1 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,960 Tonight we conclude our series through the topic of the Holy 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:16,000 Spirit tonight and the title tonight is Empowered. 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,320 How we need the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. 4 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,240 And we can say Amen and go home after that, can't we? 5 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,680 We need the Holy Spirit and the power of the Holy Spirit in our 6 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,280 lives. And we're going to have a look 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,360 at Romans chapter 8, verse 1 to 17 tonight. 8 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:36,400 And it's a wonderful passage, a wonderful passage of Scripture. 9 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:41,280 Before we jump in, I want to briefly look back at what we've 10 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:43,640 covered so far in a bit of a summary. 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,840 This is message number six of our series and it's been it's 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,440 really been a great series through the book of through the 13 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,320 book of the Holy Spirit, that's the Bible through through the 14 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,400 topic of the Holy Spirit. But over the past few weeks 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,680 we've been exploring the person and work of the Holy Spirit. 16 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,560 We began with who is the Holy Spirit? 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,560 A good question, discovering that, you know, he's not some 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:15,440 impersonal force, that you know this holy wind that blows 19 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,960 through the cosmos, but in fact, he's the third person of the 20 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:26,520 Trinity, fully God, fully personal, always present with 21 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:30,200 us. Then we asked, what does the 22 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:35,080 Holy Spirit do? And we uncovered the role of the 23 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,880 Holy Spirit and his, his roles convicting our hearts. 24 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,360 And we thank him for that, comforting our souls, guiding 25 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,960 our steps, empowering believers, and sealing us for eternity. 26 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,640 Then we looked at the gifts of the Holy Spirit, understanding 27 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:00,680 how God distributes different spiritual gifts to equip us, his 28 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:06,080 church and glorify Jesus Christ. And then last week, Pastor Nat, 29 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:11,400 a message entitled this is that. And all that to say, I encourage 30 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,240 you go back over the messages, please. 31 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:18,840 It's such a wonderful study and you can listen to it on Spotify. 32 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,240 You can have a watch of it on YouTube. 33 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:26,480 And now the final message of this series is how we need the 34 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,720 power of the Holy Spirit in our lives. 35 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:34,720 And to do that, we're going to unpack one of the richest, most 36 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,200 Holy Spirit saturated passages in Scripture, in all of 37 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,320 Scripture, Romans chapter 8. But before that, let's pray and 38 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:46,920 commit tonight to God again. I know Pastor Net did pray, but 39 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:50,280 I just want to commit this time to the Lord again. 40 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,720 Father, we thank you so much for this ability, Lord, that we 41 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:58,360 could come together tonight. Lord, we pray that your Holy 42 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:02,040 Spirit would move in this place. Lord, move in our hearts. 43 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,360 Lord, convict us. Lord, speak to us, comfort us, 44 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,480 edify us. Lord, as we hear your word 45 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:12,600 tonight, we know you want to speak to us and I pray Lord, 46 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:16,520 that you would use me a broken vessel to to do this tonight. 47 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,160 We love you, we worship you, we we thank you for what you've 48 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,040 done in our lives and we commit tonight to you again in Jesus 49 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:29,560 name we pray and we all said Amen, Amen. 50 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,880 So let me ask you this, have you ever tried? 51 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:41,160 Have you ever tried to wake up really early in the morning, 52 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:46,000 just determined to read your Bible more so than you normally 53 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,440 would? You know, 4:30 AM, you get up, 54 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,560 get your word, you're determined, and then 5 minutes 55 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:59,720 later you're either fall fallen asleep again or a notification 56 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:04,160 on your phone comes up and all of a sudden instead of reading 57 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,640 God's word, you're scrolling Instagram. 58 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,320 Is it just me or has that happened to anybody? 59 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,560 You're going to leave me alone up here to just be fragile like 60 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:20,120 this in front of you. Maybe you're trying to be really 61 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,720 patient with someone at work or at school or at university, you 62 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,800 know, somebody that's really quite annoying and you know, 63 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,520 you've got to show them Christ. You know, you've got to be a 64 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,120 believer and a Christian in, you know, to show them the Lord. 65 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,280 Yet by 10:00, you just can't do it anymore. 