WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Holy Spirit II Publishing Date: 2012-12-09T05:00:44-08:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/holy-spirit-ii/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.140 Spirit and I want to deal with this question 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:07.540 Why are we who are dead in our sin brought back to life through the spirit? 00:00:07.880 --> 00:00:14.340 Just want to start there and this will continue over the next two weeks to I think guys one of the reasons 00:00:15.280 --> 00:00:20.360 You and I are brought back to life and please understand that you've been brought back to life 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:26.480 if if God hadn't done that we'd be dying in our sin and we'd be 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:34.800 Dead for the rest of eternity in terms of our separation from God what has happened is colossal 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:40.480 We don't realize how colossal it is that you and I have been brought back to life from the dead 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:43.160 You thought Lazarus was a miracle 00:00:44.480 --> 00:00:50.860 That is sheer power at work here power at work and great sacrifice where Jacob has been brought back from the dead 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:53.780 And why have I been brought back from the dead? 00:00:53.820 --> 00:01:00.180 One of the reasons I've been brought back from the dead but by the spirit and please understand that 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:06.380 Very clearly the Bible says it is the spirit of God who raised Christ from the dead 00:01:06.940 --> 00:01:12.380 Let me say that again Romans chapter 8. It is the spirit of God who raised Christ from the dead 00:01:12.420 --> 00:01:15.460 It is the spirit of God who has raised the way from the dead 00:01:15.460 --> 00:01:20.740 It is the spirit of God that has raised Marcus from the dead. It is the spirit of God that has raised me from the dead 00:01:21.340 --> 00:01:24.260 He has raised us from the dead the whole idea of baptism 00:01:24.500 --> 00:01:28.380 When you come out of the water raised from the dead by the spirit of God 00:01:28.860 --> 00:01:31.260 And why does the spirit of God raises from the dead? 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:40.700 Yes, and the reason he does that is because he wants us to live the life of heaven here on earth a 00:01:41.900 --> 00:01:43.980 People not just individuals. Yes 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:47.560 He is life as Wayne is saying we are brought back to life by the spirit 00:01:47.720 --> 00:01:54.920 So that we may live the life of heaven on earth so that we may live the life of heaven on earth 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:58.100 Live the life of heaven on earth 00:02:01.240 --> 00:02:03.240 Now 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:11.120 By that I don't mean prosperity and happy happy that's not what I mean by that 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.460 But please understand that Eden was a place where man was 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:22.600 Supposed to have lived a certain way and God is restoring Eden and we'll talk about that some more later 00:02:22.600 --> 00:02:27.000 But the point is this guys like Philippi remember Philippi was in Greece 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:31.360 we heard this some time ago Philippi was in Greece Philippi was a city in Greece and 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:34.080 because they took 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.800 Brutus and whoever else messed around with Caesar and 00:02:40.160 --> 00:02:45.320 Released them back to the Romans when they hid in Philippi the Romans conferred on Philippi 00:02:46.320 --> 00:02:51.840 Roman citizenship and so Philippi was a city in Greece that had 00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:55.540 Roman citizenship and was a Roman colony 00:02:56.440 --> 00:02:58.800 This is why Paul keeps talking about 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:04.420 Citizenship of heaven in the book of Philippians because he knew the Philippians would get it it keeps 00:03:05.220 --> 00:03:11.780 Reminding them hey your citizens of another kingdom your citizens of heaven and the Philippians would have immediately got it because they were the only 00:03:11.780 --> 00:03:13.780 city in Greece 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:16.980 That had Roman citizenship and were a Roman colony 00:03:17.580 --> 00:03:21.660 so in the middle of Greece was a Roman colony with Roman citizens and 00:03:23.260 --> 00:03:26.420 It is the same with us and the sooner we begin to 00:03:26.860 --> 00:03:30.820 Marry let that marinate in us as soon as we again walk in awareness 00:03:31.140 --> 00:03:38.580 That one of the reasons the Spirit of God has raised a people is so that they can become a colony of heaven here on earth a 00:03:39.820 --> 00:03:42.140 colony of heaven here on earth a 00:03:43.220 --> 00:03:45.220 colony of heaven here on earth 00:03:45.780 --> 00:03:47.940 citizens of a kingdom here on earth 00:03:49.420 --> 00:03:53.820 Who have a different nature who have a different way of responding to things and 00:03:54.380 --> 00:03:59.620 who have who display a hope that is ridiculous in a world that is dark a 00:04:00.300 --> 00:04:02.300 I'm not preaching I'm teaching 00:04:02.940 --> 00:04:04.940 Though it sounds preaching 00:04:05.780 --> 00:04:09.620 The whole idea of the colony of heaven here on earth is so that a people 00:04:10.260 --> 00:04:13.860 Can display a nature that is different from the kingdoms of the world? 00:04:15.020 --> 00:04:17.020 Where there is no shaming other? 00:04:18.580 --> 00:04:20.580 Motorists 00:04:21.740 --> 00:04:29.040 Where our response to situations is different because we hail from a different kingdom 00:04:29.820 --> 00:04:30.940 and 00:04:30.940 --> 00:04:36.820 Where our hope in this small circumstances is different unlike the world 00:04:38.740 --> 00:04:45.260 And so this local body is a small part of that colony of heaven here on earth and 00:04:46.300 --> 00:04:51.180 Remember we said this last week and this is very important the ultimate goal of 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:58.340 Salvation is to create a people for the name of God and for him to dwell in let me say that again 00:04:58.420 --> 00:05:00.980 The ultimate intent of salvation is 00:05:01.820 --> 00:05:07.180 To create a people of God who carry his name and in whom they can he can dwell 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:11.900 That is the ultimate intent of salvation the ultimate intent of salvation is not to go to heaven 00:05:12.700 --> 00:05:15.100 the ultimate intent of salvation is to form a 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:20.580 people who are called by his name and in whom he 00:05:21.140 --> 00:05:23.920 Dwells you get saved individually 00:05:24.740 --> 00:05:27.540 but the intent of salvation is to become a 00:05:28.540 --> 00:05:29.900 body 00:05:29.900 --> 00:05:33.340 First Corinthians 12 13 we are baptized into a body 00:05:33.340 --> 00:05:38.740 This is why sometimes we have to question is it possible for you to continue being a Christian? 00:05:38.900 --> 00:05:43.780 Sitting in front of a TV and watching a church service for the next 10 years 00:05:45.300 --> 00:05:50.600 Is it even possible to exist unless there is a reason why you're shut in or 00:05:51.460 --> 00:05:56.700 When you're not able to move around is it even possible? I'm not saying it is not possible 00:05:57.220 --> 00:06:02.900 Posing the question is it even possible for a Christian to exist as an individual? 00:06:03.500 --> 00:06:05.820 Christian for the next five ten years 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:09.620 Biblically it's not sound 00:06:10.020 --> 00:06:15.160 But there may be reasons okay, so I'm not saying a Christian does not attend church is not a Christian 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.160 I'm saying the question needs to be asked though 00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:19.160 So 00:06:23.280 --> 00:06:28.880 As we said last time and I just repeated it God is not simply saving individuals and preparing them for heaven 00:06:28.880 --> 00:06:34.120 The goal of salvation is creating a people for his name among whom he can dwell 00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:40.240 Creating a people for his name among whom he can dwell and Acts 29 has got the hang of it 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:44.480 I was telling Eric two days ago that somehow this body has gotten the hang of the body 00:06:44.520 --> 00:06:47.000 It's very hard to get the hang of it, but you have 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:53.800 Very little infighting here, and that's not because we are small numbers you can have infighting in four people 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:02.200 Not very little almost no infighting here, I hardly hear of any infighting in this house 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:11.720 Sorry other than coming out of the house 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.080 Sorry other than Kamala me yeah 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:23.360 Guys God's desire, I just listened to his desire his desire is that in our life together 00:07:24.400 --> 00:07:27.440 We will reproduce his life and character 00:07:27.960 --> 00:07:33.460 His desire is that in our life together, and this is the desire for your small family unit to 00:07:33.840 --> 00:07:36.920 His desire is that in your small family unit at home? 00:07:37.760 --> 00:07:45.100 You will live life together and you will let him reproduce his character even though you're very diverse 00:07:46.640 --> 00:07:48.640 Even though you're very diverse I mean 00:07:48.680 --> 00:07:53.240 Take the duac family or take the cable family or take the store boards 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.160 Each of them is so different from the other 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:56.760 I mean 00:07:56.760 --> 00:08:04.440 Ranita and Maurice and the two boys are so different from each other and yet the intent is that in that family unit life 00:08:04.440 --> 00:08:08.120 Happens together not as individuals life happens together 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:15.400 Diversity in unity whereby the character of God may be reproduced that is God's desire for us 00:08:15.400 --> 00:08:17.400 So for us also as acts 29 00:08:18.120 --> 00:08:20.480 And we talked about this in the last Bible study 