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>>WELCOME TO SABBATH
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LESSON STUDY ON THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND IT IS FOUND - #262 -
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SWEET, SWEET
SPIRIT - #262. (MUSIC)
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>>JOIN ME IN PRAYER.
FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE KNOW THAT
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YOUR SWEET SPIRIT
IS HERE IN THIS PLACE.
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WE ASK YOU, TODAY, TO FILL
US WITH THAT SPIRIT TO SEND YOUR
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ANGELS TO ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS
WITH THE WORDS THAT PASTOR DOUG
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HAS TO SHARE WITH US TODAY,
AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE
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WITH OUR EXTENDED
FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD.
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WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT DAY WHEN WE CAN ALL JOIN
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TOGETHER ON THE STREETS OF GOLD.
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AND WE JUST PRAISE YOU AND WE
THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US, FOR
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LOVING US, FOR DYING FOR US, AND
GIVING US THAT HOPE THAT ONE DAY
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WE WILL SEE YOU COMING
IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY.
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BE WITH OUR SPEAKER AS HE
OPENS UP YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY
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TOGETHER. IN
JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN.
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>>AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY
IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY
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PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR
HERE AT GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY
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ADVENTIST CHURCH.
>>THANK YOU, DEBBIE AND
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MUSICIANS.
MORNING, FRIENDS. >>MORNING.
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>>WE HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT
LESSON TODAY AND SO I HOPE
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YOU'LL PRAY FOR ME AS
WE EMBARK ON THIS STUDY.
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WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR SERIES
DEALING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND
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TODAY'S LESSON MAY, IN
MY OPINION, BE ONE OF THE
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MOST IMPORTANT IN THE QUARTER.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY
SPIRIT AND LIVING A HOLY LIFE -
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SOMETHING OF A
NEGLECTED SUBJECT.
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I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS
THAT ARE WATCHING FROM SATELLITE
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TELEVISION OR MAYBE
YOU'RE WATCHING ON THE INTERNET.
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WE KNOW SOME ARE
WATCHING THIS LIVE-STREAMING.
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I PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE A MINUTE
- I LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND I
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REALIZE YOU'RE SEEING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT BEHIND US AND THAT'S
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BECAUSE WE, HERE AT THE GRANITE
BAY CHURCH, ARE IN THE MIDST OF
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A SERIES THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE
LIFE OF DAVID AND THAT WILL BE
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GOING ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND
SO WE'VE GOT A FEW PROPS HERE,
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BUT I DON'T KNOW IF
I'LL REFERENCE ANYTHING HERE,
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ESPECIALLY DURING OUR LESSON
TODAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
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AND I WANT TO WELCOME OUR
FRIENDS WHO ARE ONLINE MEMBERS.
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WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE
STUDYING WITH US TODAY.
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OUR MEMORY VERSE IS IN 1
THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE
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23 - IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR
QUARTERLY YOU CAN READ IT THERE;
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IT'S FROM THE NEW AMERICAN
STANDARD BIBLE - 1 THESSALONIANS
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5:23 - I ALWAYS APPRECIATE
WHEN YOU CAN SAY THAT WITH ME.
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ARE YOU READY? "NOW
MAY THE GOD OF PEACE
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HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU ENTIRELY;
AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT AND SOUL AND
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BODY BE PRESERVED COMPLETE,
WITHOUT BLAME AT THE COMING OF
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."
NOW, THE REAL MESSAGE IN WHAT
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WE'RE STUDYING TODAY IS THE
IMPORTANCE OF HOLY LIVING AND
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THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE
POWER THAT INSPIRES US TO LIVE
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HOLY AND GIVES US THE STRENGTH
TO LIVE HOLY. YOU'VE GOT TO BE
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VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE
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THINK THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
HOLY LIVING THAT, YOU KNOW,
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YOU'RE IMPLYING 'I AM HOLIER
THAN THOU' - AND SOMETIMES THOSE
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WHO TALK ABOUT HOLY LIVING DO
IT FROM A LEGALISTIC MENTALITY.
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AND SO, IN AN EFFORT, I THINK,
IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID SOUNDING
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LEGALISTIC OR HOLIER THAN THOU,
A LOT OF CHURCHES AND PASTORS
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HAVE GIVEN UP COMPLETELY TALKING
ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
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THINGS IS THAT GOD HAS CALLED
US TO HOLINESS AND WITHOUT
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HOLINESS,
NOBODY'S GOING TO SEE GOD.
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YOU'LL HEAR ME QUOTE THAT A
FEW TIMES IN THE LESSON TODAY.
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IT IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR
US TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT.
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AND SO, I KNOW YOU'LL
PRAY FOR ME AS WE PROCEED.
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OUR FIRST SECTION IS DEALING
WITH THE HOLINESS OF GOD BUT,
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PERHAPS BEFORE I DO THAT, YOU
KNOW, I READ THIS ONCE BEFORE
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BUT I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL
NOT TO ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY
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WATCHING HAS SEEN EVERY LESSON,
OR EVEN EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN
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TO EVERY PRESENTATION.
LET'S DEFINE 'HOLY'.
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IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO REPEAT THAT
AGAIN AS WE DELVE INTO GOD'S
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CALLING US TO
HOLINESS. WHAT DOES 'HOLY' MEAN?
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THE WORD 'HOLY' IN - THE HEBREW
WORD IS 'QODESH' - AND IT - IN
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GREEK IT'S 'AGIOS' - IT MEANS
'TO BE SEPARATE' AND IT MUST BE
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AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN THE
BIBLE - IT'S FOUND 731 TIMES IN
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THE BIBLE. SO IF
WE'RE GOING TO BE A
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BIBLE CHURCH, AND IF I'M GOING
TO BE A BIBLE PREACHER, AND THE
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BIBLE SAYS SO
MUCH ABOUT HOLINESS, WE
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SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID
TO TALK ABOUT IT. AMEN?
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HOLY MEANS TO BE
SEPARATE - TO BE SET APART.
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WE CALL MARRIAGE HOLY - IT'S
BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE ARE MAKING
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VOWS SO THEY ARE, IN A SPECIAL
SENSE, SET APART IN A UNIQUE WAY
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- IN AN EXCLUSIVE
WAY, FOR EACH OTHER.
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THIS BOOK - I'VE GOT AMAZING
FACTS VERSION - IT'S REALLY BIG
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- YOU CAN'T MISS IT.
WHAT'S IT CALLED? HOLY BIBLE.
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SPANISH - SANTO BIBLIA - IT
MEANS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING
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SACRED - SET ASIDE - THIS
IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK.
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IT'S A SACRED
BOOK. IT'S A HOLY BOOK.
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YOU DON'T TREAT IT
LIKE EVERY OTHER BOOK.
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THE WORDS IN IT ARE OF
MORE VALUE THAN ANY OTHER BOOK.
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SO WHEN GOD CALLS US TO HOLY
LIVING IN THIS WORLD, THE FACT
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THAT WE'RE CALLED TO BE SEPARATE
OR TO BE SACRED, IT MEANS THAT
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WE'RE TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY.
NOW THAT CAME OUT IN OUR MEMORY
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VERSE. IT SAYS
THAT HE'S CALLED TO
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SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY AND THAT
YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND
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BODY - IT'S NOT JUST SPIRITUAL
HOLINESS, OUR SOUL - OUR BODY -
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OUR WHOLE LIFE - BE PRESERVED,
HOW? BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF
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OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. GOD
HAS CALLED US TO HOLY LIVING
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AND YOU CAN'T DO THE HOLY LIVING
PART WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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NOW, I'M
GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF.
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ALRIGHT, LET'S GO INTO THE
SECTION ON THE HOLINESS OF GOD
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AND, IN A MOMENT SOMEONE'S GOING
TO READ FOR ME ISAIAH 6:3 AND I
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WILL BE READING 1 PETER 1 - AND
THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - VERSES
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13 THROUGH 16, "THEREFORE GIRD
UP THE LOINS OF YOUR MIND, BE
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SOBER, AND REST YOUR HOPE FULLY
UPON THE GRACE THAT IS TO BE
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BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE REVELATION
OF JESUS CHRIST; AS OBEDIENT
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CHILDREN, NOT CONFORMING
YOURSELVES TO THE FORMER LUSTS,"
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- BEFORE YOUR SALVATION - "AS
IN YOUR IGNORANCE;" - BEFORE YOU
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KNEW THE TRUTH - "BUT AS HE WHO
CALLED YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO BE
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HOLY IN MOST OF YOUR CONDUCT"
- >>ALL OF YOUR CONDUCT.
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>>ANYONE FOLLOWING
ALONG? IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
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"BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT,"
- IT SAYS HERE - "BECAUSE IT IS
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WRITTEN, 'BE HOLY, FOR
I AM HOLY.'" GOD IS HOLY.
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WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? A CHRISTIAN
IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
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IS CHRIST HOLY? >>YES.
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>>I JUST NOTICED ON THE MONITOR
- IF I STAND LIKE THIS, I'VE GOT
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A CROWN ON MY HEAD. (LAUGHTER)
IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN MY HEAD.
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THAT'S WHAT YOU
CALL A PASTOR WITH ADD.
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SO THE LORD HAS
CALLED US TO BE HOLY.
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A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER
OF CHRIST AND CHRIST IS HOLY.
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YES, WE ARE CALLED TO
BE DIFFERENT, AS JESUS WAS
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DIFFERENT. WE ARE TO
REFLECT HIM IN THE WORLD.
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SOMEONE SAID - OSWALD CHAMBERS,
ACTUALLY, "THE DESTINED END OF
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MAN IS NOT HAPPINESS
OR HEALTH, BUT HOLINESS.
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GOD'S ONE AIM IS THE PRODUCTION
OF SAINTS" - HOLY ONES - "HE IS
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NOT AN ETERNAL
BLESSING MACHINE FOR MEN.
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HE DID NOT COME TO SAVE MEN
OUT OF PITY, HE CAME TO SAVE MEN
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BECAUSE HE
CREATED THEM TO BE HOLY."
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THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF
SALVATION IS TO RESTORE THE
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IMAGE OF GOD IN HIS
CREATION AND IT IS A HOLY IMAGE.
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SO WE ARE CALLED TO HOLY LIVING
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GAUGE
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THAT WE SHOULD BE USING EVERY
DAY AS WE FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS
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AS OUR MODEL AND WE EVALUATE
EVERYTHING WE DO AND, AT THE END
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OF THE DAY, REVIEW OUR LIVES AND
SAY, 'AM I MODELING THE LIFE OF
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CHRIST? AM I
LIVING IN A HOLY WAY THAT
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REFLECTS HIM IN THIS WORLD?'
AND I BELIEVE GOD'S ABLE TO DO
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THIS BECAUSE THE LORD WILL NOT
ASK YOU TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT
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GIVING YOU THE ABILITY TO DO
IT. YOU KNOW, I WAS - KAREN AND
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I WERE WATCHING A
RELIGIOUS PROGRAM LAST NIGHT.
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IT WAS A PREACHER NOT OF OUR
PERSUASION AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO
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WATCH VERY LONG BEFORE WE
FOUND OUT HE WAS A PROSPERITY
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PREACHER. HAVE
YOU HEARD - YOU'VE
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HEARD THAT PHRASE BEFORE?
THESE ARE THE PASTORS THAT,
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IN KIND OF A CERTAIN ILK
OF CHRISTIANITY THAT'S ALWAYS
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EMPHASIZING THAT - IT'S ALMOST
LIKE GOD EXISTS TO MAKE YOU
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HEALTHY, WEALTHY,
AND WISE IN THIS WORLD.
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I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE WISE
PART IS EMPHASIZED VERY MUCH,
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BUT CERTAINLY THE WEALTHY PART
IS EMPHASIZED AND IT SEEMS LIKE
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THEIR SERMONS ARE ALL FIXATING
ON HOW GOD WANTS TO - 'THERE'S
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NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING RICH'
AND 'GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU' -
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IT'S LIKE THAT IDEA THAT
CHAMBERS JUST TALKED ABOUT, THAT
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GOD'S AN ETERNAL BLESSING
MACHINE. WE PRAY ABOUT ALL THE
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THINGS WE WANT.
WHAT SHOULD BE THE MOST
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IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PRAYING?
IF THE PURPOSE OF GOD IS TO MAKE
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US HOLY - NOT JUST HAPPY -
YOU WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL YOU'RE
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HOLY, SO THE FIRST
PRIORITY OUGHT TO BE HOLINESS.
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BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
- YOU DON'T GET THE BLESSING OF
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HAPPINESS UNLESS
THERE'S A PURITY OF HEART.
