1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,680 Build equipped and send all under the Lordship. 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,240 Of Jesus Christ. A small church plant in Fort 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,400 Worth, TX. Who decided to do things a 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,880 little differently? Adoramos ayesu cristo I love 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,480 city post because of the people. It's where I belong. 7 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:23,640 We truly preach the Word. I love City Post because of the 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:25,000 community we've been able to build. 9 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:28,040 To do ministry like Jesus. For light to push back. 10 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:32,600 Darkness. This is City Post podcast. 11 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:40,800 Man, so I don't know about you guys. 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:45,040 But I love a good. Conspiracy theory, right? 13 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,320 People are like what it's. Like is that how you? 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:53,600 Open all your conversations. You know, like the older I get. 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:55,960 I do a lot. Of community work because of my 16 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,080 job and and you run into a lot of. 17 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:01,160 People who? I'll have conspiracy theories 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:02,920 and. So I just want to. 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,640 List a few just. For your entertainment and mine. 20 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,760 All right, so. Don't get mad, all right, 21 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:11,160 because I know some of you are like, well, Ricky. 22 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,160 It is true, all right, but I was like conspiracy theorists, all 23 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,560 right, so. Here's a few conspiracy theories 24 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,280 that are out in our culture. Right now, some of them. 25 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,640 Are pop culture related? Some of them are. 26 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:23,880 Anyway, I'll just read them all right, so. 27 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,560 The moon landing was a hoax, actually. 28 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,640 Stanley Kubrick the. Director, He's the one that. 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,080 That made all that together the earth is. 30 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:35,400 Flat. Some people are like, well, 31 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,280 Rick. All right, chill out. 32 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:42,200 All right, the COVID-19 vaccines have a tracking chip that is 33 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,200 connected to the 5G network so that the government and that 34 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,280 billionaire. Philanthropist. 35 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,560 Like Bill Gates could keep. Surveillance on everybody's 36 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:57,760 movements. Birds are not real. 37 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,880 They are actually. Drones by the US government for 38 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,080 surveillance the Denver International. 39 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,240 Airport is the hub for. The Illuminati. 40 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,000 Khloe Kardashian is actually OJ Simpson's daughter. 41 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,320 The Titanic didn't actually sink. 42 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,600 The moon isn't real. Prince Charles is a vampire. 43 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,480 Katy Perry is actually. Jon Benet Ramsey. 44 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,080 It's just all hidden anyway. A Pokémon Go is actually a 45 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,760 government. Spy program Britney Spears was. 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,520 Actually an instrument used by the Bush administration. 47 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,880 Gucci Mane was a rapper for All That You Don't know is actually 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:46,760 replaced by a government clone. Taylor Swift does not have a 49 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,280 belly button. Biggie and Tupac. 50 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:53,080 Were actually killed by the. FBI Stevie Wonder actually isn't 51 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,840 blind. How does he not run into stuff? 52 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,080 I'm just saying. And Tupac is not dead. 53 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:02,200 He's actually living in Jamaica right now. 54 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,440 And the point with. Conspiracy theories. 55 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,400 You know this. Is a belief that some secret or 56 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:14,000 influential organization is responsible for this an event or 57 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,280 a phenomenon and and many people love? 58 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,160 To dig and and they get their. Information from. 59 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,040 All these sources, so they make. Conclusions based on. 60 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,200 What they have heard or. Seen but the problem. 61 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,480 Is it's like. What are the sources from? 62 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,720 What's the truth? And I've talked to a lot of 63 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:32,640 people. They're like, well. 64 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:34,560 Ricky on. TikTok, it said. 65 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:35,960 I'm like, oh. Because everything on tik. 66 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:39,080 T.O.K is true, right? Or social media and and and 67 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,280 like. We get our stuff. 68 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:44,920 From here and whenever when. Believers talk about the Holy 69 00:03:44,920 --> 00:03:48,480 Spirit. Sometimes it feels like people. 70 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,440 Talk about the holy. Spirit like it's a conspiracy. 71 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,280 Theory. They're like ah, but. 72 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:54,880 But does it do? Was it real? 73 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,200 Like is it so like there's two sides of the? 74 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,600 Spectrum. Let's just be honest. 75 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:00,440 Right. There's like one side that's 76 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:03,400 like the yelling. And the convulging on the floor. 77 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,800 And the Holy Spirit activate Holy Spirit, you know, like all 78 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,200 that, that crazy stuff. But then on the other. 79 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:10,600 On the flip. Side you have people. 80 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,640 That are like no rig like that that. 81 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,920 Was for a. Season like that's not. 82 00:04:14,920 --> 00:04:17,160 Like the Holy Spirit doesn't really do that. 83 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:18,880 And then there's people. Who? 84 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,720 Kind of idolize the. Gifts of the Holy. 85 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,960 Spirit more than God himself, so they claim. 86 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:26,880 Like if you don't have the gifts of this for then you're not 87 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,200 really. Saved so if you don't. 88 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,240 Speak in tongues and you don't have salvation. 89 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,240 So like, there's all these. Things in the air and I'm like. 90 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,640 We have God's word, you know, like, let's look what it says. 91 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,800 And yes, there are. Gifts of the Holy. 92 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:42,760 Spirit we see. That in First Corinthians. 93 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,480 Paul talks about that, but before you could. 94 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,920 Run. You got to learn how to walk and 95 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,600 we got to look. At what does it look like to 96 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:55,240 live? In the Spirit, because many of 97 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,320 us. Got it twisted. 98 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:58,680 We, we, we have a view of the Holy. 99 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:03,240 Spirit that is not correct and I think if. 100 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,480 We we learn. That the Holy Spirit. 101 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:08,840 Is not warm. Fuzzies the Holy. 102 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:12,240 Spirit are not goose pimples. The Holy Spirit's not what makes 103 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:12,840 you. Cry. 104 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,800 Listen. The Holy Spirit is a person of 105 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,960 the Trinity, Father. Son, Holy Spirit has always. 106 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,960 Existed. He didn't just show up in acts. 107 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:27,080 Chapter 1 He was always around. He was there at the. 108 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,280 Beginning of creation we see. It in the old. 109 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:34,560 Testament in the beginning, when God created light. 110 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,080 It says that he set his breath. So go ahead and put up the first 111 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,080 light. What we see the Holy Spirit. 