1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,440 And again, verse number twenty-nine. 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,660 He's anonymous, said the priest, and verse number 3 00:00:08,660 --> 00:00:09,980 twenty-nine. 4 00:00:13,710 --> 00:00:16,250 So the head be up, down, O Israel, 5 00:00:17,130 --> 00:00:21,190 through His light unto thee, O people saved 6 00:00:21,190 --> 00:00:24,110 by the Lord, the shield of thy help, 7 00:00:24,950 --> 00:00:28,150 through the stone of thy naked face, and 8 00:00:28,150 --> 00:00:30,970 thine enemy shall be found liars unto thee, 9 00:00:30,970 --> 00:00:34,930 and not a thread upon a high place. 10 00:00:35,670 --> 00:00:41,270 Words are, O people saved by the Lord. 11 00:00:41,790 --> 00:00:44,110 You remember that in Exodus, chapter three, verse 12 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:47,130 sixteen, we notice we are a people separated 13 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:49,190 unto the Lord. 14 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:53,710 He didn't want thirteen people stealed by the 15 00:00:53,710 --> 00:00:57,330 Lord's Spirit, nor for one distinct purpose. 16 00:00:57,890 --> 00:01:01,290 John 20, verse 21, we might be a 17 00:01:01,290 --> 00:01:02,250 people saved. 18 00:01:02,590 --> 00:01:04,349 Now, we hope to deal with all these 19 00:01:04,349 --> 00:01:07,750 as we go on morning and evening, but 20 00:01:07,750 --> 00:01:12,250 the main theme is, O people saved by 21 00:01:12,250 --> 00:01:12,770 the Lord. 22 00:01:15,030 --> 00:01:17,610 First think again of this particular theme. 23 00:01:18,390 --> 00:01:22,050 Last night, we looked at seven positions we 24 00:01:22,050 --> 00:01:24,550 find ourselves in as the children of God, 25 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:29,650 placed in His heart, His affection, placed in 26 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:33,530 His hands, security, placed in His feet, communion, 27 00:01:34,350 --> 00:01:40,230 His lips, reception, His side, fellowship, between His 28 00:01:40,230 --> 00:01:45,390 shoulders, strength, and in His everlasting arm, rest. 29 00:01:45,810 --> 00:01:48,850 Resting in His everlasting arm. 30 00:01:49,250 --> 00:01:50,810 This morning, I want you to think with 31 00:01:50,810 --> 00:01:53,310 me of the expression, happy are thou. 32 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:55,350 You just can't help it, can you? 33 00:01:55,790 --> 00:01:57,410 If this morning we realize the joy of 34 00:01:57,410 --> 00:01:59,970 the seventh position into which we have been 35 00:01:59,970 --> 00:02:02,130 brought as the children of God, then we 36 00:02:02,130 --> 00:02:05,050 must be a happy people. 37 00:02:05,510 --> 00:02:07,570 The hymns our beloved brother chose this morning 38 00:02:07,570 --> 00:02:10,210 for us are all a reference to happiness 39 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:14,730 and to rejoicing, and we thank God for 40 00:02:14,730 --> 00:02:16,510 these wonderful hymns. 41 00:02:17,650 --> 00:02:19,650 I want to break this word up into 42 00:02:19,650 --> 00:02:20,410 the initial letters. 43 00:02:20,850 --> 00:02:22,790 Let's go with H-A-P-P-Y. 44 00:02:23,550 --> 00:02:24,750 I am H-A-P-P-Y. 45 00:02:25,030 --> 00:02:26,490 I am H-A-P-P-Y. 46 00:02:26,850 --> 00:02:27,830 I know I am. 47 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:29,290 I'm sure I am. 48 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:31,210 I am H-A-P-P-Y. 49 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:31,490 Amen? 50 00:02:32,830 --> 00:02:34,330 Pretty easy, man, but I think this is 51 00:02:34,330 --> 00:02:34,910 worth the answer. 52 00:02:35,450 --> 00:02:37,210 Then, I am S-A-P-P-E 53 00:02:37,210 --> 00:02:37,310 -D. 54 00:02:37,990 --> 00:02:39,210 I am S-A-P-P-E-D. 55 00:02:39,510 --> 00:02:40,570 I know I am. 56 00:02:40,890 --> 00:02:43,010 I'm sure I am. 57 00:02:43,290 --> 00:02:44,450 I am S-A-P-P-E-D. 58 00:02:44,730 --> 00:02:46,510 And of course, I am L-O-E 59 00:02:46,510 --> 00:02:46,850 -E-D. 60 00:02:47,330 --> 00:02:48,610 I'm L-O-E-E-D. 61 00:02:49,090 --> 00:02:50,090 I know I am. 62 00:02:50,090 --> 00:02:51,810 I'm sure I am. 63 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:53,790 I am L-O-E-E-D. 64 00:02:53,930 --> 00:02:55,370 And of course, you are too, aren't you? 65 00:02:55,430 --> 00:02:55,570 Eh? 66 00:02:55,950 --> 00:02:57,110 That's the whole thing. 67 00:02:57,510 --> 00:03:00,510 Brian Colvin says, Happy are thou. 68 00:03:01,130 --> 00:03:02,650 Now, aren't we a happy people? 69 00:03:03,250 --> 00:03:06,530 It's sometimes said, every day makes my joy 70 00:03:06,530 --> 00:03:08,630 for me, my neighbor, and my God. 71 00:03:09,050 --> 00:03:12,310 Well, may this glowing heart rejoice until it's 72 00:03:12,310 --> 00:03:13,910 raptured all abroad. 73 00:03:14,610 --> 00:03:16,930 I trust we all go back to that 74 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:17,630 happy day. 75 00:03:18,270 --> 00:03:19,930 I trust all of us here know the 76 00:03:19,930 --> 00:03:21,970 joy of a miracle in our lives when 77 00:03:21,970 --> 00:03:24,470 we receive the Lord Jesus as a Lord 78 00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:25,490 and as a Savior. 79 00:03:26,170 --> 00:03:28,350 As the days are rejoicing in Him, we 80 00:03:28,350 --> 00:03:31,270 know the joy, and the peace, and the 81 00:03:31,270 --> 00:03:34,690 real love He alone can give to us. 82 00:03:35,850 --> 00:03:37,710 Now, let's take again this word here. 83 00:03:38,170 --> 00:03:40,630 In fact, there's seven words here in this 84 00:03:40,630 --> 00:03:41,590 beautiful verse. 85 00:03:41,990 --> 00:03:44,270 First of all, we are a happy people. 86 00:03:45,190 --> 00:03:46,850 Then we are a unique people. 87 00:03:47,630 --> 00:03:49,990 Who is like unto thee, O people? 88 00:03:50,310 --> 00:03:51,830 And we're a safe people. 89 00:03:52,210 --> 00:03:56,670 We're happy, we're unique, and we are safe. 90 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,070 Then again, it says we're shielded. 91 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:00,930 We're a shielded people. 92 00:04:01,710 --> 00:04:03,450 Then we're a defended people. 93 00:04:04,290 --> 00:04:06,190 Then we're a vindicated people. 94 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:09,790 And, hallelujah, we're a triumphant people. 95 00:04:10,050 --> 00:04:11,610 All in that one little verse. 96 00:04:11,770 --> 00:04:12,630 They're very precious. 97 00:04:13,010 --> 00:04:14,710 I'd like to take this upward by a 98 00:04:14,710 --> 00:04:16,990 word, which I quote aloud during the days 99 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:17,829 we are together. 100 00:04:18,250 --> 00:04:19,890 We're going to take this one this morning, 101 00:04:20,029 --> 00:04:21,170 the word happy. 102 00:04:21,810 --> 00:04:22,690 Now, I look at you. 103 00:04:22,950 --> 00:04:24,170 I think you're in the good of it. 104 00:04:24,610 --> 00:04:25,750 I know you are. 105 00:04:25,970 --> 00:04:28,050 We are a happy people. 106 00:04:28,190 --> 00:04:29,230 No wonder you're happy. 107 00:04:29,630 --> 00:04:33,590 Such congenial circumstances, wonderful surroundings, such sweet fellowship. 108 00:04:34,050 --> 00:04:36,350 What joy must be your joy being right 109 00:04:36,350 --> 00:04:38,890 here of the night part in my ministry, 110 00:04:39,410 --> 00:04:41,710 that behind the smiling face there's a breaking 111 00:04:41,710 --> 00:04:42,170 heart? 112 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,740 And, to me, just someone with that heart 113 00:04:48,740 --> 00:04:49,540 here this morning. 114 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,600 And, I want to try and bring cheer 115 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,860 and encouragement and joy to you. 116 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,200 You might know this wonderful intimacy with our 117 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,900 beloved Lord Jesus Christ. 118 00:05:00,380 --> 00:05:02,220 So, first of all, then, the happy man 119 00:05:02,220 --> 00:05:03,880 is a holy man. 120 00:05:04,380 --> 00:05:05,500 H-U-L-Y. 121 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:08,180 He is a holy man. 122 00:05:09,220 --> 00:05:11,480 It says in Ephesians, chapter one, verse number 123 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:15,820 four, that we should be holy and without 124 00:05:15,820 --> 00:05:19,640 flame before him in love. 125 00:05:20,180 --> 00:05:23,620 Now, it is a distinct command that we 126 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:26,940 should be a holy people. 