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Jean Ross: Good
morning, friends, welcome to
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"Sabbath School Study
Hour," coming to you here from
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the Granite Bay
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
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A very warm welcome to
our friends joining us online,
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and also our online
church members that tune in each
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week to study with us.
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Also to the members and the
visitors who are here today,
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it's good to see you on
a rainy Sabbath morning.
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We're glad you
came out to join us.
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Now, over the past few weeks,
we've been studying our new
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lesson quarterly,
"Dealing with the Holy Spirit."
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Today, we're on
lesson number four entitled
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"The Personality
of the Holy Spirit."
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Well, before we get to
our study, as usual, we like
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to begin our voices--lifting
our voices in song.
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So, I'd like to invite our song
leaders to come and join me on
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stage, and let's join
in as we sing together.
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male: Good
morning, church family.
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It's such a wonderful thing that
we can praise the Lord together
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on this Sabbath morning
together all around the world.
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And we're going to begin our
singing this morning with song
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number one,
"Praise to the Lord."
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Let's all sing together.
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¤ Praise to the
Lord, the Almighty, ¤
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¤ the King of creation. ¤
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¤ O my soul, praise
him, for he is thy ¤
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¤ health and salvation. ¤
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¤ All ye who hear, now
to his temple draw near. ¤
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¤ Join ye in glad adoration. ¤
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¤ Praise to the
Lord, who o'er all things ¤
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¤ so wondrously reigneth. ¤
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¤ Shieldeth thee
under his wings, yea, ¤
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¤ so gently sustaineth. ¤
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¤ Hast thou not seen how
thy desires ere have been ¤
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¤ granted in
what he ordaineth? ¤
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¤ Praise to the Lord,
who doth prosper thy ¤
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¤ work and defend thee. ¤
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¤ Surely his
goodness and mercy here ¤
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¤ daily attend thee. ¤
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¤ Ponder anew what
the Almighty can do if ¤
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¤ with his love
he befriend thee. ¤¤
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male: And how have your weeks
all been going this last week?
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Sometimes, our
weeks goes so well,
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and other times we fall
back into those same patterns
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that we're trying to avoid.
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But we know that we
have the blessed assurance.
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Let's sing song number
462, "Blessed Assurance,
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Jesus is Mine."
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¤ Blessed
assurance, Jesus is mine. ¤
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¤ O what a
foretaste of glory divine. ¤
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¤ Heir of
salvation, purchase of God, ¤
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¤ born of his Spirit,
washed in his blood. ¤
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¤ This is my
story, this is my song, ¤
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¤ praising my
Savior all the day long. ¤
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¤ This is my
story, this is my song, ¤
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¤ praising my
Savior all the day long. ¤
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¤ Perfect
submission, perfect delight, ¤
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¤ visions of rapture
now burst on my sight. ¤
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¤ Angels descending
bring from above echoes ¤
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¤ of mercy, whispers of love. ¤
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¤ This is my
story, this is my song, ¤
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¤ praising my
Savior all the day long. ¤
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¤ This is my
story, this is my song, ¤
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¤ praising my
Savior all the day long. ¤
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¤ Perfect
submission, all is at rest. ¤
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¤ I in my Savior
am happy and blest. ¤
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¤ Watching and
waiting, looking above, ¤
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¤ filled with his
goodness, lost in his love. ¤
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¤ This is my
story, this is my song, ¤
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¤ praising my
Savior all the day long. ¤
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¤ This is my
story, this is my song, ¤
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¤ praising my
Savior all the day long. ¤¤
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Jean: I'd like to
invite you to bow your heads as
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we open with a word of prayer.
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Dear Father, what a privilege
to be able to gather together in
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your house to open
up your Word and study.
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And indeed, we need the Holy
Spirit as we talk about the Holy
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Spirit, as we look at what the
Scripture says about this third
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person of the Godhead.
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And so, today, in a special
way, we want to invite the Holy
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Spirit to come guide
our hearts and our minds,
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lead us into a clear and full
understanding of the work that
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you wish to do in
us and through us.
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Thank you, Father, for
your promise to be with us
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Our lesson today is going to
be brought to us by one of our
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regular teachers here at
"Sabbath School Study Hour,"
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Dr. David DeRose.
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Thank you.
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David DeRose:
Well, good morning.
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It's good to be with you, and
it's good to be continuing our
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series studying about the
Holy Spirit and spirituality.
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We're in the fourth
in our series of lessons,
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and we're looking at the
subject, "The Personality of
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the Holy Spirit," the
personality of the Holy Spirit.
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Well, it was just last night,
and there were a number of young
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adults at our home, and we
opened up this very lesson.
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And as I was sharing some things
and as we were engaging in
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dialogue, I was
getting a bit frustrated.
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And the reason for my
frustration is it seemed,
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as I was looking at
this very important lesson,
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it was too easy to make
it all very theoretical,
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very abstract and not practical.
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Have you noticed that that
sometimes when you look at these
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deep theological subjects?
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And I don't know that there is
anything much deeper than trying
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to fathom the aspects of the
character of the Holy Spirit,
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that sometimes it seems
like we're just engaging
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in theological
dialogue that doesn't have
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much practical significance.
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Can any of you relate to that?
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I see a few heads nodding, and
maybe a few other people looking
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very quizzically at
me because this is a
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very practical subject, it is.
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But sometimes, we can
get so abstract that we lose
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the power of the message.
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With that in mind, let's look at
our memory verse because I think
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the memory verse brings
our focus to some of the most
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practical things
about the Holy Spirit.
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The memory verse is quoted
in the quarterly from the New
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American Standard Bible, which
is a very literal translation,
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very good translation,
New American Standard version.
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John 14, verse 26, and I welcome
you to join with me as we read
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this together if
you've got your quarterly.
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Go ahead with me, John
14:26, "But the helper,
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the Holy Spirit whom the
Father will send in my name,
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he will teach you all
things and bring to your
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remembrance all
that I said to you."
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So, this passage in John
14 is actually one of the
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central passages that
deal with the identity and
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the work of the Holy Spirit.
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And we don't want to get bogged
down so much in the personality
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of the Holy spirit, although
that is incredibly important,
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but we want to look a little bit
more at why that is significant.
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Why is it of concern to us?
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Those of you that
have the quarterly,
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and I'll remind you if you're
joining us by way of either live
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stream or recorded message,
you can actually download this
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lesson, as
Pastor Ross mentioned,
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right on the
Amazing Facts website.
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But I'm actually referring to
what I think is one of the most
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succinct ways of crystalizing
the importance of understanding
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the personality
of the Holy Spirit.
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It's actually
from Thursday's lesson.
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And it's the second paragraph
there in Thursday's lesson.
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It says it in these words, "If
we think of the Holy spirit only
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as a mysterious divine
power, our thoughts will be,
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'How can I have
more of the Holy Spirit?'
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But if we think of the
Holy Spirit as a diving person,
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we will ask, 'How can the
Holy Spirit have more of me?'"
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Do you see that
vast difference there?
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The Holy Spirit
is not just a power,
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an essence that we want to hold
onto or have so that we can be
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energized in the Christian walk.
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The Holy Spirit is a
person who wants to live in us.
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With that in mind, let's go back
to this passage in John that the
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memory verse
called their attention to.
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Actually, someone has
another reading for us,
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we're going to read
from John 14:16 to 18.
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Who has that passage for us?
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John 14:16 to 18, and there's
a microphone that they're
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getting for our readers.
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But we're going to give a
little bit of the context.
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Turn your Bibles to John 14.
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Of course, these are
some of the closing days,
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closing hours in fact, of Jesus'
life before his crucifixion.
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And in John 14, the chapter
begins with those beautiful
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words, "Let not
your heart be troubled.
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You believe in
God, believe also in me.
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In my Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so,
I would've told you.
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I go to prepare
a place for you."
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So, here Jesus is,
he's approaching the cross,
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and he knows his disciples
will be shaken in their faith.
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Now, here's the question,
just to pause for a minute
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and try to make this relevant.
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Was it just the disciples at
the cross who would have to deal
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with challenges to their faith?
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Or do modern day
believers, you and I,
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have challenges
to our faith too?
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It's a stupid
question, of course.
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You know, we
all have challenges,
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right, in our Christian walk.
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And so, here Jesus is saying, as
the disciples are anticipating
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this great
crisis in their faith,
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that their hearts
should not be what?
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Troubled, "Let not
your heart be troubled."