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SO THE SUPREME OBJECTIVE OF OUR
PRAYING SHOULD NOT JUST BE 'I
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WANT THIS' AND 'I WANT THAT',
YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE PART OF
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IT, BUT EVERY PRAYER OUGHT TO BE
PUNCTUATED, 'LORD, IF THIS WILL
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CONTRIBUTE TO GLORIFY YOU AND
MY REFLECTING YOU AND MY BEING
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HOLY' - THAT'S REALLY
HOW WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING.
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THAT'S WHY WE PRAY FOR THE HOLY
SPIRIT, IS THAT GOD MIGHT MAKE
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US HOLY. IT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING.
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GO AHEAD, PLEASE,
READ FOR US ISAIAH 6:3.
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>>"AND ONE CRIED TO ANOTHER AND
SAID: 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE
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LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE
EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!'"
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>>SO THIS IS PART AND
PARCEL OF THE NAME OF GOD.
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WHEN THE ANGELS ARE THERE ABOUT
THE THRONE AND THEY'RE LOOKING
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FOR A WAY TO DEFINE THE CREATOR,
THEY SAY THREE TIMES, 'HOLY,
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HOLY, HOLY' IS THE
WAY YOU DESCRIBE GOD.
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IF WE WERE TO BE BROUGHT RIGHT
NOW - SOMEHOW, IF WE COULD BE
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TRANSPORTED INTO THE PRESENCE OF
GOD, OR IF WE COULD BE GIVEN -
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YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT
THE SUN IT'LL BURN YOUR EYES.
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BUT SUPPOSE YOU WERE GIVEN A
SPECIAL PAIR OF FILTERED LENSES
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WHERE YOU COULD PEEP INTO HEAVEN
AND YOU COULD SOMEHOW MANAGE TO
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LOOK AT IT, THE THING THAT WOULD
IMPRESS YOU THE MOST IS THE
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PURITY OF GOD - THE HOLINESS
OF GOD - AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT,
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WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY WHEN
HE SAW THE HOLINESS OF GOD?
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'WOE IS ME.' I THINK THAT THE
EQUIVALENT OF THAT IS, IF YOU
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KNOW YIDDISH, 'OY VEY IZ MIR'
- YOU EVER HEARD A JEWISH PERSON
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SAY, 'OY VEY'? IT MEANS
'WOE IS ME' - 'I AM UNDONE'.
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AND WE WOULD ALL SEE THAT AND
SO THE REASON IS THEN, WHEN WE
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REALIZE THAT GOD IS SO HOLY, WE
BECOME AWARE IT'S THE GOODNESS
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OF GOD THAT
LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.
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CAN I REPHRASE
THAT A LITTLE BIT?
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THE HOLINESS OF GOD
LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.
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WE SEE HIS HOLINESS THAT HELPS
US SEE OUR SINFULNESS, THEN WE
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REPENT, AND THEN HE CLEANSES US.
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BEGIN
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WITH KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT THE
HOLINESS OF GOD, BECAUSE THAT
00:14:51.82\00:14:55.16
LEADS TO GENUINE CONVERSION.
PSALM 89:18, "FOR OUR SHIELD
00:14:55.16\00:15:01.40
BELONGS TO THE LORD, AND OUR
KING TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL."
00:15:01.40\00:15:05.87
HE'S ALWAYS DEFINED - WHEN THEY
TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GODS,
00:15:05.87\00:15:08.27
THE GOD OF THE JEWS WAS CALLED
'THE HOLY ONE' - YOU KNOW, IN
00:15:08.27\00:15:12.51
THE DIFFERENT PAGAN GODS
THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR
00:15:12.51\00:15:14.28
DIFFERENT TERRITORIES - THEY HAD
THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND
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ONE WAS A - YOU HAD A GOD OF
THE ROCKS AND THE BUSHES AND THE
00:15:18.78\00:15:21.28
TREES AND THE FROGS - JUST,
YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY THAT THE
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ISRAELIS DEFINE THEIR GOD IS THE
HOLY ONE - HE'S PURE - HE'S GOOD
00:15:24.45\00:15:29.06
- HE'S JUST - AND ALL THE
DIFFERENT ADJECTIVES YOU COULD
00:15:29.06\00:15:32.06
USE TO DESCRIBE HOLINESS.
ISAIAH 40, VERSE 25, GOD SAYS,
00:15:32.06\00:15:36.73
"'TO WHOM THEN WILL
YOU LIKEN ME, OR TO WHOM
00:15:36.73\00:15:39.40
SHALL I BE EQUAL?'
SAYS THE HOLY ONE."
00:15:39.40\00:15:43.87
NOW, HOLINESS IS
FRIGHTENING TO UNHOLY PEOPLE.
00:15:43.87\00:15:51.11
SO THAT'S WHILE YOU'LL EVEN FIND
CHURCHES THAT SAY CHRISTIAN ON
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THE FRONT, BUT IF YOU GO IN THAT
CHURCH AND TALK ABOUT HOLINESS,
00:15:55.48\00:15:57.85
THEY'LL THROW YOU OUT THE DOOR
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
00:15:57.85\00:16:01.69
PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT A CHURCH
- THERE ARE SOCIAL THINGS THAT
00:16:01.69\00:16:03.93
HAPPEN IN A CHURCH AND,
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MESSAGES
00:16:03.93\00:16:05.89
ARE, THE MESSAGES MAY MAKE THEM
FEEL GOOD, BUT SOME CHURCHES
00:16:05.89\00:16:09.26
DON'T APPRECIATE WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT HOLINESS.
00:16:09.26\00:16:12.13
AND IT FRIGHTENS US WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
00:16:12.13\00:16:17.47
BECAUSE WHY AREN'T WE HOLY?
BECAUSE THERE'S SIN THAT WE
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LOVE, AND THE IDEA OF THE
HOLINESS OF GOD, WE REALIZE,
00:16:23.55\00:16:27.25
'LOOK, I EITHER NEED GET RID
OF GOD OR I NEED TO GET RID OF
00:16:27.25\00:16:30.92
SIN.' MOODY USED TO SAY, ABOUT
THE BIBLE - THE BIBLE, A HOLY
00:16:30.92\00:16:34.92
BOOK - HE SAID 'THE BIBLE WILL
KEEP YOU FROM SIN OR SIN WILL
00:16:34.92\00:16:38.53
KEEP YOU FROM THE BIBLE.' BUT
THEY DON'T COEXIST VERY WELL,
00:16:38.53\00:16:41.80
AND IF YOU KEEP READING THE
BIBLE, YOU'LL BE CONVICTED - YOU
00:16:41.80\00:16:45.13
MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE
BUT IT LEADS YOU TO HOLINESS.
00:16:45.13\00:16:48.44
AND IF YOU KEEP LOOKING AT THE
LORD, IT LEADS YOU TO HOLINESS.
00:16:48.44\00:16:52.34
THERE'S A STORY IN LUKE
4:34, YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS
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CONFRONTED A DEMON,
AND WHAT DID THE DEMON SAY?
00:16:56.95\00:16:59.58
'I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THE HOLY
ONE OF GOD.' IT MADE THE DEMON
00:16:59.58\00:17:03.55
UNCOMFORTABLE. WHEN
JESUS WAS AROUND, THE
00:17:03.55\00:17:07.39
DEVILS DIDN'T LIKE IT ONE
BIT. AND SO, HOLINESS CAN BE AN
00:17:07.39\00:17:10.76
UNCOMFORTABLE
SUBJECT EVEN IN A CHURCH.
00:17:10.76\00:17:12.76
I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
STRANGE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT
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I'M TALKING ABOUT? >>YES.
00:17:14.76\00:17:16.43
>>YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S OKAY, YOU
CAN TALK ABOUT BLESSINGS AND YOU
00:17:16.43\00:17:20.30
CAN TALK ABOUT GRACE AND YOU CAN
TALK ABOUT MERCY AND ALL THESE
00:17:20.30\00:17:23.24
DIFFERENT THINGS - AND THEY'RE
IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, DON'T
00:17:23.24\00:17:25.47
MISUNDERSTAND, BUT HOLINESS JUST
REALLY - IT - IT'S THE EDGE OF
00:17:25.47\00:17:33.42
THE KNIFE AND IT HELPS US
REALIZE THAT, 'HEY, WE'VE GOT TO
00:17:33.42\00:17:36.89
BE TRANSFORMED.' AND THE
BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
00:17:36.89\00:17:39.92
LUKE 1:35 - LISTEN TO WHAT THE
ANGEL SAID TO MARY, "THE HOLY
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SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND
THE POWER OF THE HIGHEST WILL
00:17:46.43\00:17:49.63
OVERSHADOW YOU; THEREFORE, ALSO,
THAT HOLY ONE WHO IS TO BE BORN
00:17:49.63\00:17:54.90
WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF GOD."
AND WHO IS THAT HOLY ONE? YEAH,
00:17:54.90\00:17:59.21
THAT'S ONE OF THE NAMES. THAT'S
HOW THE ANGEL DESCRIBED HIM.
00:17:59.21\00:18:01.78
UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS THE
HOLY ONE.' HEBREWS 7:26, "FOR
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SUCH A HIGH PRIEST WAS FITTING
FOR US, WHO IS HOLY, HARMLESS,
00:18:07.52\00:18:12.39
UNDEFILED, SEPARATE" - REMEMBER,
WHAT DOES THE WORD 'HOLY' MEAN?
00:18:12.39\00:18:15.72
SEPARATE,
UNIQUE - JESUS IS HOLY.
00:18:15.72\00:18:19.53
SO HERE WE HAVE HIM HOLY IN THE
INCARNATION; WE HAVE HIM HOLY AS
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.90
HE IS NOW IN HEAVEN AS OUR HIGH
PRIEST - "HARMLESS, UNDEFILED,
00:18:22.90\00:18:27.97
SEPARATE FROM SINNERS, AND HAS
BECOME HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS;"
00:18:27.97\00:18:31.81
- PETER DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED
TO JESUS - HE SAID TO THE JEWISH
00:18:31.81\00:18:36.85
PEOPLE, "BUT YOU DENIED THE HOLY
ONE AND THE JUST AND YOU ASKED
00:18:36.85\00:18:41.55
FOR A MURDERER TO
BE GRANTED TO YOU."
00:18:41.55\00:18:43.99
WHAT A CONTRAST - WOULD YOU
RATHER HAVE JESUS - AND DON'T
00:18:43.99\00:18:47.06
FORGET THIS: THIS WAS A QUESTION
THAT PILATE PUT TO THE CHURCH -
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AND YOU WONDER, 'IS THE CHURCH
TODAY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS
00:18:52.66\00:18:54.56
BACK IN THE DAYS OF
ISRAEL?' PILATE SAID, 'WOULD YOU
00:18:54.56\00:18:57.27
LIKE TO HAVE BARABBAS?
HE'S A DO-IT-YOURSELF MAN;
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HE'S A BOOTSTRAP MESSIAH.
HE WAS GOING TO OVERTHROW THE
00:19:00.90\00:19:04.01
ROMANS SINGLE-HANDEDLY -
ROB THEM ALONG THE WAY, BUT HE
00:19:04.01\00:19:06.71
WAS SORT OF LIKE ROBIN
HOOD. WOULD YOU LIKE BARABBAS
00:19:06.71\00:19:10.65
OR THE HOLY ONE?' THEY SAID,
'BARABBAS. CRUCIFY HIM.' AND SO
00:19:10.65\00:19:14.98
THEY WERE READY TO CRUCIFY
THE HOLY ONE. 1 THESSALONIANS
00:19:14.98\00:19:19.29
CHAPTER 4, VERSE 7, "FOR GOD DID
NOT CALL US TO UNCLEANNESS, BUT
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IN HOLINESS. THEREFORE HE
WHO REJECTS THIS DOES NOT REJECT
00:19:25.53\00:19:29.80
MAN, BUT GOD, WHO HAS
ALSO GIVEN US HIS HOLY SPIRIT."
00:19:29.80\00:19:34.44
SO CAN YOU HAVE HOLINESS
WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT?
00:19:34.44\00:19:38.24
AND THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY TIES
INTO OUR LESSON - IT'S THROUGH
00:19:38.24\00:19:43.51
THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT WE ARE GIVEN THE DESIRE FOR
00:19:43.51\00:19:49.08
HOLINESS. IT'S
THROUGH THE POWER OF
00:19:49.08\00:19:51.05
THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE
ARE CONVICTED OF OUR SIN.
00:19:51.05\00:19:55.52
AND IT'S THROUGH THE POWER
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE
00:19:55.52\00:19:58.16
GIVEN POWER TO TURN AWAY FROM
SIN AND LIVE A SEPARATE LIFE.
00:19:58.16\00:20:04.03
AND SO, EVERYTHING HAS TO
DO WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY
00:20:04.03\00:20:06.70
SPIRIT. >>AMEN.
00:20:06.70\00:20:08.60
>>THERE IS NO
HOLINESS WITHOUT CHRIST.
