1 00:00:02,630 --> 00:00:06,990 My goal with this message today, friends, is 2 00:00:06,990 --> 00:00:09,730 to be clear on my subject and for 3 00:00:09,730 --> 00:00:11,350 you to grasp it. 4 00:00:11,930 --> 00:00:14,890 And if God will enable me by his 5 00:00:14,890 --> 00:00:18,510 spirit to have his authority to give you 6 00:00:18,510 --> 00:00:21,370 this treatment on the doctrine of the fullness 7 00:00:21,370 --> 00:00:24,410 of the spirit, that'll be presented with such 8 00:00:24,410 --> 00:00:29,250 clarity and finality that'll stick with you and 9 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:32,330 its message will remain with you for the 10 00:00:32,330 --> 00:00:35,110 rest of your days and that God will 11 00:00:35,110 --> 00:00:38,530 use it in your life to bring change. 12 00:00:39,650 --> 00:00:42,730 The aim of this message is to get 13 00:00:42,730 --> 00:00:46,010 you to the place of admission that you 14 00:00:46,010 --> 00:00:48,430 will see your need of what I am 15 00:00:48,430 --> 00:00:51,350 talking about and that you will admit your 16 00:00:51,350 --> 00:00:52,670 need of it. 17 00:00:52,670 --> 00:00:55,950 My message today is about being filled with 18 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:56,910 the Holy Spirit. 19 00:00:57,350 --> 00:01:00,510 I know you say that you were filled 20 00:01:00,510 --> 00:01:02,970 with the Holy Spirit at the time of 21 00:01:02,970 --> 00:01:05,490 your conversion and that is true. 22 00:01:05,890 --> 00:01:09,270 What I'm talking about is power or lack 23 00:01:09,270 --> 00:01:09,830 of power. 24 00:01:10,510 --> 00:01:13,190 I'm talking about a mighty God we serve. 25 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:16,650 God demonstrated his power in our life by 26 00:01:16,650 --> 00:01:19,950 raising us from death to life, by saving 27 00:01:19,950 --> 00:01:21,970 us through the blood of his son. 28 00:01:21,970 --> 00:01:23,750 But where is our power? 29 00:01:24,490 --> 00:01:25,650 Where is our authority? 30 00:01:27,150 --> 00:01:30,650 Vance Hafner summed it up when he said, 31 00:01:30,910 --> 00:01:34,530 If we serve such a dynamite God, then 32 00:01:34,530 --> 00:01:37,830 why are so many of us living firecracker 33 00:01:37,830 --> 00:01:38,670 lives? 34 00:01:39,990 --> 00:01:41,510 Firecracker lives. 35 00:01:42,050 --> 00:01:46,310 Why are we living firecracker lives where we 36 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:48,870 go off with just a little pop and 37 00:01:48,870 --> 00:01:50,790 without little notice? 38 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:53,910 There's no real power in our lives, no 39 00:01:53,910 --> 00:01:58,410 explosion of taking down strongholds, either of the 40 00:01:58,410 --> 00:02:01,110 devil or in our personal walk. 41 00:02:01,530 --> 00:02:04,410 We are confronted with sin every day. 42 00:02:05,170 --> 00:02:08,050 We're confronted with sin when we hear a 43 00:02:08,050 --> 00:02:10,850 coworker take God's name in vain. 44 00:02:11,130 --> 00:02:14,630 We're confronted with sin when someone tells us 45 00:02:14,630 --> 00:02:16,770 a filthy joke or dirty story. 46 00:02:17,010 --> 00:02:21,370 We are continually confronted with sin in the 47 00:02:21,370 --> 00:02:24,530 media, sin in the movies we watch. 48 00:02:24,670 --> 00:02:28,470 We can either condone sin in our life 49 00:02:28,470 --> 00:02:30,030 or condemn it. 50 00:02:31,530 --> 00:02:35,450 But to condemn it takes power from above. 51 00:02:35,970 --> 00:02:36,970 We need power. 52 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:41,430 We need power over sin, power for service. 53 00:02:41,950 --> 00:02:45,050 Let's talk about the first of these, power 54 00:02:45,050 --> 00:02:45,970 over sin. 55 00:02:46,550 --> 00:02:49,230 And it is here where I am attempting 56 00:02:49,230 --> 00:02:52,010 to get you to agree with me, friends, 57 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:55,730 and to see your need of something, to 58 00:02:55,730 --> 00:02:58,450 see your need of being filled with the 59 00:02:58,450 --> 00:02:58,870 Spirit. 60 00:02:59,530 --> 00:03:02,630 We have a command of this in Ephesians 61 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:06,350 5, 18, which is a command to be 62 00:03:06,350 --> 00:03:07,570 filled with the Spirit. 63 00:03:08,330 --> 00:03:11,450 Being filled with the Spirit means more than 64 00:03:11,450 --> 00:03:13,030 being indwelt by Him. 65 00:03:13,570 --> 00:03:16,910 It is possible for the Holy Spirit to 66 00:03:16,910 --> 00:03:20,830 be present in the life without being president. 67 00:03:21,590 --> 00:03:25,090 In England, they have a queen who reigns, 68 00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:26,650 but she doesn't rule. 69 00:03:27,850 --> 00:03:30,890 The same principle can apply in the life 70 00:03:30,890 --> 00:03:31,590 of a believer. 71 00:03:32,430 --> 00:03:35,490 We need power from above to live a 72 00:03:35,490 --> 00:03:37,370 victorious life in Christ. 73 00:03:38,050 --> 00:03:42,450 Here in Ephesians, God's Word is clear in 74 00:03:42,450 --> 00:03:45,250 His command to be filled with the Spirit, 75 00:03:45,830 --> 00:03:48,950 to be under the undisputed control of the 76 00:03:48,950 --> 00:03:49,290 Spirit. 77 00:03:49,950 --> 00:03:52,810 This is seen in the Greek language of 78 00:03:52,810 --> 00:03:56,770 Ephesians 5, 18, where the verb is in 79 00:03:56,770 --> 00:04:00,950 the imperative mood, the passive voice, and the 80 00:04:00,950 --> 00:04:02,150 present tense. 81 00:04:02,630 --> 00:04:06,250 This calls for obedience and allegiance to and 82 00:04:06,250 --> 00:04:10,430 dependence on the Holy Spirit every day, every 83 00:04:10,430 --> 00:04:12,330 hour of our lives. 