WEBVTT NOTE Podcast: Acts 29 Vancouver Episode: Qadosh_2 Publishing Date: 2021-04-11T06:00:44-07:00 Podcast URL: https://acts29.ca Episode URL: https://acts29.ca/qadosh_2/ 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.000 So today we continue with the second part of Kadosha. We started that last night and 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.740 You will have a better context of the second part 00:00:13.460 --> 00:00:17.060 Obviously if you go and listen to the first part because we tried 00:00:17.880 --> 00:00:25.860 Defining what holiness is because and what a holy goddess last night. So this is the second part of it Kadosha 2 00:00:25.860 --> 00:00:30.940 So here's the thing guys a holy God is 00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:36.820 utterly incapable of an unholy act 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:43.300 A holy God is utterly incapable of an unholy act and 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:50.260 Strangely enough the word that's most powerful there is an as in 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:53.580 Till today he has never 00:00:53.580 --> 00:00:55.580 Never 00:00:55.620 --> 00:01:03.020 Done anything that is crooked that is unright that is not absolutely perfect a 00:01:03.900 --> 00:01:10.740 Holy God is utterly incapable. It is the one thing that God is incapable of utterly incapable of 00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:13.140 an unholy act 00:01:17.820 --> 00:01:22.540 And it's not even as if he set the standard so that he could meet it 00:01:23.620 --> 00:01:25.820 It wasn't in a setting of standard he is 00:01:26.980 --> 00:01:28.980 holy 00:01:29.580 --> 00:01:35.220 This isn't someone setting a set of rules to live by this is someone who is life who is 00:01:35.540 --> 00:01:42.540 Pure who's perfect who like we said yesterday is transcendent is separate is blameless is creator 00:01:48.420 --> 00:01:50.420 So 00:01:50.500 --> 00:01:56.780 In in his eyes in the eyes of this transcendent separate blameless creator 00:01:57.780 --> 00:02:01.820 It's so hard to fathom this on one hand. I'm saying 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:07.060 Transcendent on the other hand. I'm also saying he lives within me this transcendent 00:02:07.780 --> 00:02:08.980 separate 00:02:08.980 --> 00:02:10.980 blameless creator who lives in me in 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:13.620 His eyes a sin 00:02:13.940 --> 00:02:20.060 As in again the word the most important word here is a sin. It's not sins. It's not 00:02:20.580 --> 00:02:24.580 Occasional since even a sin is an act of 00:02:27.060 --> 00:02:32.140 Defiant opposition of defiant opposition 00:02:35.980 --> 00:02:37.980 Against 00:02:38.740 --> 00:02:42.140 The one to whom I owe everything the one to whom I 00:02:42.860 --> 00:02:44.860 owe 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:47.340 Everything 00:02:48.220 --> 00:02:50.220 This transcendent this 00:02:50.900 --> 00:02:52.500 blameless this 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:58.540 Separate creator the one who made me made you in his eyes 00:03:00.460 --> 00:03:02.460 He's the one who lives in me 00:03:03.060 --> 00:03:05.060 in his eyes a 00:03:05.060 --> 00:03:09.100 Sin, a sin not sins a sin is 00:03:09.980 --> 00:03:17.260 An act of defiant opposition against the one to whom I owe everything I exist because he allows 00:03:20.140 --> 00:03:22.140 He's a good God too and 00:03:24.980 --> 00:03:32.620 This struggle between his righteousness the struggle between his righteousness and my unrighteousness 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:38.940 Causes sometimes fear sometimes anger sometimes blame and sometimes hostility in our hearts 00:03:38.940 --> 00:03:45.980 It seems impossible that we can live up to the standards of the requirements of this God and because of our 00:03:46.260 --> 00:03:52.620 Inability to do that it causes anger. It causes fear. It causes blame. It causes hostility against his God 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:57.860 And we saw that with Adam as soon as he sinned and he fell and he could no longer 00:03:58.100 --> 00:04:01.980 And we saw that with Adam as soon as he sinned and he fell and he could no longer 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:04.860 Correspond the way he used to with God 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:12.660 He immediately begins to blame God or blame his wife. He begins to hide this fear this anger this hostility 00:04:15.260 --> 00:04:22.100 And even as I'm speaking now and even today that's what happens so many times I've heard this say 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:25.060 What do you expect of me? Oh God? What does God expect of me? 00:04:26.020 --> 00:04:28.020 I miss in occasionally 00:04:28.460 --> 00:04:33.060 It's almost like the moment his righteousness and my unrighteousness 00:04:33.820 --> 00:04:35.820 clash 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:40.380 There's rank or resentment that arises in my heart, and I've got to be rid of it 00:04:45.500 --> 00:04:50.140 Because as long as that kind of feeling comes up because of my because of my 00:04:51.140 --> 00:04:53.140 Liking for what is wrong? 00:04:53.660 --> 00:05:00.620 I'll always keep this holy God at a distance and the problem with keeping a holy God at a distance is 00:05:01.780 --> 00:05:06.180 You can never walk in holiness as long as you keep a holy God at a distance 00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:12.420 His holiness has to 00:05:13.020 --> 00:05:17.980 Wrap you like a mist like a fog just completely surround you 00:05:18.700 --> 00:05:23.260 And once you begin to taste the benefits of his holiness once you begin to 00:05:23.620 --> 00:05:29.520 Like we said yesterday see who he is and see who you are and see how Christ bridges that gap 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:33.100 You begin to pursue holiness 00:05:43.340 --> 00:05:45.980 It is the holiness of God that exposes sin 00:05:46.460 --> 00:05:53.780 And it exposes sin as more than just humanness it exposes sin more than just bad karma 00:05:53.780 --> 00:05:58.820 It exposes sin more than just a broken set of rules it exposes sin 00:05:58.900 --> 00:06:02.020 More than just calling it bad behavior that you can afford 00:06:02.340 --> 00:06:07.820 Because of cheap grace a problem with cheap grace in the church is the cheap grace never 00:06:08.300 --> 00:06:11.380 Emphasizes the holiness of our God cheap grace only 00:06:11.900 --> 00:06:17.700 Emphasizes the goodness and the love of our God it never shows us the holiness of God and therefore 00:06:18.980 --> 00:06:25.980 Breaking a set of rules or bad behavior can be afforded because of the goodness and the grace of a God 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:28.900 Who is never presented as holy? 00:06:28.900 --> 00:06:40.580 If there is no holy there is no judgment if there is no holy there is no mercy if there is no holy there is no cross 00:06:40.580 --> 00:06:46.180 If there is no holy there is no crucified king if there is no holy there is no beautiful savior 00:06:49.220 --> 00:06:54.580 If there is no holy Krishna Buddha and Allah from the council of gods would be sufficient 00:06:54.580 --> 00:06:56.580 Really that would be enough 00:06:58.900 --> 00:07:00.500 Let me say that again 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:06.500 It is a holiness of God that exposes sin as more than just mere human error 00:07:06.500 --> 00:07:10.500 More than just karma more than just a broken set of rules 00:07:10.500 --> 00:07:13.460 More than just bad behavior that you can afford 00:07:13.460 --> 00:07:19.460 Because of the goodness of God it exposes sin more than just a broken set of rules 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:26.580 More than just a broken set of rules more than just bad behavior that you can afford because of cheap grace 00:07:28.900 --> 00:07:33.540 If there is no holy there is no judgment because nothing has to be judged 00:07:34.260 --> 00:07:38.340 If there is no holy there is no mercy need to be shown after judgment 00:07:38.900 --> 00:07:44.020 Because there is nothing to be merciful towards man can do what he wants if there is no holy there is no need for 00:07:44.020 --> 00:07:48.900 A cross or a crucified king if there is no holy there is no beautiful redeemer savior 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:54.420 If there is no holy Krishna Buddha or Allah is enough 00:07:54.820 --> 00:07:59.460 They make up the council of gods and they are enough. They are sufficient 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:03.060 Really do you want that exchange? 