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:26.200 But my giftings and graces and talents are completely different from Wayne's 00:08:26.200 --> 00:08:30.500 I mean, I don't even like some of Wayne's talents and graces 00:08:31.020 --> 00:08:37.620 He he likes digging trenches to make people come together or building fences which have 00:08:40.020 --> 00:08:41.260 Absolutely no interest for me 00:08:41.260 --> 00:08:46.660 But that doesn't mean that because his talent of grace or gifting is different from mine that I do not allow it one of 00:08:46.660 --> 00:08:51.640 The things that a pastor has to be careful of is on one hand the house is built around some of the graces 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:56.820 Present in his life on the other hand his grace and giftings can become the 00:08:57.180 --> 00:09:03.300 Plum line by which the rest of the church has to operate and that is dangerous because now your diverse gifts are no longer 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:05.940 given room 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:11.220 Yeah, because Jacob does not like this. I mean let's take for instance 00:09:12.780 --> 00:09:16.140 James is rapper Jade that's his 00:09:16.860 --> 00:09:22.100 Name for most of the week because he does a lot of rap all around the place. I dislike crap. So 00:09:23.100 --> 00:09:30.860 If he begins to rap and because I don't like rap I can shut him down because that's not my cup of tea yet God 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:33.940 desperately wants diversity in the body 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:41.540 Because at the end of the day who gives him the skill to rap and who gives me the skill to do what I do same God 00:09:42.300 --> 00:09:46.200 Why doesn't my entire body look like an elbow same God? 00:09:47.340 --> 00:09:49.340 one body diverse parts 00:09:50.020 --> 00:09:50.980 and 00:09:51.020 --> 00:09:58.260 So the whole idea God's great desire for acts 29 maybe 26 or 260 is that guys? 00:09:58.540 --> 00:10:04.180 May you live life together and in living life together may your diversity be 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:07.780 Being on display, but may you be 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:14.140 United living life together and then allow me to reproduce my character in you 00:10:14.180 --> 00:10:19.100 So that first other churches may see it and then the city may see it 00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:25.100 Deep desire God has and this is brought about by the Spirit 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:30.340 Why has the Spirit raised us from the dead so that we may begin to live the life of heaven here on? 00:10:31.500 --> 00:10:33.500 Show them what it looks like 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:37.780 Not me not you us us us 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:47.580 This is why guys I keep going back to do not pull yourself out of the body dynamics of this church 00:10:47.580 --> 00:10:54.140 I'm not talking about absence of presence that award has been taken by the meds for years. I'm talking about more than that I 00:10:55.940 --> 00:11:00.820 Mean to see if it didn't give out awards for the same people who are winning it all the time, but I'm talking about 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:04.340 Yeah 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:09.620 Guys here's another thing that I'm I was really blessed by as I was 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:15.460 Preparing these notes one of the other reasons that we have been brought back to life 00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:17.860 Or we have been redeemed 00:11:18.380 --> 00:11:23.880 By the Spirit of God is so that listen to this song or see it too 00:11:25.020 --> 00:11:27.020 So that we can live 00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:30.180 the life of 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:33.620 the future 00:11:34.660 --> 00:11:36.380 in 00:11:36.380 --> 00:11:37.820 the 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:39.340 present 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:43.820 So that we can live the life of the future in the present. I'll explain that 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:50.100 So that we can live the life of the future in the present 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:55.580 See 00:11:55.580 --> 00:11:59.940 Jesus said the kingdom is already come and yet we know it has not fully 00:12:00.660 --> 00:12:03.380 Come so we're living in the present yet 00:12:03.380 --> 00:12:09.340 We are citizens of the kingdom from the future that has already come please question me if you do not understand this 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:12.340 Jesus said 00:12:12.460 --> 00:12:17.240 Now that I have come and now that I live in you the kingdom of God is in you 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:23.980 Meaning in this body right now sitting under this roof. There is a different kingdom operating a 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:27.820 different rule and reign operating let's assume that 00:12:29.140 --> 00:12:30.660 What's his name? 00:12:30.660 --> 00:12:32.660 Mitch Romney had won the election 00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:37.160 Which means as on December 12th would be the handover 00:12:38.340 --> 00:12:40.340 Had he won the election? 00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:44.640 So we would now be saying if you were part of the White House 00:12:45.180 --> 00:12:48.500 Some of you would be packing up stuff if you were in the Obama 00:12:49.160 --> 00:12:54.640 administration and you would be packing up stuff to move while Mitch Romney's people will be packing in stuff to 00:12:54.940 --> 00:13:01.040 Bring in because a new rule or a new reign of a new president was coming in 00:13:01.040 --> 00:13:04.940 Some of the rooms would have already been emptied and Mitch Romney stuff would have been there 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:05.980 Saw the 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:12.460 Administrational duties would have already begun changing and some would have left why because a new kingdom was coming 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:20.020 But has it been completed? No, that will be completed on December 12th, but would it have already started? 00:13:20.020 --> 00:13:25.800 Yes, things would be changing. Everything would be changing. It's a similar situation that has happened 00:13:26.260 --> 00:13:33.580 Christ said my kingdom has already come and this is true the moment he arrived and he died and rose again a new kingdom 00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:39.740 was inaugurated in Acts chapter 2 the power behind that kingdom came upon the earth the Spirit of God and 00:13:40.620 --> 00:13:47.340 Since then we've been living in the present, but we are already planning for December 12th when the kingdom will be 00:13:48.180 --> 00:13:49.900 consummated 00:13:49.900 --> 00:13:56.220 So in the present yes, there are realities that we struggle with but understand that one of the reasons the Spirit of God has raised 00:13:56.220 --> 00:14:02.380 Us up is to live the life of the future or the kingdom that is to come already in the present for example 00:14:02.580 --> 00:14:09.060 You may have been hurt terribly by somebody and you're finding it hard to forgive that is a reality of the present 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:15.380 You may be unwell in your body today. That is a reality of the present because we live in a fallen world 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:20.940 You may be someone who let me give you another example who 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:24.780 Are a person facing despair or you? 00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:28.820 Things are happening in your life things haven't changed and there is despair in your life 00:14:28.900 --> 00:14:32.500 That is a reality of the present but now look at what you're going to do 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:35.540 You're going to live the life of the future in the present 00:14:35.660 --> 00:14:40.660 So here's how we live the life of the future in the present you have hurt me you have offended me 00:14:40.660 --> 00:14:46.180 I'm finding it hard to forgive you, but because I belong to a different kingdom and a different king 00:14:46.580 --> 00:14:48.220 who's very 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:50.220 essence of forgiveness I 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:58.740 Now stand in the present hurt offended deeply grieved and I exert a value of the kingdom that is to come and I say 00:14:58.740 --> 00:15:03.900 Forgive you and the rest of the world watches and says he comes from a different kingdom 00:15:05.580 --> 00:15:11.400 I'm he I'm sick in my body and I know that sickness in this 00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:17.220 Kingdom has different ways to be solved, but I live by a 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:21.460 Future kingdom where I know that healing is perfect 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:26.060 And I also know that allowance has been made for healing now in the present 00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:29.140 Through the world of God and through the stripes laid on Christ back 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:34.060 So I begin to live by a principle by the word by the power by the 00:15:34.420 --> 00:15:40.140 Perfection of the future by bringing it into the present so that my body can be healed in the present and the world 00:15:40.140 --> 00:15:45.540 Looks at me the churches look at me the city looks at me and says aha something strange here. It's a different kingdom 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:52.340 I'm in despair because I have been struggling through a situation for years and nothing has changed 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:59.580 It should break me to it should be like a snuffed out wick or a broken read and 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:03.020 Yet every time there's a downturn 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:08.740 There is something that begins to bring up hope in me because of the spirit of life in me the power-giving 00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:12.120 Spirit and instead of despair and depression and this smell 00:16:12.700 --> 00:16:15.460 Crumbling I keep rising up. I keep rising up 00:16:15.460 --> 00:16:22.300 Why because the spirit of life in me begins to give me life and I live by the life of the future in the present 00:16:22.380 --> 00:16:26.820 And the city watches and the church is watching they say different kingdom he belongs to 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:32.980 Please think like this begin to live like this 00:16:33.660 --> 00:16:39.300 Because this is the reason you were saved so that God could form here on earth a people of God 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:45.020 Who are called by his name meaning have his authority and character and in whom he dwells? 