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And Jesus gives them
a number of assurances
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in John 14, 15, and 16.
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And among those
assurances is that,
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although he was going
away, he was going to do what?
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That's right, he was
going to comfort them,
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he was going to
prepare a place for them,
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and he was going to
come again, all those things.
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And so, central to this message,
this encouraging message,
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Jesus gives these words that
we find now in verse 16 to 18 of
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John chapter 14, and we have
someone to read that for us.
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female: "And I
will ask the Father,
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and he will give
you another helper.
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So, with you--so he
will be with you forever,
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even the Spirit of truth whom
the world cannot receive because
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it neither sees
him nor knows him.
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But you know him, for he dwells
with you and will be with you."
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And 18, "And I will
not leave you comfortless.
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I will come to you."
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David: Okay, so part of
Jesus' answer to the longing of
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the hearts of the disciples
and to the anticipation that he
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had of their coming
discouragement was that he
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was going to send
another comforter.
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It was very interesting
the construct of the Greek.
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And in your lesson on Sunday,
it actually draws some insights
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from the Greek wording.
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Now, I do have some
seminary Greek behind me,
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but I don't want that to cloud
anything because I really don't
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feel I have any
mastery of the Greek language.
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And so, I'm there with all of
you if you like to refer to the
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Greek, and you look
in one of those lexicons,
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one of the--kind of like a
dictionary to try to get all the
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nuances, to get all the
flavors of a given Greek word.
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Now, in Greek, there are more
than--there is more than one
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word for another.
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There is the word
"allos" which refers to another,
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usually another
of the same kind.
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And then there's the word
"heteros," which refers to
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another of a different kind.
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Now, if you're a Greek scholar,
you'd perhaps want to say,
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"Well, it's not that simple."
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And I'm not saying it is,
but there are these different
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nuances in the Greek.
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And some of you might
be scratching your head,
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"Well, how could there
be differences in another?"
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Let me give you an illustration.
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This morning, I was
at the breakfast table,
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and this did not happen
because we weren't eating toast,
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but it could've happened.
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And someone
could've said, "Do you want
00:16:27.72\00:16:29.42
another piece of toast?"
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Right?
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That means, do I want
another piece like the
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one I've already had?
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That is the word "allos."
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So, it's another
of the same type.
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Now, on the other hand, the
"heteros" another, that could
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be illustrated by let's say I'm
going to pick up a rental car.
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Can some of you relate to this?
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I travel a fair amount, and I'm
often picking up rental cars,
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and it depends who I'm renting
with and whether you have a
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special relationship
with that rental car company.
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But sometimes
they'll say, "Okay,
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you can go down to
section A in the lot,
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and you can pick any car there."
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Okay, that's all--you
know, you paid for that,
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any car in section A.
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So, I go over to section A and
let's say there's only one car.
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And maybe there's six of
us and it's a Prius, okay?
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Now, I like Priuses.
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But I say, "Six people are
not going to fit in that car."
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And so, I walk over to
the attendant and I say,
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"Don't you have another car?
00:17:29.94\00:17:31.48
There's six of us.
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All that's out there is a Prius,
that white Prius over there."
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Now, would the
guy likely say to me,
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"Oh, yes, there is
another car over there.
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There's a blue Prius."
You think he'd say that?
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"He might," you say.
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Well, but if I said it's
too small a car and I ask for
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another one, what
am I really asking for?
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Yes, I'm asking--yeah,
I'm asking for another of
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a different type.
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And sometime chimed in
I'm looking for a Suburban.
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Well, maybe, maybe not.
But you understand the point.
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So, you can ask for another
car, wanting a different one.
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So, the Greek
actually has these nuances.
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And so, when Jesus' words
are being--now listen carefully,
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his words are
being translated by John.
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Because you may be aware
Jesus did not speak in Greek.
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He spoke in Aramaic.
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And Aramaic, like
Hebrew, is like English,
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it just has one
word for another.
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But John, under the
influence of the Holy Spirit,
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as he's translating the intent
of Jesus' words as we read them
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here in John 14, which is
translated from John's original
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manuscript that was in Greek,
this word "allos" is used.
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So, when Jesus is saying he
will send another comforter,
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it is the allos,
it is another like me.
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So, if we want to
understand the Holy Spirit,
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the nature of the Holy Spirit,
where can we look to get a
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glimpse of the
nature of the Holy Spirit?
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We can look at Jesus himself.
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So, the Holy Spirit is
another comforter of the
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same type like Jesus.
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And so, it's already giving us
this sense that the Holy Spirit
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is not some ethereal force,
but the Holy Spirit is a person,
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is a physical comforter.
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Jesus could say that I'm
sending you another comforter.
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Verse 18 in some
translations says,
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"I will not leave you orphans.
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I will come to you."
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Now, some might
read this and say,
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"Well, this is a
reference to the Second Coming."
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But I would suggest to you
most literally in the context,
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Jesus is speaking of
coming to us in the person
00:19:48.62\00:19:52.19
of the Holy Spirit.
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So, the Holy Spirit, as
we read through John 14,
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15, and 16, we get these
insights that the Holy Spirit is
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a divine person, it is a--it or
he is a member of the Godhead.
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Now, some of you
say, "Well, you know,
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you got to be careful whether
you refer to the Holy Spirit as
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an it or a he
because that, you know,
00:20:10.61\00:20:12.87
carries with it
different definitions."
00:20:12.91\00:20:15.18
You say, "In my Bible, it always
says the Holy Spirit, he."
00:20:15.21\00:20:19.35
And that's interesting too.
00:20:19.38\00:20:21.18
Look at these very verses we
just read in John 16 through 18.
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I'm actually reading from
the New King James version,
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and you see this
reference in verse 16.
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Jesus said, "I will pray
the Father and he will give you
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another helper, that
he may abide with you
00:20:38.83\00:20:41.90
forever, the Spirit of truth.
00:20:41.94\00:20:43.84
It neither sees
him nor knows him."
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There in those verses,
there is actually a neuter
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article being used.
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Now you say, "Wait a
minute, what's going on here?"
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So, you know, in English,
we have he, she, and it.
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And the article that
goes along with that.
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You know, you see, well,
it's obvious what gender.
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But in other languages,
even nouns have a gender.
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So, you might say, "The book."
00:21:16.81\00:21:19.74
And in German, that may be
a neuter or a neutral gender.
00:21:19.77\00:21:26.98
You may say, "The school."
00:21:27.02\00:21:29.28
In German, it may
be a feminine gender.
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So, you say, "Well, you
know, what's the significance
00:21:32.79\00:21:34.89
of all this?"
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Well, look at
these verse for a minute.
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Sometimes when the
Holy Spirit is referred to,
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that which is translated he
is a neuter or neutral gender.
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But in other places, it's very
definitely a masculine gender.
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And why I'm sharing this with
you is just because we see he in
00:21:51.81\00:21:56.68
the translation
of the New Testament,
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don't try to make that
definitive as to whether the
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Holy Spirit is a
person or a thing.
00:22:03.52\00:22:05.89
I think the
evidence is very clear.
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We're going to look at a number
of those evidences this morning,
00:22:07.42\00:22:10.29
and we've been looking at
them already in our study.
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But be careful that we don't
just try to take the English
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language translation and try to
make that the gold standard by
00:22:16.06\00:22:23.34
which we try to
judge the language.
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Now, are you starting
to feel like I am already?
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You're saying, "This
is all very theoretical."
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I mean, how does this
become practical for us?
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Let's look at some specific
examples that I think make
00:22:32.88\00:22:35.75
it very practical.
00:22:35.78\00:22:37.25
And these, by the way, in
the Greek are all using the
00:22:37.29\00:22:39.99
masculine gender for he
referring to the Holy Spirit.
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Look with me at
John chapter 16, verse 8.
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So, we're focusing in on John.
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And this is, by the way, one of
the passages that's highlighted
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.83
throughout the lesson.
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.27
So, we're picking up some
of these references to what
00:22:53.30\00:22:56.97
the Holy Spirit's work is.
00:22:57.01\00:22:59.77
John 16, beginning
with verse 8, it says,
00:22:59.81\00:23:04.01
"And when he," the Holy Spirit,
it's referring to Jesus speaking
00:23:04.05\00:23:08.22
of the Holy
Spirit, "when he has come,
00:23:08.25\00:23:10.69
he will convict
the world of sin,
00:23:10.72\00:23:13.49
and of
righteousness, and of judgment."
