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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS.
WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY
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HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH NEAR
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.
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A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
ONLINE MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO
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JOIN US ON OUR REGULAR TIME
TO STUDY THE LESSON TOGETHER.
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WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR
LESSON QUARTERLY DEALING WITH
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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON
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LESSON #3 ENTITLED THE
DIVINITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT .
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WELL, AT THIS TIME, BEFORE
WE GET TO OUR LESSON, AS USUAL,
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WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY
LIFTING OUR VOICES IN SONG.
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
LEADERS TO COME AND JOIN ME.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
AND I KNOW THAT THOSE OF YOU
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HERE ARE READY TO SING, AND
I KNOW THOSE OF YOU AT HOME ARE
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DEFINITELY READY TO SING,
BECAUSE WE'RE SINGING YOUR
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FAVORITES, LIKE WE DO EVERY
WEEK, AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
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START WITH #306 - DRAW ME NEARER
- WE'LL DO ALL THREE STANZAS.
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JOIN WITH US - #306.
(PIANO MUSIC) (SINGING)
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>>THE NEXT SONG GOES ALONG WITH
OUR THEME ON THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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IT'S FOUND ON #270 - O HOLY GOD
- O HOLY DOVE OF GOD DESCENDING
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. IT'S ONE THAT WE DON'T
SING VERY OFTEN, BUT IT IS VERY
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BEAUTIFUL AND, IF YOU'VE NEVER
HEARD IT, YOU WILL LEARN IT.
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WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL FOUR
STANZAS - #270. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>LET'S DO IT A LITTLE BIT
SLOWER. (PIANO MUSIC) (SINGING)
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>>I HOPE THAT IS
YOUR PRAYER FOR TODAY
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AND FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
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PRAYER AND PASTOR ROSS
WILL BE LEADING US IN THAT.
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>>LET'S BOW OUR
HEADS FOR PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A
PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO GATHER
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TOGETHER AND STUDY YOUR
WORD AND, IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE
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LOOKING AT THE THIRD PERSON
OF THE GODHEAD, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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WE KNOW, LORD, SPIRITUAL THINGS
ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED AND SO
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WE INVITE THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN
A SPECIAL WAY, TO COME AND GUIDE
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OUR HEARTS, OUR MINDS - WE NEED
HIM TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THE
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WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. SO
BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER, FOR
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WE ASK THIS IN
JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
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OUR LESSON TODAY IS GOING TO
BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG.
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>>MORNING. THANK
YOU, PASTOR ROSS.
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HOW IS EVERYBODY? >>GOOD.
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>>GOOD TO BE WITH YOU.
WE'RE STUDYING A VERY IMPORTANT
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LESSON DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND, YOU
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KNOW, I NEED TO CONFESS TO YOU
THAT, AS I'M STUDYING THIS, I'M
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CONCERNED THAT WE WILL BE
LIKE SOMEONE WHO IS STANDING ON
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THE OUTSIDE, TALKING ABOUT
DISSECTING AND EVALUATING AND
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TESTING THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHEN
REALLY, AS WE STUDY THIS, THE
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MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS ON THE INSIDE -
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>>AMEN. >>OF US.
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SO I DON'T WANT OUR LESSON STUDY
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE US
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ANALYZING AND DEFINING THE HOLY
SPIRIT, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE
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SPIRIT THAT GIVES US
WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND WHO HE IS.
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SO WE NEED THE SPIRIT IN US
AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
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THAT'S THE GREATEST NEED.
AND WE'RE GOING TO ALSO BE
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DELVING INTO SOME VERY - THE
LESSON TODAY IS TALKING ABOUT
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SOME INCREDIBLE MYSTERIES
THAT I WILL FREELY CONFESS I
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DO NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND.
I PROBABLY DON'T EVEN
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PARTLY UNDERSTAND.
'NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS
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DARKLY' - SOMEDAY WE'LL
UNDERSTAND THIS A LOT BETTER.
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NOW, AS WE DELVE INTO LESSON #3
TODAY, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO START
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WITH OUR MEMORY VERSE, AND THIS
MEMORY VERSE, ITSELF, HAS A LOT
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OF GOOD THEOLOGY IN
IT. IT COMES TO US FROM
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2 CORINTHIANS
CHAPTER 13, VERSE 14 -
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2 CORINTHIANS 13:14 - AND
IF YOU'D READ IT WITH ME, I'M
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READING IT RIGHT OUT OF
THE QUARTERLY - IT'S IN THE NEW
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AMERICAN STANDARD
BIBLE HERE. YOU READY?
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"THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, AND THE LOVE OF GOD, AND
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THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, BE WITH YOU ALL."
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YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S SEVERAL
PLACES IN THE BIBLE WHERE THERE
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ARE INTRODUCTIONS AND
INVOCATIONS AND BLESSINGS, AND
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THEY INCORPORATE ALL THE PERSONS
OF THE GODHEAD, AND HERE'S ONE
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OF THOSE EXAMPLES: LORD JESUS,
LOVE OF GOD, FELLOWSHIP OF THE
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HOLY SPIRIT. JESUS
SAID TO GO BAPTIZE IN THE
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NAME OF THE FATHER,
THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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I'LL REPEAT SOMETHING I SAID
LAST WEEK WHICH IS THAT, OF THE
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DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE
GODHEAD, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE,
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SOMETIMES, THE MOST
DIFFICULT FOR US, AS MORTALS, TO
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UNDERSTAND BECAUSE GOD IS A
SPIRIT - SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE
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SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. AND
WE LIVE IN THREE DIMENSIONS.
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WHEN ADAM AND EVE SINNED, PRIOR
TO THEIR SIN WHAT WERE THEY
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WEARING? >>NOT MUCH.
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>>WELL, IT SAYS THAT THEY
HAD NO CLOTHES - AT LEAST, NO
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ARTIFICIAL CLOTHES - BUT
AFTER THEY SINNED, THEY NOTICED
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY,
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EVIDENTLY, HAD THESE
ROBES OF LIGHT AND AFTER THEY
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SINNED, IT DISAPPEARED.
ADAM AND EVE COULD TALK TO GOD
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AND TALK TO ANGELS THE WAY THAT
WE TALK TO EACH OTHER BUT, AFTER
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SIN, SOMETHING
HAPPENED TO THEIR COMMUNICATION.
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AND, FROM WHAT I READ IN THE
BIBLE, I BELIEVE THAT WITH SIN,
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A WHOLE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF
MAN WAS LOST AND, BECAUSE THAT
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SPIRITUAL DIMENSION WAS LOST,
IT'S HARD FOR US TO COMPREHEND
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SOME OF THESE SPIRITUAL THINGS
- THESE SPIRITUAL REALITIES.
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ARE THERE
ANGELS IN THE ROOM NOW?
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>>OH YES. >>WE CAN'T SEE THEM.
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WHY NOT?
BECAUSE SPIRITUAL THINGS
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ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.
AND SO, IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT
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THAT WE REALIZE THAT THESE
ARE SPIRITUAL THINGS AND WE NEED
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GOD'S SPIRIT TO GUIDE US.
SOMETIMES THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
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PICTURED AS FIRE AT
PENTECOST - SOMETIMES WIND.
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WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTIZED THE
SPIRIT CAME DOWN LIKE A DOVE.
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YOU SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT
SOMETIMES SYMBOLIZED AS - DID I
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MENTION WATER,
ITSELF? YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE
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THIS REFRESHING.
AND SO, IT'S A DIFFICULT
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SUBJECT, SOMETIMES, TO
UNDERSTAND, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
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DO OUR BEST AND LOOK AT A
NUMBER OF VERSES IN THE BIBLE.
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ALRIGHT, UNDER THE FIRST
SECTION, TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY
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SPIRIT AND GOD. NOW
THE TITLE OF THE LESSON, OF
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COURSE, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
THE DIVINITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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. IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
HERE'S THE BIG QUESTION OF THE
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LESSON TODAY - IS THE
HOLY SPIRIT AS FULLY GOD AS
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THE FATHER AND THE SON?
NOW, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW
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THAT THERE ARE DEAR PEOPLE
THAT STRUGGLE WITH THE IDEA THAT
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JESUS IS JUST AS
ETERNAL AS GOD THE FATHER.
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THEY BELIEVE THAT, YES, JESUS
WAS DECLARED BY GOD - OR MADE BY
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GOD TO BE THE SON OF GOD, BUT
THERE WAS SOME POINT WAY BACK IN
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THE FAR, REMOTE RECESSES
OF ETERNITY WHEN JESUS DID NOT
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EXIST, AND THEY QUOTE A VAGUE
VERSE IN PROVERBS THAT'S REALLY
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TALKING ABOUT WISDOM, THAT SAYS,
YOU KNOW, 'I MADE YOU IN THE
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BEGINNING' - AND SO THEY THINK
THAT GOD, SOMEHOW, CREATED JESUS
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TO BE ANOTHER GOD. BUT
PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN THE
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PUREST FORM OF THE
TRINITY BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS
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EVERLASTING - FROM EVERLASTING
TO EVERLASTING. LET ME TELL YOU
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SOME REASONS THAT I
BELIEVE JESUS IS FULLY GOD.
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NOW THERE ARE ANTI-TRINITARIAN
PEOPLE THAT WOULD DISAGREE, I
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KNOW, AND IT IS TRUE THAT SOME
OF THE EARLY FOUNDERS OF THE
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ADVENTIST CHURCH, BECAUSE THEY
WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM ALL
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THINGS CATHOLIC, THEY THOUGHT
THAT THE CATHOLIC - THAT THE
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DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY WAS A
CATHOLIC INVENTION AND THEY WERE
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ANTI-TRINITARIANS - AND
THAT'S TRUE - BUT THE MORE THEY
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STUDIED, THE MORE THEY REALIZED,
'YOU KNOW, THOUGH WE MAY NOT
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LOOK AT THE TRINITY THE SAME WAY
AS OUR CATHOLIC FRIENDS DO, THE
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TEACHING OF GOD THE FATHER, SON,
AND SPIRIT ALL BEING ETERNAL,
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ALL BEING UNIQUE PERSONS -
ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING - IS A
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BIBLICAL TEACHING. WE'RE GOING
TO GO THROUGH THOSE VERSES NOW.
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THERE ARE SOME TEACHINGS IN THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH THAT - THERE'S
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NOT A VERSE - I MEAN, YOU START
TALKING ABOUT PURGATORY AND SOME
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OF THESE THINGS, THERE'S NOTHING
- THEY'RE JUST INVENTIONS - BUT
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THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD
VERSES THAT EXPLAIN THIS.
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FOLLOW ME FOR A
MOMENT: GOD IS LOVE.
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CAN YOU HAVE
LOVE WITH ONE BEING?
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IF LOVE CANNOT BE
EXPRESSED, CAN YOU HAVE LOVE?
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SO IN ORDER FOR GOD TO HAVE
ETERNALLY BEEN LOVE, THERE HAD
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TO BE MORE THAN ONE. AND,
BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE, YOU'VE
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GOT THE FATHER, SON, AND
THE SPIRIT AT THE CREATION.
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YOU'VE GOT GOD THE FATHER
SAYING, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR
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IMAGE' AND 'THE SPIRIT OF
GOD MOVED UPON THE FACE OF THE
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WATERS'. YOU'VE
GOT GOD THE FATHER,
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SON, AND SPIRIT RIGHT AT THE
BEGINNING AND YOU GO TO THE END
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OF THE BIBLE WHERE IT SAYS 'THE
SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY COME' -
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SO YOU REALLY HAVE THE TEACHING
OF THE SPIRIT ALL THE WAY
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THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES -
BUT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD?
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ONE OF THE VERSES GIVEN TO US
HERE IN THE LESSON IS ACTS 5 -
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IT'S A STORY ABOUT - IT'S KIND
OF A SAD STORY - THE DISCIPLES
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IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE
CHURCH WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY
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SPIRIT. NO MAN SAID
AUGHT THAT HE HAD WAS HIS OWN.
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THEY WERE SELLING THEIR
POSSESSIONS, LAYING THE PRICE OF
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IT DOWN AT THE DISCIPLES' FEET
TO USE FOR THE SPREADING OF THE
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GOSPEL AND SUSTAINING OF THE
PEOPLE AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING
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GREAT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU'VE GOT A VERSE - A CHAPTER
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THAT BEGINS WITH
'BUT'. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL: HOLY
SPIRIT, CONVERSIONS, GENEROSITY
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- BUT THERE WAS A CHARACTER
AND HE INSPIRED HIS WIFE WITH
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COVETOUSNESS - 'A CERTAIN MAN
NAMED ANNANIAS, WITH SAPPHIRA,
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HIS WIFE, SOLD A POSSESSION
AND HE KEPT BACK PART OF THE
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PROCEEDS, WITH HIS WIFE ALSO
BEING AWARE OF IT.' - SHE WAS AN
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ACCOMPLICE IN HIS IDEA - 'AND
THEY BROUGHT A CERTAIN PART' -
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NOW THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
NOTHING WRONG WITH HIM SAYING,
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YOU KNOW, 'WE SOLD OUR LAND AND
WE'D LIKE TO GIVE 50 PERCENT.'
