WEBVTT 00:00:00.500 --> 00:00:03.560 Well, good morning. It's good to see you all. 00:00:04.179 --> 00:00:09.160 Our text today is in John chapter 14. We're going to continue in our series in the book of John. 00:00:10.040 --> 00:00:15.540 We're starting, we're looking at John 14, starting in verse 15. 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:19.640 This is Jesus' farewell discourse. This is the last week of his life. 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:26.780 He's preparing his disciples for what is coming, which is both the reality of his crucifixion and his resurrection, 00:00:26.780 --> 00:00:35.620 but also the mission then that he will leave them with to bear witness to him in the world. 00:00:36.620 --> 00:00:43.500 And so we'll see as we look at this passage this morning, Jesus exposes a problem that the disciples may face, 00:00:43.900 --> 00:00:52.560 a provision that he is promising, and then we'll look for a few minutes at what that provision will produce in our lives. 00:00:52.560 --> 00:01:00.780 So there's my three Ps for you if you want, if you're doing an outline, a problem, a provision, and what is produced by that provision. 00:01:01.079 --> 00:01:07.439 So let's look at the passage together, and then we'll pray, and then we will dive in. 00:01:08.260 --> 00:01:11.280 John chapter 14, verse 15. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:23.519 If you love me, you will keep my commandments, and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper to be with you forever, 00:01:23.700 --> 00:01:30.079 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:34.560 You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:37.659 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:43.439 I will come to you, yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.539 Because I live, you also will live. 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:52.739 In that day, you will know that I am in the Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:58.219 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:05.299 And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:14.000 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world? 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:21.219 And Jesus answered him, if anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:24.479 and we will come to him and make our home with him. 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:32.719 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words, and the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father who sent me. 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:35.039 Let's pray together. 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:38.780 Lord, we come this morning to your word, and we ask for your help, 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:47.719 because we know that in our human, natural minds, Lord, we are unable to understand what you are saying to us. 00:02:47.780 --> 00:02:50.120 But we praise you that we are not left alone. 00:02:50.879 --> 00:02:54.240 Lord, even in this passage, you promised the gift of your Holy Spirit, 00:02:54.979 --> 00:02:57.300 Lord, who illumines our hearts and our minds, 00:02:57.379 --> 00:03:00.520 and gives us understanding of things that we could not understand otherwise. 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:05.300 And we thank you that your word is not so opaque and not so confusing, 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:07.300 that we cannot understand it with your help, 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:11.100 but in fact that you have revealed yourself so that we might know you, 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:13.500 and in knowing you that we might love you, 00:03:14.060 --> 00:03:15.980 and worship you as you deserve. 00:03:16.920 --> 00:03:19.500 God, I pray for us this morning as we look at this passage 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:22.219 that you will help us to receive your word. 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:25.160 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:03:25.160 --> 00:03:25.300 Amen. 00:03:25.300 --> 00:03:33.620 So there's a function in Microsoft Word that I've always wondered about. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:35.260 You may have seen it. 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:37.180 It's called the widow-orphan function. 00:03:37.820 --> 00:03:38.480 Do you know what it does? 00:03:39.500 --> 00:03:43.180 It means that when you're writing on a piece of page, 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:49.400 and you have a word that might be the only word at the end of a paragraph, 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:53.760 or the only line at the bottom of the page starting a new paragraph, 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:57.099 word will automatically reformat it for you 00:03:57.099 --> 00:04:01.840 so that those lines or those words will not be alone. 00:04:02.420 --> 00:04:07.860 They will not be left singular, isolated from the rest of the text, 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:12.080 but that they will be seen as a part of the text, 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:13.719 welcomed and gathered. 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:22.480 Jesus tells his disciples in the verses today, 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:25.540 he says, I will not leave you as orphans. 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.860 Now, we know that this is a feeling that maybe many of us have had 00:04:30.860 --> 00:04:32.439 during this pandemic, 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:36.879 because during the pandemic, we have been isolated, alone, 00:04:37.339 --> 00:04:41.819 left as the dangling line at the bottom of the page in many ways. 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:44.800 And we feel that, don't we? 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:47.699 We know that in many ways. 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:52.279 Some of us have literally been left as orphans in this world 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:54.459 because COVID has taken their parents. 00:04:55.399 --> 00:05:01.659 Many of us have felt the pain of separation and distance and isolation. 00:05:02.699 --> 00:05:06.899 And some of it has also felt like abandonment, 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:10.039 that even when we've been able to see some people, 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:13.100 many who we love, we haven't seen and wonder, 00:05:13.660 --> 00:05:15.319 where'd they go? 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:18.760 And it's been hard, hasn't it? 00:05:18.960 --> 00:05:20.460 It's been a hard season. 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.160 And maybe you feel that orphaned would be a decent word 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.620 for how you've experienced some of the pandemic today. 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.540 We often will feel this way. 00:05:32.379 --> 00:05:34.120 Sometimes personal disappointment, 00:05:34.700 --> 00:05:36.920 deep wounds, broken relationships, 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:41.300 loss will create this emptiness 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:42.980 and this sense of, 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:45.040 I'm alone in this world. 00:05:46.879 --> 00:05:47.860 Jesus says, 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:50.340 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:05:51.200 --> 00:05:53.939 I think there might be another sense in this passage as well 00:05:53.939 --> 00:05:56.000 that Jesus is saying that to his disciples. 00:05:56.460 --> 00:05:57.780 If you remember back from, 00:05:57.939 --> 00:05:59.819 Pastor Nick preached last week 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:03.300 about doing and what Jesus promised in verse 12, 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:07.300 that the disciples would do greater works 00:06:07.300 --> 00:06:09.460 than the works that Jesus did. 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:11.920 This is a great promise 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.759 that it's an amplification, 00:06:16.139 --> 00:06:18.740 it's an implied condition of Jesus saying, 00:06:18.939 --> 00:06:19.920 if you keep my word, 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:20.920 if you love me, 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:21.860 you will go 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:23.620 and as you carry out this mission 00:06:23.620 --> 00:06:24.560 that I'm sending you on, 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.639 you're gonna extend and build 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.080 and see God build his kingdom 00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:30.720 in amazing ways. 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:36.160 Now we need to be clear on one thing. 00:06:36.900 --> 00:06:37.920 When we read these words, 00:06:37.960 --> 00:06:38.860 like verse 15, 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:39.980 if you love me, 00:06:40.020 --> 00:06:41.060 you will keep my commandments. 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.460 Our most natural reading in English 00:06:43.460 --> 00:06:45.460 is that that's a causal effect. 00:06:45.900 --> 00:06:47.180 If this, then this. 00:06:47.280 --> 00:06:48.140 If this happens, 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:50.020 that will produce something else. 00:06:50.380 --> 00:06:53.180 And we need to rethink 00:06:53.180 --> 00:06:55.220 how we read these sentences 00:06:55.220 --> 00:06:56.320 because I don't believe 00:06:56.320 --> 00:06:57.260 they're actually causal. 00:06:57.640 --> 00:06:59.020 I think they're correlations. 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:00.680 It means if this is true, 00:07:00.740 --> 00:07:01.799 then this is also true. 00:07:02.099 --> 00:07:03.379 And these things go together. 00:07:03.659 --> 00:07:05.879 So loving and obeying his commandments 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:06.680 go together. 00:07:06.799 --> 00:07:08.479 We'll see how important this is later 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:09.359 as we look at it. 00:07:09.699 --> 00:07:13.319 But recognize that Jesus is telling his disciples, 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:15.159 you're gonna do great things. 