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00:13 of time, God's book, the Bible, 00:18 still relevant in today's complex world. 00:24 "It Is Written," sharing messages of hope 00:28 around the world. ♪♪ 00:36 ♪♪ >> Dear friend, thank you 00:42 for joining "It Is Written Canada." 00:45 We have been going through a series studying 00:47 the doctrine of the Trinity. Is the Trinity true? Is it a biblical doctrine? 00:54 To help me discuss this further, once again, I have joining me Dr. John Peckham. 00:59 Dr. Peckham, thank you for being here with "It Is Written Canada" once again. 01:03 >> Thank you, Chris. >> Now, Dr. Peckham, we're going to jump right into things here. 01:08 Let's maybe take... We've had a number of shows here where we've talked about 01:13 a variety of things. Maybe let's take a few minutes just to summarize, in brief, 01:18 everything we've talked about up and to this point. 01:22 And, to the viewer, if you've missed any of the programs 01:25 that we've been talking about, you can go to our archives at 01:29 www.youtube.com/iiwcanada. But, Dr. Peckham, 01:35 why don't we review a little bit to solidify 01:37 some of the principles that we've talked about, 01:40 to build on the foundation as we jump into 01:44 and delve into this further? >> Yeah. 01:47 We've seen so far that Scripture teaches that there is one 01:49 and only one God. >> Yes. 01:50 >> And yet, God is three distinct persons -- 01:53 the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. And we have seen that this 01:58 plurality and unity is clear in the Old Testament. Then in the New Testament, 02:03 it's clear that God is Father, Son and Spirit. We saw on our last programs 02:08 that Jesus is fully divine, became human in the plan of redemption without becoming 02:14 any less than fully divine, and then is elevated again upon completion of the plan 02:19 of redemption and remains fully divine, and His Kingdom has no end. 02:23 >> And so we've seen all of this coming right out of the Scripture. 02:27 >> That's right. >> But where we're going to start today is, you know, 02:29 there is actually controversy. Individuals actually have taught, 02:35 are teaching, in addition to the fact that there have been some movies 02:39 produced that talk about the doctrine of the Trinity being something 02:42 that's really actually imposed upon the Scripture, and there are even some that 02:47 will go down the road of conspiracy theory and say that Constantine put 02:52 the Trinity doctrine together and put it to a vote, and then all of a sudden we have 02:58 the doctrine of the Trinity. >> Yes, yes, yes. >> What do you say about that? 03:01 >> Yeah, so there was a Council of Nicaea in AD 325, and the main issue 03:07 at that Council was Arianism that we've spoken about in a previous episode, 03:11 that claimed that Jesus was created by the Father, the Son 03:15 was created by the Father, at some distant time in the past. 03:19 And it's true that some Christians had adopted this misunderstanding, 03:23 and the Council was called to clarify this, but some of the conspiracies 03:28 that people might hear out there make claims like, "This was the result of a vote," 03:33 and it was not a result of a vote. They weren't voting upon 03:36 making Christ divine. It was already clear that He was divine from earlier, 03:40 in earlier writings of Christians, even outside of Scripture, 03:43 that they believed Christ was fully God before that, and as we've seen, 03:47 there's already sufficient evidence in the New Testament itself, 03:50 which is the primary witness, but it wasn't the result of a close vote at all. 03:55 It was a landslide. There's only a handful of dissenting voices 04:00 out of the leaders of the Church that were called together at the Council of Nicaea 04:03 in AD 325. So the theory that that was when Christ became divine 04:09 or that it was some result of political machinations is just false. 04:13 Now, we can prove that historically. Even if the biblical 04:16 evidence... Even beyond the biblical evidence that Jesus is God 04:19 according to the Bible... >> Yes. >> ...we have quotations 04:22 from early Christian writers, often called the early Church fathers, 04:26 that testify that they believed that Jesus was God and fully God. 04:32 Now, I don't mention these quotations in a way that is going to vest 04:36 authority in them as if they are Scripture or inspired, but this is a historical 04:40 testimony that Christians already believed this. >> Sure. 04:43 >> It wasn't the result of some later vote or later council. So one of these is from Ignatius 04:49 of Antioch, writing around 105 AD. That's very, very early... 