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 I would like you to turn in your Bibles this morning to Ephesians chapter 6, no, Ephesians chapter

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! 5, and we are going to be looking at verse 18, the second part of the verse. Let me read it to you,

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 and then you join me as we pray together. But be filled with the Spirit.

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 Our Father, prayer for us is not a matter of habit

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 or the recitation of something that we have, in most cases, planned in advance.

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 But the absolute expression of our dependence and your sufficiency.

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 We're reminded, for one, of what John the Baptist said, that a man can have nothing except to be

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 given of him. And we recognize that you are the giver of every good and perfect gift.

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 We also recognize that it is your desire and your delight to give good things to your children.

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 And while there are many physical things that we might ask for, the thing that is most important

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 is the sweetness of your word and the work of your Spirit in our midst.

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 We want to be a people that leave here different than we were when we came.

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 And we realize that to have that take place will require that you do something that is beyond our ability.

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 And so, in keeping again with Scripture, we ask that you would open our eyes,

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 that we would behold wonderful truths out of your law,

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 that the Spirit of God that indwells every believer would enable us to hear

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 and inform us so that we might understand

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 and encourage and strengthen us that we might then take that word and apply it

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 for the glory of Christ.

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 And we pray it because of Him.

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 Amen.

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 I want to begin.

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 We're going to look at this passage in just a minute,

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 but I want to begin by having you think practically, realistically,

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 of really how hard it is to live the Christian life.

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 Here's the truth.

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 I see these bumper stickers.

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 By the way, if you ever see a bumper sticker on my car,

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 you will have assumed that somebody else put it there.

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 I see these bumper stickers.

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 Not perfect, just forgiven.

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 And there is an element of theological truth to that,

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 but I wonder if more often than not,

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 they are really a reflection of a carelessness towards what the Scripture teaches

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 about godly living.

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 Let me give you a couple frames to operate in

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 so you can kind of think about this with me a little bit.

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 Remember what Jesus said to His disciples,

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 unless your righteousness,

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 who can fill it out for me,

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 exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees,

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 you shall in no wise enter into the kingdom.

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 I mean, that's a pretty hard pill to swallow.

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 Let's try another one so we have it in our mind.

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 I want you to turn in your Bible.

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 Keep your finger, because we're coming back to Ephesians,

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 but I want you to turn in your Bible to Romans 8, verse 1.

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 Romans 8, verse 1.

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 It says,

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 There is now therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus

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 from the law of sin and death.

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 For God has done what the law weakened by the flesh could not do

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 by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin,

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 and He condemns sin in the flesh

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 in order that the righteous requirement of the law

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 might be fulfilled in us.

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 Now, what's the remainder of the text?

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 Look at it carefully.

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 Who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

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 Do we earn our salvation by our walk?

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 The answer is categorically and undeniably no.

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 But are we as believers to walk in the light as He is in the light,

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 and is our life to be an example and a testament of the power of God at work in us?

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 What's the answer?

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 Let me tell you something.

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 One of the principal witnesses to the power of the gospel,

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 which for one thing promises us an eternity that we cannot see.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 We can't see eternity.

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 One of the things that bears strong testimony to the power of the gospel

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 is the power of the gospel to change people now from what they used to be

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 to what they can be and what they will someday be.

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 Would you agree with that?

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 And God intends for your life to be an evidence of the fact that God who can save

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 can also change you.

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 And I want you to understand that that's a pretty sobering thought.

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 I am supposed to be a walking example of a God who can make people different.

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 That's pretty challenging.

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 And you know, the truth of the matter is,

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 is we get around that challenge by just frankly not thinking about it.

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 By not paying much attention to it.

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 By not really thinking that it's all that realistic in expectation,

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 and yet the Scriptures over and over again talk about the fact

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 that the life of the believer is to be undeniably and radically different

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 than the life of the unbeliever.

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 My wife and I were engaged in conversation earlier this week,

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 and she made reference to one individual.

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 And just listening to the individual talk, she said,

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 you must be a believer.

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 Never met this person before.

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 He said, well, how did you know?

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 Well, there are little giveaways.

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 It wasn't that he was making the sign of the cross.

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 It was just generally a pleasing countenance and a happy spirit

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 and a thankful tone in his life.

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 And as the conversation progressed, it's like,

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 oh, there's something different about you.

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 I do want you to understand that as we think about the passage

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 that we're going to understand this morning,

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 we're going to study this morning,

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 it is a very, very significant passage

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 for understanding how the believer is to live.

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 And I think the thing that we need to understand

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 is that being spirit-filled is essential.

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 For apart from being spirit-filled,

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 we cannot live the way Christ intends.

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 Now, the remainder of the book of Ephesians

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 is going to, for the most part, deal with relationships.

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 We're going to receive instruction from God

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 on how we are to relate to one another

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 with a submissive and generous spirit.

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 We're going to find out how a wife is to follow her husband,

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 how a husband is to love his wife,

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 how children are to obey their parents,

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 and how employees are to relate

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 to those who are their employers.

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 It's fair to say that when we think about

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 what lies in front, and it's going to be primarily

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 focusing on the issue of relationships,

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 we would have to agree that relationships,

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 at the end of the day, are a pretty messy business.

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 Would you agree with me?

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 They are.

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 And the reason for that is because

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 it puts sinners in close proximity with each other,

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 and when they are in close proximity with each other,

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 there is a multiplier there of that proximity,

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 and the two sinful individuals are more.

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 And so I want you to understand this morning

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 that when we recognize that relationships

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 are challenging at best,

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 we need to understand that

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 God intends for us to succeed in those relationships

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 and to honor Christ in doing so,

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 and the only way that we will succeed

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 at accomplishing the things that He calls us to do

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 are to walk and be filled with the Spirit of God.

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 Now, with that in mind,

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 let me take some time to lay out some background information

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 that I think is actually important

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 in our understanding of the matter of being filled with the Spirit.

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 Let me begin, first of all,

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 by talking about what the Bible is not talking about.

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 The Bible uses a variety of terms

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 to refer to the relationship of the Spirit of God to the believer,

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 and we do well to distinguish them

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 and to recognize that each has a purpose

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 that in some aspects is distinct from the others.

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 The common characteristic in all

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 is that the Spirit is the one involved,

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 but we look at different statements

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 such as being baptized in the Spirit,

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 being indwelt with the Spirit,

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 being led by the Spirit,

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 walking by the Spirit,

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 being filled by the Spirit,

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 grieving the Spirit.

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 There are a number of different things

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 that are said in relationship to those things,

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 and we sometimes kind of just lump them all together

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 and think, well, it's about the Spirit,

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 and so there we are.

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 Let me explain, first of all,

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 that the indwelling and baptism of the Spirit

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 refers to what happens as a part of our salvation.

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 If you are saved here today,

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 if you know Christ,

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 you have the Spirit of God inside you.