00:16:45.020 --> 00:16:51.380 So that he can show the community of believers outside and the city that here stands a man who operates 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:54.540 by the drums or by the 00:16:55.260 --> 00:16:58.100 They follow the beat of a different drama 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:05.700 Guys if you receive the spirit at conversion 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:10.300 And I deliberately call it conversion because water turned into wine when you received Christ 00:17:10.780 --> 00:17:14.540 if you received the spirit of God at conversion then 00:17:15.300 --> 00:17:17.300 in your spirit 00:17:18.060 --> 00:17:25.700 Divine perfection came in but in the rest of your life I suggest you divine infection came in you were divinely 00:17:26.060 --> 00:17:27.420 infected in 00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:33.100 Your spirit you became divinely perfect, but in the rest of you you have been divinely infected 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:41.300 You've been divinely infected divine perfection set in your spirit, but divine infection affected the rest of your life so 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:46.460 Think like this and as I ask this question see how your responses have you been 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:53.020 Invaded by the living God himself have you been invaded by the living God? 00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:59.460 The true answer is yes, but usually we walk around like we don't know it 00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:04.460 But have you been invaded by the living God just think of that guys 00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:11.380 The God of the universe has taken up a dwelling in a people have you been invaded by the living God have you been? 00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:16.540 Infected by the living God have you been made perfect in your spirit by the living God yet 00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:23.260 Have you been invaded by the living God the powerful life-gain spirit has he invaded my life? 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:27.060 Yes, do I know it do I walk in its awareness usually know? 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:33.580 God invading this piece of earth 00:18:41.620 --> 00:18:43.620 Have you been invaded in the living God 00:18:44.020 --> 00:18:50.180 By the person of his spirit and what is his desire his desire is to infect you 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:54.500 Thoroughly with God's likeness. What is the intent of invasion? 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:58.700 What is the intent of invasion? Why did why did? 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:01.860 empires invade another Empire 00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:08.820 One of the things that Rome used to do well one of the things that is still done quite well 00:19:09.300 --> 00:19:13.020 One of the things that is still done quite well in different parts of the world is 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:19.700 They invade or infect a place with their own kind so that that nation becomes like them. I 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:23.000 Go to a place in Indonesia called Monado 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:25.900 Monado has a large 00:19:26.580 --> 00:19:28.580 population of Christians a 00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:30.660 large population of Christians 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:36.340 Isn't it wonderful when people have to look for seats to sit and it feels like ah, this is a church 00:19:36.340 --> 00:19:40.220 That's running out of space. We should go to a smaller space than this. It'll make us feel better 00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:47.500 Sorry, we need a bigger place why oh it's overflowing 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:50.760 There are people sitting in the overflow room right now 00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:55.460 We need to set up a mic or so speaker so that others can hear too. Yeah 00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:59.620 So 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:03.380 Yeah in Monado, it's a very Christian part of Indonesia 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:07.560 Which is the largest Muslim country in the world and so here's what is being done now 00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:11.180 Muslim families are being given 00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:13.540 perks money and 00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:20.580 Incentive to go and settle in Monado. Why so that Monado can be infected with Islam? 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:24.500 It's it's very sensible 00:20:25.540 --> 00:20:32.940 So in the same manner understand that the reason God has invaded me or you and us 00:20:33.540 --> 00:20:37.380 Is so that we may be infected with his character 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:43.620 With his nature with his response to things with his likeness at the end of the day 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:46.800 That's the intent to be made into his likeness 00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:51.100 Any questions before we move on 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:59.660 If you have questions write them down we can deal with them at the end 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:09.580 So rise up church rise up and embrace the fact that you have been invaded by 00:21:10.380 --> 00:21:15.020 the life-giving spirit the the the God of the universe rise up and 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:17.380 Understand that you are infected 00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:23.920 You're divinely infected that you have been infected by God so that you may show the likeness of him rise up rise up 00:21:23.920 --> 00:21:29.480 Maybe you rise up in our little things in our driving over the bridge in our stopping at a signal in our treatment of our spouse 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:34.100 In our attitude towards our children in in our work in everything rise up 00:21:35.320 --> 00:21:38.440 Because for this reason we have been saved 00:21:39.360 --> 00:21:43.480 Ha what a relief to move salvation away from individual 00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:50.280 Salvation and to make it a thing where we understand that the reason we are saved is to become a people of God who are called 00:21:50.280 --> 00:21:52.280 By his name and in whom he dwells 00:21:54.040 --> 00:21:57.680 What a relief the ultimate intent of God 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:02.080 This is why the body is so important 00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:05.660 This is why I have to be concerned about you and you have to be concerned about me 00:22:05.760 --> 00:22:09.880 This is why sin is no longer your business and sin is no longer my business 00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:15.080 But has to be occasionally confronted with gentleness so that we may escape the snare of the devil 00:22:15.760 --> 00:22:21.280 This is why we have different gifts, which I hope we will practice during and after worship today 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:26.040 So that in the practicing of different gifts, we may edify and build up each other 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:37.240 So that a people of God called by his name in whom his character responds hope and nature and likeness is displayed 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:39.240 will become evident to other churches and 00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:41.560 to 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:43.120 the city 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:45.440 Let's not even go to the world. Let's start with the city 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:55.020 Okay, let's move on to the next bit righteous life and the power to live it we said last time 00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:58.360 We said last time that the spirit of God 00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:01.480 is 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:06.640 Deeply involved in salvation the spirit of God is deeply involved in salvation 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:12.360 Remember John 3 15. I think unless you be born of the water and of the 00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:15.080 Spirit you cannot be born again 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:17.880 He's deeply involved in salvation 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:21.080 And 00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:24.080 I want to just touch on this 00:23:24.560 --> 00:23:27.640 Because every time we talk about this this question comes up 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:34.040 Salvation by the way is both getting into the kingdom and then staying in the kingdom. It's getting 00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:38.760 Into the kingdom and staying in the kingdom because often the question is asked 00:23:38.760 --> 00:23:43.520 So what's this person saved or what this person not saved can salvation be lost or salvation cannot be lost 00:23:43.520 --> 00:23:49.320 Let's just state it this way for future reference of Acts 29 that salvation includes getting it 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:52.280 Salvation includes getting in and staying in 00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:56.520 Salvation includes getting in and staying in 00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:04.760 And remember we talked about what it means to get saved to get saved first you have to do you remember guys 00:24:04.760 --> 00:24:06.760 To get saved you have to first 00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:11.360 Here after hearing you have to exert faith 00:24:11.520 --> 00:24:16.160 Here after hearing you have to exert faith 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:25.000 Yeah, first we have to hear one cannot be saved unless once one hears after here you exert faith 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.880 after faith you 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:34.720 Are converted after conversion the spirit of God who is involved in every stage of this process begins to give you life 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:39.200 And what is your human response to the whole idea of being saved? 