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00:35 >>GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS, AND WELCOME TO SABBATH SCHOOL 00:37 STUDY HOUR COMING TO YOU HERE FROM THE SACRAMENTO AREA - FROM 00:40 THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH. A VERY WARM WELCOME TO OUR 00:42 EXTENDED SABBATH SCHOOL CLASS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND 00:45 THE WORLD - ALSO OUR ONLINE MEMBERS. 00:48 I'D ALSO LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME THE MEMBERS AND THE VISITORS 00:50 THAT ARE HERE THIS MORNING JOINING US AS WE STUDY TOGETHER. 00:53 WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THROUGH OUR LESSON QUARTERLY ENTITLED THE 00:56 HOLY SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY . TODAY WE FIND OURSELVES ON 01:00 LESSON #9 ENTITLED THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH . 01:05 NOW, FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO ARE JOINING US, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A 01:07 COPY OF TODAY'S LESSON, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LESSON BY JUST 01:10 GOING TO THE AMAZING FACTS WEBSITE - JUST AMAZINGFACTS.ORG 01:14 - CLICK ON THE LINK THAT SAYS SABBATH SCHOOL STUDY HOUR AND 01:16 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE LESSON AND STUDY ALONG WITH US. 01:19 WE HAVE A FREE OFFER THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR STUDY ENTITLED 01:23 TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL . IF YOU'D LIKE TO RECEIVE THIS 01:26 (IN NORTH AMERICA) CALL US ON OUR RESOURCE PHONE NUMBER. 01:29 THAT NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 AND YOU CAN ASK FOR OFFER #780. 01:37 AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS 866-788-3966 - ASK FOR OFFER 01:42 #780 - THAT IS TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL - A BOOK WRITTEN BY 01:46 PASTOR DOUG. WELL, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR 01:49 STUDY, AS WE NORMALLY DO, WE'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY LIFTING 01:51 OUR VOICES IN SONG. I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR SONG 01:54 LEADERS TO JOIN ME HERE ON STAGE. (PIANO MUSIC) 01:59 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. I INVITE YOU, IF YOU ARE RIGHT 02:03 HERE AND AT HOME, TO PULL OUT YOUR HYMNALS. 02:06 WE LOVE TO SING TOGETHER AND WE HAVE FAVORITES, YOU HAVE 02:09 FAVORITES, AND WE JUST KIND OF MAKE OUR WAY EVERY WEEK AND 02:12 SING. I MUST TELL JESUS - I HOPE THAT 02:15 IS ONE OF YOUR THINGS THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY. 02:18 I MUST TELL JESUS ABOUT THIS - HYMN #485 - WE'RE GOING TO SING 02:23 ALL THREE VERSES - I MUST TELL JESUS . 02:26 (PIANO MUSIC) 04:48 >>YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING, AS WE WERE SINGING THAT, HOW 04:50 MANY TIMES DO WE RUN TO THE PHONE AND WE CALL SOMEBODY OR, 04:55 YOU KNOW, WE THINK, 'OH, WE HAVE NO ONE TO TELL THIS TO - NO ONE 04:59 WOULD UNDERSTAND? WE HAVE A FRIEND IN HEAVEN THAT 05:02 UNDERSTANDS. OUR BIBLE TELLS US HE UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING - 05:04 EVERY EMOTION, EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE HE HAS 05:07 PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE US, TO SHOW THAT THERE IS A 05:10 DIFFERENT WAY AND THERE IS A BETTER WAY AND THAT'S THROUGH 05:13 HIM. AND I'M SO GRATEFUL THIS MORNING, THAT HE IS THE ONE THAT 05:17 LEADS US ALL THE WAY AND HE WILL LEAD US ALL THE WAY TO THE 05:20 KINGDOM, IF WE ALLOW HIM TO. ALL THE WAY MY SAVIOR LEADS ME - 05:24 HYMN #516 - WE'RE GOING TO SING ALL THREE VERSES. 05:28 (PIANO MUSIC) 07:44 >>AMEN. AT THIS TIME PASTOR ROSS WILL LEAD US IN OPENING PRAYER. 07:51 (SOFT PIANO MUSIC) >>LET'S BOW OUR HEADS FOR A WORD OF PRAYER. 07:58 DEAR FATHER IN HEAVEN, WHAT A PRIVILEGE, ONCE AGAIN, TO BE 08:01 ABLE TO GATHER IN YOUR HOUSE AND OPEN UP YOUR WORD AND STUDY THIS 08:03 VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT DEALING WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE 08:06 CHURCH. WE WANT TO INVITE THE HOLY 08:08 SPIRIT TO COME AND GUIDE OUR HEARTS AND MINDS. 08:10 LEAD US, LORD, INTO CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR PURPOSE 08:13 FOR US AS A PEOPLE AND OUR NEED OF THE SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH US 08:17 TO BE YOUR AMBASSADORS, YOUR WITNESSES, HERE IN THE WORLD. 08:20 SO BLESS OUR TIME TOGETHER, FOR WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME, 08:23 AMEN. OUR LESSON THIS MORNING IS GOING 08:25 TO BE BROUGHT TO US BY PASTOR DOUG. 08:28 >>THANK YOU, PASTOR ROSS. MORNING EVERYONE. 08:31 >>MORNING. >>GOOD TO SEE EACH OF YOU HERE 08:34 THAT ARE EITHER REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE GRANITE BAY CHURCH - I 08:38 WANT TO WELCOME THOSE WHO ARE SOME OF OUR ONLINE MEMBERS THAT 08:41 ARE IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD AND 08:43 DON'T HAVE A LOCAL CHURCH THEY CAN GO TO AND SO WE'VE WELCOMED 08:47 THEM INTO THIS CHURCH FAMILY AND WE HAVE VISITORS AND FRIENDS 08:51 THAT ARE WATCHING FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WE'RE JUST GLAD 08:53 THAT YOU'RE JOINING US FOR OUR STUDY TIME. 08:56 NOW, I KNOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE TUNING IN 08:58 FOR THE FIRST TIME - YOU SEE AN INTERESTING BACK DROP BEHIND US 09:02 - IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME PLACE WE'LL BE TEACHING A SERIES 09:05 WE'RE DOING ON THE LIFE OF KING DAVID, AND SO, WE'RE SORT OF 09:08 HAVING AN EPIC SERMON SERIES ON DAVID RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S THE 09:12 EXPLANATION FOR THE BACKDROP THERE. WE'RE CONTINUING OUR 09:16 STUDY DEALING WITH THE THEME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND SPIRITUALITY 09:20 AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO GET ONE OF THESE FROM 09:24 YOUR LOCAL SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IF YOU LIKE. 09:26 YOU CAN ALSO JUST GO TO - TYPE IN SABBATH SCHOOL AT GOOGLE AND 09:30 I THINK YOU CAN FIND THESE LESSONS AT TWO OR THREE 09:32 DIFFERENT WEBSITES. YOU CAN SEE A PDF OF THE LESSON 09:35 OR AN ONLINE VERSION AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE STUDYING. 09:39 TODAY WE'RE IN LESSON #9 AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING, IN 09:42 PARTICULAR, ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CHURCH. 09:47 AND OUR MEMORY VERSE IS FROM EPHESIANS 4, VERSES 3 THROUGH 5 09:52 - AND IF YOU WANT TO FIND THAT, YOU CAN READ IT RIGHT OUT OF 09:54 YOUR QUARTERLY THERE - I THINK IT'S FROM THE NEW AMERICAN 09:57 STANDARD VERSION. WE'LL HAVE YOU READ THAT 09:59 WITH ME - ARE YOU READY? IT'S EPHESIANS 4:3-5. 10:03 "BEING DILIGENT TO PRESERVE THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND 10:08 OF PEACE. THIS IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT, 10:13 JUST AS ALSO YOU WERE CALLED IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; ONE 10:17 LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM," - ONE GOD AND FATHER OF US ALL. 10:23 ONE THING IS DEFINITELY - PARDON THE PUN - ONE THING IS 10:27 DEFINITELY EMPHASIZED IN THIS PASSAGE AND THAT'S ONENESS. 10:32 NOW, AS WE GET READY TO DELVE INTO THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY 10:35 SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH - WHY DOES IT SAY 'ONE SPIRIT'? 10:41 WHO WOULD EVER QUESTION THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE 10:44 SPIRIT? IF YOU LOOK, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 10:48 REVELATION - I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'D LOOK IN 10:51 REVELATION CHAPTER 1, IT MAKES A STATEMENT THERE ABOUT 10:54 THE SEVEN SPIRITS. YOU EVER READ THAT 10:59 IN REVELATION? A MESSAGE - 'THUS SAYS THE SEVEN 11:01 SPIRITS' - SO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT SEVEN OR IS THE HOLY SPIRIT ONE? 11:07 WHY DOES IT SAY 'SEVEN SPIRITS'? YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT THAT? 11:10 I HAVE. BEST EXPLANATION I GOT WAS, IF 11:14 YOU TURN IN YOUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF ISAIAH, CHAPTER 11, AND 11:20 I THINK IT'S THE SECOND VERSE. YOU CAN READ HERE - IT TELLS US, 11:28 "THERE SHALL COME FORTH A ROD FROM THE STEM OF JESSE, AND A 11:31 BRANCH SHALL GROW OUT OF HIS ROOTS." 