127 00:05:29,060 --> 00:05:32,520 We sometimes hear it said, and we read 128 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,660 it, it's God's will that all men should 129 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:36,400 be saved. 130 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:37,640 How true! 131 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,580 It says, the will of God all men 132 00:05:40,580 --> 00:05:41,480 should be saved. 133 00:05:41,620 --> 00:05:42,640 None should perish. 134 00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:47,720 But, then, we also read, in 1 Thessalonians, 135 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,760 chapter five, and this is the will of 136 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,060 God concerning you, that in all things we 137 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:55,000 should give thanks. 138 00:05:55,940 --> 00:05:57,680 It is will that we should be not 139 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:03,260 only a saved people, but a thankful people 140 00:06:03,260 --> 00:06:05,440 in everything giving thanks. 141 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:09,460 And, again, in 1 Thessalonians, chapter four, and 142 00:06:09,460 --> 00:06:12,980 this is the will of God, even your 143 00:06:12,980 --> 00:06:14,180 sanctification. 144 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,580 Now, we hear a little bit about his 145 00:06:17,580 --> 00:06:23,080 will regarding salvation, a little regarding thanksgiving, but 146 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,280 a little do we hear regarding this being 147 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:28,280 God's will that we should be a sanctified, 148 00:06:28,900 --> 00:06:30,620 holy people. 149 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:33,280 You'll never know the joy of real happiness 150 00:06:33,280 --> 00:06:37,560 through learning and filling your heart unless we 151 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:39,860 are a holy people. 152 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:45,000 There must be no uncompressed, unjudged sin in 153 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,660 your life, nor in my life. 154 00:06:47,860 --> 00:06:50,520 If there's a skeleton in the cupboard, if 155 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,980 there's a guilt complex, brings on more tension, 156 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:57,620 causes more ulcers, anything else, my friend, we 157 00:06:57,620 --> 00:06:57,880 know. 158 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:00,760 My friend, I want you to get that 159 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:02,500 deep down your heart this morning. 160 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:07,340 If there is uncompressed or unjudged sin in 161 00:07:07,340 --> 00:07:09,660 the life, it may have happened years ago, 162 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,160 but it's never been brought up and dealt 163 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:13,460 with and put away. 164 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,040 You don't know the joy of this real 165 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,100 happiness this morning. 166 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:19,720 It's always lurking in the back of your 167 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:20,260 mind. 168 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,520 May God give us great knowledge. 169 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:26,120 I'm not teaching psychology, not at all, but 170 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,160 I want to get deep down into your 171 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:28,580 heart. 172 00:07:28,580 --> 00:07:31,000 You must be willing, my friend, to deal 173 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,070 with sin and to finish with it. 174 00:07:34,460 --> 00:07:37,560 The late Theo McConaughey, a man to whom 175 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:38,740 I'm greatly indebted. 176 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,860 We were ministering together at many conferences, but 177 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:47,020 I remember ministering with a Flint years ago. 178 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,040 He took for his theme a verse from 179 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,760 Peter, stirring up your pure mind by way 180 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,180 of remembrance. 181 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:59,820 He gave a mouthly address, and I followed 182 00:07:59,820 --> 00:08:02,840 him with three themes on one verse alone 183 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:03,880 in chapter four. 184 00:08:04,060 --> 00:08:06,320 Three terms, in case I'm misquoted. 185 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,900 First verse alone in chapter four, and verse 186 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:18,460 number seven, I think it is. 187 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:23,360 Yes, these were. 188 00:08:24,060 --> 00:08:27,300 But God has not called us unto unseenness, 189 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,400 but unto holiness. 190 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:35,000 Stirring up your pure mind by way... 191 00:08:38,580 --> 00:08:41,780 Notice this, and he emphasizes holiness. 192 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,900 Even Paul says here, God has not called 193 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:49,080 us to unseenness, but unto holiness. 194 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:52,300 Holiness is Christ's likeness. 195 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:54,600 Christ's likeness. 196 00:08:55,240 --> 00:09:00,460 Holiness is spiritual health, is spiritual wholesomeness. 197 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:03,040 That, my friends, is holiness. 198 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,440 The late Dr. and other late George Goodman 199 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:11,380 said many years ago, holiness is a beautiful 200 00:09:11,380 --> 00:09:19,020 thing, a beautiful thing, a nature that delights 201 00:09:19,020 --> 00:09:22,600 in purity and repels evil. 202 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:34,720 Let us look for a moment at the 203 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,620 meaning of holiness from this chapter. 204 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,380 Remember my thoughting. 205 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:43,360 The happy man is a holy man. 206 00:09:43,820 --> 00:09:46,760 Now, I'm not teaching sinless perfection very far 207 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,860 from that, but I trust I'm teaching spiritual 208 00:09:50,860 --> 00:09:54,920 holiness, which is vital and compelling to a 209 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:55,020 man who is a holy man. 210 00:09:55,020 --> 00:09:57,600 I'm convincing in the life of the man 211 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,340 who knows that real joy and Christ-rending 212 00:10:00,340 --> 00:10:03,560 glory in his life day by day. 213 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,480 In this chapter, we've got the motive as 214 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:12,420 well as the meaning and the method of 215 00:10:12,420 --> 00:10:12,900 holiness. 216 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,920 Often I'm asked to speak at Second Advent 217 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,400 meetings in view of the coming of the 218 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:20,060 Lord Jesus. 219 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,280 If there are two meetings, one in the 220 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,220 afternoon, one in the evening, I'm asked to 221 00:10:26,220 --> 00:10:26,820 speak both. 222 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,400 I always speak on preparation in the afternoon, 223 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:33,060 then speak on the Lord's coming at night. 224 00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:36,300 I'm more concerned about the believer being prepared 225 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:39,620 for the Lord's coming than I am about 226 00:10:39,620 --> 00:10:40,560 the Lord's coming. 