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 Great. Okay. Well, welcome back, friends, to our class on the Holy Spirit.

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 So, where have we been? For the past three weeks, if you've been with us, we've been considering

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! The person of the Holy Spirit, who He is. We looked at the Old Testament, then we looked

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 at the New Testament, and what we saw in Scripture is that the Holy Spirit is a distinct, divine

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 person alongside God the Father and God the Son. And then last week, we considered the development

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 of this biblical teaching, this doctrine in church history. And we saw how the church summed up what

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 the Bible teaches about the Holy Spirit, the person of the Holy Spirit, in the words of the Nicene

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 Constantinopolitan Creed of 381, which says this, we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver

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 of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and

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 glorified. Then, the Creed adds this, that the Holy Spirit has spoken through the prophets.

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 And with that phrase, we turn to the second big theme of our course, which is the work of the Holy

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 Spirit. We've seen who the Holy Spirit is. Now, we're going to be considering what the Holy Spirit

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 does. What is his particular work among the persons of the Trinity? Now, a few weeks ago,

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 when we considered the person of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament, we also touched on his work

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 in the Old Testament. So, we won't spend a lot of time in the remainder of our class specifically

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 looking at the work of the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament. Rather, we're going to be considering

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 especially the work of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, under the New Covenant. Now that Christ

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 has come in fulfillment of the Old Testament promises, what now is the Holy Spirit's work

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 among us? So, that's what we're going to be considering over the next number of weeks,

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 for as long as this class goes, till probably a little bit before Thanksgiving.

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 Now, the first thing, then, we have to consider when looking at the Holy Spirit's work in the New

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 Testament is the Holy Spirit's work in the life of Jesus himself. You know, we often kind of skip over

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 this. You know, we often skip over a lot about the Holy Spirit. We just want to get, like, tell me

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 about them spiritual gifts, right? And we're going to get to that. But we have to start here.

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 It is unmistakable that the life of Jesus during his earthly ministry was a life completely saturated

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 with the Spirit at every moment. From conception to resurrection, Jesus was the man of the Holy Spirit.

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 And remember, this is what the Old Testament promised. Consider Isaiah 11, 1 through 2.

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 In Isaiah 11, verse 1, it says,

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 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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 Now, the stump of Jesse was, of course, the house of David. So, Isaiah here is talking about the Messiah

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 who's going to come from David's lineage. And what will the Messiah be like?

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 Verse 2 says,

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 What's that, Elizabeth?

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 The seven spirits.

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 Yes, yes! Yes, that's exactly right. Christ will be the one who has the Spirit in full measure.

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 In Isaiah, as Elizabeth said, in Isaiah 11, 2, speaks of the Spirit in a sevenfold manner, right?

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 It's the Spirit of the Lord, of wisdom, of understanding, of counsel, of might, of knowledge, of the fear of the Lord.

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 Seven is the Hebrew number of what? Completion, perfection, totality.

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 The Christ who will come will possess the Spirit in fullness and perfection,

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 and that's exactly what the New Testament tells us about Jesus.

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 His conception, life, death, and resurrection are all done in the fullness of God the Holy Spirit.

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 So, let's look at a couple passages where we see that.

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 Now, we'll just go through these pretty quickly.

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 First, consider Jesus' conception, right?

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 This is Matthew 1, 18 through 21.

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 Now, the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way.

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 When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together,

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 she was found to be with a child from the Holy Spirit.

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 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame,

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 resolved to divorce her quietly.

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 But as he considered these things, behold,

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 an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying,

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 Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife,

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 for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus,

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 for he will save his people from their sins.

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 Then, of course, Luke 1, 34 and 35 affirms the same thing,

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 jumping right into the middle of the narrative of the Annunciation.

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 And Mary said to the angel,

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 How will this be, since I am a virgin?

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 And the angel answered her,

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 The Holy Spirit will come upon you.

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 And the power of the Most High will overshadow you.

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 Therefore, the child to be born will be called Holy, the Son of God.

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 So, Jesus' conception.

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 What about Jesus' life?

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 Well, what about most of the Gospels,

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 all the Gospels contain a narrative about Jesus' baptism

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 when his public ministry begins, right?

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 We'll take some passages from Luke.

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 Luke 3, 21 through 22.

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 Now, when all the people were baptized by John the Baptist,

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 and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,

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 the heavens were opened,

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 and the Holy Spirit descended on him

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 in bodily form like a dove,

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 and a voice came from heaven,

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 You are my beloved Son.

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 With you I am well pleased.

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 So, Jesus' public ministry starts,

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 is kind of inaugurated with the Holy Spirit coming on him in power.

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 Listen to Luke 4, 14 through 15.

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 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee

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 after the Spirit had led him into the wilderness

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 for the period of testing, right?

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 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee,

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 and a report about him went through all the surrounding country,

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 and he taught in their synagogues,

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 being glorified by all.

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 And he came to Nazareth, where he'd been brought up.

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 And as was his custom,

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 he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day,

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 and he stood up to read.

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 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him.

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 And he unrolled the scroll

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 and found the place where it was written,

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 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

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 because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

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 He sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives,

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 and recovering of sight to the blind,

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 to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

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 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.

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 So our Lord's life was a life full of the Holy Spirit.

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 What about his death?

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 Well, listen to what the author of Hebrews has to say.

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 In Hebrews 9, 13 through 14,

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 it says,

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 If the blood of goats and bulls

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 and the sprinkling of defiled persons

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 with the ashes of a heifer sanctify

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 for the purification of the flesh,

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 how much more will the blood of Christ,

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 who through the eternal Spirit

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 offered himself without blemish to God,

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 purify our conscience from dead works

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 to serve the living God?

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 You see, even Christ's journey to his passion,

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 to the cross,

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 was something done in the fullness of the Spirit.

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 It is through the eternal Spirit

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 that he offers himself up

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 without blemish to God.

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 And, of course, his resurrection.

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 Here's how Paul starts his letter to the Romans.

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 He says,

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 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus,

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 called to be an apostle,

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 set apart for the gospel of God,

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 which God promised beforehand

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 through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

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 concerning his Son,

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 who was descended from David according to the flesh,

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 and was declared to be the Son of God in power,

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 according to the Spirit of holiness,

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 that is the Holy Spirit,

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 by his resurrection from the dead,

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 Jesus Christ our Lord.

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 So Christ not only laid down his life

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 through the power and working of the Holy Spirit,

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 but was raised through the power

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 and working of the Holy Spirit.

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 Okay.

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 So the entire earthly ministry of Jesus

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 was done in and through the power of the Spirit.

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 When God the Son took on flesh for us

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 and for our salvation,

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 the Holy Spirit was with him every step of the way.

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 The work of the incarnate Lord,

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 that the work that he accomplished for us

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 in his human nature,

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 was accomplished in and through the Holy Spirit.

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 Now that tells us something

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 very central

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 about the work of the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit's new covenant ministry

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 is what we might say is Christocentric.

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 It is centered around Jesus.

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 Jesus is always the focus of the Holy Spirit's work.

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 So we can never separate

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 the work of the Spirit

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 from the work of the Son.

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 In other words, we might put it this way.

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 What the Son accomplished

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 by the power of the Spirit,

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 the Spirit now applies

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 to the glory of the Son.

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 What the Son accomplished

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 by the power of the Spirit,

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 the Spirit now applies

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 to the glory of the Son.

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 And this is what Jesus himself said about the Spirit

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 in John 16, 14.

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 He says quite bluntly,

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 He will glorify who?

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 Me.

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 The Spirit will glorify me

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 for he will take what is mine

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 and declare it to you.

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 Okay.

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 Now,

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 when we think about

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 how the Holy Spirit then

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 applies the work of the Son to us,

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 the first question we might ask is,

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 well, how do we come to know

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 about Jesus at all?

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 How do we come to know

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 and understand

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 who Jesus is

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 and what he's done?

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 How do we know?

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 After all,

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 how can we believe in Christ

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 and be saved

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 if Christ has not been made known to us?

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 How can we grow

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 in our relationship with Christ

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 if we simply don't know anything about him?

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 Right?

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 And that is the question.

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 That is the question of revelation.

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 Not the book

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 at the end of the Bible,

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 but revelation in the sense of

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 God making himself known.

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 Right?

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 Now,

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 the next question we might ask is,

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 once I hear and understand

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 who Jesus is

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 and what he's done,

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 how do I come to truly repent

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 and believe?

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 How does someone move

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 from merely hearing about Jesus

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 to putting their trust in him,

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 to being united by faith in him?

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 Right?

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 And this is the question

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 of what we might call regeneration.

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 And that leads to another question,

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 doesn't it?

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 Once someone comes to understand

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 and trust in Christ,

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 how do they grow in Christ's likeness?

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 How do they become

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 more and more like him?

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 And that is the question

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 of sanctification.

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 And the answer

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 that the New Testament gives

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 to each of these

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 essential,

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 critical questions,

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 the answer that

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 the New Testament gives is

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 by the working

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 It is the work of God,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 to make Christ known,

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 to bring us to saving

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 faith in him,

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 and to make us

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 grow more and more

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 in Christ's likeness.

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 And this is what

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 we're going to cover

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 over the next three weeks

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 of our class.

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 I want to spend

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 the rest of the time today

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 considering the Holy Spirit's

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 work of revealing Christ

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 to us.

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 And next week,

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 we'll talk about

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 regeneration and saving faith.

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 And then the following week,

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 John Hinkson,

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 one of our elders here

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 at Trinity,

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 will teach about

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 the Holy Spirit's

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 work of sanctification

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 because he's much more

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 sanctified than I am

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 and he'll do a better job

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 of it.

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 Then after that,

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 we won't be done

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 after that.

