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Welcome to From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.

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Each week we bring you a different message

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from some of history's greatest speakers in the

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Christian faith and powerful sermons from modern preachers

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This week we have Bruce Wilkinson with this

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message, Walking in the Spirit.

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As the president of Walk with the Bible

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Ministries, I'm very convinced that the series we've

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prepared is exactly the one I'm supposed to

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give for you.

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At a large seminary in our country recently

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they gave the seniors who had studied four

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years postgraduate, before they walked across the platform

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to get their sheepskin, they gave them a

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questionnaire and they asked them, what would you

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love to know that you don't know but

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you think you should have known by this

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time in your seminary career since it's over?

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What's bothering you the most?

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What questions do you have the most?

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These are seniors, four years.

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Question number one, how do you know the

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will of God?

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Question number two, how on earth do you

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live the spiritual life?

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Now I don't know about you but when

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I heard that, realizing that these are the

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people that then go and pastor our churches

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and lead Christian organizations, they come out after

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four years of study saying, I don't know

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how to find the will of God and

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I don't know how to live the spiritual

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life.

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I can give you the doctrines of the

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Bible, tell you what the Bible says, but

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I don't know how to do it.

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I would like to talk to you about

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how to live the spiritual life in a

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different way than perhaps you're going to expect

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tonight.

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And I want you to open your hearts

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a little bit and don't make up your

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mind about what I'm saying unless it's from

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the Bible and you can see it for

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yourself.

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And I believe all the pieces will come

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together by Sunday morning.

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A.W. Tozer, who's one of my favorite

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authors, I've read all of his 17 books

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I could find, has a great story in

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one of his books about the fact of

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the normal church, a normal Christian.

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We get together, he says, and we go

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out in the woods and we gather some

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rocks and we put together an altar and

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then we cut down a tree and we

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chop it up and put the wood on

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top of the altar.

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Then we go and we find an ox

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and we slay the ox, we chop it

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up, put on top of the altar, and

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then we gather together.

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And then we sing about the altar, we

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discuss the wood, we rearrange the sacrifice, we

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take up a collection about the next time

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we're going to do this, and then on

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the way home we say to each other,

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you know, I sense there was something missing.

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And Tozer in his own inimitable way says,

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what we forgot is the point of the

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rocks and the wood and the sacrifice is

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the fire that's supposed to come down from

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heaven and devour it like Elijah.

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He said, we have made our faith, our

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religion, our Christianity, and I'd like to say

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our spiritual life, so many times right but

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empty.

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And that's what this conference is all about.

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Now I'm going to kind of back up

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a little bit and take an indirect route

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to where I'm going.

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When I think about God, one of the

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things that I think about him is that

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he's a giver and that he gives us

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different gifts.

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And I listed a few gifts that he

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gave to us as recorded in Scripture.

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One, obviously, is the Scripture.

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This is a gift.

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All Scripture is given by God.

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This is a gift from God.

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We didn't earn it, he gave it to

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Second thing that comes to my mind is

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that the Jesus Christ is a gift from

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God.

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For God so loved the world that he

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gave his only begotten Son.

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So the Savior is a gift.

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I remember Ephesians talks about the fact that

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he himself gave to the church spiritual leaders,

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pastors, teachers.

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Your pastor is a gift from God to

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you.

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He may not be the perfect gift you

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think in your mind, but he is the

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gift for your church at this time.

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God also says that he gives gifts to

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all believers, called spiritual gifts.

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That has nothing to do with anything we

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have to say.

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We don't even know about it when we

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become a Christian, but he sovereignly, as he

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wills, gives to all of us a gift.

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And that salvation itself is a gift, not

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of works less people could boast.

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And then he gave something called the Spirit.

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He gave us the Spirit in our hearts,

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in our lives.

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Those are six gifts.

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There are many others, but those are six

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of them.

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Now what happens to a person who doesn't

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open the gift that God gives?

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He gave salvation to everyone.

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Are there any consequences?

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It's not his will that any should perish.

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Is there any consequence to the world who

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chooses not to open the gift of salvation?

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Is it a free gift offered to all?

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Yes.

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Can whosoever will take it?

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Yes, I believe they can.

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I believe that verse.

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But the tragedy is that some people don't

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take the gift for whatever reason, and they

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don't have any of the benefits that follow

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it, eternal benefits.

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Here's another gift.

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Many people you and I know are born

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again.

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They took that gift and they have half

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a dozen at least Bibles of all colors

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and stripes, but they don't open it, except

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on Sundays.

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They carry it as if there's power in

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the carry, but they don't open it.

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And therefore, do they receive the benefit of

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the gift that God gave?

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They didn't receive the benefit.

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You take a look at every single gift

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that I've just mentioned, and we have a

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choice whether to take the gift and to

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use the gift.

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And each one of those gifts have a

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tremendous negative consequence if we don't unwrap it

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and use it, because it has of no

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Now the gift that I want to talk

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about is the gift of the Spirit in

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I want to talk about the spiritual life,

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not the Christian life, but the spiritual life.

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And the spiritual life is based upon the

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gift of the Spirit given by God the

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Father.

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It's interesting, of all of the subjects in

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Christianity that will divide a group of people

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that quick, it's the gift of the Spirit.

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the gift of Christ, it's not the gift

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of spiritual leaders, or many other things.

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But you talk about the Holy Spirit among

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Christians, and you'll typically get in one heated

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conversation.

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In fact, around the world there is not

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another subject that split more churches than the

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Holy Spirit.

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Now why is that true?

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Obviously we know from Scripture that carnality brings

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division, and when churches split there's great sin

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in the camp.

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to unify, therefore he is stopped and cannot,

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for whatever reason, bring unity.

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And the church splits and many tragedies occur.

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Why is there such attack on the Spirit?

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And who is attacking the truth about the

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Spirit?

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I believe Satan is a strategic thinker, and

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has a plan, and leverages his activities, and

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is very, very careful in where he invests

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his strikes against us.

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I personally believe that the number one place

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that the enemy attacks is about the Holy

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Spirit.

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I do not believe you and I, normally,

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would find ourselves arguing about the Spirit, any

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more than we would argue about the Bible.

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But we find ourselves not really understanding the

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Spirit.

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I listen a lot to people, and I

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watch, and I try to learn.

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when you think about the spiritual life, they'll

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talk about the Bible first, and then they'll

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talk about prayer second, then they'll talk about,

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usually not a clear third, maybe service, maybe

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giving, maybe discipling, but it's the Bible, prayer,

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other things.

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And if you're in a typical evangelical group,

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the Holy Spirit is rarely mentioned on the

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list.

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Am I speaking the truth, or am I

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exaggerating?

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How many say, well, this is probably true.

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I think so too.

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Now, let's say you had a choice.

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Let's say you could have Jesus Christ here

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to be with you and us, or you

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could have the Spirit, and you only can

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have one.

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Let's vote.

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All right?

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It's not a hard question.

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There's only two choices, A or B.

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If you had the choice.

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Now, don't, just be honest.

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It's not a hard question.

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How many wants Jesus Christ?

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It's a tricky question.

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It's not meant to be a hard question.

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You got your defenses up too soon.

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I've tried this on people, and every one

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of the persons says, Jesus Christ, of course.

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And when you ask the question, why?

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Well, because he'd be right there, and I

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can talk to him.

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What else?

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Well, he can teach me.

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Well, what else?

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In other words, Jesus is helpful, and the

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Spirit is good, and I believe in him,

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and he lives in me.

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But when you compare what Jesus can do

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for me and what the Holy Spirit can

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do for me, there's no contest here.

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I'll take Jesus any day.

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Now, if I hadn't given you this introduction,

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the vast majority of you would have said

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the same thing.

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The problem is, Jesus says the exact opposite.

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That's the shocker.

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Jesus said, if you were to pick between

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me and him, it is to your advantage

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to pick him.

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It is to your advantage to pick him.

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It is to your advantage to pick him.

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If you don't pick him, or you don't

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know him very much, you haven't unwrapped the

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gift that is overwhelmingly, from Jesus' point of

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view, more advantageous to the believer today than

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his presence.

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Let's see if we can't see that ourselves

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in the book of John, chapter 14.

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John chapter 14.

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I'll be reading out of the New King

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James.

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It's my favorite translation.

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John chapter 14 is obviously the upper room

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discourse, and most of it's in red, because

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Jesus spoke it, and he speaks in red.

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John 14.

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Verse number 16.

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Jesus speaking and says, I will pray the

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Father, and he will give you, now watch

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carefully, another helper that he may abide with

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you, look at this next word, forever.

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Who is the other helper?

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Even the Spirit of truth.

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The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot

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receive, because it neither sees him, nor knows

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him, but you know him, for he dwells

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with you, but he's gonna dwell where?