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THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT;
BUT THEY SAID, 'WE SOLD OUR
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LAND, WE CONSECRATE EVERYTHING
WE GET FROM THIS SALE TO THE
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LORD.' BUT THEY DIDN'T.
THEY WANTED TO SOUND GENEROUS
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BUT THEY WANTED TO
REALLY KEEP SOME FOR THEMSELVES.
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LIKE THE PRIESTS WHO PRAY LONG
PRAYERS TO COVER THEIR THIEVERY
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AND JESUS SAID, YOU KNOW, 'THEY
BLOW THE TRUMPET BEFORE THEY
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MAKE THEIR OFFERING' - THEY
WANTED THE PRAISE OF MEN AND
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THAT WAS THE LAST THING JESUS
WANTED BROUGHT INTO THIS NEW
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CHURCH IN ITS PURITY - AND IT
SAID, 'HE KEPT BACK PART OF THE
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PROCEEDS, HIS WIFE BEING
AWARE OF IT, AND THEY BROUGHT A
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CERTAIN PART AND LAID IT AT
THE APOSTLES' FEET.' WITH SOME
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FANFARE THEY PROBABLY SAID,
'THIS IS - WE SOLD OUR LAND AND
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HERE'S THE FULL COST OF
THAT LAND.' AND PETER SAID,
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'ANNANIAS, WHY HAS SATAN FILLED
YOUR HEART TO LIE TO THE HOLY
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SPIRIT AND KEEP BACK PART OF THE
PRICE OF THE LAND FOR YOURSELF?
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WHILE IT REMAINED,
WAS IT NOT YOUR OWN?
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AFTER IT WAS SOLD IT WAS IN YOUR
CONTROL, WHY HAVE YOU CONCEIVED
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THIS THING IN YOUR HEART?
YOU'VE NOT LIED TO MEN BUT TO
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GOD.' NOW, HERE'S THE POINT:
WHEN THEY LIED TO THE HOLY
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SPIRIT - HE
SAID YOU LIED TO WHO?
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>>TO GOD. >>TO
GOD. IS GOD THE HOLY
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SPIRIT? >>YES.
00:16:39.76\00:16:40.96
>>IS THE HOLY SPIRIT GOD? I'M
GOING TO JUST TAKE AN OPPOSING
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VIEW - NOW, I BELIEVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S GOD - DON'T
00:16:44.57\00:16:47.44
MISUNDERSTAND - BUT SUPPOSE
THAT YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT
00:16:47.44\00:16:49.80
VERSE AND SAY, 'WELL, PASTOR
DOUG, ALL IT'S REALLY SAYING IS
00:16:49.80\00:16:51.94
THAT, IN THE SAME WAY,
WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES CHRIST -
00:16:51.94\00:16:56.58
RECEIVES YOU, THEY RECEIVE
CHRIST. IF YOU'RE - THAT MEANS,
00:16:56.58\00:16:59.25
WHEN YOU LIE, SINCE THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF
00:16:59.25\00:17:01.58
GOD, WHEN YOU LIE TO
THE SPIRIT YOU LIE TO GOD.
00:17:01.58\00:17:03.92
AND THEY WOULD LOOK AT THIS
VERSE IN LUKE 10:16, "HE WHO
00:17:03.92\00:17:06.92
HEARS YOU HEARS ME, HE WHO
REJECTS YOU REJECTS ME, AND HE
00:17:06.92\00:17:10.73
WHO REJECTS ME
REJECTS HIM WHO SENT ME."
00:17:10.73\00:17:12.96
AND SO, JESUS, THEY ARGUE - NOT
ME, I'M JUST SAYING WHAT SOME
00:17:12.96\00:17:16.63
PEOPLE ARGUE WHEN THEY HEAR THIS
VERSE IS THAT, WELL, ALL THAT
00:17:16.63\00:17:20.74
PETER WAS SAYING THERE IS
THAT SINCE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A
00:17:20.74\00:17:23.74
REPRESENTATIVE OF JESUS, OR THE
POWER, OR THE VEHICLE OF JESUS -
00:17:23.74\00:17:26.94
WHEN YOU LIE TO THE SPIRIT, IT'S
THE SAME THING AS LYING TO GOD.
00:17:26.94\00:17:31.71
IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHEN THE BIBLE
SAYS, YOU KNOW, 'IF YOU DO IT
00:17:31.71\00:17:34.28
UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE, MY
BRETHREN, YOU'VE DONE IT TO ME'.
00:17:34.28\00:17:37.05
AND SO, THAT'S THE ARGUMENT
THAT'S MADE THERE, BUT I THINK
00:17:37.05\00:17:40.32
THERE'S A LOT MORE VERSES THAT
EXPLAIN THE HOLY SPIRIT'S GOD.
00:17:40.32\00:17:44.16
AND WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO
SOME OF THOSE HERE IN JUST A
00:17:44.16\00:17:45.83
MOMENT. IF YOU
LOOK, FOR INSTANCE,
00:17:45.83\00:17:47.73
SOMEONE'S GOING TO LOOK UP
OR READ FOR ME 1 CORINTHIANS 2 -
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WE'LL START WITH YOU IN JUST
A MOMENT - AND I'M GOING TO READ
00:17:51.03\00:17:54.50
ISAIAH 40:13 AND 14 - IT SAYS,
"WHO HAS MEASURED THE SPIRIT OF
00:17:54.50\00:17:59.67
THE LORD OR WHAT MAN
SHOWS HIM HIS COUNSEL?
00:17:59.67\00:18:02.91
WHOM DID HE CONSULT,
AND WHO MADE HIM UNDERSTAND?
00:18:02.91\00:18:06.35
WHO TAUGHT HIM THE PATHS
OF JUSTICE AND TAUGHT HIM
00:18:06.35\00:18:10.12
KNOWLEDGE, AND SHOWED HIM
THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING?"
00:18:10.12\00:18:13.25
NOW, WHAT ARE THE
CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD - WHEN
00:18:13.25\00:18:15.16
YOU LOOK FOR DEFINITIONS TO
DESCRIBE GOD, WHAT ARE THEY?
00:18:15.16\00:18:19.36
OMNIPOTENT - WHICH MEANS WHAT?
POTENCY - MEANS ALL POWER -
00:18:19.36\00:18:24.83
OMNISCIENT? THAT'S WHERE YOU
GET CONSCIENCE - IT'S KNOWING
00:18:24.83\00:18:29.10
ALL-KNOWING - AND
OMNIPRESENT - >>IT'S EVERYWHERE.
00:18:29.10\00:18:32.87
>>AND I SAY OMNIPATHIC - MEANING
'ALL-FEELING' - THAT'S LIKE
00:18:32.87\00:18:35.31
ALL-KNOWING ALSO - SAME THING.
ALRIGHT, SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
00:18:35.31\00:18:39.75
IN MIND IT SAYS, 'WHO'S
MEASURED THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?
00:18:39.75\00:18:42.55
OR WHAT MAN
SHOWS HIM HIS COUNSEL?
00:18:42.55\00:18:44.85
WHOM DID HE CONSULT AND
WHO MADE HIM UNDERSTAND?'
00:18:44.85\00:18:47.56
HE'S BASICALLY
SAYING, 'GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING.
00:18:47.56\00:18:50.03
THE SPIRIT OF THE
LORD KNOWS EVERYTHING.
00:18:50.03\00:18:51.59
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO
TEACH THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD?
00:18:51.59\00:18:53.96
'WHO SHOWED HIM
KNOWLEDGE?' IT'S A RHETORICAL
00:18:53.96\00:18:55.43
QUESTION HE'S ASKING. GO
AHEAD, READ YOUR VERSE, FOR
00:18:55.43\00:18:57.83
US, IN 1 CORINTHIANS - I'M
SORRY - YEAH, 1 CORINTHIANS
00:18:57.83\00:19:00.47
2:10 AND 11. >>"BUT
GOD HAS REVEALED THEM
00:19:00.47\00:19:05.54
TO US THROUGH HIS SPIRIT.
FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL
00:19:05.54\00:19:10.01
THINGS, YES, THE
DEEP THINGS OF GOD.
00:19:10.01\00:19:14.35
FOR WHAT MAN KNOWS THE THINGS OF
A MAN EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE
00:19:14.35\00:19:18.15
MAN WHICH IS IN HIM? EVEN
SO, NO ONE KNOWS THE THINGS
00:19:18.15\00:19:22.69
OF GOD EXCEPT
THE SPIRIT OF GOD."
00:19:22.69\00:19:26.39
>>NOW THAT LAST PART OF
THAT VERSE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:19:26.39\00:19:28.53
'NO ONE KNOWS THE THINGS OF GOD
EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD.' NOW
00:19:28.53\00:19:32.17
YOU AND I DON'T KNOW THE MIND OF
GOD BECAUSE YOU'D HAVE TO BE GOD
00:19:32.17\00:19:34.94
TO KNOW THE MIND OF GOD.
BUT THERE IS ONE THAT KNOWS
00:19:34.94\00:19:38.54
THE MIND OF GOD AND
THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
00:19:38.54\00:19:41.18
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 23:24, "'CAN
ANYONE HIDE HIMSELF IN SECRET
00:19:41.18\00:19:45.61
PLACES, SO I SHALL NOT SEE
HIM?' SAYS THE LORD; 'DO I NOT
00:19:45.61\00:19:49.05
FILL HEAVEN AND EARTH?'"
THERE IS NO PLACE IN THE
00:19:49.05\00:19:52.39
INFINITE COSMOS - NO CORNER
- THAT GOD IS NOT AWARE OF.
00:19:52.39\00:19:57.66
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU - WHEN
YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND WITH YOUR
00:19:57.66\00:20:00.26
PHONE YOU SAY, 'OH, I'VE GOT A
DEAD SPOT HERE - NO RECEPTION.'
00:20:00.26\00:20:03.40
THERE'S NO PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
GO - IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU
00:20:03.40\00:20:07.20
CAN GO FASTER THAN THE SPEED
OF LIGHT TO THE EDGE OF THE
00:20:07.20\00:20:09.60
UNIVERSE - IF THERE WAS A CORNER
- YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT
00:20:09.60\00:20:12.64
THE CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE
- IF THERE WAS A CORNER IN THE
00:20:12.64\00:20:14.54
UNIVERSE, YOU'D WONDER WHAT'S
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL,
00:20:14.54\00:20:16.34
RIGHT? IT JUST GOES ON.
BUT THERE'S NO PLACE YOU CAN GO
00:20:16.34\00:20:19.31
WHERE GOD IS NOT THERE - THAT'S
WHAT THE BIBLE'S TELLING US.
00:20:19.31\00:20:23.18
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD
BE - THERE'S A STORY YOU FIND IN
00:20:23.18\00:20:27.09
NUMBERS 11:24 - GOD CALLED THE
ELDERS OF ISRAEL TOGETHER - THE
00:20:27.09\00:20:32.29
SEVENTY ELDERS - AND GOD SAID,
'MOSES, YOU HAVE TOO MUCH WORK.
00:20:32.29\00:20:35.20
THE SPIRIT I GAVE YOU, I'M GOING
TO GIVE THEM, SO THEY CAN HELP
00:20:35.20\00:20:38.13
YOU ADMINISTRATE. AND
SO, ALL THE SEVENTY ELDERS
00:20:38.13\00:20:41.07
GOT TOGETHER, BUT TWO OF THEM
NAMED ELDAD AND MEDAD DID NOT
00:20:41.07\00:20:44.94
FEEL WORTHY TO RECEIVE THE
SPIRIT AND THEY DID NOT COME
00:20:44.94\00:20:47.71
WITH THE REST OF THE ASSEMBLY.
SO GOD TOOK THE SPIRIT THAT WAS
00:20:47.71\00:20:50.88
ON HIM AND GAVE IT TO THEM.'
CAN YOU THINK OF OTHER TIMES
00:20:50.88\00:20:53.31
IN THE BIBLE THAT HAPPENED?
GOD TOOK THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH
00:20:53.31\00:20:56.35
AND GAVE IT TO
ELISHA. GOD GAVE HIS SPIRIT AT
00:20:56.35\00:20:59.29
PENTECOST, SO THIS IS LIKE
AN OLD TESTAMENT PENTECOST.
