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>> Stand with me,
church family, and let us sing.
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"Lord, I Lift
Your Name on High."
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¤¤ [ Congregation sings ]
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Aren't you glad?
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Let's keep praising Him.
[ Intro to "Higher" plays ]
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Now repeat after
me. [ Performers sing ]
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Do you know it?
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Sing out!
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Sing!
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Your turn!
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¤ Everybody! ¤
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Amen! Amen. Isn't
God amazing and awesome
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and wonderful? He is
worthy to be praised.
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And so right now as we
are singing praises to the
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Lord, let's also cry out to the
Holy Spirit, that He will touch
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us and show us the
truth of who Christ is.
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That He will woo us into His
presence, into being closer to
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Him, into having
that connection with Him.
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Let's ask the Holy Spirit to
rain down on us into our lives
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so that He may fill our
spirit, and we can fill those
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when we go out of this
place. So sing with me.
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[ Intro to "Holy
Spirit Rain Down" playing ]
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¤¤
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Come forward. Now is that time.
Put your burdens down before the
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Lord and give it all to Jesus.
The only thing that stops you is
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you. So, now's the time
to lay it all out. Surrender.
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And you can't do that partially.
So give it all to God. Give it
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to Him now. ¤¤
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[ Congregation
sings ] ¤ Yes, Lord ¤
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Cry out to Him.
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>> Good morning. Good
morning, boys and girls.
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Now, I have a
question for you as we begin.
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How many of you -- And pay
attention, 'cause I've got a
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feeling it's not all of you.
How many of you like presents?
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Okay, that's what I thought.
It's not completely all of you.
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Some of you, it's a little bit
much. I also like presents. I
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also like gifts. Not just when
I was your age. I still do. I'm
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not gonna lie. So just keep that
in mind. But I remember one
Christmas in particular.
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I had just turned 6 years
old, and my parents put out
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three big boxes under the tree.
And when I say big, I meanbig.
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And I don't know if they put
these out super early just to
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mess with me, but these boxes
were out, it seemed like, months
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and months early. And these
boxes, there were three of them,
and they were huge.
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And they weren't just with my
name on it. They also had my two
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older brothers' names on it. And
every single day of my life, I
would see those three boxes,
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and I would wonder what was in
them. But then my parents made a
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rule. They said, "Absolutely no
touching the boxes." Well, as
soon as they made that
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rule, I knew what was in them.
Because, I mean, it's obvious.
If you can't touch it, then it's
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clear what it is that's in
there, 'cause there's a certain
thing that, if you move it just
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a little bit, you can hear what
it is. And so I knew -- in fact,
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I would imagine you guys
probably -- if you heard this
sound, you would know
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what it is. So is everybody
listening? [ Plastic clattering
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] >> Children: Legos! >> Legos.
Yeah. You guys know this. Yeah.
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Pastor Dwight looks confused
every time I do this, but you
guys, you're with it.
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So... Yeah. And so
Legos are a dead giveaway.
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If you can just lift that box
up and just tilt it slightly,
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you'll know. And so I knew, when
my parents said, "Hey, no
touching the boxes," I knew it
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was Legos. And so as the days
rolled by, I started counting
down until me and my brothers
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were gonna get these three huge
boxes of Legos, and I was just
imagining all the incredible
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things we were gonna build. And
finally Christmas Day arrived.
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I'm pretty sure I got up before
the sun that day. My parents
finally also got up.
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And we start opening gifts. And
do you know what my parents did?
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It's almost cruel and unusual.
They made us wait until very
last for those three boxes.
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Everything else was done. All
the sweaters and stuff like that
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that I was gonna grow out of,
anyway. And finally, finally it
was time for Legos, and I could
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hardly control my excitement.
And my parents said, "Okay, you
can open this box now."
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And so me and my brothers, we
ran over there, and we went to
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lift it... And all of a sudden,
I realized I had made a dreadful
mistake. This was not Legos at
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all. Because... It took
all three of us to lift it.
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It was a heavy box. And it made
no sound. And so we opened it.
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And sure enough, it wasn't
Legos. My parents had given me
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a great disappointment. [
Laughter ] Because there wasn't
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a single Lego in the entire box.
Instead, it was just a computer.
[ Congregation murmurs ]
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But... a computer was a much
better gift than Legos, wasn't
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it? Yeah. But here's the thing
-- God has incredible gifts to
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give us, doesn't He? And
sometimes what we ask for isn't
half as good as what
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He wants to give us. And so
today, as you listen to Pastor
Dwight's sermon, he is
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gonna talk about an incredible
gift God has for us. A gift that
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He wants to give each and every
one of you. And I want you to
listen and see if you can figure
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out what the incredible gift God
has for us that's even better
than Legos. And who would like
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to pray and thank God for the
gift He wants to give us? I saw
your hand first. Yes.
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And since you're 6, clearly it
should be you. Okay. And what is
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your name? >> Zaya. >> Zaya. Can
you pray and thank God for the
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incredible gift He wants to give
us? >> Mm-hmm. Dear Jesus, thank
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You for this wonderful day, and
giving us a great gift. And
thank You that You died on
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the cross for us. Amen. >> Amen.
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Okay, boys and girls. Go back to
your seat. And pay attention to
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Pastor Dwight's sermon so you
can hear about the incredible
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gift. ¤¤ >> ¤ O holy dove of God
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descending ¤ ¤ You are the love
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that knows no ending ¤ ¤
All of our shattered dreams
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You're mending ¤
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¤ Spirit, now live in me ¤ ¤ O
holy wind of God now blowing, ¤
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¤ You are the seed that God
is sowing ¤ ¤ You are the life
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that starts us growing ¤ ¤
Spirit, now live in me ¤ >> ¤
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Come, Holy Spirit, heav'nly dove
¤ ¤ Fill us with Your holy light
¤ >> ¤ Pour out your rain
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and cleanse our hearts ¤ ¤ Until
all evil departs ¤ >> ¤ O holy
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rain of God now falling ¤ ¤ You
make the Word of God enthralling
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¤ ¤ You are the inner voice now
calling ¤ ¤ Spirit, now live in
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me ¤¤ ¤ It's beginning to rain ¤
¤ Hear the voice of the Father ¤
¤ Saying, "Whosoever will
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come drink of this water ¤ ¤
I promise to pour my spirit out
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¤ On your sons and your
daughters" ¤ ¤ If you're thirsty
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and dry, look up to the sky ¤ ¤
It's beginning to rain ¤ ¤ It's
beginning to rain ¤
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¤ Hear the voice of the Father ¤
¤ Saying, "Whosoever will come
drink of this water ¤
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¤ I have promised to pour
my spirit out ¤ ¤ On your sons
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and your daughters ¤ ¤ If you're
thirsty and dry, look up to the
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sky ¤ ¤ It's beginning to rain
¤¤ ¤ O holy flame of God now
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burning ¤ ¤ You are the power of
Christ returning ¤ ¤ You are the
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answer to my yearning ¤ ¤
Spirit, now live in me ¤¤ [
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Applause ] >> Let's pray.
