WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.820 Amen. You may be seated. Kids, you're excused to your King's Kids classes. 00:00:06.140 --> 00:00:13.140 ! And if you would open up your Bibles to John chapter 16, 1 through 15. 00:00:13.140 --> 00:00:15.019 I'll be preaching 1 through 15 this morning. 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.740 It's on page 1072 of your pew Bible. 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:21.920 And as you're turning there, got a question. 00:00:24.980 --> 00:00:29.080 Have you ever imagined what it would be like if Jesus remained? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.520 Physically present with us today? 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:34.740 That He didn't leave. 00:00:35.539 --> 00:00:36.480 That He stayed. 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:38.840 That He was with us. 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:40.320 We'd hear His voice. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.359 We'd see His facial expressions. 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:49.299 We'd belly laugh with Him at the dinner table. 00:00:49.939 --> 00:00:51.379 That's a glorious thought. 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:55.019 We'd feel His hug, His embrace. 00:00:55.020 --> 00:01:02.100 The people that we love who've got questions about Jesus, we'd just bring them to Jesus. 00:01:02.220 --> 00:01:03.440 Let Jesus speak for Himself. 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:09.480 People who have cancer, people who have mental illness, we'd bring them to Jesus. 00:01:09.859 --> 00:01:10.620 Jesus would heal them. 00:01:10.620 --> 00:01:21.480 It seems like the best possible situation would have been if Jesus just stayed physically present with us. 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:27.820 That's what it'll be like in the new heavens and the new earth. 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.159 When we will be with Him, we'll see Him face to face. 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:34.240 So why would Jesus leave? 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:38.780 Because in this passage that we're looking at today, Jesus is going to say repeatedly, 00:01:39.019 --> 00:01:40.140 I'm leaving, I'm going. 00:01:41.739 --> 00:01:43.780 Why would He say that? 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:45.819 And then why would He say, 00:01:46.199 --> 00:01:49.239 It is to your advantage that I go away. 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:56.839 It's better for you that I go so that I can send to you the helper. 00:01:58.459 --> 00:02:00.159 He's speaking of the Holy Spirit. 00:02:01.299 --> 00:02:02.979 The third person of the Trinity. 00:02:04.379 --> 00:02:10.259 It's better that I go so that I can send Him to you. 00:02:13.979 --> 00:02:17.699 What advantage is the Holy Spirit to us today? 00:02:17.699 --> 00:02:22.259 Maybe even more finely tuned, 00:02:23.619 --> 00:02:28.939 What advantage is the Holy Spirit for? 00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:31.019 To what end? 00:02:31.519 --> 00:02:32.839 To what purpose? 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:36.159 And maybe here's a question. 00:02:37.259 --> 00:02:43.879 How do you even know that the Holy Spirit is actively at work within a local church? 00:02:44.539 --> 00:02:45.199 How do you know? 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:50.519 Well, we've been looking at the farewell discourse for the last couple weeks. 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:56.560 We're talking about an extended teaching Jesus gave within hours of His death. 00:02:57.219 --> 00:03:00.359 And He has been preparing His disciples for His coming departure. 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:03.099 Not just His death and resurrection, but His ascension. 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:06.319 He's leaving the earth. 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:12.419 And I just want you to see in 15, 26 and 27, 00:03:12.579 --> 00:03:16.000 The ending of the passage before what we're looking at today. 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:18.639 Jesus talks about the helper coming. 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:22.280 And then this helper will bear witness about me. 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:25.259 And then He turns to His disciples and He says to them, 00:03:25.340 --> 00:03:29.099 You also will bear witness to Jesus. 00:03:31.099 --> 00:03:32.639 What we're looking at. 00:03:33.479 --> 00:03:40.420 The advantage of the Holy Spirit has everything to do with our bearing witness to Jesus. 00:03:40.419 --> 00:03:48.079 We know what it's like to experience shunning for Jesus. 00:03:49.239 --> 00:03:52.739 Did you know the Holy Spirit can give you joy in that? 00:03:52.740 --> 00:04:03.900 We know what it's like to have family members who are not Christians yet. 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:05.640 And we start to think like, 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:09.980 Are they just beyond God's ability to save? 00:04:10.980 --> 00:04:12.379 We can become discouraged. 00:04:12.640 --> 00:04:13.520 We can become hopeless. 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:19.199 And in this world, we can become disoriented. 00:04:21.699 --> 00:04:26.259 And the Spirit advantageously not only gives us joy, 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:30.040 but He gives us courage and He gives us the clarity of truth. 00:04:30.300 --> 00:04:33.759 And all of that together gives us boldness. 00:04:37.139 --> 00:04:42.480 Do you know what happens when Christians who are seeking to bear the fruit of the Spirit 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:43.800 and bear witness to Christ? 00:04:44.460 --> 00:04:47.980 Start feeling overly fearful from the world. 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:51.020 And we start feeling like, 00:04:51.780 --> 00:04:54.300 God's not going to save anybody in my family. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:56.900 Or we start thinking things like, 00:04:57.140 --> 00:04:59.180 Man, maybe the world's got a point. 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:01.800 Maybe I should just check out and check into the world. 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:03.780 Do you know what starts happening? 00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:05.920 We start drifting. 00:05:08.140 --> 00:05:10.700 Check out, blend in, ease up. 00:05:10.699 --> 00:05:15.079 But Jesus warns about it in 16.1. 00:05:15.180 --> 00:05:16.839 He talks about it as falling away. 00:05:17.659 --> 00:05:18.659 About stumbling. 00:05:20.719 --> 00:05:25.920 So Jesus, into our witness and into the temptation to fall away, 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:30.779 He speaks a word of advantage for us, brothers and sisters. 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.279 It's better that He goes away, that He can send the helper. 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:39.500 So here, chapter 16, 1 through 15. 00:05:40.239 --> 00:05:43.639 I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 00:05:44.659 --> 00:05:46.459 They will put you out of the synagogues. 00:05:46.699 --> 00:05:51.459 Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he's offering service to God. 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:55.059 And they will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me. 00:05:55.559 --> 00:05:59.039 But I have said these things to you that when their hour comes, 00:05:59.119 --> 00:06:01.079 you may remember that I told them to you. 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:05.259 I did not say these things to you from the beginning because I was with you. 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:07.699 But now I'm going to Him who sent me. 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:09.859 And none of you asked me, where are you going? 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:13.079 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. 00:06:14.039 --> 00:06:17.459 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it's to your advantage that I go away. 00:06:18.299 --> 00:06:21.299 For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you. 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:23.660 But if I go, I will send Him to you. 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:28.920 And when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. 00:06:29.520 --> 00:06:32.100 Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me. 00:06:32.400 --> 00:06:35.740 Concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no longer. 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:39.500 Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.620 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 00:06:43.620 --> 00:06:47.939 When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:52.100 For He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears, He will speak. 00:06:52.379 --> 00:06:55.100 And He will declare to you the things that are to come. 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.860 He will glorify me. 00:06:59.980 --> 00:07:02.680 For He will take what is mine and declare it to you. 00:07:03.420 --> 00:07:05.180 And all that the Father has is mine. 00:07:05.180 --> 00:07:12.540 Therefore, I said that He will take what is mine and declare it to you. 00:07:13.620 --> 00:07:18.399 This morning, I want to look at three challenges to our witness to Christ. 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:22.519 Our testifying to who Jesus is and what He has done. 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:28.420 And see how the Holy Spirit is the advantage in these challenges. 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:30.259 Our advantage. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.540 So, challenge number one. 00:07:35.899 --> 00:07:36.899 Being shunned. 00:07:36.899 --> 00:07:44.599 In verses 1-4, Jesus echoes what we were looking at last week. 00:07:46.379 --> 00:07:55.179 And last week, at the end of John 15, I tried to convince you of something from the Scriptures. 00:07:57.179 --> 00:07:59.799 This is what Jesus was trying to sober us up towards. 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:06.879 That the result of abiding in Jesus and bearing fruit to the glory of God will very well get you hated by the world. 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:20.100 And we're being told here we are to be witnesses to the very people that will hate us on account of Jesus' name. 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:27.340 In 16-2, we read, they will put you out of the synagogues. 00:08:28.640 --> 00:08:30.760 They is another way of talking about the world. 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.820 Now, the planet Earth doesn't hate you. 00:08:34.980 --> 00:08:39.379 It's sinful humanity and organized rebellion against God that will hate you. 00:08:40.060 --> 00:08:42.000 And they might not hate you to your face. 00:08:42.740 --> 00:08:44.460 They just might be polite about it. 00:08:44.460 --> 00:08:53.960 But the world, Jesus is telling his disciples, they're going to put you out of the synagogues. 00:08:54.780 --> 00:08:56.300 It's social shunning. 00:08:58.040 --> 00:09:05.759 It's a kind of ostracizing and isolating and alienating, casting out of you do not belong here. 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:06.900 You don't fit. 00:09:06.899 --> 00:09:14.659 Back in John chapter 9, when the man who was born blind was healed, the Pharisees couldn't believe it. 00:09:14.699 --> 00:09:16.100 And so they call his parents in. 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:22.959 And in 9-22, we are told the parents wouldn't, they wouldn't even come close to confessing Jesus as the Christ. 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.360 Because the Pharisees had threatened everyone that they'd be put out of the synagogues if they did. 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:35.939 Now, today, we're not living in fear of being put out of our synagogues, are we? 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:49.519 We fear a different kind of shunning, whether that's online, or whether that's in your family or in your workplace, your kids' athletics teams. 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:54.600 We fear getting pushed out. 00:09:55.919 --> 00:10:00.399 We fear of being the object of ridicule of other people. 00:10:01.159 --> 00:10:02.379 We fear being shunned. 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:06.240 And that's not all Jesus has to say here. 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:09.120 He goes even further. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:13.860 He says, indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he's offering service to God. 00:10:17.059 --> 00:10:23.500 Did you know that 10 of the 11 disciples that Jesus is speaking to right here died martyrs' deaths, 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:27.439 proclaiming Jesus is the Christ, died and was raised? 00:10:27.440 --> 00:10:35.180 And the 11th, John, who's writing this, was apparently boiled in oil, but survived it. 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:44.120 Why would the world want to kill the disciples? 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:48.720 And it's not just disciples way back in the first century. 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:54.580 We have brothers and sisters all around the world who are being killed today for Christ. 00:10:56.220 --> 00:10:59.620 By people who think that they're offering worship to God. 00:10:59.620 --> 00:11:08.419 Jesus says that is happening because they have not known the Father nor me. 00:11:08.580 --> 00:11:10.600 They don't have a relationship with the living God. 00:11:11.279 --> 00:11:12.620 They are in darkness. 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:14.720 They are blinded. 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:17.100 They're living in a delusion. 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:23.040 Now, imagine if you are one of the disciples hearing this at this moment. 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:31.259 And I'm guessing, like if you're Matthew, you turn to Peter and you'd be like, 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:35.300 did he just say, whoever kills you? 00:11:36.800 --> 00:11:37.180 Kill? 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:40.840 I can get shunned. 00:11:41.740 --> 00:11:42.540 But killed? 