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 And my text for tonight is, and we need this 5 verse 18.

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! And do not get drunk with wine, for that is the votary, but be filled with the Spirit.

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 This is not a temperance sermon, alright?

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 I think the Bible, when it talks about alcohol, talks about moderation rather than total abstinence.

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 I'm not going to talk about wine or beer tonight.

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 But there is a contrast here.

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 See what it says?

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 Do not get drunk on wine, but be filled instead.

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 Filled with the Spirit.

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 That is the text.

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 Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple.

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 And he died 10 years ago this year.

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 He was a creative genius, really.

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 And he said this, he said, when I was 17, I read a quote that went something like this.

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 If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you will almost certainly be right.

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 Well, that was true for him, wasn't it, 10 years ago?

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 But it made an impression on me, he said.

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 And since then, since those 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and I have asked myself,

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 if today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I'm about to do today?

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 And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

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 Well, what do you need to change tonight?

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 How do you want to live the rest of your life?

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 My question is that Steve Jobs asked.

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 What do you need to change?

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 And how do you want to live your life?

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 Look what it says in these verses.

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 Look carefully then how you walk.

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 Not as unwise, but as wise.

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 Making the best use of the time because the days are evil.

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 Don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.

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 Two things from the little paragraph.

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 First point is really short.

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 And the second point is very, very long.

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 First thing is a contrast.

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 Second thing is a command.

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 So firstly, let's look at the contrast.

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 Verse 18.

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 Do not get drunk with wine, but be filled with the Spirit.

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 Now there are some people that take him to be saying,

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 and you sometimes hear this in Christian circles.

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 They take him to be saying that being filled with the Spirit

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 is like being drunk with wine or beer.

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 Or whatever your poison is.

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 But that is not what he's saying.

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 Paul isn't making a comparison here.

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 Paul isn't making so much of a comparison, but drawing a contrast.

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 And it's a very sharp contrast.

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 Now being drunk and being filled are not the same thing.

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 There are similarities.

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 There is a comparison.

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 So you remember, don't you, on the day of Pentecost?

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 We're told that the ascended Christ, Jesus Christ, gave the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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 And we're told about that at the beginning of Acts 2,

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 that they were filled with the Spirit, and people thought that they were drunk.

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 Do you remember?

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 And Peter had to say to them, listen, it's only 9 o'clock in the morning,

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 the pubs aren't even open.

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 And we're not drunk.

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 This isn't drunkenness.

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 But the very fact that people could think that they were drunk

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 means that there is some kind of comparison.

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 But it's only very fleeting.

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 I suppose you could say that both the drunk and the Spirit-filled person

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 are under the influence, aren't they?

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 And that is where the comparison ends.

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 And the contrast begins.

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 Dr. Martin, I'll tell you in his series on Ephesians,

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 talks about the stimulus of the Spirit.

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 I don't agree with everything he says about the Holy Spirit in those volumes.

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 But listen to what he says.

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 He's writing both as a doctor and as a pastor.

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 And he compares and he contrasts the two states of drunkenness

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 and being filled with the Spirit.

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 He says wine, alcohol, pharmacologically speaking,

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 is not a stimulant, it's a depressant.

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 Take up any book on pharmacology and look up alcohol

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 and you'll find it's always classified as amongst the depressants,

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 not the stimulants.

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 First of all, it depresses the highest centres in the brain.

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 They control everything that gives a man self-control, wisdom,

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 understanding, discrimination, judgment, balance,

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 the power to assess everything.

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 In other words, everything that makes a man behave at his best and highest

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 takes away that.

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 What the Holy Spirit does is the exact opposite.

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 The doctor says,

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 if it were possible to put the Holy Spirit into a textbook on pharmacology,

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 I would put him under the stimulants,

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 for that is where he belongs.

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 He really does stimulate.

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 He stimulates every faculty.

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 The mind, the intellect, the heart and the will.

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 Now I think you can see that very clearly in this paragraph.

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 There's so much in this little paragraph.

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 We could put a whole series of sermons on it.

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 But there is, you can see it almost at a glance,

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 this startling contrast between being drunk

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 and being filled with the Spirit.

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 Just look at these verses in a moment.

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 You see the drunk, he staggers around all over the place.

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 He doesn't know where he is.

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 He can't walk in a straight line.

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 That's what they used to do, didn't they,

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 before random breath testing.

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 You were asked to get out of your car.

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 You kind of blew into a bag.

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 And then the policeman said to you,

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 can you walk in a straight line?

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 That drunk person cannot walk in a straight line.

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 But the Spirit-filled person, verse 15,

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 knows exactly where he's going.

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 He's careful how he walks.

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 It says there in verse 15, literally.

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 And then verse 18,

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 drunkenness leads to debauchery.

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 It says in our text, it talks about riotous living.

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 We say, don't we, he's wasted.

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 Totally wasted when he's drunk.

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 But the Spirit-filled person, if you look at verse 16,

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 is someone who is not wasted,

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 but at verse 16 he makes the best use of time.

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 And he makes the most of every opportunity.

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 If one of the researchers,

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 there are about three and a half million

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 working days lost to alcohol and drugs.

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 Can you see the contrast?

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 There's no staggering all over the place.

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 There's no wasted days for the Spirit-filled person.

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 There's no muddle-handedness.

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 There's a disciplined lifestyle.

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 Look at verse 17.

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 There's no hangovers.

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 Alcohol confuses the brain.

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 But the Spirit-filled person understands what the will of the Lord is.

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 He's not muddling in his thinking.

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 Or look at verse 19.

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 This is what a Spirit-filled church looks like.

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 I don't know if you've ever been in town where the pubs were empty.

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 It doesn't happen.

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 It happens so much in Ealing.

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 But growing up in South Wales,

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 you'd be in town when the pubs were closing.