00:23:13.52\00:23:17.36
And it's very interesting
as you read on in John 16,
00:23:17.39\00:23:22.63
it says, "The conviction of sin
will come because they do not
00:23:22.66\00:23:27.04
believe in me of righteousness
because I go to my Father and
00:23:27.07\00:23:31.94
you see me no more, and
of judgment because the ruler
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of this world is judged."
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Even though we may sometimes
think the work of the Holy
00:23:39.11\00:23:42.02
Spirit is a more
stern work, I mean,
00:23:42.05\00:23:45.65
most of us don't like
to be convicted, do we?
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Well, I mean, we do
but we don't, right?
00:23:49.36\00:23:52.46
You don't usually--you
usually come to church,
00:23:52.49\00:23:55.13
most people tell me
they come to church because
00:23:55.16\00:23:57.13
they want a blessing.
00:23:57.17\00:23:58.67
And you know how I know that?
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Because there's people that
come to churches all the time,
00:24:00.20\00:24:03.00
not this one, no one's ever
been here and come out after the
00:24:03.04\00:24:05.57
service and told me this, but
I've been to other places in the
00:24:05.61\00:24:09.58
country, or I'll meet
someone here at Granite Bay,
00:24:09.61\00:24:12.45
and they'll say, "Dr. DeRose,
I'm here because the church
00:24:12.48\00:24:15.08
I was going to, I was just
not getting blessed there."
00:24:15.12\00:24:18.72
Have you heard that one before?
00:24:18.75\00:24:21.22
So, we come to God
usually looking for what?
00:24:21.26\00:24:24.79
Looking for a blessing.
00:24:24.83\00:24:26.49
We don't usually
come--no one's ever said to me,
00:24:26.53\00:24:28.96
"Well, I've come to this church
because the other church I was
00:24:29.00\00:24:32.17
in, the pastor
never convicted us.
00:24:32.20\00:24:34.30
He was never--"
00:24:34.34\00:24:35.70
Well, maybe I have
heard things like that.
00:24:35.74\00:24:37.14
But most of us, it's not
that we want more conviction,
00:24:37.17\00:24:40.24
even though it's so often
what we most need, isn't it?
00:24:40.28\00:24:43.55
And that's the
work of the Holy Spirit.
00:24:43.58\00:24:44.88
It is a loving work.
00:24:44.91\00:24:47.58
In fact, if you're not convinced
that someone loves you,
00:24:47.62\00:24:51.52
if they try to
convict you of something,
00:24:51.55\00:24:53.66
how well do you receive it?
00:24:53.69\00:24:56.73
Not well at all.
00:24:56.76\00:24:58.09
The Holy Spirit
is given this name,
00:24:58.13\00:24:59.49
and I know we've
looked at it previously.
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.03
In the Greek, it comes
from two words, "para kaleo."
00:25:02.06\00:25:05.90
We sometimes call him the
paraclete or the parakletos.
00:25:05.93\00:25:10.74
That literally means
the one called alongside of.
00:25:10.77\00:25:15.74
So, Jesus is saying,
"Just like I walk alongside you,
00:25:15.78\00:25:19.75
my disciples, the
Holy Spirit will come to
00:25:19.78\00:25:22.62
walk alongside you."
00:25:22.65\00:25:23.99
We're getting this sense
of a personal Holy Spirit
00:25:24.02\00:25:27.76
that has a personality.
00:25:27.79\00:25:29.49
Let's look at a few
other examples of this.
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Let's go back to John 15.
00:25:31.29\00:25:35.53
In John 15, we see this
other powerful reason why
00:25:35.56\00:25:39.97
the Holy Spirit was given.
00:25:40.00\00:25:42.54
And some of this--some of
these are recurring themes
00:25:42.57\00:25:45.84
over these first few weeks.
00:25:45.87\00:25:47.48
But I think it's especially
important in the context of John
00:25:47.51\00:25:50.45
14 through 16.
00:25:50.48\00:25:52.21
In John 15, verse
26, it says--again,
00:25:52.25\00:25:55.45
Jesus is the one speaking.
00:25:55.48\00:25:57.29
"But when the
helper, when the comforter,
00:25:57.32\00:25:59.39
when the parakletos comes, whom
I shall send to you from the
00:25:59.42\00:26:03.53
Father, the Spirit of truth
who proceeds from the Father,
00:26:03.56\00:26:07.96
he will testify of me.
00:26:07.96\00:26:10.47
And you will also bear witness
because you have been with
00:26:10.50\00:26:13.90
me from the beginning."
00:26:13.94\00:26:16.97
So, the Spirit testifies of me,
are you catching the language?
00:26:17.01\00:26:22.61
Convicting, testifying,
these human attributes that are
00:26:22.64\00:26:27.28
given to the Holy Spirit.
00:26:27.32\00:26:29.75
And who is the
Holy Spirit pointing to?
00:26:29.78\00:26:33.69
Jesus, right?
00:26:33.72\00:26:35.69
So, if we're connecting
better with the Holy Spirit,
00:26:35.72\00:26:38.26
we will see Jesus more clearly,
we will see Jesus more clearly.
00:26:38.29\00:26:42.83
Let's look at one
more example from John.
00:26:42.86\00:26:47.17
Let's look at John 16 again.
00:26:47.20\00:26:50.44
John 16, verse 13 and 14, and
that's continuing the thought
00:26:50.47\00:26:56.58
that we saw there in chapter 15.
00:26:56.61\00:26:58.38
John chapter 16,
verses 13 and 14,
00:26:58.41\00:27:02.25
"However, when he the
Spirit of truth has come,
00:27:02.28\00:27:04.69
he will guide you
into all truth, for he will
00:27:04.72\00:27:09.82
not speak on his own
authority, but whatever he hears
00:27:09.86\00:27:14.00
he will speak and he
will tell you things to come.
00:27:14.00\00:27:18.23
He will glorify me, for
he will take of what is mine
00:27:18.27\00:27:22.77
and declare it to you."
00:27:22.80\00:27:26.21
So again, very
interesting language.
00:27:26.24\00:27:29.71
So, these personal
attributes of the Spirit,
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.95
but the Spirit
is uplifting Jesus.
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.62
And so, if we're going to
be more connected with the Holy
00:27:34.65\00:27:36.95
Spirit, we are going
to see Jesus more clearly.
00:27:36.99\00:27:42.02
Well, with that in mind, we
want to look at some more of the
00:27:42.06\00:27:44.49
works of the Holy Spirit, just
like the Holy Spirit guided Dr.
00:27:44.53\00:27:47.96
Koenig and guided him to people
who are going through adversity,
00:27:47.96\00:27:52.30
we want to start looking
at some of these examples,
00:27:52.33\00:27:54.84
further examples of the
personhood of the Holy Spirit.
00:27:54.87\00:27:57.44
And not just looking
at the theological aspect,
00:27:57.47\00:28:01.01
not just realizing
he is a real person,
00:28:01.04\00:28:03.58
but also realizing how he
works, how he points to Jesus,
00:28:03.61\00:28:06.92
how he ministers to our hearts.
00:28:06.95\00:28:08.65
Someone has for us a
passage in Acts chapter 16.
00:28:08.68\00:28:12.42
It's Acts 16, verses 6 and 7.
00:28:12.45\00:28:14.89
And before we go
there, I invite you to turn in
00:28:14.92\00:28:17.19
your Bibles to Acts 16.
00:28:17.23\00:28:18.93
Because this is a
very inspiring passage.
00:28:18.96\00:28:22.20
It's a passage that's
actually set in the context of
00:28:22.23\00:28:28.67
division in the early church.
00:28:28.70\00:28:32.14
Acts chapter 15 is a story
of that great divide and how it
00:28:32.17\00:28:36.21
was--how it was
actually crossed,
00:28:36.24\00:28:39.05
how it was bridged by
the Jerusalem council.
00:28:39.08\00:28:43.89
So, there was this controversy
about whether Christians,
00:28:43.92\00:28:47.79
converts, Gentile converts had
to be made like Jews physically
00:28:47.82\00:28:52.59
and undergo the
rite of circumcision,
00:28:52.63\00:28:54.36
as well as other
of the Mosaic laws.
00:28:54.36\00:28:57.10
There was a big controversy.
And that was settled in Acts 15.
00:28:57.13\00:29:01.30
As Acts 15 is
closing on a note of unity,
00:29:01.34\00:29:05.01
we read another story of
division, where Paul is getting
00:29:05.04\00:29:08.88
ready to go on his
second missionary journey.
