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Alright, let's go to John chapter 14, and

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this evening we're going to deal with the

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third baptism.

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Remember, we're dealing with the doctrine of baptisms,

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and we said that there were four.

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The first one was baptism into Christ, the

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second one, baptism in water, and then the

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third one, baptism in the Holy Spirit, which

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is the one we're going to deal with

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this evening.

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Now, in John chapter 14, and also in

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John chapter 16, the Lord Jesus provides quite

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a lot of instruction concerning the baptism of

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the Holy Spirit.

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Now, I think we need to just say

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by way of introduction that this is a

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very controversial area.

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There are those who are for, and those

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who are against the baptism of the Holy

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Spirit, and there are those who take it

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to extremes.

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And what we want to simply do this

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evening is find a biblical perspective.

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And so, we need to simply look at

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what the scriptures teach.

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We cannot go outside of what the scriptures

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teach.

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We cannot practice things that are not written

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clearly in the Word.

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But if it is written in the Word,

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then we also need to be obedient to

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it.

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And so, we cannot remove or take away

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from the Word.

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We cannot add to the Word.

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That is our prime responsibility.

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And so, we'll endeavor to look at it

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simply from the point of view of the

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Word, and not from our own experiences, whether

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those experiences are negative or positive.

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So, let's turn to John chapter 14, and

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let's read from verse 15.

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If you love me, keep my commandments, and

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I will pray the Father, and He will

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give you another Helper, that He may abide

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with you forever, even the Spirit of truth,

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whom the world cannot receive, because it neither

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sees Him nor knows Him.

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But you know Him, for He dwells with

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you, and He will be in you.

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I will not leave you orphans, I will

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come to you.

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Now, Jesus makes quite a few very important

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statements here.

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The first is, He says that He has

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to go away.

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The beginning of chapter 14, He says, I

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have to go to prepare a place for

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you.

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But now, here He says, don't be worried,

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because I'm going to send you the Holy

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Spirit.

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I'm going to ask the Father, and He

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will send you the Holy Spirit, and He

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will fulfill my place.

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He will be in my place, and He

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will teach you, He will guide you, and

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He will be another Comforter.

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And so, He speaks about Him as another

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Helper, or another Comforter.

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Paracletos, which is the same word as someone

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who is your counselor in court, someone who

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tells you what to say, someone who assists

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you through the legal intricacies of a legal

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system.

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who gives you advice, and who supports you,

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during a court case specifically, but obviously in

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this case, in life in general.

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the Holy Spirit, is very important to note

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in the end of verse 17.

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He says, but you know Him, for He

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dwells with you, and He will be in

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Jesus ascended, this was before the cross even.

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part of the Old Testament.

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So, He's saying now, you're in the Old

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Testament times, and the Holy Spirit is with

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you at the moment.

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the Holy Spirit is always all over, because

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He is God.

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He is omnipresent, He is everywhere at all

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times.

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the Old Testament, but He says, He's going

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to come to you in a different way.

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that, of course He was on the earth,

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but He's going to come in a different

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way.

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but He will be in you.

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with us, is going to be in us.

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that sometimes the Holy Spirit came upon men,

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and empowered them to do great things, or

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to prophesy, or to do certain things.

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would speak about the Holy Spirit came upon

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him, and He would get very strong.

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ass, and He would slay many, many men.

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Him, and He would become like any other

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man again.

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upon Him, and empower Him for another great

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miracle.

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to change.

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or being with you, He's actually going to

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reside within you.

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is going to change.

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This is what Jesus, essentially, is announcing here.

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Now, if we go to chapter 16 of

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John, just over the page, and I'm going

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to read quite a long section here, from

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verse 7 through to verse 15.

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and the same teaching by the Lord Jesus

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on the Holy Spirit.

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And He says, Nevertheless I tell you the

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truth.

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It is to your advantage that I go

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away.

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For if I do not go away, the

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Helper will not come to you.

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But if I depart, I will send Him

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to you.

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And when He has come, He will convict

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the world of sin, and of righteousness, and

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of judgment.

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Of sin, because they did not believe in

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Me.

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Of righteousness, because I go to My Father,

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and you see Me no more.

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is judged.

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I still have many things to say to

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you, but you cannot bear them now.

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However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has

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come, He will guide you into all truth.

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authority.

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He will tell you things to come.

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He will glorify Me, for He will take

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of what is Mine, and declare it to

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All things that the Father has are Mine.

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Therefore I said to you that He will

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take of Mine, and declare it to you.

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Now, He is saying a lot of things

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about the work of the Holy Spirit.

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But just look, let's look at some of

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those things very quickly.

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The first is, He says in verse 8,

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that He will convict the world of sin,

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of righteousness, and of judgment.

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a ministry to the church, and He has

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a ministry to the world, to those who

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are saved, and to those who are unsaved.

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in other words, to work in their lives,

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and to make them aware of sin, and

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of judgment, and of righteousness.

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things, becomes aware of his sin, becomes aware

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of the fact that there is judgment for

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that sin, but also becomes aware of the

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fact that there is righteousness to be found,

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through what Jesus did on the cross, they

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then can find their way to salvation, and

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they can turn to the Lord Jesus.

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the world is concerned.

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of truth.

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different things in the New and in the

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One of the names of the Holy Spirit

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is, He is the Spirit of truth.

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He is not the Spirit of lies, or

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the Spirit of falsehood, but the Spirit of

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truth.

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This is in direct opposition to the work

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of the devil.

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lies.

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truth.

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into all truth, for He will not speak

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on His own authority.

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truth?

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Will He tell us that it is Wednesday

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of truth.

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He is obviously concerned about the truth of

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the Word of God.

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Jesus says, I am the way, the truth

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next chapter, the Lord Jesus says, the Word

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all truth.

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All truth about the Word, and all truth

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about Jesus.

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the Holy Spirit to the Christian.

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So, He will guide you into all truth.

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He will not speak on His own authority,

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but whatever He is, He will speak.

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He will tell you things to come.

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the future.

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He will glorify me, glorifying the Lord Jesus.

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For He will take of what is mine

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and declare it to you.

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the Holy Spirit will not draw attention to

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But He will draw attention to Jesus.

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Jesus never drew attention to Himself.

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He drew attention to the Father.

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we like to draw attention to ourselves.

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it can speak, knows how to draw attention

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to itself.

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By screaming and acting and performing and doing

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nature, is not to draw attention to Himself.

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The Holy Spirit focuses attention on Jesus.

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Jesus focuses attention on the Father.

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And so, there you can begin to see

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how the Father and the Son and the

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Spirit work together.

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And so, He will glorify me.

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And then verse 15.

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All things that the Father has are mine,

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therefore I say to you that He will

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take of mine and He will declare it

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to you.

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So, He is going to take the things

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of Jesus.

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What are the things of Jesus?

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Not just the truths of the Word, but

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the character of the Lord Jesus, the personality

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of the Lord Jesus.

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He is going to take all of the

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things that pertain to Jesus.

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And He is going to reveal those things

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to us.

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Now, you can immediately see here that the

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focus here is not on what we get

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out of the deal.

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Or on us or what we experience or

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feel in the process.

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The focus here is on that which is

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of God, which is going to be made

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real to us.

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And so, you can see the beginning of

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the emphasis of the work of the Spirit.

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Now, in Acts chapter 1.

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Again, we are reading three scriptures here that

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are all the words of the Lord Jesus.

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And He is teaching on the subject.

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In Acts chapter 1.

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And this is just before Jesus ascends to

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heaven.

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And He is speaking to His disciples on

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the Mount of Olives.

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And verse 4 of Acts 1 says, And

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being assembled together with them, He commanded them

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not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait

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for the promise of the Father, which He

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said, You have heard from Me.

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For John truly baptized with water, but you

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shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not

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many days from now.

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Therefore when they had come together, they asked

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Him, saying, Lord, will You at this time

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restore the kingdom to Israel?

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And He said to them, It is not

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for you to know times or seasons which

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the Father has put in His own authority.

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But you shall receive power when the Holy

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Spirit has come upon you.

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And you shall be witnesses to Me in

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Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and

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unto the end of the earth.

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So, again you will see here that the

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Lord Jesus compares these two baptisms.

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He says John baptized with water.

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And obviously Jesus also baptized, or His disciples

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baptized in water.

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But He says now there is another baptism

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which is the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

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Now remember this concept of baptism meaning immersed,

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covered in, lost as it were, dipped totally

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in the medium in which one is being

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immersed.

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And so in the case of water, being

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covered by water.

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But in this case, being covered by the

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Holy Spirit.

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Now there is different language that is used.

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Some places the scripture speaks about being filled

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with the Holy Spirit.

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Now remember Jesus says He will be in

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you.

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But then also speaks about the baptism or

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the immersion in the Holy Spirit.

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Now you can see the disciples here immediately

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say, but now Lord what about setting up

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the kingdom.

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Now they are still thinking that Jesus has

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come to set up a political kingdom.

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Remember Israel was under the domination of Rome

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at this time.

