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 Amen.

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 Please open your Bibles up to the Gospel according to John, chapter 16, this morning.

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 We are back in John after taking a brief month-long break during the month of January,

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 and we're in the homestretch now.

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 Just ten sermons remaining in the Gospel according to John, if you can believe it.

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 So this morning we're going to be in chapter 16, and I will start in the second half of verse 4

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 and read all the way through verse 15.

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 So when you found that in your Bibles, if you would, let's stand together for the reading of God's Word.

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 John, chapter 16, listen along as I read verse 4 through 15.

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 Jesus says,

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 I did not say these things to you from the beginning because I was with you.

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 But now I am going to him who sent me.

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 And none of you asks me, where are you going?

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 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth.

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you.

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 But if I go, I will send him to you.

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 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment.

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 Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me.

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 Concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no longer.

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 Concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

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 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

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 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.

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 For he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak.

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 And he will declare to you the things that are to come.

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 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 All that the Father has is mine.

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 Therefore, I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 Lord, we praise you for this word.

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 And we pray now that you would do what this text has promised.

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 That you would, by your Spirit, guide us into all the truth.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 You may have heard it said before that last words are meant to be lasting words.

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 Well, here in this section of John's Gospel, we are functioning like flies on the wall,

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 listening in on some of Jesus' last words to his disciples.

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 And I'll remind you kind of where we are in the place of John's Gospel,

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 since it's been a while since we've been in this book,

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 that this is Thursday.

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 This is the final day of Jesus' earthly life before the events of Friday,

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 before the events of the cross.

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 These are the quickly passing, precious moments before he is betrayed,

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 before he's arrested, before he's tried, before he's hung on a cross.

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 And knowing this, Jesus spends his final moments here comforting and encouraging his disciples

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 and preparing them for what's to come.

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 And I want us to place ourselves for a moment in the disciples' shoes.

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 And imagine how they must be feeling.

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 I don't know if you've ever been with someone in the final moments before their earthly life is over,

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 in the final moments before they die.

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 Those moments are weighty.

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 And most of you know that I went to go see my grandmother last fall,

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 in the moments leading up to her death.

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 And I'll tell you, every word was precious.

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 Every squeeze of the hand was precious.

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 Every moment that we had left with her was precious.

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 And we, the family, selfishly, we did not want her to go.

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 But we knew, even so, as hard as it would be for us to let her go,

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 that it would be much better for her.

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 She was a believer.

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 We knew that she was going to be with the Lord.

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 And that it's to her advantage that she go.

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 Well, here, you can imagine, again, the disciples.

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 They did not want Jesus to go.

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 They did not want Jesus to leave.

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 As much as he had prepared them for this moment,

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 as much as he had told them that I am getting ready to go to the Father,

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 they did not want him to go.

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 They loved him as a teacher.

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 They loved him as a friend.

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 And Jesus knows this.

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 He recognizes this.

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 So he says in verse 6, he says,

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 Well, because I've said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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 Well, of course it has.

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 But then he says something surprising in verse 7.

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 Look there with me.

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 Nevertheless, he says, verse 7,

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 It is to your advantage that I go away.

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 How can that be?

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 How can that be?

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 It might be better for you, Jesus, to go.

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 We know where you're going.

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 It might be better for you to go.

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 You're going up to be with the Father.

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 You're going to reclaim the glory that you had before the ages began.

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 But how in the world could it be better for us that you go?

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 How is your leaving an advantage to us?

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 Well, he tells us.

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 Look at verse 7 again.

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 He says,

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 For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you.

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 You know, I've heard people say before,

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 Well, I just wish I could have been there with Jesus.

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 Now, I wish I could have walked with Jesus.

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 I wish I could have witnessed his miracles firsthand.

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 I wish I could have been there on the Sermon on the Mount

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 and sat there and listened to his teaching firsthand.

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 Well, I know it's hard to believe.

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 But what this passage teaches us this morning

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 is that it is even better for us right now in the age of the Holy Spirit

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 than it was for his disciples who lived and walked with Jesus for three years on earth.

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 Can you believe that?

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 The Holy Spirit, the helper, is a tremendous advantage to us as believers.

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 This is what this passage is teaching us this morning.

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 We've already seen in the Gospel of John that the Spirit,

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 we've seen some of his work,

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 the Spirit is the one who gives life.

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 You must be born again of the Spirit,

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 not of the flesh,

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 in order to enter into the kingdom of God.

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 We've seen even in the same conversation here in the upper room,

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 Jesus has promised another helper 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 and will be in you.

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 John 14, 16, and 17.

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 He's told us that this Spirit,

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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 will bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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 John 14, verse 26.

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 He's told us,

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 when the helper comes,

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 whom I will send from the Father,

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 the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,

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 he will bear witness about me.

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 See, in this conversation,

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 Jesus is preparing the disciples

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 and he's preparing us

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 for what life looks like

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 in the age of the Holy Spirit.

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 He's teaching us and his disciples

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 a little bit about the person

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 and the work of the Holy Spirit

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 and why, how,

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 this is an advantage for us.

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 And here in our passage,

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 verses 8 through 15,

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 Jesus tells us two final works

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Two final works of the Holy Spirit.

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 First, he says that

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 the Holy Spirit convicts.

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 The Holy Spirit convicts.

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 Look there at verses 8 through 11.

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 Starting in verse 8,

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 Jesus says,

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 when he, the Spirit, comes,

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 he will convict the world

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 concerning sin

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 and righteousness

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 and judgment.

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 See, the first work of the Holy Spirit here

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 is the work of conviction.

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 There was a time,

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 and maybe we're still in it,

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 I don't know,

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 I feel like maybe we've grown out of this a little bit.

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 There was a time when

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 felt needs ministry

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 became very popular

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 in the church in America.

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 Everything was geared

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 towards being

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 seeker sensitive.

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 I mean,

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 making sure that the worship service

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 was as comfortable

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 and as appealing

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 and as accessible

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 as possible

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 to non-believers.

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 pastors would speak

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 on whatever they thought

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 might be appealing

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 to the crowds,

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 whatever the felt needs

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 of the crowds might be.

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 Of course,

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 they would use the Bible

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 to get there.

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 They used the Bible

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 as a launching point

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 to get to that felt need.

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 But I'll tell you something,

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 if the goal

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 is simply to draw a crowd

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 and to make non-believers

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 feel good

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 and feel at ease

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 and feel comfortable,

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 I'll tell you a few things

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 that you will never hear

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 or see

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 in a seeker sensitive

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 worship service.

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 you will not have

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 many prayers of confession

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 we had this morning.

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 That doesn't feel great.

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 It's a little bit awkward,

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 isn't it?

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 A little bit

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 naming sins in public,

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 talking about sin.

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 You probably won't hear

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 much talk about sin

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 at all.

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 And if you do,

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 it probably would be

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 minimize the weight of sin,

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 the severity of sin.

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 Maybe it would be talked about

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 as something that you can overcome

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 or grow out of,

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 not as an eternal offense

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 against a holy God.

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 You probably won't hear

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 many difficult sermons,

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 difficult texts preached.

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 You know,

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 one of the advantages

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 of not preaching

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 passage by passage

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 through a book of the Bible,

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 the advantage for the preacher

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 is they get to hop right over

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 difficult or controversial text

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 and preach whatever

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 might feel good

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 to the people

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 who would hear it.

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 You probably won't hear

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 many theologically rich songs,

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 songs that aim to teach

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 rather than just to make you

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 feel something.

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 I kid you not,

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 I hesitated whether to share this.

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 It's not here.

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 I've been to a church service

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 in the past

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 where as part of the worship service,

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 they sang a song

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 from a popular movie

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 at the time,

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 O Brother,

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 Where Art Thou?

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 and they played a clip

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 from one of the Rocky movies

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 as a part of the worship service,

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 as a part of their attempt

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 to connect with the non-believers

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 in the room.

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 All of that

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 because the aim

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 was to make non-believers

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 feel comfortable.

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 Here's my point.

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 Could it be

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 that what non-believers need

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 is not to be made comfortable?

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 Welcomed,

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 yes,

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 loved,

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 yes,

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 invited,

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 yes,

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 but not invited

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 to a cheap knock-off

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 of their own culture.

