WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.939 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm one of the pastors here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:11.939 --> 00:00:21.000 A special welcome if you're new, visiting. We're glad that you're here. This morning we're continuing our series in the book of Romans. 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:33.799 The book of Romans is a letter written by the Apostle Paul in the 50s AD. It's called Romans because it is written to the churches in the city of Rome and it is about the gospel. 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:38.640 It's about the good news of Jesus' life and death and resurrection. 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:53.599 We are getting to the end of Romans chapter 8. If you read the congregational letter that came out in February, you know that after we finish chapter 8, we are headed back to the book of Genesis for the story of Isaac. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:01:04.760 It shows up in Genesis chapters 25 through 37 and then the plan, Lord willing, is when we finish with Isaac, we'll return again to Romans and we'll pick back up with chapter 9. 00:01:05.740 --> 00:01:16.079 So we're finishing chapter 8, which is about life in the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, and we're continuing a problem that was introduced all the way back in verse 17. 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:25.159 So you remember verses 12 through 17 of chapter 8, Paul tells us, look, good news, you've been adopted by God, you're God's children. 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:27.620 And then he tells us this in verse 17, 00:01:28.379 --> 00:01:40.000 And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him. 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:49.120 And so there's the problem. Adoption ultimately results in glory, but we have to pass through suffering first. 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:56.700 And so that raised this question that we've been kind of chipping away at for a number of weeks, which is, okay, glory, that's great that that's coming. 00:01:57.299 --> 00:02:00.079 How do we make it through the suffering in the meantime? 00:02:00.859 --> 00:02:04.359 Verses 18 through 25 gave us our first answer. 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:12.120 We make it through the suffering by meditating on understanding, realizing how great heaven is. 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:20.319 So the hope of future glory helps us make it through present suffering. 00:02:20.500 --> 00:02:24.180 We spent three weeks working through that first answer. 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:28.900 Now the second answer is coming in verse 26. 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:39.719 We make it through present suffering because of the work of the Holy Spirit on our behalf in prayer. 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:50.599 We make it through present suffering because of the work of the Holy Spirit on our behalf in prayer. 00:02:51.700 --> 00:02:55.180 So with that, I invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 8. 00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:56.939 You can find it many places. 00:02:56.939 --> 00:02:59.979 One of them is page 7 of your worship guide. 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.579 And as you turn there, remember that this is God's word. 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:10.199 Psalm 19 tells us that God's word is more precious than gold, even the finest gold. 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.360 And it's sweeter than honey, even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:20.819 So that's why we read now Romans chapter 8, starting at verse 26. 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:25.860 Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. 00:03:26.939 --> 00:03:37.539 For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 00:03:39.139 --> 00:03:44.139 And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:51.039 because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:56.379 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:03:56.379 --> 00:04:03.759 Our Father in heaven, we do thank you again this morning for your word, and we ask for your help. 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:12.960 That you would send your Holy Spirit to unstop our ears, to open up our eyes, 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:22.660 to clear our minds and soften our hearts, that we would be able to see and hear and understand and believe 00:04:22.660 --> 00:04:25.379 everything that you've given us in your word. 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.639 And most of all, you'd show us Jesus Christ, that we'd see him clearly. 00:04:29.960 --> 00:04:32.840 You'd grow our love and our affection for Christ. 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.280 You'd increase our reverence and our awe for him. 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:38.679 And you'd lead us in obedience to him. 00:04:39.019 --> 00:04:41.779 And we ask all of these things in his mighty name. 00:04:42.479 --> 00:04:42.739 Amen. 00:04:46.359 --> 00:04:52.119 One of the great principles of Scripture that I mention to you all from time to time 00:04:52.119 --> 00:04:59.319 is that God never commands us to do something that he does not enable and empower. 00:04:59.319 --> 00:05:02.139 And he does that in a wide variety of ways. 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:07.139 God has a vast repertoire of things he gives us to help us. 00:05:07.259 --> 00:05:13.560 The emphasis in chapter 8 of Romans is God's gift of the Holy Spirit, 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:17.959 the help that is given to us by the Spirit. 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:22.240 That's why verse 26 starts with the verse, likewise. 00:05:23.060 --> 00:05:29.219 He's saying, look, here's the next item in this list of supports that I'm giving you. 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:31.680 God enables and empowers all your obedience. 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:33.159 Here's how he does it. 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:36.300 Here is another way. 00:05:36.899 --> 00:05:41.399 In your tool belt, your toolbox of God's power, 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:45.000 here's one more item. 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:52.180 Here's another help for you as you face the challenges of life. 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.379 Here's another way that I enable and empower you. 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:58.139 It's not just verses 18 through 25. 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:04.779 It's not just a hope of future glory, but also, again, verse 26, 00:06:05.500 --> 00:06:08.620 the Spirit helps us in our weakness, 00:06:08.919 --> 00:06:13.599 for we do not know what to pray for as we ought. 00:06:14.919 --> 00:06:16.360 Now, as we think about this word weakness, 00:06:16.539 --> 00:06:20.620 there's all sorts of weaknesses that we experience because we're human. 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:26.340 The challenges that we face in the world are not just because of our struggle against sin. 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:28.939 They're also because of our own frailty. 00:06:29.199 --> 00:06:31.560 There is this inability, this weakness, 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.800 that shows up in our lives, 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.379 even if it's not something sinful, 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:38.639 because it's part of being human. 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:44.600 There are significant limitations that we knock up against as finite people. 