(MUSIC)
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>>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS,
AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL
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STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE
FROM THE SACRAMENTO AREA - FROM
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THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH.
A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR
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EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
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THE WORLD - ALSO
OUR ONLINE MEMBERS.
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I'D ALSO LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME
THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS
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THAT ARE HERE THIS MORNING
JOINING US AS WE STUDY TOGETHER.
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WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR
LESSON QUARTERLY ENTITLED THE
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HOLY SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY
. TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON
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LESSON #9 ENTITLED THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH .
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NOW, FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE
JOINING US, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
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#780 - THAT IS TWELVE STEPS
TO REVIVAL - A BOOK WRITTEN BY
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PASTOR DOUG. WELL,
BEFORE WE GET TO OUR
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STUDY, AS WE NORMALLY DO,
WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY LIFTING
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OUR VOICES IN SONG.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG
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LEADERS TO JOIN ME
HERE ON STAGE. (PIANO MUSIC)
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. I
INVITE YOU, IF YOU ARE RIGHT
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HERE AND AT HOME, TO
PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS.
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WE LOVE TO SING TOGETHER
AND WE HAVE FAVORITES, YOU HAVE
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FAVORITES, AND WE JUST KIND
OF MAKE OUR WAY EVERY WEEK AND
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SING. I MUST TELL
JESUS - I HOPE THAT
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IS ONE OF YOUR THINGS
THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
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I MUST TELL JESUS ABOUT THIS -
HYMN #485 - WE'RE GOING TO SING
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ALL THREE VERSES -
I MUST TELL JESUS .
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(PIANO MUSIC)
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>>YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING,
AS WE WERE SINGING THAT, HOW
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MANY TIMES DO WE RUN TO THE
PHONE AND WE CALL SOMEBODY OR,
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YOU KNOW, WE THINK, 'OH, WE HAVE
NO ONE TO TELL THIS TO - NO ONE
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WOULD UNDERSTAND? WE
HAVE A FRIEND IN HEAVEN THAT
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UNDERSTANDS. OUR BIBLE TELLS
US HE UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING -
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EVERY EMOTION, EVERYTHING WE'RE
GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE HE HAS
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PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE
US, TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A
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DIFFERENT WAY AND THERE IS A
BETTER WAY AND THAT'S THROUGH
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HIM. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THIS
MORNING, THAT HE IS THE ONE THAT
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LEADS US ALL THE WAY AND HE
WILL LEAD US ALL THE WAY TO THE
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KINGDOM, IF WE ALLOW HIM TO.
ALL THE WAY MY SAVIOR LEADS ME -
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HYMN #516 - WE'RE GOING
TO SING ALL THREE VERSES.
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(PIANO MUSIC)
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>>AMEN. AT THIS TIME PASTOR ROSS
WILL LEAD US IN OPENING PRAYER.
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(SOFT PIANO MUSIC) >>LET'S BOW
OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER.
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DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT
A PRIVILEGE, ONCE AGAIN, TO BE
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ABLE TO GATHER IN YOUR HOUSE AND
OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND STUDY THIS
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VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT DEALING
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE
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CHURCH. WE WANT
TO INVITE THE HOLY
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SPIRIT TO COME AND
GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS.
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LEAD US, LORD, INTO CLEAR
UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR PURPOSE
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FOR US AS A PEOPLE AND OUR NEED
OF THE SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH US
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TO BE YOUR AMBASSADORS, YOUR
WITNESSES, HERE IN THE WORLD.
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SO BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER,
FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME,
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AMEN. OUR LESSON
THIS MORNING IS GOING
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TO BE BROUGHT TO
US BY PASTOR DOUG.
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>>THANK YOU, PASTOR
ROSS. MORNING EVERYONE.
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>>MORNING. >>GOOD
TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE
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THAT ARE EITHER REGULAR MEMBERS
OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - I
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WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE
SOME OF OUR ONLINE MEMBERS THAT
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ARE IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AND
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DON'T HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH THEY
CAN GO TO AND SO WE'VE WELCOMED
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THEM INTO THIS CHURCH FAMILY
AND WE HAVE VISITORS AND FRIENDS
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THAT ARE WATCHING FROM ALL OVER
THE PLACE AND WE'RE JUST GLAD
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THAT YOU'RE JOINING
US FOR OUR STUDY TIME.
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NOW, I KNOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE,
BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN
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FOR THE FIRST TIME - YOU SEE AN
INTERESTING BACK DROP BEHIND US
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- IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME
PLACE WE'LL BE TEACHING A SERIES
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WE'RE DOING ON THE LIFE OF KING
DAVID, AND SO, WE'RE SORT OF
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HAVING AN EPIC SERMON SERIES ON
DAVID RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S THE
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EXPLANATION FOR THE BACKDROP
THERE. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR
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STUDY DEALING WITH THE THEME OF
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY
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AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO LATE
FOR YOU TO GET ONE OF THESE FROM
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YOUR LOCAL SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTIST CHURCH IF YOU LIKE.
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YOU CAN ALSO JUST GO TO - TYPE
IN SABBATH SCHOOL AT GOOGLE AND
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I THINK YOU CAN FIND
THESE LESSONS AT TWO OR THREE
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DIFFERENT WEBSITES. YOU
CAN SEE A PDF OF THE LESSON
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OR AN ONLINE VERSION AND FOLLOW
ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE STUDYING.
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TODAY WE'RE IN LESSON #9 AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING, IN
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PARTICULAR, ABOUT THE
HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH.
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AND OUR MEMORY VERSE IS FROM
EPHESIANS 4, VERSES 3 THROUGH 5
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- AND IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT,
YOU CAN READ IT RIGHT OUT OF
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YOUR QUARTERLY THERE - I
THINK IT'S FROM THE NEW AMERICAN
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STANDARD VERSION.
WE'LL HAVE YOU READ THAT
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WITH ME - ARE YOU
READY? IT'S EPHESIANS 4:3-5.
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"BEING DILIGENT TO PRESERVE THE
UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND
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OF PEACE. THIS IS
ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT,
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JUST AS ALSO YOU WERE CALLED
IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; ONE
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LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM,"
- ONE GOD AND FATHER OF US ALL.
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ONE THING IS DEFINITELY -
PARDON THE PUN - ONE THING IS
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DEFINITELY EMPHASIZED IN
THIS PASSAGE AND THAT'S ONENESS.
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NOW, AS WE GET READY TO DELVE
INTO THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY
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SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH -
WHY DOES IT SAY 'ONE SPIRIT'?
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WHO WOULD EVER QUESTION THAT
THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE
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SPIRIT? IF YOU
LOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
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REVELATION - I DON'T KNOW IF ANY
OF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'D LOOK IN
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REVELATION CHAPTER 1, IT
MAKES A STATEMENT THERE ABOUT
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THE SEVEN
SPIRITS. YOU EVER READ THAT
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IN REVELATION? A
MESSAGE - 'THUS SAYS THE SEVEN
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SPIRITS' - SO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT
SEVEN OR IS THE HOLY SPIRIT ONE?
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WHY DOES IT SAY 'SEVEN SPIRITS'?
YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT THAT?
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I HAVE. BEST
EXPLANATION I GOT WAS, IF
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YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE
BOOK OF ISAIAH, CHAPTER 11, AND
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I THINK IT'S THE SECOND VERSE.
YOU CAN READ HERE - IT TELLS US,
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"THERE SHALL COME FORTH A ROD
FROM THE STEM OF JESSE, AND A
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BRANCH SHALL GROW
OUT OF HIS ROOTS."
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SO WHO IS THIS ROD THAT COMES
FROM THE TREE - OR THE STEM OF
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JESSE? >>JESUS.
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>>JESUS IS THE OFFSPRING OF
DAVID AND JESSE WAS HIS FATHER.
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AND IT SAYS, "THE SPIRIT OF
THE LORD SHALL REST UPON HIM."
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WHAT DOES THE
WORD 'CHRIST' MEAN?
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CHRISTOS - ANOINTED. ANOINTED
WITH WHAT? THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHAT
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DOES THE WORD 'MESSIAH' MEAN?
MESSIAH'S HEBREW - ANOINTED -
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SAME THING, JUST
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - ANOINTED.
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JESUS, AT HIS BAPTISM, - WE'LL
TALK ABOUT BAPTISM A LITTLE
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LATER - WAS ANOINTED
WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, OKAY?
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"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL
REST UPON HIM, THE SPIRIT OF
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WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, THE
SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND MIGHT, THE
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SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND
OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD."
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NOW THIS, AGAIN,
IS FROM ISAIAH 11:2.
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NOW, IF YOU COUNT THE SPIRIT
OF THE LORD AS ONE, AND THEN YOU
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HAVE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM,
UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, MIGHT,
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KNOWLEDGE, FEAR OF THE
LORD - HOW MANY IS THAT?
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>>SEVEN. >>SO
IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S
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SEVEN SPIRITS, THESE ARE SEVEN
ATTRIBUTES OR FACETS OF THE HOLY
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SPIRIT AND DIFFERENT WAYS
THAT HE MANIFESTS HIMSELF.
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THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE JESUS, ONE
CHURCH, ONE SPIRIT - BUT YOU CAN
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HAVE MANY EQUALING ONE.
JESUS PRAYED, REGARDING THE
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TWELVE APOSTLES,
THAT THEY MIGHT BE WHAT?
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>>ONE. >>WELL,
THERE'S A DOZEN OF THEM,
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BUT THEY WERE ONE
GROUP OF APOSTLES.
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A HUSBAND AND WIFE GET
MARRIED AND THEY BECOME?
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>>ONE. >>IRRITABLE (LAUGHTER)
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NO, ONE - THEY BECOME ONE.
AND SO, IN THE SAME WAY JESUS
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PRAYED TO THE FATHER, 'FATHER,
THAT THEY MAY BE ONE' - IT'S
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A CHURCH WITH
MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
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AND SO, THERE'S ONE HOLY SPIRIT
AND YET THERE'S THESE DIFFERENT
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FACETS OF HOW GOD THE
SPIRIT GIVES HIS GIFTS.
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YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO
ME THE WAY THE INTERNET WORKS.
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MORESO, WHERE WE WERE BEFORE
- WE HAD A CARRIER WHERE WE HAD
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FIBER OPTIC
INTERNET COMING TO OUR HOUSE.
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WHEN IT FIRST CAME INTO THE
AREA THIS COMPANY PROVIDED FIBER
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OPTIC. NOW, FIBER OPTIC IS
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NOT LIKE COPPER CABLE.
FIBER OPTIC IS ACTUALLY
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DELIVERING THE INTERNET
WITH LIGHT TO YOUR HOME, BECAUSE
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LIGHT TRAVELS
186,000 MILES A SECOND.
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IT'S ABOUT THE
FASTEST THING YOU CAN GET.
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AND THEY MADE THESE GLASS
FILAMENTS THAT ARE VERY FINE AND
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THE INFORMATION GOING THROUGH
FIBER OPTICS IS EXTREMELY QUICK
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AND, IN OUR HOME, ON SOME
GIVEN MORNING, I COULD HAVE MY
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COMPUTER ON AND BE SEARCHING
SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND
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KAREN MIGHT HAVE HER PHONE ON
AND SHE'S - THROUGH WIRELESS -
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AND SHE MIGHT BE TALKING
TO A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK ON THE
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INTERNET, AND WE CAN HAVE 3ABN
ON ROKU AND BE WATCHING THAT ON
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THE INTERNET AND ALL - AND
JUST DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT
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REQUESTS THAT WE MAKE, THAT ONE
LINE COMING INTO THE HOUSE IS
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BRINGING A PLETHORA OF
INFORMATION. AND I THOUGHT,
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'MAN, HOW DOES IT DO THAT?
HOW DOES IT NOT JUST JAM UP AND
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SAY, 'WAIT,
YOU'RE ASKING TOO MUCH'?
