WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:20.859 Good morning everyone. Morning Mike. So it's great today on the day of Pentecost, isn't it, to celebrate that we are today part of a multicultural, intergenerational community of millions of people who will all be worshipping the living God today. 00:00:20.859 --> 00:00:41.480 And on that first day, everybody heard what God had done in their own language. So, well, welcoming you all, a special word to our friends from Australia. Good day, mates. How are you going? 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:51.780 Good morning. It's wonderful to be here with you and I want to preach to you on a verse from the reading that Grace just read to us. 00:00:55.500 --> 00:01:08.699 Paul wrote this, he said, he anointed us, set his seal of ownership upon us and put his spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. 00:01:09.699 --> 00:01:10.719 Shall we pray? 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:26.400 Our gracious Father, we want to pray that today you would open our ears, you would open our minds and you would open our hearts. 00:01:27.820 --> 00:01:32.359 That we may be truly open to what it is you want to say to us. 00:01:32.359 --> 00:01:45.480 Father, we pray that we might be open as you speak and we discern your word through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:45.620 Amen. 00:01:48.820 --> 00:02:02.920 So, I guess for many years, the Holy Spirit was kind of relegated to the substitute's bench as far as the Holy Trinity was concerned. 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:12.140 A.W. Tozer, this came out in a book that was written in 1952 when I was three years old. 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:20.800 And the book itself was a collection of some messages that he preached in the USA. 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:23.219 And this is what he said. 00:02:24.380 --> 00:02:25.580 Listen to this carefully. 00:02:26.360 --> 00:02:35.719 If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95% of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:47.340 If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 90% of what they did would stop and everybody would know the difference. 00:02:47.340 --> 00:02:58.420 I don't know, but I feel deep in my bones that actually that may be sadly true. 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:01.379 The Holy Spirit was withdrawn. 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:07.800 God kind of, you know, I don't know what, dog-whistled the Holy Spirit back to heaven. 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:10.900 What would change? 00:03:12.240 --> 00:03:13.520 What would change? 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:23.320 David Watson, writing of our attitude to the Holy Spirit until the renewal movement of the 1960s, said, 00:03:24.040 --> 00:03:26.680 The Holy Spirit's like a distant cousin. 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:31.100 Somebody we know about, but somebody we've never met. 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:34.900 And frankly, they pay no part in our lives whatsoever. 00:03:34.900 --> 00:03:46.259 And then suddenly, God broke through in the 1960s through the ministry of men like Dennis Bennett and Merlin Carruthers, 00:03:46.379 --> 00:03:51.280 and a little later, David Watson and Michael Harper and John Wimber. 00:03:52.659 --> 00:03:59.500 And suddenly, some in the church became far more aware of the Holy Spirit. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:07.960 In the Old Testament, the Spirit was spoken of as a wind, the Ruach of God. 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:14.860 In the New Testament, rather than being an impersonal force, 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:20.519 the New Testament understands the Holy Spirit to be a person. 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:25.839 A person with feeling, with intelligence, with intent. 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:32.119 One of the big differences between the Old and the New Testament is, 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:36.339 in the Old Testament, the Spirit was seen as an impersonal force 00:04:36.339 --> 00:04:41.560 that was used particularly on particular people for particular purposes. 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:47.179 As the prophecy of Joel reminds us, 00:04:47.180 --> 00:04:52.900 the Spirit will be poured out on all God's people. 00:04:54.139 --> 00:04:55.240 And stuff will happen. 00:04:55.519 --> 00:04:58.860 Stuff that probably, right now, sounds a bit weird to you. 00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:03.000 People dreaming dreams, and people having visions. 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:04.720 It's kind of stuff that generally, 00:05:05.259 --> 00:05:07.220 we're kind of vaguely interested in, 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:09.259 but hope, frankly, it never happens to us. 00:05:09.259 --> 00:05:13.519 And I want to say to you today, 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:15.740 I hope you realize, 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:18.779 those of you who are members of this church, 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:20.639 that you are a member of a church 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:23.599 that worships the triune God, 00:05:23.779 --> 00:05:26.740 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 00:05:27.839 --> 00:05:30.579 I don't like using a conjunction to say, 00:05:30.719 --> 00:05:31.579 and the Holy Spirit, 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:34.699 because it sounds like, back to the 1950s, 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:35.719 it's an add-on. 00:05:36.300 --> 00:05:37.539 And it really isn't. 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:39.460 We worship God the Father, 00:05:39.580 --> 00:05:41.240 who created the earth, the heavens, 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:43.340 and all that is in them. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:46.600 We worship Jesus the Son, 00:05:47.640 --> 00:05:48.860 who went to a cross, 00:05:49.180 --> 00:05:51.180 that ordinary people like you and me 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:54.640 might find forgiveness through the shedding of His blood, 00:05:55.620 --> 00:05:59.080 through His death and resurrection and ascension. 00:06:00.900 --> 00:06:01.800 And my goodness, 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:05.580 we really do need to worship God the Holy Spirit, 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:09.339 who empowers us to worship Him, 00:06:09.899 --> 00:06:11.099 to know Him better, 00:06:11.579 --> 00:06:14.060 and to serve in this world, 00:06:14.539 --> 00:06:18.519 which is in a rather degraded condition right now. 00:06:19.899 --> 00:06:21.120 Let me ask you, 00:06:22.120 --> 00:06:25.319 is the Holy Spirit a distant relative to you? 00:06:26.719 --> 00:06:28.199 Think about that for a moment. 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:31.339 The Holy Spirit was removed. 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:35.099 Would 95% of your life look exactly the same? 00:06:36.939 --> 00:06:39.120 In Ephesians chapter 19, 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:41.740 Paul goes to Ephesus, 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:44.980 and he meets there some disciples. 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.180 And I don't know if it was the Holy Spirit that prompted him, 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:49.000 but he met them, 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:52.419 and clearly he could tell there was something a bit deficient about them. 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:53.779 So he said to them, 00:06:53.779 --> 00:06:56.659 have you heard about the Holy Spirit? 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:57.099 They're like, 00:06:57.179 --> 00:06:58.659 no, we never heard about that. 00:06:59.659 --> 00:07:00.019 So he's like, 00:07:00.059 --> 00:07:00.619 well, hang on, 00:07:00.659 --> 00:07:01.679 who baptized you? 00:07:02.359 --> 00:07:03.000 And they said, 00:07:03.039 --> 00:07:03.759 John the Baptist. 00:07:04.939 --> 00:07:05.500 Paul says, 00:07:05.599 --> 00:07:05.759 no, 00:07:06.119 --> 00:07:08.759 John's baptism was for repentance alone. 00:07:09.479 --> 00:07:12.659 We need to re-baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 00:07:14.859 --> 00:07:17.000 That story will spook some of you, 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.339 because what happens is, 00:07:19.579 --> 00:07:21.480 Paul lays hands on these disciples, 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:22.480 and prays with them, 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:24.420 and they're filled with the Holy Spirit, 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:26.579 and they begin to speak in tongues. 00:07:27.740 --> 00:07:28.680 I can see now, 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.220 some of your weird meters starting to flicker, 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:32.600 even as I say it. 00:07:33.920 --> 00:07:35.240 That's not really the point. 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:37.500 I love the Pentecostal church, 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:38.319 let me say that. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:39.680 I feel very at home in it, 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:40.779 in so many ways, 00:07:40.779 --> 00:07:42.639 but I have this big issue with them, 00:07:43.259 --> 00:07:44.399 that they think that 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:47.179 the only sign of the fullness of the Spirit 00:07:47.179 --> 00:07:49.259 is speaking in tongues. 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:52.159 I don't think that's biblical, 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:54.359 and I'm not quite sure it's helpful, 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.639 and probably will relieve some of you 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.560 who have tried your best to speak in tongues 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.879 and never quite achieved it. 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:02.759 That's not to say 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:05.019 that we shouldn't seek the higher gifts, 00:08:05.060 --> 00:08:06.639 that's what Paul advises us. 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:09.579 But not all of us are meant to have all the gifts. 00:08:10.299 --> 00:08:12.359 That's very clear from the New Testament. 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.439 In Acts chapter 2, 00:08:18.339 --> 00:08:21.120 in obedience to what Jesus had told them 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:22.419 in Acts chapter 1, 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:23.139 wait, 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:27.459 wait until the Holy Spirit comes upon you, 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.819 and then you will be my witnesses. 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:33.939 In obedience to that command, 00:08:34.059 --> 00:08:35.759 120 disciples. 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:37.539 I mean, come on. 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:41.259 120 disciples isn't even a decent 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:43.319 Sunday morning congregation, is it? 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.100 After three years of Jesus' dynamic ministry, 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:48.160 healings, 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.340 all that stuff, 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:52.960 it's just 120 people. 00:08:56.360 --> 00:08:58.260 And they're in a room, 00:08:58.620 --> 00:08:59.280 locked away. 