00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:46.840 You choose to display by baptism you declare that okay. I have heard I have now exerted faith 00:24:46.840 --> 00:24:52.180 I have changed and have been converted. I have one master 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:55.460 I know his spirit now dwells in me and gives me life 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:59.440 But having known all this my human responses to now 00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:06.640 Get baptized and show that aha here. I'm making a public declaration of my private belief and in the 00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:14.360 In Christendom all this time. It's only recently that we've had problems with this baptism was always seen as a part and parcel of 00:25:15.320 --> 00:25:19.560 Salvation it's not that one has to be baptized to be saved, but it's a natural 00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:28.480 Display of what has happened guys so here are two things we need to do we need to understand to get saved 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:35.400 Is to be 00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:39.280 Joined 00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:41.480 By the spirit 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:50.480 To the people or the body people of God or the body 00:25:54.280 --> 00:26:00.380 Because remember we keep saying this the ultimate intent of salvation is to form a people of God 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:03.460 Who are called by his name in whom he dwells? 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:06.200 So to get saved is 00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:11.040 To be joined by the spirit to the people of God 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:17.080 To get saved is to be joined to the people of God by the spirit to be saved 00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:23.620 To be saved 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:30.740 Means to live the life 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:38.720 Of a 00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:43.000 Saved person by the spirit to be saved 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:50.680 Is to live the life of a served person saved person by the spirit so do to get saved is to join 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:57.840 To get saved is to join the people of God of people of God by the spirit 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.880 To 00:27:01.760 --> 00:27:06.200 Be saved is to means to live the life of a saved person by the spirit 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:09.480 So it's not enough to get saved you now that you are saved you have to 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:16.480 Leave the life of a person who is saved by the spirit see guys one of the things we need to understand that in the in 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:18.480 the Bible there is 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.240 Absolutely no concept of optional righteousness 00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:27.560 The Bible never talks about righteousness is optional once you get saved 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:30.480 Never never talks about that 00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:38.920 It's understood that one who is saved now begins to live like one who is saved in the Bible 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:41.520 There's no concept of oh, I'm a justified sinner 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:52.400 It is we who have created this justified sinner in the Bible there is only one who is justified there is no justified sinner 00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:57.400 There is no such thing as salvation in Christ that does not include practical righteousness 00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:03.400 There is no such thing as salvation in Christ that does not include practical righteousness 00:28:04.040 --> 00:28:09.880 And what do I mean by practical righteousness practical righteousness is when you come into alignment with the ways of God 00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:12.600 the excellent 00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:15.600 virtues of God the moral nature of God 00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:18.160 This is practical righteousness 00:28:18.520 --> 00:28:20.520 The moral nature of God 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:24.920 This is practical righteousness. I'm made righteous and perfect in my spirit forever 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:32.120 I'm as holy as Christ in my spirit, but there is this whole element of practical righteousness where I'm I are my ways aligned 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:35.080 with the ways of God with the 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:38.320 moral virtues of God with the excellent 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:47.640 Character of God am I continuously increasingly being aligned with that because for a Christian it is vital that there be an increase of this 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:50.160 and 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.960 Any questions on that before we move on 00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:05.400 Why is righteousness important let's ask it this way what's the purpose of righteousness what's the purpose of practical righteousness 00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:11.080 To be like him the purpose of practical righteousness 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:18.680 What is the purpose the purpose is I've got to display his cupboard or his glory or his excellence or his splendor or 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.920 his moral nature or his 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.760 character the 00:29:22.760 --> 00:29:27.160 Cabo glory is all those words put together the way splendor character nature power 00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:32.620 Brilliance magnificence of God all combined into this one word called the glory of God 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:39.800 What is the purpose of righteousness the purpose of Jacob's practical righteousness is so that you may see so that my family may see 00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:46.440 So that the city may see and so that the world may see a display of the glory or the cupboard or the nature or the 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:50.360 Character and the splendor of God to a simple human vessel that is free 00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:53.000 that is weak fragile and 00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:57.600 Infirm 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.720 That is the purpose 00:30:01.240 --> 00:30:07.440 Why is it important to talk about these things guys because some of you are drifting off and I say come back because you have the 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:12.640 Capacity to listen and to understand it is a lie if you think you can't understand this 00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:19.580 Because then Paul was writing all this stuff just for the heck of it and the spirit of God wasn't behind it 00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:25.880 I'm not telling you anything new. This is stuff that Paul wrote to the churches for years man 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:32.840 You have the capacity to understand this understanding gives us basis to stand on guys 00:30:34.520 --> 00:30:36.520 Gives us basis to stand on 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:39.640 So 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:44.080 The purpose of righteousness is to display the glory. Well, who is the pattern for our righteousness? 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:47.120 Jesus Christ because he 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:49.920 modeled 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:54.600 He modeled everything and that God was Christ himself 00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:59.280 Was the likeness or the visible image of God and now we are called to be the likeness 00:30:59.280 --> 00:31:04.800 So not only what is the purpose the purpose of display the glory who is the pattern Jesus Christ? 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:14.000 What is the principle underlying righteousness, what is the principle that underlies practical righteousness 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:17.120 first Corinthians 13 00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:23.520 The principle underlying practical righteousness is love love God would and love man would for example guys 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:31.400 Look at how easy it becomes if love becomes the essence on one hand when I like God more I will begin to 00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:34.080 act behave 00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:42.960 Be like him more I mean why has he changed in certain areas because he likes her because he likes her he has changed 00:31:43.760 --> 00:31:46.960 It's not out of fear. It's not out of making the marriage work 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:52.940 It is not a sheer liking that in some areas he has changed and as he likes a more he'll change in 00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:55.840 More areas and the same applies both ways 00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:59.100 same principle here guys 00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:04.340 God would love allows me to change so that I take on his ways, but look at the man would love her 00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:07.080 It is this is why guys just think of it 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:10.220 If I love you 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:14.840 Then do I have to worry about the commandment do not kill? 00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:19.620 Do I have to worry about the commandment do not covet? What is yours? 