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And they thought He was going to deliver

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them of the Roman oppression.

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And He says to them, but it is

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not about that.

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He hardly answers the question.

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He immediately says to them, it is not

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for you to know when this is going

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to happen.

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Now we know when that is going to

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happen.

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It is going to happen in the millennial

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kingdom which is at the end of the

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age, at the end of time, which is

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to come.

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But He again brings their attention on the

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work of the Holy Spirit.

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So you can see they are earthly minded.

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They are thinking about a political kingdom.

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But Jesus is thinking about a spiritual issue.

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And He is saying, but in fact I

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am going to give you the Holy Spirit.

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Now notice what He says in verse 8.

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You will receive power when the Holy Spirit

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has come upon you.

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And you shall be witnesses to me in

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Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria.

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And so the Holy Spirit is there to

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empower us.

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Now we can see that from the Old

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Testament.

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When the Holy Spirit came upon men they

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were able to do mighty deeds.

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Samson was able to pull down those pillars

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of that great palace in which he was.

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And killed many Philistines in that experience.

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Men were able to speak great things of

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God.

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Daniel was able to prophesy the things that

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would come.

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Not only the coming of the Lord Jesus

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but right through to the end of the

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age.

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Now He says you will receive power.

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But notice the emphasis.

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You see now one of the problems today

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is that there is an over or wrong

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emphasis on the power of the Holy Spirit.

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The power of the Holy Spirit for us

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to do all sorts of amazing things.

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But notice what the Lord Jesus says.

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What the Holy Spirit will do for us.

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He will empower you to do what?

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To be witnesses to me.

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To be witnesses to me.

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Now notice the language very carefully.

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He is not saying so that you may

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witness for me.

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But He says you will receive power and

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you shall be witnesses.

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Now those are two different things.

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Someone who gives witness or witnesses to an

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event or something.

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Or someone who is a witness.

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These are two different things.

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And so you can go into a court

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of law and you can testify to something.

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You can say this is what I saw.

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And your testimony may be true or may

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not be.

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That does not matter.

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But that is giving witness.

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But Jesus does not say you will give

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witness.

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He says you will be witnesses.

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You will be witnesses.

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So in other words He is saying your

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whole life is going to demonstrate what you

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are testifying to.

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So it is not just a vocal expression.

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It is not just what you say with

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your lips.

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But it is in fact what your life

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says.

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And He says that you will be witnesses.

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You will be living testimonies.

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And this is an Old Testament concept which

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was prophesied in the Old Testament.

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That this is one of the things that

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would happen in the New Testament.

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Is that the law would not just be

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written on tables of stone.

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But it would be written upon our hearts.

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And from our hearts it will find an

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expression in the way that we live our

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lives.

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And the way that we do things.

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The way that we act.

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And especially the way that we react.

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These things should testify to the resurrected Christ.

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Should testify to the Lord Jesus.

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Now also you will see here that the

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emphasis is not on the experience they would

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have.

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It does not speak about them having goosebumps

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or them experiencing anything.

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The emphasis is on the consequence or the

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fruit of this experience.

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And the fruit of this experience is that

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they would be living testimonies to the risen

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Christ.

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And then of course He says not only

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here in Jerusalem but in Judea, Samaria and

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to the uttermost parts of the earth.

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This was His plan for the spread of

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the gospel.

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Now we know that this is true.

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Because when one looks at these guys in

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the book of Acts.

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One sees that the book of Acts is

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called the book of Acts.

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Not called the book of sayings.

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Or the book of preaching.

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Or the book of teaching.

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It is the book of Acts.

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It is the things they did.

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And you will see it begins.

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The book is begun by saying.

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The former account of Mato Theophilus of all

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that Jesus both began to do and to

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teach.

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And so the book of Acts is about

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the things that they did and that they

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taught.

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Which is a continuation of the ministry of

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Jesus.

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Notice it says the things that Jesus began

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to do and teach.

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The inference is that this book now that

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we are reading here, the book of Acts.

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Is what Jesus continues to do.

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But not from an earthly perspective but from

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heaven.

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Through the empowering of the Holy Spirit.

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Empowering the church now to do those things.

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Which he had begun to do.

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And so the emphasis is on the doing.

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Not so much on the speaking.

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And you will immediately pick up that there

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are some people who over emphasize the speaking

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part.

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But in fact Jesus is here emphasizing the

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doing part.

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Alright.

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Now having established those basic principles.

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And these are the promises that Jesus gives

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in John.

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And here in Acts chapter 1.

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Now let's go to the book of Acts.

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And let's have a look.

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And there are 5 accounts in the book

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of Acts.

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Of people who were filled or baptized with

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the Holy Spirit.

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And I want us to look at each

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one of those 5.

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Because from those we will learn very valuable

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lessons.

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And the first one is right here in

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the next chapter in Acts chapter 2.

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Now we are probably going to talk a

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bit fast tonight.

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Some people complain that I speak too fast.

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But we have a lot of material to

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cover tonight.

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And I would like for us to get

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a total overall view.

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Now Acts chapter 2 tells us about the

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day of Pentecost.

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And it says in verse 1.

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That when the day of Pentecost had fully

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come.

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They were all with one accord in one

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place.

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Now remember Jesus had told them in the

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section we have just read.

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That they must go into Jerusalem.

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And they must wait there until this promise

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has come.

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And so there they were waiting.

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And verse 2 says.

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And suddenly there came a sound from heaven

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as of a rushing mighty wind.

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And it filled the whole house where they

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were sitting.

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And there appeared to them divided tongues as

556
00:17:29,660 --> 00:17:30,060
of fire.

557
00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:31,560
And one sat upon each of them.

558
00:17:32,140 --> 00:17:33,580
And they were all filled with the Holy

559
00:17:33,580 --> 00:17:33,840
Spirit.

560
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:36,140
And began to speak with other tongues as

561
00:17:36,140 --> 00:17:37,460
the Spirit gave them utterance.

562
00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,400
And so here was the first time that

563
00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,320
people were filled or baptized with the Holy

564
00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:42,600
Spirit.

565
00:17:42,780 --> 00:17:45,700
There was 120 of them at this occasion.

566
00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,020
And it tells us the languages that they

567
00:17:48,020 --> 00:17:48,220
spoke.

568
00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:49,840
So they began to speak in languages that

569
00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:50,840
they had never learnt.

570
00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,460
You will see that it says in verse

571
00:17:53,460 --> 00:17:53,880
8.

572
00:17:55,100 --> 00:17:56,520
And verse 7 says.

573
00:17:56,660 --> 00:17:57,280
They were amazed.

574
00:17:57,420 --> 00:17:58,480
They were people in the city.

575
00:17:58,580 --> 00:18:00,780
And they were amazed at what they heard.

576
00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:01,680
And they said.

577
00:18:01,740 --> 00:18:03,980
Look are not all these who speak Galileans.

578
00:18:04,140 --> 00:18:06,200
And how is it that we hear each

579
00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:07,820
one in our own language in which we

580
00:18:07,820 --> 00:18:08,280
were born.

581
00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,240
Parthians and Medians and Elamites.

582
00:18:10,580 --> 00:18:13,480
Those were in Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontia, Asia,

583
00:18:13,700 --> 00:18:15,020
Phrygia and Pamphylia.

584
00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,620
Egypt and the parts of Libya adjoining Cyrene.

585
00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,440
Visitors from Rome both Jews and proselytes.

586
00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:21,640
Cretans and Arabs.

587
00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:23,760
We hear them speaking in our own tongues

588
00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,940
the wonderful works of God.

589
00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:29,360
And so these men, the people, the onlookers

590
00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:29,800
were saying.

591
00:18:29,940 --> 00:18:31,860
But in fact these guys are Galileans.

592
00:18:31,940 --> 00:18:33,560
They don't know these languages.

593
00:18:33,780 --> 00:18:35,480
And then it lists all the languages which

594
00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:35,840
they spoke.

595
00:18:36,060 --> 00:18:39,340
So they spoke miraculously by God's power languages

596
00:18:39,340 --> 00:18:41,700
which they had never heard.

597
00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:43,900
That was the one thing that was happening

598
00:18:43,900 --> 00:18:44,180
here.

599
00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:46,480
The second was that there were tongues of

600
00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:47,660
fire that appeared on them.

601
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,420
And the third was that there was a

602
00:18:49,420 --> 00:18:51,000
sound of a mighty rushing wind.

603
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,920
These were the three visible things that happened

604
00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,140
on this occasion.

605
00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,920
Now of those the sound of the wind

606
00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,780
and the tongues of fire only appeared here.

607
00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:03,700
It doesn't appear in the other ones, in

608
00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:05,220
the other four accounts we have in the

609
00:19:05,220 --> 00:19:05,680
book of Acts.

610
00:19:06,060 --> 00:19:07,920
It is also not taught anywhere in scripture

611
00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:11,020
that these things are part of the experience

612
00:19:11,020 --> 00:19:12,600
of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

613
00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,960
And so we cannot extrapolate that and say

614
00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:18,220
there is going to be a sound of

615
00:19:18,220 --> 00:19:18,400
wind.

