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 Amen. You may be seated.

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 Kids, you are now excused to your King's Kids classes.

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 And if you would open up your Bibles to John chapter 14.

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!

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 At that point, you're supposed to say, Amen.

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 The problem is we don't think we need help.

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 Or we don't like asking for help.

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 Do I have an Amen?

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 Years ago, when I was a younger lad,

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 I got in my head to move our children's wooden fort swing set structure by myself.

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 So I got under that thing and leg pressed that baby six inches up into the air.

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 And I somehow carried it 45 feet.

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 It was like a strongman competition and I was pulling a Peterbilt.

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 Turns out my neighbor was watching me through his sliding glass door.

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 Later he asks me, Why didn't you ask for help?

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 He was willing, he was present, he was able.

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 I just kind of shrugged my shoulders.

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 Because I didn't want to tell him.

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 I didn't want to tell him what I was really thinking.

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 I didn't want to ask for help.

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 Because I think I could do it alone.

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 And when it comes to obeying Jesus' commands,

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 we think we can go it alone.

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 This morning we continue working our way through the farewell discourse of Jesus.

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 He's just hours away from dying.

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 This is John 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17.

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 He's going to be raised from the dead.

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 And then he's going to depart to be with his father.

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 And then 40 days after that,

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 He will ascend.

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 He will ascend to his father.

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 And then 50 days after that, excuse me, Pentecost.

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 So the Son of God will depart.

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 And when he departs, he will send the Holy Spirit.

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 The farewell discourse turns out to be

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 a discourse of assurance for the believer.

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 Brothers and sisters, we don't need to be afraid

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 that Jesus is not physically present with us right now.

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 We're living in between his appearings,

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 his first coming and his second coming.

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 And in between, he's given the Holy Spirit to help us.

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 And so this morning in John 14, 15 through 31,

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 Jesus is going to make us aware of two needs.

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 Your first need is the need to obey Jesus

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 and all that he commands.

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 And your second need is the need for help to do that.

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 And not just any kind of help.

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 The Holy Spirit's help.

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 And the problem is we don't like acknowledging our need

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 or asking for help.

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 When it comes to obeying Jesus' commands,

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 we need the Spirit's help.

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 So let me read John 14, 15 through 31,

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 and then we'll walk through it together.

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 Jesus says,

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 If you love me,

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 you will keep my commandments.

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 And I will ask the Father,

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 and he will give you another helper

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 to be with you forever,

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 even the Spirit of truth,

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 whom the world cannot receive,

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 because it neither sees him nor knows him.

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 You know him,

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 for he dwells with you

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 and will be in you.

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 I will not leave you as orphans.

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 I will come to you.

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 Yet a little while,

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 and the world will see me no more.

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 But you will see me.

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 Because I live,

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 you also will live.

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 And that day you will know

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 that I am in my Father,

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 and you in me,

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 and I in you.

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 Whoever has my commandments

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 and keeps them,

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 he it is who loves me.

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 And he who loves me

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 will be loved by my Father,

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 and I will love him

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 and manifest myself to him.

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 Judas, not Iscariot,

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 a.k.a. Thaddeus,

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 said to him,

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 Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us

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 and not to the world?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 if anyone loves me,

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 he will keep my word,

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 and my Father will love him,

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 and we will come to him

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 and make our home with him.

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 Whoever does not love me

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 does not keep my words.

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 And the word that you hear

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 is not mine,

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 but the Father's who sent me.

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 These things I've spoken to you

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 while I'm still with you,

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 but the Helper,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the Spirit of holiness,

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 whom the Father will send in my name,

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 he will teach you all things

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 and bring to your remembrance

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 all that I have said to you.

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 Peace I leave with you,

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 my peace I give to you,

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 not as the world gives do I give to you.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled,

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 neither let them be afraid.

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 You heard me say to you,

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 I'm going away,

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 and I will come to you.

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 If you loved me,

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 you would have rejoiced,

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 because I'm going to the Father,

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 for the Father is greater than I.

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 And now I have told you

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 before it takes place,

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 so that when it does take place,

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 you may believe.

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 I will no longer talk much with you,

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 for the ruler of this world,

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 a reference to Satan,

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 coming in Judas in John 18.

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 For the ruler of this world is coming,

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 he has no claim,

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 no authority on me,

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 but I do as the Father has commanded me,

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 so that the world may know

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 that I love the Father.

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 Rise, let us go from here.

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 So this morning,

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 from this passage,

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 I want you to see two needs.

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 your need to obey Jesus

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 and what he commands,

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 and your need for the Holy Spirit's help.

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 So let's look at this first need.

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 We need to obey Jesus.

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 And so from this passage,

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 I want to show you

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 a few important words.

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 The first word is the word keep.

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 K-E-E-P.

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 Look at verse 15.

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 If you love me,

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 you will keep my commandments.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 Whoever has my commandments

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 and keeps them,

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 he it is who loves me.

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 Verse 23.

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 If anyone loves me,

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 he will keep my word.

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 And in verse 24,

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 we have the opposite.

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 Whoever does not love me

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 does not keep my words.

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 Jesus is using his commandments

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 and his words interchangeably.

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 The emphasis here is on keeping them.

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 It's more than agreement.

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 It's more than agreeing

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 that Jesus said these words.

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 It's more than just saying,

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 yes, Jesus did command that.

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 It's actually obeying the command.

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 That's what it means

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 to keep the commandment,

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 to keep his word.

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 It's acting in obedience

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 to do what Jesus has said.

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 Or maybe you're familiar

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 with James chapter 1.

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 Not being a hearer of the word only,

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 but being a doer of the word.

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 We are to do,

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 to keep the commands

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 that Jesus has given.

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 Earlier in John 13, 17,

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 Jesus says something very similar.

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 He has just washed

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 his disciples' feet

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 as an example to them

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 to serve one another.

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 And then in chapter 13, verse 17,

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 he says this.

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 If you know these things,

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 if you know you're to serve

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 one another,

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 blessed are you

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 if you do them.

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 if you keep them.

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 If you live out the command.

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 Blessed are you

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 if you keep his commandments.

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 So to keep his commandment

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 is to actually, by faith,

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 step out and do

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 what he's commanding you to do.

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 The second word I want you to see

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 is the word commandments.

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 To keep the commands of Jesus

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 is to keep the commands of God.

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 Because Jesus

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 is fully God.

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 Totally God.

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 Totally man.

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 He is the one and only

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 Son of God.

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 The Word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 He has the right

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 as God

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 to require us,

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 his followers,

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 to live a certain way.

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 His way.

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 The way of the kingdom.

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 Years ago,

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 I got to preach

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 through the book of Matthew

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 and I loved it

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 and I loved preaching

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 through the Sermon on the Mount.

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 The greatest sermon

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 ever preached.

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 Matthew 5, 6, and 7.

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 And when I preached

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 through that sermon

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 in that section,

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 I called it

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 the Kingdom Manifesto.

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 How Christ's citizens,

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 how his followers

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 are to live.

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 Because in

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 the Sermon on the Mount,

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 Jesus outlines for us,

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 Christians,

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 how we are to live.

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 Both in our character,

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 think of the Beatitudes,

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 and then in our conduct,

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 what follows

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 after the Beatitudes.

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 In that sermon,

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 Jesus lays out

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 command after command

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 after command

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 of how we are to live

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 when it comes to anger,

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 when it comes to lust,

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 when it comes to divorce,

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 when it comes to retaliation

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 and anxiety

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 and judging others

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 and loving your neighbor

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 as yourself.

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 There's no place

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 in the Sermon on the Mount

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 where Jesus makes

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 any of these commands optional.

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 He's saying this is normative

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 for all Christians.

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 And just so that we

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 are all on the same page,

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 it's not by obeying

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 Jesus' commands

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 that you are brought

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 into the kingdom.

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 It doesn't work that way.

