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00:17 >> Dear friends, welcome once again to "It Is Written Canada." 00:20 We have been studying the topic of the Trinity, the Godhead. 00:25 Once again, I have joining me in studio Dr. John Peckham. 00:29 Dr. John Peckham, welcome to 00:30 "It Is Written Canada" once again. 00:32 >> Thank you for having me. >> Dr. Peckham is a professor 00:37 at the Theological Seminary at Andrews University. 00:40 He's authored a number of books, and actually, Dr. Peckham, 00:44 you are right now working on a book, writing a book. 00:47 What is that book about, and when do you expect that 00:50 to be released? >> Yeah, so there's one book 00:52 that's coming out at the end of 2018, 00:55 which is on the problem of evil, called "The Odyssey of Love," 00:58 and that book will be out October or November. I'm not sure which one, 01:01 and I'm also writing a book on the doctrine of God, a textbook 01:04 on the attributes of God. That will be out, I don't know when. 01:07 [ Laughter ] >> Well, I will tell you, if an individual is interested 01:12 in finding some of these books that Dr. Peckham has written, you can find them at your local 01:18 bookstore, or you can go to Amazon and there find these books, 01:23 and I was looking myself. They are available both in print form and on the Kindle... 01:28 >> Yes, they are. >> ...so appreciate that availability. 01:31 Dr. Peckham, just in summary, we've been talking about this doctrine of the Holy Spirit, 01:35 the oneness of God and the context of Him being three persons, 01:40 Father, Son, Holy Spirit. We spent a good deal of time talking about Jesus, 01:46 Jesus being fully divine, Jesus being fully human, yet being that Son, 01:52 the Messiah, having a function and role and purpose 01:57 as a part of the Godhead, and now we've been discussing the Holy Spirit. 02:02 Now, we talked the last time, and we spent almost the whole show 02:06 talking about the divine attributes of the Holy Spirit. Why don't we spend just 02:11 a few moments reviewing that and then delving... We were talking just before 02:16 the show started about omnipresence, so why don't you 02:20 just summarize the divine attributes that tell us that the Holy Spirit is divine, 02:25 and then delve more deeply into omnipresence? >> Yeah, so we've seen that 02:30 the Holy Spirit is fully God, and we've begun to see that the Holy Spirit is a person, 02:34 not just a force or some kind of appendage of God, if there were such a thing. 02:39 The Holy Spirit as God is evident in places like Acts 5, 02:43 where Peter says to Ananias, "You lied to the Holy Spirit," and then in the very next verse, 02:47 says, "You lied to God." >> Yes. >> The Holy Spirit is God. 02:50 It's clear that the Holy Spirit has divine attributes in the fact 02:53 that the Holy Spirit is eternal in places like Hebrews 9:14, has knowledge that only God 02:58 would have, divine knowledge in 1 Corinthians 2, has the power of God in Luke 1 03:04 and can apparently be anywhere because Jesus sends Him to take His place among the apostles 03:10 as they go out to evangelize the entire world, which shows us that 03:14 He is omnipresent. There's nowhere where He cannot go with them, 03:18 nowhere they can go that He is not with them. >> And so we see 03:22 that it is clear. The Holy Spirit is divine. We discussed a few texts. 03:29 In Ephesians, I believe it was Ephesians 4, about grieving the Holy Spirit. 03:33 >> Yes. >> Can't grieve a force, can't grieve an appendage, 03:37 using that term. You must... You grieve a person. 03:42 >> That's right. >> And then we also spent a little time in Romans 8, 03:45 where in Romans 8, the Holy Spirit is this person, this being that helps translate, 03:54 so to speak, our prayers when we don't know what to pray, when we don't know what to say, 03:57 when we don't know what to do. >> Yes. >> What are some of the other 04:02 attributes of the Holy Spirit that let us know that the Holy Spirit 04:05 is not just some force, not some appendage of God, but an actual person? 04:10 >> Yeah, there are many other characteristics where the Spirit acts 04:14 or is acted upon in ways that only make sense for a person to act 04:17 or be acted upon in that way. One is in Luke 12. Let's go to Luke chapter 12. 04:23 >> Okay. >> Luke 12:12. >> All right. 04:33 >> Now, Jesus is counseling His followers not to be worried about when persecution comes, 04:38 and they're dragged before courts and judges to testify, and He says, "Don't be worried 04:43 about what you're going to say." Why? Because verse 12, "For the 04:47 Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." 