WEBVTT 00:00:00.980 --> 00:00:06.140 This morning we're continuing on in the Gospel of John, and you're welcome to open up there in your Bible. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:11.300 If you have one, or if you don't, you can always use the one in the seat in front of you there. 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:16.019 And this morning we're talking about the Holy Spirit. 00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:23.600 I don't think we've done a message yet just about the Holy Spirit. 00:00:24.339 --> 00:00:27.060 And so I'm glad that we've come to this now in John's Gospel. 00:00:27.059 --> 00:00:32.379 Probably most of us have questions and wonderings about the Holy Spirit. 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:37.700 So we're going to read this morning what Jesus said in John chapter 14. 00:00:38.379 --> 00:00:40.679 This is the evening before Jesus' death. 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:43.299 Jesus is talking with his disciples. 00:00:43.959 --> 00:00:46.659 They're still in the upper room where they ate the last supper. 00:00:47.399 --> 00:00:49.379 And this is what Jesus said to his disciples. 00:00:50.379 --> 00:00:53.359 If you love me, keep my commands. 00:00:53.359 --> 00:01:01.519 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.219 The Spirit of Truth. 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:10.560 The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:13.039 But you know him. 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:17.400 For he lives with you and will be in you. 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:20.819 Then come down to verse 25. 00:01:20.819 --> 00:01:24.959 All this I have spoken while still with you. 00:01:25.479 --> 00:01:30.280 But the advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, 00:01:30.679 --> 00:01:36.719 will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 00:01:38.780 --> 00:01:43.799 Now let's for a moment just acknowledge some of our thoughts and feelings about the Holy Spirit 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.939 before we take a closer look at these words of Jesus. 00:01:46.939 --> 00:01:50.359 For some of us here this morning, you might be thinking, 00:01:50.599 --> 00:01:53.659 yes, finally, let's talk about the Holy Spirit. 00:01:54.640 --> 00:01:56.620 We don't hear about him enough. 00:01:57.060 --> 00:01:59.120 And of course, apart from him, we can't do anything. 00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:02.000 Others of you may be thinking, 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:04.959 hmm, the Holy Spirit. 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:08.819 I've always wanted to learn more about the Holy Spirit. 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:14.400 I read about him in my Bible, but this idea of God's Spirit living in me, 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:17.159 it's so strange, so mysterious. 00:02:17.359 --> 00:02:18.159 How does it work? 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:25.180 Some of you have believed in the Holy Spirit since the day you first were taught about him, 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:31.419 and maybe you feel that you just don't feel or sense his presence in you. 00:02:31.419 --> 00:02:34.299 And then others of you might say, 00:02:34.419 --> 00:02:37.139 well, I have no doubt that the Holy Spirit is in me. 00:02:37.859 --> 00:02:42.819 There's a still small voice inside that keeps calling out to me, 00:02:43.479 --> 00:02:45.159 reminding me of the truth, 00:02:46.119 --> 00:02:47.219 convicting me of sin. 00:02:49.079 --> 00:02:50.379 Others of you might say, 00:02:51.119 --> 00:02:52.839 what still small voice? 00:02:53.500 --> 00:02:55.279 I'm not sure if I've ever heard that. 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.159 How do you know that it's the Spirit, 00:02:59.479 --> 00:03:01.240 the Holy Spirit speaking to you, 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:02.580 and not just your own thoughts? 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:05.580 Some of you might say, 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:06.920 well, I just can't explain it, 00:03:06.979 --> 00:03:08.740 but I just have this sense, 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:09.400 this feeling, 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:10.319 this prompting. 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:11.900 It must be him. 00:03:13.020 --> 00:03:13.960 And others might say, 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:14.979 well, that's interesting. 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:19.900 What about the times when that prompting or that feeling seems to have been wrong, 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:21.659 and it wasn't true, 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:24.379 or it wasn't the right thing to do after all? 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:30.960 And so we easily can get all turned around and jumbled up about this thing of the Holy Spirit 00:03:30.960 --> 00:03:33.439 living in us who believe. 00:03:34.020 --> 00:03:37.560 Sometimes it can even lead to doubt and disillusionment. 00:03:38.539 --> 00:03:39.560 We might wonder, 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.680 if God's Spirit really lives in me, 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:48.259 then why do I still feel so strongly the pull of sin? 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:52.560 Or if God's Spirit really lives in me, 00:03:53.939 --> 00:03:55.319 why doesn't it feel like it? 00:03:56.639 --> 00:04:00.919 Shouldn't I be hearing a regular voice speaking to me somewhere deep within? 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:03.959 Some of us hear that, 00:04:04.039 --> 00:04:04.979 and others of us, 00:04:05.299 --> 00:04:05.919 for some reason, 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:06.979 don't seem to hear that. 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:12.500 There's a whole kind of bunch of questions that we have when it comes to the Holy Spirit, 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:14.619 and I wish I could answer all of these this morning, 00:04:15.459 --> 00:04:18.319 but we won't be able to do all of that this morning. 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:18.899 But hopefully, 00:04:19.039 --> 00:04:20.519 as we consider Jesus' words, 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.639 we'll get a little bit more clarity and confidence 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:25.879 when it comes to the Holy Spirit. 00:04:25.959 --> 00:04:27.979 So let's look at what Jesus said. 00:04:28.859 --> 00:04:29.680 If you love me, 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:31.419 keep my commands, 00:04:31.740 --> 00:04:33.779 and I will ask the Father, 00:04:34.379 --> 00:04:36.560 and he will give you another advocate 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:38.599 to help you and be with you forever, 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:41.039 the Spirit of Truth. 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:45.960 Notice how Jesus refers to this Spirit. 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:49.700 He describes him as another advocate, 00:04:50.300 --> 00:04:51.900 or depending on your Bible translation, 00:04:52.100 --> 00:04:52.920 another counselor, 00:04:53.700 --> 00:04:54.480 another helper, 00:04:55.260 --> 00:04:56.140 another comforter. 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:59.820 We'll come back to that whole discussion in a second. 00:05:00.580 --> 00:05:03.160 Jesus also calls him the Spirit of Truth. 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:07.300 And then talking about this same advocate, 00:05:08.180 --> 00:05:09.780 again down in verse 26, 00:05:09.779 --> 00:05:12.919 he refers to this Spirit of Truth 00:05:12.919 --> 00:05:14.239 as the Holy Spirit, 00:05:14.579 --> 00:05:15.199 the advocate, 00:05:15.359 --> 00:05:16.459 the Holy Spirit, 00:05:16.719 --> 00:05:18.719 whom the Father will send in my name, 00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:19.919 will teach you all things. 00:05:21.339 --> 00:05:24.139 Now this probably sounded strange and mysterious 00:05:24.139 --> 00:05:27.279 even to the disciples that night. 00:05:28.099 --> 00:05:29.439 And yet it's not something 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:30.959 that they'd never heard about before. 00:05:32.619 --> 00:05:35.079 If you're familiar with the Old Testament, 00:05:35.559 --> 00:05:36.979 all of those Hebrew scriptures 00:05:36.979 --> 00:05:38.819 in the first part of the Bible, 00:05:38.819 --> 00:05:41.099 the Spirit of God is mentioned 00:05:41.099 --> 00:05:42.300 all throughout them. 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:44.839 He's referred to, 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:45.719 he's described. 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:49.079 We'll look at several of those passages quickly. 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:52.819 God's Spirit was there at the beginning 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:54.459 when the world was created. 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.100 When the earth was still formless and empty, 00:05:58.500 --> 00:06:00.180 it says that the Spirit of God 00:06:00.180 --> 00:06:01.759 was hovering over the waters. 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:05.060 Then in the days of the flood, 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:06.199 just before it, 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:07.599 the Lord said, 00:06:07.719 --> 00:06:11.740 My Spirit will not contend with man forever. 00:06:12.339 --> 00:06:14.860 There was great wickedness on the earth in those days. 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:17.839 Then we fast forward all the way 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:20.099 to the days of Moses at Mount Sinai. 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:22.280 And it was there that God said 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:24.340 that He was going to put His Spirit 00:06:24.340 --> 00:06:25.920 on Bezalel 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:29.900 so that He would have exceptional abilities 00:06:29.900 --> 00:06:31.800 to do artistic design work 00:06:31.800 --> 00:06:32.980 on the Ark of the Covenant 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:34.040 and the tabernacle. 00:06:35.379 --> 00:06:36.680 Around that same time, 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:38.720 Numbers 11 verse 17, 00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:41.180 God told Moses 00:06:41.180 --> 00:06:42.860 that He would take some of the Spirit 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:44.160 that He had given to Moses 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:46.020 and put it on the leaders, 00:06:46.180 --> 00:06:47.300 the elders of Israel. 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:49.620 And just a few verses down 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:50.639 in that same passage, 00:06:50.780 --> 00:06:51.360 verse 25, 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:52.520 we read that the Spirit 00:06:52.520 --> 00:06:54.500 came to rest on these elders 00:06:54.500 --> 00:06:56.360 and they began to prophesy. 00:06:56.860 --> 00:06:59.079 They began to speak on God's behalf. 00:07:00.340 --> 00:07:01.660 Then we could fast forward 00:07:01.660 --> 00:07:03.860 to the period of the judges, 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.259 the leaders of Israel, 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:08.360 after they had come into the promised land 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.360 but before they got their first human king. 00:07:11.879 --> 00:07:13.340 And we read again and again 00:07:13.340 --> 00:07:14.480 through the book of Judges 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:16.879 that the Spirit of the Lord 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:18.139 or the Spirit of Yahweh 00:07:18.139 --> 00:07:19.639 came upon these men 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:21.540 and even women powerfully. 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.399 And because of that, 00:07:24.459 --> 00:07:26.459 they did great and wonderful things 00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:27.620 to save Israel, 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:29.480 to deliver the nation 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:30.939 through difficult times. 00:07:32.019 --> 00:07:33.240 One of the most famous 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:34.459 of those judges 00:07:34.459 --> 00:07:35.639 is of course Samson. 00:07:37.339 --> 00:07:40.060 Samson received superhuman strength 00:07:40.060 --> 00:07:42.139 from the Spirit of God 00:07:42.139 --> 00:07:44.199 and did some pretty awesome things with it, 00:07:44.300 --> 00:07:45.779 fighting off, it seems, 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:48.339 an entire army single-handedly, 00:07:48.539 --> 00:07:49.579 ripping a lion apart 00:07:49.579 --> 00:07:50.779 with his bare hands 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:52.199 and other things. 00:07:54.119 --> 00:07:55.219 Then we fast forward 00:07:55.219 --> 00:07:56.359 even further than that 00:07:56.359 --> 00:07:57.679 to the days of Nehemiah. 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.559 And he and the people 00:08:00.559 --> 00:08:02.479 back in his day, 00:08:02.579 --> 00:08:04.119 they reflected on all the stuff 00:08:04.119 --> 00:08:05.099 that God had been doing 00:08:05.099 --> 00:08:06.539 in the history of Israel. 00:08:07.179 --> 00:08:08.079 And this is what they said. 00:08:08.159 --> 00:08:08.419 They said, 00:08:08.420 --> 00:08:09.580 the Spirit of the Lord 00:08:09.580 --> 00:08:11.900 will come powerfully upon you. 00:08:12.800 --> 00:08:13.980 Oh, that's not... 00:08:13.980 --> 00:08:14.220 Sorry. 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:15.560 I'm jumping ahead. 