00:20:59.29\00:21:02.69
AND THOSE SEVENTY ELDERS WERE
FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
00:21:02.69\00:21:05.13
THEY BEGAN TO PROPHESY - BUT
ELDAD AND MEDAD DIDN'T COME, BUT
00:21:05.13\00:21:10.30
THEY WERE OFF
TOGETHER IN THE CAMP.
00:21:10.30\00:21:12.47
THEY DIDN'T GO TO THE ASSEMBLY,
DIDN'T FEEL WORTHY, AND SOMEONE
00:21:12.47\00:21:14.97
WENT RUNNING TO MOSES AND THEY
SAID, 'ELDAD AND MEDAD ARE IN
00:21:14.97\00:21:17.77
THE CAMP AND
THEY'RE PROPHESYING.
00:21:17.77\00:21:19.94
FORBID THEM!' AND
THAT'S WHEN GOD SAID, 'ARE
00:21:19.94\00:21:23.01
YOU JEALOUS FOR MY SAKE JOSHUA?
WOULD GOD THAT ALL HIS PEOPLE
00:21:23.01\00:21:25.98
WERE PROPHETS.' BUT HERE, EVEN
THOUGH ELDAD AND MEDAD WERE NOT
00:21:25.98\00:21:30.25
AT THE ASSEMBLY WHERE THE HOLY
SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT, THE HOLY
00:21:30.25\00:21:32.55
SPIRIT STILL FELL ON THEM AND
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN A MILE AWAY.
00:21:32.55\00:21:36.32
SO GOD'S SPIRIT IS OMNIPRESENT
AND HE SEES INTO EVERY HEART.
00:21:36.32\00:21:40.03
PROVERBS 15:13, "THE EYES OF THE
LORD ARE IN EVERY PLACE, KEEPING
00:21:40.03\00:21:44.70
WATCH ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD."
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, READ FOR US
00:21:44.70\00:21:48.77
- WHOEVER HAS THAT NEXT VERSE
- WHAT WAS IT, HEBREWS 9:14?
00:21:48.77\00:21:53.61
>>"HOW MUCH MORE SHALL THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHO THROUGH THE
00:21:53.61\00:21:56.48
ETERNAL SPIRIT OFFERED HIMSELF
WITHOUT SPOT TO GOD, CLEANSE
00:21:56.48\00:22:00.25
YOUR CONSCIENCE FROM DEAD
WORKS TO SERVE THE LIVING GOD?"
00:22:00.25\00:22:04.25
>>YEAH, HERE IT'S TELLING US
THAT THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT
00:22:04.25\00:22:08.56
- SO ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF GOD IS HE IS SELF-EXISTENT -
00:22:08.56\00:22:12.23
EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING.
IS THE SPIRIT EVERLASTING?
00:22:12.23\00:22:16.83
YEAH, YOU FIND HIM FROM
BEGINNING TO END IN THE BIBLE.
00:22:16.83\00:22:20.67
LUKE 1:35, "AND THE ANGEL...SAID
TO HER, 'THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
00:22:20.67\00:22:26.37
COME UPON YOU," - THIS IS THE
ANGEL SPEAKING TO MARY - "AND
00:22:26.37\00:22:28.81
THE POWER OF THE HIGHEST WILL
OVERSHADOW YOU; THEREFORE, ALSO,
00:22:28.81\00:22:32.85
THAT HOLY ONE WHO IS TO BE BORN
WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF GOD."
00:22:32.85\00:22:37.59
SO HERE YOU'VE GOT THE FATHER,
SON, AND SPIRIT IN THIS ONE
00:22:37.59\00:22:40.12
VERSE. YOU EVER
THINK ABOUT THAT?
00:22:40.12\00:22:42.02
IT TALKS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
WILL COME UPON YOU, THE POWER OF
00:22:42.02\00:22:44.79
THE HIGHEST - WHO IS THAT?
THE FATHER - WE'LL TALK ABOUT
00:22:44.79\00:22:48.00
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT: IS THERE
A DISTINCTION IN THE ROLES OF
00:22:48.00\00:22:51.20
THE FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT?
- AND "THAT HOLY ONE WHO IS TO
00:22:51.20\00:22:54.64
BE BORN" - HOLY SPIRIT, POWER OF
THE HIGHEST - THE FATHER - HOLY
00:22:54.64\00:22:58.61
ONE THAT WOULD BE BORN
- JESUS - FATHER, SON, AND
00:22:58.61\00:23:01.14
SPIRIT IN THAT
VERSE. DO YOU SEE IT?
00:23:01.14\00:23:03.91
ROMANS 15:9 - NO, ROMANS 15:19,
"IN MIGHTY SIGNS AND WONDERS, BY
00:23:03.91\00:23:09.65
THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT" - HOLY
SPIRIT'S ALL-POWERFUL - "SO THAT
00:23:09.65\00:23:13.19
FROM JERUSALEM AND ROUND
ABOUT TO ILLYRICIUM I HAVE FULLY
00:23:13.19\00:23:16.59
PREACHED THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST."
AND SO THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
00:23:16.59\00:23:20.30
THE POWER OF THE
SPIRIT. IS THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST
00:23:20.30\00:23:23.60
A NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING? >>NO.
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.80
>>WHERE DO YOU SEE THE HOLY
SPIRIT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?
00:23:26.80\00:23:28.84
>>CREATION. >>THE
SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED ON THE
00:23:28.84\00:23:31.21
FACE OF THE WATERS - WERE
PEOPLE SPIRIT-FILLED IN THE OLD
00:23:31.21\00:23:34.84
TESTAMENT OR
ONLY AFTER PENTECOST?
00:23:34.84\00:23:38.68
I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO SOME
SERMONS ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:23:38.68\00:23:40.88
THIS WEEK AND I HAD TO
RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE WITH ONE
00:23:40.88\00:23:43.65
PASTOR I WAS LISTENING TO.
HE HAD SOME GOOD POINTS, BUT HE
00:23:43.65\00:23:47.76
MADE IT SOUND LIKE YOU'RE EITHER
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OR NOT
00:23:47.76\00:23:50.13
AT ALL, AND I DON'T
AGREE. I SEE THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:23:50.13\00:23:53.23
COMING IN VARYING DEGREES.
WHEN WERE THE APOSTLES FILLED
00:23:53.23\00:23:56.73
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN THE NEW TESTAMENT?
00:23:56.73\00:23:58.67
>>AT PENTECOST. >>PENTECOST.
00:23:58.67\00:24:01.27
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE UPPER ROOM
WHEN JESUS BREATHED ON THEM AND
00:24:01.27\00:24:03.81
SAID, 'RECEIVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT'? >>FIRE.
00:24:03.81\00:24:06.94
>>WHEN THEY WERE OUT CASTING OUT
DEVILS, DID THEY DO THAT WITHOUT
00:24:06.94\00:24:09.94
THE HOLY SPIRIT?
BEFORE PENTECOST?
00:24:09.94\00:24:12.81
CAN THE HOLY
SPIRIT COME IN DEGREES?
00:24:12.81\00:24:14.68
>>AMEN. >>YES.
00:24:14.68\00:24:15.92
>>I BELIEVE THAT THE POWER CAN
COME, YOU KNOW, YOU EVER SEE ONE
00:24:15.92\00:24:20.22
OF THOSE VARIABLE SPEED FANS?
YOU CAN TURN IT AND YOU CAN JUST
00:24:20.22\00:24:23.59
KEEP IT ALL FULL - YOU'VE
GOT THEM IN YOUR CAR, RIGHT?
00:24:23.59\00:24:27.20
YOU CAN TURN IT DOWN LOW - AND,
BASED ON THE NEED, GOD TURNS UP
00:24:27.20\00:24:32.13
THE POWER. AND AT
PENTECOST THEY'RE GETTING
00:24:32.13\00:24:34.94
READY TO GO TO THE WHOLE WORLD
AND THEY NEEDED TO BE FILLED
00:24:34.94\00:24:37.41
WITH THE SPIRIT A TON -
HE TURNED IT ON HIGH AND
00:24:37.41\00:24:39.77
THEN TURNED IT BACK DOWN.
AS WE NEAR THE END OF DAYS, I
00:24:39.77\00:24:43.38
THINK GOD'S GOING TO
TURN IT BACK ON HIGH AGAIN.
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.98
AND SO, I JUST SEE MANY EXAMPLES
WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST SEEMS
00:24:45.98\00:24:48.88
TO COME IN VARYING DEGREES BASED
UPON WHAT THE NEED IS AT THE
00:24:48.88\00:24:51.59
TIME. WAS DAVID FILLED
00:24:51.59\00:24:55.22
WITH THE SPIRIT? >>YES.
00:24:55.22\00:24:57.46
>>THE BIBLE SAYS 'TAKE NOT THY
HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.' AND WHEN
00:24:57.46\00:25:00.30
GOD FILLS YOU WITH THE SPIRIT,
YOU MAY NOT ALL GET THE SAME
00:25:00.30\00:25:02.83
GIFT. DAVID
MIGHT HAVE BEEN FILLED
00:25:02.83\00:25:05.10
WITH THE SPIRIT AND
SPOKE OR SANG OR FOUGHT.
00:25:05.10\00:25:08.64
SAMSON WAS FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND HE BECAME VERY
00:25:08.64\00:25:10.64
STRONG. HE WAS
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
00:25:10.64\00:25:12.77
AND REALLY DIDN'T SAY VERY MUCH.
AND SO, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
00:25:12.77\00:25:17.38
CAME ON PROPHETS
SOMETIMES AND THEY SPOKE.
00:25:17.38\00:25:21.75
THE HOLY SPIRIT GAVE DIFFERENT
POWER AND IN DIFFERENT GIFTS.
00:25:21.75\00:25:27.69
SO, YES, THE
HOLY SPIRIT WAS THERE.
00:25:27.69\00:25:29.39
ALRIGHT, THERE ARE SOME QUOTES
I WAS GOING TO READ TO YOU, YOU
00:25:29.39\00:25:33.13
KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO BELIEVE IN THE SPIRIT OF
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.03
PROPHECY - I SAY THAT BECAUSE
I KNOW WE HAVE VISITORS WHO ARE
00:25:35.03\00:25:37.73
WATCHING THAT ARE FROM
ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.
00:25:37.73\00:25:40.30
IN THE BOOK MANUSCRIPT
RELEASES, VOL. 20 , ELLEN WHITE
00:25:40.30\00:25:44.04
SAYS THERE, "THERE IS ALTOGETHER
TOO LITTLE MADE OF THE WORK OF
00:25:44.04\00:25:47.38
THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
INFLUENCE UPON THE CHURCH.
00:25:47.38\00:25:50.31
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE
COMFORTER IN CHRIST'S NAME.
00:25:50.31\00:25:53.78
HE PERSONIFIES CHRIST, YET
IS A DISTINCT PERSONALITY."
00:25:53.78\00:25:59.72
NOW, IF ANY OF YOU WONDERED
WHAT SHE THOUGHT ON THE SUBJECT,
00:25:59.72\00:26:02.22
THAT'S - THAT VERSE KIND OF
COVERS IT. HE PERSONIFIES CHRIST
00:26:02.22\00:26:06.13
BUT HE IS YET A DISTINCT
PERSONALITY. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
00:26:06.13\00:26:10.33
JESUS PERSONIFIES THE FATHER.
CHRIST SAID, 'IF YOU'VE SEEN ME,
00:26:10.33\00:26:13.80
YOU'VE SEEN THE FATHER.'
BUT CHRIST IS A DISTINCT
00:26:13.80\00:26:16.24
PERSONALITY FROM THE FATHER.
AT THE BAPTISM OF JESUS, DO WE
00:26:16.24\00:26:21.08
SEE THE FATHER,
SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT?
00:26:21.08\00:26:24.95
YOU HAVE - WELL, YOU DON'T SEE
THE FATHER, YOU HEAR HIM, BUT
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.85
YOU HAVE JESUS THE SON IN THE
WATER - IT'S - YOU KNOW, THERE'S
00:26:27.85\00:26:32.45
ONE TEACHING OUT THERE, IT'S
KIND OF MODALISM, THEY BELIEVE
00:26:32.45\00:26:35.29
THAT THERE'S ONE GOD - IF YOU'VE
GOT FRIENDS THAT ARE ONENESS
00:26:35.29\00:26:38.53
PENTECOSTAL, THIS IS WHAT THEY
BELIEVE. THEY BELIEVE THAT JESUS
00:26:38.53\00:26:42.33
AND THE FATHER ARE REALLY THE
SAME - THAT THE FATHER, THE ONE
00:26:42.33\00:26:44.77
GOD, REVEALS HIMSELF
DIFFERENTLY. IT'S LIKE HE PUTS
00:26:44.77\00:26:47.37
ON DIFFERENT MASKS BASED ON
WHAT HE WANTS TO COMMUNICATE.