227 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:41,860 May I tell you why? 228 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,040 No one will ever tell me that he 229 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:47,900 or she are looking for the Lord to 230 00:10:47,900 --> 00:10:50,500 come back at any moment, but not got 231 00:10:50,500 --> 00:10:52,360 a desire to live a holy life. 232 00:10:53,300 --> 00:10:54,440 How do I know? 233 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:57,960 1 John 3, 4 says, "...and those who 234 00:10:57,960 --> 00:11:01,340 have this hope set on him purify themselves, 235 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,840 even as he is pure." 236 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,720 This has a purifying effect in the life 237 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,180 of the believer, and no one will ever 238 00:11:10,180 --> 00:11:13,120 tell me that expecting Christ at any moment, 239 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,840 but not got a desire to see souls 240 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:17,980 born again. 241 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,360 There is an urgent need, my friends, for 242 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:24,780 the spirit of evangelism in the power of 243 00:11:24,780 --> 00:11:27,780 a holy life, and in the energy of 244 00:11:27,780 --> 00:11:28,940 the Holy Spirit. 245 00:11:29,620 --> 00:11:32,040 Now, let's look for a moment at a 246 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:36,960 simple picture here of holiness, and remember, "...having 247 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:42,260 art thou, O people, changed by the Lord." 248 00:11:42,260 --> 00:11:44,020 First of all, let's look at verse number 249 00:11:44,020 --> 00:11:44,440 one. 250 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,160 Holiness is pleasing God. 251 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:50,200 Pleasing God. 252 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:52,540 Now, that is the desire of your heart 253 00:11:52,540 --> 00:11:54,560 and my heart this morning, I know. 254 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:58,280 No other ambition than to be ambitious, to 255 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,900 be well-pleasing unto the Lord. 256 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,360 Keep it said in verse number one, "...furthermore, 257 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,300 then, we beseech you," and I love that 258 00:12:07,300 --> 00:12:11,580 word, beseech, "...call you over and over again." 259 00:12:11,580 --> 00:12:14,540 That means wooing to win, wooing to win. 260 00:12:15,140 --> 00:12:17,040 Also, the picture of a young man down 261 00:12:17,040 --> 00:12:19,880 before his young lady, he's proposing to her. 262 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:21,380 He's seeking to woo her so that he 263 00:12:21,380 --> 00:12:22,000 might win her. 264 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:23,320 Wooing to win. 265 00:12:23,560 --> 00:12:24,860 That's what he's using here. 266 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,240 He's wooing those saints. 267 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,220 He says from Nica, what for? 268 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:32,300 He says, "...brethren, I exhort or encourage you 269 00:12:32,300 --> 00:12:34,840 by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have 270 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,280 received of us how ye ought to walk 271 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:41,560 and to please God, so ye would abound 272 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,980 more and more." 273 00:12:44,540 --> 00:12:48,420 Remember, Enoch has this testimony that he pleased 274 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:49,420 God. 275 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:51,100 He pleased God. 276 00:12:51,180 --> 00:12:51,980 Isn't that just wonderful? 277 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,840 Now, remember, it says in Colossians 2, verse 278 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:59,480 number six, "...as ye have received Christ, so 279 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,830 walk ye in Him." 280 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:06,320 Exhaust us to walk by faith, to walk 281 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:11,120 in love, to walk in life, and to 282 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,260 walk in newness of life. 283 00:13:13,820 --> 00:13:17,480 "...as ye have received Christ, so walk ye 284 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:18,000 in Him." 285 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:18,960 How did you receive Him? 286 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:20,000 By faith. 287 00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:22,980 Now, we've got to walk by faith, and 288 00:13:22,980 --> 00:13:25,800 not by sight, and you'll find, if we're 289 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,940 walking by faith, and living by faith, faith 290 00:13:29,940 --> 00:13:32,480 purifies the heart. 291 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:34,420 We found it in Acts. 292 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:38,040 Faith works by love. 293 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,960 One, it purifies the heart, and it works 294 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:43,420 by love. 295 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:45,360 I thank God for that, don't you? 296 00:13:46,220 --> 00:13:48,360 Oh, the wonder that glory stirs! 297 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,700 So it says, "...now pleasing God is the 298 00:13:51,700 --> 00:13:54,360 first evidence of our holy life." 299 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,000 That is your ambition. 300 00:13:56,620 --> 00:13:59,680 That is my desire, to be well-pleasing 301 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:02,740 unto the Lord, and that is an indication 302 00:14:02,740 --> 00:14:04,220 of holiness. 303 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:09,880 Now, going on with God, the only pleasing 304 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,300 ain't but going on with Him. 305 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:12,180 What it's saying here? 306 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:16,280 "...then give me abound more and more." 307 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:20,700 There must be spiritual growth, and spiritual gesture, 308 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,260 and they were going to grow up in 309 00:14:24,260 --> 00:14:27,080 the Lord Jesus, grounded and rooted in love. 310 00:14:27,620 --> 00:14:30,240 This is the outcome of a life lived 311 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,660 in power, in the power of the Holy 312 00:14:32,660 --> 00:14:33,660 Spirit Himself. 313 00:14:33,660 --> 00:14:35,780 Now, sit down to verse number three. 314 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:40,360 "...for this is the will of God, even 315 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:41,820 your sanctification." 316 00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:46,860 There must be a clean-cut separation, a 317 00:14:46,860 --> 00:14:51,560 clean-cut separation from all this unlike our 318 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,440 adorable Lord Jesus Christ. 319 00:14:53,900 --> 00:14:57,600 When your heart and my heart are magnetized 320 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,920 to Jesus Christ, they are demagnetized from all 321 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,700 that will like Christ. 322 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,700 So, turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full 323 00:15:07,700 --> 00:15:10,520 on this wonderful face, and the things of 324 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:13,180 heaven will go strangely dim in the light 325 00:15:13,180 --> 00:15:15,420 of His glory and grace. 326 00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:17,340 I'd love to divert that, but time will 327 00:15:17,340 --> 00:15:18,200 not allow it. 328 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:22,400 It says, "...separating pleasure and fear from all 329 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:25,460 filters of the flesh and of the spirit." 