66 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:42,800 They're too annoying. And you let RIP you just you 67 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:44,400 just go. You know, I'm going to tell you 68 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:53,160 what I think or perhaps like myself and I've got other, you 69 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,640 know, I can relate to all of these, but this is one in 70 00:04:55,640 --> 00:05:01,120 particular that I struggle with. I'll say to myself, I am not 71 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:02,800 going to get angry at my kids today. 72 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,840 I'm not going to do it. And I try with all of the 73 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,680 strength that I can muster up. Yet by the end of the day, you 74 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:14,280 know, I've ended up yelling way lighter than they yelled. 75 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,640 And you just fail. You feel like you're a failure. 76 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,120 And by the end of these days, when we try and try and try, you 77 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,640 can end up just being just spent, exhausted, spiritually 78 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:33,680 frustrated, maybe even feeling a little bit defeated. 79 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:39,640 And you wonder, like me, like if I'm saved, why is it that I feel 80 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,360 powerless? Why is it that I fail? 81 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,720 Why is it that I'm feel defeated? 82 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:50,520 Well, tonight we're going to learn through this passage, 83 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,960 Romans chapter 8, that it's like trying to run a marathon, which 84 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:57,920 I've never done before. Just letting you know, Noah's 85 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,760 done it. Noah's done a marathon. 86 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:02,080 I'll take my hat off to him. But maybe some of you have. 87 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:05,400 Imagine running a marathon with your running shoes tied 88 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:11,240 together, right? A noble, noble intention, but 89 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,160 terrible execution. And that's what it can be like. 90 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,680 And you know, this feeling of just being defeated every time 91 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,080 we try and we try and we try to live the way God needs us to 92 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:27,400 live, to live as believers, as Christians, we try, yet we fail 93 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:30,600 and we defeated. But we're not alone. 94 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,920 In fact, this struggle, this frustration is exactly what the 95 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,640 apostle Paul was wrestling with in the previous chapter, Romans 96 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,880 Chapter 7 and verse 19 of Romans Chapter 7. 97 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,760 He writes this. He writes the good I want to do. 98 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,880 I don't do the evil I want to do. 99 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:57,240 That's what I keep on doing. It's so profound, The good that 100 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,920 I want to do, I don't do it. I really want to, but I don't 101 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:04,680 yet. The evil that I know I'm not to 102 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:09,960 do, that's what I do. Does that sound familiar? 103 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,520 Certainly does in my life. Like you and I, Paul the 104 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,960 apostle, he knew that this Christian life, it's not some 105 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,720 walk in the park, not at all. In fact, sometimes it it feels 106 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,000 like climbing Mount Everest with a pair of thongs on. 107 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,120 Very, very difficult, frustrating. 108 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,120 And again, that's why he writes the good I want to do. 109 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,680 I don't do it and the evil I don't want to do. 110 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,720 That's what I keep on doing. And he's frustrated. 111 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,440 In fact, in Chapter 7 verse 24, finally he cries out and he 112 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:54,200 says, oh wretched man that I am, wretched man that I am who will 113 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,000 deliver me from this body of death. 114 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:02,240 But from Chapter 7 comes chapter 8. 115 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:08,320 And like or not like Romans chapter 8, I should say Romans 116 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:10,000 chapter 8 is picture it like this. 117 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:15,440 It's like a beautiful, much awaited sunrise after just a 118 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:21,040 tumultuous dark, dark night. You know, Romans 7 to 8 is a 119 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:26,280 turning point from frustration to freedom, from defeat to 120 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,400 victory, from religion to relationship. 121 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:31,720 And what makes all the difference? 122 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:36,720 What makes all the difference? The Holy Spirit. 123 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,559 The Holy Spirit makes all the difference. 124 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,120 So you've got to understand that Romans Chapter 7, and I'm 125 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,240 referencing it a little bit here and we've looked at a couple of 126 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,240 verses, but please, if you have some time, I implore you go home 127 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,800 and and read Chapter 7 if you don't already know what I'm 128 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,120 talking about and it'll fit a bit more, a bit better. 129 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:01,000 The puzzle will fit. But Romans Chapter 7 barely even 130 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,520 mentions the Holy Spirit is my point, right? 