The hour is urgent, as darkness
is dispelled by the light of
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God's Word, a new day begins.
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Jesus, the light of
the world is shining.
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Prepare your hearts to
proclaim the final cry.
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This is 3ABN
Summer Camp Meeting.
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Hello and welcome to
3ABN Summer Camp Meeting.
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We're so glad that you are here.
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What a great theme, right?
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You see it on the
backdrop behind me.
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Let's all say it together.
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Preparing to
proclaim the final cry.
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Ha ha!
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We heard you at home
also joining with us as well.
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We want to make
sure we don't forget you.
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We're having a blessed
time here at 3ABN's facility in
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Thompsonville, Illinois.
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We received a lot of rain
last night and this morning.
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We received about 1.7 inches.
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I counted it as like showers
of blessings, but it was almost
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more than showers, wasn't it?
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It's more like a downpour of
blessings, but we're receiving
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spiritual blessings
here too, aren't we?
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So I have to tell you at home,
even though it's been a little
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bit wet here, just the
atmosphere has been so joyous.
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It's because of the Lord Jesus
Christ, right, that we can be
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happy in Him.
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You know, I have the
privilege of introducing to you.
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It is Jill.
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September.
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Jill, why don't
you come on out, Jill.
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I think there she is backstage.
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All right.
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And no, we didn't get married
when we were 14 and 15 years of
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age.
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She looks younger every year.
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Well, now I'm
starting to feel old.
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You're not old, baby.
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But yeah, what a blessing
to actually be in ministry
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together with you here at 3ABN.
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Yesterday, 3ABN has this
Board of Directors meeting, just
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before a camp meeting usually,
and I appreciate working with
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Mr. Danny so much.
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And he was talking about the
calling that each one of us has
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on our life, right?
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And so I know Jill and I feel
called to the ministry of 3ABN.
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Just like each one of
you, God's called you to do
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something.
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And a lot of you I know pray
for and support the ministry of
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3ABN.
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So you're making a difference.
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of you and you at home as well.
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But Jill, I'm looking
forward to your message today.
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We're not going to
have music right now.
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Tim will have a closing song
at the end of your message, but
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your message today is indwelt,
baptized and led by the Holy
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Spirit.
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God be with you.
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Thank you, sweetheart.
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It's a privilege to serve
God in ministry, but it's such a
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privilege to serve
God in ministry together.
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I love ministering with Greg.
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And as you know, we don't have
kids, so we consider 3ABN as
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our child, as it were,
if that makes any sense.
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So we live, eat, breathe, sleep
3ABN, which just means we think
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about the gospel all the time
and want to do everything we
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can to help
proclaim that gospel message.
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It is a wet day, but praise the
Lord we're inside and we're dry
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and we can look forward to
those showers of blessings.
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My message is on indwelt,
baptized and led by the Holy
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Spirit.
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Five effects, you knew a list
was coming, five effects of the
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indwelt Holy Spirit.
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Our opening scripture is
Galatians 5 and then we'll
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pray.
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Galatians 5 verses 16 and 17.
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I say then, walk in the Spirit
and you shall not fulfill the
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lust of the flesh, for the
flesh lusts against the Spirit.
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Have you experienced that?
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And the Spirit
against the flesh.
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Have you felt that?
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And these are contrary to one
another, almost as if it were
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that tug of war experience
in the life of the believer so
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that you do not do
the things that you wish.
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It reminds me of
the Romans 7 experience.
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Remember Paul, he says
what I want to do, those are the
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things I don't do.
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And what I don't want to do,
those are the things I end up
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doing.
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Then we get down
to Romans 7 verse 24.
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Do you remember what it says?
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Oh wretched man that I am, who
can deliver me from this body
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of death?
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I would say if we ended there,
we would be of all people most
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miserable because we
cannot obey in our own strength.
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We cannot become
like Jesus in our own.
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It is the power of the indwelt
Spirit in the life of the
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believer.
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That is what
we're looking at today.
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If you just go, we
were in Romans 7 25.
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If you go to chapter
8 verse 1, it says what?
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There is therefore now no
condemnation to those who are
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in Christ Jesus, who don't
walk according to the flesh, but
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according to the Spirit.
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Let's pray.
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Holy Father, as we open and
study your word, which is alive
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and powerful, God, would you
come and cut our hearts being
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sharper than
that two edged sword?
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Would you show us the areas
in our lives that we need to
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surrender, those areas
that are not like Jesus?
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Would you speak to us, give
us ears to hear and a heart to
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obey in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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I was a young teacher, fresh
out of college, bursting with
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life and energy.
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I thought I
could change the world.
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Have you ever experienced that?
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Young, idealistic,
thought everything.
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I was a English
and Bible teacher.
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This is before Greg and I
got married, Academy High School
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students.
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She was a young girl.
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We'll call her Sarah.
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That's not her real name.
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Beautiful, perfect hair, even
peaches and cream complexion,
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perfect white pearly teeth.
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And I was so busy.
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And this gentleman said
you're describing my wife.
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That's precious.
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I was so busy.
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Just the stress of starting to
teach, making lesson plans and
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grading papers and just
learning the ropes of what
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you're supposed to do
as a brand new teacher.
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It was my first job, my first
right out of college that I
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neglected to sit down and ask
Sarah about her heart, how she
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was doing.
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And so a couple months went by
and it was late fall and we had
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a school retreat.
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You know, time schools do that.
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We went away for the weekend,
all the entire student body and
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the faculty.
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And I remember Sarah came and
she said, Miss Jill, can I talk
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to you?
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And I said, Oh, of course.
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And we sat down and I remember
she looked up at me and I was
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amazed at the pain in her eyes.
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Had it always been there?
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Had I been too
busy to see it before?
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And she said, Miss Jill, I
want to show you something.
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And she had a long sleeve shirt
on and she went to unbutton it.
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And as she did, I remember
thinking she always wore long
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sleeve.
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Why hadn't I
noticed that before?
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And she rolled up her
sleeve and she'd been cutting.
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Now, I was super sheltered
growing up, homeschooled
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family.
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And I remember I looked at her
and my heart broke that there
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was so much pain in her life.
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And Jill had been so busy.
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I had not even noticed.
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And just as I was ready to
say something, she said, No, no,
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no, Miss Jill.
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And she turned her arm.
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And then I recognized it wasn't
just random slashes in the
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skin.