00:32:24.260 --> 00:32:28.520 Suddenly the Torah or the law is no longer required 00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:32.980 Because I live under this new thing called love in my heart 00:32:33.660 --> 00:32:39.680 Therefore it says once love is established you are at liberty and the law no longer applies 00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:46.840 Because why would I need you to tell me don't kill don't hate don't covet when I love you because the moment 00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:49.380 I love you. I do not need to operate under law 00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:52.860 Isn't that brilliant? 00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:54.860 This is why I 00:32:55.260 --> 00:33:00.700 Command you that acts 29. We haven't had the need for rules and 00:33:01.980 --> 00:33:08.060 The reason we haven't had the need for rules here is because you care sufficiently for each other 00:33:08.060 --> 00:33:12.580 So that policy does not have to be put in place so that you behave a certain way. I 00:33:13.340 --> 00:33:15.340 I 00:33:16.260 --> 00:33:17.780 Commend you on that 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:19.460 I 00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:22.780 Commend you on that. It's a hard thing to get guys 00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:28.820 Don't think this is easy. You have you have no idea what you have become in that sense 00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:43.780 Same thing with God man once you love you don't have to tell somebody 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:50.180 Keep the Sabbath holy you don't have to tell somebody do not worship idols in the Torah 00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:57.380 That was a problem the people followed the rules, but they forgot love and yet God had revealed himself as father very early in 00:33:58.060 --> 00:34:02.820 Genesis in Deuteronomy you see the word father being used of him only he says I'm a father to you 00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:04.820 They would never turn and say that to him 00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:10.340 But the idea of the father was present as early as Genesis in Deuteronomy 00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:15.220 But the point is that he gave them the rule do not worship 00:34:15.660 --> 00:34:22.240 Idols, but if you're in love that God do you need that rule? No because you would not worship anything else, but the true living God 00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:32.860 So what is the principle underlying righteousness very simple guys the essence of God which is love both man-word and God-word 00:34:34.180 --> 00:34:39.340 Cultivated because it takes care of everything else isn't that going to be awesome as you as you 00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:45.620 Cultivate and we talk about the fruit of the spirit when we and by the way that those food that I mentioned Galatians are not 00:34:46.060 --> 00:34:49.100 Exhausted God has far greater characters than those nine things 00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.580 But that's just part of it 00:34:50.580 --> 00:34:56.780 But just imagine as I begin to develop love in my heart towards you who I see and towards a guy in the 00:34:57.060 --> 00:35:03.500 Lane next to me who I don't see who's cutting me off. What happens is I do not need to live by law anymore 00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:07.780 Because I will not I will not enter into rage 00:35:10.700 --> 00:35:12.700 On the road 00:35:14.140 --> 00:35:19.900 Because of this beautiful essence of God that the Holy Spirit has already shed in my heart Romans 5 5 00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:22.380 This is why the Torah no longer applies 00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:28.300 This is why Jesus said it simply do you understand now why he calls it the golden law 00:35:28.860 --> 00:35:30.860 Love is the golden law 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:36.300 Why he calls it the golden law love the Lord your God with all your heart and love your neighbor as you love 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:39.340 Yourself takes care and it says in this 00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:43.900 Is the sum of all the law and the prophets? 00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:49.500 It's beautiful man, I think so 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:52.700 Yes 00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:54.860 so that is a underlying principle and 00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:58.940 Who is the power of the power a source of righteousness? 00:35:59.180 --> 00:36:03.100 The Holy Spirit what is the purpose to display is glory 00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:09.180 Who is the pattern Jesus Christ 00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.820 What is the underlying principle? 00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.020 love 00:36:13.020 --> 00:36:16.700 And who is the power or the source of righteousness the Holy Spirit? 00:36:16.700 --> 00:36:21.100 Why because at the end of the day is the Spirit of God who brings the life of Christ in me? 00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:28.860 The Spirit of God brings the life of Christ into me and now I begin to have the powers of the Holy Spirit 00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:31.180 To be the way I need to be 00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:38.540 I'm so glad we're talking about the Holy Spirit because I missed out on these truths for very long 00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:47.420 Guys in the New Testament there is never a concept of oh i'm going through a deep internal struggle 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.900 And the flesh is always winning out 00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:55.580 Never hear of that in the New Testament 00:36:56.060 --> 00:37:03.100 The the New Testament knows nothing about an internal struggle within me in which the flesh is continuously proving to be the greater power 00:37:03.100 --> 00:37:06.540 Than the Spirit of God something is strangely wrong in that picture 00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:13.740 The New Testament knows nothing of an internal struggle within me. I'm not saying internal struggles are not real 00:37:14.060 --> 00:37:17.500 They are present. I've had them umpteen times in my life 00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:24.060 But the New Testament does not give credibility to an internal struggle in Jacob's life where always 00:37:24.540 --> 00:37:26.540 The flesh wins over the Spirit 00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:29.740 Something is wrong there 00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:35.820 Life-giving spirit invaded by God himself infected divinely and yet the flesh wins every time 00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:42.860 The New Testament does not give room for that Paul never says that 00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:48.220 This does not mean that 00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.900 That 00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:52.620 God is saying oh you'll be perfect throughout your life Jacob 00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:57.020 No, it actually in Galatians 6 1 says if any of you is overtaken by a 00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.860 fault 00:37:58.860 --> 00:38:00.860 Then let the rest of the body 00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.780 help him 00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:09.180 Lifting them up so God knows that even though i'm perfect in my spirit that I will be overtaken by faults 00:38:10.060 --> 00:38:15.420 So we're not talking about perfectionism here and if i'm overtaken by faults there is there's amazing thing of 00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:20.220 Forgiveness that is available but for a Christian to be sold out to sin 00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:23.100 It's incompatible with the life of the spirit 00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:29.760 Let me say that again for a Christian to be sold out to sin is not possible. It is incompatible 00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.940 Where um 00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:41.260 The flesh continually proves to be greater than the spirit of God that is incompatible with the life of a spirit person 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:48.140 In fact if the spirit of God is resident in me guys become aware of this so that next time you have an internal struggle 00:38:48.140 --> 00:38:54.780 You're aware that this is a lie if you are a spirit person or if we are a spirit people 00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:57.340 know this that you will first 00:38:57.580 --> 00:39:00.940 have a will to do the good pleasure of God and 00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:08.220 Two you will be empowered by the spirit of God to fulfill that desire you have both 00:39:08.220 --> 00:39:10.860 And you'll ask me so how come we'll talk about that 00:39:15.580 --> 00:39:21.500 Therefore increasing righteousness is natural should be natural to someone who has the spirit of God in him 00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:27.260 Increasing righteous behavior 00:39:27.580 --> 00:39:29.580 Increasingly righteous behavior 00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:32.380 Should be natural to someone who has a spirit in him 00:39:33.020 --> 00:39:37.580 Because at the end of the day they will be able to do the good pleasure of God 00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:39.740 day 00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:41.820 It's the outcome of the life of the spirit in me 00:39:45.100 --> 00:39:46.140 If 00:39:46.140 --> 00:39:50.700 vain spirit came and lived in me it is natural for me to be able to 00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:54.380 Be very handy with doing things 00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:59.100 