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 After that,

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 we'll take a few weeks

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 and we'll discuss

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 the work of the Holy Spirit

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 in the church.

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 Because what we see

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 in and through all of this

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 is that the Holy Spirit

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 works not just personally

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 but corporately.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 applies the work of Christ

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 not just to individuals

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 but to a people.

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 So this is where

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 we're going in the course.

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 Okay,

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 so let's spend

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 the rest of our time

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 this morning

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 considering the Holy Spirit's

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 work in making Christ known,

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 in revealing the things

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 of Christ to us.

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 And I have five headings

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 for us this morning

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 that we see,

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 I think,

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 pretty distinctly

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 and clearly

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 in the New Testament.

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 when we think

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 of the Holy Spirit's

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 work in making Christ known.

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 The first thing

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 I think we want to consider

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 is Jesus' promise.

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 Jesus' promise.

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 That's an O.

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 Jesus promised,

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 Jesus himself promised

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 would be the one

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 to make him known.

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 Now,

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 in John 14 through 16,

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 Jesus is preparing,

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 you'll remember,

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 his disciples

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 for his departure.

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 He will soon be

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 crucified and raised.

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 They will see him again

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 after his resurrection,

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 but Jesus will soon

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 ascend to the Father

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 after his resurrection

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 to complete

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 the work of redemption,

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 to sit at the Father's

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 right hand.

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 And how then,

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 at that point,

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 how would the world

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 come to know him

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 after he completes

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 redemption

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 and returns to the Father?

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 Well,

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 in John 15,

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 26,

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 Jesus says,

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 when the helper comes,

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 whom I will send to you

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 from the Father,

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 the Spirit of truth

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 who proceeds from the Father,

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 he will bear witness

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 about me.

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 The Spirit will be the one

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 who bears witness

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 to Jesus.

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 Now, friends,

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 consider how beautiful

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 this is.

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 What we're seeing here

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 is that the triune God

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 will not leave unfinished

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 the great work

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 of making himself known

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 to his fallen creation.

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 What the Father planned

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 from eternity

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 and the Son accomplished

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 in history,

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 that is not going

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 to fall short

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 of completion.

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 No, God himself,

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 God the Holy Spirit,

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 will ensure

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 that the Son,

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 who alone makes

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 the Father known,

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 will himself be known.

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 Just as the Father

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 can only be known

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 through the Son,

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 remember John 1, 18,

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 no one has ever seen God,

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 but the one and only God

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 who is at the Father's side

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 has made him known,

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 or Matthew 11, 27,

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 where Jesus says,

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 no one knows the Father

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 except the Son,

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 no one knows the Son

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 except the Father, right?

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 No one knows the Father

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 except he to whom Jesus,

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 the Son,

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 will reveal him, right?

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 Just as the Father

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 can only be known

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 through the Son,

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 so the Son

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 can only be known

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 through the Spirit.

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 So Jesus promises

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 will make him known.

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 But that leads

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 to a question,

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 doesn't it?

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 How?

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 How?

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 By what means

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 will God the Holy Spirit

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 make Christ known?

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 What means will he use?

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 Right?

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 Will it be clouds

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 in the sky, right?

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 No.

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 This brings us

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 to our second point.

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 Two.

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 The apostles witness

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 listen to what Jesus

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 says to the apostles

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 in that same section

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 of John's gospel.

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 This is John 14,

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 25 through 26.

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 Jesus says,

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 these things

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 I have spoken to you

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 while I am still with you.

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 But the helper

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 whom the Father

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 will send in my name,

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 he will teach you

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 all things

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 and bring to your

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 remembrance

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 all I have said to you.

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 So,

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 first,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 will ensure

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 that the apostles

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 learn and remember

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 all that Jesus

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 taught them.

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 through the work

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 the apostles

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 become faithful

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 in their remembrance

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 of Jesus.

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 Okay,

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 but now listen

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 to what Jesus says

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 just a little later

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 in John 15,

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 26 through 27.

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 He says again,

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 oh,

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 we read the first verse

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 but now listen

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 to the second verse.

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 First verse goes like this,

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 remember?

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 When the helper comes

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 who I'll send you

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 from the Father,

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 the Spirit of truth

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 who proceeds

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 from the Father,

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 he will bear witness

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 about me.

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 Next verse.

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 And you also

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 will bear witness.

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 because you have been

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 with me from the beginning.

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 So,

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 who's Jesus talking to here?

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 He's talking to the apostles,

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 those who have been

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 with Jesus

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 from the beginning

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 of his ministry.

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 They will bear witness.

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 Through the work

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 they will not just remember

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 but they will proclaim

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 the things of Jesus

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 faithfully

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 for all to hear.

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 And Jesus himself

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 promised this earlier

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 in his ministry

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 and he promised

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 that this would happen

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 even in moments

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 of great pressure.

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 Luke 12,

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 11 through 12 says,

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 Jesus is speaking

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 to his apostles,

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 he says,

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 when they bring you

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 before the synagogues

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 and the rulers

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 and the authorities,

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 in other words,

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 bring you to trial,

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 don't be anxious

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 about how you should

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 defend yourself

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 or what you should say

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 for the Holy Spirit

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 will teach you

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 in that very hour

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 what you ought to say.

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 Remember what Jesus says

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 when he's sending out

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 the apostles

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 and the disciples

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 on their sort of

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 preliminary missions?

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 Whoever listens to you

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 listens to me.

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 Right?

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 On the basis

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 of what Jesus himself

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 taught them then,

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 when we come

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 to the writings

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 of the apostles,

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 we see that they

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 understood themselves

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 that their witness

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 was the work

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 So this isn't

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 what Jesus taught

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 but the apostles

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 themselves understood

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 their ministry

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 to be happening,

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 their proclamation

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 to be happening

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 under the power

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 of the Spirit.

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 In 1 Peter 1,

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 verse 12,

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 Peter says,

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 those who preached,

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 he's speaking to the church,

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 he's saying,

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 those who preached

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 the good news to you

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 sent from heaven

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 have announced to you

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 things into which

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 even angels long to look.

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 Right?

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 So those apostolic witnesses

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!

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 to the good news

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 about Jesus,

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 they were doing it how?

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 By the Holy Spirit.

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 Or listen to how Paul

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 puts it in 1 Thessalonians

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 1, 4-5.

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 He says,

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 we know,

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 writing to the Thessalonian church,

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 we know,

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 brothers loved by God,

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 that He has chosen you

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 because our gospel,

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 our proclamation

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 of good news

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 came to you

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 not only in word

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 but also in power

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 and in the Holy Spirit

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 and with full conviction.

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 So Paul understood

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 that his preaching

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 as an apostle

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 was done

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 through the work

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 So,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 makes Christ known

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 through the witness

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 and proclamation

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 of the apostles.

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 According to Jesus,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 ensured that they

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 would remember

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 all that Jesus

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 had taught them

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 about Himself,

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 about His ministry,

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 about the meaning

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 of His death

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 and resurrection,

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 about the life

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 that He now calls us

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 to live under

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 His Lordship

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 as His church.

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 And according to Jesus,

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 the Holy Spirit

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 would empower them

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 to testify

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 and proclaim

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 these things faithfully

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 so that He might

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 be known.

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 But,

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 doesn't that raise

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 another question?

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 In Matthew 28,

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 Jesus told the disciples

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 to make disciples

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 of all nations.

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 But,

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 all the nations

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 wouldn't be evangelized

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 in the lifetime

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 of the apostles.

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 So,

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 how would the Holy Spirit

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 ensure

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 that His testimony

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 to Jesus

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 through the apostles

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 would reach all people?

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 How would the Holy Spirit

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 bring it about

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 that His word

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 through the apostles

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 would not be bound

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 by their limitations

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 in either place

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 or in time?

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 And that brings us

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 to the third point.

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 Scripture's inspiration.

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 I'm going to do

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 something funny here.

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 I'm going to put in

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 in parentheses.

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 In-spir-

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 Oh, hold on.

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 It's writing a different word.

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 Scripture's inspiration.

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 The witness of the apostles

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 didn't remain

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 a spoken word only.

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 It soon became

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 a written word as well.

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 And through the written word,

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 the Holy Spirit's work

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 of making Christ known

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 through the apostolic testimony

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 would be extended

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 and advanced

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 to the ends of the earth

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 and to the end of the age.

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 Okay.

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 Now,

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 when it came

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 to the written word

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 of Scripture,

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 Jesus Himself believed

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 that every word

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 of the Hebrew Bible,

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 the Old Testament,

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 He believed every word

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 to be the very words of God.

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 We won't go into detail

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 about that this morning,

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 but read the Gospels

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 and consider for yourself

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 how Jesus treats

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 the Old Testament.

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 He quotes it.

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 He lives it.

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 He says it can't be broken.

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 He makes arguments

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 against His critics

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 on the basis

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 of single words.

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 For Jesus,

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 the Bible

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 is the authoritative

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 word of God.

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 And the apostles

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 believed the same thing,

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 that the words of Scripture

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 were the words of God.

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 Listen to how

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 the apostle Peter

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 puts it

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 in 2 Peter 1,

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 verses 16-21.

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 I'm going to read

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 this whole paragraph

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 because I think

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 the whole thing

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 is important.

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 Peter writes this.

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 He says,

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 He says,

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 We did not follow

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 cleverly devised myths

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 when we made known to you

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 the power and coming

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 but we were eyewitnesses

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 of His majesty.

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 For,

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 when Jesus received honor

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 and glory

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 from God the Father,

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 the voice was born

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 to Him

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 by the majestic glory,

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 This is my beloved Son

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 with whom I am well pleased.

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 We ourselves heard

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 this very voice

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 born from heaven

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 and we were with Him

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 on the holy mountain.