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 It's because you've been

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 brought into the kingdom

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 by God's grace

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 that you now obey

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 Christ's commands.

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 We're not saved

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 by good works,

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 we're saved

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 for good works.

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 But they're commands.

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 These are commandments

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 that Jesus has given.

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 They're not optional.

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 in verses 34 and 35

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 of chapter 13,

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 we come across

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 the new commandment.

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 Jesus says,

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 a new commandment

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 I give to you

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 that you love one another

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 just as I have loved you,

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 you also are to love

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 one another.

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are my disciples

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 if you have love

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 for one another.

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 This is not optional.

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 He's saying,

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 this is required

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 of all of my citizens.

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 Everyone who's claimed me

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 as their Savior and Lord

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 is to obey me

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 in this way.

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 So we have keeping,

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 we have commandments,

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 and now the last phrase

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 I want you to see

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 is the phrase,

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 if you love me.

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 Verse 15,

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 if you love me,

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 you will keep

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 my commandments.

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 Verse 21,

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 whoever has my commandments

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 and keeps them,

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 he it is who loves me.

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 Verse 23,

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 if anyone loves me,

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 if anyone loves me,

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 he will keep my word.

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 Verse 24,

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 again the opposite,

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 whoever does not love me

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 does not keep my word.

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 A couple weeks ago,

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 I defined love

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 as essentially a commitment.

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 And what Jesus is doing here

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 is he's couching

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 obedience to his commands

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 in relational commitment language.

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 It's very intentional.

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 We are to think

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 in terms of our relationship

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 with Jesus,

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 loving him,

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 being committed to him

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 as he's been committed to us,

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 we are to obey him.

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 We are to do what he says.

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 This kind of obedience

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 in terms of this kind of

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 relational transaction,

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 this kind of obedience,

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 don't think of it

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 as a dour,

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 wah,

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 obedience of,

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 of course I will obey you.

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 Now think about it

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 as a delighted obedience.

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 Do you know why?

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 Because when Jesus Christ

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 is your greatest treasure,

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 obedience flows downhill.

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 when the source,

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 when Jesus is your greatest delight,

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 the object of your highest worship,

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 the one whom you're living for

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 day after day,

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 and he tells you to do something,

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 you say yes,

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 not out of a dour frown,

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 but out of joyful delight,

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 because this is your savior and king,

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 and he's calling you to do something,

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 and his commandments

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 are not burdensome,

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 his commandments are always good,

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 they are intended to give you life,

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 and his commandments

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 is the way of blessing,

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 it's the way of peace,

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 it's the way of goodness,

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 it's God's way.

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 His commandments

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 are to us,

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 life.

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 And so we love him

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 by obeying him.

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 It's not forced obedience.

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 It's willful,

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 joyful,

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 yes and amen,

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 I know who you are,

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 and I will obey you.

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 Do you all remember how

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 Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount?

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 He ends with a parable.

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 He says,

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 anyone who hears my words

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 and does them,

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 this is his close to his sermon,

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 if anyone hears my words

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 and does them,

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 he is like a man

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 who builds his house

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 upon a rock,

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 and the winds came,

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 and they blew against,

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 and the rains came,

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 and that house stood,

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 but anyone who hears my words

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 and does not do them,

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 he's like a man

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 who builds his house

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 on the sand,

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 and the rain came,

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 and the wind blew,

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 and he knocked that house down.

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 We have the joy

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 of obeying Jesus,

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 building our lives

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 on the rock-solid truths

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 of his commandments.

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 And so,

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 your need this morning

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 is a need

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 for the goodness

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 of his life

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 and his ways.

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 So you must obey him.

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 Before I move on

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 to the second point,

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 I just want to make

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 something clear.

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 Disobedience

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 that we're talking about,

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 this is normal Christianity.

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 This is normal discipleship,

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 normal following Jesus.

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 Jesus himself commanded this

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 in the Great Commission.

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 when all authority

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 in heaven and earth

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 is given to him,

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 he says,

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 go,

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 go make disciples

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 of the nations,

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 baptizing them

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 in the name of the Father

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 and the Son

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 and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them

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 to keep

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 all that I have commanded.

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 It's normal.

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 Every one of us

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 in this room,

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 if you are a follower

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 of Jesus,

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 we are to be

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 obeying

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 his words.

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 do you need

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 to review

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 what he has

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 commanded you to do?

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 Is there something,

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 something of a command

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 he has called you to

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 that you are

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 purposefully avoiding?

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 This is normal

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 following of Jesus.

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 The second need

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 is our need for help.

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 we need help

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 in obeying

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 his commands.

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 I don't know

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 about you.

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 Is there anybody

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 else in the room

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 that are feeling

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 a little bit

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 out of their depth

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 right now?

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 Feeling a little bit

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 over your head?

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 You're feeling

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 like you're

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 getting exposed

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 because in

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 your inner

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 person,

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 you are thinking

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 there is no way

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 I could possibly

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 obey Jesus,

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 all of Jesus'

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 commands,

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 all the time

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 in every area

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 of my life.

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 That's spot on.

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 You can't.

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 There's no way

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 in and of

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 yourself

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 you can

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 obey Jesus

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 in all of

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 his commands

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 in all of

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 your life

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 all of the time.

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 There's just

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 no way.

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 And if you think

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 that you can

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 do that

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 or you think

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 that you

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 have arrived

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 or if you think

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 you don't need

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 help,

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 you've been

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 mistaken.

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 And you need

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 to listen

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 very carefully

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 what we're

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 about to

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 talk about.

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 Let me

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 just remind

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 everyone in

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 the room

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 what Jesus

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 said in

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 the Sermon

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 on the

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 Mount.

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 This is

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 Matthew 6,

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 48.

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 Be

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 perfect

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 as my

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 heavenly

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 Father is

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 perfect.

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 Anybody

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 perfect in

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 the room?

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 We all

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 need help.

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 We all

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 There's

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 no way.

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 But that

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 doesn't mean

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 we give

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 up.

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 I've

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 encountered

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 many

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 Christians

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 who are

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 like,

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 I'm

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 sick

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 of sinning,

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 I just

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 want to

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 give up.

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 I want

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 to give

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 up,

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 I want

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 to blend

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 in,

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 I want

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 to be

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 like

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 everybody

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 else.

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 That's

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 not how

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 you

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 respond.

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 We

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 need

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 help.

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 And

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 Jesus

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 is very

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 clear in

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 this

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 section

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.599
 that the

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:49.919
 Holy

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 Spirit,

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 He is

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 our

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 helper.

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 Look at

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 the connection

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 between

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 verses 15

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 and 16.

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 If you

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 love me,

00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:01.099
 Jesus

00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.519
 says,

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 you will

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 keep my

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 commandments.

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 And then

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.279
 look what

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 He does.

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 And I

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 will ask

00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.359
 the Father

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 and He

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 will give

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 you another

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 helper to

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 be with

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 you forever.

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 Helper?

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 Helper in

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 what?

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 Well,

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 what did

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 He just

00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:16.519
 tell us

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 to do?

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 To

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 obey Him.

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 The

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 Spirit is

00:20:21.659 --> 00:20:21.899
 our

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 great

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 helper

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 in

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 obeying

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 Jesus'

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 commands.

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 He

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 provides

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 what we

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 need.

00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:31.059
 The

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 Holy

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.639
 Spirit

00:20:31.639 --> 00:20:32.059
 has been

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 referenced

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 throughout

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 the

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 Gospel

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 of John

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 very

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 sporadically

00:20:36.219 --> 00:20:36.599
 up to

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 this

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 point.

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 In

00:20:38.679 --> 00:20:39.000
 John's

00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:39.459
 Gospel,

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 we first

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:41.319
 encounter

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 a reference

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 to the

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 in

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 John

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 1

00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.000
 when

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 John

00:20:44.199 --> 00:20:44.339
 the

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.619
 Baptist,

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 JTB,

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 he introduces

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 Jesus and

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 he says

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 he is the

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 one that's

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 going to

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 baptize with

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 the Holy

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 Spirit.

