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>> Amen.
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Crucified, laid behind a stone,
he lived to die, rejected and
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alone.
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Jesus came from Heaven to Earth
to live here as a mortal man,
giving us the example of how to
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live a righteous life. And we
can't live a righteous life
without the Holy Spirit.
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That's why Jesus said to his
disciples, "You and I, I will
send you the Holy Spirit to
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guide you, day by day, so sing
with us as we ask for the Holy
Spirit to rain down in our
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lives, on us and on our church.
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Before we sing the last part of
the song, if you have any
burdens on your heart or any
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praises that you'd like to bring
before God, we'd just invite
you, at this time, to lay them
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at the feet of the
cross, so come forward. ¤¤
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>> Oh, God, rapid
intensification. You're living
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with it up there. We've got it
down here. Something's up.
Someone's afoot, and, oh, we
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want that someone in our midst
right now. Reveal yourself in
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holy scripture. We
pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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So, my friend, Chaplain José,
sends me a piece out of CNN.
Said, "Dwight, you got to check
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this out." I got it right here.
Let me read a sentence or two
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from this.
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It's very interesting.
"It usually takes --"
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I'm reading now. "It
usually takes several days
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to a week for a tropical storm
to grow into a hurricane, but if
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conditions are just
right --" Listen to this.
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"If conditions are just right,
a powerful major hurricane can
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develop in just hours.
The process known as rapid
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intensification."
Rapid intensification.
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What is it? It's
happened four times in the
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last month with Hurricanes
Harvey, Irma, José, and now
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Maria. A normal
year would only see
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around two storms
rapidly intensifying.
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Now, what's
rapid intensification?
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Here it is -- a storm undergoes
when its maximum sustained winds
increase at least 35 miles an
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hour in a 24-hour period.
Just fwtt! 35 miles an hour --
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faster. According to the -- This
is all according to the National
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Hurricane Center. That's a jump
of about two categories in the
Saffir-Simpson scale, which
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grades hurricane strength from
category 1, 2, 3, and stops at
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5. All right. "Maria became the
latest Atlantic storm of the
year to undergo rapid
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intensification after its wind
strength increased 60 miles an
hour in one day" -- one day, 24
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hours, shhp! -- up 60. "On
Sunday," this last Sunday, "it
was a tropical storm --"
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just a tropical storm -- "with
65 mile an hour winds. By the
same time on Monday, it's
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now a category 3, and by Monday
evening, it reaches category 5
status, with 160 mile an hour
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winds. Unbelievable.
And what do they call it?
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Put it up again -- rapid
intensification. It's time.
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Let's intensify together. That's
why three Sabbaths -- this is
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number three now. This is the
end of the mini series called
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"Ground Zero and the New
Reformation: How to be Baptized
with the Holy Spirit,
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Part 3."
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Makes you wonder if the Holy
Spirit wants to become this holy
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hurricane... down here, to move
into high gear for the endgame.
We've been thinking together,
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you and I, about the baptism of
the Holy Spirit. Key word. Huge!
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This word is absolutely huge in
the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
I remind you, and the word is
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"daily." Let's start
with some red letters.
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I love beginning with Jesus, so
open your Bible please to Luke
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9. We've not been to
this verse before. Luke 9.
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Open your Bible to Luke 9.
Didn't bring a Bible, there's a
pew Bible in front of you.
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Can't reach the pew Bible, it'll
be on your screen. Luke 9 --
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let's pick it up. Speaking about
daily, here it comes -- verse 23
-- "Then Jesus said to them all,
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'Whoever wants to be My disciple
must deny themselves and take up
their cross --" what's the next
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word, congregation? Take
up their cross what? Daily.
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And do what? "Follow Me."
There it is, the command of the
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master. "I want you to deny
yourself and take up your cross
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daily and follow Me." Deny
what Christian -- what Christian
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Wiman calls the overweening
self, the arrogant self. Wiman
says it's the one poison
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that ruins every gift of God.
That's my ego, and that's your
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ego. Deny yourself. And take up
the cross daily. Come on, let's
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go. Daily. Big deal.
In fact, it's a big deal.
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Just turn two pages to Luke
11, so that's just two pages
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further. Here's Luke 11. This is
the theme text for this little
mini series, so let's go
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back to it one more time.
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Luke 11, red letters,
Jesus speaking, verse 13.
