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00:35 >>WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU 00:37 FROM THE GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH LOCATED IN 00:41 ROCKLIN, CALIFORNIA. WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE TUNING 00:43 IN FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. 00:47 WHETHER THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME OR YOU'RE JOINING US EVERY WEEK, 00:50 WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT YOU ARE WITH US. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 00:54 ABOUT OUR FREE OFFER TODAY. IT IS A DVD BY PASTOR DOUG 00:58 CALLED SPIRITUAL WARFARE - PART 1, WHICH MEANS THERE'S OBVIOUSLY 01:02 MORE THAN ONE PART, SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. 01:05 IT'S OFFER #822 AND IF YOU WANT THAT YOU CAN CALL 866-788-3966 01:14 OR IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER - 866-STUDY-MORE. 01:17 YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THIS ONLINE AND DOWNLOAD IT, BUT IF YOU 01:21 WOULD LIKE A COPY OF SPIRITUAL WARFARE GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT 01:25 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG AND YOU CAN REQUEST THAT - OFFER #822 - WE'D 01:30 LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. OUR SONG GOES ALONG WITH OUR 01:35 LESSON STUDY ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IT IS FOUND - #262 - 01:39 SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT - #262. (MUSIC) 03:35 >>JOIN ME IN PRAYER. FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE KNOW THAT 03:40 YOUR SWEET SPIRIT IS HERE IN THIS PLACE. 03:43 WE ASK YOU, TODAY, TO FILL US WITH THAT SPIRIT TO SEND YOUR 03:49 ANGELS TO ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS WITH THE WORDS THAT PASTOR DOUG 03:54 HAS TO SHARE WITH US TODAY, AND I JUST PRAY THAT YOU WILL BE 03:57 WITH OUR EXTENDED FAMILY AROUND THE WORLD. 04:00 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT DAY WHEN WE CAN ALL JOIN 04:04 TOGETHER ON THE STREETS OF GOLD. 04:06 AND WE JUST PRAISE YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US, FOR 04:10 LOVING US, FOR DYING FOR US, AND GIVING US THAT HOPE THAT ONE DAY 04:15 WE WILL SEE YOU COMING IN THE CLOUDS OF GLORY. 04:18 BE WITH OUR SPEAKER AS HE OPENS UP YOUR WORD AND WE STUDY 04:22 TOGETHER. IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. >>AMEN. 04:26 >>AT THIS TIME OUR LESSON STUDY IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY 04:30 PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR HERE AT GRANITE BAY SEVENTH-DAY 04:33 ADVENTIST CHURCH. >>THANK YOU, DEBBIE AND 04:37 MUSICIANS. MORNING, FRIENDS. >>MORNING. 04:41 >>WE HAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT LESSON TODAY AND SO I HOPE 04:44 YOU'LL PRAY FOR ME AS WE EMBARK ON THIS STUDY. 04:48 WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR SERIES DEALING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 04:52 TODAY'S LESSON MAY, IN MY OPINION, BE ONE OF THE 04:55 MOST IMPORTANT IN THE QUARTER. 04:57 IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND LIVING A HOLY LIFE - 05:00 SOMETHING OF A NEGLECTED SUBJECT. 05:03 I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING FROM SATELLITE 05:07 TELEVISION OR MAYBE YOU'RE WATCHING ON THE INTERNET. 05:10 WE KNOW SOME ARE WATCHING THIS LIVE-STREAMING. 05:13 I PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE A MINUTE - I LOOK AT THE SCREEN AND I 05:15 REALIZE YOU'RE SEEING SOMETHING DIFFERENT BEHIND US AND THAT'S 05:18 BECAUSE WE, HERE AT THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH, ARE IN THE MIDST OF 05:21 A SERIES THAT WE'RE DOING ON THE LIFE OF DAVID AND THAT WILL BE 05:26 GOING ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND SO WE'VE GOT A FEW PROPS HERE, 05:28 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL REFERENCE ANYTHING HERE, 05:32 ESPECIALLY DURING OUR LESSON TODAY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. 05:35 AND I WANT TO WELCOME OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE ONLINE MEMBERS. 05:38 WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE STUDYING WITH US TODAY. 05:40 OUR MEMORY VERSE IS IN 1 THESSALONIANS CHAPTER 5, VERSE 05:45 23 - IF YOU'VE GOT YOUR QUARTERLY YOU CAN READ IT THERE; 05:48 IT'S FROM THE NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE - 1 THESSALONIANS 05:52 5:23 - I ALWAYS APPRECIATE WHEN YOU CAN SAY THAT WITH ME. 05:55 ARE YOU READY? "NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE 05:59 HIMSELF SANCTIFY YOU ENTIRELY; AND MAY YOUR SPIRIT AND SOUL AND 06:05 BODY BE PRESERVED COMPLETE, WITHOUT BLAME AT THE COMING OF 06:09 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." NOW, THE REAL MESSAGE IN WHAT 06:16 WE'RE STUDYING TODAY IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLY LIVING AND 06:21 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE POWER THAT INSPIRES US TO LIVE 06:27 HOLY AND GIVES US THE STRENGTH TO LIVE HOLY. YOU'VE GOT TO BE 06:31 VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE 06:34 THINK THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOLY LIVING THAT, YOU KNOW, 06:37 YOU'RE IMPLYING 'I AM HOLIER THAN THOU' - AND SOMETIMES THOSE 06:43 WHO TALK ABOUT HOLY LIVING DO IT FROM A LEGALISTIC MENTALITY. 06:49 AND SO, IN AN EFFORT, I THINK, IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID SOUNDING 06:54 LEGALISTIC OR HOLIER THAN THOU, A LOT OF CHURCHES AND PASTORS 06:59 HAVE GIVEN UP COMPLETELY TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 07:01 THINGS IS THAT GOD HAS CALLED US TO HOLINESS AND WITHOUT 07:05 HOLINESS, NOBODY'S GOING TO SEE GOD. 07:08 YOU'LL HEAR ME QUOTE THAT A FEW TIMES IN THE LESSON TODAY. 07:10 IT IS SO VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THIS SUBJECT. 07:14 AND SO, I KNOW YOU'LL PRAY FOR ME AS WE PROCEED. 07:20 OUR FIRST SECTION IS DEALING WITH THE HOLINESS OF GOD BUT, 07:24 PERHAPS BEFORE I DO THAT, YOU KNOW, I READ THIS ONCE BEFORE 07:27 BUT I'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY 07:30 WATCHING HAS SEEN EVERY LESSON, OR EVEN EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN 07:32 TO EVERY PRESENTATION. LET'S DEFINE 'HOLY'. 07:36 IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN AS WE DELVE INTO GOD'S 07:39 CALLING US TO HOLINESS. WHAT DOES 'HOLY' MEAN? 07:42 THE WORD 'HOLY' IN - THE HEBREW WORD IS 'QODESH' - AND IT - IN 07:46 GREEK IT'S 'AGIOS' - IT MEANS 'TO BE SEPARATE' AND IT MUST BE 07:49 AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT IN THE BIBLE - IT'S FOUND 731 TIMES IN 07:53 THE BIBLE. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE A 07:56 BIBLE CHURCH, AND IF I'M GOING TO BE A BIBLE PREACHER, AND THE 07:58 BIBLE SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT HOLINESS, WE 08:00 SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO TALK ABOUT IT. AMEN? 08:03 HOLY MEANS TO BE SEPARATE - TO BE SET APART. 08:06 WE CALL MARRIAGE HOLY - IT'S BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE ARE MAKING 08:09 VOWS SO THEY ARE, IN A SPECIAL SENSE, SET APART IN A UNIQUE WAY 08:14 - IN AN EXCLUSIVE WAY, FOR EACH OTHER. 08:17 THIS BOOK - I'VE GOT AMAZING FACTS VERSION - IT'S REALLY BIG 08:21 - YOU CAN'T MISS IT. WHAT'S IT CALLED? HOLY BIBLE. 