84 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,370 The Bible speaks of our besetting sin. 85 00:04:18,010 --> 00:04:22,050 Hebrews 12, 1 mentions this besetting sin. 86 00:04:22,770 --> 00:04:27,430 Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with 87 00:04:27,430 --> 00:04:31,270 so great a cloud of witnesses, let us 88 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:35,030 lay aside every weight in the sin which 89 00:04:35,030 --> 00:04:38,530 does so easily beset us, and let us 90 00:04:38,530 --> 00:04:42,430 run with patience the race that is set 91 00:04:42,430 --> 00:04:43,510 before us. 92 00:04:44,210 --> 00:04:47,750 If we were truly honest with ourselves, we 93 00:04:47,750 --> 00:04:50,790 would admit that we have a besetting sin, 94 00:04:51,410 --> 00:04:55,690 a sin that keeps resurfacing in our lives. 95 00:04:56,110 --> 00:04:58,930 We may be able to avoid it for 96 00:04:58,930 --> 00:05:02,150 some weeks at a time, or we may 97 00:05:02,150 --> 00:05:05,530 even be able to stay away from it 98 00:05:05,530 --> 00:05:07,490 for months at a time. 99 00:05:07,790 --> 00:05:11,030 But there it comes and rears its ugly 100 00:05:11,030 --> 00:05:14,270 head, and we cannot hold out against it 101 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:15,490 any longer. 102 00:05:16,530 --> 00:05:18,950 And we give way to its sway. 103 00:05:19,170 --> 00:05:21,390 We collapse before it. 104 00:05:21,790 --> 00:05:25,590 Oh, how we regret that besetting sin. 105 00:05:26,010 --> 00:05:28,990 How many years it has bothered us. 106 00:05:29,270 --> 00:05:32,110 How many tears we have wept over it. 107 00:05:32,370 --> 00:05:34,610 We think we've come to the place where 108 00:05:34,610 --> 00:05:37,510 we are finally done with it once and 109 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:38,030 for all. 110 00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:40,790 And the devil puts us in an environment 111 00:05:40,790 --> 00:05:44,910 ripe for its resurgence once again. 112 00:05:45,430 --> 00:05:48,590 We fall before it like a domino in 113 00:05:48,590 --> 00:05:49,250 the wind. 114 00:05:50,030 --> 00:05:53,450 This besetting sin seems to plague us, to 115 00:05:53,450 --> 00:05:57,530 mock us, and to continually discourage us. 116 00:05:58,070 --> 00:06:01,090 When I say, friends, we need power over 117 00:06:01,090 --> 00:06:03,650 sin, this is the very thing I am 118 00:06:03,650 --> 00:06:04,750 addressing here. 119 00:06:04,750 --> 00:06:08,730 We need power over our besetting sin. 120 00:06:09,870 --> 00:06:12,910 You have to admit two things, that you 121 00:06:12,910 --> 00:06:17,250 have a besetting sin, and secondly, you need 122 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:18,490 power over it. 123 00:06:18,830 --> 00:06:20,270 Do you agree with that, friend? 124 00:06:20,750 --> 00:06:23,730 Do you see your need for power over 125 00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:24,290 sin? 126 00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:29,570 I'm not talking about the eradication of sin. 127 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:32,650 We have a ruined nature and a bent 128 00:06:32,650 --> 00:06:33,510 toward sin. 129 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,970 Christ saves us from sin. 130 00:06:36,430 --> 00:06:39,430 Christ saves us from the penalty of sin. 131 00:06:39,890 --> 00:06:42,830 Christ saves us from the power of sin, 132 00:06:43,170 --> 00:06:46,150 as we are crucified with Christ positionally. 133 00:06:47,530 --> 00:06:52,250 Galatians 2.20 declares, I am crucified with 134 00:06:52,250 --> 00:06:52,970 Christ. 135 00:06:53,450 --> 00:06:57,870 Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ 136 00:06:57,870 --> 00:06:59,310 liveth in me. 137 00:06:59,850 --> 00:07:02,110 In the life which I now live in 138 00:07:02,110 --> 00:07:04,830 the flesh, I live by the faith of 139 00:07:04,830 --> 00:07:08,150 the Son of God, who loved me and 140 00:07:08,150 --> 00:07:09,790 gave himself for me. 141 00:07:10,970 --> 00:07:13,130 We need power over sin. 142 00:07:13,590 --> 00:07:16,150 We need to be filled with the Spirit. 143 00:07:16,910 --> 00:07:19,150 I can have a glass that has some 144 00:07:19,150 --> 00:07:20,410 water in it. 145 00:07:20,750 --> 00:07:23,030 It may be half full of water, because 146 00:07:23,030 --> 00:07:27,750 water is residing there, but it is not 147 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:28,310 full. 148 00:07:28,770 --> 00:07:31,630 I can fill that glass with water to 149 00:07:31,630 --> 00:07:33,670 where it is spilling over the brim. 150 00:07:33,930 --> 00:07:36,850 To be filled with the Spirit means to 151 00:07:36,850 --> 00:07:39,310 be filled to the brim, to be brimming 152 00:07:39,310 --> 00:07:40,510 over with the Spirit. 153 00:07:41,170 --> 00:07:44,510 So this doctrine of the Spirit-filled life 154 00:07:44,510 --> 00:07:49,230 consists in giving the Spirit control at all 155 00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:51,790 times and all circumstances. 156 00:07:52,530 --> 00:07:55,590 We must give the Lord Jesus his rightful 157 00:07:55,590 --> 00:07:56,970 place in our lives. 158 00:07:57,310 --> 00:08:01,650 Self must be dethroned, and another enthroned there, 159 00:08:02,010 --> 00:08:05,570 the Lord Jesus Christ, where he is reigning 160 00:08:05,570 --> 00:08:08,990 and ruling in our hearts and lives. 161 00:08:10,110 --> 00:08:13,850 A good scripture example of this is seen 162 00:08:13,850 --> 00:08:18,510 in 1 Corinthians 3.17, which states, Now 163 00:08:18,510 --> 00:08:21,630 the Lord is that Spirit, and where the 164 00:08:21,630 --> 00:08:24,430 Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 165 00:08:25,170 --> 00:08:28,310 This can be understood, where the Spirit is 166 00:08:28,310 --> 00:08:31,650 Lord, that is, where he is given his 167 00:08:31,650 --> 00:08:35,270 true deity and sovereignty, there is liberty. 168 00:08:36,150 --> 00:08:38,530 Listen to my message, friends. 