112 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,760 And this is how you say it in Hebrew. 113 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:42,960 His. Rah you. 114 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,960 Got to get that. Going right and when you talk 115 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,880 Hebrew. So what you? 116 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,200 See in the old. Testament is when he talks. 117 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,200 About the Spirit of God. The name of the. 118 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:57,600 Spirit of God is Hua. Elohim, which is Goddard, the. 119 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:03,000 Spirit of God the Creator. And the Holy Spirit in the Old 120 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,400 Testament does not show. Up. 121 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,400 In this cozy. Little like. 122 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,720 The Holy Spirit? No, it's very violent. 123 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:15,520 It is a violent force. It is the Spirit of God that 124 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:17,240 split the sea. Open. 125 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,480 So that way his people could walk across it. 126 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,520 It is the Spirit of God, the Huai. 127 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:24,760 Elohim that knocked down the. Walls of Jericho and. 128 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,320 It's that same spirit that. Led Christ. 129 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,120 Through all his ministry and it's the same spirit that lives 130 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,920 in you and I. So when we look. 131 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:39,520 At the Holy Spirit, Yes, it. Started in the Old Testament. 132 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,720 We see it in the Old Testament. Isaiah 60. 1. 133 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:48,200 It talks about the Spirit of the Lord right the the hurrah. 134 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,880 Elohim right it comes upon me to preach the gospel and Isaiah. 135 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,040 Talks about that's where he. Gets his anointing from and that 136 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,800 that's what's given to him by. God, so he's able. 137 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:04,560 To proclaim the good news. Of the Lord, so the Holy Spirit, 138 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,240 the Spirit of God, we see it all throughout scripture. 139 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:10,720 It's he's. Always existed. 140 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,680 He's always been. Around and it's a. 141 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,720 Violent force. It's a powerful force that the 142 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,440 Lord uses. So what? 143 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,480 We're going to look. At today is what does it look 144 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,160 like? To live in the Spirit. 145 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,560 And I want to start in verse 8IN in Romans chapter 8. 146 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,560 So we're going to kind of. Kick off like where Pastor 147 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,240 Randall ended. He talked about how there's no 148 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,280 condemnation for those in Christ and. 149 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,480 It talks about what that. Looked like and then we. 150 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:39,600 Get to verse 8. And this is. 151 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:41,600 What the word of Lord? Says I'm just going to read 152 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,160 through 12. Those who are in the realm of 153 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,640 the flesh cannot. Please God, you. 154 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:50,280 However. Are not in the realm of the 155 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,600 flesh. But are in the realm of the 156 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,440 spirit if. Indeed the. 157 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:58,520 Spirit of God lives. In you and if anyone does not. 158 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,320 Have the Spirit of Christ. They do not belong. 159 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:05,560 To Christ. But if Christ is. 160 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,840 In you then even. Though your body is subject to. 161 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:13,760 Death because of sin the. Spirit given life. 162 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,360 Sorry, the Spirit. Gives life because of 163 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:19,160 righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who 164 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,520 raised Jesus from the dead is living in you. 165 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,720 He who raised Christ. From the dead will also. 166 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:31,480 Give life to your mortal. Bodies because of His spirit. 167 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,039 Who lives in you, right? It's a little. 168 00:08:34,039 --> 00:08:36,440 Bit of A twist. And turn like man Paul. 169 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:39,799 Likes to talk in lots of details. 170 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:41,720 So let's go to verse 9. I want to. 171 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,640 Start there, because there's some. 172 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,240 Really significant things that I want us to understand. 173 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,000 So if we're believers in. Jesus Christ, if you claim. 174 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,160 To. Surrender your life to Christ. 175 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:54,520 There's certain qualities, there's certain. 176 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,600 Things that we see and in verse 9. 177 00:08:57,800 --> 00:08:59,800 He talked. Paul talks about like man. 178 00:09:00,400 --> 00:09:01,880 Or in verse. Eight, you don't live. 179 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,120 According to the. Flesh, right? 180 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:05,560 So that. Means that we are no longer 181 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:07,360 control. We don't live according to the 182 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,120 world's standards. The world's. 183 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,080 Like policies and moral. Values like. 184 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:15,920 Our sinful nature. We are now in the Spirit. 185 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:20,480 Because of justification and. Because we're in the spirit, we 186 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,040 no. Longer live our life according 187 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,440 to the flesh. And I love what Paul. 188 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,320 Starts. He says you, however. 189 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:29,960 Are not in the realm of the flesh. 190 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:31,360 He's kind of calling us. Out. 191 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,680 He's like, listen. You can't live to the flesh but 192 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:37,480 you. You, however you believer in 193 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,200 Jesus. You do not live in the realm of 194 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,920 the flesh, but are in the realm of the spirit. 195 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,280 If indeed. The Spirit of God lives. 196 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,360 In you all. Right, so in. 197 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:49,520 Verse 9 I want us to look at something here. 198 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:52,520 Where it says. If indeed the Spirit of God 199 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,480 lives in you. Right. 200 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,480 Like if if you're a little like no taker, that's that's. 201 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:58,960 Something you might want to underline. 202 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,440 A better word is dwell. If the. 203 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:05,640 Spirit of God dwells inside. Of you. 204 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:08,400 That means what Paul is saying is that the Spirit. 205 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:12,200 Of God. Makes a home in your heart and 206 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,200 many. Of us treat the. 207 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,760 Spirit of God. Not a home, but more of an 208 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:20,040 Airbnb. He doesn't leave whenever things 209 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,960 don't go. Right, he doesn't leave. 210 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,680 Whenever you are in your sin and he doesn't leave. 211 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:29,800 Whenever you're not feeling the goose pimples if you are in 212 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:30,960 Christ. He. 213 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:34,160 Dwells inside of your life. And he dwells inside of your 214 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:38,000 heart. He makes a home inside of us. 215 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,600 This is what Paul is. Getting at First Corinthians 216 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,720 619, don't you know that your bodies are temples of the holy? 217 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,800 Spirit. The Spirit is. 218 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,600 In you and. You have received the Spirit. 219 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,360 From God you do not belong to yourselves. 220 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:57,680 Christ has paid the price for you, so you so use. 221 00:10:57,680 --> 00:11:00,560 Your bodies in a way that honors the Lord. 222 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,000 That means that. Our bodies because Christ 223 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,920 dwells. In US no longer belongs to us. 224 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:07,920 That's why Paul. Says. 225 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,920 In Romans chapter 12. That our bodies are to. 226 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,120 Become living. Sacrifices period. 