00:26:47.37\00:26:50.31
SOMETIMES GOD THE FATHER WILL
APPEAR AS JESUS AND SOMETIMES
00:26:50.31\00:26:53.71
HE'LL APPEAR AS THE SPIRIT
AND - OR THE SPIRIT IS A FORCE.
00:26:53.71\00:26:58.21
AND THEY STRUGGLE WITH THE
BAPTISM BECAUSE HERE AT THE
00:26:58.21\00:27:01.45
BAPTISM YOU'VE GOT JESUS IN THE
WATER, THE FATHER SPEAKING TO
00:27:01.45\00:27:04.02
THE SON - AND SO, UNLESS JESUS
IS A VENTRILOQUIST, - SEE WHAT
00:27:04.02\00:27:08.69
I'M SAYING - THAT DOESN'T WORK.
JESUS IS CLEARLY IN THE WATER.
00:27:08.69\00:27:13.56
HE'S TALKING TO JOHN THE BAPTIST
- GOD THE FATHER IS SAYING,
00:27:13.56\00:27:15.46
'THIS IS MY SON' - IT'S ALMOST
DECEPTIVE - HE'S MAKING IT SOUND
00:27:15.46\00:27:18.10
LIKE IT'S COMING FROM HEAVEN -
HOLY SPIRIT - GOD THE SPIRIT IS
00:27:18.10\00:27:20.67
COMING IN THE FORM OF A DOVE,
AGAIN, JUST GIVING US SOMETHING
00:27:20.67\00:27:23.54
THAT WE CAN VISUALIZE, LIKE THAT
PEACE, REMEMBER WHEN THE DOVE
00:27:23.54\00:27:27.04
CAME BACK WITH THE OLIVE LEAF IN
HIS MOUTH IN THE STORY OF NOAH?
00:27:27.04\00:27:30.15
WHAT DOES THE WORLD
USE A SYMBOL OF PEACE?
00:27:30.15\00:27:33.11
THEY GET THAT FROM
THE BIBLE - THE DOVE.
00:27:33.11\00:27:35.68
ANYWAY, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE -
THIS IS FROM THE BOOK EVANGELISM
00:27:35.68\00:27:38.89
P. 616, "WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS AS MUCH
00:27:38.89\00:27:44.56
A PERSON AS GOD, IS A PERSON
WALKING THROUGH THESE GROUNDS" -
00:27:44.56\00:27:49.70
SHE WAS TALKING
ABOUT CAMP GROUNDS.
00:27:49.70\00:27:51.17
NOW THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS AS MUCH A
00:27:51.17\00:27:54.80
PERSON AS GOD WALKING
THROUGH THE CAMPGROUNDS.
00:27:54.80\00:28:00.68
A LOT OF US RESPECT
THE WRITINGS OF A.T. JONES.
00:28:00.68\00:28:04.98
HE WROTE, "THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS NOT AN INFLUENCE OR AN
00:28:04.98\00:28:08.72
IMPRESSION, NOR PEACE,
NOR JOY, NOR ANY THING.
00:28:08.72\00:28:12.62
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON,
ETERNALLY A DIVINE PERSON."
00:28:12.62\00:28:18.23
AND SO, WE CAN SEE MANY OF THE
EARLY FOUNDERS AND THE SPIRIT OF
00:28:18.23\00:28:21.36
PROPHECY, THEY UNDERSTOOD THIS.
URIAH SMITH WAS PROBABLY THE
00:28:21.36\00:28:24.47
MOST FAMOUS OF THE EARLY LEADERS
IN THE ADVENTIST CHURCH THAT WAS
00:28:24.47\00:28:28.07
SORT OF ANTI - HE WAS AN ARYAN -
ANTI-TRINITARIAN BELIEVER THERE.
00:28:28.07\00:28:32.77
NOW, THE NEXT SECTION HERE TALKS
ABOUT BIBLICAL HINTS THAT ALSO
00:28:32.77\00:28:37.01
TELL US ABOUT THE
NATURE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:28:37.01\00:28:39.81
ISAIAH 63:10, "BUT THEY REBELLED
AND GRIEVED HIS HOLY SPIRIT; SO
00:28:39.81\00:28:44.69
HE TURNED HIMSELF AGAINST
THEM AS AN ENEMY, AND HE FOUGHT
00:28:44.69\00:28:47.72
AGAINST THEM." THIS IS ISAIAH 63
AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT, IN THE
00:28:47.72\00:28:51.06
OLD TESTAMENT, WHEN THEY
REJECTED THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:28:51.06\00:28:54.46
AND YOU CAN GO TO NUMBERS
14:11 FOR THAT REFERENCE.
00:28:54.46\00:28:57.47
"THEN THE LORD SAID TO MOSES:
'HOW LONG WILL THESE PEOPLE
00:28:57.47\00:29:00.30
REJECT ME?'" -
ALRIGHT, SO NOTICE THAT?
00:29:00.30\00:29:03.27
ISAIAH AND MOSES, IN NUMBERS,
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME STORY
00:29:03.27\00:29:07.71
- ISAIAH SAID THEY REBELLED AND
GRIEVED THE HOLY SPIRIT; NUMBERS
00:29:07.71\00:29:11.01
SAID THEY REJECTED JEHOVAH.
WELL, THEY'RE BOTH GOD, IS THE
00:29:11.01\00:29:16.55
IMPLICATION OF THIS -
THESE ARE THE HINTS THAT THE
00:29:16.55\00:29:18.52
LESSON'S TALKING ABOUT.
DEUTERONOMY 32:12, "SO THE LORD
00:29:18.52\00:29:22.26
ALONE LED HIM, AND THERE
WAS NO FOREIGN GOD WITH HIM."
00:29:22.26\00:29:26.13
WELL, THEN THE BIBLE
SAYS THE SPIRIT LED THEM.
00:29:26.13\00:29:28.60
AND SO IT SAYS, 'THE LORD LED
THEM' - IT SAYS 'THE SPIRIT LED
00:29:28.60\00:29:30.93
THEM.' WELL, GOD AND
THE SPIRIT ARE BOTH GOD.
00:29:30.93\00:29:34.94
2 SAMUEL 23:2, "THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD" - AND THIS IS ACTUALLY
00:29:34.94\00:29:39.74
ONE OF THE LAST STATEMENTS OF
KING DAVID - "THE SPIRIT OF THE
00:29:39.74\00:29:43.41
LORD SPOKE BY ME, AND
HIS WORD WAS ON MY TONGUE.
00:29:43.41\00:29:47.32
THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID," - NOW
NOTICE, HE'S SAYING 'THE SPIRIT
00:29:47.32\00:29:50.35
OF THE LORD SPOKE BY ME; THE GOD
OF ISRAEL' - HE'S CALLING THE
00:29:50.35\00:29:54.59
SPIRIT OF THE LORD THE GOD
OF ISRAEL BECAUSE GOD AND THE
00:29:54.59\00:29:59.53
SPIRIT ARE ONE.
YOU HAVE THAT THERE.
00:29:59.53\00:30:02.60
YOU SEEING WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE?
00:30:02.60\00:30:04.47
"THE GOD OF ISRAEL SAID, 'THE
ROCK OF ISRAEL SPOKE TO ME: HE
00:30:04.47\00:30:07.37
WHO RULES OVER MEN MUST BE JUST,
RULING IN THE FEAR OF GOD.'"
00:30:07.37\00:30:10.54
AND THEN WE HAVE THAT VERSE
1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 3:16,
00:30:10.54\00:30:15.51
"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU ARE
THE TEMPLE OF GOD AND THAT THE
00:30:15.51\00:30:18.65
SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU?
IF ANYONE DEFILES THE TEMPLE
00:30:18.65\00:30:22.48
OF GOD, GOD WILL DESTROY
HIM. FOR THE TEMPLE OF GOD IS
00:30:22.48\00:30:26.29
HOLY, WHICH TEMPLE YOU
ARE." AGAIN, CONJOINING THE HOLY
00:30:26.29\00:30:31.03
SPIRIT AND GOD IN THAT
VERSE. AND IT'S NOT ONLY IN
00:30:31.03\00:30:34.30
1 CORINTHIANS 3:16, IT'S IN
1 CORINTHIANS 6:19, "OR DO YOU
00:30:34.30\00:30:38.47
NOT KNOW THAT YOUR BODY
IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY
00:30:38.47\00:30:40.34
SPIRIT WHO IS IN YOU?"
THE BIBLE SAYS YOUR BODY IS A
00:30:40.34\00:30:43.27
DWELLING PLACE FOR GOD -
IT SAYS IT'S A TEMPLE FOR GOD.
00:30:43.27\00:30:46.34
IT SAYS THE TEMPLE FOR
GOD, TEMPLE FOR THE SPIRIT -
00:30:46.34\00:30:48.64
GOD AND THE SPIRIT ARE THE SAME.
00:30:48.64\00:30:50.21
NOW, I'M GETTING READY - IF IT
WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE A SPECTACLE,
00:30:50.21\00:30:54.82
I'D TAKE OFF MY SHOES BECAUSE
THIS IS HOLY GROUND, BUT I'M
00:30:54.82\00:30:58.52
GOING TO TRY TO SHARE WITH
YOU SOME THINGS I THINK ARE
00:30:58.52\00:31:00.89
IMPORTANT, BUT YOU NEED TO SAY
IT CAUTIOUSLY, ABOUT WHAT IS THE
00:31:00.89\00:31:04.49
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
THE FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT?
00:31:04.49\00:31:09.40
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
00:31:09.40\00:31:11.70
MATTER OF FACT, I READ AN
ARTICLE SOMEONE SENT ME LAST
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.84
NIGHT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE
NINE BIG DISCUSSIONS IN THE
00:31:13.84\00:31:18.67
EVANGELICAL WORLD IN 2016 - YOU
KNOW, WE'VE REACHED THE END OF
00:31:18.67\00:31:21.74
2016 AND EVERYONE'S SORT OF
LOOKING BACK IN RETROSPECT AND
00:31:21.74\00:31:24.58
SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE
MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE, THE BIGGEST
00:31:24.58\00:31:27.48
ARGUMENTS, THE BIGGEST STRESS -
AND SO, IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD,
00:31:27.48\00:31:30.39
THEY WERE SAYING,
'WHAT WERE THE BIG ISSUES?'
00:31:30.39\00:31:31.92
AND THEY PICKED OUT NINE - I
DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T PICK
00:31:31.92\00:31:33.69
TWELVE - ONE FOR EACH MONTH
- BUT THEY PICKED OUT NINE.
00:31:33.69\00:31:36.83
TOP OF THE LIST THAT THE
EVANGELICALS WERE, OSTENSIBLY,
00:31:36.83\00:31:40.46
TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR
WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
00:31:40.46\00:31:44.80
FATHER, THE SON, AND THE
SPIRIT - THESE ARE TRINITARIAN
00:31:44.80\00:31:47.74
EVANGELICALS - THEY BELIEVE THE
TRINITY VERY MUCH LIKE WE DO -
00:31:47.74\00:31:52.77
AND THEY WERE DISCUSSING DID
THEIR RELATIONSHIP - WHAT IS THE
00:31:52.77\00:31:56.04
NATURE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AND
DID IT PRE-EXIST BEFORE THE FALL
00:31:56.04\00:32:00.52
AND THE CREATION OF THE WORLD?
THE BIBLE SEEMS TO BE PRETTY
00:32:00.52\00:32:05.49
CLEAR THAT, AT LEAST
DURING OUR WORLD, THAT THERE'S A
00:32:05.49\00:32:09.49
DISTINCTION IN THE ROLES
BETWEEN THE FATHER, THE SON,
00:32:09.49\00:32:12.39
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND
AGAIN, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A
00:32:12.39\00:32:16.03
MYSTERY, BUT THERE ARE
SOME THINGS THAT ARE REVEALED.
00:32:16.03\00:32:18.77
THE GENERAL TEACHING ON THE
SUBJECT IS THAT THE FATHER IS
00:32:18.77\00:32:21.50
THE HEAD DEITY AND THE SON IS
THE ONE WHO REVEALS DEITY, AND
00:32:21.50\00:32:26.81
THE HOLY SPIRIT CARRIES
OUT THE WORK OF THE DEITY.
00:32:26.81\00:32:29.44
WE PRAY, IT SAYS, 'TO THE
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF THE SON,
00:32:29.44\00:32:35.88
THROUGH THE POWER OF THE
SPIRIT.' NOW, THERE ARE TWO
00:32:35.88\00:32:38.45
EXAMPLES YOU CAN FIND PROBABLY,
IN THE BIBLE, WHERE SOMEONE
00:32:38.45\00:32:40.82
PRAYED DIRECTLY TO JESUS.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE?