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 And what

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.740
 that's a

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.399
 reference to

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 is that

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 Jesus is

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 bringing with

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 him the

00:20:58.839 --> 00:20:59.339
 new covenant.

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 the next

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.039
 thing we

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.539
 learn of

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:03.839
 the Holy

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.359
 Spirit is

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 in John

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 3 where

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.459
 Jesus is

00:21:06.459 --> 00:21:06.939
 speaking with

00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:07.959
 Nicodemus at

00:21:07.959 --> 00:21:09.000
 night and

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 Jesus is

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 like you

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 got to be

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 born again

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 and Nicodemus

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 is like what

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 are you

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 talking about?

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 And then

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.559
 Jesus is

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 like you

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 need the

00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.159
 Holy Spirit

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:16.099
 to give

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 you new

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.159
 life.

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 You need

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.039
 to be

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 born again.

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 And then

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 Jesus in

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 John 7,

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 37 through

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 39,

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 again speaks

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 of the need

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 for living

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 water.

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 And John

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 tells us he's

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 referring to

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 the Holy

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.359
 Spirit.

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 It's not

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 until here

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 in chapters

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 14 and

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 16 that

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.519
 Jesus starts

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 speaking quite

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 a bit about

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 the Holy

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 Spirit because

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 Jesus is on

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 the verge of

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 departing.

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 He's about

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 to leave.

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 He's about

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 to die,

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 be raised,

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 and then

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.740
 ascend to

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 heaven and

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.420
 then the

00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:50.119
 Spirit will

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.980
 be sent.

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 Just so

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 you're

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 referencing in

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.559
 the Old

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.000
 Testament,

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.259
 the prophets

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.759
 of God

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.339
 spoke of

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 a coming

00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:59.119
 era,

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 a new

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 era,

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 different

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 than the

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.519
 era they

00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.019
 were living

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.379
 in,

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.139
 in which

00:22:04.139 --> 00:22:04.899
 the Holy

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:06.459
 Spirit would

00:22:06.459 --> 00:22:07.279
 play a much

00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:07.879
 more active

00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.619
 role among

00:22:08.619 --> 00:22:09.079
 God's new

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.439
 people.

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.619
 He would

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 be bringing

00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:12.319
 about obedience

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.359
 from within

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 them,

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:14.899
 from their

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 hearts.

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:16.879
 And so the

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.519
 pouring out

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.959
 of the Holy

00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:18.519
 Spirit,

00:22:19.139 --> 00:22:19.779
 which took

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.240
 place at

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:20.759
 Pentecost,

00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.519
 Acts 2,

00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:22.740
 would be a

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.799
 distinguishing

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.740
 mark of the

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.379
 new covenant.

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.759
 Jeremiah 31.

00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:30.279
 Ezekiel 36.

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.240
 Joel chapter

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.559
 2.

00:22:34.199 --> 00:22:34.599
 The new

00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.839
 covenant was

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.480
 a new era

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.220
 in which God

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:38.099
 would relate

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:39.000
 with his new

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.259
 people,

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:39.939
 the church,

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.099
 in a new

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.480
 way.

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:41.959
 The Holy

00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:42.699
 Spirit would

00:22:42.699 --> 00:22:43.419
 indwell

00:22:43.419 --> 00:22:45.819
 each of

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:46.619
 God's

00:22:46.619 --> 00:22:47.939
 saints,

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.399
 causing them

00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.259
 to obey

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.879
 him from

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.399
 within.

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.680
 sin.

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.320
 And that

00:22:54.320 --> 00:22:54.900
 new covenant

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:56.019
 was put

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.980
 into effect

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:58.440
 through blood,

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.519
 the blood

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.120
 of Jesus.

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:01.980
 His once

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.759
 and for

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.040
 all death

00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:05.759
 inaugurated

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.140
 the new

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.519
 covenant,

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.940
 inaugurated

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.700
 God's new

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.300
 way of

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:09.860
 relating to

00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.259
 a new

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:10.780
 people,

00:23:11.340 --> 00:23:13.300
 and it

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.620
 made the

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.460
 old one

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.100
 obsolete.

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:22.500
 So Jesus

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.299
 starts talking

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.939
 about the

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.679
 Holy Spirit

00:23:24.679 --> 00:23:25.859
 on the

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.339
 eve of

00:23:26.339 --> 00:23:26.919
 his death.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.799
 Verse 25,

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.099
 he says,

00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:31.419
 I'm still

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:31.759
 with you,

00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.399
 but I'm

00:23:32.399 --> 00:23:32.539
 going to

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:32.799
 talk to you

00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:33.019
 about the

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.519
 Holy Spirit

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.679
 because I'm

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.219
 leaving and

00:23:35.219 --> 00:23:35.740
 the Holy Spirit

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.159
 will soon

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.599
 be coming.

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.439
 So for the

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.879
 balance of

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.419
 our time,

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.099
 I want to

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.679
 draw out

00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.319
 from this

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.719
 passage a

00:23:43.720 --> 00:23:44.140
 number of

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.539
 things about

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.860
 the Holy

00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.920
 Spirit that

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:47.319
 you must

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.420
 know and

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.759
 believe because

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.299
 he's your

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.880
 helper to

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.839
 obey Jesus.

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.519
 The first

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.160
 thing we learn

00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.640
 about the

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.339
 Holy Spirit,

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:59.100
 this helper

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.819
 we need,

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.640
 is that he

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.360
 is a person.

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.360
 Look at

00:24:04.360 --> 00:24:05.120
 verse 26,

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:06.920
 but the

00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.240
 helper,

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.180
 the spirit

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:09.779
 of holiness,

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.400
 the Holy

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.799
 Spirit,

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.160
 whom the

00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:12.620
 Father will

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.279
 send in my

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.539
 name,

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.220
 he's going

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.599
 to be sent

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:14.920
 for the

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.319
 glory of

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.659
 Jesus.

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:19.039
 He will

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.259
 teach you

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.159
 all things.

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:23.819
 He will

00:24:23.819 --> 00:24:24.339
 teach you

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.079
 all things.

00:24:25.379 --> 00:24:25.940
 In the

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.559
 original language

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.019
 in which

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.859
 John was

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.200
 written,

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.940
 John had

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.599
 some choices

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.319
 of the word

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.899
 he could use

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.339
 right there.

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.579
 He very

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.240
 intentionally

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.359
 chose the

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.639
 word he.

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.399
 It's a

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.799
 personal

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.139
 pronoun.

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.099
 Now,

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.579
 if you look

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:43.039
 at chapter

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.059
 14,

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.599
 and if you

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.439
 turn over

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:45.899
 to verse

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.699
 16,

00:24:47.179 --> 00:24:47.720
 we read

00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.000
 this,

00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:48.460
 and I will

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:48.919
 ask the

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.259
 Father,

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.639
 and he

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.019
 will give

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.439
 you another

00:24:50.439 --> 00:24:51.000
 helper to

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.439
 be with you

00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.779
 forever,

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.740
 even the

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.220
 spirit of

00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.599
 truth,

00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:55.539
 whom the

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.039
 world cannot

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.419
 receive,

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.019
 because it

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.879
 neither sees

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.619
 him nor

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.659
 knows him,

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.359
 you know

00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:02.299
 him, for

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.279
 he dwells

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.779
 with you

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.220
 and will

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:05.199
 be in

00:25:05.199 --> 00:25:05.359
 you.

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.699
 If you

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:06.419
 turn over

00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:08.080
 to John

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.580
 chapter

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:09.620
 16,

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.279
 I can't

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:11.580
 wait to

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.080
 preach this

00:25:12.080 --> 00:25:12.539
 in a couple

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.920
 weeks.

