1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,560 Thank you brother George, it's a good message in song this 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:05,000 morning. It's good to be here. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,240 I'm thankful for pastor allowing me and he asked me to if I would 4 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:09,880 preach on this Sunday. I'm thankful for the 5 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,440 opportunity. It's always a blessing to stand 6 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,080 behind this sacred desk and preach the word of God. 7 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:17,800 I believe the word of God is strong and powerful. 8 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:20,520 I believe it's sharper than any 2 edged sword and I believe it's 9 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:22,560 something that brings conviction to our lives. 10 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:27,000 So I thank the pastor for that. I also want to say this, I was 11 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,800 doing real good this week. I was doing real good until 12 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,880 Friday came along and they had lift. 13 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,440 That's when all the ladies get together and they, I think they 14 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,680 discussed the book, don't they? OK, it's not just, it's not 15 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,280 gossip, but somehow gossip enters into it. 16 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:48,760 And for some reason I was doing real good. 17 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:52,240 My wife did not know I was going to be preaching today. 18 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:59,080 I was keeping it a secret and some woman amongst the ladies 19 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,720 that were there mentioned. Well, we need to pray for 20 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,240 Brother Richie, my wife. What for? 21 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,520 What's wrong with him? Well, he's going to be preaching 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:10,360 on Sunday. Really. 23 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,240 She didn't know. I tried to keep these things 24 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:15,280 secret. I was doing real good. 25 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:24,720 I was writing my own message. I had one of the astute brethren 26 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,880 here this morning asked me, Doc, if my wife had wrote my message 27 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,000 for me. How did he know that? 28 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,600 Is that some gossip that goes through the church that Sue 29 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,880 writes Jim's messages? What? 30 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:50,660 No. If you like the message this 31 00:01:50,660 --> 00:01:59,660 morning, I did it. If you don't like it, I'm going 32 00:01:59,660 --> 00:02:04,560 to have a cold dinner today. If anybody wants to know that. 33 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:06,640 If you have your Bibles this morning, praise God. 34 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:08,160 You have the Bible, you have the word of God. 35 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:13,200 Turn over to Exodus chapter 3. A few weeks back, Pastor opened 36 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,280 up to this verse description. I thought, oh, oh, he's going to 37 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:17,640 preach something that I was going to preach. 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:19,680 No, he went off in a different direction. 39 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,400 We're just going to have this as our jumping off place this 40 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:28,200 morning in the Word of God. Exodus chapter 3 verse one will 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,800 be verses one through 6. Let's do this first, please. 42 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,000 Let's, let's bow for prayer. I need God's hand. 43 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:45,440 Father, you be glorified today. Lord, it's not about me. 44 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:51,120 Take Me Out of the way. Remove me from the equation, but 45 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:56,440 ask your Lord as an instrument in the hands of the mighty God. 46 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:03,160 Use the words that you've given me, but use the words that are 47 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:06,360 from your word to bring conviction and working hearts 48 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,600 today. For I pray all this and ask this 49 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,440 in the wonderful name of our Savior. 50 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:16,200 Amen. Next is chapter 3 verse reading 51 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,360 and verse one if you would with me please. 52 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,680 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the 53 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,600 priest dominion. He's talking about a flock of 54 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,480 sheep here folks. OK, a flock of sheep and he led 55 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,320 the flock to the backside of the desert and came to the mountain 56 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,760 of God, even the Horeb. Now he came to the mountain. 57 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,280 Understand that I used to think when I read this at first he 58 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:39,920 went to the mountain. He went up to the mountain. 59 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,520 Have you ever been ever seen Mount Horeb? 60 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,160 It's it's just a big old bunch of rocks up there's there's 61 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,360 nothing for the sheep. There actually be no way hardly 62 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,120 for the sheep to get up there, more of a place that a mountain 63 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,480 goat would abide. And the Angel of the Lord 64 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,560 appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a Bush, 65 00:03:56,280 --> 00:04:01,200 and he looked to behold the Bush burned with fire, and the Bush 66 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,520 was not consumed. Now you looked at this Bush. 67 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:07,400 It probably wasn't an unknown thing or a weird thing to see a 68 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,640 Bush burn. This Bush would be a cassia type 69 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,440 plant, a Thistle much similar to what we have in the in the 70 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:21,440 plains states. Tumbleweeds, something dry and 71 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,560 probably sometime along the line, maybe from a spark from 72 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,080 the campfire or something else that Bush would catch on fire 73 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,200 and he would see it burning Within a matter of of seconds, 74 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,280 if not within a minute, that Bush would be totally consumed 75 00:04:34,520 --> 00:04:37,320 and it'd just be blackened and then the ashes would fall to the 76 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:41,200 ground. But he looked and he saw that 77 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,480 the Bush was not consumed. It continued to burn. 78 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,960 That got up his in his inquisitive nuts and he wonder 79 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:51,520 what was going on there. And Moses said I will now turn 80 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:57,960 aside and see this great site and why the Bush excuse me, this 81 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:03,000 thing fell off my pocket. Why this Bush is not burnt. 