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:47.180 And one way, Paul tells us, 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:52.400 that inability, that weakness, that frailty pops up in our lives 00:06:52.400 --> 00:06:55.080 is when we turn to pray. 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:57.720 And we turn to pray, 00:06:58.320 --> 00:07:05.960 and our frailty means often we have no idea what to pray for. 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:09.159 We know we're supposed to talk to God, 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:13.659 but what is it we're actually supposed to say? 00:07:13.719 --> 00:07:19.680 We hit up against our own significant human limitations. 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:21.819 So someone comes up to you, 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:22.339 they say, 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:23.759 hey, I really need your prayers, 00:07:23.819 --> 00:07:25.120 I want you to pray for me, 00:07:25.159 --> 00:07:26.939 and you say, yes, absolutely, 00:07:27.359 --> 00:07:29.179 and then you go to pray for them, 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:30.279 and you realize, 00:07:30.799 --> 00:07:34.319 what am I praying to God for? 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.560 I know what the problem is. 00:07:37.199 --> 00:07:39.360 I have no idea what the solution is. 00:07:40.740 --> 00:07:44.339 I'm not sure what it is exactly I'm supposed to be asking for. 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:48.040 There are situations that are truly baffling to us. 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:50.180 So you have a friend, 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:52.379 and there's a great tragedy, right? 00:07:52.420 --> 00:07:53.899 They're facing a terminal illness. 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:56.759 You know that within a short amount of time, 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:57.699 this person will die. 00:07:59.319 --> 00:08:02.740 So it doesn't make sense for you to pray for healing. 00:08:02.740 --> 00:08:05.100 Death comes for all of us. 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:05.639 It's inevitable. 00:08:06.400 --> 00:08:09.500 Maybe you pray for comfort or relief from pain. 00:08:09.620 --> 00:08:12.579 Maybe you ask that God would fix their eyes on heaven. 00:08:13.660 --> 00:08:14.439 What else? 00:08:16.100 --> 00:08:18.240 What else can you pray that will help? 00:08:18.780 --> 00:08:22.400 How is God using this within his greater purposes for the world? 00:08:23.840 --> 00:08:24.639 Well, you don't know. 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:27.599 You don't know because of your weakness. 00:08:28.779 --> 00:08:30.379 Maybe someone asks you, 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:35.980 hey, I really need you to pray that my kid will get into Harvard. 00:08:37.199 --> 00:08:39.439 And you think, well, is that a good prayer? 00:08:40.980 --> 00:08:43.699 Will that take them closer to Christ, 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:45.580 or will it draw them farther away? 00:08:46.179 --> 00:08:48.480 Will that make them proud or arrogant, 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:51.279 or will they serve as a light for the gospel there? 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.939 Well, for some people, maybe that's a good thing for them. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:56.240 Others, it's a bad thing. 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:58.919 And you don't know God's will. 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:04.220 You don't know if it's good or bad in this situation. 00:09:04.459 --> 00:09:05.519 So how should you pray? 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:06.879 Should you do what they've asked? 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:09.399 Should you pray that God doesn't get them into Harvard? 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:11.779 You don't know. 00:09:13.139 --> 00:09:14.819 You have great weakness. 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:19.520 And then, of course, there are situations that are overwhelming. 00:09:20.340 --> 00:09:24.200 And this really gets at the groaning that's spoken of in this passage 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:26.740 and the passages that preceded it. 00:09:28.680 --> 00:09:32.240 There are tragedies in this life, 00:09:32.900 --> 00:09:34.980 and when they happen, 00:09:35.720 --> 00:09:41.200 there are times where grief and sorrow and confusion is so overwhelming, 00:09:42.260 --> 00:09:44.580 perhaps you feel like you can't even breathe. 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:53.180 Your spouse tells you that they want out of the marriage. 00:09:55.400 --> 00:09:59.379 Your doctor tells you that you have cancer. 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:08.940 Your child has a severe and crippling disability. 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:17.640 You find out that your best friend has left the Lord. 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.040 Wars and rumors of wars break out, 00:10:25.060 --> 00:10:28.060 whether in the Middle East or somewhere else. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:32.079 And you want to cry out to God. 00:10:33.079 --> 00:10:35.319 You just don't know what to say. 00:10:37.439 --> 00:10:41.739 And you don't know what to say because of your weakness. 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:51.320 It's in that confusion that the Holy Spirit helps. 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:54.759 Verse 26. 00:10:55.759 --> 00:11:03.860 The Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:06.840 In all of those situations, 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:11.039 the Holy Spirit takes your desire, 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:14.159 he takes your groanings, 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.800 he takes your confusion and frustration, 00:11:18.419 --> 00:11:21.700 and he prays to God 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:29.740 for exactly what will be for your good and God's glory. 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:35.659 The Holy Spirit knows the groanings of your heart. 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:37.600 Remember the Holy Spirit dwells within you. 00:11:37.659 --> 00:11:39.259 Romans chapter 8 verse 9. 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:40.419 If you're a Christian, 00:11:41.539 --> 00:11:44.740 he understands your confusion and frustration. 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:48.139 He knows your inability and your weakness, 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:49.659 and so he steps in. 00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:53.620 The Spirit prays to God 00:11:53.620 --> 00:12:00.159 for something that will bring your good and his glory. 00:12:01.699 --> 00:12:03.459 Now maybe you're not praying for yourself. 00:12:03.579 --> 00:12:05.159 Maybe you're praying for another Christian. 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:07.500 Maybe you're praying for the parent 00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:09.079 whose kid needs to get into Harvard. 00:12:10.199 --> 00:12:12.379 The Spirit will pray for something 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:16.339 that is for their good and his glory. 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:19.759 You don't know what to pray for? 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:21.759 That's okay. 00:12:22.800 --> 00:12:26.519 Because the Holy Spirit does. 00:12:28.700 --> 00:12:29.920 You have a problem. 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:30.879 We have a problem. 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:33.000 Because of our weakness. 