08:25 SPANISH - SANTO BIBLIA - IT MEANS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING 08:28 SACRED - SET ASIDE - THIS IS NOT LIKE ANY OTHER BOOK. 08:31 IT'S A SACRED BOOK. IT'S A HOLY BOOK. 08:33 YOU DON'T TREAT IT LIKE EVERY OTHER BOOK. 08:35 THE WORDS IN IT ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN ANY OTHER BOOK. 08:39 SO WHEN GOD CALLS US TO HOLY LIVING IN THIS WORLD, THE FACT 08:43 THAT WE'RE CALLED TO BE SEPARATE OR TO BE SACRED, IT MEANS THAT 08:49 WE'RE TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY. NOW THAT CAME OUT IN OUR MEMORY 08:52 VERSE. IT SAYS THAT HE'S CALLED TO 08:55 SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY AND THAT YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT AND SOUL AND 09:00 BODY - IT'S NOT JUST SPIRITUAL HOLINESS, OUR SOUL - OUR BODY - 09:05 OUR WHOLE LIFE - BE PRESERVED, HOW? BLAMELESS AT THE COMING OF 09:09 OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. GOD HAS CALLED US TO HOLY LIVING 09:13 AND YOU CAN'T DO THE HOLY LIVING PART WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 09:18 NOW, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF. 09:20 ALRIGHT, LET'S GO INTO THE SECTION ON THE HOLINESS OF GOD 09:24 AND, IN A MOMENT SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME ISAIAH 6:3 AND I 09:29 WILL BE READING 1 PETER 1 - AND THIS IS IN YOUR LESSON - VERSES 09:34 13 THROUGH 16, "THEREFORE GIRD UP THE LOINS OF YOUR MIND, BE 09:39 SOBER, AND REST YOUR HOPE FULLY UPON THE GRACE THAT IS TO BE 09:42 BROUGHT TO YOU AT THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST; AS OBEDIENT 09:46 CHILDREN, NOT CONFORMING YOURSELVES TO THE FORMER LUSTS," 09:50 - BEFORE YOUR SALVATION - "AS IN YOUR IGNORANCE;" - BEFORE YOU 09:53 KNEW THE TRUTH - "BUT AS HE WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, YOU ALSO BE 09:59 HOLY IN MOST OF YOUR CONDUCT" - >>ALL OF YOUR CONDUCT. 10:05 >>ANYONE FOLLOWING ALONG? IT DOESN'T SAY THAT. 10:07 "BE HOLY IN ALL YOUR CONDUCT," - IT SAYS HERE - "BECAUSE IT IS 10:12 WRITTEN, 'BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.'" GOD IS HOLY. 10:16 WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 10:20 IS CHRIST HOLY? >>YES. 10:21 >>I JUST NOTICED ON THE MONITOR - IF I STAND LIKE THIS, I'VE GOT 10:24 A CROWN ON MY HEAD. (LAUGHTER) IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN MY HEAD. 10:29 THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A PASTOR WITH ADD. 10:34 SO THE LORD HAS CALLED US TO BE HOLY. 10:35 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND CHRIST IS HOLY. 10:39 YES, WE ARE CALLED TO BE DIFFERENT, AS JESUS WAS 10:42 DIFFERENT. WE ARE TO REFLECT HIM IN THE WORLD. 10:46 SOMEONE SAID - OSWALD CHAMBERS, ACTUALLY, "THE DESTINED END OF 10:50 MAN IS NOT HAPPINESS OR HEALTH, BUT HOLINESS. 10:54 GOD'S ONE AIM IS THE PRODUCTION OF SAINTS" - HOLY ONES - "HE IS 11:00 NOT AN ETERNAL BLESSING MACHINE FOR MEN. 11:02 HE DID NOT COME TO SAVE MEN OUT OF PITY, HE CAME TO SAVE MEN 11:05 BECAUSE HE CREATED THEM TO BE HOLY." 11:08 THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN OF SALVATION IS TO RESTORE THE 11:11 IMAGE OF GOD IN HIS CREATION AND IT IS A HOLY IMAGE. 11:16 SO WE ARE CALLED TO HOLY LIVING AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE GAUGE 11:20 THAT WE SHOULD BE USING EVERY DAY AS WE FIX OUR EYES ON JESUS 11:23 AS OUR MODEL AND WE EVALUATE EVERYTHING WE DO AND, AT THE END 11:27 OF THE DAY, REVIEW OUR LIVES AND SAY, 'AM I MODELING THE LIFE OF 11:32 CHRIST? AM I LIVING IN A HOLY WAY THAT 11:35 REFLECTS HIM IN THIS WORLD?' AND I BELIEVE GOD'S ABLE TO DO 11:37 THIS BECAUSE THE LORD WILL NOT ASK YOU TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT 11:40 GIVING YOU THE ABILITY TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, I WAS - KAREN AND 11:45 I WERE WATCHING A RELIGIOUS PROGRAM LAST NIGHT. 11:49 IT WAS A PREACHER NOT OF OUR PERSUASION AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO 11:52 WATCH VERY LONG BEFORE WE FOUND OUT HE WAS A PROSPERITY 11:55 PREACHER. HAVE YOU HEARD - YOU'VE 11:56 HEARD THAT PHRASE BEFORE? THESE ARE THE PASTORS THAT, 12:00 IN KIND OF A CERTAIN ILK OF CHRISTIANITY THAT'S ALWAYS 12:03 EMPHASIZING THAT - IT'S ALMOST LIKE GOD EXISTS TO MAKE YOU 12:08 HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE IN THIS WORLD. 12:10 I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE WISE PART IS EMPHASIZED VERY MUCH, 12:12 BUT CERTAINLY THE WEALTHY PART IS EMPHASIZED AND IT SEEMS LIKE 12:16 THEIR SERMONS ARE ALL FIXATING ON HOW GOD WANTS TO - 'THERE'S 12:21 NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING RICH' AND 'GOD WANTS TO BLESS YOU' - 12:25 IT'S LIKE THAT IDEA THAT CHAMBERS JUST TALKED ABOUT, THAT 12:27 GOD'S AN ETERNAL BLESSING MACHINE. WE PRAY ABOUT ALL THE 12:31 THINGS WE WANT. WHAT SHOULD BE THE MOST 12:33 IMPORTANT PART OF OUR PRAYING? IF THE PURPOSE OF GOD IS TO MAKE 12:37 US HOLY - NOT JUST HAPPY - YOU WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL YOU'RE 12:41 HOLY, SO THE FIRST PRIORITY OUGHT TO BE HOLINESS. 12:45 BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART - YOU DON'T GET THE BLESSING OF 12:48 HAPPINESS UNLESS THERE'S A PURITY OF HEART. 12:51 SO THE SUPREME OBJECTIVE OF OUR PRAYING SHOULD NOT JUST BE 'I 12:56 WANT THIS' AND 'I WANT THAT', YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE PART OF 12:59 IT, BUT EVERY PRAYER OUGHT TO BE PUNCTUATED, 'LORD, IF THIS WILL 13:03 CONTRIBUTE TO GLORIFY YOU AND MY REFLECTING YOU AND MY BEING 13:07 HOLY' - THAT'S REALLY HOW WE OUGHT TO BE PRAYING. 13:10 THAT'S WHY WE PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS THAT GOD MIGHT MAKE 13:13 US HOLY. IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. 13:15 GO AHEAD, PLEASE, READ FOR US ISAIAH 6:3. 13:20 >>"AND ONE CRIED TO ANOTHER AND SAID: 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE 13:24 LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!'" 13:28 >>SO THIS IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE NAME OF GOD. 13:32 WHEN THE ANGELS ARE THERE ABOUT THE THRONE AND THEY'RE LOOKING 13:35 FOR A WAY TO DEFINE THE CREATOR, THEY SAY THREE TIMES, 'HOLY, 13:40 HOLY, HOLY' IS THE WAY YOU DESCRIBE GOD. 13:44 IF WE WERE TO BE BROUGHT RIGHT NOW - SOMEHOW, IF WE COULD BE 13:46 TRANSPORTED INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD, OR IF WE COULD BE GIVEN - 13:49 YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUN IT'LL BURN YOUR EYES. 13:52 BUT SUPPOSE YOU WERE GIVEN A SPECIAL PAIR OF FILTERED LENSES 13:55 WHERE YOU COULD PEEP INTO HEAVEN AND YOU COULD SOMEHOW MANAGE TO 14:00 LOOK AT IT, THE THING THAT WOULD IMPRESS YOU THE MOST IS THE 14:05 PURITY OF GOD - THE HOLINESS OF GOD - AND WHEN YOU SEE THAT, 14:11 WHAT DID ISAIAH SAY WHEN HE SAW THE HOLINESS OF GOD? 14:14 'WOE IS ME.' I THINK THAT THE EQUIVALENT OF THAT IS, IF YOU 14:21 KNOW YIDDISH, 'OY VEY IZ MIR' - YOU EVER HEARD A JEWISH PERSON 14:24 SAY, 'OY VEY'? IT MEANS 'WOE IS ME' - 'I AM UNDONE'. 14:31 AND WE WOULD ALL SEE THAT AND SO THE REASON IS THEN, WHEN WE 14:34 REALIZE THAT GOD IS SO HOLY, WE BECOME AWARE IT'S THE GOODNESS 14:39 OF GOD THAT LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 14:41 CAN I REPHRASE THAT A LITTLE BIT? 14:42 THE HOLINESS OF GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 14:45 WE SEE HIS HOLINESS THAT HELPS US SEE OUR SINFULNESS, THEN WE 14:48 REPENT, AND THEN HE CLEANSES US. SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO BEGIN 14:51 WITH KNOWING SOMETHING ABOUT THE HOLINESS OF GOD, BECAUSE THAT 14:55 LEADS TO GENUINE CONVERSION. PSALM 89:18, "FOR OUR SHIELD 15:01 BELONGS TO THE LORD, AND OUR KING TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL." 15:05 HE'S ALWAYS DEFINED - WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GODS, 15:08 THE GOD OF THE JEWS WAS CALLED 'THE HOLY ONE' - YOU KNOW, IN 15:12 THE DIFFERENT PAGAN GODS THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR 15:14 DIFFERENT TERRITORIES - THEY HAD THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND 15:18 ONE WAS A - YOU HAD A GOD OF THE ROCKS AND THE BUSHES AND THE 15:21 TREES AND THE FROGS - JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WAY THAT THE 15:24 ISRAELIS DEFINE THEIR GOD IS THE HOLY ONE - HE'S PURE - HE'S GOOD 15:29 - HE'S JUST - AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ADJECTIVES YOU COULD 15:32 USE TO DESCRIBE HOLINESS. ISAIAH 40, VERSE 25, GOD SAYS, 15:36 "'TO WHOM THEN WILL YOU LIKEN ME, OR TO WHOM 15:39 SHALL I BE EQUAL?' SAYS THE HOLY ONE." 15:43 NOW, HOLINESS IS FRIGHTENING TO UNHOLY PEOPLE. 15:51 SO THAT'S WHILE YOU'LL EVEN FIND CHURCHES THAT SAY CHRISTIAN ON 15:55 THE FRONT, BUT IF YOU GO IN THAT CHURCH AND TALK ABOUT HOLINESS, 15:57 THEY'LL THROW YOU OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS 16:01 PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT A CHURCH - THERE ARE SOCIAL THINGS THAT 16:03 HAPPEN IN A CHURCH AND, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE MESSAGES 16:05 ARE, THE MESSAGES MAY MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD, BUT SOME CHURCHES 16:09 DON'T APPRECIATE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOLINESS. 