82 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:09,680 And when the one the Lord saw that he turned aside to see God 83 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:11,800 called him out of the midst of the Bush. 84 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:15,200 Now I can see him beginning up and walking towards that Bush 85 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,560 and he's going, what's going on with this? 86 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:17,800 This thing should have been consumed. 87 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,960 And as it got a little bit closer, the Bush talks to him. 88 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,480 Now it doesn't say here, but I imagine he was kind of like, 89 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:28,720 whoa, what? Haven't you ever had a Bush talk 90 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:33,920 to you, let alone one on fire? And it was God's voice called 91 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,400 him out of the midst of the Bush and said, Moses, Moses. 92 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,520 And he said, here I am, I'm right here, Lord, I'm right 93 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:40,920 here, here I am. What, what? 94 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,920 What do you need? What do you go on to say? 95 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,400 He said. And he said, Draw not nigh, hit 96 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:52,720 her, put off thy shoes from thy feet for the place where in thou 97 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,480 standest get. This church today is holy 98 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,000 ground. This is the first mention of 99 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,840 holy in the Bible all the way here in the exec. 100 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:07,320 Excuse me, Exodus chapter 3. We find here the word holy. 101 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:12,080 And God's saying this because the ground was holy, not because 102 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:15,480 Moses was anybody special. You realize Moses almost 40 103 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:17,320 years now, he's been the backside of the desert. 104 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,280 He's been, he's run away from Pharaoh. 105 00:06:19,280 --> 00:06:21,800 Why? Because he murdered an Egyptian. 106 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:27,120 The Bible tells us over in Hebrews that that Moses made a 107 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:30,960 determination in his life to follow after God by faith, to 108 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:35,560 follow after God, rather than to to have the pleasures of sin for 109 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,000 a season. I believe Moses living in the 110 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,720 House of Pharaoh, probably knew what some of those pleasures 111 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,880 were. So there might have been some of 112 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,040 that in his life. So he was not, he was not the 113 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:51,320 reason that the ground was holy. The ground radiated that day 114 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:53,400 with the holiness of Almighty God. 115 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:00,120 We serve a mighty God today. I want to say this, my 116 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,200 philosophy in preaching is basically twofold. 117 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,040 First of all, that God receives all the glory and praise. 118 00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:10,040 And secondly, that I leave with those the listeners here this 119 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:13,560 morning, either a little seed that will bring somebody to 120 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,320 salvation in the knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Lord and 121 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,640 Savior, show them about their sin and their need in life. 122 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:21,640 Or bring you as a Christian a nugget of something that you can 123 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,080 take with you to carry on in your life in your Christian 124 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:32,620 walk. So we find here holy. 125 00:07:32,620 --> 00:07:35,100 First, mention it was holy there because why? 126 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:40,000 Because God was present in the model of prayer, the Lord's 127 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,920 Prayer, many people call it the model of prayer. 128 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,240 We find out the Lord said this to the disciples. 129 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,880 When you pray, pray like this, Our Father in heaven, which our 130 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,880 Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 131 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:55,680 If you look that up in the dictionary, the first 132 00:07:55,760 --> 00:07:58,400 explanation for the word hallowed is holy. 133 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:03,680 Holy be thy name. The name of God is to be holy. 134 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,880 It's to be lifted up. It's to be honored and 135 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:10,720 glorified. God is declared holy throughout 136 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,960 all eternity. If you want to turn over there, 137 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,520 I'm going to go through these scriptures today. 138 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:18,600 Turn as you can. But in Isaiah chapter 6 verse 3, 139 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,120 Isaiah got to see a glimpse of heaven. 140 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,440 He got to see some Seraphin, which are are heavenly creatures 141 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:26,240 there. And he found out what does he 142 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,560 say about them? And one cried to another and 143 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,080 said holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. 144 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,159 What is what is he holy, Holy, holy. 145 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:43,520 Now, they weren't saying grace, Grace. 146 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:46,320 Grace. Isn't grace wonderful? 147 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,480 For by grace are you safe through faith? 148 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:56,480 Not of that's not of our works. Did they could they say mercy, 149 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,560 mercy, mercy? They didn't say mercy, mercy, 150 00:08:59,560 --> 00:09:02,080 mercy. I'm glad Brother Johnny, that 151 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,440 that we have the mercy of God that we don't get what we 152 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:09,000 deserve. But they didn't do that. 153 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,880 They're crying out holy, holy, holy. 154 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,120 Now let's go forward almost 800 years. 155 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:24,400 The Book of Revelation chapter 4 verse 8. 156 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:31,040 This is now John. Revelation chapter 4 verse 8, it 157 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:35,000 says there John speaking saw the four beasts. 158 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,400 I believe these are the same creatures, heavenly creatures 159 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:42,560 and they were all. They are also saying holy, holy, 160 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:47,960 holy Lord God Almighty, which was and is and is to come. 161 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:51,560 And the Bible tells us there that they say this day and night 162 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,720 24/7 folks. Now, I know there's no time in 163 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,760 heaven, but they're saying it all the time, giving God the 164 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:02,000 glory. Holy, holy, holy. 165 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,920 I believe our God is a holy God. Amen. 166 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,760 If I could ask this, I don't know. 167 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,360 I should have thought about it before. 