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In you.

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Now, some people think, in practical terms, when

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you push them in a corner, there's really

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only two parts of the Trinity.

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There's God the Father, God the Son, and

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the Spirit of the Son.

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God the Father, Jesus, and the Spirit of

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Jesus.

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Let's just kind of put that away, that's

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false teaching.

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There are three parts of the Trinity, there's

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one God, but Jesus is going, and he

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is going to send another comforter, who is

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with you, but is going to be in

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you.

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It's not the same as Jesus, it's not

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the same as Jesus, and we'll prove that

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to you in a moment, but don't confuse

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that.

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Look further on that chapter, chapter 14, verse

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number 26, now we receive his name, or

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the name he is called, we don't really

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know his name, but the helper, the Holy

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Spirit, whom the Father will send in my

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name, now I get some help here, he

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will teach you all things.

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Did Jesus teach him all things?

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Did Jesus teach them all things?

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If you knew the Gospel of John, what's

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the answer?

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No, he didn't have time, and you weren't

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ready, so he did not teach all things.

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So from Jesus' point of view, I'm sending

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the Spirit back to you, because he's going

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to be in you, and I can't be

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in you, I'm on the outside of you,

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and when we go to bed at night,

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we can't talk, because I'm sleeping, and if

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John takes me on a fishing trip, and

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you want to talk to me, you can't

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get a hold of me, and besides that,

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I'm only here for a few years, and

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I'm gone, I'm gonna die, and I'm gonna

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send somebody else who's gonna teach you everything.

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So Jesus did not teach them everything, he's

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gonna send somebody else who will teach him

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everything.

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Jesus was not on the inside, he was

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on the outside, and next passage is John

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15, verse number 26, but when the Helper

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or Comforter, the Paracletos, comes, whom I shall

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send to you from the Father, so Jesus

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sometimes says I send them, and sometimes he

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says the Father sends them, together they're doing

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this, the Spirit of Truth who proceeds from

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the Father, he will testify of me.

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Now where is he going to be?

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Inside of you, and what is he gonna

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do?

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He's gonna tell you about me, because you

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don't know everything about me, you only know

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this much about me.

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So the Holy Spirit's gonna tell the person

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who's this being talked to more about Jesus

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than they know.

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Interesting.

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What Jesus didn't say was, I'm gonna write

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everything about me in a book.

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It's interesting.

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I'm gonna send somebody inside of you who

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will testify to you about me.

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Now about now, you're probably becoming a little

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bit uncomfortable and wondering where's he going?

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I'm going through John.

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I believe we're attacking right where the enemy

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is fighting and winning, big time, and the

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truth sets us free.

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All I want to do to us is

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read the truth verse by verse and prove

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it to all of us what Jesus says.

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Please don't box around what he says, he's

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real clear.

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I'm leaving and I'm sending somebody in my

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place.

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He was on the outside, he's gonna be

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in the inside.

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He'll teach you all things, he'll testify of

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me.

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It's pretty clear.

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Don't change his words, don't misinterpret them, just

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take them the way he said it.

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It's kind of clear.

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Chapter 16 verse 7, this is a critical

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verse that we're on right now and I

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want you to see it for yourself.

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John 16 verse 7.

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Nevertheless, Jesus said, I tell you the truth.

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Go back up to verse 6, excuse me,

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verse 5.

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But now I go away to him who

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sent me and none of you ask me

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where you're going, but because I have said

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these things to you, sorrow has filled your

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heart.

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Look here for a minute.

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So the disciples are saying, Jesus is leaving

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and we'll, think about this selfishly for a

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minute, we'll be worse off without him.

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Not only will we be lonely and we'll

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miss him, but who's gonna make the bread

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and all the other things.

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So they're feeling disadvantaged, sense of loss.

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That's why Jesus goes right on in the

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next verse and says exactly what he wants.

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Nevertheless, nevertheless, even though you do have sorrow,

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and you should, I tell you the truth,

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it is to your advantage that I go

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away.

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It's better for you that I go away.

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It is my belief, after counseling hundreds and

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hundreds of people, that it is not the

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average evangelical Christian's advantage experientially.

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That when you question an evangelical person about

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what the Holy Spirit actually did for you

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yesterday.

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What did you do last week?

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Well, what good is it that he's in

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you?

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Oh, he's sealed me until I'm dead.

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Great.

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So what?

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Are you with me?

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Now, let's get a little more practical here.

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I travel a lot and speak a lot.

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I go in certain churches, these are both

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evangelical, not liberal.

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And the Bible is preached solidly, and it's

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dead in church.

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And everybody but the preacher may know it.

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And even he may know it.

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It's lifeless, verse by verse.

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The truth is being given.

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You feel more tired when you leave, than

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when you came.

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And you go at a sense of an

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obligation.

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But the Bible was preached, and it was.

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I go to churches, just as evangelical, and

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you walk in the door, and you feel

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it.

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You feel what?

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Some of you snuck around.

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What do you feel?

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You feel a little bit up.

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That's one thing you feel, just speaking it

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secularly to you.

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You feel a little electric in the place.

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Like some people in here are alive.

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And then when they start to sing, what

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do you find yourself doing?

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You find yourself singing, and you find yourself

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praising God.

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In the other church, you sing the hymns

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of the faith, but if you praise God,

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it's because you did it.

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In this church, there's a lot of handshakes

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and pats on the back.

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On this church, what is there?

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A lot of what?

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Hugs.

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What else?

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Laughter.

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What else?

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Tears.

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Spontaneous.

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Fixed.

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Predictable to the minute.

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Unpredictable.

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Which side do you feel more loved?

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Hello?

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I'm not going by myself down this road.

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Which side do you feel more loved?

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We don't know what this side is, because

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we've not decided to describe it, except the

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results of it.

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This side exalts Christ.

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This side exalts Christ.

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This side preaches the Bible a little differently

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than this side.

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This side preaches the Bible.

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This side does one additional thing.

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It recognizes the Spirit.

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This side has the doctrine of the Spirit.

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Now, there are excesses on both sides.

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I'm not saying this is the right side,

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because that's not my point here.

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Many people on this side believe, unless you

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speak in tongues, you're not born again.

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That's heresy.

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That's what I would call that.

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Anybody who changes the definition of salvation is

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heretical.

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That's clearly not scriptural.

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Other people would say, you aren't fully sanctified

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until you speak in tongues.

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But the scripture is clear when it says,

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not all speak in tongues.

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So they're wrong as well.

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But there's a lot of things on this

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side that are very right.

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And that's the part I want to talk

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about.

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We've taken this whole bucket and thrown it

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away.

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And there was something in the bucket called

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the Spirit of God.

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And we put it away.

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And with it, listen to me very carefully,

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we've lost the number one power to live

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the spiritual life.

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Number one.

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Nothing close.

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There's God in us.

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Therefore, it is my thesis tonight, that evangelical

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Christianity has neglected the gift of the Spirit

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that Jesus said, it is to your advantage

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that I leave.

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He's better in you than me with you.

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And the next question you should be asking

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if you're there tonight, and you haven't done

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this too hard with me, is you'd be

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saying to yourself, well, what does the Bible,

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not what does Bruce or what does this

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group of people, because those two are irrelevant.

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The only thing that's relevant is, what does

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the Bible say?

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If the Bible says some things you don't

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believe, what will you do?

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Yeah, but what will you do?

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Well, that's what we're going to be working

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on.

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It's hard work for you and for me,

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because the Bible is very clear.

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And I'll give you, we'll go through a

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lot of verses in the next few moments.

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It's clear as a bell.

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And I think many of us don't believe

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what it says, because we have taken this

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bucket, thrown everything about this in the bucket,

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and when we read it, we don't see

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it.

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And when we see it, we don't believe

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it.

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And therefore, when you ask the average evangelical

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Christian, what difference is that if we took

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the spirit out of your life tomorrow morning,

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what difference would it have made last month

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to you?

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The average person's mouth falls open, gets dry,

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and nods.

548
00:23:45,250 --> 00:23:46,610
There should be a good answer to that,

549
00:23:46,670 --> 00:23:47,410
but I don't know.

550
00:23:52,050 --> 00:23:57,180
Now, I'm going to go through seven, seven

551
00:23:57,180 --> 00:23:58,080
things.

552
00:23:58,300 --> 00:24:00,700
There's more than seven, but seven's perfect.

553
00:24:00,980 --> 00:24:03,660
There are seven things that I want to

554
00:24:03,660 --> 00:24:06,560
review for you that the Bible says the

555
00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,160
spirit will do in the life of a

556
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:10,520
believer.

557
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,520
And as we go through these seven things,

558
00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:15,200
I'm going to ask you to do something

559
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,240
a little bit challenging.

