1 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:04,640 Amen. Amen. 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,560 Amen. How you all doing? 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,200 It's my yearly preach. Welcome. 4 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:16,920 You made it must be prophetic for you to be here this morning. 5 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,160 It's so wonderful. We are continuing our journey 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:22,720 through Romans 8. Woop woop. 7 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:30,200 What is the title of the series More than Conquerors? 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:39,240 It's on the screen more than Conquerors, and we would be 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:44,960 amiss if we walked away from this series without having 10 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:50,040 freedom, without having life, and without having the Holy 11 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,760 Spirit having done something very deep within our hearts. 12 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,160 A few years ago we were planning a trip to the States and Sophia 13 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,800 was barely 2 years old. And as one does when 1 travels 14 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:08,960 with a toddler and a mother-in-law, you need to be 15 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:14,120 well prepared, am I right? You know, making sure that you 16 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,520 have your visas booked. Snacks. 17 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:22,280 Thanks Jess. I'm glad that you were there or 18 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,040 gave me some advice. You weren't there but anyway and 19 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,840 made sure that you got all the right milk for the for the long 20 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,240 plane trip, the right seats booked everything I get. 21 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:39,080 And just when it felt like that we were really got everything 22 00:01:39,080 --> 00:01:42,440 together. I had this moment of absolute 23 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:44,920 panic. I don't know if you ever have 24 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,400 one of those where you're like feels like your insides are 25 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:51,840 about to fall out. And it came when I saw this 26 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,920 announcement on TV. Department of Home Affairs 27 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:04,320 changes the rules. Children can no longer travel on 28 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:09,880 the abridged birth certificate. You need the unabridged birth 29 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,440 certificate. Does it? 30 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:15,800 Do any of you remember that it was the great unabridged 31 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,760 abridged birth certificate debacle of 2015? 32 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:29,360 And basically, panic, fear immediately went home. 33 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,960 Which one do we have? Guess one. 34 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:38,440 Guess which one we had? The wrong one, not the right 35 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:42,400 one. So in that moment of panic, I 36 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,680 did what every God fearing head of the home would do in a 37 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,680 situation like that. I turned to Google. 38 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:06,240 What does unabridged mean? OK, on on for court. 39 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,560 On for court on for court, court. 40 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,600 I speak Afrikaans with a German accent. 41 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:20,120 A full version complete. It contains all the details. 42 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,200 OK cool. What? 43 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:24,600 What's the difference between an unabridged and an abridged birth 44 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,040 certificate? OK cool, cool, got that. 45 00:03:28,640 --> 00:03:31,080 Where? Where can I get an unabridged 46 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,240 birth certificate? At your nearest Home Affairs 47 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,800 office. Which Home Affairs office in 48 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,560 Pretoria has the shortest queues? 49 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:53,480 And at that moment, I'm sure there was something wrong with 50 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:57,120 Google because all that had returned to me were these, like, 51 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,440 laughing emojis, roll on the floor laughing. 52 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,520 I don't know, you know. So off I went to Pretoria vest. 53 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,000 Pretoria vest, because I thought not too many people there 54 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,040 requiring an unabridged birth certificate to travel to the 55 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:18,200 States. I was sorely mistaken and went 56 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:21,600 to the mania and asked the Massa Blief Kanek on for court. 57 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:27,720 Herbert a certificate and they said please stand in this queue 58 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,760 that starts outside of the building. 59 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:36,840 At the end of the day, we got it and we're able to travel. 60 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,800 You see, the abridged birth certificate was never outlawed. 61 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:44,440 It never. It was still a legal document. 62 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:53,800 You just couldn't travel on it. And how often do we live with an 63 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:58,120 unabridged, with an abridged version of the gospel? 64 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:03,280 You see, my heavenly abridged birth certificate says this. 65 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,200 I'm born again. Sins are forgiven, no 66 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:16,040 condemnation. Citizen of heaven, full stop. 67 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:25,800 And I'll see you all in heaven and we can all go home now and 68 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,280 we can end the message because it's completely true. 69 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:38,520 But God says, and Romans reminds us and says, hang on, hang on a 70 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,640 minute. What about this life? 71 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:47,400 What about the next 203040506070 years? 