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And you remember that we
learned when the first time we
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encountered that verse the Greek
really reads, "How much more
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will your Father in Heaven give
the Holy Spirit to those who ask
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him continually?"
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In other words, day after day
after day. "You got to follow Me
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and take up your cross daily.
You got to ask for the Holy
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Spirit daily. You know why?
Because the two realities of the
baptism of the Holy Spirit are
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these. Number one, you want
all of Him. Isn't that right?
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Don't you want all of Him? Oh,
yes, I do. You want all of Him,
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so ask every day. And guess
what -- He wants all of you.
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So deny yourself. You want
all of Him, He wants all of you.
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What an exchange. I got
nothing, and he has everything.
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My nothing for His everything?
What's wrong with that picture?
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That has to work. Daily. Daily.
And guess what -- Paul is just
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as big. Paul is just as
big on "daily" as Jesus was.
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Go to 2 Corinthians. And I
-- I never saw this text before.
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I mean, everybody knows 2
Corinthians 4, and I love verse
6, and that's always where
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I go, 2 Corinthians 4:6. But
thanks to my new friend, Helmut
Haubeil, the retired
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German pastor who has written
a little book that has been our
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theme book. Thousands have been
downloaded. 600,000 hard copies
circulating the Earth right now
00:23:46.39\00:23:54.20
in 23 languages. Began with a
little German book from a
retired German pastor,
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and bless his humble soul, the
book is free. By the way, you do
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have a study guide. It's not to
fill in, but there's a website
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at the end of your study guide.
Go to that website, download the
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book for yourself. Thousands
now. There must be something
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going on here. There is. He's
the one that drew my attention
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to verse 16.
Let's look at verse 16.
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Paul writing, "Therefore, we
do not lose heart." No, no, no,
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we're not discouraged. We're not
gonna give up. "We do not lose
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heart. Though outwardly we are
wasting away, yet inwardly, we
are being renewed day by day."
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"Outwardly, we're wasting away,
but inside, we're being renewed
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day by day. Now listen, listen,
listen. There's some of you here
that are outwardly right now
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wasting away. Some of
you, you know that reality.
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You are wasting away in your
body. There are some of you here
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who are wasting away in your
spirit. You feel like it's just
unraveling as you slow-motion
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train wreck, and there's nothing
the doctors can do, there's
nothing you can do to stop what
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is happening. Though we
are outwardly wasting away...
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yet inwardly, we're
being renewed, day by day. The
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American poet Christian Wiman --
I quoted him a year ago in Hope
Trending, but my friend Ante
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Jeroncic, God's Boot Camp, and I
want to tell you something,
'cause I can't report to you
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now, but it was successful on
every level that you can measure
it. Absolutely incredible, last
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weekend. Ante was
there. Had five presenters.
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Reboots, we call it. He quoted
from Wiman. I went home Sunday,
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I said, "Man, I know I quoted
him, but I got to have this
book," so I went on Amazon Prime
00:25:43.20\00:25:46.37
-- bing. By Tuesday, I have the
book, and I'm reading it right
now. This is the --
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This is his book. Christian
Wiman, the American poet.
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By the way, an atheist who
turned to -- became a believer.
Watch this, read this.
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On the screen. You have all
this, by the way, in your study
00:25:56.42\00:25:58.69
guide. You're
going home with it.
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He describes the essay now.
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Isn't that something?
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Did you get that? Receiving a
diagnosis of incurable cancer.
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Paul says, "Though we are
wasting away outwardly, yet
inwardly, we are being renewed
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day by day by day." Paul's
big on it, just like Jesus.
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That's why Paul says in
Ephesians 5:18, "Be filled with
the Spirit," but if you could
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read it in the Greek, it goes
like this -- "Be filled
continually, day by day by day,
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with the Spirit." That's
why you go to Galatians 5:16.
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He says, "...walk by the
Spirit," but if you could read
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it in the original language of
Paul, it says, "...walk by the
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Spirit continually, day
after day after day after day.
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Daily -- it's huge with
this baptism of the Holy Spirit.
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Because you know
why? Listen carefully now.
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You can't do the Holy Spirit
like you can at all-you-can-eat
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smorgasbord. You ever go to one
of those buffets? Why do we love
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those buffets? 'Cause we can
pig out. That's why. Isn't that
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right? And you're looking at
all the customers there. "Pfft!