04:54 >> Yes. >> ...and he writes, "God himself was manifested 04:58 in human form," and he's writing about Jesus. I mean, that's a clear 05:01 statement, extremely early. >> And so we have this historian, Irenaeus, 05:06 writing...I'm sorry, Ignatius. >> This is Ignatius, yes. >> This is Ignatius, 05:09 and this is Ignatius of Antioch, writing clearly, and so... and you said something 05:14 that I really want our viewer to understand because this has 05:18 been popularized, and I'm not going to mention the book, very popularized 05:22 in a best-selling novel... >> Yes. >> ...but a novel 05:26 that included in it historical facts, but one of the twistings 05:31 of that novel is that somehow, at the Council of Nicaea, they 05:36 voted the divinity of Christ. >> Right. >> First of all, let's be clear. 05:39 You can't vote something that is already true. >> Right. 05:42 >> Jesus is, Jesus was, Jesus always has been divine long before 05:49 any vote was taken place. >> Yes. That's right. >> The vote was actually a vote 05:54 to settle a dispute that was happening in the Church. >> Yes. Yes. 05:59 >> But what we see, though, is that long before that, Ignatius, 06:03 writing in 105, says, "Hey, Jesus became human. God became human." 06:09 Are there any other historical references to help us see that this is 06:13 not some later development imposed upon the Bible? >> Yes. 06:18 There are many others, and I'm just going to mention a handful. 06:20 Many come long before 325, which is when the Council of Nicaea took place. 06:24 >> Okay. >> So that first one was already 105. 06:26 These conspiracy theories and novels and other things, they have some 06:28 historical details, but many other claims are just completely unhistorical 06:33 and are falsified very easily. So Justin Martyr is another early Christian writing 06:39 around AD 160, and he says, "The Father of the universe has a Son, 06:44 and he is even God." And this is an expression by which they meant fully God. 06:49 >> Yes. >> You know, sometimes they used the expression very God... 06:51 >> Yes. >> ...but they don't mean God in an extreme sense. 06:55 They mean fully, right? >> Yes. >> He's not any less than God. 06:59 Another is Irenaeus writing around AD 180. He says, "He is God, 07:05 for the name Emmanuel indicates this," and he's right. The name Emmanuel, 07:10 in the New Testament, just means, "God with us." >> Yeah. 07:13 >> It's just a Hebrew term. Emmanuel means, "God with us," literally. 07:18 >> Yes. >> Another is Tertullian, who writes around AD 200, 07:23 and he just says, "Christ, our God." >> Hmm. 07:26 >> This is explicit testimony. Origen, in AD 225, he says, "No one should be offended 07:31 that the savior is also God." In AD 304, still over 2 decades for the Council of Nicaea, 07:37 Cyprian writes, "Jesus Christ, our Lord and God." 07:43 And Lactantius, in the same year, 304 AD, writes, "We believe him to be God." 07:50 So long before the Council of Nicaea and leading up to it, there is testimony among 07:54 Christians, leading Christians, that they already knew that Christ was and is God, 07:59 and they knew that from the testimony of the apostles, which is in the New Testament. 08:04 >> So here's where we have arrived. No argument, the Father is God. 08:12 >> Mm-hmm. >> The Bible is abundantly clear, the Son, 08:18 the second person, is God. >> Mm-hmm. >> And so, while, let's tackle 08:23 what I shall maybe say is a little bit of the elephant in the room, 08:29 and that is the Holy Spirit. What about the Holy Spirit? What's the deal 08:35 with the Holy Spirit? So many people, so many teachers, 08:40 speaking of the Holy Spirit as a divine essence, a feeling, the conscience. 08:49 What is the Holy Spirit? >> Yeah. Well, for that answer, let's go 08:52 directly to the Gospel of John. >> Okay. >> Because Jesus introduces 08:55 the Holy Spirit to his apostles. It's not...The Spirit is spoken of in the Bible 08:58 before that, as we will see, and it's not as if the Spirit came into existence at that time 09:02 or received some new status at that particular time, but he introduces the Spirit 09:08 in the book of John, beginning in chapter 14. >> Okay. 09:11 >> And, in fact, if you read John 14-16, I have to say, it's hard for me 09:15 to know how I could read those chapters without understanding 09:19 at least the basic concept of the Trinity... >> Yes. 09:21 >> ...because it's just all the way through these chapters. 09:24 But John 14, beginning in verse 16, and Jesus says, 09:31 "And I will pray the Father, that He will give you another helper, that 09:35 He may abide with you forever. The Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive 09:40 because it neither sees Him nor knows Him, but you know Him, for He dwells with you 09:45 and will be in you." And then verse 18, "I will not leave you orphans. 