00:20:08.60\00:20:12.21
JOHN 17:11, JESUS IS PRAYING,
"...HOLY FATHER, KEEP THROUGH
00:20:12.21\00:20:17.51
YOUR NAME THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE
GIVEN ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE
00:20:17.51\00:20:21.85
AS WE ARE." SO EVEN
JESUS, WHEN HE ADDRESSES
00:20:21.85\00:20:24.02
THE FATHER, HE
ADDRESSES HIM AS 'HOLY FATHER'.
00:20:24.02\00:20:26.72
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VERSE
IDENTIFYING CHRIST - ISAIAH 35,
00:20:26.72\00:20:31.39
VERSE 8, "A HIGHWAY WILL BE
THERE, AND A ROAD, AND IT SHALL
00:20:31.39\00:20:36.50
BE CALLED THE
HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS.
00:20:36.50\00:20:39.17
THE UNCLEAN SHALL
NOT PASS OVER IT."
00:20:39.17\00:20:41.44
SO WHAT IS THAT
HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS?
00:20:41.44\00:20:45.74
WHAT DOES JESUS
SAY IS THE HIGHWAY?
00:20:45.74\00:20:47.68
JOHN 14:6, JESUS SAID, "I AM THE
WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE."
00:20:47.68\00:20:53.95
- SO WHAT IS THE
HIGHWAY? >>JESUS.
00:20:53.95\00:20:55.58
>>JESUS. THE BIBLE SAYS, 'THY
WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND
00:20:55.58\00:20:59.59
A LIGHT UNTO MY WAY.' AND SO
YOU'VE GOT CHRIST AND HIS WORD.
00:20:59.59\00:21:03.12
THIS IS A HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS -
IT IS FOREIGN - IT IS DIFFERENT.
00:21:03.12\00:21:06.29
IT IS NOT THE BROAD
ROAD, IT IS THE STRAIGHT ROAD.
00:21:06.29\00:21:09.06
IT IS A ROAD WHERE
YOU TAKE UP A CROSS.
00:21:09.06\00:21:11.23
AND IF ANYONE IS GOING TO FOLLOW
JESUS, HE MUST DENY HIM OR
00:21:11.23\00:21:14.64
HERSELF DAILY.
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
00:21:14.64\00:21:19.07
'I WANT TO DO THIS BUT IT'S NOT
HOLY SO I'M GOING TO DENY WHAT I
00:21:19.07\00:21:23.95
WANT AND DO WHAT GOD
WANTS.' IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
00:21:23.95\00:21:27.02
'I WANT TO SAY THIS.' 'I WANT TO
WATCH THIS.' 'I WANT TO LISTEN
00:21:27.02\00:21:30.35
TO THIS.' 'I WANT TO EAT
THIS...BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE
00:21:30.35\00:21:34.42
HOLY, AND SO, I'M GOING TO
DENY MYSELF AND I'LL BE BLESSED
00:21:34.42\00:21:39.59
BECAUSE I KNOW
I'M IN GOD'S WILL.
00:21:39.59\00:21:41.10
I'LL HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD,
BUT I'M GOING TO LIVE A LIFE OF
00:21:41.10\00:21:44.60
SELF-DENIAL AND HOLINESS.'
NOW PEOPLE THINK THAT - 'PASTOR
00:21:44.60\00:21:48.40
DOUG, THAT'S - THAT SOUNDS
DIFFICULT.' IT'S A LOT EASIER
00:21:48.40\00:21:52.47
THAN BEING LOST. LIFE IS TOUGH.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SLAVE.
00:21:52.47\00:21:57.88
YOU'VE JUST GOT TO DECIDE
WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE.
00:21:57.88\00:22:00.45
YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SLAVE TO
THE DEVIL AND THERE'S GOING TO
00:22:00.45\00:22:02.18
BE PROBLEMS ON THAT ROAD - IT'S
A BROAD ROAD TO DESTRUCTION,
00:22:02.18\00:22:05.32
YOU'LL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE
CURRENT, AND YOU'LL HAVE NO
00:22:05.32\00:22:07.42
PEACE OR JOY.' OR, YOU
CAN CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN.
00:22:07.42\00:22:10.76
IT'S A LITTLE HARDER BUT YOU
KNOW YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE
00:22:10.76\00:22:12.33
LIGHT. >>AMEN.
00:22:12.33\00:22:13.90
>>AND SO, THAT'S - EVERYBODY'S
GOT TO MAKE THAT - BUT IT
00:22:13.90\00:22:15.83
INVOLVES SELF-DENIAL TO TAKE UP
YOUR CROSS - AND IT'S NOT ONCE
00:22:15.83\00:22:19.77
OR TWICE, IT'S A DAILY - PAUL
SAID, 'I DIE DAILY.' WHAT DO YOU
00:22:19.77\00:22:23.44
THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT?
HE WAS CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST
00:22:23.44\00:22:26.61
EVERY DAY. FOR WHAT
PURPOSE? THAT HE MIGHT BE HOLY.
00:22:26.61\00:22:30.81
THOMAS WATSON SAID, 'HOLINESS IS
THE MOST SPARKLING JEWEL IN HIS
00:22:30.81\00:22:34.32
CROWN. IT IS THE
NAME BY WHICH GOD IS
00:22:34.32\00:22:36.65
KNOWN.' AND THAT'S WHAT IS SAYS
THERE IN EXODUS 39:30, "THEN
00:22:36.65\00:22:42.06
THEY MADE THE PLATE OF THE HOLY
CROWN OF PURE GOLD, AND WROTE
00:22:42.06\00:22:45.69
ON IT AN INSCRIPTION LIKE
THE ENGRAVING OF A SIGNET:
00:22:45.69\00:22:49.63
HOLINESS TO THE LORD ."
NOW, WAS THAT JUST FOR AARON
00:22:49.63\00:22:53.00
TO WEAR THAT - THAT TAG?
NO, IT'S INTERESTING, THE HIGH
00:22:53.00\00:22:58.67
PRIEST HAD THERE ABOVE HIS
HEAD 'HOLINESS TO THE LORD'.
00:22:58.67\00:23:01.78
WHEN JESUS TOOK OUR SIN, ABOVE
HIS HEAD IT SAID, 'THIS IS THE
00:23:01.78\00:23:04.91
KING OF THE JEWS' AND HE REALLY
- HE BECAME THE KING OF SIN FOR
00:23:04.91\00:23:10.59
US. BUT WE'RE
CALLED TO BE A NATION
00:23:10.59\00:23:13.96
OF PRIESTS, ISN'T THAT
RIGHT? AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS
00:23:13.96\00:23:18.26
WE'RE A HOLY NATION.
MATTER OF FACT, IN THAT OPENING
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.33
VERSE THAT I READ IN 1 PETER
WHERE HE SAID, 'AS HE WHO CALLED
00:23:20.33\00:23:24.60
YOU IS HOLY, SO BE HOLY'.
YOU KNOW, IT ALSO SAYS, 'YOU ARE
00:23:24.60\00:23:28.57
A HOLY NATION.' THERE PETER
IS REFERRING TO A STATEMENT OF
00:23:28.57\00:23:34.41
MOSES WHERE HE SAID, 'I'VE
CALLED YOU TO BE A NATION OF
00:23:34.41\00:23:37.08
KINGS AND PRIESTS.' YOU ALSO
FIND THAT IN REVELATION, WHERE
00:23:37.08\00:23:41.35
IT TALKS ABOUT THE 144,000
LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST.
00:23:41.35\00:23:44.42
WE ARE A PRIESTHOOD, AND IN THE
SAME WAY THE ANCIENT PRIESTS HAD
00:23:44.42\00:23:48.19
SAID, 'HOLINESS TO THE LORD'
EVERY ONE OF US, RIGHT THERE IN
00:23:48.19\00:23:50.56
THE MIDDLE, HOLINESS TO
THE LORD. THE BEAST HAS GOT
00:23:50.56\00:23:53.16
SOMETHING IN HIS FOREHEAD,
IT'S ALLEGIANCE TO THE BEAST.
00:23:53.16\00:23:57.73
GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE HOLINESS
TO THE LORD - THE NAME OF GOD.
00:23:57.73\00:24:01.17
ISN'T THAT WHAT IT
SAID IS IN OUR FOREHEAD?
00:24:01.17\00:24:04.17
NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING,
'PASTOR DOUG, I THOUGHT THAT
00:24:04.17\00:24:07.54
SEAL WAS THE SABBATH.' WELL, LET
ME GET YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS
00:24:07.54\00:24:12.11
FOR JUST A MINUTE.
MAYBE IT'S ONE AND THE SAME.
00:24:12.11\00:24:16.38
NOW, I KNOW I'VE SAID
THIS BEFORE, SO BEAR WITH ME.
00:24:16.38\00:24:18.59
SOME HAVEN'T HEARD IT, BUT
I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A BIG
00:24:18.59\00:24:21.19
TARGET - A BIG BULLS EYE WHERE
YOU'VE GOT A CENTER AND YOU'VE
00:24:21.19\00:24:26.59
GOT ALL THESE OTHER RINGS AROUND
IT AND YOU'VE GOT - OR, YOU'VE
00:24:26.59\00:24:30.60
GOT OUR PLANET AND ON THE PLANET
THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING THEY CALL
00:24:30.60\00:24:33.30
'THE HOLY LAND'. ALRIGHT,
LET'S ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT
00:24:33.30\00:24:36.94
AND IN THE HOLY LAND THERE WAS
A PLACE CALLED 'THE HOLY CITY' -
00:24:36.94\00:24:39.74
WHAT WAS THAT? >>JERUSALEM.
00:24:39.74\00:24:41.41
>>ALRIGHT, YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE
FURTHER, AND IN THE HOLY CITY
00:24:41.41\00:24:43.51
THERE WAS A HOLY
MOUNTAIN. THESE TITLES ARE ALL
00:24:43.51\00:24:45.85
FOUND IN THE BIBLE.
WHAT WAS THAT MOUNTAIN?
00:24:45.85\00:24:49.12
IT GOES BY A COUPLE OF NAMES,
THEY CALL IT MOUNT ZION, THEY
00:24:49.12\00:24:51.25
CALL IT MOUNT MORIAH - IT'S
WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS. AND ON THE
00:24:51.25\00:24:54.42
HOLY MOUNTAIN THEY HAD
THE HOLY TEMPLE - YOU WITH ME?
00:24:54.42\00:24:57.56
BUT IN THE HOLY TEMPLE THEY
HAD EVEN INCREASING HOLINESS.
00:24:57.56\00:25:00.60
THEY HAD THE HOLY PLACE, BUT
THEN THEY HAD A PLACE CALLED THE
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.53
INNER SANCTUM - THE HOLY
OF HOLIES - AND IN THE HOLY OF
00:25:02.53\00:25:06.90
HOLIES WAS WHAT? >>THE ARK.
00:25:06.90\00:25:09.44
>>THE HOLY ARK OF THE COVENANT
- IT WAS ACTUALLY CALLED 'HOLY'
00:25:09.44\00:25:11.94
TOO - AND WHAT WAS IN
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT?
00:25:11.94\00:25:14.41
>>TEN COMMANDMENTS. >>THE
HOLY LAW. AND YOU FIND THE
00:25:14.41\00:25:18.91
WORD HOLY ONE TIME IN THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS. WHERE IS IT?
00:25:18.91\00:25:23.65
>>THE FOURTH. >>SABBATH.
00:25:23.65\00:25:26.65
>>'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY
TO KEEP IT HOLY.' AND SO, HAVING
00:25:26.65\00:25:30.89
THE NAME OF GOD - HE SAYS, 'HOLY
IS MY NAME.' HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.
00:25:30.89\00:25:33.86
HAVING THE NAME OF GOD IN YOUR
FOREHEAD AND HAVING THE SABBATH,
00:25:33.86\00:25:36.63
IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE SAME
THING, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.74
>>YES. >>SO,
THIS IS LIKE THE SEAL.
00:25:40.74\00:25:43.94
HOLINESS IS ONE OF THE
IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF
00:25:43.94\00:25:46.91
GOD'S PEOPLE. AND
WILL PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:25:46.91\00:25:49.01
HOLY KEEP THE HOLY DAY? >>YES.
00:25:49.01\00:25:51.65
>>YEAH, YOU'D THINK SO.
PSALM 111, VERSE 9, "HOLY AND
00:25:51.65\00:25:56.79
AWESOME IS HIS NAME" - HIS NAME
IS WRITTEN IN THEIR FOREHEADS.
00:25:56.79\00:26:00.99
LUKE 1:49, "FOR HE WHO IS MIGHTY
HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME,
00:26:00.99\00:26:05.79
AND" - HIS NAME IS
HOLY - "HOLY IS HIS NAME."