616
00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:19,120
There could be.

617
00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:21,040
But there doesn't have to be.

618
00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:22,160
Or that there is going to be tongues

619
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:22,520
of fire.

620
00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:24,200
There could be but there doesn't have to

621
00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:24,360
be.

622
00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,640
Because the only time it happens is here

623
00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:27,280
in the book of Acts.

624
00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,620
And when something happens like that we can

625
00:19:29,620 --> 00:19:31,260
say well yes that was what happened on

626
00:19:31,260 --> 00:19:31,840
that occasion.

627
00:19:32,020 --> 00:19:33,840
But that does not have to be a

628
00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:34,320
doctrine.

629
00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:35,920
It is not something that has to happen

630
00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,380
in every other occasion.

631
00:19:37,700 --> 00:19:39,600
This is what happened here and this was

632
00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,440
a special occasion in many respects.

633
00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:43,680
Because it was the first time that it

634
00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:43,980
happened.

635
00:19:43,980 --> 00:19:44,580
OK.

636
00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:46,380
Now let's go to Acts chapter 8 and

637
00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:47,380
here is the second account.

638
00:19:49,660 --> 00:19:51,340
And what happens here.

639
00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:53,280
Now remember Jesus said that there will be

640
00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,660
witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and then

641
00:19:56,660 --> 00:19:57,820
the outermost parts of the earth.

642
00:19:58,080 --> 00:19:59,120
Now this is in Samaria.

643
00:19:59,220 --> 00:20:01,240
This is the third phase in the spreading

644
00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:01,840
of the message.

645
00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:04,040
From Jerusalem to Judea which is the area,

646
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,260
the province just around Jerusalem.

647
00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,600
Now Samaria is a little bit further away

648
00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,300
and the gospel has now reached to that

649
00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:11,640
point.

650
00:20:12,460 --> 00:20:15,340
And let's read from verse 14.

651
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,820
Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem

652
00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:24,880
heard, that's Acts 8 verse 14, that Samaria

653
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:26,920
had received the word of God, they sent

654
00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,680
Peter and John to them, who when they

655
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,600
had come down prayed for them that they

656
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:32,000
might receive the Holy Spirit.

657
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,280
Whereas yet he had fallen on none of

658
00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:34,400
them.

659
00:20:34,420 --> 00:20:35,880
You see the language again here is speaking

660
00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,020
about them falling on them.

661
00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:39,380
And they had only been baptized in the

662
00:20:39,380 --> 00:20:40,320
name of the Lord Jesus.

663
00:20:40,820 --> 00:20:43,120
So they had been baptized in water but

664
00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:44,160
not in the Holy Spirit.

665
00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,560
You see the two things there.

666
00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,120
Now this is very important because there are

667
00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:51,320
other people who say no, the baptism of

668
00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,560
the Holy Spirit is the same as when

669
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,820
you get born again.

670
00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,340
It's the same experience.

671
00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,160
It's not a separate experience or a separate

672
00:20:59,160 --> 00:20:59,600
event.

673
00:20:59,960 --> 00:21:01,200
But you can see this is clearly a

674
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,160
separate event because these people had been baptized

675
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:03,780
in water.

676
00:21:04,220 --> 00:21:05,980
They would not have been baptized in water

677
00:21:05,980 --> 00:21:07,440
if they had not been born again.

678
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,960
If they had not given evidence of having

679
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:10,880
accepted Christ.

680
00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,760
So they had been, if we can speak

681
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,240
in the language of baptism, they had been

682
00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:15,580
baptized into Christ.

683
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,200
They had been baptized into water but not

684
00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:19,460
yet into the Holy Spirit.

685
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:20,980
And so you can see that this is

686
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:23,100
a third and a separate experience from the

687
00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:23,860
first two.

688
00:21:24,420 --> 00:21:26,960
And so many people get confused and they

689
00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,380
say no, no, but when you get saved,

690
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:29,920
then you receive the Holy Spirit.

691
00:21:30,060 --> 00:21:32,400
No, you can see from this that it's

692
00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:33,120
a separate event.

693
00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,480
And verse 17 says when they laid hands

694
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,660
on them they received the Holy Spirit.

695
00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:39,660
Now when Simon saw that through the laying

696
00:21:39,660 --> 00:21:41,180
on of the apostles hand the Holy Spirit

697
00:21:41,180 --> 00:21:43,260
was given, he offered them money saying, now

698
00:21:43,260 --> 00:21:45,100
this was a witch doctor who had got

699
00:21:45,100 --> 00:21:45,560
saved.

700
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:48,160
And he said well I also want this

701
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:49,860
ability to give people this power.

702
00:21:50,460 --> 00:21:52,600
Give me this power also, verse 19, that

703
00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,220
anyone on whom I lay hands may receive

704
00:21:54,220 --> 00:21:54,740
the Holy Spirit.

705
00:21:55,140 --> 00:21:56,620
But Peter said to him, your money perish

706
00:21:56,620 --> 00:21:58,480
with you because you thought that the gift

707
00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:00,020
of God could be purchased with money.

708
00:22:00,380 --> 00:22:01,900
You have neither part nor portion in this

709
00:22:01,900 --> 00:22:03,620
matter for your heart is not right in

710
00:22:03,620 --> 00:22:04,320
the sight of God.

711
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,240
And so he's saying it's not something that

712
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:08,360
we can buy from God.

713
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,200
Not with money or with anything else.

714
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,000
Now remember the first of the principles that

715
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:13,600
we dealt with.

716
00:22:13,900 --> 00:22:17,040
The very first foundation, dead works, repentance from

717
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:17,420
dead works.

718
00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:19,100
There's nothing we can do in order to

719
00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:21,840
buy anything or to bribe God into doing

720
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:22,620
something for us.

721
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,020
God gives us things because He is gracious.

722
00:22:25,420 --> 00:22:27,100
And we do things for God because we

723
00:22:27,100 --> 00:22:28,720
want to praise Him and we want to

724
00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,360
bless Him by the things that we do

725
00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:31,800
because we are grateful for what He has

726
00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:32,320
done for us.

727
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,120
But not in a buying and a selling

728
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:35,080
situation.

729
00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:36,540
But you can see here that this man

730
00:22:36,540 --> 00:22:37,820
thought he could buy this gift.

731
00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:40,840
And Peter says no, your money perish with

732
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:41,040
you.

733
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:43,120
There's no way you can buy this gift.

734
00:22:43,540 --> 00:22:46,200
Now let's go to Acts chapter 9, next

735
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:46,560
chapter.

736
00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:56,180
And what happens here is Paul has now

737
00:22:56,180 --> 00:22:58,240
gone, or Saul as he was then, goes

738
00:22:58,240 --> 00:22:59,940
down on the road to Damascus.

739
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:01,420
He sees this great light.

740
00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:03,440
He meets Jesus as his Saviour.

741
00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,380
He was a religious Jew up to this

742
00:23:06,380 --> 00:23:08,900
point but did not believe in the Lord

743
00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:09,240
Jesus.

744
00:23:09,660 --> 00:23:12,860
He gets saved and then in verse 17,

745
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,780
sorry let me just fill you in before

746
00:23:17,780 --> 00:23:18,100
this.

747
00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:21,420
God then speaks to a man called Ananias.

748
00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:27,460
Paul had now been struck off his horse.

749
00:23:27,820 --> 00:23:29,760
He was blind because of this great light.

750
00:23:29,860 --> 00:23:31,720
He had seen something of the Lord Jesus.

751
00:23:31,720 --> 00:23:35,620
He is led by hand into Damascus and

752
00:23:35,620 --> 00:23:37,180
he now stays in the city there.

753
00:23:37,860 --> 00:23:40,660
And God now directs another man called Ananias

754
00:23:40,660 --> 00:23:42,260
to now go and pray for Paul.

755
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,420
And verse 17 says, And Ananias went his

756
00:23:45,420 --> 00:23:47,740
way and entered the house, and laying his

757
00:23:47,740 --> 00:23:49,460
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord

758
00:23:49,460 --> 00:23:51,500
Jesus who appeared to you on the road

759
00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:52,960
that you came, has sent me that you

760
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,020
may receive your sight and be filled with

761
00:23:55,020 --> 00:23:55,560
the Holy Spirit.

762
00:23:56,620 --> 00:23:58,560
Immediately there fell from his eyes something like

763
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,720
scales, and he received his sight at once.

764
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,300
And he arose and was baptized.

765
00:24:03,340 --> 00:24:04,920
When he had received food he was strengthened,

766
00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:10,460
and then Saul spent some days with the

767
00:24:10,460 --> 00:24:12,120
disciples at Damascus.

768
00:24:12,500 --> 00:24:14,400
Now I want you to take note again.

769
00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,900
You will see here that Ananias entered into

770
00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,560
the house, verse 17, laying hands on him

771
00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:21,220
said, Brother Saul.

772
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,740
So was Saul saved?

773
00:24:23,860 --> 00:24:25,120
Was he born again at this point?