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:16.120 You're gonna love me 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:17.740 and you're gonna obey my commandments. 00:07:18.479 --> 00:07:20.060 And the disciples are thinking, 00:07:20.299 --> 00:07:21.659 how is that gonna happen? 00:07:22.159 --> 00:07:23.459 Judas has just left. 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:25.099 Peter's going to fail. 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:27.560 What in the world? 00:07:29.019 --> 00:07:31.019 And I wonder if maybe some of us 00:07:31.019 --> 00:07:31.939 feel that way 00:07:31.939 --> 00:07:34.219 in our Christian lives as well. 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:37.219 Maybe we've tried to be obedient. 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:38.839 Maybe we've tried to love God. 00:07:39.159 --> 00:07:40.680 Tried to be a faithful follower. 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:43.859 We've tried to read the Bible every day. 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:46.439 We've tried to pray every day. 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:49.139 We've tried to be patient with our kids 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:50.819 in every circumstance. 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:52.620 And if you're a parent, 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:53.639 you're starting to laugh 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.000 because we realize that none of us 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:57.740 can do these things perfectly. 00:07:58.099 --> 00:07:59.819 And it feels overwhelming 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:01.319 and it becomes a burden. 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:06.180 It feels like Jesus has said, 00:08:06.300 --> 00:08:08.339 you're gonna go and have to perform 00:08:08.339 --> 00:08:10.979 perfectly in the world 00:08:10.979 --> 00:08:13.740 and do all these great things for God. 00:08:14.740 --> 00:08:16.639 And you're gonna do it on your own. 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.839 And maybe the disciples felt abandoned, 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:22.879 orphaned in that sense too. 00:08:23.719 --> 00:08:25.039 Like your high school teacher, 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:25.419 it says, 00:08:25.539 --> 00:08:27.740 I want you to go write a six-page paper 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:29.079 and tell me everything 00:08:29.079 --> 00:08:30.599 that is important to know 00:08:30.599 --> 00:08:31.779 about the country of China. 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:33.899 It's history, it's culture, 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:35.299 it's language, it's politics, 00:08:35.460 --> 00:08:36.039 it's economics. 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:38.620 It's an overwhelming task. 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:39.879 How could I even begin 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:41.480 to understand all that, 00:08:41.539 --> 00:08:43.519 let alone accomplish that 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:45.860 and produce what you're asking for? 00:08:47.319 --> 00:08:49.419 And sometimes in our Christian lives, 00:08:50.419 --> 00:08:52.659 particularly when we take it seriously, 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:54.419 we feel the same burden. 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:56.059 How could we ever do that? 00:08:56.980 --> 00:08:58.559 It's overwhelming and defeating. 00:08:59.960 --> 00:09:02.199 Our failures then define us, 00:09:02.460 --> 00:09:03.980 our weakness defeats us, 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:05.519 and we often despair. 00:09:07.199 --> 00:09:09.240 And we despair not only of trying, 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.199 but we despair of God himself. 00:09:12.319 --> 00:09:13.340 This is a problem. 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:14.860 That many of us have. 00:09:15.720 --> 00:09:17.340 But Jesus speaks to his disciples 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:18.620 and to us saying, 00:09:19.559 --> 00:09:21.740 you are not alone in these things. 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:25.819 Not so will I leave you as orphans. 00:09:26.259 --> 00:09:27.259 And this leads us then, 00:09:27.319 --> 00:09:28.980 if this is the problem that we face, 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:30.500 this feeling of being orphaned, 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:32.779 both spiritually and just generally in life, 00:09:33.299 --> 00:09:33.939 Jesus says, 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:35.980 here is the provision that I have for you. 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:38.139 Look with me in verses 16 and 17. 00:09:38.139 --> 00:09:41.559 I will ask the Father, 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.559 and he will give you another helper 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:45.080 to be with you forever, 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:46.600 even the spirit of truth. 00:09:48.419 --> 00:09:49.279 Jesus says, 00:09:49.419 --> 00:09:50.759 I will not leave you alone, 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:52.659 but I will send another one, 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.679 another helper to come alongside. 00:09:55.179 --> 00:09:56.759 Now, many of you probably know this, 00:09:56.799 --> 00:09:58.659 but the Greek word there is paraclete. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:00.080 And it's good to know 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:02.240 because it's not an easy word to translate. 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:06.600 Comforter, helper, teacher, guide, friend, advocate, counselor 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:09.200 are all different English translations 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:13.560 that try to get at what that word means. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:16.080 And all of them capture some of it. 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:18.340 At its core, it probably means 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:20.299 one who comes alongside 00:10:20.299 --> 00:10:21.620 to give aid, 00:10:21.919 --> 00:10:22.860 to give encouragement, 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:24.180 to give strength. 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:27.720 One who is present 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.919 and actually able to give help. 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:33.500 And this is what Jesus is promising. 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:34.600 And the passage itself 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:36.879 gives us a lot of information 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:38.180 about this one, 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:39.180 this helper, 00:10:39.720 --> 00:10:40.720 according to ESV, 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:42.620 who will come alongside with us. 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:43.000 Right? 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:44.580 First of all, 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:45.740 we see in verse 16 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:47.480 that he is not just a helper, 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.940 but he is another helper. 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:50.039 What does that mean? 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:51.820 He is another one like Jesus. 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:53.899 Jesus has been with his disciples. 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:55.519 How has he helped them? 00:10:55.960 --> 00:10:57.340 He has spoken truth to them. 00:10:57.340 --> 00:10:59.060 He has encouraged their hearts. 00:10:59.220 --> 00:11:00.379 He has taught them. 00:11:00.700 --> 00:11:02.019 He has given them examples. 00:11:02.560 --> 00:11:04.220 He has seen them 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:06.580 and called them to take steps 00:11:06.580 --> 00:11:08.899 in exerting his power. 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:12.519 They have experienced amazing things. 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:15.840 The disciples may be losing Jesus, 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:17.039 but he's saying, 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:18.879 you're not going to lose 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.680 what you've gotten 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:20.779 from me being with you 00:11:20.779 --> 00:11:22.279 because I'm going to send another one 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.220 like me to come alongside. 00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:27.019 And not only am I going to send one like me, 00:11:27.019 --> 00:11:28.799 but I'm going to reaffirm 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:30.600 that he's going to come from the Father. 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:32.300 I'm going to ask that God 00:11:32.300 --> 00:11:33.139 is going to come 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:36.279 and provide all that you need. 00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:37.659 And not only that, 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:39.440 but he will be with you forever. 00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:41.580 I'm not just giving you 00:11:41.580 --> 00:11:43.700 a temporary or conditional gift. 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:46.040 And certainly it seems 00:11:46.040 --> 00:11:47.360 at times in the Old Testament, 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.759 the Holy Spirit might come 00:11:48.759 --> 00:11:50.440 and be on someone 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:52.240 for a season or for a task. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.639 But in the New Testament, 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:54.639 the promise is that 00:11:54.639 --> 00:11:56.620 he will come and be with us forever. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:12:01.879 He will be a spiritual help 00:12:01.879 --> 00:12:04.200 that the world cannot receive 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:05.840 nor see nor understand. 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:07.259 What in the world does that mean? 00:12:07.740 --> 00:12:09.539 Well, remember in John's gospel, 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:11.960 the world is the system 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:13.379 that has rejected Jesus 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:16.560 and rejects God. 00:12:17.179 --> 00:12:19.799 And so what Jesus is saying is 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:21.259 the Holy Spirit, God himself, 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:22.600 is going to come to the world 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:24.299 and of course they're not going to receive it. 00:12:24.500 --> 00:12:25.340 They're not going to see it. 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:26.639 They're not going to understand it. 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:27.759 So they may dismiss 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:29.500 everything they see as luck, 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:31.700 circumstance, hard work, 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.899 human ingenuity, just chaos. 00:12:35.280 --> 00:12:36.000 Whatever it is, 00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:37.120 they're going to dismiss it 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:38.280 and not be able to see 00:12:38.280 --> 00:12:39.800 the Holy Spirit for who he is 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:40.700 and what he does. 00:12:41.340 --> 00:12:43.280 Remember what Jesus says in John 3, 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.639 the wind blows where it wishes. 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:45.960 You hear it sound, 00:12:46.040 --> 00:12:46.740 but you do not know 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.460 where it comes from 00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:48.160 or where it goes. 00:12:48.540 --> 00:12:49.800 So it is with everyone 00:12:49.800 --> 00:12:51.019 who is born of the Spirit. 00:12:52.700 --> 00:12:54.240 But if you have eyes to see, 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:55.940 and Jesus is saying, 00:12:56.240 --> 00:12:57.180 you as my disciples, 00:12:57.180 --> 00:12:58.299 because you know me, 00:12:58.419 --> 00:12:59.539 you will see this. 00:13:00.060 --> 00:13:01.560 You will see the effects 00:13:01.560 --> 00:13:02.399 and you will know 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:03.940 that it's the Holy Spirit. 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:06.600 And he is not just a Holy Spirit, 00:13:06.659 --> 00:13:07.899 but he is a spirit of truth. 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:09.960 He will come and remind you. 00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:10.840 We're going to learn more 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.820 about this next week 00:13:11.820 --> 00:13:12.879 because it's the focus 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:14.840 of the passage right after this. 00:13:15.100 --> 00:13:16.220 But like a spotlight, 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.659 Jesus is going to, 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.639 or Jesus says, 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:20.560 the Holy Spirit is going to shine 00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:22.500 all of his light on Jesus 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:24.139 and Jesus' life and death 00:13:24.139 --> 00:13:24.779 and resurrection 00:13:24.779 --> 00:13:26.179 and his teaching 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:30.220 to illuminate the truth 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:31.799 for us as his followers. 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:33.500 And finally, 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:34.740 we need to recognize 00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:36.940 that the Holy Spirit is personal. 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:38.340 In verse 17, 00:13:39.000 --> 00:13:40.480 John explicitly uses 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:41.639 personal pronouns. 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:44.220 They are not impersonal. 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:45.000 They are not it. 00:13:45.139 --> 00:13:48.860 It is he in those verses 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:50.539 to remind us 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:51.480 that the Holy Spirit 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:53.019 is not like the force, 00:13:53.159 --> 00:13:54.639 mysterious mitochondrians 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:55.440 swimming around 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:56.460 in our bloodstream, 00:13:56.779 --> 00:13:57.919 nor is it the effect 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:58.800 of gamma rays 00:13:58.800 --> 00:13:59.659 that allow us 00:13:59.659 --> 00:14:00.620 to turn green 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:02.159 and smash things. 00:14:02.820 --> 00:14:03.659 It is not all, 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:05.060 there are lots of ways 00:14:05.060 --> 00:14:05.720 in which we think 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:07.080 of these external powers 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:08.820 and it's none of those things. 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.779 The Holy Spirit 00:14:10.779 --> 00:14:11.879 is a person, 00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:13.320 the person of God 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.200 who will come 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.800 and in union with us, 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:18.320 come alongside of us 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:19.400 to work in us. 00:14:19.660 --> 00:14:20.600 This is the doctrine 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.620 of the indwelling 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.800 of the Holy Spirit 00:14:22.800 --> 00:14:24.300 that for all 00:14:24.300 --> 00:14:24.820 who have placed 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:26.240 their faith in Christ 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.060 at the moment of salvation, 00:14:28.060 --> 00:14:29.820 when God regenerates 00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:30.400 our hearts, 00:14:30.540 --> 00:14:32.320 when he declares us justified, 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.900 when we believe 00:14:33.900 --> 00:14:34.980 and trust in Jesus 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.680 for the forgiveness 00:14:35.680 --> 00:14:36.560 of our sins, 00:14:36.700 --> 00:14:38.060 we get the gift 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.000 of the Holy Spirit 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:40.220 that he comes 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:41.560 and he is in us 00:14:41.560 --> 00:14:42.400 and with us. 00:14:43.560 --> 00:14:44.380 Jesus says, 00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:46.500 I will not leave you alone, 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:48.480 but the Holy Spirit 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.139 will come 00:14:49.139 --> 00:14:50.899 and he will come 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.820 alongside of you 00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:53.039 and be in you. 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:55.480 And this is really exciting. 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:57.240 This is just the opening chapter. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.539 We have five sermons 00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.820 on the Holy Spirit 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:01.340 in the next eight weeks. 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.679 So hang on to your hat. 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.700 It's going to be really fun 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:04.399 as we explore 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.340 different aspects 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:06.480 of how the Holy Spirit 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.919 is sent to come 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:10.620 and what this is. 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.840 But what I want you to see 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:13.700 is that in the fear 00:15:13.700 --> 00:15:14.720 of us living 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:15.440 as orphans 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:16.240 in this world, 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.240 Jesus says, 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:18.740 no, 00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:19.900 I will send 00:15:19.900 --> 00:15:21.100 the Holy Spirit 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:22.960 to come alongside you 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:24.740 and to be with you. 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:25.520 And what does this 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:26.259 produce in us? 00:15:26.460 --> 00:15:27.480 What does this produce 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.140 in our lives? 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:29.080 If those are the things 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:29.620 that we see, 00:15:29.940 --> 00:15:30.780 what does it produce? 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:31.900 Well, I think it produces 00:15:31.900 --> 00:15:32.660 three things. 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:34.660 We see in verses 18 through 20, 00:15:34.780 --> 00:15:35.400 Jesus is saying, 00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.780 this is what's going to happen. 