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.480
 In

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.960
 16,

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.120
 12-14,

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.019
 Jesus

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.320
 says,

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.840
 I still

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.180
 have many

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.600
 things to

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:19.900
 say to

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:20.140
 you,

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:20.700
 but you

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.100
 cannot bear

00:25:21.100 --> 00:25:21.279
 them.

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.560
 Now,

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.120
 when the

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.500
 spirit of

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.240
 truth comes,

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.300
 he will

00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:24.860
 guide you

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.420
 into all

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.880
 the truth,

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.920
 for he

00:25:26.920 --> 00:25:27.380
 will not

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.000
 speak on

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.940
 his own

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.380
 authority,

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.180
 but whatever

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.220
 he hears,

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.960
 he will

00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.259
 speak,

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.960
 and he

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.560
 will declare

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:33.940
 to you

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.360
 the things

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.660
 that are

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:34.980
 to come.

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.920
 He will

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.380
 glorify

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.640
 me,

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.440
 for he

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.120
 will take

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:38.400
 what is

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.819
 mine and

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.099
 declare

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.579
 to you.

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.200
 He,

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.339
 he,

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.599
 he,

00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:40.839
 him,

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.120
 him,

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:41.579
 he,

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.039
 him,

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.480
 he.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.940
 The

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.460
 Holy Spirit's

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:46.799
 not an

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.019
 it.

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.599
 This

00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:50.200
 Holy Spirit's

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.519
 a who.

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:53.240
 He's not a

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.980
 divine mist.

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.240
 He is not

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:56.700
 an it.

00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.779
 He is a

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.019
 who.

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.660
 He is the

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.279
 third

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.380
 person

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.640
 of the

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.100
 Trinity.

00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.740
 The

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.180
 Father,

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.480
 the Son,

00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:09.280
 and the

00:26:09.280 --> 00:26:10.060
 Holy Spirit.

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.040
 Each

00:26:11.040 --> 00:26:12.660
 are persons

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:14.440
 of the

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.000
 Trinity.

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:15.700
 God the

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.580
 Father ordains

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.240
 our salvation,

00:26:17.800 --> 00:26:18.120
 God the

00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:19.220
 Son accomplishes

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.080
 our salvation,

00:26:20.560 --> 00:26:21.220
 and God the

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.800
 Holy Spirit

00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:23.259
 applies the

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:24.140
 finished work

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:25.040
 of Jesus

00:26:25.040 --> 00:26:26.160
 Christ to

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.820
 the life of

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.400
 a Christian.

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.820
 You see that

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.320
 laid out

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:30.980
 beautifully in

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:31.720
 Ephesians 1,

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.060
 3,

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.500
 3,

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.559
 through 14

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.519
 to the

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.920
 praise of

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.359
 his glory.

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.720
 One of the

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.319
 other compelling

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.960
 things that we

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.500
 read in our

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.859
 Bibles,

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.400
 AJ referenced

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.680
 this leading

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.180
 up to his

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.519
 prayer,

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.519
 even in his

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:46.819
 prayer.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:49.240
 What is a

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.960
 giveaway of

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.759
 the personhood

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.220
 of the Holy

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:52.019
 Spirit is that

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.779
 you can grieve

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.019
 him.

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.880
 You're not

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.279
 going to grieve

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.940
 your dog.

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:58.619
 You're not

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.359
 going to grieve

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.339
 your Honda

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.000
 Ridgeline.

00:27:01.979 --> 00:27:02.519
 You're not

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.139
 going to grieve

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:04.959
 your boiler.

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.619
 You grieve

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.199
 people.

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.799
 People grieve.

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.779
 And so,

00:27:12.199 --> 00:27:13.059
 in Ephesians 4,

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:14.000
 29-30,

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.479
 we're exhorted

00:27:15.479 --> 00:27:16.219
 to use our

00:27:16.219 --> 00:27:16.859
 words to build

00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:17.579
 one another up,

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.199
 not tear one

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:18.799
 another down.

00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.419
 And then,

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:22.039
 and then we're

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.240
 told,

00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:22.819
 don't grieve the

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.479
 Holy Spirit who

00:27:23.479 --> 00:27:23.919
 has sealed you

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.559
 for the day of

00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:24.919
 redemption.

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.659
 And then he

00:27:25.659 --> 00:27:26.240
 goes on to say,

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.899
 put all bitterness

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.939
 away, all anger,

00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.000
 malice, get that

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.420
 out of you.

00:27:29.779 --> 00:27:30.480
 So, here's what's

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.880
 going on.

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:33.799
 When we speak to

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.820
 each other in ways

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:35.600
 that tear each

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.940
 other down, it

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.759
 grieves the Holy

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.160
 Spirit.

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.759
 When we hold on to

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.779
 bitterness or grudges

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.559
 against one another,

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.600
 it grieves the

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:42.980
 Holy Spirit.

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.759
 Do you know why?

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.480
 Because the Holy

00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.440
 Spirit is working

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:49.680
 in our midst to

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:52.340
 build us up, to

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.539
 unite us in

00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.059
 love.

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.480
 And so, when we

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.940
 sin against him,

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.080
 and we are

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:59.460
 working against

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.360
 the grain of

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.080
 the Spirit and

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.600
 what he's wanting

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.200
 to do in our

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.220
 midst, it grieves

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.500
 him.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.960
 We can grieve

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.380
 God.

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.220
 God the Holy

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.559
 Spirit.

00:28:11.019 --> 00:28:11.600
 First thing you

00:28:11.600 --> 00:28:12.299
 need to know about

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:14.220
 this Holy Spirit,

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:15.480
 our helper, this

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.160
 one who's being

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.460
 sent by God to

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.160
 help us obey

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:20.580
 Jesus, is a

00:28:20.580 --> 00:28:22.019
 he, a who,

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:23.440
 not an it.

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.180
 The second thing

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.860
 I want you to see

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.679
 is in verse 17.

00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:29.559
 This person is

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.039
 present.

00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.719
 Look at verse 17.

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:35.619
 Even the Spirit of

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.259
 truth, whom the

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.240
 world cannot receive,

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.199
 because it neither

00:28:38.199 --> 00:28:39.159
 sees him nor knows

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:40.299
 him, you know him,

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.699
 for he dwells with

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:44.359
 you and will be in

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.759
 you.

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.759
 The you, of course,

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:48.000
 are his disciples.

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.500
 He's been with you.

00:28:50.719 --> 00:28:51.500
 The Holy Spirit has

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.579
 been present in some

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:54.059
 kind of way with his

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.220
 disciples while Jesus

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.220
 was there in some

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.079
 kind of measure.

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.579
 But when Jesus

00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:00.039
 leaves, the Holy

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.839
 Spirit is going to

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:03.339
 come to be in

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:06.879
 them, to be present.

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.599
 Look at verse 23.

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.059
 Jesus answered him,

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:14.599
 Thaddeus, if anyone

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.379
 loves me, he will

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:16.519
 keep my word and my

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.740
 father will love him

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:22.420
 and we will come to

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:24.220
 him and make our

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.819
 home with him.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.620
 We will dwell with

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:28.819
 him.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.579
 We will make our

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:34.500
 dwelling with him,

00:29:34.579 --> 00:29:35.160
 in him.

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.079
 Anyone who loves me

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.440
 and does my word,

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:41.200
 they will have God

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.200
 dwelling with them.

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.259
 Amen.

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:49.140
 Throughout the Bible,

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.980
 there's this theme of

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:53.019
 God dwelling with his

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.400
 people.

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.480
 God with Adam and Eve

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.980
 in the garden.

00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:00.400
 God with his people on

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.980
 the move in the

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:02.400
 tabernacle, fancy tent,

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.579
 portable.

00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:06.519
 God would come down in

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.619
 Shekinah glory and meet

00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:09.180
 with Moses face to face.