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Man, bunch of hogs in this
place," until you sit down at
the table and you look at your
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own. [ Laughter ]
Some people think...
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that you can just pile it high
and then go without food the
rest of the week and do okay.
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You didn't do okay at all.
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.55
Some people go
to church that way.
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"I pile it high one day of the
week, and then I starve the rest
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of the week."
That's just as crazy.
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You can't do the Holy
Spirit like a smorgasbord.
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You can't store up the baptism
of the Holy Spirit. It must be
repeated every single
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day. Do you eat
every single day? You do.
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It must be repeated every
single day. Somebody came to
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Dwight L. Moody, the great
American evangelist in the 19th
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century. They said, "Mr. Moody"
-- he wasn't ordained. "Mr.
Moody, you filled with the
00:28:30.14\00:28:35.68
Holy Spirit?" Moody thought for
a moment, looked back, and said,
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"Yes, I am. But I
leak." [ Laughter ]
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That's true. You get filled with
the baptism -- you get filled by
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the baptism of the Holy Spirit
today, that's all there is,
that's all she wrote.
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You're leaking all over
everybody. You're supposed to be
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leaking all over everybody.
You're leaking. You got to come
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back tomorrow, get refilled.
Some of you are shaking your
heads because of that analogy.
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You shouldn't be thinking
that. [ Laughter ] We leak.
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It's why I give you the gift. I
want it to leak out of you to
everybody that you meet.
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You filled with the Holy Spirit?
Yes, I am, but I leak. Moody
writes -- on the screen,
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you see his words there...
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Moody's referring to Jesus'
profound statement -- and we've
not touched this yet, but now,
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in this final piece on the
baptism of the Holy Spirit, we
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go to it. John 7 -- let's just
do it. Don't go into your Bible.
We'll put it on the screen for
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you. John 7, Jesus
speaking, red letters...
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"Streams of living water will
flow from within him. You will
leak the Holy Spirit
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all around you. "If you
believe..." which is precisely
00:29:55.52\00:30:02.26
why Jesus invites us to come
back to Him morning after
morning, day after day.
00:30:02.26\00:30:06.74
"Just come back to me." Have you
seen those commercials, those
ads for a vacation to the
00:30:06.74\00:30:11.67
Caribbean or Hawaii, and you
have this green, lush waterfall,
and there is -- there is this
00:30:11.67\00:30:16.85
tourist, standing under the
waterfall, just, psssh! That's
what Moody and Jesus are
00:30:16.85\00:30:23.25
saying -- "You got to stand
under the fountain." Stand under
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the water. Let it fill you, and
then it'll flow from you to the
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world around you. Why, even that
5'3" American writer, American
leader, American spiritual
00:30:32.63\00:30:40.70
mentor, Ellen White -- just like
Moody, just like Paul, just like
00:30:40.70\00:30:44.67
Jesus, she agrees. Let me run --
Let me just fly these by you.
You have them on your study
00:30:44.67\00:30:47.54
guide. "Desire of
Ages," that classic.
00:30:47.54\00:30:50.11
You can't smorgasbord him and
then not need him tomorrow? You
have to go every day.
00:30:54.78\00:30:59.22
Stand under the fountain of the
spirit of Jesus daily. Here's
another one -- steps to
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Christ.
00:31:03.83\00:31:04.73
Oh, you know this one.
00:31:04.89\00:31:06.80
Stand under the waterfalls
of the Spirit of Jesus daily and
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get filled anew. Here's another
one, "Christ Triumphant."
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We have to get converted over
every single day. New day, new
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choice. You want me? Go
ahead. You want me? Daily.
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Oh, two more.
"Acts of the Apostles."
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Stand under the fountain of the
Spirit of Christ daily. Here's
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the last one. Little book,
called "You Shall Receive Power.
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Stand under the fountain of the
spirit of Jesus daily. Jesus
said it, Paul said it,
00:32:18.17\00:32:23.71
Moody said it, White said it.
I believe it. "Ah, but do I --
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Time-out, time-out." [ Tongue
clicking ] "I'm just not sure
00:32:29.91\00:32:33.65
about this. I'm telling you,
you've been talking about this
baptism of the Holy Spirit for
00:32:33.65\00:32:36.79
the last few weeks. I've tried
it. I have really tried it.