00:12:33.899 --> 00:12:36.960 And the Holy Spirit helps. 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:40.480 The point is this. 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:42.960 You pray, 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.899 and you groan, 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:47.259 in your confusion. 00:12:48.980 --> 00:12:50.899 The Holy Spirit 00:12:50.899 --> 00:12:54.019 prays and groans with you, 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:55.960 but not in confusion, 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:57.899 with clarity. 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:00.840 The Holy Spirit 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:04.519 knows exactly what to pray for, 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:08.060 and he does. 00:13:08.059 --> 00:13:18.779 The Greek word for help here, 00:13:19.139 --> 00:13:20.019 speaking of the Spirit, 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:20.819 in verse 26, 00:13:20.819 --> 00:13:23.219 means to come alongside someone 00:13:23.219 --> 00:13:24.399 or to share the load. 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:24.879 So, 00:13:25.459 --> 00:13:26.159 some boxes, 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:27.159 maybe you've had a box 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.039 arrive at your house, 00:13:28.079 --> 00:13:29.159 has this sticker on it, 00:13:29.179 --> 00:13:30.179 and what does the sticker say? 00:13:31.619 --> 00:13:33.439 To man lift. 00:13:34.199 --> 00:13:35.539 It shows these little stick figures, 00:13:35.659 --> 00:13:35.859 right? 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:38.279 One stick figure on one side of the box, 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:40.960 one stick figure on the other. 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:42.320 Paul's telling us 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:43.519 the life of prayer 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:45.139 is like that. 00:13:45.820 --> 00:13:47.180 There are times 00:13:47.180 --> 00:13:50.300 when it is too heavy 00:13:50.300 --> 00:13:53.820 for you to carry alone. 00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:56.159 Good news. 00:13:57.200 --> 00:13:59.019 The Holy Spirit 00:13:59.019 --> 00:14:01.759 lifts as well. 00:14:01.759 --> 00:14:09.379 Pastor Derek Thomas 00:14:09.379 --> 00:14:10.340 illustrates this 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:10.879 with the story 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.240 of moving a piano, 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:13.120 which at one point 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:14.340 he had to bring into his house, 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:16.379 and so he had many men 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:18.200 helping him lift this piano, 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:19.220 and he said this, 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.200 I had my hands firmly 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:24.080 on a section 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:25.419 of the piano, 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:29.219 but can I honestly say 00:14:29.219 --> 00:14:30.479 that I lifted 00:14:30.479 --> 00:14:31.719 that piano? 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.799 The truth is, 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:35.779 the young men 00:14:35.779 --> 00:14:36.959 were doing most 00:14:36.959 --> 00:14:37.879 of the lifting, 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:40.620 even though I groaned 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:41.759 along with them, 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:45.159 as the piano seemed 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:46.299 to grow heavier 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:49.199 with each step. 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:52.340 Christian, 00:14:53.420 --> 00:14:55.860 so it is in prayer. 00:14:57.780 --> 00:14:58.360 Yes, 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.120 your hands 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:02.240 are on the piano. 00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.640 Yes, 00:15:04.940 --> 00:15:06.100 you are groaning. 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:09.780 The Holy Spirit 00:15:09.780 --> 00:15:11.080 is doing 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.480 the real work. 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:15.940 The Holy Spirit 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:17.320 is doing 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:19.899 the heavy lifting. 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.399 The point is this. 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:28.019 As a Christian, 00:15:29.060 --> 00:15:30.420 as you walk 00:15:30.420 --> 00:15:32.320 in this life 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.820 and you face 00:15:34.820 --> 00:15:36.600 your own weakness 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:38.039 and inability 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:39.960 and frustration 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:41.560 and confusion 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:42.619 in prayer 00:15:42.619 --> 00:15:43.699 and life, 00:15:44.259 --> 00:15:47.099 you are not alone. 00:15:48.559 --> 00:15:49.919 The Holy Spirit 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:51.439 is there 00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:53.739 with you. 00:15:56.239 --> 00:15:57.559 Another reason 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.599 why Jesus' words 00:15:58.599 --> 00:15:59.179 are true, 00:15:59.699 --> 00:16:00.359 it's better 00:16:00.359 --> 00:16:01.639 that he left us 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.179 so that he could 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:03.979 send the Spirit. 00:16:05.319 --> 00:16:06.519 Another benefit 00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.159 that comes 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:08.000 from what we saw 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:09.119 in Romans 8, 00:16:09.219 --> 00:16:09.779 verse 9, 00:16:09.839 --> 00:16:10.500 that there's this 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.500 indwelling 00:16:11.500 --> 00:16:12.279 of the Spirit 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.600 for every Christian. 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:15.159 If you are a Christian, 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:17.179 you have the Spirit 00:16:17.179 --> 00:16:19.019 full stop. 00:16:19.820 --> 00:16:20.740 Page 7 00:16:20.740 --> 00:16:21.740 of your worship guide, 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.019 the indwelling 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:24.299 of the Holy Spirit 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.399 refers to 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:27.059 his special presence 00:16:27.059 --> 00:16:28.899 in every believer 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:30.100 in Christ. 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:32.659 If you are a Christian, 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.259 the Holy Spirit 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:36.240 lives in you 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.899 and what does it do? 00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:39.240 Many things 00:16:39.240 --> 00:16:40.299 including 00:16:40.299 --> 00:16:41.479 groaning 00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:41.479 00:16:41.479 --> 00:16:42.439 with you 00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:43.639 in prayer. 