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:10.220
 And then that

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:12.019
 tabernacle, the next

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.000
 stage of God dwelling

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.279
 with his people, was

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.480
 the building of the

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.600
 temple by Solomon.

00:30:17.120 --> 00:30:18.460
 And God came and

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:20.620
 dwelt in that temple

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.779
 in his glory.

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.620
 The temple was torn

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.340
 down and rebuilt.

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.480
 And then the word

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.640
 became flesh and

00:30:29.640 --> 00:30:30.960
 tabernacled among us.

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.960
 John 1.14.

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.680
 Jesus is God

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:36.360
 literally walking

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.279
 around with his

00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:37.620
 people.

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.240
 You'd think that

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.039
 would be the best.

00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:43.340
 But it's not the

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:43.700
 best.

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.259
 Because Jesus

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.100
 departs and the

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:48.000
 spirit comes.

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.900
 And now, the

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:51.340
 spirit dwells

00:30:51.340 --> 00:30:52.799
 in his people.

00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:55.640
 We are the

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.840
 living temple

00:30:56.840 --> 00:30:57.799
 of God

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:59.160
 and God

00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:00.400
 dwells

00:31:00.400 --> 00:31:01.519
 in us

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.519
 by his

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.000
 spirit.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.900
 He dwells in us

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.420
 individually

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.740
 and he dwells in us

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.279
 corporately.

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:09.039
 But it gets

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.379
 better.

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.460
 Because there's

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.279
 coming a day when

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.240
 Jesus comes back,

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.319
 he recreates

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.920
 everything, the

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.420
 heavens and the

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.339
 earth, and we're

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.039
 going to be brought

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.879
 into the new

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.940
 earth and we're

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.759
 going to see Jesus

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:21.099
 face to face and

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.839
 we're still going to

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.639
 be indwelled fully

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.099
 by the Holy

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.420
 Spirit.

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.379
 It's going to be

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:25.799
 amazing.

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:28.339
 God dwelling with

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.920
 his people

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.920
 exponentially.

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:33.460
 God dwelling with

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.140
 his people.

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.600
 The Holy

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.019
 Spirit,

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:44.539
 our helper,

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.120
 is a person

00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:51.660
 who dwells

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.740
 in us.

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.660
 He's present.

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.960
 He's on

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:57.960
 sight to

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.060
 help us

00:31:59.060 --> 00:32:00.400
 obey

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:01.920
 Jesus.

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.840
 Personal,

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.160
 present,

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.580
 powerful.

00:32:14.300 --> 00:32:15.900
 He is

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:17.019
 dwelling with

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:19.060
 us in

00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:19.640
 power,

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:21.900
 actively

00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.920
 present.

00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.120
 remember that

00:32:24.120 --> 00:32:25.519
 15-16

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.140
 connection,

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:26.860
 if you love

00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.259
 me you will

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.720
 keep my

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.220
 commandments,

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:28.960
 how's that

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.160
 going to

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.460
 happen?

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.440
 And I

00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:30.980
 will ask

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.480
 the Father

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:31.880
 and he

00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.240
 will give

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.620
 you another

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.700
 helper to

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.039
 be with

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.560
 you forever

00:32:34.560 --> 00:32:36.140
 to empower

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.759
 you to

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.580
 obey me,

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.920
 to obey

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.320
 Jesus'

00:32:40.560 --> 00:32:40.980
 commands,

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.900
 to love

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.440
 one another.

00:32:47.100 --> 00:32:47.759
 Here's a

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:47.980
 wonderful

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.340
 thought.

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.460
 The Holy

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.840
 Spirit,

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.279
 Christian,

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.740
 the Holy

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.300
 Spirit that

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.039
 indwells you,

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.000
 he wants

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.539
 you to

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.559
 love your

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.159
 brothers and

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.919
 sisters more

00:32:56.919 --> 00:32:57.440
 than you

00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.099
 want to

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.519
 love your

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.019
 brothers and

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.299
 sisters.

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.779
 He wants

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.559
 to compel

00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:01.960
 you,

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.119
 to transform

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.720
 you,

00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.559
 to conform

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.980
 you to the

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.419
 image of

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:06.500
 Jesus so

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.919
 that you

00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.480
 would become

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.980
 more and

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.619
 more loving,

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.359
 not because

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.740
 you have

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.059
 to, but

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.599
 because you

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.159
 want to.

00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:11.720
 He's going

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.039
 to change

00:33:12.039 --> 00:33:12.279
 you from

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.819
 the inside

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.339
 out.

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:15.960
 That's

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.480
 power.

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.579
 power.

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.059
 In

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:22.799
 verses 16

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.400
 and 26,

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:24.099
 Jesus calls

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:24.440
 the Holy

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.319
 Spirit the

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.700
 helper.

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.400
 Other Bible

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:28.059
 translations

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.880
 translate it

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.640
 advocate or

00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:31.160
 counselor.

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:31.599
 It's the

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.039
 Greek word

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.920
 parakletos.

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.900
 It means

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.980
 one who is

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.819
 called alongside.

00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.259
 It's like

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.160
 paramedic.

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:38.960
 Someone gets

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.200
 hurt.

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:39.819
 You call

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:41.140
 911 and

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:43.180
 the medics

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.799
 come alongside

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.400
 the person's

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.039
 hurt to help

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.259
 them.

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:48.599
 Jesus sends

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.059
 the Holy

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:50.619
 Spirit as

00:33:50.619 --> 00:33:51.159
 one who

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.980
 comes alongside

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:53.119
 us to help

00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:54.019
 us in this

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:55.379
 context to

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:57.200
 obey Jesus.

00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.019
 He's the

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.599
 greatest helper

00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:01.000
 of all.

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.799
 What kind

00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:03.279
 of power are

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.619
 we talking

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:03.899
 about?

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:05.980
 Are we

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.460
 talking nuclear

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.779
 power,

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.359
 electric

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.659
 power?

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.719
 In John

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.259
 3, we're

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.800
 given a clue.

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.199
 The Holy

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.039
 Spirit gives

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.559
 new life.

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:18.000
 He radically

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.880
 changes people

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:20.920
 by giving

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.199
 them new

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.739
 life.

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:25.119
 It's the

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.779
 power that

00:34:25.779 --> 00:34:26.579
 raises people

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.360
 from the

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.559
 dead power.

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.820
 It's

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.920
 enlivening

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.639
 power,

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.380
 life-giving

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.880
 power.

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.900
 There was

00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:40.259
 one writer,

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.380
 Thomas Chalmers,

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.340
 wrote a piece

00:34:42.340 --> 00:34:43.639
 called the

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.779
 expulsive

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.799
 power of

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.139
 a new

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.759
 affection.

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.420
 It's life

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:52.559
 translating

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.559
 into power,

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.400
 transformation.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.739
 I've been

00:34:58.739 --> 00:34:59.259
 looking forward to

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.739
 this moment in

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:00.279
 the sermon for

00:35:00.279 --> 00:35:00.539
 a while.

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.559
 I'm going to

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.079
 turn to

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.559
 Romans

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:05.779
 chapter 8.

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.679
 And will you

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.339
 just receive

00:35:09.339 --> 00:35:09.719
 this?

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:12.379
 because here's

00:35:12.379 --> 00:35:12.799
 how I want

00:35:12.799 --> 00:35:13.239
 you to feel.

00:35:13.359 --> 00:35:13.759
 It's like,

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.000
 brother,

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.339
 sister,

00:35:15.459 --> 00:35:15.719
 you don't

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.079
 have the

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:16.519
 life you

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:16.879
 need.

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:19.419
 The Holy

00:35:19.419 --> 00:35:19.959
 Spirit has

00:35:19.959 --> 00:35:20.299
 the life

00:35:20.299 --> 00:35:20.679
 you need.

