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Robert Moore is a...

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I nearly said Robert Moore is a doctor

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in this congregation.

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You know, I heard a friend of mine

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said, I've got a Bachelor's of Arts degree.

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He said, I've been born again.

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And then he said, I've got a Master

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of Arts.

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He said, I'm mastery altered.

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And then he said, I've got a Doctor's

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degree.

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I'm devil disturbing, you know.

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And Robert Moore is a deacon here in

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the church.

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And he just said, showed to me and

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said, take your watch off and throw it

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away.

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Isn't he in trouble?

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We will not do that.

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But I trusted the Lord tonight for 90

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people.

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And there are about, I think 85 of

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us all together.

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So there are five sinners running out here

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in the mountains of the Adelaide Valley who

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are saying, no worries.

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It's an amazing Australian term.

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No worries.

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I just talked to my wife this afternoon.

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She said, how are you doing?

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No worries.

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But it's been tremendous to have you with

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us in these times together.

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You know, we know so much about the

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Scriptures, but oh, the Scriptures know so little

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about us.

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I want to encourage you.

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Memorize God's Word.

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Let it become part of your relationship with

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God.

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I tell you, one of the men that

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greatly influenced me in North America is a

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man by the name of John MacArthur.

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He is the personification of the modern Dr.

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

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And just the depth of Scripture to get

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into God's Word.

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Look at chapter 11.

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And if you don't have your Bible with

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you, say, May God have mercy on my

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poor, wretched soul.

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But why don't we stand just for a

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few minutes for the reading of the Word

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of God.

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And then we are able to change our

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positions.

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And what we are going to do is

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just to try to take a few minutes

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of your time.

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That would be great.

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Look at chapter 11, verse number 1.

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It came to pass that as Jesus was

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praying in a certain place, that when He

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ceased, one of His disciples said unto Him,

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Lord, teach us to pray.

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Teach us to pray as John also taught

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his disciples.

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Verse number 5.

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And Jesus said unto them, Which of you

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shall have a friend, and he shall go

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unto him at midnight, and say unto him,

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Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend

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of mine in his journey has come to

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me, and I have nothing to set before

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him.

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And he from within will answer and say,

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Trouble me not now, the door is now

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shut, and my children are with me in

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bed.

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I am not able to rise and give

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it to thee.

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I say unto you, though he will not

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rise and give him, because he has his

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friend, and because of his importunity, he will

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rise and give him as many as he

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needeth.

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And I say unto you, ask, and it

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shall be given unto you.

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Seek, and you shall find.

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Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

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For everyone that asks, receive.

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And to him that seeketh, findeth.

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If a son shall ask bread, if any

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of you that is a father, will he

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give unto him a stone?

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will he for a fish give unto him

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a serpent?

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he offer to him a scorpion?

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If you then who are evil know how

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to give good gifts unto your children, how

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much more shall your heavenly Father give the

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Holy Spirit to those that ask Him?

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You may be seated.

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There are some of you that somehow have

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not been able to be with us, and

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we don't want to dwell much time on

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that which we have considered over the weekend.

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But yesterday morning and last night, and we

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said on Friday night, that we want to

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spend some time in the New Testament as

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it relates to prayer.

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Simply because the New Testament is revealed for

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us, is hidden for us in the Old

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Testament, and the Old Testament is manifested for

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us in the New Testament.

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It's kind of, you know, if you cannot

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come to grips with the Christ of the

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Old Testament, you will never be able to

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understand the depth of the Christ of the

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So in our interpretation of prayer in the

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New Testament, you need to realize that everything

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that the Old Testament is saying to us

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about prayer was manifested in the life of

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Christ, and of course in the foundation of

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the practicality of what Jesus said about prayer

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in the Acts of the Apostles.

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come in the New Testament, and he gives

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unto us this combination of what Scripture is

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if you study the New Testament, and you

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explore those 7,957 verses, you will discover

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that there were three men in the New

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Testament that dominated, as they were inspired by

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the Spirit of God, to give unto us

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the reality of Scripture, dominated those chapters in

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the New Testament.

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So who were they?

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The Apostle Paul, the Apostle John, and of

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course Luke the physician.

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The Gospel of Luke gives us 1,151

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wonderful verses, the longest book in New Testament

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The Acts of the Apostles, which gives us

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1,007 verses.

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Let me suggest to you, and I don't

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want you to think that I do not

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have respect for the translation that we are

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using, because that's what I use.

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But you know, the verses and chapters only

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came into being about 1,200 years after

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Christ.

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fact, if you are interested, I would love

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to put the Greek New Testament in your

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hands, which you can listen to it on

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audio.

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I sit in a plane for 21, 22

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hours and listen through the whole of the

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Greek New Testament.

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become part of your life.

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Wust, who wrote some marvelous works on the

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Greek New Testament, there are three men that

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I regard as just excellent.

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Robertson in his interpretation of the Greek New

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New Testament, and then K.

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the Greek New Testament and what he has

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done, he translated it in English, but he's

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taken the Greek New Testament and he's given

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you 1,461 passages together.

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they really fit together in wonderful ways.

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But when you study the Gospel of Luke

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and the Book of Acts, you study the

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Apostle Paul, 233 verses in his epistles.

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is not the epistle to the Romans.

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You say, which one is it?

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The epistle to the Romans has got 433

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marvelous verses, but the epistle to 1 Corinthians

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has got 437 verses.

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My wife said to me, why do you

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think there are so many verses?

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I said, well, they've got so many problems,

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People say to me, I want to be

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part of the New Testament church.

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I say to them, which one?

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A man came to me one day and

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said, I want to be part of the

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perfect church.

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And I said, don't join it, you're going

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to spoil it.

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And so Paul, and then you say, who

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The Apostle John, 879 verses in the Gospel,

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404 in the Book of Revelation, 105 in

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the first epistle of John, and then 13,

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And you bring those three men together, and

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brother and sister, plus possibly the epistle to

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the Hebrews, if I may say that.

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But you bring this all together, and when

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you do that, they give you almost 80

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So how does that relate to prayer?

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I mean, all that you have left is

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the 1071 verses of the Gospel of Matthew,

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the 678 verses of the Gospel of Mark,

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and all that you have left is a

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little epistle of James, and Jude in the

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New Testament, and 1 and 2 Peter.

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That's all that you really have left, you

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John gives you the deity of Christ in

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prayer.

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Luke, the physician, because of his emphasis upon

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humanity.

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You see, I don't know if you know

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this, that Luke, in his Gospel, almost gives

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us 60% more prayer information than Matthew

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and Mark together.

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You say, why is he doing it?

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Simply because of this.

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In Matthew's Gospel, we see Christ as the

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King of the Jews.

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In Mark's Gospel, we see Christ as the

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Servant of God.

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In the Gospel of John, we see Christ

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as the Son of God.

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And how do we see Christ in the

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Gospel of Luke?

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We see Jesus as the Son of Man.

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Listen, Brethren and Sisters, a deity does not

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have a necessity to pray, but humanity has.

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And so he became a man of prayer.

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And so Luke gives us the humanity of

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Christ in prayer.

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John gives us the deity.

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And Paul gives us the Old Testament theological

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understanding of prayer as it relates to the

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life of Christ and the New Testament.

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In fact, when you come to Philippians 4,

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and the Apostle Paul said, Be anxious, so

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be careful of nothing, but in everything by

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prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests

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be made known.

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And you study those four statements as it

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relates by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let

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your requests...

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You discover those things become the four pillars

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in Paul's understanding of what New Testament prayer

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is all about, as it is moved by

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the Spirit of God.

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And so what is it?

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I mean, this is immense, you know.

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And this is so rich, when you and

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I will begin to study it.

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And so we talked about the New Testament

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tabernacle of prayer as it relates to the

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Greek language.

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Then we spoke about the possibility of looking

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at 248 possible prayer passages in the New

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Testament.

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Now, you need to differentiate, because if you

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look at Christ and His humanity, as it

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relates to prayer, because one of the key

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words for prayer is the word asking.

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And if you look at the ministry of

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Christ, and you need to distinguish that as

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it relates to prayer, with people that came

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to Him in the four Gospels, and they

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were asking Him, in the strictest sense of

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the word, when the request came to Christ,

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even within the realm of His humanity, is

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it possible for us to say, it can

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be looked upon as an aspect of asking

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for a need as it relates to prayer.