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:04.379 And then suddenly, 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:07.800 there's a funny noise, 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:12.199 and the Holy Spirit emerges 00:09:12.199 --> 00:09:15.740 and tongues of flame 00:09:15.740 --> 00:09:19.099 and falls upon those people 00:09:19.099 --> 00:09:20.699 and they begin to speak 00:09:20.699 --> 00:09:23.000 what the Bible calls 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:24.419 the wonders of God 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:28.459 in the language of the people there. 00:09:28.460 --> 00:09:32.840 One of the amazing things 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:34.360 about the Christian faith is 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:38.519 it is truly meant to be multicultural. 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:43.200 They all heard the wonders of God 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:44.740 in their own language. 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:49.120 And so we come to 2 Corinthians. 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:51.580 It's a little something 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:53.759 I just need to explain to you now. 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:55.000 I hope you'll forgive me, 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.159 but you have no choice. 00:10:00.340 --> 00:10:01.500 2 Corinthians, 00:10:02.059 --> 00:10:05.639 chapter 1, verse 22. 00:10:08.139 --> 00:10:09.340 He anointed us, 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.360 set his seal of ownership on us, 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:13.559 and put his spirit in our hearts 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:14.519 as a deposit 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:16.899 guaranteeing what is to come. 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:18.240 See, 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:21.100 you remember that first bit of it. 00:10:21.179 --> 00:10:21.919 It's a bit like, 00:10:21.959 --> 00:10:22.220 you know, 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:23.079 yes and no, 00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:25.100 and Jesus is always yes, 00:10:25.179 --> 00:10:27.199 and there's a reason for that. 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:29.379 Paul had intended 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:30.319 to go to Corinth 00:10:30.319 --> 00:10:32.100 and had to kind of pull out 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:33.459 of his speaking tour there. 00:10:34.939 --> 00:10:36.179 Some of the congregation 00:10:36.179 --> 00:10:36.860 in Corinth 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:38.199 were accusing him 00:10:38.199 --> 00:10:39.379 of being fickle. 00:10:40.199 --> 00:10:41.259 That's why Paul's 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:42.240 trying to reassure them, 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:42.539 saying, 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:43.919 surely as God is faithful, 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:45.179 our message to you 00:10:45.179 --> 00:10:46.340 is not yes and no. 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:49.019 Why? 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.199 Because the message 00:10:51.199 --> 00:10:52.000 of the gospel 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.939 is always yes. 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:57.279 St. John tells us, 00:10:57.620 --> 00:10:59.019 I will never turn away 00:10:59.019 --> 00:10:59.860 anyone, 00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:00.419 anyone 00:11:00.419 --> 00:11:02.319 who turns to me. 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:06.939 Paul was accused 00:11:06.939 --> 00:11:07.959 of being fickle, 00:11:08.919 --> 00:11:09.759 and in return, 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:10.840 he affirms 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:12.100 the positivity 00:11:12.100 --> 00:11:13.699 of Jesus, 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:14.940 and he also 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:15.680 affirms 00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:17.340 that he 00:11:17.340 --> 00:11:19.360 and all disciples, 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:20.320 at the moment, 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:21.540 they accept the grace 00:11:21.540 --> 00:11:22.740 of God through faith, 00:11:23.540 --> 00:11:24.920 that Jesus died 00:11:24.920 --> 00:11:25.540 on a cross 00:11:25.540 --> 00:11:27.420 for our forgiveness. 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:29.160 At that moment, 00:11:29.340 --> 00:11:30.520 God fills us 00:11:30.520 --> 00:11:32.100 with the Holy Spirit. 00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:35.180 He sets his seal 00:11:35.180 --> 00:11:35.740 upon us. 00:11:35.940 --> 00:11:37.040 In ancient times, 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:37.960 a seal 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:38.940 was a mark 00:11:38.940 --> 00:11:39.660 of ownership. 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:42.039 So when Paul's 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:42.959 talking about God 00:11:42.959 --> 00:11:44.079 sealing us 00:11:44.079 --> 00:11:45.199 with his Holy Spirit, 00:11:45.379 --> 00:11:46.659 what he's telling us is, 00:11:47.059 --> 00:11:47.919 we are gods, 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.879 we are marked 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.879 for God. 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:53.360 But in the New Testament, 00:11:53.620 --> 00:11:54.779 there seems to be 00:11:54.779 --> 00:11:57.120 this kind of idea 00:11:57.120 --> 00:11:58.860 that for some of you, 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:00.459 some of us, 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:03.039 this is a kind of 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:04.139 process 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:05.039 that needs 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:06.059 constant 00:12:06.059 --> 00:12:07.419 attention. 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:09.379 Because although 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.299 on conversion, 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:11.399 God fills us 00:12:11.399 --> 00:12:12.139 with his Spirit, 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:13.220 unfortunately, 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:15.279 we leak. 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:17.460 We leak 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:17.899 through our 00:12:17.899 --> 00:12:18.840 disobedience, 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:20.080 through our fickleness, 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:21.960 through our 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.600 flabby 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:23.840 thinking, 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:25.980 and we need 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.720 to be filled. 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:27.860 And speaking 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.559 personally, 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:30.340 I don't think 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:31.080 this just had 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:32.179 to happen to me 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:33.319 once after I was 00:12:33.319 --> 00:12:33.860 converted. 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.120 I think it's 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:35.699 a repeated 00:12:35.699 --> 00:12:37.139 process in my life. 00:12:37.419 --> 00:12:37.939 We need 00:12:37.939 --> 00:12:38.600 to be filled. 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.179 Let me 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:42.960 just give you 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:43.740 a couple of 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.980 criteria 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:45.860 that you might 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:46.759 like to apply 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.699 to yourself, 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:49.080 which might 00:12:49.080 --> 00:12:49.919 give you a steer 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.699 on whether or not 00:12:50.699 --> 00:12:51.419 you need to be 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:52.220 filled by the 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:52.860 Holy Spirit. 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:54.139 Let me ask you 00:12:54.139 --> 00:12:54.439 this. 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.299 How much 00:12:55.299 --> 00:12:56.139 of every day 00:12:56.139 --> 00:12:56.840 do you spend 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:57.639 thinking about 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.559 God 00:12:58.559 --> 00:12:59.960 compared 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:01.600 to the cares 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:02.279 and troubles 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:03.120 of this world? 00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:05.580 Jesus said, 00:13:05.699 --> 00:13:05.980 didn't he, 00:13:06.199 --> 00:13:09.019 where your 00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:10.939 heart is. 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:12.080 That's what 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:13.120 really matters. 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:13.939 See, 00:13:14.019 --> 00:13:14.779 if your heart's 00:13:14.779 --> 00:13:15.360 really into 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:15.720 God, 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:16.819 you will be 00:13:16.819 --> 00:13:17.600 thinking more 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:18.199 about God 00:13:18.199 --> 00:13:18.759 than you will 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:19.340 be thinking 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:20.419 about the cares 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:21.240 and troubles 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:21.919 of this world. 00:13:22.059 --> 00:13:22.439 Secondly, 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.620 how much of 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.279 your life is 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:24.799 driven by 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.480 what God 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:26.019 asks of 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.759 his disciples 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:28.139 in the Bible? 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.779 I'm going to 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.480 say this to 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:31.720 you, 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:32.439 and it 00:13:32.439 --> 00:13:32.919 sounds a 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.500 little tough 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.720 because it 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:35.179 is a little 00:13:35.179 --> 00:13:35.600 tough. 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:38.259 But there 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:39.519 is no way 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:40.779 that you 00:13:40.779 --> 00:13:41.500 can be filled 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:41.939 with the 00:13:41.939 --> 00:13:42.600 Spirit and 00:13:42.600 --> 00:13:43.240 at the same 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:43.819 time be 00:13:43.819 --> 00:13:44.279 totally 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:45.159 inattentive 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.799 to his 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.080 word, 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:46.620 the Bible. 