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AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT
THE HOLY SPIRIT - THERE'S ONE
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SPIRIT, BUT THAT HOLY SPIRIT
COULD BE SPEAKING TO ME AND
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GIVING ME EVERYTHING I
NEED RIGHT NOW AND THAT SAME ONE
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SPIRIT COULD BE SPEAKING TO YOU
AND GIVING YOU EVERYTHING YOU
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NEED AND PRAY FOR AND GUIDING
YOU AND DIRECTING YOU AND
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DIRECTING ME AND YOU THINK, 'HOW
DOES GOD THE SPIRIT DO ALL THAT
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WHEN YOU'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY - 7-8 BILLION PEOPLE IN
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THE WORLD - AND THE SPIRIT, I
THINK, ALSO DIRECTS THE ANGELS.
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A LOT OF TIMES IN THE BIBLE,
WHEN IT SAYS, 'THE LORD DID THIS
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AND THE LORD DID THAT' -
THE LORD DOES IT THROUGH ANGELS.
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YOU CAN FIND THAT OUT
AS YOU COMPARE THE VERSES.
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IN MANY PLACES IT'LL SAY, 'THE
LORD DID THIS' AND IT SAYS HE
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SENT THE ANGEL. DO ANGELS HAVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDING THEM?
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>>YES. >>OF COURSE.
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THE SAME WAY GOD THE SPIRIT
GUIDES US AND GUIDES THE ANGELS
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- ESPECIALLY UNFALLEN ANGELS
- SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BUSY.
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BUT, DOES HE GET TIRED? >>NO.
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>>NO, IT'S NOTHING FOR HIM.
IT'S JUST - IT'S A MARVELOUS
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TRUTH WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT
IT. SO THIS IS THE THEME OF OUR
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STUDY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH TODAY.
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AND, IN A MOMENT, SOMEONE'S
GOING TO READ A VERSE FOR ME.
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I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ASK
YOU TO READ EPHESIANS 1:22 - AND
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YOU'LL HAVE THAT,
MANJEET, IN JUST A MOMENT?
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AND I'M GOING TO
READ JOHN 13:34 AND 35.
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JESUS SAID, "A NEW COMMANDMENT
I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE
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ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU,
THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU
ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU HAVE
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LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER."
NOW WHAT'S ONE OF THE MOST
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IMPORTANT
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD THE SPIRIT?
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YOU FIND IT IN THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT.
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WHAT'S NUMBER ONE OF
THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT?
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>>LOVE. >>THE
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
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IS LOVE. NOW,
WHEN JESUS SAID, 'A NEW
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COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO
YOU', WAS IT TOTALLY NEW?
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OR WAS HE SAYING, 'THIS
IS A NEW CONCEPT FOR YOU' OR
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'YOU JUST REALLY
HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET'?
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WHEN CHRIST SAID, 'A NEW
COMMANDMENT I GIVE YOU THAT YOU
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LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND YOU LOVE
THE LORD', JESUS IS ACTUALLY
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QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT.
SO HE'S SAYING, 'I'M JUST
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HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND, FOR THE
FIRST TIME, ALL THE COMMANDMENTS
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ARE SUMMARIZED IN LOVE.
AND SO, IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT
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- THE FIRST GIFT OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS LOVE, THAT'S GOING TO
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MAKE THE CHURCH
BE ONE AND BE UNITED.
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SO HE SAID, 'THIS IS HOW ALL
PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY
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DISCIPLES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT.' LET ME WORD THAT A
00:17:12.73\00:17:16.40
DIFFERENT WAY: 'THIS IS HOW
ALL PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE
00:17:16.40\00:17:18.87
CHRISTIANS, BECAUSE YOU LOVE
EACH OTHER.' NOT ONLY DO YOU
00:17:18.87\00:17:22.07
LOVE OTHERS AND LOVE YOUR ENEMY,
BUT THERE'S A WAY - THERE'S A
00:17:22.07\00:17:24.91
UNITY - A LOVE THAT WE
HAVE COLLECTIVELY THAT IS TO
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DEMONSTRATE TO THE WORLD
THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN US.
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TALKING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT
THE ONENESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,
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WHERE HE SAYS 'ONE LORD, ONE
FAITH, ONE SPIRIT', IN THE BIBLE
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IT TELLS US THAT THERE WOULD BE
A PROPHET THAT WOULD COME IN THE
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SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH.
SO, DID ELIJAH HAVE HIS OWN HOLY
00:17:44.16\00:17:49.70
SPIRIT? A SPECIAL BRAND -
COPYRIGHT VERSION OF THE HOLY
00:17:49.70\00:17:54.10
SPIRIT? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT
SOME PEOPLE WHO WEAR THE HOLY
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SPIRIT IN BLUE AND
OTHERS IN LAVENDER.
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WHY DOES IS SAY THAT THE SPIRIT
OF ELIJAH RESTS UPON ELISHA?
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YOU REMEMBER WHEN GOD - ELISHA
SAID, 'I WANT A DOUBLE PORTION
00:18:06.38\00:18:08.75
OF YOUR SPIRIT'? WHY
DIDN'T HE SAY, 'I WANT A
00:18:08.75\00:18:10.82
DOUBLE PORTION OF GOD'S SPIRIT?
WHY DID GOD SAY, TO MOSES, 'I'M
00:18:10.82\00:18:15.42
GOING TO TAKE THE SPIRIT THAT'S
ON YOU AND I'M GOING TO PUT
00:18:15.42\00:18:19.46
IT ON THE SEVENTY ELDERS'?
DID MOSES HAVE HIS OWN SPECIAL
00:18:19.46\00:18:22.40
VERSION OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT? THEY'RE ALL THE
00:18:22.40\00:18:25.50
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. NOW,
THE SPIRIT THAT MOSES HAD
00:18:25.50\00:18:30.47
AND THE SPIRIT THAT ELIJAH HAD -
THERE WERE PARTICULAR MINISTRIES
00:18:30.47\00:18:34.58
THAT THEY DID, JUST AS WE SAW
THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS DIFFERENT
00:18:34.58\00:18:37.18
FACETS, BUT IT'S ALL THAT
- THE SPIRIT OF GOD - IT'S
00:18:37.18\00:18:40.05
ALL THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
AND SO, WHEN YOU SAY, 'I WANT
00:18:40.05\00:18:43.65
THE SPIRIT OF JESUS', YOU'RE
STILL SAYING, 'I WANT THE SPIRIT
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OF ELIJAH, I WANT THE SPIRIT OF
MOSES'. IT'S ALL GOD'S SPIRIT.
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IT MAY MANIFEST ITSELF
DIFFERENTLY IN YOUR LIVES
00:18:50.76\00:18:53.60
BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT
GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, OKAY?
00:18:53.60\00:18:56.36
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >>AMEN.
00:18:56.36\00:18:58.20
>>SO THE HOLY SPIRIT INFUSES US
WITH THE ATTRIBUTES OF CHRIST.
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GO AHEAD, MANJEET, WHY DON'T
YOU READ EPHESIANS 1:22 AND 23?
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>>23 - "AND HE PUT ALL THINGS
UNDER HIS FEET, AND GAVE HIM TO
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BE HEAD OVER ALL THINGS TO
THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY,
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THE FULLNESS OF HIM
WHO FILLS ALL IN ALL."
00:19:19.45\00:19:25.79
>>ALRIGHT, HERE IT'S TELLING US,
OF COURSE, JESUS FILLS ALL IN
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ALL, THAT HIS IS THE HEAD OVER
THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY -
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HIS BODY, MEANING
THE BODY OF CHRIST.
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AND, IF YOU LOOK IN THAT VERSE
- IN EPHESIANS 5:23, "FOR THE
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HUSBAND IS HEAD OF THE WIFE,
AS ALSO CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE
00:19:41.98\00:19:45.25
CHURCH;" - THERE
YOU HAVE IT AGAIN.
00:19:45.25\00:19:47.08
JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH,
BUT HOW DOES HE GUIDE THE
00:19:47.08\00:19:49.82
CHURCH? IT'S
THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT.
00:19:49.82\00:19:53.32
NOW, PHYSICALLY,
DOES JESUS HAVE A BODY?
00:19:53.32\00:19:55.19
AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE PERSONALITIES OF THE
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TRINITY IN
EARLIER LESSONS, HE DOES.
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IS THERE AN AREA OF THE COSMOS
WHERE JESUS - YOU KNOW, IT'S
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AMAZING THAT THESE GOOGLE MAPS -
AND ON YOUR PHONES - SOME OF YOU
00:20:07.50\00:20:12.14
ARE WAY AHEAD OF ME. I'M
STILL JUST GETTING TO FIGURE
00:20:12.14\00:20:14.74
OUT SOME OF THE THINGS MY
SMART PHONE DOES, BUT IT - I WAS
00:20:14.74\00:20:17.08
GOING, 'OH WOW, I
DIDN'T KNOW IT DID THAT!'
00:20:17.08\00:20:18.95
AND, OF COURSE, IT'S
DONE IT FOR TEN YEARS.
00:20:18.95\00:20:20.22
I DIDN'T KNOW IT DID IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST TALK
00:20:20.22\00:20:23.25
TO YOUR PHONE AND YOU SAY,
'FIND ME THE NEAREST WALMART?'
00:20:23.25\00:20:27.99
THAT'S NOT AN ENDORSEMENT FOR
WALMART; YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE
00:20:27.99\00:20:30.83
DOING THAT THESE DAYS - JUST AS
AN EXAMPLE - AND IT'LL SHOW ME
00:20:30.83\00:20:35.60
WHERE IT IS AND THEN IT'S GOT
A LITTLE BUTTON YOU PRESS THAT
00:20:35.60\00:20:38.37
SAYS, 'TAKE ME THERE' AND
A LITTLE BLUE DOT WILL APPEAR
00:20:38.37\00:20:42.57
WHERE, ON THE MAP, WALMART IS.
SO I CAN GET A VISUAL OF WHERE
00:20:42.57\00:20:46.41
IN THE SACRAMENTO
AREA THAT BLUE DOT IS.
00:20:46.41\00:20:49.28
I'VE GOT TO GET
TO THAT BLUE DOT.
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IT'LL SHOW WHERE I'M AT AND
WHERE IT IS, IN RELATIONSHIP.
00:20:50.81\00:20:54.65
IS THERE A PLACE, OTHER THAN
EARTH, WHERE JESUS IS RIGHT NOW?
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YEAH, WHAT DID CHRIST
SAY ABOUT SENDING THE SPIRIT?
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'IT'S EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT
I GO, BECAUSE IF I DO NOT GO THE
00:21:04.23\00:21:07.50
HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT COME.'
IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE
00:21:07.50\00:21:10.97
WATCHMAN GOES OFF DUTY AND
ANOTHER COMES ON DUTY: THE ONE
00:21:10.97\00:21:14.47
ON DUTY SAYS, 'LOOK, I CAN'T
LEAVE MY POST UNTIL YOU COME
00:21:14.47\00:21:18.54
TAKE MY PLACE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
GOING TO BE WITHOUT A WATCHMAN.'
00:21:18.54\00:21:21.18
THAT'S A CRUDE ILLUSTRATION, BUT
JESUS BASICALLY SAID, 'WHEN THE
00:21:21.18\00:21:24.11
HOLY SPIRIT COMES' - FORTY DAYS
AFTER HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN THE
00:21:24.11\00:21:28.88
HOLY SPIRIT CAME. WELL, NO, I
TAKE THAT BACK - TEN DAYS AFTER
00:21:28.88\00:21:32.12
HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. HE
CONTINUED TO APPEAR AMONG THE
00:21:32.12\00:21:35.29
DISCIPLES FOR FORTY
DAYS AFTER HIS RESURRECTION.
00:21:35.29\00:21:38.49
AND SO, THERE WAS THIS
BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT THAT CAME.
00:21:38.49\00:21:42.76
CHRIST IS GEOGRAPHICALLY
PLEADING; HE'S EVER LIVING TO
00:21:42.76\00:21:45.73
MAKE INTERCESSION
FOR US BEFORE THE FATHER.
00:21:45.73\00:21:47.77
SO JESUS IS WITH US
NOW THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT.