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So what have we done?

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Out of all of this, brother and sister,

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is coming 12 aspects of New Testament prayer.

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And those are tremendous concepts.

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Fellowship prayer as it relates to worship.

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As it comes, gives unto us the secret

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of worship in the New Testament.

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That is coming out of the acts of

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the apostles.

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When the early apostles said that we will

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give ourselves to fellowship, to breaking of bread,

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and to prayer, and to the apostles' doctrine.

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And that becomes the pillars for us to

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understand New Testament worship.

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What else do we discover?

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Routine praying in the New Testament.

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And if we would have had time, I

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would have been able to give you the

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passage that we can look upon and do

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exposition on that passage.

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And then let us go to the rest

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of the New Testament and see how that

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relates to routine praying.

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How do I cultivate that discipline in my

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life, where I day by day pray for

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those same things, where I don't claim the

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promises of God, because I will get so

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tired in doing that, because I will subjectively

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focus upon the needs of those people that

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I pray, and then go to the promises.

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But where George Muller of Bristol said, No,

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no, no, the promises of God that God

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has given to you, you let them claim

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you.

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And they become part of your life.

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And as they become part of your life,

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when you pray through the Scriptures, the things

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that you are praying about, and the people

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that you are praying about, they become the

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consequences of the infiltration and the saturation of

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Scripture in your life, and you never get

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tired to pray for them.

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Why did George Muller say that?

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As long as he prayed for someone who

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was 63 years, you know.

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You say, when did that person become a

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Christian?

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Three weeks after Muller of Bristol died.

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Routine praying.

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You say, what else do we discover?

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Praying in the name of Jesus.

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There are seven great themes in the Acts

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of the Apostles, and one of those themes

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is the name of Jesus.

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Brothers and sisters, it just doesn't stop in

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the name of Jesus, because listen to what

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Christ said when He prayed in John 17.

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And He said, Father, the hour has come.

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Glorify Your Son so that Your Son may

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also glorify You.

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And then He made the statement, and He

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said, Father, glorify Me with the glory which

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I had while I was with You.

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And as He addressed His Father, and remember

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He was standing in the holiest of all,

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because the Gospel of John, Christ became the

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New Testament tabernacle.

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And when the Apostle John said, the word

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became flesh and dwelt among us in the

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Greek New Testament, it's the word for tabernacle.

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It's the same word you find in the

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book of Revelation.

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And that Christ became our New Testament tabernacle

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in the New Testament.

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And brother and sister, in John 17 He

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prayed.

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And you remember what He prayed?

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He said, Father, I have manifested Your name.

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And you go to those Hebrew names of

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God in the Old Testament, and you know

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what you discover, brother and sister?

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Here Christ came.

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And He became the manifestation of God in

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the Old Testament and the beauty of what

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His life was all about.

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And so when we come and we pray,

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you can't pray in the name of Jesus

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if you don't live in the life of

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Christ.

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You see, God can't answer prayer outside of

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the will of God.

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You say, what else is praying in the

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will of God?

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Do you know one of the greatest pleasures

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of prayer in the life of the Christian?

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And oh, brother and sister, we're not just

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dealing with the sins of omission, but we're

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dealing with the sins of commission.

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You know, the things that we do wrong.

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We confess those things before.

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But there are things that God wants us

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to do that we never do, you know.

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Those are the things that breaks my heart.

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Because God has got so much in store

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for us as His people.

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And when we speak about learning the language

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of prayer, brother and sister, fellowship with God

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is one of the greatest gifts that God

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has entrusted.

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Can I be honest with you tonight?

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Some of my greatest difficulties in the presence

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of God as I try to cultivate and

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learn the language of prayer, where you never

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come to the place where you really know

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how to pray, but are those times in

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my relationship with God when everything becomes quiet

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and the presence of God becomes a reality,

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and you just sit in the love of

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the Father.

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Listen, He's our Father, you know.

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He's not a slave driver.

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He's not a dictator.

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He's not that legalistic one that is standing

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there with a whip.

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And whenever you and I have done something

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wrong, you know, this whip would come and

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there's this level of condemnation.

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That's not the kind of God that you

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and I are serving.

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And when we have fellowship with God the

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Father, brother and sister, it's so precious.

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It's so sweet.

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And then we pray in the will of

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God.

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And there's a wonderful passage in the New

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Testament.

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You need to understand the life of Christ

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as it relates to the will of the

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Father, because He said, Lo, I've come to

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do Thy will, O God.

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He said, It's My food, it's My meat

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to do the will of My Father.

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And then the Apostle John would come to

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us when he speaks about praying in the

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will of God.

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And he said, This is the confidence that

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we have in Him that if we ask

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anything according to His will, that He hear

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of us.

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And if we know that He hear of

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us, we know that we are the petitions

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of those things that we are asked of

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Him.

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The high priestly ministry of Christ in prayer.

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Brother and sister, have you discovered prayer in

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the epistle to the Hebrews?

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Those wonderful 303 verses that you and I

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find ourselves in.

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What is Jesus doing this Sunday evening?

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Listen to the epistle to the Hebrews.

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He is ever interceding for us.

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Listen to His high priestly ministry in prayer.

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Listen, you are not on your own.

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Not on your own, you know, as it

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relates to prayer.

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Why do you say that?

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Let me give you two marvelous passages in

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the New Testament.

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The Apostle John made a statement and he

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said, My little children, these things I have

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written unto you that you do not sin.

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But he said, When any man sins, we

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have what?

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An advocate.

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It's a wonderful word.

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Parakletos is this great explanation of the Spirit

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of God.

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We have an advocate with the Father.

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Who is He?

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Jesus Christ the Righteousness.

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What does He do?

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He is the propitiation for our sins.

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And not only our sins, but the sins

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of the whole world.

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Listen to the epistle to the Hebrews again

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about the life of Christ.

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Hebrews 4.

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You know what He said?

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We do not have a high priest that

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cannot be tempted to the feeling of our

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infirmities.

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No, we don't have that kind of a

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high priest.

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But what kind of a high priest do

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we have?

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One who is tempted in all points just

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like us we are, brother and sister, and

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yet without sin.

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As a result of that, what does the

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writer to the Hebrews say to us?

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He said, Let us therefore come boldly to

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the throne of grace and the throne of

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mercy.

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Why?

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So that we might be able to receive

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mercy in time of need.

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He said, what does it mean in time

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of need?

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It means in the nick of time.

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You are not on your own, you know.

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Why?

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Come unto Me, all ye that are labor

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and heavy laden.

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He said, take My yoke upon you.

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Learn of Me.

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Jesus said, Why?

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And you shall find rest for your souls.

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There remaineth therefore a rest for the people

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of God.

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Those that have entered into His rest, they

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rest from their own works as God has

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from His.

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You see, there is this place.

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You know, Hudson Taylor speaks about this place

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and the crucified life as it relates to

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prayer.

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Brother and sister, where we rest in God.

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That's why the Lord Jesus, when He gave

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us those eight principles that relates to prayer

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and the teachings of Christ as they come

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out of the New Testament, you discover that

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those eight principles are based upon eight Hebrew

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words in the Old Testament.

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I want to encourage you, if you can

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get a hold of that book by Dr.

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J.G.S. Thompson, it's called The Praying

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Christ, where Dr. Thompson takes those seven principles,

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those eight principles, out of the teachings of

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Christ and prayer, and he takes you to

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those Hebrew words in the Old Testament, and

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he explains to you this thing of lingering

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in the presence of God.

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You say, what does it mean?

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Does it mean that I just sit there?

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No, brother and sister, you know, I mean,

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we are so dumb.

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They are saturated with activity.

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Saturated with activity.

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They are great words, you know.

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So, what is it?

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So, there are twelve aspects.

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I just want to mention two of them

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to you, and I'm going to do it

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as quick as I possibly can.

550
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We've got a program in Canada, it says

551
00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:37,880
this hour has got twenty minutes.

552
00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,160
The one is the ministry of the Holy

553
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:42,840
Spirit as it relates to prayer.