168 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:16,440 Oh, maybe there's some here. OK, I don't care if it's used or 169 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:25,040 not. Oh, it was used if you take your 170 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:27,000 Bibles. Now turn over to Isaiah chapter 171 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,600 40. Isaiah chapter 40. 172 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,760 Isaiah chapter 40, verse 25, if you would please. 173 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:56,440 This is God speaking. To whom then will you liken me? 174 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,280 You know what man does? He likens all these different 175 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:03,880 things to God. He'll begin to worship images 176 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:06,040 and idols and they can't speak, they can't hear, they can't 177 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,320 think, they can't, they can't answer your prayers. 178 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:12,680 You'll see all religions all across the world that have 179 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:14,360 certain idols. They bow down through, they burn 180 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,520 incense to them. They do all that. 181 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:18,240 They can't do anything for them. They can't save them. 182 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:23,360 They're not God. God says here, come on now, you 183 00:11:23,360 --> 00:11:27,120 have to answer this question, To whom will ye liken me, or shall 184 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:29,720 I be equal? Is there anyone anything equal 185 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,240 to God? He's asking the question. 186 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,160 Let's go see what he says. He's asked. 187 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:45,360 He's asking, saith the Holy 1. You see what that says there, 188 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:46,920 folks? Look at that in your Bibles. 189 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:48,520 I hope your Bible has this like mine. 190 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:54,440 Holy One, Capital H Capital, O Holy One. 191 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,560 What does that mean? That means that's his name. 192 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:03,120 That means that is His name. He is the Holy 1. 193 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:10,200 He is God, the Holy One. It tells us. 194 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:11,640 You think? Well, is that the only place 195 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:13,160 that occurs? Let me read you. 196 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:16,880 I look this up in Job. Job says exactly like we're 197 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,960 seeing it here. Capital H, Capital, O Holy One. 198 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,160 It's found in Job, chapter 1. Excuse me? 199 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:28,080 Found in Job one time. It's found in David's Psalms 200 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:33,560 five times, Jeremiah twice, Hosea twice, Habakkuk 2 times, 201 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,480 in the New Testament, five times in that Isaiah, the book we're 202 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,920 in right now, 30 times. It's recorded. 203 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,840 Holy One. Did y'all Add all those up? 204 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:47,640 I didn't, But that's a lot of times. 205 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,480 And I think when God says something just a couple times, 206 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:54,760 we ought to pay attention, let alone all that many times. 207 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,280 We need to get into our minds and our hearts and our lives 208 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:03,120 that He is the Holy One. He is above all knows all is 209 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,320 all. So many times we want to bring 210 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:10,080 him down to to some, some idol, some image, some little thing 211 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,440 that we do, whether you're, you know, whether you're counting 212 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,520 beads or all that other kind of stuff, that that's he's the only 213 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:21,920 holy one. Our God, our great creator is 214 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:25,000 the holy one. For just a moment, I want to 215 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,240 just focus this morning on the Holy Spirit. 216 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,000 And I know that sometimes in a Baptist Church, we begin to talk 217 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,120 about the Holy Spirit. You're going to think that we're 218 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,000 going to start, you know, dancing up here or people going 219 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,080 to roll around or speak in tongues or do some crazy stuff 220 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,160 like that. So sometimes we're afraid to to 221 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,920 broach that subject because we don't want people to think 222 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,120 different of us. But folks, we need to tap into 223 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,680 the power of the Holy Spirit of God. 224 00:13:51,680 --> 00:13:54,160 We need to tap in to the holiness of God. 225 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:59,080 If God is the holy one, and interestingly, he calls His 226 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:04,040 Spirit the Holy Spirit. So we need to talk about that 227 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,560 for a few minutes this morning and I'm going to bring us into 228 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:12,160 this conclusion in just a little bit, and I think we'll have some 229 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:15,080 things here that might help you in your walk with God. 230 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:16,920 First of all, Holy Spirit is real. 231 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:19,360 He's not just an attribute of God. 232 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:20,960 He's not just an emanation of God. 233 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,720 He is God, Amen. He is real. 234 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,400 He is part of the divine Godhead. 235 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,200 We find that over in first John 57. 236 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,280 For there are three that bear record in heaven. 237 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,920 And what are those? The Father, the Word, and the 238 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:40,320 Holy Ghost. And these three are, I wonder if 239 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,000 we called, I wonder if we'd be all right and not do any harm to 240 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,080 the Scripture if we would say these three are 1. 241 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:55,480 I believe they are the Holy One. So He's a divine being. 242 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,400 Do you realize that the Spirit of God was there in creation? 243 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:04,040 The very second verse of our Bible says that it says this. 244 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:06,800 It says that that the earth was without form and void. 245 00:15:06,800 --> 00:15:11,120 Darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God 246 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,280 moved upon the face of the waters. 247 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,800 He was there, Amen. I believe He was there. 