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 Invited to hear

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 the Word of God

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 and to see

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 the people of God

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 worship

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 and to be

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 a part of what

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 the Spirit of God

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 is doing

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 in the midst

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 of the people of God,

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 to see the Spirit

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 of God

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 at work.

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 Jesus says here

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 the Spirit

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 doesn't come

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 to comfort the world.

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 What does He come to do?

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 He comes to convict

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 the world.

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 Now don't mishear me.

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 There's comfort

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 to be had

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 in the Holy Spirit.

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 Amen?

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 In other translations,

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 He's called the comforter

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 even in this own passage.

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 The comforter.

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 I will send to you

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 the comforter.

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 But that comfort

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 comes after conviction.

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 There is no comfort

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 for any sinner

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 who has not been convicted

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 of his sin

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 repented of his sin

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 and trusted in Christ.

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 The Spirit,

00:11:37.139 --> 00:11:37.740
 Jesus says,

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 comes to convict

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 the world

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 and He does so

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 in three main categories.

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 Look here with me.

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 He says,

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 He convicts the world

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 concerning sin,

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 righteousness,

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 and judgment.

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 Concerning sin,

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 He says in verse 9,

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 because they do not

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 believe in Me.

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 This is the biggest

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 problem in the world.

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 We spoke about this

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 last week,

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 didn't we?

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 The biggest problem

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 facing the world today

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 is that men and women

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 all over the globe

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 do not believe

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 in Jesus.

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 And the reason

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 that they don't believe

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 in Jesus

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 is because

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 they have been

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 blinded by sin.

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 What we need,

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 more than anything,

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 is not to be made

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 comfortable.

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 What we need

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 is to see our sin

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 for what it is,

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 to see the holiness

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 of God

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 for what He is,

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 and to see our need

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 for Christ

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 to bridge that gap.

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 We need to be

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 convicted of our sin

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 or we cannot be saved.

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 There has to be

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 a genuine recognition

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 that you are a sinner

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 in need of a Savior,

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 and only the Holy Spirit

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 can give you

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 that spiritual sight.

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 He says,

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 He comes to convict

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 the world

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 concerning righteousness.

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 Verse 10,

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 Because I go to the Father

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 and you will see Me

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 no longer.

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 Now,

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 let me ask you something.

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 Why in the world

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 would we need to be convicted

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 concerning righteousness?

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 I understand we need

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 to be convicted

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 concerning sin.

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 Why in the world

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 do we need to be convicted

00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:09.639
 concerning righteousness?

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 What does this mean?

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 Well,

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 I read a handful

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 of commentaries

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 here concerning this verse

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 and surprise,

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 surprise,

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 people are all over the map

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 divided on what they think

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 this might mean.

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 Let me tell you

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 what I think is going on here.

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 I think we have a clue,

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 actually,

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 in the context

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 of our passage.

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 Look up to verse 2,

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 chapter 16,

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 verse 2.

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 I think this is

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 an example

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 of what Jesus

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 is talking about,

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 about being convicted

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 concerning righteousness.

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 In verse 2,

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 Jesus is preparing

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 His disciples

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 for persecution.

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 Up to this point,

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 Jesus has functioned

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 as a sort of

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 persecution magnet.

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 All of the persecution

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 has come to Him.

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 His disciples have

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 had it pretty easy

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 up to this point.

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 But guess what?

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 Now He's leaving

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 and who's going

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 to be left

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 to collect all

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 the persecution?

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 His disciples.

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 And so He prepares them

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 and He says this

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 in verse 2.

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 He says,

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 they will put you

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 out of the synagogues.

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 Indeed,

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 the hour is coming

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 when whoever

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 kills you

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 will think

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 he is offering

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 service

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 to God.

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 And they will do

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 these things

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 because

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 they have not

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 known the Father

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 nor me.

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 Did you hear that?

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 Whoever kills you

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 will think

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 he is offering

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 service

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 to God.

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 Jesus is telling

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 them that

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 the persecutions

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 that the disciples

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 are about to endure

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 in the minds

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 of those

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 who are persecuting,

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 they are righteous

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 acts.

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 In the minds

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 of those

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 who are bringing

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 the persecution

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 to the persecutors,

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 these are

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 God-honoring,

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 God-serving

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 acts of righteousness.

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 But Jesus says

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 they don't even

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 know the Father.

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 So how could

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 they possibly

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 know righteousness?

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 righteousness.

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 It's a broken

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 system

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 of righteousness.

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 And in a similar

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 way, I would argue

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 that all of us,

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 everyone in the world,

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 lives within

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 a false

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 system

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 of righteousness.

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 A broken

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 understanding

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 of right and wrong,

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 holy and impure,

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 until the Holy

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 Spirit convicts

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 us and shows

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 us the truth,

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 which is that we

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 have no

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 righteousness.

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 And we need

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 to understand

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 that the world

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 standard of

00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.980
 righteousness

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 is broken.

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 Our good

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 is not

00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.440
 God's good.

00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.540
 Our righteousness

00:15:38.540 --> 00:15:39.220
 is not

00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:40.080
 God's

00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:40.680
 righteousness.

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 And he says

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 the Holy Spirit

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 will convict

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 the world

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 of their

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 righteousness

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 because

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 I am going

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 to the Father.

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 You know what

00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:50.740
 Jesus loved to do?

00:15:52.140 --> 00:15:53.440
 Jesus loved

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 upsetting

00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:54.700
 the false

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 righteousness

00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:56.300
 of the world,

00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:56.720
 didn't he?

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 Jesus loved

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 to show the

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 Pharisees

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 in particular

00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:02.360
 that their

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.080
 version of

00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.779
 righteousness

00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:05.379
 was empty.

00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.700
 It was vain.

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.659
 It was worthless.

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.519
 It was not

00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:10.180
 true righteousness.

00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:10.860
 But now

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 Jesus is leaving.

00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:13.180
 So who's

00:16:13.180 --> 00:16:13.480
 going to do

00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:13.940
 that work

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 of convicting

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 the world

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:15.440
 of their

00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:15.759
 false

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.220
 righteousness?

00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:17.560
 He says

00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.340
 the Holy Spirit

00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:20.060
 will come.

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.819
 The Holy Spirit

00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:23.119
 shows us

00:16:23.119 --> 00:16:23.500
 that our

00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:24.359
 system of

00:16:24.359 --> 00:16:25.339
 right and

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 wrong,

00:16:25.859 --> 00:16:26.279
 good and

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 bad,

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 good enough

00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:28.059
 for God

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 is completely

00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.519
 broken.

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 He shows us

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 that all of

00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:33.359
 our righteous

00:16:33.359 --> 00:16:34.019
 deeds are

00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:35.279
 filthy rags.

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:36.459
 That we have

00:16:36.459 --> 00:16:36.959
 nothing good

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.479
 whatsoever

00:16:37.479 --> 00:16:38.539
 to bring to

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 God that

00:16:38.939 --> 00:16:39.299
 would make

00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:39.759
 him more

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.379
 inclined to

00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.559
 accept us.

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.939
 He convicts

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.299
 us of

00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:43.899
 righteousness.

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 One of my

00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.059
 favorite songs

00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:49.079
 says,

00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:49.720
 nothing in

00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.280
 my hands

00:16:50.280 --> 00:16:50.879
 I bring.

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 Simply to

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 thy cross

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 I cling.

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 Naked

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 come to

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 thee for

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 dress.

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 Helpless

00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.360
 look to

00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:57.840
 thee for

00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.300
 grace.

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 Foul I

00:16:59.420 --> 00:16:59.860
 to the

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 fountain

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:00.660
 fly.

00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.240
 Wash

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.500
 me

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.020
 Savior

00:17:02.020 --> 00:17:03.040
 or I

00:17:03.040 --> 00:17:03.680
 die.

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.720
 See,

00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:06.940
 when we're

00:17:06.940 --> 00:17:07.620
 convicted of

00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:08.799
 our lack

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.799
 of righteousness,

00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.600
 what that does

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:11.100
 in our hearts

00:17:11.100 --> 00:17:11.519
 is it makes

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.279
 us feel

00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:13.000
 our need

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.880
 for true

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.779
 righteousness,

00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:15.519
 true

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.600
 holiness that

00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:17.279
 cannot come

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.720
 from within

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.039
 us.