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:17.199 I'm getting ahead of myself here. 00:08:17.640 --> 00:08:18.759 Before Nehemiah 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:20.980 came the period of the kings. 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:24.460 And God said there, 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:25.600 the Spirit of the Lord 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.100 will come powerfully upon you, 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:28.100 referring to Saul, 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.000 the first human king of Israel. 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:31.040 And you will prophesy. 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:31.900 You'll be changed 00:08:31.900 --> 00:08:33.019 into a different person. 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:35.779 And then we read later 00:08:35.779 --> 00:08:37.399 that the Spirit of the Lord 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:38.860 left from Saul 00:08:38.860 --> 00:08:41.039 and an evil spirit 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:42.840 tormented him. 00:08:43.899 --> 00:08:45.039 Then after that, 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:46.460 we read about how 00:08:46.460 --> 00:08:48.199 the Spirit of the Lord 00:08:48.199 --> 00:08:49.559 came powerfully upon David, 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:51.579 God's chosen king for Israel. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.019 Then we get to Nehemiah. 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:55.340 Fast forward all the way 00:08:55.340 --> 00:08:56.039 to Nehemiah. 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:57.699 And he reflected back 00:08:57.699 --> 00:08:59.279 and they acknowledged 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.000 that it was God's Spirit 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:04.080 that was warning the people 00:09:04.080 --> 00:09:05.120 all those years 00:09:05.120 --> 00:09:06.220 as the prophets spoke. 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:07.379 It was God's Spirit 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:08.460 who was enabling them 00:09:08.460 --> 00:09:09.840 to speak God's words 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:10.960 to the people 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:12.379 and warning them, 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:14.220 calling them to turn back 00:09:14.220 --> 00:09:14.820 to the Lord. 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:17.860 Then we come to the poetry 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:18.559 of the Bible, 00:09:18.700 --> 00:09:19.379 the Psalms, 00:09:19.919 --> 00:09:20.419 the prayers, 00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:21.320 and the songs. 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:23.440 And the Spirit of God 00:09:23.440 --> 00:09:25.179 is mentioned many times there. 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:27.940 This is one of David's prayers 00:09:27.940 --> 00:09:28.720 where he prays 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:29.600 and admits to God 00:09:29.600 --> 00:09:30.960 that there's nowhere 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:32.259 that he can hide from him 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:34.879 because God's Spirit, 00:09:35.280 --> 00:09:36.639 his presence, 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:37.740 knows no boundaries 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:38.480 or limits. 00:09:39.700 --> 00:09:40.920 He can go everywhere. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:42.379 In fact, 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:44.680 he is everywhere 00:09:44.680 --> 00:09:45.500 all at once 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:46.340 by his Spirit. 00:09:47.240 --> 00:09:48.220 As God said 00:09:48.220 --> 00:09:49.280 through the prophet Jeremiah, 00:09:49.280 --> 00:09:50.680 do I not fill heaven 00:09:50.680 --> 00:09:51.120 and earth? 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:53.259 declares the Lord. 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:55.740 Jeremiah 23, verse 24. 00:09:55.740 --> 00:09:58.240 And then as we come 00:09:58.240 --> 00:09:59.200 to the last words 00:09:59.200 --> 00:09:59.820 of the prophets 00:09:59.820 --> 00:10:01.159 before Jesus came, 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:03.000 there are quite a few prophecies 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:03.659 and promises 00:10:03.659 --> 00:10:04.480 that were made 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:05.720 about the Spirit of God. 00:10:06.259 --> 00:10:07.159 Like this one 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:09.000 in Isaiah chapter 11, 00:10:09.139 --> 00:10:10.000 verse 1 and 2. 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:11.539 That there would be 00:10:11.539 --> 00:10:12.639 a special son, 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:14.039 a descendant of Jesse, 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:15.580 who would have 00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:17.060 the Spirit of Yahweh 00:10:17.060 --> 00:10:18.060 rest on him. 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:19.879 And again, 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:21.320 in Isaiah chapter 42, 00:10:21.460 --> 00:10:22.000 verse 1, 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:23.519 there would be 00:10:23.519 --> 00:10:24.399 a special servant 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.000 of God, 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:26.860 a chosen one. 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:27.620 And God would put 00:10:27.620 --> 00:10:28.759 His Spirit on him 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:30.600 and He would bring 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:31.820 justice to the nations. 00:10:33.179 --> 00:10:34.200 These promises 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:36.299 began to be fulfilled 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:37.539 in Jesus. 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.320 It was John the baptizer 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.679 who testified. 00:10:41.940 --> 00:10:42.379 He said, 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:45.679 I saw the Spirit of God 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.000 coming down upon Jesus 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:50.700 at Jesus' baptism. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.000 And then finally, 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:53.659 there were several 00:10:53.659 --> 00:10:55.059 wonderful promises made 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:56.259 through the prophets 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:57.899 that someday God 00:10:57.899 --> 00:10:58.940 would pour out His Spirit 00:10:58.940 --> 00:11:00.379 on all of His people. 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:02.679 Perhaps one of the most famous 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:04.019 is Joel chapter 2, 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:04.960 verse 28. 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:06.360 And afterward, 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:07.620 I will pour out 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:09.039 My Spirit on all people. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:11.100 Your sons and daughters 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:11.899 will prophesy, 00:11:12.080 --> 00:11:12.659 your old men 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:13.639 will dream dreams, 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.980 your young men 00:11:14.980 --> 00:11:16.179 will see visions. 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:19.379 So all of this 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:20.240 is there 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:21.299 as kind of a foundation 00:11:21.299 --> 00:11:22.740 to what Jesus is saying. 00:11:22.939 --> 00:11:24.759 This is the same Spirit of God 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.319 that Jesus is referring to. 00:11:26.959 --> 00:11:28.279 The Holy Spirit, 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:30.740 just like David and Isaiah 00:11:30.740 --> 00:11:31.679 referred to Him, 00:11:32.079 --> 00:11:33.500 the one who came 00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:35.219 and brought all sorts 00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:36.279 of wonderful things 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:37.079 to pass 00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:38.559 all the way 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:39.299 from the creation 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:39.939 of the world 00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:42.979 onto the present day. 00:11:43.359 --> 00:11:44.500 This is who Jesus 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.379 is talking about 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:46.000 when He refers 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:47.359 to this other advocate, 00:11:48.179 --> 00:11:49.159 the Spirit of truth. 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.819 It's the very Spirit 00:11:50.819 --> 00:11:52.259 of God Himself. 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:55.000 Not a new Spirit, 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:56.000 not a different Spirit, 00:11:56.199 --> 00:11:57.480 but the same Holy Spirit 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:57.919 of God 00:11:57.919 --> 00:11:58.939 who has been there 00:11:58.939 --> 00:12:00.480 moving mysteriously 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:01.799 through the ages. 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:03.419 And now, 00:12:03.500 --> 00:12:04.500 what does Jesus say 00:12:04.500 --> 00:12:06.399 about this Holy Spirit 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:07.120 now? 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:09.039 He says, 00:12:09.199 --> 00:12:10.339 I will ask the Father 00:12:10.339 --> 00:12:12.419 and He will give you 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:13.199 another advocate 00:12:13.199 --> 00:12:14.079 to help you 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:15.360 and be with you forever, 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:17.779 the Spirit of truth. 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:21.299 The world cannot accept Him 00:12:21.299 --> 00:12:22.759 because it neither sees Him 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:23.620 nor knows Him, 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:25.480 but you know Him, 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:27.939 for He lives with you 00:12:27.939 --> 00:12:29.720 and will be in you. 00:12:30.699 --> 00:12:31.600 Jesus promises 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:32.500 that the disciples 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:34.259 will not be left alone. 00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:35.319 They won't be abandoned. 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:36.240 No. 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:38.799 Jesus will ask the Father, 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:40.339 that's God the Father, 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:42.179 and God the Father 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:42.959 will give them 00:12:42.959 --> 00:12:44.539 the Spirit of truth. 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:46.779 And this is just 00:12:46.779 --> 00:12:48.219 one of those fascinating things 00:12:48.219 --> 00:12:49.159 that Jesus said. 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:52.379 In these two verses alone, 00:12:52.599 --> 00:12:54.579 we see what we call 00:12:54.579 --> 00:12:57.399 the triune nature of God. 00:12:58.079 --> 00:12:59.099 There's Jesus, 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:00.259 the man that's sitting 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:01.159 in the room with Him, 00:13:02.039 --> 00:13:03.500 who we've talked about already 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:05.219 is the divine Son of God, 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.139 the one who claims 00:13:07.139 --> 00:13:08.419 to be one with the Father. 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:10.120 And He, 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:10.919 when He leaves, 00:13:10.979 --> 00:13:11.959 He's going to ask 00:13:11.959 --> 00:13:12.779 the Father, 00:13:13.839 --> 00:13:14.919 that's God the Father, 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:17.079 and God is going 00:13:17.079 --> 00:13:18.120 to send His Spirit, 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:19.500 who is also God. 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:21.120 It's God's own Spirit. 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.879 All three of them 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.240 are here 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.399 in just these two verses. 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:26.199 Jesus talks about 00:13:26.199 --> 00:13:26.819 His Father 00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:29.759 and the Spirit 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:31.439 as if they're 00:13:31.439 --> 00:13:32.500 distinct persons. 00:13:34.099 --> 00:13:34.839 And yet, 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:35.879 He also speaks 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:36.439 as though there's 00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:37.659 this mysterious unity 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:38.399 between them. 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:39.419 I and the Father 00:13:39.419 --> 00:13:40.219 are one, 00:13:40.719 --> 00:13:41.379 said Jesus. 