I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, and welcome
to 3ABN Family Worship.
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We are so glad
you are joining us.
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As we gather some of the
3ABN family around the table
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to minister to the rest
of you, who are a family.
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Amen. And we're so thankful.
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We want to just tell you
from the bottom of our hearts
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that we thank you for
your love, your prayers,
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and your financial support.
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This Family Worship is all
about welcoming in the Sabbath.
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Tonight, we will be
talking about the mind of Christ
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renewed, recreated, hallelujah.
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So, JD, why don't you introduce
the family at the table?
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Well, these are
some of our best friends,
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of course, we have
Mollie down here at the end.
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Mollie. We have
Jill next to her.
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Next to me, we have
Chris, and we have Kenny.
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And of course, my
darling wife Shelley
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and I'm taking up
the tail end of piece.
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No, you're the head.
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Thank you. Anyway, we're just...
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This is a gift to be
here with you this Sabbath.
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Amen.
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It is, indeed. It is, indeed.
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Well, as I said, what
we're gonna talk about tonight
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is how to have
the mind of Christ.
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You know, the Bible
tells us we have that,
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and what I would like to
do is let's just talk about,
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what is an
affirmation when we talk about
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praying God's Word back to Him,
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speaking God's Word back to Him.
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Mollie, you've had a
lot of experience in that,
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how has that changed your life?
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Well, Gods Word
is a powerful source.
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It is a living force.
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And God's Word
doesn't return void.
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And I am what
the Word says I am.
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And my mind needs to hear that
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and my heart needs to know that.
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So if I speak
God's Word over my life
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and something I did
early on with my son
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was I taught him God's Word
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and he would speak
the word over himself.
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And I would pray
God's Word over him
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because it's that
power that's in Word
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that's gonna
change us into the image
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and likeness of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Amen. Amen.
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I think affirmation,
speaking the Word of God,
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praying the Word
of God back to Him
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has been life transforming.
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In my own life, in my
prayer walk, my time with God...
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One of my favorite
scriptures, Romans 4:17,
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"God who gives
life to the dead."
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And we're all dead
and trespassers in sin
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or we all were dead
in trespassers in sin.
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And cause those
things which do not exist
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as though they are already did.
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And so what we can do
when we do those affirmations,
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when we claim the Word of God,
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when we speak the Word
of God aloud over our lives,
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even if I may not
feel like a new creation
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or I may not feel forgiven,
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God's Word says "I
am" and so it's true.
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And in the speaking
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there is life and death
in the power of the tongue
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and in the speaking
of it, there's power.
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Hey, can I get
Jill to share something?
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Surely.
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When you were
landing, I believe it was
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when you were landing either
in New York or in St Louis,
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your ear was
hurting, tell us what you did
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and what the end
result of that was.
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We were just actually
coming back from Russia.
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And we had
gotten a bug over there
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and, you know, when you
fly with head congestion,
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it can be painful.
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Because the ear doesn't pop.
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And so we had landed in
France and I did pretty good,
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it popped twice, and so
I was like, "Oh, I'm okay."
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Normally, your ears pop
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what 15-20 times as you descend.
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So then we landed in New York
and it popped once and it hurt,
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but it was ok, but
when we landed in St Louis,
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we're coming down and I could
not get it to pop even once.
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And so the pressure
builds, and builds, and builds,
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and then the pain started.
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And I was just sitting
there and just it was painful.
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And so just the left
side and so what I did is,
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I laid my head
back in the chair,
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and I just started
reciting scripture.
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And the scripture I
recited was Isaiah 26:3,
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"Thou wilt keep
him in perfect peace,
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whose mind is stayed on thee
because he trusteth in thee."
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"Thou wilt keep him
in perfect peace..."
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And I was fourth time through.
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Now I was not
asking God to help me,
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I was not asking
for any deliverance,
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I was just quoting scripture,
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"God I wanna
keep my mind on you.
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God give me peace
right now in this situation."
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I felt a hand.
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I have never in my
whole life felt that.
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I felt a hand over the left ear
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and instantly the pain was gone.
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Praise God. Amen.
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Now the pressure was there
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and my ear didn't
pop till the next day,
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but instantly the pain was gone.
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Amen. That's the Word.
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And I wasn't even
asking God please take that.
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"Just God keep my mind on you.
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God give me your peace."
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And instantly,
that was powerful.
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Beautiful. Amen.
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It is powerful.
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Well, I would like to
read to you an affirmation
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that will go along
with tonight's study.
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We have six scriptures
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that we would like
to feature tonight.
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And I hope you have
your Bible and a pen.
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And I know we'll end up
adding more scriptures to that.
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But from these six scriptures,
this is an affirmation
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and as Jill
said, "God calls things
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that are not as
though they already were."
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And sometimes as we're praying,
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the Word back to Him,
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that's the same thing
we're doing, calling things
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that are not as
though they already were.
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But it renews your mind.
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It reprograms your mind.
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"As a man thinks in
his heart, so is he."
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So as you said we're
not who we think we are,
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we're not who others say we are,
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we are who the Word
of God says who we are."
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That's right. Amen.
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So He watches over
His Word to perform it.
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So as we return it to
Him, it does not return void.
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So here is the affirmation,
"My mind is renewed,
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my attitudes are made new
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and radically changed
through the power of His Word.
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His Word sanctifies me,
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separating me from
the world's viewpoint.
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I am set apart morally,
ethically, and attitudinally,
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from the world system.
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My conduct and my
thoughts are governed
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by God's administrative
system of His Holy Kingdom,
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as recorded in His Word.
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I am recreated
in the image of God.
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I have been given
the mind of Christ,
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by the power of the Holy Spirit,
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I take every thought captive
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and make it obedient to
the will of Christ my Lord."
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Now every bit of this
is backed up in scripture.
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And it is powerful.
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When you start proclaiming
this over your life...
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I remember, once a lady called
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and she was asking me
about how to do affirmations.
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And so I was
taking her through a few
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and when we got to the scripture
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of 1 Corinthians 2:16,
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it says, "We have
the mind of Christ."
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I said, so I just want
you to say, "Thank you, Lord,
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that I have the mind of Christ."
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And she said, "Thank
you, Lord, that I have...
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Oh, I can't say that!
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And I said, "But
that's what the Bible says."
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That's right. Amen.
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And so we've got to
speak God's Word into our life.
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And you know what,
faith comes by hearing,
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and hearing by that Word of God.
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And there's
nothing more faith built
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than to hear it
in your own voice.
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So, Jill, why
don't you talk to us
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about Romans 12:2?
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I love Romans 12.
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I think it's one of
my favorite scriptures
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in the whole book
of Romans for sure.
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I love Romans 12.
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When you think about
the whole book of Romans,
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Paul's really laying out
these theological treaties
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on justification by faith.
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And we hit Romans 12
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and it kind of takes the shift
to that practical standpoint,
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the practical outworking.
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And I know I have verse two,
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but I wanna read one
and two, if that's okay.
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Surely. Absolutely.
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I think one really
goes with the verse two.
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We're in Romans
12:1, open up your Bibles
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and follow along, "I
beseech you therefore, brethren,
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and by the mercies of God,
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that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy, acceptable unto God,
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which is your
reasonable service."
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And service literally
means in the Greek worship,
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which is our act of worship
would be coming before Him,
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making ourselves
that living sacrifice.
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To me in this,
we're talking about
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transformation
the mind of Christ,
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possessing that
the mind of Christ,
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there are two key elements.
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One is in verse 1
and one is in verse 2.
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In verse one I
see self-surrender,
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and surrender
precedes, surrender comes before
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this us becoming
a living sacrifice
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because you can't
be a living sacrifice
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unless we surrender our lives
completely to the Lord Jesus.
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And then in verse 2, what I see
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is this inward renewing
of the mind which precedes
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or comes before the
outward transformation
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of character, and
habits, and thoughts,
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and really who we are as people.
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So let's read verse 2,
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"Do not be
conformed to this world,
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but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind
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that ye may prove what is
that good, and acceptable,
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and perfect will of God."
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In the Greek,
the word transformed
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as metamorphosis, meaning,
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that's where we
get our word in English
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for the metamorphosis process,
and I've shared this before,
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I'll share it just briefly.
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Surely.
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Greg loves to watch nature,
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and one morning he said,
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"Jilly, come look
at the front porch."
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And underneath the
railing was a caterpillar,
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and it was forming
its cocoon, its chrysalis.
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And then every day, we went out
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and peeked, and peeked
again, and peeked again
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and then on Sabbath,
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it broke out and
the butterfly emerged.
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And to me, that's an example
of this renewing of the mind,
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the metamorphosis process.
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We start in the
caterpillar stage,
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we're all crawling in
the dirt, we're all sinners,
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and then God by the
power of His Spirit changes us
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through that
metamorphosis process
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so completely that
we don't look anything
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like who we used to be.
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And we are transformed
by the renewing of our mind.
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Amen.
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As it where they're renovating.
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In the Greek, it
also can mean renovating
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and if you think if
you're renovating your house,
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it's many times
when people renovate,
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they go all the way
back to the studs, right?
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Complete overhaul of
the home to make it new,
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it's the same principle.
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God wants to completely
change us from the inside out,
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and that transforming process,
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when you look
at someone you say,
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"Pastor Kenny, you act
different than you used to
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or you react
different," or whatever,
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that is a result of an
internal transformation
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that's happened
because of the Lord Jesus.
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And that change, that renewing
of your mind has changed that
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and then now it exhibits
itself in an outside behavior.
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Amen. You know,
when you think about...
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I did a study on this 'cause
I did sermon on this once,
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but when you think
about the caterpillar,
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the caterpillar
moves a little bit slowly.
