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 Okay, so, welcome back to this class on the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, where we've been considering

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! the person and the work of the Holy Spirit.

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 Now, if you've been coming to the class for the past three weeks, we've been looking at the work of the Holy Spirit.

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 And we've looked at his work of revelation a few weeks ago, then his work of regeneration, and then last week,

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 we looked at the Spirit's work of sanctification. So, in other words, we've considered how the Spirit causes us to know Christ,

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 how the Spirit causes us to be united to Christ, and then how the Spirit causes us to grow in Christ-likeness.

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 So, what that means then is that, so far, in our discussion of the Spirit's work, we've been focused on his work in us individually, right?

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 But today, we want to start looking at the Spirit's work in us corporately.

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 That is, we want to start looking at the Spirit's work in the church.

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 After all, what is, what is God's saving plan for humanity?

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 What we see in Scripture is it's not merely to save individuals in an atomistic way.

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 Rather, God's saving plan for humanity is to save a people, right?

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 A people who, in their life together, will glorify his great name.

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 And how could that be otherwise? How could that be otherwise, given who God is, right?

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 The God revealed in Jesus Christ and in Scripture is the Triune God, Father, Son, and Spirit.

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 God is a tri-personal God, a God who, in the fullness of his eternal life, is a God of relationality, love, and we might even say community, right?

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 And so, if humanity is going to glorify the Triune God, as we were created to do, we have to do so together, in relationship, in love, in community.

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 We see that in the creation narratives, right? In Genesis chapter 1.

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 The creation week finds its climax in the creation of humanity.

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 Remember those verses, those verses from Genesis 1, 26 and 27.

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image after our likeness.

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 Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock,

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 and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.

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 Then it says,

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 So God created man in his own image, and the image of God he created him.

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 Male and female he created them, right?

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 Male and female.

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 Through the diversity of humans as male and female, united in a common mission of ruling and stewarding the earth,

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 God's image is fully shining forth in humanity.

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 So it's a corporate reality.

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 And we see that corporate reality, not just in creation, but also in redemption, right?

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 When God calls Abraham in Genesis 12, do you remember what happened right before that?

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 What's the story right before the call of Abraham?

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 Babel.

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 Babel, that's right.

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 Yeah, the Tower of Babel.

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 Humanity and pride tries to build a tower to heaven to make a name for themselves.

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 God confuses their language and scatters them.

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 So humanity is alienated from God and from one another through sin and through sin's judgment.

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 But in Genesis 12, right?

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 God calls Abraham.

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 And the call of Abraham is not just to bless Abraham individually, but also through Abraham to bless all nations, right?

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 Genesis 12, 3.

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 And you shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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 The families, the nations scattered and alienated by the curse of sin will somehow, someway be blessed in Abraham.

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 But not just through Abraham individually, right?

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 Because God's plan would involve making through Abraham a people.

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 God tells Abraham in Genesis 12, 2,

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 I'll make of you a great nation.

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 So here is how God will undo the curse of Babel, the alienation of humanity from God and from each other, right?

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 Here's how the curse of sin will give way to blessing.

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 Through Abraham, a family, a people, a nation will be formed.

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 And in them, God's blessing will cascade to all the families of the earth.

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 But what happens in the Old Testament story, right?

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 The Old Testament story demonstrates that Abraham's physical family, the people of Israel,

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 though set apart to be a blessing for the nations,

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 the Old Testament shows us that they too need to be rescued from sin's curse, right?

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 And that rescue would come through Abraham's one true offspring, the true Israelite,

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 God's true and only son, the Messiah, our Lord Jesus.

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 And it's through faith in Jesus that our sins are forgiven and God's blessing is restored to us.

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 Listen to how Paul describes this in Galatians 3, Galatians 3, 6 through 14.

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 Paul says,

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 Just as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness,

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 know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham.

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 And the scripture foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,

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 preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying,

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 And you shall all the nations be blessed.

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 So then, those who are of faith are blessed, along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse.

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 For it's written,

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 Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law and do them.

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 Now it's evident that no one is justified before God by the law,

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 for the righteous shall live by faith.

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 But the law is not of faith, rather the one who does them shall live by them.

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 Christ, however, redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.

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 For it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.

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 So that in Christ Jesus,

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 the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles,

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 so that we might receive the promised spirit through faith.

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 Okay, how does the blessing of Abraham come to us, sinners, even to us Gentiles?

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 Comes to us through Jesus Christ, through faith in him.

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 And through faith in him, the spirit dwells in us,

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 making us the people God intended to make us.

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 Right?

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 The people of blessing, in whom the curse of sin is turned back,

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 in whom the glory of God begins to shine again.

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 Right?

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 So the spirit's work, as we see here in this kind of,

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 my quick overview of the biblical theology of a people, right?

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 The spirit's work in uniting us to Christ isn't just a personal individual work,

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 it's also a corporate work.

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 In uniting us to Christ, the spirit unites us to the people of Christ.

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 And again, that was always God's plan, was to unite a people in himself.

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 Do you remember those magnificent verses at the beginning of Ephesians?

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 We've looked at Ephesians a couple times in this class, haven't we?

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 Ephesians 1, 7 through 10.

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 Paul says,

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 In Christ we have redemption through his blood,

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 the forgiveness of our trespasses,

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 according to the riches of his grace,

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 which he lavished upon us in all wisdom and insight,

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 making known to us the mystery of his will,

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 according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

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 as a plan for the fullness of time.

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 And what is that plan?

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 What is the plan that is being enacted as Christ redeems us through his blood,

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 forgives our trespasses,

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 lavishes his grace on us,

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 and reveals to us a plan, which is what?

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 Paul says,

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 To unite all things in Christ,

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 things in heaven and things on earth.

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 The uniting of all things,

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 the healing of what's broken,

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 the reconciling of enemies,

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 the overcoming of our alienation.

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 This is the work of God in Christ,

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 made effective by his spirit.

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 Because do you remember what the next paragraph is in Ephesians 1?

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 We've heard this good news,

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 and the spirits come and made us gods,

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 made us God's inheritance, right?

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 Okay, so it would be through this people,

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 this corporate reality,

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 the church,

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 that God's glory shines forth.

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 I love this passage a little later in Ephesians,

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 in Ephesians 3, 8 through 10.

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 Paul says,

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 Think of all the things that you would put in that blank.

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 so that through the blank,

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 the manifold wisdom of God

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 might now be made known to the rulers and authorities

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 in the heavenly places, right?

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 How would you fill in that blank, right?

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 As like all the heavenly hosts

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 peer over the edge of heaven down at earth,

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 what is the thing that God's going to point to

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 and says,

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 That's where my glory is most fully displayed.

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 That's where my unfolding wisdom reaches its climax.

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 Yeah, go ahead, Richard.

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 Yeah, what would you say?

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 If I were writing the Bible,

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 I would say the cross.

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 Mmm.

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 The cross.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah, that's a good contender, isn't it?

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 I didn't write the Bible.

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 That's right.

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 Yeah.

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 I think initially we would say,

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 Look at this.

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 Look at the heavens,

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 the starry host, right?

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 Look at how beautiful and complex the creation is.

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 Look at how magnificent the human body is

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 or the human mind, right?

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 Look at how wonderful these things are.

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 Or look at other aspects of redemptive history.

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 Look at the cross.

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 Isn't that where God's manifold wisdom is displayed, right?

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 But Paul says,

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 Through the church.

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 What a wonderful,

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 mind-boggling reality it is

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 to be a part of the people of God

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 and to know that

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 God's entire redemptive plan

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 has come about

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 so that he might be glorified

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 in this redeemed people, right?

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 So the church is the locus of God's glory

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 to all the heavens.

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 And so,

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 if the Spirit's work

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 is to bring God's saving plan to completion,

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 then his work

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 won't just be the work of saving individuals,

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 but of creating and sustaining a people, right?

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 Creating and sustaining a people.

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 Now, we want to be careful.

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 It's not either or, right?

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 It's not as if the personal,

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 the individual doesn't matter.

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 We've just spent three weeks

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 talking about that, right?

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 There's no corporate body

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 without persons believing,

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 trusting in Christ.

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 At the end of the day,

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 we will all be accountable before God,

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 individually, personally.

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 But we are also a people together.

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 That is part of God's plan.

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 So the work of the Spirit

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 is not just a work of saving individuals,

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 but of creating and sustaining a people.

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 So, now when we think about the church, right,

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 what are some of the metaphors

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 of the church that we see in Scripture

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 that come to mind?

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 for us.

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 We belong to Christ.

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 Yes, we're in Christ.

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 Yep.

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 What are some others?

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 We're the body of Christ.

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 Yeah, that's one I think

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 that comes to mind right away.

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 Yep.

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 Someone else said something?

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 The temple.

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 Yeah, the temple of what, Giovanni?

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 The temple of God.

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 Be more specific.

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 The temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 That's it.

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 Great.

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 Yeah, that's right.

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 The temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 Right.

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 You know, I think rightfully so.

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 When we think about the church

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 and our identity

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 and who we are,

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 it's as the body of Christ.

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 Paul uses that language all the time.

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 The body of Christ.

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 Ephesians 1, 22 through 23.

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 Paul says,

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 And he, that is God the Father,

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 put all things under Christ's feet

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 and gave Christ his head

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 over all things to the church,

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 which is his body,

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 the fullness of him

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 who fills all in all.

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 So we are Christ's body on earth.

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 Again, in 1 Corinthians 12,

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 12 and 27,

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 we read,

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 For just as the body is one

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 and has many members

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 and all the members of the body,

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 though many are one body,

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 so it is with Christ.

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 Now you are the body of Christ

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 and individually members of it.

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 Right?

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 So we are,

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 the church is,

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 the body of Christ,

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 but not just the body of Christ.

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 Yeah, Jeff, did you want to?

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 The bride.

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 Oh, the bride.

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 Yeah, that's a good one too, isn't it?

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 Yep.

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 We won't even talk about that one this morning.

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 We'll have to do a whole other class

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 on the doctrine of the church.