00:32:36.79\00:32:39.55
I've been asking it every day,
and not a bloomin' thing has
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happened into me. Nobody sees it
around me, nobody says, 'Hey, I
see the Holy Spirit in you.'
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I don't feel a thing. So how in
the world can I know that this
promise that you have
00:32:46.56\00:32:51.10
been touting is, in fact,
reliable?" I'll tell you how.
00:32:51.10\00:32:55.17
You just hang on to this
dynamite promise that you're
00:32:55.17\00:32:58.64
about to receive. You just take
this promise, and it will assure
00:32:58.64\00:33:02.24
the other promise. These are
words worth memorizing one day.
I put them on the screen for
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you. 1 John
5:14-15. Take a look at this.
00:33:05.45\00:33:09.72
Can you believe this?
00:33:09.72\00:33:11.45
What's the word, church?
According to his what? According
to his will, he does
00:33:17.86\00:33:22.36
what? If it's according
to his will, what does he do?
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He hears it. Now
keep going, verse 15.
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Okay, bright scholars, here's
the question -- is it the will
of God for you to be baptized
00:33:34.91\00:33:40.08
and filled with the Holy Spirit
every single day of your life?
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Yes or no? >> Yes. >>
But of course. But of course.
00:33:43.95\00:33:48.12
"Yeah, but come on, Dwight.
There's got to be some little
hidden caveat or condition in
00:33:48.12\00:33:53.36
this thing that's just holding
me back." No, no, no, no, no.
00:33:53.36\00:33:57.20
Well, okay. There is a
condition. Okay, I take it back.
00:33:57.20\00:33:59.80
There is a condition. Here it
is. You have to open the door.
00:33:59.80\00:34:07.14
He's not kicking it down. You
have to open the door. And, oh,
by the way, once you
00:34:07.14\00:34:13.52
open that door, you got to open
all the little doors inside. You
say, "What in the world are
00:34:13.52\00:34:18.22
you talking about, Dwight?" I'll
show you what I'm talking about.
00:34:18.22\00:34:20.56
Let's do a little role-playing
here. You be Jesus, I'll be
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Dwight. Okay? Here we
go. Jesus -- "Can I come in,
00:34:25.73\00:34:29.40
Dwight?" Dwight -- "You sure
may." Jesus -- "Boy, this is
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sure a tight entryway." Dwight
-- "I suppose it is, but I'm
sure glad to have you."
00:34:34.87\00:34:39.57
Jesus -- "Well, what's up with
that closed door behind you?"
"Oh, don't worry about it.
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It's nothing, it's
nothing. It's locked. Nah."
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"Okay. Hey, what's that door on
the other side of the hallway?
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What's up with that closed door?
Can't we go to somewhere where
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there's room?" "No, no, you
don't want that room. Trust me,
you don't want that
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room." "And this one?"
"Lookit, Lord, what's the
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problem?" You're in.
Be thankful you're in."
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What's going on here, guys?
What's going on with that little
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dialogue? What am I not doing?
What am I not doing? I'm
refusing him access to my
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life. "I have some doors
that I will not open, please.
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Little embarrassed about these
doors, Lord. But you got to be
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half thankful that you have this
entryway. Come on. This feels
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good." [ Scoffs ] "What I'd
really like, Dwight... Hey,
missy, missy -- twt!
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What I'd really like is access
to your entire life. Weren't you
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asking for all of me?" "Yes,
I was." "I want all of you back.
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Do you understand?"
"I get it. I get it."
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It's called surrendering. ¤ All
to Jesus I surrender ¤ ¤ All to
Him I freely give ¤
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¤ All the joy of sweet salvation
¤ ¤ In His presence daily live ¤
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We sing it all the time -- "I
surrender all! I surrender all!"
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And the doors are all locked.
"You didn't surrender all. You
gave me your entryway.
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I want the closets." So you
asked a moment ago, "Is there
some kind of catch on this
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thing, Dwight?" Yeah, the only
catch is, you got to open the
door, and the door's
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inside. That's all you have
to do. You asked for all of Him.
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He asks for all of you. "Come on
in, Jesus. Yeah, go ahead, kick
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the door -- I'll open them all
up for you." Chk, chk, chk, chk,
chk. "I'm embarrassed about what
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you're gonna see. Plug
your nose. But you come on in.
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You have it all."
What did we just read?