227 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:16,280 Holy to him. That way we do not conform to 228 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,320 the patterns. Of this world Christ lives. 229 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:22,000 In US now, this is significant right here. 230 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:26,960 Because if Christ dwells in. Us there are some ramifications 231 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,000 that. Show. 232 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,920 That Christ lives in US. So if Christ. 233 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,360 Lives in US if if he's made his dwelling in our hearts that 234 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:41,440 means that there must be evidence that someone has taken 235 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,400 residence in your heart you know last week or. 236 00:11:45,560 --> 00:11:47,560 Two weeks. Ago, Rachel and the girls left 237 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:49,120 the house. They went on vacation. 238 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,640 They left me behind. I just couldn't go. 239 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,640 But while they were. Gone. 240 00:11:53,640 --> 00:11:55,240 I was excited. I was like, well, I get to clean 241 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,440 the house like. Deep clean like like get stuff 242 00:11:58,440 --> 00:12:00,600 out. And I remember like getting home 243 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,040 late and like just just cleaning the house. 244 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,720 Then they got home and then I walked back into the living 245 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,520 room. Once they're home, there's. 246 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,120 Evidence that there's two little. 247 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:16,000 Girls in my house. It's like Barbie puked 248 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,240 everywhere. There's pink, there's toys, 249 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,840 there's they're playing, which is normal, but I was like, man, 250 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,880 I sure did clean a lot. See, there's evidence that. 251 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,040 Someone is living in this. House, there's evidence that 252 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,520 there's. 2 little girls that are. 253 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:36,920 Living in this house if Christ dwells in our hearts and makes 254 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:40,480 his our hearts his home. There's evidence that Christ 255 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,040 lives there, that's called. Fruit. 256 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:45,320 Jesus. Talks about this in Matthew 257 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,280 Chapter 7. He was like, man, what's? 258 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,320 Evidence that you follow Christ there's. 259 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:54,160 Fruit in your life, that is. Produced that people can see. 260 00:12:55,040 --> 00:13:01,720 So no fruit, no residence. You could say all you. 261 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,840 Want you could claim it all you want. 262 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,240 But if your life. Does not look like it. 263 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,480 There is no evidence and listen as a. 264 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,040 Believer. As a Christian that claims. 265 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:16,080 That Jesus Christ. Is their Lord and Savior. 266 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:18,640 That means that we have a higher principle. 267 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,160 That means that we have something more powerful than 268 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:23,640 our. Flesh. 269 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,320 Then I love what Paul does here in verse 9. 270 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:28,040 Because he. Divides up the the. 271 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,520 Both camps and then he contains this and if anyone does not have 272 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:33,280 the. Spirit of. 273 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:38,840 Christ, they do not belong. To Christ, you know this. 274 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,760 Is not science like. It's very self-explanatory and. 275 00:13:44,880 --> 00:13:46,400 What Paul's saying is like, listen. 276 00:13:46,680 --> 00:13:48,920 You have those who are filled with the Spirit. 277 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:52,960 And those who are not and the way. 278 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,720 That you could. Tell is not that. 279 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,160 They shout louder or. That they make, that they do the 280 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,400 greedy during. Worship or that they yell. 281 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,240 Or that they do languages. It's not about lit languages and 282 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:03,960 all that. Stuff. 283 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,400 No, it's about. What it looks like? 284 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,320 What fruit? Are you bearing what? 285 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,040 Fruit, are you? Bearing This is something I had 286 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:12,920 to learn because it's like, man, we have. 287 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:15,440 Such a twisted view of the Holy Spirit. 288 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,920 A lot of people ask me, well Ricky, like is your church 289 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,800 spirit? Filled and I'm like yes. 290 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,000 Because there's believers. Who have the Spirit inside. 291 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,960 Of them. So if a church is. 292 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,400 Studying the Word of God. If they are loving his word, if 293 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:35,400 they're making disciples. If they're serving the 294 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,560 community, if they are worshipping Christ, listen, 295 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,480 that's a. Spirit filled church. 296 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:43,120 Yeah, Ricky. But y'all eat that loud? 297 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,400 Though listen, a lot of that stuff is just. 298 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:50,160 Cultural, a lot of that stuff. Could be a trained behavior. 299 00:14:50,760 --> 00:14:52,920 You could put people. In environments like that, it's. 300 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,080 Really easy to. Just kind of. 301 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,280 Transform into a man. It's. 302 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:57,640 But but. Listen, you could be loud. 303 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,000 And you could do. All that stuff and still love 304 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,000 your sin. And still live different. 305 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:05,000 Outside the world so. Yeah, and here it's great. 306 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,040 But. Out there, it's the same exact 307 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,160 ball game, so. Those who are Spirit filled, 308 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:14,680 those who are the Spirit. Filled ones love Christ. 309 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,240 How do I know I'm spirit filled? I'm so glad you asked. 310 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:18,960 Let me give you 4. Quick reasons, I'm going to put 311 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:19,600 it on the. Screen. 312 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:21,960 What does it look? Like to be spirit filled. 313 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:25,480 So I'm just, I'm not going to rock through these, but I just 314 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:26,760 want to show you. Because when we get the. 315 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,120 Holy Spirit, so according to. Scripture to be spirit. 316 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:35,040 Filled means that the. Spirit has LED you to Jesus to 317 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,840 be Spirit. Filled means that the Spirit. 318 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:40,800 Put you. The desire to honor Jesus, that 319 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:44,320 means the things that. He loves you, love holiness. 320 00:15:44,640 --> 00:15:49,080 Righteousness, seeking Him, spending time with him, praying 321 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,200 to him. Is the Spirit. 322 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,520 Leading you to be more like Jesus, which is sanctification. 323 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:57,280 Is the. Spirit at work in your. 324 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,040 Heart, you see. Guys, so to live. 325 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,920 In the spirit is not body work to live in the. 326 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:07,400 Spirit is hard work it. All comes through the heart. 327 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,680 And like I. Said I'm not dogging the gifts 328 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:11,800 of the. Spirit, that's a real. 329 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,440 Thing. Like Paul talks about it, but 330 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,960 before we get there, you've got to get here. 331 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,960 You've got to understand what it means to live. 332 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,120 In the spirit so. If the Spirit of Christ. 333 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,800 Is in me if the. Spirit of Christ. 334 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,760 Dwells in me. Then listen, there's not going 335 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:28,680 to be some contradictory statements. 