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 It used to be at 11 o'clock.

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 And it's the exact opposite of verse 19.

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 And so in church, we sing to one another,

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 not drunken songs,

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 not sluried speech,

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 but we speak to one another

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 and we sing to one another

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 in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.

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 And that's what a Spirit-filled church looks like.

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 You notice it in funerals particularly.

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 I've seen loads of funerals.

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 It's the sharpest contrast in the world.

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 You take the funeral of a Christian and a non-Christian.

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 And if you have to go to the crematorium

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 where there are no Christians present

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 and you have to press the button

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 and the singing comes on over the CD

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 and I am the only one singing,

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 it's a pretty miserable affair.

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 It drags you down.

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 But you go into a Christian funeral.

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 You go to the funeral of Tom Chapman,

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 the minister of Surrey Chapel,

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 where the church will be full

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 and it might be a very tragic death

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 in very tragic circumstances.

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 But the singing of a Christian funeral lifts the Spirit.

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 You've experienced that.

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 There's such a contrast.

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 Between the drunken songs

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 and the Spirit-filled singing of God's people.

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 And so look at this.

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 You see, amongst the people of God,

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 there's no staggering around.

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 There's no staggering gate.

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 There's no wasted days.

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 There's no muddled heads.

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 And raucous laughter and discordant songs.

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 And verse 20, there's no regrets.

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 For the drunk, there's always the morning after,

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 the night before.

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 There's the hangover,

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 the hazy memory of what's been said and done.

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 You're not quite sure,

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 but the Christian,

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 the man or the woman who's under the influence

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 has no regrets.

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 Verse 20,

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 they give thanks always.

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 And for everything to God the Father

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 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That's the Christian life.

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 That is the life controlled by the Holy Spirit.

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 It is always giving thanks.

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 For everything.

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 Let me give you an example of this.

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 I read this week of a Korean businessman.

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 The man was in his 50s.

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 He was obviously very unwell.

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 He stood up to give his testimony.

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 And this was his testimony

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 before a crowd of 27,000 people.

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 He said,

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 I'd like to thank my friend.

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 His speech was unclear.

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 He could only just stand.

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 He was a wreck, this man.

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 He obviously had health problems.

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 And he said,

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 I'd like to thank my friend Parkinson

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 for introducing me to Jesus.

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 And he wasn't talking about Michael Parkinson.

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 That isn't a superficial

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 praise God whatever happens.

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 No, that is a deep thankfulness.

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 Isn't that?

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 That is the Spirit's work.

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 When things are not going right for you,

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 always giving thanks for everything.

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 No regrets because God is in control.

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 The Spirit is at work.

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 And no drunken brawls either.

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 No bloody noses.

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 No broken jaws.

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 Instead, verse 21,

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 submitting to one another

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 out of reverence,

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 of Christ.

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 Isn't that what church life should be?

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 It's always a sign

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 of the Spirit being at work

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 in church life.

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 To put others first

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 are not a me first attitude.

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 It's not like kids,

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 me, me, me first.

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 So many churches are like that,

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 isn't it?

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 What can I get out of things?

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 Staying away from church

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 so people will chase you.

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 But no one said,

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 how can I serve the body

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 submitting to one another?

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 I could go on.

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 No broken homes either

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 because of the way the chapter continues.

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 Verse 22 and 23.

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 And we get examples,

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 don't we,

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 in the rest of Ephesians 5

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 of what spiritfulness looks like

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 in the home

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 between husbands and wives,

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 what it looks like

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 between parents and kids,

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 and what it looks like

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 in the workplace.

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 When the Spirit is in control,

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 there's no broken homes,

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 there's no domestic violence.

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 There's no abused children.

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 That's what the,

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 what the chapter is telling us.

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 It's such a difference,

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 isn't it?

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 It's such a contrast

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 between being drunk with wine

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 and being filled with the Spirit.

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 It's a contrast,

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 not a comparison,

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 and it's sharp.

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 And it's really worth

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 meditating on that this week.

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 To get a picture of what it means

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 to come under the influence

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 But the main point

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 I want to make to you tonight

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 is the command

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 to do not get drunk on wine

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 which leads into debauchery.

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 and say,

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 here's the positive command.

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 Instead,

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 be filled with the Spirit.

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 And I want you to see

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 it's not so much

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 of an experience

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 as a command.

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 Listen to this testimony.

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 We were in a constant

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 state of worship.

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 They were the happiest days

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 of my life.

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 We were floating,

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 swimming in the feeling

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 that we were about

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 to enter eternity.

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 We had no doubts.

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 Does that sound like

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 somebody

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 who is filled

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 with the Spirit?

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 They are the words

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 of a Muslim suicide bomber

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 who failed in his mission

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 when the bomb didn't explode.

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 He'd been taught

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 that the first drop of blood

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 to be shed during jihad

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 would wash away

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 his sins instantaneously.

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 And he would face

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 no reckoning

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 on the day of judgment.

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 And he was high.

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 High as a character

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 on such an experience.

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 But it sounds very similar,

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 doesn't it,

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 the way some Christians talk?

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 Is that what Paul means

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 when he says

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 be filled with the Holy Spirit?

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 Now it's interesting

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 that there are different words

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 used in Acts and Ephesians.

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 And we don't always

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 appreciate that.

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 The Eskimo

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 has 47 different words

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 in their language

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 for snow.

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 When it snows,

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 it doesn't mean

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 it's snow

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 in Eskimo land.

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 It snows

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 in lots of different ways.

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 And for us,

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 it's just white and cold

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 is that snow.

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 But for the Eskimo,

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 there are all these

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 different ways

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 of understanding

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 what snow is.

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 So for example,

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 they might have a word,

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 let's call the word

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 fluff fluff.