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But guess what, the whole
purpose of the caterpillar is
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he's on that leaf
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and all he does in the
caterpillar stage is eat.
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He's just eating constantly.
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And so when I think
of this metamorphosis
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and this process
that you're talking about,
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it's as to me,
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it's like the more
we're in the Word of God,
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the more of that this...
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It's kind of like the Word is
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what as the
chrysalis surround us
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and then we blossom out.
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And it is all about the Word is.
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Absolutely. He
says, "Taste and see."
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Yes. Right?
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Good, taste and see, so
do a little nibbling there.
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So keep going in
Word, wonderful, yes.
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Beautiful.
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Well, my verse is John 17:17,
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and I just wanna kind
of give a short synopsis
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of what was
happening at this time.
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Christ was
preparing His disciples
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because He realized
that his hour had come.
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And the whole
chapter of John 17,
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He's praying
and He's asking God,
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you know, for the
ones that God had given Him
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to take care of
them to sanctify them,
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He says, "I've
shown them who you are,
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I've given them your Word."
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And He's wanting
the Father to sanctify
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those who have
remained faithful to Him.
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So what does sanctify mean?
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It means to make holy. Amen.
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And to make Him
into the image of Him.
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And, you know, as I was
looking and thinking about this,
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of course, my mind went
in a lot of different...
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Channel. Channels.
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Yeah, channels as
a word, directions.
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Thank you. I needed
a direction right now.
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But, you know,
back in the beginning
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where the first
war began in heaven,
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the enemy was
accusing God of being unjust,
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and that we no longer
really needed to keep the law.
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We could be holy, we could
be righteous without the law,
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without the Word
of God as it were.
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You know, so there's been
an attack on God's character.
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And so when He was
cast at this earth,
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really, He felt
that this was His realm.
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He was the Father,
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He was the
overseer of this earth.
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And Jesus had
come to take that back
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and to show us
the true character
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of His, our Heavenly Father
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because through that time
where Satan was the ruler,
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where he reigned,
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and the Word of
God was distorted
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and the people's
thought about who God was,
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was not always a loving God.
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Sometimes it was a
very destructive God,
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you know, one that was always
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out to discipline
you as a child of God.
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The verse 17:17 reads,
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"Sanctify them
through thy truth,
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thy Word is truth."
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You see the enemy is a liar
and there is no truth in him.
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And so that very suddenly,
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he had been
maligning God's character
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and Christ came to show
us the Father's character.
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He says, "If you've seen
me, you've seen the Father."
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Amen.
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And He was very concerned.
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And then you think
about, "Why was He so concerned?
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What's so
important about truth?"
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You see, as you
begin to study God's Word
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we find out that it's
truth that sets us free.
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But free from what?
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As you read in that verse,
you find it's free from sin.
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Because sin
separates us from heaven,
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sin separates us
from our Heavenly Father
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from ever reaching the
pearly gates for eternity.
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And so truth is
vitally important
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and we're living in a
time just as the disciples did
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where there was going
to be seducing spirits
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come in and attack
the children of God.
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And it's interesting,
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the parallel that you
see with the disciples
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and the new
Christians at that time,
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and you think about the time
that we're living in right now.
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And it's very much
parallels this time
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because again, Christ is saying,
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sanctify
yourselves through the truth,
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you must know the truth,
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you need to be
grounded on that firm foundation
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because if you're not,
you're gonna be shaken loose.
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You know, we're to
be as straight as still
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because every wind of
doctrine is beginning to blow.
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And we were sharing I
think with you last week
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about how a lady had
just come into the church,
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and while we
were gone for a month,
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she started going
and visiting elsewhere,
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and all of a sudden,
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she felt like she had
received the Holy Ghost.
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Well, I asked her a question,
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"Do you know
what you're saying?"
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"No, but I know it's wonderful.
I know it's praising."
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You know, and I began to
show her that God is a Spirit.
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And the Bible says,
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"We've to worship Him
in spirit and in truth."
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And so you need...
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If that is the
true spirit of God,
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then where she's
going, where she's attending,
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they would be
preaching the truth, right?
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Yeah.
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And so if you have
one without the other
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you can almost be sure
that is a seducing spirit.
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And we've been warned as
Jesus was warning His disciples
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that there will
be enemies coming in,
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seducing spirits
to tear them away,
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and the same
thing is told us today.
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And as the Spirit of God
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is being
repress from this earth,
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we see that the enemy
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is growing
stronger and stronger.
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Mercy. And that
more seducing spirit.
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There are miracles that
are actually taking place.
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And it's taking place
"in the name of Jesus."
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And so people are
confused and the only way...
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That you're saying
these are false miracles?
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Exactly.
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The only way you can
tell the true from the error
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is by the Word of God.
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"Sanctify them, make
them holy through thy truth."
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So we've got to
get to our Bibles
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whether it's electronic Bible,
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whatever Bible you're studying,
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and we've got to eat the Word,
we've got to devour the Word.
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And we need to come to the point
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that no matter
what befalls around us
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that we can
stand as Christ stood.
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Yes.
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The enemy, he didn't
come to Him as a devil,
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he came to Him as
an angel of light.
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Yes.
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You know, and here,
Christ 40 days and 40 nights
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he would know He
was in a weakened state.
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Oh, yeah.
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And yet he had the clarity
of mind to say it is written.
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Amen.
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He was going back to
the truth, back to the Word.
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So everything,
every spirit as it were,
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every doctrine needs to
clear that testing truth.
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It needs to go 100%
with the Word of God
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or it's not of Him, you know.
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So what we're saying
then to be sanctified,
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it's synonymous
with being made holy,
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that means just to
be set apart from sin.
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Amen. Amen.
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So when it says, "Don't
be conformed to the world,
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be transformed by the
renewing of your mind."
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You're saying then
that the Word of God
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is the one of the best
avenues to renew our mind.
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Oh, absolutely.
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And, you know, referring
this back to Sister Mollie for
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because I remember
her saying not long ago,
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"You know, I used to
think I knew everything."
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Well, I think all
of us at one point
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we kind of thought we knew
we were kind of had arrived.
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But, you know,
the more we develop
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a relationship with Christ,
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and the more we begin to
learn, the more we realize,
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we really didn't
know very much at all.
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And it is the truth
that begins to come in
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and it does a surgery.
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You know, a lot of times
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as someone
coming into the church,
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.67
we have others that once
in a while that take the Bible
00:20:11.71\00:20:13.98
and they'll beat
someone over the head with it.
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That's not the way to do it.
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The hospital is a
place for sinners to come
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and you present
the truth to them
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and allow the
Holy Spirit to come in
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and to do that heart work,
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to recreate
Christ image within us.
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I've got a little quote
here from Acts of the Apostles,
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it's page 475.
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It says the, "The knowledge
of God as revealed in Christ
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is the knowledge that
all who are saved must have."
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Must have.
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He is our example and I love it
00:20:45.74\00:20:48.14
because you can find Christ
in every book of the Bible.
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Amen.
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"This is the knowledge
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that works a
transformation of character."
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You see, our characters,
we're as filthy rags.
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You know, what
would heaven be like
00:21:01.66\00:21:03.12
if God filled it
up with filthy rags?
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As it were.
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He is recreating
His image within us
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because He wants
us to live with Him.
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He wants us to be
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a part of that
eternal realm in heaven.
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"Received into the life,
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it will recreate the
soul in the image of Christ."
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That's what we
need, we need a doctor,
00:21:22.38\00:21:24.58
we need a physician
00:21:24.61\00:21:26.11
because what we
have adopted many times
00:21:26.15\00:21:28.78
in our life as true
and right is really not.
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We've been deceived.
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But we can only find out
00:21:33.62\00:21:35.59
what that deception is
through the Word of God.
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And I praise God.
He is so merciful.
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He is so patient. Amen.
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.57
And He works with us, He
loves us as little babes.
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In fact, He says we
need to be little babes
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so that we can have
the faith that we should
00:21:50.54\00:21:53.38
and trust Him as he's working
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this recreation in our
minds and in our hearts.
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You said something reminded me
00:21:57.98\00:21:59.65
that I think one
of the greatest...
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The thing that I am most
appreciative of everything
00:22:02.55\00:22:04.99
my mother ever
taught me was she said,
00:22:05.02\00:22:08.02
"Don't believe
something it's true
00:22:08.06\00:22:11.49
just because you hear a pastor
behind the pulpit say it."
00:22:11.53\00:22:15.60
She said, "You get into the Word
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and find out for yourself."
00:22:17.67\00:22:19.47
Well, when I
finally took that advice,
00:22:19.50\00:22:24.37
I found out that most
of what I've been taught
00:22:24.41\00:22:26.64
in my church
growing up was error.
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And I had accepted it.
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So it is important
and that's one thing
00:22:31.78\00:22:34.45
that I so appreciate
about the pastors on 3ABN
00:22:34.48\00:22:37.99
is I think that almost
everyone who teaches on 3ABN,
00:22:38.02\00:22:42.02
I can't think of an exception,
00:22:42.06\00:22:44.23
teaches with a lot of scripture,
00:22:44.26\00:22:46.96
and will challenge and
say, "Look it up, make sure
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because it is the
truth, it's what God's Word is,
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and that's what
it sets us apart."
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A man said...
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Excuse me, Shelley,
a man said one time,
00:23:00.38\00:23:01.71
he called in, he said...
00:23:01.74\00:23:03.48
He wasn't Seventh-day Adventist,
00:23:03.51\00:23:04.85
and he said, "What
I really appreciate
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.28
and almost I'm astounded
00:23:06.31\00:23:08.38
is that is everybody
knows everybody there, right?