00:15:36.920 --> 00:15:37.879 I'm going to go away 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.080 and then I'm going to be 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.900 raised from the dead 00:15:39.900 --> 00:15:41.259 and you're going to see me again 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:42.620 for a little while 00:15:42.620 --> 00:15:43.439 because I live, 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.019 you will live, 00:15:44.059 --> 00:15:45.120 you will experience 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.759 the resurrection power 00:15:46.759 --> 00:15:47.720 of being joined with me 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:48.679 but then I'm going to ascend 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:49.039 to heaven 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.819 and I'm going to ascend 00:15:49.819 --> 00:15:50.500 to the Holy Spirit. 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:51.500 And this is what 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.759 the day of Pentecost is. 00:15:53.059 --> 00:15:54.279 This is what the prophecy 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.580 that was read earlier 00:15:55.580 --> 00:15:56.240 by Tosin 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.799 from Joel 2 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.860 was predicting 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:00.439 and speaking forward 00:16:00.439 --> 00:16:00.720 saying, 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:01.580 this is the day 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:02.439 that's going to come 00:16:02.439 --> 00:16:03.960 and when the Spirit comes 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.559 it's going to have 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:06.159 this tremendous power 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.720 that now is at work 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:08.899 throughout the world 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:10.399 until Jesus returns. 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.340 I think there are 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:13.179 three things 00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:14.319 that the full effect 00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:15.539 of the risen Savior 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:16.980 coming to us 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.759 by the Spirit 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:20.740 that we can see 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.600 in this passage. 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:23.519 So we're going to unpack 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:24.580 three implications, 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:27.279 three produce. 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:29.279 I'm gardening this. 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.460 I'm trying to garden. 00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:32.299 Trying to grow things. 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:34.340 And the hope is that 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:36.319 they will produce things 00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:38.000 that we'll be able to eat. 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:39.139 So what is it 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:39.879 that the Holy Spirit 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.820 wants to produce in us 00:16:41.820 --> 00:16:43.039 by His coming? 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.360 Three things. 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.480 First, 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.879 we've mentioned it 00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.539 but I want to spend 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.200 a little more time 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:49.120 thinking about it. 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:50.740 Verse 16, 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:52.139 He will be with you 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:52.860 forever. 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:55.000 The Holy Spirit 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.620 will come 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.360 to provide 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:57.340 for His disciples 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:58.620 and for us 00:16:58.620 --> 00:17:00.539 security. 00:17:01.820 --> 00:17:02.679 I think often 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.539 Christians live 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.200 with a fear. 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.720 Can I lose 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.619 the Holy Spirit? 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:08.979 what if I blow it? 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.059 No, 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:11.439 what if I really blow it? 00:17:12.179 --> 00:17:12.399 No, 00:17:12.439 --> 00:17:13.199 what if I really, 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:13.699 really, 00:17:13.939 --> 00:17:14.939 really blow it? 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.639 The sin that's like 00:17:16.639 --> 00:17:18.319 beyond the sin 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.119 that's acceptable. 00:17:21.859 --> 00:17:22.859 What about like 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:23.819 people in the Old Testament 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:25.339 like King Saul 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:26.639 where the Spirit 00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.399 left him 00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:28.979 because of his 00:17:28.979 --> 00:17:29.679 unfaithfulness? 00:17:30.179 --> 00:17:31.759 If I'm a bad enough 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.259 Christian, 00:17:32.679 --> 00:17:34.000 will God abandon me? 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:37.480 Friends, 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:39.200 what Jesus says is, 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:40.000 the Spirit 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.980 is not being given 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.859 because you are 00:17:41.859 --> 00:17:42.839 a good enough Christian. 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:44.980 I am not sending it 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:45.539 to you because 00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:46.519 you have performed 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.359 well enough 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.559 that I'm going to 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.220 give you this 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:50.039 second gift 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:51.400 or this second blessing. 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.839 The Holy Spirit 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.460 is going to be 00:17:54.460 --> 00:17:55.220 given to you 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.619 because I ask 00:17:56.619 --> 00:17:57.640 the Father 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.819 and He will send 00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.599 it to you 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:00.920 because you are 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.059 connected with me. 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:07.559 This is good news. 00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:09.720 Ephesians 1, 13, 00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:10.599 the Apostle Paul 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:11.480 says it this way, 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.599 in Him, 00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:14.039 that is in Jesus also, 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.139 when you heard 00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:15.899 the word of truth, 00:18:16.000 --> 00:18:17.200 the gospel of your salvation 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:18.299 and believed in Him, 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.759 you were sealed 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:20.720 with the promised 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.639 Holy Spirit 00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:23.240 who is the guarantee 00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:24.220 of our inheritance 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:25.339 until we acquire 00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.440 possession of it 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.659 to the praise 00:18:27.659 --> 00:18:28.659 of His glory. 00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:29.799 This image 00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:31.059 is like a seal, 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.799 right? 00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.639 A letter that 00:18:32.639 --> 00:18:34.139 then wax was dripped 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:35.980 and then a signet 00:18:35.980 --> 00:18:36.679 or a seal 00:18:36.679 --> 00:18:38.159 was marked on it 00:18:38.159 --> 00:18:38.700 saying, 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.839 this is from me 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.039 and this is mine. 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:42.779 And that's what God 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:43.759 does when He gives 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.779 to His children 00:18:44.779 --> 00:18:45.779 His Holy Spirit. 00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:46.319 He says, 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:48.319 these are mine. 00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:51.720 You are mine 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:54.000 because of the Holy Spirit 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.119 and the gift of it. 