11:33 SO WHO IS THIS ROD THAT COMES FROM THE TREE - OR THE STEM OF 11:38 JESSE? >>JESUS. 11:39 >>JESUS IS THE OFFSPRING OF DAVID AND JESSE WAS HIS FATHER. 11:43 AND IT SAYS, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL REST UPON HIM." 11:46 WHAT DOES THE WORD 'CHRIST' MEAN? 11:49 CHRISTOS - ANOINTED. ANOINTED WITH WHAT? THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHAT 11:55 DOES THE WORD 'MESSIAH' MEAN? MESSIAH'S HEBREW - ANOINTED - 11:59 SAME THING, JUST DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - ANOINTED. 12:02 JESUS, AT HIS BAPTISM, - WE'LL TALK ABOUT BAPTISM A LITTLE 12:05 LATER - WAS ANOINTED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, OKAY? 12:09 "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL REST UPON HIM, THE SPIRIT OF 12:11 WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND MIGHT, THE 12:17 SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD." 12:20 NOW THIS, AGAIN, IS FROM ISAIAH 11:2. 12:22 NOW, IF YOU COUNT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD AS ONE, AND THEN YOU 12:26 HAVE THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, MIGHT, 12:31 KNOWLEDGE, FEAR OF THE LORD - HOW MANY IS THAT? 12:34 >>SEVEN. >>SO IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S 12:36 SEVEN SPIRITS, THESE ARE SEVEN ATTRIBUTES OR FACETS OF THE HOLY 12:41 SPIRIT AND DIFFERENT WAYS THAT HE MANIFESTS HIMSELF. 12:45 THERE'S ONE LORD, ONE JESUS, ONE CHURCH, ONE SPIRIT - BUT YOU CAN 12:51 HAVE MANY EQUALING ONE. JESUS PRAYED, REGARDING THE 12:55 TWELVE APOSTLES, THAT THEY MIGHT BE WHAT? 12:58 >>ONE. >>WELL, THERE'S A DOZEN OF THEM, 13:01 BUT THEY WERE ONE GROUP OF APOSTLES. 13:03 A HUSBAND AND WIFE GET MARRIED AND THEY BECOME? 13:05 >>ONE. >>IRRITABLE (LAUGHTER) 13:08 NO, ONE - THEY BECOME ONE. AND SO, IN THE SAME WAY JESUS 13:12 PRAYED TO THE FATHER, 'FATHER, THAT THEY MAY BE ONE' - IT'S 13:16 A CHURCH WITH MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. 13:18 AND SO, THERE'S ONE HOLY SPIRIT AND YET THERE'S THESE DIFFERENT 13:21 FACETS OF HOW GOD THE SPIRIT GIVES HIS GIFTS. 13:24 YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING TO ME THE WAY THE INTERNET WORKS. 13:33 MORESO, WHERE WE WERE BEFORE - WE HAD A CARRIER WHERE WE HAD 13:38 FIBER OPTIC INTERNET COMING TO OUR HOUSE. 13:42 WHEN IT FIRST CAME INTO THE AREA THIS COMPANY PROVIDED FIBER 13:45 OPTIC. NOW, FIBER OPTIC IS 13:46 NOT LIKE COPPER CABLE. FIBER OPTIC IS ACTUALLY 13:49 DELIVERING THE INTERNET WITH LIGHT TO YOUR HOME, BECAUSE 13:52 LIGHT TRAVELS 186,000 MILES A SECOND. 13:55 IT'S ABOUT THE FASTEST THING YOU CAN GET. 13:57 AND THEY MADE THESE GLASS FILAMENTS THAT ARE VERY FINE AND 14:01 THE INFORMATION GOING THROUGH FIBER OPTICS IS EXTREMELY QUICK 14:05 AND, IN OUR HOME, ON SOME GIVEN MORNING, I COULD HAVE MY 14:11 COMPUTER ON AND BE SEARCHING SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND 14:17 KAREN MIGHT HAVE HER PHONE ON AND SHE'S - THROUGH WIRELESS - 14:20 AND SHE MIGHT BE TALKING TO A FRIEND ON FACEBOOK ON THE 14:22 INTERNET, AND WE CAN HAVE 3ABN ON ROKU AND BE WATCHING THAT ON 14:26 THE INTERNET AND ALL - AND JUST DEPENDING ON THE DIFFERENT 14:28 REQUESTS THAT WE MAKE, THAT ONE LINE COMING INTO THE HOUSE IS 14:33 BRINGING A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION. AND I THOUGHT, 14:36 'MAN, HOW DOES IT DO THAT? HOW DOES IT NOT JUST JAM UP AND 14:41 SAY, 'WAIT, YOU'RE ASKING TOO MUCH'? 14:43 AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT - THERE'S ONE 14:45 SPIRIT, BUT THAT HOLY SPIRIT COULD BE SPEAKING TO ME AND 14:48 GIVING ME EVERYTHING I NEED RIGHT NOW AND THAT SAME ONE 14:50 SPIRIT COULD BE SPEAKING TO YOU AND GIVING YOU EVERYTHING YOU 14:53 NEED AND PRAY FOR AND GUIDING YOU AND DIRECTING YOU AND 14:56 DIRECTING ME AND YOU THINK, 'HOW DOES GOD THE SPIRIT DO ALL THAT 15:01 WHEN YOU'VE GOT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY - 7-8 BILLION PEOPLE IN 15:05 THE WORLD - AND THE SPIRIT, I THINK, ALSO DIRECTS THE ANGELS. 15:10 A LOT OF TIMES IN THE BIBLE, WHEN IT SAYS, 'THE LORD DID THIS 15:13 AND THE LORD DID THAT' - THE LORD DOES IT THROUGH ANGELS. 15:17 YOU CAN FIND THAT OUT AS YOU COMPARE THE VERSES. 15:20 IN MANY PLACES IT'LL SAY, 'THE LORD DID THIS' AND IT SAYS HE 15:22 SENT THE ANGEL. DO ANGELS HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDING THEM? 15:27 >>YES. >>OF COURSE. 15:30 THE SAME WAY GOD THE SPIRIT GUIDES US AND GUIDES THE ANGELS 15:33 - ESPECIALLY UNFALLEN ANGELS - SO THE HOLY SPIRIT IS BUSY. 15:38 BUT, DOES HE GET TIRED? >>NO. 15:41 >>NO, IT'S NOTHING FOR HIM. IT'S JUST - IT'S A MARVELOUS 15:44 TRUTH WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT. SO THIS IS THE THEME OF OUR 15:47 STUDY: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE CHURCH TODAY. 15:51 AND, IN A MOMENT, SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ A VERSE FOR ME. 15:54 I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO READ EPHESIANS 1:22 - AND 15:57 YOU'LL HAVE THAT, MANJEET, IN JUST A MOMENT? 16:00 AND I'M GOING TO READ JOHN 13:34 AND 35. 16:05 JESUS SAID, "A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE 16:09 ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. 16:13 BY THIS ALL WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES, IF YOU HAVE 16:17 LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER." NOW WHAT'S ONE OF THE MOST 16:20 IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES OF GOD THE SPIRIT? 16:24 YOU FIND IT IN THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT. 16:26 WHAT'S NUMBER ONE OF THE FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT? 16:29 >>LOVE. >>THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT 16:31 IS LOVE. NOW, WHEN JESUS SAID, 'A NEW 16:34 COMMANDMENT I GIVE UNTO YOU', WAS IT TOTALLY NEW? 16:38 OR WAS HE SAYING, 'THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT FOR YOU' OR 16:42 'YOU JUST REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET'? 16:44 WHEN CHRIST SAID, 'A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE YOU THAT YOU 16:46 LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AND YOU LOVE THE LORD', JESUS IS ACTUALLY 16:49 QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT. SO HE'S SAYING, 'I'M JUST 16:53 HELPING YOU UNDERSTAND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALL THE COMMANDMENTS 16:56 ARE SUMMARIZED IN LOVE. AND SO, IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT 17:02 - THE FIRST GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LOVE, THAT'S GOING TO 17:04 MAKE THE CHURCH BE ONE AND BE UNITED. 17:08 SO HE SAID, 'THIS IS HOW ALL PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE MY 17:12 DISCIPLES, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT.' LET ME WORD THAT A 17:16 DIFFERENT WAY: 'THIS IS HOW ALL PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT YOU'RE 17:18 CHRISTIANS, BECAUSE YOU LOVE EACH OTHER.' NOT ONLY DO YOU 17:22 LOVE OTHERS AND LOVE YOUR ENEMY, BUT THERE'S A WAY - THERE'S A 17:24 UNITY - A LOVE THAT WE HAVE COLLECTIVELY THAT IS TO 17:27 DEMONSTRATE TO THE WORLD THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN US. 17:31 TALKING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE ONENESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, 17:35 WHERE HE SAYS 'ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE SPIRIT', IN THE BIBLE 17:40 IT TELLS US THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROPHET THAT WOULD COME IN THE 17:44 SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH. SO, DID ELIJAH HAVE HIS OWN HOLY 17:49 SPIRIT? A SPECIAL BRAND - COPYRIGHT VERSION OF THE HOLY 17:54 SPIRIT? YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE WHO WEAR THE HOLY 17:57 SPIRIT IN BLUE AND OTHERS IN LAVENDER. 