00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:49.360 In just minutes from Jesus speaking this, 00:11:50.379 --> 00:11:53.539 his disciples, Jesus' disciples will abandon him. 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:01.120 They will abandon Jesus out of fear for their own lives. 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:03.980 Jesus knew what would happen. 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.699 But he also says in 16.1, he says, 00:12:08.700 --> 00:12:13.000 I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away, 00:12:13.160 --> 00:12:14.300 to keep you from stumbling. 00:12:15.780 --> 00:12:19.440 And so here they, in just minutes, they will flee Jesus. 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.160 But in a matter of days, 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:26.040 there will be an incredible transformation that takes place. 00:12:27.379 --> 00:12:34.660 These fearful disciples who are hiding from those who may kill them, 00:12:35.060 --> 00:12:37.620 they are radically changed. 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:41.840 And soon after Pentecost, 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:46.019 the falling of the Holy Spirit upon the local church, 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:51.860 they are transformed from being cowardly to being courageous. 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:56.779 They go from being fearful to bold and faithful. 00:12:57.659 --> 00:13:00.440 And not just bold and faithful, joyful. 00:13:00.440 --> 00:13:04.780 I've referenced Acts 16 a few times, 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:08.300 where Paul and Silas are in a Philippian jail cell, 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:10.240 feet in stocks, 00:13:10.640 --> 00:13:13.340 and they're singing at midnight. 00:13:14.760 --> 00:13:15.440 Joyful. 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:18.820 That they get to suffer for the name of Jesus. 00:13:20.160 --> 00:13:21.980 What does that? 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.220 Who does that? 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:35.300 Who changes a person's heart from being fearful to joyful in the midst of being shunned? 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:37.840 It's the advantage. 00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:40.560 It's the Holy Spirit. 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:44.700 The Holy Spirit is the one who does these things. 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:51.780 So, when Jesus says in 1511, 00:13:51.900 --> 00:13:54.580 I have spoken to you that my joy may be in you, 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.860 and that your joy may be full, 00:13:57.640 --> 00:14:02.940 that abiding in the vine results in fruitfulness and fullness of joy, 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.700 that's taking place even when you're being shunned 00:14:06.700 --> 00:14:09.820 shunned for the name of Jesus. 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:14.860 So, this first challenge that we're looking at here is 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:17.660 the challenge of being shunned, 00:14:18.660 --> 00:14:19.840 being put out. 00:14:20.520 --> 00:14:23.680 But what the Holy Spirit, our advantage, does 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:26.820 is He gives us joy in the moment. 00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:30.700 The second challenge that we face, 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:34.740 we see in verses 4 through 11, 00:14:34.920 --> 00:14:36.860 the second half of verse 4 through 11, 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.080 and that happens when we're feeling powerless 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:42.300 and a bit hopeless 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:45.240 when it comes to other people in our lives 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:46.480 that are not yet Christians. 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:48.920 We start thinking, 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.660 there's just no way 00:14:50.660 --> 00:14:52.840 that they're going to become Christians. 00:14:53.300 --> 00:14:54.360 There's no way 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.420 they're going to confess Jesus as their Lord. 00:14:56.419 --> 00:15:01.199 In verses 4 through 7, 00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:03.959 Jesus repeatedly tells His disciples, 00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.599 He is going away. 00:15:05.699 --> 00:15:06.459 Multiple times, 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.399 I'm going, I'm leaving. 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:09.459 Verse 6, 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:10.599 He tells His disciples, 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:12.339 I know that sorrow has filled your hearts. 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:15.019 They're not happy that Jesus is leaving 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.139 to go back to His Father. 00:15:17.419 --> 00:15:18.360 They are sad. 00:15:18.779 --> 00:15:21.500 They are fearful of being shunned 00:15:21.500 --> 00:15:25.779 of these weighty words that Jesus has said. 00:15:25.779 --> 00:15:27.179 Whoever kills you? 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:30.740 These are weighty words. 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:34.319 Of course they're going to be sorrowful 00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:35.819 that their leader is leaving. 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:38.299 You know what? 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:42.779 These words that Jesus says to them and to us, 00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.879 whoever kills you, 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.600 going to be put out of the synagogues, 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:52.819 we typically want to kind of run 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.860 from those kinds of words. 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:58.419 But they're really good words to linger on. 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:01.720 Because they get at things like, 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:03.820 am I willing? 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.200 Am I willing to be shunned? 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:13.820 Am I willing to step into hardship 00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:15.820 on account of Jesus' name? 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:19.320 You can fill your heart with sorrow 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:22.300 and joy 00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:26.560 even when you're feeling powerless. 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:30.940 And so when Jesus says that He's leaving, 00:16:31.140 --> 00:16:31.780 in verse 7, 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:35.300 Jesus reveals that someone is coming in His stead. 00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:36.500 Look at verse 7. 00:16:36.500 --> 00:16:38.279 Nevertheless, 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:39.200 I tell you the truth, 00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:41.279 it is to your advantage that I go away. 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:43.100 For if I do not go away, 00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:45.419 the helper will not come to you. 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:46.899 But if I go, 00:16:47.279 --> 00:16:48.659 I will send Him to you. 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:50.299 Who is this helper? 00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:52.360 Jesus has already referenced Him twice 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:53.220 in the farewell discourse. 00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:56.220 He's referenced Him in 14, 25, and 26, 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.080 and 15, 26, and 27. 00:16:58.519 --> 00:17:00.620 The helper is the Holy Spirit, 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.840 the third person of the Trinity. 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:02.460 Remember, 00:17:02.460 --> 00:17:03.680 I gave you a crash course 00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:05.480 in the Holy Spirit a couple weeks ago. 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.660 He is a person. 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:09.460 He is God present with us. 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.259 And He comes to dwell with us 00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:13.759 the moment we believe in Jesus. 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:15.620 He is fully God. 00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.400 He is a person. 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:18.319 He is a who, not an it. 00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.299 He's present. 00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:20.299 He's powerful. 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.480 He's a life giver. 00:17:22.620 --> 00:17:23.759 And not only a life giver, 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:25.539 He brings peace, shalom. 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:29.740 And what Jesus is saying, 00:17:30.460 --> 00:17:31.819 if I don't go, 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:33.059 the Holy Spirit's not coming, 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.519 so it's better that I go 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:36.419 so that the Holy Spirit comes, 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:38.919 He will help you. 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:42.179 Help them with what? 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:45.179 Well, in this context, 00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.659 it's witnessing, 00:17:47.879 --> 00:17:49.819 bearing witness to Jesus. 00:17:50.740 --> 00:17:53.299 And not just to the original disciples, 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:56.099 to 21st century disciples, 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:56.939 to you and me. 00:17:56.940 --> 00:18:00.380 The Holy Spirit will help us 00:18:00.380 --> 00:18:02.140 in our witness. 00:18:02.820 --> 00:18:05.740 He advantages us in our witness. 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.820 It's good and right for you 00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:10.779 to feel like this 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:13.860 when it comes to 00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:17.100 a non-believing relative or friend. 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:20.400 There is nothing in and of yourself 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:23.140 that you can do 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:25.580 that this person will go 00:18:25.580 --> 00:18:26.720 from death to life. 00:18:27.580 --> 00:18:29.220 There's not enough force 00:18:29.220 --> 00:18:30.240 of your will 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.560 to change someone's eternity. 00:18:33.320 --> 00:18:35.160 You can't be smart enough 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:36.200 and persuasive enough 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.660 to convince somebody 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:39.740 into the kingdom of God. 00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:42.940 We bump into our limits 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.900 real quick. 00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:48.200 But look what the Spirit 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:49.019 is able to do 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:51.240 in verse 8. 00:18:52.300 --> 00:18:53.280 And when He comes, 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:57.800 He will convict the world 00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:59.400 concerning sin 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.080 and righteousness 00:19:00.080 --> 00:19:01.480 and judgment. 00:19:01.720 --> 00:19:03.100 You can't not do that. 00:19:03.820 --> 00:19:04.720 You don't have the power 00:19:04.720 --> 00:19:05.220 to do that. 00:19:06.340 --> 00:19:07.560 Only the Spirit of God 00:19:07.560 --> 00:19:08.640 has the power to do that. 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.860 When we're talking about 00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:10.720 conviction, 00:19:11.360 --> 00:19:12.540 we're talking about 00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:15.099 having an area of sin 00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:17.839 or wrong exposed in you 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.480 and not just exposed. 00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:22.159 You personally become convinced 00:19:22.159 --> 00:19:25.200 that this area of wrong 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:26.639 is wrong against God. 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.359 That's the kind of conviction 00:19:28.359 --> 00:19:29.240 we're talking about. 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:32.279 That not only is it exposed, 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.960 but I'm convinced 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:35.240 that this is grievous 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:36.079 in God's sight. 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:38.759 That something needs to change. 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.519 It's like this. 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:41.400 When a prosecutor 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:43.079 is seeking to 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:44.940 convince a jury 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:46.879 that this person 00:19:46.879 --> 00:19:47.740 who's been charged 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.359 with a crime 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:49.779 is actually guilty, 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:52.119 they're going to expose it. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.400 They're going to try to 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:55.220 bring as much facts to bear 00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.079 in order to convince 00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:56.720 that jury 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:58.240 that that person is guilty. 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:00.900 What the Holy Spirit does 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:02.940 is He convinces us 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.819 of our own guilt. 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.539 That something must change. 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:10.220 convince the world, 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.279 convict the world, 00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.960 sinful humanity 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.859 and organized rebellion 00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:16.519 against God. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.680 The Holy Spirit 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.220 is able 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.879 to change 00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:24.379 the hearts 00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:25.000 of those 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:26.159 who make up the world. 00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:27.279 We were once 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:27.920 in the world, 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.639 but we're no longer 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.240 of the world 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.079 because we've been called 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.839 out of the world 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:31.759 in order to bear witness 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.500 to the world. 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:40.920 the Spirit 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.279 will come 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.660 and convict 00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.559 the world of sin. 00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.519 And then Jesus 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.299 unpacks that 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.960 in verse 9. 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.880 There's a particular 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:48.660 kind of sin 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.500 He has in mind. 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.160 He says, 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.940 concerning sin 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.680 because they do not 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.259 believe in Me. 00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.519 The Holy Spirit, 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.680 when He comes, 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:01.759 He will convict 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:03.180 sinners 00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:04.740 dead in their sin 00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.759 who are part 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.320 of the world, 00:21:06.560 --> 00:21:07.880 He will show them, 00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:09.080 expose them 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:10.240 and convince them 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.600 that they were wrong 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:13.279 to not believe in Jesus. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.640 He will expose 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:16.259 that in them. 00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:18.240 If you're a Christian 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.940 in the room, 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:20.039 He has done that 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.640 in you. 00:21:22.100 --> 00:21:23.560 That instead of 00:21:23.560 --> 00:21:25.259 not believing in Jesus, 00:21:25.400 --> 00:21:26.400 you must believe 00:21:26.400 --> 00:21:26.880 in Jesus. 00:21:27.680 --> 00:21:28.620 because He's 00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.360 your only hope. 00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.860 He's God 00:21:31.860 --> 00:21:32.420 in the flesh 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.360 who died on the cross 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:34.120 for your sins. 00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:36.500 So He convicts 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.320 the world of sin 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:38.320 and in verse 8 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:39.460 we read that He convicts 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.480 the world of righteousness 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.519 and He spells that out 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.060 in verse 10. 00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.600 It could be 00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.580 a righteousness 00:21:44.580 --> 00:21:46.820 that is a false righteousness. 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.279 Like what Isaiah 00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.960 talks about 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.660 when he compares 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:51.600 the righteous deeds 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.299 of Israel 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.600 to filthy rags. 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.400 That could be 00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:55.980 the case here. 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.000 I tend to think 00:21:57.000 --> 00:21:57.859 what's being talked 00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.319 about here 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.859 is more positively 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.380 stated. 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.559 A positive righteousness. 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:05.059 Because in verse 10 00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.880 we read this. 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.839 Concerning righteousness 00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:11.140 because I go to the Father 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:12.000 and He will see me 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.460 no longer. 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.279 With Jesus' 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.079 departure 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:17.160 there is not 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.680 this 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:20.740 physical presence 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.920 and demonstration 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.099 of righteousness 00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:24.059 in front of them. 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.099 And so what the Spirit 00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.900 does is not only 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.359 does He expose 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.980 and convince 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.859 of guilt 00:22:30.859 --> 00:22:32.660 He exposes 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.720 and demonstrates 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.640 the goodness 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:35.400 of righteousness. 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:38.220 This is what you want. 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.640 Not hate 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.359 but love. 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.140 Not to be served 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.039 but to serve. 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:50.319 In both of these cases 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.819 whether it's 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.980 conviction 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:53.379 of sin 00:22:53.379 --> 00:22:53.980 or conviction 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.920 of righteousness 00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:56.559 brothers and sisters 00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:57.200 our hope 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.799 our confidence 00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.759 is not in ourselves 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.420 when we witness 00:22:59.420 --> 00:23:00.720 it's in the Spirit 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.159 of God. 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.579 And then we read 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.119 in verse 8 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:06.879 He's coming to convict 00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.720 the world of judgment 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.019 and He unpacks that 00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.680 in verse 11. 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.440 He says 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:10.860 the ruler 00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.580 of this world 00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.279 the devil 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:14.140 has been judged. 00:23:17.539 --> 00:23:18.600 If you remember 00:23:18.600 --> 00:23:19.700 Saddam Hussein 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:22.440 Saddam Hussein 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:23.160 was the 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.600 dictator of Iraq 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:27.920 in March 2003 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:31.860 his government 00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.640 was toppled 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.500 in Baghdad 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.200 and he went 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.740 on the loose. 00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.759 December 2003 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.539 he was captured 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:40.819 November 2006 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:41.720 he was convicted 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:43.680 and December 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.819 of 2006 00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.759 he was executed 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.279 by hanging. 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.059 He was a bad dude. 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:52.960 And what 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:54.899 Saddam Hussein's 00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:56.539 being toppled 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.599 captured 00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.579 convicted 00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.519 and then 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.799 eventually executed 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:01.440 it demonstrates 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.920 is it took a while. 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:05.099 It was a process. 00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:08.119 When Jesus Christ 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:08.979 died on the cross 00:24:08.979 --> 00:24:09.579 and was raised 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:10.099 from the dead 00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:11.199 at that moment 00:24:11.199 --> 00:24:12.899 Satan was cast down 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:14.339 conquered 00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:16.519 dominion changed 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:18.339 there's a new king 00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:19.239 with a new kingdom 00:24:19.239 --> 00:24:19.799 in town. 00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.579 But just like 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.279 Saddam Hussein 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.739 who ran amok 00:24:24.739 --> 00:24:25.279 for a little bit 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.019 the devil 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:27.779 is running amok. 00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.699 He's been toppled 00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:32.299 but he has yet 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.779 to be thrown 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.839 into the lake of fire. 00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.939 But his doom 00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.360 is sure. 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.279 In a similar way 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.000 what we're being 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.779 told here 00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:43.299 is that the Holy Spirit 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.059 will convict 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.400 certain people 00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.039 in the world 00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.700 that this 00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:49.640 domain of darkness 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.380 is doomed. 