248 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:22,000 When the Bible says that God says let us make man in our 249 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,920 plural image, body, soul and spirit. 250 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,520 He were responsible for giving us the word of God. 251 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,480 You love your Bible. I love my Bible. 252 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,120 I'm glad I have I hold in my hand here folks. 253 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,480 I hold in my hand the preserved word of God in the King James 254 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,800 Version for English speaking people. 255 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:52,440 Second Peter chapter one verse 21 if you're taking notes it 256 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:56,160 says there for prophecy came not an old time by the will of men, 257 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:01,200 but holy men see first of all, they had to be set apart not 258 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,520 holy like God, but they were set apart for God of God spake as 259 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,560 they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 260 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:13,360 He moved them he laid upon their hearts and you see this in 261 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,160 various places in the Bible. One of the message sometimes I 262 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:21,840 preach is is out of Samuel and there we find that that that 263 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:26,960 David says that he was given this this of the pattern for the 264 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,600 temple. David wasn't an architect. 265 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,280 I believe that God inspired him. I believe the Holy Spirit moved 266 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:36,600 on him and he began to draw out exactly what God gave him. 267 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:40,480 I know, I know Noah was given some idea how to build the ark, 268 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,640 but I believe he, he was never an ark builder. 269 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,320 He was an architect for Arks. I don't think they had them back 270 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,080 then. And he started to do that 271 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,760 because God laid it upon him. God gives us the scriptures 272 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,040 according to what he wants us to have and what he wants us to 273 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,440 know. And the Holy Ghost is the 274 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,320 important element in that. He was at the baptism of Jesus 275 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,480 in the river Jordan and it tells us there. 276 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:06,520 Luke 322 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shaped 277 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:12,640 like a what church like a dove upon him, and a voice came from 278 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,160 heaven. And what did it say? 279 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:19,400 It said, which said, Thou art my beloved son in thee. 280 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:24,640 I am well pleased the Spirit of God was there that day, the Holy 281 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,800 Spirit, He was directly responsible for our Savior's 282 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,840 birth, Amen. That virgin birth. 283 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,680 How many believe that Amen. I believe in the virgin birth. 284 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,720 He's directly responsible for our Savior's virgin birth in 285 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:42,040 Matthew 118. Now the birth of Jesus Christ 286 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,960 was on this wiser. This is how it came to pass or 287 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,360 how it happened says this when as his mother Mary was espoused 288 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:51,760 to Joseph before they came together before they had 289 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:56,320 relations. She was found with child of the 290 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,960 Holy Ghost. You know we wouldn't have a 291 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:04,400 savior born today came the likeness of sinful flesh. 292 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,160 We wouldn't have an Incarnate Savior if it hadn't been for 293 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:14,280 that right there the Holy Ghost. She had that child within her of 294 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:22,520 the Holy Ghost and here's here's one of the important parts the 295 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,600 Holy Spirit is needed in our new birth. 296 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,920 Amen. We find Nicodemus came to Jesus 297 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,280 by night. He was he was afraid to see him 298 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:38,280 during the day because he was of the the Pharisees and high up in 299 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:41,200 the class of Pharisees and he didn't want anybody to see him 300 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:42,800 speaking to Jesus. So we found him by night and 301 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,560 begin to talk to him because you know, we've all talked about 302 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:47,600 you. We know that you're a master and 303 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,560 we know that you know a lot of things about the Bible. 304 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,440 Jesus could have discussed some things with him about that, but 305 00:18:55,440 --> 00:19:00,920 he got right to the point and he said he must be born again. 306 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,760 Of course Nicodemus said, wait a minute, I'm a full size man. 307 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,960 I can't enter back into my mother's womb to be born again. 308 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:09,840 What are you talking about? He was looking at it literally, 309 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:15,280 but Jesus meant it spiritually and it tells us there in John 310 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:19,040 chapter 3 and verse 5. Jesus answered verily, verily I 311 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,120 say unto you, except a man be born of water. 312 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:24,920 That's that's the fleshly birth women's water breaks and a 313 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:33,000 baby's born and and of the capital S spirit. 314 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,000 He cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. 315 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:42,160 You know, unless you've been born again and the Holy Spirit 316 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,400 of God has come and dwelt within you. 317 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:50,640 You can't get into heaven only through Jesus Christ must be be 318 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,760 saved. There's only one name given 319 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:57,240 among men whereby we must be saved. 320 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,400 So the Holy Ghost was important as far as in the new birth is 321 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,960 concerned. You can't be born again without 322 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:05,200 the Spirit of God. You're not going to get into 323 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,840 heaven without the Spirit of God. 324 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:13,640 Then if we've been, the next thing is, as we've been calling 325 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:17,120 upon him this week, is he's a comforter of the church. 