560
00:24:18,140 --> 00:24:21,120
Next to each one of these seven, I

561
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:22,640
want you to write it down, write down

562
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:23,120
the verse.

563
00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:24,960
And then I want you to put a

564
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:26,380
number next to each one of these seven,

565
00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:29,160
between one and seven, for yourself.

566
00:24:29,540 --> 00:24:31,920
Do a little bit of self-examination.

567
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,660
It's my conviction, listen carefully, that we have

568
00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:39,280
quenched the spirit so he doesn't speak in

569
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,480
our lives, and we think it's the norm.

570
00:24:45,340 --> 00:24:46,160
We state it again.

571
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,400
It is my belief that we have quenched,

572
00:24:49,940 --> 00:24:54,160
turned him down, the spirit, and we now

573
00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:57,720
think that how we live is the norm

574
00:24:57,720 --> 00:24:58,940
for Christians.

575
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,840
The only way it's a norm is if

576
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,340
it matches one by one with what the

577
00:25:04,340 --> 00:25:05,060
Bible teaches.

578
00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:10,140
In testing this last week here, not quite

579
00:25:10,140 --> 00:25:14,460
so carefully as I'm doing tonight, the average

580
00:25:14,460 --> 00:25:16,720
person in the audience realized going through these

581
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,240
seven, hardly any of these are true about

582
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:19,500
me.

583
00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:23,760
But the spirit dwells within them.

584
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,640
If you can be honest with yourself, I

585
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,940
want you to find out how much of

586
00:25:28,940 --> 00:25:33,700
your life would demonstrate to you, that the

587
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,900
spirit has been to your advantage.

588
00:25:36,780 --> 00:25:38,340
And therefore, as I give each one of

589
00:25:38,340 --> 00:25:40,280
these seven, give yourself a little number.

590
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:42,620
If you say, this isn't true of me

591
00:25:42,620 --> 00:25:44,880
at all, go zero.

592
00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:46,840
If you say, this is true all the

593
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,680
time about me, give a seven.

594
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,260
And then you have a score in between

595
00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:52,680
to give what you'd like to do.

596
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,840
Don't look at anybody else's, or you will

597
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:56,880
go blind.

598
00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:08,320
Let's take an easy one, because they're going

599
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:08,840
to get hard.

600
00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:13,480
Number one, what's one thing the spirit does,

601
00:26:13,660 --> 00:26:16,580
he says anyway, in the lives of believers.

602
00:26:16,740 --> 00:26:19,620
Number one, he produces the fruit of the

603
00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:20,020
spirit.

604
00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,380
Number one, write that down, produces the fruit

605
00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:26,480
of the spirit, and put down next to

606
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,240
it, one passage.

607
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:29,380
I'll only take one.

608
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:32,660
Galatians chapter five, verse 22 and 23.

609
00:26:33,940 --> 00:26:35,220
And then take your Bibles.

610
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:37,240
I know many of you traveled the long

611
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,940
way tonight, but we need to, this is

612
00:26:38,940 --> 00:26:40,180
the introduction for tomorrow night.

613
00:26:40,380 --> 00:26:41,480
You need to get into this.

614
00:26:41,740 --> 00:26:43,440
So do as best as you can to

615
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,540
follow me, and I'll see if I can

616
00:26:45,540 --> 00:26:46,180
encourage you.

617
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:50,200
Galatians chapter five, verse 22 and 23.

618
00:26:53,650 --> 00:26:55,630
Well known, we all memorize this verse a

619
00:26:55,630 --> 00:26:57,830
million times, but I want to read it.

620
00:26:58,030 --> 00:27:00,850
It says, but the fruit of the spirit,

621
00:27:01,770 --> 00:27:04,050
the fruit of the spirit, not of the

622
00:27:04,050 --> 00:27:04,410
scriptures.

623
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:07,610
Hello, not of the scriptures.

624
00:27:07,930 --> 00:27:14,160
It's the fruit of the spirit.

625
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:16,840
Is that what it say in your Bible?

626
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:18,940
This is an easy one.

627
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,120
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy,

628
00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:22,720
peace.

629
00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,900
So that means that if I'm, if the

630
00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:30,400
spirit is active in me, you will say

631
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,700
about me, that person is loving all the

632
00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:32,960
time.

633
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,800
They will say, how come you're filled with

634
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:37,120
joy?

635
00:27:38,260 --> 00:27:40,440
They will say, what gives you that deep

636
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:40,800
peace?

637
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:42,520
And it seems like no matter what's going

638
00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:44,700
on, you have peace in your life.

639
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:48,340
And your ability to suffer long through things,

640
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,680
and that you have kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,

641
00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,700
that you are filled with gentleness.

642
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,480
You have a great deal of self-control.

643
00:27:57,740 --> 00:28:00,600
This passage bothered me for years.

644
00:28:02,140 --> 00:28:04,340
I thought it should say, but the fruits

645
00:28:04,340 --> 00:28:07,660
of the spirit are, because I could have

646
00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:09,440
one or two of these at a given

647
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,160
moment and feel like I'm doing okay.

648
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,280
But it says, no, there's only one outgrowth

649
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:18,120
of the spirit if he's active in your

650
00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:18,420
life.

651
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,400
And this is, listen to me now, this

652
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,240
is what he looks like when he's doing

653
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:23,500
it.

654
00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:28,440
He doesn't have a divided personality, and he's

655
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:29,560
not dysfunctional.

656
00:28:32,010 --> 00:28:32,950
It's the spirit.

657
00:28:33,550 --> 00:28:36,170
And this is the nature of the spirit.

658
00:28:36,930 --> 00:28:39,270
And therefore, if the spirit, the Holy Spirit

659
00:28:39,270 --> 00:28:42,050
of God, is fully released in my life

660
00:28:42,050 --> 00:28:44,430
and your life, then this is what the

661
00:28:44,430 --> 00:28:46,010
spirit will look in me, and I'll see

662
00:28:46,010 --> 00:28:47,270
it, and you'll see it more than I'll

663
00:28:47,270 --> 00:28:47,570
see it.

664
00:28:49,290 --> 00:28:51,390
Now, I used to think for years, because

665
00:28:51,390 --> 00:28:54,090
this was my training, that it's really the

666
00:28:54,090 --> 00:28:56,310
fruit of determination and self-control.

667
00:28:57,410 --> 00:29:00,410
And memorizing Scripture, how to slip that in,

668
00:29:00,730 --> 00:29:03,030
is the way that you get the fruit

669
00:29:03,030 --> 00:29:03,770
of the spirit.

670
00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:08,650
The only problem is, nowhere in Scripture does

671
00:29:10,090 --> 00:29:10,730
it say that.

672
00:29:11,070 --> 00:29:15,010
It says it's the fruit of the spirit.

673
00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:18,590
There appears to be two ways to try

674
00:29:18,590 --> 00:29:19,810
and get the fruit of the spirit.

675
00:29:20,650 --> 00:29:23,070
One is, the way I did most of

676
00:29:23,070 --> 00:29:27,310
my life, which is, through self-control and

677
00:29:27,310 --> 00:29:30,350
through renewing my mind, I will act this

678
00:29:30,350 --> 00:29:31,430
way if it kills me.

679
00:29:33,270 --> 00:29:34,850
How many of you can identify with me?

680
00:29:34,930 --> 00:29:35,990
I'm out on a limb a little bit.

681
00:29:36,970 --> 00:29:38,330
Are the rest of you not identifying?

682
00:29:38,470 --> 00:29:39,190
You fall asleep.

683
00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:40,150
What is the issue here?

684
00:29:40,290 --> 00:29:42,330
How many of you can identify with me?

685
00:29:42,830 --> 00:29:43,510
Good, thank you.

686
00:29:43,550 --> 00:29:44,610
The rest of you are lying.

687
00:29:47,540 --> 00:29:48,380
I'm only kidding.

688
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:53,220
This passage has a different concept, and we'll

689
00:29:53,220 --> 00:29:54,860
teach about this in a couple more days.

690
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,360
It has the concept that says, no, it

691
00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,240
is not in the flesh.

692
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,180
You do not do the fruit of the

693
00:30:00,180 --> 00:30:04,120
spirit through your flesh, even well-meaning flesh.

694
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,020
You get the flesh out of the way,

695
00:30:07,100 --> 00:30:08,260
and if it's out of the way adequately,

696
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,300
and you're cooperating with Him, these will be

697
00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:13,460
true, all of them, in your life at

698
00:30:13,460 --> 00:30:13,880
the time.

699
00:30:14,860 --> 00:30:16,720
Now put a number between one and seven

700
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:17,060
down.

701
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,780
If you think you're doing really well, give

702
00:30:20,780 --> 00:30:30,900
a 7.5. Number two, the

703
00:30:30,900 --> 00:30:39,920
spirit teaches, the spirit teaches, teaches you, all

704
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:41,000
right, you personally.