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She had cut herself
to spell one word, help.
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H E L P. At some point in life,
you and I discover this truth.
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We cannot do it on our own.
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Have you discovered that?
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We cannot save ourselves.
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Our
righteousness is filthy rags.
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Isaiah 64 verse six.
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At some point we discover
it is the blood of Jesus that
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cleanses us from all sin.
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That's first John one seven or
as Ephesians one seven says, in
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him we have forgiveness,
the redemption from sin.
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At some point in our lives,
we discover we cannot change
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ourselves.
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Can the Ethiopian
change the color of his skin?
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Can the shepherd
remove his spots?
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No.
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Then may we also do good who
are accustomed to doing evil.
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If we are in Christ,
we are a new creation.
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All things have passed away.
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Behold, all
things have become new.
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Second
Corinthians five seventeen.
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At some point we discover
we cannot make ourselves happy.
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Have you seen a
facade of happiness?
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But we can't make joy inside.
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At some point we discover
we cannot love other people.
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We can pretend to like people
but we cannot create love in
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our hearts for other people.
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At some point we discover we
cannot give up our addictions.
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We can do behavior modification
and try to act right but we
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cannot change our hearts
and the addictions inside.
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So many times in the Seventh
-day Adventist Church and many
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other denominations, we
have the outward trappings of
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religion.
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We do the right thing.
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We say the right things.
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We go to church on the
right day but we've never been
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changed inside.
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We don't know the
power of the gospel.
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We have never experienced the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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That is what we're
talking about today.
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The power of the gospel
in the life of the believer.
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Five effects of the
indwell Holy Spirit.
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They all start
with the letter C.
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You know I like alliteration.
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Effect number one is conviction.
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You want to say it again?
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Conviction.
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The Holy Spirit
brings conviction of sin.
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Turn with me to John chapter 16.
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John chapter 16.
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I love this passage
in the book of John.
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Remember John 13 is the
disciples, the foot washing,
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Jesus, the last supper right
before he goes to the cross.
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And then John 14, 15, 16,
and 17 is his last words to the
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disciples.
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So Jesus knows that he's
going to the cross and he's not
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always going to be with
his disciples here in person.
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And so these are like the last
words that he gives to them.
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We're in John 16 verse 7.
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The helper, that word
in Greek, parakeletos.
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It means advocate, comforter,
literally one called alongside.
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Oh are you grateful that
the Holy Spirit comes alongside.
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The helper will not come
to you, but if I depart I will
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send him to you.
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Now some people read this and
they say oh the Holy Spirit was
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not present in
the Old Testament.
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The Holy Spirit only came
after Jesus went to heaven.
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Well if you read the word of
God and you go all the way back
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to the second verse in the
Bible, Genesis 1 verse 2, what
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does it say?
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The earth was
without form and void.
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Darkness was on the face of
the deep and the spirit of God
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hovered over the waters.
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That word spirit in Hebrew.
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We're going to
talk about this ruach.
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Can you all say that?
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Ruach, yes, and it can be
translated sometimes wind,
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sometimes breath, and
spirit, meaning the Holy Spirit.
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In this instance Genesis 1, 2
and in many other instances is
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talking about the Holy Spirit.
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In the Old Testament we
see that the Holy Spirit can
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indwell people and
the Holy Spirit empowers.
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We see reference to the Holy
Spirit all throughout the Old
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Testament, but in a special
way Jesus has been 33 years with
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the disciples,
with the people there.
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He's going to heaven, but
he will be with them forever by
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the power of the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit was given at
the time of Pentecost and then
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he would be present forever
with them in a special way
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through that power
of the Holy Spirit.
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So what's the Holy
Spirit going to do?
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We're in John 16 verse 8.
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When he has come he will
convict the world of sin,
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righteousness, and judgment.
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We said the Holy Spirit
brings conviction of sin.
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Romans 2, 4 says it's the
goodness of God that leads us
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to repentance.
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shoulder as it were
when I've stepped into sin.
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Now put a point pause in that.
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We're right
back to that thought.
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I'm going to ask you what
seems like a random question.
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Is pain a gift?
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So who thinks pain is a gift?
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Raise your hand.
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Okay.
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Who thinks pain is not a gift?
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Raise your hand.
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Okay.
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Who is unsure?
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I think there are quite a
few people who didn't raise your
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hand at all.
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And who just
doesn't want to vote?
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Okay.
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So is pain a gift?
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I read a book a couple years
ago by a medical doctor and
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Philip Yancey.
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It's called The Gift of Pain
and what they talked about was
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lepers and the gift of
pain in that experience.
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Do you know sometimes people
say well leprosy is simply you
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know you see maybe a nose or
fingers or toes and you think
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oh is it rotting off?
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No.
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Leprosy causes sensory nerve
damage meaning when the sensory
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nerves are damaged we cannot
register pain and that means
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you could burn a finger or
injure a finger and you don't
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know about it because you
cannot register that pain.
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It's the same reason that they
can go blind because you could
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get a dirt or irritant in
the eye and because of the nerve
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damage you not know that
there is something wrong there.
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Pain can be a gift.
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So how does that connect in
with convicting power of the
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Holy Spirit?
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Have you ever thought boy it
sure would be nice if I had no
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conviction of sin?
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Can you imagine a world
with no conviction of sin?
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A world where we're never
sorry when we hurt someone else?
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A world where there's no
recognition that stealing from
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someone is wrong or murder is
wrong or neglecting children is
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wrong or rape is wrong.
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Romans 7 says I would not have
known sin except through the
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law.
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the law.
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Remember partook of the
forbidden fruit and they
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immediately felt fear and guilt.
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Do they not?
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And remember that they hid
from God and what did God say?
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Where are you?
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Of course he knew where
they were but where are you?
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And then Adam said I was afraid
and I hid and God said who told
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you you were naked?
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The Holy Spirit
brings conviction of sin.
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Now let's pause
for just a moment.
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I want to make it clear there
is a vast difference between
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the convicting power of the
Holy Spirit and condemnation.
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Condemnation
comes from the enemy.
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Satan is the
accuser of the brethren.
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Revelation 12 10 tells us the
accuser of our brethren accuses
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us before God day and night
and at that point he can be cast
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down.
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do we not?
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I don't know about you
but I can step over into
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condemnation.
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The voices in our head
you're not good enough.