00:21:47.77\00:21:51.57
COLOSSIANS 3:14 AND 15, "BUT
ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS PUT ON
00:21:51.57\00:21:57.71
LOVE, WHICH IS THE
BOND OF PERFECTION.
00:21:57.71\00:22:01.42
AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN
YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH YOU ALSO
00:22:01.42\00:22:04.62
WERE CALLED IN ONE
BODY; AND BE THANKFUL."
00:22:04.62\00:22:08.02
NOW, WHY DOES HE SAY, 'LET
THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR
00:22:08.02\00:22:11.46
HEARTS'? WHEN I SAY, 'CAN YOU
00:22:11.46\00:22:16.46
LET ME SIT DOWN?' IF
YOU'RE SITTING DOWN, FOR YOU
00:22:16.46\00:22:18.97
TO LET ME SIT DOWN, YOU'VE GOT
TO GET UP - TO HAVE YOUR CHAIR.
00:22:18.97\00:22:22.87
AND SO, WHEN HE SAYS 'LET THE
PEACE OF GOD' IT MEANS YOU MUST
00:22:22.87\00:22:26.64
ACTIVELY CHOOSE
TO ALLOW GOD'S PEACE.
00:22:26.64\00:22:31.15
THAT MEANS THERE'S THINGS WE CAN
DO TO RESIST THE PEACE OF GOD
00:22:31.15\00:22:34.68
AND THE LOVE OF
GOD IN OUR LIVES.
00:22:34.68\00:22:36.52
PAUL IS PLEADING WITH THE
CHURCH, 'LET THIS HAPPEN.' PUT
00:22:36.52\00:22:41.26
ON - THAT'S
SOMETHING YOU ACTIVELY DO.
00:22:41.26\00:22:44.36
IF YOU THINK OWNING CLOTHES
IS GOING TO GET YOU READY FOR
00:22:44.36\00:22:46.46
CHURCH AND YOU DON'T PUT THEM
ON FIRST, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT
00:22:46.46\00:22:48.63
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THEM ON.
00:22:48.63\00:22:50.57
YOU CAN'T JUST OWN THEM.
AND HE WANTS US TO PUT ON LOVE
00:22:50.57\00:22:55.14
AND LET THE PEACE OF
GOD RULE IN OUR HEARTS.
00:22:55.14\00:22:57.94
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT
REQUIRE OUR PARTICIPATION.
00:22:57.94\00:23:01.71
THE EVIDENCE FOR THE SPIRIT IS
LOVE, PEACE, AND THANKFULNESS.
00:23:01.71\00:23:07.18
I WANT TO JUST TAKE YOU BACK AND
READ THAT VERSE ONE MORE TIME -
00:23:07.18\00:23:10.09
IN COLOSSIANS 3, VERSES 14 AND
15, "BUT ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS
00:23:10.09\00:23:14.06
PUT ON LOVE, WHICH IS
THE BOND OF PERFECTION.
00:23:14.06\00:23:16.39
AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN
YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH ALSO YOU
00:23:16.39\00:23:19.03
WERE CALLED IN ONE
BODY; AND BE THANKFUL."
00:23:19.03\00:23:21.53
HE SAYS PUT ON LOVE, LET PEACE,
BE THANKFUL. THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE
00:23:21.53\00:23:26.07
WORDS - LOVE, PEACE,
THANKFULNESS - EVIDENCE OF THE
00:23:26.07\00:23:29.80
HOLY SPIRIT. THANKFUL ONLY
WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL?
00:23:29.80\00:23:34.08
OR CAN WE BE THANKFUL LIKE
DANIEL WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO
00:23:34.08\00:23:37.38
TO THE LION'S DEN, AND PAUL
IN PRISON, HE SAID, 'I THANK GOD
00:23:37.38\00:23:41.68
ALWAYS.' AND SO,
THESE ARE EVIDENCE OF
00:23:41.68\00:23:44.72
THE HOLY SPIRIT.
EPHESIANS 5:23 - NO, I READ THAT
00:23:44.72\00:23:47.79
ONE ALREADY - EPHESIANS 2:18,
"FOR THROUGH HIM WE BOTH HAVE
00:23:47.79\00:23:53.36
ACCESS BY ONE
SPIRIT TO THE FATHER.
00:23:53.36\00:23:56.40
NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE NO
LONGER STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS,
00:23:56.40\00:23:59.33
BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH
THE SAINTS AND MEMBERS OF THE
00:23:59.33\00:24:03.04
HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, HAVING BEEN
BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE
00:24:03.04\00:24:06.57
APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, JESUS
CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF
00:24:06.57\00:24:10.18
CORNERSTONE, IN WHOM THE WHOLE
BUILDING, BEING FITTED TOGETHER,
00:24:10.18\00:24:14.72
GROWS INTO A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE
LORD, IN WHOM YOU ALSO ARE BEING
00:24:14.72\00:24:18.19
BUILT TOGETHER FOR A DWELLING
PLACE OF GOD IN THE SPIRIT."
00:24:18.19\00:24:21.96
NOW, IT'S KIND OF A CRUDE
ILLUSTRATION BUT THE BIBLE SAYS
00:24:21.96\00:24:25.49
JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE, THE
BIBLE SAYS WE ARE LIVING STONES,
00:24:25.49\00:24:29.96
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE,
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MORTAR.
00:24:29.96\00:24:33.20
YOU'VE SEEN MASONS WORK BEFORE
WHERE THEY PUT DOWN A BRICK AND
00:24:33.20\00:24:37.47
THEY SLOP SOME MORTAR AND THEY
PUT DOWN ANOTHER BRICK AND WHAT
00:24:37.47\00:24:40.48
HOLDS ALL THE BRICKS
TOGETHER? IT'S THE MORTAR.
00:24:40.48\00:24:44.98
WHAT HOLDS THE CHURCH TOGETHER?
IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT - IT'S LOVE
00:24:44.98\00:24:49.72
- FIRST GIFT OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT IS LOVE.
00:24:49.72\00:24:52.12
SO YOU REALLY SAY IT'S THE HOLY
SPIRIT THAT GLUES US TOGETHER.
00:24:52.12\00:24:56.36
DOES THAT JUST HAPPEN IN A
CHURCH OR DOES THAT HAPPEN IN A
00:24:56.36\00:24:59.59
FAMILY? IN A
CHRISTIAN FAMILY, THE LOVE
00:24:59.59\00:25:05.20
OF GOD - THE HOLY SPIRIT KEEPS
THE LOVE OF GOD ALIVE IN HEARTS
00:25:05.20\00:25:09.54
AND KEEPS PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT HAPPENS IN MARRIAGES,
00:25:09.54\00:25:12.57
IT HAPPENS IN NATIONS.
NOW, YOU NOTICE SOMETHING ELSE
00:25:12.57\00:25:16.24
IN THAT VERSE WE JUST
READ? THROUGH HIM WE HAVE
00:25:16.24\00:25:18.41
ACCESS TO THE FATHER.
YOU'RE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND
00:25:18.41\00:25:20.82
FOREIGNERS, BUT CITIZENS
WITH THE SAINTS AND MEMBERS.
00:25:20.82\00:25:26.19
A LOT IN THE NEWS
ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
00:25:26.19\00:25:28.92
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED
AND, IN THEORY, THE SPIRIT COMES
00:25:28.92\00:25:33.46
INTO YOUR LIFE, SHOULD YOU
GET THE HOLY SPIRIT AT BAPTISM?
00:25:33.46\00:25:38.73
NOW WE'VE GOT A SECTION HERE, IN
A MINUTE, I'LL MAYBE SAVE THAT -
00:25:38.73\00:25:42.37
YEAH, I'LL SAVE THAT
THOUGHT UNTIL WE GET THERE.
00:25:42.37\00:25:45.01
I WANT TO GO TO 1 PETER 2:6
AND 7, "THEREFORE IT IS ALSO
00:25:45.01\00:25:48.81
CONTAINED IN THE SCRIPTURE,
'BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHIEF
00:25:48.81\00:25:51.61
CORNERSTONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS,
AND HE WHO BELIEVES ON HIM WILL
00:25:51.61\00:25:55.45
BY NO MEANS BE PUT TO SHAME.'
THEREFORE, TO YOU WHO BELIEVE,
00:25:55.45\00:25:58.82
HE IS PRECIOUS; BUT TO THOSE
WHO ARE DISOBEDIENT, 'THE STONE
00:25:58.82\00:26:01.99
WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS
BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE,'"
00:26:01.99\00:26:05.19
JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE.
HE IS ALSO CALLED THE HEAD IN
00:26:05.19\00:26:09.53
THIS CHURCH, AND THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS
00:26:09.53\00:26:13.27
THE BUILDING
TOGETHER. AND I'M GOING TO READ,
00:26:13.27\00:26:15.40
THEN, 1 CORINTHIANS 3:11-13.
WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT HOW
00:26:15.40\00:26:20.11
THE HOLY SPIRIT
UNITES US WITH CHRIST.
00:26:20.11\00:26:21.88
WE'RE USING THE BUILDING
METAPHOR - I SHOULD SAY THE
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.21
BIBLE IS USING
THIS BUILDING METAPHOR.
00:26:24.21\00:26:27.15
1 CORINTHIANS 3:11-13, "FOR NO
OTHER FOUNDATION CAN ANYONE LAY
00:26:27.15\00:26:31.85
THAN THAT WHICH IS
LAID, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST.
00:26:31.85\00:26:34.66
NOW IF ANYONE BUILDS ON THIS
FOUNDATION WITH GOLD, SILVER,
00:26:34.66\00:26:37.79
PRECIOUS STONES, WOOD,
HAY, STRAW, EACH ONE'S WORK WILL
00:26:37.79\00:26:42.83
BECOME CLEAR; FOR THE DAY WILL
DECLARE IT, BECAUSE IT WILL BE
00:26:42.83\00:26:46.03
REVEALED BY FIRE;" - NOW
IF A BRUSH FIRE RUNS THROUGH A
00:26:46.03\00:26:49.60
VILLAGE AND YOU'VE GOT HOMES
THAT ARE MADE OF WOOD AND STRAW,
00:26:49.60\00:26:53.78
THEY DON'T DO AS WELL AS
THE ONES THAT ARE MADE OF GOLD,
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.31
SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES. YOU
SEE THE ANALOGY PAUL IS MAKING?
00:26:56.31\00:27:00.75
SOME PEOPLE ARE BUILDING ON
THE FOUNDATION OF CHRIST WITH
00:27:00.75\00:27:04.69
MATERIALS THAT WILL ENDURE.
YOU KNOW, THE HISTORICAL RUMOR
00:27:04.69\00:27:09.79
IS THAT THE REASON THAT ROME
BURNED IS NOT BECAUSE CHRISTIANS
00:27:09.79\00:27:13.83
BURNED IT BUT ROME WAS A CITY
OF WOODEN TENEMENTS. NERO HAD A
00:27:13.83\00:27:19.00
REAL DESIRE TO BUILD MARBLE
MONUMENTS AND HE THOUGHT THE
00:27:19.00\00:27:24.17
ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF ALL
OF THESE SLUMS WAS TO SET IT
00:27:24.17\00:27:28.58
ABLAZE AND HE'D REBUILD
THE CITY THE WAY HE WANTED IT.
00:27:28.58\00:27:31.68
THAT'S WHY HE WAS FIDDLING
WHEN ROME BURNED, AS THEY SAY.
00:27:31.68\00:27:36.22
HE WAS, SUPPOSEDLY, PLAYING
MUSIC IN HIS GARDEN AT ONE POINT
00:27:36.22\00:27:39.02
WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING. I
DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A FIDDLE,
00:27:39.02\00:27:40.72
BUT - BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, 'THIS
IS GREAT, NOW I GET TO REBUILD
00:27:40.72\00:27:44.63
IT THE WAY I WANT IT.'