00:23:08.42\00:23:11.95
Because all
preachers, everybody's on there,
00:23:11.99\00:23:13.52
they're all real
good friends, everybody."
00:23:13.56\00:23:15.32
I said, "No, they're some
of the probably never met."
00:23:15.36\00:23:18.09
And they said, "Yeah,
but everybody seems to say
00:23:18.13\00:23:20.40
the same thing
00:23:20.43\00:23:22.26
and that is so different
than where I was raised
00:23:22.30\00:23:25.90
and even the same
church name on the door,
00:23:25.93\00:23:29.20
you can go to different ones
00:23:29.24\00:23:30.57
and they're teaching
something different."
00:23:30.61\00:23:31.94
He said, "But 3ABN, I watch it,
00:23:31.97\00:23:33.44
and almost everybody
say the very same thing.
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And yet, they
haven't met some of them?"
00:23:36.98\00:23:38.75
I said, "Exactly right
00:23:38.78\00:23:40.12
because they've
been to the Word."
00:23:40.15\00:23:41.48
That's right. Yes, amen.
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I'd like to say
just one more thing
00:23:43.39\00:23:45.22
to we're coming into a
time in this world's history
00:23:45.25\00:23:48.22
where there will be
tremendous miracles.
00:23:48.26\00:23:50.86
And so much that fire
will come down from heaven.
00:23:50.89\00:23:53.56
There are
people... Signs and wonders.
00:23:53.60\00:23:55.26
Yes, signs and wonders.
00:23:55.30\00:23:58.03
And so much that the enemy
himself will impersonating,
00:23:58.07\00:24:01.14
an angel lied again,
impersonate Christ Himself.
00:24:01.17\00:24:04.97
And so we're getting to a
time where we cannot believe
00:24:05.01\00:24:07.98
what we see
often or what we hear,
00:24:08.01\00:24:11.41
we can only go
back to "It is written."
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That's right. Amen.
00:24:13.58\00:24:15.68
I just have to confess I
saw Forrest Gump many years ago
00:24:15.72\00:24:20.02
and there's a character
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.72
Gary Sinise
plays this character.
00:24:21.76\00:24:24.43
And he was without legs,
00:24:24.46\00:24:26.56
and he's pulling himself along
or scooting across the boat.
00:24:26.59\00:24:30.57
And I looked at JD and I said,
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.57
"I didn't know he
didn't have any legs
00:24:32.60\00:24:35.30
or come to find out he did."
00:24:35.34\00:24:37.37
But they had just
altered it digitally
00:24:37.41\00:24:40.78
it was so convincing.
00:24:40.81\00:24:42.14
And I thought, "I'll never
believe anything I see again."
00:24:42.18\00:24:47.25
Okay.
00:24:47.28\00:24:48.62
And I know that
don't write me about that
00:24:48.65\00:24:51.55
because that
was a long time ago.
00:24:51.59\00:24:54.06
Okay, I have Ephesians 4:22-24.
00:24:54.09\00:24:59.03
I'm gonna read this
first from the amplified.
00:24:59.06\00:25:03.13
And I love the way it says,
00:25:03.16\00:25:04.93
"Strip yourselves
of your former nature,
00:25:04.97\00:25:07.67
put off and discard
your old unrenewed self
00:25:07.70\00:25:12.24
which characterized
your previous manner of life
00:25:12.27\00:25:15.98
and becomes corrupt
through lusts and desires
00:25:16.01\00:25:19.28
that spring from
delusion be constantly renewed
00:25:19.31\00:25:24.02
in the spirit of your mind
00:25:24.05\00:25:26.22
having a fresh mental
and spiritual attitude,
00:25:26.25\00:25:30.33
and put on the new nature,
00:25:30.36\00:25:32.76
the regenerate self
created in God's image,
00:25:32.79\00:25:36.77
Godlike in true
righteousness and holiness."
00:25:36.80\00:25:39.83
Well, let's kind
of unpack that thing.
00:25:39.87\00:25:42.00
That's saying a lot really.
00:25:42.04\00:25:43.77
We know
justification takes how long?
00:25:43.81\00:25:48.51
A moment.
00:25:48.54\00:25:49.88
Yeah, a moment.
00:25:49.91\00:25:51.25
We are justified means
00:25:51.28\00:25:52.61
we are God
forgives as the penal,
00:25:52.65\00:25:55.68
and He cancels
the penalty of sin.
00:25:55.72\00:25:57.79
He forgives our sins.
00:25:57.82\00:25:59.45
But there's two
kinds of sanctification.
00:25:59.49\00:26:03.59
There is
positional sanctification,
00:26:03.63\00:26:07.20
which this is a holiness
being set apart from sin
00:26:07.23\00:26:12.67
when we are in Christ,
00:26:12.70\00:26:15.00
we are
positionally in sanctification
00:26:15.04\00:26:18.57
because 1
Corinthians 1:30 says that,
00:26:18.61\00:26:20.51
"Jesus is our wisdom from God,
00:26:20.54\00:26:22.74
He is our righteousness,
our sanctification,
00:26:22.78\00:26:26.78
and our redemption."
00:26:26.82\00:26:28.75
But the second kind of
sanctification is practical.
00:26:28.78\00:26:34.49
So you have positional,
00:26:34.52\00:26:36.09
when you're in Christ,
you're set apart from sin,
00:26:36.12\00:26:38.69
but then there is this
practical sanctification.
00:26:38.73\00:26:42.20
This is through
our daily quest to obey
00:26:42.23\00:26:47.20
and to be
purified that we are freed
00:26:47.24\00:26:51.37
from our former way of life.
00:26:51.41\00:26:53.44
So He says, "Put
off the old self."
00:26:53.48\00:26:57.48
Now it's interesting
in the King James Version
00:26:57.51\00:27:00.48
it says, "Put off
the conversation."
00:27:00.52\00:27:04.19
Is how it says that I think.
00:27:04.22\00:27:05.89
And that word has
undergone a dramatic change
00:27:05.92\00:27:10.16
since King James day.
00:27:10.19\00:27:12.09
So in the
Greek, it's anastrophe,
00:27:12.13\00:27:15.06
which means your manner of life.
00:27:15.10\00:27:16.70
So He's saying, "Put
away your old manner of life."
00:27:16.73\00:27:22.20
When we were born again,
00:27:22.24\00:27:23.71
when we accepted
Christ as our savior,
00:27:23.74\00:27:26.27
and the Holy
Spirit came into us,
00:27:26.31\00:27:27.81
we were born again,
we're born of the Word,
00:27:27.84\00:27:29.71
we're born of the Spirit,
00:27:29.74\00:27:31.51
and we are new
creations in Christ.
00:27:31.55\00:27:35.58
2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:27:35.62\00:27:37.15
"We're new creations in Christ."
00:27:37.19\00:27:39.79
But, you know, the Word says,
"All things have become new.
00:27:39.82\00:27:45.69
The old is gone,
the new has come."
00:27:45.73\00:27:49.43
Positionally, that's true.
00:27:49.46\00:27:51.03
Practically, sometimes
00:27:51.07\00:27:52.93
the old can rear its
ugly little head, can't it?
00:27:52.97\00:27:56.04
So what he's telling us here,
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.71
even though we are
saved by grace through faith,
00:27:58.74\00:28:01.18
there's nothing you
can do to save yourself.
00:28:01.21\00:28:04.21
But we still are supposed
00:28:04.25\00:28:05.65
to cooperate
with the Holy Spirit.
00:28:05.68\00:28:09.02
And we've got to put
off this old disposition
00:28:09.05\00:28:13.25
that's not
compatible with the Savior.
00:28:13.29\00:28:16.49
This is a deliberate action.
00:28:16.52\00:28:18.49
It's a determined
action, a choice that we make
00:28:18.53\00:28:22.16
because we're born
with this fall in nature
00:28:22.20\00:28:26.50
since we are Adam's descendants.
00:28:26.53\00:28:29.10
We have a bit toward
00:28:29.14\00:28:31.87
selfishness and
sinfulness, don't we?
00:28:31.91\00:28:35.64
And as you said, that
old unregenerate nature,
00:28:35.68\00:28:39.48
sin separates us from God.
00:28:39.51\00:28:41.82
So since the old
man was a slave to sin,
00:28:41.85\00:28:45.69
headed for judgment,
what we've got to do is say,
00:28:45.72\00:28:49.86
"Okay, no more of you.
I'm making up my mind."
00:28:49.89\00:28:53.80
I loved what he said here.
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.53
I'm going to read it
now out of the King James.
00:28:55.56\00:28:57.87
He says, "The old
man, which grows corrupt
00:28:57.90\00:29:02.07
according to the
deceitful lusts."
00:29:02.10\00:29:06.71
The desires and the things
00:29:06.74\00:29:10.55
that we are the
lusts that we have,
00:29:10.58\00:29:14.22
why are they deceitful?
00:29:14.25\00:29:16.75
The lust of the flesh
because they promise one thing
00:29:16.79\00:29:21.12
and deliver
another thing, don't they?
00:29:21.16\00:29:23.89
Yeah.
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.26
So it's the deceits.
00:29:25.29\00:29:26.70
And then he says...
00:29:26.73\00:29:28.60
Let me see where I am at.
00:29:28.63\00:29:30.07
So this corrupted
nature, we need to turn away
00:29:30.10\00:29:35.17
and leave those old
attitudes, those old habits,
00:29:35.20\00:29:39.01
the old actions that we
had before being born again.
00:29:39.04\00:29:42.91
This is the old me
that was crucified.
00:29:42.94\00:29:47.62
When Paul said, "I've
been crucified with Christ."