04:51 >> Mm-hmm. >> So the Holy Spirit can teach, right? 04:54 >> Yes. >> This is a personal attribute. >> Yes. 04:58 >> Teaching, and many other personal attributes, things that only persons can do, 05:04 are said of the Holy Spirit. If we turn over to the book of John, 05:08 John 15:26, John 15:26. >> Okay. John 15 again, now you have 05:17 focused, and you have actually recommended our viewers 05:20 and our listeners that really, reading John 14-16 is really going to help 05:25 in this understanding. >> That's right. >> We're right in the heart 05:27 of it here in John 15, and you said verse... >> Twenty-six. 05:31 >> Twenty-six. >> "But when the helper comes," there's that word again 05:34 referred to in the last program, the comforter, the paracletus, which is what Jesus is also 05:39 referred to as in 1 John, so He's another of the same kind, the One who takes Christ's place 05:45 among them. Verse 26, "But when the helper comes whom I shall send 05:48 to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, 05:53 he will testify of me." Again, this is a personal attribute, witnessing or 05:58 testifying, bearing witness. Only a person can do this. If we turn over to the book 06:03 of Acts, the very, very next book, Acts chapter 8. 06:12 >> So we're seeing these personal attributes. >> Yes. 06:15 >> The Spirit teaches. >> Yes. >> The Spirit can be grieved. 06:18 The Spirit can intercede, and now what are we going to look at? 06:25 >> Now, Acts 8:29. >> Yes. >> "Then the Spirit said 06:28 to Philip, 'Go near and overtake this chariot,'" so the Spirit can speak. 06:33 Right? >> Yes. >> And again, it always puzzles 06:35 me when people say the Spirit is less than a person or some kind of a force. 06:39 Forces don't do these kinds of things. >> That's right. 06:41 >> These are personal actions, personal characteristics. >> When we speak of forces, 06:45 when we think of, like, the force of gravity... >> Yes. 06:48 >> Gravity doesn't speak to us. >> Yes. >> And so the Holy Spirit 06:52 is more than just a force. >> That's right. >> The Holy Spirit speaks. 06:56 The Holy Spirit teaches. The Holy Spirit testifies. The Holy Spirit intercedes. 07:00 >> Yes. >> The Holy Spirit can be grieved. 07:02 >> That's right. >> There seems to be a great deal of evidence, Dr. Peckham. 07:05 Is there any more evidence that the Holy Spirit is a person? >> There's more. 07:08 There is more, if we turn over to chapter 16 of the book of Acts. 07:11 >> Okay. >> We see that the Holy Spirit also can forbid or allow things, 07:17 and this happens in a number of places with regard to the apostles, 07:20 but just one for today. Acts 16:7, "After they had come to Mysia, 07:24 they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. 07:29 >> Hmm. >> So they're forbidden from going there 07:31 based on the plan of God, and the Spirit is the active agent that is working through 07:35 the apostles, can forbid or allow particular activities. This is, again, 07:39 a personal attribute. >> Now, it's important as we are looking at these 07:43 personal attributes, and we're going to look at even more personal attributes, 07:47 but the Holy Spirit speaks The Holy Spirit intercedes. The Holy Spirit forbids. 07:51 >> Yes. >> The Holy Spirit teaches, testifies, intercedes, 07:55 can be grieved. >> Yes. >> We're mentioning 07:58 just one text in each of these instances to demonstrate, 08:02 but the reality is there are a multitude of passages in the Scriptures that 08:08 teaches these same principles. >> That's right. >> So what are some of the other 08:11 divine attributes of the... Excuse me, some of the personal attributes of the Holy Spirit 08:15 that help us to understand the Holy Spirit as a person more than just a force? 08:20 >> Yeah. There are a few more. If we go over 08:24 to 1 Corinthians 2, we've seen this already with regard 08:27 to Him having divine knowledge, but there's a particular term there that also, 08:31 again, signals that the Holy Spirit is a person. 1 Corinthians 2:10, again, 08:39 tells us, "God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches 08:43 all things, yes, the deep things of God. >> Hmm. 08:48 >> So He searches this knowledge, right? This is, again, 08:52 a personal attribute. Then in the same book, 1 Corinthians 12, 08:57 many of our viewers will be aware of something that Christians call 09:00 "spiritual gifts." >> Yes. >> This is one of the major 09:03 chapters about spiritual gifts. >> Yes. >> Verse 11 tells us, 09:07 "But one and the same Spirit," after it's listed these spiritual gifts, 09:11 "But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each 09:14 one individually as he wills." >> Mm-hmm. >> That's a direct personal 09:19 attribute, willing and giving gifts to whomever He wills. 