It's natural 00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:04.700 If my spirit came into you some of the things I do well will be very natural for you 00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:13.040 So it is natural for a christian to increase in righteousness 00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:22.380 Because the fruit of the spirit is basically the righteous nature of God being displayed through you 00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:29.600 Why is the fruit coming because the spirit of God the life-giving spirit dwells in you 00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:32.160 Yeah 00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:37.920 Yeah, the display of christ 00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:40.800 As a people so that like we were saying earlier 00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:46.180 The city and other churches and the world will see that here are people who belong to a different kingdom 00:40:51.120 --> 00:40:53.120 Yeah 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:04.880 When the ground absorbs the rain that falls on it, yeah 00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:12.080 So that it can bear fruit for the farmer 00:41:14.560 --> 00:41:18.000 But if it just bears all the vessels then the farmer doesn't like it 00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:25.280 This fruit is being born for the farmer for the lord so he can use it for his kingdom 00:41:26.240 --> 00:41:28.240 Yeah 00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:32.000 That's 00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:38.720 Agreed agreed which is the whole idea of salvation 00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:46.000 Us being made into a people of god in whom he dwells and through whom his glory can be seen 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:48.400 Yeah 00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:53.680 Others yeah, that's why in the we got to move away from this individual brilliance. It's a people 00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:57.440 Yeah 00:41:57.520 --> 00:42:05.680 It's all the same. Yeah the display of fruit in my life now makes evident that there is a god and there is a kingdom here on earth 00:42:06.640 --> 00:42:11.440 How will they see it? This is why paul says you have become our you have become epistles 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:15.360 Or you've become letters not written with ink but written with 00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:18.000 uh not written with 00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:23.840 And written on stone but written with ink on hearts of flesh meaning to display letters of god to the world 00:42:28.080 --> 00:42:30.080 Yeah, yeah 00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:39.600 Someone and you shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bear its fruit in every season 00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:41.840 Its leaves shall not wither 00:42:43.200 --> 00:42:50.100 And the what i'm trying to say is guys be aware that we are called to increasing righteousness increasing practical righteousness 00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:56.080 And it's it is natural for a people in whom the life-giving spirit dwells to begin to display it 00:42:56.640 --> 00:42:58.800 Because there the bible does not have 00:43:00.640 --> 00:43:06.640 Verses that say uh thou art a justified sinner or righteousness is optional doesn't say that 00:43:08.560 --> 00:43:14.740 It it acknowledges that we will have false and we will shortfall and therefore god provides forgiveness 00:43:15.520 --> 00:43:19.360 But sold out to sin as a spirit people is not possible 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:25.920 This is why paul grieves and cannot understand how a church can tolerate a man living with his tecma 00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:31.200 He says shame on you. He doesn't attack the individual believer first 00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:35.040 He goes after the body saying don't you know that you are a people 00:43:35.520 --> 00:43:39.440 Who have been called by the name of god and are supposed to display his character? 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:42.000 How can you tolerate this? 00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:52.560 Guys i'm sorry i'm saying it again, but I commend you on what you have become because 00:43:53.120 --> 00:43:58.640 North american christianity is highly individualized and independent and you have defied that 00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:08.080 The fruit of the spirit is nothing else 00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:12.640 Than the spirit producing in me the righteousness of god 00:44:14.080 --> 00:44:18.720 Tasty tasty the fruit of the spirit is nothing else 00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:27.280 The fruit of the spirit is nothing else than the spirit of god producing in me the righteousness of god 00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:31.360 In practical ways in practical ways 00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:41.600 I may say this too guys the spirit empowers all alike 00:44:42.080 --> 00:44:44.080 Like 00:44:45.040 --> 00:44:49.040 Everybody here who is a spirit man meaning who is born again 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:56.160 Is and all of us are empowered alike by the spirit of god. So really we should stop 00:44:56.700 --> 00:44:59.700 Dividing ourselves into spiritual christians and carnal christians 00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:09.520 All right, I don't know whether paul uses the word carnal christians, but I know yeah 00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:14.320 I mean we've come up with this whole idea of when you are like this you're spiritual when you're like this your carnal 00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:20.480 I understand the reality of it, but we need to understand that all of us have been empowered alike 00:45:20.560 --> 00:45:23.360 It's not like some of us have gotten more or some of us have gotten 00:45:24.160 --> 00:45:26.160 less 00:45:28.640 --> 00:45:33.680 So let's conclude what is my role then we've talked about what the spirit of god can do so what is my role 00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:36.880 In this what is my role? 00:45:39.520 --> 00:45:41.520 What is my role 00:45:47.680 --> 00:45:49.680 What is my role 00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:56.500 How do I now work with this that I know so that I can increase in my righteousness 00:45:57.120 --> 00:46:01.520 First guys cease focusing on your struggles as much as you do 00:46:02.240 --> 00:46:04.720 cease focusing on your struggles 00:46:05.600 --> 00:46:11.920 As much as you do it's very hard to ignore them i'm talking about struggles with sin struggle with circumstances 00:46:12.800 --> 00:46:16.240 Focusing as much as you do on your struggles because when we 00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:20.480 Go that route we barely are able to see jesus christ 00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:25.200 In the struggle because our focus is on the struggle you barely see christ 00:46:25.520 --> 00:46:31.280 And there is hardly any chance that you will have any degree of confidence in the work of the spirit in your life 00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:34.000 When your focus is so intently on the struggle 00:46:34.640 --> 00:46:36.080 peter 00:46:36.080 --> 00:46:38.080 Was so 00:46:38.080 --> 00:46:41.280 So beaten up by his failure and his denial 00:46:42.080 --> 00:46:46.000 That he barely had sight of who christ is 00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:51.520 He stands and says, oh, I want to go fishing anybody coming with me going fishing 00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:58.080 A christ had to literally restore him stand at the shore and make himself evident so that this man's eyes may be opened again 00:46:58.080 --> 00:47:02.640 Sometimes one of the ways we end up some one of the requirements to be 00:47:04.080 --> 00:47:11.360 In koinonia with the spirit or in to participate in the life of the spirit is to abstain from or seize from 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:18.320 Focusing so intently on our very real struggles because when that focus is so intent it is barely 00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:20.960 We can barely distinguish christ standing on the beach 00:47:21.120 --> 00:47:25.680 No, this is about moving our face away from our 00:47:26.240 --> 00:47:30.880 Intense struggles that we go through so that christ is evident. Otherwise christ disappears in the struggle 00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:34.000 Yeah, you do 00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:38.880 Like I said, we can't ignore it like you're gonna like it 00:47:39.520 --> 00:47:41.520 We can't ignore it like you're gonna like it 00:47:42.000 --> 00:47:44.000 We can't ignore it like you're gonna like it 00:47:44.640 --> 00:47:46.640 We can't ignore it like you're gonna like it 00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:53.600 Like I said, we can't ignore it it's very real but in the midst of it 00:47:53.600 --> 00:47:57.040 I've got to stop beating myself up over my failure over my 00:47:58.000 --> 00:48:00.560 losing to sin multiple times and 00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:04.660 Focus on he who is forgiver redeemer 00:48:05.200 --> 00:48:08.820 Ransomer rescuer and focus on him who is life-giving 00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:13.760 Spirit in me so that for once I can take my eyes off the struggle 00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:19.280 I'm having with sin and look at him who to begin with is the only one who's capable of rescuing me 00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:28.000 And when we focus on our struggles another thing happens guys because we don't find much success. We start blaming god for not coming through 00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:31.440 That too happens 00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:35.440 That too happens you start blaming god 00:48:40.560 --> 00:48:42.640 Second 00:48:42.640 --> 00:48:47.360 So cease from focusing on me. I remember a man coming up to me at act 29 00:48:47.680 --> 00:48:51.520 He just came that one sunday and he came up to me and as he's coming up to me 00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:53.920 The lord is saying to me 