00:32:40.82\00:32:47.13
WHEN DID SOMEONE PRAY TO
JESUS? WHAT ABOUT WHEN STEPHEN
00:32:47.13\00:32:49.00
WAS BEING STONED? HIS
CLOSING PRAYER WAS, 'LORD
00:32:49.00\00:32:53.44
JESUS, RECEIVE
MY SPIRIT.' RIGHT?
00:32:53.44\00:32:56.77
AND THEN - AND THAT'S ACTS 7:59
- AND WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF
00:32:56.77\00:32:59.37
THE BIBLE, IT TELLS US THAT
'EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS.' IT
00:32:59.37\00:33:06.75
COULD BE INTERPRETED AS A PRAYER
TO JESUS AND SO YOU'VE GOT THAT.
00:33:06.75\00:33:12.49
OTHERWISE, EVERY OTHER TIME
IN THE BIBLE, WHEN PRAYER IS
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.86
OFFERED, WE PRAY
TO WHO? >>THE FATHER.
00:33:15.86\00:33:18.46
>>TO THE FATHER. THE PRAYERS ARE
CARRIED BY THE SPIRIT - INSPIRED
00:33:18.46\00:33:23.30
BY THE SPIRIT - AND
WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF -
00:33:23.30\00:33:25.87
>>JESUS. >>THE SON.
00:33:25.87\00:33:27.44
SO IT SEEMS THAT THE FATHER, AT
LEAST DURING OUR WORLD, THE PLAN
00:33:27.44\00:33:33.07
OF SALVATION HAS AUTHORITY THAT
THE SON RESPECTS AND IT - THAT
00:33:33.07\00:33:38.25
RESPECT WAS EVEN
BEFORE OUR CREATION.
00:33:38.25\00:33:41.98
JESUS SAYS, IN JOHN 5:22, "FOR
THE FATHER JUDGES NO ONE, BUT
00:33:41.98\00:33:45.79
HAS COMMITTED ALL
JUDGMENT TO THE SON."
00:33:45.79\00:33:47.89
NOW, THE VERY FACT THAT JUDGMENT
WOULD BE COMMITTED OR RELEGATED
00:33:47.89\00:33:51.76
OR DELEGATED TO THE SON WOULD
MEAN THAT THE FATHER HAD THE
00:33:51.76\00:33:54.36
AUTHORITY TO DELEGATE IT, RIGHT?
HE'S SAYING, 'I WILL DELEGATE
00:33:54.36\00:33:57.60
ALL JUDGMENT TO YOU.' IF THE
FATHER'S COMMANDING THE ANGELS
00:33:57.60\00:34:00.94
TO WORSHIP HIM, THE FATHER MUST
HAVE SOME SUPREME AUTHORITY.
00:34:00.94\00:34:04.84
IF THE BIBLE SAYS, 'FOR GOD SO
LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS SON'
00:34:04.84\00:34:09.28
- FOR GOD, THE FATHER, SO
LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE - WHO'S
00:34:09.28\00:34:12.68
INITIATING THE
GIVING? >>THE FATHER.
00:34:12.68\00:34:14.92
>>THE FATHER. SO, YOU
SEE ALL THROUGH THE NEW
00:34:14.92\00:34:18.62
TESTAMENT THERE SEEMS TO BE GOD
THE FATHER CREATED ALL THINGS
00:34:18.62\00:34:21.56
THROUGH CHRIST - THE LORD
DELEGATED THE CREATION TO THE
00:34:21.56\00:34:25.79
SON AND ALL THINGS THAT
WERE MADE WERE MADE BY HIM.
00:34:25.79\00:34:27.86
OH, BY THE WAY, THAT'S
ANOTHER GOOD POINT: IF JESUS WAS
00:34:27.86\00:34:30.07
CREATED, AS SOME ARGUE, WAY BACK
IN THE BEGINNING, HOW CAN IT BE
00:34:30.07\00:34:36.71
TRUE THAT ALL THINGS THAT WERE
CREATED WERE CREATED BY CHRIST?
00:34:36.71\00:34:39.07
DID HE CREATE HIMSELF?
SEE, IT SAYS 'ALL THINGS'
00:34:39.07\00:34:42.81
THAT WERE CREATED.
SO JESUS WAS NOT CREATED
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.85
BECAUSE HE CREATED ALL
THINGS. HE IS NOT A CREATION,
00:34:44.85\00:34:48.28
HE IS A CREATOR.
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
00:34:48.28\00:34:50.92
>>THAT'S RIGHT.
>>THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE.
00:34:50.92\00:34:53.36
JOHN 14:28, "...IF YOU LOVED
ME, YOU WOULD REJOICE BECAUSE I
00:34:53.36\00:34:57.73
SAID, 'I AM GOING TO THE
FATHER,' FOR MY FATHER IS
00:34:57.73\00:35:00.40
GREATER THAN I."
IS THAT PRETTY CLEAR?
00:35:00.40\00:35:03.10
NOW, CHRIST ISN'T SAYING THAT
GOD THE FATHER IS MORE GOD THAN
00:35:03.10\00:35:05.67
JESUS IS.
CERTAINLY WHEN CHRIST WAS ON
00:35:05.67\00:35:08.74
THE EARTH HE LAID ASIDE
HIS DIVINITY, SO IT COULD BE A
00:35:08.74\00:35:11.37
REFERENCE TO THAT, BUT
EVEN IN THEIR DIVINE STATE YOU
00:35:11.37\00:35:15.64
CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE. LET
ME - COUPLE OF QUOTES FROM
00:35:15.64\00:35:19.91
THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY
HERE - AND THIS IS FROM THE BOOK
00:35:19.91\00:35:21.68
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS PAGE 35:
"SIN ORIGINATED WITH HIM WHO,
00:35:21.68\00:35:28.56
NEXT TO CHRIST, HAD BEEN MOST
HONORED OF GOD" - GOD THE FATHER
00:35:28.56\00:35:33.60
- "AND WAS HIGHEST IN POWER."
SHE'S SAYING SIN ORIGINATED WITH
00:35:33.60\00:35:35.60
THE DEVIL WHO, NEXT TO CHRIST,
- CHRIST WAS THE MOST HONORED OF
00:35:35.60\00:35:39.47
THE FATHER - THE FATHER
WAS BESTOWING THE HONOR.
00:35:39.47\00:35:41.24
WHO CAME FIRST, THE REBELLION OF
LUCIFER OR THE CREATION OF OUR
00:35:41.24\00:35:43.91
WORLD? WHAT CAME FIRST?
00:35:43.91\00:35:45.17
>>REBELLION OF
LUCIFER. >>REBELLION OF LUCIFER.
00:35:45.17\00:35:47.94
SO, EVEN WAY BACK BEFORE OUR
WORLD WAS CREATED, THERE SEEMS
00:35:47.94\00:35:53.21
TO HAVE BEEN SOME RESPECTED
DISTINCTION OF ROLES BETWEEN THE
00:35:53.21\00:35:58.92
FATHER, SON, AND
SPIRIT. ARE YOU SEEING THAT?
00:35:58.92\00:36:01.22
NOW, THE REASON I'M GOING TO
SPEND TIME ON THIS IS BECAUSE
00:36:01.22\00:36:03.59
I'M RUNNING INTO PEOPLE WHO
BELIEVE IN SOMETHING THAT, FOR
00:36:03.59\00:36:07.13
LACK OF A BETTER TERM, WOULD
BE CALLED THE HOLY TRIPLETS -
00:36:07.13\00:36:11.57
MEANING THAT BEFORE THE FALL
OF MAN, GOD THE FATHER, THE SON,
00:36:11.57\00:36:16.54
AND THE SPIRIT WERE ALL
IDENTICAL IN EVERYTHING.
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.67
THE BIBLE, I DON'T
BELIEVE, TEACHES THAT.
00:36:19.67\00:36:22.04
SO YOU'RE GOING TO - IF YOU RUN
INTO THIS HOLY TRIPLET THEOLOGY,
00:36:22.04\00:36:26.01
I DON'T THINK
YOU CAN SUPPORT THAT.
00:36:26.01\00:36:27.32
NOW, ONE REASON THAT AS
ADVENTISTS WE KNOW BETTER - GOD
00:36:27.32\00:36:31.52
DOES NOT ONLY HAVE HIS
DISTINGUISHING ROLES THAT BECAME
00:36:31.52\00:36:35.39
NECESSARY WHEN OUR WORLD
WAS CREATED. DOES GOD HAVE OTHER
00:36:35.39\00:36:38.89
UNFALLEN WORLDS THAT
PRE-EXISTED BEFORE OUR WORLD?
00:36:38.89\00:36:43.77
HOW MANY OF YOU BELIEVE
THAT? YEAH, THERE'S OTHER LIFE.
00:36:43.77\00:36:46.50
IT SAYS CHRIST MADE THE WORLDS.
SO HE DIDN'T SUDDENLY HAVE
00:36:46.50\00:36:48.90
TO CREATE THIS ORDER OF
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
00:36:48.90\00:36:52.21
FATHER, SON, AND THE
SPIRIT. WHEN OUR WORLD CAME INTO
00:36:52.21\00:36:54.51
EXISTENCE AND WITH THE FALL OF
MAN THE FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT
00:36:54.51\00:36:57.68
HAD THAT PRIOR TO THE CREATION
OF OUR WORLD. ANOTHER QUOTE HERE
00:36:57.68\00:37:02.65
- THIS IS FROM - SAME BOOK -
PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS - AGAIN,
00:37:02.65\00:37:07.76
SAME CHAPTER - 35, "INSTEAD OF
SEEKING TO MAKE GOD SUPREME IN
00:37:07.76\00:37:12.19
THE AFFECTIONS AND ALLEGIANCE OF
ALL CREATED BEINGS, IT WAS HIS
00:37:12.19\00:37:15.56
ENDEAVOR TO SECURE THEIR SERVICE
AND LOYALTY TO HIMSELF" - IT'S
00:37:15.56\00:37:18.40
TALKING ABOUT THE FALL OF
LUCIFER - "AND COVETING THE
00:37:18.40\00:37:20.80
GLORY WITH WHICH THE INFINITE
FATHER HAD INVESTED IN HIS SON.
00:37:20.80\00:37:27.34
BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
IT SAYS THE INFINITE FATHER HAD
00:37:27.34\00:37:31.28
INVESTED. NOW, IF YOU HAVE AN
INVESTITURE - ANY OF YOU BEEN TO
00:37:31.28\00:37:35.12
A PATHFINDER
INVESTITURE PROGRAM?
00:37:35.12\00:37:38.92
DOES THE CANDIDATE GRADUATING
PATHFINDER INVEST THE OLD-TIME
00:37:38.92\00:37:44.79
PATHFINDER OR DOES THE
EXPERIENCED AUTHORITY INVEST THE
00:37:44.79\00:37:50.30
- THE GRADUATE - THE ONE
WHO'S ACCOMPLISHED HIS TASK?
00:37:50.30\00:37:53.17
IT'S THE
SUPERIOR THAT DOES THAT.
00:37:53.17\00:37:55.97
NOW, THE FACT THAT GOD
THE FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT
00:37:55.97\00:38:00.48
RECOGNIZE, VOLUNTARILY, AN ORDER
AMONG THEM, DOES THAT MEAN THAT
00:38:00.48\00:38:07.28
JESUS IS LESS GOD OR THE SPIRIT
IS LESS GOD? NO, IF THEY'RE
00:38:07.28\00:38:10.59
ALL-POWERFUL AND THEY'RE
ALL-KNOWING, THEY'RE DIVINE.
00:38:10.59\00:38:12.99
THEY VOLUNTARILY, BECAUSE THEY
ARE MOTIVATED BY LOVE, RESPECT A
00:38:12.99\00:38:17.13
DISTINCTION IN ROLES. AND
SO, YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE.
00:38:17.13\00:38:20.40
LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE,
AND THIS IS THE BOOK SPIRIT OF
00:38:20.40\00:38:22.70
PROPHECY VOLUME 2, PAGE 9, "THE
SON OF GOD WAS NEXT IN AUTHORITY
00:38:22.70\00:38:29.20
TO THE GREAT LAW GIVER.
HE KNEW THAT HIS LIFE ALONE
00:38:29.20\00:38:32.27
COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO RANSOM
FALLEN MAN." IT'S TALKING ABOUT
00:38:32.27\00:38:35.58
WAY BACK AT THE FALL HE WAS NEXT
IN AUTHORITY TO GOD. ALRIGHT,
00:38:35.58\00:38:41.75
LET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE
OTHER VERSES FROM THE BIBLE.