131 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:08,200 But then in Romans chapter 8, there's over 20 references to 132 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:13,360 the Spirit, to the Holy Spirit. So from no Holy Spirit to many, 133 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:19,880 many references of the Holy Spirit brothers and sisters, 134 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:25,440 Romans chapter 8, Romans chapter 8 is the key to understanding 135 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:31,240 what a Holy Spirit LED Holy Spirit empowered life looks 136 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:32,840 like. It's the key to that. 137 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,840 And it's and it shows why we, we so desperately need that power 138 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,520 today. You know, the late Pastor Chuck 139 00:09:40,520 --> 00:09:43,560 Smith, he once said it perfectly. 140 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:47,560 He said this, he says the Christian life isn't hard, it's 141 00:09:47,560 --> 00:09:51,080 impossible. The Christian life's not hard, 142 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,520 it's impossible. That's why God gave us the Holy 143 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,400 Spirit. The Christian life's not hard, 144 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:01,640 it is impossible. That's why God thank God, gave 145 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,120 us the Holy Spirit. So tonight in chapter 8, verses 146 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:07,880 1 to 17, we're just going to look at 4 things. 147 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,040 And these are four ways that the Holy Spirit changes everything 148 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:16,160 in the life of a believer, absolutely everything in the 149 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,440 life of the believer. So the first point in verse 1 to 150 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:24,000 4 is that the Holy Spirit sets us free. 151 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,760 The Holy Spirit sets us free. Let's have a read of verse one 152 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,040 to four. And I'm reading from the the New 153 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,040 King James Version if you want to follow along. 154 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:40,480 And Paul says there is therefore now no condemnation to those who 155 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:45,320 are in Christ, who do not walk according to the flesh, but 156 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,920 according to the Spirit, For the law of the Spirit of life, verse 157 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:55,400 2, in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and 158 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,000 death. Verse 3. 159 00:10:57,560 --> 00:11:01,000 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the 160 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:05,400 flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of 161 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:09,880 sinful flesh on account of sin. He condemned sin in the flesh, 162 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,680 verse four, that the righteous requirement of the law might be 163 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:18,320 fulfilled in US who do not walk according to the flesh, but 164 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:23,640 according to the Spirit. So straight up in verse 1, he 165 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:28,080 says now there's therefore now no condemnation for those who in 166 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,640 Christ Jesus. Amen to that. 167 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,920 What a way to start the chapter. Let that soak in. 168 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,720 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are 169 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,680 in Christ Jesus. He doesn't say less 170 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:46,520 condemnation. That'd even be good. 171 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:51,320 He doesn't say that though. He doesn't say not someday there 172 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:56,800 will be no condemnation. No, he says now, therefore now 173 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,240 there is no condemnation. That means if you're a believer, 174 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,680 then it's the reference here is you're in Christ and you're not 175 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:10,960 under God's judgement anymore. Amen to that man, that's so good 176 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,800 means that you're in if you're in Christ, if you're a believer, 177 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,400 you're not under God's judgement anymore. 178 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:22,400 It means that your guilt as a believer, your guilt and your 179 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:31,000 sin has been nailed to the cross and the legal verdict for your 180 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,920 and my sin if we are believers tonight is not guilty, not 181 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:37,600 guilty. Why? 182 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:42,320 Verse 2 tells us it says for the law of the Spirit of life in 183 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:46,640 Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 184 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,160 Let me explain that. So the spirit of life as a 185 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:57,280 believer has set us free how? By Christ's work on the cross. 186 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:02,640 But now the Holy Spirit applies that finished work of Christ on 187 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:04,560 the cross to our lives every day. 188 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:08,440 Did you see that? In other words, Jesus won the 189 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,200 victory of the sin and death on the cross. 190 00:13:11,680 --> 00:13:14,800 That was the decisive moment. The war was won. 191 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:19,000 But the Holy Spirit now is the one who moves into our hearts as 192 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,920 believers and helps us walk in that victory every single day. 193 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Thank you, Holy Spirit. Thank you, Holy Spirit. 194 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,480 That's so good. And what I'm not just saying, 195 00:13:29,680 --> 00:13:32,440 you know how the Tilly evangelists will say, oh, thank 196 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,160 you, Holy Spirit, you know, like, like the Holy Spirit's 197 00:13:35,160 --> 00:13:37,480 there talking to them about certain things all the time. 198 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:39,720 It can happen. But I've seen so many bad 199 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:45,320 examples of it in my life, man, on the topic of the Holy Spirit. 