16:12 AND IT FRIGHTENS US WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS 16:17 BECAUSE WHY AREN'T WE HOLY? BECAUSE THERE'S SIN THAT WE 16:23 LOVE, AND THE IDEA OF THE HOLINESS OF GOD, WE REALIZE, 16:27 'LOOK, I EITHER NEED GET RID OF GOD OR I NEED TO GET RID OF 16:30 SIN.' MOODY USED TO SAY, ABOUT THE BIBLE - THE BIBLE, A HOLY 16:34 BOOK - HE SAID 'THE BIBLE WILL KEEP YOU FROM SIN OR SIN WILL 16:38 KEEP YOU FROM THE BIBLE.' BUT THEY DON'T COEXIST VERY WELL, 16:41 AND IF YOU KEEP READING THE BIBLE, YOU'LL BE CONVICTED - YOU 16:45 MIGHT BE UNCOMFORTABLE BUT IT LEADS YOU TO HOLINESS. 16:48 AND IF YOU KEEP LOOKING AT THE LORD, IT LEADS YOU TO HOLINESS. 16:52 THERE'S A STORY IN LUKE 4:34, YOU REMEMBER WHEN JESUS 16:56 CONFRONTED A DEMON, AND WHAT DID THE DEMON SAY? 16:59 'I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THE HOLY ONE OF GOD.' IT MADE THE DEMON 17:03 UNCOMFORTABLE. WHEN JESUS WAS AROUND, THE 17:07 DEVILS DIDN'T LIKE IT ONE BIT. AND SO, HOLINESS CAN BE AN 17:10 UNCOMFORTABLE SUBJECT EVEN IN A CHURCH. 17:12 I KNOW THAT SOUNDS STRANGE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT 17:14 I'M TALKING ABOUT? >>YES. 17:16 >>YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S OKAY, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT BLESSINGS AND YOU 17:20 CAN TALK ABOUT GRACE AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT MERCY AND ALL THESE 17:23 DIFFERENT THINGS - AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, DON'T 17:25 MISUNDERSTAND, BUT HOLINESS JUST REALLY - IT - IT'S THE EDGE OF 17:33 THE KNIFE AND IT HELPS US REALIZE THAT, 'HEY, WE'VE GOT TO 17:36 BE TRANSFORMED.' AND THE BIBLE'S PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 17:39 LUKE 1:35 - LISTEN TO WHAT THE ANGEL SAID TO MARY, "THE HOLY 17:46 SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND THE POWER OF THE HIGHEST WILL 17:49 OVERSHADOW YOU; THEREFORE, ALSO, THAT HOLY ONE WHO IS TO BE BORN 17:54 WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF GOD." AND WHO IS THAT HOLY ONE? YEAH, 17:59 THAT'S ONE OF THE NAMES. THAT'S HOW THE ANGEL DESCRIBED HIM. 18:01 UNLIKE OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS THE HOLY ONE.' HEBREWS 7:26, "FOR 18:07 SUCH A HIGH PRIEST WAS FITTING FOR US, WHO IS HOLY, HARMLESS, 18:12 UNDEFILED, SEPARATE" - REMEMBER, WHAT DOES THE WORD 'HOLY' MEAN? 18:15 SEPARATE, UNIQUE - JESUS IS HOLY. 18:19 SO HERE WE HAVE HIM HOLY IN THE INCARNATION; WE HAVE HIM HOLY AS 18:22 HE IS NOW IN HEAVEN AS OUR HIGH PRIEST - "HARMLESS, UNDEFILED, 18:27 SEPARATE FROM SINNERS, AND HAS BECOME HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS;" 18:31 - PETER DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED TO JESUS - HE SAID TO THE JEWISH 18:36 PEOPLE, "BUT YOU DENIED THE HOLY ONE AND THE JUST AND YOU ASKED 18:41 FOR A MURDERER TO BE GRANTED TO YOU." 18:43 WHAT A CONTRAST - WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE JESUS - AND DON'T 18:47 FORGET THIS: THIS WAS A QUESTION THAT PILATE PUT TO THE CHURCH - 18:52 AND YOU WONDER, 'IS THE CHURCH TODAY MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS 18:54 BACK IN THE DAYS OF ISRAEL?' PILATE SAID, 'WOULD YOU 18:57 LIKE TO HAVE BARABBAS? HE'S A DO-IT-YOURSELF MAN; 19:00 HE'S A BOOTSTRAP MESSIAH. HE WAS GOING TO OVERTHROW THE 19:04 ROMANS SINGLE-HANDEDLY - ROB THEM ALONG THE WAY, BUT HE 19:06 WAS SORT OF LIKE ROBIN HOOD. WOULD YOU LIKE BARABBAS 19:10 OR THE HOLY ONE?' THEY SAID, 'BARABBAS. CRUCIFY HIM.' AND SO 19:14 THEY WERE READY TO CRUCIFY THE HOLY ONE. 1 THESSALONIANS 19:19 CHAPTER 4, VERSE 7, "FOR GOD DID NOT CALL US TO UNCLEANNESS, BUT 19:25 IN HOLINESS. THEREFORE HE WHO REJECTS THIS DOES NOT REJECT 19:29 MAN, BUT GOD, WHO HAS ALSO GIVEN US HIS HOLY SPIRIT." 19:34 SO CAN YOU HAVE HOLINESS WITHOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT? 19:38 AND THIS IS WHERE IT REALLY TIES INTO OUR LESSON - IT'S THROUGH 19:43 THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE GIVEN THE DESIRE FOR 19:49 HOLINESS. IT'S THROUGH THE POWER OF 19:51 THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE CONVICTED OF OUR SIN. 19:55 AND IT'S THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE ARE 19:58 GIVEN POWER TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND LIVE A SEPARATE LIFE. 20:04 AND SO, EVERYTHING HAS TO DO WITH THE POWER OF THE HOLY 20:06 SPIRIT. >>AMEN. 20:08 >>THERE IS NO HOLINESS WITHOUT CHRIST. 20:12 JOHN 17:11, JESUS IS PRAYING, "...HOLY FATHER, KEEP THROUGH 20:17 YOUR NAME THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE 20:21 AS WE ARE." SO EVEN JESUS, WHEN HE ADDRESSES 20:24 THE FATHER, HE ADDRESSES HIM AS 'HOLY FATHER'. 20:26 AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VERSE IDENTIFYING CHRIST - ISAIAH 35, 20:31 VERSE 8, "A HIGHWAY WILL BE THERE, AND A ROAD, AND IT SHALL 20:36 BE CALLED THE HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS. 20:39 THE UNCLEAN SHALL NOT PASS OVER IT." 20:41 SO WHAT IS THAT HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS? 20:45 WHAT DOES JESUS SAY IS THE HIGHWAY? 20:47 JOHN 14:6, JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE." 20:53 - SO WHAT IS THE HIGHWAY? >>JESUS. 20:55 >>JESUS. THE BIBLE SAYS, 'THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND 20:59 A LIGHT UNTO MY WAY.' AND SO YOU'VE GOT CHRIST AND HIS WORD. 21:03 THIS IS A HIGHWAY OF HOLINESS - IT IS FOREIGN - IT IS DIFFERENT. 21:06 IT IS NOT THE BROAD ROAD, IT IS THE STRAIGHT ROAD. 21:09 IT IS A ROAD WHERE YOU TAKE UP A CROSS. 21:11 AND IF ANYONE IS GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS, HE MUST DENY HIM OR 21:14 HERSELF DAILY. HOW DOES THAT WORK? 21:19 'I WANT TO DO THIS BUT IT'S NOT HOLY SO I'M GOING TO DENY WHAT I 21:23 WANT AND DO WHAT GOD WANTS.' IT'S THAT SIMPLE. 21:27 'I WANT TO SAY THIS.' 'I WANT TO WATCH THIS.' 'I WANT TO LISTEN 21:30 TO THIS.' 'I WANT TO EAT THIS...BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE 21:34 HOLY, AND SO, I'M GOING TO DENY MYSELF AND I'LL BE BLESSED 21:39 BECAUSE I KNOW I'M IN GOD'S WILL. 21:41 I'LL HAVE THE JOY OF THE LORD, BUT I'M GOING TO LIVE A LIFE OF 21:44 SELF-DENIAL AND HOLINESS.' NOW PEOPLE THINK THAT - 'PASTOR 21:48 DOUG, THAT'S - THAT SOUNDS DIFFICULT.' IT'S A LOT EASIER 21:52 THAN BEING LOST. LIFE IS TOUGH. YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SLAVE. 21:57 YOU'VE JUST GOT TO DECIDE WHO YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE. 22:00 YOU'RE GOING TO BE A SLAVE TO THE DEVIL AND THERE'S GOING TO 22:02 BE PROBLEMS ON THAT ROAD - IT'S A BROAD ROAD TO DESTRUCTION, 22:05 YOU'LL BE CAUGHT UP IN THE CURRENT, AND YOU'LL HAVE NO 22:07 PEACE OR JOY.' OR, YOU CAN CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN. 22:10 IT'S A LITTLE HARDER BUT YOU KNOW YOU'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE 22:12 LIGHT. >>AMEN. 22:13 >>AND SO, THAT'S - EVERYBODY'S GOT TO MAKE THAT - BUT IT 22:15 INVOLVES SELF-DENIAL TO TAKE UP YOUR CROSS - AND IT'S NOT ONCE 22:19 OR TWICE, IT'S A DAILY - PAUL SAID, 'I DIE DAILY.' WHAT DO YOU 22:23 THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT? HE WAS CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST 22:26 EVERY DAY. FOR WHAT PURPOSE? THAT HE MIGHT BE HOLY. 22:30 THOMAS WATSON SAID, 'HOLINESS IS THE MOST SPARKLING JEWEL IN HIS 22:34 CROWN. IT IS THE NAME BY WHICH GOD IS 22:36 KNOWN.' AND THAT'S WHAT IS SAYS THERE IN EXODUS 39:30, "THEN 22:42 THEY MADE THE PLATE OF THE HOLY CROWN OF PURE GOLD, AND WROTE 22:45 ON IT AN INSCRIPTION LIKE THE ENGRAVING OF A SIGNET: 22:49 HOLINESS TO THE LORD ." NOW, WAS THAT JUST FOR AARON 22:53 TO WEAR THAT - THAT TAG? NO, IT'S INTERESTING, THE HIGH 22:58 PRIEST HAD THERE ABOVE HIS HEAD 'HOLINESS TO THE LORD'. 