00:08:05.460 --> 00:08:07.460 I'm angry at the thought 00:08:13.780 --> 00:08:15.780 But that is what i'm settling for 00:08:19.620 --> 00:08:22.580 Man I want a god who is good and full of grace but not holy 00:08:23.700 --> 00:08:25.700 Because there are enough gods 00:08:26.180 --> 00:08:31.300 Who can be good gracious but not holy there are enough gods around 00:08:35.620 --> 00:08:37.620 Our god is distinct in this 00:08:38.420 --> 00:08:42.260 He is holy therefore he judges. He is holy therefore he judges and has to show mercy 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:47.460 He is holy and therefore he judges and because he is just in showing mercy. He has to pay the price 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:52.100 He is holy and therefore he judges. He shows mercy he pays the price on the cross 00:08:53.140 --> 00:08:58.420 He is holy and therefore he judges. He shows mercy. He pays the price on the cross and then redeems ransoms 00:08:58.900 --> 00:09:03.380 He is holy therefore he judges. He shows mercy. He pays a price on the cross 00:09:03.380 --> 00:09:09.860 He redeems and then comes and lives in you this transcendent god who is separate who is perfect who is straight who is 00:09:10.740 --> 00:09:11.920 who is 00:09:11.920 --> 00:09:16.820 Absolutely pure this same transcendent separate god now comes and lives in me 00:09:17.460 --> 00:09:25.860 And therefore there is an expectation from this God that Jacob I want you to begin to both have a respect for my holiness 00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:28.940 And I want you to begin to walk in my holiness 00:09:35.180 --> 00:09:41.180 Our salvation message must perhaps begin with a holy God who loves not just a loving God who forgives 00:09:44.060 --> 00:09:46.060 Our salvation message 00:09:47.460 --> 00:09:49.460 Should perhaps begin 00:09:50.260 --> 00:09:56.340 By presenting a holy God who loves instead of only presenting a loving God who forgives 00:09:57.100 --> 00:09:59.660 That's what we do. We present a loving God who forgives 00:10:00.420 --> 00:10:03.660 But what about a holy God who still loves despite? 00:10:06.180 --> 00:10:10.100 But has to pay a price to forgive and decides to pay the price 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:19.140 We said yesterday that the word kadosh means separated separated kadosh means separated 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:26.860 Separated salvation is really a setting apart 00:10:28.300 --> 00:10:34.420 What happens in salvation you get saved and you now are set apart like your God you are set apart 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:37.740 Salvation means to set apart if you go to the book of Exodus 00:10:37.780 --> 00:10:42.140 Salvation means to set apart if you go to the book of Exodus, what was God doing with Israel? 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:49.020 God was drawing out a people from Egypt and calling them a chosen people 00:10:49.020 --> 00:10:52.860 He was separating for himself a chosen people and then what was he doing? 00:10:52.860 --> 00:10:57.820 He was setting them apart as a holy nation, which is why Leviticus 11 44. He says to them listen 00:10:57.820 --> 00:11:01.060 I'm calling you out. I'm calling you my chosen. I'm calling you a 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:05.100 Kingdom of priests. I'm drawing you out. I'm separating you 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:08.900 I'm making you a holy nation and therefore be holy because I am holy 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:14.460 Even the word Ecclesia the Greek word for church. What does it mean? 00:11:14.460 --> 00:11:21.460 It means a called out people a called out people separated the idea of kadosh is so 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:24.140 like a 00:11:24.140 --> 00:11:26.140 thread that weaves through 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:30.380 Everything that we are as a people a distinct people 00:11:30.380 --> 00:11:34.020 We said yesterday that holiness is not one of the attributes of God it is 00:11:34.020 --> 00:11:40.340 The very essence of deity because his attributes have holy before them. He has holy love 00:11:40.340 --> 00:11:45.340 He has holy kindness. He has holy knowledge. He makes holy judgments 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:49.340 It's the essence of deity 00:11:52.140 --> 00:11:56.460 And therefore a people must realize that this is the essence of their lives, too 00:11:56.620 --> 00:12:03.740 First Peter 2 9 you are a peculiar people a royal priesthood a holy nation set apart for him man 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:07.820 Called out 00:12:09.820 --> 00:12:14.780 The Bible calls us Saints can you imagine st. Don st. Jacob? 00:12:18.940 --> 00:12:23.100 The Bible calls us Saints because we have been consecrated to the Holy Spirit 00:12:23.180 --> 00:12:26.940 The Bible calls us Saints because we have been consecrated to God 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:31.740 Set apart for a different life. That's why we are called Saints in the in the world today 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:33.980 We don't call anyone saint because Saints seems to be 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:42.100 Highly separated pious devoted holy lives and yet the Bible calls us that as in God called us that hey st. Jacob 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:44.500 sure father 00:12:44.820 --> 00:12:51.980 Now what does it mean that the idea of calling a Saints is that we have been consecrated to God 00:12:53.220 --> 00:12:55.220 Set apart to a different life 00:12:56.420 --> 00:13:01.940 And this was a call that was first given to Adam the call to holiness was first given to Adam and Eve 00:13:02.700 --> 00:13:04.700 They were formed in the image of God 00:13:05.260 --> 00:13:07.260 Called to mirror God's character 00:13:08.420 --> 00:13:10.420 Called to mirror God's character 00:13:11.460 --> 00:13:17.980 And we are saying that the essence of deity is holy the essence of deity is holy Adam and Eve was supposed to 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:22.020 Show the world this character of God in everything they did 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:28.380 There was supposed to be a holiness that was reflected through Adam and Eve. It's an ancient calling 00:13:28.380 --> 00:13:36.100 It's not a new calling holiness is not a requirement for Christian living holiness is the essence of Christian living 00:13:36.100 --> 00:13:40.260 It is a setting apart. It is a being called out. It is a being different 00:13:40.260 --> 00:13:42.900 It is a blamelessness in the way we walk 00:13:43.540 --> 00:13:50.340 It is what makes us counterculture. It is what makes us belong to someone whose essence is holy 00:13:52.020 --> 00:13:54.020 Why is he bringing it this up right now? 00:13:54.020 --> 00:13:58.020 Because I think what he wants to do with us requires holiness 00:14:02.020 --> 00:14:06.020 You cannot deal with anything dark evil 00:14:09.020 --> 00:14:11.020 Decaying 00:14:11.020 --> 00:14:13.020 disease damaged 00:14:13.020 --> 00:14:15.020 in bondage 00:14:15.020 --> 00:14:17.020 with anything 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:22.020 Disease damaged in bondage without 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:26.380 Aligning with the holiness of God you cannot 00:14:27.300 --> 00:14:29.300 one of the statements Jesus makes in 00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:35.660 Luke I think was the prince of the world is coming between the prince of darkness is coming, but he has nothing in me 00:14:42.460 --> 00:14:45.020 Why does he bringing it up right now because I think 00:14:47.020 --> 00:14:50.100 He expects us as a people to 00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:53.100 prescribe to this 00:14:53.140 --> 00:14:58.780 Expects us as a people to step away. It's not one or two individuals. He's so tired of one or two individuals 00:14:59.660 --> 00:15:06.220 Representing him he wants people to represent him. He never said I want a holy Moses. He said I want a holy nation 00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:09.060 He didn't say I want a holy Peter 00:15:09.900 --> 00:15:14.140 Unfortunately only Peter is called st. Peter. What about st. Jacob and st. Jeremy and st. Praful? 