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 Yes, Richard?

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 So Hebrews tells us

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 that we are the house that Christ builds.

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 That's right.

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 Yes, yes, yes.

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 Yeah.

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 This is good.

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 We're more ecclesiologically savvy

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 than most Sunday schools, I bet.

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 We're pointing them all out.

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 No, that's right.

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 That's right.

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 Yeah.

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 But obviously what we want to focus on this morning is

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 the church is the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 Ephesians 2, 19 through 22.

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 Paul says this.

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 He says,

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 So then,

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 you are no longer strangers and aliens,

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 but you are fellow citizens with the saints

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 and members of the household of God

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 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,

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 Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,

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 in whom the whole structure being joined together

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 grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

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 in whom you also are being built together

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 into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

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 So there we see Paul saying that

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 we are like stones being built together

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 into this beautiful new temple

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 where God dwells by his Spirit.

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 Right?

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 1 Corinthians 3, 16 through 17.

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 Paul, somewhat rebuking the Corinthians, says,

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 Do you not know that you are God's temple

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 and God's Spirit dwells in you?

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 If anyone destroys God's temple,

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 God will destroy him.

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 For God's temple is holy,

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 and you are that temple.

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 Now, interesting, the temple of the Holy Spirit,

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 Paul will use that both for us individually as Christians.

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 We sometimes think of that, right?

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 But here he's speaking corporately of the church.

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 The church is not just the body of Christ,

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 but also the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 Think of it a minute about what that means.

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 We don't often think about temples, right,

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 in our day and age.

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 When's the last time you were at a temple?

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 Has anyone here even been to something

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 that's called a temple?

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 Some of you have.

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 Yeah, good.

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 Right?

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 In the ancient world,

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 temples were those places

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 where the infinite God

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 or the infinite, the transcendent,

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 intersected with the finite world.

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 Right?

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 I think today we don't think about

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 religious spaces as being that,

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 but maybe, like,

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 have you ever been to a particularly beautiful

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 or transcendent place?

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 Maybe a beautiful place in nature.

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 Maybe it was kind of a beautiful cathedral.

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 I remember visiting the ruins

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 of Glastonbury Cathedral in England

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 many, many years ago.

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 Has anyone here ever been

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 to Glastonbury Cathedral in England?

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 So Glastonbury Cathedral is very interesting

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 because it was a giant, huge cathedral

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 in this town of Glastonbury,

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 and then I think during the Reformation

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 they got, like, all torn down

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 in the Reformation movement.

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 So now it's this magnificent place

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 because it's a beautiful place,

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 nature-wise,

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 but then there are also

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 these giant ruins of an old cathedral

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 shooting out of the ground.

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 So it's a place that just feels

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 somehow transcendent,

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 like set apart from ordinary experience,

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 as if the kind of veil

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 between heaven and earth

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 were very thin there.

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 Even in its ruin.

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 Even in its ruin,

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 it has this sort of aura.

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 And you know,

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 other people have caught up on that

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 because there are a bunch of Celtic shops

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 and Druid shops all around town.

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 Lots of spirituality there.

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 But here's the point I want to make.

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 Here's the point I want to make.

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 We've all had experiences like that, right?

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 Where it just seems like,

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 wow, something holy is kind of here, right?

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 Like this feels like transcendent, special.

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 We're like pushing through

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 to something different.

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 But that reality, friends,

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 whatever we're sensing there,

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 you know,

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 if there's any truth in that,

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 the truth is,

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 that is most true of the church

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 because the church is the temple

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 In our life together,

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 God dwells in our midst.

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 Truly here,

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 the infinite is pressing into the finite

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 and the eternal is intersecting with time.

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 Here in the people of Christ,

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 in the local church,

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 the future of God

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 is coming down into the present

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 and becoming real here.

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 So the church is both the body of Christ

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 and the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 Just as the Spirit filled Christ

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 for his earthly ministry,

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 so much so that Christ could refer to himself

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 as God's temple.

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 Do you remember that in John 3?

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 Jesus says,

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 hey, if you tear down this temple in three days,

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 I'll raise it up again.

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 And he was talking about his body.

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 So Jesus was saying,

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 the Jerusalem temple,

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 that was just a sign for who I am,

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 the dwelling of God in your midst.

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 But now the Spirit fills the church

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 just like the Spirit,

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 just like he filled Christ

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 so that we might go in

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 and fulfill the ascended Christ's

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 ongoing ministry

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 of filling all things.

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 Right?

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 Good.

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 All right.

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 With the rest of the class,

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 I want to look at a couple ways

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 in which the Spirit is at work in the church.

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 And this will just be a beginning entree

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 into the rest of our weeks together.

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 So let's consider some of the ways

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 in which the Holy Spirit is at work in the church,

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 not just as the body of Christ,

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 but as the temple of the Holy Spirit.

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 And I'm following the work

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 of a theologian and teacher

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 named Greg Allison here,

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 who's written a couple books

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 on the Holy Spirit that are quite good.

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 So this is an original to me.

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 This is something I've learned

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 from other teachers in my life,

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 but it's very helpful.

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 It's very good.

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 So the first thing we see

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 in the New Testament

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 as the Holy Spirit works in the church

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 is that the Holy Spirit grants unity.

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 The Holy Spirit grants unity.

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 Do you remember that excerpt?

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 It might be helpful, actually,

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 to turn to Ephesians chapter four.

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 Ephesians four.

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 Let me read just the first couple verses

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 of Ephesians four.

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 Paul says,

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 I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord,

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 urge you to walk in a manner

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 worthy of the calling

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 to which you've been called,

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 with all humility and gentleness,

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 with patience,

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 bearing with one another in love,

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 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit

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 and the bond of peace.

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 Eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit

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 and the bond of peace.

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 It's interesting that Paul

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 doesn't tell us there

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 to create the unity of the Church, right?

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 Or manufacture the unity of the Church

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 as if somehow it doesn't already exist.

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 No.

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 What does he say?

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 What's the word he uses?

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 Maintain, right?

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 We are called to maintain

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 the unity of the Spirit,

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 the unity of the Church

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 that the Spirit creates.

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 So, in other words,

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 the unity of the Church

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 is a reality already established

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 by the Spirit, right?

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 And isn't that what we see

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 in the book of Acts, right?

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 At Pentecost,

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 when the Spirit comes upon the Church

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 in new covenant fullness,

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 the sign of his presence

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 on that first day is what?

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 It's the speaking in tongues, right?

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 That is, the apostles,

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 and we talked about this

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 on Sunday a few weeks ago, right,

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 in our service,

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 speaking in tongues in Acts, right,

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 is when the apostles

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 and the disciples

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 were miraculously enabled

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 to speak the native languages

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 of everyone present, right?

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 Acts 2.1, the crowd say,

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 we hear them telling in our own tongues

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 the mighty works of God.

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 In other words,

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 it's a sign of unity.

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 All languages are now being incorporated

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 into the one people,

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 the one body of the risen Lord Jesus.

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 And then in Acts 10,

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 well, that's, okay,

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 that's great for Pentecost, right?

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 Because those were all diaspora Jews

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 who came to Jerusalem.

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 They were already sort of like

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 in the redemptive path

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 of God's work, right?

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 They were all Jews

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 or they were at least converts to Judaism.

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 They were proselytes, Luke says.

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 But what about those other people, right?

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 What about them?

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 Well, in Acts 10,

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 do you remember,

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 when Cornelius and his household

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 become the first Gentiles

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 to hear the gospel?

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 They hear the gospel from Peter

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 and they hear the gospel

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 and they believed

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 and they're saved

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 and the Spirit demonstrates

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 his unifying presence

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 in the same way.

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 This is what Luke writes

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 in Acts 10,

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 44 through 48.

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 While Peter was still saying these things,

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 that he's sharing the message

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 about Christ crucified

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 and risen with them,

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 while Peter was still saying these things,

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 the Holy Spirit fell

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 on all who heard the word.

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 And the believers

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 from among the circumcised

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 who had come with Peter

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 were amazed

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 because the gift of the Holy Spirit

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 was poured out

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 even on the Gentiles.

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 For they were,

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 how did they know?

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 For they were hearing them

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 speaking in tongues

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 and extolling God.

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 Then Peter declared,

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 can anyone withhold water

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 for baptizing these people

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 who have received the Holy Spirit

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 just as we have?

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 And he commanded them

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 to be baptized

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 in the name of Jesus Christ.

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 Then they asked him

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 to remain

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 for some days.

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 So,

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 what's happening in Acts 10

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 is a redemptive historical moment,

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 right?

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 When the first non-Jews

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 hear the message about Jesus

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 and believe,

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 the Spirit comes

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 in the same way

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 as he did at Pentecost

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 to say,

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 you are one people.

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 That same sign

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 is given to them

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 to demonstrate

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 that there wasn't going

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 to be two churches,

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 a Gentile church

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 and a Jewish church,

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 but one church

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And the Spirit

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 is the one who did that,

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 right?

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 The Spirit,

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 he created that unity.

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 He grants that unity

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 to the church.

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 So,

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 it isn't something

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 that we strive to create,

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 back to Ephesians 4.

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 It's a gift of the Spirit

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 that we have to maintain,

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 right?

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 That the Spirit gives to us.

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 And that means

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 that the kind of,

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 we might say

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 that the default mode

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 of the church,

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 right,

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 is harmony.

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 Now,

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 you might be thinking,

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 Nick,

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 I've been in church

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 for a long time.

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 The default mode

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 of the churches

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.740
 I'm experiencing,

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.500
 I haven't been in,

00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:04.259
 have not been harmony.

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.700
 Right?

00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.639
 Of course,

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.079
 right?

00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:07.679
 Of course.

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.639
 Sadly,

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:11.460
 through our ongoing sin,

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.579
 church members

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.440
 can work against

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:15.220
 this established harmony

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.679
 and unity,

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.119
 can't we?