Father, I couldn't help but
picture you in my mind
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as those 13 girls were singing.
Leaning on the edge of your
throne, ear turned to Earth,
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hushing the choirs that surround
you. That must be a beautiful
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sight to you -- three girls
whose hearts sing the prayer we
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long to pray. Rain down on us.
Are you really saying "It's
beginning to rain, Earth"?
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"Yo, Earth, it's beginning
to rain." Let us hear you.
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And may this teaching in Your
Word give us all the hope and
the courage we need for the
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adventure ahead. We
pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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You may be saying, "Yo, Dwight,
what do you think about those
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three hurricanes lined up
to simultaneously have landfall
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together?" And that
earthquake in Mexico,
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and the fires in
the Northwest and L.A.?"
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So, what's up? I'll
get to that in a moment.
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But first, once upon a time,
500 years ago, God used a young
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German man to ignite a global
reformation. 500 years later --
isn't this something? --
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God uses another German man,
older now, to ignite what I am
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praying will be a new
global reformation in the faith
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community I love and serve.
00:23:43.62\00:23:45.45
Because this man has written
a book, and the book has gone
00:23:45.62\00:23:47.52
viral. Over 600,000 copies, hard
00:23:47.52\00:23:51.36
copies, circulating
the planet. 23 languages.
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I've never seen such interest
in a book. The phones have been
00:23:55.80\00:23:59.90
ringing, the e-mails coming in,
people stopping by, "Yo, I want
00:23:59.90\00:24:03.30
that book. What about that
book?" And the book is free,
which is, of course, how I
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happened to get ahold of it. And
I told you the story last week.
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Written by Helmut Haubeil. Title
of the book -- "Steps to
Personal Revival --
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Being Filled with the Holy
Spirit." What's all the fuss?
00:24:19.72\00:24:24.73
And guess what I just learned?
1,000 downloads since last
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Sabbath. Hope you got your copy.
I'm gonna give you an
opportunity in just a moment.
00:24:32.73\00:24:37.17
Free. Just for you. In
fact, I'm praying for God
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to raise up 100 people in this
campus parish who will join me
in praying every single morning
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until Jesus comes now for the
baptism of the Holy Spirit. 100
men, women, young adults,
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and children praying like these
13 girls. The outpouring every
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day. Because if I understand
this correctly, this gift brings
every other -- get this.
00:25:09.97\00:25:15.54
...every other gift in the
universe when you get this gift.
Daily asking for this one gift.
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We looked at the
words of Jesus last week.
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Let me put them on the
screen to remind you again.
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Luke 11:13. Jesus says, "If
you who are evil know how to
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give good gifts to your
children" -- Legos or whatever
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it is. "If you
know how to give good
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gifts to your children, how much
more will your Father in heaven
00:25:36.63\00:25:39.70
give the Holy Spirit to those
who ask him," and the Greek
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actually reads "Who ask him
continually, day after day after
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day after day!"
Never stop asking me.
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That was the life Jesus lived.
We read this last week, as well.
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Put it on the screen for
you. "Morning by morning,
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our Lord Jesus
communicated with His Father in
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heaven, receiving from Him
daily a fresh baptism of the
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Holy Spirit. And
look, if He needed that
00:26:03.86\00:26:07.03
fresh baptism to triumph over
the cosmic battle, the forces of
00:26:07.03\00:26:10.80
evil that surrounded Him,
if He needed it, how much more
00:26:10.80\00:26:15.10
you and me? Come on.
00:26:15.10\00:26:20.88
So please prayerfully consider
this morning's teaching.
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Put it on the screen for you.
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If you didn't hear Part 1,
after Part 2, you go back and
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hear Part 1. This
is critical material.
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It's not original with
me. There's our website --
00:26:37.29\00:26:42.26
www.newperceptions.tv.
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Once upon a time, Jesus told
a story. And when He was through
00:26:48.44\00:26:51.21
with the story, He dictated a
letter. And when you put the
story and the dictated letter
00:26:51.21\00:26:58.01
together, my, oh, my, what a
stunning truth greets us today.
And we got to see it.
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We got to hear it. So, first
of all, the story. Once upon a
00:27:03.82\00:27:08.29
time, a boy and a girl fell in
love, and they began to plan for
their wedding. Oh, I love these
00:27:08.29\00:27:12.99
kind of stories, don't you? And
as they were sitting down, the
girl said to the boy,
00:27:12.99\00:27:18.50
"We need to put an invitation
list together." And the boy,
00:27:18.50\00:27:22.87
being a boy, said, "Yo, girl,
that'll be for you to do." So
she said, "I will."
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She put an invitation list
together and made certain that
all her girlfriends were invited
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to the big and happy day.
And guess what? All 10 of them
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showed up at the wedding. Small
little hitch -- the wedding
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didn't get started on time.
It was delayed. And so all 10 of
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those girlfriends went to sleep.
When, in the middle of the
night, a shout through the
00:27:45.13\00:27:51.30
midnight air, "Yo, the
bridegroom is coming! Come on
out here and celebrate
00:27:51.30\00:27:56.77
his arrival!" And everybody,
all 10 girlfriends, jumped up.
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But, alas, for five of the
girlfriends, oops! No oil for
00:28:01.68\00:28:09.38
their lamps to brighten the
night to welcome the bridegroom.