705
00:30:41,780 --> 00:30:43,340
There's three verses I want you to write

706
00:30:43,340 --> 00:30:43,580
down.

707
00:30:43,660 --> 00:30:48,960
Number one, John 16, 13, John 16, 13.

708
00:30:51,050 --> 00:30:52,530
Let's turn and take a look at these

709
00:30:52,530 --> 00:30:53,150
one at a time.

710
00:30:53,410 --> 00:30:54,970
John 16, 13.

711
00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:09,680
Verse 12, Jesus speaking again, I still have

712
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,320
many things to say to you, but you,

713
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:15,660
the listener now, cannot bear them now.

714
00:31:16,340 --> 00:31:18,200
So that means the teacher, which was Jesus,

715
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,340
had a lot of content and understanding to

716
00:31:20,340 --> 00:31:22,660
give to the people, but they were unable

717
00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:23,440
to cope with it.

718
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,300
We've all experienced that many times.

719
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,920
Therefore, Jesus is a bit thwarted in what

720
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:31,820
He wanted to do, but you can't bear

721
00:31:31,820 --> 00:31:31,960
it.

722
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:32,980
If you could bear it, I'd give you

723
00:31:32,980 --> 00:31:33,960
more, right?

724
00:31:34,820 --> 00:31:37,580
However, however, when He, the Spirit of Truth,

725
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:41,920
has come, He will guide you, He will

726
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,780
guide you into all truth, for He will

727
00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:50,280
not speak on His own authority, but whatever

728
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,700
He hears, He will speak, and He will

729
00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:53,180
tell you things to come.

730
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,280
You not only know what gift He's given

731
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,880
to you, but you know that is the

732
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:00,500
most important thing for you to be doing,

733
00:32:00,980 --> 00:32:04,200
because He sovereignly gave it to you.

734
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,620
He's going to use it in you, sovereignly,

735
00:32:07,700 --> 00:32:10,100
and I believe supernaturally, to accomplish His will.

736
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,600
It is the manifestation of the Spirit.

737
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,840
People would say, you didn't do that.

738
00:32:16,660 --> 00:32:19,460
You were, that was the Spirit in you.

739
00:32:19,660 --> 00:32:21,280
Yes, of course it was.

740
00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:23,280
See the difference?

741
00:32:24,100 --> 00:32:26,460
Now, you know what your spiritual gift is?

742
00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:31,540
Are you supernaturally, do you see the Spirit

743
00:32:31,540 --> 00:32:33,100
coming out when you use it, and do

744
00:32:33,100 --> 00:32:34,860
other people affirm that in you, or is

745
00:32:34,860 --> 00:32:38,340
it, well, it's like a carry-away now.

746
00:32:40,020 --> 00:32:42,280
The manifestation of the Spirit, right, that's what

747
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:42,700
it says.

748
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,920
A natural talent is the manifestation of my

749
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:46,460
strengths.

750
00:32:48,580 --> 00:32:51,220
Supernatural gift is the manifestation of the Holy

751
00:32:51,220 --> 00:32:53,180
Spirit, and they're not the same.

752
00:32:53,740 --> 00:32:56,180
They're not even related many times.

753
00:32:57,420 --> 00:32:58,280
Do you have that?

754
00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:59,120
Do you know what it is?

755
00:32:59,180 --> 00:33:00,520
Do you use it, and do other people

756
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,000
acknowledge, boy, God's using you in a mighty

757
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,220
way, or is it kind of, I'm not

758
00:33:06,220 --> 00:33:07,540
too sure about this stuff.

759
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:08,800
And when is this over?

760
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:14,960
Put a number.

761
00:33:16,620 --> 00:33:17,460
One to seven.

762
00:33:18,340 --> 00:33:20,220
Am I going through Bible passages or making

763
00:33:20,220 --> 00:33:20,880
this stuff up?

764
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:22,940
Is this Bible or not?

765
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,320
It's Bible.

766
00:33:25,660 --> 00:33:27,240
Now, here's one.

767
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:29,600
Hold on.

768
00:33:30,740 --> 00:33:33,540
The Spirit speaks to you.

769
00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:37,180
The Spirit speaks, different than teaching.

770
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:40,720
John chapter 16, verse 13.

771
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,100
Let me ask you a question.

772
00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:44,860
Was the Spirit just given to the twelve

773
00:33:44,860 --> 00:33:45,900
disciples and apostles?

774
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:47,900
No.

775
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,080
It's given to all of us, equally.

776
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:51,700
Interesting.

777
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,380
John 16, verse 13, says this.

778
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,660
However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has

779
00:33:59,660 --> 00:34:01,420
come, he will guide you into all truth,

780
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,920
for he will not speak, S-P-E

781
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:07,060
-A-K, speak on his own authority.

782
00:34:08,219 --> 00:34:09,500
He mustn't be speaking now.

783
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:10,760
He'd do a better job of it.

784
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:13,580
Oh, my.

785
00:34:16,510 --> 00:34:17,770
How are you doing with all this tonight?

786
00:34:18,870 --> 00:34:19,489
Is this all right?

787
00:34:23,350 --> 00:34:24,409
I want all of it.

788
00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:25,830
All the Bible teaches.

789
00:34:26,270 --> 00:34:28,210
I don't want to get to heaven's gate

790
00:34:28,210 --> 00:34:31,530
and find the Lord saying, you missed, you

791
00:34:31,530 --> 00:34:33,330
missed some biggies I had for you.

792
00:34:33,469 --> 00:34:35,090
And it was all in Scripture, but because

793
00:34:35,090 --> 00:34:38,030
of your blindness and hardness of heart and

794
00:34:38,030 --> 00:34:41,570
hard boxes that you felt I couldn't, wouldn't

795
00:34:41,570 --> 00:34:43,530
do, you never, you never had it.

796
00:34:43,889 --> 00:34:45,010
I want to get there and him to

797
00:34:45,010 --> 00:34:47,710
say, good, you got it all.

798
00:34:48,330 --> 00:34:49,650
Now come and get the rest.

799
00:34:51,489 --> 00:34:51,929
Yeah.

800
00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:56,300
He will guide you into all truth, for

801
00:34:56,300 --> 00:34:58,420
he will not speak on his own.

802
00:34:59,140 --> 00:34:59,940
Now look at this.

803
00:35:00,100 --> 00:35:04,240
But whatever he hears, he will, what's the

804
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:04,600
word?

805
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:06,040
Speak.

806
00:35:06,660 --> 00:35:09,220
And he will, come on, say it.

807
00:35:09,740 --> 00:35:10,920
Tell you.

808
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:12,840
Tell you.

809
00:35:13,580 --> 00:35:15,280
Will he tell you with his book?

810
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:16,280
Wait a minute.

811
00:35:16,860 --> 00:35:18,800
This has already been said.

812
00:35:20,180 --> 00:35:21,280
That's future tense.

813
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,440
He will tell you.

814
00:35:23,100 --> 00:35:24,400
This, he has spoken.

815
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:25,180
This is it.

816
00:35:26,220 --> 00:35:28,820
But when he speaks to you, it may

817
00:35:28,820 --> 00:35:30,980
or may not be related to something you're

818
00:35:30,980 --> 00:35:32,000
in the scriptures about.

819
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,060
It may be, go talk to that person

820
00:35:35,060 --> 00:35:36,100
over there right now.

821
00:35:37,240 --> 00:35:38,460
And you'll know it.

822
00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:41,580
And depending upon how you're relating to the

823
00:35:41,580 --> 00:35:43,520
spirit, you may say, no, sir.

824
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:49,440
But will you know it or not?

825
00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:50,660
Yes.

826
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:51,600
Question.

827
00:35:51,900 --> 00:35:52,240
Question.

828
00:35:52,580 --> 00:35:56,180
That is meant to happen all the time.

829
00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,580
How much of this happened in Jesus' life?

830
00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:02,260
I don't say anything on my own.

831
00:36:02,420 --> 00:36:04,540
I only say that which my father tells

832
00:36:04,540 --> 00:36:06,460
me, obviously, through the spirit, as you know.

833
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:08,200
It's interesting.

834
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,300
I mean, God can talk to a believer.

835
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:13,340
Good question.

836
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:14,900
First Corinthians chapter 12.

837
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:15,840
I'm glad you asked.

838
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,040
First Corinthians chapter 12.

839
00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:22,200
This is a surprising verse in the context

840
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:31,820
that we're talking about, but it's carried away

841
00:36:31,820 --> 00:36:34,380
with these dumb idols, however you are led.