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Have you heard that lie before?
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You'll never amount to anything.
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Have you heard that lie before?
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Who do you think you are
trying to follow God seeking to
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restore that relationship
struggling to find freedom from
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addiction?
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You're just a failure.
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You'll never amount to anything.
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Now I've been a Christian.
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I was born and raised
in the Adventist Church.
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That does not mean I was a
Christian but I would say that
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when I accepted Jesus in my
heart for the very first time I
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was a teenager so that's a very
long time ago and some of you
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say well it might just be a
few years ago but anyways it was
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several years ago and yet even
today Satan can still come with
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his accusations.
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Even today he comes in with
condemnation and at that point
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you and I don't
have to live under that.
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We don't have to live in shame.
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I'm reminded of Zechariah 3.
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I love that Joshua the high
priest is there Satan standing
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at the right hand to accuse
him because that's what Satan's
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good at and Jesus says the Lord
rebuke you the Lord rebuke you
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and he covers him in his
righteousness takes off the
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dirty robe covers him in
his righteousness so the Holy
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Spirit brings conviction of sin
not in a sense of condemnation
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not in a sense of failure
or shame he just pricks our
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conscience and says I love you
There's something here in your
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life, and I want you to
surrender that or repent or
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give that to me.
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So, result number one of
the Holy Spirit dwelling in our
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hearts is conviction.
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The Holy Spirit
brings conviction of sin.
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Number two is courage.
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The Holy Spirit gives us
courage to act because once we
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have conviction, once the Holy
Spirit brings conviction to our
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heart, we have a
choice to make, do we not?
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So when the Holy Spirit
says, Jill, you need to go ask
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forgiveness over here of so-and
-so because you acted badly or
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your attitude was wrong.
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I have a choice, do I not?
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And I can say, oh, thank you
God for showing me my heart and
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I want to go
and make that right.
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Or I can say,
it was their fault.
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You ever been there?
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Oh, I'm the one in the right.
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There's no issue here, and I
can harden my heart against the
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prompting of the Holy Spirit.
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Every time the Holy
Spirit brings conviction to our
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hearts, we have a choice.
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Are we going to act, courage to
act, or are we going to act and
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repent?
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just to forgive us and cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
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Are we going to reach out
for the wrongs that we have
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committed against someone else
and ask forgiveness, or what if
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somebody asks
me for forgiveness?
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Sometimes that takes courage
to say, I do forgive you and not
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hold that grudge.
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Is that true?
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Sometimes we're
called to make restitution.
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Remember Zacchaeus?
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He stole from all those
people and what did he do?
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He said, I'm going to
give fourfold back restitution.
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Sometimes if we gossiped about
somebody else, God says, I want
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you to go back
and make that right.
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Courage.
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The Holy Spirit
gives us courage to act.
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He brings conviction to our
heart, and once we have that
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conviction, we
have a choice to make.
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Are we going to act on the
convicting power of the Holy
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Spirit?
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Are we going to do
what he's asking us to do?
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Result number three is change.
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Let's go back to
the book of Galatians.
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We started there.
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Go back to Galatians
chapter five, change.
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The Holy Spirit is the
one who transforms our lives.
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Galatians five, we have
this tug of war experience, the
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flesh warring against the
Spirit and the Spirit warring
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against the flesh
going back and forth.
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Galatians five, we have this
list, the works of the flesh on
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this side, and they are plural
because there's a multiplicity
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of evil that Satan can entice
us to do and the fruit of the
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Spirit being singular because
it's not as if I work for
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several weeks on love and then
I'm going to graduate to joy
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and then I'm going
to try to achieve peace.
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It's all the work
of the Holy Spirit.
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And when he enters my heart,
he gives me everything, the love
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and the joy and the
peace and the patience.
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All of that is the
work of the Holy Spirit.
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So let's look at it.
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We'll spend just a moment
on the works of the flesh.
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I don't want to spend
too much time on that.
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Then we'll transition
to the fruit of the Spirit.
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Galatians five, 19.
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The works of the flesh are
evident, which are adultery,
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fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness.
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Now those four, they all have
to do with what type of sin?
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Sexual sin.
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Do they not?
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All four of them have to
do with Now many times when we
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talk about sexual sin,
we address the brethren.
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Do we not?
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And there is sexual sin there.
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Absolutely.
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Pornography is a huge issue.
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Other types of sexual
sin, that's a big issue.
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And I'm not saying
that's only a male issue.
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Females can get
involved in that as well.
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But I want to talk to my
sisters as Pastor Ryan Johnson
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taught me a new
word, I love that word.
00:24:05.44\00:24:08.28
I said, I am a sister in.
00:24:08.61\00:24:09.98
I never knew I
could be a sister in.
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I just love that.
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The brethren and sister in.
00:24:13.65\00:24:15.35
So I want to talk to
my sister in right now.
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I believe we can step
into this sin just as much.
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Because for a woman,
it's a sin of the mind.
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It is fairy tales, imagination,
romantic thoughts, and
00:24:30.27\00:24:37.41
daydreams.
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It is why women like
to read romance novels.
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It's why women like
to watch soap operas.
00:24:42.78\00:24:46.08
It's why women like
to watch romantic movies.
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Because it makes us
dissatisfied and it creates
00:24:50.95\00:24:54.96
lust in the heart.
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And my sister in, it is just as
much sin as when we talk to our
00:24:56.46\00:25:03.20
brethren in pornography.
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It manifests differently and
it looks differently, but sin is
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sin.
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So this is the
works of the flesh.
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We talk about the sexual sins
in verse 20, Galatians 5, 20.
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What's the next word?
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Idolatry.
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I don't worship
Baal or Ashtoreth.
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No, I don't
worship graven images.
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Do you know what idol is?
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Anything you put
in the place of God.
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An idol is anything that
we give more attention to than
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God.
00:25:32.83\00:25:33.43
An idol is anything that
we give more time to than God.
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So that means
sports can be an idol.
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That means my
house can be an idol.
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That means my relationship
with my family could be an idol.
00:25:45.07\00:25:50.58
That means my ministry
at 3ABN could be an idol.
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Anything that we put ahead of
God, idolatry, sorcery, that's
00:25:58.15\00:26:05.29
witchcraft, hatred.
00:26:05.29\00:26:07.00
Have you seen
hatred in the families?