00:38:41.75\00:38:45.59
HEBREWS 1 - AND SOMEONE'S
GOING TO READ FOR ME IN A MINUTE
00:38:45.59\00:38:47.96
MATTHEW 28:18, OKAY? YOU
GUYS CONFUSED ME THIS TIME
00:38:47.96\00:38:52.43
BECAUSE YOU GOT - YOU'RE MIXED
UP - USUALLY YOU GO IN ORDER.
00:38:52.43\00:38:55.63
HEBREWS 1:1 AND 2, "GOD, WHO
AT VARIOUS TIMES AND IN VARIOUS
00:38:55.63\00:39:01.17
WAYS SPOKE IN TIME PAST TO THE
FATHERS BY THE PROPHETS, HAS IN
00:39:01.17\00:39:05.17
THESE LAST DAYS SPOKEN TO US BY
HIS SON, WHOM HE HAS APPOINTED
00:39:05.17\00:39:10.01
HEIR OF ALL THINGS," - SO THE
FATHER APPOINTED THE SON HEIR,
00:39:10.01\00:39:13.21
DO YOU SEE THAT? - "THROUGH
WHOM ALSO HE MADE THE WORLDS;" -
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.72
HE MADE THE WORLDS THROUGH
CHRIST - THE FATHER APPOINTED
00:39:15.72\00:39:18.65
THE SON. THERE'S THIS RESPECTED
AUTHORITY. COLOSSIANS 1:16, "FOR
00:39:18.65\00:39:26.13
BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED
THAT ARE IN HEAVEN AND THAT ARE
00:39:26.13\00:39:28.66
ON EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE,
WHETHER THRONES OR DOMINIONS OR
00:39:28.66\00:39:31.30
AUTHORITIES
[PRINCIPALITIES OR POWERS].
00:39:31.30\00:39:33.30
ALL THINGS WERE CREATED
THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM."
00:39:33.30\00:39:36.40
AND THEN, OF COURSE,
WE ALREADY READ JOHN 3:16.
00:39:36.40\00:39:38.47
GO AHEAD, READ
MATTHEW 28:18 FOR US.
00:39:38.47\00:39:41.78
>>"AND JESUS CAME AND SPOKE TO
THEM, SAYING, "ALL AUTHORITY HAS
00:39:41.78\00:39:46.78
BEEN GIVEN TO ME IN
HEAVEN AND ON EARTH."
00:39:46.78\00:39:50.52
>>SO CHRIST IS
GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY.
00:39:50.52\00:39:52.99
NOW THIS IS A LITTLE BIT
CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU COULD SAY,
00:39:52.99\00:39:55.69
'IF HE HAS ALL AUTHORITY, THEN
THERE'S NO HIGHER AUTHORITY.
00:39:55.69\00:40:00.63
BUT IT SAYS THE AUTHORITY WAS
GIVEN. WELL, WHO IS IT GIVEN BY?
00:40:00.63\00:40:05.37
WHO IN THE WORLD OUT THERE
COULD POSSIBLY GIVE CHRIST THIS
00:40:05.37\00:40:08.64
AUTHORITY?
THAT'S GOD THE FATHER.
00:40:08.64\00:40:11.74
THEN AGAIN, IT WOULD BE ARGUED,
'WELL, THAT'S JUST WHILE HE WAS
00:40:11.74\00:40:14.01
HERE ON EARTH.' LET ME GIVE
YOU ANOTHER ONE, 1 CORINTHIANS
00:40:14.01\00:40:16.85
15:27, "FOR 'HE'" - GOD THE
FATHER - "'HAS PUT ALL THINGS
00:40:16.85\00:40:22.08
UNDER HIS FEET.' BUT WHEN
HE SAYS 'ALL THINGS ARE PUT IN
00:40:22.08\00:40:25.75
SUBJECTION' IT IS PLAIN THAT HE
IS EXCEPTED, 'WHO PUT ALL THINGS
00:40:25.75\00:40:30.06
UNDER HIM.' PHILIPPIANS 2:9,
"THEREFORE GOD ALSO HAS HIGHLY
00:40:30.06\00:40:35.06
EXALTED HIM AND GIVEN HIM
THE NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY
00:40:35.06\00:40:39.20
NAME," - SO WHO IS THE
ONE BEING HIGHLY EXALTED?
00:40:39.20\00:40:42.37
>>JESUS. >>JESUS.
WHO IS THE ONE WHO
00:40:42.37\00:40:44.91
HIGHLY EXALTS HIM? >>THE FATHER.
00:40:44.91\00:40:46.24
>>THE FATHER. >>YOU
FIND THIS - THESE ARE JUST
00:40:46.24\00:40:47.84
A FEW VERSES - YOU FIND THIS
ALL THROUGH THE NEW TESTAMENT.
00:40:47.84\00:40:51.11
AND SO, THERE'S NO QUESTION
THAT, AT LEAST ON EARTH, THERE
00:40:51.11\00:40:53.62
IS A DISTINCTION OF AUTHORITY,
BUT HOW FAR BACK DOES IT GO?
00:40:53.62\00:40:59.69
I BELIEVE THAT THE EARLY CHURCH
UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE ROLES ARE
00:40:59.69\00:41:04.56
ETERNAL IN NATURE. OKAY, WE NEED
TO MOVE ON WITH THE LESSON -
00:41:04.56\00:41:09.96
THE DIVINE WORK OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS OUR NEXT SECTION.
00:41:09.96\00:41:13.17
TITUS CHAPTER 3, VERSE 4, "BUT
WHEN THE KINDNESS AND THE LOVE
00:41:13.17\00:41:17.37
OF GOD OUR SAVIOR TOWARD
MAN APPEARED, NOT BY WORKS OF
00:41:17.37\00:41:20.78
RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE
DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY
00:41:20.78\00:41:23.95
HE SAVED US, THROUGH THE WASHING
AND REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF
00:41:23.95\00:41:28.22
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM HE POURED
OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY" - YOU
00:41:28.22\00:41:32.45
NOTICE IT SAYS 'WHOM HE POURED
OUT ON US ABUNDANTLY THROUGH
00:41:32.45\00:41:35.82
JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR.' IS THE
HOLY SPIRIT A FORCE OR IS THE
00:41:35.82\00:41:39.33
HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON? >>PERSON.
00:41:39.33\00:41:44.03
>>SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S A FORCE
00:41:44.03\00:41:46.70
BECAUSE HE HAS A POWER, BUT
CHRIST CLEARLY CALLS HIM A HE.
00:41:46.70\00:41:54.41
AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE POWER
OF THE SPIRIT AND WE OFTEN, YOU
00:41:54.41\00:41:58.31
KNOW, JESUS SAID, THE WIND BLOWS
THROUGH THE TREES AND YOU CAN
00:41:58.31\00:42:02.68
HEAR THE SOUND OF IT, BUT YOU
DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM OR
00:42:02.68\00:42:05.65
WHERE IT'S GOING. SO THEN HE
SAYS THIS IS LIKE THE NEW BIRTH
00:42:05.65\00:42:08.96
- THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT THAT
WORKS IN US. IT'S A PERSON - THE
00:42:08.96\00:42:12.83
BIBLE TALKS ABOUT HAVING
A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
00:42:12.83\00:42:14.63
JESUS. NOW THIS IS ALL
RELATED SO STAY WITH ME.
00:42:14.63\00:42:18.37
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRINITY
BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE
00:42:18.37\00:42:21.44
RELATIONSHIP OF THE SPIRIT WITH
GOD THE FATHER AND THE SON, BUT
00:42:21.44\00:42:25.04
CHRIST SAID, 'IT'S EXPEDIENT
THAT I GO FOR UNLESS I GO I
00:42:25.04\00:42:29.41
CANNOT SEND THE HOLY
SPIRIT...BUT I WILL BE WITH YOU
00:42:29.41\00:42:33.98
WHEREVER YOU GO.' NOW, IS JESUS
OMNIPRESENT NOW IN HIS BODY?
00:42:33.98\00:42:41.12
DOES CHRIST
HAVE A PHYSICAL BODY?
00:42:41.12\00:42:42.42
AT HIS RESURRECTION?
LET'S START WITH THAT.
00:42:42.42\00:42:44.23
HE DOES. HE
APPEARED - 'TOUCH ME, HOLD
00:42:44.23\00:42:46.19
ME, FEEL MY HANDS, SEE I'M
REAL.' HE ATE IN FRONT OF THEM -
00:42:46.19\00:42:48.73
HE SAID, 'I'VE GOT A BODY.'
HE'S ETERNALLY ALIGNED HIMSELF
00:42:48.73\00:42:52.60
WITH THE HUMAN FAMILY.
DID JESUS APPEAR SEVERAL
00:42:52.60\00:42:56.20
TIMES AFTER THE
RESURRECTION? >>YES.
00:42:56.20\00:42:59.11
>>DOES HE EVER APPEAR AT
TWO PLACES AT THE SAME TIME?
00:42:59.11\00:43:03.04
>>NO. >>NO RECORD
OF THAT HAPPENING.
00:43:03.04\00:43:06.65
THAT'S WHY HE SAID 'IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT I GO, BECAUSE I
00:43:06.65\00:43:09.75
CAN ONLY BE WITH YOU
PERSONALLY ONE ON ONE.
00:43:09.75\00:43:14.49
I HAVE FOREVER ALIGNED MYSELF
WITH THE HUMAN FAMILY THROUGH
00:43:14.49\00:43:17.43
THE INCARNATION.' GOD - JESUS
DID NOT GIVE UP THE INCARNATION
00:43:17.43\00:43:22.30
AFTER THE RESURRECTION.
THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST WAS
00:43:22.30\00:43:26.13
AN ETERNAL SACRIFICE THAT JESUS
MADE, IN THAT HE TOOK ON A HUMAN
00:43:26.13\00:43:31.71
FORM. NOW, HE'S
ALL-KNOWING. HE'S ALL-POWERFUL.
00:43:31.71\00:43:34.14
HE'S WITH US THROUGH GOD
THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE HE SAID, 'IF
00:43:34.14\00:43:36.68
YOU'VE SEEN ME YOU'VE SEEN THE
FATHER.' AND IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT
00:43:36.68\00:43:39.88
IF YOU SEE THE
SPIRIT, YOU HAVE THE SON.
00:43:39.88\00:43:43.05
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO
THE SPIRIT CAN BE WITH ALL OF
00:43:43.05\00:43:45.29
YOU ALWAYS WHEREVER YOU
ARE, BUT I'M NOW AT THE RIGHT
00:43:45.29\00:43:49.32
HAND OF THE FATHER.
DOESN'T THE BIBLE SEEM TO PLACE
00:43:49.32\00:43:51.09
JESUS AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS?
IT SAYS HE'S IN THE HOLY PLACE,
00:43:51.09\00:43:55.00
HE'S IN THE MOST HOLY
PLACE - 'I'M COMING AGAIN.'
00:43:55.00\00:43:58.13
IF HE'S ALREADY HERE,
WHY DOES HE NEED TO COME?
00:43:58.13\00:44:00.37
YOU SEE WHAT I'M
SAYING? HE'S GOT A BODY NOW.
00:44:00.37\00:44:03.67
HE'S GOT A PLACE.
SO, AGAIN, WE'RE ON
00:44:03.67\00:44:05.64
HOLY GROUND HERE. SO
I'M SAYING THESE THINGS BY
00:44:05.64\00:44:07.51
PERMISSION, NOT BY COMMANDMENT,
BUT THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
00:44:07.51\00:44:11.65
IT MAKES YOU SHUDDER WHEN
YOU THINK - TEACHING, YOU HAVE
00:44:11.65\00:44:16.42
GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY - WHEN
YOU START TEACHING ABOUT GOD,
00:44:16.42\00:44:19.25
BOY YOU BETTER TREMBLE
BECAUSE IT'S SACRED BUSINESS.
00:44:19.25\00:44:25.56
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON HERE.
WHAT WAS THE LAST VERSE I READ?
00:44:25.56\00:44:30.13
>>TITUS. >>TITUS.
00:44:30.13\00:44:31.53
LET'S GO TO ROMANS 8:2 - THANK
YOU, DEAR - ROMANS 8:2, "FOR THE
00:44:31.53\00:44:34.24
LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN
CHRIST JESUS HAS MADE ME FREE
00:44:34.24\00:44:38.41
FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH."
THERE'S A SPIRIT OF LIFE IN
00:44:38.41\00:44:41.78
JESUS CHRIST COMES
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:44:41.78\00:44:43.85
ISAIAH 6:8 THROUGH 10, "ALSO
I HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD,
00:44:43.85\00:44:48.12
SAYING: 'WHOM SHALL I
SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?'
00:44:48.12\00:44:51.82
YOU NOTICE HE
SAYS, 'WHO WILL I SEND?'
00:44:51.82\00:44:53.62
AND THEN SAID,
'WHO WILL GO FOR US?'