774
00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:25,940
Yes he was.

775
00:24:25,980 --> 00:24:27,780
Otherwise Ananias would not have addressed him as

776
00:24:27,780 --> 00:24:28,120
brother.

777
00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:30,760
He had met Jesus on the road to

778
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:31,180
Damascus.

779
00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:32,900
So he was born again, but he was

780
00:24:32,900 --> 00:24:34,060
not yet filled with the Spirit.

781
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,840
And again he prays for him that he

782
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:37,860
might receive the Holy Spirit.

783
00:24:37,980 --> 00:24:40,540
Again a second or separate experience.

784
00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:44,540
Now let's go to Acts chapter 10.

785
00:24:48,190 --> 00:24:50,290
Now what happens here is that Peter now

786
00:24:50,290 --> 00:24:52,050
goes and he preaches for the first time

787
00:24:52,050 --> 00:24:55,170
to Gentiles in the house of Cornelius.

788
00:24:55,810 --> 00:25:00,910
And in verse 44, Acts chapter 10, verse

789
00:25:00,910 --> 00:25:01,450
44.

790
00:25:02,550 --> 00:25:04,870
While Peter was still speaking these words, the

791
00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:07,330
Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard

792
00:25:07,330 --> 00:25:07,770
the word.

793
00:25:08,230 --> 00:25:10,310
And those of the circumcision who believed were

794
00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:13,010
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because

795
00:25:13,010 --> 00:25:14,430
the gift of the Holy Spirit had been

796
00:25:14,430 --> 00:25:16,010
poured out on the Gentiles also.

797
00:25:16,550 --> 00:25:18,030
For they heard them speak with tongues and

798
00:25:18,030 --> 00:25:18,810
magnify God.

799
00:25:19,190 --> 00:25:21,430
Then Peter answered, Can anyone forbid water, that

800
00:25:21,430 --> 00:25:23,610
these should be baptized, who have received the

801
00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:24,950
Holy Spirit, just as we have?

802
00:25:25,370 --> 00:25:26,970
And he commanded them to be baptized in

803
00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:28,390
the name of the Lord, and then they

804
00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:29,610
asked him to stay a few days.

805
00:25:29,950 --> 00:25:31,670
So again you can see the same thing

806
00:25:31,670 --> 00:25:32,330
happening here.

807
00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:34,910
Now it's interesting about these last two events,

808
00:25:35,350 --> 00:25:38,690
that in both these occasions, in Paul's experience

809
00:25:38,690 --> 00:25:40,530
and in these of the household of Cornelius,

810
00:25:41,010 --> 00:25:43,810
water baptism followed baptism in the Holy Spirit.

811
00:25:44,030 --> 00:25:45,530
So it doesn't have to be in that

812
00:25:45,530 --> 00:25:45,750
order.

813
00:25:45,870 --> 00:25:47,970
You don't have to first receive Christ or

814
00:25:47,970 --> 00:25:50,450
be baptized in Christ, then be baptized in

815
00:25:50,450 --> 00:25:51,870
water, then be baptized in the Holy Spirit.

816
00:25:51,870 --> 00:25:53,020
It doesn't have to necessarily.

817
00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:54,730
That would be the general order.

818
00:25:54,850 --> 00:25:56,090
It would normally be in that order.

819
00:25:56,370 --> 00:25:57,470
But it doesn't have to be in that

820
00:25:57,470 --> 00:25:57,630
order.

821
00:25:57,750 --> 00:26:00,170
Obviously coming to Christ has to be the

822
00:26:00,170 --> 00:26:00,590
first thing.

823
00:26:00,710 --> 00:26:02,130
Nothing happens before that happens.

824
00:26:02,690 --> 00:26:06,630
But then the other two can be swapped

825
00:26:06,630 --> 00:26:07,050
around.

826
00:26:08,090 --> 00:26:10,230
In some cases people are baptized or filled

827
00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:12,010
with the Holy Spirit before they are baptized

828
00:26:12,010 --> 00:26:14,050
in water, and in other cases people are

829
00:26:14,050 --> 00:26:15,000
baptized in water first.

830
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,320
And of the five occasions in the book

831
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,920
of Acts, you'll find that two of them,

832
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:23,820
they were baptized in water after they were

833
00:26:23,820 --> 00:26:25,160
baptized in the Holy Spirit.

834
00:26:25,220 --> 00:26:27,140
So the order is not important.

835
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,800
Then let's go to the last one which

836
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:31,100
is in Acts chapter 19.

837
00:26:33,450 --> 00:26:35,990
And this occasion now is at Ephesus.

838
00:26:37,250 --> 00:26:40,530
And this is also very important because this

839
00:26:40,530 --> 00:26:42,250
account is given to us because this is

840
00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:43,110
a long time.

841
00:26:43,110 --> 00:26:46,730
This is a lot of years after the

842
00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:47,470
day of Pentecost.

843
00:26:47,650 --> 00:26:50,630
Some people say that these experiences were only

844
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:52,690
for the establishing of the church at the

845
00:26:52,690 --> 00:26:53,330
very beginning.

846
00:26:53,770 --> 00:26:55,370
But this is many years later.

847
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:58,190
And this is still happening.

848
00:26:58,370 --> 00:27:00,610
And so we can see that this experience

849
00:27:00,610 --> 00:27:04,470
continues to happen amongst the believers even long

850
00:27:04,470 --> 00:27:05,630
after the day of Pentecost.

851
00:27:06,070 --> 00:27:07,850
And so in Acts chapter 19, let's read

852
00:27:07,850 --> 00:27:08,730
the first six verses.

853
00:27:08,730 --> 00:27:10,630
And it happened while Apollos was at Corinth

854
00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:13,090
that Paul, having passed through the upper regions,

855
00:27:13,210 --> 00:27:14,550
came to Ephesus.

856
00:27:15,010 --> 00:27:17,010
And finding some disciples, he said to them,

857
00:27:17,150 --> 00:27:18,690
Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you

858
00:27:18,690 --> 00:27:19,090
believed?

859
00:27:19,310 --> 00:27:20,530
And they said to him, We have not

860
00:27:20,530 --> 00:27:22,790
as much as heard whether there is a

861
00:27:22,790 --> 00:27:23,310
Holy Spirit.

862
00:27:24,230 --> 00:27:27,130
Now notice again, he finds certain disciples.

863
00:27:27,410 --> 00:27:28,350
So are these people Christians?

864
00:27:28,950 --> 00:27:29,850
Yes, they are Christians.

865
00:27:30,090 --> 00:27:30,990
They are called disciples.

866
00:27:34,910 --> 00:27:38,630
Peter says to them, Sorry, it is Paul.

867
00:27:38,930 --> 00:27:40,790
Paul says to them, Have you received the

868
00:27:40,790 --> 00:27:42,970
Holy Spirit when you believed?

869
00:27:43,450 --> 00:27:45,190
In other words, when you put faith in

870
00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:45,450
Christ.

871
00:27:45,530 --> 00:27:46,610
Remember the second principle.

872
00:27:46,890 --> 00:27:48,170
When you put your faith in Christ, did

873
00:27:48,170 --> 00:27:49,390
you receive the Holy Spirit then?

874
00:27:49,610 --> 00:27:50,710
In other words, they were believers.

875
00:27:50,950 --> 00:27:51,710
They were born again.

876
00:27:51,970 --> 00:27:52,510
And they said, No.

877
00:27:53,470 --> 00:27:55,210
In fact, they said, We don't even know.

878
00:27:55,470 --> 00:27:56,950
We have never even heard about the Holy

879
00:27:56,950 --> 00:27:57,210
Spirit.

880
00:27:57,210 --> 00:28:00,210
Now we know at this stage, we found

881
00:28:00,210 --> 00:28:03,250
out that Apollos was teaching about the Lord

882
00:28:03,250 --> 00:28:03,550
Jesus.

883
00:28:03,670 --> 00:28:04,850
But he didn't know everything.

884
00:28:05,210 --> 00:28:07,450
And he in fact is taken aside by

885
00:28:07,450 --> 00:28:09,930
a couple of people, a husband and a

886
00:28:09,930 --> 00:28:10,150
wife.

887
00:28:10,490 --> 00:28:11,730
And they teach him more fully.

888
00:28:11,850 --> 00:28:13,530
And they teach him certain things which he

889
00:28:13,530 --> 00:28:14,110
didn't know.

890
00:28:14,470 --> 00:28:16,130
At this point, he didn't know about the

891
00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:16,570
Holy Spirit.

892
00:28:16,850 --> 00:28:18,370
And in fact, he didn't even know about

893
00:28:18,370 --> 00:28:21,390
baptism in the name of the Father, the

894
00:28:21,390 --> 00:28:22,270
Son and the Holy Spirit.

895
00:28:22,810 --> 00:28:26,050
Remember in Matthew chapter 28, he says, Baptizing

896
00:28:26,050 --> 00:28:27,630
them in the name of the Father, the

897
00:28:27,630 --> 00:28:28,630
Son and the Holy Spirit.