09:23 This is something only a person would do. And finally, we've already seen 09:26 over and over again the commission to baptize in the name of the Father, 09:31 the Son, and the Spirit, which just testifies, again, that the Spirit is a person 09:36 just as the Son and the Father are persons. >> And so we have all of these 09:42 attributes of the Holy Spirit as a person. The Holy Spirit speaks. 09:46 The Holy Spirit forbids or allows. >> Yes. 09:49 >> The Holy Spirit teaches. >> Yes. >> The Holy Spirit testifies 09:51 or bears witness. The Holy Spirit intercedes. The Holy Spirit gives gifts. 09:56 The Holy Spirit searches. >> Mm-hmm. >> The Holy Spirit has a name, 10:02 and the Holy Spirit can be grieved. >> That's right. 10:04 >> So, again, once again, the preponderance of the evidence 10:09 is that the Holy Spirit is not only divine, but the Holy Spirit is a person. 10:16 >> Yes, and this is a very important part for us to remind ourselves, 10:21 in case some of our viewers didn't see one of the earlier episodes, 10:23 that when we say the Holy Spirit is a person, we don't mean a human person. 10:26 >> Yes. >> We mean a person who is an agent, 10:29 who has self-consciousness, can say, "I am this or that," has a will, which we just saw 10:34 in the last text the Holy Spirit has, and it has a faculty of reason. 10:38 >> Yes. >> So angels in the Bible are persons. 10:40 They're not humans, but they're persons. >> Yes. 10:42 >> The Holy Spirit is a person in that respect. Now, don't think of them 10:44 as a physical human being walking around. Jesus became a physical 10:48 human being for us, but the Holy Spirit is not. >> Correct. 10:50 >> That's what we mean by person, so if the Holy Spirit is 10:53 fully divine and a person, if Jesus, as we've seen 10:56 in previous episodes, is fully divine and a person, then the 11:00 early standard we set up, which is the simplest understanding of the Trinity, 11:03 there is one and only one God, the Father is God, the Son is God, 11:08 and the Spirit is God, but the Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Spirit, 11:12 and the Spirit is not the Father. That is the basic Trinity 11:15 doctrine that we've seen sufficient evidence for to this point. 11:20 >> So now, let's, as we continue, though, this discussion on the Spirit, 11:26 we will sometimes hear referenced the grieving of the Spirit 11:31 or the unpardonable sin. >> Yes. >> So first, Dr. Peckham, 11:37 why don't you take us through those passages that talk about grieving the Spirit 11:40 and the unpardonable sin, and then let's talk about "What does that mean?" 11:44 >> Yes, Ephesians 4:30, again, just counsels us, and we'll go there together. 11:49 Ephesians 4:30... >> Okay. >> ...give us the counsel that, 11:55 and I'll read it, Ephesians 4:30, "And do not grieve 11:58 the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption," 12:04 so He can be grieved, and He seals, by the way, another personal characteristic. 12:07 >> Mm-hmm. Yes. >> But here, do not grieve 12:08 the Spirit. Why is it so serious to grieve the Spirit? 12:11 Matthew 12 tells us, Matthew 12:31, and these are going to be the words of Jesus. 12:20 Matthew 12, yeah, Matthew 12, I'm in 13. Matthew 12:31, 12:28 "Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, 12:33 but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men." 12:37 >> Mm-hmm. >> "Anyone who speaks a word against the son of man, 12:40 it will be forgiven him, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, 12:43 it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come," 12:47 which tells us a few things. We should be very careful how we relate 12:52 to the Holy Spirit. >> Yes. >> Why? 12:54 Because the Holy Spirit is fully God. It's kind of like sitting on 13:00 a tree branch and then trying to cut off the branch that you're sitting on. 13:04 >> Yes. >> If the Holy Spirit takes Christ's place among us, 13:07 He is the conduit. He is the connection. He is the way in which 13:10 we can be united to God. >> Yes. >> If we cut ourselves 13:13 from the Holy Spirit, we are cutting ourselves off from God. 13:17 This is what some people call the unpardonable sin, unpardonable 13:21 not because God is not willing to forgive or to pardon -- He is -- 13:24 but because