18:00 WHY DOES IS SAY THAT THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH RESTS UPON ELISHA? 18:06 YOU REMEMBER WHEN GOD - ELISHA SAID, 'I WANT A DOUBLE PORTION 18:08 OF YOUR SPIRIT'? WHY DIDN'T HE SAY, 'I WANT A 18:10 DOUBLE PORTION OF GOD'S SPIRIT? WHY DID GOD SAY, TO MOSES, 'I'M 18:15 GOING TO TAKE THE SPIRIT THAT'S ON YOU AND I'M GOING TO PUT 18:19 IT ON THE SEVENTY ELDERS'? DID MOSES HAVE HIS OWN SPECIAL 18:22 VERSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? THEY'RE ALL THE 18:25 HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD. NOW, THE SPIRIT THAT MOSES HAD 18:30 AND THE SPIRIT THAT ELIJAH HAD - THERE WERE PARTICULAR MINISTRIES 18:34 THAT THEY DID, JUST AS WE SAW THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS DIFFERENT 18:37 FACETS, BUT IT'S ALL THAT - THE SPIRIT OF GOD - IT'S 18:40 ALL THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AND SO, WHEN YOU SAY, 'I WANT 18:43 THE SPIRIT OF JESUS', YOU'RE STILL SAYING, 'I WANT THE SPIRIT 18:47 OF ELIJAH, I WANT THE SPIRIT OF MOSES'. IT'S ALL GOD'S SPIRIT. 18:50 IT MAY MANIFEST ITSELF DIFFERENTLY IN YOUR LIVES 18:53 BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT, OKAY? 18:56 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >>AMEN. 18:58 >>SO THE HOLY SPIRIT INFUSES US WITH THE ATTRIBUTES OF CHRIST. 19:02 GO AHEAD, MANJEET, WHY DON'T YOU READ EPHESIANS 1:22 AND 23? 19:06 >>23 - "AND HE PUT ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET, AND GAVE HIM TO 19:11 BE HEAD OVER ALL THINGS TO THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY, 19:19 THE FULLNESS OF HIM WHO FILLS ALL IN ALL." 19:25 >>ALRIGHT, HERE IT'S TELLING US, OF COURSE, JESUS FILLS ALL IN 19:29 ALL, THAT HIS IS THE HEAD OVER THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY - 19:34 HIS BODY, MEANING THE BODY OF CHRIST. 19:37 AND, IF YOU LOOK IN THAT VERSE - IN EPHESIANS 5:23, "FOR THE 19:41 HUSBAND IS HEAD OF THE WIFE, AS ALSO CHRIST IS HEAD OF THE 19:45 CHURCH;" - THERE YOU HAVE IT AGAIN. 19:47 JESUS IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH, BUT HOW DOES HE GUIDE THE 19:49 CHURCH? IT'S THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT. 19:53 NOW, PHYSICALLY, DOES JESUS HAVE A BODY? 19:55 AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PERSONALITIES OF THE 19:58 TRINITY IN EARLIER LESSONS, HE DOES. 20:02 IS THERE AN AREA OF THE COSMOS WHERE JESUS - YOU KNOW, IT'S 20:07 AMAZING THAT THESE GOOGLE MAPS - AND ON YOUR PHONES - SOME OF YOU 20:12 ARE WAY AHEAD OF ME. I'M STILL JUST GETTING TO FIGURE 20:14 OUT SOME OF THE THINGS MY SMART PHONE DOES, BUT IT - I WAS 20:17 GOING, 'OH WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IT DID THAT!' 20:18 AND, OF COURSE, IT'S DONE IT FOR TEN YEARS. 20:20 I DIDN'T KNOW IT DID IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN JUST TALK 20:23 TO YOUR PHONE AND YOU SAY, 'FIND ME THE NEAREST WALMART?' 20:27 THAT'S NOT AN ENDORSEMENT FOR WALMART; YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE 20:30 DOING THAT THESE DAYS - JUST AS AN EXAMPLE - AND IT'LL SHOW ME 20:35 WHERE IT IS AND THEN IT'S GOT A LITTLE BUTTON YOU PRESS THAT 20:38 SAYS, 'TAKE ME THERE' AND A LITTLE BLUE DOT WILL APPEAR 20:42 WHERE, ON THE MAP, WALMART IS. SO I CAN GET A VISUAL OF WHERE 20:46 IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA THAT BLUE DOT IS. 20:49 I'VE GOT TO GET TO THAT BLUE DOT. 20:50 IT'LL SHOW WHERE I'M AT AND WHERE IT IS, IN RELATIONSHIP. 20:54 IS THERE A PLACE, OTHER THAN EARTH, WHERE JESUS IS RIGHT NOW? 21:01 YEAH, WHAT DID CHRIST SAY ABOUT SENDING THE SPIRIT? 21:04 'IT'S EXPEDIENT FOR YOU THAT I GO, BECAUSE IF I DO NOT GO THE 21:07 HOLY SPIRIT WILL NOT COME.' IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE 21:10 WATCHMAN GOES OFF DUTY AND ANOTHER COMES ON DUTY: THE ONE 21:14 ON DUTY SAYS, 'LOOK, I CAN'T LEAVE MY POST UNTIL YOU COME 21:18 TAKE MY PLACE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WITHOUT A WATCHMAN.' 21:21 THAT'S A CRUDE ILLUSTRATION, BUT JESUS BASICALLY SAID, 'WHEN THE 21:24 HOLY SPIRIT COMES' - FORTY DAYS AFTER HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN THE 21:28 HOLY SPIRIT CAME. WELL, NO, I TAKE THAT BACK - TEN DAYS AFTER 21:32 HE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN. HE CONTINUED TO APPEAR AMONG THE 21:35 DISCIPLES FOR FORTY DAYS AFTER HIS RESURRECTION. 21:38 AND SO, THERE WAS THIS BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT THAT CAME. 21:42 CHRIST IS GEOGRAPHICALLY PLEADING; HE'S EVER LIVING TO 21:45 MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US BEFORE THE FATHER. 21:47 SO JESUS IS WITH US NOW THROUGH GOD THE SPIRIT. 21:51 COLOSSIANS 3:14 AND 15, "BUT ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS PUT ON 21:57 LOVE, WHICH IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION. 22:01 AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH YOU ALSO 22:04 WERE CALLED IN ONE BODY; AND BE THANKFUL." 22:08 NOW, WHY DOES HE SAY, 'LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR 22:11 HEARTS'? WHEN I SAY, 'CAN YOU 22:16 LET ME SIT DOWN?' IF YOU'RE SITTING DOWN, FOR YOU 22:18 TO LET ME SIT DOWN, YOU'VE GOT TO GET UP - TO HAVE YOUR CHAIR. 22:22 AND SO, WHEN HE SAYS 'LET THE PEACE OF GOD' IT MEANS YOU MUST 22:26 ACTIVELY CHOOSE TO ALLOW GOD'S PEACE. 22:31 THAT MEANS THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO TO RESIST THE PEACE OF GOD 22:34 AND THE LOVE OF GOD IN OUR LIVES. 22:36 PAUL IS PLEADING WITH THE CHURCH, 'LET THIS HAPPEN.' PUT 22:41 ON - THAT'S SOMETHING YOU ACTIVELY DO. 22:44 IF YOU THINK OWNING CLOTHES IS GOING TO GET YOU READY FOR 22:46 CHURCH AND YOU DON'T PUT THEM ON FIRST, YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT 22:48 DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. YOU'VE GOT TO PUT THEM ON. 22:50 YOU CAN'T JUST OWN THEM. AND HE WANTS US TO PUT ON LOVE 22:55 AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN OUR HEARTS. 22:57 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT REQUIRE OUR PARTICIPATION. 23:01 THE EVIDENCE FOR THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, PEACE, AND THANKFULNESS. 23:07 I WANT TO JUST TAKE YOU BACK AND READ THAT VERSE ONE MORE TIME - 23:10 IN COLOSSIANS 3, VERSES 14 AND 15, "BUT ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS 23:14 PUT ON LOVE, WHICH IS THE BOND OF PERFECTION. 23:16 AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, TO WHICH ALSO YOU 23:19 WERE CALLED IN ONE BODY; AND BE THANKFUL." 23:21 HE SAYS PUT ON LOVE, LET PEACE, BE THANKFUL. THEY'RE ALL ACTIVE 23:26 WORDS - LOVE, PEACE, THANKFULNESS - EVIDENCE OF THE 23:29 HOLY SPIRIT. THANKFUL ONLY WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WELL? 23:34 OR CAN WE BE THANKFUL LIKE DANIEL WHEN YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO 23:37 TO THE LION'S DEN, AND PAUL IN PRISON, HE SAID, 'I THANK GOD 23:41 ALWAYS.' AND SO, THESE ARE EVIDENCE OF 23:44 THE HOLY SPIRIT. EPHESIANS 5:23 - NO, I READ THAT 23:47 ONE ALREADY - EPHESIANS 2:18, "FOR THROUGH HIM WE BOTH HAVE 23:53 ACCESS BY ONE SPIRIT TO THE FATHER. 23:56 NOW, THEREFORE, YOU ARE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS, 23:59 BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND MEMBERS OF THE 24:03 HOUSEHOLD OF GOD, HAVING BEEN BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE 24:06 APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CHIEF 24:10 CORNERSTONE, IN WHOM THE WHOLE BUILDING, BEING FITTED TOGETHER, 24:14 GROWS INTO A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD, IN WHOM YOU ALSO ARE BEING 24:18 BUILT TOGETHER FOR A DWELLING PLACE OF GOD IN THE SPIRIT." 