00:22:16.679 --> 00:22:17.839
 Political maneuvering,

00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.759
 infighting,

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:20.139
 individual agendas,

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.799
 pride,

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.399
 gossip,

00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:22.419
 these are all ways

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:22.839
 and more

00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.819
 that we can wreck

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:25.639
 the already established

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.099
 harmony

00:22:26.099 --> 00:22:26.759
 that the Spirit

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.659
 grants us.

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:28.839
 And that's why

00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.500
 Paul says

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.459
 in Ephesians 4,

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.079
 make every effort

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.240
 to maintain

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:33.720
 the unity

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.339
 of the Spirit

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:35.599
 in the bond

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.220
 of peace.

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.619
 Right?

00:22:38.199 --> 00:22:38.679
 Now,

00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:39.939
 in Ephesians 4,

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.059
 Paul talks about

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:42.819
 seven commonalities,

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.559
 we might say,

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.279
 that foster this unity.

00:22:46.220 --> 00:22:46.559
 Look at,

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:46.980
 look at back

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.659
 at Ephesians 4,

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.879
 look at verses 4

00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:50.099
 through 6.

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:50.599
 Look what Paul

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:51.220
 begins to list.

00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:51.539
 He says,

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.559
 be eager to maintain

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.259
 the unity of the Spirit

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.899
 in the bond of peace.

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:55.039
 There's one body

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.720
 and one Spirit,

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.319
 just as you were called

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:59.600
 to the one hope

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.980
 that belongs to your call.

00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:02.299
 One Lord,

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:03.279
 one faith,

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.559
 one baptism,

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.799
 one God

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.600
 and Father of all,

00:23:07.120 --> 00:23:07.839
 who's over all

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.140
 and through all

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.279
 and in all.

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:12.440
 Paul here is emphasizing

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.039
 the unity

00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:14.380
 that already exists,

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.579
 reminding us

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.240
 that there aren't

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.019
 many churches,

00:23:17.140 --> 00:23:17.259
 right?

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.180
 There's one church,

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:19.120
 there's one body.

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:21.059
 There aren't many spirits,

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:22.299
 but one Holy Spirit,

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.180
 right?

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.940
 There aren't many hopes

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:26.120
 that we have disparately.

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.240
 There's one hope

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:28.160
 of the calling

00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:28.980
 of eternal life.

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:31.200
 There's one Jesus Christ

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.799
 who is Lord of all.

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.700
 There's one faith,

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.960
 the faith once delivered

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.920
 to all the saints

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.660
 that Christians believe.

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:37.160
 There's one sacrament

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.660
 or ordinance

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.500
 of water baptism

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.779
 which we've all undergone.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:41.580
 And there's one sovereign God,

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.000
 the Father,

00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:43.740
 who's Father of all people,

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.500
 who's created every person

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.140
 in His image,

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.400
 right?

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.060
 And in the church,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:49.900
 is Father of every son

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.880
 or daughter of a king,

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.400
 right?

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:53.880
 Paul's just hammering home.

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.740
 We are one.

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 Look at all these commonalities

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.840
 that we have.

00:23:57.560 --> 00:23:58.320
 Look at what the Spirit

00:23:58.320 --> 00:23:59.160
 has brought us into.

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.920
 But then,

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:04.840
 Paul also in this passage

00:24:04.840 --> 00:24:06.759
 lists four virtues

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.340
 that help us maintain

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.800
 that unity.

00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.340
 And this is where

00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:10.400
 the passage starts, right?

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.759
 We can read those verses again.

00:24:11.860 --> 00:24:12.140
 He says,

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.100
 I therefore,

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.940
 a prisoner for the Lord,

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.620
 urge you to walk

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.380
 in a manner worthy

00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:15.880
 of the calling

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.600
 to which you've been called

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.600
 with all humility

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:19.640
 and gentleness,

00:24:20.280 --> 00:24:21.259
 with patience,

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:23.420
 bearing with one another

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.920
 in love.

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.240
 Here are the virtues

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.860
 that as the Holy Spirit

00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.600
 grows them in us

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.080
 will help us

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:30.100
 to maintain unity

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:31.660
 in this temple

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.560
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:32.880
 right?

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:34.759
 Humility.

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.820
 In a church

00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.940
 characterized by oneness,

00:24:38.040 --> 00:24:38.620
 its members

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.620
 think more highly

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:40.080
 of others

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:41.000
 than they do of themselves.

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.400
 Humility,

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.280
 right?

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.060
 Gentleness.

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.640
 We're meek

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:47.019
 rather than contentious.

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.920
 Patience.

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.640
 We steadfastly work

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.520
 through difficulties.

00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.759
 Bearing with one another

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.280
 in love.

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:55.860
 We put up

00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.440
 with each other's

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.340
 idiosyncrasies.

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.840
 That last one

00:24:58.840 --> 00:24:59.340
 might be the hardest

00:24:59.340 --> 00:24:59.720
 sometimes,

00:24:59.800 --> 00:25:00.320
 isn't it?

00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:01.820
 Right?

00:25:03.300 --> 00:25:03.900
 You know,

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.140
 that person's not really sinning,

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.520
 but man,

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.020
 they just kind of

00:25:06.020 --> 00:25:06.560
 get on my nerves.

00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:08.259
 Paul says,

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.380
 we bear with one another

00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.100
 in love,

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.540
 right?

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:12.759
 And even in their sins

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.160
 and flaws,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.320
 we bear with one another

00:25:14.320 --> 00:25:14.840
 in love,

00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.280
 right?

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.300
 Now,

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:16.759
 if you're wondering

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.500
 how to become more

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.540
 that sort of person,

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.359
 humble,

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:19.779
 gentle,

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.259
 patient,

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:21.299
 bearing with one another

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.500
 in love.

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.019
 You have to go back

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.619
 and listen to this

00:25:22.619 --> 00:25:23.180
 Sunday school lesson

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.799
 from last week

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.259
 when John talked

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.980
 about sanctification,

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.680
 right?

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.019
 As the Spirit

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.839
 does His work

00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:28.519
 in us,

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:31.240
 reminding us

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:32.159
 of all that we

00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:33.059
 have in Christ,

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.859
 reminding us

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.500
 of how deeply

00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.819
 loved we are

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.859
 and have been,

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.099
 as the Spirit

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.940
 calls out with our

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.539
 spirit that we

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.680
 are children of God,

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.440
 as we cry out,

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.099
 Abba, Father,

00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:43.519
 as He pours that love

00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.539
 into our hearts,

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:46.039
 we become more

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.680
 and more freed

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.659
 from our old vices,

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.700
 our old sins,

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.839
 and as we keep

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.879
 in step with the Spirit,

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:52.039
 we become more

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.039
 and more like whom?

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.079
 Like Jesus,

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.740
 right?

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.099
 Who was

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.440
 and is

00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:00.000
 humble,

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.420
 gentle,

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.859
 patient,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.759
 and certainly

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:03.079
 bears with us

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.519
 in love.

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.960
 So the Holy Spirit

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.659
 grants unity

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.339
 to the church,

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.599
 and we must make

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.039
 every effort

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.980
 to maintain that unity.

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.940
 We remember

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.819
 these commonalities,

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.920
 these seven commonalities,

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.720
 and we exercise

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.980
 these virtues.

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.920
 Let's keep going.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.840
 So the Holy Spirit

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:19.300
 is working in the church.

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:20.160
 He grants us unity.

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.120
 Second,

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.840
 we see in Scripture

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.600
 that the Holy Spirit

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.620
 establishes leaders.

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.920
 As Paul preached

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:27.039
 to the elders at Ephesus,

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.640
 he says,

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.460
 I did not avoid

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.240
 declaring to you

00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:30.220
 the whole plan of God.

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.440
 He's talking to the elders here,

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.120
 the pastors,

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.560
 the leaders.

00:26:34.060 --> 00:26:34.380
 He says,

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.580
 be on guard for yourselves

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:36.519
 and for all the flock

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:38.100
 of which the Holy Spirit

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.560
 has appointed you

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.960
 as overseers

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.840
 to shepherd the church of God,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:44.160
 which he purchased

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:45.740
 with his own blood.

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.420
 So sidebar there,

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.500
 notice how

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.480
 in Paul's teaching

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.740
 to the elders at Ephesus,

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.360
 he says that the Holy Spirit

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.980
 has appointed you

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:55.039
 as overseers

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.140
 and that they are

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.380
 to shepherd, right?

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:58.100
 So we see there,

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.620
 that's one of those

00:26:58.620 --> 00:26:59.440
 New Testament passages

00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.060
 where we see that

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.420
 this office of elder

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.480
 or pastor,

00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.360
 that's the word for shepherd,

00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.800
 or overseer,

00:27:05.320 --> 00:27:06.420
 that's literally

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.160
 the word bishop,

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.580
 episkopos, right?

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.000
 That's all kind of one office

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.279
 in the New Testament church.

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.460
 So these elders,

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:13.079
 these pastors,

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.940
 these overseers

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.099
 are responsible

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.139
 for teaching and preaching,

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.000
 for leading the church,

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.019
 for praying for its members,

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.039
 especially for the sick,

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:21.059
 for shepherding God's people.

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.700
 And to be qualified

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.379
 for these pastor responsibilities

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:25.039
 and empowered

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.759
 to carry them out,

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.039
 leaders must be established

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:30.299
 by the Holy Spirit, right?

00:27:30.819 --> 00:27:31.799
 Paul says that you

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.940
 were appointed

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:34.339
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.440
 The Holy Spirit equips them,

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.660
 gives them necessary gifts,

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.399
 matures them,

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.720
 molds them in proven ministry.

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:42.620
 And he so works

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:43.200
 by the Spirit.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.160
 The Spirit also works

00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:45.500
 also to prompt the church

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.579
 to publicly acknowledge

00:27:46.579 --> 00:27:47.079
 these leaders

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.819
 as its pastors.

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.400
 So you think,

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.680
 well, wait,

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.400
 how does that work here

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.079
 at Trinity, right?

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:51.519
 How do people become elders

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.960
 at Trinity?

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.680
 Does anybody know?