00:29:08.91\00:29:12.08
He talks with Barnabas.
00:29:12.11\00:29:13.75
Barnabas' name means
son of encouragement.
00:29:13.78\00:29:17.22
And wants to go on that second
what we call missionary journey.
00:29:17.25\00:29:22.82
But they get into some
conflict over the gospel writer,
00:29:22.86\00:29:28.40
he would later be a gospel
writer, and that's John Mark.
00:29:28.43\00:29:31.63
We sometimes just call him Mark.
00:29:31.67\00:29:33.54
Barnabas wants to
give Mark another chance.
00:29:33.57\00:29:35.70
he had bailed out on the
evangelistic team of Paul and
00:29:35.74\00:29:38.71
Barnabas during their
first missionary journey.
00:29:38.74\00:29:41.88
Barnabas, actually his cousin,
wants to give Mark another
00:29:41.91\00:29:45.71
chance, Paul doesn't,
and they are divided over it.
00:29:45.75\00:29:50.15
So, that's the background
as we come to Acts 16.
00:29:50.19\00:29:55.06
Paul is now traveling with
Silas, and he is determined
00:29:55.09\00:29:59.46
to fulfill his
God-given call to take
00:29:59.49\00:30:02.46
the gospel to the Gentiles.
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.60
Let's read what
happens in Acts chapter 16,
00:30:04.63\00:30:08.20
verse 6 and 7.
00:30:08.24\00:30:10.17
We have someone reading for us.
00:30:10.21\00:30:12.67
male: "And they went through
the region of Phrygia and
00:30:12.71\00:30:15.21
Galatia, having been
forbidden by the Holy Spirit
00:30:15.24\00:30:18.48
to speak the Word in Asia.
00:30:18.51\00:30:20.72
And when they had come to
Mysia, they attempted to go into
00:30:20.75\00:30:24.35
Bithynia, but the Spirit
of Jesus did not allow them.
00:30:24.39\00:30:28.96
David: Now,
interesting, isn't it?
00:30:28.99\00:30:31.26
Do you see these
human characteristics of
00:30:31.29\00:30:33.03
the Holy Spirit?
00:30:33.06\00:30:34.86
Forbidding, not
allowing, not permitting,
00:30:34.93\00:30:38.63
are you
following along with that?
00:30:38.67\00:30:40.40
Now, to me, it's
interesting the context,
00:30:40.44\00:30:43.47
and I think this gives
me great encouragement.
00:30:43.51\00:30:45.47
And I think it
should you as well.
00:30:45.51\00:30:48.08
You say, "Well, Dr.
DeRose, how do you know?
00:30:48.11\00:30:49.88
You say you think it
gives you great encouragement,
00:30:49.91\00:30:52.31
don't you know whether
it encourages you or not?"
00:30:52.35\00:30:55.65
Well, what's
going on in this story?
00:30:55.68\00:30:58.22
If you actually study
what's happening in Acts 16,
00:30:58.25\00:31:01.56
Paul is sent on a
detour of some 600 miles.
00:31:01.59\00:31:08.90
He's been called to preach
the gospel to the Gentiles,
00:31:08.93\00:31:11.80
and when he gets to a
place where he wants to preach,
00:31:11.83\00:31:14.20
what did it say?
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.34
It said, "The Holy
Spirit forbade them."
00:31:17.37\00:31:22.14
Goes to another place,
the Holy Spirit will not
00:31:22.18\00:31:24.68
allow them to preach.
00:31:24.71\00:31:26.08
Now, here's a question for you.
00:31:26.11\00:31:28.25
If you think you know
what God has called you to do,
00:31:28.28\00:31:32.19
does that necessarily mean
God will always bless you to
00:31:32.22\00:31:36.59
do just what you think
you need to do to fulfill
00:31:36.62\00:31:40.60
what he's called you to do?
00:31:40.63\00:31:43.53
And I know that was a mouthful,
so let me ask it practically.
00:31:43.57\00:31:47.70
Let's say you're called
to be a mother in the home.
00:31:47.74\00:31:52.57
Some would make a case that
that is the highest calling.
00:31:52.61\00:31:57.51
And I would be hard
pressed to disagree with you.
00:31:57.55\00:32:01.52
So, you're called to
be a mother in the home,
00:32:01.55\00:32:03.65
and let's say you've got five
children all under six, okay?
00:32:03.69\00:32:10.26
And you pray to God for
help. I'm sure you do need it.
00:32:10.29\00:32:16.97
But does that mean that
God will help you in just the
00:32:17.00\00:32:19.43
way you think you need it?
00:32:19.47\00:32:21.90
Not necessarily.
00:32:21.94\00:32:23.91
And it doesn't mean
that God's forgotten you.
00:32:23.94\00:32:26.81
When the Holy Spirit kept
closing doors--and we get--as
00:32:26.84\00:32:31.15
you read through Acts, you have
this very sense of a personal
00:32:31.18\00:32:34.68
Holy Spirit just
guiding the disciples just
00:32:34.72\00:32:38.39
exactly what they should do.
00:32:38.42\00:32:40.46
And I can imagine Paul
could've been tempted to sin
00:32:40.49\00:32:44.19
against the Holy Spirit.
00:32:44.23\00:32:45.59
Now, you know, one of the ways
you sin against the Holy Spirit
00:32:45.63\00:32:48.00
is you say, "This is not
the Holy Spirit convicting me.
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.70
Here, I want to
preach the gospel.
00:32:50.73\00:32:52.03
How would the Holy Spirit tell
me not to preach the gospel?
00:32:52.07\00:32:55.84
Can you explain that one?"
But it was the Holy Spirit.
00:32:55.87\00:33:00.94
And he listened to
the Holy Spirit's voice.
00:33:00.98\00:33:02.84
And if you read through Acts 16,
you'll see something interesting
00:33:02.88\00:33:06.41
often missed, that in the
context of Acts 16 is where Luke
00:33:06.45\00:33:11.99
joins Paul's missionary team.
00:33:12.02\00:33:15.26
The physician Luke
joins up with them,
00:33:15.29\00:33:17.59
and it's only because they
went on a detour some 600 miles.
00:33:17.63\00:33:23.40
And by the way, that's also why
the gospel then was taken into
00:33:23.43\00:33:26.57
Greece from what we
would say was modern day
00:33:26.60\00:33:29.87
Turkey or Asia Minor.
00:33:29.90\00:33:31.97
So, here's my point as we're
00:33:32.01\00:33:33.34
looking at the
Holy Spirit's work.
00:33:33.38\00:33:34.74
Yes, we want to realize
the Holy Spirit's a person,
00:33:34.78\00:33:37.75
but as we look at how
the Holy Spirit works,
00:33:37.78\00:33:40.72
the emphasis in the Bible is
often not on who the Holy Spirit
00:33:40.75\00:33:44.69
is, but on what he does.
00:33:44.72\00:33:47.39
Do you follow along with that?
00:33:47.42\00:33:49.09
And so, we don't
want to lose sight of what
00:33:49.12\00:33:51.66
the Holy Spirit does.
00:33:51.69\00:33:53.93
And he guides us, he
personally guides us.
00:33:53.96\00:33:56.30
And when the Holy Spirit
sometimes is most powerfully
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.90
guiding us, we're
saying, "Where's God?
00:33:58.93\00:34:03.94
Am I hearing right?"
00:34:03.97\00:34:06.64
Don't you think Paul
had to ask that question?
00:34:06.68\00:34:09.98
I mean, what's the matter?
00:34:10.01\00:34:11.38
I mean, here every place I'm
going, the doors are closing.
00:34:11.41\00:34:13.98
Do you realize
how far 600 miles is?
00:34:14.02\00:34:17.65
I mean, how long does it take
us today to travel 600 miles?
00:34:17.69\00:34:21.99
Ten, twelve hours.
00:34:22.02\00:34:23.93
How long did it take then?
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.33
What was the day's
journey considered in the
00:34:25.36\00:34:26.76
days of the apostles?
00:34:26.80\00:34:30.30
About 20 miles.
00:34:30.33\00:34:33.40
So, this is a detour
of 30 days of travel.
00:34:33.44\00:34:39.07
And they didn't
travel every day.
00:34:39.11\00:34:40.41
I mean, you read
the apostle's practice,
00:34:40.44\00:34:41.88
and on the Sabbath they were
meeting with fellow believers
00:34:41.91\00:34:44.81
wherever they were, right?