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 Which means,

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 you know,

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 that kind of really

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 light,

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 powdery kind of snow

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 that floats

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 softly to earth.

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 You know?

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 Christmas card snow.

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 Generally covers everything

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 with a pristine

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 12-inch blanket

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 of dazzling white.

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 It's perfect

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 for photographs.

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 Or they might have

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 another word

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 for snow

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 called

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 screaming freezer.

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 which means,

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 you know,

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 the bitter kind of snow.

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 The driven,

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 horizontal,

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 freeze your eyebrows

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 off kind of stuff.

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 That howls for days

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 and buries everything

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 on the suffocating

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 avalanche of white death.

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 Do you see the difference?

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 You might say,

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 it's snowing today.

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 But you need to know

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 the difference

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 between the two.

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 The words you're going

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 to use

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 if you're going to

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 go out on it.

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 Isn't it?

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 And so when the Bible

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 speaks about being

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 filled with the Spirit,

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 it does use

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 two different words

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 to describe it.

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 There are two words.

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 And just because

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 Gethin works for us

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 everything,

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 so I'm starting to use

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 Greek lots.

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 It's not.

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 I've just read

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 Don the Cloud.

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 Alright?

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 One word is

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 pluroo.

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 Pluroo.

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 And the other word

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 is pimpleni.

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 They're different words.

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 of being filled

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 with the Spirit.

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 In the Acts of the Apostles,

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 when it describes

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 the church being

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 filled with the Holy Spirit,

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 the word is

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 the pimpleni word.

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 But when Paul speaks

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 here in Ephesians

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 of being filled

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 with the Spirit,

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 he uses

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 the pluroo word,

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 which is a different word.

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 And it carries

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 a different sort

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 of nuance to it.

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 In the Acts of the Apostles,

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 it was a dramatic

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 coming down

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 of the Spirit.

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 Narrative

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 is not

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 normative.

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 What I mean by that

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 is the book of Acts

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 is a distinct time

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 in redemptive history.

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 We mustn't look

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 at the book of Acts

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 and think,

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 oh, I tell you what,

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 Peter had a handkerchief

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 he sent around the place

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 to heal people.

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 Poor Levy,

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 let's get his handkerchief

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 and set that around.

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 That's not what it's like.

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 And the words did

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 all kind of

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 dramatic things.

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 And the word

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 that is used there

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 is complaining.

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 And people were empowered

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 for particular acts

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 of ministry

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 and so on.

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 But the word

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 that Paul uses here

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 is a different word

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 altogether.

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 Be filled with the Spirit,

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 he says.

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 Now let's think about

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 what this means.

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 What does Paul mean here?

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 Four really

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 simple points,

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 four Ps.

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 Number one,

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 it's a passive command.

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 It's a passive command.

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 So,

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 does he say

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 fill

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 with the Spirit?

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 Or does he say

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 be filled?

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 There's a difference.

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 A really important difference.

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 Let's go back

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 40 years,

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 you know,

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 you wanted to fill up

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 your car,

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 you go to the garage

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 and there's a little

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 man or woman

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 who walks out

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.139
 from the little booth

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 in the garage

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 and you don't even

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 have to get out

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 of your car

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 and you wind

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 your window down

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 and you say

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 fill her up,

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 please.

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 You sit in your car

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 and somebody

00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.740
 would fill

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.740
 your petrol tank

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 for you.

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 It would be wonderful,

00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:33.860
 wouldn't it?

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 Those days are gone.

00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:36.100
 It would do itself now.

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.320
 But in those days

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 it was filled

00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:39.100
 for you.

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 Well,

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:42.340
 it is the Holy Spirit

00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:43.240
 who fills you.

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.419
 He is the one

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.259
 who does the filling.

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:48.139
 Paul is not saying

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.759
 to you tonight

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.440
 fill yourself.

00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:51.480
 He is saying

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 be filled.

00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:53.080
 Can you see the difference?

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.799
 Let me try and illustrate it

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.799
 again in another way.

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 There is a command

00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.899
 in the Bible

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 to love.

00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:04.139
 If you are a Christian

00:17:04.139 --> 00:17:04.920
 you are to love

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:06.240
 your fellow Christians.

00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.079
 You are to love

00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.879
 your enemies.

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.079
 And so on.

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.200
 That is a command

00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:12.980
 for something

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.819
 for you to do.

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.720
 But if I say to you

00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.160
 be loved

00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:20.359
 that is a different

00:17:20.359 --> 00:17:21.160
 command, isn't it?

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:23.339
 That is a passive

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:23.759
 command.

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.079
 That means there has

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.599
 to be someone

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.559
 out there

00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.400
 who is going

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 to love you.

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 And you have to be

00:17:31.280 --> 00:17:32.420
 open to that love

00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.259
 and to receive

00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:33.880
 that love.

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.860
 To be prepared

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 to be on the

00:17:35.340 --> 00:17:36.380
 receiving end of it.

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 And that is what

00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:38.120
 Paul is saying here

00:17:38.120 --> 00:17:38.880
 about the Holy Spirit.

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 He is not saying

00:17:40.040 --> 00:17:40.900
 do this

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 and do that.

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 Do this

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 and do that.

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 Press this button.

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 Go to this meeting.

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 Attend that conference.

00:17:47.100 --> 00:17:47.360
 And hey,

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:47.840
 presto,

00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.740
 you will have an

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.280
 experience of the

00:17:49.280 --> 00:17:49.700
 Holy Spirit.

00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:51.460
 That's not what he's

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:51.580
 saying.

00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:52.680
 He's saying be filled

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:54.400
 with the Spirit.

00:17:54.780 --> 00:17:55.960
 Be open

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.720
 to the Holy Spirit

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.320
 taking control

00:17:58.319 --> 00:17:58.779
 of your life.

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 That's what he's

00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.480
 saying.