200 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,040 And that's partly why we've, we've done this series. 201 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:51,760 There's so much misinformation, so much abuse of the Holy 202 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:53,480 Spirit. That's all we need to focus on 203 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,040 what the word says alone, not on what man says or some 204 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,120 televangelist. Anyway, that's a side thing. 205 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:03,120 I can talk for hours and now trust me, I grew up as a 206 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:08,480 Pentecostal which anyway park that right there. 207 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:12,600 Paul continues in verse 3 and verse 4 and he says for what the 208 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,680 law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh. 209 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,840 God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh 210 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:22,720 on account of sin. He condemned sin in the flesh. 211 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,440 Verse four that the righteous requirement of the law might be 212 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,680 fulfilling us. We do not walk according to oh, 213 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,280 I've lost my spot. Do not walk according to the 214 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,160 flesh, but according to the Spirit. 215 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:42,680 According to the Spirit. So in these first opening 4 216 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:48,720 verses, we see that the Holy Spirit sets us free. 217 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:53,080 Amen to that. Free from condemnation, free 218 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:57,640 from the power of sin, free to walk now in the newness of life. 219 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,640 That's what the Holy Spirit's done. 220 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:03,920 So the question for you and I tonight is that are you walking 221 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,280 in that freedom? Are you walking in that freedom? 222 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:11,000 Ask yourself that. Be honest. 223 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,200 Are you walking in that freedom? Because if you're still walking 224 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:18,680 around way down by condemnation, by guilt, by shame, by fear, 225 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,160 listen, that is not from God. That's not from God. 226 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,440 That is a lie from the enemy. It's a lie from the enemy. 227 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:30,240 It's not from God. So let's move to the second 228 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:35,200 point in verse 5 to 8. The second point is the Spirit 229 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:39,680 renews our minds. The Holy Spirit renews our 230 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,720 minds. So verse 5 says, for those who 231 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:48,080 live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the 232 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,720 flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the 233 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:56,480 things of the Spirit. Verse 6 For to be carnally and 234 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,680 that means fleshly, to be carnally minded is death, but to 235 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:04,120 be spiritually minded is life and peace. 236 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,480 Verse 7. Because the carnal mind is 237 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:12,040 enmity against God, for it's not subject to the law of God, nor 238 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,440 indeed can be. So then those who are in the 239 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:21,080 flesh cannot please God. Verse 8 So here what Paul does 240 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,000 is he contrasts two ways of living in these verses. 241 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,360 Did you see it? He's got the carnal or the flesh 242 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:34,520 versus the spirit, death versus life and peace, hostility or 243 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,440 enmity towards God versus harmony with God. 244 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:40,280 He contrasts these two ways of living. 245 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,680 And where's the battleground for these two ways of living? 246 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,440 The battleground is up here in our mind. 247 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:50,520 That's where the battleground is. 248 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:57,160 You see the mind is mentioned multiple times because where our 249 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:02,040 mind goes, our life follows where our mind goes, our life 250 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:04,720 follows. Proverbs 23 verse 7 says it 251 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,599 well. It says as a man thinks in his 252 00:17:08,599 --> 00:17:13,960 heart, so is he. So where your mind goes your 253 00:17:14,079 --> 00:17:18,200 life will follow. So therefore, if your mind, if 254 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:23,160 my mind is dominated by the carnal or the the fleshly, which 255 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:29,080 is sinful desires, you name them, worldly values, selfish 256 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,400 ambition. What does the Bible say that 257 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,320 leads to death? Not just physical death, but 258 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:41,960 perhaps you can relate spiritual dullness, emotional dryness, 259 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:48,440 moral compromise. But the good news, if your mind 260 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:53,160 is set on the Spirit, rooted in God's Word, renewed in worship, 261 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,600 centred on Christ, it leads to life and it leads to peace, 262 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,040 which is so good. So the Holy Spirit filled life 263 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:05,960 begins in the mind. We need to have a renewed mind. 264 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,960 Think of your life like a smartphone, right? 