554
00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:45,760
Brother and sister, if you have not come

555
00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,320
to grips with the ministry of the Holy

556
00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,180
Spirit as it relates to prayer, you will

557
00:20:50,180 --> 00:20:51,960
always have difficulty in prayer.

558
00:20:53,180 --> 00:20:54,940
Now, the Holy Spirit is a person.

559
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When He came into our lives, we received

560
00:20:58,140 --> 00:20:58,960
Him as a person.

561
00:21:00,020 --> 00:21:02,160
We received that which there was of the

562
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:03,960
Holy Spirit, or is of the Holy Spirit,

563
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,200
because you cannot divide a personality.

564
00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,320
But now He can be in my life

565
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:09,740
and He is resident, and yet He is

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00:21:09,740 --> 00:21:10,220
not present.

567
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But if He is in my life, and

568
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the Spirit of God is present.

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Brother and sister, do you know what happens

570
00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:16,900
to me?

571
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:20,000
God gives me a spirit of prayer.

572
00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:24,060
That's why prayer is initiated by God.

573
00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:26,880
You see, if I am indwelled by God,

574
00:21:26,980 --> 00:21:29,620
the Holy Spirit, there is a sense of

575
00:21:29,620 --> 00:21:31,480
responsibility that we are dealing with.

576
00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,020
And you say, Gerard, what is responsibility?

577
00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,160
Responsibility is my response to the ability of

578
00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:37,480
God.

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I am indwelled by the Spirit of God.

580
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:42,420
And because of the fact that the Spirit

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of God is in me, brother and sister,

582
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He wants me to have fellowship with God.

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00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,280
Now, let me take you to some passages

584
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in the Old Testament.

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Do you remember the prophecy of Zechariah?

586
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The prophet Zechariah made this incredible statement, and

587
00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:56,000
this is what he said.

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He said, in those days, and he was

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speaking about the last days, he said, in

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those days, he said, God will pour out

591
00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:05,500
upon them the spirit of grace and the

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spirit of supplication.

593
00:22:07,940 --> 00:22:09,500
Now, if you go to the Greek translation

594
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of the Old Testament, and you study these

595
00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:13,040
words, you know, they are fascinating as they

596
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:14,980
relate to the Hebrew text of Old Testament

597
00:22:14,980 --> 00:22:15,360
Scripture.

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00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:17,480
But when you come into the New Testament,

599
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:19,560
what do you and I discover in the

600
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:20,320
life of Christ?

601
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:22,500
The Spirit of God.

602
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,180
Have you studied the ministry of the Holy

603
00:22:25,180 --> 00:22:26,460
Spirit in the life of Christ?

604
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,960
It is absolutely tremendous.

605
00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,120
Do you remember at His baptism, what happened?

606
00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:34,300
The Holy Spirit came upon Christ in the

607
00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:35,160
form of a dove.

608
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Brother and sister, why did the Holy Spirit

609
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,280
come upon Christ in the form of a

610
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:40,680
dove?

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Because there was no sin.

612
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:45,860
You see, John the Baptist said, when Christ

613
00:22:45,860 --> 00:22:47,620
will come, and he made this statement, he

614
00:22:47,620 --> 00:22:48,680
said, what will He do?

615
00:22:48,860 --> 00:22:51,480
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit

616
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:52,220
and with fire.

617
00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:54,160
Why did he make that distinction?

618
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Because of the depravity of sin.

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Fire speaks of cleansing in the Scripture.

620
00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:02,740
You say, can you take this one step

621
00:23:02,740 --> 00:23:03,080
further?

622
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:04,040
Absolutely.

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Do you remember in Acts 2, the Bible

624
00:23:06,420 --> 00:23:07,820
is saying to us that when the day

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00:23:07,820 --> 00:23:09,940
of Pentecost was fully come, they were all

626
00:23:09,940 --> 00:23:12,160
of one accord in one place, and suddenly

627
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,780
there came a sound from heaven like as

628
00:23:14,780 --> 00:23:16,660
of a rushing mighty wind.

629
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And it filled all the house where they

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were sitting.

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And then the Bible is saying, and they

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filled the house, and tongues of fire came.

633
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,760
You know, the Greek New Testament is emphatic

634
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,120
because what it's saying to us, they came

635
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,520
and they distribute themselves upon each and every

636
00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,980
one of those 120 disciples.

637
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:39,800
And brother and sister, when those tongues of

638
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:43,300
fire came upon them, something amazing happened, because

639
00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,900
there were manifestations of the coming of the

640
00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:46,520
Holy Spirit.

641
00:23:46,820 --> 00:23:48,680
And let me be absolutely frank with you

642
00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,180
tonight as it relates to that.

643
00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:51,800
You say, Gerard, what happened?

644
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,840
You see, there were three feasts in the

645
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:54,820
Acts of the Apostles.

646
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,560
There was the Passover feast in the month

647
00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:58,380
of April.

648
00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:00,780
There was the feast of the first fruit,

649
00:24:01,120 --> 00:24:03,120
the feast of the tabernacles in the month

650
00:24:03,120 --> 00:24:03,740
of October.

651
00:24:04,220 --> 00:24:06,300
And then there was the feast of Pentecost

652
00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:07,380
in the month of May.

653
00:24:08,540 --> 00:24:10,080
And so you see, when the Holy Spirit

654
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,420
of God came on the day of Pentecost,

655
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:14,540
and brother and sister, the Spirit of God

656
00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:18,100
descended upon them and distributed itself upon each

657
00:24:18,100 --> 00:24:19,780
and every one of them, there was a

658
00:24:19,780 --> 00:24:20,300
manifestation.

659
00:24:20,620 --> 00:24:21,740
You say, what was the manifestation?

660
00:24:21,740 --> 00:24:26,440
They spoke in 16 known different languages.

661
00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:29,640
They never did that again.

662
00:24:30,980 --> 00:24:32,720
The word is dialectos.

663
00:24:33,900 --> 00:24:35,060
You say, why did they do that?

664
00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:37,180
Let me explain to you why they did

665
00:24:37,180 --> 00:24:37,420
that.

666
00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:41,020
They reckoned to us, the theologians are saying

667
00:24:41,020 --> 00:24:43,100
to us, they said, you know, there could

668
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:44,540
have been a million people in and around

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Jerusalem.

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00:24:45,460 --> 00:24:47,260
And when the Spirit of God came, brother

671
00:24:47,260 --> 00:24:52,520
and sister, those early disciples spoke in those

672
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,780
16 known different languages.

673
00:24:58,060 --> 00:24:59,220
Why did they do that?

674
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:00,300
They didn't preach the Gospel.

675
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,920
They spoke about the wonderful works of God.

676
00:25:05,140 --> 00:25:07,940
And as people came together because of the

677
00:25:07,940 --> 00:25:11,460
place and the sound of the rushing mighty

678
00:25:11,460 --> 00:25:13,980
wind, this manifestation of the coming of the

679
00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,460
Spirit, the tongues of fire that came upon

680
00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:18,120
them, and then they came up and they

681
00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:19,120
spoke in these languages.

682
00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:21,320
And these men came up and said, these

683
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:22,920
men are full of new wine.

684
00:25:23,940 --> 00:25:24,860
These men are drunk.

685
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:26,200
It was 9 o'clock in the morning.

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00:25:26,580 --> 00:25:28,160
And Peter stood up and he turned to

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00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:30,160
them and he said to them, these men

688
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,380
are not drunken, I should suppose, seeing it

689
00:25:32,380 --> 00:25:33,840
is but the third hour of the day.

690
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,740
But this is that which was spoken by

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00:25:35,740 --> 00:25:36,700
the prophet Joel.

692
00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:38,600
In the last days God said, I will

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00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:41,120
pour out My Spirit upon all flesh and

694
00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,160
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy and

695
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,700
your old men shall dream dreams.

696
00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:48,020
Brother and sister, don't you run away from

697
00:25:48,020 --> 00:25:49,500
the exposition of Scripture?

698
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:52,500
What happened?

699
00:25:52,740 --> 00:25:54,080
They spoke in those languages.

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00:25:55,420 --> 00:25:57,200
It's the word dialectos.

701
00:25:57,620 --> 00:25:59,240
Now, they never did that ever again.

702
00:26:00,380 --> 00:26:01,360
Those early disciples.