330 00:15:26,020 --> 00:15:28,940 I'm quoting from 2 Corinthians, chapter number one. 331 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:34,200 "...placing yourself on the unequal yoke of all 332 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,020 the practical separation." 333 00:15:36,020 --> 00:15:38,080 In the closing verse of chapter six of 334 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,940 2 Corinthians, then he comes and says, "...placing 335 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:45,100 yourself from all filthiness of the flesh," that's 336 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:48,580 the outward action, "...and the spirit," that's the 337 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:49,380 inward desire. 338 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:51,520 The inward desire. 339 00:15:51,980 --> 00:15:54,340 Now, how important, how vital it is. 340 00:15:54,340 --> 00:15:55,700 Look for this, shall we? 341 00:15:57,150 --> 00:15:59,420 There must be the mastery over the body. 342 00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:03,880 Verse number four, "...that every one of you 343 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:08,220 should know how to possess his mental incentivization 344 00:16:08,220 --> 00:16:10,260 and honor." 345 00:16:11,630 --> 00:16:15,440 The mastering over our body. 346 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,120 I said in a meeting some time ago, 347 00:16:19,420 --> 00:16:24,740 a very large meeting, when a man gets 348 00:16:24,740 --> 00:16:27,000 to about 50 years of age, he ought 349 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,140 to go and see a doctor. 350 00:16:35,030 --> 00:16:40,970 A man more keen on sex, and is 351 00:16:40,970 --> 00:16:45,030 more sex conscious, but on his late 40s 352 00:16:45,030 --> 00:16:48,130 and early 50s, and even as a teenager, 353 00:16:51,550 --> 00:16:53,070 a man objected to this thing. 354 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,700 Today, that man, an outstanding Bible teacher, is 355 00:16:58,700 --> 00:16:59,260 out of the ministry. 356 00:17:00,500 --> 00:17:02,320 He would have gone and seen a doctor. 357 00:17:07,740 --> 00:17:09,960 I cried when I heard about that man, 358 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:11,500 rather than the Lord of my own, and 359 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:12,880 I met with him many times. 360 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:14,540 Literally cried. 361 00:17:19,140 --> 00:17:20,859 That thing has got no sorrow for his 362 00:17:20,859 --> 00:17:23,800 sin, no repentance for his sin. 363 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:25,940 You know why? 364 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,260 I'm perfect in Christ. 365 00:17:30,580 --> 00:17:35,280 The dear man of God, Alan Redpath, when 366 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,380 he went to Moody's, he said, Dr. Ironside 367 00:17:39,380 --> 00:17:42,280 and Dr. Paul Rader, they gave you an 368 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:49,580 objective ministry, wonderful ministry, Christ-exalting ministry, but 369 00:17:49,580 --> 00:17:51,300 he said, I want to give that a 370 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:54,280 subjective touch now, and I want to apply 371 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:55,180 it to your life. 372 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:56,280 What happened? 373 00:17:56,820 --> 00:17:59,480 His congregation, over 3,000 people, went down 374 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:00,160 to 1,500. 375 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,740 Why is this building not packed this morning? 376 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,160 Not because I talk bad. 377 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:12,560 I believe the Spirit of God is on 378 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:12,760 this. 379 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,060 I believe the Spirit of God is working 380 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:19,500 here at this conference, and people are not 381 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:20,620 going to believe the truth. 382 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:33,610 What happened? 383 00:18:34,510 --> 00:18:39,650 Made my friend leaders, they found out they 384 00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:40,970 were living in secret sin. 385 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:44,970 They were secret smokers, drinkers. 386 00:18:46,390 --> 00:18:48,930 The business transactions were not above board. 387 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:56,040 But poor Alan Redpath left that building. 388 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:56,740 What happened? 389 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,440 He was packed with the message that men 390 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,300 and women were willing to do business with 391 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:02,700 God. 392 00:19:07,950 --> 00:19:10,290 I looked around this very fine congregation this 393 00:19:10,290 --> 00:19:12,010 morning, and I know with all my heart 394 00:19:12,690 --> 00:19:15,130 that those people here are willing to do 395 00:19:15,130 --> 00:19:16,310 business with God. 396 00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:17,710 Righteousness. 397 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,240 It is Philip, and dear B. 398 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:28,120 Philip, who said these words, Learn to control 399 00:19:28,120 --> 00:19:28,880 your body. 400 00:19:31,060 --> 00:19:32,160 Treat it with respect. 401 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:34,140 And be pure. 402 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,620 And be pure. 403 00:19:37,620 --> 00:19:39,720 That is why Paul said, Present your body, 404 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:41,940 a living flesh of God. 405 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:46,740 Whole, acceptable unto God, is your reasonable, your 406 00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:47,800 intelligent service. 407 00:19:49,100 --> 00:19:50,660 The death of liberty acts. 408 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,020 Do you want to be really happy with 409 00:19:54,020 --> 00:19:56,180 the thrill and the joy of spiritual life? 410 00:19:56,940 --> 00:20:00,500 He said over here, Keep your body under, 411 00:20:03,060 --> 00:20:04,180 under control. 412 00:20:05,220 --> 00:20:06,340 Treat it with respect. 413 00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:08,840 And remember, be pure. 414 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,900 Your body, my body, is the temple of 415 00:20:12,900 --> 00:20:17,060 the Holy Ghost, who is in us, who 416 00:20:17,060 --> 00:20:17,620 is in us. 417 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:35,700 In verse number five, Not love the concubines, 418 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,540 even as the Gentiles, which none of God's. 419 00:20:40,100 --> 00:20:42,400 The holy life is a transformed life. 420 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,700 The only light-seeking God, going on with 421 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:48,100 God, for living a life of clean-cut 422 00:20:48,100 --> 00:20:52,280 separation unto the dog, not a near negative, 423 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,820 legalistic kind of thing from Trabat and Bondi. 424 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:56,560 Oh no! 425 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:00,740 My friend's separation unto him is coming alive, 426 00:21:01,100 --> 00:21:03,040 vital, convincing, positive. 427 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,560 That's the separation I want to know. 428 00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:09,820 A heart's magnetism, occupation, Jesus Christ. 429 00:21:11,060 --> 00:21:14,020 When my heart is occupied with him, it 430 00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:16,140 is the self-occupied heart. 431 00:21:16,460 --> 00:21:19,660 When my life becomes Christ-centered, it is 432 00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:21,200 the self-centered heart. 433 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,060 It's not on, but rather in every look, 434 00:21:25,700 --> 00:21:26,780 and in every action. 