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 To be on the

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 receiving end.

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.819
 It is passive.

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 And so I want to

00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:06.579
 ask you and myself

00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.759
 and us as a church,

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:09.879
 how open are we

00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:11.859
 to the Holy Spirit?

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.480
 How willing are we

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.339
 for the Holy Spirit

00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.480
 to take over

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.939
 our day-to-day

00:18:18.939 --> 00:18:19.939
 lives?

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.419
 How much do we want

00:18:22.419 --> 00:18:23.159
 that to happen?

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 Jesus said in the

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.940
 Beatitudes,

00:18:27.060 --> 00:18:27.300
 he said,

00:18:27.380 --> 00:18:28.160
 Blessed are those

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:29.060
 who hunger and

00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:30.300
 thirst for they

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 shall be filled.

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 Those who hunger.

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 One of the things

00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:40.019
 I began to pray for

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.680
 us as a congregation

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 more than anything

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:42.940
 else is we would

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.480
 be hungry.

00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.000
 And we would be

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.440
 thirsty.

00:18:48.580 --> 00:18:49.380
 Blessed are those

00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:50.060
 who hunger and

00:18:50.060 --> 00:18:50.460
 thirst.

00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:52.600
 So isn't it

00:18:52.600 --> 00:18:53.100
 true,

00:18:54.319 --> 00:18:54.860
 as A.W.

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.440
 Tozer said

00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:55.759
 somewhere,

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 that everyone is

00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.720
 as full as they

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.259
 want to be.

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 Everyone is as

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 full as they want

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.259
 to be.

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.740
 He uses this

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.180
 illustration,

00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:05.600
 he says,

00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:05.980
 you see a

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.680
 Mercedes-Benz

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.539
 or a BMW

00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.700
 and you want

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:08.920
 that.

00:19:09.640 --> 00:19:10.279
 You see the

00:19:10.279 --> 00:19:10.940
 pro-shirt or you

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.640
 watch the advert

00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:13.200
 and you dream

00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.720
 about having a

00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:14.440
 Mercedes or a

00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:14.740
 BMW.

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 And then you

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 see the cost

00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:18.740
 or the price.

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 And you forget

00:19:20.860 --> 00:19:21.160
 about it,

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 don't you?

00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:24.000
 I'd love a

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 MacBook,

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.059
 you know,

00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.259
 an Apple MacBook.

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 And occasionally

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 I dream about it.

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 And I see the

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.620
 cost.

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 And you forget

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.600
 about it,

00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:32.720
 don't you?

00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:33.960
 Any sane person

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 would forget

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 about it.

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 I don't want it

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 that much.

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:40.819
 Do I?

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.500
 If I wanted it

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 that much,

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 I'd make the

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.880
 sacrifice,

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 I'd make it

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 happen,

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 but I don't.

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 I'm not willing

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 to make the

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 sacrifices to pay

00:19:47.480 --> 00:19:47.960
 the price to

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 have it.

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.660
 It's probably

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 a good thing.

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 But the

00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.980
 question is,

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 how badly do

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 you want to

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 be filled

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.319
 with the

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.779
 Holy Spirit?

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 And so many

00:19:57.120 --> 00:19:57.340
 of us

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:57.940
 are Christians,

00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.559
 we know the

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:58.920
 jargon,

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 we know what

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 we're supposed

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 to say,

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 but do we

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 really want

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 the Holy

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.220
 Spirit to

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.680
 take control

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:02.940
 of our

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 lives?

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.920
 Do we

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.360
 want it as

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 badly as we

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.660
 think we

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:07.880
 do?

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.519
 Are we

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 prepared to

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 pay the

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 cost of

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 that?

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 Because there

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.900
 is a cost

00:20:12.900 --> 00:20:13.160
 to it.

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.500
 We want

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.720
 it,

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 but do we

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.640
 want it

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 that much?

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 And if we

00:20:19.340 --> 00:20:19.799
 don't want it

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 that much,

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.419
 are we

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 going to

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 settle for

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 getting away

00:20:23.460 --> 00:20:23.720
 with the

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 bare minimum

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 of what we

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 can get away

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 with and

00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:27.940
 still be

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.240
 thought of

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 as Christians?

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.779
 That is not

00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.240
 being filled

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.539
 with the

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 Spirit.

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 You see what I'm

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.799
 trying to say?

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.259
 I'm saying it

00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.899
 imperfectly, but

00:20:34.899 --> 00:20:35.680
 we're as full

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 as we want

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 to be.

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 Not as full

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.200
 as we think

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 we want to

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 be, but as

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 full as we

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 really want

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 to be.

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 And Paul

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 says, be

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 filled.

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 It's a

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 passive

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.480
 command.

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 Allow the

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.200
 Spirit to

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.439
 fill you,

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.799
 he's saying.

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 It's passive

00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:50.879
 and it's

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 plural.

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 Do you

00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:52.740
 notice it's

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.200
 a corporate

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 command, it's

00:20:53.700 --> 00:20:54.000
 a command

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 for the

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 whole church.

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.200
 Americans

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 would say,

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 yawl, be

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 filled with

00:21:01.179 --> 00:21:01.579
 the Spirit

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.200
 yawl.

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 That is

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.119
 something that

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:05.619
 happens when

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.119
 Christians get

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.579
 together.

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.319
 The

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.799
 command is a

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.399
 plural command

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.799
 that's addressed

00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:10.480
 to all the

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.879
 Christians.

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 You have to

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:11.939
 see it in

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.599
 that context,

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 it's when

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.519
 Christians get

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:13.980
 together,

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 it's when

00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.299
 Christians gather

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.720
 in the name

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.120
 of Christ.

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 That is what

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.799
 this little

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.360
 paragraph is

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 describing.