00:26:05.79\00:26:08.60
2 TIMOTHY - I'M NOT - YOU KNOW,
I TOLD YOU I CAN'T GO THROUGH
00:26:08.60\00:26:11.20
ALL 700 VERSES, BUT I'M TRYING.
2 TIMOTHY 1:8 - BY THE POWER OF
00:26:11.20\00:26:18.21
GOD HE HAS SAVED US AND
CALLED US TO A HOLY LIFE
00:26:18.21\00:26:21.91
- 2 TIMOTHY 1:8. SO
WHAT IS - WHAT IS IT THAT
00:26:21.91\00:26:24.98
GIVES US THE POWER
TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE?
00:26:24.98\00:26:27.15
THE HOLY SPIRIT - THE
POWER OF GOD - GOD THE SPIRIT.
00:26:27.15\00:26:30.19
ALRIGHT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ
FOR ME HERE IN JUST A MOMENT,
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.69
EPHESIANS 1:4 - DAN, YOU'LL HAVE
THAT? I'M GOING TO START OUT -
00:26:32.69\00:26:36.76
I'M GOING TO
ACTUALLY JUMP TO EPHESIANS 5.
00:26:36.76\00:26:39.29
IT SAYS, "HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR
WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED
00:26:39.29\00:26:42.63
THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR
HER, THAT HE MIGHT SANCTIFY AND
00:26:42.63\00:26:46.47
CLEANSE HER WITH THE WASHING OF
WATER BY THE WORD, THAT HE MIGHT
00:26:46.47\00:26:49.47
PRESENT HER TO HIMSELF" - NOW
HERE'S HOW CHRIST PRESENTS THE
00:26:49.47\00:26:53.88
CHURCH - "A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT
HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY
00:26:53.88\00:26:59.11
SUCH THING, BUT THAT SHE SHOULD
BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH."
00:26:59.11\00:27:04.35
SO, IS THAT JUST TALKING ABOUT
THE CHURCH, SORT OF AS A BIG
00:27:04.35\00:27:06.69
GANG? THE
CHURCH AS A BIG ENTITY?
00:27:06.69\00:27:09.56
OR THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
ARE BEING CALLED TO BE HOLY AND
00:27:09.56\00:27:13.60
WITHOUT BLEMISH?
IT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
00:27:13.60\00:27:16.50
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
TAKE THAT UP WITH THE LORD.
00:27:16.50\00:27:17.73
HE'S CALLING US TO A
DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.40
READ FOR US,
PLEASE, EPHESIANS 1:4.
00:27:19.40\00:27:22.10
>>"JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN
HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE
00:27:22.10\00:27:25.04
WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY
AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN
00:27:25.04\00:27:29.04
LOVE." >>THERE
YOU'VE GOT IT AGAIN
00:27:29.04\00:27:31.28
- HOLY, WITHOUT BLAME.
NOW, THERE'S TWO KINDS OF
00:27:31.28\00:27:36.72
HOLINESS IN THE
TRINITY OF SALVATION STEPS.
00:27:36.72\00:27:42.86
THE SALVATION STEPS ARE BIG
THEOLOGICAL WORDS THAT WE USE
00:27:42.86\00:27:46.06
CALLED 'JUSTIFICATION'
AND 'SANCTIFICATION' AND,
00:27:46.06\00:27:48.90
ULTIMATELY, 'GLORIFICATION'.
WHEN YOU FIRST COME TO THE LORD
00:27:48.90\00:27:53.60
AND YOU ARE DECLARED HOLY, IT
IS BY FAITH YOU ARE JUSTIFIED.
00:27:53.60\00:27:59.34
GOD WILL LOOK UPON YOU JUST
AS IF - THAT'S WHERE YOU GET
00:27:59.34\00:28:02.11
'JUSTIFICATION' - A GOOD
EVANGELIST WILL HELP THEM
00:28:02.11\00:28:05.05
PICTURE 'JUST AS IF' - ACATION.
THE LORD LOOKS UPON YOU JUST
00:28:05.05\00:28:10.39
AS IF YOU HAD NEVER SINNED.
LIKE THE THIEF ON THE CROSS, HE
00:28:10.39\00:28:13.62
WAS NOT SAVED BECAUSE HE LIVED A
HOLY LIFE; HE WAS SAVED BECAUSE
00:28:13.62\00:28:17.16
HE WAS JUSTIFIED BY
FAITH. HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO
00:28:17.16\00:28:20.23
DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.
HE DIED WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.77
EVERYONE IS SAVED
BECAUSE WE ARE JUSTIFIED.
00:28:23.77\00:28:26.43
BUT THEN WHEN YOU ARE SAVED AND
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, THEN YOU GO
00:28:26.43\00:28:30.84
ON AND YOU NOW LIVE A LIFE
OF SANCTIFICATION WHERE GOD
00:28:30.84\00:28:37.05
TRANSFORMS YOU. AND
THAT LEADS US TO OUR NEXT
00:28:37.05\00:28:39.71
SECTION: THE HOLY SPIRIT IS
THE AGENT OF SANCTIFICATION .
00:28:39.71\00:28:43.65
IF YOU SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
A CLEANING PARTY' AND BRING TO
00:28:43.65\00:28:50.59
YOUR CLEANING PARTY THE
DIFFERENT CLEANING AGENTS, ONE
00:28:50.59\00:28:55.73
OF THOSE CLEANING AGENTS YOU
MIGHT BRING AMMONIA - ANYONE GOT
00:28:55.73\00:28:58.67
AMMONIA IN YOUR
HOUSE? KIND OF STINKS, BUT
00:28:58.67\00:29:00.47
THEY SAY IT CLEANS. BLEACH?
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH
00:29:00.47\00:29:03.61
THAT - YOU'VE
GOT TO WATER IT DOWN.
00:29:03.61\00:29:05.41
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONCE, THE
FIRST TIME I USED BLEACH, I USED
00:29:05.41\00:29:08.71
STRAIGHT BLEACH
TO WASH MY HANDS.
00:29:08.71\00:29:10.41
SOMEONE SAID, 'USE
BLEACH' - I HAD POISON OAK.
00:29:10.41\00:29:12.85
JUST ABOUT BURNED
THE SKIN OFF MY HANDS.
00:29:12.85\00:29:15.82
BUT IT'S AN AGENT.
BUT AN AGENT'S NOT ONLY A
00:29:15.82\00:29:18.59
SUBSTANCE, AN
AGENT CAN BE A PERSON.
00:29:18.59\00:29:22.26
WE MIGHT HAVE A SECRET AGENT
HERE SENT FROM THE VATICAN.
00:29:22.26\00:29:26.93
(LAUGHTER) SO AN AGENT
CAN BE A PERSON, RIGHT?
00:29:26.93\00:29:37.27
SO THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS HE A
SUBSTANCE OR IS HE A PERSON?
00:29:37.27\00:29:42.18
WHAT KIND OF
AGENT IS HE? >>PERSON.
00:29:42.18\00:29:44.28
>>IT'S A PERSON. NOW,
WE'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING THAT
00:29:44.28\00:29:46.38
ALONG THE WAY, BUT SOME
PEOPLE STILL STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
00:29:46.38\00:29:49.25
THE AGENT OF OUR SANCTIFICATION
- I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK
00:29:49.25\00:29:51.49
SUBSTANCE, I WANT YOU TO
THINK PERSON. 1 CORINTHIANS -
00:29:51.49\00:29:55.02
SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
ME 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18, OKAY?
00:29:55.02\00:29:59.26
1 CORINTHIANS 6:11,
"AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU."
00:29:59.26\00:30:03.30
- HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE SINS
- "BUT YOU WERE WASHED, BUT YOU
00:30:03.30\00:30:07.14
WERE SANCTIFIED, BUT YOU WERE
JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE
00:30:07.14\00:30:10.01
LORD JESUS AND BY
THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD."
00:30:10.01\00:30:13.44
SO WHO IS IT THAT CLEANSED
THEM - THAT MADE THEM HOLY?
00:30:13.44\00:30:17.28
IT SAYS THROUGH THE NAME OF THE
LORD AND SPIRIT - THROUGH FAITH
00:30:17.28\00:30:20.82
IN HIS NAME AND THROUGH
THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT WE'RE
00:30:20.82\00:30:23.99
CLEANSED. FIRST
JUSTIFIED, BUT THAT
00:30:23.99\00:30:26.92
SAME SPIRIT - NOT ONLY
DO WE EXPERIENCE JOY THROUGH
00:30:26.92\00:30:29.72
JUSTIFICATION, THAT SAME SPIRIT
THEN GIVES US POWER TO SUBDUE
00:30:29.72\00:30:34.00
THE CARNAL NATURE - TO SAY
'NO' TO SELF - TO DENY OURSELVES
00:30:34.00\00:30:38.47
AND TO LIVE HOLY LIVES. SAY
'YES' TO GOD AND 'NO' TO THE
00:30:38.47\00:30:40.57
DEVIL - THAT'S
WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO.
00:30:40.57\00:30:42.27
PLEASE READ THE
NEXT VERSE FOR US.
00:30:42.27\00:30:44.14
>>"BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED
FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR
00:30:44.14\00:30:49.48
THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING
TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE
00:30:49.48\00:30:53.18
FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST
AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD."
00:30:53.18\00:30:57.12
>>SO HOW ARE WE
BEING TRANSFORMED?
00:30:57.12\00:30:59.95
BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD - THE
HOLY SPIRIT WILL TRANSFORM US.
00:30:59.95\00:31:02.52
NOW, IN THAT VERSE WE JUST READ
- JOHN JUST READ FOR US - IT
00:31:02.52\00:31:06.73
SAYS, 'ARE BEING TRANSFORMED'
- DOES THE SANCTIFICATION -
00:31:06.73\00:31:11.70
JUSTIFICATION, HOW
LONG DOES THAT TAKE?
00:31:11.70\00:31:14.37
AS SOON AS YOU
BELIEVE. VERY QUICK.
00:31:14.37\00:31:17.51
SANCTIFICATION IS
OF BEING TRANSFORMED.
00:31:17.51\00:31:21.68
THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND IN ISAIAH
1, IT SAYS, 'CEASE TO DO EVIL.
00:31:21.68\00:31:26.05
LEARN TO DO GOOD.' IT'S
A LEARNING - YOU SPEND YOUR
00:31:26.05\00:31:28.82
LIFE SINNING, YOU'VE GOT TO
LEARN. AND I KNOW, WHEN I CAME
00:31:28.82\00:31:32.32
TO THE LORD - JUST ONE THING, IN
PARTICULAR, THAT WAS DIFFICULT
00:31:32.32\00:31:35.79
FOR ME, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS
SPEAK A DIFFERENT VOCABULARY AND
00:31:35.79\00:31:38.63
IF YOU GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN
HOME, IT'S NATURAL FOR YOU.
00:31:38.63\00:31:42.23
BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GROW UP
IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, LIKE ME -
00:31:42.23\00:31:49.60
MY MOTHER, MY FATHER, MY
GRANDPARENTS, HAD REALLY SALTY
00:31:49.60\00:31:54.51
LANGUAGE AND SO WHEN I BECAME A
CHRISTIAN - YOU KNOW, THE FIRST
00:31:54.51\00:32:02.78
THING I WAS REALLY CONVICTED
ABOUT WAS JUST EVEN TAKING THE
00:32:02.78\00:32:05.09
NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN.
THAT CHANGED PRETTY QUICKLY.
00:32:05.09\00:32:08.79
I WAS CONVICTED ABOUT THAT,
BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SO
00:32:08.79\00:32:10.66
NATURAL - IT WAS JUST
PART OF YOUR VOCABULARY.
00:32:10.66\00:32:13.63
BUT, GRADUALLY, THE HOLY
SPIRIT BEGAN TO TEACH ME, 'YOU
00:32:13.63\00:32:17.43
SHOULDN'T SAY THINGS THAT
WAY' OR 'YOU SHOULDN'T USE THOSE
00:32:17.43\00:32:19.97
WORDS ANYMORE' - BUT THAT - IT
WAS A LEARNING PROCESS BECAUSE I
00:32:19.97\00:32:23.07
HAD TO REPROGRAM. IT
DIDN'T ALL CHANGE AT ONCE.
00:32:23.07\00:32:26.37
BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT
CHANGED ME. AND IT'S THAT WAY
00:32:26.37\00:32:31.98
WITH A LOT OF THINGS.
YOU SPEND ALL YOUR LIFE DOING
00:32:31.98\00:32:34.48
WRONG, THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES
IN YOUR LIFE YOU'VE GOT TO, SORT
00:32:34.48\00:32:37.09
OF, REPROGRAM - IT'S -
YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN A NEW WAY OF
00:32:37.09\00:32:40.12
THINKING - A NEW
WAY OF DOING THINGS.