00:34:44.85\00:34:46.82
So, even if they were
traveling 6 days a week,
00:34:46.85\00:34:48.92
I mean, this is weeks.
00:34:48.95\00:34:51.42
Have you been praying
for weeks about something?
00:34:51.45\00:34:54.62
Maybe the Holy
Spirit's been convicting you,
00:34:54.66\00:34:57.99
and you're wondering why
things aren't being answered
00:34:58.03\00:35:01.70
the way you want.
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.47
Maybe you're like Dr. Koenig,
you're confused about where
00:35:03.50\00:35:06.87
you're supposed to be.
00:35:06.90\00:35:08.24
And God is trying to lead
you in a position where you
00:35:08.27\00:35:12.27
will be the most fulfilled.
00:35:12.31\00:35:14.21
So, it's true of the apostles,
it's true of modern day saints,
00:35:14.24\00:35:17.58
and it's true
whether you're in the home,
00:35:17.61\00:35:19.55
or whether you're a leading
researcher in the medical world.
00:35:19.58\00:35:22.38
The Holy Spirit is
wanting to guide you.
00:35:22.42\00:35:29.09
Let's look at some more
examples in the book of Acts.
00:35:29.12\00:35:32.06
I told you there were some young
adults studying together in my
00:35:32.09\00:35:35.50
home, some of my--couple of my
children are home from college.
00:35:35.53\00:35:39.90
One is always home, he
hasn't left for college yet.
00:35:39.93\00:35:42.84
Number of their
friends were over,
00:35:42.87\00:35:44.51
and we were studying
some of these things.
00:35:44.54\00:35:46.34
As we were talking about the
personality of the Holy Spirit,
00:35:46.37\00:35:49.44
one of the passages
that we looked at in
00:35:49.48\00:35:51.21
last week's lesson came up.
00:35:51.25\00:35:53.21
By the way, it's
mentioned again this week.
00:35:53.25\00:35:55.62
And one of those
young adults said,
00:35:55.65\00:35:58.15
"Hey, this is just powerful.
00:35:58.19\00:36:00.16
This just clinches it."
00:36:00.19\00:36:01.52
And you say, "Well,
we've already looked at it."
00:36:01.56\00:36:04.16
By the way, how many times can
you look at a verse before it
00:36:04.19\00:36:08.53
gets just really old and boring?
00:36:08.56\00:36:12.70
Okay, well, some of you are
giving what I think is a good
00:36:12.73\00:36:14.80
answer, and that's never.
00:36:14.84\00:36:18.07
We can look at old truth and
appreciate it anew, can't we?
00:36:18.11\00:36:22.91
Go with me to Acts 5, and it's
really just a powerful passage.
00:36:22.94\00:36:28.62
I know Pastor Doug did a great
job highlighting this for us
00:36:28.65\00:36:32.29
last Sabbath when
we studied together.
00:36:32.32\00:36:35.29
But since it so resonated
with my focus group last night,
00:36:35.32\00:36:39.06
I said, "Well, we can't
just gloss over it today."
00:36:39.09\00:36:41.70
Acts chapter 5 is this
story of Ananias and Sapphira.
00:36:41.73\00:36:47.47
You remember this story,
they sell a piece of property.
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.61
And then, in collusion, they
decide they're going to lie to
00:36:50.64\00:36:54.81
the early church and say they
sold it for less than they did.
00:36:54.84\00:36:59.58
So, they'll get the credit for
laying all the proceeds at the
00:36:59.61\00:37:02.38
feet of the
apostles, when really they
00:37:02.42\00:37:04.42
were keeping some behind.
00:37:04.45\00:37:07.82
In Acts 5, after Ananias
is caught in this duplicity,
00:37:07.86\00:37:14.36
Peter says to him, "Ananias,
why has Satan filled your heart
00:37:14.40\00:37:19.20
to lie to the Holy Spirit
and keep back a part of the
00:37:19.23\00:37:24.77
price of the land for yourself?
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.58
While it remained,
was it not your own?
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.08
And after it was sold, was
it not in your own control?
00:37:30.11\00:37:33.25
Why have you conceived
this thing in your heart?
00:37:33.28\00:37:36.32
You have not lied
to men, but to God."
00:37:36.35\00:37:41.96
You know, one of the most
illuminating ways to understand
00:37:41.99\00:37:46.43
Scripture is look at
parallelism in the Bible.
00:37:46.46\00:37:51.13
Psalms has a lot of
parallelism, where it may say,
00:37:51.17\00:37:55.64
you know, "Blessed is the
man who trusts in the Lord.
00:37:55.67\00:37:58.74
Happy is the man who
makes the Lord his strength."
00:37:58.77\00:38:01.84
You see similar words,
but they give different
00:38:01.88\00:38:04.78
shades of meaning.
00:38:04.81\00:38:06.18
The parallelism in this
verse is it first says in
00:38:06.21\00:38:09.72
verse 3 that
Ananias lied to who?
00:38:09.75\00:38:12.85
That's right, he
lied to the Holy Spirit.
00:38:12.89\00:38:15.26
Who does it say he
lied to in verse 4?
00:38:15.29\00:38:19.46
He lied to God.
00:38:19.49\00:38:20.86
And so, although we often use
that to connect the Holy Spirit
00:38:20.90\00:38:24.80
to being a member of the
Godhead, and that's correct,
00:38:24.83\00:38:27.50
it also is helping to
establish his personhood, right?
00:38:27.54\00:38:32.57
So, the Holy Spirit is
this divine person who lifts up
00:38:32.61\00:38:36.04
Jesus, who ministers to us, who
guides us, who comes beside us,
00:38:36.08\00:38:41.18
someone who is a
personal guide and a comforter.
00:38:41.22\00:38:46.79
Well, we're going to look
at another Scripture in just a
00:38:46.82\00:38:49.09
moment from the book of Acts.
00:38:49.12\00:38:51.26
But before we do, we're going to
look at some of Paul's writings.
00:38:51.29\00:38:55.56
And we're going to be going
to Ephesians chapter 4 in just a
00:38:55.60\00:38:58.63
moment, Ephesians 4:30.
00:38:58.67\00:39:02.10
But before we do that, I want to
point something out that I find
00:39:02.14\00:39:06.27
actually very interesting.
00:39:06.31\00:39:10.61
Let's look at some
of Jesus' words again in
00:39:10.65\00:39:13.11
the Gospel of John.
00:39:13.15\00:39:14.48
I'm going to go
to John chapter 4.
00:39:14.52\00:39:17.65
And this is a
very provocative verse.
00:39:17.69\00:39:20.62
John chapter 4, Jesus speaking
there to the woman at the well.
00:39:20.66\00:39:26.43
And Jesus says something that I
find quite interesting in light
00:39:26.46\00:39:29.83
of some who would want to make
the Holy Spirit just an essence
00:39:29.86\00:39:33.44
or just the Spirit
of God, if you will.
00:39:33.47\00:39:37.67
John 4, verse
24, Jesus says this,
00:39:37.71\00:39:43.58
"God is Spirit, and those
who worship him must worship in
00:39:43.61\00:39:49.85
Spirit and truth."
00:39:49.88\00:39:52.69
Jesus says God is what? Spirit.
00:39:52.72\00:39:55.92
So, some people when
they read the Holy Spirit,
00:39:55.96\00:39:58.43
they say, "Well, that's
just talking about God's Spirit.
00:39:58.46\00:40:00.60
It's not talking
about a specific person or
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.76
a divine being."
00:40:02.80\00:40:05.80
And I'm trying to help us
see as we go through this lesson
00:40:05.83\00:40:08.47
together that it's very
clear that the attributes of
00:40:08.50\00:40:11.87
personhood, as well as divinity,
rested with the Holy Spirit.
00:40:11.91\00:40:17.21
But the problem is with the
logic of those who would say,
00:40:17.25\00:40:21.82
"Well, when you read the Spirit,
it's just referring to God,"
00:40:21.85\00:40:24.22
well, if God is a
spirit, why would a Bible
00:40:24.25\00:40:27.89
writer mention the Holy Spirit?
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.76
Why not just say
God? Do you see my point?
00:40:29.79\00:40:32.26
If God is a spirit, and the
critics that there is a person
00:40:32.29\00:40:38.07
who is the Holy Spirit, why
would the Bible writers even
00:40:38.10\00:40:41.37
need to say the Holy Spirit
if they're trying to refer to
00:40:41.40\00:40:44.01
God's, quote, spirit as
some essence of God when
00:40:44.04\00:40:47.81
God is a spirit?