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 I didn't say that.

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 Christ did.

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 And I want you to recognize

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 that this is a Bible truth

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 that is not dependent upon the way you feel

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 or even how you're acting.

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 Remember over in 1 Corinthians chapter 6

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 where the apostle says,

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 listen, he says,

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 you need to get this straight.

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 When you are involved in immorality,

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 you are dragging the Spirit of God

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 into that very relationship.

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 Do you think the Spirit would like to bail

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 when you look at pornography?

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 Yes.

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 But he doesn't.

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 He is in you.

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 He is there.

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 He stays there

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 because from the moment of your salvation,

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 you have the Spirit of God indwelling you.

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 Over in Romans chapter 8,

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 and I want you to look at that passage

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 just for a moment.

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 Romans chapter 8, verse 8.

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 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God,

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 but you, however, are not in the flesh,

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 but in the Spirit,

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 if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.

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 How do you distinguish

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 between an unsaved person and a saved person?

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 In this context,

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 it is the matter of the Spirit of God

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 indwelling that believer.

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 Look also, if you would, at verse 11.

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 If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead

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 dwells in you,

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 He who raised Jesus Christ from the dead

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 will also give life to your mortal bodies

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 through His Spirit who dwells in you.

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 So in other words, the enabling,

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 the way in which I live the spiritual life,

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 the way I live the Christian life

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 to bring glory to Christ

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 is not just by working on a set

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 of self-improvement rules,

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 but by trusting,

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 excuse me,

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 the indwelling Spirit to work

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 and do His work in me.

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 Go back, if you will,

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 to Ephesians chapter 4,

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 verse 4 and 5,

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 and we read there,

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 it says this,

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 it says,

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 there is one body and one Spirit

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 just as you were called

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 in one hope that belongs in your calling,

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 one Lord,

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 one faith,

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 one baptism.

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 So we understand that

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 the infilling and the baptism

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 refer to something

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 that takes place at our salvation.

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 Second,

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 the filling of the Spirit

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 and the walking in the Spirit

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 relate to His empower

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 and His controlling,

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 to His empowering

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 and His controlling,

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 and we'll deal a little bit more

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 with that as we work our way through,

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 but just in general terms,

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 identify the fact that

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 indwelling and baptism

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 are something that happens

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 at our conversion,

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 and the filling

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 and the walking of the Spirit

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 relate more to the matter

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 of His empowering us

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 and His controlling us.

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 I want you to understand,

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 furthermore,

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 that the filling of the Spirit

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 is not a second work of grace.

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 It's not something that takes place

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 after we've reached

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 a certain level of spirituality,

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 after we've prayed

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 to a certain state,

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 after we've come to a certain level

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 of earnestness,

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 that it then kind of happens

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 as a result of our ongoing pursuit.

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 And we see that undeniably

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 in the text that we're looking at right now.

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 Look back, if you would,

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 at Ephesians 5, verse 18,

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 and if we are...

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 And stop just for a minute

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 because I think this is important.

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 If we are going to allow

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 our opinions to be formed

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 by the Scriptures themselves,

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 then we have to take

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 the vocabulary seriously.

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 And what the Apostle says

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 there in verse 18,

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 it says,

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 but be filled with the Spirit.

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 And the way in which

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 that is put in the text,

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 it says,

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 keep being filled.

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 It's not like,

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 hey, get it poured in

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 and that's it.

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 It's like day by day,

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 moment by moment,

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 keep on working

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 at being filled

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 with the Spirit of God.

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 Third,

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 the filling of the Spirit

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 is not a reference

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 to extra-biblical behaviors

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 or the teachings of our day.

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 I was sick last week.

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 I was reduced to whispering

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 for the sake of

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 intelligible conversation.

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 And given that,

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 I had a low-grade fever

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 and several other things.

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 I decided,

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 you know,

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 I am going to stay at home.

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 It was not a fun thing to do

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 except for the privilege

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 I had of lying in bed

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 and praying

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 and knowing that God

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 was working in our fellowship

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 and that you were being taught

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 the Word of God.

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 You were enjoying

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 the Word of God.

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 You were singing.

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 By the way,

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 I knew the songs

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 that we had picked

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 that we were going to sing.

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 I really wanted to sing them.

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 I had to lie in bed

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 and just pray for you.

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 But I enjoyed that.

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 Then I got out of bed

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 and I thought,

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 well, you know,

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 hey,

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 I know what I'm going to be

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 preaching on next week

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 so I think I'll channel surf.

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 And so what I did

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 was I watched

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 a wide variety of...

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 Let me name them.

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 I watched

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 Serfalo Dollar.

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 I watched Joel Osteen.

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 I watched T.D. Jakes.

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 I watched Joyce Myers.

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 I watched Rod Parsley

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 and threw in a couple others.

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 And I watched them carefully.

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 I watched them listening

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 to see,

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 okay,

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 so what are the things

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 that they are saying?

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 I was surprised.

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 I was surprised

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 at the commonality.

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 What does that mean?

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 Pretty much,

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 they both said the same things.

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 They all said the same things.

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 Now,

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 before I address

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 the next set of points,

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 I want you to know

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 that I sincerely desire

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 my comments

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 to be governed by two things.

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 that what I say

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 is clearly

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 from the Scriptures.

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 And secondly,

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 that what I say

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 is gentle

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 and not sarcastic

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 of those

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 that have been led

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 astray

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 by spiritual

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 charlatans.

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 I have dear friends

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 that I have known

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 over the years

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 that are of slightly

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 different persuasions

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 and I do not want

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 my observations

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 to be anything

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 but winsome

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 and textual.

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 So,

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 let me say this

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 in relationship

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 to the matter

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 of what we're going

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 to talk about now

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 when we say

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 that being filled

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 with the Spirit

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 is not a reference

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 to extra-biblical behaviors

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 or the teachings

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 of our day.

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 We understand

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 that being filled

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 with the Spirit

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 is not evidenced

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 by the charismatic

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 gifts in the book

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 of Acts.

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 Being filled

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 with the Spirit

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 is not evidenced

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 by the charismatic

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 gifts referenced

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 in the book

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 of Acts,

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 such as tongues,

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 prophecies,

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 and healings.

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 I have no doubt

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 and I wholeheartedly

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 affirm that what

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 took place

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 in the book

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 of Acts

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 indeed was

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 the dramatic

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 demonstration

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 of the power

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 of the Spirit

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 of God,

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 but what we see

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 happening today

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 has no bearing

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.800
 or credible

00:18:07.800 --> 00:18:08.540
 relationship

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 to what we see

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 happen back

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 during that time.

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 Let me give you

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 a little comparison.

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 The purpose

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 of a miracle

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 or a demonstration

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 of divine power

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 ultimately

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 is to confirm

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 the message

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 and the messenger.