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.500
 It doesn't involve money.

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.440
 We'll get to that in Acts.

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.539
 Jesus ruled that out

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.860
 pretty early on.

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:05.519
 Okay, they have to be a believer,

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:05.819
 right?

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.979
 They have to know the gospel

00:28:06.979 --> 00:28:07.779
 and believe it.

00:28:08.199 --> 00:28:08.979
 How else do we do it?

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:09.559
 Come on,

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.299
 some of you are members

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.579
 of Trinity.

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.379
 You know how we do it.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.819
 You have to be elected.

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.359
 Thanks, Chuck.

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.979
 That's right.

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.639
 That's right.

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.039
 Yeah.

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:17.879
 So, as a congregational church,

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.139
 right?

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.039
 Recognized.

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.199
 Recognized.

00:28:20.199 --> 00:28:22.299
 By the people of the church.

00:28:22.439 --> 00:28:23.359
 Yeah, that's right.

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.939
 You recognize

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:25.619
 that someone is a leader.

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.519
 That's right.

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.259
 Yeah, now we're getting

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.459
 into it, right?

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:30.180
 As a church community

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:31.900
 granted unity by the Spirit

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:33.579
 under the gospel, right?

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:35.680
 We start to recognize

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:36.600
 in our midst

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.840
 those people

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:40.360
 who are shepherding,

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.620
 who are pastoring

00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.500
 without the title,

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.880
 without the name,

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:46.319
 without the glamour, right?

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.340
 There's no glamour

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:47.920
 in being a pastor,

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.360
 by the way.

00:28:49.660 --> 00:28:50.900
 At least not anymore.

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.420
 Right?

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.559
 We start to see

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.079
 in our midst,

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.500
 hey,

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:56.500
 this person is loving,

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.140
 teaching,

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.420
 and it's bearing fruit.

00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.579
 Right?

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:01.500
 We begin to acknowledge

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.600
 what the Spirit's

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.579
 already doing

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.680
 in our midst

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.700
 through a person, right?

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.019
 Then,

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:09.120
 we start to talk

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:09.940
 about that, right?

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.059
 Because we know

00:29:11.059 --> 00:29:11.799
 that the Holy Spirit

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.880
 raises up leaders.

00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.720
 In fact,

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.100
 in Ephesians,

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.960
 Paul will say

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.819
 that the ascended

00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.380
 Lord Jesus

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:19.799
 gives these offices

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.680
 to the church, right?

00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.740
 And we see here in Acts

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.500
 that this is the work

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.160
 of the Holy Spirit

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.759
 doing that too, right?

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.819
 So then,

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.840
 formally here at Trinity,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.319
 how's that work?

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:28.460
 We would nominate

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.039
 that person

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:31.359
 to the existing elders

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.439
 to consider that person

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:32.859
 for elder.

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:34.259
 Then we would vet them

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.039
 and interview them, right?

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.819
 To make sure

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:37.299
 that what we see

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.980
 of them in public

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.700
 is true of them

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.099
 in private,

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.079
 that there really is

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.240
 a life of obedience

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.919
 to Christ,

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.899
 that they are walking

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.379
 with the Spirit,

00:29:43.439 --> 00:29:44.519
 that they do understand

00:29:44.519 --> 00:29:45.480
 the things of the Spirit,

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.059
 right?

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.980
 That they do understand

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.059
 biblical doctrine,

00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:48.759
 that they can do

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.439
 those things well,

00:29:49.919 --> 00:29:50.139
 right?

00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:51.619
 And then we would bring

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.700
 them before the congregation

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.519
 at a congregational meeting

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.259
 and do what Chuck said.

00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.859
 We vote on them, right?

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.960
 We let people

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.099
 pepper them with questions,

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.599
 right?

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.259
 And we try them

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.500
 and we test them, right?

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.619
 And then we send them

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.079
 out of the room

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.639
 and we cast ballots, right?

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.879
 But what this means

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:10.099
 is that the work

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:11.299
 of discernment,

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.859
 as the Holy Spirit

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.539
 does this work

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.019
 in our midst,

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.940
 as we discern together

00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:17.980
 who He is raising up

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.900
 as leaders, right?

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:21.180
 But we mustn't forget,

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.000
 it's very easy

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.900
 to look at that process

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.560
 and see it as a very

00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:24.620
 human process, right?

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.360
 Right?

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.680
 Elizabeth sees so-and-so

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.040
 teaching,

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.019
 so-and-so's teaching.

00:30:28.280 --> 00:30:28.720
 We bring them

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.420
 to a congregation meeting,

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.040
 we vote on them.

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.540
 It all seems like

00:30:30.540 --> 00:30:31.620
 a very human thing, right?

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.980
 Ah, but friends,

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.640
 don't forget that

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:35.019
 these are the means

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.040
 whereby the Holy Spirit

00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:36.800
 is doing His work

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.180
 in our midst,

00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.280
 so we must do it how?

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.600
 Prayerfully,

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.960
 dependently,

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:41.960
 right?

00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:44.480
 With humility

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.560
 and gentleness

00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.200
 and patience,

00:30:46.300 --> 00:30:46.920
 bearing with one another

00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.980
 and not being afraid

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.880
 to ask hard questions,

00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:49.560
 right?

00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.040
 But always dependent

00:30:51.040 --> 00:30:51.940
 on the work of the Spirit.

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.500
 Okay,

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.840
 so,

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.080
 the Holy Spirit

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.960
 establishes leaders

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:58.580
 and thank goodness

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.680
 that the Holy Spirit

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.380
 gives,

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.460
 gives us leaders, right?

00:31:03.040 --> 00:31:04.300
 They're a good gift to us,

00:31:04.800 --> 00:31:05.200
 right?

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:06.440
 We need people

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.940
 who teach us,

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.420
 we need people

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:07.880
 who are further

00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.740
 down the road than us

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.940
 helping us to understand

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.420
 the things of Christ,

00:31:11.540 --> 00:31:11.759
 right?

00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:13.320
 How often does Paul say,

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:14.380
 imitate me

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.380
 as I imitate Christ?

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.420
 I think each of us

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.840
 in this room

00:31:16.840 --> 00:31:17.480
 can be grateful

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.080
 that we've had

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.600
 other people

00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.019
 in our life

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.579
 at times

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.919
 in whom we can see

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.699
 the life of Christ

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.279
 lived out

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.679
 that we can imitate,

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.199
 right?

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.759
 So these are,

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.959
 leaders in the church

00:31:26.959 --> 00:31:27.740
 are a great gift.

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:29.339
 Okay,

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:29.779
 let's keep going.

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.139
 Third,

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.579
 the Holy Spirit

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:33.179
 empowers the church

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:34.779
 to engage unbelievers

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.459
 with the gospel,

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.019
 right?

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.519
 He grants us unity,

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.959
 establishes leaders,

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.699
 and empowers us

00:31:39.699 --> 00:31:40.359
 for evangelism

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.719
 and mission.

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.880
 remember,

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:41.920
 remember,

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.180
 prior to his ascension

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.000
 and the descent

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.339
 of the Spirit

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.759
 of Pentecost,

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.519
 Jesus promised

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.180
 his disciples,

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.579
 you'll receive power

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.839
 when the Holy Spirit

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.579
 has come on you

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:51.220
 and you'll be my witnesses

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:52.079
 in Jerusalem

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:53.259
 and all Judea

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.799
 and Samaria

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.559
 and to the ends

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:54.880
 of the earth.

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.740
 That's Acts 1-8,

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.079
 right?

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:58.279
 So Jesus himself

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:58.799
 promised that

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.680
 one of the things

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.180
 the Holy Spirit

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.640
 would do

00:32:00.640 --> 00:32:01.579
 when he comes

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.120
 in fullness

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:03.740
 is empower us

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.460
 to be witnesses.

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:06.299
 Now,

00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.700
 the church

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.680
 is missional

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:09.200
 as it shares

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.700
 the good news

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.600
 with non-Christians,

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.900
 plants churches,

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.360
 supports and sends

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:14.299
 missionaries globally,

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.000
 yes,

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.720
 aids the poor

00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.740
 and disenfranchise

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.400
 in its community

00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:18.100
 and more,

00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:18.680
 right?

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.460
 And these,

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.259
 again,

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.900
 it's so easy

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.680
 to look at those things

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.059
 as merely human endeavors,

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:23.559
 right?

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.620
 But they are things

00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:26.299
 that are directed

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.079
 and empowered

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:28.360
 by the Holy Spirit

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.759
 and as we keep

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.600
 in step with the Spirit

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.240
 in those things,

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:31.880
 he brings

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:33.000
 the resulting fruit,

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.579
 right?

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.860
 And isn't that good news?

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.819
 Isn't it good news

00:32:36.819 --> 00:32:37.799
 that this mission

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.700
 that we're called to,

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.140
 right?

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.620
 Jesus doesn't just say,

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:40.860
 okay,

00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.819
 I did everything,

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:43.200
 now it's up to you,

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.079
 right?

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.259
 I died on the cross,

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.019
 now you gotta go

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.799
 do something with that,

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.680
 right?

00:32:49.340 --> 00:32:50.759
 Go convince your neighbors

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.840
 that they need a Savior.

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.019
 Has anyone ever,

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.519
 I mean,

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.319
 some of our neighbors

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.200
 maybe start to realize

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.980
 that they're in trouble,

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.600
 right?

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:59.120
 Or that their life is hard,

00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:00.600
 but how many of us

00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:02.259
 come to realize

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.579
 that we need

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.819
 divine reconciliation

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:06.279
 without the ministry

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.039
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:07.799
 right?

00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.980
 And how wonderful

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.960
 it is to know

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:12.199
 that as we go forth

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:12.679
 in mission,

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.799
 as we are all

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:15.179
 missional and missionaries

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:16.000
 in our context,

00:33:16.119 --> 00:33:16.339
 right?

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:18.099
 There is an even greater

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:19.699
 missionary going forth

00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:20.299
 before us,

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:20.559
 right?