24:21 NOW, IT'S KIND OF A CRUDE ILLUSTRATION BUT THE BIBLE SAYS 24:25 JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE, THE BIBLE SAYS WE ARE LIVING STONES, 24:29 AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MORTAR. 24:33 YOU'VE SEEN MASONS WORK BEFORE WHERE THEY PUT DOWN A BRICK AND 24:37 THEY SLOP SOME MORTAR AND THEY PUT DOWN ANOTHER BRICK AND WHAT 24:40 HOLDS ALL THE BRICKS TOGETHER? IT'S THE MORTAR. 24:44 WHAT HOLDS THE CHURCH TOGETHER? IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT - IT'S LOVE 24:49 - FIRST GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS LOVE. 24:52 SO YOU REALLY SAY IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GLUES US TOGETHER. 24:56 DOES THAT JUST HAPPEN IN A CHURCH OR DOES THAT HAPPEN IN A 24:59 FAMILY? IN A CHRISTIAN FAMILY, THE LOVE 25:05 OF GOD - THE HOLY SPIRIT KEEPS THE LOVE OF GOD ALIVE IN HEARTS 25:09 AND KEEPS PEOPLE TOGETHER. IT HAPPENS IN MARRIAGES, 25:12 IT HAPPENS IN NATIONS. NOW, YOU NOTICE SOMETHING ELSE 25:16 IN THAT VERSE WE JUST READ? THROUGH HIM WE HAVE 25:18 ACCESS TO THE FATHER. YOU'RE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND 25:20 FOREIGNERS, BUT CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND MEMBERS. 25:26 A LOT IN THE NEWS ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 25:28 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED AND, IN THEORY, THE SPIRIT COMES 25:33 INTO YOUR LIFE, SHOULD YOU GET THE HOLY SPIRIT AT BAPTISM? 25:38 NOW WE'VE GOT A SECTION HERE, IN A MINUTE, I'LL MAYBE SAVE THAT - 25:42 YEAH, I'LL SAVE THAT THOUGHT UNTIL WE GET THERE. 25:45 I WANT TO GO TO 1 PETER 2:6 AND 7, "THEREFORE IT IS ALSO 25:48 CONTAINED IN THE SCRIPTURE, 'BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHIEF 25:51 CORNERSTONE, ELECT, PRECIOUS, AND HE WHO BELIEVES ON HIM WILL 25:55 BY NO MEANS BE PUT TO SHAME.' THEREFORE, TO YOU WHO BELIEVE, 25:58 HE IS PRECIOUS; BUT TO THOSE WHO ARE DISOBEDIENT, 'THE STONE 26:01 WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE,'" 26:05 JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE. HE IS ALSO CALLED THE HEAD IN 26:09 THIS CHURCH, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE MORTAR THAT HOLDS 26:13 THE BUILDING TOGETHER. AND I'M GOING TO READ, 26:15 THEN, 1 CORINTHIANS 3:11-13. WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT HOW 26:20 THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES US WITH CHRIST. 26:21 WE'RE USING THE BUILDING METAPHOR - I SHOULD SAY THE 26:24 BIBLE IS USING THIS BUILDING METAPHOR. 26:27 1 CORINTHIANS 3:11-13, "FOR NO OTHER FOUNDATION CAN ANYONE LAY 26:31 THAN THAT WHICH IS LAID, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST. 26:34 NOW IF ANYONE BUILDS ON THIS FOUNDATION WITH GOLD, SILVER, 26:37 PRECIOUS STONES, WOOD, HAY, STRAW, EACH ONE'S WORK WILL 26:42 BECOME CLEAR; FOR THE DAY WILL DECLARE IT, BECAUSE IT WILL BE 26:46 REVEALED BY FIRE;" - NOW IF A BRUSH FIRE RUNS THROUGH A 26:49 VILLAGE AND YOU'VE GOT HOMES THAT ARE MADE OF WOOD AND STRAW, 26:53 THEY DON'T DO AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT ARE MADE OF GOLD, 26:56 SILVER, AND PRECIOUS STONES. YOU SEE THE ANALOGY PAUL IS MAKING? 27:00 SOME PEOPLE ARE BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION OF CHRIST WITH 27:04 MATERIALS THAT WILL ENDURE. YOU KNOW, THE HISTORICAL RUMOR 27:09 IS THAT THE REASON THAT ROME BURNED IS NOT BECAUSE CHRISTIANS 27:13 BURNED IT BUT ROME WAS A CITY OF WOODEN TENEMENTS. NERO HAD A 27:19 REAL DESIRE TO BUILD MARBLE MONUMENTS AND HE THOUGHT THE 27:24 ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF ALL OF THESE SLUMS WAS TO SET IT 27:28 ABLAZE AND HE'D REBUILD THE CITY THE WAY HE WANTED IT. 27:31 THAT'S WHY HE WAS FIDDLING WHEN ROME BURNED, AS THEY SAY. 27:36 HE WAS, SUPPOSEDLY, PLAYING MUSIC IN HIS GARDEN AT ONE POINT 27:39 WHEN IT WAS HAPPENING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A FIDDLE, 27:40 BUT - BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, 'THIS IS GREAT, NOW I GET TO REBUILD 27:44 IT THE WAY I WANT IT.' AND SO HE, REPORTEDLY, HAD HIS 27:48 OPERATIVES TORCH THE CITY AND THE ONLY THINGS THAT SURVIVED 27:53 WERE THE MARBLE MONUMENTS THAT HE LIKED AND ALL THE WOOD AND 27:56 THE STRAW AND THE SLUMS, THEY ALL BURNED UP. 28:01 AND SO, PAUL IS SAYING THERE'S A DAY OF TRIAL THAT'S COMING TO 28:04 EVERY HOUSE. DIDN'T JESUS SAY, 'THE WISE MAN 28:06 BUILDS ON THE ROCK, THE FOOL BUILDS ON THE SAND, AND WHEN THE 28:09 STORM COMES' - NOW, THE STORM ONLY COMES TO THE 28:11 FOOLISH MAN, RIGHT? >>YES. 28:14 >>STORM COMES TO THE WISE MAN; STORM COMES TO THE FOOL. 28:18 THE FIRE IS GOING TO TEST THE BUILDING OF STONE AND PRECIOUS 28:22 STONES AND GOLD AND SILVER, AND THE FIRE IS GOING TO TEST THE 28:26 BUILDING OF STRAW AND WOOD. AND HE SAYS, 'THE DAY WILL 28:30 DECLARE IT.' MEANING THE DAY OF JUDGMENT WILL DECLARE IT BECAUSE 28:33 IT WILL BE REVEALED BY FIRE AND THE FIRE WILL TEST EVERYONE'S 28:36 WORK, WHAT SORT IT IS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE 28:40 BUILD WITH THE RIGHT MATERIALS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT 28:43 IS THE MOTOR. OKAY, NOW LET'S GET TO THAT 28:45 SECTION THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES US THROUGH BAPTISM . 28:49 DO YOU KNOW, TO START WITH - I DIDN'T EVEN PUT IT IN MY NOTES, 28:52 BUT I'M ALMOST SURE IT'S IN THE BIBLE - TURN TO THE BOOK OF ACTS 28:57 - ACTS CHAPTER 2 AND THIS IS, I THINK, A VERY IMPORTANT VERSE AS 29:01 WE'RE STUDYING THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU GO TO ACTS CHAPTER 2 AND GO 29:08 TO VERSE 38 - AFTER HE PREACHES HIS POWERFUL SERMON ABOUT JESUS, 29:16 THE PEOPLE SAID, 'MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT WILL WE DO?' 29:19 HE SAYS, IN VERSE 38, "REPENT, AND LET EVERY ONE OF YOU BE 29:22 BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF 29:25 SINS; AND YOU MIGHT RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." 29:30 >>NO. >>'YOU COULD RECEIVE' - 'YOU MAY 29:34 RECEIVE' - HE DIDN'T SAY THAT. HE SAID, 'YOU SHALL.' 29:37 IS 'SHALL' A PROMISE? >>YES. 29:39 >>HE SAYS, 'REPENT, BE BAPTIZED, YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF 29:42 THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE PROMISE' - GOD IS MAKING A PROMISE. 29:47 THE PROMISE IS TO YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN AND TO ALL WHO ARE 29:50 AFAR OFF - NOW, THERE'S NO QUESTION WHAT PROMISE THEY'RE 29:53 TALKING ABOUT, PETER AND THE APOSTLES WERE WAITING IN 29:57 JERUSALEM; JESUS SAID, 'WAIT FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER.' 30:01 PETER'S NOW PREACHING, HAVING JUST RECEIVED THE PROMISE OF THE 30:05 FATHER - THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED OUT ON THEM. 30:08 AND NOW HE'S TELLING THEM, 'IF YOU REPENT AND YOU'RE BAPTIZED' 30:10 - YOU REPENT OF YOUR SINS - YOU BELIEVE - 'YOU WILL RECEIVE THE 30:13 PROMISE.' WAS IT ONLY FOR THEM BACK THEN? 30:16 SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 30:18 AND THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT WAS JUST FOR THE APOSTLES BACK 30:20 THEN BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE GIFTS TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL.' 30:23 LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID: "FOR THE PROMISE IS FOR YOU AND YOUR 30:27 CHILDREN, AND TO ALL WHO ARE AFAR OFF, AS MANY AS THE LORD 30:32 OUR GOD WILL CALL." SO ANYONE WHO RESPONDS TO THE 30:34 CALL, GOD HAS MADE A PROMISE OF WHAT? 30:36 >>THE HOLY SPIRIT. >>HOLY SPIRIT. 30:39 NOW, SOME PEOPLE GET THE HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE BAPTISM; IT 30:42 DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN RIGHT AT BAPTISM. 30:44 CAN YOU THINK OF SOME PEOPLE WHO GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT BEFORE 30:46 BAPTISM, IN THE BIBLE? >>CORNELIUS. 30:48 >>CORNELIUS - ACTS CHAPTER 10. SOME PEOPLE GET THE HOLY 30:52 SPIRIT AFTER BAPTISM. THE APOSTLES WERE BAPTIZED BY 30:58 JOHN, BUT THEY GOT THE HOLY SPIRIT AT PENTECOST. 