898
00:28:28,990 --> 00:28:31,090
Now you can see why Paul says, But

899
00:28:31,090 --> 00:28:32,710
what baptism were you baptized with?

900
00:28:33,050 --> 00:28:35,470
Because if they were baptized correctly in the

901
00:28:35,470 --> 00:28:36,990
name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

902
00:28:37,230 --> 00:28:39,430
they would have heard, at least heard of

903
00:28:39,430 --> 00:28:40,730
the fact that there is a Holy Spirit.

904
00:28:41,150 --> 00:28:42,250
But they said, We have never heard of

905
00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:42,810
the Holy Spirit.

906
00:28:43,170 --> 00:28:44,530
So he says, But there is something wrong

907
00:28:44,530 --> 00:28:44,730
then.

908
00:28:44,790 --> 00:28:47,410
You were baptized with some different baptism then.

909
00:28:47,810 --> 00:28:49,110
And so he questions them.

910
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:51,310
And verse 3 says, He said unto them,

911
00:28:51,450 --> 00:28:54,510
Into what then were you baptized?

912
00:28:54,850 --> 00:28:56,430
They said, Into John's baptism.

913
00:28:56,870 --> 00:28:59,570
Now remember, John's baptism was a baptism of

914
00:28:59,570 --> 00:29:02,650
repentance, which was separate, but a forerunner to

915
00:29:02,650 --> 00:29:04,530
the baptism of the Lord Jesus.

916
00:29:05,390 --> 00:29:07,210
And then Paul said, John indeed baptized with

917
00:29:07,210 --> 00:29:08,250
baptism of repentance.

918
00:29:08,810 --> 00:29:10,630
Verse 4, Saying to the people that they

919
00:29:10,630 --> 00:29:12,310
should believe on Him who would come after

920
00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:13,470
Him, that is the Christ Jesus.

921
00:29:13,770 --> 00:29:15,310
And when they heard this, they were baptized

922
00:29:15,310 --> 00:29:16,490
in the name of the Lord Jesus.

923
00:29:16,490 --> 00:29:18,010
And when Paul had laid hands on them,

924
00:29:18,330 --> 00:29:20,190
the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they

925
00:29:20,190 --> 00:29:21,730
spoke with tongues, and they prophesied.

926
00:29:22,030 --> 00:29:23,350
And so you can see again how this

927
00:29:23,350 --> 00:29:23,670
happens.

928
00:29:24,110 --> 00:29:25,710
Now we need to move on a little

929
00:29:25,710 --> 00:29:26,210
bit faster.

930
00:29:27,070 --> 00:29:28,350
The next section I am going to deal

931
00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:30,710
with now is, What is the work of

932
00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:31,110
the Holy Spirit?

933
00:29:31,210 --> 00:29:33,890
What is the function and the ministry of

934
00:29:33,890 --> 00:29:34,470
the Holy Spirit?

935
00:29:34,950 --> 00:29:36,510
And I am not going to go through

936
00:29:36,510 --> 00:29:39,210
all of the scriptures, because otherwise we will

937
00:29:39,210 --> 00:29:40,270
never finish in time.

938
00:29:40,970 --> 00:29:47,310
But maybe let's just look at odd ones

939
00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:47,770
in between.

940
00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:49,550
But if we go back to John chapter

941
00:29:49,550 --> 00:29:52,090
4, you will find that the Holy Spirit

942
00:29:52,090 --> 00:29:53,170
helps in worship.

943
00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:55,070
Jesus speaks to the woman at the well,

944
00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:57,270
and He says that the true worshippers will

945
00:29:57,270 --> 00:29:59,270
worship in spirit and in truth.

946
00:29:59,770 --> 00:30:01,150
And so one of the things the Holy

947
00:30:01,150 --> 00:30:03,310
Spirit does for us is that He helps

948
00:30:03,310 --> 00:30:06,170
us to worship correctly.

949
00:30:06,870 --> 00:30:09,290
The second thing is, and we have seen

950
00:30:09,290 --> 00:30:11,910
that in John chapter 14 verse 26, is

951
00:30:11,910 --> 00:30:13,750
that He leads us into all truth.

952
00:30:14,270 --> 00:30:16,850
Now practically, it simply means that He opens

953
00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:17,810
His word to us.

954
00:30:18,390 --> 00:30:21,030
Now there are many people who have been

955
00:30:21,030 --> 00:30:23,390
born again, but not been baptized with the

956
00:30:23,390 --> 00:30:25,290
Holy Spirit, but they are able to understand

957
00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:25,630
the word.

958
00:30:25,710 --> 00:30:26,690
It makes sense to them.

959
00:30:27,050 --> 00:30:28,910
And yet others, somehow, even though they are

960
00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,610
genuinely born again, the word remains closed to

961
00:30:31,610 --> 00:30:33,090
them until they are filled with the Holy

962
00:30:33,090 --> 00:30:34,830
Spirit, and then suddenly the word opens.

963
00:30:34,830 --> 00:30:36,430
And when they read the word, it begins

964
00:30:36,430 --> 00:30:38,030
to make sense for the first time.

965
00:30:38,330 --> 00:30:40,210
This is part of the work of the

966
00:30:40,210 --> 00:30:40,670
Holy Spirit.

967
00:30:40,970 --> 00:30:44,410
But even on an ongoing basis, when you

968
00:30:44,410 --> 00:30:47,330
read a passage of Scripture, which you have

969
00:30:47,330 --> 00:30:49,090
read many times in the past, and it

970
00:30:49,090 --> 00:30:50,790
meant absolutely nothing to you, and then suddenly

971
00:30:50,790 --> 00:30:52,850
it stands out, and suddenly it hits you

972
00:30:52,850 --> 00:30:55,310
between the eyes, that God is actually saying

973
00:30:55,310 --> 00:30:55,690
this.

974
00:30:56,150 --> 00:30:57,730
Now that's the work of the Holy Spirit,

975
00:30:58,550 --> 00:31:00,390
because it's not an intellectual thing.

976
00:31:00,430 --> 00:31:01,710
You could have read through it many, many

977
00:31:01,710 --> 00:31:03,790
times, and you could have understood what it

978
00:31:03,790 --> 00:31:06,290
was saying, but in fact it never meant

979
00:31:06,290 --> 00:31:07,410
anything to you.

980
00:31:07,790 --> 00:31:09,510
The light hadn't gone on.

981
00:31:10,330 --> 00:31:11,450
It wasn't illuminated.

982
00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:13,530
It didn't become real.

983
00:31:13,850 --> 00:31:15,090
And then suddenly one day you read it.

984
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:16,290
Now that's what the Holy Spirit does.

985
00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:19,670
He suddenly makes things real to us from

986
00:31:19,670 --> 00:31:20,130
the word.

987
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:21,490
And so He teaches us.

988
00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:23,210
He leads us into all truth.

989
00:31:24,110 --> 00:31:27,050
In John 16 we saw that He convicts,

990
00:31:27,390 --> 00:31:30,730
and He convicts the world and so on,

991
00:31:30,990 --> 00:31:32,850
but He also leads Christians.

992
00:31:32,850 --> 00:31:34,870
He leads and guides us as Christians.

993
00:31:35,730 --> 00:31:37,810
And then also from John 16 we mentioned

994
00:31:37,810 --> 00:31:39,310
that He makes Jesus real.

995
00:31:40,070 --> 00:31:41,150
He makes Jesus real.

996
00:31:41,970 --> 00:31:44,250
In Acts 1 we saw that He gives

997
00:31:44,250 --> 00:31:45,890
us power to be witnesses.

998
00:31:46,670 --> 00:31:48,110
He gives us power to be witnesses.

999
00:31:48,310 --> 00:31:49,810
Now I'm going through this list again, and

1000
00:31:49,810 --> 00:31:51,590
I'll explain why I'm doing this.

1001
00:31:52,030 --> 00:31:55,170
Then in Acts 6 you'll see that He

1002
00:31:55,170 --> 00:31:56,910
empowers us to serve God.

1003
00:31:57,170 --> 00:31:59,070
He empowers us to serve God.

1004
00:31:59,070 --> 00:32:02,090
And so sometimes we are weak in our

1005
00:32:02,090 --> 00:32:03,650
own ability to serve God.

1006
00:32:04,150 --> 00:32:04,950
We're tired.

1007
00:32:05,730 --> 00:32:07,810
We just don't have what it takes to

1008
00:32:07,810 --> 00:32:09,290
do the things that God wants us to

1009
00:32:09,290 --> 00:32:09,470
do.

1010
00:32:09,750 --> 00:32:12,490
The Holy Spirit empowers us to do sometimes

1011
00:32:12,490 --> 00:32:13,510
the almost impossible.

1012
00:32:14,070 --> 00:32:16,350
And you see men like Stephen, for instance,

1013
00:32:16,430 --> 00:32:20,090
who becomes a martyr, and he faces those

1014
00:32:20,090 --> 00:32:21,770
stones, and he looks into heaven and he

1015
00:32:21,770 --> 00:32:23,010
says, Father, forgive these people.