265 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:17,360 Obviously, Nah, just your life like a smartphone and you think 266 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,480 of the two main operating systems today. 267 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:20,800 I'm geeking out a little bit here. 268 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:22,640 I'm sorry, but try and follow me. 269 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:26,400 Two main operating systems. Obviously there's Apple iOS, 270 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,120 which is the master, the best one, and then you've got Google 271 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,920 Android. But these are the 2 main ones, 272 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:35,080 right? These operating systems control 273 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:39,880 how the phone works, how the phone responds, how it looks. 274 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,720 The operating system controls all of these things. 275 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:49,000 So in a similar way, as an illustration, you and I, we're 276 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:54,040 either running on the kernel or the Flesh operating system, or 277 00:18:54,200 --> 00:19:01,680 the Spirit operating system. One crashes a lot, Android one 278 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,440 crashes a lot. The other runs smoothly. 279 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,760 The Flesh OS leads to frustration. 280 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:16,320 The Spirit operating system OS, that's what OS means, leads to 281 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:21,720 peace, leads to life. And you and I, we get to choose 282 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,600 which operating system our minds run on. 283 00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:31,360 We get to choose that see the Holy Spirit gives us, gives you 284 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:38,040 and I as believers the power to reset our mind to with the same 285 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,360 sort of illustration, to uninstall all the lies that the 286 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:45,720 enemy has told you and he'll compete complete, complete. 287 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,760 He will continue. He will continue over and over 288 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:54,560 to whisper those lies. We can uninstall those lies and 289 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:57,760 reinstall, reinstall the truth of God's word. 290 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:04,760 Romans 12 verses 2. It says be transformed by the 291 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:09,240 renewing of your mind. So the question for us is. 292 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,920 What's dominating our thinking, our thought life, our minds? 293 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:16,360 What is dominating it? Ask yourself that. 294 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:20,600 What's dominating it? You know, for for young people, 295 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:24,560 often it's social media, man. It just dominates and consumes 296 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:29,680 you. For most of us, it's fear, 297 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:36,240 anxiety, bitterness. Or is it worship? 298 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,880 Is it prayer? Is it is it the Bible, 299 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:45,280 scripture? So what we need to do? 300 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,360 We need to submit or yield. The Bible says we need to submit 301 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:54,440 to the Holy Spirit and simply ask Him to help to guide us. 302 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,560 And don't just ask for external change. 303 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,800 Ask the Holy Spirit to retrain your mind. 304 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:03,720 He'll help you think differently. 305 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,960 He will. He promises to do that, and that 306 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,280 in turn will lead to living differently. 307 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:16,440 So this renewing of our mind is one of the greatest needs in the 308 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:20,440 Christian walk. It's not more willpower because 309 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:21,760 that's what we often think, isn't it? 310 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,920 More willpower? No, it's a renewed mind through 311 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,360 the power of the Holy Spirit. This is one of the greatest 312 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:31,400 needs as believers that we need in our lives. 313 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,680 Let's look at the next few verses from verse 9:00 to 11:00. 314 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:39,200 And it's the Third Point and it's that the Spirit, the Holy 315 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:42,000 Spirit dwells in US and gives life. 316 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:48,120 Let's read verse 9 to 11. Paul writes, he says, but you 317 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:52,200 are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of 318 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,400 God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the 319 00:21:55,400 --> 00:22:01,040 Spirit of Christ, he is not his. Verse 10 And if Christ is in 320 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:06,080 you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life 321 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:10,680 because of righteousness. Verse 11 But if the Spirit of 322 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:15,320 him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who 323 00:22:15,320 --> 00:22:19,720 raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal 324 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:23,400 bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you. 325 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:26,600 So good. So if you are a believer, and I 326 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,280 pray that you are tonight, if you're a believer, the Holy 327 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:34,680 Spirit dwells within you. Holy Spirit dwells within you. 328 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:39,800 That right there is an absolute foundational truth that we ought 329 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,880 to know and need to be reminded of as believers. 