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 Does that make sense

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 to you?

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 Nod your head

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 if that's just

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 intuitively obvious.

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 Yeah,

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 it makes sense.

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 Here's Moses,

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 stomps out of the wilderness,

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 you know,

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 and by the way,

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 how did God

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 get Moses' attention?

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 Try a little burning bush.

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 Now,

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 was that a little miraculous?

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 It got Moses' attention.

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 It made Moses listen.

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 And God said to Moses,

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 you're going to be

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 my spokesperson.

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 Yeah,

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 well,

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 yeah,

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 they're not going

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 to listen to me.

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 Oh,

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 what do you have

00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:56.840
 in your hand?

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 What was it?

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 A rod.

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 Throw it down.

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 What happened?

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 Snake.

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 And remember,

00:19:02.819 --> 00:19:04.199
 one miracle after another,

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.059
 he finally got back

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 in front of Pharaoh

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.439
 and the Pharaoh's magicians,

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 and he says,

00:19:09.199 --> 00:19:09.899
 God says,

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 let my people go.

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:12.659
 Yeah.

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 We're going to get rid

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 of our labor force.

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 Can you walk,

00:19:18.459 --> 00:19:19.419
 imagine you walking

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 into upper management

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.619
 and says,

00:19:20.699 --> 00:19:20.839
 hey,

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:22.279
 turn them loose.

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.399
 Moses?

00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:25.000
 Yeah.

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.220
 Who said?

00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.299
 Threw down the rod

00:19:29.299 --> 00:19:30.359
 and it became a snake

00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:32.859
 and what did the magicians do?

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.759
 They were able to fake

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.680
 a couple of these things,

00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:35.960
 remember?

00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.940
 But finally,

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:39.200
 as Moses upped the ante,

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.160
 what did they say?

00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.399
 I love this.

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:44.160
 This is the finger of God.

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.960
 This is something God did.

00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:52.299
 A miracle ultimately points

00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.460
 to the miraculous,

00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.980
 to God.

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.400
 And so,

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:59.120
 the things that took place

00:19:59.120 --> 00:20:00.039
 in the book of Acts,

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.940
 undeniably,

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:04.759
 were miraculous demonstrations

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:06.319
 of the power of God.

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.460
 In the three areas,

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.279
 in the matter of tongues,

00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.279
 in the matter of prophecies,

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:10.200
 in the matter of healings,

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:12.279
 let me explain that tongues,

00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:14.559
 the ones that were spoken of

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.480
 in Acts chapter 2,

00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:17.440
 were understandable languages.

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:22.100
 I listened to one particular person

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:22.900
 last Sunday,

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.299
 babbling,

00:20:26.460 --> 00:20:26.980
 babbling.

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:29.180
 And I can tell you

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:30.579
 that he was not speaking in tongues

00:20:30.579 --> 00:20:32.059
 according to the New Testament passage

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:34.200
 because the text makes it clear

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.360
 that the tongues

00:20:35.360 --> 00:20:37.920
 were a demonstration of divine power,

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.960
 namely in that people understood

00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:42.100
 the dialect

00:20:42.100 --> 00:20:43.960
 miraculously.

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:45.960
 Interestingly,

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.539
 interestingly,

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:48.400
 and just a little side note on this,

00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:50.620
 back in the early 1900s,

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.720
 I think it was 1904,

00:20:51.840 --> 00:20:52.460
 1912,

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.180
 something like that,

00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.980
 there was the resurgence

00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.079
 of the tongues movement

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.100
 actually came into being.

00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.539
 And the proponents

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:02.240
 of speaking in tongues

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.980
 as an evidence

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.519
 of the power

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.360
 of the Spirit of God

00:21:04.360 --> 00:21:06.059
 proposed initially

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:08.059
 that these languages

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.200
 were actually

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:10.240
 foreign dialects

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:12.680
 in context

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:12.700
 in context

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.700
 of the passage

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:15.099
 and over in Acts chapter 2,

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.460
 etc.

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:17.160
 And as a result,

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:19.059
 the first missionary

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.779
 sent out

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.819
 by the charismatics

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:22.839
 did not need

00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.819
 language training

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.519
 at all.

00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.819
 Do you got that?

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:28.099
 That is an intelligent

00:21:28.099 --> 00:21:29.220
 conclusion

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.819
 if your supposition

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.660
 is that

00:21:31.660 --> 00:21:32.779
 the gift

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.880
 was the ability

00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.960
 to communicate

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.620
 in foreign dialects.

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.279
 Does that make sense?

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:39.119
 Yesterday,

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:40.819
 I walked into Speedway.

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.440
 The man there

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.660
 that was working

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.279
 at the counter,

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:45.599
 his name was Gopal.

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.579
 Now, for some of you,

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.200
 it's like, so?

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.500
 And I walked up

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.119
 to Gopal

00:21:51.119 --> 00:21:51.759
 and I said,

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.480
 Apni Kaminach

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.139
 and I asked him,

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.319
 I said,

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.980
 how are you doing?

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.019
 I said it in Bengali

00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.920
 and he looked at me like,

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.000
 I said,

00:21:59.099 --> 00:21:59.759
 Apkassahe.

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.180
 Now,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.339
 Bengali and Hindi

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:03.039
 are very close.

00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:03.319
 I mean,

00:22:03.399 --> 00:22:04.420
 big deal to me.

00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:06.240
 But he looked at me

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.440
 and he said,

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.039
 where did you learn this?

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.620
 Oh, I grew up in India.

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.180
 Really?

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.400
 See,

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.519
 I can speak

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.740
 three different dialects

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.700
 because I grew up

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.380
 in a community

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:20.160
 and it would be a miracle

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.580
 for me to speak Japanese.

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.660
 Do you understand that, Tom?

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.900
 If I started speaking

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:27.019
 in Japanese,

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:29.580
 other than Konnichiwa

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.019
 or whatever,

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.279
 you know,

00:22:30.320 --> 00:22:31.360
 I've learned that from Tom

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.400
 and he's probably,

00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.340
 thank you,

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.759
 thank you,

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.220
 thank you.

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:36.380
 I am infinitely better

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.059
 than last week

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.319
 but

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:43.660
 don't want to put it over

00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.620
 where the Kleenex are.

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.079
 So,

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.720
 let me explain

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:51.680
 being filled with the Spirit

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:54.440
 is not talking about

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:57.120
 the miraculous power

00:22:57.120 --> 00:22:58.140
 that we see at Acts.

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.680
 Recognize that the tongues

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.740
 were foreign dialects.

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.059
 Secondly,

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.880
 we recognize

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.660
 that the prophecies

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.359
 that took place

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.980
 were backed up

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:08.120
 by 100% accuracy.

00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:09.019
 Beloved,

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:11.299
 this is not small potatoes.