00:29:47.65\00:29:50.42
This is the old I
that was crucified.
00:29:50.45\00:29:54.02
So we're taking off, he
says, "Put off the old self."
00:29:54.06\00:29:57.76
This is a sin-stained garment.
00:29:57.79\00:30:01.40
Just think about it
00:30:01.43\00:30:02.76
as a disgusting
revolting garment.
00:30:02.80\00:30:05.00
Mercy.
00:30:05.03\00:30:06.37
Yeah.
00:30:06.40\00:30:07.74
And you're just saying,
00:30:07.77\00:30:09.54
"Okay, this old nasty garment,
00:30:09.57\00:30:12.87
I'm getting ready to
throw you out in the trash bin."
00:30:12.91\00:30:14.74
Yes.
00:30:14.78\00:30:16.11
"Not taking you to
the Salvation Army,
00:30:16.14\00:30:17.95
I'm not taking you anywhere,
I'm throwing you away."
00:30:17.98\00:30:21.48
So the old way of life
00:30:21.52\00:30:26.49
that we had before
we came into Christ
00:30:26.52\00:30:29.99
is completely in
the past, it should be.
00:30:30.03\00:30:32.73
But then he says,
00:30:32.76\00:30:34.10
"Be made new in the
attitude of our mind."
00:30:34.13\00:30:38.73
And as both you
and Chris have said
00:30:38.77\00:30:42.84
and for those who are listening,
00:30:42.87\00:30:44.57
I shouldn't just say you.
00:30:44.61\00:30:46.37
Jill, as you
and Chris have said,
00:30:46.41\00:30:48.91
it is by the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:30:48.94\00:30:51.81
It's by the power of God's word.
00:30:51.85\00:30:55.65
That we're renewed in our mind,
00:30:55.68\00:30:57.05
James 1:21 says,
00:30:57.09\00:30:58.79
"The Word when it's
implanted in your heart
00:30:58.82\00:31:01.89
has the power to
save your souls."
00:31:01.92\00:31:04.29
It is so powerful.
00:31:04.33\00:31:05.89
And Proverbs 23:7 says that,
00:31:05.93\00:31:08.53
"As a man believes
in his heart, so is he."
00:31:08.56\00:31:13.30
So we want to
come before the Lord,
00:31:13.34\00:31:18.17
accept what He says about
us in His Word and be renewed.
00:31:18.21\00:31:23.35
When He says, be renewed,
00:31:23.38\00:31:24.95
in the Greek this
is a present tense,
00:31:24.98\00:31:27.22
so it's a
continual progressive action.
00:31:27.25\00:31:30.82
In other words,
00:31:30.85\00:31:32.19
you're constantly being renewed
00:31:32.22\00:31:35.19
in the spirit of your
mind and that's the attitude
00:31:35.22\00:31:38.59
and the disposition
00:31:38.63\00:31:40.00
which determines our
behavior and conduct.
00:31:40.03\00:31:43.63
But then he says,
"Put on the new nature,
00:31:43.67\00:31:47.34
the new life that
we receive in Christ."
00:31:47.37\00:31:51.01
We are the
product of the new birth
00:31:51.04\00:31:54.18
is a new nature, is it not?
00:31:54.21\00:31:55.68
That's right.
00:31:55.71\00:31:57.05
That's what the product is.
00:31:57.08\00:31:58.65
And we're recreated,
God is not only our Creator,
00:31:58.68\00:32:02.12
but He's the
one who recreates us
00:32:02.15\00:32:04.35
in the family like
this of Jesus Christ.
00:32:04.39\00:32:07.56
So what we're supposed to do
00:32:07.59\00:32:09.56
then is to clothe
ourself with this new nature.
00:32:09.59\00:32:12.19
If there's a maturation
process where we become...
00:32:12.23\00:32:17.33
2 Corinthians 3:18 become
00:32:17.37\00:32:19.13
what we behold as we look
into this mirror, this Word,
00:32:19.17\00:32:23.61
and we become like
Jesus, we're unselfish.
00:32:23.64\00:32:26.34
You know, Jesus was not rude,
Jesus didn't have to apologize,
00:32:26.37\00:32:30.48
Jesus was loving, and unselfish.
00:32:30.51\00:32:33.01
So this is what
00:32:33.05\00:32:34.85
when the Holy
Spirit is in dwelling us.
00:32:34.88\00:32:38.25
This is that new
nature that we're putting on.
00:32:38.29\00:32:41.46
And then he says,
00:32:41.49\00:32:43.99
"Which was
created according to God
00:32:44.03\00:32:45.86
in true
righteousness and holiness."
00:32:45.89\00:32:48.80
And I think, you know,
00:32:48.83\00:32:50.33
when we're
interacting among each other,
00:32:50.37\00:32:54.47
our righteousness shows
00:32:54.50\00:32:55.84
that we treat people
in that righteous way.
00:32:55.87\00:32:58.24
The holiness I think to is more,
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.51
I mean, purely this conduct,
our attitude toward God.
00:33:00.54\00:33:05.95
So they blend together.
00:33:05.98\00:33:07.42
I don't know did
I said that right.
00:33:07.45\00:33:09.15
So basically, it
is a daily, conscious,
00:33:09.18\00:33:13.52
commitment that we are making.
00:33:13.56\00:33:15.49
And it is daily, is it not?
00:33:15.52\00:33:16.96
Yes, it is.
00:33:16.99\00:33:18.33
And so it's just we're
gonna follow a new direction
00:33:18.36\00:33:23.23
and enjoy a new way of thinking
as led by the Holy Spirit.
00:33:23.26\00:33:28.07
Amen.
00:33:28.10\00:33:29.44
So really if what
I'm hearing is right,
00:33:29.47\00:33:33.64
really if we come to the Lord
00:33:33.68\00:33:35.94
and we really realize
00:33:35.98\00:33:37.98
how stinky our
past life has been.
00:33:38.01\00:33:41.28
You just told
how dirty and filthy
00:33:41.32\00:33:42.95
and something
that ragged and rotten,
00:33:42.98\00:33:44.49
and you can't...
00:33:44.52\00:33:45.85
If we really believe
00:33:45.89\00:33:47.22
that we really will not
want to go back and pick it up.
00:33:47.26\00:33:52.13
But so often, you
know, man will say,
00:33:52.16\00:33:54.30
"Well, I'm not going that way."
00:33:54.33\00:33:55.66
But he goes back again.
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.03
It's like to me,
repenting from sin,
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.63
when you really repent from sin,
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.34
you repent in such a way
00:34:00.37\00:34:01.70
that Lord that you
never wanna go back again.
00:34:01.74\00:34:04.01
That's right.
00:34:04.04\00:34:05.37
You never wanna participate
when you're really sorry
00:34:05.41\00:34:06.74
what you've done
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.48
that you determine
by the grace of God
00:34:08.51\00:34:10.31
that you never
go that way again.
00:34:10.35\00:34:12.61
To me that's true repentance.
00:34:12.65\00:34:14.68
Not just say, "I
repent, I'm sorry for my sin."
00:34:14.72\00:34:16.38
And go right back in again.
00:34:16.42\00:34:18.25
But truly recognize
00:34:18.29\00:34:19.82
what it does to others
and yourself and to God
00:34:19.85\00:34:22.26
in our relationship,
00:34:22.29\00:34:23.79
then we're truly sorry
00:34:23.83\00:34:25.19
we don't go back, and
the old man like you said,
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.23
we don't put on
because he's stinky.
00:34:27.26\00:34:31.13
It reminds me of Romans 13:14,
"Put on the Lord Jesus Christ."
00:34:31.17\00:34:34.87
'Cause you're talking
about putting on another man,
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.07
and then it continues,
00:34:37.11\00:34:38.44
and make no
provision for the flash
00:34:38.47\00:34:40.81
to fulfill the lust thereof.
00:34:40.84\00:34:42.78
So when we put on Christ,
00:34:42.81\00:34:44.98
we don't keep
that old stuff around
00:34:45.01\00:34:48.65
to tempt us
00:34:48.68\00:34:50.02
and to pull us back
into the old way of life.
00:34:50.05\00:34:52.19
Yeah.
00:34:52.22\00:34:53.56
Mollie, you were
looking up the scripture,
00:34:53.59\00:34:54.92
I think you want to
say something, don't you?
00:34:54.96\00:34:57.79
Well, no, I was just
looking up Proverbs 23:7,
00:34:57.83\00:35:02.06
"As a man thinks in his heart."
00:35:02.10\00:35:07.37
That always speaks loudly to me
00:35:07.40\00:35:10.97
and, you know,
you were saying that
00:35:11.01\00:35:15.51
we have to change,
repentance is a change.
00:35:15.54\00:35:19.05
You know what confession is?
00:35:19.08\00:35:21.25
Acknowledging, "Yeah, I did it."
00:35:21.28\00:35:23.99
You can confess all day
long and still be in sin.
00:35:24.02\00:35:28.22
Acknowledging that you did it,
even to God, "God, I did it."
00:35:28.26\00:35:32.49
But until you repent,
there is no forgiveness.
00:35:32.53\00:35:36.06
That's right. Good.
00:35:36.10\00:35:38.23
And that kind of
leaves us into my scripture.
00:35:38.27\00:35:41.70
You wanna say
something? No, go ahead.
00:35:41.74\00:35:43.97
And that's Ephesians 2:10.
00:35:44.01\00:35:47.21
I'm on to read
Ephesians 2:10 in the Amplified,
00:35:47.24\00:35:50.48
then I'm gonna go back
00:35:50.51\00:35:51.85
I'm gonna read 4
to 10 because and...