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:53.379 Verse 27 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.339 goes on 00:16:54.339 --> 00:16:55.099 to tell us 00:16:55.099 --> 00:16:56.939 that these prayers 00:16:56.939 --> 00:16:58.039 of the Spirit 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.000 are 100% 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:02.199 effective. 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:05.159 Verse 27, 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:06.920 and he who searches 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:07.620 hearts 00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.640 knows what is 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:09.300 the mind 00:17:09.300 --> 00:17:10.140 of the Spirit. 00:17:10.800 --> 00:17:11.960 That first phrase, 00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:13.320 he who searches hearts, 00:17:13.320 --> 00:17:14.040 is a reference 00:17:14.040 --> 00:17:15.240 there to God the Father. 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.200 Knows what is 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.680 the mind 00:17:17.680 --> 00:17:18.360 of the Spirit, 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.759 so God the Father 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:21.259 knows the desire 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.460 of the Holy Spirit 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.640 and why does 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.340 God the Father 00:17:24.340 --> 00:17:25.880 know that desire? 00:17:26.540 --> 00:17:26.880 Well, 00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:28.279 27 goes on, 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.420 because the Spirit 00:17:29.420 --> 00:17:30.360 intercedes 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:31.399 for the saints 00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.579 according to 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.159 the will 00:17:33.159 --> 00:17:33.859 of God. 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:36.399 So the Spirit's 00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:37.199 intercession 00:17:37.199 --> 00:17:38.359 is effective 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:40.719 because both 00:17:40.719 --> 00:17:41.740 God the Father 00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:43.559 and God the Holy Spirit 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:44.439 are members 00:17:44.439 --> 00:17:45.199 of the Trinity. 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.759 They're part 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.519 of the Godhead. 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:47.479 Remember, 00:17:47.579 --> 00:17:48.000 as Christians, 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:48.659 we believe 00:17:48.659 --> 00:17:50.059 in the triune God. 00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.419 That is, 00:17:50.479 --> 00:17:51.859 there is one God 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:53.699 in three persons. 00:17:53.700 --> 00:17:54.759 And so, 00:17:55.360 --> 00:17:57.640 they are always 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:59.539 in perfect 00:17:59.539 --> 00:18:00.519 agreement. 00:18:01.900 --> 00:18:02.799 The will 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.799 of the Father 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.080 and the will 00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:06.100 of the Spirit 00:18:06.100 --> 00:18:08.299 are always 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:09.500 the same. 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.819 And so, 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.440 the prayers 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.539 of the Spirit, 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:16.120 the answer 00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:17.220 is always 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.340 yes. 00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.420 Remember, 00:18:21.340 --> 00:18:22.100 the Spirit 00:18:22.100 --> 00:18:23.640 takes your groanings 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:24.380 and longings 00:18:24.380 --> 00:18:25.100 and confusion 00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:25.920 and frustration 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.840 and turns them 00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:28.400 into a clear prayer 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:30.240 for your good 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.540 and God's glory. 00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:36.240 Pastor Tim Keller 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.080 puts it this way, 00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:39.320 God will either 00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:40.040 give us 00:18:40.040 --> 00:18:41.240 what we ask for 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.020 in prayer 00:18:42.020 --> 00:18:44.280 or give us 00:18:44.280 --> 00:18:45.700 what we would 00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:47.060 have asked for 00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:48.540 if we knew 00:18:48.540 --> 00:18:49.480 everything 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.440 He knows. 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.900 God will either 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:55.240 give us 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:56.100 what we ask 00:18:56.100 --> 00:18:57.039 for in prayer 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.920 or 00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.900 give us 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.720 what we would 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.820 have asked for 00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:03.140 if we knew 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:04.320 everything 00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:05.580 He knows. 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.140 Now, 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.100 there is one 00:19:09.100 --> 00:19:10.240 who asks 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.980 for what we 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.840 would have asked 00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:12.720 for if we knew 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.600 what God knew, 00:19:14.259 --> 00:19:15.080 the Holy Spirit. 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.039 and so those 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:17.500 prayers 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:19.659 are already 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.919 being 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:22.019 offered. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.439 Great preacher 00:19:27.439 --> 00:19:28.339 Martin Lloyd-Jones 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.619 compares the work 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:30.699 of the Holy Spirit 00:19:30.699 --> 00:19:31.960 here to the work 00:19:31.960 --> 00:19:33.019 of a good 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:34.119 lawyer. 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:37.059 There are 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:38.299 certain situations, 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.419 if you've lived 00:19:39.419 --> 00:19:40.159 life long enough, 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.859 you know this, 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:42.379 unless you have 00:19:42.379 --> 00:19:42.979 a lawyer, 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.699 you might 00:19:44.699 --> 00:19:45.579 as well 00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:47.000 give up. 