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 It's something

00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:19.400
 that takes

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:19.880
 place in the

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.480
 context of

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.180
 worship and

00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.579
 fellowship.

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 You are

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 making melody

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.839
 in your

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.339
 heart to

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.740
 the Lord

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 and you're

00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:25.460
 singing

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.180
 chalms and

00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:26.660
 hymns and

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.319
 spiritual songs

00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:27.620
 to one

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:27.880
 another.

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.759
 And you

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.039
 see it in

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.480
 the context

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:30.740
 of the

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.220
 meeting for

00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.819
 worship and

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:32.480
 fellowship,

00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:32.880
 that people

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.440
 are filled

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.779
 with the

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.120
 Spirit.

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.839
 Now I

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.120
 think that's

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.519
 an important

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:35.920
 point.

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:37.480
 When they

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.000
 are submitting

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.440
 to one

00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.000
 another out of

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.559
 reverence for

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.099
 Christ, it

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.480
 is in the

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.019
 context of

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.720
 Christians living

00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.440
 together and

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.019
 worshiping

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:44.820
 together and

00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:45.480
 fellowshiping

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:46.039
 together and

00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:46.660
 speaking the

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.460
 Word of God

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:47.860
 to one

00:21:47.860 --> 00:21:48.140
 another.

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.059
 It's in that

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.640
 context that

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.980
 the Spirit of

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.500
 God comes.

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.880
 It's what the

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.299
 old writers

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.700
 called the

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.080
 means of

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.420
 grace.

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.380
 Let the

00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:00.160
 Spirit fill

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:01.480
 your hearts

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.080
 and lives

00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:02.960
 protecting your

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.680
 imaginations.

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.680
 And if you

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.840
 want that to

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.279
 happen, you

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.940
 need to use

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.759
 the means of

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.259
 grace which

00:22:08.259 --> 00:22:08.640
 God has

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:08.880
 given.

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.960
 Use, as

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.360
 someone has

00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:13.039
 said, all

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.720
 the resources

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.340
 of the rich

00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.680
 Christian

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.180
 tradition.

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.100
 It's poems,

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:16.720
 it's songs,

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.340
 it's liturgy

00:22:17.340 --> 00:22:18.019
 to help you.

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:21.140
 This old

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.880
 preacher called

00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:22.180
 Dr.

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.600
 Joeet,

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.039
 Joeet was a

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.380
 preacher in

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.900
 London and

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.319
 he tells him

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.740
 how he once

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.240
 went down to

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.740
 the coast of

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.100
 Tainmouth.

00:22:27.220 --> 00:22:27.600
 He sat by

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:28.000
 an old

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.940
 sailor, a

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.240
 man who

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.840
 spent many

00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:30.420
 years on a

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.940
 sailing vessel

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.960
 and he

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.440
 said, do you

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.779
 know anything

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.100
 about the

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.340
 wind?

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.220
 He said, yes,

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:35.680
 I know a lot

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:35.940
 about the

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.100
 wind.

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.920
 Well, will

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.420
 you explain

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:37.779
 to me the

00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:38.360
 phenomenon of

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:38.840
 the wind?

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.779
 I don't know

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.200
 what you mean.

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.819
 How do you

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.920
 explain the

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.220
 wind?

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:45.860
 What do you

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.200
 know about

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.380
 it?

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.860
 Well, actually,

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.160
 I don't know

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:49.500
 anything about

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.880
 the wind.

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.460
 But I know

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.960
 wind.

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:54.180
 I can hoist

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.660
 the sail.

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.000
 And I think

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.279
 that's the

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.720
 point, is it?

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:58.980
 Do you remember

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.680
 what Jesus said

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.259
 to Nicodemus?

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:00.779
 He spoke about

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.279
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.720
 and he says,

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.519
 the wind blows

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.400
 where it wills,

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.860
 you hear the

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.400
 sound of it,

00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.220
 but you can't

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.620
 tell where it

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.120
 comes from or

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.400
 where it's

00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.840
 going to.

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.799
 It's a mystery,

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.299
 you can't

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.940
 control the

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.340
 wind.

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:10.400
 We can't

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.980
 control the

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.519
 Holy Spirit.

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:14.180
 we can't

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.559
 say the

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.099
 Holy Spirit

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.700
 is coming

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.460
 down now

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:16.720
 in our

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:16.980
 meetings.

00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.319
 That is

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:18.160
 horrible when

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.579
 you hear

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.000
 people talk

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.400
 like that.

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.480
 You can't

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.940
 trick your

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.440
 fingers and

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.579
 say,

00:23:22.660 --> 00:23:22.960
 wind,

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.660
 come here.

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.460
 You can't

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.599
 say,

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.059
 Holy Spirit,

00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:26.539
 come down

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.259
 at this point

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.500
 in the

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.019
 service when

00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.420
 the musicians

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.960
 begin to

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.519
 play the

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.460
 softly music

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.759
 in the

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.079
 background,

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.579
 the lights

00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:32.059
 go down and

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.619
 everybody moves

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.079
 to the front.

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.720
 That is

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.339
 blasphemous

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.740
 nonsense.

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.559
 You cannot

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.220
 control the

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.680
 Holy Spirit.

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:36.880
 it.

00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.779
 The wind

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.360
 blows where

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.100
 it wills,

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.640
 but you

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.560
 can hoist

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.200
 a sail.

00:23:46.100 --> 00:23:46.740
 You can

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.259
 put yourself

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:47.660
 in the

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.360
 way of

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.980
 the Spirit.

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.279
 Under the

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.680
 means of

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 grace.

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 You can

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.740
 gather with

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.120
 God's

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.440
 people.

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.259
 You can

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.759
 put yourself

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.320
 under the

00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:56.980
 preaching of

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 the words.

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 You can

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.340
 come to

00:23:59.340 --> 00:23:59.840
 the Lord's

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 table.