00:15:17.020 --> 00:15:20.660 What we don't realize guys is when we sin as image bearers of God 00:15:21.180 --> 00:15:25.780 When we sin as image bearers of God we are saying to creation 00:15:26.020 --> 00:15:29.460 This is how your creator behaves when we sin 00:15:30.220 --> 00:15:34.140 when I when we sin when we sin as 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:36.700 image bearers of God 00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:39.540 When we sin as image bearers of God 00:15:40.300 --> 00:15:43.020 We are sinning as image bearers of God 00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:45.420 When we sin as image bearers of God 00:15:46.260 --> 00:15:50.740 We are saying to creation. We are saying to creation 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:58.060 We are saying to creation. What do you mean creation? We are saying to creation as in the created order 00:15:58.660 --> 00:16:01.540 We are saying to birds animals 00:16:02.260 --> 00:16:03.460 humans 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:05.220 nature 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:11.020 Everything that was made for man and placed under his stewardship and Dominion in Genesis 1 00:16:12.020 --> 00:16:15.500 Where God said I will make man in my image and my likeness 00:16:16.300 --> 00:16:19.760 And I'll place him here and I'll put all this under his charge 00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:27.000 Dominion was not a problem because it was a holy Dominion stewardship was not a problem because it was holy stewardship 00:16:28.220 --> 00:16:35.980 There was no fear of man damaging or sabotaging or taking advantage of the environment because God is a holy environmentalist 00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:38.420 Everything he does is straight and perfect 00:16:42.020 --> 00:16:44.100 And 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:48.300 God is what happens is when we sin as image bearers of God 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:55.660 I'm talking about Christians now when we sin as image bearers of God because we are the ones whose image has been restored when we 00:16:55.660 --> 00:17:00.420 Sin as image bearers of God. We are saying to creation. This is what our God behaves like 00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:10.420 This is what our God behaves like 00:17:11.100 --> 00:17:15.060 Look into this mirror and you will see his character 00:17:18.780 --> 00:17:20.780 What we don't realize is that in 00:17:21.100 --> 00:17:24.700 Romans 8 verse 20 or thereabouts 19 to 21 00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:32.020 It actually says that creation is waiting creation is eagerly waiting creation is eagerly expecting 00:17:32.060 --> 00:17:32.980 the 00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:40.260 Revealing of the sons of God because creation is hoping that the freedom and the glory that is seen in us will set 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:42.660 creation free from bondage and decay 00:17:45.580 --> 00:17:50.460 Just ponder on that for a while that in a world that is diseased damaged 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.900 Decayed 00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:54.900 facing death and 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:59.540 Demonized the only ones who can bring relief to the earth 00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:04.100 are the people of God are the people of God in whom God dwells a 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:07.100 creation around you longs for it 00:18:08.100 --> 00:18:10.100 the city longs for it 00:18:11.260 --> 00:18:17.300 Why because it says in Romans 8 19 to 21 that creation is expectantly waiting for the 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:20.100 manifestation or the revealing of the sons of God 00:18:21.340 --> 00:18:28.900 So that the freedom and the glory that they walk in will liberate the earth from decay and bondage a day is coming 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:30.500 when that will happen 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:32.420 But as we progress towards the day 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:34.620 We are not supposed to sit on our backsides and do nothing 00:18:34.820 --> 00:18:40.460 But to show the earth what freedom and glory looks like and there is no freedom and no glory 00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:44.820 For a people who belong to a holy God unless they walk in holiness 00:18:47.100 --> 00:18:54.620 That is when freedom and glory express it express themselves like I said yesterday what did Adam have 00:18:57.300 --> 00:19:00.220 With this transcendent separate God 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:05.780 Absolutely holy till the fall and what how heavy was the loss Adam suffered? 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:10.740 We talked about that yesterday to go listen to it 00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:20.220 It's it's surprising how if I live a holy life 00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:24.860 You as a church will be affected. I can guarantee that 00:19:24.860 --> 00:19:26.860 I can guarantee that 00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:33.220 Any increase in the holiness of my life will affect this church right down through 00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:37.900 About the same token any decrease in 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:44.300 My life in terms of its holiness will affect this church right all the way through 00:19:48.260 --> 00:19:50.260 It says in Proverbs 00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:53.800 1434 the righteousness exalts a nation 00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:57.420 And that unrighteousness tears it down 00:19:57.860 --> 00:20:04.460 You have no idea what 50 righteous people can do to a city they can save the city you see that in Genesis 18 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:12.580 Where in verse 24 Abraham is saying to God is there any chance that this city can be spared if we have 50 righteous 00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:14.580 He brings it down to 10 or 5 I think 00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:23.500 By the same token a husband in a family a 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:26.420 teacher in a school 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:35.540 Based on the way they walk out their holiness affect the people around and under them and above them 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:43.660 This idea of sin in the camp which now churches don't want to talk about because 00:20:44.260 --> 00:20:49.780 We don't want to put the guilt of sin on people the idea of sin in the camp was so prevalent in the Old Testament 00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:52.460 because the sin of a ruler of a leader of a 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:56.840 People could ruin the entire nation. You know what happened with Achan? 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:07.820 What then happens when a people begin to decide to live holy it affects their 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:13.420 Surroundings their immediate surroundings it affects their radius of influence 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:15.420 What is my radius of influence? 00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:21.460 Depending on my radius of influence a life that is aligned in holiness with a holy God who is 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:25.080 Transcendent to is separate who is super powerful super good 00:21:26.060 --> 00:21:28.180 That God begins to flow through me 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:35.020 Unhindered when my life is aligned with his holiness and the radius of my influence and everything in it 00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:38.860 Everyone in it inanimate and animate is affected by it 00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:47.780 We 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.980 Must live out our 00:21:53.620 --> 00:22:01.820 Calling and inheritance how can you say holiness is our inheritance because the Bible says in Matthew 5 48 and in 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:09.900 1st Peter 1 14 to 16 it says that your father is holy if my father is holy that part of the 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.820 inheritance I receive is 00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:13.820 holiness 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:21.700 If my father is holy anything I receive from him is holy I'm supposed to live out my inheritance 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:31.300 Matthew 5 48 talks about God being perfect. Tell yours is the word used there 00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:39.420 In a word what I'm saying is 00:22:41.060 --> 00:22:42.580 Let me see 00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:49.060 Matthew 5 48 you therefore must be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect first Peter 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:52.380 1 00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:54.420 14 to 16 00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:57.060 Let's read it from the message 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.940 First Peter 1 14 to 16 00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:06.540 So roll up your don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:12.180 Doing just what you feel like doing you didn't know any better than you do now as obedient children 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:16.800 Let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life a life 00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:23.100 energetic and blazing with holiness a life energetic and blazing with holiness 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:27.780 God said I am holy you be holy 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:36.920 Live out your calling and inheritance and you will steward the earth well 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:43.720 Mine is not to steward the earth well mine is just a steward my life and my family's life that is highly self-centered 00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:46.120 You are called to steward the earth 00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:54.560 Holiness is really not about your life holiness is aligning with a God so that God can do what he wants here on earth 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:06.400 Any questions guys 00:24:06.760 --> 00:24:09.120 Sometimes I wish you were here in person so you could ask questions 00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:20.120 Guys have an intolerance and an irritated annoyed attitude towards in unholy NSA 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:25.380 Some others a tolerance for it got to not have a tolerance for it 00:24:26.520 --> 00:24:28.800 It's okay to tolerate a child who? 