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:16.619
 I cannot understand

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:18.000
 why well-informed people

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.259
 who care about the truth

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:21.960
 allow the chicanery

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.779
 and the deceit

00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.500
 to go on

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.700
 where there are all these

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.799
 kind of prophetic utterances

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:27.799
 that have no connection

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.559
 with Scripture.

00:23:31.139 --> 00:23:32.099
 And by the way,

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:34.879
 I want you to understand

00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.819
 that in the Old Testament

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.700
 when someone said

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.379
 that there was going to be

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:38.319
 something that happened

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.899
 and it didn't happen,

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:42.179
 there was a short shelf life

00:23:42.179 --> 00:23:42.919
 for that person.

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.519
 Do you know why?

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.619
 They were stoned.

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:48.039
 We have about four or five.

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.759
 I'm not proposing

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.200
 and some of you

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.599
 are going to go out

00:23:49.599 --> 00:23:50.299
 and say he said that

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.799
 but I didn't.

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.899
 I'm not proposing

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.700
 that we have stonings

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.879
 but I can guarantee you

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.460
 that it would really clean up

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.139
 a lot of these

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:59.599
 fake faux prophecies

00:23:59.599 --> 00:24:00.379
 if what we had

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.159
 is God deal with

00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:01.779
 a couple of them.

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:03.319
 Third,

00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.579
 the healings

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.299
 that took place

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.059
 in the New Testament

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.740
 were immediate

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.480
 and complete

00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.940
 and without contingencies.

00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:12.700
 They were complete,

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.059
 they were immediate

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:16.000
 and they were without contingencies.

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.759
 I have been reading

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.960
 through the book of John

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:22.700
 and one of the things

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.899
 that I was reading

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.440
 this morning

00:24:24.440 --> 00:24:25.519
 is when John healed

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.960
 the man who'd been born blind,

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:30.019
 he didn't ask the guy

00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:32.460
 if he was a believer.

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.460
 By the way,

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.460
 when he healed the man

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.139
 at the pool of Bethesda,

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:37.879
 remember?

00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:39.559
 The guy,

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.279
 Jesus says,

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.980
 what are you doing here?

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.019
 This is a free rendition.

00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.819
 What are you doing?

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.400
 Well, I'm here

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.240
 to try to get healed.

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.240
 Oh yeah?

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.660
 But I can't get down

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.220
 to the pool.

00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:47.779
 Jesus said,

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.879
 take up your bed and walk.

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.180
 And what happened?

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:53.259
 Bada, bada, bing.

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:54.480
 Bada, bada, boom.

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.420
 Up he goes,

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.200
 grabs his bed,

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.879
 starts walking

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.339
 and the Pharisees say,

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.000
 whoa,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.420
 don't you know?

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.440
 It's the Sabbath.

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.319
 He says,

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.720
 you know,

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.099
 I understand that

00:25:07.099 --> 00:25:08.539
 but the guy who healed me,

00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.660
 he said do it.

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:13.079
 God has the right

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:14.660
 to tell me what to do.

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.200
 By the way,

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.380
 he's the one who healed me.

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:21.220
 And when we find the deceit,

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.019
 I tell you,

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:24.299
 when God heals,

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.900
 it's immediate

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.900
 and it's complete.

00:25:26.900 --> 00:25:28.019
 And what do I mean

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.259
 by no contingencies?

00:25:29.320 --> 00:25:29.519
 Do you know

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.620
 what a contingency is?

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:33.420
 The large print addeth

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:35.100
 and the small print

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.060
 taketh away.

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.759
 And as I listened

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.920
 to all of the

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:40.460
 aforementioned speakers,

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.620
 I noticed

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:45.019
 one common word.

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.460
 Do you know

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.000
 what it was?

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:49.360
 Seed faith.

00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:53.160
 Seed faith.

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:56.160
 Seed faith.

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.200
 Seed faith.

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:57.759
 Now,

00:25:57.800 --> 00:25:58.180
 by the way,

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.820
 I'll warn you

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.480
 that somewhere

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.680
 in the next month

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.180
 or so,

00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.540
 I will do

00:26:03.540 --> 00:26:04.460
 what I have done

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.779
 for,

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.860
 Lord willing,

00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:07.040
 will be 27 years

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.560
 and that is

00:26:07.560 --> 00:26:08.080
 preach on,

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.700
 hey,

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:09.980
 hey,

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.480
 hey,

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.400
 we're getting there.

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.880
 And you will not

00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:14.480
 hear me talk about

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.400
 seed faith.

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:21.660
 Sadly,

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.500
 in an attempt

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.019
 to be humble

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.580
 and generous,

00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:25.380
 far too many

00:26:25.380 --> 00:26:26.320
 loving believers

00:26:26.320 --> 00:26:27.240
 have been hesitant

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.019
 to demand

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.600
 that all doctrine

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.940
 be intelligently

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:32.160
 judged by Scriptures.

00:26:33.540 --> 00:26:34.420
 And this lack

00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.019
 of commitment

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.960
 to the sufficiency

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.800
 and the supremacy

00:26:36.800 --> 00:26:37.400
 of Scripture

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.900
 has unleashed

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:40.000
 a torrent

00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.160
 of aberrant

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.940
 doctrines

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:43.560
 such as the

00:26:43.560 --> 00:26:44.300
 prosperity

00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:45.360
 teaching

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.319
 of our day.

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.979
 And all of that

00:26:48.979 --> 00:26:50.079
 has nothing

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:50.919
 at all

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.619
 to do

00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.819
 with the filling

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.939
 of the Spirit.

00:26:54.899 --> 00:26:55.259
 So,

00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.119
 what does it mean

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.479
 to be filled

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:56.959
 with the Spirit?

00:26:58.219 --> 00:26:59.000
 Let's begin

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.819
 by recognizing,

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.579
 first of all,

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.359
 that the text

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.939
 gives us

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:03.379
 an explicit command

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:05.079
 and what it means

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.740
 is that being

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.439
 Spirit-filled

00:27:06.439 --> 00:27:07.439
 is not something

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:08.119
 that happens

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.859
 passively.

00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:12.219
 It's not something

00:27:12.219 --> 00:27:12.779
 that's just an

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.539
 arbitrary whim

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.459
 on the part of God.

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.719
 The idea

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.359
 that the Spirit

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.399
 falls on certain

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:18.919
 individuals

00:27:18.919 --> 00:27:19.759
 who have then

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.539
 been slain

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.219
 by the Spirit,

00:27:21.379 --> 00:27:22.099
 knocked flat,

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.579
 has no biblical

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.079
 merit.

00:27:25.719 --> 00:27:26.879
 In the simplest

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.879
 terms,

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:30.059
 being filled

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:31.740
 means choosing

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.779
 to be affected

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:34.099
 and empowered

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:35.839
 by the indwelling

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:37.079
 Spirit of God.