435 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:32,740 You wonder why I stopped there and go, 436 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:33,200 didn't you? 437 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:37,760 Something came flashing into my mind, I must 438 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:38,200 tell you. 439 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,600 I refer to my beloved brother, because he 440 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,660 still belongs to me. 441 00:21:49,080 --> 00:21:52,160 But that very day, within half an hour, 442 00:21:55,220 --> 00:22:00,160 our brother told us of three men, all 443 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:04,700 outstanding men, who have been called by him. 444 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,260 When it came to the last one, I 445 00:22:12,260 --> 00:22:14,120 said, Brother Bill, don't say another word. 446 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:15,680 I can't stand it anymore. 447 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,320 No longer think of these words. 448 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:23,000 Let him that thinketh and standeth take heed. 449 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:24,660 Let ye fall. 450 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:27,560 Brethren, I am just as human as you 451 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,940 are, with all the instincts that you have, 452 00:22:30,940 --> 00:22:32,980 and all that's third in the arms. 453 00:22:35,660 --> 00:22:37,680 Listen, with all the love of my heart, 454 00:22:39,790 --> 00:22:41,850 I don't care how old a man or 455 00:22:41,850 --> 00:22:44,830 woman may live, none of us are out 456 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:46,130 of danger until we're in heaven. 457 00:22:47,990 --> 00:22:48,470 Not that. 458 00:22:49,250 --> 00:22:50,930 None of us are out of danger until 459 00:22:50,930 --> 00:22:51,550 we're in heaven. 460 00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:55,010 The devil doth our footsteps right of the 461 00:22:55,010 --> 00:22:58,050 perigee, and one is often taken a whole 462 00:22:58,050 --> 00:23:00,870 lifetime to build up a profession, and go 463 00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:03,770 in one unwashed hand. 464 00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:11,010 The call to foolishness. 465 00:23:11,770 --> 00:23:14,170 I have not called you to uncleanness, but 466 00:23:14,170 --> 00:23:14,950 unto foolishness. 467 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:26,080 John 3 to verse number 9. 468 00:23:26,740 --> 00:23:28,680 Now, we'll touch verse number 6 for a 469 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,380 moment, because this is very vital, regarding the 470 00:23:31,380 --> 00:23:32,560 transformed life. 471 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,960 He would say, in verse number 6, that 472 00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:37,320 no man go beyond and distort his brother 473 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,860 in any matter, if any matter. 474 00:23:42,990 --> 00:23:46,150 There must be absolute honesty. 475 00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:50,480 Now, verse number 9. 476 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,720 But, as such, in brotherly love, you need 477 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,480 not that I write unto you. 478 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,660 Ye yourselves are sought of God to love 479 00:23:58,660 --> 00:24:01,000 one another, and indeed ye do it towards 480 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,780 the brethren which are in all Macedonia, but 481 00:24:03,780 --> 00:24:06,340 that I beseech you, brethren, that ye increase 482 00:24:06,340 --> 00:24:07,100 more and more. 483 00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:08,800 That is soon to spill over. 484 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,020 The love-filled life is a holy life. 485 00:24:12,020 --> 00:24:15,240 A love-filled life is a holy life. 486 00:24:15,580 --> 00:24:16,480 That's in this connection. 487 00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:17,560 Verse number 12. 488 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,300 That ye may walk honestly towards them that 489 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:22,060 are with God. 490 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:24,240 Now, again, a thought. 491 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,820 Absolute integrity of heart. 492 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:29,760 Heart. 493 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,820 May I go back over these seven points? 494 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,180 I want to go as slow as I 495 00:24:34,180 --> 00:24:35,040 possibly can. 496 00:24:36,860 --> 00:24:39,740 First of all, you remember, there is pleasing 497 00:24:39,740 --> 00:24:40,220 God. 498 00:24:42,780 --> 00:24:44,360 Going on with God. 499 00:24:45,620 --> 00:24:48,640 A clear-cut separation of love. 500 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:54,510 A life transformed by methanol. 501 00:24:55,710 --> 00:24:57,690 The mastery over our bodies. 502 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:01,290 The mastery over our bodies. 503 00:25:01,910 --> 00:25:04,790 Keeping it under control, taking it with respect, 504 00:25:05,150 --> 00:25:06,150 keeping it pure. 505 00:25:06,590 --> 00:25:08,510 Then the transformed life. 506 00:25:09,170 --> 00:25:10,850 Then the love-filled life. 507 00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:14,450 And then absolute heart. 508 00:25:16,070 --> 00:25:21,300 Now, that's the meaning of holiness. 509 00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:26,000 This brings spiritual health, brings spiritual awesomeness, brings 510 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,900 a gleam into your eyes, brings a glow 511 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:29,960 into your countenance, brings a spring into your 512 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:30,440 step. 513 00:25:31,220 --> 00:25:32,580 It's Christ's real heart. 514 00:25:33,940 --> 00:25:36,220 It's the very motive of every day. 515 00:25:36,820 --> 00:25:39,720 But, what is the motive of this holiness? 516 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,840 If we're to know real happiness, may I 517 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:43,580 suggest three things. 518 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:47,560 One, because it comes in the form of 519 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:47,960 command. 520 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,580 We are commanded to be born. 521 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:56,060 Now, this is just as binding as breaking 522 00:25:56,060 --> 00:26:00,100 bread upon the thirtieth every week, or believers' 523 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:00,600 baptism. 524 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,040 Now, these requests to remember the Lord upon 525 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:07,540 the thirtieth every week. 526 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:10,940 Are you commanded to be baptized, to come 527 00:26:10,940 --> 00:26:13,560 out from among us, to present our body? 528 00:26:14,860 --> 00:26:16,600 Now, holiness is a command. 529 00:26:18,060 --> 00:26:18,740 I mean fine. 530 00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:27,370 For the Lord, we need to be holy. 531 00:26:28,850 --> 00:26:30,470 We need to be holy. 532 00:26:30,650 --> 00:26:32,890 Not only is it a command from the 533 00:26:32,890 --> 00:26:35,750 Lord that we should be holy, be holy, 534 00:26:35,910 --> 00:26:37,130 for I am holy. 535 00:26:38,090 --> 00:26:40,410 But, my friend, we need to be holy. 536 00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:42,190 If we're going to live to God's pleasure, 537 00:26:42,250 --> 00:26:44,890 and to God's glory, day by day, then, 538 00:26:44,930 --> 00:26:49,130 as in this connection, the world expects us 539 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:50,570 to be holy. 540 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,500 The world expects us to be holy. 541 00:26:54,860 --> 00:26:58,040 They've got their standards, and, my friend, we 542 00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,180 come below that standard. 