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 It must be

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 given to

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 us by

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.720
 someone else

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:21.700
 and exactly

00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.399
 what God

00:17:22.399 --> 00:17:23.019
 does in

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.639
 the gospel

00:17:23.639 --> 00:17:24.339
 is he

00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:25.019
 gives to

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.619
 us the

00:17:25.619 --> 00:17:26.139
 righteousness

00:17:26.139 --> 00:17:26.619
 that he

00:17:26.619 --> 00:17:27.220
 demands from

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.559
 us.

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 God

00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.740
 provides to

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.659
 us sinners,

00:17:31.220 --> 00:17:31.680
 unworthy

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 sinners,

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.339
 provides to

00:17:33.339 --> 00:17:33.779
 us the

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.500
 perfection

00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.279
 that he

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.940
 demands from

00:17:35.940 --> 00:17:36.159
 us,

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 not because

00:17:36.659 --> 00:17:37.039
 of our

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:37.379
 goodness,

00:17:37.859 --> 00:17:38.180
 but because

00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:38.460
 of the

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 perfect

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.720
 righteousness

00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.839
 of Christ

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.759
 credited to

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.220
 sinners by

00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.619
 faith.

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 That's the

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 work of the

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 Holy Spirit.

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 The last

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 category here,

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 the Spirit

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.779
 convicts,

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 he says,

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 verse 11,

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 concerning

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 judgment,

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 because the

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 ruler of

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 this world

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 is judged.

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 And he's

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 talking about

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 Satan,

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 the enemy.

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 Now I want you

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 to think with

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 me for a moment

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 about what

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 happened at

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 the cross

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 of Christ.

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 When Jesus

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 gave his

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 life,

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 what happened?

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 Well,

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 sin was

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 defeated in

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 him.

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 And when he

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 rose from the

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 grave,

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 what happened?

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 Death was

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 defeated in

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 him.

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 He conquered

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 death.

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 And as he

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 accomplished

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 his plan of

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 God for the

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 salvation of

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 sinners,

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 what happened?

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 Well,

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 the enemy

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 was judged.

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 His verdict

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 is in.

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 The judgment

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 is in.

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 The final

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 judgment is

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 yet to come,

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 yes,

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 but the

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 verdict is

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 already in.

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 He is done.

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 The death

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 and resurrection

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 of Jesus

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 was a fatal

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 and devastating

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 blow to the

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 enemy and to

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 his kingdom

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 and to

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 all who

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 belong to

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 his kingdom.

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 And so

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 Jesus tells

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 us one of

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.099
 the works

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 of the

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 spirit is

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 to open

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 up our

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 eyes to

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 see that

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 following

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 him is

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 in vain.

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 Belonging

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 to Satan's

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 kingdom is

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 in vain.

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 It's the

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 work of the

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 spirit of

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 God to

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 take a

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 sinner,

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 someone who

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 belongs to

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 the kingdom

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 of this

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 world,

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 someone who

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 by nature

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 and by

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 choice walks

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 in the way

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 of Satan

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 as an

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 enemy of

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 God to

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 take that

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 person and

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 to convince

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 them that

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 this path,

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 this way

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 of life is

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 in vain.

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 It's a

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 sinking ship.

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 It's crashing

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 quickly towards

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 judgment.

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 The verdict is

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 already in.

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 See, the

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 spirit takes

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 the truth of

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 God, applies

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 it to your

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 heart so that

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 you see that

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 life is in

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 vain and my

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.980
 only hope is

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 Christ.

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 He transfers

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 you from the

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 kingdom of

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 darkness into

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 the kingdom of

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 his beloved

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 son.

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 The spirit.

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 He convicts

00:19:45.419 --> 00:19:46.059
 the world of

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 sin and of

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 righteousness and

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 of judgment.

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 But church, let

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 me ask you

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 this.

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 How in the

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 world is that

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 an advantage

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 to us?

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 How in the

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 world is that

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 an advantage

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 to us?

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 Well, for one,

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 if you are a

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 Christian, you

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 are a

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 beneficiary of

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 this work of

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 the spirit.

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 If you are a

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 Christian, it's

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 because the

00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:11.279
 spirit of God

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 has come to

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 you convicting

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 you of your

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 sin, convicting

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 you of your

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 lack of

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 righteousness, of

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 your need for

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 Christ's

00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:19.720
 righteousness,

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 convicting you

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 of the coming

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 judgment against

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 your sin, and

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 showing you the

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.740
 only hope you

00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:27.619
 have is Christ in

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 the gospel.

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 That convicting

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.160
 work is to our

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 advantage because it

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 doesn't stop at

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 conversion, does it?

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 We continue all

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 through our life as

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 Christians.

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 the spirit

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 continues to

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 convict us of

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.480
 sin, continues to

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 guide us in

00:20:42.139 --> 00:20:43.199
 righteousness, continues

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 to teach us and

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 remind us that we

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 live every day now

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 in light of that

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 great coming day

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 when Christ returns.

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 That's a work of

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 the spirit in us.

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 It's to our

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 advantage, church.

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 It's also to our

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 advantage because it

00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:02.019
 gives us confidence in

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 our mission, doesn't

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 it?

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 Again, put yourself in

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 the disciples'

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 shoes.

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 In a matter of

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.759
 hours, Jesus is

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.899
 going to be

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 arrested, he's

00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:11.019
 going to die, he's

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.939
 going to rise again

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.899
 and appear to you,

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 and he's going to

00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:14.659
 commission the

00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:15.779
 disciples to go into

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:17.019
 the world as his

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 witnesses.

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 They're about to be

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 tasked with taking

00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:21.899
 the mission, taking

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 the message of the

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 gospel, going and

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:24.299
 making disciples of

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 all nations, teaching

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 and proclaiming to

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 all the world all

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 that Jesus has said

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 and done.

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 How can you have

00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.659
 any confidence

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:34.240
 whatsoever that

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.220
 anyone will listen

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 to your message?

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:39.039
 Jesus reminds them

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:41.639
 that their power

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.779
 for their proclamation

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:44.039
 of the gospel, it

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.919
 does not rest within

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 them.

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 What does he say in

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.319
 Acts 1.8?

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 He says, you will

00:21:50.159 --> 00:21:52.359
 receive power when

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:54.599
 the Holy Spirit

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.980
 comes upon you

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 and you will be my

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 witnesses in

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 Jerusalem and

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 Judea and

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.980
 Samaria to the

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 uttermost ends of

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 the world.

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 people.

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 And so it is

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.619
 with us, church.

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.599
 We cannot

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:10.779
 convict anyone

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:12.259
 of their sin.

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.619
 We don't have the

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.639
 power within us to

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:17.220
 convert one sinner

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.059
 into the kingdom of

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.279
 God.

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:20.639
 We are unable to

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.000
 do it.

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.139
 But Jesus tells us

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 that the Holy Spirit,

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.440
 as we proclaim the

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:27.139
 truth faithfully and

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:28.440
 obediently as we go,

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:30.339
 the Holy Spirit

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:31.879
 convicts the world

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:33.580
 of sin and of

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:35.380
 righteousness and

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.980
 of judgment.

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.420
 The Spirit will

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 convict.

00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:41.540
 And second, he

00:22:41.540 --> 00:22:42.320
 tells us that the

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:43.800
 Spirit will guide

00:22:43.800 --> 00:22:45.200
 into the truth.

00:22:45.300 --> 00:22:45.980
 First, the Spirit

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.720
 convicts.

00:22:47.040 --> 00:22:47.940
 Second, the second

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.680
 work of the Spirit

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.480
 here in this passage,

00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.880
 verses 12 through 15,

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.580
 we see the Spirit

00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:54.680
 guides into the

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.180
 truth.

00:22:55.260 --> 00:22:55.520
 Look there,

00:22:55.780 --> 00:22:56.360
 starting in verse

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.780
 12.

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:59.380
 Jesus says, I still

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.320
 have many things to

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 say to you, but you

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.119
 cannot bear them

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.419
 now.