703
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,320
But you say, what is the evidence for

704
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:05,460
the coming of the Holy Spirit?

705
00:26:06,420 --> 00:26:08,340
Was it because they spoke in those languages,

706
00:26:08,740 --> 00:26:09,580
16 of them?

707
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,220
You know, one of the explanations of the

708
00:26:12,220 --> 00:26:14,320
epistle to the Romans as the way that

709
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,160
the church was found in Rome is that

710
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,280
they were Jews, possibly from Rome, because that

711
00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:21,100
was one of the 16 languages.

712
00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:22,180
And they went back.

713
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,040
And as they went back, we don't know

714
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,660
how the church started in the city of

715
00:26:26,660 --> 00:26:27,040
Rome.

716
00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:29,700
But brother and sister, what was the greatest

717
00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:31,420
evidence of the coming of the Holy Spirit?

718
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,600
It was not the sound of the rushing

719
00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:34,120
mighty wind.

720
00:26:34,180 --> 00:26:35,580
I mean, that came and that went.

721
00:26:36,340 --> 00:26:38,320
It was not the languages that they spoke.

722
00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,380
You say, what was the greatest evidence?

723
00:26:41,380 --> 00:26:43,960
It was the purification and the cleansing of

724
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:45,000
the Spirit of God.

725
00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:48,920
You see, there is no power without purity.

726
00:26:50,180 --> 00:26:53,200
And you remember in Acts 15, when the

727
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:55,600
Apostle Peter, he went to the household of

728
00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:56,280
Cornelius.

729
00:26:56,620 --> 00:26:57,600
Why did he do that?

730
00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:59,520
Because he was sent of God, and he

731
00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:01,400
went to the household of Cornelius.

732
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,540
And as he spoke to them, the Bible

733
00:27:03,540 --> 00:27:06,040
said, the Spirit of God fell upon the

734
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,460
household of Cornelius.

735
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,080
And so the Holy Spirit was poured out

736
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,080
upon the Gentiles.

737
00:27:11,540 --> 00:27:13,360
And brother and sister, the same happened in

738
00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:14,060
Acts 19.

739
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,340
But you know in Acts 15, there was

740
00:27:17,340 --> 00:27:20,660
the first synod meeting, the first council meeting

741
00:27:20,660 --> 00:27:22,880
of the early church that came together.

742
00:27:23,180 --> 00:27:25,720
And as they were coming together, the Apostle

743
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,760
Peter had to give an explanation.

744
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:30,220
To what?

745
00:27:30,260 --> 00:27:31,640
To those that were there.

746
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,480
Because you see, here the most unbelievable thing

747
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:34,820
has happened.

748
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,560
The Holy Spirit of God was poured out

749
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:38,740
upon the Gentiles.

750
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,120
And Peter was the instrument that it was

751
00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:42,360
done.

752
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,280
And Peter stood up, and he had to

753
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:45,180
give an explanation.

754
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,020
How could God pour out His Spirit upon

755
00:27:48,020 --> 00:27:49,020
the Gentiles?

756
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,580
I mean, it was impossible for the Jew

757
00:27:51,580 --> 00:27:53,120
to be able to understand it.

758
00:27:53,360 --> 00:27:55,280
And you know these Jews, there were 12

759
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:57,220
of them, and they had 15 different opinions.

760
00:27:57,360 --> 00:27:58,500
You know how these Jews are?

761
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:01,800
And ah, brother and sister, the Apostle Peter

762
00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,680
stood up, and he made one of the

763
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:05,360
greatest statements that he ever made.

764
00:28:05,620 --> 00:28:06,660
And this is what he said.

765
00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:10,820
He said, God who knew the hearts gave

766
00:28:10,820 --> 00:28:12,140
unto them, who was that?

767
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,260
Cornelius and his household, the Gentiles, gave unto

768
00:28:16,260 --> 00:28:18,720
them the Holy Spirit the same as He

769
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:19,340
did unto us.

770
00:28:19,620 --> 00:28:21,180
When did He give us the Holy Spirit?

771
00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:22,480
On the day of Pentecost.

772
00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:25,200
He said He made no difference between us

773
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:25,440
and them.

774
00:28:25,620 --> 00:28:28,600
And here comes the essence of the life

775
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:29,160
in the Spirit.

776
00:28:29,380 --> 00:28:32,280
He said He purified their hearts by faith.

777
00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,160
Fire speaks of cleansing, you know.

778
00:28:39,370 --> 00:28:40,930
And ah, brother and sister, would you allow

779
00:28:40,930 --> 00:28:43,790
me to suggest to you tonight that when

780
00:28:43,790 --> 00:28:48,740
you study sin in the New Testament, when

781
00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:51,560
you study the efficacy of the blood, when

782
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,540
we speak about the fullness of the Spirit

783
00:28:53,540 --> 00:28:55,800
of God, hey, you know what?

784
00:28:56,020 --> 00:28:58,000
God is able to cleanse us from all

785
00:28:58,000 --> 00:28:58,760
conscious sin.

786
00:29:01,420 --> 00:29:03,160
We are not speaking about sin as perfection.

787
00:29:04,060 --> 00:29:04,540
No, no, no.

788
00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:06,940
We are not speaking about the sin that

789
00:29:06,940 --> 00:29:07,180
we know.

790
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,360
We are not speaking about the depravity of

791
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:09,660
sin.

792
00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:13,280
I mean, that's the brutality of the consequences

793
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:13,800
of sin.

794
00:29:14,100 --> 00:29:15,740
And if God will come into this gathering

795
00:29:15,740 --> 00:29:18,100
this evening and show us in one split

796
00:29:18,100 --> 00:29:21,020
second what happened when Adam and Eve sinned,

797
00:29:21,180 --> 00:29:23,100
and what happened when the Apostle Paul sinned

798
00:29:23,100 --> 00:29:24,900
for us by one man sinning to him

799
00:29:24,900 --> 00:29:26,560
to avail, and death by sin, and so

800
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:27,900
death passed upon all men for all our

801
00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:28,080
sin.

802
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,040
Brother and sister, if you and I would

803
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,860
have a glimpse of the depravity of sin,

804
00:29:32,140 --> 00:29:33,380
none of us would be able to get

805
00:29:33,380 --> 00:29:34,280
out of this place tonight.

806
00:29:35,460 --> 00:29:37,420
But God is able to cleanse us from

807
00:29:37,420 --> 00:29:38,880
the sin that we are conscious of.

808
00:29:41,230 --> 00:29:42,850
So when the Spirit of God is in

809
00:29:42,850 --> 00:29:45,850
my life as a person, and God convicted

810
00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:47,070
me of the sin that I am conscious

811
00:29:47,070 --> 00:29:49,450
of, and I confess it before God, you

812
00:29:49,450 --> 00:29:50,390
say, what happens?

813
00:29:50,650 --> 00:29:53,830
The Spirit of God becomes present in those

814
00:29:53,830 --> 00:29:54,810
areas of my life.

815
00:29:55,150 --> 00:29:56,850
Hey, you know what, brother and sister?

816
00:29:57,090 --> 00:29:58,630
The fullness of the Spirit of God is

817
00:29:58,630 --> 00:30:00,090
not a goal, it's a gateway.

818
00:30:03,660 --> 00:30:07,220
And a crisis without a process, folks, is

819
00:30:07,220 --> 00:30:08,000
an abscess.

820
00:30:09,660 --> 00:30:10,620
You say, what happens?

821
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,740
How does this spiritual life work?

822
00:30:12,740 --> 00:30:14,480
Let me explain to you how it works.

823
00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:16,640
It's a crisis that leads to a process

824
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:18,680
that leads to a crisis that leads to

825
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:19,120
a process.

826
00:30:19,420 --> 00:30:22,580
And in the process of sanctification, God consistently

827
00:30:22,580 --> 00:30:23,820
is cleansing us.

828
00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:26,200
But the Spirit of God wants to be

829
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,280
in control of my life.

830
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,560
People often say to me, can you give

831
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,680
us a very simple explanation about the life

832
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,280
and the Spirit?

833
00:30:34,380 --> 00:30:36,260
Not necessarily as it relates to prayer.

834
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:37,820
And I say to them, oh, I would

835
00:30:37,820 --> 00:30:38,520
love to do that.