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.700
 You can

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.120
 be at the

00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:01.640
 gathering of

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.120
 God's people

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.700
 to pray.

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.680
 you can

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.559
 sing songs

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.240
 and hymns

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.940
 and spiritual

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.819
 songs and

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.360
 catch up

00:24:07.360 --> 00:24:07.700
 with one

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 another and

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.220
 speak God's

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.740
 word to

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 one another

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.980
 and submit

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.380
 to one

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:11.940
 another out of

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.460
 reverence of

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 Christ and

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.400
 the wind

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:13.940
 will blow.

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 And you

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.259
 will find

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.640
 that there's

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.240
 wind in

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:17.840
 your sails

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.140
 in the

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.400
 Christian

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:18.840
 life and

00:24:18.840 --> 00:24:19.319
 so make

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.920
 use.

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 You want

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.180
 the wind

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.500
 in your

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.840
 sails?

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.360
 Make use

00:24:24.360 --> 00:24:24.600
 of the

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:24.980
 means of

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.200
 grace.

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:25.600
 Gather

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.200
 with God's

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.480
 people.

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:27.600
 It's a

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:27.840
 passive

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.120
 command.

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 It's a

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:28.559
 plural

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:28.900
 command.

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 It's a

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 present

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.900
 continuous

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.299
 command.

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.240
 It's a

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 present

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.960
 continuous

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.079
 command.

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 Can you

00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.640
 see it?

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.420
 Literally

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:39.700
 go on

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.500
 being filled

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.759
 with the

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.220
 Holy Spirit.

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.680
 That's what

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.000
 it is.

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.819
 It's not a

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 once and

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:43.359
 for all

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.960
 experience.

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.740
 Now how

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.180
 do you go

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.620
 on being

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:47.940
 filled?

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.220
 How do

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.859
 you go

00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.140
 on in

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.259
 the

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.480
 Christian

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.980
 life being

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.359
 filled?

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.240
 How do

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.500
 you go

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:52.900
 on with

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:54.220
 the wind

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.460
 in your

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:54.620
 sails?

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:54.880
 Let me

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.319
 say two

00:24:55.319 --> 00:24:55.700
 things.

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 And the

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.019
 New

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.279
 Testament

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.240
 really says

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.759
 two things

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.259
 about this

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.940
 and it

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.299
 couches

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:00.759
 them both

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:00.980
 in the

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:01.319
 negative.

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.059
 Just go

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.400
 back in

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.759
 the previous

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.500
 chapter to

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.319
 chapters 4

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.039
 and 5

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.380
 in verse

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.940
 30 of

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.700
 chapter 4.

00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.980
 Verse 30

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.859
 chapter 4.

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.380
 First half

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:15.920
 of Ephesians

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.940
 Paul is

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.579
 broadly

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.599
 describing the

00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:18.940
 gospel.

00:25:19.339 --> 00:25:19.759
 The second

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.160
 half of

00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:20.599
 Ephesians

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:20.859
 he's

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.400
 describing

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.880
 Christian

00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.500
 lifestyle.

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.740
 And he's

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.740
 explained the

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.240
 gospel but

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.620
 now he's

00:25:25.620 --> 00:25:25.859
 going to

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.140
 show you

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.420
 how to

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.839
 live out

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:26.980
 the

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.299
 gospel.

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:27.880
 And so

00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:28.180
 in chapter

00:25:28.180 --> 00:25:28.740
 4 verse

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.359
 30 he

00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.940
 says do

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.960
 not grieve

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:32.220
 the Holy

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.640
 Spirit of

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:32.880
 God

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:34.279
 with whom

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.559
 he was

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.980
 sealed for

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.220
 the day

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:35.660
 of redemption.

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.259
 Do not

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.079
 grieve the

00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.539
 Spirit.

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.340
 Let me

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.880
 illustrate this.

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.279
 Jeff Thomas

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.700
 my friend

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.000
 let me

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.660
 quote you.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.779
 He puts

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.140
 it so well

00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.600
 he says our

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.240
 relationship with

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.440
 the Holy

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.420
 Spirit is

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.019
 not like your

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.680
 relationship with

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.079
 a speed

00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:50.480
 camera.

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.840
 Don't you

00:25:51.840 --> 00:25:52.299
 hate speed

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:52.640
 cameras?

00:25:53.600 --> 00:25:54.180
 That's my

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.700
 words not

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.500
 Jeff Thomas's.

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.140
 That camera is

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.920
 not grieved if

00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.680
 you do 35

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.079
 mile per

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.480
 hour in a

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.059
 30 mile per

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.460
 hour zone.

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.220
 It might be

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.859
 situated in the

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.319
 most beautiful

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.839
 valley in

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.379
 Wales but it

00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:05.859
 never takes

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.519
 photographs of

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.220
 sunsets or

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.819
 lakes or

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.639
 swans flying

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.139
 across the

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.399
 fields.

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.879
 It simply

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.480
 snaps your

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.119
 car breaking

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.619
 the speed

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:12.899
 limit.

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.599
 It is a

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.500
 pre-programmed

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.500
 machine and

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.019
 he says your

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.659
 relationship with

00:26:16.659 --> 00:26:16.879
 the Holy

00:26:16.879 --> 00:26:17.439
 Spirit is not

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:17.899
 like that.

00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.879
 Then he goes

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.220
 on to use

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.500
 another

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.960
 illustration.

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:21.519
 He says your

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.139
 relationship with

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.379
 the Holy

00:26:22.379 --> 00:26:22.980
 Spirit is not

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.339
 like your

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.899
 relationship with

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.259
 a cash

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.799
 dispenser.

00:26:25.199 --> 00:26:25.759
 You feed in

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.339
 your card,

00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:27.199
 you punch in

00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.079
 your number and

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.699
 out comes the

00:26:28.699 --> 00:26:28.919
 money.