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 And,

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 we have

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 the prophetic word

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 more fully confirmed

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 to which you will do well

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 to pay attention

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 as to a lamp

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 shining in a dark place

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 until the day dawns

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 and the morning star

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 rises in your hearts.

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 Knowing this,

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 first of all,

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 that no prophecy

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 of Scripture

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 comes from

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 someone's own

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 interpretation?

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 For no prophecy

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 was ever produced

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.160
 by the will of man,

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 but men

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 spoke from God

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 as they were

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 carried along

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 Okay,

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 what is Peter saying here?

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 First,

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 he's saying

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 that he,

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 as an apostle,

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 was an eyewitness

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 of Jesus' majesty,

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 right?

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 He recalls

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 the transfiguration

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 and says,

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 we were there,

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 we saw everything,

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 we heard everything,

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 and we made it known to you.

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 Then,

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 Peter says in verse 19,

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 that not just

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 was Jesus' work

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 a fulfillment

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.259
 of the Old Testament prophecy,

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 but that we ought

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 to pay close attention

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:38.160
 to the Old Testament Scriptures

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 as if it were

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 a light in the darkness.

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 Why?

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 Because the words

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.420
 of Scripture

00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.779
 aren't merely

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.859
 human words.

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 What are the words

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 of Scripture?

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 Well,

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.660
 Peter says in verse 21,

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.839
 men spoke from God

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 as they were carried

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:56.019
 along by the Holy Spirit.

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 Now,

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.819
 notice two things here.

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 Notice that the words

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.900
 of Scripture

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:03.119
 are human words,

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.400
 right?

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.579
 Men spoke

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.519
 from God.

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 What you read,

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.819
 when you read

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.220
 the Bible,

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.200
 right,

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.900
 you are reading

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.559
 human words.

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 Each writer has

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 their own personality,

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.480
 their own historical

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 and cultural context,

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 their own themes,

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.359
 their own vocabulary

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.240
 and style,

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 but they are not

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:22.099
 merely human words.

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 Peter says they were

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.940
 carried along

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 guided and worked

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 in and through

00:23:30.059 --> 00:23:30.759
 their words

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 to speak the words

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 He wanted to say.

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 Without overriding

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.039
 their reason,

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.980
 without overriding

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.759
 their personality,

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:39.120
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.480
 spoke

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.799
 and made it such

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:44.539
 that what they wrote

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.859
 was what God

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.880
 wanted to say.

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.620
 Now,

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.799
 Paul also affirms

00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.599
 this view of Scripture

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.359
 in 2 Timothy 3,

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.319
 16-17.

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.500
 He writes,

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.799
 All Scripture

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.339
 is breathed out

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.819
 by God

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:58.099
 and profitable

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.799
 for teaching,

00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.680
 for reproof,

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.339
 for correction,

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.400
 for training in righteousness

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.579
 that the man of God

00:24:02.579 --> 00:24:03.160
 may be complete,

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.319
 equipped for every good work.

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.059
 All Scripture,

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.559
 Paul says,

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.599
 is breathed out

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.140
 by God.

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.019
 Now,

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.720
 given the passage

00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.500
 we just read

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.120
 from Peter,

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.420
 right,

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.980
 I think it seems

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.240
 reasonable to conclude

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:14.779
 that the breathing

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.539
 out of Scripture

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:17.400
 is the particular work

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:18.840
 of God the Holy Spirit,

00:24:19.140 --> 00:24:19.420
 right?

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.400
 Men spoke from God

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.060
 as they were carried

00:24:22.060 --> 00:24:23.040
 along by the Spirit.

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.740
 Now,

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.700
 we often say

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:29.259
 on the basis

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.880
 of this text

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.480
 that Scripture

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.960
 is inspired,

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.800
 right?

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.680
 Inspired.

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.180
 We talk about

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.860
 the inspiration

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.340
 of Scripture.

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.180
 But the word

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.040
 Paul uses here

00:24:39.040 --> 00:24:39.940
 is actually

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.920
 kind of a unique word,

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.860
 maybe even a word

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.640
 that Paul himself

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.060
 coined,

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.840
 that in Greek

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:46.419
 is theopneustos.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.199
 Theo,

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:47.659
 God,

00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.619
 pneustos.

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.439
 It's a great

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.199
 onomatopoeia there.

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.319
 Breathed out,

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:51.720
 right?

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:53.059
 That it's literally

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:54.980
 God breathed.

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.039
 The ESV does a good job

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.799
 of translating that.

00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.419
 All Scripture

00:24:58.419 --> 00:24:59.679
 is breathed out

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.259
 by God.

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.579
 So,

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.500
 the Holy Spirit

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:04.699
 isn't,

00:25:04.959 --> 00:25:05.480
 as it were,

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.939
 breathing into Scripture,

00:25:07.179 --> 00:25:07.419
 right?

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.619
 It's not technically

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.039
 correct,

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.259
 maybe,

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:09.819
 to say that

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.059
 Scripture is inspired.

00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.159
 Maybe it's a little

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.639
 more accurate

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.120
 to say

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.380
 that Scripture

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.600
 is expired.

00:25:16.400 --> 00:25:17.140
 But then it sounds

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.759
 like it's out of date.

00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:18.080
 So,

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:18.300
 we don't,

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.720
 we don't,

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.259
 outspired.

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:20.660
 There we go,

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.140
 that's better.

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.220
 The expiration

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.680
 of Scripture.

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:24.940
 But,

00:25:25.020 --> 00:25:25.280
 you know,

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.280
 in English,

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.120
 like we said,

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.600
 that doesn't sound

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:27.980
 quite right.

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.300
 So,

00:25:28.360 --> 00:25:28.740
 we still talk

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.420
 about the inspiration.

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.840
 But,

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.440
 the Holy,

00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:32.580
 the words

00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.280
 of Scripture

00:25:33.280 --> 00:25:35.060
 are the words

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.580
 of the Spirit

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.100
 of God

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.340
 breathed out

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.220
 in human words.

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.360
 Right?

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.560
 This is why

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:41.580
 the writer of Hebrews

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.060
 will say that

00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.859
 the word of God,

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.619
 referring to Scripture,

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.720
 is living.

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:45.799
 It's active.

00:25:48.419 --> 00:25:48.899
 Now,

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:50.359
 one might say,

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:51.859
 wait a minute.

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:54.079
 2 Peter,

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.059
 chapter 1,

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.539
 2 Timothy,

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:57.299
 chapter 3,

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.619
 they're talking

00:25:58.619 --> 00:25:59.819
 about the Old Testament,

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.179
 right?

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:00.919
 Yeah.

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.440
 Right?

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.500
 Right?

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.839
 Did the apostles

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.319
 think

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.960
 that their own

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.440
 writings

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.839
 were Scripture

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.279
 in,

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.500
 outspired

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.039
 Scripture

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.019
 in the same

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.259
 way

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.159
 as the Old Testament?

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.200
 Well,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.700
 it actually

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.299
 seems that

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.680
 they did.

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.440
 Now,

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.180
 where do we see that?

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.619
 We're going

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:23.319
 again to Peter.

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:24.200
 Consider what Peter

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.920
 says a little later

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.659
 in that same book,

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.779
 in 2 Peter,

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.480
 chapter 3,

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.700
 verse 15

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.220
 through 18.

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.220
 He says,

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:32.460
 and I love

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.859
 this passage,

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.259
 actually.

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.799
 You're going to

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.440
 appreciate this one.

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.120
 Our beloved

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.759
 brother Paul

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.880
 also wrote

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.340
 to you

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.160
 according to

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.480
 the wisdom

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.120
 given to him,

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.820
 as he does

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.740
 in all his letters

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.680
 when he speaks

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:42.960
 of them

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.519
 in these matters.

00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.420
 There are

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.000
 some things

00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.380
 in them

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.160
 that are

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.559
 hard to

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.120
 understand.

00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.519
 Kind of a nice,

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.580
 feel a little

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.380
 affirmed in that,

00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:52.600
 don't we?

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.740
 Oh,

00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.100
 okay.

00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.180
 Okay.

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.920
 Some things

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.180
 in them

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.539
 are hard

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.240
 to understand,

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.980
 which the ignorant

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.740
 and unstable

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.860
 twist to their

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.460
 own destruction

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.500
 as they do

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.900
 the other

00:27:01.900 --> 00:27:02.359
 scriptures.

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:03.480
 You,

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:03.900
 therefore,

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.299
 beloved,

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.759
 knowing this

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.180
 beforehand,

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:05.940
 take care

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.680
 that you're

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.299
 not carried

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.119
 away by the

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.680
 error of

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.400
 lawless people

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.799
 and lose

00:27:09.799 --> 00:27:10.119
 your own

00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:10.559
 stability,

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.420
 but grow

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:11.920
 in the grace

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.380
 and knowledge

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.859
 of our Lord

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.220
 and Savior

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.099
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.799
 To him

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.319
 be the glory

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.880
 both now

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.140
 and to the

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:16.400
 day of

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.759
 eternity.

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.579
 Amen.

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.000
 Amen.

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.980
 Question.

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.420
 How does

00:27:23.420 --> 00:27:25.119
 Peter categorize

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.380
 Paul's letters?

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.480
 What does

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.779
 he say?

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.980
 Scripture.

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.140
 Now,

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.380
 okay,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.779
 Scripture.

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.359
 The word

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.940
 literally just

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.599
 means writings,

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.180
 right?

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.200
 But,

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.539
 of course,

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.140
 in the context

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.640
 of Peter's

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.940
 letter,

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.700
 as we saw

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.059
 earlier,

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.500
 when Peter's

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.819
 talking about

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.180
 scripture,

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.039
 he clearly

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.420
 seems to

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.039
 mean divine

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.460
 scripture.