23:01 WHEN JESUS TOOK OUR SIN, ABOVE HIS HEAD IT SAID, 'THIS IS THE 23:04 KING OF THE JEWS' AND HE REALLY - HE BECAME THE KING OF SIN FOR 23:10 US. BUT WE'RE CALLED TO BE A NATION 23:13 OF PRIESTS, ISN'T THAT RIGHT? AND SO THE BIBLE SAYS 23:18 WE'RE A HOLY NATION. MATTER OF FACT, IN THAT OPENING 23:20 VERSE THAT I READ IN 1 PETER WHERE HE SAID, 'AS HE WHO CALLED 23:24 YOU IS HOLY, SO BE HOLY'. YOU KNOW, IT ALSO SAYS, 'YOU ARE 23:28 A HOLY NATION.' THERE PETER IS REFERRING TO A STATEMENT OF 23:34 MOSES WHERE HE SAID, 'I'VE CALLED YOU TO BE A NATION OF 23:37 KINGS AND PRIESTS.' YOU ALSO FIND THAT IN REVELATION, WHERE 23:41 IT TALKS ABOUT THE 144,000 LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST. 23:44 WE ARE A PRIESTHOOD, AND IN THE SAME WAY THE ANCIENT PRIESTS HAD 23:48 SAID, 'HOLINESS TO THE LORD' EVERY ONE OF US, RIGHT THERE IN 23:50 THE MIDDLE, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. THE BEAST HAS GOT 23:53 SOMETHING IN HIS FOREHEAD, IT'S ALLEGIANCE TO THE BEAST. 23:57 GOD'S PEOPLE HAVE HOLINESS TO THE LORD - THE NAME OF GOD. 24:01 ISN'T THAT WHAT IT SAID IS IN OUR FOREHEAD? 24:04 NOW, YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'PASTOR DOUG, I THOUGHT THAT 24:07 SEAL WAS THE SABBATH.' WELL, LET ME GET YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS 24:12 FOR JUST A MINUTE. MAYBE IT'S ONE AND THE SAME. 24:16 NOW, I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, SO BEAR WITH ME. 24:18 SOME HAVEN'T HEARD IT, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK OF A BIG 24:21 TARGET - A BIG BULLS EYE WHERE YOU'VE GOT A CENTER AND YOU'VE 24:26 GOT ALL THESE OTHER RINGS AROUND IT AND YOU'VE GOT - OR, YOU'VE 24:30 GOT OUR PLANET AND ON THE PLANET THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING THEY CALL 24:33 'THE HOLY LAND'. ALRIGHT, LET'S ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT 24:36 AND IN THE HOLY LAND THERE WAS A PLACE CALLED 'THE HOLY CITY' - 24:39 WHAT WAS THAT? >>JERUSALEM. 24:41 >>ALRIGHT, YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE FURTHER, AND IN THE HOLY CITY 24:43 THERE WAS A HOLY MOUNTAIN. THESE TITLES ARE ALL 24:45 FOUND IN THE BIBLE. WHAT WAS THAT MOUNTAIN? 24:49 IT GOES BY A COUPLE OF NAMES, THEY CALL IT MOUNT ZION, THEY 24:51 CALL IT MOUNT MORIAH - IT'S WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS. AND ON THE 24:54 HOLY MOUNTAIN THEY HAD THE HOLY TEMPLE - YOU WITH ME? 24:57 BUT IN THE HOLY TEMPLE THEY HAD EVEN INCREASING HOLINESS. 25:00 THEY HAD THE HOLY PLACE, BUT THEN THEY HAD A PLACE CALLED THE 25:02 INNER SANCTUM - THE HOLY OF HOLIES - AND IN THE HOLY OF 25:06 HOLIES WAS WHAT? >>THE ARK. 25:09 >>THE HOLY ARK OF THE COVENANT - IT WAS ACTUALLY CALLED 'HOLY' 25:11 TOO - AND WHAT WAS IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT? 25:14 >>TEN COMMANDMENTS. >>THE HOLY LAW. AND YOU FIND THE 25:18 WORD HOLY ONE TIME IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. WHERE IS IT? 25:23 >>THE FOURTH. >>SABBATH. 25:26 >>'REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP IT HOLY.' AND SO, HAVING 25:30 THE NAME OF GOD - HE SAYS, 'HOLY IS MY NAME.' HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. 25:33 HAVING THE NAME OF GOD IN YOUR FOREHEAD AND HAVING THE SABBATH, 25:36 IT'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE SAME THING, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 25:40 >>YES. >>SO, THIS IS LIKE THE SEAL. 25:43 HOLINESS IS ONE OF THE IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF 25:46 GOD'S PEOPLE. AND WILL PEOPLE WHO ARE 25:49 HOLY KEEP THE HOLY DAY? >>YES. 25:51 >>YEAH, YOU'D THINK SO. PSALM 111, VERSE 9, "HOLY AND 25:56 AWESOME IS HIS NAME" - HIS NAME IS WRITTEN IN THEIR FOREHEADS. 26:00 LUKE 1:49, "FOR HE WHO IS MIGHTY HAS DONE GREAT THINGS FOR ME, 26:05 AND" - HIS NAME IS HOLY - "HOLY IS HIS NAME." 26:08 2 TIMOTHY - I'M NOT - YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU I CAN'T GO THROUGH 26:11 ALL 700 VERSES, BUT I'M TRYING. 2 TIMOTHY 1:8 - BY THE POWER OF 26:18 GOD HE HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US TO A HOLY LIFE 26:21 - 2 TIMOTHY 1:8. SO WHAT IS - WHAT IS IT THAT 26:24 GIVES US THE POWER TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE? 26:27 THE HOLY SPIRIT - THE POWER OF GOD - GOD THE SPIRIT. 26:30 ALRIGHT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, 26:32 EPHESIANS 1:4 - DAN, YOU'LL HAVE THAT? I'M GOING TO START OUT - 26:36 I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY JUMP TO EPHESIANS 5. 26:39 IT SAYS, "HUSBANDS, LOVE YOUR WIVES, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO LOVED 26:42 THE CHURCH AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR HER, THAT HE MIGHT SANCTIFY AND 26:46 CLEANSE HER WITH THE WASHING OF WATER BY THE WORD, THAT HE MIGHT 26:49 PRESENT HER TO HIMSELF" - NOW HERE'S HOW CHRIST PRESENTS THE 26:53 CHURCH - "A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE OR ANY 26:59 SUCH THING, BUT THAT SHE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH." 27:04 SO, IS THAT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CHURCH, SORT OF AS A BIG 27:06 GANG? THE CHURCH AS A BIG ENTITY? 27:09 OR THE PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH ARE BEING CALLED TO BE HOLY AND 27:13 WITHOUT BLEMISH? IT'S WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 27:16 YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP WITH THE LORD. 27:17 HE'S CALLING US TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE. 27:19 READ FOR US, PLEASE, EPHESIANS 1:4. 27:22 >>"JUST AS HE CHOSE US IN HIM BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE 27:25 WORLD, THAT WE SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLAME BEFORE HIM IN 27:29 LOVE." >>THERE YOU'VE GOT IT AGAIN 27:31 - HOLY, WITHOUT BLAME. NOW, THERE'S TWO KINDS OF 27:36 HOLINESS IN THE TRINITY OF SALVATION STEPS. 27:42 THE SALVATION STEPS ARE BIG THEOLOGICAL WORDS THAT WE USE 27:46 CALLED 'JUSTIFICATION' AND 'SANCTIFICATION' AND, 27:48 ULTIMATELY, 'GLORIFICATION'. WHEN YOU FIRST COME TO THE LORD 27:53 AND YOU ARE DECLARED HOLY, IT IS BY FAITH YOU ARE JUSTIFIED. 27:59 GOD WILL LOOK UPON YOU JUST AS IF - THAT'S WHERE YOU GET 28:02 'JUSTIFICATION' - A GOOD EVANGELIST WILL HELP THEM 28:05 PICTURE 'JUST AS IF' - ACATION. THE LORD LOOKS UPON YOU JUST 28:10 AS IF YOU HAD NEVER SINNED. LIKE THE THIEF ON THE CROSS, HE 28:13 WAS NOT SAVED BECAUSE HE LIVED A HOLY LIFE; HE WAS SAVED BECAUSE 28:17 HE WAS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO 28:20 DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. HE DIED WITHIN A FEW HOURS. 28:23 EVERYONE IS SAVED BECAUSE WE ARE JUSTIFIED. 28:26 BUT THEN WHEN YOU ARE SAVED AND JUSTIFIED BY FAITH, THEN YOU GO 28:30 ON AND YOU NOW LIVE A LIFE OF SANCTIFICATION WHERE GOD 28:37 TRANSFORMS YOU. AND THAT LEADS US TO OUR NEXT 28:39 SECTION: THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE AGENT OF SANCTIFICATION . 28:43 IF YOU SAY, 'WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CLEANING PARTY' AND BRING TO 28:50 YOUR CLEANING PARTY THE DIFFERENT CLEANING AGENTS, ONE 28:55 OF THOSE CLEANING AGENTS YOU MIGHT BRING AMMONIA - ANYONE GOT 28:58 AMMONIA IN YOUR HOUSE? KIND OF STINKS, BUT 29:00 THEY SAY IT CLEANS. BLEACH? YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WITH 29:03 THAT - YOU'VE GOT TO WATER IT DOWN. 29:05 I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ONCE, THE FIRST TIME I USED BLEACH, I USED 29:08 STRAIGHT BLEACH TO WASH MY HANDS. 29:10 SOMEONE SAID, 'USE BLEACH' - I HAD POISON OAK. 29:12 JUST ABOUT BURNED THE SKIN OFF MY HANDS. 29:15 BUT IT'S AN AGENT. BUT AN AGENT'S NOT ONLY A 29:18 SUBSTANCE, AN AGENT CAN BE A PERSON. 29:22 WE MIGHT HAVE A SECRET AGENT HERE SENT FROM THE VATICAN. 29:26 (LAUGHTER) SO AN AGENT CAN BE A PERSON, RIGHT? 29:37 SO THE HOLY SPIRIT, IS HE A SUBSTANCE OR IS HE A PERSON? 29:42 WHAT KIND OF AGENT IS HE? >>PERSON. 29:44 >>IT'S A PERSON. NOW, WE'VE BEEN EMPHASIZING THAT 29:46 ALONG THE WAY, BUT SOME PEOPLE STILL STRUGGLE WITH THAT. 29:49 THE AGENT OF OUR SANCTIFICATION - I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK 29:51 SUBSTANCE, I WANT YOU TO THINK PERSON. 