AND SO HE, REPORTEDLY, HAD HIS
00:27:44.63\00:27:48.50
OPERATIVES TORCH THE CITY AND
THE ONLY THINGS THAT SURVIVED
00:27:48.50\00:27:53.57
WERE THE MARBLE MONUMENTS THAT
HE LIKED AND ALL THE WOOD AND
00:27:53.57\00:27:56.94
THE STRAW AND THE
SLUMS, THEY ALL BURNED UP.
00:27:56.94\00:28:01.01
AND SO, PAUL IS SAYING THERE'S
A DAY OF TRIAL THAT'S COMING TO
00:28:01.01\00:28:04.11
EVERY HOUSE. DIDN'T
JESUS SAY, 'THE WISE MAN
00:28:04.11\00:28:06.65
BUILDS ON THE ROCK, THE FOOL
BUILDS ON THE SAND, AND WHEN THE
00:28:06.65\00:28:09.65
STORM COMES' - NOW,
THE STORM ONLY COMES TO THE
00:28:09.65\00:28:11.85
FOOLISH MAN, RIGHT? >>YES.
00:28:11.85\00:28:14.89
>>STORM COMES TO THE WISE
MAN; STORM COMES TO THE FOOL.
00:28:14.89\00:28:18.23
THE FIRE IS GOING TO TEST THE
BUILDING OF STONE AND PRECIOUS
00:28:18.23\00:28:22.56
STONES AND GOLD AND SILVER, AND
THE FIRE IS GOING TO TEST THE
00:28:22.56\00:28:26.63
BUILDING OF STRAW AND
WOOD. AND HE SAYS, 'THE DAY WILL
00:28:26.63\00:28:30.07
DECLARE IT.' MEANING THE DAY OF
JUDGMENT WILL DECLARE IT BECAUSE
00:28:30.07\00:28:33.44
IT WILL BE REVEALED BY FIRE AND
THE FIRE WILL TEST EVERYONE'S
00:28:33.44\00:28:36.61
WORK, WHAT SORT IT IS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE
00:28:36.61\00:28:40.62
BUILD WITH THE RIGHT
MATERIALS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:28:40.62\00:28:43.55
IS THE MOTOR. OKAY,
NOW LET'S GET TO THAT
00:28:43.55\00:28:45.09
SECTION THE HOLY SPIRIT
UNITES US THROUGH BAPTISM .
00:28:45.09\00:28:49.52
DO YOU KNOW, TO START WITH - I
DIDN'T EVEN PUT IT IN MY NOTES,
00:28:49.52\00:28:52.96
BUT I'M ALMOST SURE IT'S IN THE
BIBLE - TURN TO THE BOOK OF ACTS
00:28:52.96\00:28:57.33
- ACTS CHAPTER 2 AND THIS IS, I
THINK, A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE AS
00:28:57.33\00:29:01.77
WE'RE STUDYING THE HOLY SPIRIT.
YOU GO TO ACTS CHAPTER 2 AND GO
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TO VERSE 38 - AFTER HE PREACHES
HIS POWERFUL SERMON ABOUT JESUS,
00:29:08.51\00:29:16.55
THE PEOPLE SAID, 'MEN AND
BRETHREN, WHAT WILL WE DO?'
00:29:16.55\00:29:19.05
HE SAYS, IN VERSE 38, "REPENT,
AND LET EVERY ONE OF YOU BE
00:29:19.05\00:29:22.99
BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS
CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF
00:29:22.99\00:29:25.96
SINS; AND YOU MIGHT RECEIVE
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT."
00:29:25.96\00:29:30.43
>>NO. >>'YOU COULD
RECEIVE' - 'YOU MAY
00:29:30.43\00:29:34.50
RECEIVE' - HE DIDN'T SAY
THAT. HE SAID, 'YOU SHALL.'
00:29:34.50\00:29:37.67
IS 'SHALL' A PROMISE? >>YES.
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.37
>>HE SAYS, 'REPENT, BE BAPTIZED,
YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF
00:29:39.37\00:29:42.81
THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE PROMISE'
- GOD IS MAKING A PROMISE.
00:29:42.81\00:29:47.45
THE PROMISE IS TO YOU AND
YOUR CHILDREN AND TO ALL WHO ARE
00:29:47.45\00:29:50.39
AFAR OFF - NOW, THERE'S NO
QUESTION WHAT PROMISE THEY'RE
00:29:50.39\00:29:53.39
TALKING ABOUT, PETER AND
THE APOSTLES WERE WAITING IN
00:29:53.39\00:29:57.19
JERUSALEM; JESUS SAID, 'WAIT
FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.'
00:29:57.19\00:30:01.63
PETER'S NOW PREACHING, HAVING
JUST RECEIVED THE PROMISE OF THE
00:30:01.63\00:30:05.20
FATHER - THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS POURED OUT ON THEM.
00:30:05.20\00:30:08.07
AND NOW HE'S TELLING THEM, 'IF
YOU REPENT AND YOU'RE BAPTIZED'
00:30:08.07\00:30:10.87
- YOU REPENT OF YOUR SINS - YOU
BELIEVE - 'YOU WILL RECEIVE THE
00:30:10.87\00:30:13.24
PROMISE.' WAS IT
ONLY FOR THEM BACK THEN?
00:30:13.24\00:30:16.38
SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, THE
OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:30:16.38\00:30:18.31
AND THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT
WAS JUST FOR THE APOSTLES BACK
00:30:18.31\00:30:20.58
THEN BECAUSE THEY NEEDED
THE GIFTS TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.'
00:30:20.58\00:30:23.15
LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID: "FOR
THE PROMISE IS FOR YOU AND YOUR
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CHILDREN, AND TO ALL WHO ARE
AFAR OFF, AS MANY AS THE LORD
00:30:27.02\00:30:32.09
OUR GOD WILL CALL." SO
ANYONE WHO RESPONDS TO THE
00:30:32.09\00:30:34.83
CALL, GOD HAS
MADE A PROMISE OF WHAT?
00:30:34.83\00:30:36.90
>>THE HOLY
SPIRIT. >>HOLY SPIRIT.
00:30:36.90\00:30:39.00
NOW, SOME PEOPLE GET THE
HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE BAPTISM; IT
00:30:39.00\00:30:42.30
DOESN'T ALWAYS
HAPPEN RIGHT AT BAPTISM.
00:30:42.30\00:30:44.07
CAN YOU THINK OF SOME PEOPLE
WHO GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE
00:30:44.07\00:30:46.91
BAPTISM, IN THE
BIBLE? >>CORNELIUS.
00:30:46.91\00:30:48.88
>>CORNELIUS - ACTS CHAPTER
10. SOME PEOPLE GET THE HOLY
00:30:48.88\00:30:52.61
SPIRIT AFTER BAPTISM.
THE APOSTLES WERE BAPTIZED BY
00:30:52.61\00:30:58.42
JOHN, BUT THEY GOT THE
HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST.
00:30:58.42\00:31:01.09
ACTS CHAPTER 19 - YOU'VE GOT
THESE TWELVE EPHESIAN BELIEVERS
00:31:01.09\00:31:04.89
- THEY GET THE
HOLY SPIRIT LATER.
00:31:04.89\00:31:06.70
THEY'D BEEN BAPTIZED BY JOHN
THE BAPTIST, BUT THEN THEY'RE
00:31:06.70\00:31:09.76
RE-BAPTIZED BY PAUL AND
THEY GET THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:31:09.76\00:31:13.67
AND THEN YOU MAY GET THE
HOLY SPIRIT RIGHT AT BAPTISM.
00:31:13.67\00:31:16.30
WHO DID THAT? >>JESUS.
00:31:16.30\00:31:19.34
>>WHEN JESUS CAME OUT OF
THE WATER, THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:31:19.34\00:31:21.04
DESCENDED. AND SO -
BUT THERE'S A PROMISE
00:31:21.04\00:31:23.65
THAT'S MADE THAT YOU'LL
RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT.
00:31:23.65\00:31:27.65
SO YOU'RE ADOPTED INTO THE
FAMILY - YOU BECOME CITIZENS OF
00:31:27.65\00:31:30.09
A NEW KINGDOM, AT THAT TIME,
BECAUSE GOD MADE US A PROMISE.
00:31:30.09\00:31:34.26
ALRIGHT, BACK TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND BAPTISM AGAIN, "FOR BY ONE
00:31:34.26\00:31:38.46
SPIRIT" - I'M IN - SORRY
- 1 CORINTHIANS 12:13 - AND
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SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR
ME IN A MOMENT JOHN 3:5 - OKAY?
00:31:42.96\00:31:46.97
1 CORINTHIANS 12:13, "FOR BY ONE
SPIRIT WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO
00:31:46.97\00:31:51.17
ONE BODY - WHETHER JEWS OR
GREEKS, WHETHER SLAVES OR FREE -
00:31:51.17\00:31:55.71
AND HAVE ALL BEEN MADE
TO DRINK INTO ONE SPIRIT."
00:31:55.71\00:31:59.31
YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO -
AND I'VE PROBABLY SHARED THIS -
00:31:59.31\00:32:07.12
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, DRIVING A
00:32:07.12\00:32:11.73
VAN - I HAD A - I WAS PART OF
A COMPANY CALLED 'DARSAN' AND WE
00:32:11.73\00:32:17.10
DELIVERED PRE-MADE SANDWICHES
AND BURRITOS AND FOOD TO THESE
00:32:17.10\00:32:21.30
FAST-FOOD CONVENIENCE STORES.
IT'S NOT VERY GLORIOUS BUT
00:32:21.30\00:32:24.81
SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW, ANY OF YOU EVER EAT AN
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.98
EGG SALAD SANDWICH THAT'S
PRE-MADE AT ONE OF THESE STORES?
00:32:27.98\00:32:30.68
SO THIS WAS THE COMPANY THAT
DELIVERED THOSE - AND I HAD A
00:32:30.68\00:32:32.88
LONG DISTRICT BECAUSE I HAD TO
DRIVE THROUGH A LONG STRETCH OF
00:32:32.88\00:32:36.15
DESERT BETWEEN TOWNS - AND
I REMEMBER I TOOK OFF AND LEFT
00:32:36.15\00:32:39.45
PALM SPRINGS ONE DAY AND I
WAS HEADING TO RIVERSIDE OR
00:32:39.45\00:32:43.66
SOMETHING AND OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESSERT, THIS BLACK
00:32:43.66\00:32:47.30
GENTLEMAN WAS WALKING
WITH A BROWN PAPER BAG.
00:32:47.30\00:32:50.20
IT'S - YOU KNOW, 110 DEGREES IN
THE DESERT - IT WAS VERY HOT -
00:32:50.20\00:32:54.44
AND HE'S JUST WALKING OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE DESERT - IT WASN'T
00:32:54.44\00:32:57.94
BY AN INTERSECTION OR AN ON-RAMP
OR ANYTHING - IT'S LIKE A
00:32:57.94\00:33:01.31
10-MILE STRETCH - SO I PULLED
OVER AND HE CLIMBED IN AND HE
00:33:01.31\00:33:05.68
SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!' AND
I SAID, 'ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?'
00:33:05.68\00:33:11.15
SO I TOOK OFF AND HE
SAID, 'YES I AM.' HE SAID,
00:33:11.15\00:33:14.52
'ARE YOU?' AND I
SAID, 'YES I AM.' HE SAID,
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.19
'HALLELUJAH.' AND SO WE DROVE
ON AND STARTED TO TALK A LITTLE
00:33:16.19\00:33:19.69
BIT AND HE SAID,
'DO YOU GO TO CHURCH?'
00:33:19.69\00:33:25.33
I SAID, 'I DO.' AND I JUST
STARTED KIND OF STUDYING THE
00:33:25.33\00:33:29.20
ADVENTIST MESSAGE - I WAS GOING
TO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND I
00:33:29.20\00:33:31.41
WAS GOING TO A PENTECOSTAL
CHURCH AND HE SAID, 'WHAT DAY DO
00:33:31.41\00:33:35.11
YOU GO?' I SAID,
'SUNDAY.' I WAS AFRAID
00:33:35.11\00:33:37.55
OF RIDICULE SO I
DIDN'T WANT TO TELL HIM.