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.960 That the devil 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.059 his days 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.640 are numbered. 00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:56.320 That this 00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:56.940 is not 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.480 what you want 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.400 to be living for. 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.940 It gets exposed 00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.860 and then 00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.759 they're convinced 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.660 and then they're like 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.559 I gotta change. 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.899 I gotta move 00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.679 from the domain 00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.139 of darkness 00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.079 into the kingdom 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.039 of the beloved son 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.879 and it's only 00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.440 through Jesus 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.659 that you can get 00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.039 flipped. 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.159 That you can get 00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:13.720 repoed. 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.419 That you can get 00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.079 delivered from 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.799 the domain of darkness 00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:18.200 into the kingdom 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.220 of the beloved son. 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.339 And so in all 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.079 of these ways 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.059 the Holy Spirit 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.460 is convicting 00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.460 the world 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:26.099 of sin 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.519 righteousness 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.119 and judgment. 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.299 It's a huge 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:31.359 a huge event 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:32.659 when the Spirit 00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:33.859 brings us 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.219 to bear 00:25:34.219 --> 00:25:34.819 in somebody's 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.059 heart. 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.259 How does 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.639 the Spirit 00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:39.199 do this? 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.019 How does 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.119 the Holy Spirit 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.740 convict 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.039 people of 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.379 sin, 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.819 righteousness 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.419 and judgment? 00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:46.579 Well it's not 00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.139 apart from 00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.559 the Bible. 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.319 People 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.740 know what 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.799 sin is 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.779 because the 00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.179 Bible 00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.879 defines 00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.439 what sin 00:25:55.439 --> 00:25:55.919 is. 00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.099 People 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.659 know what 00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.339 righteousness 00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.859 is 00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.619 because the 00:25:59.619 --> 00:25:59.919 Bible 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:01.060 spells out 00:26:01.060 --> 00:26:01.660 righteousness. 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.080 The Bible 00:26:03.080 --> 00:26:04.320 people know 00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:05.000 about judgment 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.460 because of 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.980 what the Bible 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.580 says about 00:26:06.580 --> 00:26:06.880 judgment. 00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:07.660 So the 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.380 Holy Spirit 00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.300 in tandem 00:26:09.300 --> 00:26:10.400 with God's 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.759 word 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.720 convicts the 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.180 world 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.960 of sin 00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.620 righteousness 00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.060 and judgment. 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.360 Can any 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.680 of you do 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.120 that on your 00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.279 own? 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:22.940 No. 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.360 So the 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:25.820 Spirit of 00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.360 God is 00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.360 our hope 00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.820 and 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.680 in the 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.240 face 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.720 of 00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.539 hopelessness. 00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.160 There might 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.560 be many 00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:35.800 in the 00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.080 world 00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:36.759 but we've 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.360 got one 00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:38.019 Holy Spirit 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.360 and He 00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.660 is all 00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:39.039 we need. 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.060 He is 00:26:41.060 --> 00:26:41.360 the one 00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.660 who is 00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.080 able 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.279 powerful 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:44.840 to change 00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.320 the human 00:26:45.320 --> 00:26:45.700 heart 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:47.019 from being 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.560 dead 00:26:47.560 --> 00:26:48.680 to giving 00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.320 it new 00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:49.880 life. 00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.100 You know 00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.720 to that end 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:56.060 I'm going 00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:57.140 to shamelessly 00:26:57.140 --> 00:26:58.340 say it's 00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.759 not too 00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.280 late to 00:26:59.280 --> 00:26:59.640 sign up 00:26:59.640 --> 00:26:59.900 for the 00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.440 evangelism 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:00.900 class. 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.280 Right out 00:27:03.280 --> 00:27:03.860 those doors 00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:05.660 it's going 00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:05.840 to be 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.259 great. 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.020 That's 00:27:10.020 --> 00:27:10.380 challenge 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.960 number two. 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.580 When we 00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.460 feel powerless 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:15.500 there is 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.200 courage 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:18.420 because of 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.740 the Holy 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.240 Spirit's 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:19.680 power. 00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.120 The third 00:27:21.120 --> 00:27:21.820 challenge 00:27:21.820 --> 00:27:23.800 comes from 00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.340 being in 00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.720 the world. 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.920 we are 00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.480 often 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:27.339 challenged 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.339 by the 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.720 world. 00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.059 We can 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:29.259 get 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.960 disoriented 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:31.160 even 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.900 distracted. 00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.360 We need 00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:34.019 clarity. 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:35.380 Clarity 00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.740 of the 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.180 truth. 00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.640 Clarity 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.440 of purpose. 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:38.839 You know 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.100 there will 00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.720 be times 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.880 when we 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:43.319 let our 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.559 guards 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:43.819 down. 00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.920 There will 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.440 be times 00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.019 maybe even 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.819 seasons when 00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.460 you become 00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:51.660 disoriented 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.740 or distracted 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.319 by the 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.120 desires of 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.600 the world. 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:59.019 your heart 00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.660 suffers. 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.279 You become 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.700 dull. 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.339 And then 00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.920 because God 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.559 is so patient 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.039 and kind 00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.920 he kind of 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.480 snaps you out 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.680 of it. 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.299 He brings 00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.860 you around. 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.000 I said 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.640 this earlier 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:13.779 but if 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.279 the world 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.980 is sinful 00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.519 humanity 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.180 and organized 00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.559 rebellion 00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.339 against God 00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:19.819 we once 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.980 were in 00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.420 and of 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.900 the world 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.900 but we 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.319 are of 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:23.660 the world 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.160 no longer. 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.059 we have 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.440 been called 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.039 out of the 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.259 world. 