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:57.379 And this is the security 00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:59.419 that the New Testament 00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:00.019 promises 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.839 to believers. 00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:04.199 And this then leads 00:19:04.199 --> 00:19:05.319 to the second thing, 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.759 the second produce 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.679 that we see 00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:09.579 from the Holy Spirit 00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.899 and that is a relationship. 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.479 Look with me 00:19:11.479 --> 00:19:12.719 at 21 to 23. 00:19:13.859 --> 00:19:15.000 We are now swimming 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:16.139 in the deep waters 00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:17.959 of Trinitarian theology 00:19:17.959 --> 00:19:19.439 and I am not going 00:19:19.439 --> 00:19:20.279 to be able to parse 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:21.799 it all out for you today. 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.980 But we've talked 00:19:22.980 --> 00:19:23.519 at the beginning 00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.599 about how easy it is 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.480 to feel abandoned, 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:26.819 to feel alone 00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.579 like an orphan 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.639 without anyone 00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:29.480 in this world. 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.839 And these verses 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:31.480 remind us 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.740 in 21 through 23 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:35.000 that God is promising 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.799 through Jesus 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:38.119 something completely opposite. 00:19:40.359 --> 00:19:40.919 They thought, 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.500 the disciples thought, 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.359 we know Jesus 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.000 in the flesh 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.539 in the person 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.440 but what's going to happen 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.279 when He's gone? 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.740 Look with me 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:49.379 at 21 through 23 again. 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:51.900 He says, 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:52.800 if you have 00:19:52.800 --> 00:19:53.400 my commandments 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.120 and keep them, 00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.360 He it is 00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:56.240 who loves me 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.300 and he who loves me 00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:57.920 will be loved 00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.600 by my Father 00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.640 and I will love him 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.940 and manifest myself 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.180 to him. 00:20:02.300 --> 00:20:03.140 And then in response 00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.180 to Judas' questions 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:04.600 He says, 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.380 everyone loves me, 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.200 keeps my word, 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.260 my Father will love him 00:20:07.260 --> 00:20:08.560 and we will come to him 00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:09.860 and we will make 00:20:09.860 --> 00:20:11.700 our home with him. 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.860 We will stay 00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.860 with him 00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:16.120 forever. 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.800 Jesus is saying 00:20:20.800 --> 00:20:21.760 the Holy Spirit, 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:22.460 this helper 00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:23.400 will come alongside 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:25.240 and He will mediate 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:26.560 for us 00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:28.980 this incredible truth 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:31.000 that when God calls us 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:32.140 to faith in Christ 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.960 He calls us 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:35.460 into a personal relationship 00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:37.160 with the triune God 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.160 who created the universe. 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:41.320 It is a relationship 00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:42.020 of love. 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.520 Jesus will love us. 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:44.980 The Father will love us. 00:20:45.220 --> 00:20:45.900 The Holy Spirit 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:47.220 will mediate this love 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.000 to us 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.920 by dwelling in us. 00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:52.100 And friends, 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:53.559 I know it's trite 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.140 and cliche 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:55.059 to talk about 00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:56.420 having a personal 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.720 relationship with God 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:59.039 because it's been 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.480 kicked around 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.519 for 50 years 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.940 and because certainly 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.680 some people 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.680 have made professions 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:05.799 of having a personal 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.819 relationship with God 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.720 and yet their life 00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.740 shows absolutely 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.660 no evidence 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.940 of it actually being true. 00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.940 So we want to 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:13.000 acknowledge that. 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.680 And yet, 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.160 do you see 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:16.640 how intensely personal 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:18.140 this promise is 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.220 in this passage? 00:21:21.020 --> 00:21:22.680 The spiritual presence 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.340 of God 00:21:23.340 --> 00:21:24.220 is real. 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.600 We will make 00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.360 our home 00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.420 with you. 00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:32.240 And this is not 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.880 just something 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.860 that we should think 00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:34.960 about in our heads 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.840 to parse out. 00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.960 It is something 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.140 to be felt. 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:43.420 Have you known 00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.540 the presence of God 00:21:44.539 --> 00:21:45.359 in your life? 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.659 Have you known 00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.599 the Holy Spirit 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:49.639 whispering truths 00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:52.000 in difficult times? 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.839 Have you ever, 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.839 as you experienced 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.740 God's creation, 00:21:56.940 --> 00:21:58.259 felt that you weren't alone 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.079 but that God 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.960 was with you 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.779 rejoicing 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.920 in the creation 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.940 that He has made? 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.420 Have you known 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.159 those times 00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:09.839 when you felt abandoned 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.000 by all others 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.880 in this world? 