842
00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:38,160
Therefore, I make known to you, said Paul,

843
00:36:38,420 --> 00:36:42,880
that no one, watch this, no one speaking

844
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:48,300
by the spirit of God, by the means

845
00:36:48,300 --> 00:36:52,100
of the spirit of God, calls Jesus accursed.

846
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,380
And no one can say that Jesus is

847
00:36:55,380 --> 00:36:57,620
Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

848
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,320
Word I want you to see is speaks

849
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,580
by the spirit of God.

850
00:37:03,780 --> 00:37:04,580
Next passage.

851
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:08,880
Now, if that was true, that the Holy

852
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:12,140
Spirit speaks, should you be able to find

853
00:37:12,140 --> 00:37:15,000
illustrations in the New Testament, not including the

854
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,560
apostles and disciples in which the Holy Spirit

855
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:18,900
spoke?

856
00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:20,880
Sure, you should.

857
00:37:21,020 --> 00:37:23,320
If you couldn't, then you'd be concerned.

858
00:37:24,420 --> 00:37:25,320
Acts chapter 10.

859
00:37:25,940 --> 00:37:28,980
This is about one of the apostles, and

860
00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:30,160
then we'll broaden it out in a minute.

861
00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:32,040
Acts chapter 10, verse 19.

862
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:34,560
This is the vision that Peter saw of

863
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,040
the great sheet with the animals inside.

864
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,040
And Acts chapter 10, verse 19.

865
00:37:40,720 --> 00:37:45,240
While Peter thought about the vision, the spirit

866
00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:48,960
said to him, Behold, three men are seeking

867
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:49,260
you.

868
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:50,280
Don't miss that.

869
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:51,140
Look up here quickly.

870
00:37:51,940 --> 00:37:53,520
Here's Peter thinking.

871
00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:55,980
So his mind is preoccupied.

872
00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:59,440
He is actively processing what he just saw,

873
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,080
what it means.

874
00:38:00,460 --> 00:38:03,400
So he's not making the voice in himself.

875
00:38:04,420 --> 00:38:07,440
Some people think that this whole thing is

876
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:12,840
false, that it's all your own words.

877
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:14,700
Well, you can have some, and you can

878
00:38:14,700 --> 00:38:16,080
make yourself sound like you're talking to the

879
00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,680
spirit, and you can have some vain imaginations.

880
00:38:18,820 --> 00:38:20,440
Those are all true, right?

881
00:38:21,220 --> 00:38:25,040
But the other truth is, the spirit speaks,

882
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,120
and you must learn to hear him yourself.

883
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:32,040
And at the beginning, you'll make all kinds

884
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,200
of mistakes, unless you've been walking with the

885
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:36,040
spirit, and you'll hear him.

886
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:38,000
How much?

887
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,560
You can't make him talk, but more than

888
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:43,420
you ever would dream.

889
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:45,940
Acts chapter 10, verse 19.

890
00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:49,320
While Peter thought about the vision, the spirit

891
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,840
said to him, Behold, three men.

892
00:38:51,020 --> 00:38:53,820
Now look how he says that himself, when

893
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:55,580
he talked to somebody else about what happened

894
00:38:55,580 --> 00:38:55,980
to him.

895
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,660
Acts 11, verse 12.

896
00:38:58,620 --> 00:38:59,980
He's explaining it.

897
00:39:00,780 --> 00:39:01,640
And verse 11.

898
00:39:01,820 --> 00:39:03,660
At that very moment, three men, said Peter,

899
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,060
he's explaining to some other people.

900
00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:06,960
Three men stood before the house where I

901
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,200
was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.

902
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,440
Then the spirit told me to go with

903
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:12,640
him.

904
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,940
So what happened inside of this man, Peter?

905
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:20,040
Somehow he knew, the spirit said, go with

906
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:21,040
him, and he went.

907
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,620
Peter, why are you going?

908
00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:24,200
Because that's what the Lord wants me to

909
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:24,380
do.

910
00:39:24,740 --> 00:39:25,680
How do you know that?

911
00:39:27,860 --> 00:39:31,160
Sometimes that's hard to explain, but I just

912
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:31,400
know.

913
00:39:32,020 --> 00:39:33,400
That's exactly how it happens.

914
00:39:34,820 --> 00:39:37,420
How often does the spirit say words?

915
00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:41,780
Very, very, very, very rarely.

916
00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:44,240
But does he speak?

917
00:39:44,980 --> 00:39:45,420
Yes.

918
00:39:46,700 --> 00:39:48,260
And your spirit knows it.

919
00:39:48,460 --> 00:39:49,280
Go speak to him.

920
00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:51,480
He didn't say the words, but you knew.

921
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,460
You're supposed to speak to that one person,

922
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:54,760
and you know it.

923
00:39:55,620 --> 00:39:56,420
Is that true or false?

924
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:58,840
How many have had at least one time

925
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:00,600
in your life that you know the spirit

926
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:01,820
said, you go do that?

927
00:40:01,880 --> 00:40:02,360
Raise your hand.

928
00:40:03,140 --> 00:40:05,880
Oh, so there's no doubt then that that's

929
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:06,220
true.

930
00:40:07,420 --> 00:40:08,800
There's no doubt that it's true.

931
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,740
You can't say that's not true, or else

932
00:40:10,740 --> 00:40:13,000
you've all been fooled, and I'm joining with

933
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:13,240
you.

934
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:15,340
But we haven't been fooled.

935
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,300
But the issue is, on this side of

936
00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:22,160
the box, we don't understand that the will

937
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,000
of God is to lead us and speak

938
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,080
to us a lot.

939
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,360
Instead, all of a sudden, he's yelling, hey,

940
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,140
you, the one who never talks to me.

941
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:34,180
I'm here.

942
00:40:34,700 --> 00:40:35,820
Please go talk to him.

943
00:40:35,980 --> 00:40:37,000
I think I heard a voice.

944
00:40:38,580 --> 00:40:40,100
Take a look at Acts chapter 8.

945
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,160
Acts chapter 8, verses 26 to 29.

946
00:40:44,620 --> 00:40:45,380
This is Philip.

947
00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:47,460
Now, here we have Philip, we have an

948
00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:49,500
angel, and we have the spirit, all in

949
00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:50,300
the same story.

950
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:51,400
This is a great illustration.

951
00:40:52,820 --> 00:40:55,020
Now, an angel of the Lord spoke to

952
00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:55,260
Philip.

953
00:40:56,420 --> 00:40:59,280
Well, angels can speak to people, of course,

954
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,200
saying, arise and go toward the south along

955
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:03,980
the road which goes down from Jerusalem to

956
00:41:03,980 --> 00:41:04,320
Gaza.

957
00:41:04,740 --> 00:41:05,360
This is the desert.

958
00:41:05,500 --> 00:41:06,620
So he arose and he went.

959
00:41:07,260 --> 00:41:09,000
And behold, a man of Ethiopia, eunuch of

960
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,960
great authority, under Candace, the queen of the

961
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,880
Ethiopians, had come, who had charge of all

962
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:16,800
her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to

963
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:18,240
worship, was returning.

964
00:41:18,580 --> 00:41:20,600
And sitting in his chariot, he was reading

965
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:21,440
Isaiah the prophet.

966
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:26,240
Then the spirit said to Philip, go near

967
00:41:26,240 --> 00:41:27,480
and overtake this chariot.

968
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,680
Does the Bible teach that the spirit speaks?

969
00:41:33,940 --> 00:41:35,460
Did Jesus say he did?

970
00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:36,000
Yes.

971
00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:37,140
Did Paul say he did?

972
00:41:37,260 --> 00:41:37,520
Yes.

973
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,740
Did Peter experience it?

974
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:39,120
Yes.

975
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:40,700
Did Philip experience it?

976
00:41:40,980 --> 00:41:41,340
Yes.

977
00:41:42,060 --> 00:41:43,860
Let's get more people experiencing it.

978
00:41:44,180 --> 00:41:46,960
Acts chapter 13, verse number 2.

979
00:41:48,420 --> 00:41:50,580
This is when the first missionaries are being

980
00:41:50,580 --> 00:41:53,540
sent out from this particular church in Antioch.

981
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,940
As they ministered to the Lord and fasted,

982
00:41:57,180 --> 00:42:00,820
the Holy Spirit said, now separate to me

983
00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:03,200
Barnabas and Saul for the work to which

984
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:03,900
I've called them.

985
00:42:05,770 --> 00:42:09,010
Question, does the Bible teach that the spirit

986
00:42:09,010 --> 00:42:10,350
speaks to believers?

987
00:42:10,810 --> 00:42:11,370
Yes or no?

988
00:42:11,870 --> 00:42:12,230
Yes.

989
00:42:12,430 --> 00:42:12,830
Yes.

990
00:42:13,490 --> 00:42:13,870
Good.