00:33:37.55\00:33:40.32
AND HE SAID, 'DO YOU
KNOW WHAT DAY THE SABBATH IS?'
00:33:40.32\00:33:44.15
I SAID, 'SATURDAY.' HE
SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!'
00:33:44.15\00:33:48.96
HE SAID, 'WHY YOU GOIN' SUNDAY
IF SATURDAY'S THE SABBATH?'
00:33:48.96\00:33:51.33
(LAUGHTER) I SAID, 'ARE
YOU A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST?'
00:33:51.33\00:33:56.06
HE SAID, 'A WHAT?' I
SAID, 'SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.'
00:33:56.06\00:33:59.20
HE SAID, 'SORRY, CAN'T HELP
YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.'
00:33:59.20\00:34:02.20
AND WE STARTED TALKING AND
HE HAD THIS BAG OF BOOKS ON
00:34:02.20\00:34:06.71
PROPHECY AND THEY WEREN'T
OUR BOOKS, BUT HE SAID - HE WAS
00:34:06.71\00:34:11.45
READING THE BIBLE AND HE KNEW
EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVED -
00:34:11.45\00:34:14.62
AND HE HAD HIS BIBLE IN THE
BAG - AND I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT
00:34:14.62\00:34:17.82
WHAT HE WAS SHARING BECAUSE IT'S
JUST WHAT I HAD BEEN READING IN
00:34:17.82\00:34:20.06
GREAT CONTROVERSY , BUT HE
HAD NEVER HEARD - I SAID, 'OH,
00:34:20.06\00:34:22.16
YOU'VE BEEN READING
ELLEN WHITE.' HE SAID, 'WHO?'
00:34:22.16\00:34:24.69
AND HE'D NEVER HEARD OF
ELLEN WHITE, NEVER HEARD OF THE
00:34:24.69\00:34:26.93
ADVENTIST CHURCH.
SO WE WENT TO A DENNY'S
00:34:26.93\00:34:30.43
RESTAURANT AND WE SAT DOWN AND
ALL MY SANDWICHES WERE PROBABLY
00:34:30.43\00:34:33.74
MILDEWING OUT IN THE VAN AND
I PROBABLY SPENT TWO HOURS WITH
00:34:33.74\00:34:37.84
THIS GUY JUST STUDYING, AND WHEN
I LEFT I THOUGHT - I DROPPED HIM
00:34:37.84\00:34:41.08
AT AN ON-RAMP BECAUSE I HAD
TO GO CONTINUE - AND I THOUGHT -
00:34:41.08\00:34:44.45
I SAID, 'HOW IS IT YOU
BELIEVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY HOLY
00:34:44.45\00:34:47.82
SPIRIT'S BEEN TELLING ME?'
HE SAID, 'WELL, ONE LORD, ONE
00:34:47.82\00:34:51.32
FAITH, ON BAPTISM, ONE SPIRIT.
IF WE'VE GOT THE SAME SPIRIT,
00:34:51.32\00:34:54.02
WE'LL BE LED TO THE
SAME TRUTH.' >>AMEN.
00:34:54.02\00:34:56.29
>>AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT
BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW,
00:34:56.29\00:34:58.46
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE
FINDING THE TRUTH INDEPENDENT OF
00:34:58.46\00:35:01.60
RUNNING INTO A DENOMINATION
OR READING AN ELLEN WHITE BOOK,
00:35:01.60\00:35:04.90
BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BIBLE
AND IT'S THE SAME SPIRIT THAT'S
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.90
GUIDING PEOPLE. AND
SO, THAT'S WHY, WHEN YOU'RE
00:35:07.90\00:35:10.21
PART OF GOD'S CHURCH AND YOU
GO TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND
00:35:10.21\00:35:13.74
WE'VE GOT THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT
AS OUR MEMBERS IN JAPAN, WE'VE
00:35:13.74\00:35:17.15
GOT THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT AS OUR
MEMBERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
00:35:17.15\00:35:19.95
YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF
AT THE DOOR - THERE MAY BE SOME
00:35:19.95\00:35:21.95
DIFFERENT CUSTOMS,
BUT IT'S THE SAME SPIRIT.
00:35:21.95\00:35:24.92
AND THERE'S A LOVE THAT YOU SEE
AMONG THE MEMBERSHIP IN ALL THE
00:35:24.92\00:35:28.52
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WORLD. ALRIGHT, PLEASE GO AHEAD,
00:35:28.52\00:35:31.13
READ FOR US, WHAT
DID I SAY? JOHN 3:5.
00:35:31.13\00:35:35.26
>>"JESUS ANSWERED, 'MOST
ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS
00:35:35.26\00:35:38.83
ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND
THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER THE
00:35:38.83\00:35:42.20
KINGDOM OF GOD." >>SO,
WHEN JESUS SAID - AND I
00:35:42.20\00:35:45.84
KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO RE-
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.71
EMPHASIZE - I WAS SHOCKED THE
FIRST TIME I HEARD A FRIEND - IT
00:35:47.71\00:35:50.95
WAS ACTUALLY AT MY CHARISMATIC
CHURCH - HE SAID, 'WHEN JESUS IS
00:35:50.95\00:35:54.38
TALKING ABOUT BEING BORN OF
THE SPIRIT' - HE'S TALKING ABOUT
00:35:54.38\00:35:57.52
BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT - ''BORN
OF THE WATER' IS BEING BORN OF A
00:35:57.52\00:36:00.29
WOMAN, BECAUSE BEFORE A BABY'S
BORN IT'S IN THIS ENVELOPE OF
00:36:00.29\00:36:03.69
WATER AND WHEN YOU'RE
BORN, YOU'RE BORN OF THE
00:36:03.69\00:36:06.23
WATER.' I SAID,
'REALLY?' I THOUGHT, 'WHY
00:36:06.23\00:36:09.63
WOULD THEY SAY THAT?' I
SAID, 'HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT
00:36:09.63\00:36:11.97
THERE ARE BORN OF A
WOMAN? WELL, THAT'D BE ALMOST
00:36:11.97\00:36:15.04
EVERYBODY, RIGHT?
(LAUGHTER) AND SO, WHY WOULD
00:36:15.04\00:36:18.14
JESUS SAY 'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN
OF A WOMAN AND' - I MEAN, NO ONE
00:36:18.14\00:36:21.91
EVEN NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT
THAT POINT. WHY EVEN SAY IT?
00:36:21.91\00:36:26.72
BUT HE'S NOT - HE'S
TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM.
00:36:26.72\00:36:28.58
JOHN'S GOSPEL BEGINS
WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST.
00:36:28.58\00:36:32.05
HE'S TALKING ABOUT JESUS BEING
ANNOUNCED AT THE JORDAN RIVER.
00:36:32.05\00:36:35.32
BAPTISM - WATER BAPTISM - WAS
A BIG THING IN JOHN'S GOSPEL, SO
00:36:35.32\00:36:38.59
WHEN HE SAYS 'BORN OF THE
WATER', IT MEANS YOUR DECISION
00:36:38.59\00:36:41.53
TO BE CLEANSED - YOU
CHOOSE WHEN YOU CAN BE BAPTIZED.
00:36:41.53\00:36:44.10
'BORN OF THE SPIRIT' IS GOD'S
TIMING - GOD CHOOSES - AND SO,
00:36:44.10\00:36:48.17
IT'S TALKING ABOUT
WATER BAPTISM/SPIRIT BAPTISM.
00:36:48.17\00:36:50.97
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE,
CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, PAUL SAID,
00:36:50.97\00:36:54.11
WERE BAPTIZED IN THE SEA 'BY THE
WATER' AND IN THE PILLAR CLOUD
00:36:54.11\00:36:59.35
BY THE FIRE REPRESENTING SPIRIT
BAPTISM/FIRE BAPTISM - WATER
00:36:59.35\00:37:04.52
BAPTISM/FIRE BAPTISM. OUR WORLD
WAS WASHED WITH FIRE - OR WILL
00:37:04.52\00:37:09.42
BE WASHED WITH FIRE WHEN JESUS
COMES - WASHED WITH [WATER] IN
00:37:09.42\00:37:11.89
NOAH'S DAY - AND PETER COMPARES
THAT WITH THE TWO BAPTISMS.
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.63
AND SO, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IT'S
NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING BORN OF
00:37:14.63\00:37:16.93
A WOMAN, BUT ANYONE ELSE EVER
RUN INTO THAT OUT THERE, WHERE
00:37:16.93\00:37:19.63
THEY SAY 'BORN OF THE
WATER' MEANS A PHYSICAL BIRTH?
00:37:19.63\00:37:22.34
I DON'T THINK THAT'S AT
ALL WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT.
00:37:22.34\00:37:26.01
SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT WHEN
YOU ARE BORN OF THE SPIRIT, AND
00:37:26.01\00:37:29.28
YOU'RE BAPTIZED, TO
BE PART OF A CHURCH?
00:37:29.28\00:37:31.25
>>VERY. >>THE
BIBLE TELLS US THAT THEY
00:37:31.25\00:37:35.42
WERE BAPTIZED AND ADDED TO THE
CHURCH. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO
00:37:35.42\00:37:39.29
ME ON MANY OCCASIONS, 'PASTOR
DOUG, I'M CONVINCED ABOUT THE
00:37:39.29\00:37:43.36
TRUTH. I KNOW I
NEED TO BE BAPTIZED'
00:37:43.36\00:37:45.56
- I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE YOU
SOME REALLY STRONG BIBLE STUDIES
00:37:45.56\00:37:48.36
ON WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT
BAPTISM - 'BUT I DON'T WANT
00:37:48.36\00:37:52.43
TO BE PART OF ANY RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATION, SO CAN YOU BAPTIZE
00:37:52.43\00:37:56.30
ME INTO CHRIST BUT I
DON'T WANT TO JOIN A CHURCH?'
00:37:56.30\00:37:59.67
AND I SAY, 'NO.
THAT'S UNBIBLICAL.' 'WHAT?!'
00:37:59.67\00:38:04.71
I SAY, 'NOPE.' BECAUSE THE
CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST.
00:38:04.71\00:38:10.39
SO, IF YOU'RE SAYING, 'I WANT
TO BE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST BUT I
00:38:10.39\00:38:12.62
DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF
HIS BODY,' THERE'S SOMETHING
00:38:12.62\00:38:15.09
INTRINSICALLY WRONG WITH THAT
THINKING BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF
00:38:15.09\00:38:18.03
LIKE A MAN SAYING TO
A WOMAN, 'I LOVE YOU.
00:38:18.03\00:38:21.63
I WANT TO MARRY YOU, BUT I DON'T
WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU.' IS THERE
00:38:21.63\00:38:26.33
SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THAT? >>YES.
00:38:26.33\00:38:28.27
>>'I WANT US TO BE ONE FLESH,
BUT LET'S NOT LIVE TOGETHER.'
00:38:28.27\00:38:32.34
MARRIAGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL
ABOUT COHABITATION AND YOU WANT
00:38:32.34\00:38:37.21
TO BE TOGETHER. AND
SO, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS 'I
00:38:37.21\00:38:39.48
WANT TO BE ONE WITH CHRIST
BUT NOT HIS PEOPLE' YOU'RE NOT
00:38:39.48\00:38:43.62
CONVERTED YET AND YOU'RE NOT
READY FOR BAPTISM, OR YOU DON'T
00:38:43.62\00:38:45.62
UNDERSTAND THE
IMPORTANCE OF THE CHURCH.
00:38:45.62\00:38:47.92
AND DO YOU SAY, 'I DON'T WANT TO
BE ONE WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST'
00:38:47.92\00:38:51.26
BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE
SOME PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH?
00:38:51.26\00:38:54.13
OF COURSE THERE'S PROBLEMS IN
THE CHURCH - AND THAT'S WHY YOU
00:38:54.13\00:38:56.80
NEED TO BE PART OF IT. AND
SO WE LEARN TO LOVE BECAUSE
00:38:56.80\00:39:00.37
THE CHURCH IS A
PLACE WHERE WE LEARN.
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.47
AND ONE OF OUR GREATEST
NEEDS IS LEARNING TO LOVE.