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.920
 So,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.480
 here is one

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.700
 apostle looking

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.400
 at another

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.900
 apostles of

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.400
 writings and

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.740
 saying,

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.079
 it's

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:53.420
 scripture.

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.059
 Heed it.

00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.619
 Don't get

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.160
 carried away.

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.440
 Heed it

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.200
 and grow in

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.500
 the grace

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.900
 and knowledge

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.339
 of our Lord

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.019
 Jesus Christ.

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:04.259
 Consider also

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.759
 Paul's

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.059
 kind of

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.259
 own

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.519
 self-

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.000
 understanding.

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.039
 And I think

00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.299
 this is

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.859
 exemplary of

00:28:08.859 --> 00:28:09.259
 the apostles.

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.919
 Consider his

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:10.139
 self-

00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.619
 understanding

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:11.819
 in 1 Corinthians

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.399
 14,

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.839
 36-38.

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:15.399
 In the midst

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.000
 of correcting

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.619
 the Corinthian

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:16.919
 church,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.419
 he writes,

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:19.039
 was it from

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.640
 you that the

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.100
 word of God

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.440
 came?

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.880
 Or are you

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.300
 the only

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.740
 ones it

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.240
 has reached?

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.160
 If anyone

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.580
 thinks he

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.120
 is a prophet

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:28.620
 or spiritual,

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.720
 he should

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:31.240
 acknowledge that

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.000
 the things I

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.660
 am writing to

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.900
 you are a

00:28:33.900 --> 00:28:35.060
 command of

00:28:35.060 --> 00:28:35.560
 the Lord.

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.680
 If anyone

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.100
 does not

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.980
 recognize this,

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.440
 he is not

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.840
 recognized.

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.640
 Ooh,

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.840
 spicy words

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:44.320
 from Paul,

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.640
 right?

00:28:45.320 --> 00:28:45.980
 Come on,

00:28:46.020 --> 00:28:46.280
 Paul.

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.740
 Ah,

00:28:48.520 --> 00:28:49.120
 but clear

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.900
 words,

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.320
 are they not?

00:28:51.040 --> 00:28:51.680
 Paul understood

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.800
 that he was

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.740
 writing a command,

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.520
 not of himself,

00:28:54.780 --> 00:28:55.460
 but of the Lord.

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.759
 He understood

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.360
 that as an

00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:57.800
 apostle,

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.560
 he wrote with

00:28:58.560 --> 00:28:59.040
 the Lord's

00:28:59.040 --> 00:28:59.960
 own authority,

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.660
 just as Jesus

00:29:01.660 --> 00:29:02.759
 promised the

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.340
 apostles that

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.640
 they would

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.759
 understand all

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.480
 that Jesus said

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.060
 and they would

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.680
 bear witness

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:07.460
 faithfully so

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:08.020
 he sees that

00:29:08.020 --> 00:29:08.860
 in his writing,

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.040
 he's exercising

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:11.280
 that same work,

00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:11.940
 right?

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:14.920
 But what

00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:15.380
 about those

00:29:15.380 --> 00:29:15.880
 books in the

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.380
 New Testament

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.620
 that were

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:19.559
 not written by

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.000
 the apostles

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.680
 themselves,

00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:22.259
 but were written

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.140
 by the apostles

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.840
 sort of close

00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.460
 associates?

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.400
 What books

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.820
 are those?

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:26.860
 Well,

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.160
 think about

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.640
 Mark,

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:27.960
 right?

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.820
 Traditionally,

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.400
 Mark was a

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.960
 close associate

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.360
 of Peter,

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:31.100
 but not himself

00:29:31.100 --> 00:29:31.539
 an apostle.

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:32.840
 Or Luke,

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.700
 right?

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.940
 Luke was a

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.500
 close associate

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.059
 of Paul,

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.080
 but not himself

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.539
 an apostle.

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.900
 Or the unknown

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.680
 author of Hebrews,

00:29:39.820 --> 00:29:40.019
 right?

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.519
 Who?

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.379
 I mean,

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.299
 if he wasn't

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.700
 an apostle

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.200
 himself,

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.619
 which it'll

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:43.960
 be fun to

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.279
 get to heaven

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.579
 one day

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.839
 and figure

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.139
 out who

00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:45.859
 wrote the

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.099
 book of

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.400
 Hebrews.

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.019
 But clearly,

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.180
 if the author

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.519
 of Hebrews

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.099
 wasn't an

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.759
 apostle himself,

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.460
 he was clearly

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.019
 one of the

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.700
 close associates

00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:53.920
 of the

00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:54.180
 apostles.

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:54.940
 He mentions

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.740
 some of the

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.220
 other kind

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.660
 of associates

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:57.900
 of the

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.319
 apostles at the

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.539
 end of his

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:58.700
 letter.

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.099
 How should

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.379
 we view

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.900
 those writings?

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:02.940
 Well,

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.220
 it's very

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.639
 interesting

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:05.920
 that in

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.879
 1 Timothy 5,

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.579
 17 through

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.879
 18,

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.940
 the apostle

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.440
 Paul writes

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.740
 this.

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.139
 He says,

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.639
 let the

00:30:12.639 --> 00:30:13.059
 elders who

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.680
 rule well

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.859
 be considered

00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:15.440
 worthy of

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.960
 double honor,

00:30:16.519 --> 00:30:17.200
 especially those

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.759
 who labor in

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.200
 preaching and

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:18.500
 teaching.

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:19.599
 For the

00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:20.299
 scripture says,

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.480
 you shall not

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:22.299
 muzzle an ox

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.839
 when it treads

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.420
 out the grain,

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.900
 and the laborer

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.400
 deserves his

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.740
 wages.

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.759
 Sidebar,

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.339
 isn't it great

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.619
 when Paul talks

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.039
 about leadership

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.500
 in the church?

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.799
 He says,

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.180
 hey,

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.920
 respect them,

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.319
 because an ox

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:35.139
 deserves his wages,

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.460
 right?

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.819
 Exalts and

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.519
 jumbles at the

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.039
 same time.

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.619
 Here we are,

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.579
 just faithful

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.500
 oxen treading

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.099
 out the grain,

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.460
 right?

00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.059
 Ah,

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.240
 Paul in

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.879
 this passage

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.319
 says,

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:47.339
 the scripture

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.839
 says,

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.799
 the scripture

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.220
 says.

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.659
 Now,

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.039
 the first

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.379
 quote,

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:52.859
 you shall not

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.539
 muzzle an ox

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:53.960
 when it treads

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.500
 out the grain,

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.659
 that's from

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.659
 Deuteronomy 25,

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.319
 verse 4.

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:57.799
 You can look

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.099
 that up.

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.420
 What about

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.740
 the second

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.019
 quote?

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:01.740
 The laborer

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.339
 deserves his

00:31:02.339 --> 00:31:02.659
 wages.

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.600
 Where does

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.279
 scripture say

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.460
 that?

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.519
 Well,

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.960
 in Luke

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.560
 chapter 10,

00:31:10.900 --> 00:31:11.759
 verse 1

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:12.300
 through 7,

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.240
 Luke records

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.519
 Jesus'

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.400
 instructions to

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:15.960
 the 72,

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.680
 whom he sends

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:16.980
 out during

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.300
 his earthly

00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:17.720
 ministry.

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.540
 And when we

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:19.060
 pick up that

00:31:19.060 --> 00:31:19.980
 passage in

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.519
 verse 4,

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.120
 Jesus says,

00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.519
 carry no

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.000
 money bag,

00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.640
 no knapsack,

00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.240
 no sandals,

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:23.759
 greet no one

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.259
 on the road.

00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.500
 Whatever house

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.900
 you enter,

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.440
 first say,

00:31:26.540 --> 00:31:26.980
 peace be to

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.480
 this house.

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.440
 And if a

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.880
 son of peace

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.160
 is there,

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.519
 your peace

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.860
 will rest

00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:30.240
 upon him.

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.660
 But if not,

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.240
 it will return

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.200
 to you and

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.620
 remain in

00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:32.919
 the same

00:31:32.919 --> 00:31:33.279
 house,

00:31:33.399 --> 00:31:33.799
 eating and

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.239
 drinking what

00:31:34.239 --> 00:31:34.879
 they provide.

00:31:35.719 --> 00:31:36.079
 For the

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.899
 laborer

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:37.719
 deserves his

00:31:37.719 --> 00:31:38.159
 wages.

00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.179
 It seems,

00:31:41.679 --> 00:31:42.439
 it seems that

00:31:42.439 --> 00:31:43.219
 Paul in 1

00:31:43.219 --> 00:31:44.179
 Timothy 5.17

00:31:44.179 --> 00:31:46.139
 is quoting

00:31:46.139 --> 00:31:46.659
 the Gospel

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.139
 of Luke.

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.000
 And into

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:50.859
 what category

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:51.659
 does Paul put

00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.299
 that writing?

00:31:54.639 --> 00:31:55.159
 Scripture.

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.279
 Right alongside

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:58.139
 Deuteronomy,

00:31:58.239 --> 00:31:58.599
 no less,

00:31:58.699 --> 00:31:59.179
 the Torah.

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:00.819
 It's as if I

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.359
 were to say,

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:03.639
 as the

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.279
 great writers

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.979
 once wrote,

00:32:05.439 --> 00:32:05.919
 to be or

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.559
 not to be,

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.319
 and with

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.959
 great power

00:32:08.959 --> 00:32:09.459
 comes great

00:32:09.459 --> 00:32:10.019
 responsibility.

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:11.839
 Now what

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.240
 am I doing

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.639
 when I say

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.039
 something like

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.259
 that?

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:13.799
 Who am I

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.179
 putting into

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.439
 the same

00:32:14.439 --> 00:32:14.859
 category?

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.959
 Shakespeare,

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.579
 right?