72 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:55,240 I need you to travel. I need you to go on this 73 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:00,880 adventure with me. I need you to reclaim this 74 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,800 promised land that I have said I have for you. 75 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:10,880 I need you to carry the unabridged version of the 76 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,560 gospel. And the unabridged version is 77 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:26,040 this born again, sins forgiven. And I have given you the Holy 78 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,880 Spirit. I have given you the Holy Spirit 79 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:38,120 so that you can travel, you can go, you can be guarded, you can 80 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:44,120 be LED. The gospel doesn't just release 81 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:50,440 us from our past sins. It has the power to transform 82 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:55,920 our present. It has the power to transform 83 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:59,360 our present. The gospel isn't just salvation, 84 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:05,520 it's sanctification. It's a daily journey of 85 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:11,480 reclaiming our inheritance. It's more than just repentance. 86 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:21,200 It includes daily conviction and guidance for this life, for this 87 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,680 journey that we are on. We need the full version. 88 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,880 We need to travel. We need the Holy Spirit. 89 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,160 Amen. Amen. 90 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,240 And then we get to this little speed hump. 91 00:07:39,400 --> 00:07:43,560 I like to call it bloop. That's my speed up. 92 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:44,320 Sound. Speed up. 93 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:46,680 Sound like it. Damien Bloop. 94 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,000 Love it. And when you're driving along 95 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:58,240 and then bloop and the speed up is this comes in verse #5 of 96 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:04,480 Romans where it says you have the Holy Spirit, you've been 97 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,840 born again. But I'm going to let you in a 98 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,600 little secret. You still need to choose. 99 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:19,960 Do you follow the Holy Spirit? Would you follow your sinful 100 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:26,840 nature? Let's read Romans 8, five to 101 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,960 seven. Those who live according to 102 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,120 their sinful nature have the mind set on what that nature 103 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:39,000 desires, but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have 104 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,640 the mind set on what the Spirit desires. 105 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:49,320 The mind governed by sin is death, but the mind governed by 106 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:54,600 the Spirit is life and peace. And Paul is saying this. 107 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,080 Paul is saying you've got a choice. 108 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:06,200 Either allow your minds, every decision you make, every 109 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:13,680 conversation you have, your hopes, your dreams, your play, 110 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:21,040 your work, your emotions, everything that takes place here 111 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,400 on earth. You can choose whether that is 112 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:29,560 governed by the Holy Spirit or by sin. 113 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:37,280 And he takes it one step further and he says this, He predicts 114 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:42,440 our future. He says if you allow the Spirit 115 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:49,880 to lead you and guide you, it'll lead to life and peace, but if 116 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:54,520 you allow sin in your sinful nature to guide you, it'll lead 117 00:09:54,520 --> 00:10:01,360 to death. So three points, 3 points and 118 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:04,920 then we can go and enjoy our Sunday roast. 119 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:14,680 I have a roast waiting for me at home. 1st, a warning, what 120 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:16,920 happens when you follow our sinful nature? 121 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:24,880 Second, a charge you can do this moment from the book of Romans. 122 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,600 And lastly, a reminder of our glorious future and glorious 123 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:33,880 inheritance. So first, the warning. 124 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,560 And the warning is this, that despite being born again and 125 00:10:40,560 --> 00:10:52,000 despite having the Holy Spirit in US, we all still sin and our 126 00:10:52,000 --> 00:11:00,000 desire to sin and our tendency to sin doesn't miraculously 127 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:08,880 float away. And it's been with us since the 128 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,680 fall of man. And nothing describes this 129 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:17,440 better. Then when God says to Cain just 130 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:22,720 before he is about to commit murder and kill his brother, God 131 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:29,920 says to him, Sin is crouching at your door. 132 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:40,920 It desires to have you. Sin is crouching at your door. 133 00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:57,600 It desires to have you. Sounds like a horror movie, and 134 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:03,640 it is. And Paul, the apostle Paul, a 135 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:10,160 few thousand years later, the writer of most of the New 136 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:17,080 Testament, in a chapter before chapter 8, Chapter 7, he has 137 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:22,120 this incredibly honest moment about his own personal journey 138 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:26,560 with sin. And he says these things. 