And so while the five
00:28:09.38\00:28:14.29
girlfriends raced to Walmart to
get more oil, the bridegroom
showed up with his joyful
00:28:14.29\00:28:20.33
entourage, and swept the wedding
party into that jubilant banquet
00:28:20.33\00:28:27.04
hall. The end. Only that's not
quite the end. I'm gonna read
00:28:27.04\00:28:32.04
the ending to you. Open your
Bible with me to the Gospel of
Matthew, chapter 25.
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Red letters in my Bible.
Red letters just before the
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crucifixion. Boy, oh, boy. When
you know you're on death row,
you don't just tell
00:28:40.22\00:28:42.92
stories. You only will tell a
story that matters, because it's
00:28:42.92\00:28:46.89
the passion of your heart.
Matthew chapter 25. Find it in
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your Bible, whatever you have.
I'm in the NIV. Let's read the
00:28:53.73\00:28:58.40
ending together. Matthew 25.
Let's pick it up in verse 10.
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Matthew 25:10. Jesus speaking.
"And while they were on their
00:29:01.84\00:29:06.27
way," the five
girlfriends that ran out of oil.
00:29:06.27\00:29:08.91
"While they were on their way
to buy the oil, the bridegroom
00:29:08.91\00:29:12.15
arrived. The
virgins who were ready went
00:29:12.15\00:29:14.45
in with him to the wedding
banquet, and the door was" --
00:29:14.45\00:29:17.52
boom! -- "shut.
Later the others came.
00:29:17.52\00:29:22.06
'Lord, Lord,' they
said, 'Open the door for us!'
00:29:22.06\00:29:27.23
But he replied,
'Truly I tell -- Amen, I tell
00:29:27.23\00:29:32.37
you, I don't know you.'"
And now comes Jesus' punch line.
00:29:32.37\00:29:37.14
Verse 13. Now
let me share with you
00:29:37.14\00:29:43.45
a fascinating list
that Helmut Haubeil has put
00:29:43.45\00:29:48.42
together describing
these 10 girlfriends.
00:29:48.42\00:29:51.12
And what's so amazing about this
list is that it reveals that all
10 of them have the entire list
00:29:51.29\00:29:57.69
alike, except for one small but
significant detail. Let me run
00:29:57.69\00:30:02.33
the list by you, see what you
think. There are 11 parts to
this list, so here you go.
00:30:02.33\00:30:06.30
Here comes number one. All 10
were girls. And in the Bible, a
00:30:06.30\00:30:12.34
virgin girl is a symbol of the
Church of God. So immediately
00:30:12.34\00:30:16.41
Jesus clues us, "This is really
about the church." All 10 were
00:30:16.41\00:30:20.38
girls. All 10 had pure, Biblical
beliefs. All 10 had lamps.
00:30:20.38\00:30:23.28
All 10 had the Bible. "Your word
is a light unto my path and a
lamp unto my feet."
00:30:23.28\00:30:27.56
All 10 had the Bible. All
10 of them went to meet the
00:30:27.56\00:30:31.03
bridegroom. All 10 of them
looked forward to the Second
Coming. Number 7 -- all 10 of
00:30:31.03\00:30:35.33
them went to sleep. Number 8 --
all heard the call and woke up.
00:30:35.33\00:30:39.40
9 -- all prepared their
lamps. 10 -- all the lamps were
00:30:39.40\00:30:42.30
burning. But now here
comes the one difference.
00:30:42.30\00:30:45.24
Half of them noticed, number 11,
that their lamps were going out.
So what do we know about the
00:30:45.24\00:30:53.11
difference between the five
and the five? Helmut Haubeil
00:30:53.11\00:30:57.59
cuts to the chase. His words on
the screen. You need to fill it
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into your study guide.
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"That was the
only" -- write it down.
00:31:13.54\00:31:15.67
That is the only
difference. They're identical
00:31:15.67\00:31:18.81
in every other way.
They didn't have the oil
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Did you catch that? Between the
wise girlfriends and the foolish
00:31:22.64\00:31:26.72
girlfriends, the only difference
is the foolish had not enough
oil. Not enough to carry them
00:31:26.72\00:31:31.42
through to the very end. Not
enough oil, not enough Holy
Spirit, because oil is the
00:31:31.42\00:31:36.79
universal symbol of the Holy
Spirit in the Bible. Oh, no.
00:31:36.79\00:31:39.79
They probably got a huge dose of
oil at the beginning, but
they've spent it all, and they
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failed to replenish their oil
day after day, and they -- just
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when they need it, nothing
there. Can't believe it. Haubeil
00:31:51.87\00:31:57.78
goes on. Jot it down.
"When the five came asking to be
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let in," isn't this
something? "Jesus answered:" Yo,
00:32:00.12\00:32:05.92
"'I do not know you.'
They were too late in attending
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to the oil, the Holy Spirit.
The door remained closed.
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Jesus' statement shows us that
our personal relationship with
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Him" -- jot that in.
It's the personal relationship
00:32:15.23\00:32:18.03
with Him, Jesus, "has something
to do with the Holy Spirit."
00:32:18.03\00:32:21.27
In fact, may I tell you, it
has everything to do with the
00:32:21.27\00:32:24.04
Holy Spirit. Everything.
00:32:24.04\00:32:28.08
And the letter Jesus dictated
once upon a time makes that
00:32:28.24\00:32:31.95
absolutely clear. Because once
upon a time, the risen and
ascended Christ dictated a
00:32:31.95\00:32:36.32
letter. In fact, He dictated
seven letters to seven churches.
And the last letter is going to
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a little church in a place
called Laodicea. He dictates a
00:32:40.82\00:32:45.29
letter to them, because they're
the people living at the end of
time. And He sends this letter.
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And I want you to catch the
letter. Open your Bible with me.
00:32:49.63\00:32:52.27
Never mind. You know where the
Bible's last book is. Go to
Revelation, please,
00:32:52.27\00:32:56.50
chapter 3. Revelation chapter
3. Oh, my. Chapters 2 and 3.
00:32:56.50\00:33:01.41
Red letters all the way through
in my red-letter Bible. Why?
Because these are the seven
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dictated letters. It's the last
letter, the people living at the
00:33:05.55\00:33:10.79
end, that Jesus
sends this letter to.
00:33:10.79\00:33:12.02
Revelation 3,
pick it up in verse 14.