336 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:30,760 That we say. I hear this all the time. 337 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:32,560 I believe in God. But I don't go to. 338 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,680 Church. I don't like the church, No. 339 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:36,840 Then you don't believe in Christ. 340 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:38,440 How can you say I believe in Christ but I don't? 341 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:42,080 Love his bride. Well, Rick, I'm church her. 342 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,680 Well then go to a. Different church. 343 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:46,440 I had a bad. Experience at a restaurant. 344 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:51,800 You don't see me going. I'm I'm taqueria hurt, bro. 345 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,760 They jacked up my asada bro. I'm never going to taqueria 346 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,960 again. I'm not restaurant. 347 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,200 Hurt, I had a terrible. Time on vacation? 348 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,680 I'm vacation hurt. No, that only. 349 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:06,560 Goes to the church. And those who are spirit. 350 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,920 Filled understand that there's something. 351 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:10,480 That ain't. Right, like the people. 352 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,920 Are not going to like. Deter you from Christ. 353 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:17,280 From loving Christ so. Yeah, you got your. 354 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,960 Feelings hurt? Fine, go somewhere. 355 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:20,760 Else like. Dude, I've had that happen. 356 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,480 Before. And my thing I never questioned. 357 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:26,760 Man, forget it, I'm not going back to church. 358 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,440 That is garbage you. Never had it in the first place. 359 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:34,080 Because if you have Christ. Paul is saying you got the 360 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:36,360 spirit of the living God inside of you. 361 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:38,640 That means. That if you have the Spirit of 362 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,040 Christ then. You're going to love. 363 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,960 The things of Christ you're not going to. 364 00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:48,080 Hate him and we've got. To learn so when that stuff 365 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,720 about like I love God. But I don't. 366 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:51,680 Like the church, I don't go to church, man, You don't. 367 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,840 You don't have it. Like, let's just be honest, all 368 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:56,600 right? I'm off my soapbox. 369 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:57,560 All right? Look at verse 10. 370 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:01,440 We got to keep moving. But if Christ is. 371 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:02,840 In you. So Paul talks about. 372 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,760 That in verse 9 we have the Spirit of the living God inside 373 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:08,000 of us. But if Christ is in you even. 374 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,800 Though your body is subject to death. 375 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:13,760 Because of sin, the. Spirit gives life because of. 376 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,240 Righteousness, right? So because of. 377 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:18,480 Our. Sinful nature. 378 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,640 Paul's just walking us through the gospel right now. 379 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,480 Our. Sinful nature, our spirit 380 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:26,640 because. Of sin we're separated. 381 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:29,240 From a holy and. Righteous God, so Jesus. 382 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:33,200 Comes and he and he. Rectifies it, right? 383 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,240 He he pays the price. So we are now forgiven. 384 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:39,720 So that means that the. Spirit. 385 00:18:39,720 --> 00:18:44,400 Of God, who's in US, actually overwhelms our fallenness. 386 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,600 So Jesus comes in and yes, we're going to. 387 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:51,680 Struggle with our flesh. We're going to struggle with our 388 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:52,440 sin. We're not. 389 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:55,080 Perfect people, we live. In a genesis. 390 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:59,640 Three world, but because we have the Spirit. 391 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,800 Of God inside of us. We don't have death. 392 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,000 Anymore. Now, physically, yes, you're 393 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:08,360 going to die. Like because we live. 394 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:09,920 Like listen. Like I woke. 395 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,480 Up and my foot hurt for no reason. 396 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,000 I wore sandals all day and my feet hurt. 397 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,280 Listen, that's because we live in an imperfect world. 398 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,960 It's like man, if. You're headed to this way. 399 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,440 You're headed to death. And I love. 400 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:25,640 Where it talks about like how we're. 401 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,880 Born. Into death, but we leave this 402 00:19:28,880 --> 00:19:32,560 world to perfection. Which is life with Christ. 403 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:36,960 In him for all. Eternity so yes, our body is 404 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:39,600 unredeemed it's dead it's. Sin. 405 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:43,480 Paul's just reiterating it. But because the Spirit gives us. 406 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,240 Life. We have life in his. 407 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,320 Righteousness, and I love this. Text too, because if you look at 408 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,960 verse. 10 It talks about the spirit, now usually in the New 409 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,840 Testament. You would see the word Spirit, 410 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,720 either Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ, or like a 411 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:06,080 capitalized letter. With an S and what Paul is 412 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,280 mentioning it here, he's also bringing in. 413 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,440 Our human spirit so as. Our spirit. 414 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:17,280 You know, as we're living in our in our spirit, and Christ comes 415 00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,680 and he puts his. Spirit inside of us. 416 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:23,000 He actually takes over. The human spirit. 417 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:24,680 It makes us. It makes the human. 418 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:31,120 Spirit alive. It manifests joy inside of us. 419 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,040 That's why one of the fruits of the. 420 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:37,200 Spirit is Lovejoy. Peace, patience, kindness, 421 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,200 goodness, faithfulness, and self-control. 422 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,760 So we have the. Spirit of God in US. 423 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:45,760 And he raises us to glorification. 424 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:50,240 So it's because the Spirit we're able to see Christ when we pass. 425 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,880 Away from this world and in verse 11. 426 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,400 And if the spirit. Of him who raised. 427 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,400 Jesus from the dead. Is living in you. 428 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,040 He who raised Christ. From the dead will also. 429 00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:05,280 Give life. To your mortal bodies because. 430 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:10,360 Of his spirit who lives. In you, I don't know if y'all 431 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:12,120 caught verse 11. How powerful. 432 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,760 That is because what Paul's saying. 433 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,800 Is like listen to the same. Spirit, this powerful spirit, 434 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,360 the. Elohim the Holy. 435 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:26,520 Spirit, this is the same. Spirit that move Christ all 436 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,520 through his ministry, that led him into the wilderness even 437 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,240 when Satan was going to tempt him, that healed people, but 438 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:36,800 more importantly, that rose him from the grave. 439 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,720 Get the power of resurrection and he's like. 440 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,760 Oh, and by the way, that same exact spirit. 441 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,520 Lives inside of you now. What's Paul trying to tell us 442 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:50,080 here? He's trying to tell us. 443 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,040 You have no excuse because. We have the. 444 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:59,680 Power of the resurrection inside of us there is no. 445 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:02,680 Excuse that we would lose. Against the flesh. 