00:26:07.13\00:26:08.76
Have you seen
hatred in the church?
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.60
Jealousy.
00:26:14.40\00:26:15.24
Have you seen
jealousy in the church?
00:26:15.30\00:26:16.81
Outbursts of wrath, selfish
ambition, dissension, heresy,
00:26:17.94\00:26:21.01
envy, murder, drunkenness,
revelries, the like, of which I
00:26:21.31\00:26:24.15
tell you beforehand, just as
I told you in time past, those
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who practice such things will
not inherit the kingdom of God.
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I think so many times we
can feel that we're secure.
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I go to church on the Sabbath.
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I pay tithes.
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I believe in the doctrines.
00:26:50.07\00:26:52.71
And yet you and I have hatred
in our heart for other people.
00:26:53.94\00:26:57.41
We backbite.
00:26:58.71\00:27:00.15
There might be
lust lurking inside.
00:27:00.68\00:27:03.79
I could be holding
something in the place of God.
00:27:06.02\00:27:09.32
If I'm being honest with you,
I'm every one of those works of
00:27:10.96\00:27:15.16
the flesh.
00:27:15.16\00:27:15.73
I think at one point or another
in my life, I have stepped into
00:27:16.87\00:27:21.80
every single one of those sins.
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.97
But we don't have to stay there.
00:27:25.71\00:27:26.88
We don't have to live that way.
00:27:27.68\00:27:31.51
Just because we have a past
does not mean that God cannot
00:27:32.38\00:27:37.59
transform us.
00:27:37.59\00:27:38.75
We're talking about the third
result of the work of the Holy
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Spirit in the life of
the believer is change.
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The Holy Spirit takes us
from these works of the flesh,
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transforms us to
the fruit of the Spirit.
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And what is that fruit?
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We see that in verse 22.
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The fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy.
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I want love for everyone,
not just certain people.
00:28:01.24\00:28:05.78
I want peace in my heart, no
matter what the circumstances.
00:28:06.15\00:28:09.28
I want long
suffering and patience.
00:28:09.62\00:28:12.02
I want kindness and goodness
to be exemplified in my life.
00:28:12.72\00:28:16.93
I want faithfulness.
00:28:17.53\00:28:19.06
The Greek word pistis
is the root word for faith.
00:28:19.06\00:28:19.09
I want that in my life.
00:28:22.10\00:28:24.00
Gentleness,
humility, self -control.
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Oh, praise the Lord.
00:28:30.04\00:28:31.07
This is the work when you and
I surrender to allow the Holy
00:28:31.24\00:28:36.64
Spirit access.
00:28:36.64\00:28:37.95
Galatians 2.20.
00:28:38.48\00:28:39.48
I think Pastor
John Denzi quoted that.
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.38
I'm crucified with Christ.
00:28:41.55\00:28:42.75
Nevertheless, it's not me
who lives, but Christ does the
00:28:43.15\00:28:46.92
work.
00:28:46.92\00:28:52.23
I live by faith in the Son
of God who loved me and gave
00:28:52.76\00:28:58.13
himself for me.
00:28:58.13\00:29:00.17
I got a letter at work.
00:29:00.70\00:29:02.60
Now that's not unusual.
00:29:02.87\00:29:04.07
We get mail all the time,
but this one is extra special to
00:29:04.11\00:29:06.68
me.
00:29:06.68\00:29:07.08
I crossed my desk probably
eight years ago and you say,
00:29:07.84\00:29:11.65
how do you remember a letter
from eight years ago, Jill?
00:29:11.75\00:29:14.02
You'll find out why.
00:29:14.15\00:29:15.32
So it was addressed
to Mrs. Jill Morricone.
00:29:15.92\00:29:20.52
And instantly when I saw the
handwriting, it was cursive and
00:29:21.36\00:29:24.79
super feminine looking.
00:29:24.79\00:29:26.36
And I just thought, oh, one
of my sisters in Jesus must've
00:29:26.66\00:29:29.63
written me a really nice note.
00:29:29.63\00:29:30.97
And I was so excited.
00:29:31.00\00:29:32.20
And it was from a woman.
00:29:32.27\00:29:33.47
She had her name there.
00:29:33.50\00:29:34.54
And I opened up the letter.
00:29:34.77\00:29:36.07
It was handwritten, every page,
beautiful, almost calligraphy,
00:29:36.10\00:29:40.31
beautiful
handwriting, eight pages long.
00:29:40.64\00:29:43.31
And I was excited.
00:29:43.55\00:29:45.25
And I thought, thank you, Jesus.
00:29:45.25\00:29:47.72
One of my sisters is sending me
a note just to encourage, cause
00:29:47.85\00:29:51.25
you know, we all need
to encourage each other.
00:29:51.25\00:29:53.69
And there's days where
you need extra encouragement.
00:29:53.72\00:29:56.42
And I was so happy and I opened
up the letter and there was not
00:29:56.56\00:30:03.16
one word of encouragement.
00:30:03.16\00:30:05.00
So there was talk about how
my voice sounded and what I need
00:30:08.84\00:30:15.08
to do to improve it.
00:30:15.08\00:30:16.48
There was talk about the
gestures I make when I talk
00:30:17.21\00:30:20.35
with my hands and it
showed pride in my life.
00:30:20.35\00:30:24.45
And there was talk about the
way I dressed and how I fixed
00:30:25.05\00:30:30.16
my hair.
00:30:30.16\00:30:31.23
And she ended by saying,
there's sin in your life and
00:30:31.99\00:30:35.26
you're selfish.
00:30:37.10\00:30:38.43
There's pride.
00:30:39.40\00:30:40.57
You need to repent.
00:30:41.37\00:30:42.70
I believe you're a Jezebel.
00:30:43.51\00:30:45.24
And I remember, I just cried.
00:30:47.58\00:30:50.68
You know, one of those hurtful.
00:30:51.35\00:30:53.52
And this is the
power of the gospel.
00:30:54.15\00:30:56.75
It was probably three days
later, later I was reading in
00:30:57.92\00:31:01.22
my devotions and I just
happened to be, this is the way
00:31:01.22\00:31:05.66
of the Holy Spirit works.
00:31:05.66\00:31:06.96
I just happened to be in the
book of Romans and that's where
00:31:07.50\00:31:11.60
I was in my devotions.