00:35:51.88\00:35:53.85
This is one of the
greatest promises to me
00:35:53.88\00:35:55.72
in the Bible.
00:35:55.75\00:35:57.09
That's right.
00:35:57.12\00:35:58.45
And then we'll talk
about it a little bit.
00:35:58.49\00:36:00.56
Ephesians 2:10 in the Amplified,
00:36:00.59\00:36:03.39
"For we are God's own handiwork.
00:36:03.43\00:36:06.70
His workmanship,
recreated in Christ Jesus,
00:36:06.73\00:36:10.67
born anew that we
may do those good works
00:36:10.70\00:36:14.37
which God predestined
00:36:14.40\00:36:16.47
or planned beforehand for us."
00:36:16.50\00:36:20.78
Unpack this and then
we'll go and read 4 to 10.
00:36:20.81\00:36:24.15
"For we are
God's own handiwork."
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.25
In other words,
00:36:26.28\00:36:27.68
we are His spiritual recreation,
00:36:27.72\00:36:30.45
fantastic words,
spiritual recreation.
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.82
Amen.
00:36:33.86\00:36:35.19
His workmanship
recreated, born anew, born anew.
00:36:35.22\00:36:40.90
If we change our mind,
our affections, our purposes,
00:36:40.93\00:36:45.70
then we are given
the privilege, the duty,
00:36:45.73\00:36:50.81
the responsibility
of proper witnessing.
00:36:50.84\00:36:56.18
And as a Christian,
00:36:56.21\00:36:58.41
that is what He
really created us to do
00:36:58.45\00:37:04.35
to share of the good Word.
00:37:04.39\00:37:06.22
But the old J.D. Quinn
00:37:06.25\00:37:10.89
being a filthy rag
00:37:10.93\00:37:13.33
only thing that
I knew to present
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.53
was that which was dirty.
00:37:15.56\00:37:17.50
And so somehow or the other,
00:37:17.53\00:37:19.90
we had to get
him out of the way,
00:37:19.93\00:37:22.40
once you become sick and
tired of being sick and tired,
00:37:22.44\00:37:26.61
then say, "Jesus, please help me
00:37:26.64\00:37:30.51
through the aid
of the Holy Spirit
00:37:30.55\00:37:31.88
impress upon me,
what am I supposed to do?"
00:37:31.91\00:37:34.55
And then,
there's that great word,
00:37:34.58\00:37:37.79
spiritual recreation.
00:37:37.82\00:37:40.46
Spiritual that takes God out,
00:37:40.49\00:37:42.76
I mean, that takes
the enemy out of it.
00:37:42.79\00:37:44.29
Yes.
00:37:44.33\00:37:45.66
So now we're
turning to Jesus. Amen.
00:37:45.69\00:37:48.06
Let me just read this.
00:37:48.10\00:37:49.43
I mean, I think
that we've all read this.
00:37:49.46\00:37:51.03
And I just love it.
00:37:51.07\00:37:52.40
This is Ephesians
2:10, what I just read.
00:37:52.43\00:37:56.40
Let's go through
4:10 setting it all up.
00:37:56.44\00:38:00.14
"But because of
His great love for us,
00:38:00.18\00:38:03.04
God, who is rich in mercy,
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.71
made us alive with Christ
00:38:05.75\00:38:07.28
even when we were dead
in sin, transgressions,
00:38:07.32\00:38:10.69
it is by grace that
you have been saved.
00:38:10.72\00:38:13.36
And God raised us up with Christ
00:38:13.39\00:38:15.42
and seated us with
Him in the heavenly realms
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.66
in Christ Jesus,
00:38:17.69\00:38:19.03
in order that in the coming ages
00:38:19.06\00:38:21.46
that He might show
00:38:21.50\00:38:22.83
the incomparable
riches of His grace,
00:38:22.86\00:38:24.93
expressed in His
kindness to us in Christ Jesus."
00:38:24.97\00:38:28.44
Verse 8, please listen,
00:38:28.47\00:38:30.64
"For it is by grace
that you have been saved,
00:38:30.67\00:38:34.08
through faith, and
this is not from yourselves,
00:38:34.11\00:38:37.91
it is the gift of
God, not by works,
00:38:37.95\00:38:41.98
so that no one can boast."
00:38:42.02\00:38:44.35
And we're going to verse
10, "For we are God's handiwork,
00:38:44.39\00:38:48.76
His workmanship,
00:38:48.79\00:38:50.96
spiritually recreated,
created in Christ Jesus,
00:38:50.99\00:38:54.03
do good works
00:38:54.06\00:38:55.40
which God prepared and
advanced for us to do."
00:38:55.43\00:38:58.53
Amen. Powerful.
00:38:58.57\00:39:00.57
This is about recreation.
00:39:00.60\00:39:02.84
If I can just share...
00:39:02.87\00:39:04.21
if you've got your pencil,
00:39:04.24\00:39:05.57
now is a good time
to write these down.
00:39:05.61\00:39:07.48
I wanna give you just
quickly four scriptures.
00:39:07.51\00:39:11.08
And first one is
in the Old Testament
00:39:11.11\00:39:14.28
'cause normally,
we think of rebirth,
00:39:14.32\00:39:16.02
we think of New Testament.
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.75
This is Old
Testament, Ezekiel 36:26.
00:39:17.79\00:39:20.72
Amen.
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.19
"I will give you a new
heart, put a new spirit in you."
00:39:22.22\00:39:25.99
Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
00:39:26.03\00:39:27.86
2 Corinthians 5:17,
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.90
"Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ,
00:39:30.93\00:39:34.84
he is a new creation.
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.24
The old has gone,
the new has come."
00:39:36.27\00:39:39.11
Titus 3:5,
00:39:39.14\00:39:41.84
"He saved us not
because of the righteous things
00:39:41.88\00:39:45.38
that we had done,
00:39:45.41\00:39:47.12
but because of
His mercy, His grace."
00:39:47.15\00:39:49.05
Amen.
00:39:49.08\00:39:50.79
"He saved us through
the washing of rebirth
00:39:50.82\00:39:54.39
and the renewal
by the Holy Spirit."
00:39:54.42\00:39:56.76
Amen.
00:39:56.79\00:39:58.13
And then this one
caught my attention
00:39:58.16\00:40:00.36
because this is
talking about senior citizens.
00:40:00.40\00:40:04.93
Psalms 92:14,
00:40:04.97\00:40:08.97
"They will still
bear fruit in old age,
00:40:09.00\00:40:13.78
and they will
stay fresh and green."
00:40:13.81\00:40:18.15
If you want to follow that,
00:40:18.18\00:40:19.51
you can go on Psalms 103:5
00:40:19.55\00:40:23.22
because this is what I want,
00:40:23.25\00:40:25.55
"Who satisfies your
desires with good things
00:40:25.59\00:40:29.82
so that your youth is
renewed like the eagle's."
00:40:29.86\00:40:33.46
Amen. Wow!
00:40:33.50\00:40:34.83
So if you're young,
00:40:34.86\00:40:37.00
allow the Holy
Spirit to work in you.
00:40:37.03\00:40:38.87
That's right.
00:40:38.90\00:40:40.24
And if you're middle aged,
00:40:40.27\00:40:41.60
allow the Holy
Spirit to work in you.
00:40:41.64\00:40:44.31
If you happen to be blessed
and get threescore and ten,
00:40:44.34\00:40:49.11
call on the Holy
Spirit to renew you.
00:40:49.14\00:40:51.95
If you're even more
blessed and you're 80, 90...
00:40:51.98\00:40:56.45
Talked to
somebody the other day,
00:40:56.48\00:40:57.85
they wanted me to
pray for their daughter.
00:40:57.89\00:41:01.99
"Oh, would be happy to..."
00:41:02.02\00:41:05.06
And she said something
00:41:05.09\00:41:06.43
that kind of
threw up a red flag,
00:41:06.46\00:41:08.76
"How old is your daughter?"
00:41:08.80\00:41:11.37
"Well, she's 82."
00:41:11.40\00:41:14.80
Well, you don't
have to be a genius
00:41:14.84\00:41:17.44
to say 82 plus 20.
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.91
Wow, sister.
00:41:20.94\00:41:23.41
I want your eating
habits. Absolutely.
00:41:23.45\00:41:25.61
Way to go. There you go.
00:41:25.65\00:41:27.25
But anyway the Holy
Spirit is there to recreate us,
00:41:27.28\00:41:31.59
spiritually recreate
us to be more like Him
00:41:31.62\00:41:34.92
so that we can do
what we were called to do.
00:41:34.96\00:41:37.56
And that is to freshly go
out and be a witness for Him.
00:41:37.59\00:41:40.43
Amen.
00:41:40.46\00:41:42.20
Praise the Lord. That's good.
00:41:42.23\00:41:44.37
I love it. Amen, I do too.
00:41:44.40\00:41:46.40
So basically what
we've said this far
00:41:46.43\00:41:50.01
is we don't wanna be conformed,
00:41:50.04\00:41:52.17
we wanna transformed by
the renewing of our mind.
00:41:52.21\00:41:54.64
This happens
through the Word of God
00:41:54.68\00:41:56.75
that sets us apart from sin.
00:41:56.78\00:41:58.98
We do, even though
we're saved by grace,
00:41:59.01\00:42:01.08
we play a part in this.
00:42:01.12\00:42:02.78
We need to put off the old...
00:42:02.82\00:42:06.25
Something you
said, I just want to say
00:42:06.29\00:42:08.29
before I forget 'cause I will.
00:42:08.32\00:42:11.06
Even though we
do put off the old,
00:42:11.09\00:42:14.20
I have seen very sincere people
00:42:14.23\00:42:17.03
who in a moment of weakness
00:42:17.07\00:42:18.40
have turned back
to their old ways.