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.839
 The word mission,

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.539
 what does it mean

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.279
 at its heart?

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.619
 Do you know?

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.339
 It's a Latin word,

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:25.899
 missio.

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:29.339
 Not service,

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:29.919
 close,

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.319
 close,

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.480
 Julie,

00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:30.759
 yep,

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.259
 what does it mean?

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:33.059
 To send,

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:33.519
 that's right,

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:33.680
 Barry,

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.599
 it's ascending,

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.000
 right?

00:33:35.859 --> 00:33:36.099
 Now,

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:38.920
 before Jesus sent us,

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.140
 who did he send?

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:42.180
 The Spirit,

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.039
 the Holy Spirit,

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.660
 the Holy Spirit

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:45.220
 is already being sent

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.779
 from the Father

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.299
 and the Son

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.759
 to go.

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.839
 We are simply

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.220
 following in his wake,

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:49.940
 right?

00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:51.440
 Empowered by him.

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.619
 So it's really good news

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.900
 that the Holy Spirit

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.879
 goes before us,

00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:55.220
 in us,

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.579
 with us,

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.259
 and empowers us

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:56.920
 for evangelism

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.299
 and mission.

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.640
 Lastly,

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.720
 and then we'll just

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.340
 pause for questions

00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.580
 and we'll break.

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.680
 The Holy Spirit

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:05.460
 gives spiritual gifts

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.020
 to members.

00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:06.980
 So it's not just

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.980
 an outward mission

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.860
 that the Holy Spirit

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.660
 empowers in our

00:34:09.660 --> 00:34:10.640
 corporate unified life

00:34:10.640 --> 00:34:11.019
 together,

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.860
 but it's also

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:13.140
 an inward building up,

00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:13.680
 right?

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:15.119
 Paul explains

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.579
 that a manifestation

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.300
 of the Spirit,

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.059
 a spiritual gift,

00:34:18.140 --> 00:34:19.260
 is given to each person

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:20.180
 for the common good,

00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.640
 he says.

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.820
 And then,

00:34:22.140 --> 00:34:23.079
 in a number of places,

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:24.280
 he'll list different

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:25.780
 gifts of the Spirit,

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:26.820
 right?

00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:28.100
 And he says,

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:29.760
 it's one in the same Spirit

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:31.160
 that's active in all of these,

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:32.519
 distributing to each person

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.460
 as he wills.

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:35.080
 And what that means

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:35.980
 is that each and every

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.480
 church member,

00:34:36.600 --> 00:34:37.300
 everyone who's been

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:38.680
 united to Christ

00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:40.039
 and made a part

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.820
 of his family

00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.700
 has a gift

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.640
 or gifts that are given

00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.059
 and empowered

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.680
 by the Spirit.

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:45.460
 And that's what we're

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.780
 going to talk about

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.300
 next week.

00:34:47.140 --> 00:34:48.220
 Because that's a big topic.

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.920
 So we're going to pause there

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:52.360
 and spend a couple minutes

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:52.980
 in questions.

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.760
 But,

00:34:54.200 --> 00:34:55.400
 we can do a couple minutes

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:55.680
 in questions,

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.699
 but at this point

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.299
 in the class,

00:34:57.339 --> 00:34:58.579
 as we have a few weeks left,

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.259
 I'd also like to hear

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:01.399
 if there are topics

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:03.019
 that feel in your mind

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:04.119
 related to the doctrine

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.739
 of the Holy Spirit

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:06.139
 that we haven't covered yet

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.919
 that you'd like to hear

00:35:06.919 --> 00:35:07.599
 more about.

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.819
 If there are other questions

00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:10.039
 or things you're wondering

00:35:10.039 --> 00:35:10.759
 about with respect

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.319
 to the Holy Spirit,

00:35:11.699 --> 00:35:12.619
 I'd love to hear from them

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.259
 and then maybe we can

00:35:13.259 --> 00:35:13.859
 incorporate them

00:35:13.859 --> 00:35:14.480
 in coming weeks.

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:14.759
 So,

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.559
 any questions about

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.259
 what we talked about today

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.079
 or maybe anything

00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.819
 you hope we cover

00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:18.719
 in coming weeks?

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.239
 Yeah,

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:19.460
 Julia?

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:19.519
 Julia?

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:19.599
 Julia?

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.599
 Yeah.

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.420
 I think the whole

00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:22.400
 policy is

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.980
 when you really

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.839
 want to do

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:26.659
 you lose your ego

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.619
 like you said.

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.880
 It's no more.

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:29.659
 So,

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.420
 you can see

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.519
 the ego back

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:32.319
 even like

00:35:32.319 --> 00:35:32.880
 past

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:34.819
 some problems.

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.599
 You know

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:36.380
 when it's me.

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.659
 Uh-huh.

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.440
 Totally.

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.420
 Yep.

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.719
 Yep.

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.099
 Yep.

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.579
 So,

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.380
 when you me,

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.819
 oh,

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:41.779
 okay.

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.659
 But,

00:35:42.839 --> 00:35:44.839
 you can see

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.920
 when it's a me,

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.199
 oh.

00:35:46.439 --> 00:35:46.739
 Yeah.

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.539
 Isn't it great

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.980
 how Paul,

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:49.379
 Paul says that exact thing

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:49.980
 in Galatians.

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.159
 It's no longer

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:52.279
 I who live.

00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.460
 And the Greek word

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.059
 there is literally,

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.919
 the Greek word for I

00:35:54.919 --> 00:35:55.439
 is ego.

00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.639
 It's no longer

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.119
 I who live

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.980
 but Christ who lives

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.259
 in me.

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:00.159
 But then he says,

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.439
 but the life I live

00:36:01.439 --> 00:36:01.859
 in the flesh

00:36:01.859 --> 00:36:02.519
 I live by faith

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.079
 in the Son of God.

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.279
 So,

00:36:03.379 --> 00:36:04.299
 it's like a new us

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.859
 that lives

00:36:04.859 --> 00:36:05.839
 united to Christ.

00:36:06.899 --> 00:36:07.059
 Yeah.

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.679
 It's not easy.

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:09.919
 Nope.

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.759
 Thankfully,

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.599
 the Spirit's at work

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.359
 in us to do that.

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.739
 Yeah.

00:36:12.899 --> 00:36:13.379
 Thanks, Julia.

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.819
 Any other,

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:15.559
 any other questions?

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:15.759
 Yeah,

00:36:15.879 --> 00:36:16.139
 Giovanni,

00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:17.019
 I have a question

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:18.239
 if you need to ask.

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:18.839
 Yeah.

00:36:18.919 --> 00:36:19.500
 It's a little bit

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.879
 unrelated,

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.480
 but what's the difference

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.059
 between the scene

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:25.659
 at the end of John

00:36:25.659 --> 00:36:26.779
 when the apostles

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.960
 received the Holy Spirit

00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.819
 from Moses

00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:30.139
 that he breathed

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.639
 on them

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:32.099
 and the Pentecost

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:33.199
 when the apostles

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:35.239
 received the Holy Spirit

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:37.719
 from God

00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:38.519
 and

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.960
 Yeah.

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.980
 Great question.

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.239
 Oh,

00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:40.879
 that's a really good

00:36:40.879 --> 00:36:41.079
 question,

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.259
 yeah.

00:36:41.439 --> 00:36:42.379
 I never understood

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:43.619
 what's the purpose

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.419
 of this narrative

00:36:44.419 --> 00:36:46.179
 and what's the purpose

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.619
 Yep,

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:46.960
 yep.

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.019
 That's a wonderful question

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:50.119
 and so I'll give you

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.899
 a short answer

00:36:50.899 --> 00:36:52.899
 what I think is happening there.

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.859
 So if you're not familiar

00:36:53.859 --> 00:36:55.219
 with what Giovanni's referencing,

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:57.179
 we've talked a lot

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.579
 in this class

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.219
 about Pentecost

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.879
 in Acts 2

00:36:58.879 --> 00:37:00.199
 when after the ascended,

00:37:00.779 --> 00:37:01.759
 Jesus ascends

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.139
 to the right hand

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:02.539
 of the Father

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.639
 and then a few days later

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.539
 he sends out the Spirit

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.119
 upon the church

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.599
 and then the kind of mission

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.759
 and life of the New Testament

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.480
 church begins.

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:10.300
 In John's gospel

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:12.619
 before Jesus' ascension

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.820
 there's a moment

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:15.340
 when he's with his disciples

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:16.320
 with the apostles

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:17.079
 and he says

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.699
 well,

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.559
 let's look there actually.

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.599
 Basically he says

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:21.719
 receive the Holy Spirit

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:23.280
 and then he breathes on them.

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:25.380
 He breathes on them

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:25.900
 Luke says.

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.219
 20,

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.780
 thanks Kunle,

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.139
 yes.

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:32.619
 Yep.

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:35.819
 So,

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.559
 let's see,

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:38.199
 it's 20 verse,

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:39.559
 we can pick up a 21.

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.920
 Jesus said to them again,

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:41.679
 peace be with you

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:43.139
 as the Father has sent me

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:44.819
 even so I am sending you.

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:46.079
 And when he had said this

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.679
 he breathed on them

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:48.019
 and said receive the Holy Spirit

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:49.759
 if you forgive the sins of any

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.659
 they are forgiven them

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.619
 if you withhold forgiveness

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.019
 from any

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.799
 it is withheld.

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.719
 We'll put in 20,

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.619
 we'll put that last verse

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.000
 in brackets

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:56.759
 that's a longer conversation

00:37:56.759 --> 00:37:57.299
 when we talk about

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:58.159
 the doctrine of the church

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.839
 but I think what's happening here

00:37:59.839 --> 00:38:01.199
 short answer Giovanni is

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.199
 I think this is prolepto.

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:03.779
 In other words,

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.940
 I think Jesus is here

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.839
 sort of demonstrating

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:07.599
 what's going to happen

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:09.299
 in fullness on Pentecost,

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:09.839
 right?