00:31:11.60\00:31:12.73
I didn't open up to Romans
and say, I'm going to read this
00:31:13.00\00:31:15.50
passage.
00:31:15.50\00:31:21.01
morning for devotion, I came
across this passage, Romans 15
00:31:21.01\00:31:24.38
verse five.
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Now may the God of patience
and comfort grant you to be like
00:31:26.01\00:31:31.55
-minded toward one another,
according to Christ Jesus, that
00:31:31.55\00:31:36.19
you may with one mind and
one mouth glorify the God and
00:31:36.19\00:31:39.23
father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:31:39.23\00:31:40.70
Therefore receive one another
just as Christ received us to
00:31:41.00\00:31:48.50
the glory of God.
00:31:48.50\00:31:50.47
And instantly the Holy Spirit
brought conviction to my heart.
00:31:51.01\00:31:55.98
Remember the first result of
the Holy Spirit is conviction
00:31:56.11\00:31:58.65
as in, and he said,
Jill, I have received you as my
00:31:58.65\00:32:04.25
daughter.
00:32:04.25\00:32:04.75
Can you not receive
this woman as your sister?
00:32:05.52\00:32:10.96
And then he said, there is
pride in your life because the
00:32:14.03\00:32:20.67
spirit of pride is
the spirit of offense.
00:32:20.67\00:32:23.47
And that letter had offended me.
00:32:24.84\00:32:27.41
And because it had, that showed
me that pride was self was
00:32:28.28\00:32:33.18
still alive in my heart.
00:32:33.18\00:32:35.05
And so I went to God and I
asked forgiveness and he said,
00:32:36.18\00:32:40.12
it's already done.
00:32:40.72\00:32:42.56
And then what's the next step?
00:32:43.69\00:32:45.29
We need courage to act.
00:32:45.46\00:32:46.73
So God said, you
write her a letter.
00:32:47.56\00:32:49.70
And so I wrote her back and I
said, it took a lot of courage
00:32:50.17\00:32:54.24
to send that and thank you.
00:32:54.24\00:32:56.57
And you were right.
00:32:57.07\00:32:58.61
There is pride in my
life and I want to grow.
00:32:59.31\00:33:04.28
Thank you.
00:33:05.31\00:33:06.41
And you know what happened?
00:33:07.62\00:33:08.78
She became a friend.
00:33:09.58\00:33:10.95
Amen.
00:33:10.95\00:33:11.49
Look at God.
00:33:13.82\00:33:15.02
That's the power of the Holy
Spirit to change our hearts.
00:33:15.49\00:33:21.53
It reminds me of Ezekiel 36.
00:33:22.43\00:33:24.20
I love Ezekiel 36.
00:33:24.43\00:33:25.60
Ezekiel 36 verse 26 is a new
heart I'm going to give you and
00:33:25.83\00:33:31.24
I'm going to
give you a new spirit.
00:33:31.24\00:33:33.58
Now this word for
spirit means disposition.
00:33:33.68\00:33:36.91
That means God can give
Jill an attitude adjustment.
00:33:37.38\00:33:41.05
Do you know how many times
I need an attitude adjustment?
00:33:41.48\00:33:44.32
How many times God
wants to work in my heart?
00:33:44.69\00:33:47.19
He can give me a new
disposition, but it doesn't
00:33:47.19\00:33:49.89
stop there.
00:33:49.89\00:33:50.53
He's going to take
out my heart of stone.
00:33:50.79\00:33:52.66
He's going to give
me a heart of flesh.
00:33:53.19\00:33:55.83
Verse 27, I will put my spirit.
00:33:56.03\00:33:58.50
That word is ruach.
00:33:58.57\00:34:00.24
Remember wind, breath, spirit.
00:34:00.64\00:34:02.47
Here it means Holy Spirit.
00:34:02.57\00:34:04.27
I will put my
Holy Spirit within you.
00:34:04.74\00:34:07.08
And what is the
result of the Holy Spirit?
00:34:07.08\00:34:08.81
And cause you to walk in my
statutes and you will keep my
00:34:10.01\00:34:13.72
judgments and do them.
00:34:13.72\00:34:14.52
What does that mean?
00:34:14.52\00:34:15.28
When the Holy Spirit dwells
in, we have power to obey.
00:34:15.82\00:34:18.95
It's not me trying harder.
00:34:19.39\00:34:21.26
It's not me gritting my teeth.
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.36
It's not me saying, well, I
need to try to forgive, or I
00:34:23.46\00:34:26.36
need to try to do better,
or I need to try to change my
00:34:26.36\00:34:29.76
attitude.
00:34:29.76\00:34:36.20
walk in obedience.
00:34:36.20\00:34:37.31
It is a natural outgrowth
of the Holy Spirit dwelling
00:34:37.57\00:34:41.64
inside.
00:34:41.64\00:34:42.51
He says, when the spirit's
within you, you will walk in my
00:34:43.04\00:34:46.58
statutes.
00:34:46.58\00:34:47.48
You will keep my
judgments and do them.
00:34:47.82\00:34:49.65
You would dwell in the
land I gave your fathers.
00:34:49.72\00:34:51.59
You would be my people
and I will be your God.
00:34:51.95\00:34:54.12
So number one result
was, do you remember?
00:34:54.62\00:34:57.26
Conviction, conviction of sin.
00:34:58.23\00:34:59.83
Number two was
courage, courage to act.
00:35:00.20\00:35:03.77
Once we have conviction, we
need to do something with that
00:35:03.83\00:35:06.94
conviction.
00:35:06.94\00:35:07.60
So we need to walk in obedience.
00:35:07.74\00:35:09.10
Number three was change.
00:35:09.50\00:35:11.67
The Holy Spirit is the one who
transforms our hearts and lives
00:35:12.07\00:35:15.71
inside.
00:35:15.71\00:35:16.48
Number four, now you might be
a little surprised at this, is
00:35:16.91\00:35:19.98
combat.
00:35:19.98\00:35:20.72
Combat, war, battle, combat.
00:35:21.92\00:35:25.19
Number four is combat.
00:35:25.29\00:35:26.92
The Holy Spirit
empowers us for war.
00:35:27.36\00:35:32.36
Now you might say, wait a
minute, Jill, I thought the
00:35:32.73\00:35:35.26
Holy Spirit was all
about the fruits of the spirit.
00:35:35.26\00:35:39.00
He is.