00:42:18.43\00:42:20.84
And I just wanted to read
00:42:20.87\00:42:22.47
because if you're
sitting at home and you think,
00:42:22.50\00:42:25.77
"Man, I've been
down this route before.
00:42:25.81\00:42:28.31
God saved me.
00:42:28.34\00:42:29.91
I did turn away from the old.
00:42:29.94\00:42:31.81
I don't know how I turned back."
00:42:31.85\00:42:35.62
Please don't feel guilty.
00:42:35.65\00:42:37.05
I mean, don't feel
under condemnation,
00:42:37.09\00:42:40.32
God will give
you a godly sorrow,
00:42:40.36\00:42:42.39
but don't feel
under condemnation.
00:42:42.42\00:42:44.59
Here's that precious
promise from Micah 7:8,
00:42:44.63\00:42:50.23
it says, "Do
not rejoice over me,
00:42:50.27\00:42:53.17
my enemy, when I
fall, I will arise.
00:42:53.20\00:42:57.64
When I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be a light to me.
00:42:57.67\00:43:01.91
I will bear the
indignation of the Lord
00:43:01.94\00:43:03.88
because I have
sinned against Him,
00:43:03.91\00:43:05.85
until He pleads my cause
00:43:05.88\00:43:10.15
and executes justice for me,
00:43:10.19\00:43:13.42
He will bring me
forth to the light."
00:43:13.46\00:43:15.86
Halleluiah.
00:43:15.89\00:43:17.23
So even if you've done something
00:43:17.26\00:43:19.79
that you did turn your
back on the Lord for a while,
00:43:19.83\00:43:22.20
you turned back
to your old habit.
00:43:22.23\00:43:25.03
Maybe you were
delivered from drugs
00:43:25.07\00:43:26.94
but somehow find
yourself doing it again.
00:43:26.97\00:43:29.80
You were delivered from alcohol
00:43:29.84\00:43:31.77
and suddenly you
start drinking again.
00:43:31.81\00:43:34.28
As JD always says,
00:43:34.31\00:43:36.24
"This is not a
sprint, it's a marathon.
00:43:36.28\00:43:38.95
And God will pick
you up and dust you up."
00:43:38.98\00:43:43.08
He is your Father, your Abba,
00:43:43.12\00:43:45.19
He's anxious for you
to come to Him as a child.
00:43:45.22\00:43:48.22
Absolutely.
00:43:48.26\00:43:49.59
So He wants to renew us,
00:43:49.62\00:43:52.29
we are His
handiwork, His work of art.
00:43:52.33\00:43:56.67
And now, Kenny,
00:43:56.70\00:43:58.03
you've got the culminating one
I think for the mind of Christ.
00:43:58.07\00:44:03.54
Just what we've all
been talking about here
00:44:03.57\00:44:05.57
the mind of Christ,
00:44:05.61\00:44:06.94
you know, that's
found in 1 Corinthians 2:16
00:44:06.98\00:44:10.31
simply reads,
00:44:10.35\00:44:11.68
"For who hath known
the mind of the Lord
00:44:11.71\00:44:15.05
that He may instruct him?
00:44:15.08\00:44:17.72
But we have the mind of Christ."
00:44:17.75\00:44:20.42
Well, how positive,
00:44:20.46\00:44:21.96
when you read
scripture, right there...
00:44:21.99\00:44:23.76
Positive man.
00:44:23.79\00:44:25.13
You know, because he
knows in whom he has believed.
00:44:25.16\00:44:27.66
We have the mind of Christ.
00:44:27.70\00:44:29.30
How exciting that is
that we can have that mind.
00:44:29.33\00:44:31.77
And I think it's in
the Philippians 2:5,
00:44:31.80\00:44:34.87
you know, "Let
this mind be in you,"
00:44:34.90\00:44:36.24
which someone
mentioned a while ago.
00:44:36.27\00:44:37.61
"Let this mind be in you,
00:44:37.64\00:44:38.97
which was also in Christ Jesus."
00:44:39.01\00:44:40.54
So that gives me a hint
00:44:40.58\00:44:42.88
right then and there
that Paul's talking about
00:44:42.91\00:44:44.81
we can have the mind of Christ.
00:44:44.85\00:44:47.35
And it has to be
00:44:47.38\00:44:48.72
Christ's mind not our mind
that's been talked about here
00:44:48.75\00:44:51.85
that the old fleshly
man is going to have to go.
00:44:51.89\00:44:54.09
So I got thinking about
that when we were talking about
00:44:54.12\00:44:56.46
doing this
lesson, and I thought,
00:44:56.49\00:44:57.96
you know, what is a
really good illustration,
00:44:57.99\00:45:00.20
what is one in
scripture that everybody knows
00:45:00.23\00:45:03.16
and has read about how
because we understand we need,
00:45:03.20\00:45:08.10
we must have the mind of Christ.
00:45:08.14\00:45:10.41
But a lot of
times we forget how is,
00:45:10.44\00:45:12.67
maybe, this
accomplished and we talk about
00:45:12.71\00:45:14.31
and come at it
from different angles.
00:45:14.34\00:45:16.41
And the best illustration
00:45:16.44\00:45:17.91
that I could find
at least in my mind
00:45:17.95\00:45:19.51
that helped me was John 15
00:45:19.55\00:45:22.42
which is the
vine and the branches.
00:45:22.45\00:45:23.79
Amen. That's good.
00:45:23.82\00:45:25.15
So I jotted down several things
00:45:25.19\00:45:26.52
I want us just quickly to
look at because first of all,
00:45:26.55\00:45:28.82
Jesus said this,
remember He said,
00:45:28.86\00:45:30.63
"I am," what?
00:45:30.66\00:45:32.89
"I'm the true vine."
00:45:32.93\00:45:34.50
So there's a lot of false
ones out there, but He said,
00:45:34.53\00:45:36.33
"I'm the true
vine" first of all.
00:45:36.36\00:45:38.33
So this vine
then would represent
00:45:38.37\00:45:40.67
as we look at
it, and the branches,
00:45:40.70\00:45:42.14
the relationship
that Christ has with us.
00:45:42.17\00:45:46.17
And certainly, at that time
with the Jews and the Gentiles
00:45:46.21\00:45:49.08
and what was going
on in His own life.
00:45:49.11\00:45:51.71
And as we look at these points
that I'm gonna bring out here,
00:45:51.75\00:45:55.72
see how it fits
with the life of Christ
00:45:55.75\00:45:58.75
and what was done to Him
00:45:58.79\00:46:00.42
when He said,
00:46:00.46\00:46:01.79
"I am the vine and
you are the branches."
00:46:01.82\00:46:03.79
But notice, the
Jews regarded this vine
00:46:03.83\00:46:06.86
as something that was powerful.
00:46:06.90\00:46:09.00
They regarded
something that was beautiful,
00:46:09.03\00:46:11.77
something that was fruitful.
00:46:11.80\00:46:13.13
So they were looking at the vine
00:46:13.17\00:46:14.50
to begin with and said,
00:46:14.54\00:46:15.87
"This is good, looks
good, and it's fruitful,
00:46:15.90\00:46:18.01
and this is something
00:46:18.04\00:46:19.37
we need to take
a closer look at."
00:46:19.41\00:46:21.58
Israel in the Bible had
been presented as the vine
00:46:21.61\00:46:24.85
which God planted.
00:46:24.88\00:46:26.92
So we're beginning to
look at it and we're seeing...
00:46:26.95\00:46:28.58
To me, Jesus is
coming into the picture here.
00:46:28.62\00:46:31.22
We're looking and seeing
00:46:31.25\00:46:32.59
that He has to come
into the picture here.
00:46:32.62\00:46:34.52
And so as we look at it,
00:46:34.56\00:46:35.89
it says many were
attracted to this vine,
00:46:35.92\00:46:38.49
as it were,
because of its loveliness.
00:46:38.53\00:46:40.60
You were mentioning
maybe sweetness of attitude
00:46:40.63\00:46:42.50
and the way we
talk to one another
00:46:42.53\00:46:43.87
and the way Jesus talked.
00:46:43.90\00:46:45.23
I think you mentioned,
He never had to apologize,
00:46:45.27\00:46:47.90
you know, that's
not been my life.
00:46:47.94\00:46:49.80
You know, many times,
00:46:49.84\00:46:51.17
I need to,
maybe times I haven't.
00:46:51.21\00:46:53.78
But in our lives sometimes
we say things the wrong way,
00:46:53.81\00:46:56.51
maybe we don't mean to,
it comes out the wrong way,
00:46:56.54\00:46:58.71
we still need to
apologize for that,
00:46:58.75\00:47:00.42
and we've said and done things.
00:47:00.45\00:47:01.78
But notice in here, but
the leaders of Israel said,
00:47:01.82\00:47:05.65
notice this,
00:47:05.69\00:47:07.02
"No, this is not
beautiful like you think it is.
00:47:07.06\00:47:10.16
This is a root
out of a dry ground,
00:47:10.19\00:47:12.96
and so we don't like this root.
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.16
We don't like the plant
that's going to come up here,
00:47:15.20\00:47:17.17
so we need to stamp it
out, we need to stomp it,
00:47:17.20\00:47:19.67
we need to kill it."
00:47:19.70\00:47:21.04
In other words,
00:47:21.07\00:47:22.40
"We need to get
rid of this thing."
00:47:22.44\00:47:23.77
And we think
about the life of Christ
00:47:23.81\00:47:25.14
when He came here naturally.