00:40:47.84\00:40:49.91
Is that making any
sense to any of you?
00:40:49.94\00:40:52.51
Well, if it's not,
let me reassure you.
00:40:52.55\00:40:55.18
Because as I was reading
through some of this lesson,
00:40:55.22\00:40:57.39
some of the things that were
compelling evidences of the Holy
00:40:57.42\00:41:00.42
Spirit's personhood to
the author were not compelling
00:41:00.46\00:41:02.96
to me at all.
00:41:02.99\00:41:05.19
And so, some of the things
I may be sharing with you,
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.03
you might say, "Well,
that's just not connecting."
00:41:07.10\00:41:08.56
And that's why we're trying to
look at some of these real life
00:41:08.60\00:41:10.47
examples in the life of
real people and real disciples
00:41:10.50\00:41:13.84
because our
focus--here's the problem.
00:41:13.87\00:41:17.61
And I think we've said it almost
every lesson in this quarter,
00:41:17.64\00:41:21.48
no matter who's
been up here teaching.
00:41:21.51\00:41:23.75
But the Holy Spirit
seems to be shrouded
00:41:23.78\00:41:26.35
in mystery deliberately.
00:41:26.38\00:41:28.78
The Holy Spirit does not
call attention to himself.
00:41:28.82\00:41:32.95
The Holy Spirit
is pointing to Jesus.
00:41:32.99\00:41:35.36
The Holy Spirit is coming
beside us and comforting us.
00:41:35.39\00:41:38.06
And because of the
humility of the Holy Spirit,
00:41:38.09\00:41:41.36
we get into trouble trying
to argue about sometimes in some
00:41:41.40\00:41:46.00
circles as to whether
the Holy Spirit's a person,
00:41:46.03\00:41:48.40
whether he's God.
00:41:48.44\00:41:50.27
And I would tell you,
just as we're looking here,
00:41:50.31\00:41:52.41
let's look at another
example in Ephesians chapter 4.
00:41:52.44\00:41:55.41
It's not just John,
it's not just Luke when
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.88
he's writing the book of Acts.
00:41:57.91\00:41:59.28
We're going to look at Ephesians
chapter 4 and verse 30.
00:41:59.31\00:42:02.42
We have someone
to read that for us,
00:42:02.45\00:42:04.82
Ephesians
chapter 4 and verse 30.
00:42:04.85\00:42:08.19
female: "And do not
grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
00:42:08.22\00:42:11.16
by whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption."
00:42:11.19\00:42:15.30
David: So, do not
what? Grieve the Holy Spirit.
00:42:15.33\00:42:20.74
Look at Ephesians chapter
4 a little bit more closely.
00:42:20.77\00:42:27.38
A lot of people emphasize
the comforting role of the Holy
00:42:27.41\00:42:31.65
Spirit, and that's right.
00:42:31.68\00:42:33.35
But the Holy Spirit is also a
person who convicts us, right?
00:42:33.38\00:42:36.85
We saw that in John chapter 16.
00:42:36.89\00:42:39.89
So, here as Paul is writing
under the inspiration of the
00:42:39.92\00:42:43.86
Holy Spirit, remember a
text we looked at earlier,
00:42:43.89\00:42:46.93
that holy men of God spake as
00:42:46.96\00:42:50.50
they were moved
by the Holy Spirit.
00:42:50.53\00:42:52.57
Do you remember that?
00:42:52.60\00:42:54.47
And so, Paul is writing,
moved by the Holy Spirit.
00:42:54.50\00:42:58.67
And as he writes in
many of his letters,
00:42:58.71\00:43:01.24
like in Ephesians, Paul
in Ephesians first says,
00:43:01.28\00:43:05.11
"You've been saved by Jesus.
00:43:05.15\00:43:06.48
We're brought into
heavenly places in Jesus."
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.42
But then as he writes, he
starts giving moral imperatives,
00:43:09.45\00:43:13.46
calling us as to how to live.
00:43:13.49\00:43:16.49
And in Ephesians 4, one of the
things he tells us not to do is
00:43:16.52\00:43:20.80
to not grieve the Holy Spirit.
00:43:20.83\00:43:25.70
Now, does that give us
the feel of a person or some
00:43:25.73\00:43:30.34
kind of ethereal essence?
00:43:30.37\00:43:33.34
Yes, these are
attributes of personhood.
00:43:33.38\00:43:37.01
And so, the Holy Spirit, this
divine being can be grieved.
00:43:37.05\00:43:41.48
What does that mean?
00:43:41.52\00:43:44.55
Yeah, it means I can
make the Holy spirit,
00:43:44.59\00:43:47.26
I can make the Godhead sad.
00:43:47.29\00:43:49.96
I can make the Holy Spirit
sad, I can make Jesus sad.
00:43:49.99\00:43:53.56
How do we
grieve the Holy Spirit?
00:43:53.60\00:43:57.77
We grieve the Holy
Spirit by not listening,
00:43:57.80\00:44:00.84
right, when the
Holy Spirit prompts us.
00:44:00.87\00:44:05.34
I told you about this interview
I had with Dr. Koenig yesterday.
00:44:05.37\00:44:09.11
And he's now a
committed believer,
00:44:09.14\00:44:10.85
a committed Christian.
00:44:10.88\00:44:12.98
And he was pointing out
how God in his mercy shows
00:44:13.01\00:44:19.65
us the best way to live.
00:44:19.69\00:44:23.02
And we call it his commandments.
00:44:23.06\00:44:27.03
What do many people think when
they hear about commandments?
00:44:27.03\00:44:33.10
That's right, they think of
bondage and restriction, right?
00:44:33.13\00:44:37.77
"Oh, I don't go to
church because there's
00:44:37.81\00:44:39.14
all those dos and don'ts."
00:44:39.17\00:44:41.28
Why does the Holy
Spirit convict of us sin?
00:44:41.31\00:44:44.38
Is it to love us, or to make
us a little bit more miserable?
00:44:44.41\00:44:49.85
What do you think?
It's because he loves us.
00:44:49.88\00:44:54.29
He's trying to
keep us out of trouble.
00:44:54.32\00:44:56.89
Now, some of you may
not have problems with
00:44:56.93\00:44:59.03
getting into trouble, but I do.
00:44:59.06\00:45:02.30
And I need the
Holy Spirit to guide me.
00:45:02.33\00:45:03.93
And I wish I could tell you
100% of the time when the Holy
00:45:03.97\00:45:06.57
Spirit's prompting me,
I'm yielding to his voice.
00:45:06.60\00:45:14.91
We want to look at another
Scripture from the pen of the
00:45:14.94\00:45:18.95
Apostle Paul, and this time
we're going to 1 Corinthians.
00:45:18.98\00:45:24.09
There's a whole
section in 1 Corinthians we'll
00:45:24.12\00:45:25.95
be paying more attention to it.
00:45:25.99\00:45:28.36
It's one of the places
in the Bible that speaks
00:45:28.39\00:45:30.19
about spiritual gifts.
00:45:30.23\00:45:32.26
We'll look at that in
detail later in our series.
00:45:32.29\00:45:37.47
But in 1 Corinthians 12, Paul
gives an incredible insight into
00:45:37.50\00:45:41.54
the nature of the Holy Spirit.
00:45:41.57\00:45:42.90
And again, we're doing
just what the Bible does.
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.44
We're looking at the
personhood of the Holy Spirit,
00:45:45.47\00:45:47.88
but we're trying
to say what practical
00:45:47.91\00:45:49.31
things are there for us?
00:45:49.34\00:45:50.78
Because we don't want to just
leave having studied the Bible
00:45:50.81\00:45:53.25
saying, "Oh, the Holy
Spirit's a person and he's God."
00:45:53.28\00:45:55.65
We want to leave with some
encouragement that if I'm going
00:45:55.68\00:45:59.02
through difficult times, if I'm
struggling just like Paul was,
00:45:59.05\00:46:02.66
the Holy Spirit may
be manifestly guiding me.
00:46:02.69\00:46:05.63
He's just closing doors because
I would go to the wrong place,
00:46:05.66\00:46:09.36
the place where my ministry
would not be as effective.
00:46:09.40\00:46:12.70
Maybe those prayers for my
children aren't being answered
00:46:12.73\00:46:16.34
as I would like them because
God has a bigger plan for those
00:46:16.37\00:46:20.08
children than I have envisioned.