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.179 Now, 00:19:49.219 --> 00:19:49.459 when our 00:19:49.459 --> 00:19:49.939 congregant 00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:50.479 Shabnam 00:19:50.479 --> 00:19:51.019 was taken 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.779 by ICE 00:19:51.779 --> 00:19:52.419 last year, 00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:54.299 the task 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:55.500 number one, 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.059 number one, 00:19:57.719 --> 00:19:58.519 find a lawyer. 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:00.899 Find a lawyer 00:20:00.899 --> 00:20:02.240 as fast 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.919 as 00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:03.839 possible. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:06.240 They tell you, 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.539 you know, 00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:08.519 the conventional 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.359 wisdom is 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.500 if you get a DUI 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:10.880 and it's your 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:11.819 first DUI, 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.680 what's the 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.539 real punishment? 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.539 The real 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:16.039 punishment 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.619 is the 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.440 $10,000 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.299 you have to 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.880 shell out 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.579 for a lawyer. 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:20.980 And they've 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.380 been saying 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.019 that for years, 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:22.539 so I bet 00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:23.140 it's $15,000 00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:23.539 or $20,000 00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.880 now. 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.619 Why is it 00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:26.200 people start 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.940 legal defense 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.420 funds? 00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:28.720 It's for that 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:29.099 reason. 00:20:29.779 --> 00:20:30.319 When we were 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:31.019 calling around 00:20:31.019 --> 00:20:31.640 for Shabnam, 00:20:32.140 --> 00:20:32.599 they were 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:32.880 saying, 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.059 hey, 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:33.680 the going 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.299 price, 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.259 $20,000. 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.180 You want 00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.599 someone to 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:38.940 help you 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.200 get out 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:39.460 of ICE 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:39.859 detention? 00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:41.079 That is 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.959 your entry 00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:42.719 fee. 00:20:43.979 --> 00:20:44.459 Why? 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.159 Because a 00:20:46.159 --> 00:20:46.779 good lawyer 00:20:46.779 --> 00:20:47.699 represents 00:20:47.699 --> 00:20:48.139 you. 00:20:49.219 --> 00:20:49.879 A good 00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.679 lawyer knows 00:20:50.679 --> 00:20:51.419 the right 00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:52.159 thing to 00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:53.399 say and 00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.439 when to 00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:55.000 say it. 00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:55.639 The right 00:20:55.639 --> 00:20:56.939 lawyer understands 00:20:56.939 --> 00:20:57.619 the system. 00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.299 He's been 00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.959 there before. 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.259 He knows 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:00.819 how this 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.279 works. 00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.639 He anticipates 00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.339 the questions 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.139 from the 00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.559 judge. 00:21:05.399 --> 00:21:06.740 The results 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.379 with the 00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:08.119 right lawyer 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.619 are vastly 00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.719 different. 00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:13.019 Of course, 00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.419 you hear in 00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:13.839 the news, 00:21:13.939 --> 00:21:14.099 right, 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.399 there's 00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:15.039 celebrity 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.519 lawyers. 00:21:15.679 --> 00:21:15.859 Hey, 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:17.179 this famous 00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:18.219 person hired 00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:18.939 this lawyer, 00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.339 you know, 00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.459 charges $10,000 00:21:20.459 --> 00:21:21.199 an hour, 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.979 and they've 00:21:21.979 --> 00:21:22.359 helped all 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.759 these other 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.479 famous people 00:21:23.479 --> 00:21:24.039 get out. 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.399 And why 00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:25.759 are they 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.419 worth that 00:21:26.419 --> 00:21:27.039 much money? 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.199 Because they 00:21:30.199 --> 00:21:30.719 know how 00:21:30.719 --> 00:21:31.379 to win. 00:21:31.380 --> 00:21:34.340 they know 00:21:34.340 --> 00:21:35.140 how to 00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.800 get it 00:21:35.800 --> 00:21:36.940 done. 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:40.380 Christian, 00:21:41.280 --> 00:21:43.260 the Holy 00:21:43.260 --> 00:21:44.100 Spirit 00:21:44.100 --> 00:21:45.500 always 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:46.600 wins 00:21:46.600 --> 00:21:47.260 his 00:21:47.260 --> 00:21:48.120 case. 00:21:48.760 --> 00:21:49.840 And 00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.300 he 00:21:50.300 --> 00:21:51.400 is 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.060 your 00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:53.140 lawyer. 