00:47:25.17\00:47:26.51
So the thought was,
00:47:26.54\00:47:27.88
"Let's kill it,
let's get rid of it,"
00:47:27.91\00:47:29.38
and so they set
about to do that.
00:47:29.41\00:47:33.05
Now notice this, the
plant then was replanted where?
00:47:33.08\00:47:37.49
Outside the walls.
00:47:37.52\00:47:39.29
He was crucified where?
Outside the walls, right?
00:47:39.32\00:47:41.56
"He came to His own,
00:47:41.59\00:47:42.92
His own received
him not," outside.
00:47:42.96\00:47:44.29
So He was
planted outside the wall,
00:47:44.33\00:47:46.29
but notice that the
branches went back...
00:47:46.33\00:47:48.76
Oh, glory! I'm
gonna say hallelujah!
00:47:48.80\00:47:50.87
The branches went
back over the wall, right,
00:47:50.90\00:47:54.54
that those who
wanted to accept it
00:47:54.57\00:47:56.40
may accept it as individuals.
00:47:56.44\00:47:58.24
Even though as a nation
00:47:58.27\00:47:59.61
we know
probation closed for them.
00:47:59.64\00:48:01.78
But those branches
went back over there
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.91
and He could feed the
ones who wanted to be fed.
00:48:03.95\00:48:05.98
I thought that was so beautiful,
00:48:06.01\00:48:07.48
the vine stalk,
00:48:07.52\00:48:08.85
notice the vine
stalk was no longer visible
00:48:08.88\00:48:12.55
because they cast it out.
00:48:12.59\00:48:13.92
They wanted to get
rid, they killed Him.
00:48:13.96\00:48:15.56
Yeah, that's true.
00:48:15.59\00:48:16.93
There was opportunity
to still come to Him.
00:48:16.96\00:48:19.09
I thought how wonderful that is.
00:48:19.13\00:48:20.80
And so notice, as
it hung over the wall,
00:48:20.83\00:48:24.07
this vine represents...
00:48:24.10\00:48:25.43
People would come and
people would accept that.
00:48:25.47\00:48:27.64
Now there's a
word leading into this
00:48:27.67\00:48:29.57
we're going to see is how,
00:48:29.60\00:48:32.24
we talked about let
this mind be in you,
00:48:32.27\00:48:33.68
which was also in Christ Jesus.
00:48:33.71\00:48:35.24
Well, how does that
really take place in our life?
00:48:35.28\00:48:38.61
So now as people came to that,
00:48:38.65\00:48:40.98
the branches were
coming over and whatever,
00:48:41.02\00:48:43.55
there was some grafting went on.
00:48:43.59\00:48:45.85
As we are grafted into certainly
00:48:45.89\00:48:47.46
the family of God.
00:48:47.49\00:48:48.82
Grafting is going on.
00:48:48.86\00:48:50.19
So that shows the
connection between us and Christ
00:48:50.23\00:48:52.76
that we need that connection,
00:48:52.79\00:48:54.36
you know, desperately,
we need that connection.
00:48:54.40\00:48:56.06
Then I jotted down something
I thought was interesting.
00:48:56.10\00:48:57.97
It says we are
grafted into the living vine
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.50
and notice how,
Desire of Ages said,
00:49:00.54\00:49:02.97
"Fiber by fiber
and vein by vein."
00:49:03.00\00:49:06.44
In other words,
every part of that vine
00:49:06.47\00:49:09.04
and then you are the branches.
00:49:09.08\00:49:10.51
Branches are
exactly like the vine,
00:49:10.55\00:49:11.95
we know that, fiber
by fiber, vein by vein.
00:49:11.98\00:49:14.55
Now, the life of the vein now
becomes the life of the branch.
00:49:14.58\00:49:19.05
Yes. Amen.
00:49:19.09\00:49:20.56
Now how do we have
the mind of Christ?
00:49:20.59\00:49:23.59
Notice this,
00:49:23.63\00:49:25.63
Sue mentioned
while ago, one said,
00:49:25.66\00:49:27.70
"We were dead in
sin, trespasses and sin."
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Now we receive, what?
00:49:31.20\00:49:32.67
His life through our
connection with Christ.
00:49:32.70\00:49:35.87
Desire of Ages 675 says this,
00:49:35.90\00:49:38.27
"By faith in Him
as a personal Savior."
00:49:38.31\00:49:41.18
Amen.
00:49:41.21\00:49:43.01
Maybe my childishness or
whatever, I see it that way.
00:49:43.04\00:49:45.71
I see that personal Savior.
00:49:45.75\00:49:49.48
I see someone who's
interested in somebody like me.
00:49:49.52\00:49:52.15
I'm astounded by that.
I'm overwhelmed by that.
00:49:52.19\00:49:54.92
But I'm thankful to God
that He sees something in me
00:49:54.96\00:49:58.53
that I don't see.
00:49:58.56\00:49:59.89
Amen.
00:49:59.93\00:50:01.26
He sees something in you
00:50:01.30\00:50:02.63
that maybe you
don't see in yourself.
00:50:02.66\00:50:04.00
He sees, as I've always said,
he sees the finished product.
00:50:04.03\00:50:06.00
Yes, He does.
I've often told that.
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.47
Quickly there, my
mother always did the...
00:50:07.50\00:50:11.01
What was it? The
pillow slip thing?
00:50:11.04\00:50:13.81
You know, where you...
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.74
Embroidery Embroidery.
00:50:15.78\00:50:17.71
And, boy, she could
do some beautiful ones.
00:50:17.75\00:50:19.95
When she got done on that,
00:50:19.98\00:50:21.32
it was such a
pretty picture on it.
00:50:21.35\00:50:22.68
You look at that
all hand sewn on there.
00:50:22.72\00:50:24.65
And one day she said,
"Kenny, look at this."
00:50:24.69\00:50:27.92
She peeled it back
and on the underneath side
00:50:27.96\00:50:30.79
it was a horrible
mess of spaghetti almost.
00:50:30.83\00:50:33.56
It was spread
every which directions,
00:50:33.60\00:50:35.43
thread overlapping, I
couldn't figure out a thing.
00:50:35.46\00:50:37.83
And I said God is
looking up as it were,
00:50:37.87\00:50:41.74
as we look up
and what do we see?
00:50:41.77\00:50:43.97
I see a mess that
can't be straightened out.
00:50:44.01\00:50:46.64
But God's
looking from the top-down
00:50:46.68\00:50:48.04
and He sees a finished product
00:50:48.08\00:50:49.41
and what we can
be doing for Him.
00:50:49.44\00:50:50.78
Amen. Thank you.
00:50:50.81\00:50:52.15
And I said, "Oh,
hallelujah, praise the Lord."
00:50:52.18\00:50:53.52
He could straighten
out this spaghetti mess,
00:50:53.55\00:50:55.52
you know, make
us right with Him.
00:50:55.55\00:50:57.32
Notice how it reads on,
00:50:57.35\00:50:59.35
"By faith in Him
as a personal Savior,
00:50:59.39\00:51:01.19
the union is formed.
00:51:01.22\00:51:02.66
The sinner writes his..."
00:51:02.69\00:51:04.03
Notice this,
00:51:04.06\00:51:05.39
"Unites his weakness
to Christ's strength,
00:51:05.43\00:51:07.60
his emptiness."
00:51:07.63\00:51:08.96
Notice, "His
emptiness to Christ's fullness,
00:51:09.00\00:51:11.23
now his frailty to
Christ's enduring might."
00:51:11.27\00:51:14.64
Now notice the article
says, the Desire of Ages 675,
00:51:14.67\00:51:18.41
"Then he has
the mind of Christ."
00:51:18.44\00:51:21.11
This is where
it all leads up to,
00:51:21.14\00:51:22.51
then he has the what?
00:51:22.54\00:51:23.88
When we unite with
Him and everything,
00:51:23.91\00:51:26.41
when we're weak we
become strong, right?
00:51:26.45\00:51:27.95
When this doesn't work...
00:51:27.98\00:51:29.32
It's all about Him.
00:51:29.35\00:51:30.75
Then we have the mind of Christ.
00:51:30.79\00:51:32.35
What do we have?
00:51:32.39\00:51:33.72
The humanity of Christ
has touched our humanity.
00:51:33.76\00:51:37.53
Our humanity has reached
around and touched divinity
00:51:37.56\00:51:41.36
so that we can become like Him.
00:51:41.40\00:51:43.23
I think how beautiful that is.
00:51:43.26\00:51:44.77
Just a couple
seconds here, notice,
00:51:44.80\00:51:46.63
it says, this
union once formed...
00:51:46.67\00:51:49.34
Think about it, somebody says,
00:51:49.37\00:51:50.71
"Well, I accepted Him
as my Lord and my Savior
00:51:50.74\00:51:52.07
and that's all I've ever done."
00:51:52.11\00:51:53.44
Once this union is
formed, once we're grafted in,
00:51:53.48\00:51:56.58
we must remain grafted in.
00:51:56.61\00:51:58.88
We have to
maintain that together,
00:51:58.91\00:52:01.05
that life source and
that power from Jesus Christ.
00:52:01.08\00:52:04.59
If we don't,
we're cut off, right?
00:52:04.62\00:52:07.39
We die.
00:52:07.42\00:52:08.76
So we need to maintain
that, Colossians 2:6 says,
00:52:08.79\00:52:11.53
"As ye have therefore
received Christ Jesus the Lord,
00:52:11.56\00:52:15.66
so walk ye in Him."
00:52:15.70\00:52:18.50
So really just receiving Christ
as our Lord and our Savior,
00:52:18.53\00:52:21.87
as we've done that,
00:52:21.90\00:52:23.64
all of our
weaknesses become strengths
00:52:23.67\00:52:26.14
and then now we
have the mind of Christ.