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.920 Jesus chose 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.360 us out 00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:28.579 of the 00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:28.819 world. 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.100 We are 00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.519 in the 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.759 world 00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.180 but not 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.620 of the 00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:31.799 world. 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:32.000 We've 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.360 been called 00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.980 out of 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.460 the world 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:35.140 in order 00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.620 to bear 00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.160 witness 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:37.319 to the 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.680 world. 00:28:38.819 --> 00:28:39.460 To bear 00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:39.839 witness 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:40.579 to the 00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:40.839 world 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.319 of who 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.960 Jesus is 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.360 and what 00:28:42.360 --> 00:28:43.339 he's done. 00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:45.079 and when 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.439 we are 00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:45.819 bearing 00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.559 fruit 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.379 and 00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:47.839 bearing 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.359 witness 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.740 it 00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.000 becomes 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.179 a 00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:50.159 compelling 00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:51.779 witness. 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.220 The 00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:57.879 disciples were 00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.359 listening to 00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:58.839 Jesus say 00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.059 this. 00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.299 You can 00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.799 imagine what 00:28:59.799 --> 00:28:59.899 they're 00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.179 thinking. 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.459 Wait, 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.679 you're 00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:00.980 leaving? 00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.039 Who's 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.259 going to 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.799 lead us? 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.819 Who's 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:06.039 going to 00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.759 guide us? 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:08.640 And in 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.180 verse 12 00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.960 Jesus tells 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.640 his disciples 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.879 he's got 00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.180 more to 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.480 say to 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:13.740 them but 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:13.879 they're 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.240 not able 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.740 to hear. 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.879 Not 00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.460 right now. 00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.400 Tells 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.480 them 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.680 he's 00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.039 leaving. 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.359 You've 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.579 got more 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.859 to tell 00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:27.299 us but 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.440 you're 00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.599 taking 00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:27.879 off? 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.480 Verse 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.000 13 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:34.079 When the 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.400 spirit of 00:29:34.400 --> 00:29:34.879 truth comes 00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.140 he will 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.559 guide you 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.119 into all 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.579 the truth. 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.500 For he 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:37.759 will not 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.220 speak on 00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.500 his own 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.299 authority but 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.759 whatever he 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.119 hears he 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.700 will speak and 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:40.920 he will 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.420 declare to 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:41.700 you the 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.180 things that 00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.879 are to 00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.200 come. 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.640 Just like 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.859 Jesus did 00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.400 not speak on 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.720 his own 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.779 authority but 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.440 only spoke 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.759 what he 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.160 heard from 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.619 his father. 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.119 So the 00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:51.440 spirit doesn't 00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:51.920 speak on 00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.640 his authority 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.440 but he 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.240 speaks only 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.839 what he 00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.299 has heard 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.640 from the 00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.920 son and 00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.400 the father. 00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.559 And that 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.400 spirit of 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.879 God, 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.900 the spirit 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.619 of truth, 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.980 he is 00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:04.339 going to 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:05.079 be the 00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.640 proxy 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.319 teacher 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.619 guide of 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:07.960 the 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.480 disciples 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.099 upon 00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.419 Jesus' 00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:09.980 departure. 00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.139 He is 00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:12.500 going to 00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.000 lead them. 00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.319 He is 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.639 going to 00:30:14.639 --> 00:30:16.059 lead us. 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.359 And in 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.939 verse 13 00:30:18.939 --> 00:30:19.339 he's going 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.879 to declare 00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.559 the things 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.879 that are 00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:22.319 to come. 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:27.859 I love 00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.139 the book 00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.279 of 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.679 Revelation. 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.859 I love 00:30:30.859 --> 00:30:31.019 it. 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.539 It is so 00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.039 encouraging. 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.659 And it 00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.240 speaks of 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.659 the things 00:30:35.659 --> 00:30:35.919 that are 00:30:35.919 --> 00:30:36.339 to come. 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.519 Do you 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.879 know it 00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.200 was the 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.879 Holy Spirit 00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:40.379 who 00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.460 declared 00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.039 that, 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.639 spoke 00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:43.299 that to 00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:44.079 the 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.399 apostle 00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.759 John, 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.079 the same 00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.399 guy that 00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:45.700 wrote the 00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.259 gospel of 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.559 John, 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.839 but he 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:48.480 declared it 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.419 down the 00:30:49.419 --> 00:30:49.899 line, 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.819 the things 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.079 that are 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.460 to come. 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.299 Your book 00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:55.099 of Revelation 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:56.240 is the 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.980 fulfillment of 00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.359 what Jesus 00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.859 is saying 00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:58.179 here. 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.639 The things 00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.159 that are 00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.720 to come. 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.179 In verses 00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.720 14 and 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.019 15, 00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.679 Jesus says 00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.740 two times, 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.019 the Spirit 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.579 will take 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:08.980 what is 00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:09.379 his, 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.740 what is 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.119 mine, 00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:11.199 and declare 00:31:11.199 --> 00:31:11.659 it to 00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:11.899 you. 00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.780 the Spirit 00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.160 will take 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.120 the truth 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:15.900 of who 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.200 Jesus 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.700 is, 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.080 and what 00:31:17.080 --> 00:31:17.480 he's done, 00:31:17.540 --> 00:31:17.780 is what 00:31:17.780 --> 00:31:18.100 he's doing, 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.420 what he 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.980 will do, 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.620 and he 00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:20.500 will declare 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.000 it to 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.240 you. 00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.980 And he's 00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.660 speaking to 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:23.480 his original 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.019 disciples. 