00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:42.939 If you're new 00:13:42.939 --> 00:13:43.679 to Christianity 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:45.199 or to the Bible, 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:47.839 this does sound weird. 00:13:49.019 --> 00:13:49.879 There's a reason 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:50.879 we believe these things, 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:51.079 though. 00:13:51.139 --> 00:13:52.100 It's because this is 00:13:52.100 --> 00:13:53.699 how God has described Himself. 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:55.179 These are the words 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:55.980 that He has chosen. 00:13:56.579 --> 00:13:57.539 This is how Jesus 00:13:57.539 --> 00:13:58.740 describes God 00:13:58.740 --> 00:14:00.419 and the Spirit. 00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:01.959 In some way, 00:14:02.019 --> 00:14:02.480 that's beyond 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:03.220 our understanding. 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:04.720 There's a different 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.720 kind of being 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:06.779 than us. 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:08.919 We have some similarities 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:09.819 to our Creator, 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:11.360 but there are 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:12.279 some major differences. 00:14:13.679 --> 00:14:14.759 We are all, 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:16.319 each one of us, 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.699 just one person. 00:14:18.839 --> 00:14:19.879 But God, 00:14:20.079 --> 00:14:21.159 according to His own 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:22.100 Word, 00:14:22.779 --> 00:14:23.059 is 00:14:23.059 --> 00:14:24.480 tri-personal. 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:26.679 His fullness 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.620 is somehow shared 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.639 by three persons, 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:29.240 Father, 00:14:30.039 --> 00:14:30.379 Son, 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:31.720 and Spirit. 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:33.440 I mean, 00:14:33.500 --> 00:14:34.399 how else could Jesus 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:36.200 ask the Father 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.200 to give the Spirit 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:39.600 unless He's somehow 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.680 a distinct person 00:14:40.680 --> 00:14:41.480 from the Father? 00:14:42.540 --> 00:14:43.779 How else could the Father 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.759 give the Spirit 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.399 and the Spirit 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.540 come from the Father 00:14:46.540 --> 00:14:47.820 unless the Spirit 00:14:47.820 --> 00:14:48.500 is somehow 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.300 distinct 00:14:49.300 --> 00:14:50.759 from Jesus 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.960 and the Father? 00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.879 So it is kind of 00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.700 a wild thing 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.840 that Jesus says here. 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.960 Not only is there 00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:58.340 Father, 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:58.759 Son, 00:14:58.759 --> 00:14:59.620 and Spirit, 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.720 but Jesus describes 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.879 some of how they relate 00:15:02.879 --> 00:15:03.700 to one another. 00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:06.319 Jesus asks the Father. 00:15:07.679 --> 00:15:09.240 He talks to the Father. 00:15:10.679 --> 00:15:12.419 The Spirit is given 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:13.299 by the Father 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:14.139 or sent 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:15.399 by the Father. 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:17.740 It's not Jesus Himself 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.519 being sent back 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:19.240 to the disciples. 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.500 This is somehow 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.840 another advocate, 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:23.720 another person. 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:26.300 It's no wonder 00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:27.379 we get all jumbled up 00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:28.160 and perplexed 00:15:28.160 --> 00:15:29.000 when we start thinking 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:30.420 about the Spirit. 00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:32.440 I mean, 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:32.860 Jesus, 00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:34.440 we can relate to. 00:15:35.560 --> 00:15:36.680 He's visible. 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:38.040 He's touchable. 00:15:38.160 --> 00:15:38.820 He's tangible. 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.840 He's human. 00:15:39.940 --> 00:15:40.779 He has all the stuff 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.379 of humanity 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.200 like we do. 00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:44.660 He's like us. 00:15:45.740 --> 00:15:46.740 But the Spirit, 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:47.820 I mean, 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.420 that's just something 00:15:48.420 --> 00:15:49.600 that we can't relate to. 00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:50.680 It's outside 00:15:50.680 --> 00:15:51.620 of our experience. 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:54.220 A Spirit, 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:55.139 by definition, 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:55.639 is, 00:15:56.279 --> 00:15:57.039 for the most part, 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:57.639 a being 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.740 without a body. 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.639 And we read 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.100 in the Bible 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:02.779 that there are 00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:03.899 created spirits 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.700 like the angels. 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.560 We read 00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:07.139 that there are 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:08.080 evil spirits 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:09.799 who are fallen angels. 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:11.320 We read 00:16:11.320 --> 00:16:11.740 that there is 00:16:11.740 --> 00:16:12.980 the spirit of man 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:13.639 which refers 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.200 to that inward 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:15.899 part of us 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.919 that's immaterial. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:19.460 But then there is 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.799 the Holy Spirit 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.919 God's own spirit, 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.459 the spirit 00:16:24.459 --> 00:16:25.359 who is unlike 00:16:25.359 --> 00:16:26.199 any other. 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.819 And Jesus 00:16:28.819 --> 00:16:29.579 tells them 00:16:29.579 --> 00:16:30.539 that this 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.719 spirit of God, 00:16:32.099 --> 00:16:33.199 the Holy Spirit, 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.259 is going to come 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:34.779 to them. 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:36.859 He's going to be 00:16:36.859 --> 00:16:37.679 given to them. 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:39.719 And Jesus 00:16:39.719 --> 00:16:40.579 tells us a couple 00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.279 helpful things 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:41.859 about how 00:16:41.859 --> 00:16:42.579 he will come. 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:45.959 Imagine for a moment 00:16:45.959 --> 00:16:46.579 that you're there 00:16:46.579 --> 00:16:47.099 in the room 00:16:47.099 --> 00:16:48.659 among Jesus' 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.279 disciples, 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:49.379 disciples, 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.220 and Jesus 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.740 is saying 00:16:50.740 --> 00:16:51.339 this to you 00:16:51.339 --> 00:16:51.659 and you're 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:52.019 listening 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:52.379 and you're 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:52.759 wondering, 00:16:53.199 --> 00:16:54.419 like how 00:16:54.419 --> 00:16:55.159 will he come? 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.240 What should I 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:56.799 expect? 00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:58.559 Is it going to 00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.439 feel all tingly 00:16:59.439 --> 00:17:00.019 inside? 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.860 Or will I 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.919 start prophesying? 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:04.899 Or will I get 00:17:04.899 --> 00:17:06.059 superhuman strength 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:06.839 like Samson? 00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:09.920 What's this 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.639 going to be like? 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.339 Jesus helps 00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:14.000 them a little bit 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.500 with this. 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.440 He tells them 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.019 a little of the 00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.420 how. 00:17:16.420 --> 00:17:21.400 First of all, 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.160 Jesus says that 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:22.779 the Spirit of 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.380 Truth will be 00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:23.920 with them 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:25.400 and will be 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:26.060 in them. 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:28.460 So there's a 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.200 real sense in 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.680 which they will 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.440 not be left 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:31.920 alone by Jesus 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.980 because the 00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:33.640 Spirit of God 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:34.200 will come 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:35.080 and he will 00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:36.420 be with them. 00:17:38.300 --> 00:17:38.700 And, 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.720 you know, 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.279 it's not as 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.660 though the 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.240 Spirit of God 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.680 is just going 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.039 to kind of 00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.100 hover around 00:17:43.100 --> 00:17:43.539 near their 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:43.880 shoulder 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:44.500 wherever they 00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:44.820 go. 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:46.299 No, 00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.059 it's better 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.460 than that. 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.939 It's deeper 00:17:47.939 --> 00:17:48.339 than that. 00:17:48.439 --> 00:17:49.079 Jesus says 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.079 he will be 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:50.839 in you, 00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:53.240 like inside 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:53.619 you. 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.119 The Spirit 00:17:55.119 --> 00:17:55.579 of God 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.279 himself will 00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:57.039 be inside 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.460 of you. 00:17:59.639 --> 00:18:00.299 This might 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.639 bring to 00:18:00.639 --> 00:18:01.059 mind some 00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.359 of those 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:01.960 stories from 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.299 the Old 00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.980 Testament where 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.700 God's Spirit 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.359 came upon 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:04.960 men like 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:06.319 Moses or 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.460 David or 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.019 Samson. 