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:36.120 Perhaps isn't behaving well, but my god as a child grows up if you keep tolerating it 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:38.640 Not good 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:44.880 So how do we live out holiness how do we live out holiness? 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:51.160 You know what I feel what I feel is 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.880 That at acts 29 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:02.160 Given what we've been given over all these years 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:07.160 God wants us to know that you're on a short leash when it comes to unholy NSA 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:12.160 You're on a short leash when it comes to unholy NSA 00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:19.640 As in I've taught you too much Jacob now if you decide to walk in 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:28.440 Tolerant unholy NSA I have you on a short leash. I won't give you too much latitude 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:31.440 I'll use whatever means 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:35.960 To bring you back into a walk that is 00:25:36.760 --> 00:25:41.120 Separate and distinct because I've put far too much into you acts 29 00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:48.920 It's a prophetic warning guys 00:25:54.600 --> 00:25:56.600 As your pastor, I'm okay with it 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:01.440 For myself and for the church 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:06.440 Because we live in such times that 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:13.440 God desperately needs the people who will be a holy people so he can be a holy powerful God through them 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:20.440 Please don't confine 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.440 Holiness to sexual sin it goes beyond that 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:27.440 Holy judgments holy motives holy words 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:30.440 Holy thinking 00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:40.440 So, how do we live out this holiness how do we live out this holiness how do we live out this holiness? 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:52.440 First 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:55.440 Holiness can only be a reality by faith 00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:57.480 holiness is 00:26:57.560 --> 00:26:59.560 a reality 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:06.880 By faith holiness is a reality by faith 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:10.680 If you look at acts 26 18 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.720 Acts 26 18 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:16.680 You need faith to begin this journey guys 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.800 acts 00:27:18.800 --> 00:27:20.800 26 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:23.000 18 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:34.080 This is God's command to Paul and he says 00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:40.160 To open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:46.000 So that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:48.800 sanctified as to be made holy a 00:27:49.800 --> 00:27:53.260 Place among those who are sanctified by faith in me 00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:58.260 So to be made holy the first thing that is required is this 00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:01.820 No, okay 00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:10.740 No, right, okay, sorry guys that was just an interruption 00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:14.420 Holiness is a reality by faith 00:28:15.820 --> 00:28:22.740 So it says in acts 26 18 that to be sanctified or to be set apart 00:28:23.260 --> 00:28:26.900 You have to start with the basic premise that it is 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:29.740 by faith 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:32.420 It is by faith 00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:37.500 And the word sanctification 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:47.500 You'll also see it in Colossians 1 22 Colossians 1 22. Let's just go through some scriptures Colossians 1 22 00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:53.820 These are the things that I must receive in faith they look at what it says in Colossians 1 22 00:28:55.980 --> 00:29:02.100 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:05.020 through death 00:29:05.020 --> 00:29:09.460 To present you holy in his sight without blemish free from accusation 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:13.740 These are things that I must receive by faith that he has reconciled me 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:16.140 He has reconciled me 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:22.700 To reconcile is to have no debts outstanding credit sheet and debt sheet are balanced 00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:27.820 He has reconciled me by Christ's physical body 00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:32.300 Through death on a cross to present me 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.980 Holy in his sight 00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:42.060 Okay, if that's 00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:44.420 Yeah 00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:47.860 To present me holy in his sight 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:50.660 without blemish and 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:54.380 Free from accusation without blemish and free from accusation 00:29:54.380 --> 00:30:00.420 I must stand in this by faith that I am without blemish. I am free from accusation 00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:03.180 I am presented holy before God. This is where I start 00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:06.860 Let's look at another scripture Hebrews 10 10 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:10.700 Hebrews 10 10 00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:14.340 Hebrews 10 10 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:25.580 And this is what Jesus did for me did for you did for us 00:30:26.300 --> 00:30:27.300 that 00:30:27.300 --> 00:30:34.020 We have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ 00:30:34.020 --> 00:30:37.100 Once and for all we have been made holy 00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:39.580 Once and for all we have been made holy 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:45.660 By the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all that's where I start 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:49.660 Holiness becomes a reality 00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:58.140 holiness is a starting point that I have to establish my faith by faith that at present I'm presented before God as 00:30:58.620 --> 00:31:00.940 blameless as free of accusation as 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:04.500 Set apart as 00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:12.500 Absolutely, holy and that when I talk about absolute holiness, I'm talking about the same holiness that Jesus possesses 00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:19.340 One of the ways the word sanctification can be defined the sanctification is Christ in me 00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:23.340 sanctification is Christ in me and that I draw 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:29.620 From Jesus the very holiness that he exhibits