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.059
 8,

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.439
 1, and

00:35:23.439 --> 00:35:23.639
 2,

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.059
 there is

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.559
 therefore now

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.319
 no condemnation

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:25.899
 for those who

00:35:25.899 --> 00:35:26.319
 are in Christ

00:35:26.319 --> 00:35:26.619
 Jesus.

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.019
 Amen.

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.459
 For the

00:35:28.459 --> 00:35:28.939
 law of the

00:35:28.939 --> 00:35:29.339
 Spirit of

00:35:29.339 --> 00:35:30.799
 life has

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.299
 set you

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:32.000
 free in

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.699
 Christ Jesus

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.119
 from the

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.559
 law of

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.699
 sin and

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.000
 death.

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:37.519
 Look at

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:37.820
 5 and

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.159
 6.

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.260
 For those

00:35:40.260 --> 00:35:40.559
 who live

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.019
 according to

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.380
 the flesh

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.739
 set their

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.139
 minds on

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.420
 the things

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.699
 of the

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:42.920
 flesh,

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.380
 but those

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:43.679
 who live

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:44.119
 according to

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.559
 the Spirit

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.219
 set their

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.579
 minds on

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:45.860
 the things

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.119
 of the

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.360
 Spirit.

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.320
 For to

00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:47.800
 set the

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.260
 mind on

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.719
 the flesh

00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:49.420
 is death,

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.559
 but to

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:50.940
 set the

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.280
 mind on

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.820
 the Spirit

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:53.440
 is life

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.119
 and peace.

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.559
 Verses

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:56.900
 10 and

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.159
 11.

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.739
 But if

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.440
 Christ is

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:58.900
 in you,

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.400
 although the

00:35:59.400 --> 00:35:59.840
 body is

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.360
 dead because

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:00.780
 of sin,

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.699
 the Spirit

00:36:01.699 --> 00:36:02.840
 is life

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.599
 because of

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.039
 righteousness.

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.960
 If the

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.380
 Spirit of

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.679
 Him who

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:05.980
 raised

00:36:05.980 --> 00:36:06.519
 Jesus from

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:06.860
 the dead

00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.739
 dwells in

00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.420
 you,

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.380
 He who

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:10.579
 raised Christ

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:11.340
 Jesus from

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:11.739
 the dead

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.900
 will also

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.880
 give life to

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.380
 your mortal

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:15.539
 bodies through

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.259
 His Spirit

00:36:16.259 --> 00:36:17.279
 who dwells in

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:18.179
 you so that

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.960
 you can live

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.619
 for God.

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.519
 And then

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.820
 there's this.

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.960
 8.13.

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.880
 For if you

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.440
 live according

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.119
 to the flesh,

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.500
 you will

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.019
 die.

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:34.300
 but if

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.780
 by the

00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:35.320
 Spirit you

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:35.980
 put to

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.659
 death the

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.199
 deeds of

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.699
 the body,

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.860
 you will

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.320
 live.

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.500
 The Spirit

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.300
 is a

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:43.219
 slayer of

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:43.599
 sin

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:45.199
 and a

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.679
 giver of

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.099
 life.

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.599
 And that's

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.340
 exactly what

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:49.659
 He's wanting

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.119
 to do in

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.300
 you.

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.699
 Remember

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.460
 Galatians 5,

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:54.500
 22-25?

00:36:55.699 --> 00:36:56.420
 The fruit

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.639
 of the

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:56.880
 Spirit?

00:36:58.239 --> 00:36:58.920
 If we

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.519
 walk by

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.119
 the Spirit,

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.380
 we will

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.900
 bear the

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:02.340
 fruit of

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:02.759
 the Spirit.

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.400
 Love,

00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:03.559
 joy,

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:03.800
 peace,

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.079
 patience,

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.300
 kindness,

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:04.559
 goodness,

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:04.860
 gentleness,

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.300
 faithfulness,

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.860
 and self-control.

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.239
 It's a

00:37:07.239 --> 00:37:07.739
 profile of

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.059
 Jesus.

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.659
 The Spirit

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.659
 is looking

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.800
 to radically

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:14.280
 change us

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:15.239
 so that

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.079
 we would

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:17.259
 obey the

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.840
 commands of

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.820
 Jesus for

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.559
 Jesus in

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.800
 order to

00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:20.460
 become like

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.940
 Jesus.

00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:23.380
 It's all

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.800
 beautiful.

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:27.039
 Verse 17,

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.940
 it's called

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.340
 the Spirit

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.920
 of Truth

00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:30.180
 because

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.720
 Jesus is

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:30.880
 the

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.180
 truth.

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.539
 I'm the

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:32.780
 way,

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.539
 the truth,

00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:33.900
 and the

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.139
 life.

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.700
 And so

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:34.920
 we're going

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.119
 to learn

00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.420
 in a couple

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.860
 weeks that

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.180
 the Holy

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.740
 Spirit seeks

00:37:36.740 --> 00:37:37.700
 to spotlight

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.400
 Jesus.

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.460
 So of

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:39.880
 course He's

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.280
 the Spirit

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.820
 of Truth.

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.300
 He's going

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.340
 to want to

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:44.840
 reveal Jesus

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.659
 to us in

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.039
 greater and

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.579
 greater measure.

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:48.320
 He's the

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.800
 Spirit of

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.480
 holiness in

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.260
 verse 26.

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:52.260
 He shows us

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.519
 Jesus'

00:37:52.700 --> 00:37:52.880
 way.

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:52.920
 way.

00:37:54.260 --> 00:37:54.720
 Jesus is

00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:55.059
 the way.

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.539
 And so

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:56.920
 the Spirit

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.260
 of God

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:57.539
 is going

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:58.180
 to empower

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:59.059
 you to

00:37:59.059 --> 00:37:59.700
 become like

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.840
 Jesus, to

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.640
 conform you

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.160
 to the

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.900
 image of

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.220
 Jesus.

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.099
 This isn't

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.519
 anything

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:05.300
 extraordinary

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.039
 in the sense

00:38:06.039 --> 00:38:06.519
 of like

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.400
 bells

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:08.059
 whistling

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.740
 and angels

00:38:08.740 --> 00:38:09.260
 singing.

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.340
 So to

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.079
 walk by

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.880
 the Spirit

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:14.460
 in the

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.000
 Bible is

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.300
 moral

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.200
 categories.

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.680
 To become

00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.019
 more and

00:38:19.019 --> 00:38:19.380
 more like

00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.059
 Jesus in

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.599
 your character

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:20.960
 and your

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.360
 conduct.

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:24.320
 He's going

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.780
 to empower

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.200
 you to

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.400
 obey from

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.300
 the inside

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.200
 out.

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:29.039
 He will

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:29.539
 make you

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:30.640
 want to

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:31.280
 say yes

00:38:31.280 --> 00:38:32.119
 to Jesus

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:33.140
 and to

00:38:33.140 --> 00:38:33.900
 say no

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.660
 to sin.

00:38:35.740 --> 00:38:36.079
 That's what

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.340
 the Holy

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.019
 Spirit's doing

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.340
 in you.

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.880
 That's the

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.440
 new covenant

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.280
 promise being

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.880
 fulfilled.

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.400
 He's going

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.720
 to reveal

00:38:42.720 --> 00:38:43.460
 God's glory.

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.220
 You're going

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.579
 to taste

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.000
 God's

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.320
 goodness.

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.619
 He is

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:47.680
 this active

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.860
 helper who

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.820
 is our

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.880
 power in

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.440
 order to

00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:52.059
 obey

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.980
 Jesus.

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.559
 He's our

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.799
 helper.

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.420
 There's one

00:38:58.420 --> 00:38:58.960
 more thing I

00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.539
 want to point

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.279
 out what the

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.799
 Holy Spirit

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.239
 will do.

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.500
 He's personal.