00:27:38.199 --> 00:27:39.319
 And I say this

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.039
 because the text

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.779
 gives us

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.039
 an explicit

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.579
 command

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.779
 that I

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.000
 that you

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:47.119
 are to choose

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.519
 to be filled.

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:49.980
 I love what

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.740
 one Bible teacher

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.619
 has to say on this.

00:27:51.699 --> 00:27:52.259
 He says this,

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:53.460
 it is one thing

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.299
 for you to have

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.019
 the Holy Spirit

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.639
 within you.

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.819
 Does every believer

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.720
 have the Holy Spirit

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.159
 within you?

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.839
 And what's the answer?

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.599
 We just learn

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.519
 absolutely.

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.480
 It's one thing

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.399
 to have the Holy Spirit

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.980
 within you.

00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:05.339
 It's another thing

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.259
 to have

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:08.839
 the Spirit

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.439
 have you.

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:11.640
 the way

00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.299
 John Bunyan

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.660
 put it.

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.019
 You remember

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.660
 John Bunyan

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.460
 who wrote what?

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.100
 What book?

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:17.120
 Hey, good job.

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.519
 By the way,

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.200
 should that be a book

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.820
 that you read?

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.220
 That's a good book

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:20.600
 to read.

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.420
 Here's what

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.320
 John Bunyan

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:23.200
 said that I really

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.680
 liked.

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.980
 Sailors cannot

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:27.080
 create the wind

00:28:27.080 --> 00:28:29.019
 but they can

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.940
 raise the sail

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.519
 that pushes

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.180
 the boat.

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.860
 That's nice,

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.340
 isn't it?

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.720
 Sailors cannot

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:38.120
 create the wind

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:40.199
 but they can

00:28:40.199 --> 00:28:41.179
 raise the sail

00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.799
 that pushes

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.679
 the boat.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.000
 I want you

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.459
 to understand

00:28:49.459 --> 00:28:50.000
 furthermore

00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.759
 that the Holy Spirit

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.839
 is not an abstract

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.839
 force

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.819
 but is the third

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.979
 person of the Trinity

00:28:55.979 --> 00:28:57.119
 and He is in

00:28:57.119 --> 00:28:57.739
 every believer.

00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:00.099
 Yet the believer

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.439
 is called to choose

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:02.219
 to allow the

00:29:02.219 --> 00:29:03.359
 indwelling Spirit

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.479
 to instruct,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:06.939
 to illuminate,

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:08.840
 to empower,

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.500
 to control.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.980
 It may be helping

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.779
 our understanding

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.539
 here to go back

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.200
 just for a moment

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:16.500
 to the comparison

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:18.080
 Paul started out

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:18.720
 with there in

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.539
 verse 18,

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.180
 the first part

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.640
 and you remember

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.519
 that's where I

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.140
 actually started

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:23.019
 several weeks ago

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.460
 when I said

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.340
 don't be drunk

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.960
 with wine

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.820
 for that is

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:26.600
 debauchery.

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.420
 Paul was making

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.180
 a comparison

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.200
 between choosing

00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.860
 to be drunk.

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:33.420
 Do men have to

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.200
 choose to be drunk?

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.759
 Essentially,

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.200
 yes,

00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:36.019
 the answer is

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.440
 they do

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:38.319
 because you

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.980
 have to keep

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.599
 on doing it

00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.099
 until it has

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.619
 an effect

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:43.379
 and He says

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.400
 don't make

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.119
 that choice.

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.220
 What you have

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.740
 to choose

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.579
 by comparison

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:51.039
 is to allow

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.539
 the Spirit

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.039
 of God

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.700
 to be the one

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.599
 who is influencing

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.279
 your life

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.859
 rather than

00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.740
 something else.

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.319
 Let me say

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.879
 something else

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.359
 that I want you

00:29:58.359 --> 00:29:58.900
 to understand.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.639
 This is important.

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.720
 Being filled

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.240
 with the Spirit

00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:02.460
 is God's plan

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.259
 for normal

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.160
 Christian living.

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.220
 I don't think

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.879
 we believe that.

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.420
 Being filled

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.059
 with the Spirit

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.779
 is God's plan

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:13.700
 for normal

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:15.799
 Christian living.

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:20.660
 Question.

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.059
 Can people

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:28.240
 always tell

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.720
 if you're filled

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.220
 with the Spirit?

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.519
 And what's

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.960
 the answer?

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.039
 By the way,

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.539
 next week

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.839
 I'm going

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.220
 to preach

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.079
 on singing.

00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:38.600
 And I have

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.420
 asked John,

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.279
 we're going

00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:40.720
 to sing

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.480
 our favorites

00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:42.259
 and we are

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.860
 going to blow

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.360
 the roof

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:43.920
 off of here.

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.480
 We haven't

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.339
 decided yet,

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.799
 have we,

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.079
 John?

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.700
 Okay,

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.160
 but I'm hoping

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.759
 I'm voting

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.720
 for Lion of Judah

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.240
 for one,

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.559
 you know,

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.180
 with horns.

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.620
 We're thinking

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:54.319
 about that,

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.759
 okay?

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.039
 And then

00:30:56.039 --> 00:30:57.200
 10,000 reasons,

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.940
 these are others

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.559
 that I'm voting

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.859
 for,

00:30:58.900 --> 00:30:59.240
 I want you

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.539
 to know.

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.319
 I don't always

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:00.920
 get my way,

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.319
 in fact,

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.259
 there's a rumor

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.879
 that seldom

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.660
 do I get my way.

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.039
 But anyway,

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.559
 these are ones

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.000
 I'm voting

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.299
 for,

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:05.980
 and here's

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.440
 what I want.

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.019
 I want us

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.379
 to come,

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.440
 next week I

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.680
 want us

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:08.940
 to come

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.319
 filled with

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.720
 the Spirit

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.099
 ready to

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.660
 blow the roof

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.039
 off.

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:12.799
 Hmm?

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.940
 Can you

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.720
 always tell

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.240
 if a person

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.740
 is Spirit

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.059
 filled?

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.539
 No.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.019
 But you

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:20.480
 can always

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.980
 tell when

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.599
 they're not.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.400
 Right?

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:25.980
 Huh?

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.519
 Right?

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.839
 What's not

00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.480
 filled look

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.839
 like?

00:31:31.099 --> 00:31:31.740
 For Tim

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.099
 Kenoyer,

00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:32.619
 it's grumpy,

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:35.000
 it's pouty,

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.779
 it's moody,

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.480
 it's surly,

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.420
 it's sarcastic,

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.779
 it's unwilling.

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.940
 Am I striking

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.579
 any of you

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:44.940
 that you,

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.440
 yeah,

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.379
 I can recognize

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.759
 that.

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.539
 I could ask

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.099
 my wife to

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.579
 fill out the

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.059
 remainder of

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.539
 the list.