00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:58.240 he's going to come up and he's going to tell you that he has a problem with smoking and that 00:48:58.640 --> 00:49:00.480 It is impossible for him to get out of it 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:06.400 It's tried and it's just a sin that he's struggling with for so long that it is impossible and he his life is 00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:09.280 completely shattered because of his 00:49:09.520 --> 00:49:15.120 Inability to get through it and when he comes before he even begins to tell him that tell him that i'm not concerned about his 00:49:15.120 --> 00:49:17.760 Smoking right now. I've got other things I want to do with his life 00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:20.960 And so he comes up to me and he's standing there and he says, you know, jacob 00:49:21.040 --> 00:49:24.160 I have a problem with and I said god is not concerned with your smoking right now 00:49:24.320 --> 00:49:26.720 And this is what he wants to say to you and that man was just weeping 00:49:27.200 --> 00:49:35.120 Why because for the last six seven years all he had focused on is his inability to be a successful christian because he's been completely consumed with 00:49:35.600 --> 00:49:41.120 Smoking now this does not for a second mean that god is saying go ahead smoke your way to heaven 00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:44.960 Not saying that at all 00:49:45.920 --> 00:49:50.720 But the point is the focus was so intent on the sin that christ could not be distinguished 00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:54.080 Even when he was standing on the beach and saying son, do you have any fish? 00:49:58.320 --> 00:50:02.000 The second one is abstain from sin. Oh, that's easy to say jacob 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:05.040 So abstain from sin how 00:50:06.240 --> 00:50:10.080 Abstain from sin how first which we always talk about here 00:50:11.200 --> 00:50:13.200 abstain from sin the first 00:50:13.600 --> 00:50:16.560 And these are very good ways to abstain from sinner first 00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:19.840 Love the father 00:50:19.920 --> 00:50:22.240 How by letting the father love you? 00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:26.320 So that you can love him back 00:50:27.120 --> 00:50:29.360 First love the father. That's one of the best ways 00:50:29.520 --> 00:50:34.400 I won't even go into that because we have repeated it almost every second week in this church 00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:39.280 One day and yet i'm repeating it again 00:50:39.600 --> 00:50:42.320 The way I give up sin is when I like something else more 00:50:42.640 --> 00:50:44.960 The way I will give up sin is when I like my father more 00:50:45.200 --> 00:50:48.480 How can I like my father more by recognizing how much the father likes me? 00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:54.400 For he first loved me and my heart starts running after him and i'm able to let go of the things 00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:57.360 How do you know that jacob is in the pursuit of god? 00:50:57.760 --> 00:51:01.760 You will know that jacob is in the pursuit of god when you look behind him and you see 00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:08.000 A trail of all things behind him. That's how you know the pursuit of god old habits 00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:12.400 old ways of speaking old ways of thinking you'll see like a 00:51:13.200 --> 00:51:15.200 Like a trail of debris 00:51:15.520 --> 00:51:18.580 That is how you know jacob is pursuing god 00:51:18.580 --> 00:51:20.580 I 00:51:24.740 --> 00:51:27.140 Don't know how to get those two points that came in my head 00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:34.900 The smoking guy or let's somebody's cheating on their wife with the internet like how he loves the wife is to stop doing the internet 00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:40.020 So how does the guy keep smoking? That's what he's got to stop the smoking to love the god. Yeah 00:51:40.020 --> 00:51:42.020 So, yeah, why do you not focus on the smoking? 00:51:42.320 --> 00:51:47.860 Righteousness is not a requirement for salvation. It is the outcome of salvation and the work of the spirit 00:51:48.660 --> 00:51:49.700 so 00:51:49.700 --> 00:51:55.860 And i'll talk about that in the third point sometimes the focus is so intent on the sin that is impossible to see jesus 00:51:55.940 --> 00:51:58.500 so one of the things I need to do at times is to 00:51:59.700 --> 00:52:06.820 Be helpless and heavily dependent on the work of the spirit of god to change the thing in my life guys 00:52:07.380 --> 00:52:09.620 I had a severe problem with heroin 00:52:10.260 --> 00:52:15.140 And with marijuana for years for years. It was impossible to come out of it 00:52:16.020 --> 00:52:17.360 and then 00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:22.160 Helplessly heavily dependent on the sheer power of the life-giving spirit 00:52:23.040 --> 00:52:25.040 Changed me in 00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:27.680 In five minutes for the rest of my life 00:52:38.160 --> 00:52:46.400 Good point sometimes sin the the enemy uses sin to to to completely drive you into 00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:52.400 A place where you don't even reach out to jesus because you're so ashamed. You're so ashamed 00:52:53.120 --> 00:52:57.520 Guys, one of the things the bible does and we have to realize is we live in a society where we 00:52:57.840 --> 00:53:04.480 Sometimes like black and white separate many things the bible holds intention and it holds them intention happily 00:53:07.040 --> 00:53:09.760 Holds them intention happily in the sense 00:53:10.720 --> 00:53:17.220 Righteous there is nothing called optional righteousness and yet as long even though there is nothing called optional righteousness 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:21.360 Very clearly the bible says and if you sin there is one who? 00:53:21.980 --> 00:53:23.980 forgives 00:53:24.640 --> 00:53:26.640 On one hand it says and um 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:30.800 If you are born again, you can enter the kingdom of god on the other hand 00:53:30.880 --> 00:53:35.040 It says anyone who does these these and these things will not inherit the kingdom of god 00:53:35.200 --> 00:53:39.200 It is not actually one thing against the other both are held in 00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:43.440 Tension it's like a aircraft that is flying 00:53:44.240 --> 00:53:50.160 Two things are working in happy tension and thank god. It's happy tension when it's not you feel air pockets 00:53:51.920 --> 00:53:56.000 So the happy tension is there is a beautiful principle called aerodynamics at work 00:53:56.160 --> 00:53:59.840 And there is amazing principle called gravity at work. Otherwise, we would never land 00:54:01.120 --> 00:54:03.120 And both are held in happy tension 00:54:03.280 --> 00:54:07.120 And when any time tension is not happy strange things happen 00:54:08.240 --> 00:54:12.480 So one of the prayers you pray when you board an aircraft is father keep these two laws in happy tension 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:15.840 It's not 00:54:17.520 --> 00:54:19.520 The bible has many of these things 00:54:20.160 --> 00:54:23.600 I hold them in happy tension not in they're not contradictory 00:54:24.640 --> 00:54:26.640 They're not contradictory 00:54:29.840 --> 00:54:32.560 So abstain from sin one by loving the father two 00:54:33.680 --> 00:54:35.680 uh understand that 00:54:36.720 --> 00:54:40.240 The power of the spirit is the power of the spirit 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:46.000 Is fully capable 00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:55.840 To help you overcome, uh, you may not think so you may not have experienced it you may not feel so but it's still the truth 00:55:00.960 --> 00:55:04.080 The power of the spirit is fully capable to help you overcome 00:55:04.240 --> 00:55:08.000 This is what was happening when I was shaming people on the road in my driving 00:55:08.640 --> 00:55:11.040 I began to say father three times in two days 00:55:11.680 --> 00:55:16.240 This is getting nasty lord, I need now help to begin to overcome this 00:55:18.640 --> 00:55:22.820 And that's a very small thing greater things pornography masturbation 00:55:25.260 --> 00:55:28.160 Disharmony strife lying 00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:32.000 Rage cheating 00:55:33.600 --> 00:55:39.280 I mean, there's no limit to what can not be overcome by the life-giving spirit 00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:45.520 The same spirit who raised christ from the dead a sin a sin-bearing christ 00:55:46.240 --> 00:55:48.240 that should not rise because 00:55:48.640 --> 00:55:51.680 He rose because he didn't sin but a sin-bearing christ was 00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:54.880 Raised from the dead 00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:58.240 The life-giving spirit who brought order to a chaotic world 00:55:58.800 --> 00:56:01.280 The same life-giving spirit is in me. Surely 00:56:01.920 --> 00:56:05.920 he has power to change some of the my struggles of the 00:56:06.640 --> 00:56:08.640 present reality that I live in 00:56:09.200 --> 00:56:12.560 So the first one is love the father first. John 4 18, which is tremendous 00:56:13.200 --> 00:56:15.360 To the power of the spirit that is at work in me 00:56:16.080 --> 00:56:18.080 three 00:56:23.520 --> 00:56:25.520 Just cry out to him 00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:30.400 Just cry out to him beseech him 00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:38.320 That's part. Yeah, just beseech him. I I I mean when I had sins in my life that wouldn't let me go I 00:56:38.720 --> 00:56:43.440 Sometimes cry out to him saying oh god. I can't continue in this. You've got to help me out of this 00:56:44.080 --> 00:56:46.080 four 00:56:47.440 --> 00:56:50.720 This is uh, like bob newhart, it's very 00:56:52.640 --> 00:56:54.640 Free 00:56:58.320 --> 00:57:01.440 It's very clearly paul says flew with full lust meaning 00:57:03.040 --> 00:57:06.160 Don't wait for the holy spirit to help you with certain things guys 00:57:06.240 --> 00:57:08.960 Just flee like bob newhart said stop it 00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:12.400 Yeah 00:57:15.200 --> 00:57:21.780 Free is not a gentle sauntering as in see you later. No, please like out of here 00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:34.020 Next one feeding what you eat you will become 00:57:36.160 --> 00:57:41.200 What you eat you will become i think there's someone at the door, I don't know whether they thought it's coffee 00:57:42.160 --> 00:57:47.200 What you eat you will become what do I feed on i'm finding this so helpful in my life 00:57:47.440 --> 00:57:49.440 to feed on the right things man 00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:56.320 It it just takes away the tendency to fall into the same 00:57:57.360 --> 00:58:03.120 failings that I used to fall into just by eating by by feeding my face correctly 00:58:03.120 --> 00:58:08.480 Just feed yourself well some of us need to take a break from television 00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:17.600 Some of us need to take a break from places we go to where there are situations that feed us 00:58:18.400 --> 00:58:20.400 Feed yourself well 00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:25.280 Feed yourself well, it's so helpful so helpful 00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:28.480 Next one seek the help of believers 00:58:29.760 --> 00:58:31.440 seek 00:58:31.440 --> 00:58:35.700 The help of the body seek the help of the body 00:58:40.560 --> 00:58:42.560 Seek the help of the body 00:58:48.160 --> 00:58:50.160 I 00:58:50.160 --> 00:58:57.160 Seek the help of the body. 00:58:57.160 --> 00:58:59.160 Seek the help of the body. 00:58:59.160 --> 00:59:07.160 Guys, observe in some of these ways. These are like the ways. 00:59:07.160 --> 00:59:17.160 These are not rocket science. It's very simple. 