00:46:20.11\00:46:22.28
Are you following along?
00:46:22.31\00:46:25.75
1 Corinthians
chapter 12, let's get another
00:46:25.78\00:46:27.58
insight into the Holy Spirit.
00:46:27.62\00:46:29.25
1 Corinthians 12, verse
11, someone has that for us.
00:46:29.28\00:46:33.09
male: "To each is
given a manifestation of the
00:46:33.12\00:46:34.76
Spirit for the common good.
00:46:34.79\00:46:37.73
For to one is given through the
Spirit the utterance of wisdom,
00:46:37.76\00:46:41.50
and to another the utterance of
knowledge according to the same
00:46:41.53\00:46:44.07
Spirit, to another
faith by the same Spirit,
00:46:44.10\00:46:47.67
to another gifts of
healing by one Spirit,
00:46:47.70\00:46:50.91
to another the
working of miracles,
00:46:50.94\00:46:53.24
to another prophecy, to another
the ability to distinguish
00:46:53.27\00:46:57.68
between spirits, to another
various kinds of tongues,
00:46:57.71\00:47:01.65
to another the
interpretation of tongues.
00:47:01.68\00:47:04.29
All these are empowered by
one and the same Spirit who
00:47:04.32\00:47:07.56
apportions to each one
individually as he wills.
00:47:07.59\00:47:11.93
David: Now, what do
you think about that?
00:47:11.96\00:47:13.36
Is that an attribute
of personhood or not?
00:47:13.40\00:47:17.37
The Holy Spirit is
distributing to each one
00:47:17.40\00:47:20.94
individually as he chooses.
00:47:20.97\00:47:25.04
Now, some of you might be
questioning why did the Holy
00:47:25.07\00:47:27.18
Spirit not choose to
give you that particular gift
00:47:27.21\00:47:31.05
you wish you had.
00:47:31.08\00:47:32.88
Have you ever wondered that?
00:47:32.91\00:47:35.12
By the way, it is
normal to wonder that.
00:47:35.15\00:47:37.79
Do you know if the Holy Spirit
gave you every gift you wished
00:47:37.82\00:47:40.72
you had, you would
not do what the Lord
00:47:40.76\00:47:43.56
wanted you to do with your life?
00:47:43.59\00:47:45.19
Are you aware of that?
Have you ever thought about it?
00:47:45.23\00:47:49.00
When you're looking at these
talented musicians at Granite
00:47:49.03\00:47:51.17
Bay, and you're
saying, "Oh, I wish I could
00:47:51.20\00:47:52.80
sing like that person.
00:47:52.83\00:47:54.54
I wish I could play the piano
like that brother or sister,"
00:47:54.57\00:47:58.81
well, you couldn't
handle all those talents.
00:47:58.84\00:48:00.24
I couldn't.
00:48:00.28\00:48:02.31
No, really, I mean, it takes
work to cultivate those talents
00:48:02.34\00:48:06.08
and to keep--and so,
God gives each of us gifts.
00:48:06.11\00:48:09.98
By the way,
according to the Bible,
00:48:10.02\00:48:11.92
who is excluded
from gifts of the Spirit?
00:48:11.95\00:48:15.29
At least in the
church, who is excluded
00:48:15.32\00:48:17.09
from gifts of the Spirit?
00:48:17.13\00:48:19.19
No one.
00:48:19.23\00:48:20.63
So, we all have been
given spiritual gifts.
00:48:20.66\00:48:23.37
And the Holy Spirit as a divine
person has given you just the
00:48:23.40\00:48:27.90
gifts that you need to fulfill
the calling God's given you.
00:48:27.94\00:48:32.11
Now, that's encouraging to
me. That's encouraging to me.
00:48:32.14\00:48:37.18
Well, there's other aspects
of the Spirit's personhood that
00:48:37.21\00:48:40.25
also tie in with some
powerful thoughts for us.
00:48:40.28\00:48:43.45
We're going to be
turning in a minute to another
00:48:43.49\00:48:46.15
passage in 1 Corinthians.
00:48:46.19\00:48:48.16
It's in 1 Corinthians
chapter 6, we'll be going there
00:48:48.19\00:48:50.76
in just a moment.
00:48:50.79\00:48:52.79
But before we head there, I've
been telling you something about
00:48:52.83\00:48:56.36
God's plans for us.
00:48:56.40\00:48:58.37
And I might not be able to
give you this full thought,
00:48:58.40\00:49:03.61
but this particular
passage resonated in my mind.
00:49:03.64\00:49:08.94
I had been
looking at it this week.
00:49:08.98\00:49:12.21
And let me just
read it to you here.
00:49:12.25\00:49:14.75
It's from the book "Education."
And it relates to our children.
00:49:14.78\00:49:21.49
And particularly it says
this, "Education" page 262.
00:49:21.52\00:49:27.83
"God's purpose for the children
growing up besides--beside our
00:49:27.86\00:49:34.40
hearths is wider, deeper,
higher than our restricted
00:49:34.44\00:49:38.51
vision has comprehended.
00:49:38.54\00:49:40.88
From the humblest lot, those
whom he has seen faithful have
00:49:40.91\00:49:44.95
in time past been
called to witness for him
00:49:44.98\00:49:48.55
in the world's highest places."
00:49:48.58\00:49:53.32
And as you read
through this chapter,
00:49:53.36\00:49:54.89
it's on the life work, it's
speaking about how all of us
00:49:54.92\00:49:57.63
have a calling to be involved in
giving the gospel to the world.
00:49:57.66\00:50:03.06
And one of the reasons I
was looking at is because,
00:50:03.10\00:50:06.37
as I was thinking
about John 14 through 16,
00:50:06.40\00:50:10.87
immediately afterward
comes Jesus' prayer in John 17.
00:50:10.91\00:50:15.98
You don't have to
turn there with me,
00:50:16.01\00:50:17.75
but in John 17, Jesus prays, he
says, "Lord, I pray that those
00:50:17.78\00:50:21.62
whom you've given me
will be with me where I am."
00:50:21.65\00:50:27.16
Jesus is longing to
be personally with us.
00:50:27.19\00:50:31.13
And this chapter in
"Education" speaks about
00:50:31.16\00:50:34.83
what sin has cost God.
00:50:34.83\00:50:38.13
Speaks about the pain
that sin has brought to heaven.
00:50:38.17\00:50:42.10
And as I was thinking about
the role of the Holy Spirit, you
00:50:42.14\00:50:44.64
know, the Holy Spirit is the one
who personally comes beside us.
00:50:44.67\00:50:48.18
You know, Jesus
can't do that anymore.
00:50:48.21\00:50:52.05
We can't look at the Scriptures.
00:50:52.08\00:50:53.88
There's a number of Bible
references that indicate that
00:50:53.92\00:50:56.28
Jesus has taken
human form for eternity.
00:50:56.32\00:50:59.09
He can't come
beside each one of us.
00:50:59.12\00:51:01.52
And Jesus was longing in John
17 to be with each one of us.
00:51:01.56\00:51:05.53
That's going to happen in
heaven, but he can't--he doesn't
00:51:05.56\00:51:09.03
have that privilege now
that the Holy Spirit has.
00:51:09.06\00:51:11.50
And I was thinking about that.
00:51:11.53\00:51:13.40
Let's look at this last passage
that ties some of this together.
00:51:13.44\00:51:17.51
1 Corinthians
chapter 6, verse 19,
00:51:17.54\00:51:20.31
we have someone to
read that for us as well,
00:51:20.34\00:51:22.31
1 Corinthians 6, verse 19.
00:51:22.34\00:51:26.18
male: "Or do you not know
that your body is a temple of
00:51:26.21\00:51:28.38
the Holy Spirit within
you whom you have from God?
00:51:28.42\00:51:31.82
You are not your own, for
you were bought with a price,
00:51:31.85\00:51:34.82
so glorify God in your body."
00:51:34.86\00:51:38.36
David: So, our bodies are what?
00:51:38.39\00:51:40.96
Temples of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:40.96\00:51:43.60
Now, what lives
in a temple? Kings?
00:51:43.63\00:51:48.04
What lived in the Old
Testament sanctuary and in
00:51:48.07\00:51:51.17
the temple of Jesus' day?
00:51:51.21\00:51:53.98
Well, I mean, it was
God's intent to live there.
00:51:54.01\00:51:56.18
You could say in Jesus'
day the Shekinah glory was
00:51:56.21\00:51:58.65
no longer in the temple.