446 00:22:04,120 --> 00:22:07,320 The only way we lose against the flesh is if we don't. 447 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:10,360 Battle with it. We we just sit. 448 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:13,640 Back and let it and. Paul, say like no you. 449 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,720 Have the spirit of the. Living God in you, He. 450 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:19,880 Raised Christ from the dead. Like that same. 451 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,400 Spirit lives inside of you. You see, like there's two types 452 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,640 of people, those who love. Christ and those who don't, 453 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,240 those who love the things of the Lord, and then those who love 454 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,360 the things of the world. It's very easy to tell. 455 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,760 So we have our. Fallen condition and think about 456 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:38,720 it how the. Spirit LED. 457 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:42,240 Christ and everything that we see in. 458 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:44,360 Scripture of what? How the Spirit LED Christ. 459 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:46,480 Is the same thing. It goes for us. 460 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,200 Think about it. The Spirit, Holy Spirit gave 461 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,280 Jesus life. He gives us life as well. 462 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,160 The Holy Spirit grew Jesus. In wisdom and knowledge. 463 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,320 He also grows us in. Wisdom and knowledge in the 464 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,760 teaching of the Word. But also the Holy Spirit if we 465 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,480 look at Acts verse chapter. One verse 8 it. 466 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,960 Says when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. 467 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,440 It says that you shall. Be my witnesses. 468 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:15,480 He empowered Christ to preach and proclaim and listen that 469 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,520 same spirit that he used. To empower. 470 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,760 Christ to preach and proclaim the gospel is in US, and he's 471 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,560 calling us to do the same exact thing. 472 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,120 And there's no. Excuse because you have. 473 00:23:24,120 --> 00:23:27,800 That same spirit. So. 474 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,600 You're to be my witnesses. As the Holy Spirit falls on top 475 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,640 of us, as we walk in the Spirit, we're to receive the power. 476 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:37,000 When it comes on us. So my question to you. 477 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,520 Is what does your. Witness say to the world. 478 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:42,600 If you're. Claiming to walk in the. 479 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,640 Spirit, what does your life show the world what does your life 480 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:51,400 show the world about the. Power of God is it? 481 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:52,880 Fear is it. Defeat. 482 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:57,280 What is it? And we've got to understand now 483 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,480 we have this amazing, amazing. Power of the Lord. 484 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,880 That lives inside of us. And then moving. 485 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,640 Forward and now look what he look. 486 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,200 What Paul does, so he tells us, he's like. 487 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,160 Man, we don't. Live in the flesh anymore we 488 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:09,840 live in the. Spirit, what does? 489 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,360 That mean because we live. In the. 490 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,120 Spirit, we have his righteousness. 491 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,880 And we also have his power. So now we could actually. 492 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,800 Fight the flesh, we could fight the. 493 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,880 Sin and then verse 12. Hits and he goes therefore, but 494 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,320 look how he addresses he says brothers. 495 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,640 And sisters. He's talking to believers. 496 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,560 Only right now those who are found in Christ. 497 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:30,800 He goes. Listen to me. 498 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,720 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, lean in. 499 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:36,480 We have an obligation, but it's not to the flesh. 500 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,240 We have a duty, we have a. Commitment. 501 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,680 We have a responsibility, but it's not to this. 502 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,960 World so don't get sucked. In thinking that you owe this 503 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:50,960 world anything, don't get sucked in with your guilt and your 504 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:52,880 shame. And how the world is like 505 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,200 looking at you. Pointing fingers like beating 506 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,960 you down like you're not worthy enough, you don't have an 507 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,960 obligation. To the world you have an. 508 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:05,040 Obligation to the Spirit. So whenever that hits me, my 509 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,080 obligation is not to. The world be like. 510 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,080 How do I fix? It what did I do wrong? 511 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:11,080 Oh my goodness, I'm terrible person. 512 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,560 I'm not worthy of Christ. I'm going to keep getting down 513 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,720 on myself. No, my obligation is not to 514 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:17,440 that. My my obligation is to. 515 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,280 Christ. So my obligation is like when 516 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:22,960 when I'm fighting my sin, my obligation. 517 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,960 Is Lord, Forgive me, Lord. Help me fight this. 518 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:29,000 Lord, be with me. Lord, I want to honor you with 519 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,120 my. Body Lord help me get. 520 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,120 This and the more I. Study the word man and. 521 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,640 I'm, I'm just going to be honest with you, like I know a lot of 522 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,960 us, we say this term and I know what it means though, I'm just 523 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,480 going to let, let go and let God. 524 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:45,680 It sounds great. And it's true. 525 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,040 But man, the more I read this. It's like there's a battle. 526 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:54,120 It's not let go and let. God it is let go. 527 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,880 And bring God in the. Fight it's about put your. 528 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:05,280 Armor on and start swinging. It's about fighting sin and what 529 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,360 we see. Here what we're going. 530 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:08,920 To see in the next. Couple of verses is that Paul is 531 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:13,000 going to tell us he's like man like believers put. 532 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,760 Things. To death they don't just. 533 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:18,640 Wait. For sin to come and pull them 534 00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,560 down what they. Do is that they put it to death. 535 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,960 There's a word called. Mortification in order. 536 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,320 For you to have vivification. Which means to grow something 537 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:30,360 new. You must. 538 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:32,680 Put it to death. We see this in Colossians 539 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,200 chapter 3. Just fix your mind to the things 540 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,040 above, the things that are in heaven, not on the things of the 541 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,120 earth. There's some things that we got 542 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:43,760 to put to death in our life. And I know like, people don't 543 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:47,160 like the concept of surrender. No, like it's not. 544 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:48,840 About just sit. Back and let God. 545 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:51,040 Handle it. God is like I've. 546 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,320 Given you my. Spirit, I've given you the. 547 00:26:54,320 --> 00:27:01,640 Spirit of power, you got it. That means that in order for my 548 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,720 spirit to come through, I must put my my flesh to death. 549 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,600 When every single day that means you. 550 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,920 Pick up the cross, Jesus says pick up the cross and. 551 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,320 Follow me listen you. Crucify the flesh every single 552 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:19,880 day. That's why Paul talks. 