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.119
 When the Spirit of

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:05.819
 truth comes, he will

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:07.200
 guide you into all

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.899
 the truth.

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.480
 For he will not speak

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.339
 on his own authority,

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.500
 but whatever he

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.839
 hears, he will speak.

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.240
 And he will declare to

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.159
 you the things that

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:16.000
 are to come.

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:18.220
 He will glorify me,

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.480
 for he will take what

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:20.659
 is mine and declare it

00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.460
 to you.

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.700
 All that the Father

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.659
 has is mine.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.659
 Therefore I said,

00:23:25.099 --> 00:23:25.980
 that he will take what

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:27.480
 is mine and declare it

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.659
 to you.

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:31.060
 How would I

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.980
 summarize the work

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.740
 of the Holy Spirit?

00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:34.300
 I do it like this.

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:37.320
 The Holy Spirit's

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:39.779
 work is to bring

00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:41.220
 glory to Jesus

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:43.960
 by speaking the

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:45.920
 truth of who he

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.920
 is and what he's

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.680
 done into the

00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.340
 hearts of sinners.

00:23:49.320 --> 00:23:50.320
 I'll say that again.

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:52.480
 The work of the

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.180
 Holy Spirit,

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.779
 primarily,

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.560
 is to bring

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:57.180
 glory to Jesus

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.759
 by declaring

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.820
 the truth

00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:00.759
 of who he is

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.460
 and what he's

00:24:01.460 --> 00:24:01.779
 done.

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.799
 Declaring it in

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.799
 power so that we

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.980
 believe it and love

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.880
 it and trust it.

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.299
 This passage,

00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:10.400
 I love this passage

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:10.860
 because it gets

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:12.180
 right at the heart

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.880
 of the work

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.140
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.840
 I want you to

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.920
 notice that we

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.880
 see a glimpse here

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.680
 of the Trinity

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.519
 at work.

00:24:19.360 --> 00:24:20.299
 All three members

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:21.080
 of the Godhead,

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.900
 God the Father,

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.940
 God the Son,

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.220
 God the Holy Spirit,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.920
 we believe that

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.920
 God is three

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.380
 persons,

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.259
 blessed Trinity.

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.539
 Amen?

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.420
 We see all three

00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.039
 at work here in

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.559
 this passage.

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.339
 We believe God

00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:32.779
 is three in one.

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.400
 Father,

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.039
 Son,

00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:35.140
 Holy Spirit,

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.039
 one God,

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:37.120
 three persons.

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.079
 This is not

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.019
 simple,

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:41.000
 but it is basic,

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.519
 fundamental Christianity,

00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:42.940
 101.

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.460
 I want us to go

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:46.140
 just a step further

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.779
 here.

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.319
 Okay?

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:49.539
 This is who God

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.680
 is.

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:51.720
 He is Trinity.

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.940
 Theologians call this

00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:55.140
 the ontological

00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.720
 Trinity.

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.600
 That's a big word.

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:57.080
 Okay?

00:24:57.100 --> 00:24:57.580
 I won't ask you

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:58.100
 to spell it.

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.360
 Every member

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.360
 of the Trinity,

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.220
 Father,

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.779
 Son,

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.660
 Holy Spirit,

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:05.900
 is 100% God.

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.640
 He is not

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.360
 divided up

00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:08.279
 into parts.

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:08.960
 He's not

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.779
 one-third here,

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.580
 one-third here,

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.480
 one-third here.

00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:12.460
 And so when we

00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:13.100
 talk about God

00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.519
 the Father,

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:14.100
 we are talking

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.059
 about God.

00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:16.340
 When we talk

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:17.200
 about Jesus,

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.259
 the Son of God,

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.860
 we are talking

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:20.059
 about God.

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.900
 When we talk

00:25:20.900 --> 00:25:22.240
 about the Holy Spirit,

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.140
 we are talking

00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:24.740
 about God.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:26.259
 That's who He is,

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.180
 the ontological

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.980
 Trinity.

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.000
 And yet,

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:31.080
 at the same time,

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:33.080
 we have to be

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:34.720
 careful and clear

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.640
 to make clear

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.759
 distinctions

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.520
 when we talk

00:25:37.520 --> 00:25:38.500
 about what

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:40.220
 God does,

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.820
 how God

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.920
 functions,

00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:44.540
 how each member

00:25:44.540 --> 00:25:45.580
 of the Godhead,

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.140
 the Father,

00:25:46.300 --> 00:25:46.700
 the Son,

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.600
 the Holy Spirit,

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:49.060
 how they play

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:50.540
 out their roles,

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:50.599
 miracles,

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.319
 particularly

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.339
 in the work

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:53.720
 of redemption.

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.240
 And when we

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:55.700
 talk about

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.720
 what each person

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.200
 of the Trinity

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:58.139
 is doing,

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.940
 this is what we

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.420
 call the

00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:01.079
 economic Trinity.

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.819
 The ontological

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.539
 Trinity is who

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.299
 God is,

00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:05.200
 the economic

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.220
 Trinity is how

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.579
 God functions,

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.319
 particularly how

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.940
 each member

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.859
 functions in the

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.019
 work of salvation.

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.440
 Is everybody

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.839
 with me?

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.720
 Y'all tracking

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.079
 with me?

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.099
 Okay.

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.700
 Think about it

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.160
 like this.

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.559
 The great

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.600
 work of salvation.

00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:23.380
 Well, you and

00:26:23.380 --> 00:26:24.580
 I are the

00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:26.059
 beneficiaries of

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.740
 the reason why

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.220
 we're gathered

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.960
 here as a

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.980
 church proclaiming

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.380
 the message

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:30.059
 of the gospel.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.319
 The work of

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.500
 salvation was

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.160
 arranged by

00:26:34.160 --> 00:26:35.100
 God the Father,

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.620
 primarily.

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.220
 It was

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.600
 accomplished by

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.440
 God the Son,

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.299
 and it is

00:26:41.299 --> 00:26:42.539
 applied by

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.240
 God the Spirit.

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:44.759
 I'll say

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.160
 that again.

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:46.960
 God the

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.340
 Father,

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.980
 arranged our

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.599
 salvation.

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.339
 He planned it

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.980
 out in eternity

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.019
 past alongside

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.679
 the Spirit,

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.879
 alongside the

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.199
 Son.

00:26:54.959 --> 00:26:55.859
 God the Son is

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.359
 the one who

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.339
 actually stepped

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.659
 into human

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.459
 history and

00:26:59.459 --> 00:27:00.679
 accomplished this

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.799
 plan by living,

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.859
 by dying,

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:04.059
 by rising,

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:05.740
 and the Spirit

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:07.279
 now is the

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.000
 one who takes

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.759
 that finished

00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.980
 work of Jesus

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:12.439
 and applies it

00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.879
 to the hearts

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.220
 of sinners by

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.079
 declaring the

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.879
 truth in power.

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.679
 Are you with

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:16.819
 me?

00:27:17.339 --> 00:27:19.240
 That's the

00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.500
 work of the

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.819
 Spirit.

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.159
 That's what

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.639
 Jesus says

00:27:21.639 --> 00:27:22.179
 the Spirit

00:27:22.179 --> 00:27:23.039
 will come

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.639
 and do.

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.019
 He says,

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.500
 He will

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.799
 glorify me

00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:26.179
 for He

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.679
 will take

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.099
 what is

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.740
 mine and

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.980
 declare it

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.839
 to you.

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.179
 And this

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.959
 is why,

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.519
 by the way,

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.039
 the Spirit

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.720
 doesn't come

00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.659
 until after

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:34.459
 Christ has

00:27:34.459 --> 00:27:34.980
 gone.

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.259
 You know

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.519
 why?

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:36.759
 It's because

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.279
 at the very

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.879
 heart of the

00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.819
 Spirit's work

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.220
 is the

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.839
 announcing

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.980
 and applying

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.839
 the finished

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.299
 work of

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.720
 Christ.

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:42.779
 Christ.

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.880
 The very

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:46.279
 basis and

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.319
 substance of

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.160
 the Spirit's

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:49.200
 work is the

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.440
 Son's work.