836
00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:40,320
And they say, come on, how are you

837
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:41,060
going to explain this?

838
00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:42,960
And I say, let me use a practical

839
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:43,540
illustration.

840
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:44,700
And they say, what is it?

841
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:46,580
I say, you know, it's like that 747

842
00:30:46,580 --> 00:30:48,920
jumbo jet that is sitting on the tarmac.

843
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:50,920
What are they telling us?

844
00:30:50,980 --> 00:30:54,360
It's 3,500 tons of steel and metal

845
00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:55,700
and aluminum.

846
00:30:56,140 --> 00:30:58,180
And here's this thing sitting on the plane.

847
00:30:58,260 --> 00:31:00,280
And I mean, I can't stand this thing

848
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,040
flying.

849
00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:02,580
And you know, when this thing takes off

850
00:31:02,580 --> 00:31:05,720
and my wife is with me, I take

851
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,660
her hand and all I see is all

852
00:31:07,660 --> 00:31:09,160
the blood of Jesus.

853
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,360
And she says to me, and I just

854
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:12,340
sing about the blood.

855
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,080
And sometimes I sing out loud.

856
00:31:14,180 --> 00:31:15,660
People must think, you know, he's really a

857
00:31:15,660 --> 00:31:16,620
crackpot, isn't he?

858
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:17,400
But I sing.

859
00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:18,080
You say, why?

860
00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:19,720
I mean, for that thing to take off,

861
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,140
brother and sister, it's a miracle every time

862
00:31:22,140 --> 00:31:22,720
it happens.

863
00:31:23,500 --> 00:31:25,520
35,000 flights every day just in North

864
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:25,900
America.

865
00:31:27,100 --> 00:31:29,040
And so, when that thing takes off, and

866
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,080
I would hold Janice's hand and she would

867
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,020
turn to me and she said, are you

868
00:31:32,020 --> 00:31:32,960
afraid of dying?

869
00:31:33,660 --> 00:31:34,880
I said, no, but I would like to

870
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:35,840
know how it's going to happen.

871
00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,500
And you know, when that thing stands in

872
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:42,040
the Karmat, brother and sister, and all that

873
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:46,300
steel and everything, and aluminum, it stands there

874
00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,820
packed with people and they're going to go

875
00:31:48,820 --> 00:31:49,740
to another country.

876
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:51,100
You say, where?

877
00:31:51,260 --> 00:31:52,940
Oh, they're coming from Canada to this boat

878
00:31:52,940 --> 00:31:54,280
in the ocean called Australia.

879
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:55,820
It's a super liner.

880
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,240
I mean, the place is massive.

881
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,040
And it stands there and you and I

882
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,700
sit in this plane and we are like

883
00:32:01,700 --> 00:32:03,320
the old man and his wife that when

884
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,460
they saw the first train and she said

885
00:32:05,460 --> 00:32:06,080
to him, what do you think?

886
00:32:06,140 --> 00:32:07,580
And he said, this thing is never going

887
00:32:07,580 --> 00:32:08,080
to move.

888
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,340
And so they waited and they got this

889
00:32:10,340 --> 00:32:11,640
train going and she said, what do you

890
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:12,000
think?

891
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,540
And he said, this thing is never going

892
00:32:13,540 --> 00:32:14,080
to stop.

893
00:32:15,660 --> 00:32:17,840
And you and I sit there and think,

894
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:18,720
what is going to happen?

895
00:32:19,460 --> 00:32:20,560
They're going to try and get us off

896
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:21,060
in the air?

897
00:32:21,980 --> 00:32:23,780
And there are these four massive Rolls Royce

898
00:32:23,780 --> 00:32:24,840
engines, brother and sister.

899
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:27,500
And you and I sit there and there's

900
00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:30,160
a moment when the tower said, you can

901
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:30,760
take off.

902
00:32:31,780 --> 00:32:33,620
And so as this plane is taking off,

903
00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:35,400
because this is what Paul is saying, there

904
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,920
is therefore now no condemnation to those who

905
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,760
are on Christ Jesus, who walk not after

906
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,020
the flesh, but after the Spirit.

907
00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:42,520
Here comes the life of the Spirit.

908
00:32:43,300 --> 00:32:44,760
And he said, for the law of the

909
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,960
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set

910
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:49,360
us free from the law of sin and

911
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:49,640
death.

912
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:51,300
For what the law could not do in

913
00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,360
that it was dead through sin, God sent

914
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,020
His own Son in the likeness of sinful

915
00:32:55,020 --> 00:32:57,740
flesh and for sin, condensed Him in the

916
00:32:57,740 --> 00:33:00,280
flesh so that the righteousness of the law

917
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:02,260
might be fulfilled in us who walk not

918
00:33:02,260 --> 00:33:03,480
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

919
00:33:03,620 --> 00:33:04,620
He said, what is the life in the

920
00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:04,760
Spirit?

921
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,000
We sit in this 747, and there's a

922
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:11,480
moment when the tower gives a sign, and

923
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,440
you and I sit in this plane, and

924
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,800
those massive four Rolls Royce, why is it

925
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:16,900
on the ground, brother and sister?

926
00:33:17,260 --> 00:33:19,260
There's a law that prevents it from flying.

927
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:20,860
He said, Gerard, what is the law?

928
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:22,340
It's the law of gravity.

929
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,240
It cannot take off.

930
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,760
And then there's a moment when those engines

931
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,300
began to roar, and as they would go

932
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:32,400
down, what is it?

933
00:33:32,500 --> 00:33:36,040
Five kilometers possibly down this runway, and they

934
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,140
started, how did they start?

935
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:38,120
One mile an hour.

936
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,480
Two miles an hour.

937
00:33:40,860 --> 00:33:41,800
Twenty miles an hour.

938
00:33:42,260 --> 00:33:42,660
Fifty.

939
00:33:42,740 --> 00:33:45,120
I mean, this is a massive thing, and

940
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,840
we sit in this thing, and then it

941
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:50,600
goes 120 miles an hour, instead of 140

942
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,100
that it is, and you and I would

943
00:33:52,100 --> 00:33:54,400
sit there, and we thought, oh brother, good

944
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,500
night, what's going to happen?

945
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,500
And then we sit there, and if you

946
00:33:57,500 --> 00:33:59,000
have never been in a plane before, the

947
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,540
most amazing thing, there is a moment when

948
00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:03,960
the nose lifts, and you thought, what is

949
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,260
going to happen to the tail?

950
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,719
And this thing takes off.

951
00:34:09,300 --> 00:34:11,260
And as it's taking off, brother and sister,

952
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:12,440
what are they doing?

953
00:34:12,980 --> 00:34:14,900
Another law comes into operation.

954
00:34:15,540 --> 00:34:16,139
You say, what is it?

955
00:34:16,219 --> 00:34:17,580
It's the law of aerodynamics.

956
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,540
That law of aerodynamics is so powerful that

957
00:34:22,540 --> 00:34:24,860
it overruled the law of gravity.

958
00:34:25,219 --> 00:34:25,699
Why?

959
00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:29,239
Because there are four Rolls Royce engines.

960
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,520
I've had two scares in the last year,

961
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:31,900
you know.

962
00:34:32,540 --> 00:34:34,320
25,000 feet up in the air.

963
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:36,760
We lost all cabin pressure.

964
00:34:37,860 --> 00:34:39,440
People's ears began to pop.

965
00:34:39,940 --> 00:34:41,340
It was frightening.

966
00:34:42,139 --> 00:34:44,460
You know, I, in my heart, I was

967
00:34:44,460 --> 00:34:45,820
fine.

968
00:34:46,139 --> 00:34:47,139
I had the peace of God.

969
00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:48,840
The lady that sat next to me, she

970
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,080
was in a terrible state.

971
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:52,480
I mean, I felt so uncomfortable as the

972
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,159
elderly lady sat next to me, and she

973
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:54,940
grabbed my hand.

974
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,400
I thought, oh brother, never in my life

975
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,580
has another woman held my hand.

976
00:34:58,620 --> 00:34:59,460
What am I going to do?

977
00:34:59,780 --> 00:35:01,240
And she said, can I just hold your

978
00:35:01,240 --> 00:35:01,540
hand?

979
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:03,000
And we came into land.