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.539 When God 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.480 has reminded you, 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.279 I am with you 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.259 always to the ends 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.880 of the age. 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.119 Now look, 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.440 friends, 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.240 I want to admit, 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.059 I don't always 00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.720 feel it, 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:28.539 but I felt it enough 00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:29.759 to know that it's true. 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.200 And on the days 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.259 that I don't feel it, 00:22:32.339 --> 00:22:32.980 I can cling 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.799 to the promises 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.160 and the knowledge 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:36.099 that it's true 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:38.859 because I know 00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:40.919 and have experienced 00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.839 the reality 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:43.619 that God 00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.799 is not just an idea 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:45.619 but a person 00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:47.119 and He invites us 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:48.799 into a personal relationship. 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.799 1 Peter 1, 00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.519 7 and 8 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.319 says this 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.719 about the believers 00:22:53.719 --> 00:22:55.019 in Rome. 00:22:55.159 --> 00:22:56.019 Though you have not 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.759 seen Him, 00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.939 you love Him. 00:22:58.419 --> 00:22:59.179 Though you do not 00:22:59.179 --> 00:22:59.839 see Him now, 00:22:59.939 --> 00:23:00.980 you believe in Him 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.599 and rejoice 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:02.379 with joy 00:23:02.379 --> 00:23:04.079 that is inexpressible 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:05.439 and filled with glory, 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:07.440 obtaining the outcome 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.220 of your faith, 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:09.120 the salvation 00:23:09.120 --> 00:23:11.120 of your souls. 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.680 This is the crazy thing 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.180 about this, 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.620 isn't it? 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:16.000 Because when we want 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.740 a relationship, 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.039 if I want a relationship 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.779 with Spondin, 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.920 I will sit down 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:21.080 and there's a person there 00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:22.140 and I can talk to him 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:23.580 and he can respond to me 00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:24.680 and we can have 00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:26.180 that kind of relationship. 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.820 God is a spirit. 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:30.100 Jesus and His disciples 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:31.759 experience the kind of thing 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.700 that I'm able 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.559 to have with Spondin 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:35.080 and now Jesus is saying, 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.899 I'm going to go away 00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.799 and I'm going to send you 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.779 a spiritual 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:42.599 person of the Trinity 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.779 to dwell with you 00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.299 that you're going 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.059 to relate to. 00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:48.019 Not exactly in the same way 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:49.299 but in a similar way, 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.679 in the same sense 00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:52.099 of a personal relationship. 00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:54.319 And I know that we struggle 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.919 with it. 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.500 I know that it's hard 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.240 to imagine 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.799 and yet the witness 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.639 of the church 00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:01.220 throughout history 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.439 and the witness 00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:03.619 of my own walk 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.239 with the Lord 00:24:04.239 --> 00:24:07.039 is that it is real. 00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:09.000 That God is a person 00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.139 and that we can 00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:11.079 commune 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.719 and fellowship 00:24:11.719 --> 00:24:12.419 with Him 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:15.059 through His Holy Spirit. 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.239 Have a great joy. 00:24:17.639 --> 00:24:18.519 And so the question 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:20.119 then we must ask ourselves 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.559 is do we have 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.219 a relationship 00:24:22.219 --> 00:24:23.099 with God? 00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:25.399 Or have we just 00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:27.159 agreed to a certain 00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.119 set of principles, 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.899 affirmed a certain creed, 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:32.920 or assumed 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.980 that going through 00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.040 a certain set 00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:36.160 of ritual actions 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:38.040 or acts of service 00:24:38.040 --> 00:24:39.960 have created 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:41.240 a standing with God 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.560 but not a relationship? 00:24:44.560 --> 00:24:45.100 Friends, 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.140 if that's true, 00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:48.420 don't let those counterfeits 00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.080 rob you 00:24:49.080 --> 00:24:50.300 of the real thing. 00:24:51.360 --> 00:24:52.240 Seek the Lord 00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.620 while He may be found. 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.820 He is not far from you 00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:57.420 and He will respond 00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.280 if you ask Him. 00:24:58.279 --> 00:25:02.000 So the first fruit 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.559 is security 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.720 and the second fruit 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.559 is relationship. 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:06.359 The third one, 00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:06.839 finally, 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.180 is power. 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:10.779 Power to enable us 00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.579 to obey 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:13.420 and to love. 00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:15.059 You may have seen this. 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:15.879 It's sprinkled 00:25:15.879 --> 00:25:17.099 throughout this passage, 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:17.399 right? 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.799 If you love me, 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.299 you will keep 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.000 my commandments. 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.279 Verse 15. 00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.359 And then verse 21, 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.619 He says again, 00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:27.679 whoever has my commandments 00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.479 and keeps them, 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.619 he it is who loves me. 00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.899 In verse 23 again, 00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:32.299 if anyone loves me, 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.500 he will keep my word. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:35.979 And again, 00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:37.359 it's easy for us 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:38.399 to hear all these things 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.559 as conditionals. 