169 00:08:38,890 --> 00:08:41,230 This message can set you free. 170 00:08:41,610 --> 00:08:45,070 It's done wonders in my own life when 171 00:08:45,070 --> 00:08:47,350 I heard it from the lips of Stephen 172 00:08:47,350 --> 00:08:50,170 Oford when he preached on the fullness of 173 00:08:50,170 --> 00:08:52,470 the Holy Spirit years ago. 174 00:08:52,770 --> 00:08:54,950 I want to give you some of the 175 00:08:54,950 --> 00:08:57,990 instruction I've learned over the years in the 176 00:08:57,990 --> 00:09:01,150 truth of being filled with the Spirit so 177 00:09:01,150 --> 00:09:02,990 you'll have power over sin. 178 00:09:04,190 --> 00:09:07,310 And it can be realized by every believer 179 00:09:07,310 --> 00:09:10,570 in Christ Jesus who is willing to bow 180 00:09:10,570 --> 00:09:13,850 daily and hourly to the sovereignty of Christ 181 00:09:13,850 --> 00:09:16,190 and the authority of the Word. 182 00:09:16,750 --> 00:09:20,310 We are commanded in Ephesians 5.18 to 183 00:09:20,310 --> 00:09:23,210 be filled with the Spirit, and not to 184 00:09:23,210 --> 00:09:26,230 be filled is our only excuse for our 185 00:09:26,230 --> 00:09:27,450 lack of power. 186 00:09:28,550 --> 00:09:31,710 The Holy Spirit is a person who can 187 00:09:31,710 --> 00:09:34,770 be grieved and quenched in a believer's life 188 00:09:34,770 --> 00:09:37,910 by sin, but when sin is exposed and 189 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:41,430 self is executed, then the Holy Spirit can 190 00:09:41,430 --> 00:09:46,050 fill overflowing and anoint with authority and power. 191 00:09:46,730 --> 00:09:49,090 And now I want to address this second 192 00:09:49,090 --> 00:09:51,930 aspect of the Spirit-filled life. 193 00:09:52,530 --> 00:09:55,370 We see our need for power over sin, 194 00:09:55,590 --> 00:09:59,170 but we must also confess our lack of 195 00:09:59,170 --> 00:10:00,270 power for service. 196 00:10:01,150 --> 00:10:03,570 We do much in the energy of the 197 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:07,390 flesh, rushing to this conference here, and that 198 00:10:07,390 --> 00:10:10,290 meeting there, and working day and night in 199 00:10:10,290 --> 00:10:13,650 our physical strength until we are plum worn 200 00:10:13,650 --> 00:10:16,430 out for God, but where is the power? 201 00:10:18,110 --> 00:10:21,370 I remember Dr. Stephen Olford sharing with me 202 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:24,810 a story about a preacher who showed an 203 00:10:24,810 --> 00:10:28,750 interest in Stephen Olford's message on the Spirit 204 00:10:28,750 --> 00:10:32,010 -filled life, but this man refused the invitation 205 00:10:32,010 --> 00:10:34,830 to Dr. Olford to come meet with him 206 00:10:34,830 --> 00:10:36,490 to discuss it further. 207 00:10:37,030 --> 00:10:41,170 Well, this man rose to popularity and prominence 208 00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:45,470 within his denomination, and Stephen Olford went to 209 00:10:45,470 --> 00:10:48,070 hear this man preach at a big Baptist 210 00:10:48,070 --> 00:10:51,590 church, and the man preached a funny and 211 00:10:51,590 --> 00:10:55,390 amusing message where he gave one funny joke 212 00:10:55,390 --> 00:10:58,730 after another, and he kept the congregation laughing 213 00:10:58,730 --> 00:11:01,850 in stitches, and when he was done, he 214 00:11:01,850 --> 00:11:04,910 was given a solid round of applause, and 215 00:11:04,910 --> 00:11:08,530 Stephen Olford went directly home that day to 216 00:11:08,530 --> 00:11:11,230 write this man a letter, and in it, 217 00:11:11,410 --> 00:11:14,270 he stated that he'd just heard him entertain 218 00:11:14,270 --> 00:11:17,970 his audience that Sunday morning with jokes and 219 00:11:17,970 --> 00:11:21,890 stories that made him popular with his hearers. 220 00:11:22,010 --> 00:11:27,230 Then Dr. Olford asked this stinging question, but 221 00:11:27,230 --> 00:11:29,830 tell me, my good man, where is your 222 00:11:29,830 --> 00:11:30,450 power? 223 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:33,890 And that is my question to you today, 224 00:11:34,390 --> 00:11:39,810 brother pastor, fellow evangelist, dear Christian worker, where 225 00:11:39,810 --> 00:11:40,690 is your power? 226 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:44,650 We need power for service, or our efforts 227 00:11:44,650 --> 00:11:45,950 are just in the flesh. 228 00:11:46,430 --> 00:11:49,930 Did not our Lord Jesus tell his disciples 229 00:11:49,930 --> 00:11:53,650 to tarry in the city until they were 230 00:11:53,650 --> 00:11:56,010 endued with power from on high? 231 00:11:56,010 --> 00:12:01,130 Jesus instructed them, and behold, I send the 232 00:12:01,130 --> 00:12:04,430 promise of my Father upon you, but tarry 233 00:12:04,430 --> 00:12:08,250 ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye 234 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:11,770 be endued with power from on high. 235 00:12:12,850 --> 00:12:16,390 And that's the very thing Vance Havner was 236 00:12:16,390 --> 00:12:19,870 talking about when he said, if we serve 237 00:12:19,870 --> 00:12:22,870 such a dynamite God, then how come so 238 00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:26,050 many of us are living firecracker lives? 239 00:12:26,550 --> 00:12:30,630 It's because we lack power, that dunamis power 240 00:12:30,630 --> 00:12:34,330 of the Holy Spirit like dynamite in our 241 00:12:34,330 --> 00:12:34,990 lives. 242 00:12:35,270 --> 00:12:37,950 I'll never forget the story about D.L. 243 00:12:38,090 --> 00:12:38,390 Moody. 244 00:12:38,930 --> 00:12:41,130 D.L. Moody saw his need one day 245 00:12:41,130 --> 00:12:44,970 for this power when two elderly ladies in 246 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:48,510 his congregation in Chicago told him they were 247 00:12:48,510 --> 00:12:49,550 praying for him. 248 00:12:49,790 --> 00:12:52,490 He told them, why don't you pray for 249 00:12:52,490 --> 00:12:54,570 these other folks who need Christ? 250 00:12:55,010 --> 00:12:56,250 Why pray for me? 251 00:12:56,490 --> 00:12:59,390 They informed him they were praying for him 252 00:12:59,390 --> 00:13:02,190 to have power, to be filled with the 253 00:13:02,190 --> 00:13:03,050 Holy Spirit. 