00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.720 This is going 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.220 to be the 00:18:10.220 --> 00:18:11.039 new internal 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:12.539 reality for 00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.159 the disciples. 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.300 disciples. 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.580 But then 00:18:15.580 --> 00:18:15.960 as soon as 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.320 we think 00:18:16.320 --> 00:18:17.060 about God's 00:18:17.060 --> 00:18:17.720 Spirit coming 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:18.160 to live 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:19.040 in us, 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:20.660 maybe we 00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.120 can't help 00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.480 but think 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.519 about Saul, 00:18:23.320 --> 00:18:23.840 that first 00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.180 king of 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:24.560 Israel, 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:26.140 the man 00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:26.600 who had 00:18:26.600 --> 00:18:27.120 the Spirit 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:28.680 but then 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.580 lost the 00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:29.900 Spirit. 00:18:31.060 --> 00:18:31.779 The Spirit 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:32.100 of God 00:18:32.100 --> 00:18:32.540 left him 00:18:32.540 --> 00:18:32.779 when he 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.240 started to 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:33.640 turn away 00:18:33.640 --> 00:18:34.000 from the 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.400 Lord and 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:34.840 disobey 00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:35.160 him. 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.640 But it's 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:38.040 here that we 00:18:38.040 --> 00:18:38.600 see something 00:18:38.600 --> 00:18:39.440 very special 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.120 and unique 00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.480 in what 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.240 Jesus says. 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.420 this isn't 00:18:42.420 --> 00:18:42.799 going to be 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.180 like the 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.620 days of 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.019 the Old 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.480 Testament 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.940 where God's 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:47.200 Spirit came 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.079 and went. 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.819 When the 00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.279 Spirit of 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.859 Truth comes 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.299 to you, 00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.099 he will be 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.940 with you 00:18:52.940 --> 00:18:54.720 forever, 00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:56.099 says Jesus. 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.079 Forever. 00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.779 We're talking 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.420 about something 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:01.519 new and 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:02.599 wonderful that 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:03.200 God is doing 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.539 here. 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.160 God's going 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.819 to give his 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.500 own Spirit 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.200 to these men 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.740 and that 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.420 Spirit will 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:08.859 take up 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.259 permanent 00:19:09.259 --> 00:19:10.299 residence inside 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.659 of them. 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:12.579 This is 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.460 wonderful news. 00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.859 But still 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.440 we're probably 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:16.940 wondering, 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.359 well, what 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.919 will this be 00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.180 like? 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.480 What will 00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.379 this feel 00:19:19.379 --> 00:19:19.759 like to 00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.240 have God 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.579 himself living 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.200 in me? 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.419 God's own 00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:23.859 Spirit. 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.019 Well, Jesus 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.859 tells us a 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.220 little bit 00:19:28.220 --> 00:19:29.740 more, but 00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:31.039 not from our 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.859 perspective what 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.319 it will look 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:33.279 like, but what 00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.720 it will look 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.259 like from the 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.740 world's 00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.259 perspective. 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.159 Verse 17, 00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.659 he says, 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.200 the world 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:39.159 cannot accept 00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.720 him, that's 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.160 the Spirit 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.799 of truth, 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:42.420 because it 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.240 neither sees 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:44.660 him nor 00:19:44.660 --> 00:19:45.880 knows him, but 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.819 you know him, 00:19:47.400 --> 00:19:48.240 for he lives 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.660 with you and 00:19:49.660 --> 00:19:50.180 will be in 00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.440 you. 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.039 I find this 00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.620 so helpful. 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.339 Jesus says 00:19:54.339 --> 00:19:55.019 that the world 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.559 does not see 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:58.120 the Spirit. 00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.180 The Spirit. 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.460 So the Spirit 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.039 of God will 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.519 come upon 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.140 these men, 00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:07.779 but from the 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.200 world's 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.740 perspective, 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.380 the people 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.900 of the world, 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.920 they won't 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.460 see the 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.900 Spirit of 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.180 God. 00:20:13.580 --> 00:20:14.200 He'll be 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:14.819 invisible to 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:15.080 them. 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:17.440 It's not 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.480 like the 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.160 disciples will 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.759 have a new 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:20.440 and permanent 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.620 glow on all 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.240 their skin 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.140 that's showing 00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.940 that the Spirit 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.600 lives in them, 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.420 or that their 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.880 eyes will 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.640 suddenly shine 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.080 like little 00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:27.819 flashlights 00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.440 because the 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:28.900 Spirit has 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.299 taken up 00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:30.019 residence in 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.240 them. 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.279 It's not 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.000 like their 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.620 bodies will 00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.259 somehow weigh 00:20:33.259 --> 00:20:34.039 15 pounds 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.980 more than 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.580 they look like 00:20:35.580 --> 00:20:35.960 they should 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.539 because the 00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.039 Spirit is 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:37.519 in them. 00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:39.720 I mean, 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:39.960 a little 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:40.319 later in 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:40.779 the story, 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.400 the disciples 00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:42.140 will see 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.660 the Spirit 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.319 come down 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.120 at Pentecost 00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:45.180 upon them 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.600 in the 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.259 upper room, 00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.480 but the 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.660 world isn't 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:48.960 there. 00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.259 The world 00:20:50.259 --> 00:20:50.819 doesn't see 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.319 it happen. 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.299 And there 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.759 were some 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.460 real and 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.319 tangible effects 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.940 of the Spirit 00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:57.120 on the day 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:57.840 of Pentecost. 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.779 The disciples 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.860 began speaking 00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.200 in other 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:01.059 languages and 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:01.900 preaching the 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.480 good news of 00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.779 Jesus, 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.579 and later on 00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.019 went on to 00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.940 do signs and 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.620 miracles and 00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.019 wonders. 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.039 But what did 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.460 the world 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:08.799 see? 