09:49 I will come to you." In other words, Jesus says, He's going to go away, right? 09:53 He's going to be crucified. He's going to resurrect. He's going to ascend to Heaven, 09:57 and He says, "The Father is going to send you a comforter"... 09:59 >> Yes. >> ..."another one like myself." It says helper 10:03 in this translation. Many say comforter. "One like myself that is going 10:07 to take my place among you." >> Yes. >> No one could do that, 10:10 except one that was God, right? >> Yes. >> If I said, 10:13 "Okay, well, Jesus is leaving, but I'm going to send you John or Chris or anyone else"... 10:18 >> Right. >> ...this is not going to do the job. 10:20 >> Yes. >> But He gives them the Holy Spirit 10:22 who can continue with divine power as they go out to fulfill the Great Commission. 10:27 >> Now, it's very interesting because in that context, Jesus himself actually tells 10:33 His disciples, "It's to your advantage that I go." >> That's right. 10:38 That's right. >> Now, how could that be advantageous? 10:43 They're walking and talking with Jesus. He's right there 10:47 in their very presence... >> Yes, yes. >> ...and so, Dr. Peckham, 10:50 we're talking about this. The Comforter is going to be sent. 10:53 How is it advantageous to the disciples who are in the personal 10:57 presence of Jesus? >> Yes. >> How is it possible 11:01 that Jesus would say, "It's to your advantage that I go"? >> And this goes right back 11:04 to the Great Commission, which, by the way, we've also seen as one of the evidences 11:08 of the Trinity itself. >> Yes. >> They're there to make 11:10 disciples and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 11:13 Jesus, in his incarnate state, could not go with each one of them where they were going 11:17 at the same time, limited by human physicality. >> Yes. 11:21 >> But the Holy Spirit, who can be everywhere at once, could go wherever 11:24 they go with them as they spread the gospel to the entire world. >> And let's kind of dwell there 11:29 for just a moment in case somebody missed that because you can slide over that 11:32 and not understand what we just said. The technical term for that, 11:36 I believe, is omnipresence. >> That's right. >> So is omnipresence, then, 11:41 a divine characteristic of the Holy Spirit? >> Yes, it is. 11:45 If the Holy Spirit is omnipresent, this itself will 11:48 actually manifest His divinity, and there are many other places that also manifest that the 11:52 Holy Spirit is divine, right? And these are our two questions, let's remember. 11:56 "Is the Holy Spirit fully God?" and that's the question we're going to answer 11:59 with a few texts now, and also, "Is the Holy Spirit a person?" right? 12:03 So some people say, "Well, the Holy Spirit is God, but just not really a person, 12:06 just a force of God or something else." >> Yes. 12:08 >> We'll come to that in a moment, but first, is the Holy Spirit 12:10 actually divine? And the Bible does teach this. Let's go to the book of Acts. 12:15 >> Okay. >> We're going to start in Acts, chapter 1, 12:18 where we see Jesus Himself again testifying about this Spirit 12:22 who was to come upon them in power that is on the apostles. 12:26 Acts chapter 1, beginning in verse 4. >> Okay. 12:30 >> And it says, "And being assembled together with them, he commanded them 12:34 not to depart from Jerusalem." >> Mm-hmm. >> This is Jesus commanding, 12:37 "'but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, you have heard from me. 12:42 For John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized 12:45 with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.' Therefore, 12:50 when they had come together, they asked him, saying, Lord, will you at this time 12:53 restore the kingdom of Israel? And he said to them, it is not for you to know times 12:56 or seasons which the Father has put in his own authority, but you shall receive power 13:01 when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to me 13:05 in Jerusalem and in all of Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth." 13:09 So here, again, you have the Spirit who is to come 13:11 to give them power for the sake of evangelizing the world... >> Yes. 13:14 >> ...which is what the Holy Spirit could do, being able to be with them 13:17 everywhere in a way that Jesus, in His incarnate state, was not. >> And I think it's important. 13:24 We're going to talk about the Holy Spirit as a person, and while it may not be explicit 13:29 here, it is implicit. There is a conversation about the Father 13:33 and the things in His authority, "but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come." 13:38 >> Yes. Yes. That's right. >> And so it is being talked about by Jesus, 13:44 another person of the Godhead... >> Yes, that's right. 