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.460
 That's all it

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.799
 does.

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.519
 You can be

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.759
 in the

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.339
 foulest of

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.159
 moods imaginable.

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.779
 You can be

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.339
 muttering and

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.019
 complaining under

00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.639
 your breath and

00:26:34.639 --> 00:26:35.299
 shouting at your

00:26:35.299 --> 00:26:36.619
 children to

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.339
 stay still.

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.119
 But the cash

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.799
 point is utterly

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.319
 indifferent.

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.359
 It will simply

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.240
 give you what you

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.919
 want if you

00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.939
 sufficient credit.

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.899
 My relationship

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:45.460
 with the cash

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.359
 point is inert.

00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.599
 It's not like

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.139
 that with the

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.399
 Spirit.

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.259
 He is a

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.359
 living person.

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.679
 We saw that in

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.159
 the first thought,

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.519
 didn't we?

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.299
 That he is a

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.480
 loving person who

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.480
 grounds and

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.419
 loves and

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:59.519
 prays who can

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.339
 be grieved

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:02.680
 and blesses.

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.460
 And if I

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.700
 am not

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.480
 maturing and

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.299
 not loving and

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.279
 not praying and

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:11.319
 not witnessing and

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.400
 not worshipping that I

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.359
 should, then the

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.619
 fault does not lie in

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.579
 the breakdown of the

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.460
 divine machinery.

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:19.619
 It lies in our own

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.079
 failure to maintain a

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.799
 growing living

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.740
 relationship with the

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.799
 Lord who is the

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.119
 Spirit.

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.259
 Spirit.

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.759
 Grieve not the

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.000
 Spirit.

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.559
 You know when

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.000
 you've offended

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:30.799
 your wife, don't

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:30.979
 you?

00:27:32.939 --> 00:27:33.939
 You know when

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.399
 you've offended

00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.299
 your mum or your

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.639
 dad.

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.579
 You know when

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.000
 you've offended

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.619
 your friends,

00:27:39.719 --> 00:27:40.019
 don't you?

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.099
 There's a

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.679
 cooling off in

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.119
 the relationship.

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.559
 There's a

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:42.939
 distance.

00:27:43.179 --> 00:27:43.439
 There's an

00:27:43.439 --> 00:27:43.899
 atmosphere.

00:27:44.099 --> 00:27:44.279
 Well, it's

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.799
 time to put it

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.119
 right.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.219
 And Paul is

00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:47.899
 saying, go on

00:27:47.899 --> 00:27:48.879
 being filled with

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.219
 the Spirit.

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.039
 Let your

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.859
 relationship with

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.619
 Jesus, be the

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.259
 same by the

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.699
 Holy Spirit.

00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:54.740
 Be sensitive to

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.479
 what offends

00:27:55.479 --> 00:27:55.819
 him.

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.679
 Don't have a

00:27:58.679 --> 00:28:00.719
 mechanistic view

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.359
 of the Christian

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.059
 life where we

00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:03.579
 plug into this

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.539
 or we plug into

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:04.979
 that.

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.279
 And then we'll

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:08.879
 have the power.

00:28:09.979 --> 00:28:10.979
 Or we think, I

00:28:10.979 --> 00:28:11.859
 am justified.

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.179
 And so it's

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:14.419
 just all right.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.059
 And you kind

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.359
 of have a

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:16.859
 reformed

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.719
 mechanistic view

00:28:17.719 --> 00:28:18.219
 of the Christian

00:28:18.219 --> 00:28:18.679
 life.

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:20.119
 No, it's a

00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.659
 relationship.

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.719
 With Jesus

00:28:21.719 --> 00:28:22.199
 through the

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.859
 Holy Spirit.

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.419
 Don't grieve

00:28:24.419 --> 00:28:25.159
 this gracious

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.959
 willing guest

00:28:25.959 --> 00:28:26.539
 who's come to

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.859
 live in your

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.019
 life.

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.459
 Don't offend

00:28:27.459 --> 00:28:27.619
 him.

00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.179
 And then the

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.500
 other thing

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.719
 the New

00:28:28.719 --> 00:28:29.299
 Testament says

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.599
 is do not

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.319
 quench the

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.719
 Spirit.

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.779
 1 Thessalonians

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.359
 5.19

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.059
 Do not put

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.279
 on the

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.599
 Spirit's

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 fire.

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 Do not

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:36.779
 treat

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.419
 prophecies

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.219
 with contempt.

00:28:39.219 --> 00:28:39.500
 He puts

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:39.799
 those things

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 together.

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 They're related.

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 You ever

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.479
 been in a

00:28:43.479 --> 00:28:44.059
 situation, maybe

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 you've been

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 in a house

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:45.139
 group, or

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 maybe it's

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 been outside

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 the church

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 altogether,

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 at work,

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 and you've

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 said something

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:51.019
 in the Bible

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.539
 study, and

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.080
 somebody else

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.039
 has taken a

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 massive jug of

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 cold water and

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 poured it on

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 it.

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 It's very

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 difficult, isn't

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 it?

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 You don't want to

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 say anything ever

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 again when that

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 happens.

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 You get terrified

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 the next time

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 there's a question

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 asked.

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 It's so

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 discouraging.

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 We need to be

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 careful, don't we,

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 when we speak to

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 each other.

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 in our Bible

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 studies or at

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 church on a

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 Sunday, that we

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 don't pour

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 cold water on

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 someone else's

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 contribution.

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 But do you

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 see what Paul

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 is saying?

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 Paul is saying

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 we can do

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 that with the

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.819
 Holy Spirit.

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 Don't despise

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 prophecies.

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 What is

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 prophecy?

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 There's all

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 sorts of

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.480
 madness about

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 what is

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 prophecy.