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:51.599
 Yeah,

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.440
 she knows.

00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.920
 She doesn't

00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:54.539
 know all the

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:54.940
 time when

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.379
 I'm filled

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.720
 with the

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:55.980
 Spirit,

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.720
 but she

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.500
 does know

00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.099
 when I'm

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.599
 not.

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.899
 I do want

00:32:01.899 --> 00:32:02.059
 you to

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.420
 understand,

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.940
 coming back

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.240
 again,

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.680
 being filled

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:03.920
 with the

00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.279
 Spirit is

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.859
 God's plan

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.460
 for normal

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.839
 Christian

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.119
 living.

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.599
 I had

00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.539
 to think

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.159
 back again

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.639
 to last

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.879
 week,

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.119
 and I

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.399
 remember

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.879
 one

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:16.420
 televangelist

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:16.799
 actually

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:18.159
 dramatizing

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.480
 what it

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:18.799
 was like

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.059
 to be

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.259
 filled

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:19.599
 with the

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:19.839
 Spirit,

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.079
 and he

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.240
 was

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.779
 twitching,

00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:21.659
 and he

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:21.839
 was

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.420
 demonstrating

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.019
 a variety

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.619
 of behaviors

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:24.299
 and sounds,

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.899
 and here's

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.119
 what I

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.480
 was trying

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.779
 to do.

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.579
 Honestly,

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.899
 what I

00:32:26.899 --> 00:32:27.240
 was trying

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.500
 to do

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.039
 was reference

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.440
 what was

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:28.960
 going on

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.259
 on his

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.700
 behavior

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.259
 on TV

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.319
 with everything

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.859
 I know

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.119
 in the

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.419
 scriptures.

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.259
 I wanted

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.799
 to be fair

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.200
 and say,

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:34.899
 okay,

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.839
 where in the

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.339
 Bible does

00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:36.759
 that kind

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.319
 of behavior

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.919
 seem to

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.399
 fit in?

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.779
 Not there.

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.259
 So,

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.119
 let me

00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:47.119
 clearly declare

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.519
 what the

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.180
 Bible says

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.619
 about being

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.079
 filled with

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.539
 the Spirit.

00:32:50.679 --> 00:32:51.339
 Being filled

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.859
 with the

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.059
 Spirit means

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:55.220
 being sensitive

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.259
 to his

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.619
 person and

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.359
 his presence.

00:32:59.460 --> 00:33:00.659
 Being sensitive

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.379
 to his

00:33:01.379 --> 00:33:02.879
 person and

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.759
 his presence.

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.939
 Influenced

00:33:05.939 --> 00:33:06.740
 by the fact

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.699
 that you

00:33:07.699 --> 00:33:09.099
 know he's

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.740
 in you

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.559
 and he's

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:10.899
 there.

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.159
 Turn in

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.559
 your Bible,

00:33:12.699 --> 00:33:12.980
 if you will,

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.419
 to John

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:14.519
 chapter 16

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.259
 verse 7.

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.339
 John

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.259
 chapter 16

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:22.400
 verse 7,

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.079
 Jesus says

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.299
 this,

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.920
 nevertheless I

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.359
 tell you the

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.559
 truth,

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.039
 it's to your

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:26.019
 advantage that

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.680
 I go away,

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.660
 for if I do

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.319
 not go away,

00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.819
 the helper

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:30.460
 will not

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.139
 come to you,

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:31.660
 but if I

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.240
 go, I will

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.680
 send him

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.160
 to you,

00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.819
 the person

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.680
 of the

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.200
 Holy Spirit.

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.940
 And Jesus

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.220
 says,

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.460
 listen,

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:39.259
 I'm leaving

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:40.339
 and when he

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.819
 said that,

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.240
 I want you

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.740
 to imagine

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.180
 that here

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.400
 are the

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:43.500
 disciples in

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.000
 the third

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.420
 year of

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.920
 their being

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.660
 around Jesus.

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:46.320
 And remember

00:33:46.320 --> 00:33:47.160
 over in

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.820
 John chapter

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.539
 6 when

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.519
 Jesus had

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.240
 finished his

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.720
 absolutely

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.519
 drop-dead

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.420
 sermon and

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.060
 most everybody

00:33:53.060 --> 00:33:53.600
 else had

00:33:53.600 --> 00:33:54.600
 scampered and

00:33:54.600 --> 00:33:55.120
 he looked to

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.759
 his disciples

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.140
 and he said,

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.700
 are you guys

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.360
 going too?

00:33:57.640 --> 00:33:58.140
 And what did

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.759
 Peter say?

00:33:59.800 --> 00:34:00.160
 He said,

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.560
 where are we

00:34:00.560 --> 00:34:01.120
 going to go?

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.019
 Who else

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.640
 has the words

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:04.220
 of life?

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.660
 They recognized

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.620
 the supremacy

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.860
 and the sweetness

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.720
 of Christ and

00:34:09.720 --> 00:34:10.019
 they said,

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.099
 you're the one.

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:14.139
 And to that

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.900
 listening group

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.299
 of men,

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.739
 he says,

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:15.920
 hey,

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.239
 listen,

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:18.179
 it's a good

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.859
 thing that I

00:34:18.859 --> 00:34:19.319
 leave you

00:34:19.319 --> 00:34:19.960
 because when

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.579
 I leave,

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:22.099
 you are going

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.879
 to get

00:34:22.879 --> 00:34:24.159
 the helper.

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.940
 He'll be

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.400
 with you.

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.259
 The person.

00:34:29.839 --> 00:34:30.519
 The person.

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.299
 The person.

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.920
 Let me tell you

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.139
 something.

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.579
 I remember

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.219
 reading earlier

00:34:37.219 --> 00:34:37.659
 this week,

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.279
 I think it was

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:41.139
 David Powelson

00:34:41.139 --> 00:34:41.619
 was talking

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.920
 about counseling

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.480
 ministry.

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.279
 I said,

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.719
 there are often

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:47.099
 days where he

00:34:47.099 --> 00:34:47.719
 looks at his

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:48.539
 caseload and

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.539
 responsibilities he

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.920
 has in ministering

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.639
 to the hearts of

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.739
 people and he

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.219
 knows the

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.119
 brokenness and the

00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:54.819
 heartache and the

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.559
 difficulty they're

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.559
 facing and he

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.579
 finds himself going

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.559
 into that situation

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.119
 and as he ponders

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.920
 the weight of the

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.059
 moment, he finds

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:04.059
 himself not normally

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.159
 thinking, I can't

00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:06.039
 do this.

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:11.619
 And then he

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.279
 prays and said,

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.039
 God, you have

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.599
 to help me.

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.539
 And he then

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.599
 reminds himself

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.460
 that it's not by

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.279
 might nor by

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:20.079
 power but by my

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.480
 spirit, saith the

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.759
 Lord.