31:01 ACTS CHAPTER 19 - YOU'VE GOT THESE TWELVE EPHESIAN BELIEVERS 31:04 - THEY GET THE HOLY SPIRIT LATER. 31:06 THEY'D BEEN BAPTIZED BY JOHN THE BAPTIST, BUT THEN THEY'RE 31:09 RE-BAPTIZED BY PAUL AND THEY GET THE HOLY SPIRIT. 31:13 AND THEN YOU MAY GET THE HOLY SPIRIT RIGHT AT BAPTISM. 31:16 WHO DID THAT? >>JESUS. 31:19 >>WHEN JESUS CAME OUT OF THE WATER, THE HOLY SPIRIT 31:21 DESCENDED. AND SO - BUT THERE'S A PROMISE 31:23 THAT'S MADE THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE SPIRIT. 31:27 SO YOU'RE ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY - YOU BECOME CITIZENS OF 31:30 A NEW KINGDOM, AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE GOD MADE US A PROMISE. 31:34 ALRIGHT, BACK TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BAPTISM AGAIN, "FOR BY ONE 31:38 SPIRIT" - I'M IN - SORRY - 1 CORINTHIANS 12:13 - AND 31:42 SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME IN A MOMENT JOHN 3:5 - OKAY? 31:46 1 CORINTHIANS 12:13, "FOR BY ONE SPIRIT WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO 31:51 ONE BODY - WHETHER JEWS OR GREEKS, WHETHER SLAVES OR FREE - 31:55 AND HAVE ALL BEEN MADE TO DRINK INTO ONE SPIRIT." 31:59 YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER YEARS AGO - AND I'VE PROBABLY SHARED THIS - 32:07 I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, DRIVING A 32:11 VAN - I HAD A - I WAS PART OF A COMPANY CALLED 'DARSAN' AND WE 32:17 DELIVERED PRE-MADE SANDWICHES AND BURRITOS AND FOOD TO THESE 32:21 FAST-FOOD CONVENIENCE STORES. IT'S NOT VERY GLORIOUS BUT 32:24 SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, ANY OF YOU EVER EAT AN 32:27 EGG SALAD SANDWICH THAT'S PRE-MADE AT ONE OF THESE STORES? 32:30 SO THIS WAS THE COMPANY THAT DELIVERED THOSE - AND I HAD A 32:32 LONG DISTRICT BECAUSE I HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH A LONG STRETCH OF 32:36 DESERT BETWEEN TOWNS - AND I REMEMBER I TOOK OFF AND LEFT 32:39 PALM SPRINGS ONE DAY AND I WAS HEADING TO RIVERSIDE OR 32:43 SOMETHING AND OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESSERT, THIS BLACK 32:47 GENTLEMAN WAS WALKING WITH A BROWN PAPER BAG. 32:50 IT'S - YOU KNOW, 110 DEGREES IN THE DESERT - IT WAS VERY HOT - 32:54 AND HE'S JUST WALKING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT - IT WASN'T 32:57 BY AN INTERSECTION OR AN ON-RAMP OR ANYTHING - IT'S LIKE A 33:01 10-MILE STRETCH - SO I PULLED OVER AND HE CLIMBED IN AND HE 33:05 SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!' AND I SAID, 'ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN?' 33:11 SO I TOOK OFF AND HE SAID, 'YES I AM.' HE SAID, 33:14 'ARE YOU?' AND I SAID, 'YES I AM.' HE SAID, 33:16 'HALLELUJAH.' AND SO WE DROVE ON AND STARTED TO TALK A LITTLE 33:19 BIT AND HE SAID, 'DO YOU GO TO CHURCH?' 33:25 I SAID, 'I DO.' AND I JUST STARTED KIND OF STUDYING THE 33:29 ADVENTIST MESSAGE - I WAS GOING TO THE ADVENTIST CHURCH AND I 33:31 WAS GOING TO A PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND HE SAID, 'WHAT DAY DO 33:35 YOU GO?' I SAID, 'SUNDAY.' I WAS AFRAID 33:37 OF RIDICULE SO I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL HIM. 33:40 AND HE SAID, 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT DAY THE SABBATH IS?' 33:44 I SAID, 'SATURDAY.' HE SAID, 'PRAISE THE LORD!' 33:48 HE SAID, 'WHY YOU GOIN' SUNDAY IF SATURDAY'S THE SABBATH?' 33:51 (LAUGHTER) I SAID, 'ARE YOU A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST?' 33:56 HE SAID, 'A WHAT?' I SAID, 'SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.' 33:59 HE SAID, 'SORRY, CAN'T HELP YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.' 34:02 AND WE STARTED TALKING AND HE HAD THIS BAG OF BOOKS ON 34:06 PROPHECY AND THEY WEREN'T OUR BOOKS, BUT HE SAID - HE WAS 34:11 READING THE BIBLE AND HE KNEW EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVED - 34:14 AND HE HAD HIS BIBLE IN THE BAG - AND I WAS SO EXCITED ABOUT 34:17 WHAT HE WAS SHARING BECAUSE IT'S JUST WHAT I HAD BEEN READING IN 34:20 GREAT CONTROVERSY , BUT HE HAD NEVER HEARD - I SAID, 'OH, 34:22 YOU'VE BEEN READING ELLEN WHITE.' HE SAID, 'WHO?' 34:24 AND HE'D NEVER HEARD OF ELLEN WHITE, NEVER HEARD OF THE 34:26 ADVENTIST CHURCH. SO WE WENT TO A DENNY'S 34:30 RESTAURANT AND WE SAT DOWN AND ALL MY SANDWICHES WERE PROBABLY 34:33 MILDEWING OUT IN THE VAN AND I PROBABLY SPENT TWO HOURS WITH 34:37 THIS GUY JUST STUDYING, AND WHEN I LEFT I THOUGHT - I DROPPED HIM 34:41 AT AN ON-RAMP BECAUSE I HAD TO GO CONTINUE - AND I THOUGHT - 34:44 I SAID, 'HOW IS IT YOU BELIEVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY HOLY 34:47 SPIRIT'S BEEN TELLING ME?' HE SAID, 'WELL, ONE LORD, ONE 34:51 FAITH, ON BAPTISM, ONE SPIRIT. IF WE'VE GOT THE SAME SPIRIT, 34:54 WE'LL BE LED TO THE SAME TRUTH.' >>AMEN. 34:56 >>AND I NEVER FORGOT THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT, 'YOU KNOW, 34:58 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE FINDING THE TRUTH INDEPENDENT OF 35:01 RUNNING INTO A DENOMINATION OR READING AN ELLEN WHITE BOOK, 35:04 BECAUSE IT'S IN THE BIBLE AND IT'S THE SAME SPIRIT THAT'S 35:07 GUIDING PEOPLE. AND SO, THAT'S WHY, WHEN YOU'RE 35:10 PART OF GOD'S CHURCH AND YOU GO TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND 35:13 WE'VE GOT THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT AS OUR MEMBERS IN JAPAN, WE'VE 35:17 GOT THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT AS OUR MEMBERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. 35:19 YOU MAY TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF AT THE DOOR - THERE MAY BE SOME 35:21 DIFFERENT CUSTOMS, BUT IT'S THE SAME SPIRIT. 35:24 AND THERE'S A LOVE THAT YOU SEE AMONG THE MEMBERSHIP IN ALL THE 35:28 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. ALRIGHT, PLEASE GO AHEAD, 35:31 READ FOR US, WHAT DID I SAY? JOHN 3:5. 35:35 >>"JESUS ANSWERED, 'MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, UNLESS 35:38 ONE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER THE 35:42 KINGDOM OF GOD." >>SO, WHEN JESUS SAID - AND I 35:45 KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT I WANT TO RE- 35:47 EMPHASIZE - I WAS SHOCKED THE FIRST TIME I HEARD A FRIEND - IT 35:50 WAS ACTUALLY AT MY CHARISMATIC CHURCH - HE SAID, 'WHEN JESUS IS 35:54 TALKING ABOUT BEING BORN OF THE SPIRIT' - HE'S TALKING ABOUT 35:57 BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT - ''BORN OF THE WATER' IS BEING BORN OF A 36:00 WOMAN, BECAUSE BEFORE A BABY'S BORN IT'S IN THIS ENVELOPE OF 36:03 WATER AND WHEN YOU'RE BORN, YOU'RE BORN OF THE 36:06 WATER.' I SAID, 'REALLY?' I THOUGHT, 'WHY 36:09 WOULD THEY SAY THAT?' I SAID, 'HOW MANY PEOPLE OUT 36:11 THERE ARE BORN OF A WOMAN? WELL, THAT'D BE ALMOST 36:15 EVERYBODY, RIGHT? (LAUGHTER) AND SO, WHY WOULD 36:18 JESUS SAY 'UNLESS YOU'RE BORN OF A WOMAN AND' - I MEAN, NO ONE 36:21 EVEN NEEDS TO WORRY ABOUT THAT POINT. WHY EVEN SAY IT? 36:26 BUT HE'S NOT - HE'S TALKING ABOUT BAPTISM. 36:28 JOHN'S GOSPEL BEGINS WITH JOHN THE BAPTIST. 36:32 HE'S TALKING ABOUT JESUS BEING ANNOUNCED AT THE JORDAN RIVER. 36:35 BAPTISM - WATER BAPTISM - WAS A BIG THING IN JOHN'S GOSPEL, SO 36:38 WHEN HE SAYS 'BORN OF THE WATER', IT MEANS YOUR DECISION 36:41 TO BE CLEANSED - YOU CHOOSE WHEN YOU CAN BE BAPTIZED. 36:44 'BORN OF THE SPIRIT' IS GOD'S TIMING - GOD CHOOSES - AND SO, 36:48 IT'S TALKING ABOUT WATER BAPTISM/SPIRIT BAPTISM. 36:50 AND YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, PAUL SAID, 36:54 WERE BAPTIZED IN THE SEA 'BY THE WATER' AND IN THE PILLAR CLOUD 36:59 BY THE FIRE REPRESENTING SPIRIT BAPTISM/FIRE BAPTISM - WATER 37:04 BAPTISM/FIRE BAPTISM. OUR WORLD WAS WASHED WITH FIRE - OR WILL 37:09 BE WASHED WITH FIRE WHEN JESUS COMES - WASHED WITH [WATER] IN 37:11 NOAH'S DAY - AND PETER COMPARES THAT WITH THE TWO BAPTISMS. 37:14 AND SO, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT BEING BORN OF 37:16 A WOMAN, BUT ANYONE ELSE EVER RUN INTO THAT OUT THERE, WHERE 37:19 THEY SAY 'BORN OF THE WATER' MEANS A PHYSICAL BIRTH? 