139 00:12:26,560 --> 00:12:31,720 He says, sin seizing the opportunity, produced in me 140 00:12:32,280 --> 00:12:38,000 every covetous desire. Sin sprang to life and I died. 141 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:43,520 Sin, seizing the opportunity again deceived me. 142 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,080 And then he gets to this place where I just love it. 143 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:51,520 It's the most honest appraisal of all of our lives, where he 144 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,960 goes. I don't understand it. 145 00:12:56,080 --> 00:13:01,000 Because what I want to do, I don't do. 146 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:08,040 What I don't want to do I do. And I hate. 147 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:14,000 I hate what I do. I hate the sin that I do. 148 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:20,640 Oh what a wretched man I am who will save me but for the grace 149 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:29,920 of God. Even Paul struggled daily with 150 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:38,320 sin, and sin is always crouching at the door and it always 151 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:45,440 desires to have you. But it usually starts small. 152 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:52,400 Usually starts small. Picture this Monday morning, 153 00:13:54,160 --> 00:14:03,240 firing off a few e-mails as one does and somebody walks past, 154 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:08,240 catches your eye. Oh, she looks nice. 155 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:15,320 She's making some coffee. I think I'm going to go and make 156 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,760 some coffee. Coffee is good. 157 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:25,240 I like coffee. And up you get. 158 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:31,680 And something inside you says, hang on, don't go there, don't 159 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:39,240 open that door. So you go and make some coffee. 160 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:47,520 Hi, my name's Andy. Ah, Kristen, lovely to meet you. 161 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,240 You new here, Kristen? Ah, HR fantastic. 162 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:58,560 I remember your CV. Your CV coming across my desk. 163 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:03,600 Yes, that's me. I'm Andy, the CEO, the big 164 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:12,400 cheese. She laughed at my joke that felt 165 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:17,040 good. No one laughs at my jokes at 166 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:27,320 home anymore and the door is just a little bit open. 167 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,200 Fast forward and you guys are enjoying each other's company 168 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,440 and the chats are great and the coffee is great and you know, 169 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,680 soon you guys are making coffee together and having lunch 170 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:43,880 together because you know, there's no point in you bringing 171 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,160 lunch and she bringing lunch. You may as well share lunch 172 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,600 because you guys just enjoying it so much together. 173 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,640 And my goodness, you know what, you guys have so much in common, 174 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:57,680 Hey. And I mean, besides the fact 175 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,200 that she does CrossFit and you and I into high rocks. 176 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,600 But I mean, there's a small differences that that that we 177 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:06,640 can get over, you know, but there's none of this drama, none 178 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:07,680 of the drama that I have at home. 179 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:12,000 There's no school runs, you know, and she's always so well 180 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,560 put together. And soon people are calling her 181 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:24,440 your work wife door just a little bit more open. 182 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,400 And you begin to create this narrative in your mind that this 183 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:38,080 person, you're so much better than the person you have at 184 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:43,520 home. Wouldn't it be nice? 185 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:50,120 Wouldn't it be nice? You see, thin is subtle. 186 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:57,920 It's crouches at the door. It's knocking. 187 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:05,240 You don't go from one day happily married to your fear. 188 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:12,960 It eats away at the boundary lines until there are none left. 189 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:21,640 And God is saying run, run, run from it. 190 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:31,760 My child, this is not real. This is not 25 years of 191 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:36,640 gravitas. This is not 25 years of 192 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,120 companionship. This is a counterfeit. 193 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:52,280 Your work wife is not real. She hasn't smelt your poo in the 194 00:17:52,280 --> 00:18:01,560 morning. She hasn't had to look after you 195 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:06,600 whilst you've had your man flu. She hasn't had to spend time 196 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,320 with your weird family and still agree. 197 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,040 OK, we'll do Christmas with them again. 198 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:17,400 She hasn't been there during your highest highs and she 199 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,280 hasn't been there during your deepest lows. 200 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:27,200 Your work wife is not real. It's not a real relationship. 