I draw 00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:36.420 From Jesus the very holiness that he exhibits that is how I'm presented before the father 00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:39.300 That is how I stand before the father 00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:44.780 That is my permanent position before the father. That is where I start 00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:53.460 So that's where we start just one sec guys 00:31:59.620 --> 00:32:02.700 Second holiness is by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.900 Holiness 00:32:07.540 --> 00:32:11.580 Is by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:21.780 Holiness is by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:32:21.780 --> 00:32:24.780 Holiness is by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:28.460 Holiness is by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:31.860 So the first thing is I 00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:36.260 I begin this process of walking in holiness by receiving it by faith 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:44.180 Second holiness is by the power of the Holy Spirit. Why is he called Holy Spirit one because he's holy to because he makes me holy 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:49.660 Why is he called Holy Spirit one because he's holy to because he makes me holy 00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:54.420 Holiness is by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:32:56.580 --> 00:33:02.860 First Peter verse 1 as a chapter 1 verse 2. Let's read from the NIRV 1st Peter chapter 00:33:04.260 --> 00:33:06.260 1 00:33:07.100 --> 00:33:09.340 Verse 2 reading from the NIRV 00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:12.340 Beautiful eh? 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:17.100 You have been chosen in keeping with what God the Father had planned 00:33:17.660 --> 00:33:21.420 That happened through the Spirit's work to make you pure and holy beautiful eh? 00:33:21.420 --> 00:33:24.780 You have been chosen in keeping with what God the Father had planned 00:33:25.260 --> 00:33:28.220 That happened through the Spirit's work to make you pure and holy 00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:30.780 God chose you so that you might obey Jesus Christ 00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:35.900 He wanted you to be made clean by the blood of Christ may more and more grace and peace be given to you 00:33:36.060 --> 00:33:42.700 You have been chosen in keeping with what with what God the Father had planned that happened through the Spirit's work to make you pure and holy 00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:46.860 So if the work of the Spirit that makes me pure and holy second Thessalonians 2 13 00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:49.580 second Thessalonians 2 13 00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:52.300 second Thessalonians 2 13 00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:57.020 Brothers and sisters reading again from the NIRV brothers and sisters 00:33:57.020 --> 00:34:02.860 We should always thank God for you. The Lord loves you. God chose you from the beginning. He wanted you to be saved 00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:05.420 Salvation comes through the Holy Spirit's work 00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:07.900 He makes people holy 00:34:08.540 --> 00:34:10.540 beautifully 00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:15.420 So the first part is I receive holiness by faith the second part is 00:34:16.140 --> 00:34:21.900 The Holy Spirit now begins to produce holiness in me. He does the work. He does the work 00:34:26.220 --> 00:34:34.460 The cool thing about resurrection is resurrection allowed God to put the holiness of his son by the Spirit in me 00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:40.540 The death of Jesus Christ destroyed my sin 00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:43.900 resurrection allows God to put 00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:51.900 The life of his holy son in me by the Holy Spirit so that I now belong to a new 00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:55.420 Order I now belong to a people that 00:34:56.780 --> 00:35:01.040 Contain in them the holiness of God. This is brought about by the power of the Holy Spirit 00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:08.140 So 00:35:09.020 --> 00:35:15.660 Where do we start how can the Holy Spirit work really well in me if he wants to bring to pass in me the holiness of God 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:23.920 Guys, the first place you start is begin with an awareness awareness of whose you are begin with an awareness 00:35:26.060 --> 00:35:28.060 Begin with an awareness 00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:31.900 Of whose I am 00:35:32.540 --> 00:35:36.060 Of whose I am or whose you are first Corinthians 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:39.400 16 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:44.300 19 and 20 first Corinthians 16 19 and 20 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:49.740 Sorry first Corinthians 6 9 19 and 20 00:35:52.060 --> 00:35:58.300 Okay first Corinthians 6 19 and 20 first Corinthians 6 19 and 20 00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:04.140 The second is that the Holy Spirit is in you 00:36:06.540 --> 00:36:09.260 Don't you know that your bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit 00:36:10.060 --> 00:36:14.700 The Spirit is in you you have received him from God. You do not belong to yourself 00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:21.580 Christ has paid the price for you. So use your bodies in a way that honors God. Don't you know that your bodies? 00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:26.940 Are the temples of the Holy Spirit? The Spirit is in you you have received him from God 00:36:27.020 --> 00:36:30.460 The Spirit has paid the price for you. So use your bodies in a way that honors God 00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:34.460 So one of the first things that has to happen is I have to begin to 00:36:35.080 --> 00:36:40.220 Understand whose I am who do I belong to I need to understand that 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:42.940 Whose I am I'm not my own 00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:47.500 This is how I let the Holy Spirit begin to do what he wants to 00:36:48.620 --> 00:36:50.620 Begins with an awareness of whose I am 00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:55.100 Now this temple does not belong to me it was purchased it was bought at a price 00:36:55.580 --> 00:37:02.300 It was purchased with holy holy priceless precious blood now. It belongs to someone else and he has decided to dwell in me 00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:05.420 Whose I am is where I begin 00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:11.260 How else can I help the Holy Spirit to bring the holiness of God to me guys 00:37:11.820 --> 00:37:15.740 begin to sustain the work of the Holy Spirit in your life by 00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:18.540 experiencing the Holy Spirit on a daily basis 00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:24.300 Begin to dive into the Holy Spirit the more you like the Holy Spirit the more you yield to him the more you open 00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:28.700 Your your life to him the more he is able to bring the character of Christ into your life 00:37:28.940 --> 00:37:31.740 And the chief character of Christ is holiness 00:37:32.540 --> 00:37:36.940 It is the essence of deity love and holiness and even love is holy love 00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:39.100 It is not the kind of love you find here on earth 00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.860 First Corinthians 2 10 00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:51.260 Dive into the Holy Spirit he searches the mind of God he lives in you you can get to know the benefits of God 00:37:51.820 --> 00:37:53.820 Ephesians 3 16 00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:59.340 Let the Holy Spirit strengthen you in your inner man so that you can begin to expect 00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:01.900 beyond what you ask 00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.820 or imagine 00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:06.460 the more I dive into the life and the 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:12.060 Experience of the Holy Spirit on a daily basis the more the Holy Spirit I find myself 00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:15.120 The more I find myself opening myself up to the Holy Spirit 00:38:20.700 --> 00:38:22.620 The cool thing about God is 00:38:22.620 --> 00:38:28.540 Your experience with God only grows richer as you begin to experience it more and more and so at some