if you cut off the very connection to God in a final way, 13:30 there's nothing left for you. So many people ask, and they get fearful at this 13:35 point, and they say, "How do I know I haven't committed the unpardonable sin?" 13:39 Well, if it's the Holy Spirit that connects us to God, one very simple way to know 13:43 you have not committed this sin is if you have any interest in God whatsoever, 13:48 because if there's not, the Holy Spirit, if the Holy Spirit 13:51 has completely left you, you won't be drawn to come to God because that is 13:54 one of the activities of the Holy Spirit. Now, that's not to say that you 13:59 shouldn't be, that you should then say, "Well, I can go further away from God 14:03 because I haven't grieved Him yet." If you're worried about that, 14:05 repent and come to God as quickly as you can, but you can know that 14:10 the unpardonable sin is only when somebody finally rejects God fully and finally. 14:15 But we don't want to make the mistake of waiting too long. The Bible says, "If today 14:20 you hear His voice, harden not your heart," but God is willing to forgive, 14:24 but if you finally reject Him, that is to grieve the Holy Spirit. 14:29 >> Okay, so we obviously see in the context of understanding God 14:35 is one in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit 14:41 is key in understanding salvation because if we reject, 14:46 we grieve the Holy Spirit. We've cut off the conduit. We've cut off the connection 14:53 to God, and in cutting off that connection, we are lost. 14:58 >> That's right. >> So we obviously see that that is a very important 15:04 role of the Holy Spirit, but let's talk further about that. 15:08 What other things are there? Why is the Spirit so important, and what other things 15:14 does the Spirit do? >> Yeah, we find throughout Scripture, the Spirit is active 15:19 in so many ways that many Christians don't recognize and was already active 15:23 even before the special commissioning when Christ comes. After Christ comes, 15:27 the Spirit is apparently given license to do even more because the new Kingdom of God 15:31 has come on the earth, but it was already active going all the way back to creation, 15:35 so in Genesis 1... In fact, we can go there. >> Sure. 15:38 >> In Genesis 1, in light of the New Testament, I think it is correct 15:44 to see the reference of the Spirit in Genesis 1:2 as a reference 15:48 to the Holy Spirit, and verse 1, of course, tell us, "In the beginning, 15:55 God created the heavens and the earth," and then verse 2 says, 15:59 "The earth was without form and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep, 16:04 and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters." 16:08 >> Mm-hmm. >> So the Spirit is there in creation, 16:12 but the Holy Spirit is also an agent of new creation. >> Okay. 16:16 >> We see this in places like Ezekiel 36. >> Okay, Ezekiel 36... 16:29 >> Ezekiel 36, and Ezekiel 36, verse, let's see here, verse 26. 16:38 >> Okay. >> It says, "I will give you a new heart 16:41 and put a new spirit within you. I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh 16:45 and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in 16:51 My statutes, and you will keep My judgements and do them," so here we have a depiction 16:57 of what some theologians call "the new birth." >> Mm-hmm. 17:01 >> Right? And this new birth experience or regeneration 17:04 is having the Spirit of God within you, so the Spirit is the agent, 17:08 one of the agents of creation, at creation and also an agent in the new creation 17:13 where we are born of God, born of the Spirit. >> And how critical is that, 17:18 the Holy Spirit there taking part of creation, the very creating of this earth, 17:24 but then in the individual, the person who makes a decision to follow after God, 17:31 to yield their heart. It's interesting, as we are reading that, 17:34 "I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes." 17:39 >> Yes. >> See, the Holy Spirit is drawing, 17:42 and you used that word earlier, conduit, the Holy Spirit draws an individual 17:47 into an obedient relationship with Him. What other things does 17:54 the Spirit of God do, or maybe more evidence on those attributes 18:02 that we've already looked at? >> Yes. We've already seen that 18:05 the Spirit intercedes for us, and this is not just in evidence of personality, 18:09 but is just very important for our relationship with God. >> Yeah. 18:12 >> We saw that in Romans 8:26-27. If we go back 18:16 to 1 Corinthians 2 one more time... >> Yes. 18:19 >> ...we'll see that the Spirit not only searches and know the things of God, 18:23 but beyond that is the active agent in the inspiration of the Scriptures... 