00:39:03.47\00:39:05.94
YOU READ AGAIN THAT ACTS 2:47
- THEY WERE "PRAISING GOD AND
00:39:05.94\00:39:09.28
HAVING FAVOR
WITH ALL THE PEOPLE.
00:39:09.28\00:39:10.81
AND THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH
DAILY THOSE WHO WERE BEING
00:39:10.81\00:39:14.65
SAVED." WHO ARE BEING SAVED?
00:39:14.65\00:39:16.89
THOSE ADDED TO THE
CHURCH. SO IS BEING PART OF
00:39:16.89\00:39:19.99
A CHURCH IMPORTANT? >>YES.
00:39:19.99\00:39:21.86
>>I THINK SO. VERY, VERY
MUCH SO INDEED SURELY, SURELY.
00:39:21.86\00:39:26.39
ALRIGHT, ROMANS 6:3 "OR DO YOU
NOT KNOW THAT AS MANY OF US AS
00:39:26.39\00:39:31.13
WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS
WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH?"
00:39:31.13\00:39:34.90
SO WHAT IS BAPTISM AN
ANALOGY OF, ACCORDING TO PAUL?
00:39:34.90\00:39:40.51
>>DEATH. >>CONVERSION.
00:39:40.51\00:39:42.74
YOU WERE BAPTIZED
INTO THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
00:39:42.74\00:39:45.78
'THEREFORE WE WERE BURIED WITH
HIM THROUGH BAPTISM INTO DEATH,
00:39:45.78\00:39:50.29
THAT JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED
FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF
00:39:50.29\00:39:53.15
THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE ALSO
SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.
00:39:53.15\00:39:57.99
FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED
TOGETHER IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS
00:39:57.99\00:40:00.66
DEATH, CERTAINLY WE ALSO
SHALL BE IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS
00:40:00.66\00:40:03.50
RESURRECTION, KNOW THIS, THAT
OUR OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH
00:40:03.50\00:40:07.10
HIM, THAT THE BODY OF SIN
MIGHT BE DONE AWAY WITH, THAT WE
00:40:07.10\00:40:10.47
SHOULD NO LONGER
BE SLAVES OF SIN.
00:40:10.47\00:40:12.61
FOR HE WHO HAS DIED
HAS BEEN FREED FROM SIN."
00:40:12.61\00:40:16.08
>>AMEN. >>NOW I
LIKE THE PART - THREE
00:40:16.08\00:40:19.21
WORDS - 'FREED FROM SIN' -
ANYONE ELSE LIKE THAT IDEA?
00:40:19.21\00:40:24.25
I DON'T KNOW THAT I LIKE WHAT IT
SAYS JUST BEFORE THAT - 'HE WHO
00:40:24.25\00:40:27.02
HAS DIED'. I'M
INTERESTED IN THE 'FREED
00:40:27.02\00:40:30.39
FROM SIN' BUT PAUL SAID, 'TO
BE FREED FROM SIN YOU MUST DIE.'
00:40:30.39\00:40:34.86
WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT JESUS
SAID: 'WHOEVER COMES AFTER ME
00:40:34.86\00:40:38.07
MUST TAKE UP HIS CROSS.' WHAT
DID IT MEAN TO THEM BACK THEN,
00:40:38.07\00:40:40.87
WHEN JESUS SAID,
'TAKE UP YOUR CROSS?'
00:40:40.87\00:40:42.67
WHEN THEY SAW SOMEBODY CARRYING
A CROSS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE BACK
00:40:42.67\00:40:45.87
THEN, WAS THAT A GOOD SIGN?
NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A PERSON
00:40:45.87\00:40:50.88
WALK OUT THEIR DOOR IN THE
MORNING WITH A BRIEFCASE, YOU
00:40:50.88\00:40:53.45
THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WORK.
AND IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY PICKING
00:40:53.45\00:40:57.49
UP A SHOPPING CART AND GOING IN
A STORE, THEY'RE GOING SHOPPING.
00:40:57.49\00:41:00.72
IN BIBLE TIMES, YOU SAW SOMEBODY
CARRYING A CROSS, THEY'RE GOING
00:41:00.72\00:41:03.02
TO DIE - THEY WERE
CARRYING THEIR CROSS.
00:41:03.02\00:41:07.00
YOU KNOW, I JUST WATCHED A
DOCUMENTARY ON WORLD WAR II AND
00:41:07.00\00:41:10.70
IT WAS JUST - SOME OF IT'S
TERRIBLE BUT, YOU KNOW, THE
00:41:10.70\00:41:16.54
NAZIS IN RUSSIA, THEY
HANDED SHOVELS TO GUYS AND SAID,
00:41:16.54\00:41:21.74
'THE GROUND IS VERY HARD
AND WE NEED GRAVES FOR YOU.
00:41:21.74\00:41:24.55
DIG YOUR GRAVE.' THAT JUST -
THAT WOULDN'T BE A VERY PLEASANT
00:41:24.55\00:41:28.65
TASK. AND, IN THE
SAME WAY, CARRYING
00:41:28.65\00:41:33.12
YOUR OWN CROSS TO YOUR
CRUCIFIXION, THAT JUST COMPOUNDS
00:41:33.12\00:41:36.29
THE HUMILITY OF THE WHOLE THING.
BUT JESUS SAID IF WE'RE GOING
00:41:36.29\00:41:39.46
TO COME AFTER HIM, WE
NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN
00:41:39.46\00:41:43.06
DIGGING OUR GRAVE.
WE TAKE UP OUR CROSS
00:41:43.06\00:41:46.43
AND WE FOLLOW
HIM. AND THAT'S - WHY?
00:41:46.43\00:41:48.54
TO BE FREED FROM SIN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRUCIFIED.
00:41:48.54\00:41:50.77
WHENEVER YOU
SIN, YOU'RE NOT DEAD.
00:41:50.77\00:41:53.84
I SAID THAT VERY FLIPPANTLY,
BUT IT'S VERY PROFOUND.
00:41:53.84\00:41:56.71
WHEN YOU SIN, IT'S
EVIDENCE YOU'RE NOT DEAD.
00:41:56.71\00:41:59.05
YOU'RE NOT DEAD TO SELF, BECAUSE
SIN COMES FROM SELFISHNESS.
00:41:59.05\00:42:02.82
YOU CAN'T NAME A SIN FOR ME
THAT IS NOT SOMEHOW INSPIRED BY
00:42:02.82\00:42:06.55
SELFISHNESS. BUT
WHEN WE ARE CRUCIFIED WITH
00:42:06.55\00:42:09.62
CHRIST, WE ARE DEAD TO
SIN. YOU DON'T SEE A DEAD
00:42:09.62\00:42:14.83
BODY GETTING JEALOUS.
YOU DON'T SEE A DEAD BODY
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.73
HAVING THEIR PRIDE OFFENDED.
DEAD PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT
00:42:17.73\00:42:22.40
THINKING LUSTFUL THOUGHTS.
DEAD PEOPLE AREN'T DOING
00:42:22.40\00:42:25.51
ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD.
AND SO, WHEN YOU'RE CRUCIFIED
00:42:25.51\00:42:29.18
WITH CHRIST - AND BAPTISM
IS A SYMBOL OF BEING DEAD.
00:42:29.18\00:42:33.11
YOU'RE BURIED IN THE WATER AND
YOU COME UP AND IT REPRESENTS A
00:42:33.11\00:42:35.52
NEW BIRTH - THE COMING OUT
OF THE WATER WOULD BE AN ANALOGY
00:42:35.52\00:42:38.89
THERE - BABY'S BORN, IT TAKES
IT'S FIRST BREATH - YOU HOLD
00:42:38.89\00:42:42.32
YOUR BREATH MOMENTARILY WHEN
YOU'RE UNDER - YOU COME UP, YOU
00:42:42.32\00:42:44.43
BREATHE - IT'S LIKE A NEW BREATH
OF LIFE AND IN THE SAME WAY GOD
00:42:44.43\00:42:49.96
INSPIRED - YOU KNOW WHAT
THE WORD 'INSPIRED' MEANS?
00:42:49.96\00:42:53.84
WHEN YOU BREATHE INTO - GOD
BREATHED HIS SPIRIT IN A SPECIAL
00:42:53.84\00:42:57.57
WAY INTO CHRIST AT HIS BAPTISM.
HE PROMISES TO BREATHE INTO YOU
00:42:57.57\00:43:02.34
A SPECIAL NEW LIFE, JUST LIKE
WHEN ADAM WAS BORN GOD BREATHED
00:43:02.34\00:43:05.51
INTO HIS NOSTRILS
THE BREATH OF LIFE.
00:43:05.51\00:43:07.68
WHEN CHRIST CAME OUT OF THE
WATER HE BREATHED - A THOUGHT
00:43:07.68\00:43:10.82
CAME TO ME THIS WEEK I'VE NEVER
THOUGHT BEFORE AND - THAT'S WHAT
00:43:10.82\00:43:14.12
I LOVE ABOUT THE BIBLE, YOU
KNOW, YOU READ IT HUNDREDS OF
00:43:14.12\00:43:16.22
TIMES AND YOU ALWAYS FIND
SOMETHING NEW. I HAVE PREACHED
00:43:16.22\00:43:19.49
HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON ELIJAH AND
ELISHA - YOU KNOW, WHEN ELISHA
00:43:19.49\00:43:24.80
GETS A DOUBLE PORTION OF
ELIJAH'S SPIRIT - AND, FOR THE
00:43:24.80\00:43:27.54
FIRST TIME, IT OCCURRED TO
ME, IT WAS AT THE JORDAN RIVER,
00:43:27.54\00:43:32.87
AFTER ELIJAH WENT TO HEAVEN,
ELISHA TAKES THE MANTLE OF
00:43:32.87\00:43:36.78
ELIJAH, HE STRIKES
THE WATER, AND HE SAYS,
00:43:36.78\00:43:39.21
'WHERE IS THE
LORD GOD OF ELIJAH?'
00:43:39.21\00:43:42.55
AND THE RIVER PARTS AND THE SONS
OF THE PROPHETS LOOK AT ELISHA
00:43:42.55\00:43:46.55
AND SAY, 'SURELY THE SPIRIT OF
ELIJAH IS ON ELISHA.' THERE AT
00:43:46.55\00:43:51.19
THE JORDAN HE WAS
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
00:43:51.19\00:43:55.63
I THOUGHT, 'AH, JESUS, AT
THE JORDAN, WAS FILLED WITH THE
00:43:55.63\00:43:58.73
SPIRIT.' I THOUGHT,
'HOW COME I MISSED THAT?
00:43:58.73\00:44:01.34
MAN, I WISH I COULD TAKE ALL
THOSE SERMONS BACK AND RE-PREACH
00:44:01.34\00:44:03.37
THEM.' I LEFT A
REALLY IMPORTANT PART OUT.
00:44:03.37\00:44:07.61
IT HAPPENS, SOMETIMES, I'LL
WRITE A BOOK AND AFTER I WRITE A
00:44:07.61\00:44:09.78
BOOK ON MARY OR THE DEMONIAC
OR ONE OF THESE THINGS, I THINK,
00:44:09.78\00:44:12.38
'OH, I WANT TO RECALL ALL THE
BOOKS AND REPRINT NOW AND PUT
00:44:12.38\00:44:16.65
THAT THOUGHT IN THERE.' ALRIGHT,
CARRYING ON WITH THE BAPTISM, I
00:44:16.65\00:44:21.19
WANT TO READ TO YOU - AND THIS
IS FROM ELLEN WHITE'S COMMENTS
00:44:21.19\00:44:23.73
IN THE SDA BIBLE
COMMENTARY, VOLUME 6, P.
00:44:23.73\00:44:26.59
1074, "BAPTISM IS A MOST SOLEMN
RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD.
00:44:26.59\00:44:33.00
SELF IS, BY PROFESSION,
DEAD TO A LIFE OF SIN.