201 00:18:30,480 --> 00:18:34,720 And I can be bold with this example because as I've shared 202 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:40,200 before, this was me. So I can say stop it. 203 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:50,440 You see, the problem with sin is that it always starts small, but 204 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:59,600 in the end it leads to death. So let me introduce to you Andy 205 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:07,440 and Kristen. So for those of you who don't 206 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:14,240 know who this is, this is Meet Andy and Kristen. 207 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:19,800 This was taken at a Coldplay concert when the KISS Cam was 208 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:23,760 scanning around and found this happy couple. 209 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:32,520 And immediately when the camera zoomed in on them, they hid in 210 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:37,320 shame. They absolutely went first, like 211 00:19:37,360 --> 00:19:43,400 happy and then just ran away from the camera. 212 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,640 And Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, he actually 213 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,760 said this. Either they're having an affair 214 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,600 or they're just very shy in front of the entire stadium. 215 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,960 And he was the CEO and Kristen was the HR director. 216 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,440 Both of them have lost their jobs. 217 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:07,400 Both of them are getting divorced. 218 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:13,760 Sin always leads to death. So now for the good news. 219 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:18,520 Now for the charge. Verse 9. 220 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:27,160 You, however, are not controlled by your sinful nature, but by 221 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:31,920 the Spirit. You are not controlled by your 222 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:34,680 sinful nature, but by the Spirit. 223 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,880 And Paul having gone through, taken us through a journey and 224 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,920 said, listen, I have battle every single day with sin. 225 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,440 But guess what? I'm born again and I don't live 226 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,440 in condemnation And God's given me his Holy Spirit and I still 227 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:53,840 do what I what I'm trying not to do, but I want to be controlled 228 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:56,440 by the Spirit. He then declares it over our 229 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:01,800 lives and said, guess what guys, you are not controlled by your 230 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,720 sinful nature. You've got the Holy Spirit 231 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:08,000 inside of you. And the same power that raised 232 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:13,240 Jesus from the dead now lives inside of us and gives life to 233 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,720 these mortal, to our mortal bodies. 234 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:23,120 Amen. And God is saying, I've watched 235 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:25,520 you. I've watched you, man, for 236 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:29,440 thousands of years. You've tried to get this thing 237 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:32,840 right on your own, but it hasn't worked. 238 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:41,320 So I have put my spirit inside you so that I can be with you 239 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:49,120 all the time, all the time, every moment of every single 240 00:21:49,120 --> 00:21:52,160 day. I am with you. 241 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,960 And the Holy Spirit is called our helper. 242 00:21:56,120 --> 00:22:00,960 He's called our comforter, He's called our counselor, He's 243 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:04,000 called our advocate. He's called our God. 244 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:12,720 And you will receive power, dynamite power, when the Holy 245 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,680 Spirit comes on you. He is our powerful helper. 246 00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:22,640 He is our powerful counselor. He is our powerful advocate. 247 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:32,840 He is our powerful God and he is that still small voice that each 248 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:40,440 and every moment of every day is speaking to us and constantly 249 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:47,400 saying, do this, don't do that. That's not a good idea. 250 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,640 That that that they will lead to death. 251 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:51,840 No, no. But. 252 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,120 But this year, this is life here. 253 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,680 His life. Can you see? 254 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:00,960 Can you just try? He's directing. 255 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,400 He's putting people in your path. 256 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:11,320 He's bringing you a part of this community, giving you pictures. 257 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,600 When you read, the word becomes illuminated. 258 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,880 Something jumps out and you go, yes, that talks. 259 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:27,480 That talks to me and he's that still small voice that said to 260 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:32,520 Andy, I know Andy, I know what you're thinking. 261 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:39,760 I know you think that this evening is going to be 1 filled 262 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:44,480 with music and joy, but it'll lead to death. 