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Every day, I asked for the
baptism of the Holy Spirit, and
I can know the moment I pray
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that prayer, you have to pray it
every day. You can't smorgasbord
00:37:08.29\00:37:11.83
God. "Oh, God, I asked last
month." "No! I got to hear from
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you today. Do you want me
today?" Because when you're
asking for the baptism of the
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Holy Spirit, you're really
saying, "Jesus, come on in
again." It's all about Jesus.
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Every day. "I trust you
because I know that you love me.
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Whether I feel it or not." Oh,
boy, I want you to see this.
Helmut Haubeil in his wonderful
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little book, "Steps To Personal
Revival" -- his words on the
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screen. Speaking of 1 John 5...
00:37:40.89\00:37:42.29
So, at the God's Boot Camp, we
had Dominique Gummelt, as well.
Kind of be our personal coach,
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and she did a great job. We were
stretching muscles we didn't
00:38:05.88\00:38:09.45
know we had. But she gave
lectures, as well. And in one of
her lectures, it was Friday
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night. We're only 24 hours
in this Boot Camp. Friday night,
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she says a line that could be a
throwaway line to you, but when
I heard it, the Holy Spirit
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said, "Boy, write that down
right now." And I did, and I put
it on the screen for you.
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This line, it's just like -- it
was like an epiphany, like
something on the spot.
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She said, "Feelings follow
behavior -- the key to living."
This is the key to living.
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Let your feelings follow your
behavior. And just like that,
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the Holy Spirit said, "That, my
boy, is you. You lead with your
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feelings." And I have to admit,
I'm a touchy-feely kind of guy.
If the music is beautiful, then
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I feel good. If the
music's not good, I feel bad.
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But I have allowed feelings to
determine my behavior. So if I
walk into a room and I'm
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feeling good about it, my
behavior reflects it. If I walk
into a room and I'm
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not feeling good about it,
my behavior reflects it. This is
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backwards. That's her point. You
don't live by feeling. You live
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by fact. You live by faith. And
that's the -- You were saying,
00:39:22.16\00:39:26.39
"I just don't feel any
different. Nothing's changing."
My friend, we must act on our
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faith and not our feelings. You
may not feel like you've been
00:39:29.50\00:39:33.27
baptized by the Holy Spirit, but
you can immediately begin acting
on the faith that, in fact, I
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have, 'cause we just read it, 1
John 5:14-15, and feelings will
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catch up one day. Trust me,
while you're praying, they'll
catch up one day, and suddenly,
00:39:44.15\00:39:47.82
you will realize, "I am in the
presence of Almighty God. This
is the Holy Spirit Himself
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in my room. He is in my heart
right now." You will know it.
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Beyond a shadow of a doubt, you
will know it. Because he will
00:39:55.76\00:40:00.86
say it's Jesus, and you will
sense Jesus just permeating that
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room. You don't live for that.
You don't go back to your prayer
00:40:05.30\00:40:07.37
closet, "Well, I got to
have another dose of that.
00:40:07.37\00:40:09.20
I really am a
touchy-feely guy, God.
00:40:09.20\00:40:10.64
God, give me another one."
He said, "No, you don't need it.
00:40:10.64\00:40:12.67
You don't need it."
Fact, faith, then feeling.
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You let your behavior lead your
feelings. I repeat, there are
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only two conditions to asking
for the Holy Spirit. Number one
-- you ask for all of
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Him. And number two --
He asks for all of you.
00:40:28.59\00:40:34.10
That's the way it is in "Love
Story." If you give all, I give
00:40:34.10\00:40:40.90
all... Both have to give all.
That's the way it is with God.
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Romans 5 -- Did we see?
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I want you to look
this one up. The last verse.
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Did we save the best till
last. Come on, Romans 5:5.
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Check this out, will
you? Can you believe this?
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Romans 5:5. Oh,
man, mark this up in your
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Bible. Mark it up,
mark it up, mark it
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up. We've saved
the best verse in
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this little mini
series to the end.
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Romans 5:5 -- "And hope
does not put us to shame. Why?
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Because God's love has been
poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit, who has
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been given to us." God's
love has been poured out in our
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hearts by the Holy Spirit,
who has been given to us. The
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Niagara Falls. You know the
Niagara Falls up here, on the
Canada side? 600,000 gallons of
00:41:26.38\00:41:30.62
water a year go over that
Niagara Falls. Isn't that great?