543 00:26:59,380 --> 00:27:00,620 It's like you have to understand it. 544 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:07,600 I was in a place some time ago, 545 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,440 having a serious meeting, going from door to 546 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:12,740 door, inviting people into services. 547 00:27:12,740 --> 00:27:16,140 I went to a particular home, and I 548 00:27:16,140 --> 00:27:19,400 said, I'm conducting service along the gospel chapel, 549 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,020 and I would like to invite you. 550 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,520 I do it now, and you'll come. 551 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,920 So, is that Mr. Stone, Sir George Stone? 552 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:27,900 I said, oh yes. 553 00:27:28,260 --> 00:27:28,900 Do you know him? 554 00:27:29,460 --> 00:27:30,700 He said, I know him only too well. 555 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:31,520 I won't be there. 556 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:34,360 I said, this is fantastic. 557 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:40,570 He said, little father, when another girl, a 558 00:27:40,570 --> 00:27:43,450 lady came this time, I said the same 559 00:27:43,450 --> 00:27:43,910 thing to her. 560 00:27:44,090 --> 00:27:46,050 I said, oh, is that Dr. Stone, Sir 561 00:27:46,050 --> 00:27:46,490 George Stone? 562 00:27:46,590 --> 00:27:47,050 He said, yes. 563 00:27:47,850 --> 00:27:49,230 Oh, she's a lovely patient. 564 00:27:49,270 --> 00:27:49,950 He's my doctor. 565 00:27:51,330 --> 00:27:52,290 He said, go on, be there. 566 00:27:52,530 --> 00:27:53,290 I'll be there. 567 00:27:54,370 --> 00:27:55,130 For the contract. 568 00:27:56,430 --> 00:27:59,790 Are we retarding, or are we advancing the 569 00:27:59,790 --> 00:28:01,710 gospel of Jesus Christ? 570 00:28:02,590 --> 00:28:04,210 The world expects us to be holy. 571 00:28:04,930 --> 00:28:06,250 What's the motive for calling it? 572 00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:07,430 Look at verse number eight. 573 00:28:08,370 --> 00:28:11,950 We look firstly at the meaning, and then 574 00:28:11,950 --> 00:28:14,850 the motive, and now here we have the 575 00:28:14,850 --> 00:28:15,230 message. 576 00:28:16,210 --> 00:28:17,230 Verse eight. 577 00:28:18,490 --> 00:28:22,210 He therefore that despises you, he despises, despises 578 00:28:22,210 --> 00:28:25,450 not man, but God, but giveth unto us 579 00:28:25,450 --> 00:28:30,490 a holy spirit, a holy spirit, praying that 580 00:28:30,490 --> 00:28:36,070 no other men, we must yield to him 581 00:28:36,070 --> 00:28:37,230 who hath this spirit. 582 00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:40,470 I'm suggesting a few things here. 583 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:43,750 All under the letter R. 584 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,180 He has given to us the holy spirit. 585 00:28:49,860 --> 00:28:52,900 First, recognize his presence. 586 00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:58,180 See, R.E. Recognize his presence. 587 00:28:58,820 --> 00:28:59,340 Where? 588 00:29:00,340 --> 00:29:02,920 In our body. 589 00:29:03,860 --> 00:29:06,720 1 Corinthians 6, verses 19 and 20. 590 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,160 What this calls, don't you know, don't you 591 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:15,080 realize that your body is a temple of 592 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,720 the Holy Ghost who is in you, and 593 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,560 you're not your own, for you're being bought 594 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:22,200 for the price. 595 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,160 Therefore glorify God in your body, and in 596 00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:27,360 your spirit. 597 00:29:28,140 --> 00:29:29,620 That's Richard R. 598 00:29:31,340 --> 00:29:32,660 Recognize his presence. 599 00:29:34,580 --> 00:29:37,680 Remember the Lord says, he shall be with 600 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,140 you, and he shall be in you. 601 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,080 I ask you very lovingly, with my own 602 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,640 heart, have we ever taken time to get 603 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:51,220 alone with God, maybe under some tree, probably 604 00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:54,720 in our own closet, and looked up and 605 00:29:54,720 --> 00:30:00,220 said, Lord, I recognize that my body is 606 00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:04,280 a dwelling place of the right Holy Spirit. 607 00:30:04,980 --> 00:30:07,140 My body is his temple. 608 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,060 He indwells me. 609 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,320 Has that truth dawned upon you? 610 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,380 Oh, I don't mean just scripturally or doctrinally. 611 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,760 I mean by divine revelation. 612 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,060 Has his spirit witnessed with you, spiritually indwells 613 00:30:22,060 --> 00:30:22,280 you? 614 00:30:27,430 --> 00:30:31,390 The recognition of his presence is in your 615 00:30:31,390 --> 00:30:33,950 heart, and in my heart. 616 00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:38,350 When this truth dawns in upon us, it 617 00:30:38,350 --> 00:30:44,260 will revolutionize our whole life, our whole spirit. 618 00:30:45,700 --> 00:30:49,100 He tells you, and he says to me, 619 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,120 Have thine own way, Lord, have thine own 620 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:54,580 way. 621 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:58,680 Hold o'er my being absolute prayer. 622 00:30:59,580 --> 00:31:05,020 Fill my spirit with all truth, Christ only, 623 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:05,880 always. 624 00:31:06,980 --> 00:31:11,560 Second point, respect his person. 625 00:31:12,140 --> 00:31:15,340 First of all, recognize his presence. 626 00:31:16,140 --> 00:31:18,000 Now, respect his person. 627 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:23,880 He is a Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit. 628 00:31:24,340 --> 00:31:30,440 So, all that is unholy, impure, suggestive, jealous, 629 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:39,580 and snarling, or grieving, or grieving, is a 630 00:31:39,580 --> 00:31:41,480 Holy Spirit. 631 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,320 Not John the priest. 632 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:48,240 Because he's a spirit of John, he's a 633 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,460 spirit of truth, he's a spirit of holy 634 00:31:50,460 --> 00:31:50,780 spirit. 635 00:31:51,140 --> 00:31:53,480 Lastly, receive his power. 636 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:59,720 Recognize his presence, respect his person, and receive 637 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:00,420 his power. 638 00:32:01,620 --> 00:32:04,980 Ye shall receive power as early goes to 639 00:32:04,980 --> 00:32:07,380 come upon you, and ye shall be ready. 640 00:32:13,730 --> 00:32:17,630 Not by might, nor by power, by my 641 00:32:17,630 --> 00:32:18,150 spirit. 642 00:32:19,250 --> 00:32:19,970 That's it. 643 00:32:22,170 --> 00:32:29,960 Beloved, when the two, and the less, recognizing 644 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:34,700 his presence, respecting his person, are an active 645 00:32:34,700 --> 00:32:38,300 part in our life, without a shadow of 646 00:32:38,300 --> 00:32:40,100 a doubt, we'll receive his power. 647 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,180 We'll receive his power. 648 00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:43,680 Now, that's what we wanted. 649 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:45,540 That's what we want. 650 00:32:46,380 --> 00:32:48,780 That's why we're here, morning by morning, evening 651 00:32:48,780 --> 00:32:51,960 by evening, widening, cutting, we cut, we gain. 652 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:59,570 We won't know Christ in an intimacy we've 653 00:32:59,570 --> 00:33:02,650 never known him before, and Paul said, I 654 00:33:02,650 --> 00:33:06,670 may know him, not about him, not doctrines, 655 00:33:06,690 --> 00:33:08,850 or theories, nor philosophies about him. 656 00:33:09,410 --> 00:33:14,090 I may know him, and the power of 657 00:33:14,090 --> 00:33:17,250 his resurrection, and the fellowship of his suffering, 658 00:33:17,670 --> 00:33:20,990 being made conformable unto his image. 