1 CORINTHIANS - 29:55 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18, OKAY? 29:59 1 CORINTHIANS 6:11, "AND SUCH WERE SOME OF YOU." 30:03 - HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE SINS - "BUT YOU WERE WASHED, BUT YOU 30:07 WERE SANCTIFIED, BUT YOU WERE JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE 30:10 LORD JESUS AND BY THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD." 30:13 SO WHO IS IT THAT CLEANSED THEM - THAT MADE THEM HOLY? 30:17 IT SAYS THROUGH THE NAME OF THE LORD AND SPIRIT - THROUGH FAITH 30:20 IN HIS NAME AND THROUGH THE POWER OF GOD'S SPIRIT WE'RE 30:23 CLEANSED. FIRST JUSTIFIED, BUT THAT 30:26 SAME SPIRIT - NOT ONLY DO WE EXPERIENCE JOY THROUGH 30:29 JUSTIFICATION, THAT SAME SPIRIT THEN GIVES US POWER TO SUBDUE 30:34 THE CARNAL NATURE - TO SAY 'NO' TO SELF - TO DENY OURSELVES 30:38 AND TO LIVE HOLY LIVES. SAY 'YES' TO GOD AND 'NO' TO THE 30:40 DEVIL - THAT'S WHAT IT AMOUNTS TO. 30:42 PLEASE READ THE NEXT VERSE FOR US. 30:44 >>"BUT WE ALL, WITH UNVEILED FACE, BEHOLDING AS IN A MIRROR 30:49 THE GLORY OF THE LORD, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO THE SAME IMAGE 30:53 FROM GLORY TO GLORY, JUST AS BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD." 30:57 >>SO HOW ARE WE BEING TRANSFORMED? 30:59 BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD - THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TRANSFORM US. 31:02 NOW, IN THAT VERSE WE JUST READ - JOHN JUST READ FOR US - IT 31:06 SAYS, 'ARE BEING TRANSFORMED' - DOES THE SANCTIFICATION - 31:11 JUSTIFICATION, HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? 31:14 AS SOON AS YOU BELIEVE. VERY QUICK. 31:17 SANCTIFICATION IS OF BEING TRANSFORMED. 31:21 THAT'S WHERE YOU FIND IN ISAIAH 1, IT SAYS, 'CEASE TO DO EVIL. 31:26 LEARN TO DO GOOD.' IT'S A LEARNING - YOU SPEND YOUR 31:28 LIFE SINNING, YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN. AND I KNOW, WHEN I CAME 31:32 TO THE LORD - JUST ONE THING, IN PARTICULAR, THAT WAS DIFFICULT 31:35 FOR ME, YOU KNOW, CHRISTIANS SPEAK A DIFFERENT VOCABULARY AND 31:38 IF YOU GREW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, IT'S NATURAL FOR YOU. 31:42 BUT IF YOU DIDN'T GROW UP IN A CHRISTIAN HOME, LIKE ME - 31:49 MY MOTHER, MY FATHER, MY GRANDPARENTS, HAD REALLY SALTY 31:54 LANGUAGE AND SO WHEN I BECAME A CHRISTIAN - YOU KNOW, THE FIRST 32:02 THING I WAS REALLY CONVICTED ABOUT WAS JUST EVEN TAKING THE 32:05 NAME OF THE LORD IN VAIN. THAT CHANGED PRETTY QUICKLY. 32:08 I WAS CONVICTED ABOUT THAT, BUT IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS SO 32:10 NATURAL - IT WAS JUST PART OF YOUR VOCABULARY. 32:13 BUT, GRADUALLY, THE HOLY SPIRIT BEGAN TO TEACH ME, 'YOU 32:17 SHOULDN'T SAY THINGS THAT WAY' OR 'YOU SHOULDN'T USE THOSE 32:19 WORDS ANYMORE' - BUT THAT - IT WAS A LEARNING PROCESS BECAUSE I 32:23 HAD TO REPROGRAM. IT DIDN'T ALL CHANGE AT ONCE. 32:26 BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT CHANGED ME. AND IT'S THAT WAY 32:31 WITH A LOT OF THINGS. YOU SPEND ALL YOUR LIFE DOING 32:34 WRONG, THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES IN YOUR LIFE YOU'VE GOT TO, SORT 32:37 OF, REPROGRAM - IT'S - YOU'VE GOT TO LEARN A NEW WAY OF 32:40 THINKING - A NEW WAY OF DOING THINGS. 32:43 ALRIGHT, SANCTIFICATION - THIS IS FROM THE BOOK ACTS OF THE 32:47 APOSTLES , "SANCTIFICATION IS THE WORK" - "IS NOT THE WORK" - AND 32:52 THIS IS ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 560 - "SANCTIFICATION IS NOT THE 32:55 WORK OF A MOMENT OR AN HOUR OR A DAY, BUT A LIFETIME." 33:01 YOU WILL ALWAYS BE PRESSING ON TO BE MORE LIKE JESUS. 33:06 AND CHRISTIAN PERFECTION - YOU MIGHT SAY, 'WELL, WHAT DOES IT 33:10 MEAN TO BE - CHRISTIAN PERFECTION - IT MEANS THAT YOU 33:12 ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN HUMANLY DO, BY GOD'S GRACE, 33:15 TO BE AS MUCH LIKE JESUS AS YOU CAN BE EVERY DAY, BEING FULLY 33:19 SURRENDERED TO HIS WILL. ALTHOUGH WE'VE BECOME CHRISTIANS 33:23 INSTANTANEOUSLY BY FAITH IN CHRIST THROUGH JUSTIFICATION, 33:26 SANCTIFICATION IS A GRADUAL PROCESS. THERE ARE NO SHORTCUTS. 33:32 AND SO, DON'T GET DISCOURAGED IF YOU DISCOVER THAT YOU'RE NOT 33:35 LIKE THE APOSTLE PETER IN ONE DAY. OF COURSE, PETER HAD SOME 33:39 SANCTIFICATION TIME TOO, DIDN'T HE? 33:41 >>YES. >>SO MAYBE THAT'S 33:42 A GOOD EXAMPLE. C.S. LEWIS SAID, "HOW LITTLE 33:46 PEOPLE KNOW WHO THINK THAT HOLINESS IS DULL. 33:49 WHEN ONE MEETS THE REAL THING, IT IS IRRESISTIBLE." 33:53 CHRISTIAN HOLINESS SHOULD BE SO EXCITING TO US BECAUSE IT'S - 33:57 IT'S THE REAL THING - TRYING TO LIVE THE LIFE OF GOD BEING 34:01 RECREATED INSIDE OF US. ALRIGHT, THAT LEADS US ON TO OUR 34:05 NEXT SECTION ABOUT THE RULE OF HOLINESS IS GOD'S LAW . 34:10 ROMANS 7:12 - AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE STANDARD FOR 34:14 HOLINESS IS THE LAW OF GOD. TO SUMMARIZE THE LAW OF GOD IN 34:18 ONE WORD, WHAT WORD WOULD YOU PICK? 34:21 >>LOVE. >>HOLY. 34:24 >>HOLY, WELL, I SAID THAT. >>LOVE. 34:26 >>BUT I WAS THINKING 'LOVE'. ISN'T LOVE A SUMMARY 34:30 OF WHO GOD IS? AND THE REASON I SAID 'HOLY' IS 34:33 GOOD TOO IS BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS HOLY AND THE 34:35 BIBLE SAYS GOD IS LOVE. IT USES BOTH DEFINITIONS. 34:39 "BE YE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY." THE BIBLE ALSO SAYS, 'GOD IS 34:43 LOVE.' AND SO REAL HOLINESS IS REAL LOVE. 34:47 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND REAL LOVE IS REAL HOLINESS. 34:51 SO YOU CAN SUMMARIZE THE LAW - THE LAW IS HOLY, JUST, AND GOOD 34:55 - AND THE BIBLE - AND, BY THE WAY, THAT'S ONE OF OUR VERSES 34:57 HERE - ROMANS 7:12, "THEREFORE THE LAW IS HOLY, AND THE 35:00 COMMANDMENT HOLY AND JUST AND GOOD." 35:02 AND GOD IS LOVE. SO, IF YOU BREAK DOWN THE LOVE 35:06 OF GOD INTO TWO PARTS, YOU'VE GOT THE FIRST FOUR 35:10 COMMANDMENTS DEAL WITH WHAT? LOVE FOR GOD. 35:14 AND THE LAST SIX COMMANDMENTS - >>LOVE FOR MAN. 35:16 >>LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN. SO YOU'VE GOT LOVE THE LORD - 35:19 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR - THE CROSS GOES TWO DIRECTIONS. 35:22 ALL OF LIFE IS ABOUT THE CROSS. IT'S THIS LOVE RELATIONSHIP - I 35:26 ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THE POPE WHEN I DO THIS - IT'S THE VERTICAL 35:30 LOVE RELATIONSHIP AND IT'S THE HORIZONTAL LOVE RELATIONSHIP. 35:34 LOVING GOD - IF YOU LOVE HIM THEN YOU DEVELOP A HEART WHERE 35:37 YOU CAN LOVE EACH OTHER - OTHERWISE IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD 35:39 TO LOVE YOU WITHOUT GOD'S HELP. RIGHT? IT TAUGHT ME TO REALLY 35:42 LOVE THE WAY GOD WANTS US TO LOVE. THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD 35:45 BE. HERE'S A GREAT VERSE - AND IT'S SEVERAL VERSES. 35:49 I WANT TO READ 1 THESSALONIANS 4, VERSES 1 THROUGH 8. 35:54 JUST TALKING ABOUT, AGAIN, HOLINESS IN THE COMMANDMENT. 35:57 "FINALLY THEN, BRETHREN, WE URGE AND EXHORT IN THE LORD JESUS 36:02 THAT YOU SHOULD ABOUND MORE AND MORE, JUST AS YOU RECEIVED FROM 36:06 US HOW YOU OUGHT TO WALK AND TO PLEASE GOD; FOR YOU KNOW WHAT 36:11 COMMANDMENTS WE GAVE YOU THROUGH THE LORD JESUS." 36:13 - SO THEY WERE REPEATING THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD. 36:16 NOW, ARE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMANDMENTS 36:19 THAT THE LORD JESUS HAD? WHO GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 36:25 ALL THINGS THAT WERE MADE WERE MADE BY HIM. 36:27 WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE. 36:30 SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT AGAIN, WHO MADE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 36:33 >>JESUS. >>JESUS DID. 36:34 I BELIEVE THE FATHER WAS THERE WHEN THE LAW WAS DECLARED, BUT 36:38 CHRIST WAS CERTAINLY, AT LEAST A CO-AUTHOR OF THE LAW. SO WHEN 36:42 PAUL SAYS, 'THE COMMANDMENTS THAT WE GAVE YOU THROUGH THE 36:45 LORD JESUS,' - I'VE JUST HEARD SOME PASTORS SAY, 'WELL, THOSE 36:47 ARE DIFFERENT COMMANDMENTS THAN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.' 36:49 NO THEY'RE NOT! IT'S THE SAME COMMANDMENTS. "FOR THIS IS THE 36:52 WILL OF GOD," - NOTICE HOW PAUL THEN DESCRIBES THOSE THINGS - 36:55 "YOUR SANCTIFICATION: THAT YOU SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM SEXUAL 37:00 IMMORALITY;" - DOES THAT - IS THAT ADDRESSED IN THE TEN 37:02 COMMANDMENTS? >>YES. 37:04 >>"THAT EACH OF YOU SHOULD KNOW HOW TO POSSESS HIS OWN VESSEL IN 37:07 SANCTIFICATION AND HONOR, NOT IN PASSION OF LUST, LIKE THE 37:11 GENTILES WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD; THAT NO ONE SHOULD TAKE 37:14 ADVANTAGE OF AND DEFRAUD HIS BROTHER IN THIS MATTER," - 37:18 THAT'S CALLED LYING OR STEALING - THAT'S PART OF THE TEN 37:20 COMMANDMENTS - "BECAUSE THE LORD IS THE AVENGER OF ALL SUCH, AS 37:23 WE ALSO FOREWARNED YOU AND TESTIFIED. 