00:41:30.62\00:41:34.09
600,000 a year. Man... No,
actually, it's not -- It's just
00:41:34.09\00:41:36.83
a week. 600,000 gallons of water
go over the edge of the Niagara
00:41:36.83\00:41:41.36
a week. 600,000. But actually,
it's not a week. It's a day. But
actually, it's not a day.
00:41:41.36\00:41:45.07
It's an hour. 600,000 gallons
go over an hour. But I'm wrong
00:41:45.07\00:41:49.44
again. 600,000 gallons of water
go over a second. A second.
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The Greek word here is for a
waterfall, and God has poured
out the water -- God has poured
00:41:56.58\00:42:03.95
out the Holy Spirit upon us. The
love of God poured out in that
00:42:03.95\00:42:10.66
gift. This gift who was given
to us. How do we know that? Oh,
00:42:10.66\00:42:14.50
come on, come on.
Keep reading, verse 6.
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Maybe. Verse 8 -- "But God --"
Oh, I love this. "God
demonstrates his own love
00:42:26.47\00:42:31.88
for us in this. While we were
still sinners, Christ died for
00:42:31.88\00:42:37.42
us." God, His love, poured out
into our hearts through the Holy
Spirit, who has been given
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to us. Ladies and gentlemen,
last line. That is the baptism
00:42:44.59\00:42:51.80
of the Holy Spirit. Every single
day that you want it and ask for
00:42:51.80\00:43:00.81
it. Let's pray. Oh,
God, pour -- Please.
00:43:00.81\00:43:05.41
I'm praying for everybody
here, Father. You know this is
00:43:05.41\00:43:08.85
everybody's prayer right now.
Please pour out your love upon
our thirsty souls every single
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day. And, surely, Father,
as we've just read, there is no
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more profound and meaningful way
to experience your love than at
the foot of the cross, where we
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have gathered right
now. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Let's reconnect with
that Romans 5:5, that glorious
00:48:47.42\00:48:52.06
depiction. Romans 5:5.
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We read it just a moment ago.
God's love has been poured out
into our hearts through the
00:48:54.13\00:48:59.60
Holy Spirit, who has been given
to us. And as we gather now at
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the foot of the cross, something
happens here. We don't feel it,
00:49:05.17\00:49:09.14
but we acknowledge it. God's
love is poured out into our
00:49:09.14\00:49:13.72
hearts. And now a line, written
a century ago... Isn't this
00:49:13.72\00:49:20.26
something? Listen to this. Ellen
White. "You need a daily baptism
00:49:20.26\00:49:27.23
of love." Isn't it good?
"You need a daily baptism of
00:49:27.23\00:49:32.00
love," that in the days of the
apostles, it made them all of
00:49:32.00\00:49:37.41
one accord. A daily baptism of
love. Wow. It's the Holy Spirit.
00:49:37.41\00:49:46.31
When he comes in, the love of
God comes in. When he comes in,
00:49:46.31\00:49:51.45
Jesus comes in. Everybody's
in the gift of that baptism of
00:49:51.45\00:49:56.59
love. Today, at the foot of
the cross, we receive that gift.
00:49:56.76\00:50:03.70
We're missing one
of our good elders.
00:50:03.70\00:50:07.70
No doubt detained with somebody
who's needing some attention
00:50:07.70\00:50:10.24
downstairs. So I'm
gonna pass to the other
00:50:10.24\00:50:14.11
side of the
platform and Pastor José.
00:50:14.11\00:50:17.78
Listen as he reads.
This'll be 1 Corinthians 11.
00:50:17.78\00:50:20.02
This is a -- Paul
was not there, but by
00:50:20.02\00:50:22.52
vision, Paul was actually shown
by Jesus, "Here's what happened
00:50:22.52\00:50:25.15
that night, Paul."
And he writes about it in
00:50:25.15\00:50:28.12
1 Corinthians 11. >>
"For I received from the Lord
00:50:28.12\00:50:33.26
who I also passed on to you --
the Lord Jesus, on the night he
00:50:33.26\00:50:37.73
was betrayed, took bread,
and when he had given thanks, he
00:50:37.73\00:50:42.00
broke it and said, "This
is my body, which is for you.
00:50:42.00\00:50:46.64
Do this in remembrance of me."