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.120 They saw 00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.820 ordinary men 00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.279 come out of 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.779 the house. 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.779 To some, 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:16.220 they were just 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.680 a bunch of 00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.180 loony bins 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.680 who had had 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.240 too much to 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:18.559 drink. 00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.660 To others, 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.380 oh, 00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.080 there's those 00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.460 men of 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.420 Galilee spreading 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.320 the cult of 00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:26.100 Jesus. 00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:28.840 To still 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.200 others, 00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:29.840 yeah, 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.340 those guys 00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.759 are a bunch 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.420 of professional 00:21:31.420 --> 00:21:32.180 swindlers 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.360 peddling a 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.700 bunch of 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.100 lies, 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.679 or street 00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.219 performers, 00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.079 magicians, 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:39.019 that Jesus 00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.839 was executed 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.899 a month ago. 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:41.980 Why should 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.439 we believe 00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:42.639 them? 00:21:44.219 --> 00:21:44.740 Well, 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.199 this verse 00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:45.740 helps me 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.500 understand it. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.099 The world 00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.939 cannot accept 00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:50.299 him because 00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.799 it neither 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.619 sees him 00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.939 nor knows 00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:53.199 him. 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.879 There's a 00:21:54.879 --> 00:21:55.419 very real 00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.899 sense in 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.339 which something 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.699 will be 00:21:56.699 --> 00:21:57.379 different about 00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.079 the disciples 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:59.559 and the 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.399 world around 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.259 them will 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.119 not understand 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.519 it. 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:04.819 Jesus 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:05.279 says they 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.500 won't 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.920 understand 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.400 it because 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.960 they can't 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.539 see him. 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.480 He'll be 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.980 invisible, 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.240 undetectable. 00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.200 They won't 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:13.980 understand it 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.859 because they 00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.539 don't know 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:15.900 him. 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.200 And this 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.700 is a sad 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.039 thing, 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:23.099 but in 00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:23.639 another sense 00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:24.160 I find this 00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:24.920 comforting because 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.799 it tells me 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.819 that it's 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:28.200 okay for 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.839 the world to 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.339 look at us 00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:29.740 and think 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.079 that we're 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:31.920 weird when 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.359 we talk 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.839 about the 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.519 Holy Spirit 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:34.019 of God 00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.620 living in 00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:34.980 us. 00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.240 The reality 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.920 is that the 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:41.620 disciples and 00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.339 all true 00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:42.859 believers, 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.480 we will 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.660 know that 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:46.240 we have a 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.140 relationship with 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.539 the living 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:47.980 God. 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:48.799 We will 00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:49.319 know that 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.099 he lives 00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:50.880 in us, 00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.680 that his 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.200 spirit is 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.140 there with 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.539 us, 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:55.579 and the 00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:55.940 world will 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.420 have a hard 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.900 time with 00:22:56.900 --> 00:22:57.240 this, 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.059 says Jesus, 00:22:58.500 --> 00:23:00.019 because they 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.599 can't see 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.799 him, 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.420 and they 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.960 don't know 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.220 him. 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.660 You could 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.000 take a 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.460 Christian's 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:05.799 body, 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.620 you could 00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.000 run all 00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.779 the scientific 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.440 and medical 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.980 tests you 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.500 want on it, 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.720 and the 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.160 results will 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.500 come back 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:10.819 the same 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.460 every time 00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.380 as if we 00:23:12.380 --> 00:23:12.680 were any 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.140 other human 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.559 being in 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.000 the world. 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.960 The spirit 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.400 of God 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.960 in us 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.859 cannot be 00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.799 seen or 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.579 detected like 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:18.960 that. 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.279 He's 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.720 invisible. 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.120 He's 00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.700 spirit. 00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.960 He's not 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:25.019 flesh or 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.660 bone or 00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.519 material. 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:29.120 how he 00:23:29.120 --> 00:23:29.920 interacts with 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.660 us inside 00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.000 here. 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.759 It's beyond 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.019 what science 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:34.720 or psychology 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.900 can tell. 00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.200 But Jesus 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.900 assures us 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.440 the spirit 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.920 of truth 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.259 will be 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.920 with you 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.259 and he 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.680 will be 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.660 in you. 00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:45.200 It'll be a 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.059 spiritual reality 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.680 that's just 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.460 unseen, 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.759 unappreciated, 00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.859 unaccepted 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.460 by the 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.779 world. 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:56.700 well let's 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.099 come back 00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.579 for a moment 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.960 to this 00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:58.379 description 00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.759 of the 00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.079 spirit. 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.619 Another 00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.259 advocate 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.240 says 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.680 Jesus. 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.200 I will 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.599 ask the 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.200 father and 00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.519 he will 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.039 give you 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:06.819 another 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.879 advocate 00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:09.299 that he 00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.579 may be 00:24:09.579 --> 00:24:09.960 with you 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.240 forever. 