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.379
 Who wrote

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.759
 with a great

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.199
 power comes

00:32:21.199 --> 00:32:21.939
 great responsibility?

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.740
 Stan Lee.

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.179
 Yes,

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.559
 Ivor,

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.619
 Stan Lee,

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:27.379
 the great

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:28.099
 poet of our

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.539
 time,

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:28.859
 right?

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:28.939
 Right?

00:32:28.939 --> 00:32:28.979
 Right?

00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


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00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.979 --> 00:32:28.979


00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:32.339
 So Paul,

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.700
 in an almost

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:35.019
 mind-boggling

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.400
 way,

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.860
 seems to put

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.420
 Luke's Gospel

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.039
 and Deuteronomy

00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.420
 in the same

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.839
 category,

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.299
 calling them

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.579
 both

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:39.940
 scriptures.

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.579
 Okay,

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.019
 so what are

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.440
 we to make

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:42.940
 of all this?

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.220
 It stands to

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.360
 reason,

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.740
 friends,

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.059
 that the

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.460
 writings,

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.579
 not just of

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:47.799
 the Old

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.160
 Testament,

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.099
 but of the

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.539
 New Testament

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.079
 as well,

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.099
 are the work

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.440
 of the Holy

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.819
 Spirit.

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:53.819
 In the New

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.299
 Testament,

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.900
 we have the

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.720
 Holy Spirit's

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.599
 inscripturating

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.059
 work.

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:59.319
 here too,

00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:00.000
 not just in

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.240
 the Old

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.539
 Testament,

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:01.039
 but in the

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.519
 New Testament,

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.480
 the Holy Spirit

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.559
 is breathing

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.099
 out through

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.619
 the written

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.259
 testimony of

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.759
 the apostles,

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.519
 his own

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.039
 word,

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.819
 his own

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.919
 witness to

00:33:09.919 --> 00:33:10.319
 the risen

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.759
 Christ,

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.319
 just as

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.059
 Jesus promised

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.500
 he would.

00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.740
 So consider

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.179
 then the

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:16.179
 great gift

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.240
 that scripture

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.079
 is to us.

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.740
 Because the

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.240
 Holy Spirit

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.399
 has inscripturated

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.940
 his word,

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.379
 we can now

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:24.339
 read it

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.599
 and declare

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.700
 it and publish

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:28.100
 it and meditate

00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:29.840
 on it and

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.819
 proclaim it to

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.200
 the ends of

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.600
 the earth,

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:32.279
 to the end

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.880
 of the age.

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.640
 There will

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.279
 never be a

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:36.440
 time when the

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.960
 church does

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:38.319
 not have the

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:39.440
 Holy Spirit's

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.819
 apostolic witness

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.400
 to Jesus.

00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:43.279
 His word will

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.420
 never leave us.

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.519
 We will always

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.819
 have this light

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.960
 shining, as

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.539
 Peter says.

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.100
 We will always

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:52.720
 have this light

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.500
 shining, no matter

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.059
 how dark it

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.360
 gets.

00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:56.000
 right?

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.399
 And we can

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:58.019
 read these

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.459
 words.

00:33:59.399 --> 00:33:59.959
 And again, as

00:33:59.959 --> 00:34:00.479
 Peter says, we

00:34:00.479 --> 00:34:01.199
 can read these

00:34:01.199 --> 00:34:02.399
 words until the

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:03.319
 day dawns and

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.079
 the morning star

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.919
 rises in your

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.379
 hearts.

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.819
 Through the

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.619
 Holy Spirit's

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:10.559
 work, the

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.139
 light shines

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.920
 into our hearts

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.539
 through his

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.199
 work of

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.099
 scripture, through

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.960
 the breathing out

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.980
 of scripture, the

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.719
 light of God

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.579
 shines into our

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.500
 hearts and we

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:21.099
 behold Christ,

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.960
 the morning

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.319
 star.

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.420
 God.

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:25.160
 Now, that

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:25.740
 brings us

00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:27.320
 straight away to

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.720
 our fourth

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:30.280
 point, which

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.480
 is the

00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:32.360
 believer's

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.780
 illumination.

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.480
 The

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.900
 believer's

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.500
 illumination.

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:46.080
 The Spirit has

00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:46.440
 breathed out

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.760
 scripture.

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.059
 It is truly

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.840
 God's word in

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.480
 human words.

00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.599
 But how do

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:52.019
 we come to

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.900
 understand it?

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.699
 The truth is,

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:56.000
 friends, scripture

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.440
 would remain a

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.460
 puzzle and a

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.519
 labyrinth to us

00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:01.219
 without the work

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:01.559
 of the Holy

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.880
 Spirit.

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:03.099
 The Holy Spirit

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.099
 not only does the

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:06.000
 speaking, but he

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.079
 does the work in

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:08.019
 us so that we

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.900
 might understand

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.960
 what we read.

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.780
 And this is what

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.420
 traditionally has

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.280
 been called the

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:14.079
 Holy Spirit's work

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:15.019
 of illumination.

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.679
 And a classic

00:35:15.679 --> 00:35:16.300
 statement of this

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:17.539
 is found in 1

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:18.340
 Corinthians 2,

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.119
 11 through 16.

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:19.659
 Now, we had

00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:20.279
 recourse to this

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.739
 passage when we

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.059
 were talking about

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:21.639
 the person of

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.940
 the Spirit.

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.099
 Now, look at it

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.679
 again when we

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.279
 consider the work

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.699
 of the Spirit.

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.679
 Let me read

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.380
 this for us.

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.900
 Paul writes,

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.300
 For who knows

00:35:28.300 --> 00:35:28.800
 a person's

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.940
 thoughts except

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.480
 the spirit of

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:30.880
 that person

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.279
 which is in

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:31.460
 him?

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.460
 Makes sense,

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.679
 right?

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:35.159
 So also, no

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.199
 one comprehends

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.880
 the thoughts of

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:38.139
 God except the

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.800
 Spirit of God.

00:35:39.739 --> 00:35:40.480
 Only the Spirit

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.559
 of God totally

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.679
 knows God,

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.460
 right?

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:45.920
 Now, we have

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:47.240
 received not the

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.619
 Spirit of the

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.860
 world, but the

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.579
 Spirit who is

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.960
 from God, that

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.720
 we might

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:53.220
 understand the

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.920
 things freely

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.539
 given us by

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.880
 God.

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.619
 And then Paul

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.519
 says, we impart

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.300
 this in words,

00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.340
 not taught by

00:35:59.340 --> 00:35:59.860
 human wisdom,

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.500
 but taught by

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:00.920
 the Spirit.

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.019
 Again, affirming

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.559
 his own self-

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.639
 understanding as

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:04.220
 an apostle of

00:36:04.220 --> 00:36:04.880
 speaking Spirit

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.559
 inspired words,

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:06.940
 interpreting

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.639
 spiritual truths

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.039
 to those who

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.480
 are spiritual,

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.260
 right?

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.340
 Words of the

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:11.019
 Spirit to those

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.659
 indwelt by the

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:11.920
 Spirit.

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:13.800
 The natural

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.400
 person, Paul

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:15.180
 says, does not

00:36:15.180 --> 00:36:15.700
 accept the

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.099
 things of the

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.519
 Spirit, for

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.940
 they're folly

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.260
 to him.

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.200
 And he's not

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.800
 able to

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:19.440
 understand them

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.119
 because they're

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:21.480
 spiritually discerned,

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.340
 that is, discerned

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.059
 through the work

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:23.539
 of the Spirit.

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.099
 The spiritual

00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:25.940
 person judges

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.320
 all things,

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.119
 that is, discerns

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.539
 all things,

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:28.159
 understands,

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.079
 because the

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.539
 Spirit's work

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.920
 in them, but

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.720
 is himself judged

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.360
 by no one,

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.760
 right?

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.139
 For who has

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.599
 understood the

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.000
 mind of the

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.639
 Lord so as to

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.240
 instruct him,

00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.619
 but we have

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:39.139
 the mind of

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:39.599
 Christ.

00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:41.380
 So what does

00:36:41.380 --> 00:36:41.720
 this mean?

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.019
 It means that

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.519
 when we, friends,

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.159
 when we take the

00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.820
 Scriptures into

00:36:44.820 --> 00:36:45.619
 our hands,

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.360
 it's not

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.760
 something that

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.980
 we control.

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:52.440
 It is God's

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.700
 Word.

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:54.659
 And that means

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.920
 God must be the

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.920
 one who brings

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.680
 us to understand

00:36:57.680 --> 00:36:57.980
 it.

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:59.360
 Too often,

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.760
 those of us who

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.860
 believe in

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.340
 Scripture's

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:03.280
 authority and

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:04.680
 inspiration think

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.599
 that we now can

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:06.519
 sit over Scripture,

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:08.380
 but we always sit

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.119
 under it,

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:09.980
 right?

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:11.820
 our understanding

00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:12.300
 of it is

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:13.679
 completely dependent

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.380
 on the Spirit.

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.119
 The God,

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:15.460
 the Spirit,

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.059
 who breathed out

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.559
 the Scriptures

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:18.719
 is God,

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:19.099
 the Spirit,

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.740
 who causes us

00:37:19.740 --> 00:37:20.219
 to understand

00:37:20.219 --> 00:37:20.400
 them.

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:21.000
 So we have to

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.519
 approach the

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.960
 Scriptures with

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.519
 humility and a

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.380
 right dependence on

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.159
 Him for any

00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:25.800
 understanding that

00:37:25.800 --> 00:37:26.400
 we receive.

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.360
 But consider what

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.340
 good news this is.