00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.579 Right? 00:25:41.679 --> 00:25:43.059 You only have these things. 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.199 You only have the Holy Spirit. 00:25:44.299 --> 00:25:45.399 You only have a relationship 00:25:45.399 --> 00:25:45.839 with me 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.159 if you are good enough. 00:25:47.919 --> 00:25:49.000 But it's not 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.019 a conditional statement. 00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.699 It's a cord. 00:25:50.899 --> 00:25:51.819 Jesus is painting 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.399 a portrait 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:53.380 of what it means 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:54.180 to know him. 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:55.920 If you know me, 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:59.060 my spirit will come to you. 00:25:59.580 --> 00:26:00.600 You will have security. 00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.800 You will have relationship. 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:03.840 And you will have power 00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:05.720 to love me 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:07.360 and to obey me. 00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:09.180 We talked about 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.720 at the beginning 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.740 how easy it is 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.259 for Christians 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:11.620 to think, 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.820 I'm trying to be good enough 00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.880 on my own strength 00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:15.280 that God will accept me 00:26:15.280 --> 00:26:16.200 and I can experience 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.519 some of those good things. 00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.660 How easy it is 00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.540 to feel orphaned 00:26:20.540 --> 00:26:22.040 and feel the terrible burden 00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.819 of obedience 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:24.299 that we carry around. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.500 The Spirit instead 00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:30.319 produces in us 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:33.460 love and obedience. 00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.680 When we have 00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.960 a life-giving relationship 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.559 with God, 00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.480 the Spirit comes 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.700 and changes us. 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.879 He turns our affection 00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:43.259 so that increasingly 00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:44.779 we love God 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.379 and the things 00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:46.079 that God loves 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.680 and we hate 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.879 the things that He hates. 00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.579 We pursue the things 00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.680 that God values 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.860 and we find 00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:53.019 as less and less 00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:55.460 valuable to us, 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:57.259 less precious to us, 00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.220 the things that 00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.200 aren't interesting, 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:01.200 that are not of interest 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.240 in God's kingdom. 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.200 We grow 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:06.900 so that God becomes 00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:08.460 the greatest treasure. 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:10.039 God becomes the thing. 00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.299 What do you want? 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.920 If you could have one thing 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.960 on a deserted island, 00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.680 what do I want? 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.840 I want God with me. 00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.900 He becomes 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.960 my greatest treasure. 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.060 He becomes 00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:23.220 my highest priority 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.740 in all of my relationships. 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.180 And it's not just 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.880 to love Him, 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.380 but in this then 00:27:29.380 --> 00:27:30.380 comes the power 00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.600 to obey Him. 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.080 Because as we love 00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:34.279 the things that God loves 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.000 and hate the thing 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.640 that God hates, 00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.900 we increasingly 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.620 are transformed 00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.720 to have strength 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:40.019 to do the things 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.360 that God calls us to 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.459 because living 00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.299 in His kingdom 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:45.859 comes, 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:48.619 puts us in a position 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.699 of being parallel 00:27:49.699 --> 00:27:51.819 with what His commands are. 00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:53.619 As we love His kingdom, 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.119 we will say, 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.159 we want the things 00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:56.000 that God wants 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.099 and we will pursue them 00:27:58.099 --> 00:28:00.379 and we will not do 00:28:00.379 --> 00:28:00.979 the things 00:28:00.979 --> 00:28:02.119 that lead to destruction 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.179 and death. 00:28:05.719 --> 00:28:06.579 When we 00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:08.979 have the Holy Spirit, 00:28:09.459 --> 00:28:10.199 He is able 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.140 to teach us 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:12.559 and change our hearts 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:14.340 and empower us 00:28:14.340 --> 00:28:16.059 to have the fruit 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.620 of the Spirit. 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.980 That's a whole other sermon. 00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.380 Go read Galatians 5. 00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.700 But that's something 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.759 that God will produce 00:28:22.759 --> 00:28:23.279 in us. 00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.019 And yes, 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.900 there is us 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:26.620 striving for those things, 00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.720 but we are striving 00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.539 with all the power 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.340 that God gives 00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.519 by His Holy Spirit. 00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.799 It is us working 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.620 out our salvation, 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.400 but it is because 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.200 God is at work 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.840 in us 00:28:34.840 --> 00:28:37.059 that we can do 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.640 these things. 00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.360 And this is what 00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:39.059 the Holy Spirit 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:40.120 gives to us. 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:43.799 not by performance, 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.440 but by daily 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.519 dependence on Him. 00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:48.259 What does that look like? 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.019 How do we pursue 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.980 obedience and love 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.500 for God? 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.980 Well, 00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.480 just like we entered 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.279 into a relationship 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.860 with God, 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.220 we do it by faith. 