In the same way, after supper,
he took the cup, saying, "This
00:50:46.81\00:50:53.98
cup is the new covenant in
my blood. Do this, whenever you
00:50:53.98\00:51:00.39
drink it, in remembrance of me."
For whenever you eat this bread
and drink this cup, you proclaim
00:51:00.39\00:51:08.56
the Lord's death until he
comes." Please kneel with me
00:51:08.56\00:51:12.97
this morning.
00:51:12.97\00:51:14.57
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>> Dear Father in Heaven,
we come to you today in need of
00:51:32.22\00:51:36.69
restoration.
00:51:36.69\00:51:38.46
You created mankind in your
image, both in form and in
character, but sin entered, and
00:51:38.63\00:51:45.10
all this changed. So here
we are. Left to ourselves, we
00:51:45.10\00:51:51.11
cannot find our way back to you
in happiness, nor could we
escape the clutches of Satan.
00:51:51.11\00:51:57.18
But in your incomprehensible
mercy, you revealed yourself to
us in the person of your son,
00:51:57.18\00:52:03.82
Jesus Christ, the bread of life.
And you made it possible to
restore your image in us again.
00:52:03.82\00:52:11.76
Just as a physical food that we
eat changes into the very fiber
and muscles of our body, you
00:52:11.76\00:52:17.70
invited us into a relationship
with Jesus, the bread of life,
and the promise to transform us
00:52:17.70\00:52:23.97
from rebels living in opposition
to you into a loving, obedient
child of God whose sole purpose
00:52:23.97\00:52:30.48
in life is to reflect the image
of our creator. This precious
00:52:30.48\00:52:36.65
experience has been made
possible for us only by the
breaking of the body of Christ.
00:52:36.65\00:52:42.09
And because of this, in his
name, we thank you and say amen.
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>> So, let's not go back
2,000 years now. The reading of
00:52:50.50\00:52:56.40
scripture took us there.
We're here. This is 2017.
00:52:56.40\00:53:00.28
And Jesus is here. Not
physically, because he has five
fingers on each hand like
00:53:00.28\00:53:06.45
you and I do, and he can't be
two places at one time, but he
says, "I'll not leave you
00:53:06.45\00:53:11.99
comfortless. You will not be
orphans. I'm coming back to you
00:53:11.99\00:53:15.62
through the Holy Spirit." He's
here. And so let's let him talk
00:53:15.62\00:53:19.79
to us right now about today.
He says, "Friends, this little
00:53:19.79\00:53:28.47
wafer is my body. It's not my
body. It represents my body. But
when you eat this and ingest
00:53:28.47\00:53:34.44
this into you... my love
becomes a part of your very DNA.
00:53:34.44\00:53:41.62
Do this in remembrance of me.
00:53:41.62\00:53:44.99
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And because he's here through
the Holy Spirit, we can hear him
saying to us, "When I was with
00:54:08.01\00:54:13.78
my disciples, you remember it
was one cup, and everybody drank
00:54:13.78\00:54:18.79
from the one cup. You have your
own cups now. But when you drink
this fruit of the vine, let it
00:54:18.79\00:54:25.73
be a symbol of my blood that was
poured out for you, once and for
all, forever and ever.
00:54:25.73\00:54:35.37
This baptism of my love at
Calvary. So drink this, all of
00:54:35.37\00:54:41.01
you. Drink this in
remembrance of me." ¤¤
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Hymn 407. This is singing of the
supper is over, as it is, and we
00:55:04.13\00:55:10.11
go forth. Open your hymnal to
it, stand to your feet, and
let's, with great jubilation,
00:55:10.11\00:55:15.21
the gift of God's love poured
into us. Let us sing our hearts
out as we march out into the
00:55:15.21\00:55:20.48
world that awaits us. 407. ¤¤
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>> Think back to your last
heartfelt, meaningful prayer.
00:57:28.51\00:57:30.75
Has it been a while? Has
your prayer life felt stale,
00:57:30.75\00:57:33.85
routine, boring? I
want to take an extra moment
00:57:33.85\00:57:37.32
at the end of our
worship today to share with you
00:57:37.32\00:57:39.65
"A New Way to Pray." I
invite you to re-energize your
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devotional life with
this little prayer journey.
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In fact, I'd love
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Just call 877 -- those are
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That's it -- 877-HIS-WILL.
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And I hope I'll see you
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