553 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,640 So much about running the race, like even to the point of 554 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:24,800 exhaustion. He's like, I'm going to keep 555 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,240 going. I'm going to keep going. 556 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,880 I'm going to strengthen, man. I'm going to strengthen. 557 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,480 I'm going to kill the flesh. I'm going to kill the sin in my 558 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,480 life. We've got to start. 559 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,080 Getting a little bit more on the defensive. 560 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:41,800 Here we have the Spirit of God. It's what we need so. 561 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,440 Paul's constantly reminding us. That if we. 562 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:46,880 Live in the. Flesh that's going to lead. 563 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,000 To death, but he also. Reminds us that if we. 564 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,600 Live in the spirit that's going to lead to. 565 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,880 Life. So we got to put. 566 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,160 The things of the flesh. To death, because if not, then 567 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:58,360 death is going to be the outcome. 568 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:00,440 So we have to kill it. We. 569 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:05,120 Have to kill it now. What he also talks about is for 570 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:07,480 those who are led by the Spirit of God. 571 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,840 You're also the children of God. Oh, I love what Paul does here. 572 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,600 Because he's like, man, we have the. 573 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,760 Holy. Spirit, we have all this stuff. 574 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,360 You're not. You're not just like he's not 575 00:28:20,360 --> 00:28:21,520 just. Working in you to fight. 576 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:22,880 Death. But you know what? 577 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,240 He is going to help you with your identity because when you 578 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:29,080 know who you belong to, it changes. 579 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,880 You know that you belong to God and this is His main work. 580 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,440 So in the Old Testament. When you talk about the Spirit 581 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,960 of God or the Holy Spirit, it's you see. 582 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:45,840 Like like a God likeness. But in the New Testament. 583 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,000 You see a Christ likeness and the holy. 584 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,400 Spirit is what? Helps us in our sanctification. 585 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,440 So the two main functions. Of the Spirit of God. 586 00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:02,520 Are illumination and sanctification illumination just 587 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,440 think of like Despicable Me or the Minions illumination I'm. 588 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:06,760 Sorry I watched with two wee kids. 589 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:09,520 Illumination. What does that mean The. 590 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:14,880 Spirit of God. Is now giving you the capacity 591 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,960 to know His word and what? The word of God says he shows 592 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,080 you the. Sin in your life. 593 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,600 He shows you how to defeat it. He helps you to know. 594 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:28,640 And understand this word. Is not just by. 595 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:32,640 This is not just stories. This is life now and then 596 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,600 sanctification, the holy. Spirit is what helps you look. 597 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,280 More and more. Like the person of Jesus. 598 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,720 And listen, that's a lifelong process. 599 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,160 It doesn't end till you're with him. 600 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,920 Those are the 2 main functions of the. 601 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:50,080 Spirit. But then what, Paul? 602 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,120 Tells us is that God because of the Spirit. 603 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:56,480 He makes you his child. He's pretty crazy. 604 00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:02,280 There's a passage if you have your Bibles. 2nd Corinthians, 605 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:07,360 Second Corinthians chapter 3. Two Corinthians chapter 3, 606 00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,160 verses 17 and 18. I love this passage. 607 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:14,120 I think. This is one of the the best way 608 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:18,560 to explain. This says this. 609 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,360 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit? 610 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,480 Of the Lord is there is what say a little bit louder. 611 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:30,520 Freedom. There's freedom. 612 00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,240 And. We all. 613 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,800 Who? With unveiled faces, 614 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,840 contemplate. The Lord's glory are. 615 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:45,040 Being transformed into his image with every increasing glory 616 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,200 which comes from the. Lord, who is the Spirit? 617 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,640 So how does? The Holy Spirit transform us 618 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,040 into the light. Likeness of Christ. 619 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,960 He points us to Jesus because the more that you gaze on the 620 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:03,440 Lord himself, the more levels. You you're going to keep. 621 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:06,280 Going You're going to keep seeing Christ in a new way. 622 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,160 You're going to. Grow we call this. 623 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,640 Spiritual maturity, which is exactly. 624 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,040 What the Bible teaches us. You grow. 625 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,480 More and more into the likeness of God. 626 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:20,120 You see God's glory over and over. 627 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:21,240 Again. And what the Spirit? 628 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:22,440 Does. Is that the? 629 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:25,440 Spirit in your heart it. Points you to the sun. 630 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,760 And that way, the more that you see the sun, the more that you. 631 00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,120 Grow in him, and the more that you grow in him, the more. 632 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:35,080 Glory of God, that you. See but in order. 633 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:36,000 For you to see. The glory. 634 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,000 Of God that means. That there's some sin in our. 635 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,200 Lives that we got to. Deal with. 636 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,200 There's some repentance that needs. 637 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:47,280 To take place. There's some acknowledgement so. 638 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,160 If where the Spirit of the Lord is, there's. 639 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,160 Freedom, the opposite of freedom. 640 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:57,640 Is bondage, fear and slavery? So if I. 641 00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:59,760 Claim to have the Spirit. Of the Lord in me. 642 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,480 I'm not over here enslaved anymore. 643 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,080 Like that's a. Lie from the enemy. 644 00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:07,280 So I'm like, man. Ricky, I'm not worthy. 645 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:08,040 I'm not doing. This. 646 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,920 I'm not like dude. Get your eyes up. 647 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,600 Look at the. Glory of Christ, Look at him, 648 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,680 look at He's. Giving you illumination to read. 649 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,960 His word and to understand. It because where the Spirit of 650 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,360 the Lord. Is there's freedom in Christ? 651 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:26,480 I got to move. All right, the Spirit. 652 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,840 Verse 15 Then it says the. Spirit you receive. 653 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,960 Does not make you. Slaves, we talked about this so 654 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,440 that you live in. Fear again. 655 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:40,040 Rather, the spirit you received, it's brought to you by. 656 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:44,400 Adoption through sonship to sonship and by him we cry. 657 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:46,640 ABBA. Father, listen, that means that. 658 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,920 We get to go to. God, not just as a. 659 00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,320 Like that's. God, and this is me. 660 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,400 No, this is a personal relationship. 661 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,360 It's like my girl's. Calling me dad or daddy. 662 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:59,360 Or or pop or Papa like it's it's very. 663 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:00,920 Close. It's very intimate. 