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.680
 Until that

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.120
 work is

00:27:52.120 --> 00:27:52.759
 finished,

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.759
 until the

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.420
 cross is

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.299
 completed,

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.759
 until the

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.559
 resurrection is

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.019
 completed,

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.740
 the Spirit's

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.420
 work cannot

00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.299
 begin in

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.819
 full.

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:00.980
 The Spirit's

00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.400
 work,

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:01.980
 His role,

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:02.339
 is to

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:03.640
 transform our

00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:04.279
 mind and

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.860
 our heart

00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.539
 so that we

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.339
 grasp and

00:28:06.339 --> 00:28:07.400
 we love

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.140
 the gospel

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:08.579
 of Jesus

00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.039
 Christ.

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.079
 Christ.

00:28:10.579 --> 00:28:11.000
 And this

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.500
 is how He

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.420
 convicts the

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.059
 world of

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.379
 sin,

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.119
 by the way.

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:15.779
 This is how

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.680
 He shows

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.799
 us righteousness,

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.839
 by the way.

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.359
 This is how

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.639
 He shows us

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.319
 judgment,

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.359
 by the way.

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.399
 He shines

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.440
 as a beacon

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.259
 pointing us

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.720
 towards the

00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:26.240
 cross of

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.579
 Christ,

00:28:26.659 --> 00:28:27.079
 what Christ

00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:28.079
 has done

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.279
 makes much

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.399
 of the glory

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.119
 of Christ.

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.980
 The Spirit,

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.839
 the role of

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.659
 the Holy Spirit

00:28:34.659 --> 00:28:35.659
 is to bring

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.379
 glory to

00:28:36.379 --> 00:28:36.940
 Christ by

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.539
 taking the

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.500
 finished work

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.359
 of Jesus

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.420
 and the

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.279
 words of

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.519
 Jesus and

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.400
 applying them

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.440
 in power to

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:45.880
 our hearts so

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.480
 that we see

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.200
 and are convinced

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:48.380
 that this is

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.240
 true.

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.480
 This is good.

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.839
 This is worthy

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.019
 of my life.

00:28:54.099 --> 00:28:54.839
 That's the work

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:56.019
 of the Spirit.

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.319
 You know,

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.700
 that's what it

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.200
 means to be a

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:57.500
 Christian.

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.640
 What it means

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.019
 to be a

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.740
 Christian is that

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.279
 by the grace

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.759
 of God,

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.500
 the Spirit

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.420
 of God has

00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:04.339
 taken the

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.920
 work and

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.400
 words of

00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.819
 Christ,

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.920
 applied them

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.319
 to your

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.740
 heart so

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:07.960
 that you

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.400
 believe,

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.140
 and love

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.619
 the glory

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.960
 of King

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.279
 Jesus.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.420
 And if you're

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.880
 sitting here

00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:13.980
 and you just

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.599
 don't understand

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.039
 what all the

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.640
 fuss is about

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.220
 with Jesus,

00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:17.619
 and why we

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.359
 talk so much

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:18.920
 about Jesus,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.539
 why we sing

00:29:19.539 --> 00:29:20.059
 these songs

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.539
 that teach us

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.180
 about Jesus,

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:22.180
 why we make

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.619
 such a big

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.019
 deal about

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.500
 the glory

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.180
 of Jesus,

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.380
 what you need

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.799
 more than

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.720
 anything is

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.319
 for the Spirit

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.980
 of God

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.000
 to open the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.640
 eyes of your

00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:30.680
 heart to see

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.339
 Him for who

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.839
 He is.

00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:34.759
 Now,

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.579
 I want to

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.299
 apply this

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:38.259
 to us

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.940
 because this

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:40.400
 is full of

00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:41.099
 application for

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.279
 us,

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:41.819
 but first,

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.559
 we have to

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.099
 apply it to

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.720
 the disciples

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.420
 because there's

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.379
 a particular

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:48.460
 unique application

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.019
 to them

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.619
 that's unique

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.240
 to them.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.879
 We can't make

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.379
 a beeline

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.319
 straight to us.

00:29:52.379 --> 00:29:52.700
 I know we

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.220
 want to.

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:53.879
 That's how we

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.460
 tend to read

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.859
 the Bible,

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.059
 but this is a

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.240
 conversation between

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.119
 Jesus and

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.339
 His disciples.

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.960
 He says,

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.600
 I still have

00:30:01.600 --> 00:30:02.220
 many things

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.019
 to say to

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.539
 you,

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.120
 disciples,

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.579
 but you,

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.240
 disciples,

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.740
 you cannot

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.180
 bear them

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.480
 now.

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:08.539
 When the

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.000
 Spirit of

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.620
 truth comes,

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.000
 He will

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:11.140
 guide you,

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.799
 disciples,

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:13.160
 into all

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.799
 the truth.

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:14.920
 He will not

00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.539
 speak on His

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.160
 own authority,

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.660
 but whatever

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.480
 He hears,

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.340
 He will speak,

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.180
 and He will

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.799
 declare to

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.319
 you,

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:20.960
 twelve

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.480
 disciples,

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.340
 the things

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:22.880
 that are

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.860
 to come.

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.240
 We need to

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.840
 understand this

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.880
 promise is not

00:30:25.880 --> 00:30:27.120
 primarily directly

00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.880
 about us.

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.279
 It's not

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.400
 primarily to

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.320
 us or for

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:31.660
 us.

00:30:31.720 --> 00:30:32.360
 It is to

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.259
 these disciples

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:34.540
 who are about

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:35.540
 to see Jesus

00:30:35.540 --> 00:30:36.180
 crucified.

00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.000
 So what's the

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.800
 promise for

00:30:38.800 --> 00:30:39.040
 them?

00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:39.300
 Well,

00:30:40.320 --> 00:30:41.100
 it's a promise

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:42.500
 that once

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.640
 Jesus is

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.100
 gone,

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.700
 the Spirit

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.620
 will come

00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:46.900
 and He will

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.600
 do what the

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.759
 Spirit does.

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.180
 He will

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.580
 clarify for

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:51.140
 them in their

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.740
 hearts with

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.620
 supernatural

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:54.340
 accuracy and

00:30:54.340 --> 00:30:55.620
 power who

00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:57.040
 Jesus is

00:30:57.040 --> 00:30:57.900
 and what

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:59.460
 Jesus accomplished

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.120
 on that

00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:00.519
 cross.

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.919
 He will

00:31:01.919 --> 00:31:02.859
 teach them

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.759
 and show

00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:04.239
 them with

00:31:04.239 --> 00:31:04.559
 supernatural

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.599
 clarity and

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.219
 power what

00:31:06.219 --> 00:31:07.139
 the resurrection

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.039
 means.

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.359
 He will

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.359
 guide them

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.119
 into all

00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:11.119
 the truth

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.859
 of the

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.339
 person and

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.699
 the work

00:31:12.699 --> 00:31:13.359
 of Christ.

00:31:13.479 --> 00:31:13.819
 All the

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.299
 truth that

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.579
 they had

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.479
 such a hard

00:31:15.479 --> 00:31:16.179
 time wrapping

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.699
 their minds

00:31:16.699 --> 00:31:17.219
 around while

00:31:17.219 --> 00:31:17.659
 they walked

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.099
 with Jesus

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:18.579
 on earth

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.959
 for three

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.399
 years.

00:31:20.479 --> 00:31:21.119
 He says,

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.659
 I have more

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.279
 to tell you

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.539
 now,

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:22.819
 but you

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.279
 can't handle

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.500
 it.

00:31:24.619 --> 00:31:25.099
 Once I

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.359
 go,

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.579
 the Spirit

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.119
 will come

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.359
 and will

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.979
 guide you

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.039
 into all

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.539
 the truth.

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:29.940
 And how

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:30.299
 do we

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:30.720
 know that

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.279
 this promise

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.839
 was kept,

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:32.299
 church?

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.980
 We have

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.900
 the finished

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.339
 word of

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.680
 God,

00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.319
 completed

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.900
 word of

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.839
 God in

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.339
 our hands.

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.000
 The finished

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.660
 Bible is the

00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:47.620
 result of

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.400
 this promise

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:48.920
 fulfilled.