00:44:33.00\00:44:36.34
THE WATERS COVER THE CANDIDATE
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE WHOLE
00:44:36.34\00:44:39.17
HEAVENLY UNIVERSE. THE
MULTIPLE PLEDGE" - OH, I'M
00:44:39.17\00:44:42.44
SORRY - "THE MUTUAL PLEDGE IS
MADE. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER,
00:44:42.44\00:44:45.71
SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT MAN IS LAID
IN HIS WATERY GRAVE, BURIED WITH
00:44:45.71\00:44:49.58
CHRIST IN BAPTISM AND RAISED
FROM THE WATER TO LIVE A NEW
00:44:49.58\00:44:53.09
LIFE OF LOYALTY TO GOD."
NOW, WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED AND
00:44:53.09\00:44:58.06
YOU CLAIM THE PROMISE OF
THE SPIRIT, SHOULD YOU LIVE A
00:44:58.06\00:45:00.66
DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE? >>AMEN.
00:45:00.66\00:45:03.06
>>SO WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE A
PASTOR AND SOMEONE COMES TO YOU
00:45:03.06\00:45:06.23
AND SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE
LORD AND I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED.
00:45:06.23\00:45:10.57
I KNOW I HAVEN'T MARRIED MY
BOYFRIEND YET, BUT GOD KNOWS I
00:45:10.57\00:45:13.54
LOVE HIM, SO CAN'T I
TAKE CARE OF THAT LATER?'
00:45:13.54\00:45:18.01
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
TAKE CARE OF IT FIRST.
00:45:18.01\00:45:22.58
OR THEY SAY - AND I SAID IT
MYSELF - 'PASTOR CAN YOU BAPTIZE
00:45:22.58\00:45:27.19
ME? I KNOW I'M
STILL SMOKING, BUT
00:45:27.19\00:45:29.56
I LOVE THE LORD, I BELIEVE
THE TRUTH - I'M JUST STILL
00:45:29.56\00:45:32.19
STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE THING
AND EVERYONE SINS, AFTER ALL.
00:45:32.19\00:45:34.66
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE
IN YOUR CHURCH THAT PROBABLY
00:45:34.66\00:45:36.53
WEIGH MORE THAN THEY SHOULD AND
IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM.' AND YOU
00:45:36.53\00:45:40.77
ALWAYS LOOK FOR INCONSISTENCIES
IN OTHER PEOPLE - 'SO I'LL QUIT
00:45:40.77\00:45:43.97
SMOKING EVENTUALLY.' THE PASTOR
SAID, 'NO.' HE SAID, 'YOU QUIT
00:45:43.97\00:45:47.21
SMOKING AND THEN WE'LL
BAPTIZE YOU.' 'BUT WHY?'
00:45:47.21\00:45:50.88
'BROTHER DOUG,' - HE SAID -
'WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED YOU TAKE
00:45:50.88\00:45:54.45
THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU'RE FILLED
WITH THE SPIRIT, YOU NOW WANT TO
00:45:54.45\00:45:58.82
BE HIS WITNESS.
HE GIVES YOU THE HOLY
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.99
SPIRIT TO BE HIS WITNESS.
SO NOW - I WAS STILL DRINKING
00:46:00.99\00:46:04.29
TOO - HE SAID, 'SO NOW YOU GO TO
A BAR AND YOU BLOW SMOKE RINGS
00:46:04.29\00:46:08.70
IN SOMEONE'S FACE AND YOU SHARE
A BEER WITH THEM AND SAY, 'LET
00:46:08.70\00:46:11.30
ME TELL YOU HOW JESUS SET
ME FREE.' THERE'S SOMETHING
00:46:11.30\00:46:15.17
INCONGRUOUS ABOUT SAYING 'I'VE
BEEN BAPTIZED AND JESUS SAVED ME
00:46:15.17\00:46:20.08
FROM MY SINS' WHILE YOU'RE STILL
LIVING IN KNOWN HIGH-HANDED SIN.
00:46:20.08\00:46:24.41
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE SINLESS BEFORE
00:46:24.41\00:46:27.52
YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BUT THERE ARE
CERTAIN OBVIOUS THINGS THAT WILL
00:46:27.52\00:46:31.05
HURT YOUR WITNESS
THAT MUST BE LAID ASIDE.
00:46:31.05\00:46:33.12
IS THAT RIGHT? >>AMEN.
00:46:33.12\00:46:34.99
>>NOW, THE REASON I'M HAMMERING
THIS IS BECAUSE I'M RUNNING INTO
00:46:34.99\00:46:39.19
MORE AND MORE PASTORS THAT SAY,
'OH WELL, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS
00:46:39.19\00:46:43.43
THEY LOVE JESUS,
LET'S BAPTIZE THEM.
00:46:43.43\00:46:45.00
THE OTHER THINGS'LL TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES LATER.'
00:46:45.00\00:46:47.04
I THINK THAT'S A BAD MISTAKE
BECAUSE YOU JUST BRING DOWN THE
00:46:47.04\00:46:49.60
STANDARD OF WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN -
00:46:49.60\00:46:51.84
>>AMEN. >>WHEN YOU DO THAT.
00:46:51.84\00:46:54.01
THEY USED TO HAVE A CREDIT CARD
ADVERTISEMENT WHERE IT SAYS,
00:46:54.01\00:46:56.68
'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES'.
00:46:56.68\00:46:59.31
I FORGET - AMERICAN EXPRESS OR
SOMEBODY - 'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS
00:46:59.31\00:47:02.45
PRIVILEGES' - AND IT MEANT THAT
IT STANDS FOR SOMETHING IF YOU
00:47:02.45\00:47:06.32
HAVE THIS CARD. THAT'S
THE WAY IT IS ALSO WITH
00:47:06.32\00:47:11.09
BEING PART OF CHRIST'S FAMILY.
THERE MUST BE AN EVIDENCE OF A
00:47:11.09\00:47:14.10
CONVERSION IN THE LIFE, AMEN?
ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
00:47:14.10\00:47:18.80
SECTION: THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES
00:47:18.80\00:47:20.80
THE CHURCH THROUGH THE WORD OF
GOD - AND IN A MOMENT, SOMEONE'S
00:47:20.80\00:47:24.67
GOING TO READ JOHN 17:17
- YOU'LL HAVE THAT, OKAY?
00:47:24.67\00:47:28.48
I'M GOING TO READ ACTS 17:11
- IT SAYS, SPEAKING OF THOSE IN
00:47:28.48\00:47:31.78
BEREA, "THESE WERE MORE
FAIR-MINDED THAN THOSE IN
00:47:31.78\00:47:34.45
THESSALONICA, IN THAT
THEY RECEIVED THE WORD WITH ALL
00:47:34.45\00:47:37.52
READINESS, AND SEARCHED THE
SCRIPTURES DAILY TO FIND OUT
00:47:37.52\00:47:41.72
WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO."
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT THEY
00:47:41.72\00:47:45.93
WERE READING THE WORD
TO DISCOVER WHAT TRUTH IS.
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.93
SHOULD YOU ALWAYS PRAY BEFORE
YOU STUDY THE WORD, THAT THE
00:47:47.93\00:47:52.03
SPIRIT WILL GUIDE YOU
IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING?
00:47:52.03\00:47:54.84
AND WHEN YOU GET A GROUP IN A
BIBLE STUDY AND THEY COME ON A
00:47:54.84\00:47:57.64
DIFFICULT PASSAGE, AND THEY JUST
REALLY CAN'T SORT IT OUT, YOU
00:47:57.64\00:48:02.18
NEED TO PRAY THAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL OPEN TO THEM THE
00:48:02.18\00:48:04.98
UNDERSTANDING, GUIDED BY THE
SPIRIT - A READINESS OF MIND.
00:48:04.98\00:48:09.82
JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 5:39, "YOU
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, FOR IN
00:48:09.82\00:48:13.99
THEM YOU THINK YOU HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE;" - THE - AND HE'S SAYING -
00:48:13.99\00:48:16.73
YOU DO - HE'S SAYING, "THESE
ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME."
00:48:16.73\00:48:21.53
SO THE SCRIPTURES ARE TELLING
US ABOUT JESUS BUT, YOU KNOW,
00:48:21.53\00:48:23.97
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
READ THE SCRIPTURES AND, WITHOUT
00:48:23.97\00:48:25.50
THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY
WON'T RECOGNIZE JESUS IN ALL THE
00:48:25.50\00:48:28.54
SCRIPTURES. BUT
WHEN THEIR MINDS ARE
00:48:28.54\00:48:31.01
ILLUMINATED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT, YOU SEE, BECAUSE THE
00:48:31.01\00:48:34.04
HOLY SPIRIT IS ALWAYS
THERE POINTING TO JESUS.
00:48:34.04\00:48:37.11
ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD,
PLEASE READ FOR US JOHN 17:17.
00:48:37.11\00:48:41.15
>>"SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR
TRUTH. YOU WORD IS TRUTH."
00:48:41.15\00:48:44.99
>>AND SO, IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT
THAT HELPS US TO ALSO RECOGNIZE
00:48:44.99\00:48:49.42
THE TRUTH OF THE WORD.
THE WORD OF GOD, THROUGH THE
00:48:49.42\00:48:52.56
SPIRIT, HAS A SANCTIFYING
INFLUENCE ON THOSE WHO READ.
00:48:52.56\00:48:55.90
HAVE YOU EVER READ THE WORD
OF GOD AND YOU'RE CONVICTED?
00:48:55.90\00:49:00.07
IS THAT A GOOD THING? >>YES.
00:49:00.07\00:49:01.84
>>WHO BRINGS
THAT? >>THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:49:01.84\00:49:04.57
>>HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO
US THROUGH THE WORD AND THEN
00:49:04.57\00:49:08.84
THERE'S TRANSFORMATION. HE
NOT ONLY CONVICTS, HE BRINGS
00:49:08.84\00:49:12.05
COMFORT. YOU EVER READ THE WORD
WHEN YOU'RE DISCOURAGED AND YOU
00:49:12.05\00:49:14.28
FIND A PROMISE AND YOU SAY,
'PRAISE THE LORD, THAT'S WHAT I
00:49:14.28\00:49:16.08
NEEDED TO HEAR'? >>YES.
00:49:16.08\00:49:17.65
>>THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS
COMFORT THROUGH THE WORD.
00:49:17.65\00:49:20.22
JOHN 8:31, "THEN JESUS SAID TO
THOSE JEWS WHO BELIEVED HIM, 'IF
00:49:20.22\00:49:24.33
YOU ABIDE IN MY WORD,
YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES INDEED.
00:49:24.33\00:49:29.00
AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH,
AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU
00:49:29.00\00:49:31.23
FREE." OF
COURSE, WE JUST READ THAT
00:49:31.23\00:49:32.87
VERSE 'SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR
TRUTH, YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.' SO
00:49:32.87\00:49:36.27
WHAT IS IT THAT
MAKES US FREE? >>TRUTH.
00:49:36.27\00:49:39.04
>>TRUTH AND 'THY WORD IS TRUTH'
'THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE' -
00:49:39.04\00:49:44.71
I USED TO CLOSE EVERY BIBLE
ANSWERS LIVE PROGRAM BY SAYING,
00:49:44.71\00:49:48.88
'JESUS IS THE TRUTH THAT WILL
SET YOU FREE' - JESUS IS THE
00:49:48.88\00:49:52.55
TRUTH THAT WILL SET YOU
FREE, BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE WORD
00:49:52.55\00:49:56.12
INCARNATE AND HE SAID, 'YOU'LL
KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH
00:49:56.12\00:49:59.79
WILL SET YOU FREE.' YOU KNOW, I
CAN THINK OF A LOT OF WAYS WHERE
00:49:59.79\00:50:03.47
KNOWING THE
TRUTH CAN SET YOU FREE.
00:50:03.47\00:50:05.20
SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN BONDAGE
BECAUSE THEY MISUNDERSTOOD
00:50:05.20\00:50:07.94
THINGS. CASE IN
POINT: PEOPLE, FOR
00:50:07.94\00:50:11.81
YEARS, THEY MAY GO YEARS NEVER
LEARNING HOW TO LOVE GOD BECAUSE
00:50:11.81\00:50:16.44
THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT THAT GOD
IS A SADIST THAT TORTURES PEOPLE
00:50:16.44\00:50:19.61
THROUGH ENDLESS AGES FOR
THE SINS OF A BRIEF LIFETIME.