00:32:40.12\00:32:43.49
ALRIGHT, SANCTIFICATION - THIS
IS FROM THE BOOK ACTS OF THE
00:32:43.49\00:32:47.00
APOSTLES , "SANCTIFICATION IS
THE WORK" - "IS NOT THE WORK" -
00:32:47.00\00:32:52.20
AND THIS IS ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
560 - "SANCTIFICATION IS NOT THE
00:32:52.20\00:32:55.67
WORK OF A MOMENT OR AN
HOUR OR A DAY, BUT A LIFETIME."
00:32:55.67\00:33:01.24
YOU WILL ALWAYS BE PRESSING
ON TO BE MORE LIKE JESUS.
00:33:01.24\00:33:06.31
AND CHRISTIAN PERFECTION - YOU
MIGHT SAY, 'WELL, WHAT DOES IT
00:33:06.31\00:33:10.19
MEAN TO BE - CHRISTIAN
PERFECTION - IT MEANS THAT YOU
00:33:10.19\00:33:12.69
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU
CAN HUMANLY DO, BY GOD'S GRACE,
00:33:12.69\00:33:15.52
TO BE AS MUCH LIKE JESUS AS YOU
CAN BE EVERY DAY, BEING FULLY
00:33:15.52\00:33:19.69
SURRENDERED TO HIS WILL.
ALTHOUGH WE'VE BECOME CHRISTIANS
00:33:19.69\00:33:23.03
INSTANTANEOUSLY BY FAITH IN
CHRIST THROUGH JUSTIFICATION,
00:33:23.03\00:33:26.53
SANCTIFICATION IS A GRADUAL
PROCESS. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS.
00:33:26.53\00:33:32.07
AND SO, DON'T GET DISCOURAGED
IF YOU DISCOVER THAT YOU'RE NOT
00:33:32.07\00:33:35.51
LIKE THE APOSTLE PETER IN ONE
DAY. OF COURSE, PETER HAD SOME
00:33:35.51\00:33:39.08
SANCTIFICATION
TIME TOO, DIDN'T HE?
00:33:39.08\00:33:41.18
>>YES. >>SO MAYBE THAT'S
00:33:41.18\00:33:42.82
A GOOD EXAMPLE. C.S.
LEWIS SAID, "HOW LITTLE
00:33:42.82\00:33:46.52
PEOPLE KNOW WHO THINK
THAT HOLINESS IS DULL.
00:33:46.52\00:33:49.86
WHEN ONE MEETS THE REAL
THING, IT IS IRRESISTIBLE."
00:33:49.86\00:33:53.13
CHRISTIAN HOLINESS SHOULD BE
SO EXCITING TO US BECAUSE IT'S -
00:33:53.13\00:33:57.50
IT'S THE REAL THING - TRYING
TO LIVE THE LIFE OF GOD BEING
00:33:57.50\00:34:01.77
RECREATED INSIDE OF US.
ALRIGHT, THAT LEADS US ON TO OUR
00:34:01.77\00:34:05.11
NEXT SECTION ABOUT THE
RULE OF HOLINESS IS GOD'S LAW .
00:34:05.11\00:34:10.85
ROMANS 7:12 - AND WE'RE GOING
TO TALK ABOUT THE STANDARD FOR
00:34:10.85\00:34:14.92
HOLINESS IS THE LAW OF GOD.
TO SUMMARIZE THE LAW OF GOD IN
00:34:14.92\00:34:18.99
ONE WORD, WHAT
WORD WOULD YOU PICK?
00:34:18.99\00:34:21.09
>>LOVE. >>HOLY.
00:34:21.09\00:34:24.03
>>HOLY, WELL, I
SAID THAT. >>LOVE.
00:34:24.03\00:34:26.39
>>BUT I WAS THINKING
'LOVE'. ISN'T LOVE A SUMMARY
00:34:26.39\00:34:30.13
OF WHO GOD IS? AND THE
REASON I SAID 'HOLY' IS
00:34:30.13\00:34:33.47
GOOD TOO IS BECAUSE THE
BIBLE SAYS GOD IS HOLY AND THE
00:34:33.47\00:34:35.70
BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE.
IT USES BOTH DEFINITIONS.
00:34:35.70\00:34:39.37
"BE YE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY."
THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS, 'GOD IS
00:34:39.37\00:34:43.51
LOVE.' AND SO REAL
HOLINESS IS REAL LOVE.
00:34:43.51\00:34:47.58
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND
REAL LOVE IS REAL HOLINESS.
00:34:47.58\00:34:51.02
SO YOU CAN SUMMARIZE THE LAW -
THE LAW IS HOLY, JUST, AND GOOD
00:34:51.02\00:34:55.29
- AND THE BIBLE - AND, BY THE
WAY, THAT'S ONE OF OUR VERSES
00:34:55.29\00:34:57.39
HERE - ROMANS 7:12, "THEREFORE
THE LAW IS HOLY, AND THE
00:34:57.39\00:35:00.36
COMMANDMENT HOLY
AND JUST AND GOOD."
00:35:00.36\00:35:02.66
AND GOD IS LOVE. SO,
IF YOU BREAK DOWN THE LOVE
00:35:02.66\00:35:06.63
OF GOD INTO TWO PARTS,
YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST FOUR
00:35:06.63\00:35:10.51
COMMANDMENTS DEAL
WITH WHAT? LOVE FOR GOD.
00:35:10.51\00:35:14.18
AND THE LAST SIX
COMMANDMENTS - >>LOVE FOR MAN.
00:35:14.18\00:35:16.75
>>LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN.
SO YOU'VE GOT LOVE THE LORD -
00:35:16.75\00:35:19.48
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR - THE
CROSS GOES TWO DIRECTIONS.
00:35:19.48\00:35:22.68
ALL OF LIFE IS ABOUT THE CROSS.
IT'S THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP - I
00:35:22.68\00:35:26.86
ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE POPE WHEN
I DO THIS - IT'S THE VERTICAL
00:35:26.86\00:35:30.63
LOVE RELATIONSHIP AND IT'S THE
HORIZONTAL LOVE RELATIONSHIP.
00:35:30.63\00:35:34.36
LOVING GOD - IF YOU LOVE HIM
THEN YOU DEVELOP A HEART WHERE
00:35:34.36\00:35:37.50
YOU CAN LOVE EACH OTHER -
OTHERWISE IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD
00:35:37.50\00:35:39.37
TO LOVE YOU WITHOUT GOD'S HELP.
RIGHT? IT TAUGHT ME TO REALLY
00:35:39.37\00:35:42.84
LOVE THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO
LOVE. THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD
00:35:42.84\00:35:45.27
BE. HERE'S A GREAT VERSE
- AND IT'S SEVERAL VERSES.
00:35:45.27\00:35:49.18
I WANT TO READ 1 THESSALONIANS
4, VERSES 1 THROUGH 8.
00:35:49.18\00:35:54.58
JUST TALKING ABOUT, AGAIN,
HOLINESS IN THE COMMANDMENT.
00:35:54.58\00:35:57.82
"FINALLY THEN, BRETHREN, WE URGE
AND EXHORT IN THE LORD JESUS
00:35:57.82\00:36:02.56
THAT YOU SHOULD ABOUND MORE AND
MORE, JUST AS YOU RECEIVED FROM
00:36:02.56\00:36:06.29
US HOW YOU OUGHT TO WALK AND
TO PLEASE GOD; FOR YOU KNOW WHAT
00:36:06.29\00:36:11.07
COMMANDMENTS WE GAVE
YOU THROUGH THE LORD JESUS."
00:36:11.07\00:36:13.77
- SO THEY WERE REPEATING
THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD.
00:36:13.77\00:36:16.97
NOW, ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMANDMENTS
00:36:16.97\00:36:19.81
THAT THE LORD JESUS HAD?
WHO GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
00:36:19.81\00:36:25.25
ALL THINGS THAT WERE
MADE WERE MADE BY HIM.
00:36:25.25\00:36:27.85
WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT
ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE.
00:36:27.85\00:36:30.02
SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT AGAIN,
WHO MADE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?
00:36:30.02\00:36:33.32
>>JESUS. >>JESUS DID.
00:36:33.32\00:36:34.86
I BELIEVE THE FATHER WAS THERE
WHEN THE LAW WAS DECLARED, BUT
00:36:34.86\00:36:38.66
CHRIST WAS CERTAINLY, AT LEAST
A CO-AUTHOR OF THE LAW. SO WHEN
00:36:38.66\00:36:42.50
PAUL SAYS, 'THE COMMANDMENTS
THAT WE GAVE YOU THROUGH THE
00:36:42.50\00:36:45.10
LORD JESUS,' - I'VE JUST HEARD
SOME PASTORS SAY, 'WELL, THOSE
00:36:45.10\00:36:47.54
ARE DIFFERENT COMMANDMENTS
THAN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.'
00:36:47.54\00:36:49.34
NO THEY'RE NOT! IT'S THE SAME
COMMANDMENTS. "FOR THIS IS THE
00:36:49.34\00:36:52.37
WILL OF GOD," - NOTICE HOW PAUL
THEN DESCRIBES THOSE THINGS -
00:36:52.37\00:36:55.44
"YOUR SANCTIFICATION: THAT
YOU SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL
00:36:55.44\00:37:00.18
IMMORALITY;" - DOES THAT -
IS THAT ADDRESSED IN THE TEN
00:37:00.18\00:37:02.52
COMMANDMENTS? >>YES.
00:37:02.52\00:37:04.49
>>"THAT EACH OF YOU SHOULD KNOW
HOW TO POSSESS HIS OWN VESSEL IN
00:37:04.49\00:37:07.26
SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR,
NOT IN PASSION OF LUST, LIKE THE
00:37:07.26\00:37:11.49
GENTILES WHO DO NOT KNOW
GOD; THAT NO ONE SHOULD TAKE
00:37:11.49\00:37:14.76
ADVANTAGE OF AND DEFRAUD
HIS BROTHER IN THIS MATTER," -
00:37:14.76\00:37:18.00
THAT'S CALLED LYING OR STEALING
- THAT'S PART OF THE TEN
00:37:18.00\00:37:20.30
COMMANDMENTS - "BECAUSE THE LORD
IS THE AVENGER OF ALL SUCH, AS
00:37:20.30\00:37:23.34
WE ALSO
FOREWARNED YOU AND TESTIFIED.
00:37:23.34\00:37:25.51
FOR GOD DID NOT CALL US TO
UNCLEANNESS, BUT IN HOLINESS."
00:37:25.51\00:37:29.68
- SO YOU SEE WHAT PAUL IS
DOING? HE'S MAKING A DIRECT LINE
00:37:29.68\00:37:33.62
BETWEEN OBEDIENCE TO THE
LAW AND CALLING US TO HOLINESS.
00:37:33.62\00:37:37.49
SO IF GOD IS CALLING US TO
HOLINESS, HE'S CALLING US TO
00:37:37.49\00:37:40.86
COMMANDMENT KEEPING.
CAN THAT BE MISUNDERSTOOD?
00:37:40.86\00:37:45.89
SOME MISUNDERSTAND IT.
00:37:45.89\00:37:47.50
THERE'S SOME CHURCHES WHERE YOU
CAN GO AND THEY'LL SAY, 'YEAH,
00:37:47.50\00:37:49.66
GOD WANTS US TO BE HOLY.' AND
THEN I'LL SAY, 'DOES HE WANT US
00:37:49.66\00:37:51.80
TO KEEP THE LAW?'
'NO, WE'RE NOT UNDER
00:37:51.80\00:37:53.03
THE LAW.' AM I RIGHT?
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE?
00:37:53.03\00:37:57.01
>>YES. >>ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
00:37:57.01\00:37:58.77
I'M SORRY, TO ME -
JUST - IT SEEMS SO CRAZY.
00:37:58.77\00:38:01.48
THEY'LL SAY, 'YES,
GOD WANTS US TO BE HOLY.'
00:38:01.48\00:38:02.64
'SHOULD WE KEEP
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?'
00:38:02.64\00:38:04.01
'NO, THAT'S LEGALISM.' WELL, YOU
CAN'T HAVE HOLINESS - YOU CAN'T
00:38:04.01\00:38:08.12
SAY, 'I'M LIVING A HOLY
LIFE AND YEAH, I AM STEALING AND
00:38:08.12\00:38:10.35
COMMITTING ADULTERY, BUT I'VE
BEEN CALLED TO HOLINESS.' SO A
00:38:10.35\00:38:13.89
REAL LIFE OF HOLINESS IS A
LIFE OF OBEDIENCE IN COMMANDMENT
00:38:13.89\00:38:17.86
KEEPING. THIS IS
FRIGHTENING TO PEOPLE,
00:38:17.86\00:38:22.33
BUT THIS IS WHAT
CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT.
00:38:22.33\00:38:24.03
HE SAVES US FROM
OUR SIN AND WHAT IS SIN?
00:38:24.03\00:38:27.34
BREAKING THE LAW. HE'S
SAVING US FOR HOLINESS.