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.420
 The whole

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.180
 New Testament,

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.700
 think about

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.039
 this,

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.940
 the whole

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.400
 New Testament

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.900
 was written

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:54.360
 after Jesus

00:31:54.360 --> 00:31:55.240
 died and

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.779
 ascended into

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.059
 heaven.

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.079
 written

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.859
 after the

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.599
 events of

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.000
 the cross,

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.519
 after the

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.919
 events of

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.559
 the resurrection,

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.659
 the whole

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.799
 thing is an

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.839
 unpacking and

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.779
 applying of

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.619
 the work of

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.200
 Christ.

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.879
 Christ crucified,

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:09.460
 Christ resurrected,

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.839
 Christ returning.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.159
 How did

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:13.639
 these bumbling,

00:32:13.919 --> 00:32:14.700
 fumbling men

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.279
 do this?

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.099
 These 12

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.779
 disciples who

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.759
 couldn't tie

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.440
 their shoes

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.759
 while they

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.079
 were walking

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.519
 with Jesus,

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:21.619
 how in the

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.119
 world could

00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.720
 they unpack

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.740
 the depths

00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.619
 of the cross

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:24.899
 and the

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.379
 power of

00:32:25.379 --> 00:32:25.879
 this book?

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:28.740
 The Holy

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:31.000
 Spirit came

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.079
 and revealed

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.940
 to them,

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.839
 guided them

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.460
 into all

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:35.019
 the truth

00:32:35.019 --> 00:32:35.319
 and they

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.740
 wrote it

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:37.019
 down for

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.659
 our good.

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.960
 I want us

00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:40.220
 to know

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.740
 that this

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:43.259
 future-oriented

00:32:43.259 --> 00:32:43.919
 revelation

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:45.000
 of divine

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.019
 truth was a

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.039
 promise primarily

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.419
 to them,

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.119
 not to

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:50.579
 us.

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.859
 This sort

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:54.319
 of future-oriented

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:55.220
 authoritative

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:56.039
 witness

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.420
 finished with

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:57.900
 the book

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.839
 of revelation.

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.120
 And so

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:01.380
 our application

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.960
 is not to

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.559
 seek out

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.500
 further

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:05.319
 revelation

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:05.880
 from the

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.779
 Spirit beyond

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.880
 the finished

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.660
 word of

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.140
 God,

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.120
 beyond Christ,

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.220
 beyond the

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.700
 gospel.

00:33:12.900 --> 00:33:13.620
 It's to seek

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.400
 the Spirit's

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.000
 help,

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.980
 to seek

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.160
 His

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.200
 illumination

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.039
 that we

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.480
 might better

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.339
 understand and

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:20.360
 revel in what

00:33:20.360 --> 00:33:20.960
 He's already

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.740
 revealed in

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.180
 Christ.

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.720
 I want to

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:25.220
 understand that

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:26.519
 application first,

00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.000
 but there is

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:28.240
 more application

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.960
 for us.

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.940
 And I want us

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.400
 just to think

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.259
 through this

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.859
 as we close

00:33:31.859 --> 00:33:33.620
 because unfortunately,

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.420
 as you know,

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.539
 the Holy Spirit

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.200
 is one of the

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.559
 most misunderstood,

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:41.359
 misinterpreted,

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:44.179
 misapplied facets

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:44.919
 of the Christian

00:33:44.919 --> 00:33:45.299
 life.

00:33:45.419 --> 00:33:46.259
 Often he is

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.139
 sadly at best

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.479
 often misunderstood

00:33:48.479 --> 00:33:49.319
 as some sort of

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:50.539
 just impersonal

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.319
 force,

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.279
 a power to

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.959
 be felt,

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.699
 maybe an experience

00:33:54.699 --> 00:33:55.579
 waiting to be

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.000
 had,

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.839
 and at worst,

00:33:56.979 --> 00:33:58.139
 he's misapplied

00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.740
 as a tactic

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.879
 to manipulate

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:01.699
 and to deceive.

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.299
 We have to be

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.299
 careful what

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:05.019
 we call

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.019
 spiritual.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.180
 spiritual.

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.400
 And so we

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.059
 should understand,

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:09.579
 church,

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.139
 for us,

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:11.619
 that the Spirit

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:13.639
 is all about

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.880
 the truth.

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.539
 You see that

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.739
 here?

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.440
 The Spirit of

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.619
 truth will

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.340
 guide you into

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.440
 all the truth.

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:21.739
 How?

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.460
 By declaring

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.300
 truth.

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.119
 What's the

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.440
 truth?

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.500
 Jesus Himself

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.940
 has said,

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.360
 I am the

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.800
 truth.

00:34:28.759 --> 00:34:29.739
 If the Spirit

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.280
 is leading

00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.199
 Christ's disciples

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.980
 further and

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.719
 deeper into

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.480
 truth,

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.360
 it cannot be

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.300
 anything beyond

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.200
 Christ Himself.

00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:38.360
 And the Spirit

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.940
 is all about

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:39.600
 bringing glory

00:34:39.600 --> 00:34:40.100
 to Christ

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:40.660
 by declaring

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.620
 who He is

00:34:41.620 --> 00:34:42.620
 and what He's

00:34:42.620 --> 00:34:42.960
 done.

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.600
 And so the way

00:34:43.600 --> 00:34:44.240
 that you and I

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:45.300
 can tell if a

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.560
 work is of

00:34:46.560 --> 00:34:47.420
 the Spirit

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:49.120
 is not primarily

00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:49.940
 how it makes

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.800
 you feel,

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:52.300
 how spectacular

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.460
 or how sensational

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:54.360
 it might appear,

00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.800
 but whether or not

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.680
 it is all about

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.200
 Christ.

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.920
 Whether or not

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:00.620
 Christ is magnified

00:35:00.620 --> 00:35:01.220
 in this work.

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.660
 Whether or not

00:35:01.660 --> 00:35:02.180
 it's all about

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.019
 the glory of

00:35:03.019 --> 00:35:04.060
 King Jesus.

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:06.060
 So here's

00:35:06.060 --> 00:35:07.300
 what this means

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:07.640
 for us

00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.300
 practically.

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.840
 Any hunger

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:11.019
 for quote

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.500
 unquote

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:12.460
 spirituality

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:14.160
 that goes

00:35:14.160 --> 00:35:15.080
 beyond the

00:35:15.080 --> 00:35:15.680
 glory of

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:16.180
 Christ

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:17.440
 is not

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.200
 truly spiritual

00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.580
 at all.

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:20.620
 Any

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:21.760
 revelation

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:23.000
 that

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.200
 distracts from

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:24.860
 the glory of

00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:25.600
 Christ or

00:35:25.600 --> 00:35:26.960
 detracts from

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.480
 the glory of

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.720
 Christ is not

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.240
 of the Spirit

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.700
 of God,

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.440
 it is of

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.019
 the enemy.

00:35:31.140 --> 00:35:31.640
 It's a lie.

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.440
 Paul tells

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.819
 us that

00:35:33.819 --> 00:35:35.199
 if I or

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:36.039
 even an angel

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:36.519
 from heaven

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.159
 should proclaim

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.519
 another gospel

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.179
 from what I've

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.799
 taught to you,

00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.819
 let him be

00:35:40.819 --> 00:35:41.480
 accursed.

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.059
 Any

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.059
 spiritual

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.219
 power that

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:46.259
 has an end

00:35:46.259 --> 00:35:46.679
 in and of

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:47.400
 itself just

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.500
 to be amazed

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.480
 by demonstrations

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.239
 of spiritual

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.159
 power or even

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.699
 at worst

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.659
 to manipulate

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.480
 you into

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.879
 giving your

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:54.400
 time,

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.039
 giving your

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.440
 money,

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.239
 so you might

00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.779
 see some more

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.339
 of that power,

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.699
 might get a

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.079
 little bit more

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.559
 of that power

00:35:59.559 --> 00:35:59.880
 in your

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.299
 life,

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.799
 it's a lie.

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.219
 It's not of

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.579
 God.

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.519
 The Holy

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.779
 Spirit wants

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.900
 to make much

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:09.079
 of Jesus.

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.659
 If you want

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.199
 to understand

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.759
 the work

00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.559
 of the Spirit,

00:36:12.299 --> 00:36:12.579
 church,

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.259
 our mission

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:13.940
 statement and

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.559
 the Spirit's

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.159
 mission statement

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.599
 is one and

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.920
 the same.