254 00:13:03,690 --> 00:13:06,710 From that day on, Moody would meet with 255 00:13:06,710 --> 00:13:09,890 these two ladies for prayer, to be filled 256 00:13:09,890 --> 00:13:10,670 with the Spirit. 257 00:13:11,270 --> 00:13:14,350 His desire became so great he would actually 258 00:13:14,350 --> 00:13:16,930 roll on the floor in agony his soul 259 00:13:16,930 --> 00:13:19,510 as he wrestled in prayer with God to 260 00:13:19,510 --> 00:13:21,110 give him his Spirit. 261 00:13:22,350 --> 00:13:25,410 One day, while Moody was in the city 262 00:13:25,410 --> 00:13:28,470 of New York, he felt an incredible urgency 263 00:13:28,470 --> 00:13:31,010 to go get alone with God and to 264 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:31,430 pray. 265 00:13:31,950 --> 00:13:34,510 He found a friend's home and asked for 266 00:13:34,510 --> 00:13:36,750 a room to pray in, and he stayed 267 00:13:36,750 --> 00:13:39,430 in that room for hours until the Holy 268 00:13:39,430 --> 00:13:42,350 Spirit came upon him, filling his soul with 269 00:13:42,350 --> 00:13:46,070 such joy he had asked God to withhold 270 00:13:46,070 --> 00:13:48,790 his hand, lest he die on the spot. 271 00:13:49,330 --> 00:13:51,970 Moody often would speak of this time. 272 00:13:52,650 --> 00:13:55,930 The sermons were no different, and I did 273 00:13:55,930 --> 00:13:59,770 not present any new truths, and yet hundreds 274 00:13:59,770 --> 00:14:00,650 were converted. 275 00:14:01,190 --> 00:14:03,770 I would not be placed back where I 276 00:14:03,770 --> 00:14:06,730 was before that blessed experience. 277 00:14:08,050 --> 00:14:11,010 Well, we need, too, that power, friends. 278 00:14:11,170 --> 00:14:13,230 We need power for service. 279 00:14:13,670 --> 00:14:17,730 The church today has no authority because the 280 00:14:17,730 --> 00:14:22,530 church operates more on money and manpower rather 281 00:14:22,530 --> 00:14:25,110 than God and Holy Ghost power. 282 00:14:25,570 --> 00:14:26,510 We need power. 283 00:14:27,010 --> 00:14:29,650 I've been preaching a long time. 284 00:14:30,050 --> 00:14:31,730 I know what I'm talking about. 285 00:14:32,250 --> 00:14:34,630 I know what it's like to preach without 286 00:14:34,630 --> 00:14:37,750 power and just have my audience stare at 287 00:14:37,750 --> 00:14:40,130 their watches to know when they can go 288 00:14:40,130 --> 00:14:41,230 have their lunch. 289 00:14:41,790 --> 00:14:44,250 There have been other times when I've preached 290 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:46,710 with such a power and anointing. 291 00:14:46,910 --> 00:14:49,930 I've seen an entire church frozen in their 292 00:14:49,930 --> 00:14:52,590 seats by the Spirit of God to where 293 00:14:52,590 --> 00:14:55,710 they could not stand up until God told 294 00:14:55,710 --> 00:14:56,250 them to. 295 00:14:56,650 --> 00:14:59,050 I've seen an entire room of pastors get 296 00:14:59,050 --> 00:15:02,890 so distressed by the disturbing presence of Christ 297 00:15:02,890 --> 00:15:06,070 that the very look on their faces became 298 00:15:06,070 --> 00:15:09,630 altered from looks of smiles to looks of 299 00:15:09,630 --> 00:15:10,230 alarm. 300 00:15:11,570 --> 00:15:14,770 I've seen people brought to the very verge 301 00:15:14,770 --> 00:15:15,490 of eternity. 302 00:15:16,010 --> 00:15:17,210 I know the difference. 303 00:15:17,370 --> 00:15:19,450 I know what I've done in the flesh 304 00:15:19,450 --> 00:15:22,430 is flesh, and it will perish, but what 305 00:15:22,430 --> 00:15:25,150 God has wrought by His Spirit will last 306 00:15:25,150 --> 00:15:25,650 forever. 307 00:15:26,230 --> 00:15:27,350 Listen to me, friend. 308 00:15:27,830 --> 00:15:29,410 We need power over sin. 309 00:15:29,730 --> 00:15:31,510 We need power for service. 310 00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:33,270 Do you recognize this? 311 00:15:33,410 --> 00:15:35,870 Do you sense your need for this power? 312 00:15:36,390 --> 00:15:37,770 Do you want this power? 313 00:15:38,250 --> 00:15:40,130 It's yours for the asking. 314 00:15:40,510 --> 00:15:42,610 It's yours to be appropriated. 315 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:45,890 There are steps I will walk you through 316 00:15:45,890 --> 00:15:47,710 to have this power. 317 00:15:48,230 --> 00:15:51,430 That's why this message is so important today. 318 00:15:51,930 --> 00:15:53,950 Several things need to be done. 319 00:15:54,430 --> 00:15:57,290 We will first list them and then elaborate 320 00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:59,050 upon each head. 321 00:15:59,490 --> 00:16:02,810 We must remember that what counts costs and 322 00:16:02,810 --> 00:16:04,490 what costs counts. 323 00:16:04,950 --> 00:16:07,950 Nothing important in life is ever gained without 324 00:16:07,950 --> 00:16:09,750 effort and commitment. 325 00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:13,130 If we want to graduate college, we have 326 00:16:13,130 --> 00:16:16,030 to study hard and make some sacrifices. 327 00:16:16,670 --> 00:16:19,210 Spiritual life is no different. 328 00:16:19,730 --> 00:16:22,790 What counts costs and what costs counts. 329 00:16:23,090 --> 00:16:24,710 We need power over sin. 330 00:16:24,990 --> 00:16:26,570 We need power for service. 331 00:16:27,210 --> 00:16:29,270 We need to be filled with the Holy 332 00:16:29,270 --> 00:16:32,910 Spirit for this power, but God will not 333 00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:35,630 give His Spirit to a dirty bride. 334 00:16:36,910 --> 00:16:39,130 We must get right with God. 335 00:16:39,370 --> 00:16:41,270 Amos 3, 3 states. 336 00:16:41,810 --> 00:16:45,230 Can two walk together except they be agreed? 337 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:46,990 Well, the answer is no. 338 00:16:47,410 --> 00:16:50,330 We must be a clean and empty channel 339 00:16:50,330 --> 00:16:53,090 for God to flow through with His Holy 340 00:16:53,090 --> 00:16:56,870 Spirit power like a mountain stream can be 341 00:16:56,870 --> 00:17:00,550 hindered by collected debris in its path. 342 00:17:00,630 --> 00:17:04,230 The debris of fallen branches and dry leaves 343 00:17:04,230 --> 00:17:06,990 can stack up and stop the flow. 344 00:17:07,450 --> 00:17:10,089 They must be swept away for the water 345 00:17:10,089 --> 00:17:11,150 to flow freely. 