37:25 FOR GOD DID NOT CALL US TO UNCLEANNESS, BUT IN HOLINESS." 37:29 - SO YOU SEE WHAT PAUL IS DOING? HE'S MAKING A DIRECT LINE 37:33 BETWEEN OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW AND CALLING US TO HOLINESS. 37:37 SO IF GOD IS CALLING US TO HOLINESS, HE'S CALLING US TO 37:40 COMMANDMENT KEEPING. CAN THAT BE MISUNDERSTOOD? 37:45 SOME MISUNDERSTAND IT. 37:47 THERE'S SOME CHURCHES WHERE YOU CAN GO AND THEY'LL SAY, 'YEAH, 37:49 GOD WANTS US TO BE HOLY.' AND THEN I'LL SAY, 'DOES HE WANT US 37:51 TO KEEP THE LAW?' 'NO, WE'RE NOT UNDER 37:53 THE LAW.' AM I RIGHT? HAVEN'T YOU HEARD THAT BEFORE? 37:57 >>YES. >>ISN'T THAT CRAZY? 37:58 I'M SORRY, TO ME - JUST - IT SEEMS SO CRAZY. 38:01 THEY'LL SAY, 'YES, GOD WANTS US TO BE HOLY.' 38:02 'SHOULD WE KEEP THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?' 38:04 'NO, THAT'S LEGALISM.' WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE HOLINESS - YOU CAN'T 38:08 SAY, 'I'M LIVING A HOLY LIFE AND YEAH, I AM STEALING AND 38:10 COMMITTING ADULTERY, BUT I'VE BEEN CALLED TO HOLINESS.' SO A 38:13 REAL LIFE OF HOLINESS IS A LIFE OF OBEDIENCE IN COMMANDMENT 38:17 KEEPING. THIS IS FRIGHTENING TO PEOPLE, 38:22 BUT THIS IS WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT. 38:24 HE SAVES US FROM OUR SIN AND WHAT IS SIN? 38:27 BREAKING THE LAW. HE'S SAVING US FOR HOLINESS. 38:34 PSALM 19, VERSE 7, "THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING 38:38 THE SOUL; THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE 38:42 SIMPLE;" - AND THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE TO THE NEXT THOUGHT: 38:45 HOLINESS IS THE BEST AGENT FOR EVANGELISM. NOW, YOU MIGHT 38:52 THINK, A LOT OF CHURCHES TRY ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS - 38:54 THEY SAY, 'HOW ARE WE GOING TO GROW OUR CHURCH?' 38:56 FIRST OF ALL, THE IDEA OF GROWING A CHURCH IS NOT FOR THE 38:58 SAKE OF JUST HAVING MORE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. 39:00 IF WE - I - THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS - WE CAN GIVE AWAY FREE 39:02 MONEY AND GET MORE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. 39:05 THERE'S A - YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE - GIVE AWAY MORE SWEETS - 39:10 YOU CAN GIVE AWAY ALL KINDS OF THINGS AND GET PEOPLE IN THE 39:11 BUILDING. AND SOME CHURCHES DO THAT TO GET 39:13 PEOPLE AND THEN PREACH THE WORD AND, OSTENSIBLY, CONVERT THEM, 39:16 BUT IT'S INTERESTING, I'VE HEARD OF PASTORS WHO SIT DOWN AND THEY 39:20 SAY, 'NOW WHAT ARE THE FELT NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY?' 39:23 AND THEY FIGURE THAT 'OUR CHURCH'LL PROVIDE WHATEVER 39:26 PEOPLE WANT.' AND THEY THINK, 'WELL, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, 39:31 THEY ALL WANT COFFEE, SO LET'S HAVE A COFFEE SHOP IN THE LOBBY. 39:36 AND PEOPLE LOVE DONUTS, LET'S HAVE SOME DONUTS. AND PEOPLE 39:40 LOVE INVIGORATING MUSIC SO LET'S HAVE SOME INVIGORATING MUSIC. 39:44 AND PEOPLE LOVE TO BE TOLD THAT THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AND THEY'RE 39:46 GOING TO BE A WINNER AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND - 39:48 JUST POSITIVE THINKING, SO TELL 'EM POSITIVE THINGS.' AND IT'S 39:52 LIKE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES ARE TRYING TO MARKET - THEY'RE 39:55 SAYING, 'WHAT WILL GET PEOPLE HERE?' 39:57 AND IT'S LIKE THEY SACRIFICE THE GOSPEL THAT SAYS, 'YOU'RE A 40:00 SINNER AND YOU'RE CALLED TO HOLINESS' TO GET PEOPLE IN THE 40:03 BUILDING, AND THEY GET ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING BUT 40:05 ARE THEY BEING TAUGHT TO BE HOLY? 40:07 WHAT GOOD IS IT IF YOU USE ALL THESE GIMMICKS AND MARKETING 40:10 TRICKS TO GET PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING AND SAY 'OH, WE'VE GOT 40:12 600 PEOPLE IN OUR CHURCH.' WELL, ARE THEY TURNING INTO SAINTS? 40:16 I MEAN, ISN'T THAT THE OBJECTIVE? 40:19 DOES THE LORD JUST WANT QUANTITY OR DOES HE WANT QUALITY? 40:23 >>QUALITY. >>HE WANTS US TO BE LIKE HIS 40:24 SON. AND THAT'S WHY THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT. 40:28 SO WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD OF EVANGELISM? 40:32 HOLINESS IS THE BEST METHOD OF EVANGELISM. 40:35 I WANT TO READ THAT LAST VERSE TO YOU. 40:37 PSALM 19, "THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL; 40:43 THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE;" 1 40:46 PETER 2:9, "BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, 40:51 A HOLY NATION," - WHAT KIND OF NATION? 40:54 >>HOLY. >>THE CHURCH HE'S SPEAKING TO - 40:57 "HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM 41:02 WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT;" 41:06 THROUGH HOLY LIVING WE ARE BEARING WITNESS. 41:09 THERE'S A TESTIMONY THAT STIRS PEOPLE. 41:14 YOU KNOW, ONE REASON I'M A CHRISTIAN IS I MET SOME GODLY 41:16 CHRISTIANS AND I THOUGHT, 'WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE 41:20 LIKE THAT. THEY ARE SO UNIQUE. 41:22 THEY'RE SO SELFLESS. THEY'RE SO HOLY.' I MAY NOT HAVE 41:26 USED THAT WORD BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING. 41:28 I WAS IMPRESSED BY THEIR GOODNESS AND IT'S A TREMENDOUSLY 41:33 POWERFUL EVANGELISTIC TOOL - IS WHEN GOD'S PEOPLE ARE HOLY. 41:38 IT'LL, YOU KNOW, IT'LL OFTEN AROUSE THE WRATH OF THE ENEMY, 41:42 BUT EVEN - YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY GOD'S PEOPLE WITNESS IS NOT 41:46 WHEN HE SAVES US FROM TRIAL, IF YOU LIVE GODLY - HOW MANY THAT 41:49 LIVE GODLY WILL BE PERSECUTED? >>ALL. 41:52 >>ALL WHO LIVE GODLY WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION. 41:54 SO, IF YOU LIVE GODLY, YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE SOME PERSECUTION, BUT 41:58 YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDST OF PERSECUTION? 42:01 WHEN CHRISTIANS WERE BEING BURNED AT THE STAKE AND THEY DID 42:04 IT WITH GRACE AND THEY SANG GOD'S PRAISES, THE PAGANS 42:07 WATCHED AND IT CHANGED THEM. AND MANY PAGANS STARTED LOOKING 42:10 FOR CHRISTIANS, BECAUSE THEY SAW HOW THEY CONDUCTED THEMSELVES 42:14 THROUGH TRIALS IN A HOLY WAY. SO YEAH, HOLY LIVING, YOU MIGHT 42:19 THINK, 'PASTOR DOUG, YOU'RE SCARING ME.' HOLY LIVING MIGHT 42:22 INSPIRE THE WRATH OF THE DEVIL. THE DEVIL IS THREATENED BY HOLY 42:27 LIVING AND HE - THE DEVIL WANTS YOU TO SIN, SO IF YOU'RE LIVING 42:31 HOLY IT'S GOING TO MAKE HIM MAD, RIGHT? 42:33 >>YEAH. >>WHEN THE DEVILS CAME OUT OF 42:35 THE WOODWORK THEY SAID, 'OH, THERE'S THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.' 42:38 IT BOTHERED THEM THAT JESUS WAS LIVING A HOLY LIFE. 42:42 BUT IT'S EVANGELISTIC. PSALMS 51 - NOTICE THIS - VERSE 42:47 12 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME 2 PETER 2:21. 42:51 YOU'LL HAVE THAT, VICKY? ALRIGHT. 42:52 PSALM 51, VERSE 12, "RESTORE TO ME THE JOY OF YOUR SALVATION, 42:56 AND UPHOLD ME BY YOUR GENEROUS SPIRIT. 42:59 THEN I WILL TEACH TRANSGRESSORS YOUR WAYS, AND SINNERS SHALL BE 43:04 CONVERTED TO YOU." SO WHAT'S THE RESULT OF WHEN WE 43:07 HAVE THE SPIRIT RESTORED AND WE'RE LIVING IN HOLINESS? 43:10 SINNERS ARE CONVERTED TO YOU. ALRIGHT, PLEASE READ 43:13 FOR US, 2 PETER 2:21. >>"FOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER 43:17 FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE KNOWN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THAN 43:20 HAVING KNOWN IT, TO TURN FROM THE HOLY COMMANDMENT 43:23 DELIVERED TO THEM." >>YEAH, THERE AGAIN YOU'VE GOT 43:25 THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COMMANDMENTS BEING HOLY AND - 43:30 BUT WHEN SOMEONE TURNS AWAY, IT - IT'S JUST SUCH A BAD WITNESS. 43:35 GALATIANS 5:16, THE BIBLE SAYS, "WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YOU 43:39 SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUSTS OF THE FLESH." 43:41 SO AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE AGENT OF OUR HOLINESS IS DOING 43:45 WHAT? WALKING IN THE SPIRIT. 