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:49.059 Let me say 00:13:49.059 --> 00:13:49.559 that again. 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:51.460 There is no 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:51.779 way, 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:52.899 no way, 00:13:53.319 --> 00:13:53.960 that you can 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:54.819 remain filled 00:13:54.820 --> 00:13:55.200 with the 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:56.460 Spirit and 00:13:56.460 --> 00:13:57.280 be completely 00:13:57.280 --> 00:13:58.340 inattentive 00:13:58.340 --> 00:14:01.520 to God's 00:14:01.520 --> 00:14:01.840 word, 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.480 the Bible. 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.200 Jesus 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:07.260 said in 00:14:07.260 --> 00:14:07.560 Matthew 00:14:07.560 --> 00:14:08.560 chapter 7 00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:09.540 verse 21, 00:14:10.500 --> 00:14:11.200 Not everyone 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:12.060 who calls me 00:14:12.060 --> 00:14:12.400 Lord, 00:14:12.520 --> 00:14:12.760 Lord, 00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:13.280 will enter 00:14:13.280 --> 00:14:13.740 the kingdom 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.240 of heaven, 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.120 but only 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.040 those who 00:14:16.040 --> 00:14:16.420 do the 00:14:16.420 --> 00:14:17.600 will of 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:18.360 my Father. 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:21.940 If you 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:23.320 answer to 00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.380 those questions 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:25.480 convicts 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:25.659 you, 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.840 I suggest 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:28.559 that today 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:29.879 you might 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:30.960 consider at 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:31.580 the end of 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:32.299 this talk 00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.960 asking God 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:35.019 from your 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:36.240 heart to 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:36.899 fill you 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:38.559 again with 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:39.059 his Holy 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:39.559 Spirit. 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:41.799 If your 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:42.259 answer to 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.939 those questions 00:14:42.939 --> 00:14:43.700 is negative, 00:14:44.200 --> 00:14:44.960 I think you 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.519 need to be 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:45.860 filled. 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.220 And some 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.500 of you will 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:47.639 say, 00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.059 hang on, 00:14:48.299 --> 00:14:49.039 I was filled 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:49.820 at a renewal 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.899 conference back 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:51.940 in 1982. 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.140 too. 00:14:55.800 --> 00:14:56.340 Surprised 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.820 most of you 00:14:56.820 --> 00:14:57.380 can remember, 00:14:57.520 --> 00:15:02.120 but listen, 00:15:03.260 --> 00:15:04.020 you cannot 00:15:04.020 --> 00:15:05.620 live on 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.440 yesterday's 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:06.920 spiritual 00:15:06.920 --> 00:15:07.840 experience. 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:09.700 The prophet 00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:10.340 Isaiah, 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.340 writing in 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:13.460 chapter 64, 00:15:14.140 --> 00:15:14.740 think about 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.420 verse 6, 00:15:15.540 --> 00:15:16.480 says that 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.300 our spiritual 00:15:17.300 --> 00:15:18.680 experience is 00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:19.140 like the 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:20.039 autumn leaves. 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:22.039 It fades 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.299 with time. 00:15:25.299 --> 00:15:26.220 I wonder 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.919 if you begin 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:28.699 to see your 00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:29.399 need this 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:29.819 morning. 00:15:30.899 --> 00:15:31.319 I wonder 00:15:31.319 --> 00:15:31.860 if you begin 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.639 to feel it. 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.120 And before I 00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.779 tell you why 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.419 you need to be 00:15:36.419 --> 00:15:36.939 filled with the 00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:37.620 Spirit, let me 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.600 tell you what 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:39.399 the Holy Spirit 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:39.980 isn't. 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:42.039 The Holy Spirit 00:15:42.039 --> 00:15:43.080 is not 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:43.980 enthusiasm. 00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.180 enthusiasm. 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.659 I think a lot 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.139 of people, 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:49.720 if I might 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:50.440 say this, 00:15:51.180 --> 00:15:51.680 have been 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:52.840 fearful of 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.460 being filled 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:53.899 with the 00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:55.080 Spirit because 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:55.740 they've seen 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.259 the kind of 00:15:56.259 --> 00:15:57.019 hijinks of 00:15:57.019 --> 00:15:57.740 some Christians 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.220 who are 00:15:58.220 --> 00:15:58.680 filled with 00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.159 the Spirit. 00:16:01.259 --> 00:16:01.720 It's not 00:16:01.720 --> 00:16:02.259 really the 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.480 point. 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:03.440 Nobody thinks 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:04.680 enthusiasm is 00:16:04.680 --> 00:16:05.259 an idea, 00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:05.960 apart from the 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.980 Scottish theologian 00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.740 Ronald Knox. 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.019 He must have 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:09.480 been a pretty 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:10.259 miserable guy, 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:10.620 I think. 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:14.700 enthusiasm is 00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.259 good, but it's 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.019 not the same as 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:16.639 the Holy Spirit. 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.360 It's possible to 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:18.259 be enthusiastic 00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.240 and not be 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.840 filled with the 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:20.120 Spirit. 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:21.940 It's not chasing 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.759 a better 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:24.039 experience than 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.820 last week's 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:25.860 experience in 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.259 church. 00:16:27.759 --> 00:16:28.700 And certainly, 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.419 and here, 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.659 those of us who 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.460 think we are 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.039 filled with the 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.659 Spirit need to 00:16:33.659 --> 00:16:34.480 be very careful. 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:35.460 It's not a 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:35.960 cause for 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.060 spiritual arrogance. 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.940 There are no 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:40.480 different 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.200 classes of 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.800 Christian in 00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.639 God's church. 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:46.759 The Spirit is 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:47.420 the person of 00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:48.240 the Holy Trinity 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:49.659 who will bring 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.600 four critical 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.720 aspects of the 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:52.700 spiritual life 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:54.060 into your soul. 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.100 One of those 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:56.720 things, number 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.980 one, courage. 00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.620 I wonder today 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:02.060 how much this is 00:17:02.060 --> 00:17:03.240 lacking in 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.220 today's church. 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.920 I struggle 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.860 having done 00:17:07.860 --> 00:17:08.579 the job that 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:09.319 I did in the 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:09.880 church for 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.400 years. 