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.679
 It's good news that

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.480
 the Spirit not only

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.099
 speaks through the

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.840
 Apostle's witness,

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:35.320
 He not only breathes

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.940
 out that witness

00:37:35.940 --> 00:37:36.699
 into the pages of

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:36.980
 Scripture,

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:38.559
 but His wind

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.420
 keeps moving into

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.099
 the minds and

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:40.780
 hearts of those

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.440
 who read the

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:43.039
 written Word with

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.860
 prayerful dependence

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.420
 on Him and

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.420
 humility before Him.

00:37:45.699 --> 00:37:47.119
 The Spirit does

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:48.380
 bring understanding

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.960
 and clarity and

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.300
 assurance.

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.380
 He does indeed

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.460
 cause the morning

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.480
 star to rise in

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.420
 our hearts so that

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:55.280
 we might see Christ

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:55.920
 in His Word.

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.900
 Isn't that good

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.300
 news?

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.420
 Right?

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.619
 Okay, that brings

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.079
 us to our last

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.260
 point.

00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:03.159
 We're moving a

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:04.159
 little quickly here

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.780
 because of time.

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.519
 Five, the church's

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.059
 proclamation.

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.239
 As the church

00:38:16.239 --> 00:38:17.920
 prayerfully reads,

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.219
 studies, meditates

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:20.159
 upon, and obeys the

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.840
 Holy Spirit's and

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.619
 scripturated words,

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.599
 as the Holy Spirit

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.840
 does His work of

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:25.179
 illumination so that

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.980
 we might understand

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.920
 these words and

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.800
 understand the things

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.420
 of Christ and come

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:29.400
 to know Him, then

00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:31.820
 we too are swept up

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.900
 in this work of

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.940
 making Christ known.

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:36.139
 On the basis of the

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.200
 Holy Spirit's witness

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:38.240
 in the written word,

00:38:38.720 --> 00:38:40.220
 the church proclaims

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.599
 Christ.

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:43.119
 We don't do so in

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.159
 pride because we've

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:45.460
 somehow solved the

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.400
 riddle of God and of

00:38:46.400 --> 00:38:47.200
 Christ for ourselves,

00:38:47.200 --> 00:38:47.980
 but we do it in

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.639
 joyful humility and

00:38:49.639 --> 00:38:50.720
 without any pretension

00:38:50.720 --> 00:38:52.679
 because God in His

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.619
 mercy and kindness

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.940
 has made these things

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.700
 known to us.

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:57.179
 We who were in

00:38:57.179 --> 00:38:58.559
 darkness have seen a

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:59.139
 great light.

00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:00.900
 God who said,

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.819
 let light shine out of

00:39:02.819 --> 00:39:04.500
 darkness, has shown in

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:06.279
 our hearts to give the

00:39:06.279 --> 00:39:07.099
 light of the knowledge

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:08.639
 of the glory of God in

00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.359
 the face of Jesus

00:39:09.359 --> 00:39:09.819
 Christ.

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:12.960
 And so the church too

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:14.539
 proclaims Christ.

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.759
 And through the church's

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:18.379
 biblical proclamation,

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:20.259
 the Spirit makes Christ

00:39:20.259 --> 00:39:20.759
 known.

00:39:21.859 --> 00:39:22.900
 Consider Romans, right?

00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:24.559
 10, 9 through 17.

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.460
 Paul writes, if you

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:27.679
 confess with your mouth

00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.000
 that Jesus is Lord and

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.859
 believe in your heart

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:31.699
 that God raised Him

00:39:31.699 --> 00:39:33.299
 from the dead, you will

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:33.839
 be saved.

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.500
 For with the heart one

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.440
 believes and is

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:38.059
 justified, and with the

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.159
 mouth one confesses and

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.699
 is saved.

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.259
 For the scripture says

00:39:41.259 --> 00:39:42.719
 everyone who believes in

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.719
 Him will not be put to

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.019
 shame.

00:39:44.919 --> 00:39:45.779
 But there's no distinction

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.719
 between Jew and Greek,

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.819
 for the same Lord is

00:39:47.819 --> 00:39:49.159
 Lord of all, bestowing

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.299
 His riches on all who

00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.879
 call on Him.

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:52.599
 For everyone who calls

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.500
 on the name of the Lord

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.719
 will be saved.

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.779
 Then Paul says this,

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:59.500
 how then will they

00:39:59.500 --> 00:40:00.739
 call on Him in whom

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.719
 they have not believed?

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:03.579
 How are they to

00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:05.199
 believe in Him of whom

00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:05.980
 they've never heard?

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.579
 And how are they to

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:09.460
 hear without someone

00:40:09.460 --> 00:40:09.899
 preaching?

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.460
 And how are they to

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:13.039
 preach unless they are

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.279
 sent?

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.239
 As it is written,

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.899
 how beautiful are the

00:40:16.899 --> 00:40:17.699
 feet of those who

00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:18.579
 preach the good news.

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.139
 That's a quote of

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.419
 Isaiah.

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.919
 But they have not all

00:40:22.919 --> 00:40:23.559
 obeyed the gospel,

00:40:23.919 --> 00:40:24.639
 for Isaiah says,

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.400
 Lord who has believed

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:25.879
 what he had heard

00:40:25.879 --> 00:40:26.359
 from us.

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:28.299
 And Paul sums up and

00:40:28.299 --> 00:40:30.019
 says, so faith comes

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.980
 from hearing and hearing

00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.719
 through the word of

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:32.920
 Christ.

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.619
 You see what Paul is

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.019
 saying here?

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:37.579
 He's saying that the

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.839
 church is part of this

00:40:38.839 --> 00:40:39.980
 preaching of the word,

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.379
 right?

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.519
 This isn't something,

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.279
 I don't think Paul is

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:45.179
 just describing here

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:46.359
 simply the apostolic

00:40:46.359 --> 00:40:47.759
 work, but the ongoing

00:40:47.759 --> 00:40:49.179
 work of the church.

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:51.139
 The reformers used to

00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:53.719
 say that the word of

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:56.539
 God preached is the

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:57.199
 word of God.

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.599
 Luther used to call

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:03.859
 church, like when we

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:04.519
 gather for church,

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:06.339
 God's mouth house.

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:08.980
 Isn't that great?

00:41:09.879 --> 00:41:10.739
 What if we started

00:41:10.739 --> 00:41:11.359
 talking about that on

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:11.519
 Sunday?

00:41:11.619 --> 00:41:12.239
 We could post it on

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:12.579
 Instagram.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.859
 Come to God's mouth

00:41:13.859 --> 00:41:14.960
 house this Sunday

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.219
 morning.

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.799
 What do they mean by

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:17.179
 all that?

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.559
 They meant that when

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:20.420
 we preach the biblical

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:20.900
 gospel,

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:23.099
 when we preach the

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.900
 Christ of scripture,

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.699
 when we prayerfully

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.900
 bind ourselves to the

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.859
 written word of God

00:41:27.859 --> 00:41:29.539
 that is living and

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:30.839
 active, when we do

00:41:30.839 --> 00:41:32.099
 that, the same spirit

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:33.259
 who bore witness

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.940
 through the apostles

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:35.159
 and who breathed out

00:41:35.159 --> 00:41:35.759
 the written word

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:37.019
 continues to make

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.239
 Christ known through

00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:40.359
 our scripture-saturated

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:40.839
 words.

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.559
 Now, of course,

00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:43.279
 there's a big

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:44.719
 distinction between

00:41:44.719 --> 00:41:46.599
 this and this,

00:41:46.759 --> 00:41:47.579
 right?

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.900
 Our words,

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.740
 our proclamation

00:41:50.740 --> 00:41:51.940
 carries no authority

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.599
 in itself.

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.980
 The preaching of the

00:41:54.980 --> 00:41:55.960
 church is only

00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:58.079
 authoritative insofar as

00:41:58.079 --> 00:41:58.619
 it says,

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.780
 scripture says.

00:42:00.720 --> 00:42:02.019
 But when we declare

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.940
 what scripture says,

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.880
 the spirit advances his

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:06.539
 work of making Christ

00:42:06.539 --> 00:42:06.820
 known.

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.800
 As a sidebar,

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.519
 this is why,

00:42:09.639 --> 00:42:10.160
 by the way,

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:12.099
 we preach expositionally

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.519
 at Trinity,

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:14.759
 because we believe that

00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:16.900
 the Holy Spirit is the

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:18.219
 Lord, the giver of life,

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.099
 not us.

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:21.559
 And we want his words

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.099
 to be the fountain of

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.780
 all of our words.

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:26.139
 The sword of the spirit,

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.699
 Paul writes,

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:28.139
 is the word of God.

00:42:29.019 --> 00:42:29.920
 That's why if you go to

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.460
 a small group,

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:30.940
 you're going to be

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.659
 studying the Bible.

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.079
 That's why if you come

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:34.840
 to Tyler's theology group

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.519
 every other Friday,

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.780
 they're not just going to

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.519
 be reading Grudem.

00:42:38.179 --> 00:42:39.079
 Forget about Grudem.

00:42:39.079 --> 00:42:40.279
 They're going to be

00:42:40.279 --> 00:42:41.000
 looking at the word,

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.699
 right?

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.920
 Grudem's a good help.

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:43.480
 He's a good teacher,

00:42:44.279 --> 00:42:44.559
 right?

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:47.219
 When we speak and

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.920
 declare and proclaim

00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:48.880
 what scripture says,

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:51.119
 the spirit is honored

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.739
 and glorified,

00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:54.699
 and he advances his

00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:55.779
 work of glorifying Christ

00:42:55.779 --> 00:42:56.579
 and making him known.

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.960
 Okay, friends,

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:59.460
 so this is how,

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:00.340
 according to the New

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.980
 Testament anyway,

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:02.420
 this is how the Holy

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:03.480
 Spirit makes Christ

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.840
 known.