00:35:39.57\00:35:40.10
I thought it was all about
exhibiting peace and love and
00:35:40.77\00:35:44.24
joy.
00:35:44.24\00:35:44.64
That's true.
00:35:45.01\00:35:46.01
I thought it was all about
forgiveness and compassion.
00:35:46.71\00:35:49.84
That's true.
00:35:50.65\00:35:51.65
I thought it was all
about kindness and humility.
00:35:52.25\00:35:55.35
That's true.
00:35:56.08\00:35:57.05
I thought it was about
turning the other cheek, Jill.
00:35:57.62\00:36:00.86
Well, that's biblical.
00:36:01.39\00:36:02.46
I thought it was all about
exhibiting the fruit of the
00:36:03.56\00:36:06.63
spirit.
00:36:06.63\00:36:07.00
That is true.
00:36:07.60\00:36:08.60
But war, does the Holy
Spirit call us to go to combat?
00:36:09.33\00:36:13.90
Go to me to Judges.
00:36:14.10\00:36:14.87
Go with me to
the book of Judges.
00:36:15.04\00:36:17.31
Judges chapter three, we
just finished recording fourth
00:36:17.74\00:36:21.24
quarter for the 3 a.m.
00:36:21.24\00:36:22.31
Salvation School panel.
00:36:22.51\00:36:23.31
Quarter three is
on the book of Exodus.
00:36:23.75\00:36:25.38
It's a great study.
00:36:25.41\00:36:26.48
You're going to love it.
00:36:26.51\00:36:27.42
Quarter four was
on the book of Joshua.
00:36:27.62\00:36:30.32
We finished it a
couple of weeks ago.
00:36:30.62\00:36:32.39
It's a great study.
00:36:32.42\00:36:33.89
And at the very end of Joshua,
the last chapter, Joshua is 110
00:36:34.46\00:36:39.49
years old.
00:36:39.49\00:36:41.13
He's about ready to die and
he does a covenant renewal with
00:36:41.86\00:36:45.33
the people and
then he challenges them.
00:36:45.33\00:36:49.27
Do not worship other idols.
00:36:49.74\00:36:52.41
Stay true to God.
00:36:52.97\00:36:54.48
Follow him.
00:36:54.98\00:36:55.91
We get to Judges chapter three,
which is not that many years
00:36:56.28\00:37:00.35
after the death of Joshua
and what has happened to the
00:37:00.35\00:37:02.98
people.
00:37:02.98\00:37:03.42
They have stepped
into idol worship.
00:37:03.85\00:37:06.55
They've already stepped
over to worshiping Baal.
00:37:06.92\00:37:11.19
And the Lord delivered them, if
you were to call it that, into
00:37:11.93\00:37:18.07
the hand of an
impressive foreign ruler.
00:37:18.07\00:37:20.60
They served him for eight years.
00:37:21.04\00:37:22.77
We're in Judges
three, verse eight.
00:37:22.90\00:37:24.37
The children of Israel served
Cushon Rishatham eight years.
00:37:24.47\00:37:30.65
Now, he was an impressive
foreign ruler from Mesopotamia.
00:37:31.21\00:37:35.85
And in Hebrew, his name means
Cushon of double wickedness or
00:37:36.45\00:37:43.16
doubly wicked Cushon.
00:37:43.16\00:37:45.56
So he's an evil tyrannical king.
00:37:45.79\00:37:49.16
The children of Israel are
in bondage because of their idol
00:37:49.90\00:37:53.50
worship.
00:37:53.50\00:37:54.27
Verse nine, when the children
of Israel cried out to the
00:37:54.70\00:37:56.74
Lord, the Lord raised up a
deliverer for the children of
00:37:56.74\00:37:59.71
Israel who delivered them.
00:37:59.71\00:38:00.71
His name is Alphenel.
00:38:00.74\00:38:01.71
I love that, that even when we
step into sin, even when we're
00:38:02.01\00:38:07.22
in judgment because of
that sin, God's mercy is still.
00:38:07.22\00:38:12.82
God loves us.
00:38:13.46\00:38:15.02
And the moment they repented,
the moment they responded to
00:38:15.09\00:38:20.70
the convicting power of
the Holy Spirit, God set about
00:38:20.70\00:38:25.77
events to bring deliverance.
00:38:25.77\00:38:28.24
And God used Alphenel.
00:38:28.24\00:38:29.67
Verse 10, the spirit of the
Lord, that word is Ruach, here
00:38:29.97\00:38:34.61
referring to the Holy Spirit,
came upon him and he judged
00:38:34.61\00:38:37.98
Israel.
00:38:37.98\00:38:44.09
The Berean standard Bible
said the spirit of the Lord came
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.69
upon him.
00:38:46.69\00:38:47.42
He became Israel's
judge and he went out to war.
00:38:47.69\00:38:52.56
So the Holy Spirit enabled
Alphenel to judge and we would
00:38:53.13\00:38:56.13
say, okay, we understand that
the Holy Spirit gives wisdom
00:38:56.13\00:38:59.73
and ability to judge, but the
Holy Spirit also enabled him to
00:38:59.73\00:39:03.51
what?
00:39:03.51\00:39:03.81
Go out to war.
00:39:04.57\00:39:06.74
So the Holy Spirit
enabled him to war.
00:39:07.18\00:39:09.31
So let me ask you, what
are you and I to war against?
00:39:09.44\00:39:12.28
Yes.
00:39:15.55\00:39:15.98
Ephesians 6, 12, we do
not wrestle against flesh and
00:39:17.39\00:39:21.06
blood.
00:39:21.06\00:39:24.33
spouse.
00:39:24.33\00:39:24.89
No, that's not
what the Bible says.
00:39:25.19\00:39:26.70
We do not wrestle
against flesh and blood.
00:39:27.13\00:39:28.96
I thought we were going
to war against the pastor.
00:39:29.00\00:39:30.90
No, that's not
what the word says.
00:39:32.00\00:39:33.90
I thought we were going to war
against the coworker we don't
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.97
like.
00:39:36.97\00:39:37.31
No, that's not
what the word says.
00:39:38.07\00:39:40.18
We do not wrestle against
flesh and blood, but against
00:39:40.64\00:39:43.88
principalities and powers, the
rulers of the darkness of this
00:39:43.88\00:39:46.61
age, spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly
00:39:46.61\00:39:49.75
places.