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:12.039 with the 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:12.839 idea that 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:13.900 today my 00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:14.660 fellow bishops 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.400 are virtually 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:16.319 silent on 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.380 anything other 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:18.259 than politics. 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.180 There's very 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.120 little about 00:17:21.120 --> 00:17:22.039 holiness of 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.400 life. 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.460 There's very 00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:24.120 little about 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:24.839 how I can 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.539 get to heaven. 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.059 There is very 00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:27.759 little about 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.500 sanctification. 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:28.900 There's very 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.519 little about 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:30.120 these things. 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:31.319 And huge 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:32.200 amounts of 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.019 criticism of 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.920 government policy. 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.940 not saying it's 00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.860 beyond criticism. 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.820 We need 00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:40.200 courage, 00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:41.300 friends, to 00:17:41.300 --> 00:17:42.160 stand up. 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.820 Says, doesn't 00:17:44.820 --> 00:17:45.320 it, in 2 00:17:45.320 --> 00:17:46.060 Corinthians, 00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:48.279 because Jesus 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.680 is the yes, 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.440 it says, now 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:51.279 it is God 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.300 who makes both 00:17:52.300 --> 00:17:53.200 of us and 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.259 you stand 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:55.940 firm. 00:17:57.380 --> 00:17:58.039 Friends, if 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.080 ever there was 00:17:59.080 --> 00:18:00.120 a moment that 00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:01.080 the church needs 00:18:01.080 --> 00:18:02.060 to stand firm, 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.899 it's today. 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:04.559 You are 00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.240 looking at a 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.599 society that 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.759 is reaping the 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:08.539 fruits of 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:09.240 ungodliness. 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.359 In the middle 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:11.879 of the night, 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:13.000 I was awakened 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.480 listening to my 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.519 radio, I 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.179 heard the most 00:18:16.179 --> 00:18:17.079 horrific, 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:18.019 horrific 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:21.139 item on 00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:21.700 the radio, 00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.480 and it was a 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:23.279 woman, an 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.759 investigative 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.480 journalist, 00:18:24.919 --> 00:18:25.440 who's looking 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.419 at the impact 00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:27.339 of pornography 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:28.359 upon our 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:28.720 kids. 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:31.879 I mean, 00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.720 we should be 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.760 shamed by 00:18:33.760 --> 00:18:34.520 such stuff. 00:18:34.940 --> 00:18:35.460 And let me 00:18:35.460 --> 00:18:36.040 tell you, and 00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:36.960 this is fact, 00:18:38.800 --> 00:18:39.600 that whilst 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.060 there are 00:18:40.060 --> 00:18:40.900 adults looking 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.700 at pornography, 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:42.900 whilst it is 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:44.160 a multi-billion 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.160 dollar business 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.180 that people 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.920 seem to want 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.800 to feed 00:18:47.800 --> 00:18:50.020 into, as 00:18:50.020 --> 00:18:50.420 long as 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:50.720 there is 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.720 adult pornography 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.400 on the 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.460 internet, kids 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.400 will access 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:54.760 it. 00:18:56.080 --> 00:18:56.460 It is 00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.920 reckoned 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:58.280 now that 00:18:58.280 --> 00:18:59.020 on average 00:18:59.020 --> 00:18:59.940 children aged 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.800 between 11 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:02.019 and 13 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.940 have watched 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.779 hardcore 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.779 pornography 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.779 involving 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.919 violence on 00:19:06.919 --> 00:19:07.539 the internet. 00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.319 Put your 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:09.879 hand up if 00:19:09.879 --> 00:19:10.180 you feel 00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.879 great about 00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.119 that. 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:14.519 I don't 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:14.979 see many 00:19:14.979 --> 00:19:15.819 hands in 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.219 the air. 00:19:17.979 --> 00:19:18.699 I don't 00:19:18.699 --> 00:19:19.459 hear many 00:19:19.459 --> 00:19:20.639 bishops 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.599 speaking out 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:22.099 about what 00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:22.579 we're doing 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.000 to our 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.659 kids today. 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.319 I 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.739 understand 00:19:27.739 --> 00:19:28.500 why in 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:29.239 many ways 00:19:29.239 --> 00:19:31.379 social media 00:19:31.379 --> 00:19:32.299 makes standing 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:33.559 up such a 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.459 painful process 00:19:34.459 --> 00:19:35.059 sometimes. 00:19:35.459 --> 00:19:35.919 The second 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.439 thing is, 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.019 we need 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.599 courage to 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:38.259 speak up. 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:40.200 Mark 00:19:40.200 --> 00:19:41.039 chapter 13 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.480 and verse 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.379 1, Jesus 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.779 here is 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.420 talking about 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.180 persecution. 00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.799 And he 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.220 says, don't 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:46.839 you worry 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.660 when these 00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:48.339 people come 00:19:48.339 --> 00:19:48.680 at you, 00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.440 criticizing you. 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.440 The words 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:50.900 that you 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.480 speak will 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:51.920 be given 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:52.539 to you by 00:19:52.539 --> 00:19:53.000 the Holy 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.440 Spirit. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:56.500 See, how 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.019 much longer 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.339 are you going 00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.619 to keep 00:19:57.619 --> 00:19:58.460 quiet, guys? 00:19:59.879 --> 00:20:00.599 How much 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:00.980 longer? 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.740 Stand up, 00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:03.500 speak up, 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.539 and then, I 00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.200 love this, 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.819 the Holy 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:08.420 Spirit, when 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.019 we're filled, 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:09.900 makes us pray 00:20:09.900 --> 00:20:11.160 bold prayers. 00:20:13.120 --> 00:20:14.019 Not just, 00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.140 my name's 00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:15.620 Jimmy and 00:20:15.620 --> 00:20:16.120 I'll take 00:20:16.120 --> 00:20:16.400 what you 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.880 can give 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:17.640 me prayers, 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:20.000 but bold 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.580 prayers. 00:20:21.680 --> 00:20:22.220 Praying that 00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.000 God would do 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.640 the work that 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.480 God has always 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.279 done in us 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:25.759 and through 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.160 us. 