664 00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:03,640 And he's saying that the spirit causes that. 665 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,400 And I love what Paul. Does here because Paul. 666 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,960 Uses this explanation of adoption. 667 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,280 And I started studying it a little bit. 668 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,640 And and. Adoption in the Roman world. 669 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,360 When Paul. Wrote this man the explanation. 670 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,320 Just blew my mind. Adoption. 671 00:33:19,320 --> 00:33:22,280 What it looks? Like so adoption in this 672 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,840 century, in this. World was actually extremely 673 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,240 difficult. Adoption was not like me and my 674 00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,000 wife can't have a child so we want to adopt back then. 675 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,560 Adoption could also mean like man. 676 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,640 I really like what your. Son has learned and I think your 677 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:41,640 son could benefit our family. With his skill set so. 678 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,040 We might want to adopt him, you see back. 679 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,680 Then it was. All about building the family, 680 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,560 the wealth, the reputation. But. 681 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,360 Roman adoption was very hard. So there's something. 682 00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:57,760 Called Patria Postas patria post. 683 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:01,880 Us it means that the. Father's has power, so the 684 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:03,960 Father's power. In the family. 685 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:08,199 The patria post us. Rules the family, so no matter 686 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:10,760 how. Old you are, the Father still 687 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,719 has power over your life. You'd be. 25, married with a 688 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,679 mortgage and three kids. Dad still has all say. 689 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,880 For some of y'all still. Through today, but back then 690 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,800 whatever Dad says is law, right? Like like the. 691 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:31,080 Romans honored that, so this was a formal event. 692 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,080 So there was 2 steps. In order for you to. 693 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:40,679 Adopt somebody into your family. Step number one was called Mensi 694 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:42,880 Potato. Is where the word. 695 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,719 Emancipation comes in Mensi potato. 696 00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,320 Means that there is a. Symbolic scale. 697 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:50,960 So let's say that I wanted to adopt. 698 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,840 A son in your family? I would go to that father. 699 00:34:55,120 --> 00:35:00,320 And I would make the gesture of exchanging money or property or 700 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,840 some kind of. Price in order to adopt that 701 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,880 child and the. Symbolic nature would. 702 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,520 Be that I would go. To him and then he would reject 703 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,040 my first offer and then he would either add. 704 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,000 More or add less. Than you go back the second time 705 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,200 and then you agree on that offer. 706 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,560 Just to show that the father. 'S like I'm not just throwing my 707 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,360 child away. I'm not just throwing my son 708 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,720 away. I I want you to know something I 709 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,720 like. I want you to see the value in 710 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:35,960 this but then the third time. That the father. 711 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,360 Comes to the other father. They shake. 712 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,440 Hands and they make the. Deal. 713 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,840 And they make the exchange. Of goods or property or. 714 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:49,880 Land in order for this. Father to adopt that child. 715 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:54,600 There's got to be an agreement. Then Step 2 comes in. 716 00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,160 And Step 2. Is called Vindicado I'm. 717 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:05,040 Sorry, Vindicario Vindicarrillo is you're. 718 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,560 Stating a legal case now for the adoption. 719 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,560 So you made the. Payment. 720 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,960 There was an agreement now. You have to do the paperwork. 721 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:15,600 Now you have to go in front of the judge in Rome. 722 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,360 And you have to show. That this is the case, so 723 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,560 there's got to be a. Transfer of rights with the. 724 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:27,280 Son and I started reading this and it just blew my mind. 725 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:29,080 I was like, no wonder, Paul. Always uses this. 726 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,080 Example. No wonder God. 727 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:34,720 Does this. Four things immediately take 728 00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:37,240 place. Four things immediately take 729 00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:39,680 place. After all of those steps. 730 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:43,680 Happen when the son is. Into the adoption, the legal. 731 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:48,240 Process. #1 the adopted person. Lost all his rights. 732 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,600 From his former family, so once I. 733 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,800 Adopt that child that. Family cannot. 734 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,520 Do tell that child. What to do anymore? 735 00:36:57,200 --> 00:36:58,480 They can't say, hey, you owe me this. 736 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,800 You need to come visit us. No, that's gone the family. 737 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,880 Gave all the rights over. To the new family #2 the new, 738 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,800 the child becomes an heir. To his father's new. 739 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:14,040 Estate, so that means whatever. This father has the child that 740 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,760 he's adopted. Is now an heir to everything 741 00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:20,000 that the new father has #3 the old. 742 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,840 Life of the Adopted. Person this. 743 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,600 Is crazy the old? Life of the adopted person. 744 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:28,400 Is completely obliterated. It's like. 745 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,040 It's never happened. Before. 746 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:32,560 So this. Person could have committed 747 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,880 crimes, he could have stolen money, he could have. 748 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,120 All this debt if the father adopts him. 749 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,800 And it goes through. Everything that he has in his 750 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:43,320 past is gone. It's like he's being like. 751 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,240 Reborn or something, It's like a new life. 752 00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:51,520 And then the last thing #4 he's permanently the son of the new 753 00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:52,760 father. There's no going back. 754 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,360 There's no changing minds. I don't know about you guys, but 755 00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,720 that sounds like salvation to me. 756 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,680 That sounds like the grace of God to me. 757 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:06,600 And what Paul is saying is that. Because of the Spirit we. 758 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:08,680 Are now sons and daughters. Of God. 759 00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,480 Through adoption. And he uses adoption to show us 760 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:17,160 what that means. And let's finish this thing up. 761 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,160 Verse 16 and the Spirit. Himself testifies with our 762 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,880 spirit that we are the children of God. 763 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:27,520 They say it's the Holy Spirit. Is locking arms with God saying 764 00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:29,360 yes he is? The Son of God. 765 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:32,640 I am a witness because also when you do adoption. 766 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,520 You need to have at. Least three witnesses. 767 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:40,080 Father, Son, Holy Spirit. You got to have at least three 768 00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,880 witnesses. Through law, the. 769 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,680 Spirit is saying. Yep, he is. 770 00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,760 Now, verse 17. If we are. 771 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,440 His children, we are his. Heirs, heirs to God and coers to 772 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:54,320 Christ. And if indeed we share the 773 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,320 sufferings in order that many, we may share. 