00:44:53.62\00:44:55.36
GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN
OUR...' YOU KNOW ANOTHER PLACE
00:44:55.36\00:44:58.83
WHERE GOD SAYS 'US'? IN
GENESIS 11, THE TOWER OF BABEL.
00:44:58.83\00:45:06.27
THE MAN HAS BECOME LIKE US TO
KNOW GOOD AND EVIL IN THE GARDEN
00:45:06.27\00:45:10.04
OF EDEN, AND SAID, IN GENESIS 11
WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THE TOWER,
00:45:10.04\00:45:15.34
GOD SAYS 'US' AGAIN IN THAT
VERSE. ISAIAH 8, 'I HEARD THE
00:45:15.34\00:45:19.45
VOICE OF THE LORD, SAYING:" - OR
ISAIAH 6:8 - "'WHO SHALL GO FOR
00:45:19.45\00:45:23.92
US?'" HE SAID, "'HERE AM
I! SEND ME.' AND HE SAID, 'GO,
00:45:23.92\00:45:26.62
AND TELL THIS PEOPLE: 'KEEP ON
HEARING, BUT DO NOT UNDERSTAND;
00:45:26.62\00:45:31.03
KEEP ON SEEING,
BUT DO NOT PERCEIVE.
00:45:31.03\00:45:32.73
MAKE THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE
DULL, AND THEIR EARS HEAVY, AND
00:45:32.73\00:45:36.06
SHUT THEIR EYES; LEST THEY SEE
WITH THEIR EYES, AND HEAR WITH
00:45:36.06\00:45:38.77
THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH
THEIR HEART, AND RETURN AND BE
00:45:38.77\00:45:40.54
HEALED.'" NOW PETER, QUOTING
ISAIAH SAYS IN ACTS 28:25, "SO
00:45:40.54\00:45:46.61
WHEN THEY DID NOT AGREE AMONG
THEMSELVES, THEY DEPARTED AFTER
00:45:46.61\00:45:49.31
PAUL HAD SAID ONE WORD:
'THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE RIGHTLY
00:45:49.31\00:45:52.98
THROUGH ISAIAH THE PROPHET TO
OUR FATHERS, SAYING, 'GO TO THIS
00:45:52.98\00:45:55.35
PEOPLE AND SAY: 'HEARING
YOU WILL HEAR, AND SHALL NOT
00:45:55.35\00:45:57.85
UNDERSTAND; AND SEEING YOU WILL
SEE, AND NOT PERCEIVE;''" NOW,
00:45:57.85\00:46:00.92
DO YOU CATCH
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?
00:46:00.92\00:46:03.09
IN ISAIAH, THE LORD SAID.
PAUL, REFERRING TO WHEN THE LORD
00:46:03.09\00:46:08.63
SPOKE IN ISAIAH SAID, 'THE HOLY
SPIRIT' SPOKE. HE'S SAYING IT
00:46:08.63\00:46:12.87
WAS THE HOLY SPIRIT - ISAIAH
SAYS IT WAS GOD - JEHOVAH.
00:46:12.87\00:46:16.84
IT'S BECAUSE GOD AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT ARE BOTH GOD, OKAY?
00:46:16.84\00:46:21.78
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT MORE VERSES.
00:46:21.78\00:46:24.71
LET'S LOOK, JUST IN TYING THIS
OFF NOW, I WANT TO LOOK AT A
00:46:24.71\00:46:28.32
NUMBER OF VERSES WHERE YOU CAN
FIND EVIDENCE FOR THE FATHER,
00:46:28.32\00:46:33.12
SON, AND SPIRIT IN ONE
VERSE - THAT THEY'RE ALL THERE.
00:46:33.12\00:46:36.39
I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT GENESIS
- GOD SAID, 'LET US', BUT WE'RE
00:46:36.39\00:46:39.26
GOING TO LOOK AT A NUMBER.
NOW SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
00:46:39.26\00:46:41.53
ME IN A MOMENT JOHN
14:26 - THAT'S APPROPRIATE,
00:46:41.53\00:46:45.00
JOHN'LL READ JOHN.
ALRIGHT, 1 PETER 1:2, "ELECT
00:46:45.00\00:46:48.97
ACCORDING TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE
OF GOD THE FATHER, IN
00:46:48.97\00:46:52.47
SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT,
FOR OBEDIENCE AND SPRINKLING
00:46:52.47\00:46:56.24
OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST:"
THERE YOU'VE GOT IT: GOD THE
00:46:56.24\00:46:58.71
FATHER - SANCTIFICATION OF THE
SPIRIT - "...THE BLOOD OF JESUS
00:46:58.71\00:47:02.35
CHRIST: GRACE BE TO YOU
AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED."
00:47:02.35\00:47:05.49
MATTER OF FACT, YOU WILL FIND
IN THE INTRODUCTIONS THAT PAUL
00:47:05.49\00:47:10.09
MAKES TO HIS LETTERS, THERE'S
ALMOST ALWAYS A REFERENCE TO THE
00:47:10.09\00:47:13.26
FATHER AND SON AND FREQUENTLY
FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT.
00:47:13.26\00:47:16.90
ALL ARE INVOKED IN THE
INTRODUCTION AND SOMETIMES THE
00:47:16.90\00:47:19.87
CONCLUSION OF THESE LETTERS. 2
CORINTHIANS 13:14 - I THINK THIS
00:47:19.87\00:47:25.17
IS OUR MEMORY VERSE - "THE GRACE
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND
00:47:25.17\00:47:28.68
THE LOVE OF GOD, AND THE
COMMUNION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE
00:47:28.68\00:47:31.51
WITH YOU ALL." IT'S A
BLESSING THAT'S BEEN PRONOUNCED.
00:47:31.51\00:47:33.55
THAT'S A GOOD
BENEDICTION THAT YOU COULD USE.
00:47:33.55\00:47:36.75
MATTHEW 3:16 AND 17, "WHEN HE
HAD BEEN BAPTIZED, JESUS CAME UP
00:47:36.75\00:47:41.22
IMMEDIATELY FROM THE WATER;"
- WE REFERRED TO THIS - "...THE
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.16
HEAVENS WERE OPENED TO HIM,
AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF GOD
00:47:43.16\00:47:47.66
DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE...AND
SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME FROM
00:47:47.66\00:47:50.67
HEAVEN, SAYING, 'THIS IS MY
BELOVED SON,'" - YOU'VE GOT THE
00:47:50.67\00:47:52.90
FATHER, SON, AND THE SPIRIT.
MATTHEW 12:28, "BUT IF I CAST
00:47:52.90\00:47:57.11
OUT DEMONS BY THE SPIRIT
OF GOD, SURELY THE KINGDOM OF
00:47:57.11\00:48:00.28
GOD HAS COME UPON YOU."
YOU'VE GOT 'I' - JESUS - SPIRIT
00:48:00.28\00:48:04.78
OF GOD - KINGDOM OF GOD -
GOD THE FATHER IN ONE VERSE.
00:48:04.78\00:48:08.82
I ALREADY READ TO YOU MATTHEW
28:19, 'GO AND TEACH - MAKE
00:48:08.82\00:48:12.45
DISCIPLES - BAPTIZING
IN THE NAME OF THE' - WHAT?
00:48:12.45\00:48:16.09
FATHER, THE SON,
AND THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:48:16.09\00:48:18.56
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE CHURCH -
ONENESS PENTECOSTALS - THEY SAY
00:48:18.56\00:48:20.86
YOU SHOULD ONLY BAPTIZE IN THE
NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, BECAUSE
00:48:20.86\00:48:23.23
IT IS TRUE, IN THE BOOK OF ACTS,
PETER SAID, 'BAPTIZE IN THE NAME
00:48:23.23\00:48:27.67
OF THE LORD, BAPTIZE IN THE
NAME OF JESUS' - THEY USE IT
00:48:27.67\00:48:30.47
INTERCHANGEABLY SO WE TRY
TO COVER ALL THE BASES HERE AT
00:48:30.47\00:48:34.34
GRANITE BAY; WE BAPTIZE IN
THE NAME OF THE FATHER, HIS SON
00:48:34.34\00:48:37.28
JESUS CHRIST, AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT. BY THE WAY, IF - THE
00:48:37.28\00:48:44.22
EMPHASIS AT BAPTISM IS NEVER
MADE ON THE EXACT UTTERANCE,
00:48:44.22\00:48:48.86
IT'S BEING BAPTIZED IN THE NAME
OF THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS WHAT
00:48:48.86\00:48:51.63
IT IS. ALRIGHT, READ
FOR US, PLEASE JOHN 14:26.
00:48:51.63\00:48:55.60
>>JOHN 14:26, "BUT THE HELPER,
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM THE FATHER
00:48:55.60\00:49:00.84
WILL SEND IN MY NAME, HE WILL
TEACH YOU ALL THINGS, AND BRING
00:49:00.84\00:49:04.44
TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL
THINGS THAT I SAID TO YOU."
00:49:04.44\00:49:07.78
>>THERE YOU HAVE IT AGAIN, THE
HOLY SPIRIT, THE FATHER, MY NAME
00:49:07.78\00:49:12.48
- BEING JESUS - THE FATHER, THE
SON, AND SPIRIT IN THAT VERSE.
00:49:12.48\00:49:15.48
JOHN 15:26, "BUT WHEN THE HELPER
COMES, WHOM I SHALL SEND TO YOU
00:49:15.48\00:49:20.52
FROM THE FATHER, THE SPIRIT
OF TRUTH WHOM PROCEEDS FROM THE
00:49:20.52\00:49:23.46
FATHER, HE" - NOT 'IT' - "HE
WILL TESTIFY OF ME." THERE YOU
00:49:23.46\00:49:27.96
HAVE THE FATHER, THE SON,
AND THE SPIRIT IN THAT VERSE.
00:49:27.96\00:49:31.67
ACTS 1:4, "AND BEING ASSEMBLED
TOGETHER WITH THEM, HE COMMANDED
00:49:31.67\00:49:36.04
THEM NOT TO DEPART FROM
JERUSALEM, BUT TO WAIT FOR THE
00:49:36.04\00:49:38.91
PROMISE OF THE FATHER, 'WHICH,'
HE SAID, 'YOU HAVE HEARD FROM
00:49:38.91\00:49:41.61
ME; FOR TRULY JOHN BAPTIZED WITH
WATER, BUT YOU SHALL BE BAPTIZED
00:49:41.61\00:49:45.85
NOT MANY DAYS FROM NOW
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT.'"
00:49:45.85\00:49:49.22
AND SO YOU'VE GOT JESUS,
THE FATHER, THE HOLY SPIRIT - IN
00:49:49.22\00:49:52.72
THAT VERSE. ACTS 2, VERSE 33,
"THEREFORE BEING EXALTED TO THE
00:49:52.72\00:49:58.16
RIGHT HAND OF GOD,
AND HAVING RECEIVED FROM
00:49:58.16\00:50:00.90
THE FATHER THE PROMISE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT, HE POURED OUT THIS
00:50:00.90\00:50:04.73
WHICH YOU NOW SEE AND HEAR."
GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND BEING
00:50:04.73\00:50:09.74
POURED OUT OF CHRIST
THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.
00:50:09.74\00:50:12.97
ACTS 10:38, "...GOD ANOINTED
JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY
00:50:12.97\00:50:17.48
SPIRIT AND WITH POWER, WHO WENT
ABOUT DOING GOOD" - THERE YOU
00:50:17.48\00:50:20.08
HAVE GOD ANOINTED JESUS -
HOLY SPIRIT - FATHER, SON, HOLY
00:50:20.08\00:50:25.19
SPIRIT. THIS IS NOT ALL OF THEM.
I THINK, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT,
00:50:25.19\00:50:27.92
THERE'S LIKE 27 DIFFERENT VERSES
WHERE YOU FIND THE FATHER, SON,
00:50:27.92\00:50:30.56
AND HOLY SPIRIT ALL
MENTIONED IN ONE VERSE.
00:50:30.56\00:50:32.73
AND SO, THIS IS NOT A TRUTH THAT
CAME QUICKLY TO MANY CHRISTIANS,
00:50:32.73\00:50:38.43
BUT WHEN YOU DO SOME CAREFUL
STUDY, YOU'VE GOT - AND YOU KNOW
00:50:38.43\00:50:42.17
WHAT? IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A
00:50:42.17\00:50:44.94
MISTAKE - IF YOU'RE GOING
TO UNDER-RESPECT SOMEBODY OR
00:50:44.94\00:50:50.68
OVER-RESPECT
SOMEBODY, WHICH SHOULD YOU DO?
00:50:50.68\00:50:54.05
>>OVER. >>OVER-RESPECT.