659 00:33:21,570 --> 00:33:24,830 Being made conformable unto it, that I become 660 00:33:24,830 --> 00:33:27,230 conformable to his image, which is death. 661 00:33:27,930 --> 00:33:28,330 Yes. 662 00:33:29,950 --> 00:33:32,410 One of the first evidences of the filling 663 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:34,230 of the Holy Spirit is this. 664 00:33:35,170 --> 00:33:38,690 He gives us a noble, whelming sense of 665 00:33:38,690 --> 00:33:41,470 the presence of the inborn God. 666 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,840 He takes aside the veil, as Paul said 667 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,220 in Galatians 1.16, and it pleads the 668 00:33:48,220 --> 00:33:53,040 Father to reveal, darling, unveil a son in 669 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:53,340 me. 670 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,300 Then, Paul said, it's no longer I, but 671 00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:03,090 Christ that liveth in me, and that's one 672 00:34:03,090 --> 00:34:04,950 of the first evidences of his fill with 673 00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:05,890 the Holy Spirit. 674 00:34:06,430 --> 00:34:09,389 He gives us a noble, whelming sense of 675 00:34:09,389 --> 00:34:12,710 the deeply-lying essence of the presence of 676 00:34:12,710 --> 00:34:14,969 Christ in our being. 677 00:34:15,909 --> 00:34:20,110 Ephesians 3.16, Strain with all might by 678 00:34:20,110 --> 00:34:24,870 his Spirit in the innermost that Christ, my 679 00:34:24,870 --> 00:34:26,650 beloved brother, hallowed while he spake to me 680 00:34:26,650 --> 00:34:29,170 one day to him, for all things linked 681 00:34:29,170 --> 00:34:30,370 are nothing but that. 682 00:34:31,150 --> 00:34:35,290 That Christ may dwell in your heart by 683 00:34:35,290 --> 00:34:38,230 faith, not by some happy feeling, not by 684 00:34:38,230 --> 00:34:41,190 some wonderful experience, but by faith. 685 00:34:41,909 --> 00:34:44,190 Strain with all might by his Spirit in 686 00:34:44,190 --> 00:34:47,070 the innermost that Christ may dwell. 687 00:34:47,469 --> 00:34:50,969 Settle down and be at home in your 688 00:34:50,969 --> 00:34:54,130 heart by the Holy Spirit. 689 00:34:54,969 --> 00:34:56,250 Isn't that just wonderful? 690 00:34:56,990 --> 00:34:59,050 Paul has cited to me, and I know 691 00:34:59,050 --> 00:35:02,610 to you too, the lyricist, the mimic, the 692 00:35:02,610 --> 00:35:06,550 mortis, and now the net of holiness is 693 00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:08,610 by yielding to indwelling. 694 00:35:09,410 --> 00:35:11,710 For I can't live a holy life, neither 695 00:35:11,710 --> 00:35:15,900 can you, but if we yield to the 696 00:35:15,900 --> 00:35:17,560 Spirit of God, we'll live that life to 697 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:17,860 us. 698 00:35:18,780 --> 00:35:20,320 The thing about it is, and may I 699 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,700 qualify a statement here, God made Christ to 700 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:25,520 be upon to us holiness. 701 00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:30,040 He is our holiness, and in him we're 702 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,320 holy, and we're not brave before God in 703 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:33,700 love. 704 00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:35,460 The wonder of it all! 705 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,200 But, I must note, in a practical day 706 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,860 -by-day, moment-by-moment living, that's what 707 00:35:40,860 --> 00:35:42,560 Paul said in Romans 6 verse 11. 708 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,900 He brings out reckoning by grace. 709 00:35:46,300 --> 00:35:49,120 My crucifixion with Christ, burial with Christ, I'm 710 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:52,460 raised with Christ, then is likewise reckoned because 711 00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:54,860 of the fact, reckoned upon the fact, that 712 00:35:54,860 --> 00:35:57,500 we are dead in the understanding that we're 713 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:01,160 alive unto God through Jesus Christ the Lord. 714 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,760 There's a negative and a positive. 715 00:36:03,020 --> 00:36:06,000 The negative, I'm crucified with Christ. 716 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:08,860 I've died unto sin, unto filth, and unto 717 00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:10,080 the world a deposit. 718 00:36:10,340 --> 00:36:12,980 Likewise reckoned now, reckoned the filth. 719 00:36:14,740 --> 00:36:16,900 In my first visit to Canada some over 720 00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:19,360 20 years ago now, I was ministering in 721 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,060 Florence with Oliver Chapman. 722 00:36:22,420 --> 00:36:24,780 One night after service, I'd been going on 723 00:36:24,780 --> 00:36:28,820 for about four nights, going out the door, 724 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:30,540 a dear man came up and he said, 725 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:34,000 my young brother, that's about six or seven 726 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,960 years ago, he said, my young brother, please 727 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,660 go on ministering of present salvation. 728 00:36:40,540 --> 00:36:42,200 He said, I've sought it in every part 729 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:42,880 of the world. 730 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:45,460 He said, my brother, what is your name? 731 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,520 He said, I didn't, Dr. Norcott Day. 732 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:50,900 He said, well yes, this is my lady. 733 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:53,180 He said, no, he said, night after night, 734 00:36:53,260 --> 00:36:54,600 I stopped just right there. 735 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:56,380 I didn't like to wake up the next 736 00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:58,420 morning in my congregation night after night. 737 00:36:59,460 --> 00:37:00,860 But these words have never left me. 738 00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:03,920 Go on preaching of present salvation. 739 00:37:06,020 --> 00:37:07,420 That only if Christ died in front of 740 00:37:07,420 --> 00:37:09,220 the service of the penitent, to live with 741 00:37:09,220 --> 00:37:12,640 us in the power of eternal life, every 742 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:13,900 morning of every day. 743 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:16,600 One day I heard of all the messages 744 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:17,200 that he preached. 745 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,040 We were happy people. 746 00:37:22,700 --> 00:37:23,580 We lived it, you know. 747 00:37:24,300 --> 00:37:27,800 And then angel of assurance, angel of assurance, 748 00:37:29,020 --> 00:37:32,820 I said, in 1 Timothy 1 verse number 749 00:37:32,820 --> 00:37:36,600 12, Paul said, I know whom I have 750 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,580 believed and am persuaded that he is able 751 00:37:40,580 --> 00:37:43,280 to repeat that which I encountered in that 752 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:43,700 day. 753 00:37:44,180 --> 00:37:45,560 There's this verse here, I want you to 754 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:46,280 know this, Paul. 755 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,400 You know, and it's really, really my soul. 756 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,040 Verse seven says, God did not call us 757 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,000 unto a dream, but unto a holy day. 758 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,660 Now, notice, God has called us unto holy 759 00:37:57,660 --> 00:37:58,020 day. 760 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,840 But, verse number 24 to the fifth chapter 761 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,920 says, Faithful is he that calleth you, notice 762 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,720 this now, who also will do it. 763 00:38:08,260 --> 00:38:09,220 Isn't that precious? 