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.680 Courage. 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.200 Second, 00:20:32.080 --> 00:20:32.660 compassion. 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.420 Romans 5, 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:34.980 verse 5, 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.579 tells us 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.460 that God 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:37.180 has shed 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:38.339 love abroad 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.779 in our 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.620 hearts by 00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:40.059 the Holy 00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.500 Spirit. 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.220 You know, 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.519 I have to 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.180 think about 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:43.720 this, don't 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:43.920 you? 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.299 In our 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.900 culture, it's 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:47.400 so easy to 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.299 let compassion 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.099 drain out of 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:50.120 your soul by 00:20:50.120 --> 00:20:51.160 being consistently 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:52.000 judgmental. 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:55.700 I want to 00:20:55.700 --> 00:20:56.360 know how 00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:56.960 much different 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.420 the world 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:57.900 would be 00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.599 that instead 00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.039 of sitting 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.579 around in 00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.200 dinner parties 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.920 judging the 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.339 world, the 00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.120 Holy Spirit 00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:04.259 started to 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.960 release a bit 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:06.319 more agape 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:07.019 love into 00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.539 the world 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.420 through me, 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.240 through you. 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.700 I need to 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.240 think about 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.539 that. 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:14.740 God's got 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.400 some work to 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:15.940 do in me. 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.559 The third 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:18.039 thing is 00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:18.940 conviction. 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:22.660 have you ever 00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.559 met anybody 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:25.160 and something's 00:21:25.160 --> 00:21:26.000 gone wrong in 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.400 their life? 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.059 Maybe they've 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:27.660 gone involved 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.340 with addiction. 00:21:29.620 --> 00:21:30.480 Maybe they've 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.200 broken up a 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.279 relationship which 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.840 they really 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.660 valued in a 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.240 moment of 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.759 madness. 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.500 You know, that 00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:37.080 kind of stuff. 00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.460 And then, when 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.180 you're talking to 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.660 them and trying to 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.220 give them some 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.820 support, they'll 00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.680 say to you, I 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.480 wish somebody 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.400 had warned me. 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:46.500 I wish somebody 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.380 had warned me. 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:50.080 Told you about 00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:51.060 that drug addict 00:21:51.060 --> 00:21:52.920 who had been 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.660 addicted to 00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.840 fentanyl in 00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:57.800 Vancouver. 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.380 And how at the 00:22:00.380 --> 00:22:00.820 end of it, it's 00:22:00.820 --> 00:22:01.640 just a terrible 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.480 thing to watch. 00:22:02.560 --> 00:22:03.580 This poor young 00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:05.420 guy, wrecked 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.180 by drugs. 00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.200 Says, there was 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.540 a day when I 00:22:09.540 --> 00:22:10.420 made a choice 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:12.220 and no one 00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.860 warned me. 00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.840 See, in 00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.740 John's Gospel, 00:22:17.980 --> 00:22:19.259 in chapter 16 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.440 and verse 11, 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.600 I don't know if 00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:21.960 you've got a 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.539 Bible anywhere 00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:23.180 near you, but 00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.800 you might like 00:22:23.800 --> 00:22:23.920 to. 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.720 Incidentally, it'd 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.259 be really good 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.800 if you did have 00:22:25.800 --> 00:22:26.480 a Bible near 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.900 you, but 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:28.019 that's another 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.500 sermon. 00:22:31.800 --> 00:22:32.340 I was talking 00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.920 about the 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.100 work of the 00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.820 Holy Spirit. 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.480 He said, when 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.279 he comes, he 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.140 will convict 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.800 the world. 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:40.180 That's you and 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.360 me. 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:42.460 of guilt in 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.440 regard to sin 00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.220 and righteousness 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.320 and judgment. 00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.440 How much 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:49.259 different would 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:50.259 our world be 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:52.240 if the Holy 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.640 Spirit cultivated 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:56.320 in us a 00:22:56.320 --> 00:22:57.300 holy conscience 00:22:57.300 --> 00:22:59.600 that would 00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.420 make us think 00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.300 before we do 00:23:01.300 --> 00:23:02.320 wild things? 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.740 And wild 00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:05.420 things are just 00:23:05.420 --> 00:23:06.160 about addiction. 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.180 Wild things 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:09.220 can be spending 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.300 ridiculous amounts 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.980 of money on 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.619 yourself. 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.279 Complicated. 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.519 I saw the 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.259 Sunday Times 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.919 this morning 00:23:19.919 --> 00:23:20.799 and there's a 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:23.019 kind of supplement 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.940 in that called, 00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:24.720 I purposely 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.440 looked at it 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.919 so I could 00:23:25.919 --> 00:23:27.039 tell a tale 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.680 against them. 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.759 And I mean, 00:23:30.859 --> 00:23:31.899 week by week 00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:33.480 in this time 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:34.259 of economic 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.120 deprivation, 00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:36.339 they're advertising 00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:36.960 stuff like 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.700 dresses for 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.720 £21,000. 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.319 Right? 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.759 This morning, 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.799 actually, I think 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.339 they've toned it 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:45.860 down a bit, 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:47.019 but the worst 00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.500 thing I could 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.039 find was a 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.120 pair of sunglasses 00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:49.900 for £400. 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:54.080 I know, 00:23:54.320 --> 00:23:56.259 it's just terrible. 