991
00:42:13,970 --> 00:42:14,430
Write a number.

992
00:42:14,730 --> 00:42:16,610
How often does that occur in your life?

993
00:42:18,340 --> 00:42:23,600
Number five, the spirit causes us to praise

994
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:24,560
and to thank.

995
00:42:25,420 --> 00:42:28,380
The spirit causes us to praise and to

996
00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:28,740
thank.

997
00:42:29,340 --> 00:42:30,040
Two verses.

998
00:42:30,460 --> 00:42:34,400
First one, Ephesians chapter 5, verses 18 to

999
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:34,840
21.

1000
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:37,500
It's a classic passage.

1001
00:42:37,780 --> 00:42:39,400
We'll talk all about this on Sunday morning.

1002
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:41,480
How to do this?

1003
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,420
Don't be drunk with wine, in which there's

1004
00:42:43,420 --> 00:42:45,780
dissipation, but filled with the spirit.

1005
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:47,560
Now what does it look like when you're

1006
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:48,340
filled with the spirit?

1007
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,260
You will be doing the following things.

1008
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:51,980
Number one, you'll be speaking to one another

1009
00:42:51,980 --> 00:42:53,880
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.

1010
00:42:54,660 --> 00:42:57,080
Number two, you'll be singing and making melody

1011
00:42:57,080 --> 00:42:58,640
in your heart to the Lord.

1012
00:42:59,220 --> 00:43:01,100
So a person who's filled with the spirit

1013
00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:04,960
finds himself humming and singing to the Lord

1014
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,860
when nobody else is around.

1015
00:43:07,540 --> 00:43:08,020
Frequently.

1016
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:10,960
Number 20, verse 20, what else will they

1017
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:11,340
be doing?

1018
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,500
They'll be giving thanks always for all things

1019
00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:14,180
to God.

1020
00:43:14,540 --> 00:43:15,320
What do you mean?

1021
00:43:15,420 --> 00:43:17,500
That means that regardless what happens, their immediate

1022
00:43:17,500 --> 00:43:19,080
response is, Lord thank you for this.

1023
00:43:19,180 --> 00:43:20,000
This is for my good.

1024
00:43:20,180 --> 00:43:20,820
I believe it.

1025
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,940
I believe you're in control and I thank

1026
00:43:22,940 --> 00:43:24,140
you because this is out of your good

1027
00:43:24,140 --> 00:43:24,860
hand to me.

1028
00:43:26,420 --> 00:43:29,080
And number 21, it says, submitting to one

1029
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,400
another the fear of God.

1030
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,440
That means when you are filled with the

1031
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,380
spirit, you are not obstinate.

1032
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,120
You are not stubborn.

1033
00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:41,500
You are not hard to get along with.

1034
00:43:42,340 --> 00:43:46,340
You submit to one another easily, easily.

1035
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,880
Now, those four characteristics of speaking that way,

1036
00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:54,720
singing that way, thanking that way and submitting

1037
00:43:54,720 --> 00:43:55,520
to each other.

1038
00:43:56,340 --> 00:43:58,200
How often is that true about you?

1039
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,640
Or do you have to think a long

1040
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:00,980
time?

1041
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,440
I can't remember the last time I was

1042
00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:02,700
singing.

1043
00:44:02,820 --> 00:44:05,960
I'm so bogged down at work or my

1044
00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:07,000
kids are really a problem.

1045
00:44:07,060 --> 00:44:09,920
Our marriage is strained and I just don't

1046
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:10,960
find myself doing that.

1047
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,480
And my husband and I, we never submit

1048
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:12,980
to each other.

1049
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:15,240
And guess what?

1050
00:44:16,140 --> 00:44:17,800
If you're filled with the spirit, those things

1051
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:18,540
are true about you.

1052
00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:21,920
If you're not filled with the spirit, those

1053
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:22,820
things are not true about you.

1054
00:44:22,860 --> 00:44:24,120
And you can't remember the last time.

1055
00:44:24,220 --> 00:44:25,880
And people say, that person's hard to get

1056
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:26,420
along with.

1057
00:44:27,580 --> 00:44:28,740
So put a number down.

1058
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:30,660
It's getting a little convicting in here.

1059
00:44:32,060 --> 00:44:35,620
Number six, the spirit leads us.

1060
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,540
He teaches, he speaks and he leads.

1061
00:44:38,820 --> 00:44:39,860
The spirit leads.

1062
00:44:40,420 --> 00:44:45,320
Romans chapter 8, verse number 13 and 14.

1063
00:44:46,300 --> 00:44:47,720
Romans 8, 13 and 14.

1064
00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:49,420
But if you live according to the flesh,

1065
00:44:49,460 --> 00:44:49,980
you will die.

1066
00:44:50,700 --> 00:44:53,280
But if by the spirit you put to

1067
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,200
death the deeds of the body, you will

1068
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:55,520
live.

1069
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:56,560
Look up here for a minute.

1070
00:44:57,020 --> 00:44:58,580
This isn't one of the points here, but

1071
00:44:58,580 --> 00:44:59,420
it's a major one.

1072
00:45:00,660 --> 00:45:02,240
Remember I tried to share a minute ago

1073
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:03,380
with how do you have the fruit of

1074
00:45:03,380 --> 00:45:03,820
the spirit?

1075
00:45:04,060 --> 00:45:04,900
And there's two ways.

1076
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:06,400
One is you try to do it through

1077
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:07,800
your own determination.

1078
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,440
And the other way, you do not do

1079
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:11,840
it through your own determination because you realize

1080
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:13,300
you can't do the work of God for

1081
00:45:13,300 --> 00:45:13,540
him.

1082
00:45:15,140 --> 00:45:16,940
That's why it says in that verse, but

1083
00:45:16,940 --> 00:45:21,980
if by the spirit you put to death

1084
00:45:21,980 --> 00:45:23,980
the deeds of the body, you can't put

1085
00:45:23,980 --> 00:45:25,220
the deeds of the body to death by

1086
00:45:25,220 --> 00:45:29,500
determination, by your determination, by your will, by

1087
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:31,520
your self-control, it will not happen.

1088
00:45:32,140 --> 00:45:33,900
It is by the spirit who does that

1089
00:45:33,900 --> 00:45:34,280
in you.

1090
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,480
That's why he continues in verse 14, but

1091
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:40,760
as many as are led by the spirit,

1092
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:42,820
these are the sons of God.

1093
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,600
Galatians 5, 18, I won't turn to it,

1094
00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:48,320
is another passage that talks about the same

1095
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:49,040
thing.

1096
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:52,640
And then turn to one passage and we'll

1097
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:53,740
move on to the last one.

1098
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,860
Acts chapter 16, Acts chapter 16.

1099
00:45:57,160 --> 00:45:59,320
I have used this passage in my own

1100
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:00,500
life more times.

1101
00:46:01,420 --> 00:46:03,020
In fact, this afternoon, this morning, I was

1102
00:46:03,020 --> 00:46:05,700
writing a letter because the Lord had done

1103
00:46:05,700 --> 00:46:08,680
this to me in our organization and it

1104
00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:09,940
was hard to deal with.

1105
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:11,840
Acts chapter 16, verse 6.

1106
00:46:12,820 --> 00:46:14,680
Now, when they had gone through Phrygia in

1107
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:18,580
the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by

1108
00:46:18,580 --> 00:46:21,560
the spirit to preach the word in Asia.

1109
00:46:23,020 --> 00:46:24,760
Now, how did that happen?

1110
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:27,740
I think if the Lord had spoken to

1111
00:46:27,740 --> 00:46:30,200
them, it had said that, that the spirits

1112
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:32,820
told them not to do it, but it

1113
00:46:32,820 --> 00:46:34,680
was forbidden by the Holy Spirit.

1114
00:46:35,600 --> 00:46:38,120
Verse 7, after they'd come to Mysia, they

1115
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:40,120
tried to go into Bithynia.

1116
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,580
Therefore, I think Paul would have said, Paul,

1117
00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:43,140
why are you doing this?

1118
00:46:43,180 --> 00:46:43,800
Why are you going to Bithynia?

1119
00:46:44,020 --> 00:46:45,300
Well, I think that's where we should go,

1120
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:45,760
probably.

1121
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:49,260
They tried to go into Bithynia, but the

1122
00:46:49,260 --> 00:46:51,240
spirit didn't permit them.

1123
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,880
I don't know how this happened, but perhaps

1124
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:57,240
it was they were out on the road

1125
00:46:57,240 --> 00:46:59,540
and Paul stops and says, wait, we can't

1126
00:46:59,540 --> 00:46:59,720
go.

1127
00:47:00,380 --> 00:47:01,440
What do you mean we can't go?

1128
00:47:01,580 --> 00:47:02,700
We're not supposed to go.