980
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:04,940
They got the thing down and came into

981
00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:05,220
land.

982
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:06,960
And she said, do you think we are

983
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:07,340
okay?

984
00:35:07,780 --> 00:35:08,840
I said, madam, you need to be ready

985
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,720
to meet God.

986
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,020
But she said, do you think we are

987
00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:11,200
okay?

988
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,960
I said, madam, the only thing I can

989
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,140
go around now is the wheels is not

990
00:35:15,140 --> 00:35:15,480
going to come.

991
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:15,880
Oh!

992
00:35:16,020 --> 00:35:16,840
She said, don't do that.

993
00:35:17,740 --> 00:35:18,900
I mean, she was ready to have a

994
00:35:18,900 --> 00:35:19,700
heart attack, you know.

995
00:35:20,540 --> 00:35:22,560
I had a tremendous time because I landed

996
00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,780
up in the lounge because we fly so

997
00:35:24,780 --> 00:35:25,040
much.

998
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,640
And I sat around this table and all

999
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,360
these businessmen sit with their computers doing emails.

1000
00:35:29,780 --> 00:35:31,260
And so I began to do some emails

1001
00:35:31,260 --> 00:35:32,240
to myself on the line.

1002
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:34,600
My daughter Monica and she said, dad, I

1003
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:35,760
phoned Janice and told her what happened.

1004
00:35:36,020 --> 00:35:37,100
She said, dad, are you okay?

1005
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,620
I said, yeah, Monica, I'm fine.

1006
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,120
And all these men fly with the same

1007
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:42,540
airline, you know, sitting around this table.

1008
00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,500
And she said, but what happened?

1009
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,380
I said, well, we were 25,000 feet

1010
00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:47,820
and we lost cabin air and they brought

1011
00:35:47,820 --> 00:35:49,880
this thing down right to on top of

1012
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,360
the trees in order just to bring us

1013
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:51,960
into the airport.

1014
00:35:52,280 --> 00:35:54,380
And you know, it was incredible, brother and

1015
00:35:54,380 --> 00:35:55,320
sister.

1016
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,800
And as I was telling Monica this, these

1017
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,980
men were typing on their notebooks and it

1018
00:35:59,980 --> 00:36:02,800
became quiet and quiet because they fly with

1019
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:03,260
the same airline.

1020
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:05,680
And I said, Monica, it was touch and

1021
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:05,940
go.

1022
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:07,600
I said, but you know, Monica, I said,

1023
00:36:08,020 --> 00:36:09,480
I have the peace of God in my

1024
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:09,880
heart.

1025
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:11,480
And I said, Christ is in my life.

1026
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:12,720
If I die today, I would have gone

1027
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:13,180
to heaven.

1028
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,060
And man, you know, these guys, by that

1029
00:36:15,060 --> 00:36:16,080
time, no one was typing.

1030
00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:17,260
I thought, this is it.

1031
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:19,740
And I went on and on about the

1032
00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:20,060
gospel.

1033
00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:22,540
And she said, dad, why are you telling

1034
00:36:22,540 --> 00:36:23,120
me all this stuff?

1035
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,260
I said, I'll tell you later.

1036
00:36:28,220 --> 00:36:29,600
And you know, for ten minutes, I shared

1037
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:30,080
the gospel.

1038
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,580
And she just, you know, listened there and

1039
00:36:32,580 --> 00:36:34,580
probably went and got something to drink and

1040
00:36:34,580 --> 00:36:36,020
came back and daddy was still speaking, you

1041
00:36:36,020 --> 00:36:36,120
know.

1042
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,700
And then when I was through, and by

1043
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,800
that time, you know, these guys were all,

1044
00:36:40,820 --> 00:36:42,700
you know, still sick with their fingers, but

1045
00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:43,680
they were flying with the same kind of

1046
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:43,920
plane.

1047
00:36:45,140 --> 00:36:46,560
And so the moment when I was finished,

1048
00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:48,100
they looked at me and went on typing.

1049
00:36:48,940 --> 00:36:50,340
I got the gospel in, you know.

1050
00:36:50,900 --> 00:36:51,720
But you know what?

1051
00:36:51,900 --> 00:36:53,440
What is keeping that plane in the air

1052
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:57,000
for 16 hours at 39,000 feet or

1053
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,660
35,000 feet or for 12 hours?

1054
00:37:00,020 --> 00:37:05,800
It's the law of aerodynamics for massive Rolls

1055
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:06,840
Royce engines.

1056
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,340
And it's not one of those planes that

1057
00:37:11,340 --> 00:37:13,060
the elderly man and his wife was in.

1058
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:15,700
And when they heard this thumping sound, because

1059
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,360
there were two engines and they heard the

1060
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,540
sound and the captain came and said, we

1061
00:37:19,540 --> 00:37:21,480
just lost one engine and you're going to

1062
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:22,040
be okay.

1063
00:37:22,620 --> 00:37:24,060
Don't worry, we're going to get you to

1064
00:37:24,060 --> 00:37:24,420
the airport.

1065
00:37:24,420 --> 00:37:26,000
And she turned to her husband and said,

1066
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:27,900
my dear, if we lose the other engine,

1067
00:37:28,020 --> 00:37:29,420
we're going to be up here all night.

1068
00:37:31,270 --> 00:37:31,550
No.

1069
00:37:32,410 --> 00:37:32,830
No.

1070
00:37:33,610 --> 00:37:34,370
He said, what is it?

1071
00:37:35,910 --> 00:37:37,270
The law of aerodynamics.

1072
00:37:37,350 --> 00:37:38,790
Can I ask you tonight, brother and sister,

1073
00:37:38,870 --> 00:37:39,690
are you flying?

1074
00:37:41,330 --> 00:37:42,090
On your relationship?

1075
00:37:42,670 --> 00:37:44,550
Oh, you know, it breaks my heart.

1076
00:37:45,350 --> 00:37:48,050
I meet many Christians and their wings have

1077
00:37:48,050 --> 00:37:48,770
been cracked.

1078
00:37:49,970 --> 00:37:53,590
They sit on the scrap yard of spirituality

1079
00:37:53,590 --> 00:37:55,350
in the Christian way.

1080
00:37:56,790 --> 00:38:02,530
Are you crippled tonight by evil thoughts or

1081
00:38:02,530 --> 00:38:03,470
thoughts of evil?

1082
00:38:04,730 --> 00:38:08,470
Are you hindered in your relationship with God?

1083
00:38:11,420 --> 00:38:15,020
Is there unreconciled issues that has never been

1084
00:38:15,020 --> 00:38:17,740
put right in my relationship with God?

1085
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,320
It's the law of the spirit of life

1086
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,220
in Christ Jesus.

1087
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:23,860
Let me close.

1088
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,500
I made up my mind that we're going

1089
00:38:25,500 --> 00:38:26,460
to close at 8 o'clock.

1090
00:38:27,300 --> 00:38:29,200
Just about a minute over our time.

1091
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:29,780
Listen.

1092
00:38:30,140 --> 00:38:31,080
Let me try to close.

1093
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:32,860
This is the Gospel of Luke.

1094
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,280
You know what the Gospel...

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Luke 11 deals with task-oriented praying.

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Let me explain to you.

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Task-oriented praying.

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If we were able to do exposition on

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that aspect of task-oriented praying, brother and

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00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,700
sister, it's so sweet because Jesus said, asking

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00:38:49,700 --> 00:38:51,680
shall be given to you, seeking you shall

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00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:52,940
find, knocking it shall be opened.

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00:38:53,180 --> 00:38:54,720
In the Greek language, it's in the present

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imperative mood.

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00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,740
These are three dimensions of prayer.

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And so they are different.

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00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,900
Asking is not the same as seeking.

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00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:04,840
Seeking is not the same as knocking.

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00:39:05,960 --> 00:39:07,500
Now, when you go to those three statements

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and you say, Gerard, how do I understand

1111
00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:10,460
those three statements?

1112
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,160
Those three statements need to be looked in

1113
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:14,680
the light of the previous verses.

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00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,420
And they need to be looked in the

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00:39:16,420 --> 00:39:17,980
context of that which is following.