00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.560 Holy Spirit 00:23:58.560 --> 00:23:58.920 will bring 00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.340 conviction. 00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.880 The fourth 00:23:59.880 --> 00:24:00.340 thing is 00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:01.500 really important. 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.780 The Holy Spirit 00:24:02.780 --> 00:24:03.340 will be the 00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.340 driving force 00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.880 of cultivating 00:24:05.880 --> 00:24:07.300 your relationship 00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:08.000 with God. 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.220 Romans chapter 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.700 8. 00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:11.759 This is 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.680 such a 00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.720 seminal passage, 00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.340 I think we 00:24:14.340 --> 00:24:15.440 studied it in 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.840 some of the 00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.340 home groups 00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:16.840 together 00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:19.039 fairly recently. 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.139 Romans 8, 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:27.259 verses 15 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.359 and 16. 00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.399 For you 00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:30.899 did not 00:24:30.899 --> 00:24:31.519 receive a 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.799 spirit, 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.359 says Paul, 00:24:32.419 --> 00:24:32.819 that makes 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.579 you a slave 00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.240 to fear, 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.519 but you 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:36.359 received the 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.159 spirit of 00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.839 sonship, 00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.579 of childhood, 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.139 I guess. 00:24:40.439 --> 00:24:40.980 And by 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.419 him, 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.359 by him, 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.699 we cry 00:24:43.699 --> 00:24:44.079 Abba, 00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.480 Father. 00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.259 The Spirit 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.599 himself testifies 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.179 with our 00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:48.500 spirit that 00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.619 we are 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.019 God's 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.439 children. 00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.740 You have 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.279 an issue 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.939 with praying, 00:24:54.199 --> 00:24:54.359 you have 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.740 an issue 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.179 of spending 00:24:55.179 --> 00:24:55.779 time with 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.000 God, 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:56.539 you have 00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.059 an issue 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.859 with reading 00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.399 his word, 00:24:58.699 --> 00:24:59.199 all the 00:24:59.199 --> 00:24:59.639 things that 00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.099 will really 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.639 build you 00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:00.939 as a 00:25:00.939 --> 00:25:02.139 disciple and 00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.679 begin to 00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.019 make you 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.759 effective as 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.339 a disciple 00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.799 in this 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.240 world. 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.639 You 00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.799 cannot do 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:10.719 without the 00:25:10.719 --> 00:25:11.159 help of the 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.799 Holy Spirit. 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:15.339 so, 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.559 every day, 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.680 I go on 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:19.299 a website, 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.419 I have no 00:25:20.419 --> 00:25:20.919 idea what 00:25:20.919 --> 00:25:21.299 a cookie 00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.680 is. 00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:23.980 Right? 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.399 I have no 00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.740 idea. 00:25:25.460 --> 00:25:25.919 Do you 00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.279 accept 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.700 cookies? 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.200 Yeah? 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.159 I'm a 00:25:30.159 --> 00:25:30.399 cookie 00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.779 freak. 00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.680 And because 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:35.119 of that, 00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.419 I now am, 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.659 apart from 00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.579 on every 00:25:38.579 --> 00:25:39.699 boring 00:25:39.699 --> 00:25:40.419 website on 00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.879 the planet, 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:42.019 apparently, 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.220 I get 00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.740 stuff from 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.720 Marcus Buckingham. 00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.819 Marcus Buckingham 00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.319 used to be 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:48.079 director of 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.819 research at 00:25:48.819 --> 00:25:49.319 Gallup, 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.779 the research 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.980 association. 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.639 And I got 00:25:53.639 --> 00:25:54.099 a thing, 00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:55.740 and it 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.159 caught my 00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.699 attention. 00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.679 Because if 00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.159 this had been 00:25:59.159 --> 00:25:59.740 the Archbishop 00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.559 of Canterbury 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:02.579 writing this, 00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.259 I'd have 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:03.839 sat up. 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.000 He says 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.379 this, 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:05.819 he's trying 00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.139 to sell 00:26:06.139 --> 00:26:06.439 you a 00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.819 course, 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.299 which is 00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.919 produced by 00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.439 Harvard. 00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.199 He says 00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:09.599 the most 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.099 sacred 00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.519 human 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:10.919 mission 00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.779 is to 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.279 help each 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.679 person 00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.220 discover 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.699 they are 00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.599 so special 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.579 and so 00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.159 powerful, 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.039 and then 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.480 help them 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:18.000 to share 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.339 it with 00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:18.740 the rest 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.139 of us. 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.299 The 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.819 course is 00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.519 called 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.579 Find 00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.220 What You 00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.659 Love. 00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.699 Now, 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.980 Marcus Buckingham 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.799 is one of the 00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.639 smartest guys 00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.199 I know. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.439 I'd be quite 00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:31.299 sure that 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:31.799 there might 00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.419 be something 00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.159 helpful in 00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:33.779 that course, 00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.500 but the 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:35.039 problem with 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.500 it is, 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.119 it's a 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:36.960 secular course. 00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.639 It is 00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.559 encouraging you 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.399 to look in 00:26:39.399 --> 00:26:40.200 this direction 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:41.240 without any 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.059 inner help 00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.779 whatsoever. 