330 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,480 It's foundational. The Holy Spirit dwells in us. 331 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,960 The Holy Spirit dwells in me, the Holy Spirit dwells in you. 332 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,960 Remember that. Be reminded of that. 333 00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:57,960 Be encouraged by that. And you and I, we're not 334 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:02,160 believers because we try hard to follow a list of rules. 335 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:06,880 That's not why we're believers. We are believers because God's 336 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:11,440 Spirit lives inside of us. Paul is clear. 337 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:14,840 He even says if you don't have the Spirit of Christ, you don't 338 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,720 belong to him. If you don't have the Spirit of 339 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,280 Christ, you don't belong to him. It's the Holy Spirit who is the 340 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:25,600 seal and the guarantee of your and my salvation as believers. 341 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,680 Amen. Verse 11 says, But if the Spirit 342 00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:34,200 of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who 343 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,400 raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal 344 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,920 bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. 345 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,200 So what does it mean that the Spirit gives life? 346 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:51,280 What does it mean? See, even though our bodies are 347 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:56,960 subject to death, we have mortal bodies, sickness, ageing, 348 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,120 mortality. Even though that's the case, the 349 00:24:00,120 --> 00:24:04,520 Spirit, the Holy Spirit gives life because of righteousness, 350 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,120 not our righteousness, but Christ's righteousness credited 351 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:12,240 to us. See in the beginning of the 352 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:16,520 verse there, the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, the 353 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:21,480 very power that conquered the grave says lives in US. 354 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,280 The Spirit, I'll read it. The Spirit of him who raised 355 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:28,960 Jesus from the dead dwells in you. 356 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,400 He who raised Christ from the dead, that Spirit dwells in you. 357 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,760 That's amazing. That is amazing. 358 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:42,400 The same power that brought Jesus back from the dead out of 359 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,040 the tomb is at work in your in my life right now. 360 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:51,720 That's amazing. Thank you Lord, the same power 361 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,680 that brought Jesus out of the tomb. 362 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:58,320 Resurrection power is at work in your in my life right now. 363 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,520 So are you aware of the Spirit living in you? 364 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:09,640 Are you aware of that? Do you lean on His power or do 365 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:14,640 you lean on your own strength? Do you ask the Holy Spirit to 366 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:19,880 fill you each and every day to awaken His power in your life? 367 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,840 You see, the Holy Spirit is not some passive guest in your life. 368 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:30,960 No, He is an active life giver and power giver and we need Him 369 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:32,480 so desperately. Amen. 370 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:43,960 The final point in verses 12 to 17, we see that empowered by the 371 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,960 Holy Spirit putting to death the deeds of the body. 372 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,320 So Paul writes in verse 12. Therefore, brethren, we are 373 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:58,240 debtors not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 374 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,880 For if you live verse 13, according to the flesh, you will 375 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:06,280 die. But if by the Spirit you put to 376 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:11,800 death the deeds of the body, you will live for as many as are led 377 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,560 by the Spirit of God. These are the sons of God and 378 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:19,000 daughters of God. I just added that because it's 379 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,120 true. Verse 15 for you did not receive 380 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,960 the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the 381 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:31,440 spirit of adoption and I love this of whom we cry out ABBA 382 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:35,560 Father. Verse 16, the spirit himself 383 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:40,080 bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. 384 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:45,360 And if children, verse 17, then heirs, heirs of God and joint 385 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:49,520 heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may 386 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,800 also be glorified together. So good. 387 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:58,560 This passage is amazing. So verse 12, Paul calls us 388 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,760 debtors, but notice we're not debtors to the flesh. 389 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:07,800 So yes, we owe something, but not to sin and not to 390 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:11,800 selfishness. See living by the flesh. 