13:47 >> ...as a separate person, not just a force or essence of God 13:55 when we discuss the Holy Spirit. >> Yes. It makes the most sense 13:58 to read all of these texts when you understand the Holy Spirit as a person, 14:01 but we see some explicit texts that show that the Holy Spirit has characteristics 14:05 that it would only make sense to attribute to a person. Before we go there, let's see, 14:10 explicitly, the divinity of the Spirit in Acts chapter 5. >> Very good. 14:14 >> Acts chapter 5 is this story that some may be familiar with, as the story 14:19 of Ananias and Sapphira. >> Yes. >> And in the story, 14:23 Ananias and Sapphira had made a pledge to give their possessions 14:28 over to the Church for the support of the ministry. >> Mm-hmm. 14:31 >> Later, they decide to only give some of what they had pledged 14:34 but pretend they were still giving what they originally had pledged. 14:37 >> Yes. Mm-hmm. >> And this is what happens, 14:38 in this context, in Acts 5:3. Peter says, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart 14:46 to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 14:53 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, 14:56 was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? 15:01 You have not lied to men, but to God." So in parallel, Ananias lied to 15:08 the Holy Spirit, and in verse 4, it says he lied to God, which shows you 15:12 that the Holy Spirit is... >> God. >> ...God. 15:15 By the way, again, you can't really lie to a force. >> That's right. 15:18 >> Right? I can't lie to the camera in the studio. 15:20 >> Right. That's right. That's right. 15:22 So once again, we are seeing these divine attributes of the Holy Spirit. 15:27 What are some of the other divine attributes that we can find? 15:30 >> Another one is in Hebrews, Hebrews chapter 9. >> All right. 15:36 We'll go to Hebrews chapter 9 to further understand some of these divine attributes. 15:43 >> Hebrews 9:14. >> Okay. >> And Hebrews 9:14 picks up 15:50 in the middle of a sentence, so I'll start with verse 13. "For if the blood of bulls 15:54 and goats and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean 15:57 sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how much more shall 16:00 the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself 16:04 without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works 16:08 to serve the living God?" So here it's talking about Christ's sacrifice 16:11 being the much better efficacious sacrifice than any other sacrifice. 16:15 >> Yes. >> But it's offered... In that context, it refers to 16:19 the eternal Spirit. "Through the eternal Spirit, he offered himself," 16:23 which tells us the Spirit is eternal. >> Yes. 16:26 >> But no one is eternal except for God because everything else 16:29 has been created by God, so this is a divine attribute. Another is the knowledge of God 16:37 that is expressed in places like 1 Corinthians 2. >> Okay. 16:41 >> Go to 1 Corinthians 2, beginning in chapter 10, 1 Corinthians 2, 16:47 beginning in verse 10. >> All right. >> And it says, "But God 16:54 has revealed these things to us through His Spirit: for the Spirit searches all 16:59 things, yes, the deep things of God." So the Spirit has 17:04 divine knowledge. In fact, all things -- has omniscience. 17:08 He knows all things. He knows all the things of God because He is God. 17:13 We already saw in John 14:16 that He is sent as another comforter, another helper, 17:18 to take Jesus' place among them. Only a divine person could do that. 17:23 >> And I think it's important, if we can just pause there for a minute, that word there, 17:26 for comforter or helper, is the New Testament Greek word parakletos... 17:31 >> Yes. >> ...which, later on, in 1 John 2:1, 17:35 actually refers to when it speaks of Jesus as advocate... 17:39 >> Yes. >> ...it's that same exact word. 17:41 >> Yes. >> So we've already established it. 17:44 Jesus is divine, and now the Holy Spirit is demonstrating some of those 17:50 exact attributes... >> Right. >> ...to demonstrate 17:54 His divinity. >> That's right. >> What other texts? 17:58 I think you were going to go to the book of Luke? >> Luke 1. 18:00 >> Okay, so we go back to the Gospels. We go to Luke 1:35. 