00:51:58.68\00:52:00.65
But the temple is the
abode of the divine, right?
00:52:00.68\00:52:05.15
Even in secular
non-Christian religions.
00:52:05.19\00:52:09.72
And so, our bodies
become the temple not of
00:52:09.76\00:52:12.96
an essence, but of a person.
00:52:12.99\00:52:17.07
And I can't tell you that
I understand how that works,
00:52:17.10\00:52:22.07
but the divine person of the
Holy Spirit wants to guide us,
00:52:22.10\00:52:26.91
wants to bless
us, wants to use us,
00:52:26.94\00:52:30.31
wants to give us gifts,
and wants to dwell in us.
00:52:30.35\00:52:36.72
That Holy Spirit
convicts of sin, though, we saw.
00:52:36.75\00:52:40.86
And when I realize my body is
the temple of the Holy Spirit,
00:52:40.89\00:52:43.86
does it affect the way I live?
00:52:43.89\00:52:46.46
It sure has me.
00:52:46.49\00:52:48.53
And I'll be honest
with you, sometimes,
00:52:48.56\00:52:51.57
having not grown up
in a particularly healthy
00:52:51.60\00:52:54.77
environment, making
healthy choices, some of those
00:52:54.80\00:52:58.41
convictions of the Holy Spirit
I did not at first rejoice in.
00:52:58.44\00:53:05.31
But now, I rejoice
because God has blessed me.
00:53:05.35\00:53:09.78
Well, I am thankful for the
ministry of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:09.82\00:53:13.02
He is a comforter to
encourage us, to guide us.
00:53:13.05\00:53:15.62
He is a real person. He is God.
00:53:15.66\00:53:17.99
We'll learn more about his
work in our future studies.
00:53:18.03\00:53:21.23
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Until next week,
may God bless you.
00:53:42.35\00:53:44.59
We'll look forward to learning
more about the encouraging work
00:53:44.62\00:53:47.89
of the divine
person of the Holy Spirit.
00:53:47.92\00:53:52.89
Doug Batchelor: Friends, would
you win souls if you could?
00:53:54.46\00:53:57.03
Well, you can.
00:53:57.07\00:53:58.83
Please plan now to
join me in doing some
00:53:58.87\00:54:01.24
evangelism this winter.
00:54:01.27\00:54:02.77
It's easier than you think.
00:54:02.80\00:54:04.47
Prophecy Encounter
will be a major new,
00:54:04.51\00:54:06.81
ten-part evangelistic program
that will be broadcasted by
00:54:06.84\00:54:10.21
satellite and streaming on the
Internet to homes or churches
00:54:10.25\00:54:13.68
near you, hopefully
your home or church.
00:54:13.72\00:54:16.82
From February 17 through
25, I'll be preaching an all new
00:54:16.85\00:54:21.32
old-fashioned evangelistic
program from Sanford, Florida.
00:54:21.36\00:54:25.03
And we'll be using
the latest technology
00:54:25.06\00:54:26.43
and fresh illustrations.
00:54:26.46\00:54:28.36
So, all you have to
do is open your churches,
00:54:28.40\00:54:30.40
your homes, invite
friends and family,
00:54:30.43\00:54:32.93
be friendly, pray, and let the
power of the Word do the work.
00:54:32.97\00:54:37.37
The programs will
be available on 3ABN,
00:54:37.41\00:54:40.41
AFTV, Facebook, Roku, and more.
00:54:40.44\00:54:43.91
You'll be surprised, there are
people in your community that
00:54:43.95\00:54:46.58
are really worried about
what's happening in the world,
00:54:46.61\00:54:48.78
and they're looking for answers.
00:54:48.82\00:54:51.19
Jesus said, "The
harvest is truly great,
00:54:51.22\00:54:53.29
but the laborers are few.
00:54:53.32\00:54:54.99
So, pray therefore the
Lord of the harvest will send
00:54:55.02\00:54:57.13
laborers out into his harvest."
00:54:57.16\00:54:59.46
You can be one of them.
00:54:59.49\00:55:01.10
So, I'd like to encourage you to
join us and be praying for the
00:55:01.13\00:55:04.23
upcoming Prophecy
Encounter meetings.
00:55:04.27\00:55:07.07
For more information, check
out www.prophecyencounter.com.
00:55:07.10\00:55:12.54
And who knows, you might
be revived in the process.
00:55:12.57\00:55:15.24
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00:55:16.91\00:55:26.92
[music]
00:55:29.86\00:55:34.00
Doug: Port Royal here in
Jamaica was once considered
00:55:34.00\00:55:36.50
the most wicked
city in the world.
00:55:36.53\00:55:38.93
They had more bars and brothels
per square foot than any other
00:55:38.97\00:55:41.87
place on the planet.
00:55:41.90\00:55:43.24
It was said to be just
full of cutthroats and pirates.
00:55:43.27\00:55:46.01
But during this
time, the king of France,
00:55:46.04\00:55:48.51
Louis XIV, he began to persecute
the Protestants and the
00:55:48.54\00:55:52.15
Huguenots in the
kingdom, and many fled.
00:55:52.18\00:55:54.78
That's when Lewis
Galdy and his brother Laurent
00:55:54.82\00:55:57.25
came to Port Royal.
00:55:57.29\00:56:01.22
When Lewis Galdy arrived, he
was absolutely dumbfounded at
00:56:01.26\00:56:04.09
the unrestrained
immorality, violence,
00:56:04.13\00:56:06.49
and extravagance
that filled Port Royal.
00:56:06.53\00:56:09.13
That's why nobody was
surprised when the judgment
00:56:09.16\00:56:11.70
of God finally happened.
00:56:11.73\00:56:13.47
Just before noon, June 7, 1692,
there was a massive earthquake
00:56:13.50\00:56:18.04
that affected the whole island,
Port Royal in particular.
00:56:18.07\00:56:21.58
Two-thirds of it slid into
the sea, then came a tsunami.
00:56:21.61\00:56:25.31
Thousands perished.
00:56:25.35\00:56:26.72
Unfortunately, even
Lewis Galdy was swallowed
00:56:26.75\00:56:29.55
up in the earthquake.
00:56:29.58\00:56:34.49
You know, much of
Jamaica is a rock,
00:56:34.52\00:56:36.56
but Port Royal
was built on the sand.
00:56:36.59\00:56:38.79
And so, when the
earthquake struck,
00:56:38.83\00:56:40.83
the sand virtually liquefied,
swallowing much of the city and
00:56:40.86\00:56:43.63
thousands of people.
00:56:43.67\00:56:45.20
Lewis Galdy was buried alive.
00:56:45.23\00:56:47.70
But while underground,
he was still conscious,
00:56:47.74\00:56:50.47
and he prayed.
00:56:50.51\00:56:51.97
He resigned himself to
his fate, prayed to the Lord,
00:56:52.01\00:56:54.51
and then another
miracle happened.
00:56:54.54\00:56:56.58
There was an aftershock with
volcanic activity that exploded,
00:56:56.61\00:57:00.48
blowing Lewis Galdy out of the
earth hundreds of yards off into
00:57:00.52\00:57:03.95
the sea, where he had
a pretty hard landing,
00:57:03.99\00:57:06.76
but he was able to
swim until he was rescued.
00:57:06.79\00:57:09.49
Lewis Galdy dedicated the
remaining 47 years of his life
00:57:09.52\00:57:12.96
to serving Jesus in
this island, and he's even
00:57:12.99\00:57:15.63
buried here still today.
00:57:15.66\00:57:18.87
You know, the Bible tells us
just before Jesus comes back,
00:57:21.84\00:57:24.21
conditions in the world
will be very much like they
00:57:24.24\00:57:26.61
were in the
Sodom and Port Royal.
00:57:26.64\00:57:29.24
There's going to be a
tremendous earthquake,
00:57:29.28\00:57:30.91
and even islands
will be swallowed up.
00:57:30.95\00:57:33.05
But God's people
don't need to be afraid.
00:57:33.08\00:57:34.98
The same way the Lord
took care of Lewis Galdy,
00:57:35.02\00:57:37.39
he will take care of you.
00:57:37.42\00:57:38.75
It says in Psalm 91 that
you might see 1,000 fall at your
00:57:38.79\00:57:41.96
side, or 10,000 at your
right hand, but only with your
00:57:41.99\00:57:45.06
eyes will you see and behold
the destruction of the wicked.
00:57:45.09\00:57:47.66
He can protect
you and resurrect you.
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