391 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,720 The Bible teaches us here, living by the flesh leads to 392 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,840 death. Romans 623 We know it. 393 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,720 The wages of sin is death. Living according to the flesh, 394 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,120 it's walking in rebellion, selfishness in sin, and it leads 395 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:34,360 to separation from God to death. But by the Holy Spirit we can 396 00:27:34,360 --> 00:27:42,480 put to death those sinful deeds again, not by trying, grooding 397 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:47,640 our teeth, trying harder, no, but by yielding and submitting 398 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:51,760 to the Spirit's leading, Holy Spirit's leading and his power. 399 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:59,400 The Holy Spirit now indwells in US, empowers us to say no to sin 400 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,520 and to say yes to holiness. That's the power of the Holy 401 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:08,040 Spirit in our lives. Pastor Chuck, he often said that 402 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:12,320 the Christian life is a spirit fed, Spirit LED life. 403 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,080 The flesh wants to dominate, but the Spirit, the Holy Spirit 404 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,720 gives you the power to overcome this flesh. 405 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,880 It's not about willpower, it's about surrender to the Holy 406 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:28,360 Spirit. Verse 14 to 16, again, it says 407 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,400 for as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of 408 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:36,080 God and daughters of God. For you did not receive the 409 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:40,040 spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of 410 00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:44,600 adoption, by whom we cry out, ABBA, Father, the Spirit himself 411 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:47,720 bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. 412 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:52,600 So here in these verses we see that being led by the Holy 413 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,840 Spirit is the key mark of a child of God. 414 00:28:56,680 --> 00:29:00,760 It's the key marker of a child of God being led by the Holy 415 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,080 Spirit. The Holy Spirit guides our 416 00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:10,800 decisions, guides our character, guides our relationships and we 417 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:16,760 no longer live as slaves to fear or or condemnation, but as 418 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,560 beloved children. And the Bible says crying out, 419 00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:23,720 have a father. That's that's an intimate tender 420 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:28,040 cry to our loving father. We're children of God. 421 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:32,480 You know, the late John MacArthur on the adoption by the 422 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:36,040 Holy Spirit. He teaches that this adoption, 423 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:41,920 being able to call God our Father, being children of God, 424 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:47,320 this adoption is both a legal declaration and a spiritual 425 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:51,360 reality. He says we are fully accepted 426 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:55,440 and loved by God not because of what we do, but because what of 427 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,600 Christ has done. And the Spirit confirms this 428 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,360 truth in our hearts. I love that. 429 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,640 So are you yielding, which means submitting? 430 00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:09,520 Are you submitting? Yielding to the Holy Spirit's 431 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:15,160 leading in your life, are you walking as a child of God, free 432 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:20,600 from fear, from condemnation? Do you know how much God loves 433 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,920 you? Do you know how much He backs 434 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:28,000 you, How much He cheers you on like any good Father would to 435 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:33,240 their children? Will you practise listening for 436 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:38,160 the Holy Spirit's promptings as you read His word, as you you 437 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,200 come to Him in prayer, Will you listen, practise listening for 438 00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,560 his promptings? He will guide you away from sin 439 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,600 that leads to death and into life, into God's best. 440 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,720 You know, we've seen how essential the Holy Spirit in 441 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,720 this passage is in our lives. And it's not just some 442 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:03,160 theological idea. It's a living, powerful reality 443 00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,400 that transforms us from the inside. 444 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:10,600 Art, We've seen tonight that the Holy Spirit sets us free from 445 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:14,720 sin and death in this passage that's so good. 446 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:20,920 We've seen that the Holy Spirit renews our minds, empowers us to 447 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:25,240 live holy lives. We've seen that the Holy Spirit 448 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:30,000 dwells within us and it gives us resurrection life and power. 449 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,000 Amazing. We've seen that the Holy Spirit 450 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:38,920 leads us as children of God, assuring us of adoption and 451 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:43,080 love. You see, the reminder for us 452 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:48,080 tonight is that we're not, we're not just to try harder, you 453 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:53,240 know, just try harder, group your teeth, knuckle down, try 454 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,920 harder. No, we're to daily yield and 455 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,840 submit to the Holy Spirit's power in our lives. 