18:07 >> Yes, and here we see about the power of the Spirit, which we already saw 18:11 a little bit in Acts 1. Luke 1:35, and this is in the context 18:17 of Mary and the birth being announced to her. Luke 1:35, "And the angel 18:22 answered and said to her, the Holy Spirit will come upon you, 18:25 and the power of the highest will overshadow you: therefore also, 18:28 that holy one who is to be born will be called the Son of God." So the Holy Spirit is going 18:33 to come, and the power of God will come upon her, right? This Holy Spirit 18:37 has the power of God. This is, again, a divine attribute. 18:41 We also know that He shares the name of God because, again, as we've already mentioned, 18:46 disciples are to be made and baptized in the name of the Father, 18:51 the Son and the Holy Spirit. We also saw the Holy Spirit at the baptism of Jesus... 18:57 >> Yes. >> ...descending as a dove as Jesus was baptized, 19:01 and the Father says, "This is My beloved Son and whom I am well-pleased." 19:05 If that wasn't enough, though, there's a number of other passages, 19:08 and I'm just going to take you to Acts... >> Okay. 19:11 >> ...another book written by Luke. We're going to go to Acts 28. 19:15 >> Okay, Acts chapter 28. >> Acts chapter 28. Now, in some translations 19:20 of the Bible, sometimes you see words that are in all caps, 19:26 like the New American Standard version does it. Some others do that as well. 19:29 When you see that in your Bible, that is typically to show you that the quotation 19:34 is from the Old Testament... >> Okay. >> ...and that's what is 19:37 happening here in verses 25-27. In verse 25 of Acts 28, it says, "So when they did 19:44 not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word. 19:49 The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to our Father saying, 19:55 Go to the people and say, Hearing you will hear and shall not understand," 19:59 and it goes on from there, but the key for us here is that they quote... 20:03 Paul says the Holy Spirit spoke through Isaiah. >> Mm-hmm. 20:07 >> But that quotation is from Isaiah 6, and if we were to look up 20:11 Isaiah 6, Isaiah 6 would say, the Lord or Yahweh said, which means 20:17 that the Holy Spirit is Yahweh, or, put differently, the words attributed to Yahweh 20:23 in the Old Testament are attributed to the Holy Spirit 20:26 in the New Testament. The same thing takes place in Hebrews 3:7-9, which is 20:32 a quotation from Psalm 95. >> Okay. >> Once again, they say 20:35 the Holy Spirit spoke, and in the Old Testament reference, Psalm 95:7, 20:40 it says, "The Lord spoke," which is the technical term, the personal name 20:44 of God, Yahweh. So if Yahweh said something, and later I say, 20:48 "The Holy Spirit said," it's because they are the same. The Holy Spirit is Yahweh. 20:53 The Holy Spirit is fully God. >> That is very clear. So now we understand, 21:00 and let's just summarize that there so we are clear. >> Mm-hmm. 21:05 >> The Holy Spirit is fully divine, and we see that 21:11 through the attributes that the Holy Spirit has. >> Yes. 21:15 >> We just saw that the Holy Spirit is referred to 21:19 in the New Testament in the same context that Yahweh is referred to 21:24 in the Old Testament. >> Yes. >> We see that people 21:28 are baptized in the name of the Holy Spirit, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 21:35 What other items, just as we summarize and get that clear, and then 21:38 we're going to talk about "Is Holy Spirit a person?" What other items, again, 21:43 just to clarify, demonstrate the divinity of the Holy Spirit? 21:47 >> Yeah. Beyond those things attributed to him, 21:49 it's just the direct statement we saw in Acts 5:4, that Ananias had lied 21:54 to the Holy Spirit in verse 3, and in verse 4 it says he's lied to God. 21:58 So it's explicitly declared that the Holy Spirit is God by the parallel of those 22:02 two verses. So He is fully divine. >> Now, we are going to... 22:07 We only have 5 minutes left, Dr. Peckham, so what we're going to do is, 22:11 we're going to ask the question, "Is the Holy Spirit a person?" Now, we are already going to say 22:16 at the beginning of this, we're not going to fully answer that. 22:19 >> Sure. >> In our next show, we'll pick up... 22:20 >> Yes. >> ...but let's start in asking that question 22:24 and beginning to establish "Is, in fact, the Holy Spirit a person?" 22:29 >> Yes. The best way to answer that question is to ask 22:32 how the Holy Spirit is described in the New Testament, and we will see a number 22:35 of texts -- I'll show you at least one on this program -- 22:39 that shows that the Holy Spirit either does things or can have things done to Him 22:44 that only make sense if the Holy Spirit is a person, okay? 22:49 So maybe there's two texts for now. >> Sure. 22:52 >> If we go to Romans 8, Romans 8:26-27... >> Okay. 22:57 >> ...Romans 8:26-27, you have this, and it's in the context 23:03 of the Spirit helping us in our weaknesses. Actually, yeah, start at 8:26. 