00:50:54.05\00:50:56.15
I'D RATHER BE GUILTY OF GIVING
TOO MUCH CREDIT TO SOMEBODY THAN
00:50:56.15\00:51:00.99
NOT THE CREDIT
THAT THEY DESERVE.
00:51:00.99\00:51:02.99
AND BECAUSE THERE IS SO
MUCH SAID ABOUT THE POWER OF THE
00:51:02.99\00:51:07.40
SPIRIT AND THE DIVINE NATURE OF
THE SPIRIT AND THE INDEPENDENT -
00:51:07.40\00:51:11.23
THINK ABOUT WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL
DOES - WHEN YOU SAY 'HE' YOU'RE
00:51:11.23\00:51:15.10
TALKING ABOUT A
PERSON. PEOPLE CAN BE HURT.
00:51:15.10\00:51:18.81
DO YOU KNOW THE
HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE HURT?
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PEOPLE SPEAK - THE
HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES - THE
BIBLE SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN
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BE GRIEVED, RIGHT? >>YES.
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>>YOU DON'T GRIEVE AN IT - THAT
MEANS IT'S GOT FEELINGS - IT'S -
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YEP, DID IT RIGHT THERE - THE
HOLY SPIRIT, HE HAS FEELINGS.
00:51:32.32\00:51:36.52
CAN YOU FIND AN EXAMPLE IN THE
BIBLE OF SOMEONE PRAYING TO THE
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HOLY SPIRIT? >>DAVID?
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>>DAVID SAID, 'TAKE NOT YOUR
HOLY SPIRIT FROM ME.' I DON'T
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THINK HE WAS
PRAYING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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USUALLY WE PRAY IN THE SPIRIT
TO GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
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I JUST MENTION THAT BECAUSE,
IF YOU GO TO A CHARISMATIC - HOW
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MANY OF YOU HAVE VISITED A
CHARISMATIC CHURCH - PENTECOSTAL
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CHURCH - SPEAKING
IN TONGUES CHURCH?
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YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR THEM PRAYING
TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, BUT YOU
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DON'T REALLY SEE
THAT IN THE BIBLE.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ALWAYS
WANTING TO JUST DEFLECT ANY
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ATTENTION TO THE
FATHER AND THE SON.
00:52:09.22\00:52:13.16
AND HIS OFFICE IS TO EXALT -
BRING TO REMEMBRANCE - BUT HE
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DOES HAVE A UNIQUE CHARACTER.
YOU KNOW ANOTHER REASON I THINK
00:52:17.30\00:52:21.60
WE STRUGGLE IS JUST THE TERMS
FATHER, SON, SPIRIT - WE TRY TO
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EQUATE THOSE WITH THE BIOLOGICAL
FATHER-SONS THAT WE HAVE -
00:52:25.91\00:52:31.21
FAMILY TIES - AND WE THINK -
QUICK STORY - I WAS PREACHING
00:52:31.21\00:52:36.25
IN WACO, TEXAS - WHEN YOU HEAR
WACO, TEXAS, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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SORRY TO OUR FRIENDS IN WACO
- LOVELY PEOPLE IN WACO - AND
00:52:40.19\00:52:45.16
DAVID KORESH CAME TO THE CHURCH
- HE DIDN'T COME IN, BUT HE AND
00:52:45.16\00:52:48.80
HIS PEOPLE BECAME THE BRANCH
DAVIDIANS BECAUSE THEY WERE
00:52:48.80\00:52:51.73
SABBATH KEEPERS. THEY
CAME TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE
00:52:51.73\00:52:53.44
ADVENTISTS AND THEY CAME AFTER
THE SERVICE. AND I REMEMBER - I
00:52:53.44\00:52:56.50
STILL REMEMBER I PREACHED
ON DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN AND
00:52:56.50\00:52:59.21
SOME OF THEM CAME IN AND
LISTENED. AND AT THE DOOR THEY
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WERE HANDING OUT LITERATURE THAT
SAID, 'GOD THE FATHER HAD SEXUAL
00:53:01.81\00:53:06.55
RELATIONS WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND JESUS WAS THE PRODUCT.' SO
00:53:06.55\00:53:09.45
THEY WERE MAKING THE HOLY SPIRIT
OUT TO BE THE MOTHER - A WOMAN -
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AND GIVING THEM LIKE BIOLOGICAL
ATTRIBUTES AND - THAT'S
00:53:12.25\00:53:15.52
SACRILEGIOUS. YOU
CAN'T DO THAT WITH GOD.
00:53:15.52\00:53:17.63
THESE ARE TERMS THAT GOD JUST
USES TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HIS
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LOVE FOR US IN WAYS
THAT WE CAN COMPREHEND.
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ALRIGHT, JUST A FEW MORE QUOTES
AND WE'LL BE OUT OF TIME HERE.
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GALATIANS - WELL, LET'S GO TO
GALATIANS 4:6 "AND BECAUSE YOU
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ARE THE SONS, GOD HAS SENT FORTH
THE SPIRIT OF HIS SON INTO YOUR
00:53:31.77\00:53:35.48
HEARTS, CRYING OUT, 'ABBA,
FATHER!'" AGAIN, FATHER, SON,
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SPIRIT RIGHT THERE.
EPHESIANS 1:17, "THAT THE GOD
00:53:39.08\00:53:42.68
OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE
FATHER OF GLORY, MAY GIVE TO YOU
00:53:42.68\00:53:45.85
THE SPIRIT" - GOD THE
FATHER, SON, SPIRIT RIGHT THERE.
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HEBREWS 9:14, "HOW MUCH MORE
SHALL THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, WHO
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THROUGH THE ETERNAL SPIRIT
OFFERED HIMSELF WITHOUT SPOT TO
00:53:52.39\00:53:55.03
GOD," - CHRIST, THE SPIRIT, GOD
- RIGHT THERE - YOU SEEING IT?
00:53:55.03\00:53:58.30
I'M GIVING YOU ALL
THESE DIFFERENT VERSES.
00:53:58.30\00:54:00.50
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE - THIS IS
FROM THE BOOK EVANGELISM 615 -
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THIS IS A GOOD QUOTE - NOW - IF
YOU MISS EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS
00:54:05.24\00:54:08.18
IS REALLY CLEAR - "THERE
ARE THREE LIVING PERSONS OF THE
00:54:08.18\00:54:12.61
HEAVENLY TRIO. IN
THE NAMES OF THESE THREE
00:54:12.61\00:54:16.55
GREAT POWERS: THE FATHER, THE
SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, THOSE
00:54:16.55\00:54:20.19
WHO RECEIVE CHRIST BY
HEAVENLY FAITH ARE BAPTIZED.
00:54:20.19\00:54:24.03
THESE POWERS WILL COOPERATE WITH
THE OBEDIENT SUBJECTS OF HEAVEN
00:54:24.03\00:54:27.76
IN THEIR EFFORTS
TO LIVE THE NEW LIFE."
00:54:27.76\00:54:29.66
THREE LIVING PERSONS -
ARE THEY DISTINCT PERSONS?
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ELLEN WHITE
DEFINITELY THOUGHT SO.
00:54:34.20\00:54:37.81
AND LET ME GIVE YOU - LET ME SEE
HERE - ONE MORE VERSE AND THIS
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IS IN OUR LAST SECTION: THE
IMPORTANCE OF HIS DIVINITY - 1
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PETER 1:2, "ELECT ACCORDING
TO THE FOREKNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE
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FATHER, IN SANCTIFICATION OF
THE SPIRIT, FOR OBEDIENCE AND
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SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS
CHRIST: GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE
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BE MULTIPLIED." I
WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS
00:54:54.79\00:54:57.76
THAT ARE WATCHING,
WE DO HAVE A FREE BOOK.
00:54:57.76\00:54:59.49
IT'S CALLED THE TRINITY AND
IT TALKS, OF COURSE, ABOUT THE
00:54:59.49\00:55:02.13
NATURE OF THE SPIRIT AND HIS
BEING A UNIQUE PERSON AND ASK
00:55:02.13\00:55:05.40
FOR OFFER #166. AND
THE PHONE NUMBER, IF YOU
00:55:05.40\00:55:08.54
WANT TO CALL IN, IS 866-788-3966
- WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE,
00:55:08.54\00:55:15.28
JUST PROMISE TO READ IT AND THEN
SHARE IT WITH SOMEBODY - THAT'S
00:55:15.28\00:55:17.81
ACTUALLY 866-STUDY-MORE.
GOD BLESS YOU, FRIENDS, AND
00:55:17.81\00:55:20.98
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
STUDYING THIS LESSON ON THE HOLY
00:55:20.98\00:55:24.22
SPIRIT WITH YOU IN
THE NEAR FUTURE. (MUSIC)
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>>HELLO FRIENDS, WE'RE
HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES
00:55:38.07\00:55:40.07
OVERLOOKING THE TAAL VOLCANO AND
LAKE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST
00:55:40.07\00:55:44.57
INTERESTING PIECES OF
GEOGRAPHY IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
00:55:44.57\00:55:47.81
FOR ONE THING, THIS GREAT
CALDARA WAS ONCE THE BIGGEST
00:55:47.81\00:55:51.35
VOLCANO IN THE WORLD, AND NOW IT
HOLDS A LAKE THAT HOLDS ANOTHER
00:55:51.35\00:55:55.65
VOLCANO THAT HAS ANOTHER LITTLE
LAKE IN IT THAT HAS ANOTHER
00:55:55.65\00:55:59.55
LITTLE ISLAND IN IT.
THIS VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED SIX
00:55:59.55\00:56:03.09
TIMES, IN A MAJOR WAY, SINCE THE
1500S AND, EVEN IN 1911, THERE
00:56:03.09\00:56:08.73
WAS AN ERUPTION WHERE OVER
1300 PEOPLE DIED - KILLED BY THE
00:56:08.73\00:56:12.73
SMOKE AND THE ASH THAT COVERED
THE COMMUNITY. THERE WERE
00:56:12.73\00:56:16.20
TSUNAMIS THAT CAME FROM THE LAKE
AND DESTROYED THE VILLAGES THAT
00:56:16.20\00:56:19.61
SURROUNDED THE BORDERS OF THE
LAKE. IN FACT, THIS IS ONE OF
00:56:19.61\00:56:22.48
THE MOST CAREFULLY
MONITORED SEISMIC PLACES IN THE
00:56:22.48\00:56:25.98
PHILIPPINES. THIS VOLCANO IS
BEING WATCHED ALL THE TIME AND
00:56:25.98\00:56:29.25
THEY'VE NOTICED, AS OF 2006,
THAT IT APPEARS THAT THE WATER
00:56:29.25\00:56:33.39
TEMPERATURES ARE GOING
UP. THERE'S INCREASED SEISMIC
00:56:33.39\00:56:36.19
ACTIVITY. IN OTHER
WORDS, THEY KNOW THAT
00:56:36.19\00:56:39.16
THIS VOLCANO IS A TICKING
TIME BOMB PREPARED TO BLOW.
00:56:39.16\00:56:43.13
AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING,
BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS A PLACE OF
00:56:43.13\00:56:45.67
GREAT SEISMIC ACTIVITY,
BUT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT
00:56:45.67\00:56:49.27
VULCANOLOGISTS KNOW THIS IS
GOING TO BLOW AGAIN SOMEDAY, IT
00:56:49.27\00:56:52.24
IS A POPULAR
TOURIST DESTINATION.
00:56:52.24\00:56:54.21
THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THE REAL
ESTATE, THEY'RE BUILDING LIKE
00:56:54.21\00:56:56.61
MAD, AND SIT ON
THE EDGE OF DISASTER.
00:56:56.61\00:56:59.65
IT MAKES US THINK ABOUT HOW GOD
HAS GIVEN US SO MANY WARNINGS IN
00:56:59.65\00:57:03.22
HIS WORD THAT THE WORLD IS GOING
TO END, THAT JESUS IS GOING TO
00:57:03.22\00:57:06.69
COME, THAT THE HEAVENS WILL
DISSOLVE WITH A GREAT NOISE AND
00:57:06.69\00:57:09.76
THE ELEMENTS WILL MELT WITH
FERVENT HEAT, SEEING THEN THAT
00:57:09.76\00:57:12.93
ALL THESE THINGS WILL BE
DISSOLVED, WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE
00:57:12.93\00:57:15.53
SHOULD WE BE IN ALL HOLY
CONVERSATION AND GODLINESS.
00:57:15.53\00:57:19.80
FRIENDS, ARE YOU BECOMING
DISTRACTED WITH THE TRANQUIL
00:57:19.80\00:57:21.94
VIEWS OF THE WORLD OR ARE YOU
PREPARING FOR THE NEXT WORLD?
00:57:21.94\00:57:26.04
ARE YOU GETTING READY
FOR THE BIG BANG? (MUSIC)
00:57:26.04\00:57:34.98
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