point 00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:32.860 We have to decide i'm going to be reckless and abandon myself to God 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:39.100 Not abandon myself to activity not abandon myself to theology but abandon myself to God 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:46.220 As in you can have more more more you can have all all all and as you do you begin to experience the richness of God 00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:51.020 Because there is a never an end to God's more of God's all it goes on and on and on 00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:56.060 Every year you begin to taste him more and you think to yourself man 00:38:56.060 --> 00:39:00.780 I thought the Holy Spirit was tasty last year, but my God he tastes different this year 00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:05.580 And you rip open some other part of you and say have this too 00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:10.540 And every time you give anything to the Holy Spirit it comes back 00:39:12.280 --> 00:39:15.360 Multiplied many times and you end up being richer 00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:26.560 This is why I look forward to living here on earth every year is going to be richer 00:39:26.560 --> 00:39:28.560 Sure 00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:41.460 Our bodies belong to him it's his property he knows how to take care of it with or without brook broccoli 00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:55.360 Okay the third thing yeah broccoli helps yes 00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:59.200 But 00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:02.160 Yeah 00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:07.440 Thousands and thousands of years ago 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:09.760 I'm, not sure if this is 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.760 Can be verified factually or not 00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:19.280 Broccoli used to be a meat product that over a period of time through fossilization. We had to change shape and 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.400 Ended up looking like it looks now 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:25.520 Yeah moving on 00:40:32.960 --> 00:40:34.960 Holiness 00:40:36.560 --> 00:40:38.640 Holiness is living 00:40:38.640 --> 00:40:43.120 One of the the how do we live out holiness holiness can be lived out by living in? 00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:46.160 the love 00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:48.720 of God as in holiness is 00:40:49.200 --> 00:40:56.240 Living out of the fullness living out of the fullness out of the fullness of the love of God 00:40:59.200 --> 00:41:02.800 Holiness is living out of the fullness of the love of God as in 00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:07.040 The third way that we can begin to live out holiness is when 00:41:07.680 --> 00:41:12.480 You follow what Jesus said in john 15 8 to 10 and Jesus puts it in so well 00:41:12.560 --> 00:41:17.120 He depending on the version you read it says remain intimately at home in my love 00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:21.280 Remain intimately at home in my love. That's what I have done 00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:26.960 And I've kept my father's commands in the bargain and made myself at home in his love 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:29.680 guys the thing is 00:41:29.680 --> 00:41:31.680 passionate fidelity 00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:39.760 Passionate fidelity which is what which is just another way of looking at holiness passionate fidelity is a result of 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:42.800 our love 00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:44.160 any couple 00:41:44.160 --> 00:41:50.640 That are passionate about each other that adore each other that are devoted to each other will find themselves living 00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:56.800 out of a holy relationship that has no other 00:41:58.080 --> 00:41:59.440 interest 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:04.980 No other seduction. No other trap that can be sprung because passionate fidelity 00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:10.240 Will always end up 00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:12.880 in a holy relationship 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:17.760 Jesus said this over and over again. Listen, if you want to live a holy life 00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:22.240 The way to do it is to be in love with my father 00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:29.680 I am that way. I I remain intimately in my father's love. I've made my home in my father's love 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:33.360 Therefore, I do not find it difficult to follow my father's commands 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:37.600 one of the ways to sustain holiness is to be 00:42:38.860 --> 00:42:42.720 Increasingly in love with him because perfect oneness with a holy god 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.280 is only possible 00:42:46.160 --> 00:42:50.560 When i'm increasing in my relationship of love with him 00:42:53.760 --> 00:42:55.760 And the fourth method 00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:00.480 To live out a holy life holiness 00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:09.840 Holiness is requires denying yourself requires denying yourself 00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:12.800 Holiness requires denying yourself 00:43:16.240 --> 00:43:21.360 Holiness requires denying yourself denying yourself by training 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:29.200 Your life differently denying yourself by obeying when the rest of the world is not obeying denying yourself by choosing to forego 00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:35.360 Interests and desires and rights denying yourself by choosing to bear fruit as in 00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:40.080 Bear in your life the fruitfulness of christ the way he is 00:43:40.560 --> 00:43:45.200 Denying yourself by choosing to please the one you love rather than displease him 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:50.880 Holiness requires a denying of self 00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:53.680 Holiness requires a denying of self 00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:57.120 These are the four requirements for holiness guys 00:43:58.240 --> 00:44:00.980 That the bible keeps returning to again and again and again 00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:08.320 Can you explain the promise of your father's words? 00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:15.520 Yeah, uh don is asking if I could explain holiness as a reality by faith what I mean by that is 00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:20.080 We begin from not I have to become holy 00:44:20.640 --> 00:44:23.440 If we begin from I have been made holy 00:44:24.080 --> 00:44:31.360 And that is by faith because I have to now trust god in colossians 1 22 where he says hey by the sacrifice 00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:34.320 And the death of my son on the cross I have now 00:44:35.040 --> 00:44:42.320 Made you blameless free of accusation and you are presented before me always as perfect because with one sacrifice as it says 00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:45.520 He says in hebrews 10 10 you have been made holy 00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:49.440 And that is by faith. That is where I start 00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:53.360 The great thing about christianity and no other religion offers it 00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:59.440 Every other religion offers you things to do so that you can get to the place of acceptance 00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:06.240 Christianity starts you from a place of acceptance, but that start can only come through faith 00:45:06.640 --> 00:45:12.080 So I have been made holy how holy as holy as jesus. That is where I start 00:45:14.560 --> 00:45:15.680 Why am I 00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:23.280 Saying that you have been made as holy as jesus because your holiness is only because of the fact that christ the holy one 00:45:23.600 --> 00:45:27.440 Lives in you and he we are not drawing from the power of christ to be holy 00:45:27.600 --> 00:45:31.040 We are drawing on the very holiness of christ because he dwells in me 00:45:34.400 --> 00:45:36.400 So that's where we start 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:40.000 And from there we go to 00:45:41.040 --> 00:45:45.360 Now that I have been made holy I will sustain it by the power of the holy spirit 00:45:48.720 --> 00:45:54.080 And the first step towards sustaining it by the power of the holy spirit is to become highly aware of whose I am 00:45:54.400 --> 00:46:01.120 Both whose I am and who I've become who's am I I am the holy spirit's temple 00:46:02.080 --> 00:46:07.360 Who's am I I have been bought at a price and I no longer belong to myself first corinthians 6 19 and 20 00:46:07.600 --> 00:46:13.760 So who does that who what does that make me it makes me a temple a temple of what a temple of god himself 00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:18.560 Which god the transcendent beyond forever perfect straight? 