1129
00:47:03,140 --> 00:47:04,360
How do you know we're not supposed to

1130
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:04,560
go?

1131
00:47:04,800 --> 00:47:05,380
I don't know.

1132
00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:06,800
We're just not supposed to go.

1133
00:47:08,740 --> 00:47:11,880
He leads you and he guides you.

1134
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:22,860
A very close friend was driving home and

1135
00:47:22,860 --> 00:47:26,740
out of the blue into his mind came

1136
00:47:26,740 --> 00:47:28,480
the idea, go see this family.

1137
00:47:30,620 --> 00:47:33,240
And this young man said, I don't know

1138
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:34,240
where the family lives.

1139
00:47:35,700 --> 00:47:37,980
Go see the family.

1140
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:40,260
I don't know where they live.

1141
00:47:41,060 --> 00:47:42,780
Go see the family.

1142
00:47:42,780 --> 00:47:45,540
So this young man drives his car.

1143
00:47:46,780 --> 00:47:48,000
I think it's over there.

1144
00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:54,120
So he goes down into a development.

1145
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:55,380
He's driving along.

1146
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:55,920
This is right.

1147
00:47:56,020 --> 00:47:56,480
This is right.

1148
00:47:57,300 --> 00:48:00,080
Makes a left hand turn, goes a little

1149
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:01,980
bit further, makes a right hand turn.

1150
00:48:02,220 --> 00:48:03,780
No, he stops.

1151
00:48:04,260 --> 00:48:05,180
He backs up.

1152
00:48:05,820 --> 00:48:08,080
He goes further down and he goes to

1153
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:08,900
a cul-de-sac.

1154
00:48:10,460 --> 00:48:12,060
Go to this person's house.

1155
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,340
Where do they live?

1156
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:15,700
He gets out of his car and starts

1157
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:16,440
up the driveway.

1158
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:18,620
It's not it goes over to the other

1159
00:48:18,620 --> 00:48:20,680
house, walks up and knocks the door.

1160
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:22,560
It's the person's house.

1161
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,680
It's the man of the house.

1162
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,140
The man of the house opens the door

1163
00:48:27,140 --> 00:48:29,540
and said, I can't believe it.

1164
00:48:30,060 --> 00:48:31,980
God sent you and you're a young man.

1165
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:38,180
This young man who was 18 said, why

1166
00:48:38,180 --> 00:48:38,840
am I here?

1167
00:48:39,820 --> 00:48:42,180
The man said, because I was upstairs on

1168
00:48:42,180 --> 00:48:45,480
my knees begging God to send a deacon

1169
00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,160
or an elder to tell our family what

1170
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:47,540
to do.

1171
00:48:49,180 --> 00:48:52,640
And this young man said, then let's meet.

1172
00:48:53,260 --> 00:48:56,440
So he went in, got this man and

1173
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:58,820
the wife and the three kids and they

1174
00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:01,000
spent more than two hours on their knees.

1175
00:49:01,220 --> 00:49:02,740
And as a result of it, their whole

1176
00:49:02,740 --> 00:49:04,600
family completely changed.

1177
00:49:06,380 --> 00:49:09,920
Now, this is something I know all about.

1178
00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:11,720
This is not a made up story or

1179
00:49:11,720 --> 00:49:12,460
one I read in a book.

1180
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:14,340
This is, I know about.

1181
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:17,140
Does that happen all the time?

1182
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,440
No, but there are certain people you're around

1183
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:24,780
who walk so close to the spirit that

1184
00:49:24,780 --> 00:49:27,620
they do the most uncanny things at times.

1185
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:29,120
Why are you sitting there?

1186
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:31,080
I don't know, but somebody's going to come

1187
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:31,560
and sit down.

1188
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:33,180
Somebody's going to come with who?

1189
00:49:33,580 --> 00:49:34,340
I don't know.

1190
00:49:35,340 --> 00:49:36,680
Lo and behold, they come and sit down

1191
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:37,420
and leave them to Christ.

1192
00:49:38,540 --> 00:49:39,480
Does that happen a lot?

1193
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:39,940
Yeah.

1194
00:49:40,940 --> 00:49:41,780
How do you know?

1195
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:43,440
I just know.

1196
00:49:46,670 --> 00:49:47,770
Does the spirit lead?

1197
00:49:48,190 --> 00:49:49,810
Holy Spirit forbid us to go.

1198
00:49:50,990 --> 00:49:52,430
Holy Spirit let us to go.

1199
00:49:52,430 --> 00:49:55,230
How does it happen in your spirit?

1200
00:49:55,330 --> 00:49:56,150
That's how it happens.

1201
00:49:56,770 --> 00:49:58,210
Does it go like this?

1202
00:50:00,710 --> 00:50:01,850
No, it doesn't.

1203
00:50:02,230 --> 00:50:03,470
No, it doesn't.

1204
00:50:03,770 --> 00:50:04,670
No, it doesn't.

1205
00:50:05,210 --> 00:50:06,930
It goes through the spirit in you.

1206
00:50:07,430 --> 00:50:08,370
That's how it happens.

1207
00:50:10,070 --> 00:50:10,990
Number seven.

1208
00:50:12,890 --> 00:50:15,990
The spirit has fellowship with you.

1209
00:50:16,630 --> 00:50:17,830
This is the last one.

1210
00:50:17,830 --> 00:50:21,070
The spirit has fellowship with you.

1211
00:50:21,590 --> 00:50:22,410
It communes.

1212
00:50:22,550 --> 00:50:23,230
He, not it.

1213
00:50:23,430 --> 00:50:25,110
He communes with you and me.

1214
00:50:25,970 --> 00:50:26,590
Two passages.

1215
00:50:27,010 --> 00:50:30,350
Number one, second Corinthians chapter 13 verse 14,

1216
00:50:31,430 --> 00:50:37,750
second Corinthians chapter 13 verse 14.

1217
00:50:38,910 --> 00:50:40,630
It's a famous verse.

1218
00:50:43,430 --> 00:50:46,470
Second Corinthians 13 14 says the grace of

1219
00:50:46,470 --> 00:50:48,330
our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of

1220
00:50:48,330 --> 00:50:52,790
God in the fellowship or communion, same word

1221
00:50:52,790 --> 00:50:57,470
of the Holy Spirit question.

1222
00:50:57,770 --> 00:50:59,630
What does it mean to have fellowship with

1223
00:50:59,630 --> 00:51:00,310
another person?

1224
00:51:00,610 --> 00:51:02,350
Is it a one way street?

1225
00:51:04,290 --> 00:51:05,890
It's a two way street.

1226
00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:09,830
Is the Holy Spirit wanting to have fellowship

1227
00:51:09,830 --> 00:51:10,630
with you personally?

1228
00:51:10,630 --> 00:51:11,470
You bet.

1229
00:51:13,050 --> 00:51:14,230
How much?

1230
00:51:14,410 --> 00:51:15,170
A lot.

1231
00:51:18,110 --> 00:51:19,330
Romans 8 verse 15.

1232
00:51:21,610 --> 00:51:23,870
Romans 8 verse 15 and 16.

1233
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:34,000
It's a very special verse to many folks.

1234
00:51:34,940 --> 00:51:36,560
Romans 8 15 and 16.

1235
00:51:41,370 --> 00:51:43,750
For you did not receive the spirit of

1236
00:51:43,750 --> 00:51:46,750
bondage again to fear, but you receive the

1237
00:51:46,750 --> 00:51:50,670
spirit of adoption by whom we cry out.

1238
00:51:52,050 --> 00:51:55,510
Abba father, the spirit himself.

1239
00:51:56,030 --> 00:51:59,950
Look at this verse bears witness with our

1240
00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:04,730
spirit that we are children of God, your

1241
00:52:04,730 --> 00:52:08,730
spirit and his spirit in the same body,

1242
00:52:08,830 --> 00:52:11,350
having fellowship together.

1243
00:52:11,350 --> 00:52:15,010
And nobody has to tell you that you

1244
00:52:15,010 --> 00:52:17,210
know it and it's real.

1245
00:52:24,700 --> 00:52:25,880
Don't stop seeking.

1246
00:52:26,820 --> 00:52:28,140
There's a lot more.

1247
00:52:32,140 --> 00:52:33,300
Count your numbers up.

1248
00:52:34,740 --> 00:52:36,580
You'd have a number between zero and seven

1249
00:52:36,580 --> 00:52:37,400
for all seven.

1250
00:52:39,780 --> 00:52:41,140
Add those all together.

1251
00:52:41,340 --> 00:52:43,360
A perfect score would be 49.

1252
00:52:57,410 --> 00:53:00,910
Take that number, multiply it times two and

1253
00:53:00,910 --> 00:53:01,670
you'll have a score.