37:22 I DON'T THINK THAT'S AT ALL WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT. 37:26 SO HOW IMPORTANT IS IT WHEN YOU ARE BORN OF THE SPIRIT, AND 37:29 YOU'RE BAPTIZED, TO BE PART OF A CHURCH? 37:31 >>VERY. >>THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT THEY 37:35 WERE BAPTIZED AND ADDED TO THE CHURCH. I HAVE HAD PEOPLE SAY TO 37:39 ME ON MANY OCCASIONS, 'PASTOR DOUG, I'M CONVINCED ABOUT THE 37:43 TRUTH. I KNOW I NEED TO BE BAPTIZED' 37:45 - I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME REALLY STRONG BIBLE STUDIES 37:48 ON WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT BAPTISM - 'BUT I DON'T WANT 37:52 TO BE PART OF ANY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION, SO CAN YOU BAPTIZE 37:56 ME INTO CHRIST BUT I DON'T WANT TO JOIN A CHURCH?' 37:59 AND I SAY, 'NO. THAT'S UNBIBLICAL.' 'WHAT?!' 38:04 I SAY, 'NOPE.' BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST. 38:10 SO, IF YOU'RE SAYING, 'I WANT TO BE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST BUT I 38:12 DON'T WANT TO BE PART OF HIS BODY,' THERE'S SOMETHING 38:15 INTRINSICALLY WRONG WITH THAT THINKING BECAUSE THAT'S SORT OF 38:18 LIKE A MAN SAYING TO A WOMAN, 'I LOVE YOU. 38:21 I WANT TO MARRY YOU, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITH YOU.' IS THERE 38:26 SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT? >>YES. 38:28 >>'I WANT US TO BE ONE FLESH, BUT LET'S NOT LIVE TOGETHER.' 38:32 MARRIAGE IS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL ABOUT COHABITATION AND YOU WANT 38:37 TO BE TOGETHER. AND SO, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS 'I 38:39 WANT TO BE ONE WITH CHRIST BUT NOT HIS PEOPLE' YOU'RE NOT 38:43 CONVERTED YET AND YOU'RE NOT READY FOR BAPTISM, OR YOU DON'T 38:45 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHURCH. 38:47 AND DO YOU SAY, 'I DON'T WANT TO BE ONE WITH THE BODY OF CHRIST' 38:51 BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH? 38:54 OF COURSE THERE'S PROBLEMS IN THE CHURCH - AND THAT'S WHY YOU 38:56 NEED TO BE PART OF IT. AND SO WE LEARN TO LOVE BECAUSE 39:00 THE CHURCH IS A PLACE WHERE WE LEARN. 39:03 AND ONE OF OUR GREATEST NEEDS IS LEARNING TO LOVE. 39:05 YOU READ AGAIN THAT ACTS 2:47 - THEY WERE "PRAISING GOD AND 39:09 HAVING FAVOR WITH ALL THE PEOPLE. 39:10 AND THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY THOSE WHO WERE BEING 39:14 SAVED." WHO ARE BEING SAVED? 39:16 THOSE ADDED TO THE CHURCH. SO IS BEING PART OF 39:19 A CHURCH IMPORTANT? >>YES. 39:21 >>I THINK SO. VERY, VERY MUCH SO INDEED SURELY, SURELY. 39:26 ALRIGHT, ROMANS 6:3 "OR DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT AS MANY OF US AS 39:31 WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS WERE BAPTIZED INTO HIS DEATH?" 39:34 SO WHAT IS BAPTISM AN ANALOGY OF, ACCORDING TO PAUL? 39:40 >>DEATH. >>CONVERSION. 39:42 YOU WERE BAPTIZED INTO THE DEATH OF CHRIST. 39:45 'THEREFORE WE WERE BURIED WITH HIM THROUGH BAPTISM INTO DEATH, 39:50 THAT JUST AS CHRIST WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD BY THE GLORY OF 39:53 THE FATHER, EVEN SO WE ALSO SHOULD WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE. 39:57 FOR IF WE HAVE BEEN UNITED TOGETHER IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS 40:00 DEATH, CERTAINLY WE ALSO SHALL BE IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS 40:03 RESURRECTION, KNOW THIS, THAT OUR OLD MAN WAS CRUCIFIED WITH 40:07 HIM, THAT THE BODY OF SIN MIGHT BE DONE AWAY WITH, THAT WE 40:10 SHOULD NO LONGER BE SLAVES OF SIN. 40:12 FOR HE WHO HAS DIED HAS BEEN FREED FROM SIN." 40:16 >>AMEN. >>NOW I LIKE THE PART - THREE 40:19 WORDS - 'FREED FROM SIN' - ANYONE ELSE LIKE THAT IDEA? 40:24 I DON'T KNOW THAT I LIKE WHAT IT SAYS JUST BEFORE THAT - 'HE WHO 40:27 HAS DIED'. I'M INTERESTED IN THE 'FREED 40:30 FROM SIN' BUT PAUL SAID, 'TO BE FREED FROM SIN YOU MUST DIE.' 40:34 WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT JESUS SAID: 'WHOEVER COMES AFTER ME 40:38 MUST TAKE UP HIS CROSS.' WHAT DID IT MEAN TO THEM BACK THEN, 40:40 WHEN JESUS SAID, 'TAKE UP YOUR CROSS?' 40:42 WHEN THEY SAW SOMEBODY CARRYING A CROSS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE BACK 40:45 THEN, WAS THAT A GOOD SIGN? NOW, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A PERSON 40:50 WALK OUT THEIR DOOR IN THE MORNING WITH A BRIEFCASE, YOU 40:53 THINK THEY'RE GOING TO WORK. AND IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY PICKING 40:57 UP A SHOPPING CART AND GOING IN A STORE, THEY'RE GOING SHOPPING. 41:00 IN BIBLE TIMES, YOU SAW SOMEBODY CARRYING A CROSS, THEY'RE GOING 41:03 TO DIE - THEY WERE CARRYING THEIR CROSS. 41:07 YOU KNOW, I JUST WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY ON WORLD WAR II AND 41:10 IT WAS JUST - SOME OF IT'S TERRIBLE BUT, YOU KNOW, THE 41:16 NAZIS IN RUSSIA, THEY HANDED SHOVELS TO GUYS AND SAID, 41:21 'THE GROUND IS VERY HARD AND WE NEED GRAVES FOR YOU. 41:24 DIG YOUR GRAVE.' THAT JUST - THAT WOULDN'T BE A VERY PLEASANT 41:28 TASK. AND, IN THE SAME WAY, CARRYING 41:33 YOUR OWN CROSS TO YOUR CRUCIFIXION, THAT JUST COMPOUNDS 41:36 THE HUMILITY OF THE WHOLE THING. BUT JESUS SAID IF WE'RE GOING 41:39 TO COME AFTER HIM, WE NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN 41:43 DIGGING OUR GRAVE. WE TAKE UP OUR CROSS 41:46 AND WE FOLLOW HIM. AND THAT'S - WHY? 41:48 TO BE FREED FROM SIN. YOU'VE GOT TO BE CRUCIFIED. 41:50 WHENEVER YOU SIN, YOU'RE NOT DEAD. 41:53 I SAID THAT VERY FLIPPANTLY, BUT IT'S VERY PROFOUND. 41:56 WHEN YOU SIN, IT'S EVIDENCE YOU'RE NOT DEAD. 41:59 YOU'RE NOT DEAD TO SELF, BECAUSE SIN COMES FROM SELFISHNESS. 42:02 YOU CAN'T NAME A SIN FOR ME THAT IS NOT SOMEHOW INSPIRED BY 42:06 SELFISHNESS. BUT WHEN WE ARE CRUCIFIED WITH 42:09 CHRIST, WE ARE DEAD TO SIN. YOU DON'T SEE A DEAD 42:14 BODY GETTING JEALOUS. YOU DON'T SEE A DEAD BODY 42:17 HAVING THEIR PRIDE OFFENDED. DEAD PEOPLE, THEY'RE NOT 42:22 THINKING LUSTFUL THOUGHTS. DEAD PEOPLE AREN'T DOING 42:25 ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD. AND SO, WHEN YOU'RE CRUCIFIED 42:29 WITH CHRIST - AND BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL OF BEING DEAD. 42:33 YOU'RE BURIED IN THE WATER AND YOU COME UP AND IT REPRESENTS A 42:35 NEW BIRTH - THE COMING OUT OF THE WATER WOULD BE AN ANALOGY 42:38 THERE - BABY'S BORN, IT TAKES IT'S FIRST BREATH - YOU HOLD 42:42 YOUR BREATH MOMENTARILY WHEN YOU'RE UNDER - YOU COME UP, YOU 42:44 BREATHE - IT'S LIKE A NEW BREATH OF LIFE AND IN THE SAME WAY GOD 42:49 INSPIRED - YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD 'INSPIRED' MEANS? 42:53 WHEN YOU BREATHE INTO - GOD BREATHED HIS SPIRIT IN A SPECIAL 42:57 WAY INTO CHRIST AT HIS BAPTISM. HE PROMISES TO BREATHE INTO YOU 43:02 A SPECIAL NEW LIFE, JUST LIKE WHEN ADAM WAS BORN GOD BREATHED 43:05 INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE. 43:07 WHEN CHRIST CAME OUT OF THE WATER HE BREATHED - A THOUGHT 43:10 CAME TO ME THIS WEEK I'VE NEVER THOUGHT BEFORE AND - THAT'S WHAT 43:14 I LOVE ABOUT THE BIBLE, YOU KNOW, YOU READ IT HUNDREDS OF 43:16 TIMES AND YOU ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING NEW. I HAVE PREACHED 43:19 HUNDREDS OF TIMES ON ELIJAH AND ELISHA - YOU KNOW, WHEN ELISHA 43:24 GETS A DOUBLE PORTION OF ELIJAH'S SPIRIT - AND, FOR THE 43:27 FIRST TIME, IT OCCURRED TO ME, IT WAS AT THE JORDAN RIVER, 43:32 AFTER ELIJAH WENT TO HEAVEN, ELISHA TAKES THE MANTLE OF 43:36 ELIJAH, HE STRIKES THE WATER, AND HE SAYS, 43:39 'WHERE IS THE LORD GOD OF ELIJAH?' 