You know I'm going to go down
here, this is Pastor Bacchus.
00:45:25.92\00:45:28.16
He's sitting right
here, come Pastor Bacchus.
00:45:28.19\00:45:30.78
I love Pastor Bacchus.
00:45:30.81\00:45:34.56
I just met him.
00:45:34.59\00:45:35.93
He's a nice guy.
00:45:35.96\00:45:37.69
I want to invite
him over to dinner.
00:45:37.72\00:45:39.42
He's a nice guy.
00:45:39.45\00:45:40.80
I really love him.
00:45:40.83\00:45:42.31
I love Pastor Sylvester.
00:45:42.34\00:45:43.75
Standing right there, Pastor I'm
going to come over and hug you.
00:45:43.78\00:45:46.69
Praise the Lord.
00:45:47.80\00:45:49.50
Pastor brought his
members out with him tonight.
00:45:49.53\00:45:51.70
Praise the Lord.
00:45:51.73\00:45:53.08
The Holy Spirit
makes you feel it.
00:45:53.11\00:45:56.54
When you meet
somebody who loves the Lord
00:45:56.58\00:45:57.89
it doesn't take you
long to warm up to them.
00:45:57.92\00:45:59.40
Like answers to like.
00:45:59.43\00:46:02.73
You just like people.
00:46:02.76\00:46:04.25
Praise the Lord.
00:46:04.28\00:46:05.53
Amen, you just like people.
00:46:05.56\00:46:08.85
Praise the Lord, had dinner
at his house last Sabbath.
00:46:08.88\00:46:12.31
His wife is a great cook.
00:46:12.34\00:46:14.39
The Holy Spirit does that.
00:46:14.42\00:46:17.07
Amen, there's something
that runs from breast to breast
00:46:17.10\00:46:22.28
to breast of
those who love Jesus.
00:46:22.31\00:46:24.48
You can't help but love
people who love the Lord.
00:46:24.51\00:46:26.56
You can't help yourself.
00:46:26.59\00:46:27.82
You end up hugging people you
barely know, shaking their hand,
00:46:27.85\00:46:31.70
eating their food.
00:46:31.73\00:46:33.66
So the love of God is
shed through the Holy Spirit
00:46:37.46\00:46:40.85
and moves from heart to heart of
those who love the Lord. Amen.
00:46:40.88\00:46:43.59
Love that text
and love that idea.
00:46:43.62\00:46:45.62
Let's go to verse 27, I
think I want Romans 5...
00:46:45.65\00:46:50.92
Yes, Romans 5:27.
00:46:50.95\00:46:56.78
Let me find it, here we go.
00:46:56.81\00:47:02.34
No, I want Romans 8,
my 5 looks like an 8.
00:47:02.37\00:47:12.04
That's what I
want. I want Romans 8:27.
00:47:12.07\00:47:15.46
Romans 8:27
00:47:15.49\00:47:18.12
"Now he who searches the
hearts knows what the mind"
00:47:18.15\00:47:22.75
"of the Spirit is,
because he makes intercession"
00:47:22.78\00:47:27.36
"for the saints
according to the will of God. "
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So the Spirit of God
makes intercession for us.
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He's helping us out.
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He loves us
just that much, amen.
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Now, let's go down to verse 28.
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Oh, I know what I want to
do, let's go back to verse 26.
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Here we go, verse 26.
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I got so excited
that I skipped a text.
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Here we go, Romans 8:26.
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The Holy Spirit takes
your prayer and dresses it up,
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and adds exogenses and urgency
and efficiency and effectiveness
00:48:20.83\00:48:27.99
and takes your prayer to present
it before God the Father.
00:48:28.03\00:48:32.44
The Spirit takes your little
weak petition and makes it
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strong, it reads
what's going on in your heart
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and takes that burden and lays
it before the Lord and says,
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Lord, this little sister really
needs a blessing from You,
00:48:41.22\00:48:45.51
really needs a word from You,
really needs a touch from You.
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Lord, can You do
something for her?
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She loves You and she cares
about You and she sacrificed
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for You, and Lord
You got to help her.
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So it adds groanings
which cannot be uttered.
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The Spirit helps your
prayer, because the Spirit wants
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to see that you get what
God knows you need to get.
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Amen. Alright.
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Now, Holy Spirit reveals.
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Running out of time,
it's getting away from me.
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1 Corinthians
chapter 2, verse 10.
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What book did I say?
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1 Corinthians
chapter 2, and verse 10.
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So I say again, when
you read the word of God,
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or you hear the word of God
preached and something begins
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to work its way
down into your soul.
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That is the Spirit of
God revealing the deep things
00:49:37.18\00:49:40.65
of God to you and through you.
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The Holy Spirit converts.
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I'm in the gospel of
John, chapter 3 and verse 6.
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John 3, verse 6, and I hope that
you've gotten an opportunity
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to write all of these down.
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If not we will put them on
the website so that you get
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these references.
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John 3:6
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Flesh cannot
inherit the kingdom.
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We must be born again.
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It's an old doctrine, but
a good one, and a solid one,
00:50:27.94\00:50:31.53
and that new birth experience
is occasioned by the entrance
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of the Spirit of
God in our lives.
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That's what makes the change,
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amen, comes from the
acceptance of the Spirit.
00:50:43.26\00:50:46.53
John 6:63
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A great series of
texts are found here.