00:52:26.17\00:52:29.68
So, God, helped
us to have that mind.
00:52:29.71\00:52:31.51
Absolutely.
00:52:31.55\00:52:32.88
So that beautiful
vital union with the vine,
00:52:32.91\00:52:36.38
with Jesus gives
us the mind of Christ.
00:52:36.42\00:52:39.12
And when we have
the mind of Christ,
00:52:39.15\00:52:41.59
what do we need
to do to protect it?
00:52:41.62\00:52:42.96
Mollie, to you.
00:52:42.99\00:52:44.33
2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
00:52:44.36\00:52:47.76
"For though we
walk in the flesh."
00:52:47.80\00:52:49.23
I'm gonna start with verse 3.
00:52:49.26\00:52:50.90
"We do not war
according to the flesh.
00:52:50.93\00:52:53.34
For the weapons
of our warfare..."
00:52:53.37\00:52:55.64
Say we're in a war
and we have weapons.
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.77
"Are not carnal but
my mighty through God
00:52:58.81\00:53:00.68
to the pulling
down strongholds."
00:53:00.71\00:53:02.48
And let me tell you
what a stronghold is,
00:53:02.51\00:53:04.61
it's a sin or a sinful attitude
that has fortified our strength
00:53:04.65\00:53:08.62
and until we can't overcome it.
00:53:08.65\00:53:10.99
So besetting sin
you can't get rid off.
00:53:11.02\00:53:13.89
Another word for
stronghold is fortress,
00:53:13.92\00:53:16.79
fortified area in your life
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.73
where Satan has
built a wall around a sin
00:53:18.76\00:53:22.93
and it has us in a strong grip.
00:53:22.96\00:53:26.23
Mercy. It's a stronghold.
00:53:26.27\00:53:27.90
Now let's go back to verse 5,
00:53:27.94\00:53:29.84
"Casting down
arguments and every high thing
00:53:29.87\00:53:32.91
that exalts itself
against the knowledge of God,
00:53:32.94\00:53:35.58
bringing every,"
what, "every thought."
00:53:35.61\00:53:38.51
So we're talking
about the mind of Christ
00:53:38.55\00:53:41.02
into captivity to
the obedience of Christ.
00:53:41.05\00:53:44.55
When people come to the Lord,
00:53:44.59\00:53:47.12
their fight
with the Lord is over
00:53:47.16\00:53:50.69
but their fight with
the devil is not over.
00:53:50.73\00:53:53.73
The battle now rages.
00:53:53.76\00:53:55.23
And what is the
enemy battling for?
00:53:55.26\00:53:59.13
It's our mind. He's
battling for our mind.
00:53:59.17\00:54:03.44
Where would a
stronghold be set up?
00:54:03.47\00:54:05.81
And I wanna go
over this quickly.
00:54:05.84\00:54:07.94
It's in our minds.
00:54:07.98\00:54:09.31
Our actions are a
result of what we think.
00:54:09.34\00:54:13.08
If we think wrong,
our actions are wrong.
00:54:13.11\00:54:17.22
If we believe error,
00:54:17.25\00:54:18.82
and we touched on
this a little earlier,
00:54:18.85\00:54:21.06
an error is anything
00:54:21.09\00:54:22.42
that is opposed
to the Word of God,
00:54:22.46\00:54:23.93
then our actions will
reflect what we believe.
00:54:23.96\00:54:27.26
Our actions
reflect what we believe,
00:54:27.30\00:54:30.23
and we're to have
the mind of Christ.
00:54:30.27\00:54:31.90
Now I want to
give you an example
00:54:31.93\00:54:33.27
of what a stronghold is.
00:54:33.30\00:54:35.44
There's a scripture and
it's in 2 Corinthians 5:8,
00:54:35.47\00:54:38.74
"We are confident,
00:54:38.77\00:54:40.11
yes, well pleased
rather to be absent
00:54:40.14\00:54:42.74
from the body is to be
present with the Lord."
00:54:42.78\00:54:44.71
Here's what a stronghold is.
00:54:44.75\00:54:46.82
And here's a stronghold
00:54:46.85\00:54:48.38
that I lived with for some time.
00:54:48.42\00:54:50.32
See, to be absent
from the body is to be...
00:54:50.35\00:54:52.75
Present with the Lord
00:54:52.79\00:54:54.12
'cause the Word
says so right here.
00:54:54.16\00:54:55.92
So somebody comes
and try to tell me
00:54:55.96\00:54:59.33
that I haven't
properly interpreted this
00:54:59.36\00:55:01.86
that this is error,
00:55:01.90\00:55:03.23
you're not gonna
change me, honey.
00:55:03.26\00:55:04.87
I'm standing on the
Word of God a stronghold.
00:55:04.90\00:55:07.50
Now if you study that,
00:55:07.54\00:55:08.87
what you find is I
had believed error.
00:55:08.90\00:55:11.61
Now I'm just gonna quickly say,
00:55:11.64\00:55:13.81
what is the one thing
that will overcome error?
00:55:13.84\00:55:16.81
And you shall know the truth
00:55:16.85\00:55:19.21
and the truth
shall set you free.
00:55:19.25\00:55:21.82
So the weapons of our warfare,
00:55:21.85\00:55:23.92
go to the Ephesians 6 and
read all of those weapons.
00:55:23.95\00:55:28.22
We don't have time
to go over them now,
00:55:28.26\00:55:29.86
but let me just narrow it down
00:55:29.89\00:55:31.56
to the two most powerful weapons
00:55:31.59\00:55:34.56
that you've got in your arsenal,
00:55:34.60\00:55:36.83
and that's the Word
of God and that's prayer.
00:55:36.87\00:55:40.00
And so if you have
strongholds in your mind,
00:55:40.04\00:55:44.21
ask God by the
power of His Spirit
00:55:44.24\00:55:46.44
to show them to you.
00:55:46.47\00:55:47.81
"Search me, O
God, and know my heart,
00:55:47.84\00:55:49.18
try me, know my thoughts,
00:55:49.21\00:55:51.35
see if there
any evil way in me."
00:55:51.38\00:55:53.18
And God by the
power of His Spirit
00:55:53.21\00:55:55.05
will set you free
of those strongholds.
00:55:55.08\00:55:56.52
Shelley?
00:55:56.55\00:55:57.89
You know what, it
just occurred to me that...
00:55:57.92\00:56:00.69
First of all, JD reminded me,
00:56:00.72\00:56:02.12
we forgot to pray to begin with.
00:56:02.16\00:56:03.83
But we could have
talked on this for hours.
00:56:03.86\00:56:07.93
And it is such a
beautiful thing to know
00:56:07.96\00:56:10.47
we have been given
the mind of Christ.
00:56:10.50\00:56:12.73
Here is the mind of
Christ, right here, is it not?
00:56:12.77\00:56:15.50
I mean, this is where
His mind is revealed to us.
00:56:15.54\00:56:20.44
And I believe the mind of Christ
00:56:20.48\00:56:22.38
is when we are humble like
00:56:22.41\00:56:24.91
He was totally
dependent upon His Father
00:56:24.95\00:56:27.28
when He was on the earth.
00:56:27.32\00:56:28.65
And that same spirit of humility
00:56:28.68\00:56:30.42
needs to be in us
00:56:30.45\00:56:31.79
where we will be
00:56:31.82\00:56:33.15
totally
dependent upon the Father.
00:56:33.19\00:56:34.52
Absolutely.
00:56:34.56\00:56:35.89
I cannot believe
our time has flown so...
00:56:35.92\00:56:37.96
I am going to ask Jill, if
you have our closing prayer,
00:56:37.99\00:56:42.36
we have just a few seconds.
00:56:42.40\00:56:43.87
We'll probably go out
praying our prayer for you
00:56:43.90\00:56:46.84
is that the grace of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
00:56:46.87\00:56:49.90
The love of the Father,
00:56:49.94\00:56:51.31
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.01
will be with you always.
00:56:53.04\00:56:54.38
Amen. Let's pray.
00:56:54.41\00:56:55.91
Father, we come before
You in the name of Jesus
00:56:55.94\00:56:57.98
and we thank You
00:56:58.01\00:56:59.35
that we have the mind of Christ.
00:56:59.38\00:57:02.08
We thank You
00:57:02.12\00:57:03.45
that we do not have to
be conformed to this world,
00:57:03.49\00:57:05.65
but You by the
power of Your spirit,
00:57:05.69\00:57:07.86
by the power of Your Word
have transformed our minds
00:57:07.89\00:57:11.93
by the renewing of our minds.
00:57:11.96\00:57:13.90
Thank You that You enable us
00:57:13.93\00:57:15.76
to prove what is
good and acceptable
00:57:15.80\00:57:18.03
and perfect will of God.
00:57:18.07\00:57:19.63
We thank You for Your truth,
00:57:19.67\00:57:21.10
for the
sanctifying power of Your Word.
00:57:21.14\00:57:24.21
We thank You
that You can cause us
00:57:24.24\00:57:26.41
to put to death
the old man of sin
00:57:26.44\00:57:28.94
and that we can live
anew in Christ Jesus.
00:57:28.98\00:57:33.35
We thank You that
we are Your handiwork
00:57:33.38\00:57:36.99
and for the weapons
00:57:37.02\00:57:38.55
that You have given us
to counteract the enemy.
00:57:38.59\00:57:41.32
We ask this in the
precious and holy name of Jesus.
00:57:41.36\00:57:44.59
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:57:44.63\00:57:46.36
Praise the Lord.
00:57:46.39\00:57:47.83