00:39:04.279 --> 00:39:04.820
 He's personally

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.599
 present in you

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:05.940
 believer.

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.619
 He's personally

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.239
 present in

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:09.159
 powerful wanting

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.340
 to help you

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:11.219
 obey Jesus.

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.480
 And you know

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.840
 what he brings

00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:13.179
 about?

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.599
 Peace.

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.440
 Look at

00:39:18.440 --> 00:39:19.139
 verse 27.

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.019
 Verse 27.

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.019


00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:23.800
 Verse 27

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.280
 reads,

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.019
 Peace I

00:39:26.019 --> 00:39:26.460
 leave with

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.719
 you.

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:29.019
 My peace I

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.420
 give to

00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:29.719
 you.

00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.460
 Not as the

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.159
 world gives

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.800
 do I give

00:39:32.800 --> 00:39:33.219
 to you.

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.099
 Let not

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:34.480
 your hearts

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.000
 be troubled,

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.860
 neither let

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.119
 them be

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:37.480
 afraid.

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.159
 The Holy

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.239
 Spirit's

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:42.000
 powerful

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.759
 presence

00:39:42.759 --> 00:39:44.000
 brings

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.739
 about

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.679
 peace,

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:47.659
 love,

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:48.960
 joy,

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:50.559
 peace,

00:39:51.599 --> 00:39:52.199
 patience,

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.139
 kindness,

00:39:54.039 --> 00:39:54.359
 goodness,

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.879
 gentleness,

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:57.339
 faithfulness,

00:39:58.339 --> 00:39:59.059
 and self-control.

00:39:59.319 --> 00:39:59.699
 What kind

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.179
 of peace?

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.139
 It's the kind

00:40:01.139 --> 00:40:01.519
 of peace

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.679
 where let

00:40:02.679 --> 00:40:03.279
 not your

00:40:03.279 --> 00:40:04.099
 hearts be

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.539
 troubled,

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:07.139
 do not be

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.599
 afraid.

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.679
 Your God

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.399
 is with you.

00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:11.879
 Your God

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:12.699
 is in you.

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:14.019
 He's

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.879
 empowering

00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:16.099
 you to

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.519
 obey

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:17.039
 Him.

00:40:17.439 --> 00:40:18.219
 It's an

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:19.039
 assured

00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:20.599
 devotion.

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:21.779
 He

00:40:21.779 --> 00:40:22.559
 assures

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.419
 our devotion

00:40:23.419 --> 00:40:24.239
 to Christ,

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.119
 our obedience

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:25.539
 to Him,

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:27.059
 by indwelling

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.879
 us at the

00:40:27.879 --> 00:40:28.439
 moment we

00:40:28.439 --> 00:40:29.480
 believe by

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.839
 the Holy

00:40:29.839 --> 00:40:30.239
 Spirit.

00:40:31.379 --> 00:40:32.279
 So in the

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:32.960
 physical absence

00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:33.539
 of Jesus,

00:40:33.719 --> 00:40:34.019
 the Holy

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.500
 Spirit will

00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:35.859
 give us

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.259
 peace,

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.819
 shalom.

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:39.920
 not as

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.240
 the world

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.600
 gives.

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:42.760
 The kind

00:40:42.760 --> 00:40:43.120
 of peace

00:40:43.120 --> 00:40:43.519
 the world

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.140
 gives is

00:40:44.140 --> 00:40:45.080
 temporary,

00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:46.880
 circumstantial.

00:40:48.140 --> 00:40:49.100
 The peace

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.940
 that Jesus

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.340
 gives,

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.740
 and I

00:40:50.740 --> 00:40:51.140
 believe the

00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.480
 peace is

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.860
 referencing

00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.539
 the Holy

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:52.940
 Spirit,

00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:55.500
 is first

00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:56.340
 and foremost

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:57.900
 peace with

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.220
 God.

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.160
 There is

00:41:00.160 --> 00:41:00.660
 therefore now

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.740
 no condemnation

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.740
 for those

00:41:02.740 --> 00:41:03.120
 who are in

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:03.740
 Christ Jesus.

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:07.339
 because we've

00:41:07.339 --> 00:41:07.859
 been justified

00:41:07.859 --> 00:41:08.500
 by faith,

00:41:08.599 --> 00:41:09.599
 we have

00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:10.179
 peace with

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:10.439
 God.

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:13.059
 In Romans

00:41:13.059 --> 00:41:13.500
 8,

00:41:13.759 --> 00:41:14.219
 Galatians

00:41:14.219 --> 00:41:14.639
 4,

00:41:15.159 --> 00:41:15.819
 the Spirit

00:41:15.819 --> 00:41:16.459
 of God

00:41:16.459 --> 00:41:17.199
 who indwells

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:18.000
 us bears

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.759
 witness to

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.599
 our spirit

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.500
 that we are

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.099
 children of

00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.399
 God,

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:22.319
 and so

00:41:22.319 --> 00:41:23.459
 one of

00:41:23.459 --> 00:41:24.519
 the effects

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.679
 of being

00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.439
 given new

00:41:26.439 --> 00:41:27.559
 life by

00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:27.959
 the Holy

00:41:27.959 --> 00:41:29.079
 Spirit is

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:30.419
 this peaceful

00:41:30.419 --> 00:41:31.399
 declaration

00:41:31.399 --> 00:41:32.239
 of a

00:41:32.239 --> 00:41:32.559
 Father.

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.879
 my God

00:41:34.879 --> 00:41:35.259
 is for

00:41:35.259 --> 00:41:35.500
 me.

00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:37.979
 That's a

00:41:37.979 --> 00:41:38.500
 spirit

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.239
 utterance

00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:40.500
 from a

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:42.519
 heart that's

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.079
 been radically

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:43.959
 changed by

00:41:43.959 --> 00:41:44.299
 the new

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:44.939
 life the

00:41:44.939 --> 00:41:45.719
 Spirit gives.

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:50.019
 Brothers

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.599
 and sisters,

00:41:51.879 --> 00:41:53.639
 be assured,

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:55.859
 you are a

00:41:55.859 --> 00:41:56.679
 spirit-born,

00:41:57.819 --> 00:41:58.699
 blood-bought

00:41:58.699 --> 00:42:00.000
 son or

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.639
 daughter of

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.019
 the living

00:42:01.019 --> 00:42:01.379
 God,

00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.380


00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.380
 And your

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:04.280
 inclination

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.980
 to call

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:06.079
 him God

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.420
 your

00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:06.900
 father,

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:09.420
 that comes

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:09.780
 from the

00:42:09.780 --> 00:42:10.160
 Spirit's

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:10.500
 work in

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:10.760
 you.

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.760
 And this

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:15.180
 is true

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:15.900
 regardless of

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.720
 your circumstances.

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:19.000
 Because of the

00:42:19.000 --> 00:42:19.660
 finished work of

00:42:19.660 --> 00:42:20.539
 Jesus applied to

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.800
 you,

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.800
 you have

00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.760
 peace with

00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:23.280
 God

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:24.500
 forever.

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.240
 Period.

00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:28.539
 brothers and

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:28.859
 sisters,

00:42:29.659 --> 00:42:30.979
 we need the

00:42:30.979 --> 00:42:31.779
 Spirit's help in

00:42:31.779 --> 00:42:32.619
 order to obey

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.019
 Jesus'

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.659
 commands.

00:42:34.979 --> 00:42:35.519
 Personal,

00:42:36.359 --> 00:42:36.759
 present,

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.500
 powerful,

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:39.019
 and he brings

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.559
 peace.

00:42:39.919 --> 00:42:40.559
 Anybody want

00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:40.839
 that?

00:42:40.839 --> 00:42:41.000
 Now,

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:46.019
 the point of

00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:46.899
 this is very

00:42:46.899 --> 00:42:47.319
 simple.