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What book did I say?
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Praise God!
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There is life in these words.
00:51:15.72\00:51:19.07
Because the
Spirit is in these words.
00:51:19.10\00:51:23.05
Holy men of God spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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So when they spoke and they
wrote it wasn't their words,
00:51:29.62\00:51:33.57
wasn't their thoughts
alone, it was the Spirit of God
00:51:33.60\00:51:38.68
writing through them.
00:51:38.71\00:51:40.15
When you take these words into
your life you are taking in the
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Spirit of the living God, amen.
00:51:44.68\00:51:47.61
It's live food and it will
grow up in you and make you
00:51:47.64\00:51:53.44
a live Christian in the Lord.
00:51:53.47\00:51:55.99
Amen. I say again, no matter how
much I preach, I can't convert;
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the Spirit of God
does the converting.
00:52:01.69\00:52:03.50
How do I get it?
00:52:03.53\00:52:05.04
Here's the recipe.
00:52:05.07\00:52:06.16
Zechariah chapter 10, verse 1.
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The Bible is
using some terms here.
00:52:24.50\00:52:27.46
Rain here is the Spirit;
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the presence and
power of the Holy Spirit.
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Ask for it, amen.
00:52:31.86\00:52:34.27
God is not stingy.
00:52:34.30\00:52:36.84
God's not stingy.
00:52:40.25\00:52:42.53
You ask. You get.
00:52:42.56\00:52:45.18
Remember two or three
nights ago we preached give all
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get all God.
00:52:48.03\00:52:49.05
You give all, guess what?
00:52:49.08\00:52:52.12
You get all!
00:52:52.15\00:52:54.03
So if you want the Spirit,
00:52:54.06\00:52:55.29
ask, the Bible says He is
more willing to give good gifts
00:52:55.32\00:52:58.20
to His children than earthly
parents are to their own.
00:52:58.23\00:53:01.34
So if you want the Spirit
ask for it and God will give it.
00:53:01.37\00:53:06.38
You want to be saved.
00:53:06.41\00:53:07.62
Ask for it, God
will give you salvation;
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through His
agent the Holy Spirit.
00:53:10.31\00:53:13.07
Let's go to the book of Hosea.
00:53:13.10\00:53:14.07
What book did I say?
00:53:14.08\00:53:15.05
Hosea, there in the
Old Testament tucked away
00:53:15.06\00:53:17.62
there we'll find
the book of Hosea.
00:53:17.65\00:53:19.45
Got it, Hosea
chapter 6, and verse 3.
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God's waiting; God wants to
give you the Holy Spirit so bad
00:53:41.88\00:53:44.74
it is just... you couldn't
believe how bad the Lord wants
00:53:44.77\00:53:47.80
you to have His Holy Spirit.
00:53:47.83\00:53:49.23
When Christ says, If you
love Me keep My commandments.
00:53:49.26\00:53:51.60
He's just, He's waiting for you.
00:53:51.63\00:53:52.92
It's like a bank account.
00:53:52.95\00:53:55.45
You are starving to death
and you have a billion dollars
00:53:55.48\00:53:59.18
in the bank and God is saying
please, just write a check.
00:53:59.21\00:54:03.65
You got the money.
00:54:04.55\00:54:05.98
I'll put the money
in the bank for you.
00:54:06.01\00:54:07.42
Just write a check.
00:54:07.45\00:54:09.29
And the check can't bounce
put in as many zeros as you want
00:54:09.32\00:54:13.32
and it will not bounce.
00:54:13.35\00:54:15.47
God is waiting to
give us the Holy Spirit.
00:54:15.50\00:54:18.16
Acts chapter
2:38 Got to go fast.
00:54:18.19\00:54:21.09
Acts 2:38
00:54:21.12\00:54:22.71
Just stop fighting
God and work with Him.
00:54:35.02\00:54:37.58
Now, real fast, Matthew 7:20.
00:54:37.61\00:54:40.51
Galatians
5:22,I'm going real fast.
00:54:43.23\00:54:45.59
Galatians 5:22 gives us
the fruit of the Spirit.
00:54:45.62\00:54:48.18
This is very, very important.
00:54:48.21\00:54:49.24
Let's go on fruit of the Spirit;
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these things are all part
of the fruit of the Spirit.
00:54:55.86\00:54:58.37
The reason I make a difference
is because we get stuck so much
00:54:58.40\00:55:02.57
on the fruit of the
Spirit and what we need to have,
00:55:02.60\00:55:06.53
rather the gifts of the
Spirit, and what we need
00:55:06.56\00:55:09.43
are the fruit of the Spirit.
00:55:09.46\00:55:11.00
If the Spirit comes into your
life you will have the fruit,
00:55:11.03\00:55:14.81
ladies and gentleman.
00:55:14.84\00:55:15.81
The love, the joy, the
peace, the longsuffering,
00:55:15.82\00:55:19.31
the gentleness, the meekness,
the temperance, the mercy;
00:55:19.34\00:55:22.42
all of those come
with the Spirit of God.
00:55:22.45\00:55:26.02
So that in 1999 you are
one way, in 2000 you're better
00:55:26.05\00:55:31.25
and in 2007 you're even better
because the Spirit is working
00:55:31.28\00:55:34.21
with you and
cleaning up your life.
00:55:34.24\00:55:36.57
That's the job
of the Holy Spirit.
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