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.460
 To be filled

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.099
 with the spirit,

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.400
 for one thing,

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.880
 means that we are

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.900
 sensitive to his

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:32.860
 person and his

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.559
 presence.

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:37.400
 We show our

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.299
 regard for his

00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:39.559
 presence incidentally

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.699
 by not grieving

00:35:40.699 --> 00:35:41.239
 him with

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.799
 disobedience or

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:44.299
 quenching him by

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:45.139
 refusing his

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.619
 control.

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:49.480
 We show our

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.460
 regard for his

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:51.239
 presence, you're

00:35:51.239 --> 00:35:53.619
 here, by not

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.480
 grieving him with

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:56.299
 disobedience or

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:57.940
 quenching him by

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.759
 refusing his

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.199
 control.

00:36:00.279 --> 00:36:01.299
 I used this

00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.340
 illustration earlier

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:03.420
 when I was

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:04.000
 teaching Sunday

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.079
 school but it's a

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.700
 good illustration

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.340
 unfortunately.

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:08.280
 I was watching

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.039
 the football game

00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:12.599
 Saturday and I

00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:13.400
 had a moment

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.099
 where my

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:15.380
 carnality absolutely

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.260
 topped out the

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.599
 chart.

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:19.619
 There was a

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.860
 little kickback

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.720
 runback that

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.500
 then kind of

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:24.119
 devolved into a

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.000
 fracas and you

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.440
 know there were

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:26.599
 punches being

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.380
 thrown and blah

00:36:27.380 --> 00:36:27.820
 blah blah.

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.460
 And I, of

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.860
 course, I

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.780
 confess that after

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:32.960
 27 years I've

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.019
 finally become an

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.240
 actual true to

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:36.340
 life Buckeye fan.

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:37.059
 I don't wear the

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.920
 hat and things like

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.139
 that.

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:39.659
 I don't flag but I

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:40.400
 am a little bit of a

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.260
 Buckeye fan and so

00:36:41.260 --> 00:36:41.960
 when the fight was

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.159
 over I thought

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:44.039
 righteousness would

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.220
 probably be served if

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:46.420
 there were four or

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:47.099
 five of the Michigan

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.659
 players that were

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.119
 rejected.

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.360
 So I'm waiting

00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:54.179
 patiently for

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.460
 judgment to fall

00:36:55.460 --> 00:36:56.340
 from high, you know.

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:59.600
 and then I thought of

00:36:59.600 --> 00:37:00.680
 the worst case scenario,

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:02.300
 you know, maybe a

00:37:02.300 --> 00:37:03.059
 couple of the chumps

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.700
 would be kicked off

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.860
 and here's what

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.300
 happened.

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.680
 It was a two for one

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.420
 deal and I thought

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:10.120
 this is where my

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:12.000
 flesh got the best

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.579
 of me.

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.740
 I was sitting there

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:16.600
 in my living room and

00:37:16.600 --> 00:37:17.620
 I was actually angry.

00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:20.940
 I was very angry.

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:23.079
 I was even having

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:24.980
 momentary murderous

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.300
 thoughts.

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.900
 I mean, I was just

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:31.480
 like, oh, yeah.

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:33.639
 People's cars are

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.519
 going to be keyed when

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:35.059
 they come down.

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.619
 I'm sorry.

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:39.400
 This is wickedness

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.240
 and I'm not proud of

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.900
 it but I'm telling you

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.300
 the truth.

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:42.500
 And the Spirit of

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.440
 God tapped me on the

00:37:43.440 --> 00:37:43.980
 shoulder and said,

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.579
 Tim, what are you

00:37:44.579 --> 00:37:44.900
 doing?

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.920
 The Spirit of God

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.780
 brought back verses

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.619
 to my mind.

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.480
 You follow that?

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.440
 The wrath of man

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.119
 doesn't work the

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:02.159
 righteousness of God.

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:02.539
 Ooh.

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.900
 And then the real

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:06.199
 kicker was where

00:38:06.199 --> 00:38:07.059
 Jesus, remember where

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.480
 he says, my kingdom

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.420
 is not of this world

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:11.019
 because if this was my

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.900
 kingdom, my servants

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.719
 would be fighting and

00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:14.840
 I thought, you know

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.820
 what, my anger has

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.619
 nothing to do with

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.099
 eternity.

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.599
 I was there humble.

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:21.420
 Lord, forgive me for

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:21.720
 that.

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:28.440
 We show that we know

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.619
 he's present when we

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.720
 don't grieve him with

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:33.619
 disobedience and we

00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.480
 don't quench him by

00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.579
 refusing his counsel.

00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:39.079
 Secondly, being filled

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.840
 with the Spirit means

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.740
 consciously and

00:38:40.740 --> 00:38:42.079
 deliberately being

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.280
 dependent upon his

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.920
 enabling and his power.

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.579
 I need him.

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:48.400
 Look over at John

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.779
 chapter 15 verse 5.

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.659
 It says, I am the vine,

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.360
 you are the branches,

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.440
 whoever abides in me

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.960
 and I in him, he it is

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:55.019
 that bears much fruit.

00:38:55.239 --> 00:38:56.440
 For apart from me,

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.920
 what?

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:58.420
 You can do nothing.

00:38:58.420 --> 00:39:06.980
 I am not the most

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.220
 profound mechanic.

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.159
 I'll be the first to

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.579
 tell you that.

00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:10.639
 But I have figured out

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:12.780
 that cars need keys.

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:18.980
 In fact, apart from the

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:21.720
 key, the car is just a

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:24.180
 stationary object.

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.780
 Isn't that right?

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.920
 And one of the things

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:28.920
 that shows my absolute

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.960
 confidence in that

00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:31.059
 reality is generally

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:32.480
 when I get out of my

00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:34.559
 car, being the little

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.680
 lame brain that I am,

00:39:35.780 --> 00:39:37.579
 I always check two or

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.680
 three times to see where

00:39:38.680 --> 00:39:39.440
 the keys are.

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:40.099
 How many of you do

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.320
 that?

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.079
 Okay.

00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.780
 There's a reason for

00:39:43.780 --> 00:39:44.159
 that.

00:39:45.420 --> 00:39:46.039
 You see, I have

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:49.240
 AAA and they think I

00:39:49.240 --> 00:39:50.039
 have them on speed

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.760
 dial and that's not

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.380
 true at all.

00:39:54.639 --> 00:39:55.680
 By the way, we have

00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.539
 premier service.

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.320
 There's a reason for

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.779
 that too.

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.340
 That's my wife.

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.179
 I care about her.

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:04.099
 But here's the deal.

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:06.420
 I know that keys and

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:08.800
 cars are pretty important.

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:13.360
 And when I am filled with

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.699
 the Spirit, I am conscious

00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:16.539
 and aware that apart from

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:17.579
 Him, I can do nothing.