326 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:23,800 The Holy Spirit is a Comforter of the Church in John 1426, but 327 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:29,400 the Comforter. Which is the Holy Ghost, whom 328 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:33,000 the Father will send in my name, shall teach you all things and 329 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,920 bring all things to your remembrance, Whatsoever I have 330 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:38,360 said unto you. It goes on to tell us there that 331 00:20:38,360 --> 00:20:41,720 we don't have, we don't have a peace like the world has, but 332 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,400 the Comforter gives us that peace. 333 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,640 Even when you go through a loss, even when there's tragedy in 334 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:49,160 your lives, even when things happen that we don't care for, 335 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:53,120 we don't like the comforters there to give us comfort, to be 336 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,000 with us, to see us through those things. 337 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:58,360 So he's a, he's a comforter to the church. 338 00:20:58,360 --> 00:21:00,520 He's a comforter individual people today. 339 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,880 And I pray, I pray today that he's a comforter to the pastor 340 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:09,200 and, and his, his, all their family, they're all hurting. 341 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,080 That's something that you don't expect to happen. 342 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,800 We have a son named Andrew. And so to us, that's just kind 343 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,400 of like, oh, we can understand that. 344 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,520 We can understand how we would feel in that situation. 345 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:30,840 So the Holy Spirit, the comforts to the church next, he's a he 346 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,800 aids believers in prayer in Jude chapter one, verse 20, it says, 347 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,400 but ye beloved, building up yourselves in the most holy 348 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,920 faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. 349 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:46,080 We also find over in Romans chapter 8 that the Holy Spirit 350 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,880 makes intercession for us with what? 351 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,680 With groanings that can't be uttered. 352 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:52,040 Have you ever been there in your life? 353 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:53,720 I imagine. But when something like that 354 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:57,240 happens and somebody, all of a sudden, somebody instantly is, 355 00:21:57,240 --> 00:22:00,040 is gone from you or something happens tragically in your life 356 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,720 or there's just a terrible accident when you fall to your 357 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,080 knees and you're praying and you're asking God for things 358 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:06,800 that you don't even know what to say. 359 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,560 You're sobbing and praying and and weeping. 360 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:18,440 But the Holy Spirit knows he makes that intercession. 361 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,840 It talks with the Father say here's what they need, here's 362 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:29,100 what they need. He aids us in our prayers. 363 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:31,100 He's there for us. He makes intercessions for us. 364 00:22:31,340 --> 00:22:35,660 Even with groanings that we can utter, we find that He also 365 00:22:35,660 --> 00:22:38,580 witnesses through us. He witnesses through us. 366 00:22:39,180 --> 00:22:42,580 We all know, Acts chapter 1 and verse 8, that they would receive 367 00:22:42,580 --> 00:22:46,660 power after what? After the Holy Ghost came upon 368 00:22:46,660 --> 00:22:49,120 them, they were to wait there for the Holy Ghost. 369 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:50,880 It says up in the previous verse. 370 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,120 And then you'll receive the power, and then that power will 371 00:22:54,120 --> 00:22:57,400 allow you to be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and 372 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,680 the uttermost parts of the world. 373 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,040 I know a lot of people are going out and they knock on doors and 374 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:11,000 they do it all in this. But here you just do this and do 375 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,920 this and do this in the Spirit of God is not even there. 376 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,560 And many times I'll get somebody, as pastor said, 377 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,240 they'll get somebody to repeat a prayer. 378 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,320 Well, say after me, do you realize the room could be half 379 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,520 filled with communists today and I could pull out the American 380 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:29,160 flag and say, let's all stand and pledge allegiance to the 381 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,920 American flag. And so they don't want to show 382 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,640 their colors and they'll get up and put their heart. 383 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,320 They don't mean it. How many people have prayed the 384 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,160 prayer of salvation? They've done that because 385 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,800 someone LED it them through that and they walked away and it 386 00:23:42,800 --> 00:23:44,920 meant nothing. Their life was never changed 387 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,440 because first of all, there's no conviction first. 388 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,000 Secondly, there's no repentance and there was no faith. 389 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,840 You might as well buy a vacuum cleaner from somebody. 390 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,720 I mean, do you just as much good as doing that. 391 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,200 So we need the Spirit of God when it comes time for 392 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,600 witnessing that we allow the Spirit of God to take what seeds 393 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:10,400 we live or leave and we he puts those seeds in that heart and 394 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,160 let the word of God nurture those seeds and build those 395 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,040 seeds and bring the conviction that they need. 396 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,880 It's the Holy Spirit of God that does that. 397 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,280 Next one. He indwells the believer. 398 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:30,360 He indwells the believer. First Corinthians 69 says what? 399 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:36,480 I always like that. What do you ever do that when 400 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,560 you see your kids doing something, what are you doing? 401 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:46,800 What did you do? Sometimes we have husbands Hear 402 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,720 that. What? 403 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,640 I'm probably going to hear that later. 404 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:58,380 What he says, what he says this He says what? 405 00:24:58,740 --> 00:25:02,880 Know ye not? Don't you know this, that your 406 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,160 body is the temple? That temple is like a 407 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,680 Tabernacle. It's like a dwelling place. 