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.639
 Sometimes people will set up

00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:12.359
 these two narratives

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.199
 that's kind of contradicting

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.699
 one another

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:13.980
 like,

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.219
 oh,

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.880
 well John has a certain Pentecost

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:17.039
 at the end of his gospel

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.099
 but then Luke kind of makes up

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.579
 a different one

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.139
 or vice versa,

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:19.519
 right?

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.819
 I think what's neat

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:21.839
 about this passage though

00:38:21.839 --> 00:38:23.059
 as Jesus is sort of

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.980
 instructing them

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:25.359
 like you're going to receive

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.859
 the Spirit,

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:27.199
 receive the Spirit,

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:27.579
 right?

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.440
 Is that what he demonstrates

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:31.099
 so powerfully in person here

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:32.219
 is that he is going to be

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.719
 the one

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.819
 who is imparting the Spirit

00:38:33.819 --> 00:38:34.459
 to them,

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.039
 right?

00:38:35.359 --> 00:38:36.459
 So what happens here

00:38:36.459 --> 00:38:38.739
 kind of is like a preview

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.939
 of what happens

00:38:39.939 --> 00:38:40.339
 in fullness

00:38:40.339 --> 00:38:41.399
 in Acts.

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:43.359
 So that's the best,

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.659
 I think,

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.419
 way to harmonize them

00:38:44.419 --> 00:38:45.439
 that I've come across.

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.699
 There might be others.

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.159
 Yeah.

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.319
 David,

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:48.699
 yeah.

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:50.679
 could you tie into that

00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:51.699
 the references

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.059
 that David had

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:55.319
 in the book of Psalms

00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:57.719
 to the Spirit?

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.679
 Yeah,

00:38:58.799 --> 00:38:59.139
 say more.

00:38:59.299 --> 00:38:59.659
 In what way?

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:01.539
 In a way that

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:02.859
 he's talking about

00:39:02.859 --> 00:39:03.839
 that while the

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.960
 indwelling itself

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:06.859
 was not present yet,

00:39:07.439 --> 00:39:07.859
 you see that

00:39:07.859 --> 00:39:09.460
 there's a huge difference

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:10.379
 between what happened

00:39:10.379 --> 00:39:10.839
 in John

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:11.859
 and what happened in Acts.

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.139
 Yeah,

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:12.879
 right.

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.319
 The presence of the Holy Spirit

00:39:14.319 --> 00:39:15.239
 was always present.

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:15.559
 Oh,

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:15.919
 yes,

00:39:15.979 --> 00:39:16.319
 that's right.

00:39:16.459 --> 00:39:16.759
 That's right.

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:17.159
 Yes.

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.659
 Yeah.

00:39:22.979 --> 00:39:23.419
 Yeah.

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:24.979
 Yeah,

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:25.559
 that's really good.

00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:25.719
 Yeah.

00:39:27.079 --> 00:39:27.439
 Right.

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.439
 Yeah,

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.519
 David will say things like,

00:39:29.899 --> 00:39:30.019
 God,

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.979
 don't take your Holy Spirit

00:39:30.979 --> 00:39:31.359
 from me.

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.719
 It's,

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:32.939
 right.

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.819
 That's right.

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.219
 Yeah.

00:39:35.639 --> 00:39:35.819
 Yeah,

00:39:35.939 --> 00:39:36.479
 that's right.

00:39:36.959 --> 00:39:37.179
 Yeah,

00:39:37.279 --> 00:39:38.279
 there's oftentimes,

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.699
 the way I've seen

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.459
 people refer to this

00:39:40.459 --> 00:39:41.000
 and I like this

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.359
 is that

00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:42.359
 the Holy Spirit

00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:42.899
 is at work

00:39:42.899 --> 00:39:43.819
 throughout the entire

00:39:43.819 --> 00:39:45.099
 history of redemption.

00:39:45.099 --> 00:39:46.139
 Old and New Testament.

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.779
 But we do see something

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:49.339
 after Jesus has come

00:39:49.339 --> 00:39:49.960
 and completed the work

00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:50.400
 of redemption,

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.679
 there really is a new

00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:52.400
 covenant ministry

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.000
 of the Spirit,

00:39:53.339 --> 00:39:53.539
 right,

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:55.139
 in this age of

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:56.819
 post the Messiah coming

00:39:56.819 --> 00:39:57.659
 where it is,

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:59.019
 his indwelling presence

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.639
 is fuller,

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.279
 more present,

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:01.039
 more permanent

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:02.779
 and it's for everyone,

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.279
 right.

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.299
 So I do think,

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:05.000
 I do think you're right,

00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:05.119
 David,

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.460
 this is,

00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.460
 what's happening here

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:07.440
 in John is preparatory.

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.339
 It's getting them ready

00:40:08.339 --> 00:40:09.019
 for that and

00:40:09.019 --> 00:40:09.940
 in that wonderful,

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:11.500
 like that wonderful symbol

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.819
 of him breathing on them,

00:40:13.279 --> 00:40:14.219
 it's showing that

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.459
 this pouring out

00:40:15.459 --> 00:40:15.779
 of the Spirit

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.199
 is going to be

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:16.980
 something that happens

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.139
 and is intimately connected

00:40:18.139 --> 00:40:19.759
 to him as the risen king.

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.319
 Yeah,

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:23.939
 right.

00:40:24.419 --> 00:40:24.619
 Yes,

00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:24.859
 yes,

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:24.980
 yes,

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.099
 yes.

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.459
 Yeah,

00:40:25.459 --> 00:40:32.539
 that's great.

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.980
 Oh,

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:41.400
 interesting.

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:41.920
 Yeah,

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.079
 yeah,

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.980
 yeah,

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:44.980
 yeah,

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.219
 yeah,

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:50.179
 oh,

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.960
 that's really nice.

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.500
 Yeah,

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.219
 that's really nice

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:52.679
 seeing that,

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.279
 seeing that,

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.960
 that kind of echo

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.440
 of the creation

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.219
 narratives is really good.

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.480
 Yeah,

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:56.699
 thanks,

00:40:56.779 --> 00:40:57.079
 yeah,

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.320
 Jeff.

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:58.320
 Yeah,

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:59.320
 yeah,

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.320
 yeah,

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.320
 right.

00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:13.760
 That's,

00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:14.840
 that's,

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:16.740
 that's good,

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.080
 yeah.

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:18.019
 Yes,

00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:18.680
 just like Jesus

00:41:18.680 --> 00:41:19.400
 was previewing

00:41:19.400 --> 00:41:19.860
 the cleansing

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.360
 that would happen

00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:20.860
 at the cross,

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.720
 here he's previewing

00:41:21.720 --> 00:41:22.180
 the fullness

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:23.160
 and pouring out

00:41:23.160 --> 00:41:23.460
 of the Spirit

00:41:23.460 --> 00:41:23.860
 that will happen

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.460
 at Pentecost.

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:24.660
 Yeah,

00:41:24.680 --> 00:41:25.160
 that's very good.

00:41:26.100 --> 00:41:26.539
 Yeah,

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:27.599
 he hasn't,

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:27.840
 yes,

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.139
 that's right,

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.719
 he hasn't completed

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.259
 that work yet,

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:29.440
 yeah.

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:30.199
 Anyone else?

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.719
 Elizabeth,

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.139
 yeah.

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.599
 So my devotions

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:34.159
 this morning

00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:35.099
 talked about

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:36.199
 All Saints Day

00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.679
 yesterday.

00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.159
 Yes,

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.739
 yes.

00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.659
 So then,

00:41:38.860 --> 00:41:40.159
 you know,

00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:40.820
 the saints

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.599
 in the church,

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.759
 how we differ

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:44.059
 with others.

00:41:44.199 --> 00:41:44.639
 Yeah,

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.440
 with other,

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:46.059
 with like the Catholic

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.300
 Church,

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:46.679
 for example,

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:46.900
 yeah.

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.860
 In the church.

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:48.739
 That's right.

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:49.460
 Yeah,

00:41:49.519 --> 00:41:49.820
 that's right.

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:51.199
 Of these holy saints.

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.639
 Yeah,

00:41:51.759 --> 00:41:52.559
 that's right.

00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:54.059
 I wanted to just say

00:41:54.059 --> 00:41:55.039
 that part of your

00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:55.639
 point.

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.239
 Yes,

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:58.199
 what a timely

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.939
 observation,

00:41:59.179 --> 00:41:59.439
 Elizabeth,

00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:00.599
 on All Saints Day.

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.119
 You guys familiar

00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:02.039
 with All Saints Day?

00:42:02.539 --> 00:42:02.919
 Right?

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:03.559
 Sort of?

00:42:03.679 --> 00:42:04.279
 This is the time,

00:42:04.379 --> 00:42:05.319
 this is historically,

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.599
 this is the Sunday

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.159
 of the year,

00:42:07.219 --> 00:42:08.000
 or this is the day

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.419
 of the year,

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.279
 when the church

00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:10.039
 would remember

00:42:10.039 --> 00:42:11.459
 all the faithful

00:42:11.459 --> 00:42:11.959
 departed,

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:13.319
 all the saints

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:14.459
 who've gone before us,

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.799
 right?

00:42:15.359 --> 00:42:15.619
 So,

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:16.459
 what is the church?

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.319
 The church is both

00:42:17.319 --> 00:42:18.579
 the church militant

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.079
 here below,

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.379
 right,

00:42:19.379 --> 00:42:20.319
 as we sort of

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:22.099
 work out our salvation

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.819
 with fear and trembling,

00:42:22.820 --> 00:42:23.660
 but there's also

00:42:23.660 --> 00:42:24.519
 the church triumphant,

00:42:24.700 --> 00:42:25.500
 the saints in heaven

00:42:25.500 --> 00:42:26.420
 who've gone before us,

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.480
 who finished their race,

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:27.800
 right?

00:42:28.240 --> 00:42:29.059
 And All Saints Day

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:29.460
 is the day

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.400
 when we rejoice

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:31.100
 that we are

00:42:31.100 --> 00:42:32.400
 one people,

00:42:32.640 --> 00:42:33.820
 both the saints below

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:34.760
 and saints above,

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.280
 right?