43:42 AND THE RIVER PARTS AND THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS LOOK AT ELISHA 43:46 AND SAY, 'SURELY THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH IS ON ELISHA.' THERE AT 43:51 THE JORDAN HE WAS FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT. 43:55 I THOUGHT, 'AH, JESUS, AT THE JORDAN, WAS FILLED WITH THE 43:58 SPIRIT.' I THOUGHT, 'HOW COME I MISSED THAT? 44:01 MAN, I WISH I COULD TAKE ALL THOSE SERMONS BACK AND RE-PREACH 44:03 THEM.' I LEFT A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OUT. 44:07 IT HAPPENS, SOMETIMES, I'LL WRITE A BOOK AND AFTER I WRITE A 44:09 BOOK ON MARY OR THE DEMONIAC OR ONE OF THESE THINGS, I THINK, 44:12 'OH, I WANT TO RECALL ALL THE BOOKS AND REPRINT NOW AND PUT 44:16 THAT THOUGHT IN THERE.' ALRIGHT, CARRYING ON WITH THE BAPTISM, I 44:21 WANT TO READ TO YOU - AND THIS IS FROM ELLEN WHITE'S COMMENTS 44:23 IN THE SDA BIBLE COMMENTARY, VOLUME 6, P. 44:26 1074, "BAPTISM IS A MOST SOLEMN RENUNCIATION OF THE WORLD. 44:33 SELF IS, BY PROFESSION, DEAD TO A LIFE OF SIN. 44:36 THE WATERS COVER THE CANDIDATE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE WHOLE 44:39 HEAVENLY UNIVERSE. THE MULTIPLE PLEDGE" - OH, I'M 44:42 SORRY - "THE MUTUAL PLEDGE IS MADE. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, 44:45 SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT MAN IS LAID IN HIS WATERY GRAVE, BURIED WITH 44:49 CHRIST IN BAPTISM AND RAISED FROM THE WATER TO LIVE A NEW 44:53 LIFE OF LOYALTY TO GOD." NOW, WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED AND 44:58 YOU CLAIM THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT, SHOULD YOU LIVE A 45:00 DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE? >>AMEN. 45:03 >>SO WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE A PASTOR AND SOMEONE COMES TO YOU 45:06 AND SAYS, 'YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE LORD AND I WANT TO GET BAPTIZED. 45:10 I KNOW I HAVEN'T MARRIED MY BOYFRIEND YET, BUT GOD KNOWS I 45:13 LOVE HIM, SO CAN'T I TAKE CARE OF THAT LATER?' 45:18 WHAT DO YOU SAY? TAKE CARE OF IT FIRST. 45:22 OR THEY SAY - AND I SAID IT MYSELF - 'PASTOR CAN YOU BAPTIZE 45:27 ME? I KNOW I'M STILL SMOKING, BUT 45:29 I LOVE THE LORD, I BELIEVE THE TRUTH - I'M JUST STILL 45:32 STRUGGLING WITH THIS ONE THING AND EVERYONE SINS, AFTER ALL. 45:34 YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE IN YOUR CHURCH THAT PROBABLY 45:36 WEIGH MORE THAN THEY SHOULD AND IT'S THE SAME PROBLEM.' AND YOU 45:40 ALWAYS LOOK FOR INCONSISTENCIES IN OTHER PEOPLE - 'SO I'LL QUIT 45:43 SMOKING EVENTUALLY.' THE PASTOR SAID, 'NO.' HE SAID, 'YOU QUIT 45:47 SMOKING AND THEN WE'LL BAPTIZE YOU.' 'BUT WHY?' 45:50 'BROTHER DOUG,' - HE SAID - 'WHEN YOU'RE BAPTIZED YOU TAKE 45:54 THE NAME OF JESUS, YOU'RE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT, YOU NOW WANT TO 45:58 BE HIS WITNESS. HE GIVES YOU THE HOLY 46:00 SPIRIT TO BE HIS WITNESS. SO NOW - I WAS STILL DRINKING 46:04 TOO - HE SAID, 'SO NOW YOU GO TO A BAR AND YOU BLOW SMOKE RINGS 46:08 IN SOMEONE'S FACE AND YOU SHARE A BEER WITH THEM AND SAY, 'LET 46:11 ME TELL YOU HOW JESUS SET ME FREE.' THERE'S SOMETHING 46:15 INCONGRUOUS ABOUT SAYING 'I'VE BEEN BAPTIZED AND JESUS SAVED ME 46:20 FROM MY SINS' WHILE YOU'RE STILL LIVING IN KNOWN HIGH-HANDED SIN. 46:24 IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE SINLESS BEFORE 46:27 YOU'RE BAPTIZED, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN OBVIOUS THINGS THAT WILL 46:31 HURT YOUR WITNESS THAT MUST BE LAID ASIDE. 46:33 IS THAT RIGHT? >>AMEN. 46:34 >>NOW, THE REASON I'M HAMMERING THIS IS BECAUSE I'M RUNNING INTO 46:39 MORE AND MORE PASTORS THAT SAY, 'OH WELL, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS 46:43 THEY LOVE JESUS, LET'S BAPTIZE THEM. 46:45 THE OTHER THINGS'LL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES LATER.' 46:47 I THINK THAT'S A BAD MISTAKE BECAUSE YOU JUST BRING DOWN THE 46:49 STANDARD OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A CHRISTIAN - 46:51 >>AMEN. >>WHEN YOU DO THAT. 46:54 THEY USED TO HAVE A CREDIT CARD ADVERTISEMENT WHERE IT SAYS, 46:56 'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS PRIVILEGES'. 46:59 I FORGET - AMERICAN EXPRESS OR SOMEBODY - 'MEMBERSHIP HAS ITS 47:02 PRIVILEGES' - AND IT MEANT THAT IT STANDS FOR SOMETHING IF YOU 47:06 HAVE THIS CARD. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS ALSO WITH 47:11 BEING PART OF CHRIST'S FAMILY. THERE MUST BE AN EVIDENCE OF A 47:14 CONVERSION IN THE LIFE, AMEN? ALRIGHT, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 47:18 SECTION: THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES 47:20 THE CHURCH THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD - AND IN A MOMENT, SOMEONE'S 47:24 GOING TO READ JOHN 17:17 - YOU'LL HAVE THAT, OKAY? 47:28 I'M GOING TO READ ACTS 17:11 - IT SAYS, SPEAKING OF THOSE IN 47:31 BEREA, "THESE WERE MORE FAIR-MINDED THAN THOSE IN 47:34 THESSALONICA, IN THAT THEY RECEIVED THE WORD WITH ALL 47:37 READINESS, AND SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY TO FIND OUT 47:41 WHETHER THESE THINGS WERE SO." THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT THEY 47:45 WERE READING THE WORD TO DISCOVER WHAT TRUTH IS. 47:47 SHOULD YOU ALWAYS PRAY BEFORE YOU STUDY THE WORD, THAT THE 47:52 SPIRIT WILL GUIDE YOU IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING? 47:54 AND WHEN YOU GET A GROUP IN A BIBLE STUDY AND THEY COME ON A 47:57 DIFFICULT PASSAGE, AND THEY JUST REALLY CAN'T SORT IT OUT, YOU 48:02 NEED TO PRAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL OPEN TO THEM THE 48:04 UNDERSTANDING, GUIDED BY THE SPIRIT - A READINESS OF MIND. 48:09 JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 5:39, "YOU SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, FOR IN 48:13 THEM YOU THINK YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE;" - THE - AND HE'S SAYING - 48:16 YOU DO - HE'S SAYING, "THESE ARE THEY WHICH TESTIFY OF ME." 48:21 SO THE SCRIPTURES ARE TELLING US ABOUT JESUS BUT, YOU KNOW, 48:23 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT READ THE SCRIPTURES AND, WITHOUT 48:25 THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY WON'T RECOGNIZE JESUS IN ALL THE 48:28 SCRIPTURES. BUT WHEN THEIR MINDS ARE 48:31 ILLUMINATED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, YOU SEE, BECAUSE THE 48:34 HOLY SPIRIT IS ALWAYS THERE POINTING TO JESUS. 48:37 ALRIGHT, GO AHEAD, PLEASE READ FOR US JOHN 17:17. 48:41 >>"SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR TRUTH. YOU WORD IS TRUTH." 48:44 >>AND SO, IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT HELPS US TO ALSO RECOGNIZE 48:49 THE TRUTH OF THE WORD. THE WORD OF GOD, THROUGH THE 48:52 SPIRIT, HAS A SANCTIFYING INFLUENCE ON THOSE WHO READ. 48:55 HAVE YOU EVER READ THE WORD OF GOD AND YOU'RE CONVICTED? 49:00 IS THAT A GOOD THING? >>YES. 49:01 >>WHO BRINGS THAT? >>THE HOLY SPIRIT. 49:04 >>HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS TO US THROUGH THE WORD AND THEN 49:08 THERE'S TRANSFORMATION. HE NOT ONLY CONVICTS, HE BRINGS 49:12 COMFORT. YOU EVER READ THE WORD WHEN YOU'RE DISCOURAGED AND YOU 49:14 FIND A PROMISE AND YOU SAY, 'PRAISE THE LORD, THAT'S WHAT I 49:16 NEEDED TO HEAR'? >>YES. 49:17 >>THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS COMFORT THROUGH THE WORD. 49:20 JOHN 8:31, "THEN JESUS SAID TO THOSE JEWS WHO BELIEVED HIM, 'IF 49:24 YOU ABIDE IN MY WORD, YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES INDEED. 49:29 AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU 49:31 FREE." OF COURSE, WE JUST READ THAT 49:32 VERSE 'SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR TRUTH, YOUR WORD IS TRUTH.' SO 49:36 WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES US FREE? >>TRUTH. 49:39 >>TRUTH AND 'THY WORD IS TRUTH' 'THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE' - 49:44 I USED TO CLOSE EVERY BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE PROGRAM BY SAYING, 49:48 'JESUS IS THE TRUTH THAT WILL SET YOU FREE' - JESUS IS THE 49:52 TRUTH THAT WILL SET YOU FREE, BECAUSE CHRIST IS THE WORD 49:56 INCARNATE AND HE SAID, 'YOU'LL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH 49:59 WILL SET YOU FREE.' YOU KNOW, I CAN THINK OF A LOT OF WAYS WHERE 50:03 KNOWING THE TRUTH CAN SET YOU FREE. 50:05 SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN BONDAGE BECAUSE THEY MISUNDERSTOOD 50:07 THINGS. CASE IN POINT: PEOPLE, FOR 50:11 YEARS, THEY MAY GO YEARS NEVER LEARNING HOW TO LOVE GOD BECAUSE 50:16 THEY'VE BEEN TAUGHT THAT GOD IS A SADIST THAT TORTURES PEOPLE 50:19 THROUGH ENDLESS AGES FOR THE SINS OF A BRIEF LIFETIME. 