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 Prophecy is

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 speaking the

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.019
 word of God.

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 That's what I'm

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 doing now.

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 When you share

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 the Bible with

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 someone, you are

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 speaking the

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:36.179
 word of God to

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 them.

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 Don't despise

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 when somebody

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.619
 is sharing the

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:40.119
 word of God

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 with you.

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 Don't despise

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.059
 prophecies because

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.699
 you might be

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.339
 pouring cold

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.859
 water on the

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.319
 Holy Spirit.

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 And if we do

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.480
 that, well it's

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.259
 no wonder, is it,

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 that our spiritual

00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:49.919
 ardour and

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.839
 fervency dampens

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 down.

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 Don't quench

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 the Spirit's

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 fire.

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 So there's a

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:55.319
 contrast or a

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.720
 comparison.

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 It's a

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.399
 command, it's a

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 passive command, a

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 plural command, a

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 present continuous

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.179
 command.

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.459
 Go on being

00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.099
 filled with the

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.259
 Spirit.

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.720
 If you want to

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 come under the

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.919
 influence of the

00:30:04.919 --> 00:30:05.539
 Holy Spirit, then

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.159
 you go to the

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:07.240
 Bible, not

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.880
 to the bottle.

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 It's very

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 interesting, isn't

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 it?

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 I'm running out

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.519
 of time, but it's

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.920
 really interesting.

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 Colossians chapter

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.860
 3, it's really

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.460
 exactly the same

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.940
 passage.

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 But instead, Paul

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 says there, instead

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.460
 of saying being

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 filled with the

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.560
 Spirit, do you

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:22.900
 remember what he

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 says?

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 He says, let the

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.560
 word of God dwell

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 in you richly with

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 psalms and hymns and

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:26.840
 spiritual songs.

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 It's really

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.840
 fascinating.

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.360
 Instead of being

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.940
 filled with the

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.800
 Spirit, Ephesians,

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 he tells the

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 Colossians, let the

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 word of Christ dwell

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 in you richly.

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 See what he's

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.160
 doing as you

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:38.779
 compare those two

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 passages?

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 He's saying if you

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.220
 want to come under

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.900
 the influence of the

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:42.120
 Holy Spirit, if you

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 want the Holy Spirit to

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:44.600
 come to you, then go to

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.120
 the Bible.

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 That's what you've got.

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 And not to the

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.560
 bottle.

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 Let the word of

00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.960
 Christ enrich.

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 That's why we love the

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.519
 Bible.

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.600
 Let it furnish your

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:53.900
 meetings.

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 Let it enrich your

00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.360
 conversations.

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:57.400
 You cannot separate the

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:58.800
 Bible from the Holy

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.140
 Spirit.

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 He is the author of

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.759
 Scripture.

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 And if you want to be

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:05.119
 controlled by a person,

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:08.140
 we might say, he's full

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.900
 of so-and-so.

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 He's always quoting

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 him.

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 He's reading his books.

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.180
 He's reading his

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 articles.

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 He's influencing his

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 thinking.

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 And if you want to be

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.799
 full of the Spirit, he is

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:19.559
 not a power to plug into

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:21.059
 or anything like that.

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:22.339
 He's not a cash machine to

00:31:22.339 --> 00:31:23.240
 dispense power.

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.940
 If you want to be filled

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.940
 with this person, the

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.700
 third person of the

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:28.099
 blessed Trinity, then you

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.920
 need to be reading what

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.279
 he's written.

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 And we ought to be

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.299
 thinking his thoughts

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.160
 after him.

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.000
 So it's passive, it's

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.700
 plural, it's present

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.639
 continuous, and it's

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:38.940
 powerful.

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.639
 Let me end on this

00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:39.899
 point.

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.079
 What does the Holy

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.920
 Spirit fill us with?

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:46.019
 What does it mean?

00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.799
 Do you remember that

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.920
 episode in Isaiah chapter

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.960
 6, in the year that

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.940
 King Uzziah died?

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:52.099
 I went into the temple

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:53.180
 and I saw the Lord.

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:55.460
 John tells us in 1241

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.619
 that it was Jesus he

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:56.819
 saw.

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.680
 It's a great one for

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.879
 children witnesses.

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.480
 They've missed it.

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.200
 It's very clear in

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.200
 John 1241.

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.119
 But the Lord whom

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.279
 Isaiah saw in Isaiah

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.399
 6 was Jesus.

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.220
 And that makes sense

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.740
 to me because you

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.940
 cannot see God

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:12.920
 except through Jesus.

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.720
 And God makes

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.539
 himself known in

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.799
 Jesus.

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.639
 And in the year that

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.639
 King Uzziah died, I

00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.660
 saw the Lord high and

00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.099
 lifted up.

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.099
 On the train of his

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.740
 robe filled the

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.039
 temple.

00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:22.180
 And above him were

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:23.619
 the seraph, each with

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.779
 six wings, with two

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.019
 wings.

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.700
 And they covered their

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:27.059
 faces, and with two

00:32:27.059 --> 00:32:27.680
 they covered with

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.180
 their feet.

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.119
 And with two they

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.799
 were flying and

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.539
 they called out to

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.279
 one another, holy,

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:33.139
 holy, holy is the

00:32:33.139 --> 00:32:33.879
 Lord God almighty.

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.919
 The whole earth is

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:35.559
 full of his glory.

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.859
 And that's what we're

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.299
 talking about.

00:32:38.359 --> 00:32:39.279
 God is in his

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.619
 temple.

00:32:41.219 --> 00:32:43.459
 His glory fills the

00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.599
 place of his

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.019
 fullness.

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:47.379
 That we have all

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.839
 received.

00:32:49.739 --> 00:32:50.879
 And so go on being

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:52.500
 filled with the

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.319
 spirit says Paul.

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.720
 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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