00:59:17.160 --> 00:59:29.160 When I know that something is not going to be helpful, that is a sin honey pot or a trap, run! 00:59:29.160 --> 00:59:32.160 Don't even hang around there. 00:59:32.160 --> 00:59:38.160 Joseph ran for his life. 00:59:39.160 --> 00:59:48.160 Don't go to the edge of the rooftop to see how far you will fall because that's not very helpful on a rainy day. 00:59:48.160 --> 00:59:51.160 Just flee. Don't go towards the edge. 00:59:51.160 --> 00:59:55.160 That day don't go on the roof. 00:59:55.160 --> 00:59:58.160 It's flirting a problem in your life. 00:59:58.160 --> 01:00:03.160 Flee every time you see a woman you want to flirt with. 01:00:03.160 --> 01:00:06.160 Hold back your words so that you don't speak them. 01:00:06.160 --> 01:00:09.160 Because most Christian men flirt with their words by the way. 01:00:09.160 --> 01:00:23.160 They don't flirt with actions because they are too godly for that. They flirt with their words. 01:00:23.160 --> 01:00:26.160 Is television a problem? Flee! 01:00:26.160 --> 01:00:28.160 Don't watch it after 11 in the night. 01:00:28.160 --> 01:00:31.160 Get your news the next morning. 01:00:39.160 --> 01:00:42.160 Or give the television to one of us. 01:00:48.160 --> 01:00:50.160 Not the flat screen. 01:00:50.160 --> 01:00:53.160 If you are giving it away, don't give us any of those old box figures. 01:00:53.160 --> 01:00:56.160 Give us your flat screens, your plasmas. 01:00:57.160 --> 01:01:01.160 Friends, Romans, countrymen, bring me your plasmas and your LCDs. 01:01:01.160 --> 01:01:04.160 Is that a must-say of the world? 01:01:06.160 --> 01:01:09.160 We shouldn't give someone else the temptations. 01:01:09.160 --> 01:01:11.160 Yeah, we can't bear. 01:01:11.160 --> 01:01:14.160 We have to suffer that. 01:01:14.160 --> 01:01:17.160 We have to listen to this tape, Miss Wonder. 01:01:17.160 --> 01:01:21.160 Yeah. Sorry, someone was going to say something? 01:01:21.160 --> 01:01:23.160 Go ahead. 01:01:24.160 --> 01:01:26.160 Yeah. 01:01:26.160 --> 01:01:29.160 Sometimes we seek the help of the body. 01:01:29.160 --> 01:01:33.160 Sometimes we seek the help of the body and that somebody or the body cannot help us. 01:01:33.160 --> 01:01:40.160 I don't think we should let it stop us because it's just like, say for instance, a leg in having a problem and smelling. 01:01:40.160 --> 01:01:44.160 But it goes and it asks the hand and the hand is not gifted with the ability to smell. 01:01:44.160 --> 01:01:49.160 But we say like, oh, the body cannot help us and we stop seeking help from the body. 01:01:49.160 --> 01:01:51.160 Yeah, I agree. 01:01:51.160 --> 01:02:05.160 And I'm hoping that we'll be able to come to a place where different gifts that exist can take care of different needs instead of the pastor or one or two being the main. 01:02:05.160 --> 01:02:11.160 And it might need some training and maturity, but surely that is the way we are supposed to function. 01:02:11.160 --> 01:02:17.160 So, yeah, that's why I didn't say seek the help of the pastor, seek the help of the body. 01:02:17.160 --> 01:02:26.160 Because in the body there will be gifts and graces that are necessary for us to get healed or get whole. 01:02:26.160 --> 01:02:28.160 Get whole. I love the word whole. 01:02:28.160 --> 01:02:32.160 You know, I was just reading somewhere, God dwells in wholeness. 01:02:32.160 --> 01:02:34.160 He dwells in well-being. 01:02:34.160 --> 01:02:39.160 And that same God now as what's your name? Shantarul said, dwells in you. 01:02:39.160 --> 01:02:42.160 The same God of wholeness and well-being dwells in you. 01:02:42.160 --> 01:02:44.160 He dwells in wholeness. 01:02:44.160 --> 01:02:50.160 It's his great desire to part with that wholeness and have it bestow on you too. 01:02:50.160 --> 01:02:57.160 So guys, be helplessly dependent on the Spirit for change. 01:02:57.160 --> 01:02:59.160 I can do nothing myself. 01:02:59.160 --> 01:03:03.160 Be helplessly and heavily dependent on Him for change. 01:03:03.160 --> 01:03:05.160 Remember, He's the agent that brings about that change. 01:03:05.160 --> 01:03:08.160 Take the chaos of your life, howl over it and change it. 01:03:08.160 --> 01:03:11.160 Be helplessly and heavily dependent. 01:03:11.160 --> 01:03:14.160 Collaborate with Him. 01:03:14.160 --> 01:03:19.160 Let Him reproduce the life of Christ in you. 01:03:19.160 --> 01:03:21.160 Let Him empower you. 01:03:21.160 --> 01:03:24.160 And the other thing is put one foot in front of the other. 01:03:24.160 --> 01:03:26.160 This is what walking with the Spirit is. 01:03:26.160 --> 01:03:28.160 Putting one foot in front of the other. 01:03:28.160 --> 01:03:32.160 Because it may not happen in a day, but surely put one foot in the front of the other. 01:03:32.160 --> 01:03:38.160 What happens is because nothing has transformed immediately, we stop and we are like this. 01:03:38.160 --> 01:03:42.160 So it looks like we are all ready to go, but we stop moving. 01:03:42.160 --> 01:03:47.160 I tell this to my sister often when she says, when will this change? 01:03:47.160 --> 01:03:50.160 And I'll say, Reba, keep putting one foot forward. 01:03:50.160 --> 01:03:51.160 Keep putting one foot forward. 01:03:51.160 --> 01:03:52.160 Keep walking. 01:03:52.160 --> 01:03:58.160 One foot forward at a time. 01:03:58.160 --> 01:03:59.160 Keep moving. 01:03:59.160 --> 01:04:03.160 Surely the intent of God is to make you into His likeness. 01:04:03.160 --> 01:04:06.160 Surely you want to accomplish a lot of that before you leave the earth. 01:04:06.160 --> 01:04:09.160 Surely you don't want all the transformation to take place in heaven. 01:04:09.160 --> 01:04:11.160 What fun is that? 01:04:11.160 --> 01:04:18.160 Here on earth, there everybody will be perfect. 01:04:18.160 --> 01:04:20.160 You won't even be known as perfect. 01:04:20.160 --> 01:04:22.160 I'm just kidding. 01:04:22.160 --> 01:04:25.160 The point is here on earth be transformed. 01:04:25.160 --> 01:04:27.160 Let them taste wine here. 01:04:27.160 --> 01:04:31.160 Again, I'm not recommending that you start drinking. 01:04:31.160 --> 01:04:33.160 It's just a statement. 01:04:33.160 --> 01:04:39.160 And finally, learn how to let the spirit lead you. 01:04:39.160 --> 01:04:41.160 It goes back to Jawad's initial question. 01:04:41.160 --> 01:04:46.160 How do we deal with the Spirit of God bringing out plans? 01:04:46.160 --> 01:04:48.160 And go back to the answer I gave him. 01:04:48.160 --> 01:04:51.160 And in that, be led by the Spirit. 01:04:51.160 --> 01:04:54.160 The sons of God are led by the Spirit of God. 01:04:54.160 --> 01:04:55.160 Learn, learn. 01:04:55.160 --> 01:04:57.160 Again, how will I learn? 01:04:57.160 --> 01:04:58.160 One step at a time. 01:04:58.160 --> 01:04:59.160 One step at a time. 01:04:59.160 --> 01:05:00.160 One step at a time. 01:05:00.160 --> 01:05:02.160 Learn. 01:05:02.160 --> 01:05:03.160 God is not interested in time. 01:05:03.160 --> 01:05:05.160 He is interested in growth. 01:05:05.160 --> 01:05:07.160 Fourteen days I've been asking him now, 01:05:07.160 --> 01:05:10.160 Father, would you please let me know how I should travel? 01:05:10.160 --> 01:05:12.160 He has not told me yet. 01:05:12.160 --> 01:05:14.160 Learn, step by step, Jacob. 01:05:14.160 --> 01:05:15.160 Learn. 01:05:15.160 --> 01:05:16.160 Ask him this morning. 01:05:16.160 --> 01:05:17.160 Ask him this evening. 01:05:17.160 --> 01:05:19.160 And be happy in your asking and your hearing. 01:05:19.160 --> 01:05:24.160 Not a disgruntled gout saying how long before you answer. 01:05:24.160 --> 01:05:26.160 No. 01:05:26.160 --> 01:05:28.160 Happy in your hearing and your learning. 01:05:28.160 --> 01:05:33.160 One step at a time. 01:05:33.160 --> 01:05:40.160 And last point. 01:05:40.160 --> 01:05:49.160 Guys, be continually saturated in the Spirit. 01:05:49.160 --> 01:05:52.160 And this is what we deal with next time. 01:05:52.160 --> 01:05:55.160 The Bible talks about fan into flames. 01:05:55.160 --> 01:05:57.160 Be filled. 01:05:57.160 --> 01:06:00.160 Be continually saturated. 01:06:00.160 --> 01:06:01.160 Fan into flames. 01:06:01.160 --> 01:06:02.160 Be filled. 01:06:02.160 --> 01:06:10.160 So on one hand, the presence of the Spirit in your life is established. 01:06:10.160 --> 01:06:21.160 But the presence of the Spirit does not automatically ensure a quick and fervent spiritual life. 01:06:21.160 --> 01:06:22.160 Let me say that again. 01:06:22.160 --> 01:06:26.160 On one hand, the presence of the Spirit of God in your life is established. 01:06:26.160 --> 01:06:35.160 But the presence of the Spirit of God in your life does not mean that you will have, therefore, a quick and fervent spiritual life. 01:06:35.160 --> 01:06:38.160 Because the Bible keeps talking about being filled with. 01:06:38.160 --> 01:06:46.160 And it keeps, on a couple of occasions, talks about being fan into flames or stir up. 01:06:46.160 --> 01:06:56.160 And so next week, we'll talk about how is it that I can walk in continual ongoing saturation in the Holy Spirit. 01:06:56.160 --> 01:07:01.160 Again, concrete ways of how can we do that. 01:07:01.160 --> 01:07:03.160 We'll talk about that next week. 01:07:03.160 --> 01:07:05.160 So try to be here. 01:07:05.160 --> 01:07:08.160 Because the CD doesn't have the same effect. 01:07:08.160 --> 01:07:10.160 So try to be here. 01:07:10.160 --> 01:07:11.160 If you can't, I understand. 01:07:11.160 --> 01:07:14.160 Can I have the musicians up, please?