774 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:01,920 In His glory, so how? Are we going to finish this 775 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,720 thing up? So real quickly I'm. 776 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,880 Going to go. Through this pretty quick what? 777 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,760 Does it mean for the? Holy Spirit to lead us so based 778 00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:12,240 off what I've read. And just kind of. 779 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:18,080 What Paul shows. US6 quick things number one for 780 00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:19,040 the Holy. Spirit to lead us. 781 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:20,320 That means the Holy Spirit leads us. 782 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:25,120 To repentance first the. Spirit of God, when it. 783 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,240 Comes on us. It leads us to repentance. 784 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:30,560 Because our pride, it's not. We don't want to repent. 785 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:31,560 We don't want. To say we're sorry. 786 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,520 You crazy, the holy. Spirit is the one that. 787 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:38,000 Leads us to. Understand that God Forgives us 788 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,640 and that God is gracious. And God is loving if we repent 789 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:44,720 to Him. Psalms 51. 790 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:48,840 God create. Sorry, yeah, Psalms 51 verse 10. 791 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:50,720 God create. A pure heart. 792 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:55,040 In me, give me a new. Spirit that I is faithful. 793 00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,480 To you don't send me away from you. 794 00:39:57,720 --> 00:39:59,360 Don't. Take your Holy Spirit away. 795 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,440 From me, give me. Back the joy that comes. 796 00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:04,880 From being saved by you. Give. 797 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,480 Me, a spirit that obeys you so that I will. 798 00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,720 Keep going. Illumination. 799 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:16,240 Sanctification. He shows you your sin. 800 00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:19,400 But then he forgives you, or he shows your sin so that God can 801 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:22,920 forgive you. #2 the Holy Spirit leads us to think little of 802 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,800 self. And much of Jesus. 803 00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,640 Oh oh. That means it's not about. 804 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:33,240 Me because we saw. Where self got you. 805 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:38,560 It's all about Jesus. I love what the Spirit says. 806 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,880 I'll read this real. Quickly first John chapter 5. 807 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,080 Verse 6. Jesus Christ. 808 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:46,400 Was born as we are. And he? 809 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,080 Died on the cross. He wasn't just. 810 00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,880 Born as we are, he also died on the cross. 811 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:56,440 The Holy Spirit is a truthful. Witness about him. 812 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,320 That's because the Spirit is truth. 813 00:40:58,720 --> 00:41:01,720 There are three that are witnesses about Jesus. 814 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:04,960 They are the Holy Spirit. The birth of Jesus and the death 815 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,160 of. Jesus and the three of them. 816 00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,880 Agree. We accept what people say. 817 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,680 When they are. Witnesses, but it's. 818 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:14,240 More important when God is a witness. 819 00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,320 That's because it is what God says about his. 820 00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:21,760 Son, the main. Goal of the Holy Spirit people 821 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:24,600 who are filled with the Spirit talk about. 822 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:29,000 Jesus, they don't talk men. The Holy. 823 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:33,120 Spirit testifies to the Son. He doesn't testify about 824 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,280 himself. He doesn't testify about. 825 00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,320 You. He doesn't. 826 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,800 Testify about what you're doing. It all leads to Christ. 827 00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,240 Everything about the Holy Spirit. 828 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:44,040 Is to illuminate. The son of. 829 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:48,400 God, it all leads to. Jesus and if you. 830 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:50,440 Look at your heart, the Bible says whatever. 831 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,640 Is comes out of your mouth is what's in your heart. 832 00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,440 If you're angry, all the. Time. 833 00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,360 Why are you angry? What's in your heart? 834 00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,680 If you're saying like lustful. Things all the time. 835 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:00,880 What's in your? Heart, but let's get a. 836 00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,080 Little bit deeper if you talk about yourself. 837 00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:04,920 All the time What's in your heart if you talk. 838 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,880 About ministry all. The time, what's in your heart, 839 00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,800 Anything that you talk about more than Christ is in your 840 00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:10,840 heart. And the Holy? 841 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:13,800 Spirit is the. One who illuminates Christ, He. 842 00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,080 His job is to show you the. Sun, we see this in. 843 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:18,800 Colossians, Chapter 1. The Supremacy. 844 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:22,200 Of Christ Romans chapter 10 it all is about. 845 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,840 Jesus, then the last couple. Things the Holy Spirit leads. 846 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,720 Us to truth He. Illuminates his word so that. 847 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,520 We understand it, the Holy. Spirit leads. 848 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,720 Us into love. We're able to love like Christ. 849 00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,400 We're able to love people that are unlovable because of the. 850 00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,000 Spirit inside of us. And then the Holy Spirit leads 851 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:43,360 us into holiness. You. 852 00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,960 Got to hate your sin. You got to fight. 853 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:47,720 That sin you got to battle against? 854 00:42:47,720 --> 00:42:50,400 It the Holy Spirit leads. Us into a life of. 855 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,000 Holiness and then? Lastly, the Holy Spirit leads. 856 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,680 Us into usefulness, also known as obedience. 857 00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:03,360 Man, you know I was. Talking with I know I'm over but 858 00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:06,280 y'all just hang with me. I was talking with my brother. 859 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:10,560 William yesterday he cuts the. Grass at the church. 860 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,960 It was about 11:30. It's hot outside. 861 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,520 And we're just standing out there chopping it up. 862 00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,600 And I was, I'm talking with him, He said something that stuck 863 00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,720 with me because I asked. Him I was like. 864 00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:26,800 Bro like you do this. And I mean, he don't even ask 865 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:28,760 for money. I mean, we, we try to help him 866 00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,960 out, but he. And he's like, Ricky, this is, 867 00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,560 this is what I do, this is. How I want to. 868 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:40,280 Serve the house see people with the spirit of. 869 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:42,160 God in them they're. Obedient to what? 870 00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:42,840 God. Puts in their. 871 00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,960 Heart so whether it is. Cutting the grass, whether 872 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,720 serving the homeless, whether it's teaching, whether it's 873 00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:50,040 singing, whatever it is in your life, you're. 874 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,480 Obedient to what God has. Given you. 875 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:56,240 You are spirit filled. And I know our. 876 00:43:56,240 --> 00:43:59,440 Culture has a weird view of the Holy Spirit. 877 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,080 But if you were obedient. To what? 878 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:02,320 God's. Called you to your spirit 879 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:06,600 filled. That's how he serves. 880 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,200 He's spirit filled however you serve. 881 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,680 That's how you obedience. Your spirit filled.