00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:57.080 Wow. 00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:59.160 That's 00:21:59.160 --> 00:21:59.580 what Paul's 00:21:59.580 --> 00:21:59.840 saying. 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:02.019 you have 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.220 the best 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.699 legal defense 00:22:04.699 --> 00:22:05.500 possible 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.679 before God 00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:07.179 the Father. 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.579 You feel 00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:09.980 like this 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.879 situation in 00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.399 your life 00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.339 is overwhelming 00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:13.119 and beyond 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.079 your ability 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.759 to comprehend 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.859 and process 00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.659 and understand, 00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.859 and you do 00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.379 not know 00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.839 the right 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.459 words to 00:22:19.459 --> 00:22:19.879 say. 00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:22.059 No problem. 00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:24.359 You have 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.240 a lawyer 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.159 who does 00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:26.679 know 00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.980 exactly 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.980 what 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:30.319 to say. 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:34.860 I have 00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.700 a friend 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.180 here in 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.500 town 00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.880 who at 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.380 one point 00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.799 was taken 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.599 advantage of, 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.240 defrauded, 00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:40.819 we might say 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.299 abused, 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.019 by a local 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.640 businessman. 00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.120 Actually, 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.460 a number 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.920 of people 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:45.559 lost money 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.200 investing 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.700 with this 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.000 man. 00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.019 People in 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.539 our circles, 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.279 Presbyterian 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.839 people who 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:50.620 trusted him 00:22:50.620 --> 00:22:51.500 and he 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.099 walked away 00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:53.519 with tens 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.980 of thousands 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.579 of dollars. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:55.920 And I 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.240 talked to 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:56.839 this individual 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.220 at one 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.759 point about 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.079 legal 00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.619 representation 00:22:58.619 --> 00:23:00.199 because he 00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:00.839 didn't have 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.079 any. 00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.299 And he 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.079 was trying 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.980 to basically 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.059 negotiate this 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.980 situation on 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.399 his own. 00:23:06.439 --> 00:23:06.599 And he 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:06.919 said this 00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:07.179 to me, 00:23:07.199 --> 00:23:07.500 Matthew, 00:23:08.159 --> 00:23:09.779 we ain't 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.619 got lawyer 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.059 money. 00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.179 This is a 00:23:13.179 --> 00:23:13.599 way of saying, 00:23:13.699 --> 00:23:13.819 yeah, 00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.240 we've been 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.720 defrauded, 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.059 we've been 00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.379 abused, 00:23:15.439 --> 00:23:15.799 we've taken 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.699 advantage of, 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.599 but I don't 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:17.959 have the 00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.559 resources. 00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.639 I don't 00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:20.419 have ten, 00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.899 twenty, 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.799 thirty thousand 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.459 dollars to 00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:22.980 throw at this 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.339 case. 00:23:24.159 --> 00:23:24.859 So we're 00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.199 going to have 00:23:25.199 --> 00:23:25.959 to figure it 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.460 out on our 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.720 own. 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.680 If you 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.059 are in 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.480 Christ, 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.400 you have 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:36.220 lawyer money. 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.240 You have 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:41.299 the best 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.140 lawyer that 00:23:42.140 --> 00:23:42.779 money can 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.180 buy. 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.720 In fact, 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.000 you have a 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.460 lawyer money 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.019 can't buy. 