1254
00:53:02,430 --> 00:53:04,770
Highest scores possible is the 98.

1255
00:53:09,940 --> 00:53:13,800
Now, if you have been walking with the

1256
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:16,180
spirit, your score would have been between about

1257
00:53:16,180 --> 00:53:17,440
an 80 and a 98.

1258
00:53:20,100 --> 00:53:22,360
If you have taken the truth of scripture

1259
00:53:22,360 --> 00:53:25,380
and denied it, your score is going to

1260
00:53:25,380 --> 00:53:34,020
be below a 30, 60.

1261
00:53:37,660 --> 00:53:41,660
Unless I misread this exercise, there's more than

1262
00:53:41,660 --> 00:53:43,520
one of us who scored below a 60.

1263
00:53:45,940 --> 00:53:47,800
How can this possibly be?

1264
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:50,820
Here's how it can possibly be.

1265
00:53:52,500 --> 00:53:54,520
I read this in a book written by

1266
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:59,980
Dr. Louis Sperry Chaffer, the founder of Dallas.

1267
00:54:00,860 --> 00:54:03,760
On page 56 of his book, he has

1268
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:06,400
a little paragraph in the book called He

1269
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,480
That Is Spiritual that made this whole thing

1270
00:54:09,480 --> 00:54:10,900
start to think in my mind.

1271
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,740
He said, there are two separate things that

1272
00:54:15,740 --> 00:54:18,840
we must never bring together as one.

1273
00:54:19,740 --> 00:54:20,980
And I don't know if these are the

1274
00:54:20,980 --> 00:54:21,720
right words.

1275
00:54:21,860 --> 00:54:23,480
I've tried to come up with more appropriate

1276
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:24,900
ones and haven't been able to yet.

1277
00:54:24,980 --> 00:54:26,480
Maybe one of you can help me.

1278
00:54:27,300 --> 00:54:29,480
He calls this side spiritual maturity.

1279
00:54:30,740 --> 00:54:34,460
And he says, spiritual maturity is how much

1280
00:54:34,460 --> 00:54:38,040
you know of the word, what kind of

1281
00:54:38,040 --> 00:54:40,640
service you have, how much wisdom you have

1282
00:54:40,640 --> 00:54:44,120
from the word over a long period of

1283
00:54:44,120 --> 00:54:44,380
time.

1284
00:54:45,840 --> 00:54:49,560
You can only become mature in Christ over

1285
00:54:49,560 --> 00:54:52,940
time and with effort and through self-discipline

1286
00:54:52,940 --> 00:54:56,140
and through memorization and reading and journaling and

1287
00:54:56,140 --> 00:54:57,340
praying and all the rest of it.

1288
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:00,260
On the other side, he said, is another

1289
00:55:00,260 --> 00:55:04,020
whole area called, he used the word, spirituality.

1290
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:07,360
He said this, and I fully agree with

1291
00:55:07,360 --> 00:55:07,560
him.

1292
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:10,900
When a person becomes a believer, they in

1293
00:55:10,900 --> 00:55:14,080
no way can become spiritually mature that day.

1294
00:55:14,500 --> 00:55:14,980
Impossible.

1295
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:15,860
It takes years.

1296
00:55:16,700 --> 00:55:19,500
On this side, however, if the person who

1297
00:55:19,500 --> 00:55:22,420
accepts Christ is rightly related to the spirit,

1298
00:55:23,560 --> 00:55:27,200
they can be full of the spirit like

1299
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:30,260
that and have full spirituality.

1300
00:55:32,580 --> 00:55:35,580
This is only dealing with the spirit and

1301
00:55:35,580 --> 00:55:36,800
our relationship to him.

1302
00:55:37,300 --> 00:55:38,760
This is to do with all of the

1303
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:40,360
other disciplines of life.

1304
00:55:43,850 --> 00:55:46,410
We're here this weekend to talk to a

1305
00:55:46,410 --> 00:55:48,850
group who has the spiritual disciplines of life

1306
00:55:48,850 --> 00:55:50,010
down pat.

1307
00:55:50,790 --> 00:55:54,310
The navigators are par excellence and I don't

1308
00:55:54,310 --> 00:55:55,810
know of any other group above you guys

1309
00:55:55,810 --> 00:55:57,310
in this half of it.

1310
00:55:58,250 --> 00:56:01,070
My calling to be with you this weekend,

1311
00:56:01,830 --> 00:56:04,910
as I've prayed about this, was to share

1312
00:56:04,910 --> 00:56:06,230
with you the other half.

1313
00:56:06,790 --> 00:56:08,690
In case there may be a few of

1314
00:56:08,690 --> 00:56:10,770
us in this room who say to ourselves,

1315
00:56:11,330 --> 00:56:12,930
I have a feeling I have a lot

1316
00:56:12,930 --> 00:56:14,470
to learn about spirituality.

1317
00:56:17,990 --> 00:56:21,150
Is it worth it to learn on this

1318
00:56:21,150 --> 00:56:24,790
side how to be led by the spirit,

1319
00:56:25,710 --> 00:56:28,950
be taught by the spirit, be in communion

1320
00:56:28,950 --> 00:56:33,210
with the spirit, to be filled with the

1321
00:56:33,210 --> 00:56:38,290
fruit of the spirit, to have joy and

1322
00:56:38,290 --> 00:56:41,910
thanksgiving and easy submission?

1323
00:56:45,010 --> 00:56:47,390
If it is, then maybe you'll be here

1324
00:56:47,390 --> 00:56:48,090
tomorrow night.

1325
00:56:50,810 --> 00:56:53,210
As a person who lived most of my

1326
00:56:53,210 --> 00:56:57,490
life on this side, and now have in

1327
00:56:57,490 --> 00:57:00,970
the past three years been wedding this side

1328
00:57:00,970 --> 00:57:01,410
to it.

1329
00:57:03,950 --> 00:57:04,970
It's wonderful.

1330
00:57:07,430 --> 00:57:08,550
And it is true.

1331
00:57:10,450 --> 00:57:13,530
It is to your advantage, therefore, to be

1332
00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:16,570
at the Navigator's Presence Council and to learn

1333
00:57:16,570 --> 00:57:20,670
together what the scripture teaches about how to

1334
00:57:20,670 --> 00:57:23,590
be filled with the spirit and to walk

1335
00:57:23,590 --> 00:57:26,370
by means of the spirit and to enjoy

1336
00:57:26,370 --> 00:57:28,150
all the fullness of the spirit in your

1337
00:57:28,150 --> 00:57:31,130
life, because that's why Jesus sent the spirit

1338
00:57:31,130 --> 00:57:31,870
into your life.

1339
00:57:32,710 --> 00:57:35,310
May you hunger after him and more of

1340
00:57:35,310 --> 00:57:42,490
him, because you realize deeply and personally don't

1341
00:57:42,490 --> 00:57:43,050
stop seeking.

1342
00:57:44,910 --> 00:57:45,950
There's a lot more.

1343
00:57:47,230 --> 00:57:47,830
Let's pray.

1344
00:57:52,850 --> 00:57:58,250
Our Father in heaven, forgive our unbelief because

1345
00:57:58,250 --> 00:58:00,930
that is the sin which the enemy has

1346
00:58:00,930 --> 00:58:03,650
used to confuse us.

1347
00:58:04,670 --> 00:58:07,590
We believe what you have said in these

1348
00:58:07,590 --> 00:58:11,410
50 verses, one after the other, after the

1349
00:58:11,410 --> 00:58:12,510
other, after the other.

1350
00:58:12,810 --> 00:58:13,850
They're clear.

1351
00:58:14,090 --> 00:58:15,470
The Holy Spirit is a person.

1352
00:58:16,390 --> 00:58:18,870
The Holy Spirit lives within us if we

1353
00:58:18,870 --> 00:58:19,570
know Christ.

1354
00:58:20,150 --> 00:58:22,490
And as far as Jesus Christ is concerned,

1355
00:58:23,770 --> 00:58:26,570
he is the teacher.

1356
00:58:27,290 --> 00:58:28,550
He is the testifier.

1357
00:58:29,150 --> 00:58:30,130
He is the guider.

1358
00:58:30,670 --> 00:58:31,650
He is the leader.

1359
00:58:32,810 --> 00:58:33,950
He is the commuter.

1360
00:58:36,150 --> 00:58:38,790
And we thank you for the gift of

1361
00:58:38,790 --> 00:58:39,550
the Holy Spirit.

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You've been listening to the From the Pulpit

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in Classic Sermons series.

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This week you heard Bruce Wilkinson with his

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message, Walking in the Spirit.

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Tune in next week to hear Milton Green

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talk about the second part of his message,

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The Flesh and the Power of Darkness on

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From the Pulpit in Classic Sermons.