00:33:12.19\00:33:15.02
Verse 15. "Oh, I
wish that you were either
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one or the other. So,"
verse 16, "because you are
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lukewarm -- neither hot nor
cold -- I am about to spit you
00:33:32.61\00:33:36.78
out of my mouth." If
you have the New King James,
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.55
it says, "I'm about to
vomit you out of my mouth."
00:33:38.55\00:33:42.42
Verse 17.
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So, verse 18, "I'm counseling
you to buy from me gold refined
00:33:52.26\00:33:56.00
in the fire, so that you can
become rich; and white clothes
00:33:56.00\00:33:59.17
to wear, so that you can cover
your shameful nakedness; and
00:33:59.17\00:34:01.97
salve to put on your eyes,
so that you can see," verse 19,
00:34:01.97\00:34:05.41
"because those whom I
love I rebuke and discipline.
00:34:05.41\00:34:09.64
So be earnest and repent."
Now here it comes. Verse 20.
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Question -- Why did Jesus call
the believers in the church of
00:34:26.03\00:34:29.40
Laodicea
lukewarm? Write it down.
00:34:29.40\00:34:32.23
Answer -- Because
they kept Him outside.
00:34:32.23\00:34:40.41
I don't know how many times
I've read Revelation 3, and the
00:34:40.41\00:34:42.54
letter to Laodicea. I
never have seen this before,
00:34:42.54\00:34:45.08
but I'm passing it
on to you now thanks to
00:34:45.08\00:34:48.62
Helmut Haubeil.
00:34:48.62\00:34:52.39
I mean, I've always known about
this very tender invitation. I
think it's the most beautiful
00:34:52.55\00:34:56.52
Gospel invitation in all of
Scripture. And how many times
00:34:56.52\00:34:59.19
have I quoted it? "Hey, listen,
listen. Behold, I stand at the
00:34:59.19\00:35:01.96
door and knock. See, there's
no handle out here. You have the
00:35:01.96\00:35:04.43
handle inside." You've seen
those pictures? There's no
handle. I'm knocking. Knock,
00:35:04.43\00:35:10.01
knock. "Behold, I stand at
the door and knock." Isn't that
00:35:10.01\00:35:14.31
beautiful? No. It's terrible.
Nothing beautiful about this
letter to Laodicea.
00:35:14.31\00:35:18.11
You know why? Because
it's hugely embarrassing.
00:35:18.11\00:35:20.38
Now here's the point. The point
is, Jesus is not in the church.
00:35:20.38\00:35:24.89
He's not in the church. Where
do they have Him? He's outside.
00:35:24.89\00:35:28.12
They're busy doing everything.
Oh, they're scurrying around.
Oh, my, they're professing their
00:35:28.12\00:35:32.49
orthodoxy. They are
believers. Guess what?
00:35:32.49\00:35:37.47
And the whole time, somebody's
outside the church saying, "Yo,
00:35:37.47\00:35:43.00
I'm out -- Can you hear me
now?" He's not in. It's sad.
00:35:43.00\00:35:49.34
It's not a beautiful Gospel
appeal. His heart is broken.
00:35:49.34\00:35:52.41
"I'm outside of here. I'm
outside here, people. [ Knocking
00:35:52.41\00:35:56.65
] Can you hear me? I really want
to come in. Let me in, please.
00:35:56.65\00:36:04.29
Please, let me in. And what does
that have to do with the Holy
Spirit? Well, I tell you what,
00:36:04.29\00:36:07.13
when you read the 10-girlfriend
parable, it's very clear -- the
oil's the Holy Spirit.
00:36:07.13\00:36:11.23
"But, Dwight, there's no Holy
Spirit mentioned here at all."
00:36:11.23\00:36:13.67
Until we remember -- jot
this down, will you? Until we
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remember what the New
Testament teaches. Watch this.
00:36:17.61\00:36:20.81
Fascinating. Keep your pen
moving. Here we go. 1 John 3:24.
00:36:20.98\00:36:23.81
Note it carefully. You see that?
00:36:33.56\00:36:39.86
You say, "Well, that's
just an isolated little blurb
00:36:39.86\00:36:42.00
along the way." Are you kidding?
00:36:42.00\00:36:43.47
Look at the grand
tome, the big book,
00:36:43.47\00:36:46.33
Romans chapter 8,
Paul. This is verse 9.
00:36:46.33\00:36:50.21
Note it again, very carefully.
00:36:57.35\00:36:58.98
What's up with
that? Here's what's up.
00:37:02.85\00:37:04.85
Because the Holy Spirit is all
about a very personal -- would
00:37:04.85\00:37:08.09
you write that word in, please?
...a very personal -- it won't
00:37:08.09\00:37:11.09
do for your daddy to have a
relationship, and it won't do
00:37:11.09\00:37:13.60
for your mother to
have a relationship.
00:37:13.60\00:37:15.36
It has to be your relationship,
a very personal relationship
00:37:15.36\00:37:19.50
with Jesus.
Which is why the five
00:37:19.50\00:37:21.47
girlfriends without the oil hear
the words of Jesus, "Hey, girls,
00:37:21.47\00:37:24.41
I'm awfully sorry.
00:37:24.41\00:37:25.84
I can't open the door, girls. We
never got to know each other. I
had you on the invitation
00:37:26.01\00:37:31.75
list, but you never connected
with me. I'm sorry. I don't know
00:37:31.75\00:37:37.32
you." It's heartbreaking. Which
is why Jesus, outside the door,
now, in this letter of
00:37:37.32\00:37:43.12
Laodicea, said, "Yo, somebody
open the door. This thing is
00:37:43.12\00:37:47.76
about to go up. This thing
is about to blow over. Open the
00:37:47.76\00:37:51.70
door, please, and let me in
now." So, what is it that keeps
us from this personal
00:37:51.70\00:38:00.78
relationship with Jesus? Hold
on, hold on, hold on. Put it
another way, let me
00:38:00.78\00:38:03.88
ask -- rephrase the question.
What is it that would keep me
outside Jesus' door -- as with
00:38:03.88\00:38:07.85
the five girlfriends -- or would
keep Jesus outside my door, as
with the church of Laodicea?
00:38:07.85\00:38:12.35
The answer to that question is
absolutely vital to the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
00:38:12.35\00:38:17.66
And here it comes. Helmut
Haubeil reminds us that the
00:38:17.66\00:38:24.23
Bible describes three basic
groups of the human race. The
human race can be divided
00:38:24.23\00:38:29.74
into three groups. You've
probably heard this once upon a
00:38:29.74\00:38:33.44
time. Maybe this is new for you.