764 00:38:10,340 --> 00:38:11,960 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also 765 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:13,220 will do it. 766 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:14,640 I love that, don't you? 767 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:16,200 Ah, that's good. 768 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,800 Then the cure, people, it says in 1 769 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:24,830 John chapter 5, verse 13, These things have 770 00:38:24,830 --> 00:38:27,490 I written unto you, that the leaf on 771 00:38:27,490 --> 00:38:28,630 the nail of the God that ye may 772 00:38:28,630 --> 00:38:30,870 know, not ye may steal, ye may know 773 00:38:30,870 --> 00:38:32,250 that ye have eternal life. 774 00:38:33,490 --> 00:38:35,750 So, the joy of knowing, not hope for 775 00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:36,410 it, but knowing. 776 00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:39,910 I know I passed in that life. 777 00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:42,030 I know, and I am sure of it, 778 00:38:42,210 --> 00:38:44,750 I know once I was blind, but now 779 00:38:44,750 --> 00:38:47,450 I can see the light of the world. 780 00:38:47,970 --> 00:38:48,710 It's true. 781 00:38:49,850 --> 00:38:53,030 Then only are we a holy, a sure 782 00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:53,370 people. 783 00:38:53,490 --> 00:38:54,730 We are a powerful people. 784 00:38:55,230 --> 00:38:56,710 We are a powerful people. 785 00:38:57,050 --> 00:38:57,990 What does it say? 786 00:38:58,490 --> 00:39:01,830 It says in one verse, number 90, So 787 00:39:01,830 --> 00:39:03,850 by the ingreatness of his power, and I 788 00:39:03,850 --> 00:39:07,410 give you now, the ushers who believe, when 789 00:39:07,410 --> 00:39:08,890 he raised him from the dead and placed 790 00:39:08,890 --> 00:39:11,110 him far above all things, the passing power, 791 00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:12,990 and I told you the other night that 792 00:39:12,990 --> 00:39:16,850 this is a liberating power, an elevating power, 793 00:39:16,850 --> 00:39:20,690 a subjugating power, that all this power that 794 00:39:20,690 --> 00:39:23,210 came to his mind on the truth of 795 00:39:23,210 --> 00:39:25,670 the Lord Jesus came to life. 796 00:39:27,790 --> 00:39:31,590 All this power is truly servile, and my 797 00:39:31,590 --> 00:39:32,970 dear apology to you. 798 00:39:33,810 --> 00:39:36,750 The happy man who is a holy man, 799 00:39:37,470 --> 00:39:39,930 who is a sure man, he becomes a 800 00:39:39,930 --> 00:39:40,750 powerful man. 801 00:39:40,990 --> 00:39:43,530 In himself he is weak, but in Christ 802 00:39:43,530 --> 00:39:45,410 he is strong. 803 00:39:46,490 --> 00:39:49,550 So Christ saying, without me you can do 804 00:39:49,550 --> 00:39:50,010 nothing. 805 00:39:50,470 --> 00:39:52,570 So if I can do all this through 806 00:39:52,570 --> 00:39:55,650 all of these powerful leaders, through all of 807 00:39:55,650 --> 00:39:59,450 these powerful leaders, he is a peaceful man. 808 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:00,530 He's peaceful. 809 00:40:01,070 --> 00:40:02,210 John 14 27. 810 00:40:04,550 --> 00:40:06,230 Peace I'll be with you. 811 00:40:06,370 --> 00:40:07,410 Now this world gives divine joy. 812 00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:08,630 Let not your heart be troubled. 813 00:40:09,170 --> 00:40:10,970 You believe in God and God in me. 814 00:40:11,710 --> 00:40:14,450 Thou shalt keep him in perfect peace. 815 00:40:14,910 --> 00:40:17,670 His mind is at peace. 816 00:40:20,150 --> 00:40:21,630 Great peace I'll say it. 817 00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:30,490 Love thy Lord, and nothing wants you to 818 00:40:30,490 --> 00:40:31,090 be guilty. 819 00:40:32,410 --> 00:40:33,670 Jeremy 6 13. 820 00:40:34,290 --> 00:40:39,770 Yield yourself unto God. 821 00:40:40,730 --> 00:40:42,090 There's the word happy. 822 00:40:42,910 --> 00:40:44,970 The happy man is a holy man. 823 00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:47,610 He is an assured man. 824 00:40:47,890 --> 00:40:49,190 He's a powerful man. 825 00:40:49,510 --> 00:40:52,530 He's a peaceful man, and hallelujah! 826 00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:54,270 He's a yielded man. 827 00:40:55,290 --> 00:40:59,450 And threaten thyself to be dead in Jesus' 828 00:40:59,750 --> 00:40:59,990 name. 829 00:41:00,950 --> 00:41:03,050 Crucify with Christ in me, now and at 830 00:41:03,050 --> 00:41:03,870 the end of days. 831 00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:07,210 Praise together with the Lord, till the life 832 00:41:07,210 --> 00:41:09,070 of the earth is lost, and the spirit 833 00:41:09,070 --> 00:41:09,850 of the soul is gone. 834 00:41:10,670 --> 00:41:11,430 Thank you. 835 00:41:16,110 --> 00:41:16,970 I love this call. 836 00:41:17,810 --> 00:41:20,230 May the Lord accept the charity of the 837 00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:22,210 day, and the peace of my beloved brethren 838 00:41:22,210 --> 00:41:23,650 tomorrow, the first. 839 00:41:23,930 --> 00:41:24,450 May I get it? 840 00:41:25,090 --> 00:41:26,050 Reckon me. 841 00:41:26,810 --> 00:41:30,530 Yourself to be dead in Jesus' name. 842 00:41:31,270 --> 00:41:34,470 Crucify with Christ, and he now may reign 843 00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:35,350 within you. 844 00:41:35,590 --> 00:41:38,350 Reign together with the Lord, till the life 845 00:41:38,350 --> 00:41:40,730 of you is lost, and the spirit of 846 00:41:40,730 --> 00:41:41,690 the soul is gone. 847 00:41:41,810 --> 00:41:46,510 This is the happy man. 848 00:41:47,270 --> 00:41:48,590 He is a holy man. 849 00:41:49,570 --> 00:41:50,870 An assured man. 850 00:41:51,830 --> 00:41:53,110 A powerful man. 851 00:41:53,630 --> 00:41:54,890 A peaceful man. 852 00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:57,340 A yielded man. 853 00:42:06,070 --> 00:42:08,610 And when moments quiet, and in that moment 854 00:42:08,610 --> 00:42:10,350 the Lord has spoken to you in some 855 00:42:10,350 --> 00:42:14,450 particular way, may be cause of thanksgiving, a 856 00:42:14,450 --> 00:42:19,550 reassuring of deep-rooted conviction in your own 857 00:42:19,550 --> 00:42:22,990 heart, that all is well between you and 858 00:42:22,990 --> 00:42:23,370 the Lord. 859 00:42:24,510 --> 00:42:26,170 For let me, Jesus, first put his finger 860 00:42:26,170 --> 00:42:28,650 upon some particular area that has not yet 861 00:42:28,650 --> 00:42:31,830 been completely surrendered to sin, and you're going 862 00:42:31,830 --> 00:42:33,310 to do good to him now. 863 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,540 There may be some particular sin, and the 864 00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:42,160 Spirit puts his finger with pleasure upon that 865 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,870 area, and you're going to do business. 866 00:42:47,190 --> 00:42:48,570 You're going to bring it right out. 867 00:42:49,050 --> 00:42:50,490 Call it by its right name. 868 00:42:52,110 --> 00:42:53,570 Be faithful and just. 869 00:42:58,750 --> 00:43:07,120 Turn your eyes upon Jesus, listen in his 870 00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:14,680 wonderful faith, and the things of earth will 871 00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:21,660 grow strangely deep in the light of his 872 00:43:21,660 --> 00:43:25,160 glory and grace. 873 00:43:28,400 --> 00:43:33,140 Have thine own way, Lord, have thine own 874 00:43:33,140 --> 00:43:33,620 way. 875 00:43:34,550 --> 00:43:42,460 Oh, Lord, my being and salut's way, fill 876 00:43:42,460 --> 00:43:48,110 with thy Spirit, it all shall cease. 877 00:43:49,340 --> 00:43:57,120 Cry to me always, believe in me. 878 00:43:58,540 --> 00:44:02,200 Through Jesus Christ, our Lord, his holy glory 879 00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:03,740 goes now and forevermore. 880 00:44:09,540 --> 00:44:11,100 I know I talk rather fast, if you 881 00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,560 didn't quite get it, you were free to 882 00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:13,900 talk to me about it, but here's a 883 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:14,180 subject. 884 00:44:14,940 --> 00:44:15,660 Thank you for coming.