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00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:20,400
And in the previous verses, if you take

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00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,780
those three words, brother and sister, and you

1118
00:39:22,780 --> 00:39:24,740
put the word, ask, and you go to

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00:39:24,740 --> 00:39:27,780
those previous verses when Jesus said, which of

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00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:28,660
you shall I befriend?

1121
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:29,980
And he will come to him at midnight

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00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:31,940
and he will say to him, Friend, lend

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00:39:31,940 --> 00:39:33,440
me three loaves, for a friend of mine

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00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:34,900
in his journey has come to me and

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00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:36,660
I have nothing to set before him.

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00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,160
And Jesus said, ye from within will answer

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00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,260
and say, Trouble me not, the door is

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00:39:41,260 --> 00:39:42,540
now shut, my children are now with me

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00:39:42,540 --> 00:39:43,800
in bed, I cannot give it to you.

1130
00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:45,400
You see, there are three friends.

1131
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:47,840
And you look at the word, ask, and

1132
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,460
you go back and you see the first

1133
00:39:49,460 --> 00:39:51,840
aspect of task-oriented praying.

1134
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,600
You go to the word, seek, and you

1135
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,260
see an aspect of task-oriented.

1136
00:39:55,340 --> 00:39:58,780
These are levels of task-oriented praying, brother

1137
00:39:58,780 --> 00:39:59,180
and sister.

1138
00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:01,560
And they are beautiful because they are based

1139
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:02,240
upon friendship.

1140
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,320
Jesus said, which of you shall I befriend?

1141
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:07,100
He said, which of you shall I befriend

1142
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:08,240
and he will come to him at midnight?

1143
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,180
It speaks of the impossibility of the circumstances.

1144
00:40:10,940 --> 00:40:11,780
It's in the middle of the night.

1145
00:40:12,500 --> 00:40:13,240
Why is it?

1146
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,060
Because a friend of mine has come to

1147
00:40:15,060 --> 00:40:16,160
me in his journey.

1148
00:40:16,340 --> 00:40:17,820
It has to do with someone else, you

1149
00:40:17,820 --> 00:40:17,940
know.

1150
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:20,300
A friend of mine has come to me

1151
00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:21,960
in his journey and I have nothing to

1152
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:22,320
say to him.

1153
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:23,680
There is a need.

1154
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:24,560
There is a need.

1155
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,300
Now, he from within will answer and say,

1156
00:40:27,420 --> 00:40:29,020
here comes the silence of God.

1157
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,520
Here he comes to the understanding of knocking.

1158
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,260
You know this word in the Greek language,

1159
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:35,320
it's emphatic.

1160
00:40:35,620 --> 00:40:37,920
It's not our word that speaks of knocking

1161
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,060
just for the sake of knocking.

1162
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,940
There is an understanding in this statement that

1163
00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,560
this word, knock, gives you an indication that

1164
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:46,420
it has to do with a character and

1165
00:40:46,420 --> 00:40:48,380
a person who is standing behind the door.

1166
00:40:48,700 --> 00:40:49,120
Why?

1167
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:50,920
Because he's a friend, you see.

1168
00:40:53,350 --> 00:40:55,130
So, you see, asking it shall be given

1169
00:40:55,130 --> 00:40:55,490
unto you.

1170
00:40:55,790 --> 00:40:56,490
Seeking you shall find.

1171
00:40:56,670 --> 00:40:56,950
Knock.

1172
00:40:57,130 --> 00:40:58,290
You say, what is the secret?

1173
00:40:58,510 --> 00:40:59,810
Here comes the secret.

1174
00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:02,370
If you then who are evil know how

1175
00:41:02,370 --> 00:41:04,970
to kiss unto your children, how much more

1176
00:41:04,970 --> 00:41:07,790
shall your heavenly Father and brother and sister

1177
00:41:07,790 --> 00:41:09,270
in the Greek language may I say this

1178
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to you, it's in the present imperative mood.

1179
00:41:11,750 --> 00:41:14,990
How much more shall your heavenly Father keep

1180
00:41:14,990 --> 00:41:17,590
on giving the Holy Spirit to those that

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00:41:17,590 --> 00:41:18,170
ask Him.

1182
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:22,620
So, you say, what is it?

1183
00:41:22,780 --> 00:41:24,380
It's the Spirit of God, you see.

1184
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:27,040
Let me close.

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00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:29,460
You say, the Holy Spirit.

1186
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:31,280
Oh, here comes a wonderful passage.

1187
00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:32,440
It's just precious.

1188
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,060
You say, where do you find it?

1189
00:41:34,100 --> 00:41:35,240
Again in Romans 8.

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00:41:36,020 --> 00:41:38,020
Two references to the Holy Spirit in the

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00:41:38,020 --> 00:41:40,160
first seven chapters of the Epistle to the

1192
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:40,400
Romans.

1193
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:41,880
Now we come to chapter 8.

1194
00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:46,120
Nineteen passages speaking about the Holy Spirit.

1195
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:48,840
Now the Apostle Paul came.

1196
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:49,800
And do you remember what he said?

1197
00:41:50,460 --> 00:41:52,480
He introduced unto us the ministry of the

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Holy Spirit as it relates to prayer.

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Listen, brother and sister.

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He said, the Spirit, and forgive me for

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00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:02,760
saying this, our translation said, the Spirit itself

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00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,460
intercedes for us.

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00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,740
Let me be allowed to say to you,

1204
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,040
the context of what we are speaking about

1205
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:11,600
is the person of the Holy Spirit.

1206
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:14,320
And so you and I are able to

1207
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,920
say, the Spirit Himself helped our infirmities.

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00:42:19,220 --> 00:42:20,560
He's helping our infirmities.

1209
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,740
You say, Gerard, can you explain to me

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00:42:23,740 --> 00:42:25,800
what He means by infirmities?

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00:42:26,260 --> 00:42:27,660
Go and do it yourself.

1212
00:42:27,780 --> 00:42:29,000
You say, how will I find it?

1213
00:42:29,140 --> 00:42:31,480
The first 25 verses of Romans 8.

1214
00:42:32,020 --> 00:42:34,420
One after the other you will discover them.

1215
00:42:34,940 --> 00:42:35,600
They're right there.

1216
00:42:37,300 --> 00:42:38,880
And so the Holy Spirit of God comes.

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00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:39,700
And what does He do?

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00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,440
He's helping our infirmities.

1219
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:43,740
Why is He doing that?

1220
00:42:43,740 --> 00:42:45,600
Because you and I do not know how

1221
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,300
to pray, brother and sister, and we do

1222
00:42:48,300 --> 00:42:49,620
not know what to pray.

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00:42:52,300 --> 00:42:55,880
That's why the Apostle Paul said, forgive me

1224
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,240
for saying this, but the charismatic movement have

1225
00:42:58,240 --> 00:43:00,580
taken this marvelous statement in the New Testament

1226
00:43:00,580 --> 00:43:04,020
and they've run with it and they've ran

1227
00:43:04,020 --> 00:43:06,280
with it out of its context because the

1228
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,200
Apostle Paul said, I pray with the Spirit

1229
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:09,940
and I pray with the understanding.

1230
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,980
And brother and sister, that's no manifestation, you

1231
00:43:12,980 --> 00:43:13,120
know.

1232
00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:15,140
That happens to you when you're dealing with

1233
00:43:15,140 --> 00:43:15,620
prayer.

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00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:17,020
You say, what do you do?

1235
00:43:17,180 --> 00:43:18,660
You get on your knees and you pray

1236
00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:19,620
with your understanding.

1237
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,340
And when you pray with your understanding, God

1238
00:43:22,340 --> 00:43:23,480
the Holy Spirit comes.

1239
00:43:23,740 --> 00:43:25,020
And what does the Holy Spirit do?

1240
00:43:25,220 --> 00:43:28,020
The Holy Spirit of God feeds your understanding.

1241
00:43:28,780 --> 00:43:29,600
How does He do that?

1242
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,900
He's feeding us with the will of God.

1243
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:33,780
The Spirit of God takes you to the

1244
00:43:33,780 --> 00:43:35,220
will of God and the will of God

1245
00:43:35,220 --> 00:43:37,080
takes you to the Spirit of God as

1246
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:38,140
it relates to Scripture.

1247
00:43:38,540 --> 00:43:40,900
And you pray with the understanding and the

1248
00:43:40,900 --> 00:43:41,960
Spirit of God comes.