00:31:25.780 --> 00:31:26.340 He's going 00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.820 to make it 00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.460 known to 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:27.759 them. 00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:32.080 We learn 00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:33.380 from earlier 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:33.680 in the 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.900 farewell 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.300 discourse 00:31:34.300 --> 00:31:34.840 that the 00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.180 Spirit 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.340 will 00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:38.620 cause, 00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.240 bring to 00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.540 mind, 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.200 bring to 00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.819 remembrance 00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.519 to the 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.059 apostles 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.640 what Jesus 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.440 has said. 00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.059 And here 00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.680 we're learning 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.400 that the 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.120 same Spirit 00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.740 of truth 00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.580 is going 00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:51.799 to declare 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.539 to them 00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.640 the things 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.059 that Jesus 00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.640 has yet 00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.340 to say, 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.319 but wants 00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.799 to say, 00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.539 even things 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.960 that are yet 00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.480 to happen. 00:32:02.580 --> 00:32:03.360 What we're 00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:03.980 talking about 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.660 here is 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.380 the faith 00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:07.400 passed on 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.880 to the 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.400 apostles 00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:11.280 and to 00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:11.720 us. 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.640 In Jude, 00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:14.100 it's a 00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.740 little book 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.780 right before 00:32:16.780 --> 00:32:17.060 the book 00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.680 of Revelation. 00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.140 In Jude 00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.660 3 we 00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.040 read, 00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.840 Beloved, 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.680 although I 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.000 was very 00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.380 eager to 00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.700 write to 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:22.080 you about 00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.600 our common 00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:23.100 salvation, 00:32:23.280 --> 00:32:23.580 I found 00:32:23.580 --> 00:32:24.100 it necessary 00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.660 to write 00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:26.880 appealing to 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.740 you to 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.780 contend for 00:32:28.780 --> 00:32:29.540 the faith 00:32:29.540 --> 00:32:30.420 that was 00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.840 once for 00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.360 all delivered 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.759 to the 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.120 saints. 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.620 Once and 00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:33.960 for all, 00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.720 the faith, 00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.759 the body 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.560 of doctrine 00:32:36.560 --> 00:32:37.240 and teaching 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.880 about who 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.520 Jesus is, 00:32:38.560 --> 00:32:39.000 about the 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.400 church, 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.820 about justification 00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.480 and union 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.060 with Christ, 00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.640 the nature 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.960 of the 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.320 church, 00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.460 end times, 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.840 this faith 00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.640 was passed 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.400 down once 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.720 and for 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.660 all from 00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.300 the apostles 00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.020 to the 00:32:50.020 --> 00:32:50.420 church. 00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:52.740 And it's 00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.020 the Holy 00:32:53.020 --> 00:32:53.640 Spirit 00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:55.560 that impressed 00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:55.860 upon, 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.560 declared to 00:32:56.560 --> 00:32:57.020 them 00:32:57.020 --> 00:32:59.640 the faith. 00:32:59.640 --> 00:32:59.740 truth. 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.720 We have 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.840 in the 00:33:06.840 --> 00:33:07.180 Bible 00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.080 what God 00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.700 wants us 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.280 to have. 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.700 It's the 00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.080 Spirit 00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.780 declaring 00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.920 truth. 00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.520 Through this 00:33:16.520 --> 00:33:16.940 passage, 00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.460 there's such 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.960 an emphasis 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.520 on the 00:33:18.520 --> 00:33:18.920 Spirit 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.780 declaring 00:33:19.780 --> 00:33:20.460 the words 00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.100 of Jesus 00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.940 to the 00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.360 apostles. 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.180 One of the 00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.780 things that 00:33:24.780 --> 00:33:26.020 I'm sure 00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:26.540 you've noticed 00:33:26.540 --> 00:33:26.820 among 00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.700 evangelicals 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:29.200 is you 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.519 tend to 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.840 have 00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.720 kind of 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:30.940 this 00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.600 split 00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:31.980 of 00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.340 churches. 00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.460 You've 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:33.759 got the 00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.039 Bible 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.580 churches, 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:35.900 word 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.559 churches, 00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:38.080 and then 00:33:38.080 --> 00:33:38.559 you have 00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.480 the Spirit 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:39.980 churches, 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.240 the passionate 00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.740 churches. 00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.220 And so 00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:43.680 it's either 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.759 word or 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.200 Spirit, 00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.480 but that 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.400 is not 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.900 what we're 00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.620 reading here. 00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.039 What we're 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.700 reading here 00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.080 is not 00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.660 either or, 00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.340 it's both 00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:53.799 and. 00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.299 It's 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.200 word and 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.600 Spirit. 00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.779 it's 00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.379 what the 00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.559 good 00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.159 doctor, 00:33:59.679 --> 00:33:59.899 D. 00:34:00.219 --> 00:34:00.519 Martin 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.000 Lloyd 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.539 Jones, 00:34:01.719 --> 00:34:02.000 would 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.480 call 00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.359 doctrine 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.799 on 00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.359 fire. 00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:09.339 We 00:34:09.339 --> 00:34:09.699 want to 00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.019 be 00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:11.679 biblically 00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.440 robust 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.059 and 00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.839 spiritually 00:34:13.839 --> 00:34:14.799 aflame. 00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.819 And there 00:34:18.819 --> 00:34:19.159 is a 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:19.579 focus 00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:21.239 that this 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.960 truth 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:25.320 narrows 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:26.139 in on 00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.599 one 00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.159 person. 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.539 In 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.720 John 00:34:29.720 --> 00:34:30.119 16, 00:34:30.220 --> 00:34:30.639 14, 00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.000 Jesus 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.519 says, 00:34:32.880 --> 00:34:33.039 of the 00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.240 Holy 00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:33.659 Spirit, 00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:35.139 He 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.880 will 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.519 glorify 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.920 me. 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.340 His 00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:41.400 declarative 00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.920 work 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.699 is going 00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.280 to 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:45.599 spotlight 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.059 Jesus. 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:49.460 So we've 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:49.840 seen three 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.360 challenges. 