00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:10.660 This is 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.079 another one 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.339 of those 00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.740 places 00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.200 where there's 00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.680 debate 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.480 about how 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.079 to properly 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.759 translate 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.500 the word 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.759 from the 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:16.980 Greek 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.379 language 00:24:17.379 --> 00:24:17.779 that the 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:17.940 New 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.279 Testament 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.559 was 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:18.799 written 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.079 in. 00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:20.559 So depending 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:20.859 on the 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.199 translation 00:24:21.199 --> 00:24:21.699 that you 00:24:21.699 --> 00:24:22.139 have in 00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.519 front of 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:22.740 you, 00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.720 it might 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.299 say something 00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:25.779 different. 00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.079 It's either 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.740 advocate 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:29.079 or 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:30.439 comforter 00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:32.119 or 00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:33.619 counselor 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:35.279 or 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.579 helper. 00:24:38.439 --> 00:24:39.079 There's even 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.379 a couple 00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.220 translators out 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.519 there who 00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.980 look at this 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.319 word and 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.460 say, 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:41.859 well there's 00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.199 just no 00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:42.439 English 00:24:42.439 --> 00:24:42.839 equivalent 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:43.319 to it. 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:45.159 So let's 00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:46.019 just transliterate 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.599 it directly 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.220 from Greek 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:48.019 right into 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.339 English, 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:48.819 just like 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.099 we did 00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.279 with 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.779 baptism. 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.619 I will 00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:51.959 ask the 00:24:51.959 --> 00:24:52.359 Father and 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.579 he will 00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:52.839 give you 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.119 another 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:53.899 paraclete. 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.500 Well when I 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:56.899 look at that 00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.299 I kind of 00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:58.119 laugh because 00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:59.099 paraclete just 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.559 doesn't mean 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.099 anything to 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.619 any of us, 00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.000 does it? 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.159 So why all 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:03.599 the different 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:04.199 translations 00:25:04.199 --> 00:25:04.659 here? 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.579 Apparently 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:08.379 in Greek 00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.799 literature 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.579 outside the 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.139 Bible this 00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:11.220 word was 00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.679 used to 00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.299 refer to a 00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.980 legal assistant 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.519 or legal 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.199 advocate. 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:17.059 So some 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.399 go with 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:17.980 advocate. 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:20.539 others are 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.079 just not so 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.559 sure that 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.099 Jesus is 00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.619 really picking 00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.240 up on that 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.639 specific legal 00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.779 usage of 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.299 the word and 00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:26.799 so they look 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.279 more at the 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.240 verb form of 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.679 this word which 00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.419 kind of means to 00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.199 call alongside, 00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.439 to encourage, 00:25:32.859 --> 00:25:33.779 to exhort. 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:35.579 And so 00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:37.279 some translations 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.859 go with 00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.419 counselor, 00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.699 comforter, 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:40.619 helper, 00:25:41.179 --> 00:25:42.639 all of which 00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.379 relate to that 00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:43.779 idea. 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:46.039 the problem 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.539 with all of 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.240 these words is 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.599 that they 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.799 carry baggage 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:50.299 for us today 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:51.819 in English. 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.500 As Don 00:25:53.500 --> 00:25:54.319 Carson says, 00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.799 the first thing 00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.319 that comes to 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.859 mind when we 00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.819 hear comforter 00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:59.220 is a quilt 00:25:59.220 --> 00:26:01.339 or maybe 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:02.039 somebody who's 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.579 handing out 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.460 Kleenex boxes 00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.200 at a funeral. 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.279 Helper, 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:09.200 that's pretty 00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.559 good, 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.819 but for some 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.220 reason in 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.799 English when we 00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.460 hear helper we 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.139 often think of 00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.839 someone who's 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.619 inferior. 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.339 Somebody who's 00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.839 kind of there 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.579 but not really 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.200 in charge, 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:19.700 not really 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.759 just kind of 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:22.279 doing what we 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.139 need a little 00:26:23.139 --> 00:26:23.659 bit of help 00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:23.980 with. 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.299 Counselor 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.039 seems to have 00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.720 a lot of 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.899 merit to it 00:26:29.899 --> 00:26:31.259 but probably 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.740 we shouldn't 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.220 think of the 00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.839 Holy Spirit 00:26:32.839 --> 00:26:33.460 as like 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:35.119 the school 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.539 guidance 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.079 counselor 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:37.220 or a 00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.539 marriage 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.079 counselor. 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.940 And even 00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.419 though some 00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:42.039 think that 00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:42.839 the legal 00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.700 overtones of 00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.319 advocate 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.940 hit it just 00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.299 right, 00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.539 that word 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.200 advocate just 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.139 kind of leaves 00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.740 us feeling 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:52.960 cold or 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.259 like we're 00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.740 in trouble. 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.500 He's more 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.059 than just a 00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.919 legal consultant 00:26:56.919 --> 00:26:58.700 or a defense 00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.539 attorney that's 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.099 giving us 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.720 advice about 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.299 how to answer 00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:01.879 the charges 00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.419 being laid 00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.139 against us. 00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.720 So this is 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.200 my way to 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.000 understand this 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.299 word. 00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.379 Hopefully this 00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.000 is helpful to 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.220 you. 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.019 I simply 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.559 like to take 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:11.879 the word 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.299 right out 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.619 and just 00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.119 read the 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.740 context 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:15.119 to see 00:27:15.119 --> 00:27:15.679 what is 00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.379 he getting 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.720 at? 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.500 I will 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.039 ask the 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.419 father 00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.480 and he 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:19.919 will give 00:27:19.919 --> 00:27:20.579 you another 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.399 blank 00:27:21.399 --> 00:27:23.419 that he 00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:23.759 may be 00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.319 with you 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.019 forever. 