346 00:17:11,750 --> 00:17:14,410 And while there are some strategic steps in 347 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:17,450 the spiritual life as well, friends, we need 348 00:17:17,450 --> 00:17:20,290 to get right with God so our lives 349 00:17:20,290 --> 00:17:23,190 can be clean and clear channels for His 350 00:17:23,190 --> 00:17:26,250 blessings and power to flow through to others. 351 00:17:26,829 --> 00:17:29,850 I want to talk about these steps today. 352 00:17:30,190 --> 00:17:31,470 There's four of them. 353 00:17:32,310 --> 00:17:33,370 The first is confess. 354 00:17:34,310 --> 00:17:35,850 The second is admit. 355 00:17:36,370 --> 00:17:37,790 The third is submit. 356 00:17:38,570 --> 00:17:40,050 And the fourth is believe. 357 00:17:40,510 --> 00:17:42,690 Let's take these one by one. 358 00:17:43,650 --> 00:17:44,410 Confess. 359 00:17:44,890 --> 00:17:49,050 That means to relinquish your self-life and 360 00:17:49,050 --> 00:17:52,750 its need and control and to ask God 361 00:17:52,750 --> 00:17:55,870 that you need His help to confess your 362 00:17:55,870 --> 00:17:56,710 need of Him. 363 00:17:57,110 --> 00:18:00,070 To confess that you need to have His 364 00:18:00,070 --> 00:18:02,150 Holy Spirit fill in you. 365 00:18:02,690 --> 00:18:06,570 Psalm 24 speaks of the one who receives 366 00:18:06,570 --> 00:18:08,110 a blessing from the Lord. 367 00:18:08,510 --> 00:18:11,750 We read in Psalm 24 in verses 3 368 00:18:11,750 --> 00:18:12,710 through 5. 369 00:18:13,810 --> 00:18:17,150 Who shall ascend into the hill of the 370 00:18:17,150 --> 00:18:17,610 Lord? 371 00:18:17,950 --> 00:18:21,290 Or who shall stand in His holy place? 372 00:18:21,730 --> 00:18:24,790 He that hath clean hands and a pure 373 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:28,010 heart, who hath not lifted up his soul 374 00:18:28,010 --> 00:18:33,170 unto vanity nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive 375 00:18:33,170 --> 00:18:37,650 the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from 376 00:18:37,650 --> 00:18:39,130 the God of his salvation. 377 00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:43,950 Clean hands speak of our dealings with others. 378 00:18:44,570 --> 00:18:47,310 Have we lied to someone or treated them 379 00:18:47,310 --> 00:18:48,150 dishonestly? 380 00:18:48,730 --> 00:18:52,470 I remember years ago I was playing racquetball 381 00:18:52,470 --> 00:18:55,490 with a church friend, and he asked me 382 00:18:55,490 --> 00:18:57,530 when I graduated college. 383 00:18:58,030 --> 00:19:00,050 Well, I was too embarrassed to tell him 384 00:19:00,050 --> 00:19:02,490 the truth, so I lied to him about 385 00:19:02,490 --> 00:19:06,030 it because at the time I had just 386 00:19:06,030 --> 00:19:07,150 dropped out of school. 387 00:19:07,650 --> 00:19:11,170 Oh, I felt absolutely useless for God until 388 00:19:11,170 --> 00:19:13,530 I made things right with this man. 389 00:19:13,650 --> 00:19:16,030 I found him at church the next Sunday 390 00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:19,110 in a hallway and confessed my sin of 391 00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:22,230 lying to him and asked for his forgiveness. 392 00:19:23,070 --> 00:19:25,570 And when I did that, I knew instantly 393 00:19:25,570 --> 00:19:28,130 my walk with God was restored. 394 00:19:28,810 --> 00:19:32,650 So clean hands here in our text speaks 395 00:19:32,650 --> 00:19:34,190 of our dealings with men. 396 00:19:35,530 --> 00:19:38,370 This is on the horizontal plane. 397 00:19:39,030 --> 00:19:42,650 Next, a pure heart signifies our walk with 398 00:19:42,650 --> 00:19:43,130 God. 399 00:19:43,330 --> 00:19:45,570 This is on the vertical plane. 400 00:19:46,210 --> 00:19:49,510 We must search our hearts and confess to 401 00:19:49,510 --> 00:19:52,970 God anything he is displeased with in our 402 00:19:52,970 --> 00:19:53,570 lives. 403 00:19:53,910 --> 00:19:57,270 So we must get right horizontally and then 404 00:19:57,270 --> 00:19:59,910 vertically, if I may so speak. 405 00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:02,950 And when these two planes meet, they form 406 00:20:02,950 --> 00:20:03,670 a cross. 407 00:20:04,130 --> 00:20:06,630 This is the cross in the life of 408 00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:07,190 a believer. 409 00:20:07,690 --> 00:20:09,590 I am crucified with Christ. 410 00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:12,830 So the very first step to being filled 411 00:20:12,830 --> 00:20:14,750 with the Spirit is confess. 412 00:20:15,430 --> 00:20:17,830 We must get right with God in an 413 00:20:17,830 --> 00:20:20,270 intimate, close walk with him. 414 00:20:20,670 --> 00:20:22,810 We must confess our sins. 415 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:25,750 We must confess our need of him. 416 00:20:26,990 --> 00:20:30,630 Secondly, we must do the next thing, which 417 00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:31,570 is admit. 418 00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:34,650 Admit our need to be filled with the 419 00:20:34,650 --> 00:20:35,070 Spirit. 420 00:20:35,770 --> 00:20:38,190 Confess our lack of power and ask God 421 00:20:38,190 --> 00:20:42,110 to hear our admission of our need for 422 00:20:42,110 --> 00:20:42,690 power. 423 00:20:43,230 --> 00:20:45,770 We must admit that we can do nothing 424 00:20:45,770 --> 00:20:46,770 without him. 425 00:20:47,210 --> 00:20:50,650 John 15 5 says the very thing Jesus 426 00:20:50,650 --> 00:20:51,850 told his disciples. 427 00:20:52,470 --> 00:20:55,070 For without me, ye can do nothing. 