43:47 IT'S THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE CAN LIVE THAT NEW LIFE. 43:49 NOW, IN THIS LAST SECTION HERE PURSUING HOLINESS - PURSUING 43:54 HOLINESS - HEBREWS 12:14 - I'M GOING TO READ THIS AND THEN I 43:59 WANT YOU TO REPEAT IT AFTER ME, BECAUSE IF YOU FORGET EVERYTHING 44:02 ELSE IN THIS LESSON, I DON'T WANT YOU TO FORGET THIS VERSE. 44:05 I DON'T DO THAT OFTEN SO DON'T MAKE ME LOOK BAD FOR THOSE 44:09 WATCHING ON TV. I'LL READ IT FIRST AND THEN I 44:11 WANT YOU TO READ IT WITH ME. "PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE, 44:15 AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO ONE WILL SEE THE LORD:" NOW, HOW 44:21 MANY ARE GOING TO SEE THE LORD WITHOUT HOLINESS? 44:23 >>NO ONE. >>NO ONE. 44:25 LET'S READ THAT VERSE AGAIN - HEBREWS 12:14 - READY? 44:28 "PURSUE PEACE WITH ALL PEOPLE, AND HOLINESS, WITHOUT WHICH NO 44:35 ONE WILL SEE THE LORD:" SO WHEN PASTOR DOUG IS UP HERE TEACHING 44:39 ABOUT HOLINESS - AND, DON'T BLAME ME, IT'S IN THE LESSON - 44:42 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE DRAWING A PRETTY AUSTERE LINE ABOUT WHAT 44:47 IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN, WHY AM I DOING IT? 44:52 YOU KNOW, WE COULD PREACH SMOOTH THINGS TO YOU, FRIENDS, BUT I 44:55 DON'T WANT YOUR BLOOD ON MY HANDS. 44:57 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'WITHOUT HOLINESS, NO ONE WILL SEE GOD.' 45:01 JESUS SAID, 'BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, THEY WILL" - 45:05 WHAT? >>SEE JESUS. 45:06 >>SEE GOD. HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SEE GOD? 45:08 >>AMEN. >>IN PEACE. 45:10 I DON'T MEAN SEE HIM AND FLEE FROM HIM WHEN HE COMES, I'M 45:12 TALKING ABOUT TO WELCOME HIS APPEARANCE. 45:15 IT SAYS WITHOUT HOLINESS WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE HIM. 45:18 AND SO, GOD WANTS US TO LIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIVES. 45:21 CHRISTIANS ARE NOT JUST FORGIVEN, WE ARE TRANSFORMED. 45:26 THE OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY, ALL THINGS ARE MADE NEW. 45:29 WE ARE NEW CREATURES. CHRISTIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO 45:32 LIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIVES. THERE'S TO BE A 45:34 HOLINESS IN OUR LIVES. NOW, WITH THAT IN MIND, 45:38 HOW DO WE PURSUE HOLINESS? 2 TIMOTHY 2:21, "THEREFORE IF 45:45 ANYONE CLEANSES HIMSELF FROM THE LATTER, HE WILL BE A VESSEL FOR 45:48 HONOR, SANCTIFIED AND USEFUL FOR THE MASTER, PREPARED 45:52 FOR EVERY GOOD WORK." - GOD COULD FILL YOU WITH THE 45:55 HOLY SPIRIT WHEN WE SURRENDER OURSELVES FOR A GOOD WORK. 45:58 THEN HE SAYS, "FLEE ALSO YOUTHFUL LUSTS; BUT PURSUE 46:02 RIGHTEOUSNESS," - THERE YOU'VE GOT THAT WORD 'PURSUE' AGAIN. 46:05 SEE, HOLINESS DOESN'T JUST FALL ON YOU LIKE SOME KIND OF PINK 46:08 COTTON CANDY - YOU PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE 46:11 HOLY. YEAH, YOU GET JUSTIFICATION THAT 46:13 WAY, BUT SANCTIFICATION SHOULD BE PURSUED. 46:17 YOU NEED TO AGGRESSIVELY, THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS, THROUGH 46:20 THE STUDY OF GOD'S WORD, THROUGH SELF-DENIAL, YOU PURSUE 46:23 HOLINESS. EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG; FOR THE CHRISTIAN, YOUR 46:27 LIFE IS A MARATHON, IT'S NOT A SPRINT. 46:30 IT IS A MARATHON EVERY DAY OF PURSUING HOLINESS. 46:35 AND SO, IT COMES THROUGH JUST ALL THE LITTLE DECISIONS WE 46:37 MAKE. AND IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU 46:39 DO, IT'S EVEN WHAT YOU THINK. MY BIGGEST BATTLE 46:42 IS WHAT I THINK. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART. 46:47 IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE PUMP, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THE BRAIN, 46:50 RIGHT? SO, TO BE PURE IN HEART MEANS YOU'VE 46:54 GOT TO SAY, 'LORD, I NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE ME IN MY 46:57 THINKING.' ANY OF YOU REMEMBER ZIG ZIGLER? 47:00 HE USED TO - HE'S A CHRISTIAN AND A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, BUT 47:02 HE USED TO TALK ABOUT STINKIN' THINKIN'. 47:05 A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY CAN LOOK REALLY NICE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT 47:08 IN THEIR HEARTS, IT'S LIKE JESUS SAID, 'THEY'RE PAINTED 47:10 SEPULCHRES' - THEY'RE FULL OF DEAD MEN'S BONES IN THEIR MINDS. 47:13 THEIR HEARTS ARE JUST FULL OF GREED AND SELFISHNESS. 47:16 AND I THINK MOST OF US, IF WE'RE HONEST, WE'D ADMIT THAT WE'D 47:19 HATE TO HAVE - THEY'VE GOT - YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT TV MONITORS ON 47:22 EVERYTHING NOW. THEY'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, I STOPPED 47:27 WHERE WE MOVED TO PUMP MY GAS AND WHILE I'M PUMPING GAS 47:31 THERE'S A LITTLE TV THAT STARTS RUNNING COMMERCIALS. 47:33 YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM IT. THEY'VE JUST GOT LITTLE 47:35 MONITORS EVERYWHERE. AND I THOUGHT, 'WHAT IF YOU HAD 47:36 A MONITOR ON YOUR FOREHEAD THAT SHOWED WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? 47:42 YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE AND YOU'RE SAYING ONE THING AND THEY 47:43 - THEY CAN SEE WHAT YOU REALLY THINK. 47:48 OR THEY CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO THEM AT 47:50 ALL. YOUR MIND IS A THOUSAND MILES 47:51 AWAY AND YOU'RE GOING, 'YES...' SO GOD IS CALLING US 47:56 TO PURITY OF HEART. IT IS SO HARD TO 47:57 CHANGE YOUR THINKING. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT? DO YOU SPEND MUCH 48:02 TIME THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT? 48:06 BUT ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS YOU'LL TYPICALLY THINK ABOUT 48:09 WHAT YOU TAKE IN. WHAT DO YOU WATCH? 48:15 YOUR MIND STORES THE THINGS THAT YOU WATCH. 48:18 AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ONE PLACE - ONE REAL SENSITIVE AREA, 48:21 AND I'M SPEAKING TO MYSELF ALONG WITH YOU, FOR THE CHURCH TODAY 48:27 IT WOULD BE - WE ARE JUST SURROUNDED WITH INFORMATION, 48:31 UNLIKE ANY OTHER AGE WHERE THERE IS JUST SO MUCH YOU CAN TAKE IN 48:34 VISUALLY AND THE EYES ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AVENUES OF 48:37 INFORMATION, AND THERE'S SO MUCH BAD TO LOOK AT OUT THERE TODAY. 48:43 WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE LOOK AT. 48:45 LUKE 1:74, WHEN ZACHARIAH SPOKE TO THE ANGEL AND HE HEARD ABOUT 48:52 JOHN THE BAPTIST, HE LATER PRAYED AND SAID, 'TO GRANT US 48:55 THAT, BEING DELIVERED FROM THE HAND OF OUR ENEMIES, WE MIGHT 48:58 SERVE HIM WITHOUT FEAR IN HOLINESS AND RIGHTEOUSNESS 49:03 BEFORE HIM ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE.' 49:05 GOD WANTS US TO SERVE HIM IN HOLINESS. 49:09 BUT TO DO THAT, WE'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE TAKE IN. 49:12 IN PSALMS 101, VERSE 3 DAVID SAID, "I WILL SET NOTHING WICKED 49:18 BEFORE MY EYES;" AND THEN JOB 31:1, "I HAVE MADE A COVENANT 49:23 WITH MY EYES; WHY THEN SHOULD I LOOK UPON A YOUNG WOMAN?" 49:28 BEING HOLY MEANS YOU NEED TO CHOOSE WHAT YOU LOOK AT AND YOU 49:31 NEED TO CHOOSE WHAT NOT TO LOOK AT. 49:35 TO BE A GOOD GARDNER DOESN'T MEAN YOU JUST LOVE VEGETABLES, 49:40 YOU HAVE TO HATE WEEDS. (LAUGHTER) THE REASON THAT JOB 49:46 WAS A HOLY MAN, IT SAID THAT HE LOVED GOD AND HE HATED EVIL. 49:53 AND SO, A LONGING FOR HOLINESS MEANS THAT GOD'LL PUT WITHIN 49:57 YOUR DESIRE A LOVE FOR GOOD AND A LOATHING FOR BAD. 50:02 AND YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE HEARING SOMETHING OR YOU 50:06 ARE SEEING SOMETHING AND IT'S NOT UPRIGHT, YOU NEED TO PLUG 50:09 YOUR EARS. THE BIBLE DESCRIBES A RIGHTEOUS 50:11 PERSON AS SOMETHING THAT STOPS THEIR EARS AT THE 50:14 HEARING OF BLOODSHED. WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO TURN AWAY 50:18 AND NOT BEHOLD WHAT IS EVIL, BECAUSE THAT WILL END UP 50:22 AFFECTING WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT. IT'S WHAT YOU'VE TAKEN IN. 50:27 AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T OVER-EMPHASIZE THIS. 50:29 AND SOME OF US, AS I'M SPEAKING - I'M CONVICTED EVEN AS I SPEAK 50:35 THAT IT'S JUST - IT'S AN ONGOING BATTLE TO SAY, 'I'M NOT GOING TO 50:39 READ THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO LISTEN 50:41 TO THAT. I WANT TO BE HOLY.' AND YOU PUT IT IN YOUR MIND TO SAY, 50:45 'WELL, I'LL JUST FORGET ABOUT IT. IT'S THERE. 