00:38:33.44\00:38:34.58
Let me share it
with you. Jot it down.
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.24
There are three
groups. The Bible refers
00:38:36.24\00:38:37.85
to these three groups.
Group number one is the
00:38:37.85\00:38:39.81
natural person.
Would you write that down,
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.78
please? The natural
person. Who is that?
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.72
That person has no
relationship with God.
00:38:43.72\00:38:45.92
In Laodicea, that
person is called cold.
00:38:45.92\00:38:49.49
All right? Cold. I was
visiting with a young man
00:38:49.49\00:38:53.16
a few days ago on this campus.
00:38:53.16\00:38:55.83
It was pouring rain. He
was walking under my umbrella.
00:38:56.00\00:39:00.17
And he announces to me, "By the
way," he says, "I'm an atheist."
00:39:00.17\00:39:03.47
"Oh, you are?" "Yes, I am."
He says, "I find that atheists
00:39:03.47\00:39:06.88
have brilliant minds." And he
says, "Do you want to talk about
Christopher Hitchens?
00:39:06.88\00:39:10.25
You want to talk about Stephen
Hawking?" And then he listed
00:39:10.25\00:39:12.98
three or four others. "Yep, no
God. Don't need him. No
eternity. Never wanted an
00:39:12.98\00:39:18.15
eternity, anyway." Now, that
young man fits under the
category natural man,
00:39:18.15\00:39:25.89
natural person. Listen, these
descriptions are not pejorative.
00:39:25.89\00:39:28.66
They're not, like, being real
judgmental. They're just saying,
00:39:28.66\00:39:31.77
"This is the way you are." The
natural man. No God. And proud
00:39:31.77\00:39:39.37
of it. Category
number two. Jot it down.
00:39:39.37\00:39:41.68
The spiritual person. So
you have the natural man,
00:39:41.84\00:39:43.95
now you have spiritual person
or the spiritual woman or man.
00:39:43.95\00:39:46.45
What is that?
That's full, genuine, real
00:39:46.45\00:39:48.88
relationship with God.
In Laodicea, it's called
00:39:48.88\00:39:52.15
hot, hot, hot.
And the 10 virgins,
00:39:52.15\00:39:54.32
they're called wise.
This is the person who is
00:39:54.32\00:39:57.56
sold-out on God.
You can't get into a
00:39:57.56\00:39:59.59
conversation with him, you
can't get far in a talk with her
00:39:59.59\00:40:02.60
before it's coming
out. You know that this girl
00:40:02.60\00:40:05.60
belongs to Jesus. I
mean, it's just there.
00:40:05.60\00:40:07.87
She can't hide it. He
can't hide it. All right?
00:40:07.87\00:40:10.97
The Bible describes
that person as spiritual.
00:40:10.97\00:40:13.34
So category number one,
we have -- what do we have in
00:40:13.34\00:40:16.04
category number
one? We have natural.
00:40:16.04\00:40:18.01
Category two, what do we
have? There's a third category.
00:40:18.01\00:40:21.08
Jot it down.
Because, as the Bible teaches
00:40:21.08\00:40:23.99
it, the third category is
the carnal -- write that down.
00:40:23.99\00:40:28.32
The carnal
person. That means flesh.
00:40:28.32\00:40:31.66
It's just the person that lives
by his own flesh, she lives by
00:40:31.66\00:40:34.23
her own flesh. What's carnal?
00:40:34.23\00:40:35.63
Carnal means divided.
A feigned or pretended
00:40:35.63\00:40:38.73
relationship with God.
In Laodicea, the carnal is
00:40:38.73\00:40:41.64
called lukewarm.
Right? Neither one.
00:40:41.64\00:40:45.64
Lukewarm. And the
10 virgins, foolish.
00:40:45.64\00:40:48.84
The foolish are the carnal.
Interestingly enough, back to
00:40:48.84\00:40:53.88
this young atheist for a
moment -- and, by the way,
00:40:53.88\00:40:55.82
not a student here. The
atheist is not a student
00:40:55.82\00:40:58.09
here on this campus.
But back to the conversation
00:40:58.09\00:41:00.99
on this campus. He
had just come from an
00:41:00.99\00:41:02.89
assembly.
00:41:02.89\00:41:03.96
And so we're walking together,
and he says, "You know what?" He
00:41:04.13\00:41:07.30
says, "I find this fascinating.
Here is this school that
believes in God, and I'm looking
00:41:07.30\00:41:10.80
around at everybody that's in
this auditorium, and I'm
noticing they're all -- this is
00:41:10.80\00:41:14.54
supposed to be what you do
to worship, and what's everybody
00:41:14.54\00:41:17.47
doing? They're working their
phones. Isn't that amazing?" He
said, "They don't believe in
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.71
God any more than I do. Because
if you believed in God, you'd be
00:41:20.71\00:41:26.25
connected." Ooh, the Gospel
according to an atheist. The
00:41:26.25\00:41:33.15
boy's right. Carnal. What's
the carnal person do? [ Stomps ]
00:41:33.15\00:41:37.33
"I'm in both worlds." At a
moments notice -- Fwt! Fwt! Fwt!
00:41:37.33\00:41:41.23
Like a chameleon. Fwt! Now
I'm this. Fwt! Now I'm that.
00:41:41.23\00:41:44.93
Carnal. Divided. People who are
trying to live in both worlds,
00:41:44.93\00:41:50.11
the no-God world and the God
world, divided, split
relationship with God,
00:41:50.11\00:41:55.94
oftentimes pretending that it's
a fact in your life when, in
fact, you know it ain't the
00:41:55.94\00:42:01.58
truth at all. The carnal man,
the carnal woman. Did Haubeil
just kind of make up
00:42:01.58\00:42:06.22
those terms? No. Let me show
you the passage. This is rather
00:42:06.22\00:42:10.56
stirring. Take a look at 1
Corinthians. I want you to see
this in your own Bible.
00:42:10.56\00:42:13.80
1 Corinthians chapter 2. You'll
see the three categories right
00:42:13.80\00:42:18.73
here. 1 Corinthians chapter 2.