1249
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:42,720
And what does He do?

1250
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:46,300
The Spirit of God feeds your understanding.

1251
00:43:46,900 --> 00:43:48,440
And you pray in the Spirit.

1252
00:43:48,580 --> 00:43:50,060
You pray in the will of God.

1253
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:51,080
And so what does He do?

1254
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:53,040
He's helping our infirmities.

1255
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:55,880
Because we do not know how to pray

1256
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:56,620
or what to pray.

1257
00:43:57,340 --> 00:43:59,380
Can I share with you something tonight?

1258
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:01,680
You say, you know, do you understand this

1259
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:02,340
thing of prayer?

1260
00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:03,880
Not in your life.

1261
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:05,480
Not one moment.

1262
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:07,140
I say, what do you mean?

1263
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,800
Brother and sister, there are times in my

1264
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:11,940
understanding of prayer that I get on my

1265
00:44:11,940 --> 00:44:13,580
knees sometimes four or five o'clock in

1266
00:44:13,580 --> 00:44:14,020
the morning.

1267
00:44:14,420 --> 00:44:15,180
But you know what happens?

1268
00:44:15,420 --> 00:44:16,540
You know what I say to God?

1269
00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:18,800
I say, Lord, I feel like an old

1270
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:19,380
dry stick.

1271
00:44:19,540 --> 00:44:20,960
I don't feel like praying.

1272
00:44:23,860 --> 00:44:25,480
I feel so dry.

1273
00:44:26,580 --> 00:44:27,140
But you know what?

1274
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:28,880
I turn to God and I say, Father,

1275
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,220
I have nowhere to go.

1276
00:44:32,340 --> 00:44:34,020
If You're not going to come, nothing is

1277
00:44:34,020 --> 00:44:34,600
going to happen.

1278
00:44:35,060 --> 00:44:36,000
Listen, folks.

1279
00:44:36,460 --> 00:44:39,180
Those mornings become some of the greatest mornings

1280
00:44:39,180 --> 00:44:40,360
in the presence of God.

1281
00:44:43,310 --> 00:44:45,030
It's not the time that I spend with

1282
00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:45,170
Him.

1283
00:44:45,290 --> 00:44:46,490
You know, it's the time that He's spending

1284
00:44:46,490 --> 00:44:47,090
with me.

1285
00:44:47,830 --> 00:44:49,190
There are mornings that I just sit there.

1286
00:44:49,430 --> 00:44:50,750
You know, there are mornings that I'm so

1287
00:44:50,750 --> 00:44:54,090
wiped out physically and emotionally and mentally and

1288
00:44:54,090 --> 00:44:58,270
spiritually because you just pour yourself in.

1289
00:44:58,350 --> 00:44:59,770
And I go to countries where when you

1290
00:44:59,770 --> 00:45:01,930
arrive there, they think you haven't done anything

1291
00:45:01,930 --> 00:45:02,750
for three months.

1292
00:45:04,130 --> 00:45:05,370
I mean, you have no idea about these

1293
00:45:05,370 --> 00:45:05,630
countries.

1294
00:45:05,770 --> 00:45:06,590
They're so hungry for God.

1295
00:45:06,670 --> 00:45:07,910
And you leave that country and you know

1296
00:45:07,910 --> 00:45:08,350
what happens?

1297
00:45:08,810 --> 00:45:09,990
They think you're not going to do anything

1298
00:45:09,990 --> 00:45:10,910
for the next three months.

1299
00:45:11,230 --> 00:45:12,830
I mean, you know, they're as dumb as

1300
00:45:12,830 --> 00:45:13,590
donkeys, you know.

1301
00:45:14,110 --> 00:45:15,650
I mean, you know, for goodness sake, I

1302
00:45:15,650 --> 00:45:16,530
don't know if there are some of these

1303
00:45:16,530 --> 00:45:17,950
people how this works.

1304
00:45:18,190 --> 00:45:19,710
And you know, I get home and you

1305
00:45:19,710 --> 00:45:21,070
are just dead.

1306
00:45:22,570 --> 00:45:23,790
Just absolutely done.

1307
00:45:25,860 --> 00:45:27,800
And you get on your knees and you

1308
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:29,360
say, God, I can't do anything.

1309
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:31,280
I can't do anything.

1310
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,120
I can't think straight.

1311
00:45:33,980 --> 00:45:36,460
I am an emotional bastard because I'm so

1312
00:45:36,460 --> 00:45:36,880
tired.

1313
00:45:37,540 --> 00:45:38,520
My body is done.

1314
00:45:39,100 --> 00:45:40,480
Spiritually, I'm exhausted.

1315
00:45:41,420 --> 00:45:42,960
And so I've got nowhere to go.

1316
00:45:43,100 --> 00:45:43,960
And God comes.

1317
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:47,320
And you know, He just nursed you back

1318
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:47,920
to life.

1319
00:45:55,140 --> 00:45:55,900
You say, what is it?

1320
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:57,940
It's the Spirit of God.

1321
00:45:58,800 --> 00:45:59,540
What does He do?

1322
00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:00,860
He intercede.

1323
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:02,560
Intera, sidra.

1324
00:46:03,240 --> 00:46:04,380
Wonderful words in Latin.

1325
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:07,340
How does He intercede?

1326
00:46:08,260 --> 00:46:08,740
Groanings.

1327
00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:10,500
Stanachmos.

1328
00:46:12,100 --> 00:46:13,700
Groanings that cannot be uttered.

1329
00:46:14,820 --> 00:46:17,820
God is far more concerned about you than

1330
00:46:17,820 --> 00:46:19,100
you are concerned about what you are doing

1331
00:46:19,100 --> 00:46:20,080
for God, brother and sister.

1332
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,020
You say, why do you say that?

1333
00:46:23,360 --> 00:46:26,920
Because the Spirit of God intercedes with groanings

1334
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,360
that cannot be uttered.

1335
00:46:29,740 --> 00:46:30,920
How does He intercede?

1336
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:32,720
He searches our hearts.

1337
00:46:34,890 --> 00:46:36,870
He intercedes for us according to the will

1338
00:46:36,870 --> 00:46:37,350
of God.

1339
00:46:37,990 --> 00:46:39,810
He is more concerned with the worker than

1340
00:46:39,810 --> 00:46:40,610
He is for the work.

1341
00:46:40,930 --> 00:46:41,650
You say, what is it?

1342
00:46:41,830 --> 00:46:44,770
It's because my life is precious to Him.

1343
00:46:45,950 --> 00:46:46,850
Let's pray.

1344
00:46:47,330 --> 00:46:48,690
Father God, thank You.

1345
00:46:49,130 --> 00:46:50,690
This has been wonderful days.

1346
00:46:50,970 --> 00:46:53,510
And I'm sure there are some of us

1347
00:46:53,510 --> 00:46:55,790
that would sit here tonight and in our

1348
00:46:55,790 --> 00:46:58,630
hearts we would say, Oh, I want to

1349
00:46:58,630 --> 00:46:59,210
know more.

1350
00:46:59,790 --> 00:47:02,610
Father, the Spirit of God is the best

1351
00:47:02,610 --> 00:47:03,130
counselor.

1352
00:47:04,250 --> 00:47:06,030
You said with Him, When my Spirit come,

1353
00:47:06,090 --> 00:47:08,910
my Spirit shall teach you into all truth.

1354
00:47:09,470 --> 00:47:11,170
My Spirit shall testify of me.

1355
00:47:11,810 --> 00:47:13,910
And I pray tonight at this last session

1356
00:47:13,910 --> 00:47:16,910
here in Adelaide, this group of men and

1357
00:47:16,910 --> 00:47:19,630
women, and our pastor and his wife as

1358
00:47:19,630 --> 00:47:22,530
they listen to these CDs, our God and

1359
00:47:22,530 --> 00:47:25,110
our Father, we pray that we will become

1360
00:47:25,110 --> 00:47:26,230
a praying people.

1361
00:47:26,890 --> 00:47:29,510
That we will be hungry for God's Word.

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And that God's Word will be able to

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wash through our lives and that we will

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pray through the Scriptures so that it may

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become part of our lives.

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In Jesus' name, Amen.