00:42:47.859 --> 00:42:48.619
 We need the

00:42:48.619 --> 00:42:49.419
 Spirit's help

00:42:49.419 --> 00:42:50.819
 to keep

00:42:50.820 --> 00:42:51.720
 Jesus'

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:52.780
 commands.

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.600
 I'm out of

00:42:58.600 --> 00:42:58.940
 time.

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:02.160
 Two questions.

00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:04.280
 Are you

00:43:04.280 --> 00:43:05.340
 actively seeking

00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:06.240
 to keep

00:43:06.240 --> 00:43:07.559
 the commands

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.000
 of Jesus

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.460
 Christ?

00:43:09.220 --> 00:43:10.200
 Are you

00:43:10.200 --> 00:43:11.059
 actively seeking

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:11.420
 to keep

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:11.640
 them?

00:43:12.860 --> 00:43:13.680
 When you

00:43:13.680 --> 00:43:14.140
 are living

00:43:14.140 --> 00:43:14.780
 your life,

00:43:16.080 --> 00:43:16.420
 are there

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.519
 words of

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.180
 Jesus popping

00:43:18.180 --> 00:43:18.660
 up on the

00:43:18.660 --> 00:43:19.019
 screen of

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.180
 your

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:19.620
 consciousness?

00:43:20.820 --> 00:43:21.740
 Are you

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:21.860
 like,

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.019
 oh,

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.460
 this would

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:22.840
 not please

00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:23.019
 him?

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:26.100
 A mature

00:43:26.100 --> 00:43:28.019
 Christian will

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:28.760
 hold himself

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.640
 or herself to

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:31.180
 the commands

00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:31.720
 of Jesus.

00:43:32.100 --> 00:43:32.620
 That's

00:43:32.620 --> 00:43:33.019
 maturity.

00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:35.980
 They are

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.880
 most concerned

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.280
 about what

00:43:37.280 --> 00:43:37.860
 Jesus says

00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:38.380
 in obeying

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:38.600
 him.

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.720
 Second

00:43:41.720 --> 00:43:42.539
 question is,

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:44.500
 are you

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:45.660
 actively seeking

00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:46.580
 the Spirit's

00:43:46.580 --> 00:43:48.800
 help to

00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:49.920
 help you

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.800
 keep the

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.620
 commands of

00:43:51.620 --> 00:43:51.940
 Jesus?

00:43:53.080 --> 00:43:53.820
 Are you

00:43:53.820 --> 00:43:54.340
 being led

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.740
 by the

00:43:54.740 --> 00:43:55.000
 Spirit?

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.260
 Romans 8,

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.980
 Galatians 5.

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.360
 Friends,

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:06.200
 do you

00:44:06.200 --> 00:44:07.039
 not realize

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:09.340
 that if the

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:09.840
 Holy Spirit

00:44:09.840 --> 00:44:10.480
 is convicting

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.200
 you of sin,

00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:12.920
 you are

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.600
 being led

00:44:13.600 --> 00:44:14.000
 by the

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.260
 Spirit?

00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:16.220
 That's him

00:44:16.220 --> 00:44:16.880
 loving you?

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:18.700
 that's him

00:44:18.700 --> 00:44:19.460
 wanting you

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.940
 to obey

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.420
 the commands

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.880
 of Jesus?

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.740
 That's his

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.200
 kindness.

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:26.140
 And the

00:44:26.140 --> 00:44:26.579
 Holy Spirit

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.440
 renews our

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.740
 minds upon

00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:29.460
 the Scriptures

00:44:29.460 --> 00:44:30.800
 he inspired

00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:33.160
 so that we

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:34.119
 would obey

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:34.420
 him.

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.660
 So let me

00:44:36.660 --> 00:44:37.500
 just urge you

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:38.099
 by way of

00:44:38.099 --> 00:44:38.480
 closing,

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:42.220
 call out to

00:44:42.219 --> 00:44:42.559
 the Spirit

00:44:42.559 --> 00:44:42.980
 of God

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:45.879
 to give

00:44:45.879 --> 00:44:46.399
 you power

00:44:46.399 --> 00:44:47.059
 to obey.

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.579
 Obey the

00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:50.059
 commands of

00:44:50.059 --> 00:44:50.319
 Jesus.

00:44:50.939 --> 00:44:51.339
 Here's what

00:44:51.339 --> 00:44:51.559
 we're going

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.739
 to do.

00:44:51.799 --> 00:44:51.959
 I'm going

00:44:51.959 --> 00:44:52.179
 to give

00:44:52.179 --> 00:44:53.059
 you a few

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.679
 seconds here

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:54.159
 for you

00:44:54.159 --> 00:44:54.579
 to act

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:54.919
 on that

00:44:54.919 --> 00:44:55.459
 personally,

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:57.419
 to call

00:44:57.419 --> 00:44:58.839
 out and

00:44:58.839 --> 00:44:58.980
 say,

00:44:59.119 --> 00:44:59.480
 Spirit of

00:44:59.480 --> 00:44:59.659
 God,

00:44:59.719 --> 00:44:59.980
 help me

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.439
 to obey

00:45:00.439 --> 00:45:00.819
 you,

00:45:01.819 --> 00:45:03.099
 and then

00:45:03.099 --> 00:45:03.519
 I'll close

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:03.779
 us.

00:45:05.219 --> 00:45:05.759
 Let's bow

00:45:05.759 --> 00:45:06.119
 our heads.

00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:06.559
 Let's bow

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.559
 Let's bow

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.559
 Let's bow

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.559
 Let's bow

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.559
 Let's bow

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.559
 Let's bow

00:45:06.559 --> 00:45:36.539
 our heads.

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:40.380
 Spirit of

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:40.619
 the living

00:45:40.619 --> 00:45:40.940
 God,

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.420
 you are

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.059
 welcome

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:42.480
 in this

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.880
 place.

00:45:44.799 --> 00:45:45.639
 You are

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.159
 welcome

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:46.960
 in each

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:48.159
 of our

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:48.539
 hearts

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:49.299
 and lives.

00:45:52.019 --> 00:45:52.820
 And we

00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:53.440
 would ask

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.159
 you to

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.539
 fill us

00:45:55.539 --> 00:45:57.500
 once again

00:45:57.500 --> 00:45:59.420
 with the

00:45:59.420 --> 00:46:00.039
 Holy Spirit.

00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:00.380
 Father,

00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:00.940
 fill us

00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:01.279
 with your

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.679
 Spirit

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:04.019
 that we

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.619
 would live

00:46:04.619 --> 00:46:05.179
 for Christ.

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.940
 that we

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.320
 would put

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.679
 to death

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.079
 sin

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.659
 and bring

00:46:09.659 --> 00:46:10.179
 to life

00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:10.559
 that which

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:10.960
 pleases

00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:11.360
 you

00:46:11.360 --> 00:46:12.360
 in obedience

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:12.940
 to you.

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.099
 God,

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:17.699
 we need

00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:18.199
 your help.

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:22.039
 Would

00:46:22.039 --> 00:46:22.619
 you help

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:23.000
 us?

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:25.639
 I pray

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:26.099
 for those

00:46:26.099 --> 00:46:26.659
 brothers and

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.199
 sisters in

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:27.599
 this room

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:28.000
 right now

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.599
 who feel

00:46:28.599 --> 00:46:29.559
 stuck in

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:30.179
 their sin.

00:46:32.380 --> 00:46:33.119
 Spirit of

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:33.599
 the living

00:46:33.599 --> 00:46:34.119
 God,

00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:36.039
 fall afresh

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.619
 upon them.

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.359
 Deliver

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:39.679
 them

00:46:39.679 --> 00:46:41.839
 for the

00:46:41.839 --> 00:46:42.199
 glory of

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:42.639
 your name.

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:43.819
 Amen.

00:46:43.819 --> 00:46:43.980
 Amen.

00:46:43.980 --> 00:47:13.960
 Thank you.