1016
00:32:23,270 --> 00:32:24,190
We'd say that's impossible.

1017
00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:25,230
How could you do that?

1018
00:32:25,230 --> 00:32:27,110
But he does that because the Scripture says

1019
00:32:27,110 --> 00:32:28,950
he was full of the Holy Spirit.

1020
00:32:29,410 --> 00:32:32,430
And so he empowers us to serve God,

1021
00:32:32,510 --> 00:32:34,790
but he also empowers us to face persecution.

1022
00:32:35,270 --> 00:32:36,850
And when you read about the martyrs and

1023
00:32:36,850 --> 00:32:39,010
how they faced persecution, not only in the

1024
00:32:39,010 --> 00:32:40,750
book of Acts, but right through the centuries,

1025
00:32:41,210 --> 00:32:43,250
and you say, but this is superhuman that

1026
00:32:43,250 --> 00:32:44,390
someone could do this.

1027
00:32:45,350 --> 00:32:47,410
No, in fact, it was superhuman in the

1028
00:32:47,410 --> 00:32:49,170
sense that the Holy Spirit empowered them to

1029
00:32:49,170 --> 00:32:52,330
face that persecution and to be witnesses, even

1030
00:32:52,330 --> 00:32:54,830
to Christ, in the face of persecution, on

1031
00:32:54,830 --> 00:33:01,310
the fiery piles, on the ices they were

1032
00:33:01,310 --> 00:33:03,670
put out there to freeze, on the rackers

1033
00:33:03,670 --> 00:33:06,150
they were stretched, as these various things were

1034
00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,210
done to Christians over the ages, and they

1035
00:33:08,210 --> 00:33:10,950
continued to glorify God in the most unbelievable

1036
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:11,770
circumstances.

1037
00:33:12,150 --> 00:33:14,410
This is the empowering work of the Holy

1038
00:33:14,410 --> 00:33:14,770
Spirit.

1039
00:33:15,850 --> 00:33:19,930
And then in Romans chapter 5, it says

1040
00:33:19,930 --> 00:33:23,110
that the love of God is shed abroad

1041
00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:24,490
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.

1042
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:27,230
And so he gives us love, a supernatural

1043
00:33:27,230 --> 00:33:28,230
love sometimes.

1044
00:33:28,970 --> 00:33:31,550
We say, but you know, this is a

1045
00:33:31,550 --> 00:33:34,310
supernatural love that this person has for these

1046
00:33:34,310 --> 00:33:37,350
people who are so unlovely, often in the

1047
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:39,590
mission field or in some area of ministry.

1048
00:33:40,050 --> 00:33:42,670
That's the love of God which is poured

1049
00:33:42,670 --> 00:33:44,850
into our lives or into our hearts by

1050
00:33:44,850 --> 00:33:46,310
the Holy Spirit, Acts 5 says.

1051
00:33:46,310 --> 00:33:48,450
And so he pours his love into us

1052
00:33:48,450 --> 00:33:50,090
through the work of the Holy Spirit.

1053
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:54,990
In 1 Corinthians chapter 12, and again one

1054
00:33:54,990 --> 00:33:56,410
would have to read that whole chapter, but

1055
00:33:56,410 --> 00:33:58,270
it speaks about different gifts that he gives.

1056
00:33:58,550 --> 00:33:59,710
Nine different gifts.

1057
00:34:00,210 --> 00:34:01,310
Gifts of healing.

1058
00:34:01,670 --> 00:34:03,090
Gifts of miracles.

1059
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:04,390
Gifts of prophecy.

1060
00:34:05,250 --> 00:34:06,030
Gifts of tongues.

1061
00:34:07,030 --> 00:34:09,190
Gifts of knowledge or word of knowledge or

1062
00:34:09,190 --> 00:34:09,790
word of wisdom.

1063
00:34:10,730 --> 00:34:13,010
And so different gifts that he gives to

1064
00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:13,650
the church.

1065
00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:15,929
Those gifts are not for individual benefit, but

1066
00:34:15,929 --> 00:34:17,230
they are given for the benefit of the

1067
00:34:17,230 --> 00:34:17,469
church.

1068
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:21,909
And those operate sometimes not so visibly, but

1069
00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:24,290
they operate within the lives particularly of those

1070
00:34:24,290 --> 00:34:26,409
who are in some form of ministry or

1071
00:34:26,409 --> 00:34:26,710
the other.

1072
00:34:26,810 --> 00:34:28,969
We're not speaking about ministers in the sense

1073
00:34:28,969 --> 00:34:30,850
of those who are the chiefs of the

1074
00:34:30,850 --> 00:34:31,090
church.

1075
00:34:31,550 --> 00:34:34,710
But whenever we endeavor in any area of

1076
00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:36,710
ministry, whether to visit people or to pray

1077
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:39,409
for people or to share the word with

1078
00:34:39,409 --> 00:34:42,010
them, the gifts of the Holy Spirit should

1079
00:34:42,010 --> 00:34:45,949
be in operation in those times and empower

1080
00:34:45,949 --> 00:34:47,909
us to serve God and to serve the

1081
00:34:47,909 --> 00:34:49,929
church and to serve the body of Christ.

1082
00:34:51,469 --> 00:34:54,370
In 1 Corinthians chapter 14, we read that

1083
00:34:54,370 --> 00:34:55,429
he helps us to pray.

1084
00:34:55,909 --> 00:34:57,010
He helps us to pray.

1085
00:34:57,530 --> 00:34:59,350
And so sometimes we don't even know how

1086
00:34:59,350 --> 00:35:01,290
to pray, but the Holy Spirit will lead

1087
00:35:01,290 --> 00:35:03,450
us to pray correctly and to pray according

1088
00:35:03,450 --> 00:35:04,230
to the will of God.

1089
00:35:04,330 --> 00:35:06,230
Very important that we pray according to the

1090
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:06,810
will of God.

1091
00:35:07,510 --> 00:35:09,510
In Ephesians it speaks about the Holy Spirit

1092
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:12,350
as being the guarantee of our salvation.

1093
00:35:12,350 --> 00:35:15,630
The guarantee or the down payment, the deposit

1094
00:35:15,630 --> 00:35:18,070
of our inheritance, speaking of that which is

1095
00:35:18,070 --> 00:35:19,330
to come in the future.

1096
00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:21,830
Now that's quite a mouthful and quite a

1097
00:35:21,830 --> 00:35:23,070
lot of stuff that we need to deal

1098
00:35:23,070 --> 00:35:23,490
with there.

1099
00:35:24,250 --> 00:35:26,450
Hebrews chapter 6, the passage that we're actually

1100
00:35:26,450 --> 00:35:28,690
dealing with, you'll see that it speaks about

1101
00:35:28,690 --> 00:35:30,970
the Holy Spirit giving us a taste of

1102
00:35:30,970 --> 00:35:32,730
heaven, a taste of things to come.

1103
00:35:33,610 --> 00:35:36,790
And we've just recently been blessed by a

1104
00:35:36,790 --> 00:35:39,670
tape by an Indian brother who speaks, a

1105
00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:42,070
brother, Zak Kunan, who speaks about heaven on

1106
00:35:42,070 --> 00:35:42,350
earth.

1107
00:35:42,730 --> 00:35:44,310
That in fact there's a sense in which

1108
00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:46,310
we can taste heaven on earth, and this

1109
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:47,790
is part of the work of the Holy

1110
00:35:47,790 --> 00:35:48,090
Spirit.

1111
00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:50,670
Now I've not given you all of the

1112
00:35:50,670 --> 00:35:50,830
things.

1113
00:35:50,930 --> 00:35:52,030
I've just given you a list and I

1114
00:35:52,030 --> 00:35:52,710
haven't even counted.

1115
00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:55,970
There must be about 15 different things that

1116
00:35:55,970 --> 00:35:57,430
the Holy Spirit does for us.

1117
00:35:57,850 --> 00:35:59,470
And you'll notice that in all of this

1118
00:36:00,350 --> 00:36:02,190
we haven't even spoken about tongues.

1119
00:36:02,490 --> 00:36:04,030
We've spoken about all of these things.

1120
00:36:04,350 --> 00:36:07,210
Now to many people, the Holy Spirit and

1121
00:36:07,210 --> 00:36:08,650
tongues, this is all there is to it.

1122
00:36:08,650 --> 00:36:10,650
The Holy Spirit helps us to speak in

1123
00:36:10,650 --> 00:36:10,890
tongues.

1124
00:36:11,070 --> 00:36:12,350
Yes, that's what the Holy Spirit is.

1125
00:36:12,410 --> 00:36:14,710
One of the things the Holy Spirit gives

1126
00:36:14,710 --> 00:36:15,870
us, one of the gifts, one of the

1127
00:36:15,870 --> 00:36:17,030
things that we're able to do.

1128
00:36:17,330 --> 00:36:18,750
But there are many, many, you can see

1129
00:36:18,750 --> 00:36:20,530
many other things that the Holy Spirit does.