00:38:27.34\00:38:34.01
PSALM 19, VERSE 7, "THE LAW OF
THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING
00:38:34.01\00:38:38.35
THE SOUL; THE TESTIMONY OF THE
LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE
00:38:38.35\00:38:42.28
SIMPLE;" - AND THAT'S A
GREAT SEGUE TO THE NEXT THOUGHT:
00:38:42.28\00:38:45.52
HOLINESS IS THE BEST AGENT
FOR EVANGELISM. NOW, YOU MIGHT
00:38:45.52\00:38:52.13
THINK, A LOT OF CHURCHES TRY
ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS -
00:38:52.13\00:38:54.36
THEY SAY, 'HOW ARE WE
GOING TO GROW OUR CHURCH?'
00:38:54.36\00:38:56.63
FIRST OF ALL, THE IDEA OF
GROWING A CHURCH IS NOT FOR THE
00:38:56.63\00:38:58.50
SAKE OF JUST HAVING
MORE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.
00:38:58.50\00:39:00.87
IF WE - I - THERE'S LOTS OF
THINGS - WE CAN GIVE AWAY FREE
00:39:00.87\00:39:02.70
MONEY AND GET MORE
PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.
00:39:02.70\00:39:05.41
THERE'S A - YOU KNOW, YOU CAN
HAVE - GIVE AWAY MORE SWEETS -
00:39:05.41\00:39:10.05
YOU CAN GIVE AWAY ALL KINDS
OF THINGS AND GET PEOPLE IN THE
00:39:10.05\00:39:11.65
BUILDING. AND SOME
CHURCHES DO THAT TO GET
00:39:11.65\00:39:13.65
PEOPLE AND THEN PREACH THE WORD
AND, OSTENSIBLY, CONVERT THEM,
00:39:13.65\00:39:16.82
BUT IT'S INTERESTING, I'VE HEARD
OF PASTORS WHO SIT DOWN AND THEY
00:39:16.82\00:39:20.09
SAY, 'NOW WHAT ARE THE
FELT NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY?'
00:39:20.09\00:39:23.93
AND THEY FIGURE THAT 'OUR
CHURCH'LL PROVIDE WHATEVER
00:39:23.93\00:39:26.33
PEOPLE WANT.' AND THEY THINK,
'WELL, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY,
00:39:26.33\00:39:31.23
THEY ALL WANT COFFEE, SO LET'S
HAVE A COFFEE SHOP IN THE LOBBY.
00:39:31.23\00:39:36.44
AND PEOPLE LOVE DONUTS, LET'S
HAVE SOME DONUTS. AND PEOPLE
00:39:36.44\00:39:40.08
LOVE INVIGORATING MUSIC SO LET'S
HAVE SOME INVIGORATING MUSIC.
00:39:40.08\00:39:44.11
AND PEOPLE LOVE TO BE TOLD THAT
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AND THEY'RE
00:39:44.11\00:39:46.95
GOING TO BE A WINNER AND THEY'RE
GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND -
00:39:46.95\00:39:48.92
JUST POSITIVE THINKING, SO TELL
'EM POSITIVE THINGS.' AND IT'S
00:39:48.92\00:39:52.15
LIKE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
ARE TRYING TO MARKET - THEY'RE
00:39:52.15\00:39:55.29
SAYING, 'WHAT
WILL GET PEOPLE HERE?'
00:39:55.29\00:39:57.53
AND IT'S LIKE THEY SACRIFICE
THE GOSPEL THAT SAYS, 'YOU'RE A
00:39:57.53\00:40:00.10
SINNER AND YOU'RE CALLED TO
HOLINESS' TO GET PEOPLE IN THE
00:40:00.10\00:40:03.23
BUILDING, AND THEY GET ALL KINDS
OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING BUT
00:40:03.23\00:40:05.30
ARE THEY BEING
TAUGHT TO BE HOLY?
00:40:05.30\00:40:07.10
WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU USE
ALL THESE GIMMICKS AND MARKETING
00:40:07.10\00:40:10.41
TRICKS TO GET PEOPLE IN THE
BUILDING AND SAY 'OH, WE'VE GOT
00:40:10.41\00:40:12.51
600 PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH.' WELL,
ARE THEY TURNING INTO SAINTS?
00:40:12.51\00:40:16.91
I MEAN, ISN'T
THAT THE OBJECTIVE?
00:40:16.91\00:40:19.71
DOES THE LORD JUST WANT QUANTITY
OR DOES HE WANT QUALITY?
00:40:19.71\00:40:23.08
>>QUALITY. >>HE
WANTS US TO BE LIKE HIS
00:40:23.08\00:40:24.99
SON. AND THAT'S WHY
THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT.
00:40:24.99\00:40:28.39
SO WHAT IS THE BEST
METHOD OF EVANGELISM?
00:40:28.39\00:40:32.13
HOLINESS IS THE BEST
METHOD OF EVANGELISM.
00:40:32.13\00:40:35.60
I WANT TO READ
THAT LAST VERSE TO YOU.
00:40:35.60\00:40:37.20
PSALM 19, "THE LAW OF THE LORD
IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL;
00:40:37.20\00:40:43.10
THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS
SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE;" 1
00:40:43.10\00:40:46.94
PETER 2:9, "BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN
GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD,
00:40:46.94\00:40:51.68
A HOLY NATION," -
WHAT KIND OF NATION?
00:40:51.68\00:40:54.85
>>HOLY. >>THE
CHURCH HE'S SPEAKING TO -
00:40:54.85\00:40:57.19
"HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT YOU
MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM
00:40:57.19\00:41:02.09
WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS
INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT;"
00:41:02.09\00:41:06.16
THROUGH HOLY LIVING
WE ARE BEARING WITNESS.
00:41:06.16\00:41:09.56
THERE'S A
TESTIMONY THAT STIRS PEOPLE.
00:41:09.56\00:41:14.24
YOU KNOW, ONE REASON I'M A
CHRISTIAN IS I MET SOME GODLY
00:41:14.24\00:41:16.47
CHRISTIANS AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW,
I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE
00:41:16.47\00:41:20.31
LIKE THAT. THEY ARE SO UNIQUE.
00:41:20.31\00:41:22.61
THEY'RE SO SELFLESS.
THEY'RE SO HOLY.' I MAY NOT HAVE
00:41:22.61\00:41:26.75
USED THAT WORD BUT THAT'S
KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING.
00:41:26.75\00:41:28.55
I WAS IMPRESSED BY THEIR
GOODNESS AND IT'S A TREMENDOUSLY
00:41:28.55\00:41:33.09
POWERFUL EVANGELISTIC TOOL -
IS WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE ARE HOLY.
00:41:33.09\00:41:38.09
IT'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'LL OFTEN
AROUSE THE WRATH OF THE ENEMY,
00:41:38.09\00:41:42.13
BUT EVEN - YOU KNOW, THE BEST
WAY GOD'S PEOPLE WITNESS IS NOT
00:41:42.13\00:41:46.20
WHEN HE SAVES US FROM TRIAL, IF
YOU LIVE GODLY - HOW MANY THAT
00:41:46.20\00:41:49.90
LIVE GODLY WILL
BE PERSECUTED? >>ALL.
00:41:49.90\00:41:52.41
>>ALL WHO LIVE GODLY
WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION.
00:41:52.41\00:41:54.98
SO, IF YOU LIVE GODLY, YOU MIGHT
EXPERIENCE SOME PERSECUTION, BUT
00:41:54.98\00:41:58.05
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE MIDST OF PERSECUTION?
00:41:58.05\00:42:01.15
WHEN CHRISTIANS WERE BEING
BURNED AT THE STAKE AND THEY DID
00:42:01.15\00:42:04.25
IT WITH GRACE AND THEY
SANG GOD'S PRAISES, THE PAGANS
00:42:04.25\00:42:07.26
WATCHED AND IT CHANGED THEM.
AND MANY PAGANS STARTED LOOKING
00:42:07.26\00:42:10.93
FOR CHRISTIANS, BECAUSE THEY SAW
HOW THEY CONDUCTED THEMSELVES
00:42:10.93\00:42:14.56
THROUGH TRIALS IN A HOLY WAY.
SO YEAH, HOLY LIVING, YOU MIGHT
00:42:14.56\00:42:19.20
THINK, 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU'RE
SCARING ME.' HOLY LIVING MIGHT
00:42:19.20\00:42:22.24
INSPIRE THE WRATH OF THE DEVIL.
THE DEVIL IS THREATENED BY HOLY
00:42:22.24\00:42:27.88
LIVING AND HE - THE DEVIL WANTS
YOU TO SIN, SO IF YOU'RE LIVING
00:42:27.88\00:42:31.05
HOLY IT'S GOING TO
MAKE HIM MAD, RIGHT?
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.38
>>YEAH. >>WHEN
THE DEVILS CAME OUT OF
00:42:33.38\00:42:35.52
THE WOODWORK THEY SAID, 'OH,
THERE'S THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.'
00:42:35.52\00:42:38.12
IT BOTHERED THEM THAT
JESUS WAS LIVING A HOLY LIFE.
00:42:38.12\00:42:42.82
BUT IT'S EVANGELISTIC.
PSALMS 51 - NOTICE THIS - VERSE
00:42:42.82\00:42:47.23
12 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO
READ FOR ME 2 PETER 2:21.
00:42:47.23\00:42:51.57
YOU'LL HAVE
THAT, VICKY? ALRIGHT.
00:42:51.57\00:42:52.93
PSALM 51, VERSE 12, "RESTORE
TO ME THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION,
00:42:52.93\00:42:56.97
AND UPHOLD ME BY
YOUR GENEROUS SPIRIT.
00:42:56.97\00:42:59.87
THEN I WILL TEACH TRANSGRESSORS
YOUR WAYS, AND SINNERS SHALL BE
00:42:59.87\00:43:04.01
CONVERTED TO YOU." SO
WHAT'S THE RESULT OF WHEN WE
00:43:04.01\00:43:07.58
HAVE THE SPIRIT RESTORED
AND WE'RE LIVING IN HOLINESS?
00:43:07.58\00:43:10.69
SINNERS ARE CONVERTED TO
YOU. ALRIGHT, PLEASE READ
00:43:10.69\00:43:13.46
FOR US, 2 PETER 2:21.
>>"FOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
00:43:13.46\00:43:17.49
FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE KNOWN
THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAN
00:43:17.49\00:43:20.43
HAVING KNOWN IT, TO TURN
FROM THE HOLY COMMANDMENT
00:43:20.43\00:43:23.13
DELIVERED TO THEM."
>>YEAH, THERE AGAIN YOU'VE GOT
00:43:23.13\00:43:25.73
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
COMMANDMENTS BEING HOLY AND -
00:43:25.73\00:43:30.27
BUT WHEN SOMEONE TURNS AWAY, IT
- IT'S JUST SUCH A BAD WITNESS.
00:43:30.27\00:43:35.08
GALATIANS 5:16, THE BIBLE SAYS,
"WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YOU
00:43:35.08\00:43:39.51
SHALL NOT FULFILL
THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH."
00:43:39.51\00:43:41.55
SO AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE
AGENT OF OUR HOLINESS IS DOING
00:43:41.55\00:43:45.35
WHAT? WALKING IN THE SPIRIT.
00:43:45.35\00:43:47.59
IT'S THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT WE CAN LIVE THAT NEW LIFE.
00:43:47.59\00:43:49.92
NOW, IN THIS LAST SECTION HERE
PURSUING HOLINESS - PURSUING
00:43:49.92\00:43:54.96
HOLINESS - HEBREWS 12:14 - I'M
GOING TO READ THIS AND THEN I
00:43:54.96\00:43:59.90
WANT YOU TO REPEAT IT AFTER ME,
BECAUSE IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING
00:43:59.90\00:44:02.30
ELSE IN THIS LESSON, I DON'T
WANT YOU TO FORGET THIS VERSE.
00:44:02.30\00:44:05.31
I DON'T DO THAT OFTEN SO
DON'T MAKE ME LOOK BAD FOR THOSE
00:44:05.31\00:44:09.41
WATCHING ON TV. I'LL
READ IT FIRST AND THEN I
00:44:09.41\00:44:11.25
WANT YOU TO READ IT WITH ME.
"PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE,
00:44:11.25\00:44:15.38
AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO
ONE WILL SEE THE LORD:" NOW, HOW
00:44:15.38\00:44:21.66
MANY ARE GOING TO SEE
THE LORD WITHOUT HOLINESS?
00:44:21.66\00:44:23.49
>>NO ONE. >>NO ONE.
00:44:23.49\00:44:25.39
LET'S READ THAT VERSE
AGAIN - HEBREWS 12:14 - READY?