00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:21.420 eternal 00:46:22.060 --> 00:46:24.060 Brainless 00:46:24.620 --> 00:46:26.620 Blazing fire god 00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:29.360 His temple i am 00:46:37.120 --> 00:46:39.120 And then I begin to experience him more and more 00:46:40.640 --> 00:46:43.920 As I begin to experience him more and more I cannot live without him you 00:46:44.720 --> 00:46:46.480 It's a strange thing 00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:51.360 Till you experience something you do not know whether you like it or not once you experience it and you like it 00:46:51.600 --> 00:46:56.640 You cannot live without it try living without your iphone without facebook without instagram nowadays 00:46:57.200 --> 00:47:01.680 Try living without it live a week without it and you will see how desperate you get 00:47:04.800 --> 00:47:09.440 Why because you've gotten used to it you've gotten accustomed to it you've gotten dependent on it hey 00:47:10.160 --> 00:47:14.720 The holy spirit is saying why not try me become accustomed to me become dependent on me 00:47:15.040 --> 00:47:19.920 So that without me you will not know what to do you you you can't you can't live life 00:47:22.320 --> 00:47:24.480 He says I can also do the beep or the ping 00:47:27.200 --> 00:47:29.200 Depend on me 00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:34.960 I search the mind of god jacob you want to know the mind of god you don't want to know how your father thinks 00:47:35.120 --> 00:47:40.240 You want to know what mysteries he wants to open for you you want to find out things 00:47:40.960 --> 00:47:46.320 I am the one who searches his mind come become reckless throw yourself onto me i'll catch you 00:47:47.040 --> 00:47:48.240 I 00:47:48.240 --> 00:47:52.400 Can do it feelingly greater than you can ask or think or imagine try me out? 00:47:52.400 --> 00:47:54.960 Why do you stop trying when I don't turn up tomorrow? 00:47:56.080 --> 00:47:58.480 Why do you stop trying when I don't turn up a week from now? 00:47:58.480 --> 00:48:00.960 Why do you stop trying when I don't turn up a year from now? 00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:05.120 Don't you know that I'm faithful that if I say something I'll bring it to pass that i'm doing 00:48:05.600 --> 00:48:09.920 What is required to make you a vessel that can contain what i'm going to pour into you? 00:48:10.240 --> 00:48:16.240 Why do you give up just because you think I haven't shown up because I'm I've been showing up since the beginning 00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:19.280 I 00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:25.460 Don't delay because I want to do you harm. I don't delay because I want to withhold anything from you 00:48:41.600 --> 00:48:44.560 You're, sustained by the power of the holy spirit the third one is 00:48:46.560 --> 00:48:51.280 You can only live out holiness if you're deeply in love with the one who is holy 00:48:55.760 --> 00:49:03.520 Passionate fidelity between couples who are adoringly devoted to each other is a result of how much they love each other 00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:07.120 How much they love each other that is what it comes out of? 00:49:09.040 --> 00:49:13.520 Remain in my love remain intimately in my love just as I have remained in my father's love 00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:18.740 It allows me then to follow my father's command and I am at home in his love 00:49:26.560 --> 00:49:30.320 Perfect oneness with a holy god is impossible without practiced holiness 00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:37.220 Perfect oneness with a holy god is impossible without practiced holiness. Do not think that positional holiness 00:49:38.240 --> 00:49:39.200 will 00:49:39.200 --> 00:49:44.480 Help you experience god here on earth. Like I said, he's already given us a prophetic warning 00:49:44.480 --> 00:49:49.280 I will hold you on a short leash when it comes to holiness praise the lord shout hallelujah for that 00:49:49.600 --> 00:49:51.760 That he will not let you get away with much 00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:58.080 Perfect 00:49:58.080 --> 00:50:05.440 Oneness with a holy god, which is what god desires, which is what he is willing to do is however impossible to experience 00:50:05.760 --> 00:50:12.080 Without practiced holiness not positional holiness practiced holiness. You are already holy jacob 00:50:12.240 --> 00:50:14.720 So now show me how that looks like in actual living 00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:19.120 You're you've been made holy now show me how that looks in actual living 00:50:19.520 --> 00:50:25.360 That's what the world is waiting for because i'm supposed to be an image bearer who shows the world the essence of my god 00:50:27.040 --> 00:50:32.320 Where i'm saying look at me i'm the mirror come world look at what my god behaves like well then jacob 00:50:32.640 --> 00:50:35.760 Show them what I behave like be holy in everything 00:50:38.160 --> 00:50:43.440 And then the fourth one did she just say jacob fourth one is holiness requires denying yourself 00:50:43.920 --> 00:50:50.480 Holiness requires denying yourself. That's his new iphone 12, by the way holiness requires denying yourself 00:50:54.880 --> 00:50:57.040 Holiness requires denying yourself 00:50:57.440 --> 00:51:02.320 And we think we can get past holiness without denying and doesn't work 00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:05.840 Holiness requires denying yourself 00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:14.400 Holiness is denying yourself deny yourself in terms of how you train 00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:18.000 Deny yourself in terms of obedience 00:51:18.960 --> 00:51:22.640 Deny your interests deny your desires deny your rights 00:51:23.200 --> 00:51:26.800 Deny yourself so that you may bear more fruit pruning must happen 00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:30.480 Deny yourself 00:51:33.200 --> 00:51:35.200 The pleasures and the ways of the world 00:51:35.600 --> 00:51:39.440 Giving up opportunities because you know that choosing holiness is far more important 00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:42.480 Deny yourself so that you can please the one you love 00:51:45.600 --> 00:51:47.600 So 00:51:48.160 --> 00:51:50.400 Deny yourself so that you can please the one you love 00:51:54.240 --> 00:52:00.480 Let me end with two questions let me end with two questions so here are the two questions 00:52:03.040 --> 00:52:05.040 The first question is 00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:17.440 Sorry phoebe phoebe is making phoebe is having conversations 00:52:17.600 --> 00:52:19.600 So i'm laughing at that 00:52:19.600 --> 00:52:23.620 Okay, uh the first question is let me write it down 00:52:34.640 --> 00:52:37.460 Guys these are not easy to answer 00:52:47.600 --> 00:52:49.600 So 00:52:50.560 --> 00:52:52.560 So 00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:18.960 That's the first question 00:53:20.160 --> 00:53:22.160 Do you believe 00:53:25.040 --> 00:53:29.200 That you need to be absolutely holy or pure 00:53:30.640 --> 00:53:33.840 Do you believe that you need to be absolutely holy or pure? 00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:43.280 In your walk in your words in your thoughts and don't be surprised if your answer is not absolutely holy 00:53:44.240 --> 00:53:46.240 So 00:53:47.280 --> 00:53:50.160 That saddened me when I tried answering this question 00:53:53.200 --> 00:53:56.560 That my answer wasn't of course oh god 00:53:58.160 --> 00:54:00.640 What else could it be that wasn't my answer 00:54:03.120 --> 00:54:05.120 I was sad about that 00:54:08.240 --> 00:54:10.480 My answer was yeah, we need to be holy 00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:17.680 But absolutely holy absolutely pure no, I don't aspire to that standard that's ridiculous that only god can do 00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:21.280 That was my answer 00:54:22.240 --> 00:54:24.240 That's the wrong answer 00:54:26.960 --> 00:54:30.960 Do you believe you need to be absolutely pure and holy jacob 00:54:32.240 --> 00:54:34.640 In your walk in your thoughts in your words 00:54:34.640 --> 00:54:36.640 In your words 00:54:37.040 --> 00:54:39.040 The answer is yes. Oh god 00:54:39.440 --> 00:54:46.320 I think I need to be absolutely pure and holy in my words and thoughts in my walk because you oh god 00:54:46.940 --> 00:54:48.560 transcendent separate 00:54:48.560 --> 00:54:54.800 God who lives within me are absolutely pure and holy in your walk your words and your thoughts 00:54:55.360 --> 00:55:01.280 For me to settle for less or god is so not what I am called to 00:55:05.360 --> 00:55:07.360 That is the standard we are establishing guys 00:55:12.000 --> 00:55:15.140 The next question just two questions 00:55:23.600 --> 00:55:25.600 Second question was 00:55:34.640 --> 00:55:36.640 For 00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:51.520 The sake of the audio i'll keep talking my desire is to place every detail of my life 00:55:53.920 --> 00:55:58.100 Under his scrutiny 00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:04.480 And sometimes 00:56:04.880 --> 00:56:06.880 Under the scrutiny 00:56:07.280 --> 00:56:09.280 Of others 00:56:15.040 --> 00:56:16.300 Am I 00:56:16.300 --> 00:56:18.300 Desirous not am I willing? 