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.960 Today, 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:50.559 in this 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.019 church, 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.480 there's a 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.919 course, 00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.039 not really a 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.419 course, 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.759 there's a 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.099 Bible 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:59.139 that says 00:26:59.139 --> 00:27:00.079 that you 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.460 and me, 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.980 if you're a 00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.720 disciple of 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.480 Jesus Christ, 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:04.019 you need to be 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.639 filled with the 00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.259 Holy Spirit. 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:07.799 find some 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.160 courage, 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.420 some 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:08.980 compassion, 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.559 some 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.140 conviction, 00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.019 and some 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:12.319 cultivation of 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.839 your life 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:13.420 with God. 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.299 And listen, 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.000 that same 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.480 spirit, 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.779 I love 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.160 this, 00:27:20.379 --> 00:27:20.759 it's the 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.480 same spirit 00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:23.019 that brooded 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.559 over the 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.619 chaos in the 00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.240 creation of 00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.740 the world. 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.740 God's 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.059 God's 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.339 God's 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:28.500 spirit. 00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.579 The same 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.640 spirit that 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.000 inspired Abraham 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.000 to leave the 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.900 security of his 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.920 nice middle-class 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.420 existence and go 00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.240 on a scary 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.460 journey to a 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:39.259 land filled with 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.799 milk and 00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.079 honey. 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:42.000 A man who was 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.599 prepared to 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.559 believe at the 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.859 age of 90 that 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.599 God would make 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.460 him the father of 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.339 all nations. 00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.160 Keeping my 00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.819 fingers crossed. 00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:55.460 And he did 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.379 it by the 00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:56.859 power of that 00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.599 same spirit. 00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.319 Same spirit 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.220 that David took 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.980 on Goliath. 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:04.019 Same spirit 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.899 that inspired 00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.700 those prophets 00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.740 of old to 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:08.079 courageously stand 00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:09.139 up and speak up 00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.619 for God. 00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:11.099 That same spirit 00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:12.240 is in this 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:12.819 church this 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:13.179 morning. 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.240 And that 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.960 same spirit 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.839 is the same 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.720 spirit that 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.399 raised Jesus 00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:20.060 Christ from 00:28:20.060 --> 00:28:20.380 the dead. 00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.300 Someone say 00:28:21.300 --> 00:28:21.800 amen. 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.180 And that 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:26.000 same spirit 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:29.620 is available 00:28:29.620 --> 00:28:31.840 for you. 00:28:33.780 --> 00:28:34.640 For you. 00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.920 God's 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.840 gift to you 00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:39.860 that you 00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.540 might be 00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:42.800 the people 00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.800 that he 00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.440 wants you to 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.640 be. 00:28:44.780 --> 00:28:45.200 And God 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.800 knows 00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:48.340 we can't 00:28:48.340 --> 00:28:49.019 afford to be 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.619 the silent 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.599 minority any 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:50.900 longer 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.400 friends. 00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.779 This world 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.579 is going to 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:55.660 hell in a 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.240 handcart. 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.639 And somebody's 00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.240 got to stand 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.559 in the 00:28:59.559 --> 00:28:59.980 breach. 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.279 So what can 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:03.960 I do this 00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.359 morning? 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.319 Let me read 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.740 to you from 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.359 St. Luke's 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.720 Gospel. 00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.299 Just a 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.500 short verse. 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.099 Two verses. 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.799 Luke chapter 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.319 11. 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.799 Luke chapter 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.359 11. 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:16.180 Luke chapter 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.379 11. 00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.299 Luke chapter 00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.379 11. 00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.799 And verses 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.759 9 through 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.480 13. 00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.379 So I say 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.899 to you, 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:26.079 this is Jesus 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.700 speaking, 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.940 ask and it 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.460 will be given 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:28.819 to you, 00:29:28.919 --> 00:29:29.519 seek and you 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.119 will find, 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.779 knock and the 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.359 door will be 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.059 opened to you. 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.960 For everyone 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.480 who asks 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.039 receives, 00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.059 he who seeks 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:35.460 finds, 00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.159 and to him 00:29:36.159 --> 00:29:37.019 who knocks 00:29:37.019 --> 00:29:37.559 the door 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.399 will be 00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:38.819 opened. 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.000 Then he 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.639 says this, 00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:43.020 and I 00:29:43.020 --> 00:29:43.460 wonder for 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.040 some people 00:29:44.040 --> 00:29:44.540 in church 00:29:44.540 --> 00:29:45.140 this morning 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:45.880 who don't 00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.500 suffer from 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.520 this kind 00:29:47.520 --> 00:29:48.040 of blight. 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.780 Which of 00:29:48.780 --> 00:29:48.940 you, 00:29:49.020 --> 00:29:49.600 says Jesus, 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.140 which of 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.780 you fathers, 00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.560 if your 00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.200 son asks 00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.840 for a fish 00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.480 will give 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.180 him a snake 00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.740 instead? 00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.020 Or if he 00:29:56.020 --> 00:29:56.540 asks for an 00:29:56.540 --> 00:29:57.120 egg will give 00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.920 him a scorpion? 