00:44:25.39\00:44:28.96
"PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE,
AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO
00:44:28.96\00:44:35.27
ONE WILL SEE THE LORD:" SO WHEN
PASTOR DOUG IS UP HERE TEACHING
00:44:35.27\00:44:39.94
ABOUT HOLINESS - AND, DON'T
BLAME ME, IT'S IN THE LESSON -
00:44:39.94\00:44:42.48
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DRAWING
A PRETTY AUSTERE LINE ABOUT WHAT
00:44:42.48\00:44:47.72
IT MEANS TO BE A
CHRISTIAN, WHY AM I DOING IT?
00:44:47.72\00:44:52.75
YOU KNOW, WE COULD PREACH SMOOTH
THINGS TO YOU, FRIENDS, BUT I
00:44:52.75\00:44:55.56
DON'T WANT YOUR
BLOOD ON MY HANDS.
00:44:55.56\00:44:57.66
THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WITHOUT
HOLINESS, NO ONE WILL SEE GOD.'
00:44:57.66\00:45:01.70
JESUS SAID, 'BLESSED ARE
THE PURE IN HEART, THEY WILL" -
00:45:01.70\00:45:05.43
WHAT? >>SEE JESUS.
00:45:05.43\00:45:06.77
>>SEE GOD. HOW MANY
OF YOU WANT TO SEE GOD?
00:45:06.77\00:45:08.40
>>AMEN. >>IN PEACE.
00:45:08.40\00:45:10.24
I DON'T MEAN SEE HIM AND
FLEE FROM HIM WHEN HE COMES, I'M
00:45:10.24\00:45:12.51
TALKING ABOUT TO
WELCOME HIS APPEARANCE.
00:45:12.51\00:45:15.41
IT SAYS WITHOUT HOLINESS
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HIM.
00:45:15.41\00:45:18.41
AND SO, GOD WANTS US TO
LIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIVES.
00:45:18.41\00:45:21.38
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT JUST
FORGIVEN, WE ARE TRANSFORMED.
00:45:21.38\00:45:26.42
THE OLD THINGS ARE PASSED
AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW.
00:45:26.42\00:45:29.69
WE ARE NEW CREATURES.
CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO
00:45:29.69\00:45:32.16
LIVE DIFFERENT KINDS
OF LIVES. THERE'S TO BE A
00:45:32.16\00:45:34.20
HOLINESS IN OUR LIVES.
NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND,
00:45:34.20\00:45:38.53
HOW DO WE PURSUE HOLINESS?
2 TIMOTHY 2:21, "THEREFORE IF
00:45:38.53\00:45:45.24
ANYONE CLEANSES HIMSELF FROM THE
LATTER, HE WILL BE A VESSEL FOR
00:45:45.24\00:45:48.51
HONOR, SANCTIFIED AND
USEFUL FOR THE MASTER, PREPARED
00:45:48.51\00:45:52.15
FOR EVERY GOOD WORK." -
GOD COULD FILL YOU WITH THE
00:45:52.15\00:45:55.25
HOLY SPIRIT WHEN WE SURRENDER
OURSELVES FOR A GOOD WORK.
00:45:55.25\00:45:58.65
THEN HE SAYS, "FLEE ALSO
YOUTHFUL LUSTS; BUT PURSUE
00:45:58.65\00:46:02.06
RIGHTEOUSNESS," - THERE YOU'VE
GOT THAT WORD 'PURSUE' AGAIN.
00:46:02.06\00:46:05.59
SEE, HOLINESS DOESN'T JUST FALL
ON YOU LIKE SOME KIND OF PINK
00:46:05.59\00:46:08.73
COTTON CANDY - YOU PRAY FOR THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE
00:46:08.73\00:46:11.63
HOLY. YEAH, YOU
GET JUSTIFICATION THAT
00:46:11.63\00:46:13.87
WAY, BUT SANCTIFICATION
SHOULD BE PURSUED.
00:46:13.87\00:46:17.57
YOU NEED TO AGGRESSIVELY,
THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, THROUGH
00:46:17.57\00:46:20.14
THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD,
THROUGH SELF-DENIAL, YOU PURSUE
00:46:20.14\00:46:23.68
HOLINESS. EVERY DAY, ALL DAY
LONG; FOR THE CHRISTIAN, YOUR
00:46:23.68\00:46:27.05
LIFE IS A
MARATHON, IT'S NOT A SPRINT.
00:46:27.05\00:46:30.15
IT IS A MARATHON EVERY
DAY OF PURSUING HOLINESS.
00:46:30.15\00:46:35.39
AND SO, IT COMES THROUGH
JUST ALL THE LITTLE DECISIONS WE
00:46:35.39\00:46:37.83
MAKE. AND IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU
00:46:37.83\00:46:39.93
DO, IT'S EVEN WHAT YOU
THINK. MY BIGGEST BATTLE
00:46:39.93\00:46:42.40
IS WHAT I THINK.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART.
00:46:42.40\00:46:47.47
IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PUMP,
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE BRAIN,
00:46:47.47\00:46:50.77
RIGHT? SO, TO BE
PURE IN HEART MEANS YOU'VE
00:46:50.77\00:46:54.61
GOT TO SAY, 'LORD, I NEED THE
HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE ME IN MY
00:46:54.61\00:46:57.01
THINKING.' ANY OF
YOU REMEMBER ZIG ZIGLER?
00:46:57.01\00:47:00.38
HE USED TO - HE'S A CHRISTIAN
AND A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, BUT
00:47:00.38\00:47:02.75
HE USED TO TALK
ABOUT STINKIN' THINKIN'.
00:47:02.75\00:47:05.42
A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY CAN LOOK
REALLY NICE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT
00:47:05.42\00:47:08.42
IN THEIR HEARTS, IT'S LIKE
JESUS SAID, 'THEY'RE PAINTED
00:47:08.42\00:47:10.79
SEPULCHRES' - THEY'RE FULL OF
DEAD MEN'S BONES IN THEIR MINDS.
00:47:10.79\00:47:13.63
THEIR HEARTS ARE JUST
FULL OF GREED AND SELFISHNESS.
00:47:13.63\00:47:16.67
AND I THINK MOST OF US, IF WE'RE
HONEST, WE'D ADMIT THAT WE'D
00:47:16.67\00:47:19.43
HATE TO HAVE - THEY'VE GOT - YOU
KNOW, THEY'VE GOT TV MONITORS ON
00:47:19.43\00:47:22.90
EVERYTHING NOW. THEY'VE
GOT, YOU KNOW, I STOPPED
00:47:22.90\00:47:27.44
WHERE WE MOVED TO PUMP MY
GAS AND WHILE I'M PUMPING GAS
00:47:27.44\00:47:31.15
THERE'S A LITTLE TV THAT
STARTS RUNNING COMMERCIALS.
00:47:31.15\00:47:33.11
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM
IT. THEY'VE JUST GOT LITTLE
00:47:33.11\00:47:35.32
MONITORS EVERYWHERE. AND
I THOUGHT, 'WHAT IF YOU HAD
00:47:35.32\00:47:36.92
A MONITOR ON YOUR FOREHEAD THAT
SHOWED WHAT YOU'RE THINKING?
00:47:36.92\00:47:42.06
YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND
YOU'RE SAYING ONE THING AND THEY
00:47:42.06\00:47:43.96
- THEY CAN SEE
WHAT YOU REALLY THINK.
00:47:43.96\00:47:48.46
OR THEY CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT
PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THEM AT
00:47:48.46\00:47:50.13
ALL. YOUR MIND
IS A THOUSAND MILES
00:47:50.13\00:47:51.70
AWAY AND YOU'RE GOING,
'YES...' SO GOD IS CALLING US
00:47:51.70\00:47:56.37
TO PURITY OF
HEART. IT IS SO HARD TO
00:47:56.37\00:47:57.64
CHANGE YOUR THINKING. HAVE YOU
NOTICED THAT? DO YOU SPEND MUCH
00:47:57.64\00:48:02.44
TIME THINKING ABOUT
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT?
00:48:02.44\00:48:06.95
BUT ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS
YOU'LL TYPICALLY THINK ABOUT
00:48:06.95\00:48:09.92
WHAT YOU TAKE IN.
WHAT DO YOU WATCH?
00:48:09.92\00:48:15.52
YOUR MIND STORES THE
THINGS THAT YOU WATCH.
00:48:15.52\00:48:18.43
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ONE
PLACE - ONE REAL SENSITIVE AREA,
00:48:18.43\00:48:21.73
AND I'M SPEAKING TO MYSELF ALONG
WITH YOU, FOR THE CHURCH TODAY
00:48:21.73\00:48:27.70
IT WOULD BE - WE ARE JUST
SURROUNDED WITH INFORMATION,
00:48:27.70\00:48:31.17
UNLIKE ANY OTHER AGE WHERE THERE
IS JUST SO MUCH YOU CAN TAKE IN
00:48:31.17\00:48:34.24
VISUALLY AND THE EYES ARE ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AVENUES OF
00:48:34.24\00:48:37.38
INFORMATION, AND THERE'S SO MUCH
BAD TO LOOK AT OUT THERE TODAY.
00:48:37.38\00:48:43.42
WE NEED TO BE
CAREFUL WHAT WE LOOK AT.
00:48:43.42\00:48:45.89
LUKE 1:74, WHEN ZACHARIAH SPOKE
TO THE ANGEL AND HE HEARD ABOUT
00:48:45.89\00:48:52.39
JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE LATER
PRAYED AND SAID, 'TO GRANT US
00:48:52.39\00:48:55.23
THAT, BEING DELIVERED FROM THE
HAND OF OUR ENEMIES, WE MIGHT
00:48:55.23\00:48:58.97
SERVE HIM WITHOUT FEAR IN
HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
00:48:58.97\00:49:03.24
BEFORE HIM ALL
THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.'
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.84
GOD WANTS US TO
SERVE HIM IN HOLINESS.
00:49:05.84\00:49:09.11
BUT TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOT
TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE TAKE IN.
00:49:09.11\00:49:12.41
IN PSALMS 101, VERSE 3 DAVID
SAID, "I WILL SET NOTHING WICKED
00:49:12.41\00:49:18.25
BEFORE MY EYES;" AND THEN JOB
31:1, "I HAVE MADE A COVENANT
00:49:18.25\00:49:23.69
WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD
I LOOK UPON A YOUNG WOMAN?"
00:49:23.69\00:49:28.30
BEING HOLY MEANS YOU NEED TO
CHOOSE WHAT YOU LOOK AT AND YOU
00:49:28.30\00:49:31.97
NEED TO CHOOSE
WHAT NOT TO LOOK AT.
00:49:31.97\00:49:35.17
TO BE A GOOD GARDNER DOESN'T
MEAN YOU JUST LOVE VEGETABLES,
00:49:35.17\00:49:40.14
YOU HAVE TO HATE WEEDS.
(LAUGHTER) THE REASON THAT JOB
00:49:40.14\00:49:46.31
WAS A HOLY MAN, IT SAID THAT
HE LOVED GOD AND HE HATED EVIL.
00:49:46.31\00:49:53.72
AND SO, A LONGING FOR HOLINESS
MEANS THAT GOD'LL PUT WITHIN
00:49:53.72\00:49:57.56
YOUR DESIRE A LOVE FOR
GOOD AND A LOATHING FOR BAD.
00:49:57.56\00:50:02.93
AND YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT WHEN
YOU ARE HEARING SOMETHING OR YOU
00:50:02.93\00:50:06.57
ARE SEEING SOMETHING AND IT'S
NOT UPRIGHT, YOU NEED TO PLUG
00:50:06.57\00:50:09.90
YOUR EARS. THE BIBLE
DESCRIBES A RIGHTEOUS
00:50:09.90\00:50:11.81
PERSON AS SOMETHING
THAT STOPS THEIR EARS AT THE
00:50:11.81\00:50:14.01
HEARING OF BLOODSHED. WE
NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TURN AWAY
00:50:14.01\00:50:18.38
AND NOT BEHOLD WHAT IS
EVIL, BECAUSE THAT WILL END UP
00:50:18.38\00:50:22.65
AFFECTING WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT.
IT'S WHAT YOU'VE TAKEN IN.
00:50:22.65\00:50:27.02
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I
CAN'T OVER-EMPHASIZE THIS.
00:50:27.02\00:50:29.72
AND SOME OF US, AS I'M SPEAKING
- I'M CONVICTED EVEN AS I SPEAK
00:50:29.72\00:50:35.30
THAT IT'S JUST - IT'S AN ONGOING
BATTLE TO SAY, 'I'M NOT GOING TO
00:50:35.30\00:50:39.40
READ THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK
AT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN
00:50:39.40\00:50:41.70
TO THAT. I WANT TO BE HOLY.' AND
YOU PUT IT IN YOUR MIND TO SAY,
00:50:41.70\00:50:45.67
'WELL, I'LL JUST
FORGET ABOUT IT. IT'S THERE.