00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.620 We wake up 00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.160 in the morning 00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.960 and we affirm 00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.799 that God is there 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.720 and that the Holy Spirit 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.440 lives in us. 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:03.559 We admit our need. 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.380 We confess 00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.500 that we are unable 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.240 to live 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.319 the life 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.180 that God would want us 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:09.019 to live that day 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:10.039 apart from Him. 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.039 We pray 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.139 for God's help 00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.980 and we ask Him. 00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.359 And then we walk 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.319 out into the world 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:16.420 with confidence 00:29:16.420 --> 00:29:18.240 that God is with us 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.379 and that God 00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.519 will empower us 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.359 to live the life 00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.579 He wants to that day. 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.720 And we don't just do it 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.599 once in the morning 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.639 and then leave it behind, 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.400 but it becomes 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:28.319 this thing that we do 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.559 throughout the day 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:31.379 as we have these moments 00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.480 of temptation, 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.940 as we have these moments 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.579 of fear and worry, 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:37.059 as we have these moments 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.099 of being overwhelmed 00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.879 and not being able 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.960 to do what we think 00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.759 we ought to do 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.599 to please God. 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.359 We stop again. 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:44.619 We confess our need. 00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:46.240 We ask God to help us 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.200 and then we move ahead 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.720 in faith 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.720 that God will be able 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.139 to do us. 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.539 And when we live 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.599 a life like that, 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.240 then pursuing obedience 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.559 is no longer a duty, 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.559 but it's a delight. 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:59.079 Then we no longer 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.700 are working 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.759 to build a resume 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:02.299 so that God 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.299 would accept us, 00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.879 but we do it 00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:06.159 simply to please 00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.619 the one that we have loved. 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.419 We do it not 00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:10.539 to make ourselves great, 00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.819 but to make God great 00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:13.500 and not to look good 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.599 in the eyes of others, 00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.379 but to let others 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:18.519 see God in us. 00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.419 Friends, 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.579 this is a great hope. 00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.339 Just as He spoke 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.079 to His disciples 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.680 on that day, 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.579 He speaks to us 00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.139 and He says, 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.299 I will not leave you 00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.899 as orphans, 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.299 but I will ask the Father 00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:32.259 and He will send you 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.660 a helper, 00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:34.200 and that one will come 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.359 and provide for you 00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.339 all that you need 00:30:36.339 --> 00:30:38.440 for security, 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.379 for relationship, 00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.299 for love, 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.379 a life of love 00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:42.059 and obedience 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.379 that will bring glory 00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.680 to God. 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.460 For those of you 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.379 who are here this morning 00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:48.980 who are seeking 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.920 to know Christ, 00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:52.220 ask the Holy Spirit 00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.660 to be at work in you. 00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:55.099 Let Him draw you 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.379 to the truth of Christ 00:30:56.379 --> 00:30:58.180 and into the love of Christ. 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.539 Let Him lead you 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.259 to faith, 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:02.299 believe in Christ 00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.799 for your salvation. 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.859 And if you're here 00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.420 this morning 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:08.680 and you have known Christ 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.359 but have been one 00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.779 who's carried great burdens, 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.319 God has not abandoned you. 00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.140 He has given you 00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.879 His Holy Spirit 00:31:14.879 --> 00:31:15.960 to empower you. 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.079 Cultivate this dependent life, 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.740 ask Him for your help, 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.920 and believe 00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:22.619 that He has promised 00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:24.400 and that He is able. 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.660 Let's pray. 00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:29.400 Lord, we invite you now 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:33.120 just as you promised 00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.740 your disciples 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.840 to make yourself 00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:36.060 manifest to us 00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:37.120 through your Holy Spirit. 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:40.080 Lord, that we would know you. 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.360 Lord, there's so many ways 00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:44.320 in which you are at work 00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.519 that we do not acknowledge. 00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.900 Lord, we pray this morning 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:50.400 that you would help us. 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:53.000 Help us to see your Spirit 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.259 and help us to know, 00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:56.360 Lord, that rather than abandon, 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.740 Lord, you have come. 00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.639 Come in your Holy Spirit 00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:02.119 to work in us 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:04.039 for our good 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:05.019 and for your glory. 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:06.799 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:32:07.699 --> 00:32:07.979 Amen.