18:27 >> Okay. >> ...which is why, as we saw earlier, 18:32 the New Testament will quote the Spirit as saying what Yahweh said. 18:36 >> Yes. >> Because the Spirit is the active agent 18:38 of the Trinity in the inspiration of the Scriptures and in helping us 18:42 to understand them. So verse 11, "For what man knows the things of a man, 18:46 except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things 18:50 of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, 18:54 but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given 18:58 to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom 19:03 teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things 19:08 with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive 19:11 the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know them because 19:15 they are spiritually discerned." This is also, by the way, where the Protestant 19:22 principle of spiritual things or spiritually discerned come from... 19:25 >> Yes. >> ...which is why we should always seek 19:27 the Spirit's guidance when we open the Word of God. >> And so we have these roles 19:32 that the Holy Spirit plays. The Holy Spirit was an agent at creation, 19:37 joining the Father and the Son as a part of that creation. The Holy Spirit, and it's 19:43 an amazing thing as we think about the oneness of God, yet the Three, the Father, 19:47 the Son and the Holy Spirit, in the rebirth experience, that newness of life, 19:54 the individual is drawn by Jesus and His love and His sacrifice, 20:01 and then the Holy Spirit is placed within to give the power 20:06 to be obedient to follow the Father. >> That's right. 20:10 >> And now we have the Holy Spirit not only inspires 20:14 the Scriptures, and we talked about that in an earlier program, 20:17 where holy men of God wrote and spoke as the Spirit urged them, 20:24 but now when we read the Word of God, the Holy Spirit actually illuminates 20:30 the Scriptures and leads us into understanding them. 20:35 >> That's right. >> In fact, if I recall correctly, 20:38 John chapter 14 pretty clearly outlines that we cannot understand 20:44 without the Spirit of truth, as Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit. 20:49 >> That's right. And this is why the Spirit is so important, 20:51 and on that new birth experience, this is essential. If we go to John 3 20:55 and see what is said in the context of Jesus on meeting with Nicodemus 21:01 under the cover of night, and Nicodemus, one of the leaders, 21:05 comes to Jesus, and he's told about the new birth. 21:09 Beginning of John 3:7, well, first of all, Jesus says in verse 5, 21:14 "Most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, 21:18 he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh 21:21 is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." >> Mm-hmm. 21:25 >> This is how important the new birth is, which is also 21:28 how important the Spirit is. "Do not marvel," Jesus says in verse 7, 21:31 "that I said to you, you must be born again. The wind blows where it wishes, 21:36 and you hear the sound of it but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. 21:39 So is everyone who is born of the Spirit," so we must be born again, 21:44 and the Spirit is the agent of that new creation, that regeneration, 21:49 that born-again experience that every Christian is to have. 21:52 >> And what's interesting is, of course, John chapter 3 is where that classically 21:56 famous text is in John 3:16. >> That's right. >> And I want to be careful 22:01 in how I refer to that. I don't want that to come across as demeaning, 22:05 but, you know, John 3:16 shows up with people holding it between 22:09 football posts and whatnot. >> Yes, yes. >> "But for God 22:13 so loved the world," so you have the Father, "that He gave his only begotten." 22:18 We studied that phrase earlier, the one and only unique one. The only begotten son 22:23 "that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." 22:28 That is the new birth experience, which then, in John 3:5 22:33 and John 3:7 and 8, Jesus is clear, happens through the Holy Spirit. 22:38 >> That's right. That's right. >> And so, I want to get into 22:41 some of these other things that the Spirit does, but I want to 22:43 very clearly understand what we are alluding to and what the Scripture 22:48 are pointing to. Is what we're saying that when we talk 22:53 about the oneness of God, yet three distinct persons, and we've seen that those three 22:58 distinct persons have different roles and functions... 