00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.139 What is 00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.639 the advantage 00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:53.920 of the 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.099 Holy 00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.460 Spirit 00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.380 to us? 00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.179 Joy, 00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.279 when shunned. 00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.039 It's 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.719 courage, 00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.840 because of 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.679 His power 00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.159 to change 00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.460 people, 00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.820 not our 00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:04.019 own. 00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:05.460 And it's 00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.940 truth. 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.099 Truth, 00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.519 the Spirit 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.119 of truth. 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.259 And you 00:35:11.259 --> 00:35:11.440 know what 00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.860 happens when 00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.119 you take 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.400 all that 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.719 together? 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:14.000 when you 00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:14.599 have joy 00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.639 and you 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.219 have courage 00:35:16.219 --> 00:35:16.799 and truth 00:35:16.799 --> 00:35:18.459 that the 00:35:18.459 --> 00:35:19.259 Holy Spirit 00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:20.480 is working 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.179 at among 00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.379 us? 00:35:21.439 --> 00:35:21.579 Do you 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.980 know what 00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:23.539 that does? 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:25.419 It makes 00:35:25.419 --> 00:35:25.919 you bold. 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.379 It makes 00:35:31.379 --> 00:35:32.059 you willing 00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.279 to say 00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.839 things and 00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:34.539 do things 00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.319 that you 00:35:36.319 --> 00:35:36.839 may not 00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:37.639 otherwise. 00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.419 But wait, 00:35:39.459 --> 00:35:39.739 hold on, 00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.439 time out! 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:44.279 How is 00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.579 that better 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:44.939 than Jesus 00:35:44.939 --> 00:35:45.339 being with 00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.539 us? 00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.199 Couldn't 00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:50.099 Jesus just 00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.459 do that? 00:35:52.459 --> 00:35:53.419 Why is 00:35:53.419 --> 00:35:55.219 it that 00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:56.019 it's to 00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.779 our advantage 00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.500 that the 00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.039 Holy Spirit 00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:58.579 comes? 00:35:59.179 --> 00:35:59.679 Because Jesus 00:35:59.679 --> 00:35:59.980 could have 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.219 done that. 00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:00.679 He does 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.119 that too! 00:36:04.959 --> 00:36:05.599 When the 00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.139 second person 00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.459 of the 00:36:06.459 --> 00:36:06.759 Trinity, 00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.319 the eternally 00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.980 existent 00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.819 second person 00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.099 of the 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.399 Trinity, 00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:12.000 the Word 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.519 when he 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:13.860 took on 00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:14.260 flesh, 00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.559 when he 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.980 became a 00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.360 man, 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.579 he took 00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.260 on flesh 00:36:19.260 --> 00:36:20.619 fully 00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:22.780 and finally 00:36:22.780 --> 00:36:23.360 and forever. 00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.260 He 00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:26.739 purposefully 00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:28.119 limited 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:28.739 himself 00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:30.739 to a 00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.159 place. 00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:35.039 Do you 00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.260 know what the 00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:35.880 advantage is? 00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.639 Jesus 00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.480 said, 00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:39.780 I gotta 00:36:39.780 --> 00:36:40.119 go, 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.519 I'm 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.900 limited to 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.440 a place. 00:36:44.059 --> 00:36:44.859 But the 00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.219 one I'm 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:45.639 sending 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:47.319 is 00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:48.699 unlimited 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:50.739 by space. 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.719 He's 00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:55.059 not bound 00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.799 by a 00:36:56.799 --> 00:36:57.059 body. 00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:01.119 He is 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:02.719 able to 00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.500 radically 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.420 change 00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.659 people from 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.480 the inside 00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.079 out, 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.659 all around 00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.219 the world 00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.519 at any 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.179 time and 00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.639 in any 00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.179 place. 00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.860 Simultaneously. 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:20.079 Do you 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.340 know what the 00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.000 advantage is? 00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:24.079 The Holy 00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.460 Spirit? 00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:27.539 This is a 00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.079 missional 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.199 advantage. 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.259 It's 00:37:31.259 --> 00:37:31.699 strategic. 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:31.839 strategic. 00:37:34.299 --> 00:37:34.899 It's 00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.319 about 00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.619 bearing 00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.439 witness to 00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:38.119 the nations 00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:40.480 and not 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.179 being limited 00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.659 to one 00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.139 place. 00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.819 It's 00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.119 about 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.859 empowering 00:37:44.859 --> 00:37:46.239 the church 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.960 to bear 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:47.579 witness 00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.679 to Christ 00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:50.219 all over 00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.719 the world. 00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.259 That's 00:37:54.259 --> 00:37:55.119 the end. 00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:55.879 That's 00:37:55.879 --> 00:37:56.579 the purpose. 00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.339 The more 00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:58.679 and more 00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.699 people who 00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.339 are currently 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.120 dead in 00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.600 their sin 00:38:01.600 --> 00:38:02.200 and blind 00:38:02.200 --> 00:38:02.700 to God 00:38:02.700 --> 00:38:03.400 will be 00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:04.000 given new 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.579 life by 00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.940 the Holy 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.300 Spirit. 00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:05.700 They'll be 00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:06.660 convicted of 00:38:06.660 --> 00:38:07.019 their sin, 00:38:07.120 --> 00:38:07.440 righteousness, 00:38:07.620 --> 00:38:08.120 and judgment 00:38:08.120 --> 00:38:08.980 and they 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:09.760 will behold 00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:10.539 and they 00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.300 will believe 00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:12.019 and they 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.460 will be 00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:12.720 given 00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.240 eternal 00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.800 life in 00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.400 Christ 00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.820 all around 00:38:16.820 --> 00:38:17.220 the world. 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.880 The 00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.480 Spirit's 00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.280 work is 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:22.920 unlimited 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.900 in its 00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:24.380 scope. 00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.280 He is 00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:27.000 at work 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.640 all over 00:38:27.640 --> 00:38:28.240 the place 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:30.159 and that's 00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.879 the advantage 00:38:30.879 --> 00:38:33.759 and his 00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.439 aim is 00:38:34.439 --> 00:38:35.159 always 00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:36.979 to glorify 00:38:36.979 --> 00:38:37.619 Christ 00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.259 through our 00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.779 witness. 00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.000 Do you 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.419 remember that 00:38:41.419 --> 00:38:42.159 little phrase 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:43.059 in 1614, 00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.479 he will 00:38:43.479 --> 00:38:44.239 glorify me? 00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.099 Jesus is 00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:45.979 speaking of 00:38:45.979 --> 00:38:46.259 the Holy 00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.579 Spirit, 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:46.959 he will 00:38:46.959 --> 00:38:47.799 glorify me. 00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.500 This might 00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.979 be a little 00:38:48.979 --> 00:38:50.000 over simplistic 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:51.059 because the 00:38:51.059 --> 00:38:51.459 Holy Spirit 00:38:51.459 --> 00:38:52.000 does a lot 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:54.859 but I find 00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:55.379 those four 00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:55.719 words, 00:38:55.799 --> 00:38:56.019 he will 00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.659 glorify me 00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.079 to be one 00:38:57.079 --> 00:38:57.259 of the 00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.980 most clear 00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.000 and helpful 00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.759 statements 00:38:59.759 --> 00:39:00.539 on what 00:39:00.539 --> 00:39:00.920 the Holy 00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.500 Spirit is 00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.039 seeking to 00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.539 accomplish 00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:03.920 at this 00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.359 time, 00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.339 in this 00:39:05.339 --> 00:39:06.399 unique period 00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.899 between 00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.500 Jesus' 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.159 first coming 00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.480 and his 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.159 second coming. 