00:36:17.259 --> 00:36:18.139
 We exist to

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:19.219
 magnify the

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:20.199
 glory of God

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.900
 in the gospel

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.940
 of Jesus

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.599
 Christ.

00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:23.320
 That's what

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.840
 the Spirit

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.779
 aims to do.

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.820
 We have to

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.440
 be careful

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.880
 what we deem

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.539
 to be

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:30.740
 spiritual.

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.780
 We can

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.340
 apply this

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:34.960
 to music.

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:36.119
 I'm going

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.340
 to start

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:37.119
 meddling here

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.500
 for a minute.

00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.079
 I know music

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.660
 is emotional

00:36:39.660 --> 00:36:40.300
 by nature,

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.980
 so I'll try

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.300
 and tread

00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:42.039
 lightly here.

00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:43.780
 I like to

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:44.079
 listen to

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.800
 soundtracks,

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:46.000
 movie soundtracks.

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:47.519
 I think it's

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.200
 amazing you can

00:36:48.200 --> 00:36:48.660
 listen to the

00:36:48.660 --> 00:36:49.300
 soundtrack of

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.920
 a movie and

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.599
 be moved

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.480
 emotionally.

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.680
 You can be

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.920
 motivated,

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.700
 you can be

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:56.480
 saddened,

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:56.960
 you can be

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.440
 energized,

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.320
 you can be

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:58.660
 made to

00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:59.860
 feel tension

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:00.820
 without a

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:02.039
 single word

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:03.059
 being sung.

00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:03.700
 That's powerful.

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.920
 That's why

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.760
 they add them

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.360
 to the movie.

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.660
 I don't know

00:37:06.660 --> 00:37:07.019
 if you've ever

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.740
 watched a

00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.539
 dramatic scene

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.000
 with the TV

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.580
 on mute.

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.360
 It just

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:10.740
 doesn't hit

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.080
 the same

00:37:11.080 --> 00:37:11.300
 way,

00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:11.640
 does it?

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.300
 The music,

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.120
 it moves

00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:15.280
 you emotionally.

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.800
 Now here's

00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:16.180
 where it gets

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.600
 dangerous.

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.600
 You can

00:37:18.600 --> 00:37:19.940
 very easily,

00:37:20.740 --> 00:37:22.019
 very easily

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:23.780
 put words

00:37:23.780 --> 00:37:24.260
 that are

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.200
 not true

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:26.899
 or not

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.259
 really

00:37:27.259 --> 00:37:27.699
 substantial

00:37:27.699 --> 00:37:28.579
 words that

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.239
 don't really

00:37:29.239 --> 00:37:29.779
 say anything

00:37:29.779 --> 00:37:30.319
 at all.

00:37:30.899 --> 00:37:31.599
 Put them

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:32.099
 to a

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:33.000
 moving tune

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.460
 and sing

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.899
 them in a

00:37:33.899 --> 00:37:34.439
 moving way

00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:35.219
 and you

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.439
 have a

00:37:35.439 --> 00:37:35.799
 hit worship

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.460
 song all

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:36.859
 of a sudden.

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.539
 And it

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.399
 feels so

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:40.319
 spiritual to

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.779
 sing it and

00:37:40.779 --> 00:37:41.359
 you think it's

00:37:41.359 --> 00:37:41.899
 spiritual to

00:37:41.899 --> 00:37:42.339
 sing it because

00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:43.199
 it moves you

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.019
 emotionally.

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.599
 But I want to

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.539
 be as clear as

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.299
 I possibly

00:37:46.299 --> 00:37:47.019
 can,

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.419
 church.

00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:48.579
 Emotional

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.419
 does not

00:37:49.419 --> 00:37:49.759
 equal

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:50.239
 spiritual.

00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:52.559
 Can I say

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.000
 that again?

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:55.280
 Emotional

00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.300
 does not

00:37:56.300 --> 00:37:57.059
 equal

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.139
 spiritual.

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.260
 Christ

00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:00.179
 centered

00:38:00.179 --> 00:38:01.059
 truth

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.519
 is

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.099
 spiritual.

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:04.000
 Truth

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.719
 and emotion

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.400
 ought to

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.219
 go together.

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.880
 They should

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.780
 go together.

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.840
 But truth

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:09.440
 has to

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.880
 lead the

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.219
 way.

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:11.679
 Emotions

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:12.260
 are a

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.679
 terrible

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.059
 leader.

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.079
 We have

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.800
 to be

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.440
 led by

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.059
 the truth

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.340
 and our

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:17.840
 emotions

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.659
 ought to

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:19.099
 follow.

00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:20.900
 We can

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:21.380
 apply it

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.659
 to sermons.

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.059
 I'll pick

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.539
 on myself

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.960
 here for

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.199
 a minute.

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.940
 Preaching.

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:27.920
 Did you

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.279
 all know I

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:29.019
 studied rhetoric

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.679
 in college?

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.539
 I got a

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.420
 degree in

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.960
 rhetoric.

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.679
 That's my

00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.460
 bachelor's

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.879
 degree,

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.940
 which was

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.399
 actually very

00:38:36.399 --> 00:38:36.739
 helpful.

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.699
 I enjoyed it.

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:38.019
 It taught me

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:39.019
 skills in public

00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.859
 speaking and

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:41.039
 speaking persuasively

00:38:41.039 --> 00:38:41.920
 and communicating

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.039
 effectively.

00:38:43.219 --> 00:38:43.500
 But you know

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:43.960
 what I also

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.319
 learned?

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.359
 There is a

00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:47.339
 way to

00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:48.899
 speak powerfully

00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:50.480
 and persuasively

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.380
 where you

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.019
 don't really

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.900
 say anything

00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.400
 at all.

00:38:58.920 --> 00:38:59.559
 Politicians

00:38:59.559 --> 00:38:59.840
 are the

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.159
 kings of

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:00.480
 this.

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.519
 But sadly,

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.780
 so are a

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.039
 lot of

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.400
 pastors.

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.619
 We

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:08.960
 shouldn't

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:09.619
 call a

00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:09.960
 sermon

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:11.059
 powerful or

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:12.199
 spiritual just

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:13.599
 because it

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.059
 left us

00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:15.119
 feeling a

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:15.719
 certain way.

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:17.639
 we have to

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:20.159
 listen carefully,

00:39:20.980 --> 00:39:21.639
 intently,

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.480
 with our

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.099
 Bibles open,

00:39:24.359 --> 00:39:25.679
 with discernment

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.819
 to see whether

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:28.359
 or not Christ

00:39:28.359 --> 00:39:29.059
 has been

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.759
 proclaimed.

00:39:30.899 --> 00:39:31.480
 Whether or

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.500
 not Christ

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.059
 has been

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.779
 preached.

00:39:33.919 --> 00:39:34.480
 Has the

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.299
 gospel been

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:36.379
 preached this

00:39:36.379 --> 00:39:36.719
 morning?

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.359
 A spiritual

00:39:38.359 --> 00:39:39.480
 sermon is all

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.980
 about the

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:40.539
 glory of

00:39:40.539 --> 00:39:41.059
 Jesus,

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:41.659
 whether it's

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:42.500
 from Genesis

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:43.399
 or Revelation

00:39:43.399 --> 00:39:43.939
 or anywhere

00:39:43.939 --> 00:39:44.599
 in between.

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.239
 And the

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:46.099
 goal of a

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:47.099
 preacher is

00:39:47.099 --> 00:39:47.959
 to join

00:39:47.959 --> 00:39:48.519
 the work

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.819
 of the

00:39:48.819 --> 00:39:49.519
 Holy Spirit

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:49.979
 in saying,

00:39:50.419 --> 00:39:50.759
 look at

00:39:50.759 --> 00:39:51.299
 Jesus.

00:39:51.979 --> 00:39:52.799
 Look at

00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.619
 Jesus.

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.799
 Cling to

00:39:54.799 --> 00:39:55.459
 Jesus.

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.179
 Trust in

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.959
 Jesus.

00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:58.319
 He is the

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:59.099
 glorious one

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:00.000
 who demands

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.799
 our praise.