23:02 >> Mm-hmm. >> ...but the one common unity of those three persons 23:09 is the salvation of mankind? Would I be overstating that? >> That's the unified purpose 23:13 of the Trinity in the plan of redemption. Yes. 23:16 >> And so when we think about the power of the Holy Spirit, when we think 23:19 about the sacrifice of the Son, when we think about the Almighty Father, 23:24 it's so important to understand that all of that comes in the context 23:27 that their unifying purpose, their unity, is based on the salvation of mankind. 23:33 >> Yeah, yeah. They're unified in a way that goes beyond that, 23:36 but they're unified in that purpose, absolutely. >> Now, what other items... 23:41 As we are in the last few minutes, let's talk about one more 23:46 of the things that the Holy Spirit does. >> So we have... 23:50 there's many other things. We already talked about bestowal of spiritual gifts. 23:54 Elsewhere, Paul says, "The Spirit is the bringer of liberty," 23:57 in 2 Corinthians 3. One more here is the baptism of the Holy Spirit, 24:02 which also relates here to what we've been talking about with the new birth. 24:06 In Acts chapter 1, Acts 1:5, chapter 1 verse 5, the beginning of verse 4, 24:15 actually, "And being assembled together with them, Jesus commanded them not to 24:19 depart from Jerusalum, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which he said, 24:24 you have heard from me. For John truly baptized with water, 24:27 but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now. 24:32 So this baptism of the Spirit is to come, and in the very next chapter, 24:35 we see that it does come at what is called Pentecost, where the apostles are given 24:40 the ability to speak in other languages to those that are there in town 24:45 for the celebration of Pentecost. They are given the ability 24:49 to speak in languages they don't know... >> Yes. 24:51 >> ...by the Spirit after they meet in the upper room in one accord. 24:55 The Spirit comes upon them in power, and they are baptized 24:59 by the Spirit to do His will, to do His mission. >> And so in the last minute 25:04 or so that we have, Dr. Peckham, we've studied that the Holy Spirit is fully divine. 25:11 We've seen that the Holy Spirit is a person... >> Yes. 25:14 >> ...and we have seen that the Holy Spirit is active, an active agent, 25:21 doing a number of different things, many of them 25:25 a part of the plan of salvation for humanity. What are some last words 25:31 about the Holy Spirit that can bring our viewer, to bring our listener, 25:35 hope in the message of the power of the Holy Spirit? >> Yeah, I think the biggest key 25:41 is to understand, how can we receive the Spirit? And the way we receive 25:45 the Spirit is by receiving Christ. If you are in Christ by faith, 25:51 then you will receive the Spirit of God. >> And with that, Dr. Peckham, 25:56 can you pray for our viewers and for our listeners to receive Christ, and in turn, 26:02 receive the power of the Holy Spirit? >> Yes. 26:05 Let's pray. Dear Father in heaven, we praise Your name. 26:09 We thank You so much for being the awesome God that You are who have loved us 26:13 so much and has done everything that can be done in the plan of salvation for us. 26:20 We pray even now that You will open our hearts, that You will open the hearts 26:23 of all of our viewers to accept Your Son, Jesus Christ, 26:27 and to receive through Him the power of Your Holy Spirit, 26:31 not only that we might live transformed lives, but that we might help others 26:35 to know You and also be saved and enjoy eternal life with you. 26:40 We pray these things in Jesus' name. Amen. 26:43 >> Amen. Dear friend, when Jesus died on the Cross, 26:49 when He left this earth to return to heaven, He did not leave us 26:55 and abandon us, but, in fact, He sent us the helper, the comforter, 27:01 the Holy Spirit, the conduit between heaven and earth, 27:07 the Holy Spirit that inspired men and women to write the 27:13 Scriptures, the road map to lead us back to Jesus Christ, 27:19 that we might be fully restored to Him. Today, friend, 27:24 I want to offer you the book "The Holy Spirit: The Need." This little booklet, 27:30 written by Doug Batchelor, is a resource that will help you understand 27:36 not only the work of the Holy Spirit, but how you can receive 27:40 the power of the Holy Spirit in your life. 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