428 00:20:55,070 --> 00:21:00,530 That means nothing impacting for eternity your spiritual 429 00:21:00,530 --> 00:21:01,170 good. 430 00:21:01,810 --> 00:21:04,350 If you do these things, friend, and mean 431 00:21:04,350 --> 00:21:07,350 them with sincerity of heart, you will have 432 00:21:07,350 --> 00:21:09,830 an answer to your prayer and be filled 433 00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:10,670 with the Spirit. 434 00:21:11,350 --> 00:21:14,210 But the next step is to submit. 435 00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:18,290 This one is critically important for submission to 436 00:21:18,290 --> 00:21:21,330 God is everything in the Christian life. 437 00:21:22,550 --> 00:21:25,090 I want to share with you a story 438 00:21:25,090 --> 00:21:27,710 about one of my heroes in the faith, 439 00:21:28,290 --> 00:21:30,170 the evangelist Sam Jones. 440 00:21:30,670 --> 00:21:34,090 Well, in the late 19th century, the two 441 00:21:34,090 --> 00:21:37,630 titans of American evangelism were D.L. Moody 442 00:21:37,630 --> 00:21:38,870 and Sam Jones. 443 00:21:39,450 --> 00:21:41,170 God had a great work cut out for 444 00:21:41,170 --> 00:21:42,050 each of them. 445 00:21:42,050 --> 00:21:45,150 But this story is about Sam Jones. 446 00:21:45,310 --> 00:21:47,550 I hope you bear with me while I 447 00:21:47,550 --> 00:21:49,070 relate it to you. 448 00:21:49,310 --> 00:21:51,430 You'll be glad when it's over that you 449 00:21:51,430 --> 00:21:52,990 listen to it. 450 00:21:53,490 --> 00:21:57,730 Sam Jones was at his home in Cordesville, 451 00:21:57,910 --> 00:22:01,230 Georgia, when he received a telegram from Texas 452 00:22:01,230 --> 00:22:05,190 inviting him to go preach to the cowboys 453 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,990 of southwest Texas. 454 00:22:08,350 --> 00:22:11,190 Well, he prayed about it and he got 455 00:22:11,190 --> 00:22:13,450 on a train and went to Texas. 456 00:22:13,910 --> 00:22:17,170 And for two weeks, he preached the gospel 457 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:20,390 of Jesus Christ to the cowboys of Texas. 458 00:22:20,910 --> 00:22:23,550 When it was over, as they came to 459 00:22:23,550 --> 00:22:27,130 the end of the campaign, the cowboys wanted 460 00:22:27,130 --> 00:22:29,930 to give Sam Jones a love offering. 461 00:22:30,510 --> 00:22:33,430 They felt the laborer was worthy of his 462 00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:37,370 hire, and they had received wonderful blessings from 463 00:22:37,370 --> 00:22:38,610 his time among them. 464 00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:41,870 But there was a problem. 465 00:22:42,450 --> 00:22:45,350 They had no money, not a single dollar 466 00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:48,890 in any of their pockets, and didn't know 467 00:22:48,890 --> 00:22:49,730 what to do. 468 00:22:50,410 --> 00:22:53,270 And they allowed Sam Jones to go back 469 00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:58,370 to Cordesville, Georgia, with no compensation or love 470 00:22:58,370 --> 00:23:00,790 offering of any kind, whatever. 471 00:23:01,730 --> 00:23:04,410 Well, Sam Jones went back, and a number 472 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:05,790 of weeks passed by. 473 00:23:06,170 --> 00:23:09,730 Then suddenly one day he received a telegram. 474 00:23:10,130 --> 00:23:12,050 It was from the cowboys of Texas. 475 00:23:13,350 --> 00:23:15,190 It read like this. 476 00:23:15,730 --> 00:23:19,290 We are sending you a love offering, and 477 00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:22,590 we are shipping you a carload of broncos. 478 00:23:23,050 --> 00:23:26,610 And Sam Jones scratched his head as he 479 00:23:26,610 --> 00:23:29,270 looked in amazement at that telegram. 480 00:23:29,790 --> 00:23:31,530 What am I going to do, he said, 481 00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:34,730 with a carload of wild horses in the 482 00:23:34,730 --> 00:23:36,870 small town of Cordesville? 483 00:23:37,410 --> 00:23:39,770 Well, his friend was standing beside him, and 484 00:23:39,770 --> 00:23:43,210 he said, Why, it's very easy. 485 00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,210 Hold an auction sale. 486 00:23:45,210 --> 00:23:48,490 Sell the broncos, and you'll get your money. 487 00:23:48,790 --> 00:23:51,090 You can get your love offering then and 488 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:52,570 put it in your pocket. 489 00:23:53,330 --> 00:23:55,070 Well, Sam Jones thought it was a good 490 00:23:55,070 --> 00:23:58,350 suggestion, so he held an auction sale. 491 00:23:58,710 --> 00:24:01,990 He sold the broncos, all except one. 492 00:24:02,550 --> 00:24:05,470 He kept the finest looking bronco for his 493 00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:05,870 son. 494 00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:08,550 He wanted to give that bronco to his 495 00:24:08,550 --> 00:24:08,930 son. 496 00:24:09,030 --> 00:24:11,970 He wanted to give that bronco to his 497 00:24:11,970 --> 00:24:14,370 son as a gift, and that's what he 498 00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:14,850 did. 499 00:24:15,990 --> 00:24:19,030 But the son had never in his life 500 00:24:19,030 --> 00:24:22,950 been on the back of an unbroken bronco, 501 00:24:23,310 --> 00:24:26,550 and Sam Jones wondered what he could do. 502 00:24:27,130 --> 00:24:29,450 He called the cowboy to him who had 503 00:24:29,450 --> 00:24:32,490 brought the carload of broncos to Cordesville. 504 00:24:32,990 --> 00:24:35,870 He said, Will you take this bronco? 505 00:24:36,350 --> 00:24:38,750 Will you break him so that my son 506 00:24:38,750 --> 00:24:39,650 can ride him? 507 00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:43,070 Yes, sir, said the cowboy. 508 00:24:43,330 --> 00:24:44,570 I'd be glad to. 509 00:24:45,310 --> 00:24:46,710 How much will you charge? 510 00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:49,610 Fifteen dollars, said the cowboy. 511 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:51,550 All right, said Sam. 512 00:24:51,810 --> 00:24:52,830 Take him away. 513 00:24:53,390 --> 00:24:55,990 The cowboy disappeared with the bronco. 