1130
00:36:20,910 --> 00:36:23,070
Now if we're going to teach on the

1131
00:36:23,070 --> 00:36:24,750
subject, we have to teach on all of

1132
00:36:24,750 --> 00:36:25,930
the work of the Holy Spirit.

1133
00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:28,610
We can't just teach on the one aspect,

1134
00:36:28,750 --> 00:36:31,150
on tongues, or on any other one aspect.

1135
00:36:31,270 --> 00:36:32,650
We have to teach all of these things.

1136
00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:34,270
And the work of the Holy Spirit is

1137
00:36:34,270 --> 00:36:36,150
not just to give us the ability to

1138
00:36:36,150 --> 00:36:36,750
speak in tongues.

1139
00:36:36,750 --> 00:36:39,890
No, He has a far greater job, a

1140
00:36:39,890 --> 00:36:41,630
far greater ministry in our lives.

1141
00:36:42,310 --> 00:36:43,950
And so many people say, oh no, I

1142
00:36:43,950 --> 00:36:44,970
just want to speak in tongues.

1143
00:36:45,310 --> 00:36:49,030
Well in fact, that's really just such a

1144
00:36:49,030 --> 00:36:50,410
small part of what the Holy Spirit has

1145
00:36:50,410 --> 00:36:50,950
come to do.

1146
00:36:51,330 --> 00:36:53,310
He's come to do far more than that.

1147
00:36:53,890 --> 00:36:55,450
And so why do we need the baptism

1148
00:36:55,450 --> 00:36:56,030
of the Holy Spirit?

1149
00:36:56,290 --> 00:36:57,750
Because we need all of these things.

1150
00:36:57,890 --> 00:36:59,390
We need Him to help us to worship.

1151
00:36:59,890 --> 00:37:01,230
We need Him to teach us.

1152
00:37:01,570 --> 00:37:02,990
We need Him to show us how to

1153
00:37:02,990 --> 00:37:03,190
pray.

1154
00:37:03,310 --> 00:37:04,650
We need Him to pour His love into

1155
00:37:04,650 --> 00:37:05,050
our lives.

1156
00:37:05,050 --> 00:37:06,770
And all of these things that we've spoken

1157
00:37:06,770 --> 00:37:07,130
about.

1158
00:37:07,410 --> 00:37:08,790
And so yes, tongues I believe is a

1159
00:37:08,790 --> 00:37:09,250
valid experience.

1160
00:37:09,950 --> 00:37:12,170
But it's only a small part of the

1161
00:37:12,170 --> 00:37:13,550
total work of the Holy Spirit.

1162
00:37:14,070 --> 00:37:16,530
And so we need to pray.

1163
00:37:16,650 --> 00:37:18,270
And we need to say, God, we need

1164
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:20,610
the fullness of that which the Spirit is

1165
00:37:20,610 --> 00:37:21,850
able to do in our lives.

1166
00:37:22,150 --> 00:37:24,010
And more than that, we don't just need

1167
00:37:24,010 --> 00:37:25,190
a once-off experience.

1168
00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:26,870
Many people say, no, no, as long as

1169
00:37:26,870 --> 00:37:30,410
you in 1952 were filled with the Holy

1170
00:37:30,410 --> 00:37:31,670
Spirit, then that's all that matters.

1171
00:37:31,950 --> 00:37:34,430
No, in fact, we need to be continually

1172
00:37:34,430 --> 00:37:36,550
empowered by the Holy Spirit.

1173
00:37:37,010 --> 00:37:39,070
And in fact, let's turn to Ephesians 5.

1174
00:37:41,250 --> 00:37:44,930
And a very important verse that's in here.

1175
00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:48,390
And so yeah, many people lay an emphasis

1176
00:37:48,390 --> 00:37:50,890
on an experience they had a long time

1177
00:37:50,890 --> 00:37:51,190
ago.

1178
00:37:51,450 --> 00:37:52,370
That's not the issue.

1179
00:37:52,490 --> 00:37:54,110
It's not whether you had an experience a

1180
00:37:54,110 --> 00:37:54,630
long time ago.

1181
00:37:54,930 --> 00:37:59,130
The issue is, is your life empowered to

1182
00:37:59,130 --> 00:38:01,610
serve God today in this way?

1183
00:38:01,610 --> 00:38:03,590
And this is really the important thing.

1184
00:38:03,830 --> 00:38:06,690
In Ephesians 5, verse 17.

1185
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,260
Now he says, Do not be unwise, but

1186
00:38:12,260 --> 00:38:14,620
understand what the will of God is, or

1187
00:38:14,620 --> 00:38:15,600
the will of the Lord is.

1188
00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,900
And do not be drunk with wine, in

1189
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:20,740
which is dissipation or excess, but be filled

1190
00:38:20,740 --> 00:38:21,680
with the Spirit.

1191
00:38:21,820 --> 00:38:24,960
And that word, be filled there, should literally

1192
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,260
be translated be being filled.

1193
00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:30,160
Be continually filled with the Holy Spirit.

1194
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,120
So it's not just a once-off experience.

1195
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:33,680
It needs to be an ongoing experience.

1196
00:38:33,780 --> 00:38:36,540
I need to be constantly filled and empowered

1197
00:38:36,540 --> 00:38:37,000
by God.

1198
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,860
I need to constantly be drawing from Him.

1199
00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:41,880
Now again you'll see that many people preach

1200
00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:44,020
from Acts 1, verse 8 where it says

1201
00:38:44,020 --> 00:38:45,860
you will receive power after the Holy Ghost

1202
00:38:45,860 --> 00:38:46,460
has come upon you.

1203
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:47,940
And you'll hear that they'll speak about that

1204
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:50,480
word power, is the word dunamis, from which

1205
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:51,600
we get the word dynamite.

1206
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,980
And they say, this is a dynamite type

1207
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:54,600
experience.

1208
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:57,380
Now, you know, I don't believe that that

1209
00:38:57,380 --> 00:38:57,940
is correct.

1210
00:38:58,300 --> 00:39:00,400
Because from that word dunamis, you also get

1211
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:01,600
the word dynamo.

1212
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,600
And a dynamo is something which constantly generates

1213
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:05,000
power.

1214
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:07,080
Now in fact, for some people, it is

1215
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,000
a dynamite experience.

1216
00:39:08,140 --> 00:39:10,060
It's one big explosion and after that there's

1217
00:39:10,060 --> 00:39:11,060
just a bit of ash left.

1218
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,120
And you know, there's maybe chaos all over

1219
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:15,460
the show.

1220
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,480
But there's nothing sustaining to the experience.

1221
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:20,760
But the word dunamis, I believe, is really

1222
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:24,020
intended to be the word dynamo, which we

1223
00:39:24,020 --> 00:39:26,740
understand, which is something which constantly is able

1224
00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:29,200
to generate power and give power.

1225
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,800
And so it's not just a once-off

1226
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,620
experience, it's a constant experience as we draw

1227
00:39:33,620 --> 00:39:34,520
from the Lord Jesus.

1228
00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:36,560
Now, last scripture I'm going to go to

1229
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,600
is John chapter 7.

1230
00:39:38,860 --> 00:39:42,560
And here it tells us how this needs

1231
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:43,060
to happen.

1232
00:39:45,860 --> 00:39:51,910
John chapter 7 and verse 37.

1233
00:39:55,690 --> 00:39:57,370
And it says, On the last day, that

1234
00:39:57,370 --> 00:39:59,150
great day of the feast, Jesus stood and

1235
00:39:59,150 --> 00:40:01,890
cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him

1236
00:40:01,890 --> 00:40:03,110
come to me and drink.

1237
00:40:03,970 --> 00:40:05,710
He who believes in me, as the scripture

1238
00:40:05,710 --> 00:40:07,470
has said, out of his heart will flow

1239
00:40:07,470 --> 00:40:08,750
rivers of living water.

1240
00:40:09,370 --> 00:40:11,850
But this he spoke concerning the Spirit, whom

1241
00:40:11,850 --> 00:40:13,390
those believing in him would receive.

1242
00:40:13,970 --> 00:40:15,510
For the Holy Spirit was not yet given,

1243
00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:18,070
because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

1244
00:40:18,370 --> 00:40:20,350
Now, you remember the first verse we spoke

1245
00:40:20,350 --> 00:40:22,610
about, where we spoke about the fact that

1246
00:40:22,610 --> 00:40:24,670
he was with them, but he would be

1247
00:40:24,670 --> 00:40:25,050
in them.

1248
00:40:25,150 --> 00:40:26,510
Now you can see here that he's saying

1249
00:40:26,510 --> 00:40:27,770
that the Holy Spirit was not yet given.

1250
00:40:27,870 --> 00:40:29,250
Doesn't mean the Holy Spirit was not on

1251
00:40:29,250 --> 00:40:30,850
the earth, that he was not given in

1252
00:40:30,850 --> 00:40:31,630
a special way.

1253
00:40:31,970 --> 00:40:34,330
But he says, where do we receive the

1254
00:40:34,330 --> 00:40:34,570
Spirit?