00:56:18.640 --> 00:56:20.000 Not am I 00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:24.000 Willing to consider no am I desirous is it my desire? 00:56:25.680 --> 00:56:30.560 Am I desirous to place every detail of my life every thought 00:56:31.120 --> 00:56:34.660 Every motive every intent every word am I desirous 00:56:35.520 --> 00:56:39.280 To place every detail of my life under his scrutiny 00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:45.520 This is not that god sees everything. No, no, no, this is you desiring to bring under his scrutiny 00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:52.640 Every detail every thought every word every motive bringing it before him before it is released from your life 00:56:53.280 --> 00:56:55.280 and sometimes 00:56:55.340 --> 00:56:57.760 Desiring that you be scrutinized by someone else 00:56:58.240 --> 00:57:02.580 Because you are not even sure of how well you scrutinize things 00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:18.800 Am I desirous to place every detail of my life under his scrutiny and if necessary under the scrutiny of others 00:57:21.200 --> 00:57:24.320 David put it this way search me. Oh god, I know my heart today 00:57:25.040 --> 00:57:26.160 Try me 00:57:26.160 --> 00:57:28.880 Test me see if there be any wicked way in me 00:57:31.360 --> 00:57:36.560 This is not that prayer where we say oh god if there are sins of omission and commission and bishishan and roshishan 00:57:36.800 --> 00:57:41.840 Make sure please could you forgive me that that just is this loophole lawyer? 00:57:42.540 --> 00:57:44.640 christianese that covers every angle so that 00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:50.320 You pass your exam or something we're not talking about that we're talking about 00:57:50.960 --> 00:57:56.160 Search me oh god and know my heart test me try me and see if there be any wicked way in me 00:57:57.280 --> 00:57:58.560 it was a 00:57:58.560 --> 00:58:02.240 Please scrutinize my life find things god that are wrong 00:58:03.680 --> 00:58:04.880 and then 00:58:04.880 --> 00:58:11.540 Taking it a step further and taking it before others and saying hey scrutinize my life. Is there something? 00:58:20.640 --> 00:58:22.640 I 00:58:26.320 --> 00:58:28.320 Yeah 00:58:31.680 --> 00:58:33.680 I'm done guys. I don't know how to end this 00:58:37.840 --> 00:58:39.840 If you got any questions, feel free to ask 00:58:50.320 --> 00:58:52.320 That 00:58:59.920 --> 00:59:03.840 Yeah, yeah so evan's point is that the first question 00:59:06.000 --> 00:59:08.000 Seems unachievable 00:59:08.800 --> 00:59:14.160 And that's true to be absolutely pure and holy without fault is unachievable here on earth 00:59:14.640 --> 00:59:17.200 but if that is not the standard set 00:59:18.000 --> 00:59:20.000 then 00:59:20.080 --> 00:59:26.080 It is not a god standard and therefore I have to go back to the four points where I 00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:31.360 Receive my holiness by faith. I sustain it by the holy spirit. I 00:59:32.080 --> 00:59:35.680 Live it out in love and I deny myself to practice it 00:59:36.720 --> 00:59:39.040 but I was surprised at how 00:59:39.840 --> 00:59:40.640 I 00:59:40.640 --> 00:59:44.400 Didn't even consider that I needed to be absolutely holy and pure 00:59:45.680 --> 00:59:49.360 It was almost a sense of if I am better than 90 percent 00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:55.040 That's good enough. But what if the 90 percent are so bad that my better is pathetic? 01:00:01.360 --> 01:00:06.560 So I was surprised that my answer wasn't yes, of course, what else did you expect oh god? 01:00:09.040 --> 01:00:14.160 And the second one was the scrutiny and the desirous of scrutiny you got i'm going to do this 01:00:14.240 --> 01:00:16.240 What do you think i'm going to do that? What do you think? 01:00:16.480 --> 01:00:19.120 My heart is set on this. What do you think i'm desirous of this? 01:00:19.120 --> 01:00:24.880 But what do you think this continuous exposing before god and having him interrupt and spoil things that I want 01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:27.920 spoil things for the better 01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:31.920 And then putting the same thing under the scrutiny of others saying what do you think? 01:00:31.920 --> 01:00:34.560 This is what I think. This is what I think god said, but what do you think? 01:00:37.760 --> 01:00:45.280 This is the training party this is the training part it's okay. This is the training part i'm done so you can roam around 01:00:46.240 --> 01:00:49.760 I don't know how to end so let's just think for a moment and end this 01:00:55.200 --> 01:00:58.000 Father I just asked that could you piece everything together 01:00:58.800 --> 01:01:04.000 If I haven't taught the best I could could you just by just sheer grace 01:01:05.520 --> 01:01:08.640 Cause this teaching to penetrate lives and 01:01:09.680 --> 01:01:11.680 Cause holy life to be created 01:01:11.760 --> 01:01:18.900 This is teaching to penetrate lives and cause holiness to begin to rise in my heart and our hearts 01:01:22.960 --> 01:01:26.560 How do you want us to end oh god, how do you want us to end? 01:01:32.240 --> 01:01:35.200 Father, I think you want us to answer the first question we'll end with that 01:01:35.200 --> 01:01:41.360 Father your question is hey, do you jacob believe do you sue believe do you jone believe do you 01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:48.800 Tooni believe that you need to be absolutely holy and pure in your walk thoughts and words 01:01:50.240 --> 01:01:52.800 So today father we break every 01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:56.400 Every limit that we have put on holiness 01:01:57.520 --> 01:02:03.120 Every comparison that we have put on holiness. I want to be as holy as or I will be as holy as 01:02:03.120 --> 01:02:06.240 I want to be as holy as or I will be holier than 01:02:10.320 --> 01:02:12.320 I want to put an end to that today 01:02:13.360 --> 01:02:18.400 I want to put an end to that today. I wish I had some way to demonstrate that father 01:02:20.080 --> 01:02:22.160 Do we have a stick that I can break? No 01:02:25.440 --> 01:02:30.240 Okay father so in the name of Jesus Christ I literally break 01:02:30.240 --> 01:02:32.880 The limit I have set on how holy I should be 01:02:37.200 --> 01:02:40.240 I break it and I go for the 01:02:42.400 --> 01:02:51.680 Absolute holiness and purity in my walk in my thought life in my motives and intents in my words absolute holy 01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:54.400 holiness and purity 01:02:54.400 --> 01:02:55.840 That is now 01:02:56.320 --> 01:02:58.000 That is now 01:02:58.000 --> 01:03:02.800 Going to be our standard our high bar our ceiling 01:03:03.360 --> 01:03:05.360 That is it. That is what it's going to be 01:03:06.080 --> 01:03:08.080 So could you hold this church to that? 01:03:08.400 --> 01:03:10.400 Could you hold this church to that? 01:03:10.400 --> 01:03:14.720 I'm bringing the church to you and saying this is a church that you paid in blood for 01:03:15.760 --> 01:03:18.800 This is a church that is supposed to be a set apart. Holy people 01:03:19.360 --> 01:03:23.460 This is a church that is supposed to house a transcendent perfect blameless 01:03:23.940 --> 01:03:28.900 Holy god and so we change our standards we change 01:03:29.540 --> 01:03:31.380 our 01:03:31.380 --> 01:03:38.980 Upper limit we say we want to be absolutely pure and holy in words thoughts intents motives actions 01:03:39.540 --> 01:03:44.580 We want to be absolutely holy and pure hold us to that standard. This is how I want to end today 01:03:45.220 --> 01:03:47.220 Please holy spirit help us 01:03:50.020 --> 01:03:52.020 In Jesus name I ask amen 01:03:54.420 --> 01:03:58.660 Let's end there guys i'm half thinking hey i'm half thinking of a song 01:03:59.380 --> 01:04:02.900 But i'm wondering whether we can just let it be an end there 01:04:03.540 --> 01:04:05.540 Because I can't think of a song that could 01:04:06.260 --> 01:04:08.260 capture all this 01:04:11.300 --> 01:04:13.300 Can you