50:23 AND THEY'RE IN BONDAGE FROM THAT. 50:26 THEY JUST - THEY THINK GOD IS SADISTIC - HE'S A TYRANT - BUT 50:30 YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH HIM BECAUSE HE'S GOD. 50:32 AND WHEN THEY STUDY THE WORD AND THEY LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 50:36 PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED, THEY FINALLY REALIZE THE LOVE OF GOD 50:39 IN THAT MESSAGE - IT SETS THEM FREE. NOW THAT'S JUST ONE OF A 50:43 THOUSAND WAYS WHERE THE TRUTH SETS YOU FREE. 50:46 WE GO AROUND THE WORLD AND WE SEE PEOPLE ON ALL DIFFERENT 50:48 PARTS OF THE WORLD AND COUNTRIES THAT BELIEVE THERE'RE EVIL 50:51 SPIRITS THAT ARE CONSTANTLY HAUNTING THEM AND THEY'RE 50:54 HARASSED.AND WHEN THEY LEARN THE TRUTH OF HOW THEY CAN BE FREE IN 50:58 GOD, IT TOTALLY CHANGES THEIR LIVES. ALRIGHT, LET ME READ YOU 51:06 PSALM 119:160, "THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY 51:11 ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ENDURES FOREVER." 51:15 CHRIST MAY HAVE BEEN QUOTING THAT WHEN HE SAID THAT 'THY WORD 51:19 IS TRUTH.' LET ME READ SOMETHING TO YOU FROM THE BOOK GREAT 51:23 CONTROVERSY PAGE 45, "WE CANNOT PURCHASE PEACE AND UNITY BY 51:29 SACRIFICING" - OH WAIT, I WANT TO SET THIS UP BEFORE I READ IT. 51:32 SO, THE WORD OF GOD BRINGS US TOGETHER; THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS 51:39 US TOGETHER. NOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS UNITY? 51:42 IT SAYS SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THE TRUTH AND WE WANT TO BE 51:44 UNITED IN THE TRUTH. UNITY IS ABOUT AS IMPORTANT AS IT CAN BE. 51:49 BUT IF YOU ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE SOME POINT OF BIBLICAL 51:53 TRUTH TO ACHIEVE UNITY, IS THAT WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WANTS? 51:58 >>NO. >>SO - BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED 52:01 TO THE CHURCH MANY TIMES IN AGES - ACROSS THE AGES, WHERE THERE 52:05 WAS A DISAGREEMENT AND THEY SAID, 'FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY, 52:07 LET US SACRIFICE OUR CONVICTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE WORD 52:10 TEACHES' - TO ACHIEVE UNITY. SHOULD WE EVER SACRIFICE 52:14 TRUTH FOR UNITY? >>NO. 52:16 >>THAT'S THE QUESTION I WANTED TO LEAD INTO AND HERE'S - HERE'S 52:19 WHAT THE STATEMENT SAYS IN GREAT CONTROVERSY PAGE 45 - OH, BY THE 52:23 WAY, THE FIRST - YEAH, LET ME READ THIS, "TO SECURE PEACE AND 52:27 UNITY, THEY (THE EARLY CHRISTIANS) WERE READ TO MAKE 52:29 ANY CONCESSION CONSISTENT WITH FIDELITY TO GOD, BUT THEY FELT 52:34 THAT EVEN PEACE WOULD BE SACRIFICE OF PRINCIPLE. IF UNITY COULD BE SECURED ONLY TOO DEARLY PURCHASED AT THE 52:41 BY THE COMPROMISE OF TRUTH AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN LET THERE 52:45 BE DIFFERENCE AND EVEN WAR." SO, WHILE WE SHOULD, AS FAR AS 52:49 LIES WITHIN US, LIVE PEACEABLY WITH ALL MEN, DON'T EVER 52:53 SACRIFICE TRUTH TO ACHIEVE UNITY. 52:56 THIS IS FROM HISTORICAL SKETCHES , P. 197, 52:59 "WE CANNOT PURCHASE PEACE AND UNITY BY SACRIFICING THE TRUTH." 53:03 IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH? YOU "CANNOT PURCHASE PEACE AND 53:07 UNITY BY SACRIFICING THE TRUTH. THE CONFLICT MAY BE LONG AND 53:10 PAINFUL BUT, AT ANY COST, WE MUST HOLD FAST TO THE WORD OF 53:14 GOD." SO THE WORD OF GOD IS THE FINAL ARBITER - IT IS THE FINAL 53:19 CRITERIA THAT WE'RE TO GO BY. ALRIGHT, THE HOLY SPIRIT 53:23 UNITES THE CHURCH IN FAITH AND DOCTRINE . 53:26 ACTS 8 - SOMEONE'S GOING TO READ FOR ME IN A MOMENT, EPHESIANS 53:30 4:3 AND WHO - ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THAT DANIELLE? 53:34 OKAY. I'LL READ ACTS CHAPTER 8, VERSE 53:36 26, "NOW AN ANGEL OF THE LORD SPOKE TO PHILIP, SAYING, 'ARISE 53:41 AND GO TOWARD THE SOUTH ALONG THE ROAD WHICH GOES DOWN FROM 53:43 JERUSALEM TO GAZA.' THIS IS DESERT. 53:46 SO HE AROSE AND WENT. AND BEHOLD, A MAN OF ETHIOPIA, A 53:49 EUNUCH OF GREAT AUTHORITY UNDER CANDACE THE QUEEN OF THE 53:52 ETHIOPIANS, WHO HAD CHARGE OF ALL HER TREASURY, AND HAD COME 53:55 TO JERUSALEM TO WORSHIP, WAS RETURNING. AND SITTING IN HIS 53:59 CHARIOT, HE WAS READING ISAIAH THE PROPHET. THEN THE SPIRIT 54:03 SAID TO PHILIP, 'GO NEAR AND OVERTAKE THIS CHARIOT.' SO 54:08 PHILIP RAN TO HIM, AND HEARD HIM READING THE PROPHET ISAIAH, 54:11 AND SAID, 'DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE READING?'" 54:13 THE SPIRIT GUIDED HIM TO SOMEONE WHO WAS SEARCHING AND 54:18 READING - AT THE RIGHT MOMENT - AND SO IT'S THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT 54:21 BRINGS THIS UNITY IN FAITH AND DOCTRINE. 54:24 SO GOD LED HIM TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND. 54:26 HE EXPLAINED WHAT ISAIAH 53 WAS ALL ABOUT. 54:29 HE ACCEPTED JESUS, HE'S TAUGHT, AND HE'S BAPTIZED. 54:32 PLEASE READ FOR US EPHESIANS 4:3 AND 4. 54:36 >>"ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND OF 54:39 PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT, JUST AS YOU WERE CALLED 54:43 IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING;" >>THAT'S RIGHT, AND ONE SPIRIT, 54:47 ONE HOPE, ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM. 54:51 AND THIS IS FROM THE BOOK - WELL, NO, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, 54:55 I'LL GET TO THE LAST SECTION. I'VE GOT TWO MINUTES LEFT. 54:57 THE HOLY SPIRIT UNITES THE CHURCH IN MISSION AND SERVICE - 55:02 ACTS 1:8, "BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS 55:05 COME UPON YOU; AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM, 55:09 AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA, AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH." 55:12 SO WHEN WE'RE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT - WHY DOES GOD GIVE 55:15 YOU THE SPIRIT? THAT YOU MIGHT BE WITNESSES. 55:19 ALRIGHT, ARE YOU WITH ME? THIS IS IMPORTANT. 55:21 WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO JESUS? 55:25 'I CAME TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST', OKAY? HE'S LEFT. 55:28 AND THEN HE SAID, 'AS THE FATHER SENT ME, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 55:32 THE SAME SPIRIT I GOT - I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU - AS THE 55:35 FATHER SENT ME, SO I SENT YOU.' HE WAS SENT TO SEEK AND SAVE THE 55:38 LOST, WHY ARE WE SENT? SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST. 55:42 IF YOU'RE WILLING TO SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST HE GIVES YOU HIS 55:45 SPIRIT. A LOT OF WITNESSING - A LOT OF 55:47 SPIRIT; A LITTLE WITNESSING - LITTLE SPIRIT. 55:49 DID THAT MAKE SENSE? IF WE'RE ENGAGED IN DOING WHAT 55:52 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO GOD, HE WILL EMPOWER 55:55 US TO DO THAT. THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S 55:57 IMPORTANT, AS PART OF EVERY DAY, YOUR PRAYER SHOULD BE, 'LORD, 56:01 LEAD ME TODAY AND HELP ME RECOGNIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO 56:05 BE A WITNESS FOR YOU TO PEOPLE THAT I MIGHT MEET. 56:08 I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE DO HAVE A FREE OFFER IF YOU MISSED 56:11 PASTOR ROSS SHARING THIS AT THE BEGINNING. 56:13 FOR ANYBODY (IN NORTH AMERICA) THAT SIMPLY ASKS, WE'LL SEND YOU 56:16 THE BOOK TWELVE STEPS TO REVIVAL . 56:17 BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU CALL THAT NUMBER 866-788-3966, ASK FOR 56:22 OFFER #780 AND THEN, ALWAYS, WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE PLEASE READ IT 56:27 AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND OR FAMILY OR ENEMY AFTER YOU 56:33 READ IT. 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