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.780
 Now,

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:37.360
 right,

00:42:37.519 --> 00:42:38.360
 in the New Testament,

00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:39.320
 who is a saint?

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.920
 The ones who are

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.600
 really holy,

00:42:42.080 --> 00:42:42.320
 right?

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.640
 Who wore the hair shirts,

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.120
 right?

00:42:44.359 --> 00:42:44.599
 No,

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:45.199
 everybody,

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.579
 right?

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.659
 You're all saints.

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:51.319
 That's right.

00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:53.119
 We're all saints.

00:42:53.359 --> 00:42:54.400
 It's undeniable

00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:55.239
 from the New Testament

00:42:55.239 --> 00:42:56.319
 that every Christian

00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:57.000
 is a saint.

00:42:57.119 --> 00:42:57.539
 That is,

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:58.639
 they've been indwelt

00:42:58.639 --> 00:42:59.519
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.739
 brought into his people,

00:43:00.819 --> 00:43:01.359
 and now,

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.519
 we are set apart

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.359
 for a noble purpose,

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.239
 all of us.

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:04.880
 So,

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:06.119
 on this All Saints Day,

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:06.460
 right,

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.319
 we remember that

00:43:07.319 --> 00:43:08.440
 through the gospel,

00:43:08.599 --> 00:43:09.079
 through the working

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.659
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.699
 we are all made holy,

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:11.400
 we're all brought

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.139
 into this family,

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:13.500
 and we are all prized

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.940
 and precious,

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:15.440
 to our God.

00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:16.000
 Yeah.

00:43:16.219 --> 00:43:16.779
 Did you want to add more

00:43:16.779 --> 00:43:17.219
 on that, Elizabeth?

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:17.659
 No?

00:43:18.460 --> 00:43:18.980
 Go ahead.

00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.139
 Yeah,

00:43:19.179 --> 00:43:19.619
 tell me your name.

00:43:19.960 --> 00:43:20.119
 Yeah,

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.679
 I'm John.

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.159
 John.

00:43:21.639 --> 00:43:22.000
 Welcome.

00:43:22.259 --> 00:43:22.400
 Yeah,

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.719
 welcome.

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.159
 Share.

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:23.420
 Yeah.

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:26.279
 The contrast

00:43:26.279 --> 00:43:27.339
 between the passage

00:43:27.339 --> 00:43:28.319
 and John and Acts,

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:29.139
 it reminded me

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:30.440
 of the sort of,

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.299
 in Samuel,

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.099
 I think it is,

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.960
 where like,

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:34.460
 the king is anointed

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.319
 and then the spirit

00:43:35.319 --> 00:43:36.460
 rushes on the king

00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.359
 at a time.

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:37.900
 Yeah.

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:39.079
 Then when they're anointed,

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.440
 they carry out

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.639
 the work of God.

00:43:41.779 --> 00:43:42.059
 Yeah.

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:44.420
 So maybe it's

00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.320
 something like that too,

00:43:45.440 --> 00:43:46.679
 although the Pentecost

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.219
 in Acts 2

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:48.039
 does seem to be

00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.519
 kind of like

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:49.059
 very much

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:50.219
 a beginning point.

00:43:50.340 --> 00:43:50.679
 Right,

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:51.279
 right,

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:51.759
 yeah.

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.380
 Yeah,

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.199
 and I think all that

00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:53.579
 that was,

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.039
 you know,

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:54.539
 some of those

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:55.400
 anointing passages

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:56.139
 in the Old Testament

00:43:56.139 --> 00:43:57.799
 were fulfilled in Christ,

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:57.980
 right?

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:58.719
 Those are kind of

00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.299
 four figures of who he is,

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:01.460
 but because we're united

00:44:01.460 --> 00:44:02.119
 to Christ,

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.440
 right,

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:04.920
 that we partake in that.

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.159
 So there is a fulfillment

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:07.300
 of those Old Testament

00:44:07.300 --> 00:44:08.700
 anointings of kings

00:44:08.700 --> 00:44:09.180
 and prophets

00:44:09.180 --> 00:44:09.700
 and priests

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.340
 and all these things

00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:12.200
 and that outward sign

00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:12.880
 of anointing them

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:13.420
 with oil

00:44:13.420 --> 00:44:14.240
 was symbolic

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:15.039
 of the spirit

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.220
 who would come upon them

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:16.800
 and empower them

00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:17.659
 for those tasks,

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:18.039
 right?

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:19.300
 And what's so beautiful

00:44:19.300 --> 00:44:20.639
 about living this side

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.440
 of the death and resurrection

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:22.180
 and ascension of Jesus

00:44:22.180 --> 00:44:22.920
 is that that's true

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.579
 of all of us

00:44:23.579 --> 00:44:24.480
 in a measure

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.220
 that the Old Testament

00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:25.800
 saints could have

00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:26.659
 never fathomed.

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.220
 Well,

00:44:27.260 --> 00:44:27.820
 they did fathom

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.500
 that they looked ahead

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.720
 to it with anticipation,

00:44:30.159 --> 00:44:32.639
 especially as history

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:34.079
 kind of rolled on.

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:35.019
 Are there any,

00:44:35.139 --> 00:44:36.500
 we're going to wrap up

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:36.679
 in a minute,

00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:37.480
 are there any topics

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:38.380
 you hope we cover

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:39.099
 over the next few weeks

00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:39.779
 that we haven't yet?

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:40.219
 Elizabeth,

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:40.440
 yeah.

00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.059
 So,

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:43.360
 yeah,

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:45.380
 I read in the World Maga Green

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:46.960
 a really good article

00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.519
 about

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:51.440
 is the control

00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:52.539
 of AI

00:44:52.539 --> 00:44:56.059
 our battle.

00:44:56.880 --> 00:44:57.139
 Yeah,

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.519
 yes.

00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:59.219
 As we leave,

00:44:59.299 --> 00:45:00.440
 we can be thinking

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.139
 about that.

00:45:01.279 --> 00:45:01.659
 Yes,

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:03.259
 so we are going to do

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.680
 a whole class

00:45:04.680 --> 00:45:05.320
 in the new year

00:45:05.320 --> 00:45:06.920
 that we're coining

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:08.080
 digital sanctification

00:45:08.080 --> 00:45:09.120
 where we're going

00:45:09.120 --> 00:45:09.880
 to talk about

00:45:09.880 --> 00:45:10.600
 not just AI

00:45:10.600 --> 00:45:11.400
 but lots of things

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:11.860
 with like

00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:13.260
 being faithful followers

00:45:13.260 --> 00:45:13.640
 of Jesus

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:15.380
 in our very technological age

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:16.060
 and AI will be

00:45:16.060 --> 00:45:16.440
 one of the,

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.780
 one of the number

00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.800
 of topics we deal with there

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.620
 but it will be a big one.

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:20.280
 Yeah,

00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:21.440
 so we won't talk about that

00:45:21.440 --> 00:45:21.840
 in this class

00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:22.840
 because we got a whole one

00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:23.420
 queued up

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.140
 in the new year

00:45:24.140 --> 00:45:24.960
 to talk about that.

00:45:25.120 --> 00:45:25.260
 Yeah,

00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.060
 yeah,

00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:26.400
 George.

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:28.220
 something I'm being curious

00:45:28.220 --> 00:45:29.500
 is that the last chapter

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:30.119
 of Revelation

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:30.840
 Yes.

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:32.039
 Father and the Son

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:33.079
 seated on the throne

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.559
 Yes.

00:45:33.980 --> 00:45:34.840
 Noticeably absent

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.680
 the Spirit

00:45:35.680 --> 00:45:36.700
 on the throne.

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.079
 Uh-huh.

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:37.820
 Yeah,

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:39.079
 yeah,

00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:39.599
 great.

00:45:39.660 --> 00:45:40.380
 Where's the Spirit

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.180
 on the throne?

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.240
 Yeah,

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:42.860
 that's a great,

00:45:42.860 --> 00:45:44.000
 that's a great observation,

00:45:44.180 --> 00:45:44.300
 George.

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:44.980
 Let's,

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:45.840
 if you look

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:46.480
 at

00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:50.460
 Revelation

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:52.059
 chapter

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:52.900
 22.

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:54.320
 Well,

00:45:54.340 --> 00:45:54.619
 if you look

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.280
 a little earlier

00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:55.820
 in Revelation,

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:57.000
 in Revelation 4,

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:58.940
 remember,

00:45:59.079 --> 00:45:59.900
 Revelation is

00:45:59.900 --> 00:46:02.220
 a very symbolic book.

00:46:03.860 --> 00:46:04.340
 So,

00:46:04.440 --> 00:46:05.180
 listen to,

00:46:05.220 --> 00:46:05.960
 listen to

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:06.920
 John's description

00:46:06.920 --> 00:46:07.539
 of the throne

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.420
 in Revelation 4.

00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:08.680
 He says,

00:46:08.740 --> 00:46:09.440
 around the throne

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:10.539
 were 24 thrones

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:12.119
 and seated on the thrones

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:12.900
 were 24 elders

00:46:12.900 --> 00:46:13.960
 clothed in white garments

00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:14.720
 with golden crowns

00:46:14.720 --> 00:46:15.260
 on their heads.

00:46:15.940 --> 00:46:16.720
 From the throne

00:46:16.720 --> 00:46:18.099
 came flashes of lightning

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:18.599
 and rumblings

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:19.420
 and peals of thunder

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:20.820
 and before the throne

00:46:20.820 --> 00:46:21.280
 were burning

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:22.420
 seven torches of fire

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:23.820
 which are the seven

00:46:23.820 --> 00:46:24.920
 spirits of God

00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:26.559
 and before the throne

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.019
 there was,

00:46:27.099 --> 00:46:27.420
 as it were,

00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:28.039
 a sea of glass

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.619
 like crystal.