23:08 "Likewise, the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses, for we do not know 23:13 what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit himself makes 23:17 intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 23:20 Now, he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit 23:23 is because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God." 23:28 No one but a person could make intercession for us. >> Yes. 23:32 >> No one but a person could translate our prayers that we don't even know 23:35 how to say as we ought. >> That's right. >> This is a personal 23:37 characteristic. Another one is found in Ephesians 4, 23:42 Ephesians 4:30. Ephesians 4:30, and it says, "And do not grieve 24:01 the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption." 24:07 Now, how could you grieve anyone but a person? Later, we'll see that in John 3 24:12 there's a metaphor used of the Spirit, the wind, because there's actually 24:15 a Greek term that underlies both the word spirit and wind, and Jesus uses a play on words, 24:21 and some people think, "Oh, well, the Spirit is just a force," 24:23 but you can't grieve a force. >> No. >> You can't grieve the wind. 24:27 >> No. >> You can only grieve a person. That's a personal 24:30 characteristic. There are many others. >> Absolutely, and we are going 24:34 to pick up with those others in our next program, and so, as we close off this program, 24:39 and in the last minute or so that we have, Dr. Peckham, maybe bring some summary, 24:45 bring this program to closure bringing some hope to the viewer, 24:48 to the listener, of the Holy Spirit. >> Yeah. 24:53 That text in Romans 8 is so near and dear to my heart because many people think, 24:56 "How can I be in communion with the living and holy God?" Right? 25:00 "I'm not worthy. I don't even know how to speak to Him," and the Bible tells us 25:03 God, in the person of the Holy Spirit, meets us where we are, 25:06 and we don't even know the right words to say, but He intercedes for us, 25:11 so that even when we don't say the right words, God understands because we have an advocate 25:16 with the Father, who is Jesus, and we have another like Him, our Comforter, the Holy Spirit, 25:20 who is putting us in connection with God. Wherever we go, wherever we are, 25:24 He is with us as the presence of God with us, and that is good news, indeed. 25:28 >> And that is good news. It reminds me of that text, one of my favorite texts 25:32 in the entirety of Scripture, Joshua 1:9. >> Mm-hmm. 25:37 >> Joshua, seemingly facing the impossible task of now leading 25:42 the children of Israel after Moses had died. In Joshua 1:9, 25:49 we have this promise that is laid out before us. "Have I not commanded you? 25:56 Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid nor be dismayed, 26:00 for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." Let's pray as we end 26:07 today's program. Heavenly Father, we are so thankful for the gift 26:11 of the Holy Spirit, that no matter where we go, no matter where we are, 26:17 no matter what we do, You are there with us, and, Lord, I pray 26:24 that as we attempt to understand Your divine personage, Your divine attributes, 26:34 that we would be drawn nearer to You, come into relationship with You, 26:39 and that, Lord, we would make a decision to follow You all the days of our life. 26:43 We pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. >> Amen. 26:48 >> Dear friend, so often we talk about Jesus and His love for us as the Messiah 26:53 and as the Savior, but often we do not talk about the power 26:59 of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is fully divine. The Holy Spirit is a person, 27:06 and the Holy Spirit has been sent to be your helper, to be your comforter, 27:12 so He might draw you to the Savior, Jesus. Friend, I want to offer to you 27:18 today a little booklet called "The Holy Spirit." Here's the information you need 27:24 to receive today's offer. >> To request today's offer, 27:28 just log on to www.itiswrittencanada.ca. 27:33 If you prefer, you may call toll free at 1-888-CALL-IIW. 27:39 And thank you for your prayer requests and your generous 27:42 financial support. >> And, friend, do you want to know Jesus more? 27:47 Do you want to know the Holy Spirit more? Do you want to draw nearer 27:50 to the Father? You can go to our website, 27:52 www.itiswrittencanada.ca and find more resources 27:57 to help you grow in your spiritual life. Friends, thank you 28:01 for joining us today. I invite you to join us again next week. 28:05 Until then, remember, it is written. 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