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.340 You have a 00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:49.059 lawyer who 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.079 can only be 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.700 purchased in 00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:53.400 one way. 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:55.120 and that 00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:56.259 is the 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.140 blood of 00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:57.480 Jesus 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.259 Christ. 00:23:59.540 --> 00:24:00.400 Why is 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.180 the Spirit 00:24:01.180 --> 00:24:01.920 with you? 00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.200 Because 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.480 Jesus rose 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:04.860 from the 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.240 dead on 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.660 the third 00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.060 day, 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.400 ascended to 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.900 the right 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.560 hand of 00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.060 God the 00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.440 Father, 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:11.100 and sends 00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:12.019 the Spirit 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:14.259 to you. 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.359 you. 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.359 Why would 00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:19.819 you fear? 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.779 You have 00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.799 someone better 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.960 than Frank 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.500 Azar. 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.299 The 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.460 strong man, 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.940 strong arm. 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.460 Now, 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.240 Martin 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.740 Lloyd-Jones 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.579 uses that 00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.920 to talk 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.259 about the 00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:37.900 Holy Spirit. 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.700 Funny 00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.099 enough, 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.599 the Puritan, 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.799 Richard 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.339 Sibbes, 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.099 who lived 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.799 a long 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:45.699 time before 00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.059 Martin 00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.679 Lloyd-Jones, 00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.859 uses almost 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:48.759 the same 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.819 exact 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.839 illustration, 00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:52.839 but not 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.079 of the 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.699 Holy Spirit. 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.240 No, 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.659 Sibbes 00:24:55.659 --> 00:24:56.259 uses it 00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.519 of Christ. 00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.299 The 00:24:59.299 --> 00:24:59.779 Holy Spirit 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.079 is not 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.419 the only 00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.059 lawyer you 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.459 have on 00:25:01.459 --> 00:25:02.019 your side. 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:04.079 You also 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.079 have Christ, 00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.480 and by the 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.659 way, 00:25:05.719 --> 00:25:05.919 we're going 00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:06.159 to see 00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.559 this in 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.859 a couple 00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.319 weeks in 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.659 Romans, 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:09.059 representing 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.539 you before 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.839 the Father. 00:25:13.059 --> 00:25:13.879 Because if 00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.339 you're in 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:14.659 Jesus, 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.279 you have 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.839 both. 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.559 You ain't 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.920 got just 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.519 one lawyer. 00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:21.319 You have 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.259 two 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.420 lawyers. 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.200 Theologians 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.579 would say 00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.019 you have 00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.680 Jesus 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.619 standing 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.319 before the 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.960 throne of 00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.339 God 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.139 interceding 00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.740 for you, 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.720 and you 00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.180 have the 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.559 Spirit 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.599 in your 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.180 heart 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.159 crying 00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:36.700 out 00:25:36.700 --> 00:25:37.940 for you, 00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:40.200 pleading 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.880 your 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.600 case 00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.360 in 00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.700 heaven. 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.039 How 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.840 much 00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.600 better 00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.620 could it 00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:47.880 get? 