408 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,000 This body, the body, physical body you have right there today 409 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:16,360 is a temple. Holy Ghost, do you realize 410 00:25:16,360 --> 00:25:18,520 you've got part of God living inside you? 411 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,840 Bible tells me that I don't see it. 412 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,440 I don't see it, but I see it. You know why I see it, Brother 413 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,480 Paul? I see it because you're here. 414 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,720 You said the Lord. You love the Lord. 415 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,800 I see it in his eyes. I see it in his heart. 416 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:41,520 Colossians chapter 1 tells verse 28, Christ in you, Christ in 417 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:47,280 you, the hope of glory. Years ago for Evangelist Paul 418 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,520 Lambert, I did a an illustration. 419 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,680 It was probably about this high, a young man standing there with 420 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:54,560 his Bible suit coat on and stuff. 421 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:56,800 And here he is. And you'd look at him and say, 422 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,760 OK, well that's the guy, some guy that goes to church. 423 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,800 But it's very interesting. You would turn off the lights 424 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,160 and I'd use a black light. And right there, instead of 425 00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:09,800 seeing him, you would see Christ standing there in him, Christ in 426 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,000 you, hope of glory. You want hope of glory, you want 427 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,440 hope of heaven. You want hope of being in heaven 428 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:20,720 for all eternity. Christ in you, unless he's in 429 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:27,640 you. One day the Bible tells us it 430 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,400 meant men, men, women, all will stand before God, stand before 431 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,520 the Lord Jesus. And they'll say, wait a minute, 432 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,240 hold on, just give me a word. Can I say a word? 433 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,840 I did all this for you. Hey, I was in church. 434 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:45,400 I mean, I was good enough to cast out some demons and I fed 435 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,440 the poor and I did this, and I did this and I did this. 436 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:53,920 And Jesus will look at them and he'll say, I never knew you. 437 00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:58,280 Wow. Why? 438 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:02,920 Because he never indwelt them. You see, it's a bond, folks. 439 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,360 It's a bond of intimacy. When the Lord Jesus Christ comes 440 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:10,400 into your life and you know beyond a shadow of doubt you're 441 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:14,880 saved and on your way to heaven, you can't take that away. 442 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,760 Oh, I felt like times I wasn't saved. 443 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:19,680 That was my fault. That surely wasn't his. 444 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:25,720 But you can never take it away. So that Holy Ghost dwells within 445 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:29,040 us, which is in you, which you have of God. 446 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:31,800 You are not your own. But we think we're our own, 447 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,960 don't we? So God dwells within this 448 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,440 temple. You know, our body is the temple 449 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:40,280 of the Holy Spirit. I thought about this I've for 450 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,160 many years now. I realized He dwells within me. 451 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,720 I want to take care of this as long as I can, the best I can. 452 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,040 So live as long as I can for His glory, that He might be able to 453 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:53,400 use me as an instrument. If I don't take care of myself 454 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:58,400 and I get something and I die early or whatever, then he, he 455 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,400 can't use me anymore because I'm with Him. 456 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,120 So as long as I can to be used of the Lord. 457 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:13,960 Next He intercedes for them, directs them in duty first. 458 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:18,400 John 220 But you have an unction from the Holy One. 459 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,480 There's that word again, folks, in the New Testament. 460 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,520 You have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all 461 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,800 things. That unction means that 462 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:28,240 earnestness, A fervor, and where's that come from? 463 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:29,960 It comes from the Holy Ghost of God. 464 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,280 It comes from Him in your life, the Holy One working in you. 465 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:42,160 All these things give us glory and put and help us focus on the 466 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:46,320 Spirit of God and what He does in our lives. 467 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,040 On October 28th. I know it's going back a long 468 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,080 time ago, but there's, you know, I don't know where the row of 469 00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:05,080 old guys went, but you know. October 28th, 1969 at Avenue A 470 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:10,440 Bible Baptist Church in Hutchinson, KS Doctor Paul 471 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,360 Lambert was preaching that day. He was a pastor of that church. 472 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,600 And I can't tell you what the message was. 473 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,160 I can't. As I get older, I can't remember 474 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,000 anything anyway. But I know that day I was 475 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,520 standing there at the time of invitation, and I was one of 476 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,400 those people. I grabbed hold of Pew in front 477 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,800 right here. They were pews without cushions. 478 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,880 I don't even know if the place had air conditioning back in the 479 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,120 day. Man, you know that, Brother 480 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,880 George, you know horses and buggies. 481 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:53,240 Sorry, brother. And I was holding on that Pew. 482 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,520 It was invitation time. It was prayer time. 483 00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,840 The pastor was praying. And I knew that, you know, hey, 484 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,800 I'll bow in prayer. So I bowed my head and I'm 485 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:04,960 looking down, holding on that Pew. 486 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,000 I'm not letting go of this Pew. I'm not stepping out of this. 487 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,000 They don't know. No, I'm not doing this. 488 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,600 I'm not doing my own flesh was fighting, but I bowed my head 489 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:18,440 right there and I remember he was saying, you know, in his 490 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:22,440 prayer have Jesus Christ and died for every one of us gave us 491 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,320 life that we might have salvation. 