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.739 He will 00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:12.579 glorify me 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:14.460 and that 00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.779 should put 00:39:14.779 --> 00:39:15.299 strength in 00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.559 you. 00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.299 J.I. 00:39:20.379 --> 00:39:20.759 Packer, 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:23.000 you might be 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.539 familiar with 00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.779 him, 00:39:23.839 --> 00:39:24.579 he's a 00:39:24.579 --> 00:39:25.399 prolific author, 00:39:25.400 --> 00:39:26.900 since died, 00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.740 he wrote a 00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.200 little book 00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.700 called 00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.599 Keeping in 00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.039 Step with 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:30.539 the Spirit 00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.400 and he 00:39:31.400 --> 00:39:31.760 tells a 00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:32.539 story of 00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.920 him going 00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.599 to a 00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:34.840 Baptist 00:39:34.840 --> 00:39:35.360 church in 00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.840 Vancouver 00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:36.700 to preach 00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:36.980 on these 00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.680 four words, 00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.320 he will 00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:38.860 glorify me. 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.000 And he 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.579 got there 00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.160 for a 00:39:41.160 --> 00:39:41.700 classic 00:39:41.700 --> 00:39:42.360 evening 00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.760 Sunday 00:39:42.760 --> 00:39:43.280 service 00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.539 at a 00:39:43.539 --> 00:39:43.780 Baptist 00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.200 church 00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.920 and it 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:45.099 was 00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:45.740 dusk 00:39:45.740 --> 00:39:47.240 and he 00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:47.440 didn't 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:47.760 have an 00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:48.019 opening 00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.559 illustration. 00:39:49.940 --> 00:39:50.559 So he's 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:50.740 a little 00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.220 panicky 00:39:51.220 --> 00:39:51.800 and he's 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:52.220 walking up 00:39:52.220 --> 00:39:52.680 this hill 00:39:52.680 --> 00:39:53.320 to this 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.639 Baptist 00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.180 church 00:39:54.179 --> 00:39:54.679 and all 00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:54.940 of a 00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.259 sudden 00:39:55.259 --> 00:39:55.759 it's 00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.339 dusk 00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.679 and he's 00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:56.879 like, 00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.659 got my 00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:58.199 illustration 00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:59.619 because there 00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.379 on the 00:40:00.379 --> 00:40:01.039 side of 00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.639 the building 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.239 of this 00:40:02.239 --> 00:40:02.779 church 00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.839 was an 00:40:03.839 --> 00:40:04.399 illuminated 00:40:04.399 --> 00:40:05.199 cross. 00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.279 And he 00:40:07.279 --> 00:40:07.379 goes, 00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.659 there it 00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.940 is. 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.639 There's 00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:10.759 the 00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.199 illustration 00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.559 I've been 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.119 looking for 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.639 because 00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:14.940 your gaze 00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:16.039 from that 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.679 spotlight 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.639 was not 00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:18.359 to the 00:40:18.359 --> 00:40:18.859 spotlight. 00:40:19.819 --> 00:40:20.219 The 00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:20.719 spotlight 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.519 was drawing 00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.719 your gaze 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.739 to the 00:40:23.739 --> 00:40:24.079 cross 00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.239 of 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:24.519 Jesus 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.059 Christ. 00:40:25.899 --> 00:40:26.579 He will 00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.099 glorify 00:40:27.099 --> 00:40:27.419 me. 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.319 So whether 00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.719 it's in our 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:31.419 bearing of 00:40:31.419 --> 00:40:31.859 fruit or 00:40:31.859 --> 00:40:32.480 bearing of 00:40:32.480 --> 00:40:32.919 witness, 00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.899 the Holy 00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:35.859 Spirit is 00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:37.000 eager to 00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.919 spotlight 00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:38.799 Jesus. 00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.339 Which brings 00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:43.659 me to a 00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:43.959 question. 00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.179 How do you 00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.480 know when the 00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.059 Holy Spirit is 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.599 actively at 00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.980 work in a 00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.439 local church? 00:40:49.439 --> 00:40:49.839 What? 00:40:52.719 --> 00:40:53.659 Is Jesus 00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:54.019 being 00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.739 spotlighted? 00:40:56.459 --> 00:40:57.339 Is Jesus 00:40:57.339 --> 00:40:58.079 being exalted 00:40:58.079 --> 00:40:58.839 and magnified? 00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:01.019 Are people 00:41:01.019 --> 00:41:01.539 bearing the 00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.079 fruit of the 00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.739 Spirit, which 00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.119 is very 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.839 Christ-like? 00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:04.579 Are they 00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:05.179 boldly 00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.899 proclaiming who 00:41:05.899 --> 00:41:06.619 Jesus is and 00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:07.039 what he's 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.279 done? 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.699 That's how 00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.019 you know. 00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:13.439 How do we 00:41:13.439 --> 00:41:13.859 respond? 00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.099 We respond 00:41:18.099 --> 00:41:18.599 in humility. 00:41:18.599 --> 00:41:22.360 we respond 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:23.019 in prayer. 00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:24.880 And I'm 00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.199 going to pray 00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:25.679 a prayer, 00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.699 and would 00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.059 you pray 00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:28.179 with me in 00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.259 response to 00:41:29.259 --> 00:41:29.759 what Jesus 00:41:29.759 --> 00:41:31.000 has shown 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.440 us this 00:41:31.440 --> 00:41:31.739 morning? 00:41:38.319 --> 00:41:38.980 Spirit of the 00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.380 living God, 00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:39.659 would you 00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.279 fall afresh 00:41:40.279 --> 00:41:40.940 upon us? 00:41:42.539 --> 00:41:43.159 Would you 00:41:43.159 --> 00:41:44.219 fill us, 00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:45.339 give us 00:41:45.339 --> 00:41:46.619 joy even 00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.699 under worldly 00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:48.159 pressure? 00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:50.779 Would you 00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:51.819 give us 00:41:51.819 --> 00:41:53.939 power even 00:41:53.939 --> 00:41:54.879 when the 00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.439 odds are 00:41:55.439 --> 00:41:56.159 stacked against 00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:56.599 us? 00:41:57.399 --> 00:41:58.159 And would 00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.719 you give 00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.919 us clarity 00:41:59.919 --> 00:42:00.639 of truth, 00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.639 the truth 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:02.579 about Jesus 00:42:02.579 --> 00:42:04.339 that will 00:42:04.339 --> 00:42:05.219 give us 00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:06.199 not just 00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.719 deepening 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.299 conviction, 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.279 but deepening 00:42:08.279 --> 00:42:08.960 boldness? 00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:12.199 Spirit of the 00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.579 living God, 00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:12.899 would you 00:42:12.899 --> 00:42:13.519 bear fruit 00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:14.419 in us and 00:42:14.419 --> 00:42:15.059 bear witness 00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.779 through us 00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:16.640 in order 00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:17.400 that Jesus 00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:18.000 would be 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.980 spotlighted 00:42:18.980 --> 00:42:19.980 in this 00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:21.540 little slice 00:42:21.540 --> 00:42:22.080 of the world 00:42:22.080 --> 00:42:22.420 that we're 00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:23.019 living in? 00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:29.040 Lord, 00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:29.340 would you 00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:30.100 be pleased 00:42:30.100 --> 00:42:32.580 to gather 00:42:32.580 --> 00:42:33.519 for yourself 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:35.780 men and 00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.120 women 00:42:36.120 --> 00:42:37.820 from all 00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.540 different walks 00:42:38.540 --> 00:42:39.180 of life in 00:42:39.180 --> 00:42:39.700 our city 00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:42.040 through the 00:42:42.040 --> 00:42:42.800 powerful witness 00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.160 of the 00:42:43.160 --> 00:42:43.500 spirit 00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:45.160 in us? 00:42:46.080 --> 00:42:46.400 In your 00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.720 name we 00:42:46.720 --> 00:42:47.000 pray, 00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.180 amen. 00:42:48.180 --> 00:42:48.320 Amen. 00:42:48.320 --> 00:42:48.360 Amen. 00:42:48.360 --> 00:43:18.340 Thank you.