263 00:23:46,120 --> 00:23:52,680 I love this poem by Ella Wilcox. It says this one ship drives 264 00:23:52,680 --> 00:24:00,600 east and the other drives W with the self same winds that blow. 265 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:09,360 It's the set of the sails and not the gales which tells us the 266 00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:14,400 way to go. It's the set of the sails, not 267 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:18,520 the gales, but tells us the way to go. 268 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,800 It's not what the world throws at us. 269 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,360 It's not the temptation that we will face. 270 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:30,160 It's not our upbringing. It's not where we were born. 271 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:38,280 It's how we set our sails. Is it to sin that leads to 272 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,720 death? Or is it to the Holy Spirit that 273 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:51,560 leads to life and peace and comfort and joy and deliverance? 274 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,960 Lastly, our glorious inheritance, our glorious 275 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:04,520 future. So even at this point you might 276 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:10,480 be saying that's all fantastic, thank you, Kai, feeling 277 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:16,240 encouraged, feeling built up. But you know, that wholesome 278 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,640 example in the beginning that was a little extreme. 279 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,000 It was a little wild, you know, crouching at the door, horror 280 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 movie kind of stuff. You know, I'm not like Andy. 281 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,520 I've got things under control, you know? 282 00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,600 So I'm going to, I know what I'll do. 283 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:41,040 I'm going to dabble, you know, a little bit of the flesh and then 284 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:44,200 a little bit of the Holy Spirit. Actually, you know what I've 285 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:45,800 thought about it. I'm going to be clever about 286 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,800 this. I am going to use the Holy 287 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,400 Spirit. And this is clever thinking of 288 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,680 people. Listen carefully Now. 289 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,160 I'm going to use the Holy Spirit for the big decisions. 290 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:02,640 Hey, hey, am I right? Hey, the big ones, like, like, 291 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:10,320 should I take this new job? Holy Spirit, lead me, guide me. 292 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:15,320 But, you know, Friday nights, you know, with the guys and 293 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,120 girls at work, that's OK. You know, just to have a few too 294 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:25,400 many drinks. But Lord, lead me and guide me 295 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:31,240 at work. Or who am I going to marry? 296 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:39,080 That's a big one, huh, Lord? Proverbs 31 wife. 297 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:48,560 One that knits her flax. What and sells it something like 298 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:54,280 that Lord, that one yes, you know that could be a good 299 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:59,120 industrious, but you know it's OK to look. 300 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:04,440 No touch. You can look, but don't touch. 301 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:20,560 The trouble with dabbling is that you begin to tear pieces 302 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:33,000 out of your inheritance. I remember sitting in Rory's 303 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:40,280 office and Sam and I were on the verge of divorce, and he drew 304 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,480 this big circle on the whiteboard. 305 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,480 He said, you know, this is the inheritance that God has given 306 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,840 you and Sam, but you've allowed sin. 307 00:27:54,880 --> 00:28:00,640 You've allowed the enemy to chop large chunks of territory out of 308 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:05,360 it. And now you wonder why you live 309 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:14,720 in this constrained, tiny, depressed, hurt, painful land 310 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:24,440 that you think is living. There's only one difference, one 311 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,120 difference between the unabridged and the abridged 312 00:28:28,120 --> 00:28:32,840 birth certificate. The unabridged birth certificate 313 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:43,400 contains the details of the Father and His Spirit. 314 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:55,920 Big S is speaking to my spirit, little S and saying this is my 315 00:28:55,920 --> 00:29:06,560 son, this is my daughter, whom I love with you. 316 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:14,720 I am well pleased. This is my son, this is my 317 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,200 daughter. And if we are sons and if we are 318 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,720 daughters of the most I, then we are heirs. 319 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:28,120 And if we are heirs, then we have an inheritance. 320 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:33,320 And the Holy Spirit inside of us cries out, says ABBA. 321 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:38,760 Father, that's who you are. I know that I am a son, 322 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,320 therefore I'm no longer. I am no longer a slave to sin. 323 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,920 I am no longer to be controlled by my sinful nature. 324 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:54,040 I am a son and you've made me an heir and therefore I have this 325 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,120 inheritance. Holy Spirit, lead me, guide me 326 00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:02,280 every single day, Talk to me, whisper to me, put people in my 327 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:07,640 path that I can walk it out and live in the fullness, in the 328 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,560 life and in the peace that you've called me to. 329 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:22,440 One ship drives east and the other drives W with the self. 330 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:28,480 Same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails and 331 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:33,960 not the gales that tells us which way to go. 332 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:35,480 Amen.