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.559
 Last one.

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.819
 We can apply

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.500
 this to our

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.619
 growth as

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:08.099
 believers.

00:40:08.279 --> 00:40:08.659
 How do you

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.199
 grow as a

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.539
 Christian?

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.699
 How do you

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:13.079
 grow as a

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.399
 believer?

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:16.160
 one of the

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.980
 primary ways

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.900
 you can see

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.340
 if the

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:19.079
 Spirit is

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.619
 at work

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:20.200
 in your

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.800
 heart

00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:21.800
 is that

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:23.059
 you begin

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:23.740
 to see

00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.460
 the person

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.220
 and work

00:40:25.220 --> 00:40:26.240
 of Christ

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:27.220
 as more

00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:28.240
 and more

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.320
 and more

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.119
 precious

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:31.180
 to you.

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.619
 More

00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:33.360
 and more

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.019
 and more

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:35.220
 glorious.

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.980
 How do we

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:36.960
 do that?

00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:39.400
 If you want

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.220
 to put yourself

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:41.420
 in the presence

00:40:41.420 --> 00:40:41.920
 of the

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.260
 Spirit

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.920
 of God,

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.539
 the best

00:40:44.539 --> 00:40:45.119
 place for you

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.659
 to be is

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:46.480
 wherever there

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.039
 is God

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.740
 exalting,

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.300
 Christ

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:49.159
 glorifying

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:50.000
 truth.

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.360
 Jonathan

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.820
 Edwards

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:54.039
 called this

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.980
 laying

00:40:54.980 --> 00:40:55.659
 yourself

00:40:55.659 --> 00:40:56.200
 in the

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.599
 way

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.019
 of

00:40:57.019 --> 00:40:57.860
 allurement.

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:00.019
 The world

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:02.940
 will offer you

00:41:02.940 --> 00:41:03.400
 its own

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:04.380
 form of

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.900
 truth.

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.200
 Will it

00:41:05.200 --> 00:41:05.460
 not?

00:41:06.700 --> 00:41:06.920
 The

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:08.400
 world will

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.920
 offer you

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.420
 its own

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.720
 form of

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.720
 righteousness

00:41:11.720 --> 00:41:12.539
 and you

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:12.900
 can have

00:41:12.900 --> 00:41:13.079
 it.

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.320
 Or you

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.920
 can have

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.960
 Christ.

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:18.980
 Lay

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.619
 yourself

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.079
 in the

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.579
 way

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.180
 of

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:22.019
 allurement.

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.300
 Put

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.720
 yourself

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.180
 daily

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:23.599
 in the

00:41:23.599 --> 00:41:23.840
 word

00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:24.019
 of

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.340
 God

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:24.539
 with

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:24.659
 the

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:24.900
 aim

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.079
 of

00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:25.740
 seeing

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:26.360
 Christ

00:41:26.360 --> 00:41:26.700
 more

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.240
 clearly.

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:27.500
 Put

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:27.920
 yourself

00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:28.539
 under

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:28.800
 the

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.139
 preaching

00:41:29.139 --> 00:41:29.380
 of

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.519
 the

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:29.760
 word

00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:29.940
 of

00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.260
 God.

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.599
 Preaching

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:30.760
 that

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:30.940
 makes

00:41:30.940 --> 00:41:31.460
 much

00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:31.680
 of

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:31.840
 the

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.300
 glory

00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.519
 of

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.780
 God

00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:32.920
 in

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.019
 the

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.340
 gospel

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.539
 of

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:33.960
 Christ.

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.500
 And

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:34.680
 not

00:41:34.680 --> 00:41:34.940
 to be

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.360
 entertained

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.820
 but

00:41:35.820 --> 00:41:36.240
 to be

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:37.220
 enthralled

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:37.420
 with

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:37.539
 the

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:37.740
 word

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:37.880
 of

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.240
 God.

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.760
 Put

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.119
 yourself

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.420
 in a

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:40.860
 community

00:41:40.860 --> 00:41:41.159
 of

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.599
 believers

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:41.860
 who

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.059
 are

00:41:42.059 --> 00:41:42.900
 committed

00:41:42.900 --> 00:41:44.019
 imperfectly

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.579
 yes but

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.480
 genuinely

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:46.220
 committed

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:47.000
 to growing

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:48.180
 and understanding

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:49.340
 and obeying

00:41:49.340 --> 00:41:50.039
 and applying

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:50.579
 the truth

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.900
 to their

00:41:50.900 --> 00:41:51.200
 life.

00:41:51.300 --> 00:41:51.440
 You know

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.659
 that's

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:51.860
 what I

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.019
 love

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.220
 about

00:41:52.220 --> 00:41:52.420
 this

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:52.659
 church

00:41:52.659 --> 00:41:52.900
 so

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.180
 much.

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.099
 We

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.280
 are

00:41:55.280 --> 00:41:55.800
 small

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:56.139
 in

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.500
 number

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.700
 but

00:41:56.700 --> 00:41:56.860
 I

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.280
 believe

00:41:57.280 --> 00:41:57.780
 that

00:41:57.780 --> 00:41:57.980
 the

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.360
 spirit

00:41:58.360 --> 00:41:58.900
 of

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.280
 God

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.680
 is

00:41:59.680 --> 00:42:00.460
 powerfully

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:00.639
 at

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:00.840
 work

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.039
 right

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.240
 here

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.480
 among

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:01.840
 us.

00:42:02.200 --> 00:42:02.420
 Don't

00:42:02.420 --> 00:42:02.559
 you?

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:05.860
 So

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:06.079
 church

00:42:06.079 --> 00:42:06.400
 as we

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:06.680
 go

00:42:06.680 --> 00:42:06.940
 from

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.099
 this

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:07.480
 place

00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:09.000
 this week

00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.500
 fill

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.460
 your heart

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:10.860
 and your

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:11.280
 mind

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:11.639
 with the

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.119
 glory

00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.440
 of

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:12.960
 Christ

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.400
 in the

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.840
 gospel

00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:15.400
 and you

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:15.880
 will see

00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:16.400
 the spirit

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.820
 work

00:42:16.820 --> 00:42:17.480
 in power.

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.199
 Let's pray.

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.219
 Let's pray.

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:23.219
 Lord

00:42:23.219 --> 00:42:23.399
 we

00:42:23.399 --> 00:42:23.919
 thank you

00:42:23.919 --> 00:42:26.339
 for the

00:42:26.339 --> 00:42:26.699
 promised

00:42:26.699 --> 00:42:27.019
 Holy

00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:27.519
 Spirit.

00:42:29.279 --> 00:42:29.739
 We

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:30.000
 thank you

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.359
 for sending

00:42:30.359 --> 00:42:30.879
 the spirit

00:42:30.879 --> 00:42:31.359
 of truth

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:32.480
 to convict

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.079
 us

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.539
 of our

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.899
 sin

00:42:33.899 --> 00:42:34.419
 to convict

00:42:34.419 --> 00:42:34.699
 us

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:35.819
 of false

00:42:35.819 --> 00:42:36.379
 righteousness

00:42:36.379 --> 00:42:37.059
 to convict

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.299
 us

00:42:37.299 --> 00:42:37.739
 of coming

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.139
 judgment

00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:38.539
 and to

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:39.059
 guide us

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.419
 to lead

00:42:39.419 --> 00:42:39.559
 us

00:42:39.559 --> 00:42:39.899
 into all

00:42:39.899 --> 00:42:40.339
 the truth.

00:42:40.439 --> 00:42:40.519
 We

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.939
 thank you

00:42:40.939 --> 00:42:41.619
 for Christ

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:43.439
 for his

00:42:43.439 --> 00:42:43.779
 work on

00:42:43.779 --> 00:42:44.339
 the cross

00:42:44.339 --> 00:42:45.899
 which we'll

00:42:45.899 --> 00:42:46.279
 proclaim

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:47.139
 and enjoy

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.500
 now

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.119
 through communion.

00:42:48.279 --> 00:42:48.599
 We love

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:48.739
 you.

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.639
 We pray

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:49.939
 all this

00:42:49.939 --> 00:42:50.259
 in Jesus

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.599
 name.

00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:51.919
 Amen.