00:39:49.75\00:39:50.32
You and I do not
war against people.
00:39:50.82\00:39:53.69
We war against Satan.
00:39:54.22\00:39:57.09
We war against self,
and we war against sin.
00:39:57.86\00:40:05.17
Three S's.
00:40:05.63\00:40:06.70
Satan, self, and sin.
00:40:07.00\00:40:09.94
Now you say, oh, I'm going
to war against the self in you.
00:40:10.21\00:40:12.74
It doesn't work that way.
00:40:12.77\00:40:13.94
I war against my own self,
which is Satan and sin, right?
00:40:13.98\00:40:17.88
Inside of me.
00:40:17.95\00:40:18.85
That's self in your own life.
00:40:21.98\00:40:24.75
My meeting went badly.
00:40:25.59\00:40:28.52
You ever had a bad meeting
where you win the argument and
00:40:29.02\00:40:35.16
you lose the war?
00:40:35.16\00:40:36.23
I wish I could tell you this
is a very long time ago, but it
00:40:36.87\00:40:39.83
was probably just a month ago.
00:40:39.83\00:40:41.54
And I remember
lying in bed that night.
00:40:42.87\00:40:46.51
I think Greg was sleeping.
00:40:47.28\00:40:48.48
And he sounded
like he's sleeping.
00:40:49.74\00:40:52.28
That came out wrong.
00:40:54.22\00:40:55.15
He does not snore.
00:40:55.28\00:40:56.18
Okay, that was
too much information.
00:40:56.35\00:40:57.95
Just for the
record, he does not snore.
00:40:59.62\00:41:01.92
Okay, so he was sleeping.
00:41:02.22\00:41:03.79
That's the point.
00:41:03.86\00:41:04.56
And I was crying because
the Holy Spirit was bringing
00:41:04.99\00:41:10.87
conviction to my heart
that I needed to apologize.
00:41:10.87\00:41:16.84
Not saying anything was wrong
with what took place in the
00:41:18.97\00:41:21.68
meeting, but my
heart was not right.
00:41:21.68\00:41:24.88
You ever known that?
00:41:24.95\00:41:25.98
My spirit was not surrendered.
00:41:26.41\00:41:29.35
I had let self get in the way.
00:41:30.12\00:41:34.46
And so I wrestled with God.
00:41:36.76\00:41:41.36
I went to war.
00:41:41.53\00:41:42.33
The Holy Spirit enabled me
to go to war against my own self
00:41:43.03\00:41:48.77
and against sin and
against Satan in my life at that
00:41:48.77\00:41:53.01
moment.
00:41:53.01\00:41:53.61
Cause I wanted to say, Oh,
I'm not going back and I'm not
00:41:54.38\00:41:57.21
going to apologize.
00:41:57.21\00:41:58.11
And we're going to let, right?
00:41:58.15\00:41:59.35
This was a human
nature wants to do that.
00:41:59.55\00:42:02.92
And so I'm so grateful for
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:42:04.22\00:42:07.22
And I'm so grateful that we can
surrender to that conviction.
00:42:07.22\00:42:10.03
And I went back the next day
to make restitution, to talk to
00:42:11.59\00:42:18.10
the people involved in
the situation and say, I am so
00:42:18.10\00:42:22.17
sorry.
00:42:22.17\00:42:22.50
My heart was not and it
was not the spirit of Jesus.
00:42:23.24\00:42:27.01
So when we talk about going
to war, who are our enemies?
00:42:27.31\00:42:31.48
I don't know about you, but
I wore against hereditary and
00:42:31.98\00:42:36.18
cultivated tendencies to sin.
00:42:36.18\00:42:37.85
I wore against sinful
emotions and passions.
00:42:38.75\00:42:43.66
The Holy Spirit empowers you
and I to go to war against self
00:42:45.49\00:42:52.13
against sin and against Satan
in our hearts and in our lives.
00:42:52.13\00:42:58.44
And the beautiful thing
is it all involves surrender.
00:42:58.71\00:43:02.18
When the Holy Spirit, number
one was conviction, when the
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.21
Holy Spirit brings conviction
of sin, I have a choice.
00:43:05.21\00:43:07.68
Am I going to
surrender to God's way?
00:43:08.05\00:43:09.75
God, I want you to live inside.
00:43:10.12\00:43:11.45
God, I don't want this God.
00:43:11.52\00:43:13.12
And then when he comes in
number three, he changes us,
00:43:13.46\00:43:16.96
transforms our lives into
his image and then and only then
00:43:17.26\00:43:20.96
you and I are enabled to go
to war, go to combat as it were
00:43:20.96\00:43:24.87
against self and Satan and sin.
00:43:24.87\00:43:26.80
And finally,
number five is commission.
00:43:26.87\00:43:30.41
Number five is commission.
00:43:31.14\00:43:33.41
The Holy Spirit sends us forth.
00:43:33.61\00:43:37.18
We're going to the book of Acts.
00:43:38.05\00:43:39.25
We're going to end there.
00:43:39.31\00:43:40.28
The book of Acts turned
with me to Acts one verse eight.
00:43:40.85\00:43:43.79
You shall receive power when
the Holy Spirit has come upon
00:43:43.89\00:43:46.72
me.
00:43:46.72\00:43:47.19
You shall be witnesses.
00:43:47.49\00:43:49.09
That word is
Martus in the Greek.
00:43:49.32\00:43:51.43
It means an eye
or an ear witness.
00:43:51.73\00:43:55.06
In other words, you and I are
to share what we have seen and
00:43:55.30\00:44:01.24
what we have heard.
00:44:01.24\00:44:02.87
The most effective witness for
Jesus Christ is someone who has
00:44:03.27\00:44:08.91
experienced the power of
the gospel in their own life and
00:44:08.91\00:44:13.72
their own heart.
00:44:13.72\00:44:15.12
When you and I know that God
can give us victory over sin.
00:44:15.45\00:44:18.95
When you and I know that God
can change a heart of stone and
00:44:19.45\00:44:23.02
turn it into a heart of flesh.
00:44:23.02\00:44:24.76
When we have experienced that
for ourselves, then we have a
00:44:25.19\00:44:30.53
testimony to share.
00:44:30.53\00:44:31.70
Then we can share what God
has done in our heart and in our
00:44:32.17\00:44:34.94
life.