00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.559 At the 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.019 bottom of 00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.419 all this 00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:28.720 what has 00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.240 Jesus been 00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.819 telling them? 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.579 He's been 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.079 telling them 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.599 that he 00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:33.740 is leaving 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.779 them but 00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.220 now he's 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.960 assuring them 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.399 that they 00:27:36.399 --> 00:27:36.919 will not 00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:38.139 be abandoned. 00:27:38.140 --> 00:27:38.640 They 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:38.920 will not 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.280 be left 00:27:39.280 --> 00:27:40.000 all alone. 00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.300 Part of 00:27:41.300 --> 00:27:41.920 that assurance 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.440 comes in 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.960 verse 18 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.440 when Jesus 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.040 says I'm 00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:44.220 going to 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.820 come back. 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.640 But in 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.100 the meantime 00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.640 the other 00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:47.980 part of 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.460 that assurance 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.980 is that 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.080 they will 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.460 not be 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.940 left alone 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.360 while he's 00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:51.759 gone. 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.440 Jesus 00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.020 will ask 00:27:54.020 --> 00:27:54.540 the father 00:27:54.540 --> 00:27:55.259 and the 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.759 father will 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.360 send another 00:27:56.360 --> 00:27:57.100 blank to 00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.480 be with 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.780 them. 00:27:57.779 --> 00:28:01.960 again in 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.819 verse 25 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.740 and 26 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.180 what's the 00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.700 concern? 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:07.079 Jesus 00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:07.680 says all 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.039 this I 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.559 have spoken 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.059 while still 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.559 with you 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.299 but the 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.359 blank the 00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.119 holy spirit 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.579 whom the 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.119 father will 00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.519 send in 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.099 my name 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.039 will teach 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.379 you all 00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.879 things and 00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:16.379 will remind 00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.680 you of 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.379 everything I 00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.779 have said 00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.220 to you. 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:20.000 What's the 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.480 concern? 00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.660 Jesus is 00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.759 leaving and 00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.539 with Jesus 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.859 going also 00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.879 goes all 00:28:27.879 --> 00:28:28.219 of that 00:28:28.219 --> 00:28:28.959 guidance and 00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:29.899 instruction that 00:28:29.899 --> 00:28:30.259 he's been 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.579 giving. 00:28:30.699 --> 00:28:31.139 All of the 00:28:31.139 --> 00:28:31.699 words that 00:28:31.699 --> 00:28:32.099 he's been 00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.699 speaking to 00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.179 them from 00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:33.919 God that 00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.399 help. 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.519 But Jesus 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.319 says you 00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:41.839 will not be 00:28:41.839 --> 00:28:42.339 left without 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.979 that guidance 00:28:42.979 --> 00:28:43.740 and instruction. 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.159 You will not 00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.879 be left without 00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.740 God's word 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:50.179 because the 00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:51.079 blank the 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.899 holy spirit 00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.819 will teach 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.379 you all 00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.679 things and 00:28:54.679 --> 00:28:55.359 remind you of 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.019 everything I 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.619 have said to 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:56.839 you. 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:58.219 So this is 00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:58.919 how I get 00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.279 at the 00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.179 meaning of 00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.679 the word. 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.879 The holy 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.679 spirit is 00:29:02.679 --> 00:29:04.099 another of 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.519 the thing 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.119 that Jesus 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.839 has been 00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:07.099 for his 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.559 disciples. 00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.159 He will 00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.599 do what 00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.479 Jesus did 00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:11.159 for the 00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.719 disciples. 00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.539 Just like 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.279 Jesus taught 00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.879 them and 00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.819 encouraged 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.579 them and 00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.379 warned them 00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.159 and gave 00:29:18.159 --> 00:29:19.019 instruction to 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.799 them and 00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.159 helped them 00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.679 figure out how 00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.299 to think about 00:29:21.299 --> 00:29:22.099 all sorts of 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.639 things. 00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.279 Different 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.059 situations, 00:29:25.679 --> 00:29:26.339 different worries 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.959 in life. 00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.220 In Jesus' 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.179 absence, the 00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.859 spirit of 00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:30.919 truth will 00:29:30.919 --> 00:29:31.339 be with 00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:32.019 them and 00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.379 do the 00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.059 same thing. 00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.439 He will 00:29:33.439 --> 00:29:33.819 be to 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.799 them a 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.339 counselor, 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:36.939 just as 00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:38.099 Jesus has 00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.399 been a 00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.039 counselor to 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.259 them. 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.379 He will 00:29:40.379 --> 00:29:40.679 be to 00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:40.980 them a 00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.439 comforter, 00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:42.359 just as 00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.159 Jesus has 00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.480 been a 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.919 comforter. 00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.459 He will 00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:45.720 be to 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:46.000 them a 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.819 helping guide 00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.959 and a 00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.279 shepherd, 00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:49.619 just like 00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:51.059 Jesus has 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.379 been to 00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.639 them a 00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:52.139 helping guide 00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.599 and shepherd. 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:52.719 word. 00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.759 I mean, 00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.159 this is 00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.699 good news 00:29:55.699 --> 00:29:56.039 for the 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.439 disciples, 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.019 isn't it? 00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.379 Some of 00:29:59.379 --> 00:29:59.779 these men 00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.579 are going 00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:00.939 to sit 00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.459 down and 00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:02.079 write these 00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.119 gospel accounts 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:04.399 out for 00:30:04.399 --> 00:30:04.980 the whole 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.679 world to 00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.079 read for 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.459 the next 00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:07.159 2,000 00:30:07.159 --> 00:30:07.719 years. 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.219 And what 00:30:09.219 --> 00:30:09.500 if they 00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:09.799 can't 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.399 remember how 00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:11.079 Jesus said 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.740 that thing? 00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:12.859 Like, 00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:14.099 what was 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.480 the word 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.980 that Jesus 00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.699 used that 00:30:15.699 --> 00:30:16.319 one time? 