00:42:18.73\00:42:19.63
Let's pick it up in verse
14. "The person without the
00:42:19.80\00:42:21.80
Spirit" -- now, that's the NIV.
NIV doesn't want to say natural,
00:42:21.80\00:42:25.54
because they said the
reader won't understand what
00:42:25.54\00:42:28.11
natural is. So we're
gonna tell you that the
00:42:28.11\00:42:30.05
natural man has no Holy Spirit.
Zero, zero, zero. All right?
00:42:30.05\00:42:32.75
So that's how they translate it.
"The person without the Spirit
00:42:32.75\00:42:35.62
does not accept the things that
come from the Spirit of God,
00:42:35.62\00:42:38.82
but considers
them foolishness..."
00:42:38.82\00:42:40.36
Ah. Can't
believe you believe that.
00:42:40.36\00:42:41.92
"...and cannot understand them
because they are discerned only
00:42:41.92\00:42:44.43
through the Spirit."
Now here comes the next
00:42:44.43\00:42:45.99
category. Verse 15.
00:42:45.99\00:42:47.46
"But the person with the
Spirit," and that would be the
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.53
spiritual person, all right,
in the older translations.
00:42:50.53\00:42:53.64
"The person with the Spirit
makes judgment about all things,
00:42:53.64\00:42:57.01
but such a person is not subject
to merely human judgments, for,
00:42:57.01\00:42:59.51
'Who has known the mind of
the Lord so as to instruct Him?'
00:42:59.51\00:43:02.98
But we," who are
spiritual persons, "We have
00:43:02.98\00:43:06.21
the mind of
Christ." Hey, come on.
00:43:06.21\00:43:08.32
Where's that third
category? Coming up.
00:43:08.32\00:43:09.78
There was no chapter
division with Paul wrote it.
00:43:09.78\00:43:11.59
It's chapter 3, verse
1. "Brothers and sisters,
00:43:11.59\00:43:14.89
I could not address you
as people who live by the
00:43:14.89\00:43:18.29
Spirit" -- as spiritual
persons -- "but as people who
00:43:18.29\00:43:21.90
are still worldly."
That's the word carnal or
00:43:21.90\00:43:25.07
fleshly. I have to
address you as people
00:43:25.07\00:43:28.04
who are carnal --
"mere infants in Christ."
00:43:28.04\00:43:31.01
Verse 2. "I gave
you milk" for that
00:43:31.01\00:43:33.41
reason, "not solid food, for
you were not yet ready for it.
00:43:33.41\00:43:37.15
Indeed, you are
still not ready."
00:43:37.15\00:43:40.28
Verse 3. "You
are still carnal," or
00:43:40.28\00:43:42.75
worldly, "for since there is
jealousy and quarreling among
00:43:42.75\00:43:45.72
you, are you not
worldly?" Or carnal?
00:43:45.72\00:43:48.02
"Are you not
acting like mere humans?"
00:43:48.02\00:43:51.29
Now, lookit, guys. I
understand. It feels -- lookit.
00:43:51.29\00:43:54.03
It feel like Paul is
ganging up on all of us.
00:43:54.03\00:43:56.50
"You carnal Christians.
You carnal Adventists."
00:43:56.50\00:43:58.87
I know how it feels. But what
Paul's trying to say is, you're
desperately trying to
00:43:59.03\00:44:05.71
live in both worlds. You
can't do it. It's impossible.
00:44:05.71\00:44:09.21
You have one foot in the world
and you have the other foot in
00:44:09.21\00:44:12.35
the Kingdom. You can't survive
that way. You're just like this
cow. Take a look at this cow.
00:44:12.35\00:44:16.69
That's what you are.
That's bad. That is bad.
00:44:16.69\00:44:24.93
I mean, that hurts. Paul says,
"You're just like this cow.
00:44:24.93\00:44:29.53
You're half on one side and half
on the other." Paul isn't mad at
00:44:29.53\00:44:34.50
them. He's not mad at us. Are
you kidding? What he's concerned
00:44:34.50\00:44:38.64
about is fellow brothers and
sisters who are carnal. And, by
the way, that's good
00:44:38.64\00:44:41.98
news. Fellow brothers and
sisters. You're church members.
00:44:41.98\00:44:44.71
He's saying, "Come on. We're
together." In fact, Haubeil
00:44:44.71\00:44:48.72
again -- Put his
words on the screen.
00:44:48.72\00:44:49.65
"Paul addressed the carnal
people as 'dear brothers.'"
00:44:49.82\00:44:52.99
Mm-hmm. 15:58 in the NIV.
"My dear brothers and sisters."
00:44:52.99\00:44:57.16
"This shows that he was
dealing with church members."
00:44:57.16\00:44:59.66
Now, listen. Hit
the pause button right
00:45:12.97\00:45:21.22
there, because this is
a university campus, where
00:45:21.22\00:45:24.92
intellectual knowledge and
intellectual prowess and the
00:45:24.92\00:45:27.72
accumulation of
knowledge are our goal.
00:45:27.72\00:45:30.06
I mean, we want this, right? I
want it. I'll be at the front of
00:45:30.23\00:45:34.36
the line. I want to be as sharp
intellectually as I can be. But
Paul says a little bit
00:45:34.36\00:45:39.37
later, in chapter 13, "And, by
the way, even if I understand
all mysteries and have all
00:45:39.37\00:45:46.98
knowledge but have not love"
-- what's love? Romans 5:5.
00:45:46.98\00:45:50.15
"The love of God is shed abroad
in our hearts through the Holy
00:45:50.15\00:45:54.12
Spirit." If I don't have the
Holy Spirit, I'm lost. I'm lost.
00:45:54.12\00:45:58.59
You can be teaching the Bible
and be lost. You can be
preaching the Bible
00:45:58.59\00:46:04.43
and be lost. There's nothing
about position here, that once
00:46:04.43\00:46:11.63
you get to this position, now
you're safe. No. We're all in
00:46:11.63\00:46:16.91
this together, folks. As Maury
Venden used to say -- I like
this, from Maury Venden.
00:46:16.91\00:46:24.58
"There is no such thing as
partial surrender." Listen.
00:46:24.58\00:46:28.25
Listen. "It's no more possible
to be partially surrendered than
it is possible to be a little
00:46:28.25\00:46:32.99
bit pregnant." "Hey, girl, are
you pregnant?" "Just a little
00:46:32.99\00:46:38.46
bit." [ Laughter ] "Oh, really?"