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.580 If you 00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:58.900 then, 00:29:59.560 --> 00:29:59.960 though you 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.480 are evil, 00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.020 know how 00:30:01.020 --> 00:30:01.420 to give 00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.980 good gifts 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.360 to your 00:30:02.360 --> 00:30:02.800 children, 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.880 how much 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.280 more? 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.240 How much 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.800 more will 00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.480 your Father 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.020 in heaven 00:30:09.020 --> 00:30:09.860 give the 00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.620 Holy Spirit? 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.720 to those 00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.600 who ask 00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:12.800 you. 00:30:14.620 --> 00:30:15.160 I'm going 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.520 to pray 00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:15.860 with you 00:30:15.860 --> 00:30:16.140 now. 00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.840 And I 00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.040 want you 00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:18.500 to pray 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.560 along with 00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.060 me if 00:30:20.060 --> 00:30:20.759 you feel 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.240 in your 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.780 heart you 00:30:21.780 --> 00:30:22.200 would like 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.460 to. 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.600 It's not 00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:24.780 going to be 00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:25.259 a long 00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.700 prayer. 00:30:26.540 --> 00:30:26.740 You're not 00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:26.960 going to 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.460 choir out 00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:27.880 the back 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.060 who are 00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:28.300 going to 00:30:28.300 --> 00:30:28.759 sing until 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.400 you surrender. 00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.860 But I'm 00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.220 going to ask 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.580 you to 00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.020 surrender. 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.420 Surrender 00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.140 your will 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.580 to the 00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.240 living God 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:38.000 who wants 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.580 to fill 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:38.940 you with 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.320 the Holy 00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.100 Spirit this 00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:40.540 Sunday, 00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:41.480 and every 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.000 Sunday, 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:44.320 that you 00:30:44.320 --> 00:30:44.780 might be 00:30:44.780 --> 00:30:45.480 the person 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:47.120 that he 00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.540 calls you 00:30:47.540 --> 00:30:47.840 to be, 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.240 that you 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.740 might make 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.980 your 00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:49.600 difference 00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.380 on this 00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.720 planet. 00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.200 You don't 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.840 need Marcus 00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.480 Buckingham. 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.759 You need 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:56.860 God and 00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.440 his Spirit. 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.200 Let's pray. 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.240 Let's pray. 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:07.480 God and 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.940 just leave a 00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.640 moment's 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.740 silence. 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.000 Just ask 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.400 the Holy 00:31:13.400 --> 00:31:14.019 Spirit to 00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.880 convict you 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.500 of what you 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.120 need to do 00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.620 today. 00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.720 Father, 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:24.140 it seems 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.420 really weird 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:27.120 that lots 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.519 and lots 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.539 and lots 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.059 of people 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.919 will pay 00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.459 lots and 00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:30.899 lots of 00:31:30.899 --> 00:31:31.539 dollars to 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.239 sign up to 00:31:32.239 --> 00:31:32.639 Marcus 00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.359 Buckingham's 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.779 course, 00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:36.439 which in 00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:36.719 the end 00:31:36.719 --> 00:31:37.179 will leave 00:31:37.179 --> 00:31:37.659 them on 00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:38.239 their own 00:31:38.239 --> 00:31:41.419 to try 00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:41.979 and find 00:31:41.979 --> 00:31:42.699 the strength 00:31:42.699 --> 00:31:43.099 for the 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:44.059 inner change 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.619 that I 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.119 guess we 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:46.739 all need 00:31:46.739 --> 00:31:47.199 in some 00:31:47.199 --> 00:31:47.719 respect. 00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:51.339 and Lord, 00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:52.440 you have a 00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:53.180 better plan, 00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.740 a plan that 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.480 relies on 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.240 your grace 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.839 and your 00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.480 generosity 00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.799 and your 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.579 power to 00:32:00.579 --> 00:32:01.839 heal and 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.559 transform. 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.200 And so 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.860 Father, on 00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.819 this holy 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.220 day, 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.100 Pentecost, 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:10.460 we pray, 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.160 Lord God, 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.980 that you 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.519 would fill 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.039 us again 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.559 with your 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.299 Holy Spirit. 00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:17.799 Lord, 00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.299 help us 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:18.779 to be 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.460 courageous, 00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.919 compassion, 00:32:21.879 --> 00:32:22.460 convicted, 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.700 and people 00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.579 who cultivate 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.879 a real 00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.440 deep 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.119 relationship 00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:28.759 with you. 00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.940 Lord, 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.279 that we 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.960 might make 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.039 our impact 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.319 on this 00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.799 world. 00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:37.019 And Lord, 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.879 in days 00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.200 ahead, 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.599 if you 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:38.940 were to 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.339 withdraw 00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:41.399 the Holy 00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.879 Spirit, 00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.039 Lord, 00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:47.619 that our 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.119 church 00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:50.720 would be 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.279 deflated 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.000 by that. 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.919 Because 00:32:53.919 --> 00:32:54.180 Lord, 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.619 we want 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.099 to be a 00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.480 church 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.619 that depends 00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:57.180 on you 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.539 and upon 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.259 your spirit. 00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.419 And the 00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:00.899 people who 00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.299 agreed, 00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.139 said together, 00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.659 Amen.