00:50:45.67\00:50:48.44
THEY SAY THAT - WHOEVER 'THEY'
IS; I QUOTE THEM A LOT OF TIMES.
00:50:48.44\00:50:54.42
I READ SOMEWHERE THAT A PERSON,
WHEN THEY'RE PUT INTO A STATE OF
00:50:54.42\00:50:58.49
HYPNOSIS, THEY CAN OFTEN RECALL
MEMORIES OF WHAT THEY HAD FOR
00:50:58.49\00:51:01.76
BREAKFAST 50 YEARS AGO.
AND IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF
00:51:01.76\00:51:06.29
THINGS STORED IN YOUR BRAIN AND
YOU JUST THINK THEY'RE GONE AND
00:51:06.29\00:51:08.50
THEY'RE THERE, YOU JUST DON'T
KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE FILE.
00:51:08.50\00:51:12.20
AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT
WE'RE TAKING IN AFFECT US.
00:51:12.20\00:51:14.77
NOW, YOU AND I ARE SURROUNDED
WITH SO MANY INFORMATION - SO
00:51:14.77\00:51:19.04
MUCH INFORMATION - YOU CAN'T
- YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE TV
00:51:19.04\00:51:22.21
SCREENS ON THE GAS PUMPS,
THEY'VE ALSO GOT BILLBOARDS NOW
00:51:22.21\00:51:26.28
THAT ARE DISPLAYS THAT ARE
CHANGING - JUST DRIVING DOWN THE
00:51:26.28\00:51:29.98
ROAD YOU SEE THINGS - LET'S FACE
IT, LIVING IN THIS WORLD THERE'S
00:51:29.98\00:51:33.46
IMAGES ALL AROUND YOU.
YOU CANNOT CONTROL EVERYTHING
00:51:33.46\00:51:37.03
OUT THERE. SO WE NEED TO PRAY
FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PURIFY
00:51:37.03\00:51:41.66
OUR MINDS. BUT THERE ARE THINGS
WE CAN CONTROL AND WE NEED TO
00:51:41.66\00:51:47.44
PRAY THAT GOD IS GOING TO HELP
US BE MORE CAREFUL WHAT WE LOOK
00:51:47.44\00:51:49.97
AT BECAUSE WE ARE
TRANSFORMED BY WHAT WE LOOK AT.
00:51:49.97\00:51:54.88
I THINK I HAD A COUPLE
MORE VERSES ON THAT HERE - YEAH,
00:51:54.88\00:51:58.11
PHILIPPIANS 4:8, "FINALLY,
BRETHREN, WHATEVER THINGS ARE
00:51:58.11\00:52:02.45
TRUE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE
NOBLE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE JUST,
00:52:02.45\00:52:05.92
WHATEVER THINGS ARE PURE,
WHATEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY,
00:52:05.92\00:52:08.99
WHATEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD
REPORT, IF THERE IS ANY VIRTUE
00:52:08.99\00:52:11.69
AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING
PRAISEWORTHY" - BY THE WAY, PAUL
00:52:11.69\00:52:13.40
IS DESCRIBING HOLY THINGS
- "MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS."
00:52:13.40\00:52:18.03
THINK ABOUT GOOD
THINGS - HOLY THINGS.
00:52:18.03\00:52:21.20
ROMANS 12:9 - I TOLD YOU
IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO LOVE
00:52:21.20\00:52:25.21
VEGETABLES, YOU'VE GOT TO HATE
WEEDS; PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 12:9,
00:52:25.21\00:52:28.74
"ABHOR" - HATE - "WHAT IS
EVIL. CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD."
00:52:28.74\00:52:34.32
ROMANS 13:14, "BUT PUT ON THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND MAKE NO
00:52:34.32\00:52:38.22
PROVISION FOR THE
FLESH, TO FULFILL ITS LUSTS."
00:52:38.22\00:52:41.32
YOU CANNOT GORGE THE CARNAL
NATURE WITH WHAT YOU'RE TAKING
00:52:41.32\00:52:45.86
INTO YOUR MIND AND
THEN EXPECT TO BE HOLY.
00:52:45.86\00:52:48.73
THE WAY THAT GOD WILL FILL US
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WE NEED
00:52:48.73\00:52:51.93
TO HUMBLE OURSELVES, EMPTY
OURSELVES, FILL OURSELVES WITH
00:52:51.93\00:52:55.87
THAT WHICH IS GOOD - THROUGH
READING AND BEHOLDING THOSE
00:52:55.87\00:52:59.51
THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO UPLIFT
AND ELEVATE AND IT'LL BEGIN TO
00:52:59.51\00:53:02.31
TRANSFORM YOU -
IT'LL CHANGE YOUR THINKING.
00:53:02.31\00:53:04.45
AND IT'S THROUGH YOUR
THINKING YOU GET YOUR BEHAVIOR
00:53:04.45\00:53:06.92
AND YOUR
PATTERNS AND YOUR HABITS.
00:53:06.92\00:53:10.72
ROMANS 1:32 - PAUL IS DESCRIBING
THE LOST GENERATION BACK THEN IN
00:53:10.72\00:53:17.23
ROME, "WHO, KNOWING THE JUDGMENT
OF GOD, THAT THEY THAT COMMIT
00:53:17.23\00:53:21.23
SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH,
NOT ONLY DO THE SAME BUT ALSO
00:53:21.23\00:53:24.60
APPROVE OF THOSE
WHO PRACTICE THEM."
00:53:24.60\00:53:26.67
THE REASON I THREW THIS VERSE IN
THERE IS BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON
00:53:26.67\00:53:30.44
IS WATCHING TELEVISION OR VIDEO
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY
00:53:30.44\00:53:34.64
SAY, 'WELL, I KNOW THAT
THERE'S A MURDER OR THERE'S SOME
00:53:34.64\00:53:37.01
ADULTERY AND SOME STUFF, BUT
I WOULD NEVER DO THOSE THINGS.'
00:53:37.01\00:53:41.35
BUT PAUL IS SAYING, 'BUT THEY
TAKE PLEASURE IN THOSE THAT DO
00:53:41.35\00:53:43.39
THEM.' - 'I WOULDN'T DO THEM,
BUT I DO TAKE PLEASURE WATCHING
00:53:43.39\00:53:46.09
OTHER PEOPLE. THERE'S
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
00:53:46.09\00:53:48.59
WATCHING AND LISTENING
RIGHT NOW, YOU'D NEVER DREAM OF
00:53:48.59\00:53:51.13
CHEATING ON YOUR SPOUSE, BUT
YOU REALLY ENJOY WATCHING OTHER
00:53:51.13\00:53:53.23
PEOPLE DO IT ON DAYTIME
TELEVISION. IS THAT RIGHT?
00:53:53.23\00:53:58.97
OR NIGHTTIME TELEVISION - EITHER
ONE. 'I'D NEVER MURDER ANYBODY,
00:53:58.97\00:54:03.61
BUT IT'S FUN WATCHING THOSE
COWBOYS PICK EACH OTHER OFF IN A
00:54:03.61\00:54:06.68
GUN FIGHT.' AND, NOW I'M
SPEAKING TO THE MEN AND YOU HAVE
00:54:06.68\00:54:13.35
TO SAY, 'AM I TAKING
PLEASURE IN WHAT IS NOT HOLY?'
00:54:13.35\00:54:18.05
WELL, I BETTER SUMMARIZE BY JUST
SAYING, WELL, FRIENDS, IT'S AN
00:54:18.05\00:54:20.49
ONGOING BATTLE, ISN'T IT?
BUT GOD'S CALLED US TO HOLINESS.
00:54:20.49\00:54:23.46
I WANT TO BE
HOLY, DON'T YOU? >>AMEN.
00:54:23.46\00:54:25.86
>>I WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS
THAT ARE WATCHING, WE DO HAVE A
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OFFER TODAY IS PART 1 OF A DVD.
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866-STUDY-MORE - WE'LL BE
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GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK
YOU FOR STUDYING WITH US.
00:54:46.18\00:54:48.85
LORD WILLING, WE'LL
DO IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
00:54:48.85\00:54:52.19
(MUSIC) >>FRIENDS, WOULD
YOU WIN SOULS IF YOU COULD?
00:54:52.19\00:54:57.83
WELL, YOU CAN. PLEASE
PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME IN
00:54:57.83\00:55:01.20
DOING SOME
EVANGELISM THIS WINTER.
00:55:01.20\00:55:03.33
IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK.
PROPHECY ENCOUNTER WILL BE A
00:55:03.33\00:55:06.57
MAJOR NEW 10-PART EVANGELISTIC
PROGRAM THAT'LL BE BROADCAST BY
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SATELLITE AND STREAMING ON THE
INTERNET TO HOMES AND CHURCHES
00:55:10.87\00:55:14.18
NEAR YOU -
HOPEFULLY YOUR HOME OR CHURCH.
00:55:14.18\00:55:17.18
FROM FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH
25, I'LL BE PREACHING AN ALL-NEW
00:55:17.18\00:55:21.92
OLD-FASHIONED EVANGELISTIC
PROGRAM FROM SANFORD, FLORIDA
00:55:21.92\00:55:24.99
AND WE'LL BE USING THE
LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND FRESH
00:55:24.99\00:55:27.42
ILLUSTRATIONS, SO ALL YOU HAVE
TO DO IS OPEN YOUR CHURCHES,
00:55:27.42\00:55:31.09
YOUR HOMES - INVITE FRIENDS AND
FAMILY - BE FRIENDLY, PRAY, AND
00:55:31.09\00:55:35.56
LET THE POWER OF
THE WORD DO THE WORK.
00:55:35.56\00:55:38.17
THE PROGRAMS WILL BE AVAILABLE
ON 3ABN, AFTV, FACEBOOK, ROKU,
00:55:38.17\00:55:43.00
AND MORE. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED;
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR
00:55:43.00\00:55:46.27
COMMUNITY THAT ARE REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
00:55:46.27\00:55:48.64
IN THE WORLD AND THEY'RE LOOKING
FOR ANSWERS. JESUS SAID, 'THE
00:55:48.64\00:55:52.38
HARVEST IS TRULY GREAT,
BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW.
00:55:52.38\00:55:55.32
SO PRAY THEREFORE THE LORD OF
THE HARVEST WILL SEND LABORERS
00:55:55.32\00:55:58.39
OUT INTO HIS HARVEST.'
YOU CAN BE ONE OF THEM.
00:55:58.39\00:56:01.89
SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO
JOIN US AND BE PRAYING FOR THE
00:56:01.89\00:56:05.03
UPCOMING PROPHECY
ENCOUNTER MEETINGS.
00:56:05.03\00:56:07.50
FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK
OUT WWW.PROPHECYENCOUNTER.COM
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AND WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT
BE REVIVED IN THE PROCESS.
00:56:13.20\00:56:22.71
(MUSIC)
00:56:22.71\00:56:32.52
>>FRIENDS, WE'RE OUT HERE IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN NOT TOO FAR FROM
00:56:32.52\00:56:35.32
THE ISLAND OF FIJI, AND WE'RE
GETTING READY TO LOOK AT SOME
00:56:35.32\00:56:37.99
WONDERS IN THE DEEP.
THE BIBLE SAYS GOD MADE THE
00:56:37.99\00:56:42.16
HEAVEN AND THE
EARTH AND THE SEA.
00:56:42.16\00:56:43.83
AND THERE ARE THINGS UNDER THE
SEA THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL THAT MANY
00:56:43.83\00:56:46.23
PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN.
SOME FOLKS MIGHT JUST SKIM ALONG
00:56:46.23\00:56:49.47
- SNORKLE ON THE SURFACE, BUT IF
YOU WANT TO SEE THE REAL MAJESTY
00:56:49.47\00:56:52.87
OF THE OCEAN, YOU'VE GOT
TO GO DEEPER. (LIVELY MUSIC)
00:56:52.87\00:57:09.56
>>BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE
GILLS LIKE FISH, WE HAVE TO DO
00:57:09.56\00:57:12.19
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY TO
BE ABLE TO BREATHE BELOW THE
00:57:12.19\00:57:15.03
SURFACE. AND,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BREATHE
00:57:15.03\00:57:17.00
ALL THE TIME, WE NEED
THIS SPECIAL EQUIPMENT.
00:57:17.00\00:57:19.97
(SOUND OF BREATHING
APARATUS) IN THE SAME WAY, THE
00:57:19.97\00:57:23.61
BIBLE SAYS A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. WE NEED TO
00:57:23.61\00:57:26.84
ALWAYS BE BREATHING THE
ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN IF WE'RE
00:57:26.84\00:57:29.81
GOING TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE
IN THIS WORLD BELOW. (MUSIC)
00:57:29.81\00:57:59.31
>>WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD.
00:57:59.31\00:58:01.71
(MUSIC)
00:58:01.71\00:58:16.73