456 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,760 It's about walking in step with Him, trusting Him to lead, 457 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:08,720 trusting Him to guide, trusting Him to empower us and to change 458 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,080 us. And He wants to, and He will. 459 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:22,520 So will you ask yourself tonight, am I living a Holy 460 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,000 Spirit LED life? Am I living a Holy Spirit LED 461 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,720 life? Or am I relying on my own 462 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,880 strength? Am I relying on the Holy 463 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:35,560 Spirit's power? Am I open and sensitive to the 464 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:40,560 Holy Spirit's leading in my decisions, in my relationships, 465 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:47,840 in my daily walk? Again, Pastor Chuck Smith, he 466 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,080 told the story. It's great. 467 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,560 He says he goes. We had a fellow in our church. 468 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:58,320 I want to try and do his accent, but you know, we had a fellow 469 00:32:58,320 --> 00:32:59,160 in. I can't do it. 470 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,720 It's so slow. It's so smooth, isn't it, Pastor 471 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,080 Chuck's voice? Anyway, we had a fellow in our 472 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,240 church who was a retired naval officer. 473 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,960 Through the years in the Navy, he had developed a real foul 474 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,320 tongue. His six months after he accepted 475 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,880 Christ here at Calvary Chapel, Pastor Chuck says he's mowing 476 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,480 the lawn, whistling a worship song. 477 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,000 Love, love, love, Christian, this is your call. 478 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,120 Just minding his business. Then he clipped a low branch and 479 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,320 went flying forward, hitting himself in the forehead. 480 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:37,120 He lay there on the ground, pain shooting in his head. 481 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,040 But then he jumped up, ran in the house and said to his wife, 482 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,640 Honey, guess what happened? She looked at the big Welt on 483 00:33:44,640 --> 00:33:47,600 his head and said, What did happen, sweetheart? 484 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,480 He says, Oh no, not that I hit a tree, but I didn't cuss. 485 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,360 I love that. And she says, you know, I've not 486 00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,040 heard you use a swear word in six months. 487 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:02,880 He says, haven't I? It was just one of those 488 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,760 moments. Pastor Chuck says he wasn't even 489 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:09,199 thinking about it until later. That's the Holy Spirit's work. 490 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,000 You're not even aware until days or weeks later. 491 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:18,920 And then all at once you realise the desire for sin is gone and 492 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,159 God has changed me. And Pastor Chuck goes on to say, 493 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,760 and I think that is why God lets us struggle. 494 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:29,400 He lets us see our weakness so we do not go around boasting. 495 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:33,840 He lets us get to the place of hopelessness and total inability 496 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:38,320 so that when he works, when he truly does transformation 497 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,920 through his Spirit, we know it's him. 498 00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:45,560 Then we give him glory. That is the victory through 499 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:49,560 Jesus Christ. So here Pastor Chuck Smith 500 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:55,199 reminds us that true Christian victory isn't about momentary 501 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,360 strength that we muster up or willpower. 502 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:03,040 It's the invisible Holy Spirit wrought transformation that 503 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:07,720 becomes evident over time, and that's what Romans chapter 8 is 504 00:35:07,720 --> 00:35:11,040 all about. South. 505 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:16,040 In closing, if you've never invited the Holy Spirit to take 506 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:20,000 control of your life or if you've drifted away from his 507 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:25,840 power, you know tonight or today is the day to say yes to the 508 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:29,640 Holy Spirit. Let's just pray a quick prayer. 509 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:35,480 If that's you, if that's you, pray this with me. 510 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,760 Holy Spirit, oh Holy Spirit, I need you. 511 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:43,040 I want you to lead me. I want you to empower me. 512 00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,960 I want you to transform me. Will you fill me afresh? 513 00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:52,840 Fill me anew today. Help me live a life that honours 514 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:58,120 you and and reflects Jesus. Thank you for your presence, 515 00:35:58,120 --> 00:36:02,600 Holy Spirit, for your power and for your promises in Jesus name, 516 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,920 Amen. Now the Christian life is not 517 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,200 about self effort again, it's about Holy Spirit empowered 518 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,640 living. Verse 11 in Romans 8 here it 519 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:17,080 says, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 520 00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,480 dwells in you, he will raise Christ Jesus from the dead will 521 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:24,400 also give life to mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in 522 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:28,360 you. Will you and I tonight take hold 523 00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,640 of that? Will we walk in that power of 524 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,560 the Holy Spirit? Will we live by the Spirit? 525 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,000 Will we be transformed by the Spirit? 526 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:38,880 And will we be free? Amen.