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:06.440
 By illuminating the

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:07.539
 apostolic scriptures

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.279
 in the hearts of

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:09.019
 believers and in the

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.719
 proclamation of the

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:09.980
 church.

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:10.960
 There you go.

00:43:11.219 --> 00:43:11.880
 There's the summary

00:43:11.880 --> 00:43:12.360
 sentence.

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:14.480
 He gives us an

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:15.539
 objective word and

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:16.380
 witness to Christ,

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:16.759
 right?

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:18.579
 First in the eyewitness

00:43:18.579 --> 00:43:19.219
 testimony of the

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.559
 apostles,

00:43:19.940 --> 00:43:21.719
 then preserved and

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.699
 breathed out in the

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:23.300
 written scriptures.

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.440
 He gives us that

00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:25.920
 objective word and

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.380
 witness,

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:28.320
 but along with that,

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:29.500
 he comes and brings

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:31.159
 internal subjective

00:43:31.159 --> 00:43:32.400
 illumination so that we

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:33.300
 might receive it and

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.219
 understand it,

00:43:34.759 --> 00:43:35.820
 which means that the

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:38.000
 work is the spirits

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.539
 from first to last,

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.920
 from the giving of the

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:41.900
 word to the receiving

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:42.360
 of the word.

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.039
 It's his work,

00:43:44.159 --> 00:43:44.719
 not ours.

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:47.059
 But friends,

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.780
 isn't this a comfort?

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.619
 Isn't this a comfort to

00:43:49.619 --> 00:43:49.880
 us?

00:43:51.340 --> 00:43:53.099
 Do you want to draw near

00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:53.739
 to Christ?

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:58.199
 Do you want to know the

00:43:58.199 --> 00:43:59.139
 mighty wind of the

00:43:59.139 --> 00:44:00.579
 Spirit blowing through

00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:01.199
 your life?

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:03.019
 Do you want to hear

00:44:03.019 --> 00:44:05.139
 God's word about

00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:07.379
 himself, to himself,

00:44:07.899 --> 00:44:08.759
 to us?

00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.579
 Do you want to know

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.039
 the Spirit?

00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:13.339
 Do you want to be in

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:14.319
 step with the Spirit?

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.059
 Do you want to be awash

00:44:16.059 --> 00:44:16.699
 in the Spirit?

00:44:17.819 --> 00:44:18.579
 Where do you go?

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.879
 What do you do?

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.779
 Well, friends, you go to

00:44:22.779 --> 00:44:23.799
 where he speaks.

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.879
 You go to where he's

00:44:26.879 --> 00:44:27.859
 breathing out his

00:44:27.859 --> 00:44:29.019
 life-giving power.

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:32.280
 In other words, you go

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:32.940
 to the Scriptures.

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:35.380
 And you go to where

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:36.280
 the Scriptures are being

00:44:36.280 --> 00:44:38.039
 faithfully lived and

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.480
 taught.

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:40.559
 That's where you'll find

00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:41.440
 the power of the Spirit

00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.000
 at work.

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.800
 In the living word of

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.159
 the Bible.

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.699
 The Spirit's book.

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.340
 Okay.

00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:50.340
 We have 30 seconds for

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:50.759
 questions.

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.619
 Because I'm service

00:44:51.619 --> 00:44:52.320
 leaving this morning.

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:54.139
 No, we have a couple

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:54.400
 minutes.

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:54.900
 Yeah, I need it.

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:56.039
 I have a question about

00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:57.239
 the category of

00:44:57.239 --> 00:44:57.679
 revelation.

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:58.320
 Yeah.

00:44:58.639 --> 00:44:58.940
 Yeah.

00:44:59.019 --> 00:45:00.219
 Oh, yeah.

00:45:00.219 --> 00:45:01.139
 Mm-hmm.

00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:03.259
 Yes.

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.239
 Yeah.

00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:06.079
 So I understand

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.039
 that you drop in with

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.340
 Jesus, but for that,

00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:09.179
 there's some wonder

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:09.719
 in awe.

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:10.420
 Absolutely.

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.360
 Yeah.

00:45:12.179 --> 00:45:12.360
 Yeah.

00:45:12.759 --> 00:45:13.539
 Yeah, that's right.

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.519
 Yeah, it would be

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:15.340
 wonderful to do a whole

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:16.300
 class on this because

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:17.059
 there's so much rich

00:45:17.059 --> 00:45:17.400
 stuff there.

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:17.599
 Yeah.

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.619
 So Anita's referencing

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:19.460
 general revelation,

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.920
 which is the revelation

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.719
 that God makes to all

00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:22.380
 people at all times

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.699
 and all places, right?

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:24.759
 Through creation,

00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:25.639
 through our conscience,

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.259
 through things like

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:26.539
 that.

00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:27.280
 And what Scripture

00:45:27.280 --> 00:45:28.380
 teaches us about that

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:29.340
 is that there are

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:29.960
 certain things that

00:45:29.960 --> 00:45:31.940
 can be known about

00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:32.700
 God through generation,

00:45:33.039 --> 00:45:34.180
 but because we live

00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.720
 under the condition

00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:35.420
 of the fall,

00:45:36.220 --> 00:45:37.360
 Scripture is insufficient

00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:39.519
 for us to really be

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:40.340
 reconciled to God.

00:45:40.440 --> 00:45:40.800
 Yeah, Beth,

00:45:40.820 --> 00:45:41.360
 you want to jump in on

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.500
 this?

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:45.739
 Oh, gosh, yes.

00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:46.199
 Thank you, Beth.

00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:48.159
 Creation is insufficient.

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:49.380
 General revelation is

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:50.820
 insufficient to bring us

00:45:50.820 --> 00:45:51.980
 to a saving knowledge of

00:45:51.980 --> 00:45:53.900
 God because, because of

00:45:53.900 --> 00:45:55.699
 the fall, our hearts turn

00:45:55.699 --> 00:45:56.699
 away from those things to

00:45:56.699 --> 00:45:57.019
 idols.

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.260
 That's what Paul says in

00:45:58.260 --> 00:45:58.760
 Romans 1.

00:45:59.579 --> 00:45:59.719
 Yeah.

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.880
 But, but what that means

00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:02.940
 with the doctrine of

00:46:02.940 --> 00:46:04.159
 general revelation is also

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:05.000
 a comfort to us because it

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:08.380
 means that, that people do

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:10.680
 have a sense of God, right?

00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:11.900
 They may be pushing it

00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:12.880
 down, they may be pushing

00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:13.960
 it out to other ways,

00:46:14.220 --> 00:46:14.539
 right?

00:46:15.119 --> 00:46:17.559
 But God is, in a general

00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:19.039
 way, speaking about his

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:20.019
 divine nature and his

00:46:20.019 --> 00:46:21.099
 power at all times and

00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.640
 all ways.

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:23.539
 We're obviously avoiding

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:24.840
 that and deflecting that

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:26.160
 as sinners, right?

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:28.059
 And we need, we need

00:46:28.059 --> 00:46:29.960
 what's called particular

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:31.000
 revelation or special

00:46:31.000 --> 00:46:32.740
 revelation to break

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:33.400
 through that.

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:35.240
 But in our evangelism,

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:36.280
 things like that, it's a

00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:37.320
 great comfort to know that,

00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:38.460
 that we're not totally

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:39.380
 coming out of the blue,

00:46:39.640 --> 00:46:40.480
 as it were, right?

00:46:40.860 --> 00:46:42.280
 Paul will say that, you

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:43.340
 know, God has ordained

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:44.800
 things so that people will

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.840
 feel after God, right?

00:46:46.160 --> 00:46:47.640
 They feel insufficiently.

00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:48.700
 They feel in all the

00:46:48.700 --> 00:46:50.120
 wrong ways, but still, we

00:46:50.120 --> 00:46:51.260
 are still created in his

00:46:51.260 --> 00:46:52.140
 image, right?

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:53.500
 Longing for him, reaching

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.240
 for him, though we know

00:46:54.240 --> 00:46:54.900
 not, though we know it

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.660
 not, right?

00:46:56.059 --> 00:46:56.539
 Yeah, good.

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:57.700
 Yeah, Jeff?

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:58.860
 I think there's a good

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.980
 summary of a lot of this

00:46:59.980 --> 00:47:01.559
 is the opening three or

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:03.160
 four verses in John,

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:04.900
 where he says, you

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.880
 know, the word is with

00:47:05.880 --> 00:47:06.800
 God and the word was

00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:07.019
 God.

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:08.079
 Yeah, that's great.

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:09.219
 Those are to say that in

00:47:09.219 --> 00:47:11.920
 him was light, and the

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:13.139
 light was the light of

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:14.920
 men, and the light shines

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:16.840
 in the darkness, but the

00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:17.820
 darkness did not

00:47:17.820 --> 00:47:18.759
 overpower it.

00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:19.159
 Right.

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:20.460
 So it's really the

00:47:20.460 --> 00:47:22.960
 imagination of Jesus that

00:47:22.960 --> 00:47:24.440
 the Spirit of God is

00:47:24.440 --> 00:47:26.559
 bringing to us.

00:47:26.659 --> 00:47:27.659
 It's union with Jesus.

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:29.199
 It's not just union with

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:29.639
 the Spirit.

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.480
 It's the Spirit

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:31.619
 emanates Jesus.

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:32.380
 That's right.

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.360
 Thank you for that

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:34.199
 clarification, Jeff.

00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:34.719
 Did you hear what Jeff

00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:34.940
 said?

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:36.420
 Like, who is the Spirit

00:47:36.420 --> 00:47:37.639
 witnessing to in all of

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:37.880
 this?

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:39.260
 To Christ, right?

00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:40.220
 We could do a whole

00:47:40.220 --> 00:47:41.700
 other class about how

00:47:41.700 --> 00:47:42.860
 Scripture and the

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:43.200
 Apostles'

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:44.139
 proclamation, it's all

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:45.440
 Christ-centered, right?