1255
00:40:35,050 --> 00:40:36,050
From the Lord Jesus.

1256
00:40:36,150 --> 00:40:38,270
If any man thirsts, now that's the first

1257
00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:38,790
requirement.

1258
00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:40,710
We must want this experience.

1259
00:40:41,290 --> 00:40:42,930
Many people say, Oh well, you know, if

1260
00:40:42,930 --> 00:40:43,910
God wants to give it to me, he

1261
00:40:43,910 --> 00:40:44,630
can give it to me.

1262
00:40:44,890 --> 00:40:46,450
Now Jesus says, we must thirst.

1263
00:40:46,530 --> 00:40:48,630
If any man thirsts, let him come to

1264
00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:48,950
me.

1265
00:40:49,310 --> 00:40:51,690
Not to any minister, or to any committee,

1266
00:40:51,870 --> 00:40:52,610
or to anyone else.

1267
00:40:53,070 --> 00:40:54,030
Go to the Lord Jesus.

1268
00:40:54,350 --> 00:40:55,630
He is the one who gives the Holy

1269
00:40:55,630 --> 00:40:55,910
Spirit.

1270
00:40:56,510 --> 00:40:58,230
Yes, we see on two occasions in the

1271
00:40:58,230 --> 00:41:00,450
book of Acts at least, where people were

1272
00:41:00,450 --> 00:41:02,230
prayed for and they received the Holy Spirit.

1273
00:41:02,590 --> 00:41:05,770
But those apostles who prayed for them could

1274
00:41:05,770 --> 00:41:06,770
not give the Holy Spirit.

1275
00:41:06,890 --> 00:41:08,550
Jesus alone is the giver of the Holy

1276
00:41:08,550 --> 00:41:08,870
Spirit.

1277
00:41:09,410 --> 00:41:11,050
He alone is the one who baptizes.

1278
00:41:11,230 --> 00:41:12,990
I can baptize in water, and in fact

1279
00:41:12,990 --> 00:41:15,110
on Sunday we will be baptizing some folk

1280
00:41:15,110 --> 00:41:15,490
in water.

1281
00:41:15,850 --> 00:41:16,810
That I can do.

1282
00:41:17,130 --> 00:41:19,330
But I cannot baptize people into Christ.

1283
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:20,730
That's the work of the Holy Spirit.

1284
00:41:21,430 --> 00:41:23,710
I cannot baptize people in the Holy Spirit.

1285
00:41:23,850 --> 00:41:25,010
That's the work of the Lord Jesus.

1286
00:41:25,150 --> 00:41:27,030
You see how the two work together.

1287
00:41:27,890 --> 00:41:30,470
The Holy Spirit baptizes people, put them into

1288
00:41:30,470 --> 00:41:33,010
Christ, but Jesus fills with the Holy Spirit.

1289
00:41:33,010 --> 00:41:35,530
He says, If any man thirsts, let him

1290
00:41:35,530 --> 00:41:37,730
come to me, and let him drink.

1291
00:41:37,830 --> 00:41:39,550
And he says, From his innermost being will

1292
00:41:39,550 --> 00:41:41,290
flow rivers of living water.

1293
00:41:41,870 --> 00:41:43,990
And he says, This he spoke about the

1294
00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:44,510
Holy Spirit.

1295
00:41:45,530 --> 00:41:48,730
Those who, those believing in him would receive.

1296
00:41:48,830 --> 00:41:50,090
And so the first thing we need to

1297
00:41:50,090 --> 00:41:51,070
do is we need to believe.

1298
00:41:51,390 --> 00:41:52,670
The second thing we need to do is

1299
00:41:52,670 --> 00:41:54,250
we need to go to Jesus and actually

1300
00:41:54,250 --> 00:41:56,970
receive from him, drink from him.

1301
00:41:57,190 --> 00:41:58,510
And the third thing we need to do

1302
00:41:58,510 --> 00:41:59,950
is we need to believe.

1303
00:42:00,070 --> 00:42:01,950
Those who believing on him would receive.

1304
00:42:01,950 --> 00:42:03,410
And then he says, For the Holy Spirit

1305
00:42:03,410 --> 00:42:04,170
was not yet given.

1306
00:42:04,710 --> 00:42:07,190
And so, how do we practically apply this?

1307
00:42:07,530 --> 00:42:09,810
Well, you need to go to the Lord

1308
00:42:09,810 --> 00:42:11,770
Jesus in your prayer, in your quiet time,

1309
00:42:12,210 --> 00:42:14,970
and say, Lord, I recognize that I don't

1310
00:42:14,970 --> 00:42:17,430
have all of what is available to me.

1311
00:42:17,790 --> 00:42:19,210
Maybe I've got a certain amount.

1312
00:42:19,350 --> 00:42:20,910
Maybe I've got a little bit of the

1313
00:42:20,910 --> 00:42:22,250
working of the Holy Spirit, but I need

1314
00:42:22,250 --> 00:42:22,670
more.

1315
00:42:23,350 --> 00:42:26,230
And by constantly going to the Lord Jesus

1316
00:42:26,230 --> 00:42:28,610
and drinking from him, he is the one

1317
00:42:28,610 --> 00:42:30,510
who is faithful to his word, and he

1318
00:42:30,510 --> 00:42:32,490
will fill with his spirit.

1319
00:42:32,730 --> 00:42:33,970
That's a work of God.

1320
00:42:34,210 --> 00:42:35,970
That's not a work that anyone else can

1321
00:42:35,970 --> 00:42:36,550
do for you.

1322
00:42:37,410 --> 00:42:37,710
Amen.

1323
00:42:37,870 --> 00:42:38,210
Let's pray.

1324
00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:43,130
Father, we thank you that the Lord Jesus

1325
00:42:43,130 --> 00:42:45,510
came to us and that he revealed yourself

1326
00:42:45,510 --> 00:42:46,310
to mankind.

1327
00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:47,510
He performed miracles.

1328
00:42:48,090 --> 00:42:49,050
He spoke your word.

1329
00:42:49,230 --> 00:42:50,430
He gave direction.

1330
00:42:51,190 --> 00:42:52,550
He did all of these wonderful things.

1331
00:42:53,250 --> 00:42:54,790
And then he went away, but we thank

1332
00:42:54,790 --> 00:42:56,770
you that he didn't leave us without a

1333
00:42:56,770 --> 00:42:58,470
counselor, but that he sent the Holy Spirit

1334
00:42:58,470 --> 00:43:01,670
who fulfills and completes the work that he

1335
00:43:01,670 --> 00:43:03,850
had in fact begun within our hearts and

1336
00:43:03,850 --> 00:43:05,430
within the world and within the church.

1337
00:43:06,030 --> 00:43:07,570
And so, Lord, we pray that we may

1338
00:43:07,570 --> 00:43:09,030
be open to the work of your spirit,

1339
00:43:09,170 --> 00:43:11,110
and, Lord, that we may recognize those areas

1340
00:43:11,110 --> 00:43:14,110
in which we need the empowering of your

1341
00:43:14,110 --> 00:43:14,490
spirit.

1342
00:43:15,390 --> 00:43:16,950
And, Father, we pray that we may come

1343
00:43:16,950 --> 00:43:18,670
to you, that we may come to the

1344
00:43:18,670 --> 00:43:20,090
Lord Jesus, and that we may drink of

1345
00:43:20,090 --> 00:43:20,290
him.

1346
00:43:20,830 --> 00:43:23,090
Forgive us, Lord, for looking to men to

1347
00:43:23,090 --> 00:43:25,110
fulfill these needs in our lives when in

1348
00:43:25,110 --> 00:43:26,470
fact these are things that you want to

1349
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:27,150
do in our lives.

1350
00:43:27,630 --> 00:43:29,190
And so we pray, Lord, give us grace

1351
00:43:29,190 --> 00:43:31,110
that we may turn to Jesus, that we

1352
00:43:31,110 --> 00:43:33,190
may thirst after him, and that we may

1353
00:43:33,190 --> 00:43:35,990
indeed want more of him, and that by

1354
00:43:35,990 --> 00:43:38,430
doing so we may receive that which is

1355
00:43:38,430 --> 00:43:39,450
your promise for us.

1356
00:43:39,910 --> 00:43:41,930
And so, Lord, as we meditate on these

1357
00:43:41,930 --> 00:43:43,690
things, and maybe, Lord, some of us struggle

1358
00:43:43,690 --> 00:43:45,830
with some of these concepts and these issues,

1359
00:43:45,910 --> 00:43:47,390
we pray that by your spirit you would

1360
00:43:47,390 --> 00:43:47,770
teach us.

1361
00:43:47,850 --> 00:43:49,290
We thank you that that's one of the

1362
00:43:49,290 --> 00:43:51,390
functions in the ministry of the spirit is

1363
00:43:51,390 --> 00:43:52,810
to teach us and to lead us and

1364
00:43:52,810 --> 00:43:54,050
to guide us into all truth.

1365
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We ask these things in Jesus' name.

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Amen.