492 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,040 We might not go to a place called hell. 493 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:37,480 Hell's real folks. I'm holding that Pew. 494 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,440 My head's bowed. My eyes are closed. 495 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:47,200 I'm not looking around and I don't know whether it was Paul 496 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:54,160 Lambert or the Holy Spirit of God that said I heard it 497 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,640 verbally. Isn't that right, Mr. Ritchie? 498 00:31:10,570 --> 00:31:14,970 If it was Brother Lambert, I'm glad he said that because that 499 00:31:14,970 --> 00:31:17,850 was the Spirit of God directing him to talk to me. 500 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,960 And one minute I'm not let go of that Pew. 501 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,080 I'm staying right here. The next minute, weeping, I 502 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:33,880 stepped out, went forward, and at the altar I accepted Christ. 503 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:35,800 Amen. Amen. 504 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,480 My sins were gone, all the guilt was gone. 505 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,880 I had my name written in the Lamb's book of life that day in 506 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,920 the blood of Jesus, because his blood was shed. 507 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:55,360 For me. Being saved changed my life. 508 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,720 If you claim to be saved and your life's not changed, oh, I 509 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:04,120 think about that. But being saved changed my life. 510 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,080 Before I got saved, I used God's name in vain. 511 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,200 I asked God to damn this or this person or this or or maybe 512 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,960 something happened. I smashed my my thumb with a 513 00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,680 hammer and I said Jesus Christ. But I didn't say it in a 514 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:22,280 religious fashion. I said it in a vain, empty 515 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,360 fashion. I said it in a way of, of, of 516 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:35,360 uselessness and cursing. But I got to the point I no 517 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,800 longer used God's name to damn anything. 518 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,320 I no longer use God's name to say something bad about somebody 519 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,520 else. And I no longer use Jesus Christ 520 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:49,120 as a, as a cuss word because I was surprised or alerted or 521 00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:56,710 something happened. I believe most of us here have 522 00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:59,150 been saved for any time. If probably gotten to the point 523 00:32:59,150 --> 00:33:01,590 that maybe, you know, you haven't got everything cleared 524 00:33:01,590 --> 00:33:04,070 up, but at least you, you realize that man God saved me. 525 00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:06,590 He's a holy God. I'm not going to use his name in 526 00:33:06,590 --> 00:33:11,390 vain. But hold on a minute. 527 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,440 There's one person we're not thinking about this morning. 528 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,560 That's God the Father. And we don't use Jesus. 529 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:32,160 We got one more Holy Spirit. God says, first of all, He's the 530 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:33,640 Holy One. And that would be all three of 531 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,680 them together. I believe all three in one. 532 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:44,560 Of course, these three are one. Well, I don't use God's name in 533 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:46,200 vain. I don't use the God the Father's 534 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,120 name. I don't I don't say Jesus Christ 535 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:52,200 in vain. But what about the Holy Ghost? 536 00:33:52,200 --> 00:34:04,000 Holy Spirit of God, we find in our day and age that we take 537 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:10,760 holy and we add any type of vile, dirty, reprobate thing 538 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:15,880 behind that. Be very careful when you're 539 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,600 listening to certain radio programs and radio shows and 540 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:24,280 they'll come on there. Oh holy, that's my God. 541 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,520 Is he not as much God as God the Father, God the Son? 542 00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:32,920 Then how dare we drag his name through the dirt? 543 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:37,520 I'm just going to say these things. 544 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,040 It's in an Oxford dictionary. I looked at the word holy. 545 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,199 Now, first of all, it does. It refers to God. 546 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:44,800 God is holy. What's that mean? 547 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,840 He's without sin. He's perfect, He's wonderful. 548 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:50,560 That's our holy God. But it goes on. 549 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:56,280 There's a second definition. This definition is a informal 550 00:34:56,280 --> 00:35:01,160 use, informally used, an explanation, explanations of 551 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:07,720 surprise, alarm or dismay. That's when somebody you know, 552 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,040 they, they, what are you talking about? 553 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:16,560 Oh, holy. And they call out something What 554 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:20,800 what they used in the dictionary was they said holy macaroni. 555 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:24,920 Well, folks, macaroni ain't holy. 556 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:27,880 Why do we attach God's name to that? 557 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:35,600 I mean, I'm, I imagine Moses up in heaven and he's listening. 558 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,440 He knows what's going on. And all of a sudden someone down 559 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:41,240 here says, Holy Moses, He's going, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, 560 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,400 whoa. Hey, don't, please don't do 561 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,320 that. Don't, don't, don't use my name. 562 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,960 Don't get me in any trouble. I don't want you doing that. 563 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:58,360 Because first of all, he wasn't only God is holy, but our world 564 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,520 today has gone beyond that. And they put all these four 565 00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:07,400 letter words behind holy. And sometimes we as Christians 566 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:11,240 hold on, We as Christians. Why? 567 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:13,720 Because I've heard it. I've heard it. 568 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,600 We'll put holy and then something else after it. 569 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,240 A few weeks ago, not our pastor, but a few weeks ago I heard it 570 00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:31,200 right behind this pulpit. I can't tell you what was said 571 00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,160 afterward, but that term was used. 572 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:37,040 I'm going do do you see with me, folks? 