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.280
 So,

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:30.059
 right there,

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.400
 right in front

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.980
 of the throne,

00:46:32.460 --> 00:46:33.200
 there's this thing

00:46:33.200 --> 00:46:34.019
 that John describes

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:35.059
 symbolically as

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:36.360
 the seven spirits

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:36.860
 of God,

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.300
 right?

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:38.539
 I think a better way

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.280
 of translating that

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:41.000
 is the sevenfold spirit.

00:46:41.780 --> 00:46:42.000
 Now,

00:46:42.099 --> 00:46:42.559
 why seven?

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:43.920
 Why seven,

00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:44.180
 right?

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:46.059
 Because in Isaiah 11,

00:46:46.740 --> 00:46:47.420
 when it's talking

00:46:47.420 --> 00:46:47.880
 about the work

00:46:47.880 --> 00:46:48.480
 of the Messiah,

00:46:49.720 --> 00:46:50.579
 the Messiah

00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:51.300
 will be filled

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:52.000
 with the spirit

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:53.300
 in a sevenfold way.

00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:54.199
 We talked about that

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.820
 a couple weeks ago.

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.880
 We can look at that,

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.159
 right?

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:56.840
 So,

00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:57.659
 I think what John

00:46:57.659 --> 00:46:58.440
 is describing here,

00:46:58.500 --> 00:46:59.440
 he's talking about

00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:00.199
 the Holy Spirit

00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:01.340
 right there in the midst

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:01.820
 of the throne.

00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:02.380
 So,

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:03.420
 it's there in Revelation 4.

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.860
 He may not be

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:06.159
 explicitly referenced

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.400
 in Revelation 22,

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:08.940
 but he's certainly there.

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:09.699
 And then,

00:47:09.800 --> 00:47:09.980
 of course,

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:10.719
 you see in the rest

00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:12.139
 of Revelation 22

00:47:12.139 --> 00:47:13.400
 where it's

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.420
 the spirit

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:14.880
 and the bride

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:15.400
 say come.

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:15.599
 So,

00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.300
 the spirit's there,

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.420
 active and present.

00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:18.219
 Yeah.

00:47:18.860 --> 00:47:19.239
 Does that help?

00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:20.159
 Yeah,

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:30.639
 it says before the throne.

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.000
 Right?

00:47:32.299 --> 00:47:32.500
 Yep.

00:47:32.879 --> 00:47:33.799
 Are you suggesting

00:47:33.799 --> 00:47:34.039
 maybe,

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:34.239
 George,

00:47:34.339 --> 00:47:35.019
 that the,

00:47:35.159 --> 00:47:35.579
 that,

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:37.419
 why isn't the spirit

00:47:37.419 --> 00:47:37.879
 like right there

00:47:37.879 --> 00:47:38.219
 on the throne

00:47:38.219 --> 00:47:39.099
 if he's fully God?

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:39.479
 Right?

00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:39.939
 Yeah.

00:47:39.939 --> 00:47:39.979
 Yeah.

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.500
 I don't know.

00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:41.339
 I don't know why John

00:47:41.339 --> 00:47:42.139
 wrote it that way.

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:44.659
 But I do think,

00:47:44.819 --> 00:47:45.480
 what is the one thing

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:46.500
 we see about the spirit

00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:47.819
 though in his ministry

00:47:47.819 --> 00:47:49.079
 and is certainly

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.739
 in the spirit's

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.460
 earthly ministry,

00:47:50.719 --> 00:47:50.920
 right?

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:51.859
 He's the one

00:47:51.859 --> 00:47:52.500
 who's gathering

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:53.019
 God's people.

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:53.980
 He is in our midst.

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:54.679
 So,

00:47:54.759 --> 00:47:55.339
 maybe that's what

00:47:55.339 --> 00:47:56.059
 John's saying there.

00:47:56.839 --> 00:47:57.579
 And the spirit

00:47:57.579 --> 00:47:58.239
 and the bride

00:47:58.239 --> 00:47:58.940
 say come.

00:47:59.480 --> 00:47:59.739
 Right.

00:47:59.759 --> 00:48:00.879
 He's been the second one.

00:48:01.239 --> 00:48:01.500
 Right.

00:48:01.879 --> 00:48:02.119
 Yeah,

00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:02.599
 that's good.

00:48:02.839 --> 00:48:02.980
 Yeah,

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.239
 that's good.

00:48:03.359 --> 00:48:03.579
 Yeah,

00:48:03.699 --> 00:48:03.900
 good.

00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:04.500
 Yeah,

00:48:04.579 --> 00:48:04.779
 David.

00:48:05.779 --> 00:48:06.900
 I'm interested too

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.879
 on clarity on that.

00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:08.139
 Sure.

00:48:09.420 --> 00:48:10.179
 I'm not dabbling

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:10.599
 too much

00:48:10.599 --> 00:48:11.259
 in front of the way.

00:48:11.379 --> 00:48:11.539
 Yeah.

00:48:11.539 --> 00:48:12.440
 Yeah.

00:48:14.239 --> 00:48:14.480
 Yeah.

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:16.279
 There is a reference

00:48:16.279 --> 00:48:17.400
 in the book of John

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:19.539
 that strikes into it

00:48:19.539 --> 00:48:20.539
 and that's when

00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:22.400
 Jesus explains

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:23.219
 to the disciples

00:48:23.219 --> 00:48:24.980
 who the father is

00:48:24.980 --> 00:48:26.219
 and outside

00:48:26.219 --> 00:48:26.920
 of the flesh

00:48:26.920 --> 00:48:27.579
 he says God

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.199
 is what God

00:48:28.199 --> 00:48:28.639
 is spirit.

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:29.219
 Yeah.

00:48:29.739 --> 00:48:30.099
 So,

00:48:31.019 --> 00:48:31.920
 picturing that,

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:33.300
 I would be interested

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:34.460
 to on more clarity

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:35.500
 on how to picture

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:36.880
 the throne

00:48:36.880 --> 00:48:37.960
 as these three

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:38.960
 separate persons

00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.759
 in one.

00:48:39.840 --> 00:48:40.119
 Right.

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:52.599
 Right. So when Jesus says God is spirit there, right. Yeah, keep in mind that spirit language

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:57.699
 in the Old and New Testament doesn't always refer to the person of the Holy Spirit, God,

00:48:57.759 --> 00:49:04.119
 the Holy Spirit. So, right. So we can say that God is spirit, right? What does that mean? Well,

00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:09.179
 it means that God isn't like material like we are, right? That doesn't mean that God is less real

00:49:09.179 --> 00:49:14.859
 or less powerful. In fact, in biblical thinking, like, especially when talking about God, God as

00:49:14.859 --> 00:49:20.980
 spirit means that he's more real and more powerful, right? And in John's, in Jesus's point there,

00:49:21.059 --> 00:49:30.899
 right, that's John, oh, interesting. Yeah, I'm thinking of his interaction with the woman at the

00:49:30.899 --> 00:49:37.359
 well in John 4. Yep. God is, you know, God is spirit and those who worship him must worship him in spirit

00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:41.039
 and in truth, right? So Jesus is making the point there that...

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:52.559
 I think it's just in John 4, but he does say to Pilate that my kingdom, my kingdom's not of this

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:57.360
 world, right? Yeah, my kingdom's not of this world, which is a similar point, right? Yeah. So I think,

00:49:57.800 --> 00:50:00.980
 so maybe that's helpful as you think about putting some of these verses together is that

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:05.220
 the word spirit in the New Testament doesn't always refer to God, the Holy Spirit. We have to look at

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:10.539
 the context and figure that out, yeah. Okay, we need to close. Julia, did you want to...

00:50:10.539 --> 00:50:12.199
 Parting shot, go, quick, because we've got to close.

00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:19.279
 Spirit means God knows everything, and he says a woman who... We know God knows Jesus,

00:50:19.399 --> 00:50:27.159
 knows what he means, what he does, you know, that's our spirit. Yeah. Yes. Right.

00:50:27.319 --> 00:50:33.379
 This is with the God, when you pray, whatever God knows everything. Yeah, thankfully he does, right?

00:50:33.380 --> 00:50:35.700
 Yeah, sure. There's no question, I know. Yeah.

00:50:37.260 --> 00:50:40.599
 That's our search of connection. Yeah, that's good.

00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:44.440
 Nobody knows, and I don't know what he thinks. I don't know, but he knows what he knows.

00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:45.280
 That's right, yeah.

00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:49.220
 He knows what he does, no one. Yeah, that's right. Searches even the deep things of God,

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:49.980
 Paul says.

00:50:49.980 --> 00:50:56.099
 And the Bible, in Jesus' word, all added to the Jew, all in the... all, all that come and

00:50:56.099 --> 00:50:58.760
 only Jesus, you know that Jesus... Right, fulfilled in heaven.

00:50:58.760 --> 00:51:04.640
 I mean, in a vast coverage, told to everything Jesus, but they don't see. Right.

00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:10.240
 But because they put aside, and you know the revelations say, the blind are going to be open.

00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:16.500
 Right. You know that third, and they organize, say that. They are going to own Jesus' side,

00:51:16.640 --> 00:51:17.740
 they all fall down. Yeah.

00:51:18.060 --> 00:51:21.160
 Now they say, what your scum?

00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:25.039
 Yep. Yeah.

00:51:25.259 --> 00:51:29.420
 One day, every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,

00:51:29.579 --> 00:51:31.219
 through the glory of God the Father. Amen.

00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:32.960
 Well, let me end in prayer, friends.

00:51:33.440 --> 00:51:39.679
 Father, thank you so much for the sending of your Spirit in us and among us.

00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:42.000
 Lord, help us to live and keep in step with him.

00:51:42.199 --> 00:51:43.480
 Help us to maintain this unity.

00:51:44.299 --> 00:51:46.579
 Lord, help us to go forth in mission and his power.

00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:51.400
 Father, help us, as we'll learn in the coming weeks, to use the gifts that he gives to build

00:51:51.400 --> 00:51:52.000
 one another up.

00:51:52.319 --> 00:51:54.199
 We pray this in your mighty name, Jesus. Amen.

00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:54.699
 Amen.