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:19.519 the Holy 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:21.179 Spirit will 00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.960 remind you 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.879 of everything 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.460 I have 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.899 said to 00:30:23.899 --> 00:30:24.159 you. 00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:28.799 This is 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.220 wonderful. 00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.879 He will 00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.399 teach you 00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:34.279 all things, 00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.899 says Jesus. 00:30:36.399 --> 00:30:36.799 Everything 00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.319 else that 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:37.839 God wants 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.059 you to 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.279 know, 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.099 don't worry 00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.599 about it. 00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.139 The Holy 00:30:41.139 --> 00:30:41.639 Spirit will 00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.119 be there 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.879 in my 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.359 place, 00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.240 and he 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.659 will teach 00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:44.919 it to 00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:45.159 you. 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.919 This is 00:30:47.919 --> 00:30:48.339 wonderful. 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.259 This is a 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.939 beautiful thing 00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.339 about the 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.939 Holy Spirit. 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.720 It's as 00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:54.000 though Jesus 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.279 will continue 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.720 to be with 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.359 the disciples. 00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.879 Things will 00:30:57.879 --> 00:30:58.519 continue to 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.039 go as they 00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.619 have gone, 00:30:59.899 --> 00:31:00.579 but instead 00:31:00.579 --> 00:31:01.039 of Jesus 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.619 being with 00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:01.960 them in 00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:02.579 the flesh, 00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.899 like walking 00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.759 around beside 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.759 them, now 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.839 Jesus and 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.559 the Father 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.439 will be with 00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:09.619 them through 00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.559 the Spirit 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.279 who comes to 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.480 live in 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:13.079 each one of 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.259 them. 00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.519 All the 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.939 things that 00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.420 Jesus has 00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:17.019 been providing 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.500 them, the 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.259 Holy Spirit 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:21.220 of God will 00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.960 continue to 00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.519 provide for 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.920 them so 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.320 that they 00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:24.900 can do the 00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:25.360 work that 00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.759 God has 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.160 given them 00:31:26.160 --> 00:31:27.920 to do, and 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.220 that they 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.799 can play the 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.299 role that 00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.680 God has 00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.059 given them 00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:30.900 to play in 00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.500 his story. 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.500 Now I'm 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.900 out of time 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.259 for this 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.759 morning, and 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.140 we haven't 00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.539 even hardly 00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.120 got to the 00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.480 things that 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.799 we're all 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.140 wondering 00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.539 about. 00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:39.660 The things 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.120 like, well 00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.539 that's what 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.100 Jesus said 00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.740 to them, but 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.180 what about 00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.220 the rest of 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.460 us? 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.820 What about 00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.579 all believers? 00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:45.779 Do we 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.119 get the 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.779 Holy Spirit 00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.839 living in 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.259 us like 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.619 that? 00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.839 Working in 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.460 us like 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.819 that? 00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.200 I'm going 00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.480 to tell you 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:55.740 to come 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.240 back next 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.519 week. 00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.419 We're going 00:31:59.419 --> 00:31:59.899 to continue 00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.319 on this 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.259 topic, because 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.819 we haven't 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.619 talked a lot 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.119 about it as 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.559 a church. 00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.399 Hopefully 00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.799 we'll get 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.279 to some 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.220 fuller and 00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.859 clearer answers 00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.259 to that 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.939 question of 00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.759 how the 00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:09.319 Holy Spirit 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.039 lives in 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.039 us and 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.939 works in 00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:12.480 all of us 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:12.939 who belong 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.480 to Jesus. 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.200 Let's 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.440 pray. 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.200 Father in 00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.620 heaven, we 00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:21.180 thank you 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:23.400 for your 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.779 spirit. 00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.460 We thank 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:26.799 you that 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.420 you live 00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.140 in us, 00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:31.039 that we're 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.600 not left 00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.960 alone. 00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:32.600 We don't 00:32:32.600 --> 00:32:32.880 have to 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.320 figure out 00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.680 all this 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.200 life by 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.680 ourselves. 00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.940 We thank 00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.259 you that 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.480 you convict 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.860 us of 00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:39.320 sin, that 00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.759 you call 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.180 us back 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.660 to you 00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.420 again and 00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:41.640 again. 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.080 We thank 00:32:42.080 --> 00:32:42.299 you that 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.799 you remind 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.119 us of 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.519 the truth. 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:43.940 We thank 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:44.180 you that 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:44.599 you open 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.000 our eyes 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.279 up to 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.139 see what's 00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.740 really going 00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.099 on. 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.579 We thank 00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:50.839 you that 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.200 you give 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.819 us life 00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.299 where there 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.220 was deadness 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:55.200 in our 00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.599 souls. 00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.359 I pray 00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.700 that we 00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.000 would all 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.419 go on the 00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:59.059 journey together 00:32:59.059 --> 00:33:00.240 and understand 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.839 more and 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.859 more of 00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.240 your Holy 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.659 Spirit, 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.159 this wonderful 00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.619 gift that 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.000 you've given 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.339 us. 00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.139 We ask 00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.960 this in 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.200 Jesus' 00:33:08.399 --> 00:33:08.559 name. 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:09.819 Amen. 00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:09.919 Amen. 00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:09.980 Amen. 00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:10.019 Amen. 00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.039 Amen. 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.059 Amen. 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.099 Amen. 00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.119 Amen. 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.139 Amen. 00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.980 Amen.