573 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,320 Did the Bible not say that the, the Seraphim and these beasts 574 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,720 are going to be going holy, holy, holy? 575 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:47,440 Does the Bible not say probably 50 times that He is the holy 576 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,960 one? Capital H, Capital O, And it's 577 00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:55,080 the Holy Spirit, Capital H, capital S that lives and dwells 578 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:59,040 within us. So how dare we take his name 579 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:04,280 holy and run it through the mud? And I think it's sad because 580 00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,080 we've given into given into the world around us because that's 581 00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:11,640 what they do. I remember as a child, how many 582 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:16,240 of them watched the old Batman? Who was in the old Batman? 583 00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:21,240 What was his name? Adam West and Batman. 584 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,480 And his buddy was Robin, not Robin Hood, but just Robin. 585 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:31,680 And how many times would Robin use the terminologies? 586 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,680 And we we pick up from that as little kids and then we carry it 587 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:38,880 into adulthood. You know, he might say holy 588 00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,400 Batman or holy this or holy that. 589 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:49,080 So it began to be used as a term that downplayed God. 590 00:37:55,720 --> 00:38:00,720 Just because the world makes it informal doesn't mean it is 591 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:05,800 Amen. His word is very important and 592 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:08,880 this is not to accuse anybody of anything but boy, if that's 593 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,520 something you in your life maybe just never noticed before and 594 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:18,240 never never put that together. God says in Exodus chapter 20 595 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:24,000 verse 7, this one of the 10 commandments, Thou shalt not 596 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,840 take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 597 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,680 You shall not lose. You should not use it in a 598 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:36,680 useless, empty, vain manner. It should not be an informal 599 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,040 manner. Do you remember those that 600 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:42,280 copied out the word of God as those scribes would copy out the 601 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,000 word of God after they wrote God's name, they'd step away. 602 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,080 They get a new pen, They get a new change of clothes. 603 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:52,360 Why? Because it wasn't informal, it 604 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:57,480 was holy above all things because it goes on to say in 605 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,680 that verse, you get this folks, the Lord will not hold him 606 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:04,440 guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 607 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:06,840 You say, well, I I didn't realize that. 608 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,560 OK, if you didn't realize what you were doing was causing that 609 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,000 would then just get it taken care of. 610 00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:15,080 Ask God to forgive you for that and just realize that man, I 611 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:16,360 can't. I'm not going to say that 612 00:39:16,360 --> 00:39:17,960 anymore. Make that commitment today. 613 00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:23,160 I'm not going to use His name in vain for His whole name. 614 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,960 I hope today, based upon what we've seen in the Scriptures, 615 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:34,240 the evidence we've seen in the Bible, God's holy word. 616 00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:37,120 Do you hold that in front of you today? 617 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,080 I don't know about you, but my Bible says it's a holy Bible 618 00:39:42,240 --> 00:39:45,880 from a holy God that gives us the Holy Spirit. 619 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:53,160 I guess if I leave anything with you today, please, I've seen so 620 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:54,200 much of this hurt, so much of this. 621 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,880 Matter of fact, it's been a number of years ago, I preached 622 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:02,240 this message in down in North Carolina and the pastor's wife 623 00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:08,600 just came up to me after that says, man, wow, I've been doing 624 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,080 that. I've been doing that. 625 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,960 If you're standing with me today, please stand with me if 626 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:22,960 we get to the invitation time. Miss Hannah's going to come and 627 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:26,560 she's going to play #2 in your song books. 628 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:31,240 Holy, holy, holy. Let's bow our, let's bow our 629 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:32,600 heads, close our eyes for just a moment. 630 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,440 Lord Jesus, we come before you right now. 631 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,800 Lord, if there's a person here today that does not know that 632 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,120 they're born again, a person here today that does not know 633 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,280 that the Spirit of God dwelleth within them, does not not have 634 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:46,200 that in their life, and they don't know where they're going 635 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,640 to spend eternity, Oh, Lord, that they might come forward 636 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:50,240 today. We'll take the Bible, the word 637 00:40:50,240 --> 00:40:54,520 of God, the Holy Bible, and show them where they can be saved. 638 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,040 They can know for sure that their name is written in the 639 00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,720 Lamb's book of life. That would be glorious. 640 00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,160 That'd be great. But Lord, maybe is there some 641 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:02,720 today that just would come to the altar? 642 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:07,360 They would just say, you know, wow, maybe that's not an issue 643 00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:09,960 in your life and maybe somebody else you can help them with 644 00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:14,280 that. I mean, honestly, Lord, you know 645 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,560 this, if we watch something, we see something on television, 646 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,160 they, they say holy this or holy that, we turn it off because 647 00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,960 there's no different than using your other names in vain. 648 00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,200 And that that's just, it's disgraceful to my God. 649 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,840 So Lord, please today, help us to make a commitment to always 650 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,920 lift you up. Help us to see that no matter 651 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:40,840 what takes place, you are the capital H, Holy capital O1, the 652 00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,760 Holy One. And Lord, may we give you the 653 00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,560 honor and praise for all this today, Said Your bow and eyes 654 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,000 are closed as she begins to play. 655 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,800 If you have a need today, the altar is open.