00:50:19.61\00:50:23.59
AND THEY'RE IN
BONDAGE FROM THAT.
00:50:23.59\00:50:26.99
THEY JUST - THEY THINK GOD IS
SADISTIC - HE'S A TYRANT - BUT
00:50:26.99\00:50:30.03
YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH
HIM BECAUSE HE'S GOD.
00:50:30.03\00:50:32.16
AND WHEN THEY STUDY THE WORD AND
THEY LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
00:50:32.16\00:50:36.43
PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED, THEY
FINALLY REALIZE THE LOVE OF GOD
00:50:36.43\00:50:39.17
IN THAT MESSAGE - IT SETS THEM
FREE. NOW THAT'S JUST ONE OF A
00:50:39.17\00:50:43.07
THOUSAND WAYS WHERE
THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE.
00:50:43.07\00:50:46.01
WE GO AROUND THE WORLD AND
WE SEE PEOPLE ON ALL DIFFERENT
00:50:46.01\00:50:48.78
PARTS OF THE WORLD AND COUNTRIES
THAT BELIEVE THERE'RE EVIL
00:50:48.78\00:50:51.58
SPIRITS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY
HAUNTING THEM AND THEY'RE
00:50:51.58\00:50:54.85
HARASSED.AND WHEN THEY LEARN THE
TRUTH OF HOW THEY CAN BE FREE IN
00:50:54.85\00:50:58.69
GOD, IT TOTALLY CHANGES THEIR
LIVES. ALRIGHT, LET ME READ YOU
00:50:58.69\00:51:06.03
PSALM 119:160, "THE ENTIRETY
OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY
00:51:06.03\00:51:11.80
ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS
JUDGMENTS ENDURES FOREVER."
00:51:11.80\00:51:15.50
CHRIST MAY HAVE BEEN QUOTING
THAT WHEN HE SAID THAT 'THY WORD
00:51:15.50\00:51:19.87
IS TRUTH.' LET ME READ SOMETHING
TO YOU FROM THE BOOK GREAT
00:51:19.87\00:51:23.55
CONTROVERSY PAGE 45, "WE CANNOT
PURCHASE PEACE AND UNITY BY
00:51:23.55\00:51:29.58
SACRIFICING" - OH WAIT, I WANT
TO SET THIS UP BEFORE I READ IT.
00:51:29.58\00:51:32.79
SO, THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS US
TOGETHER; THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS
00:51:32.79\00:51:39.06
US TOGETHER. NOW,
HOW IMPORTANT IS UNITY?
00:51:39.06\00:51:42.63
IT SAYS SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH
THE TRUTH AND WE WANT TO BE
00:51:42.63\00:51:44.97
UNITED IN THE TRUTH. UNITY IS
ABOUT AS IMPORTANT AS IT CAN BE.
00:51:44.97\00:51:49.54
BUT IF YOU ARE WILLING TO
SACRIFICE SOME POINT OF BIBLICAL
00:51:49.54\00:51:53.74
TRUTH TO ACHIEVE UNITY, IS
THAT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS?
00:51:53.74\00:51:58.81
>>NO. >>SO -
BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED
00:51:58.81\00:52:01.52
TO THE CHURCH MANY TIMES IN AGES
- ACROSS THE AGES, WHERE THERE
00:52:01.52\00:52:05.29
WAS A DISAGREEMENT AND THEY
SAID, 'FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY,
00:52:05.29\00:52:07.62
LET US SACRIFICE OUR
CONVICTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE WORD
00:52:07.62\00:52:10.33
TEACHES' - TO ACHIEVE
UNITY. SHOULD WE EVER SACRIFICE
00:52:10.33\00:52:14.36
TRUTH FOR UNITY? >>NO.
00:52:14.36\00:52:16.97
>>THAT'S THE QUESTION I WANTED
TO LEAD INTO AND HERE'S - HERE'S
00:52:16.97\00:52:19.37
WHAT THE STATEMENT SAYS IN GREAT
CONTROVERSY PAGE 45 - OH, BY THE
00:52:19.37\00:52:23.94
WAY, THE FIRST - YEAH, LET ME
READ THIS, "TO SECURE PEACE AND
00:52:23.94\00:52:27.04
UNITY, THEY (THE EARLY
CHRISTIANS) WERE READ TO MAKE
00:52:27.04\00:52:29.51
ANY CONCESSION CONSISTENT WITH
FIDELITY TO GOD, BUT THEY FELT
00:52:29.51\00:52:34.12
THAT EVEN PEACE WOULD BE
SACRIFICE OF PRINCIPLE. IF UNITY
COULD BE SECURED ONLY TOO DEARLY
00:52:34.12\00:52:41.42
PURCHASED AT THE BY THE
COMPROMISE OF TRUTH AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN LET THERE
00:52:41.42\00:52:45.23
BE DIFFERENCE AND EVEN WAR."
SO, WHILE WE SHOULD, AS FAR AS
00:52:45.23\00:52:49.60
LIES WITHIN US, LIVE PEACEABLY
WITH ALL MEN, DON'T EVER
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.47
SACRIFICE TRUTH
TO ACHIEVE UNITY.
00:52:53.47\00:52:56.47
THIS IS FROM
HISTORICAL SKETCHES , P. 197,
00:52:56.47\00:52:59.67
"WE CANNOT PURCHASE PEACE AND
UNITY BY SACRIFICING THE TRUTH."
00:52:59.67\00:53:03.28
IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH? YOU
"CANNOT PURCHASE PEACE AND
00:53:03.28\00:53:07.52
UNITY BY SACRIFICING THE TRUTH.
THE CONFLICT MAY BE LONG AND
00:53:07.52\00:53:10.95
PAINFUL BUT, AT ANY COST, WE
MUST HOLD FAST TO THE WORD OF
00:53:10.95\00:53:14.89
GOD." SO THE WORD OF GOD IS THE
FINAL ARBITER - IT IS THE FINAL
00:53:14.89\00:53:19.96
CRITERIA THAT WE'RE TO GO
BY. ALRIGHT, THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:53:19.96\00:53:23.26
UNITES THE CHURCH
IN FAITH AND DOCTRINE .
00:53:23.26\00:53:26.94
ACTS 8 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ
FOR ME IN A MOMENT, EPHESIANS
00:53:26.94\00:53:30.24
4:3 AND WHO - ARE YOU
GOING TO HAVE THAT DANIELLE?
00:53:30.24\00:53:34.08
OKAY. I'LL READ
ACTS CHAPTER 8, VERSE
00:53:34.08\00:53:36.71
26, "NOW AN ANGEL OF THE LORD
SPOKE TO PHILIP, SAYING, 'ARISE
00:53:36.71\00:53:41.15
AND GO TOWARD THE SOUTH ALONG
THE ROAD WHICH GOES DOWN FROM
00:53:41.15\00:53:43.92
JERUSALEM TO
GAZA.' THIS IS DESERT.
00:53:43.92\00:53:46.09
SO HE AROSE AND WENT. AND
BEHOLD, A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, A
00:53:46.09\00:53:49.89
EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY
UNDER CANDACE THE QUEEN OF THE
00:53:49.89\00:53:52.36
ETHIOPIANS, WHO HAD CHARGE OF
ALL HER TREASURY, AND HAD COME
00:53:52.36\00:53:55.63
TO JERUSALEM TO WORSHIP, WAS
RETURNING. AND SITTING IN HIS
00:53:55.63\00:53:59.17
CHARIOT, HE WAS READING ISAIAH
THE PROPHET. THEN THE SPIRIT
00:53:59.17\00:54:03.64
SAID TO PHILIP, 'GO NEAR
AND OVERTAKE THIS CHARIOT.' SO
00:54:03.64\00:54:08.01
PHILIP RAN TO HIM, AND HEARD
HIM READING THE PROPHET ISAIAH,
00:54:08.01\00:54:11.58
AND SAID, 'DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU ARE READING?'"
00:54:11.58\00:54:13.98
THE SPIRIT GUIDED HIM TO
SOMEONE WHO WAS SEARCHING AND
00:54:13.98\00:54:18.49
READING - AT THE RIGHT MOMENT -
AND SO IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT
00:54:18.49\00:54:21.66
BRINGS THIS UNITY
IN FAITH AND DOCTRINE.
00:54:21.66\00:54:24.23
SO GOD LED HIM TO SOMEBODY
WHO WAS SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND.
00:54:24.23\00:54:26.93
HE EXPLAINED WHAT
ISAIAH 53 WAS ALL ABOUT.
00:54:26.93\00:54:29.70
HE ACCEPTED JESUS, HE'S
TAUGHT, AND HE'S BAPTIZED.
00:54:29.70\00:54:32.53
PLEASE READ FOR US
EPHESIANS 4:3 AND 4.
00:54:32.53\00:54:36.10
>>"ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE UNITY
OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND OF
00:54:36.10\00:54:39.07
PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE
SPIRIT, JUST AS YOU WERE CALLED
00:54:39.07\00:54:43.55
IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING;"
>>THAT'S RIGHT, AND ONE SPIRIT,
00:54:43.55\00:54:47.28
ONE HOPE, ONE LORD,
ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM.
00:54:47.28\00:54:51.15
AND THIS IS FROM THE BOOK -
WELL, NO, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
00:54:51.15\00:54:55.19
I'LL GET TO THE LAST SECTION.
I'VE GOT TWO MINUTES LEFT.
00:54:55.19\00:54:57.43
THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES THE
CHURCH IN MISSION AND SERVICE -
00:54:57.43\00:55:02.10
ACTS 1:8, "BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE
POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS
00:55:02.10\00:55:05.77
COME UPON YOU; AND YOU SHALL
BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM,
00:55:05.77\00:55:09.20
AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA,
AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH."
00:55:09.20\00:55:12.57
SO WHEN WE'RE FILLED WITH THE
HOLY SPIRIT - WHY DOES GOD GIVE
00:55:12.57\00:55:15.34
YOU THE SPIRIT? THAT
YOU MIGHT BE WITNESSES.
00:55:15.34\00:55:19.35
ALRIGHT, ARE YOU WITH
ME? THIS IS IMPORTANT.
00:55:19.35\00:55:21.92
WHAT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING TO JESUS?
00:55:21.92\00:55:25.49
'I CAME TO SEEK AND SAVE
THE LOST', OKAY? HE'S LEFT.
00:55:25.49\00:55:28.66
AND THEN HE SAID, 'AS THE FATHER
SENT ME, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU
00:55:28.66\00:55:32.03
THE SAME SPIRIT I GOT - I'M
GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU - AS THE
00:55:32.03\00:55:35.23
FATHER SENT ME, SO I SENT YOU.'
HE WAS SENT TO SEEK AND SAVE THE
00:55:35.23\00:55:38.33
LOST, WHY ARE WE SENT?
SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST.
00:55:38.33\00:55:42.24
IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SEEK AND
SAVE THE LOST HE GIVES YOU HIS
00:55:42.24\00:55:45.07
SPIRIT. A LOT OF
WITNESSING - A LOT OF
00:55:45.07\00:55:47.38
SPIRIT; A LITTLE
WITNESSING - LITTLE SPIRIT.
00:55:47.38\00:55:49.94
DID THAT MAKE SENSE? IF
WE'RE ENGAGED IN DOING WHAT
00:55:49.94\00:55:52.91
IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO GOD, HE WILL EMPOWER
00:55:52.91\00:55:55.18
US TO DO THAT.
THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S
00:55:55.18\00:55:57.92
IMPORTANT, AS PART OF EVERY DAY,
YOUR PRAYER SHOULD BE, 'LORD,
00:55:57.92\00:56:01.52
LEAD ME TODAY AND HELP ME
RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
00:56:01.52\00:56:05.26
BE A WITNESS FOR YOU TO
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