You can't be half-surrendered.
00:46:38.46\00:46:43.00
You can't be half-pregnant.
You're either fully pregnant or
00:46:43.00\00:46:46.27
not pregnant. You're either
fully surrendered or not
surrendered. You can't be
00:46:46.27\00:46:51.77
half-carnal. You can't live like
this. You're gonna get the
splits, and that's gonna be
00:46:51.77\00:46:56.75
painful one day. You can't live
in two worlds. You can't. "My
dear brothers and sisters,"
00:46:56.75\00:47:07.99
she writes. "Babes in
Christ. You're still carnal."
00:47:07.99\00:47:11.03
And, by the way, three times he
uses the word "still." And
that's great news, 'cause
00:47:11.03\00:47:14.83
the goal is to get you on.
You're still here, but that's
00:47:14.83\00:47:18.23
okay. We're gonna get you on.
God is gonna move you on. The
still is good news.
00:47:18.23\00:47:21.97
It means we're not stuck
in carnal. We can move on.
00:47:21.97\00:47:26.94
There's something better ahead.
00:47:26.94\00:47:30.58
Okay, one more line.
"Carnal church members" --
00:47:30.75\00:47:33.35
Oooh. Is this on the screen?
00:47:33.35\00:47:35.95
"Carnal church members can
be very active and even have
00:47:35.95\00:47:39.92
leading positions in the local
church or even in the church
00:47:39.92\00:47:46.56
administration." In
other words, you can go all
00:47:46.56\00:47:51.10
the way up the ladder, all the
way to the top, because position
00:47:51.10\00:47:54.14
does not keep you
from being carnal.
00:47:54.14\00:47:56.00
And you could be
carnal all the way at the top.
00:47:56.00\00:48:04.61
What's his last line here?
"They may even do a lot for
00:48:04.61\00:48:08.92
God." Can I talk
heart-to-heart with
00:48:08.92\00:48:11.95
you right now?
00:48:11.95\00:48:14.89
I'm concerned for this church
I love, all right? I don't know
00:48:15.06\00:48:18.76
what your attitude toward the
church is, but I love this
church. I'm concerned.
00:48:18.76\00:48:24.07
There's a whole lot of talk
these days, and debating going
on, about unity and fairness and
00:48:24.07\00:48:28.47
power and who makes the ultimate
decision and... And I'm thinking
00:48:28.47\00:48:35.08
to myself, when Haubeil took me
to this passage, I'm saying, "My
00:48:35.08\00:48:39.31
Lord. This is us." What is it
there in verse 3? "For since
there is jealousy and quarreling
00:48:39.31\00:48:44.29
among you, are you not carnal?"
Aren't you using carnal
strategies to advance what you
00:48:44.29\00:48:50.36
believe is right? Aren't you
going to politics and saying,
"I'll take a page out of
00:48:50.36\00:48:55.66
their playbook, and that's how
I'll get what is surely God's
00:48:55.66\00:49:00.07
will done." But you're jealous
of each other. You're jockeying
00:49:00.07\00:49:03.51
for position just like the 12
disciples. Who's gonna be the
most powerful in the Kingdom of
00:49:03.51\00:49:08.48
Heaven? "What's up with this?"
Paul asks. We have a hot issue
00:49:08.48\00:49:12.71
in the church right now -- and
I'm not even gonna name it to
00:49:12.71\00:49:16.92
you. But if you're staking
out a position, and you're doing
00:49:17.09\00:49:21.26
everything you can -- "Because
I have a right to do this."
00:49:21.26\00:49:24.06
And if you're doing everything
you can, according to your
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.29
right, to make sure that
everybody understands your
00:49:26.29\00:49:28.26
position, and one day your
position will be the position, I
00:49:28.26\00:49:31.27
don't care what your position
is, fighting for that right
00:49:31.27\00:49:34.94
is not right. It's carnal.
00:49:34.94\00:49:37.41
You can't fight for your rights
and be spiritual. Impossible.
00:49:37.57\00:49:41.94
Because I have pride on the line
now, and I've -- "Look at all
the stuff I've said about this,
00:49:41.94\00:49:45.75
and now they're gonna think that
I'm admitting that I'm wrong,
and I'm never gonna admit that
00:49:45.75\00:49:49.72
I'm wrong." Carnal. Dissensions.
00:49:49.72\00:49:54.06
Debates and jealousy. It'll
kill the Church. So when Helmut
00:49:54.06\00:50:01.63
Haubeil, at the opening page of
his book, says, "I think I've
found the secret to the problem
00:50:01.63\00:50:07.87
of the Church today," I'm
beginning to think he's
absolutely right. Carnal.
00:50:07.87\00:50:16.38
Half and half. Still not
sold-out. You remember Jesus'
00:50:16.38\00:50:24.45
Sermon on the Mount? Do you
remember how it ended? Sure you
00:50:24.45\00:50:28.59
do. Jesus has active church
members coming up to him at the
00:50:28.76\00:50:31.69
end of time, in the Judgment,
they're coming up to him, and
00:50:31.69\00:50:34.20
they say to him -- we'll
put it on the screen for you.
00:50:34.20\00:50:35.83
Matthew 7:22. "Many
will say to Me on that
00:50:35.83\00:50:38.13
Judgment day, 'Lord, Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name?
00:50:38.13\00:50:44.24
Did we not in Your
name drive out demons?
00:50:44.24\00:50:47.31
Did we not in Your
name perform many miracles?'
00:50:47.31\00:50:50.01
Then I will tell them
plainly, 'I never knew you.'"
00:50:50.01\00:50:55.32
It's the 10
girlfriends all over again.
00:50:55.32\00:50:58.59
It's the same point. "We never
had a relationship. We never
00:50:58.75\00:51:05.86
really connected. I came back
every morning. I was knocking at
your door every single day,
00:51:05.86\00:51:11.27
begging you, 'Would you open
the door? Please, open the door.
00:51:11.27\00:51:16.27
Just let me in.' And you never
had time. You were too smart for
00:51:16.27\00:51:20.44
your own britches. You wouldn't
let me in. I don't know you. I
wanted to know you.