50:48 THEY SAY THAT - WHOEVER 'THEY' IS; I QUOTE THEM A LOT OF TIMES. 50:54 I READ SOMEWHERE THAT A PERSON, WHEN THEY'RE PUT INTO A STATE OF 50:58 HYPNOSIS, THEY CAN OFTEN RECALL MEMORIES OF WHAT THEY HAD FOR 51:01 BREAKFAST 50 YEARS AGO. AND IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF 51:06 THINGS STORED IN YOUR BRAIN AND YOU JUST THINK THEY'RE GONE AND 51:08 THEY'RE THERE, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS THE FILE. 51:12 AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE'RE TAKING IN AFFECT US. 51:14 NOW, YOU AND I ARE SURROUNDED WITH SO MANY INFORMATION - SO 51:19 MUCH INFORMATION - YOU CAN'T - YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE TV 51:22 SCREENS ON THE GAS PUMPS, THEY'VE ALSO GOT BILLBOARDS NOW 51:26 THAT ARE DISPLAYS THAT ARE CHANGING - JUST DRIVING DOWN THE 51:29 ROAD YOU SEE THINGS - LET'S FACE IT, LIVING IN THIS WORLD THERE'S 51:33 IMAGES ALL AROUND YOU. YOU CANNOT CONTROL EVERYTHING 51:37 OUT THERE. SO WE NEED TO PRAY FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PURIFY 51:41 OUR MINDS. BUT THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN CONTROL AND WE NEED TO 51:47 PRAY THAT GOD IS GOING TO HELP US BE MORE CAREFUL WHAT WE LOOK 51:49 AT BECAUSE WE ARE TRANSFORMED BY WHAT WE LOOK AT. 51:54 I THINK I HAD A COUPLE MORE VERSES ON THAT HERE - YEAH, 51:58 PHILIPPIANS 4:8, "FINALLY, BRETHREN, WHATEVER THINGS ARE 52:02 TRUE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE NOBLE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE JUST, 52:05 WHATEVER THINGS ARE PURE, WHATEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, 52:08 WHATEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT, IF THERE IS ANY VIRTUE 52:11 AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING PRAISEWORTHY" - BY THE WAY, PAUL 52:13 IS DESCRIBING HOLY THINGS - "MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS." 52:18 THINK ABOUT GOOD THINGS - HOLY THINGS. 52:21 ROMANS 12:9 - I TOLD YOU IT'S NOT JUST ENOUGH TO LOVE 52:25 VEGETABLES, YOU'VE GOT TO HATE WEEDS; PAUL SAYS IN ROMANS 12:9, 52:28 "ABHOR" - HATE - "WHAT IS EVIL. CLING TO WHAT IS GOOD." 52:34 ROMANS 13:14, "BUT PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND MAKE NO 52:38 PROVISION FOR THE FLESH, TO FULFILL ITS LUSTS." 52:41 YOU CANNOT GORGE THE CARNAL NATURE WITH WHAT YOU'RE TAKING 52:45 INTO YOUR MIND AND THEN EXPECT TO BE HOLY. 52:48 THE WAY THAT GOD WILL FILL US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS WE NEED 52:51 TO HUMBLE OURSELVES, EMPTY OURSELVES, FILL OURSELVES WITH 52:55 THAT WHICH IS GOOD - THROUGH READING AND BEHOLDING THOSE 52:59 THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO UPLIFT AND ELEVATE AND IT'LL BEGIN TO 53:02 TRANSFORM YOU - IT'LL CHANGE YOUR THINKING. 53:04 AND IT'S THROUGH YOUR THINKING YOU GET YOUR BEHAVIOR 53:06 AND YOUR PATTERNS AND YOUR HABITS. 53:10 ROMANS 1:32 - PAUL IS DESCRIBING THE LOST GENERATION BACK THEN IN 53:17 ROME, "WHO, KNOWING THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, THAT THEY THAT COMMIT 53:21 SUCH THINGS ARE WORTHY OF DEATH, NOT ONLY DO THE SAME BUT ALSO 53:24 APPROVE OF THOSE WHO PRACTICE THEM." 53:26 THE REASON I THREW THIS VERSE IN THERE IS BECAUSE WHEN A PERSON 53:30 IS WATCHING TELEVISION OR VIDEO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY 53:34 SAY, 'WELL, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A MURDER OR THERE'S SOME 53:37 ADULTERY AND SOME STUFF, BUT I WOULD NEVER DO THOSE THINGS.' 53:41 BUT PAUL IS SAYING, 'BUT THEY TAKE PLEASURE IN THOSE THAT DO 53:43 THEM.' - 'I WOULDN'T DO THEM, BUT I DO TAKE PLEASURE WATCHING 53:46 OTHER PEOPLE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE 53:48 WATCHING AND LISTENING RIGHT NOW, YOU'D NEVER DREAM OF 53:51 CHEATING ON YOUR SPOUSE, BUT YOU REALLY ENJOY WATCHING OTHER 53:53 PEOPLE DO IT ON DAYTIME TELEVISION. IS THAT RIGHT? 53:58 OR NIGHTTIME TELEVISION - EITHER ONE. 'I'D NEVER MURDER ANYBODY, 54:03 BUT IT'S FUN WATCHING THOSE COWBOYS PICK EACH OTHER OFF IN A 54:06 GUN FIGHT.' AND, NOW I'M SPEAKING TO THE MEN AND YOU HAVE 54:13 TO SAY, 'AM I TAKING PLEASURE IN WHAT IS NOT HOLY?' 54:18 WELL, I BETTER SUMMARIZE BY JUST SAYING, WELL, FRIENDS, IT'S AN 54:20 ONGOING BATTLE, ISN'T IT? BUT GOD'S CALLED US TO HOLINESS. 54:23 I WANT TO BE HOLY, DON'T YOU? >>AMEN. 54:25 >>I WANT TO REMIND OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE WATCHING, WE DO HAVE A 54:28 FREE OFFER AND THE FREE OFFER TODAY IS PART 1 OF A DVD. 54:33 IT'S - ASK FOR OFFER #822 - IT'S ON SPIRITUAL WARFARE PART 1 - 54:38 AND IF YOU'D LIKE THAT, JUST CALL 866-788-3966 - OR THAT'S 54:43 866-STUDY-MORE - WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THAT TO YOU. 54:46 GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR STUDYING WITH US. 54:48 LORD WILLING, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK. 54:52 (MUSIC) >>FRIENDS, WOULD YOU WIN SOULS IF YOU COULD? 54:57 WELL, YOU CAN. PLEASE PLAN NOW TO JOIN ME IN 55:01 DOING SOME EVANGELISM THIS WINTER. 55:03 IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK. PROPHECY ENCOUNTER WILL BE A 55:06 MAJOR NEW 10-PART EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM THAT'LL BE BROADCAST BY 55:10 SATELLITE AND STREAMING ON THE INTERNET TO HOMES AND CHURCHES 55:14 NEAR YOU - HOPEFULLY YOUR HOME OR CHURCH. 55:17 FROM FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH 25, I'LL BE PREACHING AN ALL-NEW 55:21 OLD-FASHIONED EVANGELISTIC PROGRAM FROM SANFORD, FLORIDA 55:24 AND WE'LL BE USING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND FRESH 55:27 ILLUSTRATIONS, SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS OPEN YOUR CHURCHES, 55:31 YOUR HOMES - INVITE FRIENDS AND FAMILY - BE FRIENDLY, PRAY, AND 55:35 LET THE POWER OF THE WORD DO THE WORK. 55:38 THE PROGRAMS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 3ABN, AFTV, FACEBOOK, ROKU, 55:43 AND MORE. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED; THERE ARE PEOPLE IN YOUR 55:46 COMMUNITY THAT ARE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING 55:48 IN THE WORLD AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. JESUS SAID, 'THE 55:52 HARVEST IS TRULY GREAT, BUT THE LABORERS ARE FEW. 55:55 SO PRAY THEREFORE THE LORD OF THE HARVEST WILL SEND LABORERS 55:58 OUT INTO HIS HARVEST.' YOU CAN BE ONE OF THEM. 56:01 SO I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US AND BE PRAYING FOR THE 56:05 UPCOMING PROPHECY ENCOUNTER MEETINGS. 56:07 FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT WWW.PROPHECYENCOUNTER.COM 56:13 AND WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT BE REVIVED IN THE PROCESS. 56:22 (MUSIC) 56:32 >>FRIENDS, WE'RE OUT HERE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN NOT TOO FAR FROM 56:35 THE ISLAND OF FIJI, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO LOOK AT SOME 56:37 WONDERS IN THE DEEP. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD MADE THE 56:42 HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA. 56:43 AND THERE ARE THINGS UNDER THE SEA THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL THAT MANY 56:46 PEOPLE HAVE NEVER SEEN. SOME FOLKS MIGHT JUST SKIM ALONG 56:49 - SNORKLE ON THE SURFACE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE REAL MAJESTY 56:52 OF THE OCEAN, YOU'VE GOT TO GO DEEPER. (LIVELY MUSIC) 57:09 >>BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE GILLS LIKE FISH, WE HAVE TO DO 57:12 SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE BELOW THE 57:15 SURFACE. AND, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BREATHE 57:17 ALL THE TIME, WE NEED THIS SPECIAL EQUIPMENT. 57:19 (SOUND OF BREATHING APARATUS) IN THE SAME WAY, THE 57:23 BIBLE SAYS A CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. WE NEED TO 57:26 ALWAYS BE BREATHING THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN IF WE'RE 57:29 GOING TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THIS WORLD BELOW. (MUSIC) 57:59 >>WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. 58:01 (MUSIC) |
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