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.340
 Try to live the Christian

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:23.599
 life apart from the power of

00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:24.880
 the Spirit of God and it is

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:27.019
 a recipe for frustration,

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:30.159
 discouragement, and

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.980
 fruitlessness.

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:37.259
 By Him and through Him, we

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:38.839
 have been called to be

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:40.860
 lights in dark corners.

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.000
 sinners.

00:40:42.500 --> 00:40:45.140
 It's not our nature to be

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:49.059
 humble or thankful, but it's

00:40:49.059 --> 00:40:50.200
 the work of the Spirit of God

00:40:50.200 --> 00:40:51.340
 to make us that way, isn't

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.539
 it?

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:57.300
 And so, all you have to do is

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:59.559
 listen to the broken world

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:01.599
 around you and realize that you

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:03.340
 can either choose to live that

00:41:03.340 --> 00:41:06.660
 way or you can consciously

00:41:06.660 --> 00:41:08.700
 choose to let the Spirit of God

00:41:08.700 --> 00:41:09.539
 enable you.

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:14.940
 Third, being filled with the

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:17.220
 Spirit means choosing to yield to

00:41:17.220 --> 00:41:19.980
 His scriptural promptings.

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:23.760
 John chapter 16, verse 13 through

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.280
 14.

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:27.720
 John chapter 16, verse 13 through

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:28.120
 14.

00:41:28.220 --> 00:41:29.380
 When the Spirit of truth comes,

00:41:29.780 --> 00:41:31.340
 He will guide you into all truth,

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.960
 for He will not speak on His own

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:34.940
 authority, but whatever He hears,

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.579
 He will speak, and He will

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:38.180
 declare to you the things that

00:41:38.180 --> 00:41:38.620
 are to come.

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:41.200
 He will glorify me, for He will

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:43.519
 take what is mine and declare it

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:44.059
 to you.

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:46.620
 The Spirit works to bring back the

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:48.840
 Word of God to our thinking so

00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.220
 that we may know what to do and

00:41:51.220 --> 00:41:53.240
 what to think so that Christ is

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.579
 honored.

00:41:57.920 --> 00:42:00.340
 The Spirit of God is the search

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:04.900
 engine to help you handle the Word of

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:07.140
 God that you bury in your heart so

00:42:07.140 --> 00:42:10.100
 that He can call it to mind at every

00:42:10.100 --> 00:42:12.400
 moment when you need His help.

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:22.340
 Beloved, if I am repetitious in my

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:24.620
 desire for you to be a people that

00:42:24.620 --> 00:42:27.100
 think the Scriptures, it is because

00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:29.539
 the Spirit will use what's there.

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:33.099
 And if you don't have it packed away,

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:36.139
 He's not going to sprinkle it in

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:37.059
 magically.

00:42:42.900 --> 00:42:46.139
 Being led by the Spirit is choosing

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:50.319
 to walk in the path of His Word.

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:54.440
 Look at Galatians chapter 5 verse 16.

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:56.519
 I love this text.

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:59.260
 Galatians chapter, by the way, there

00:42:59.260 --> 00:43:00.780
 are a lot of passages I love just in

00:43:00.780 --> 00:43:02.460
 case you're wondering, but Galatians

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.840
 chapter 5, this is one that you probably

00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:05.539
 should memorize.

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:12.960
 Galatians chapter 5 verse 16 and 17.

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:17.019
 But I say, walk by the Spirit and you

00:43:17.019 --> 00:43:18.800
 will not gratify the desires of the

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.280
 flesh.

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.679
 Leave it at that.

00:43:21.539 --> 00:43:22.860
 Galatians chapter 5 verse 16.

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:24.300
 Walk by the Spirit and you will not

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:25.159
 gratify what?

00:43:26.139 --> 00:43:28.500
 How many of you, in retrospect, find

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:30.139
 yourself pretty disappointed, pretty

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:33.500
 discouraged, pretty turned off by the

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:35.400
 outcome of the desires of the flesh,

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:35.659
 right?

00:43:35.699 --> 00:43:37.539
 Every one of us say, yeah.

00:43:39.679 --> 00:43:41.039
 So how do you deal with that?

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:43.239
 Walk by the Spirit.

00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:46.000
 And what does it mean to walk by the

00:43:46.000 --> 00:43:46.279
 Spirit?

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:48.619
 It means choosing to walk in the path of

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:50.860
 His Word and allowing what He has to

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:52.699
 say to make a difference in your life.

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:56.099
 So only come full circle.

00:44:01.759 --> 00:44:03.940
 I'm going to make the assumption that

00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:05.900
 the vast majority of you people here

00:44:05.900 --> 00:44:07.739
 today know Christ as your personal

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:08.059
 Savior.

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:16.420
 The God who has ordained your salvation

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:19.380
 and works so miraculously to deliver you

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:23.820
 from the pit intends for you to be a

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:26.679
 person who consciously and deliberately

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:34.259
 chooses to remember that He's present and

00:44:34.260 --> 00:44:34.660
 in you.

00:44:37.300 --> 00:44:41.520
 A person who chooses to rely upon His power to

00:44:41.520 --> 00:44:45.620
 do what you cannot do by your own and chooses

00:44:45.620 --> 00:44:50.280
 to yield to His scriptural promptings and

00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:54.600
 chooses to walk in the path of His Word.

00:44:54.599 --> 00:45:05.339
 I am not one for a lot of emotional deciding.

00:45:08.279 --> 00:45:10.920
 But I am one who believes that the purpose of

00:45:10.920 --> 00:45:13.639
 preaching is to put people on the spot of saying

00:45:13.639 --> 00:45:14.039
 what?

00:45:14.659 --> 00:45:17.500
 Yes or no to God.

00:45:17.500 --> 00:45:21.940
 God says walk by the Spirit.

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:26.500
 And so what you have to ask yourself the question is

00:45:26.500 --> 00:45:29.440
 does that characterize my life?

00:45:31.000 --> 00:45:32.980
 And it wouldn't be a bad thing as you're driving

00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:35.320
 home to turn to your husband and turn to your wife and

00:45:35.320 --> 00:45:38.059
 say hey what do you think about how I'm doing it being

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.800
 Spirit filled?

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:42.039
 And everybody smiles so we can come to the point

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.219
 here.

00:45:42.219 --> 00:45:47.219
 If you're a little uncomfortable with doing that then

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:50.259
 probably a wise thing to do would be right now to say

00:45:50.259 --> 00:45:55.879
 alright Lord I hear what you have to say and I take you

00:45:55.879 --> 00:46:00.639
 seriously and I will consciously and deliberately choose

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:11.719
 you being my helper to desire to do everything necessary to

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:14.599
 be filled with the Spirit.

00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:18.119
 Let's close in prayer.

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.299
 Oh Lord.