514 00:24:56,730 --> 00:24:59,270 Two weeks later, he came back. 515 00:24:59,850 --> 00:25:00,670 Is he broken? 516 00:25:01,010 --> 00:25:01,970 Said Sam. 517 00:25:01,970 --> 00:25:04,230 Yes, sir, he's broken. 518 00:25:04,890 --> 00:25:07,710 Can my son ride him in perfect safety? 519 00:25:08,350 --> 00:25:10,870 Yes, sir, your son can ride him in 520 00:25:10,870 --> 00:25:12,070 perfect safety. 521 00:25:12,750 --> 00:25:15,370 All right, here's your fifteen dollars. 522 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:19,810 The father thought that before allowing his son 523 00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:23,690 to ride the bronco, he'd better mount himself 524 00:25:23,690 --> 00:25:26,890 and make sure that the cowboy had broken 525 00:25:26,890 --> 00:25:27,750 the bronco. 526 00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:29,950 He started toward the bronco. 527 00:25:30,470 --> 00:25:33,910 The cowboy came running up, waving his hands 528 00:25:33,910 --> 00:25:34,670 in alarm. 529 00:25:35,250 --> 00:25:37,670 Why, said Sam, what's the matter? 530 00:25:38,150 --> 00:25:39,450 What's gone wrong? 531 00:25:39,870 --> 00:25:43,450 Oh, said the cowboy, he's only broken on 532 00:25:43,450 --> 00:25:46,050 one side, and you're mounting from the wrong 533 00:25:46,050 --> 00:25:46,730 side. 534 00:25:47,210 --> 00:25:50,070 Oh, said Sam, that will never do. 535 00:25:50,470 --> 00:25:53,550 My son might make a mistake, and he 536 00:25:53,550 --> 00:25:55,550 might mount from the wrong side. 537 00:25:55,910 --> 00:25:58,430 How much will you charge to break him 538 00:25:58,430 --> 00:25:59,610 on the other side? 539 00:26:00,050 --> 00:26:02,530 Fifteen dollars, said the cowboy. 540 00:26:03,870 --> 00:26:07,470 All right, said Sam, take him away and 541 00:26:07,470 --> 00:26:09,630 break him on the other side. 542 00:26:09,950 --> 00:26:12,950 Well, another two weeks passed by, and again 543 00:26:12,950 --> 00:26:15,990 the cowboy came back, leading the bronco. 544 00:26:16,770 --> 00:26:17,430 Is he broken? 545 00:26:17,730 --> 00:26:18,650 Said Sam. 546 00:26:18,970 --> 00:26:20,850 Yes, sir, he's broken. 547 00:26:21,370 --> 00:26:22,370 Both sides? 548 00:26:22,850 --> 00:26:24,750 Yes, sir, both sides. 549 00:26:25,190 --> 00:26:27,750 Your son can mount him with perfect safety 550 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:29,510 from either side. 551 00:26:29,970 --> 00:26:32,750 All right, here's your fifteen dollars. 552 00:26:33,650 --> 00:26:36,810 Well, I like that story, friend, but it's 553 00:26:36,810 --> 00:26:37,550 so true. 554 00:26:38,190 --> 00:26:42,130 You know, the average Christian is only broken 555 00:26:42,130 --> 00:26:43,930 on one side. 556 00:26:44,750 --> 00:26:47,730 He'll do this, but he won't do that. 557 00:26:48,270 --> 00:26:51,390 He'll go here, but he won't go there. 558 00:26:51,950 --> 00:26:55,210 He'll give God just so much of himself, 559 00:26:55,450 --> 00:26:58,530 but still hold something back. 560 00:26:58,890 --> 00:27:00,490 He's like the bronco. 561 00:27:00,970 --> 00:27:04,830 He's only broken on one side, and then 562 00:27:04,830 --> 00:27:07,830 he wonders why God doesn't use him more, 563 00:27:07,830 --> 00:27:10,910 why the years have passed by, and he's 564 00:27:10,910 --> 00:27:12,210 not used of God. 565 00:27:12,410 --> 00:27:14,790 He's been highly educated, perhaps. 566 00:27:15,130 --> 00:27:16,850 He's been well-trained. 567 00:27:16,970 --> 00:27:19,930 He may even have gone to seminary, and 568 00:27:19,930 --> 00:27:22,730 he sees God using other men who've got 569 00:27:22,730 --> 00:27:26,830 very little education, very little training, who've never 570 00:27:26,830 --> 00:27:30,210 been to seminary, and they're being used to 571 00:27:30,210 --> 00:27:33,790 God, but he can't understand why God doesn't 572 00:27:33,790 --> 00:27:34,710 use him more. 573 00:27:34,850 --> 00:27:38,630 He doesn't realize he's only been broken on 574 00:27:38,630 --> 00:27:42,310 one side, that God can't trust him. 575 00:27:42,930 --> 00:27:45,610 He'll do this, but he won't do that. 576 00:27:45,690 --> 00:27:48,270 He'll go there, but he won't go here. 577 00:27:48,430 --> 00:27:52,050 He's only broken on one side, and God 578 00:27:52,050 --> 00:27:54,050 cannot rely upon him. 579 00:27:54,530 --> 00:27:56,230 God cannot trust him. 580 00:27:56,810 --> 00:28:00,950 The man God uses is the man who's 581 00:28:00,950 --> 00:28:04,750 been broken on both sides, the man who's 582 00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:08,790 been totally surrendered and totally yielded to the 583 00:28:08,790 --> 00:28:11,850 Lord Jesus Christ, and that's what I mean 584 00:28:11,850 --> 00:28:15,750 by submission, and unless you and I are 585 00:28:15,750 --> 00:28:20,070 broken on both sides and thoroughly surrendered to 586 00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:23,770 the Lord Jesus Christ, there isn't any way 587 00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:26,090 that God can use us. 588 00:28:26,810 --> 00:28:30,530 We are willing to go to the hillside 589 00:28:30,530 --> 00:28:33,530 with Jesus to sit at his feet and 590 00:28:33,530 --> 00:28:37,730 learn him, but we are unwilling to go 591 00:28:37,730 --> 00:28:41,230 with him to Gethsemane to suffer with him. 592 00:28:41,550 --> 00:28:44,130 We are broken only on one side. 593 00:28:44,330 --> 00:28:47,570 We hold something back from God, and that 594 00:28:47,570 --> 00:28:48,530 will never do. 595 00:28:49,130 --> 00:28:51,830 God has to have us, all of us, 596 00:28:52,150 --> 00:28:54,050 lock, stock, and barrel. 