00:47:45.720 --> 00:47:46.920
 That's a bit of why I spent

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.579
 so much time at the beginning

00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:48.179
 of the class talking about

00:47:48.179 --> 00:47:49.200
 the Spirit's ministry in the

00:47:49.200 --> 00:47:50.619
 life of Jesus, to then say,

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:52.260
 Jesus is saying, now the

00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:52.940
 Spirit will come and

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:54.400
 testify about me, right?

00:47:55.059 --> 00:47:55.220
 Yeah?

00:47:55.320 --> 00:47:56.159
 One of the things that

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:58.159
 marks out the apostolic

00:47:58.159 --> 00:48:01.639
 witness, right, is the way

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:03.539
 they now understand the

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:04.339
 Old Testament Scriptures

00:48:04.339 --> 00:48:05.480
 and their own writings in

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.319
 such a Christocentric

00:48:06.319 --> 00:48:06.719
 way.

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.639
 Yeah.

00:48:07.779 --> 00:48:08.559
 That's really good.

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:09.219
 Yep.

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:13.759
 Yes, Julia, and then

00:48:13.759 --> 00:48:14.500
 we'll come up to

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:14.659
 George.

00:48:14.659 --> 00:48:16.759
 We always see everything

00:48:16.759 --> 00:48:18.519
 behind the Jesus

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.559
 formation, God.

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:22.559
 Everything behind all the

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:23.519
 time, God working.

00:48:23.799 --> 00:48:24.059
 Yeah.

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:24.699
 With everything.

00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.219
 That's right.

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:26.400
 Everything was a work

00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:27.839
 as it was behind

00:48:27.839 --> 00:48:29.199
 everything with God.

00:48:29.519 --> 00:48:29.759
 Yeah.

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.240
 Yep.

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:33.960
 God is at work.

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:34.680
 Yep.

00:48:35.180 --> 00:48:35.380
 Yeah.

00:48:35.620 --> 00:48:38.120
 Then they say, I give

00:48:38.120 --> 00:48:39.760
 this love time in a

00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:39.980
 reader.

00:48:40.620 --> 00:48:42.820
 God doesn't do anything

00:48:42.820 --> 00:48:43.300
 today.

00:48:43.480 --> 00:48:44.260
 It's finished.

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:44.680
 You know?

00:48:44.780 --> 00:48:45.560
 Ah, yeah.

00:48:46.040 --> 00:48:46.440
 Yeah.

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:47.840
 God is everywhere.

00:48:48.080 --> 00:48:49.420
 You know that, the book

00:48:49.420 --> 00:48:50.940
 spoken, the God, you

00:48:50.940 --> 00:48:52.100
 know, I have a book

00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:52.860
 called God.

00:48:53.020 --> 00:48:53.120
 Yeah.

00:48:53.200 --> 00:48:54.100
 It's very important.

00:48:54.140 --> 00:48:54.320
 Yeah.

00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:55.320
 Yeah.

00:48:55.420 --> 00:48:55.620
 Yeah.

00:48:55.700 --> 00:48:56.380
 Thank you, Julia.

00:48:56.480 --> 00:48:56.620
 Yeah.

00:48:56.680 --> 00:48:56.920
 George.

00:48:57.640 --> 00:48:58.920
 Yeah, the Spirit is still

00:48:58.920 --> 00:48:59.580
 at work today.

00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:00.000
 Yes.

00:49:01.180 --> 00:49:02.220
 So why can't there be

00:49:02.220 --> 00:49:03.260
 additional scriptures

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:05.380
 added to the Bible?

00:49:05.680 --> 00:49:05.880
 Yeah.

00:49:06.240 --> 00:49:07.900
 Because the Spirit

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:08.800
 inspired them.

00:49:08.920 --> 00:49:09.120
 Yeah.

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:09.560
 Yeah.

00:49:09.620 --> 00:49:10.620
 What would they be

00:49:10.620 --> 00:49:11.460
 testifying to?

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:14.240
 Same thing the other

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:16.180
 scriptures testified to?

00:49:16.260 --> 00:49:16.560
 Right.

00:49:16.640 --> 00:49:17.380
 Glory and Christ?

00:49:17.600 --> 00:49:17.960
 Sure.

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:19.740
 Did they, were they

00:49:19.740 --> 00:49:20.920
 eyewitnesses of Jesus

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:22.260
 the way the apostles were?

00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:22.900
 Was Paul?

00:49:23.300 --> 00:49:23.640
 Yes.

00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:25.040
 Well.

00:49:25.040 --> 00:49:25.960
 Jesus met him on the

00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:26.600
 road to Emmaus.

00:49:26.720 --> 00:49:28.120
 Through a vision.

00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:28.579
 Yeah.

00:49:28.819 --> 00:49:28.940
 Yeah.

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:28.940


00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:29.179
 Yeah.

00:49:29.179 --> 00:49:29.639
 Yeah.

00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:31.420
 I have visions too.

00:49:32.799 --> 00:49:33.239
 Ah.

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:35.079
 Paul, what Paul

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:36.179
 experienced was unique

00:49:36.179 --> 00:49:36.859
 and he himself

00:49:36.859 --> 00:49:37.880
 understands it as unique.

00:49:38.259 --> 00:49:38.440
 Right?

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:40.299
 He calls himself like

00:49:40.299 --> 00:49:41.500
 one untimely born.

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.380
 Right?

00:49:42.980 --> 00:49:47.579
 And actually, he distinguishes what he experienced from what other people experienced, right?

00:49:47.599 --> 00:49:49.039
 We can talk more about that at another time.

00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:54.619
 But Paul's experience of the risen Christ was unique amongst the other apostles,

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:56.660
 but was also unique from everyone else.

00:49:56.720 --> 00:50:01.200
 This is what distinguishes, say, Paul's experience from, like, Joseph Smith's purported experience

00:50:01.200 --> 00:50:07.200
 of whatever he reported, right, in the, what, 1800s, right?

00:50:08.079 --> 00:50:08.260
 Yeah.

00:50:08.260 --> 00:50:16.560
 The other thing I'll say, George, is that Jesus didn't promise that there would be, you know,

00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:22.000
 hundreds of years people would keep being inspired to give more and more revelation about me, right?

00:50:22.220 --> 00:50:24.200
 He spoke those words to the apostles, right?

00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:25.560
 And then they did that, yeah.

00:50:25.660 --> 00:50:31.300
 So I don't think we should expect more apostolic witness because there's no more apostles, right?

00:50:32.600 --> 00:50:36.140
 So can people understand the apostolic word?

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:40.460
 Can God bring a fresh understanding of that and, you know, really weigh it on us powerfully

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:43.799
 and help us unfold what the apostles taught and what is in Scripture reports?

00:50:43.920 --> 00:50:44.139
 Sure.

00:50:44.799 --> 00:50:45.039
 Yeah.

00:50:45.539 --> 00:50:48.659
 You know, our work of understanding Scripture is never done, right?

00:50:49.219 --> 00:50:58.920
 But adding new revelation to it, actually, we shouldn't even expect that because Christ has accomplished the work.

00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:02.219
 He has given himself the authoritative witness.

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:10.139
 So there's, in fact, there's no more need for it because Scripture is sufficient, if that makes sense, right?

00:51:10.699 --> 00:51:15.539
 So part of this, part of the answer to your question is the sufficiency of Scripture, that it's enough for us.

00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:16.519
 It's complete for us.

00:51:17.099 --> 00:51:17.199
 Yeah.

00:51:17.859 --> 00:51:18.500
 Yeah, Jeff.

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:25.320
 I think you brought up early in the verse where Jesus says the Spirit will bring to your members all that I have been.

00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:27.559
 He was speaking to that specific people.

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:28.280
 Right.

00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:30.019
 He wasn't speaking in the future.

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:30.599
 Right.

00:51:30.780 --> 00:51:31.219
 That's right.

00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:32.500
 He was speaking to specific people.

00:51:32.500 --> 00:51:33.320
 To the apostles, yeah.

00:51:33.780 --> 00:51:37.980
 And, of course, the apostles and people are written towards the latter part of their lives.

00:51:37.980 --> 00:51:38.420
 That's correct.

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:40.340
 He wouldn't be forgotten what he had been.

00:51:40.340 --> 00:51:40.800
 That's right.

00:51:41.739 --> 00:51:42.219
 That's right.

00:51:42.219 --> 00:51:42.840
 You read.

00:51:42.840 --> 00:51:45.079
 So I think that's another distinction.

00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:46.000
 That's right.

00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:51.600
 He didn't bring to your remembrance what I had taught you, what I said to you.

00:51:51.600 --> 00:51:51.780
 Yeah.

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:55.559
 And he's not himself here in that way.

00:51:55.720 --> 00:51:55.940
 Right.

00:51:56.539 --> 00:51:56.780
 Right.

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:57.500
 Yeah, that's good.

00:51:57.740 --> 00:51:58.120
 Yeah, that's good.

00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:58.519
 Yeah.

00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:02.200
 Is it true that the Holy Spirit brings to our mind the things in Scripture?

00:52:02.440 --> 00:52:02.920
 Absolutely.

00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:05.720
 But that verse from John's Gospel is not talking about us.

00:52:05.880 --> 00:52:10.000
 That's talking about his authorized witnesses, his apostles whom he sent.

00:52:10.220 --> 00:52:10.680
 Yeah, that's right.

00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:12.839
 Okay, friends, we have to close.

00:52:12.919 --> 00:52:17.460
 I'm so sorry because we have to go next door for church for God's mouth house.

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 So, amen.

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 Amen.

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 Go in peace and we'll see you next week.

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 Not mouth house.

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 Mouth house.

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 Mouth.