00:44:34.94\00:44:36.91
That's at home in Judea,
Samaria to the end of the
00:44:36.91\00:44:40.41
earth.
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If you look at Acts chapter
two verse one, it says what?
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When the day of Pentecost had
fully come, there were with one
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accord in one place.
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Now Pentecost
means in Greek fiftieth.
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It's 50 days
from the crucifixion.
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Jesus died, was resurrected,
and 50 days later Pentecost
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comes.
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The disciples have spent 10
days in the upper room, 10 days
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repenting and confessing sins,
10 days working to make things
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right with each other as
brothers and sisters, 10 days
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in united prayer.
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And what happened?
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Verse four, they were
filled with the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit was
poured out upon them.
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And what was the result?
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The end of that chapter, we
find out that 3000 people were
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added to the church.
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And then you get down to
the end of chapter two verse 47,
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the Lord added to the
church daily those who are being
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saved.
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And as you keep reading, you
discover the numbers now 5,000
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men and you keep reading
through the book of Acts and
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you discover now the priests
and the religious leaders are
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accepting Jesus.
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And then we get to act
seven and we have the stoning of
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Stephen and you'd think that
would crush the New Testament
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church.
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And yet what happened?
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The believers were scattered,
the persecution pushed them out
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from Jerusalem and they were
scattered around the then known
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world, preaching the gospel,
sharing Jesus and the power
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that the Holy Spirit
can bring in life and heart.
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A.W.
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today, 95% of what we do would
go on and nobody would know the
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difference.
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If the Holy Spirit had
been withdrawn from the New
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Testament church, 95% of
what they did would stop and
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everybody would
know the difference.
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I want to ask you in closing,
is the God of the past the God
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of the present?
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Is the God of the
Bible the God today?
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I heard a story many years ago
and it stayed with me through
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all those years.
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I'm going to share
it with you briefly.
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There was a missionary
who went to the far East
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and he shared the gospel.
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Simple.
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Many people in that remote
village accepted Jesus and then
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the missionary went on
to another place, another
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location, and the people who
were left there in that village
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carried on with what they knew
and the knowledge of the word
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that they knew.
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They didn't know much but they
knew that Jesus had died for
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their sins.
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They didn't know a great deal
but they proclaimed the truth
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that they knew.
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And then a man in the village
passed away and one of the new
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Christian leaders
went to his bedside.
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He's laid out in the bed.
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They're getting ready to bury
him and the man knew enough.
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He didn't know a lot about God
but he knew enough to know that
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when Jesus walked this earth,
he calmed the storms and he
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controlled the winds.
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He knew enough to know that
when Jesus walked this world,
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he cleansed the leper
and he healed the sick.
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He knew enough to know that
when Jesus walked this world,
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he raised the dead.
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But he didn't know enough
to know that that same Jesus
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couldn't do that today.
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And so he knelt down by the
dead man and he prayed a very
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simple prayer.
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Lord Jesus, so that others may
know that you are real, would
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you please wake up my brother?
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And the dead man
opened his eyes and he sat up.
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That, my brothers and sisters,
brethren and sister, is the
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work of resurrection
power in the life of a believer.
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Now I know that's physical
resurrection power but God, by
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the power of his Holy
Spirit, wants to do spiritual
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resurrection power in
our hearts and in our lives.
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Do you want to
experience change in your life?
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Do you want to
experience change in your heart?
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Are you tired of running
forward and then falling back
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into sin, into addiction,
into whatever's going on in your
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life?
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Do you want to experience
transforming grace of God, the
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power of the Holy Spirit in
your life and in your heart?
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I do.
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Do you want to experience
change in your marriage?
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Do you want to experience
change in your home and with
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your children?
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Do you want experience
that resurrection power in your
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ministry and in your church?
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Sometimes, if I'm being honest
with you, the way is really
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deep.
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The valley is difficult.
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Have you felt that?
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Sometimes the mountain is steep
and we don't know how we're
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going to get up over it.
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Sometimes the body is just
weary and we say, God, I've
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stumbled yet again.
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And he, the convicting power
of the Holy Spirit says, come
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back, repent, turn to me.
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I can give you the grace and
the power and the strength to
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carry on.
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And so as Tim ministers right
now, I want to invite you if
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twofold, if in your hearts
and in your life, you want to
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experience resurrection power,
I invite you to come forward.
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Or if in the life of someone
in your family that you are
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praying for, if they need
resurrection power, if they
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need to know that the God
of the past is still the God of
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the present, I invite you to
come forward as Tim ministers.
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When the valley is deep, when
the mountain is steep, when the
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body is weary, When we stumble
and fall, when the choices are
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hard, when we're battered and
scarred, When we've spent our
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resources, when
we've given our all,
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in Jesus' name we press on.
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In Jesus' name we press on.
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Dear Lord, with the prize clear
before our eyes, we find the
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strength to press on.
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Dear Lord, with the prize clear
before our eyes, we find the
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strength to press on.
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God, we come before
you because we are weak.
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We can't change our hearts.
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We can't do good who are
accustomed to doing evil.
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But you are the
God of the impossible.
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You are the God who can take
what is dead and make it life
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again.
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So God, in our hearts that may
seem hard and stony and cold,
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in our lives and relationships
that may seem broken, could you
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bring healing?
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In our bodies that may seem
broken, could you restore us?
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We surrender right now.
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We surrender.
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Those things we've been holding
on to, those sins which so
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easily be said, and we ask that
you would come in by the power
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of your Holy Spirit,
that you could bring change.
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And God, we want to go to war
against Satan and self and sin
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in our lives.
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We know that you can change
us and make us into the image of
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Jesus.
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And we want to be sent forth to
share the glorious power of the
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Gospel with our
brothers and sisters.
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We thank you Lord Jesus in
the precious and holy name of
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Jesus.
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Amen.
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So here, we're going
off air in just a moment.
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I'll come right down here
and anybody who wants special
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prayer will spend time together.
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We have a half hour before
the next meeting so we can spend
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time together praying.
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And for those of you at home,
you are part of the 3BN family.
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We have a pastoral
department you can call.
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We would love to pray with
you because God wants to bring
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resurrection power into your
heart and into your life and he
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wants to change you.
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Our God is good.
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Our God is faithful.
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Our God can bring change
and transformation and where it
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seems dead and hopeless,
our God can do a new thing.
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God bless you.
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