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.940 All 00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.680 because 00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.539 of 00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.819 Jesus' 00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.440 life 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.759 and 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.220 death 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.360 and 00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.860 resurrection. 00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:56.680 And so 00:25:56.680 --> 00:25:57.039 Arkant 00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.279 Hughes 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.660 sums it 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:57.900 up in 00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.259 this way. 00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:58.420 It's 00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.779 page 00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.100 eight 00:25:59.100 --> 00:25:59.259 of 00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.420 your 00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.720 worship 00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.140 guide. 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.039 How 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.680 marvelous 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.180 this 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.660 all 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.200 is. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.120 We 00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.380 have 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.860 two 00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.799 intercessors, 00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.759 one 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:06.960 in 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.279 heaven, 00:26:08.860 --> 00:26:09.080 our 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.339 Lord 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.659 Jesus 00:26:09.659 --> 00:26:09.960 who 00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.579 intercedes 00:26:10.579 --> 00:26:10.859 for 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.220 our 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.779 sins 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.679 and 00:26:12.679 --> 00:26:13.199 one 00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.579 in 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.819 our 00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.379 hearts, 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.199 the 00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:15.720 Holy 00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.599 Spirit 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.559 himself. 00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.159 How 00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:20.159 greatly 00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.259 we 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.980 are 00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.559 loved. 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.500 Christian, 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.240 how 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.679 greatly 00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.159 you 00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.960 are 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:27.500 loved 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.119 by 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.759 God. 00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.059 Let's 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.279 pray. 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.159 Our 00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:32.639 Father in 00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:32.819 heaven, 00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.419 we do 00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:34.559 praise you 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.119 and thank 00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.339 you that 00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.799 you haven't 00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.460 left us 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.000 alone in 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.160 our 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.860 confusion 00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.319 and our 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:39.880 weakness, 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:41.100 that our 00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.880 future doesn't 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.180 rely on the 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.980 greatness of 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.500 our prayers, 00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.039 but instead 00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.539 you've given 00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.920 us the 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.700 Holy Spirit 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:49.039 to help 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.460 us, 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.799 to support 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.039 us, 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.740 to intercede 00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.440 for us. 00:26:53.600 --> 00:26:53.940 We ask 00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.180 that you'd 00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.759 remind us 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.100 of that. 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.400 It would 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:55.740 give us 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.620 great courage 00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:57.380 and joy 00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.079 to continue 00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.000 following you 00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.380 in this 00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.900 life to 00:26:59.900 --> 00:27:00.380 the glory 00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.700 that is 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.100 to come. 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.819 And we 00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.360 ask all 00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.680 of these 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.160 things in 00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.579 the mighty 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.059 name of 00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.299 Jesus 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.779 Christ. 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:05.480 Amen. 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.599 I invite 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:07.860 you to 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.440 stand for 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:08.640 our 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:08.920 communion 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.299 hymn.