00:51:20.44\00:51:28.25
I prayed to know you. I prayed
you'd say yes, but you never
00:51:28.25\00:51:36.69
did. Wow. 10 virgins, the church
in Laodicea, the baptism of the
00:51:36.69\00:51:41.26
Holy Spirit. Do you notice that
it all comes down to a deeply
00:51:41.26\00:51:45.67
personal relationship with the
Lord Jesus Christ? That's it.
00:51:45.67\00:51:50.54
Last line. Haubeil.
00:51:50.54\00:51:52.34
My friends, that right
there is the remedy to crush our
00:52:02.28\00:52:06.52
carnal spirits and to
heal our carnal hearts.
00:52:06.52\00:52:11.06
It's the words of
Jesus. Let me put them
00:52:11.06\00:52:12.29
on the screen for you.
John 15:4. Jesus says...
00:52:12.29\00:52:17.50
"That's all I'm
asking. That's all you need.
00:52:17.50\00:52:20.27
Abide in Me as I abide in you."
Yo, Lord, what does it mean to
00:52:20.27\00:52:23.84
abide in you? "Desire of Ages."
00:52:23.84\00:52:25.27
Look at this. Next line.
"Abiding in Christ means a
00:52:25.27\00:52:27.88
constant" -- write it
in. "A constant receiving of
00:52:27.88\00:52:30.85
His Spirit."
That's the daily baptism.
00:52:30.85\00:52:33.35
"...of the Holy Spirit, a
life of unreserved surrender
00:52:33.35\00:52:36.79
to His service."
When that happens --
00:52:36.79\00:52:39.15
Come on, guys. Here it is.
When that happens, gone the
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.66
carnal life, gone the
carnal tactics, gone the carnal
00:52:41.66\00:52:45.29
lifestyle,
immersed in the world.
00:52:45.29\00:52:47.66
Gone, then, a church and a
school with a foot in the world
and a foot in the Kingdom.
00:52:47.86\00:52:52.07
Gone, the divided heart. Heart's
now healed by a daily asking for
00:52:52.07\00:52:59.71
-- morning by morning, a daily
asking for the baptism. What
00:52:59.71\00:53:05.48
these 13 girls just sang about.
A daily pleading with God. I
want that all over again.
00:53:05.48\00:53:12.52
dose doesn't last
forever. One day, one dose.
00:53:12.52\00:53:18.83
One day, one dose. One day,
one dose. And so I appeal to you
00:53:18.83\00:53:26.63
again, today, to join me every
morning, please, in pleading,
"God, I have to have the Spirit
00:53:26.63\00:53:36.31
of Jesus today. Right now."
Don't wait to feel something.
00:53:36.31\00:53:39.35
Don't wait to see if you
got tingles up your spine. The
00:53:39.35\00:53:45.55
promise is clear. You ask
[Snaps] you got it. Just ask me.
00:53:45.55\00:53:51.99
Just ask me. He's the only hope
we have left, folks. He's the
only hope we have left.
00:53:51.99\00:53:56.16
Now listen to me carefully.
'Cause you asked me about these
hurricanes, would I say
00:53:56.16\00:53:59.43
anything about it? I'm
gonna say about it right now.
00:53:59.43\00:54:02.50
When they showed this yesterday
-- and this is a few hours old
00:54:02.50\00:54:09.48
now. But this is the first time
in history -- not that there
were three hurricanes.
00:54:09.48\00:54:13.98
We've had that before. But that
the three hurricanes are poised
00:54:13.98\00:54:19.09
to simultaneously make landfall
in the United States. And you
can't see, down in the
00:54:19.09\00:54:23.83
corner, but there's the state of
Chiapas, where we took a team,
Chris, to Pichucalco, the state
00:54:23.83\00:54:29.53
of Chiapas, right in the south
of that -- at the southern part
of that state, right on that
00:54:29.53\00:54:33.80
neck there, 8.2 -- 8.2-magnitude
earthquake, the largest quake in
00:54:33.80\00:54:39.87
100 years in Mexico. And
unbelieve-- I'm watching the
forest ranger last night,
00:54:39.87\00:54:44.85
on-camera, in the Pacific
Northwest, where I have two kids
in Oregon, and she's
00:54:44.85\00:54:49.38
saying, "We've never seen fires
like this. They just keep coming
00:54:49.38\00:54:53.92
up when we put them out." L.A.
-- the biggest fire in L.A.'s
00:54:53.92\00:54:58.06
history was this last week.
What's going on? What's going
00:54:58.06\00:55:03.67
on? Maybe the question is not,
"What's going on?" Maybe the
question should be,
00:55:03.67\00:55:06.94
"Who's coming back?"
Somebody is saying, "Yo! Behold!
00:55:06.94\00:55:12.17
The bridegroom is coming. Wake
up! All 10 of you are asleep."
00:55:12.17\00:55:17.55
All 10 of you are asleep. It's
not a sin to be asleep, but it
will be a sin to sleep
00:55:17.55\00:55:22.85
through the massive wake-up call
that God will give to America,
North America, and this planet
00:55:22.85\00:55:29.22
in some sort of order. I
have no idea. I'm just saying
00:55:29.22\00:55:34.50
that if ever you wished for
the baptism of the Holy Spirit,
00:55:34.50\00:55:41.34
this would be a good time to
pray every day for that baptism.
Then the oil's there.
00:55:41.34\00:55:49.48
Don't worry about a calendar.
The oil. It's your heart that
matters, not God's calendar.
00:55:49.48\00:55:55.12
Your heart has oil. Every
day filled back up. And you are
00:55:55.12\00:56:04.46
secure in Jesus for ever and
ever. Oh, Lord, we don't want to
00:56:04.46\00:56:10.70
live divided. What's the point
of it? Half-pregnant? We can't
00:56:10.70\00:56:16.71
do it. Only You could do it. So
we have to start asking You
before we even get out of any
00:56:16.71\00:56:20.81
state that we're in. We just
start asking, "Today, Jesus,
fill me with your spirit.
00:56:20.81\00:56:24.98
Today." Oh, God, let prayers
by the hundreds arise from this
00:56:24.98\00:56:32.72
campus to the universe and do
something we've not been able to
00:56:32.72\00:56:39.46
do for ourselves. Hot. Wise.
Sold-out followers of Jesus.
That's what we want to be.
00:56:39.46\00:56:46.80
Take these decisions, keep them.
We pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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