597 00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,700 Well, the last thing in our things to 598 00:28:58,700 --> 00:29:02,380 do to be overflowing with the Spirit of 599 00:29:02,380 --> 00:29:04,440 God, to be filled to the brim through 600 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,280 the life of fullness of the Spirit, is 601 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,140 to believe, to believe God's Word is true, 602 00:29:11,380 --> 00:29:13,260 that he's true to his Word. 603 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:17,080 We must appropriate this truth and ask him 604 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,220 to fill us by his Spirit. 605 00:29:19,540 --> 00:29:22,540 It's by faith this is done, and I 606 00:29:22,540 --> 00:29:23,480 like what R. 607 00:29:23,540 --> 00:29:23,660 A. 608 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,320 Torrey told his students at Moody Bible School. 609 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,080 He said, if you want more of the 610 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,580 Holy Spirit, then be prepared to have the 611 00:29:33,580 --> 00:29:37,320 Holy Spirit to have more of you, and 612 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,680 that ties into our thoughts here, friend. 613 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:40,900 It's true. 614 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,960 Well, I want to take this time now 615 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,180 for those of you that God's been dealing 616 00:29:47,180 --> 00:29:50,380 with, for those of you who want to 617 00:29:50,380 --> 00:29:54,520 get serious with God, because I believe God 618 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,860 gets serious with those who get serious with 619 00:29:57,860 --> 00:29:58,380 him. 620 00:29:58,860 --> 00:30:01,920 Do you want to continue to serve God 621 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,020 in the energy of the flesh? 622 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:06,440 Do you want to keep falling to your 623 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:07,920 besetting sin? 624 00:30:08,260 --> 00:30:10,060 Do you want power over sin? 625 00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,760 Do you want power in service? 626 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:17,080 Your impact on eternity hangs in the balance. 627 00:30:17,540 --> 00:30:19,780 Do you want to be busy for God 628 00:30:19,780 --> 00:30:22,740 in the strength of your might, relying only 629 00:30:22,740 --> 00:30:27,420 on your talents, training, education, and personality? 630 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:29,460 Or do you want to be a clear 631 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:32,300 and empty channel where the power of God 632 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:35,600 courses through you like dynamite? 633 00:30:36,660 --> 00:30:39,680 I'm going to ask you, friend, as we 634 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,900 close out this message, to slip out of 635 00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:46,620 your chair and get on your knees so 636 00:30:46,620 --> 00:30:49,440 you can get alone with God, to seek 637 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:53,260 him earnestly with all your heart in regard 638 00:30:53,260 --> 00:30:56,760 to these things which we've talked about today. 639 00:30:57,380 --> 00:31:00,500 Admit you need power over sin. 640 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,480 Admit your bankruptcy. 641 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:07,140 Admit your need for power, for service to 642 00:31:07,140 --> 00:31:07,700 him. 643 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,440 Take God at his word and trust him 644 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,560 to give you the desire of your heart 645 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:18,620 in honoring his dear son Jesus to give 646 00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:19,500 you this power. 647 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,600 Do it today, friend, and you will never 648 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,260 want to go back to where you were 649 00:31:26,260 --> 00:31:28,200 before this time again. 650 00:31:28,540 --> 00:31:30,400 I can tell you that myself. 651 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:35,440 Admit you've been broken only on one side. 652 00:31:36,260 --> 00:31:37,680 Confess your need of him. 653 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:43,140 Wonderful things happen when God uses broken things. 654 00:31:43,380 --> 00:31:46,800 He broke the loaves and fed five thousand. 655 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:50,840 He broke the vase and the beautiful ointment 656 00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,440 enveloped the room. 657 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:55,180 Are you only broken on one side? 658 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:59,100 Make today the day you give it all 659 00:31:59,100 --> 00:31:59,840 to him. 660 00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,460 Give yourself up entirely to Jesus, friends. 661 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,980 Don't hold anything back, and he will fill 662 00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:10,820 you to the brim with his spirit. 663 00:32:11,460 --> 00:32:14,740 Come now, we serve a dynamite God. 664 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:18,620 Don't you settle one skinny minute for a 665 00:32:18,620 --> 00:32:22,300 firecracker life again when you can live a 666 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:24,140 dynamite life for him. 667 00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:28,480 Come and surrender all you are to all 668 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:32,320 he is and place everything you are and 669 00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:35,220 all you have on his altar. 670 00:32:35,940 --> 00:32:38,680 Ask God to change you now. 671 00:32:39,180 --> 00:32:40,700 Let us pray.