1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:03,120 It's wonderful to be here with. All of you today. 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:08,640 And we have a wonderful crowd here that's with us. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,680 We have visitors from other congregations. 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:13,160 We have. Visitors from the community. 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,600 And we want you to know that you are. 6 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,320 Our honored guest and we say welcome and thank you for being 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,560 here with us today. We just have a wonderful crowd. 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,960 And it is. As always the case. 9 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,840 It's my honor to. Speak to you concerning. 10 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,440 The word of God. This morning we're continuing 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:32,080 our. Series on the day the. 12 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:36,480 Kingdom came and the title of our lesson this morning is 13 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:42,520 Peter's sermon Part 3. The answer, the benefits and the 14 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,680 results. Our introductory text is found 15 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:50,480 in Acts chapter 2, beginning in verse 36, where Peter says 16 00:00:50,480 --> 00:00:53,880 therefore let all the house. Of Israel know, assuredly. 17 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:58,880 That God has made this Jesus whom you crucified, both Lord 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,160 and. Christ now when? 19 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,680 They heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter 20 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,840 and the rest of the. Apostles, men and brethren, what 21 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:06,480 shall. We do. 22 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:09,480 Then Peter said to them. Repent. 23 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,440 And let. Everyone of you be baptized in 24 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:17,000 the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,880 receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promises to you 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,480 and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:31,800 Lord our God. Shall call now verse. 40 And 28 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,720 with many other words, he testified and exhorted them, 29 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,160 saying, Be saved from this perverse generation. 30 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,840 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that 31 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:46,880 day about 3000 souls were added to them. 32 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:49,920 Let me just say this. Please before we go any further. 33 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:55,360 If you've been a Christian. Any amount of time in your life, 34 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,360 I don't know, 20 years? 30 years, 40 years 50. 35 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,000 Years. I have no idea how long you've 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,760 been a Christian. Maybe in your mind you're saying 37 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,760 I've heard these verses my whole. 38 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,120 Life. And maybe it causes us sometimes 39 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,560 when we look at verses that we've seen so. 40 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,560 Often in our life, and for so many. 41 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,760 Years, just maybe in our mind we can kind of check out and say 42 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,920 been there, done that, saw the video. 43 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:27,800 About the T-shirt, I'm going to ask you not to do that. 44 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:30,840 I'm going to. Ask you to saddle. 45 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,680 Up and ride with me today. I'm going to. 46 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,520 Ask you to stay in tune because just maybe there might be a 47 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,880 nugget or two. That you can take in your life 48 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,120 and just. Maybe if you know these things 49 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,280 inside and out, just maybe. You might have a nugget. 50 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,240 That you can use to give an answer of the reason of the hope 51 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,080 that is in you with meekness and fear. 52 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:53,960 When somebody asks. You Why do you believe the way 53 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,520 you believe? So stay with me please. 54 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,440 By way of an introduction, let me just say. 55 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,200 And I'm going to be very brief. Our series began on the Kingdom 56 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:05,880 all the way back in Acts chapter 2. 57 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:10,600 In the very beginning, Jesus had promised those disciples, his 12 58 00:03:10,640 --> 00:03:13,760 apostles, that they would have the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 59 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:16,080 They got the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 60 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,600 They spoke in tongues. As the Spirit gave them 61 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,200 utterance, we noticed that those tongues were not gibberish. 62 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,240 It was not ecstatic Babble. It was normative languages and 63 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,720 they actually heard. In their own native not only. 64 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,680 Tongue, but even in their. Own. 65 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,720 Native dialect, Did they understand? 66 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,280 They absolutely did, they said. We hear the wonderful. 67 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:41,320 Works of God, they heard it in their language. 68 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,560 Then they wondered what could this mean and some said these. 69 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,240 Guys are drunk. And I like what Peter says. 70 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,080 Peter responds to their comment about these men being drunk. 71 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,200 He does so number one in a two fold manner. 72 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,240 But number 1, he does so by appealing to their logic. 73 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,680 He said these men are not drunk and as you suppose, it's 9:00. 74 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:05,440 In the morning, that's number. One more importantly, these are 75 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,680 the words that were spoken by the prophet Joel, one of your 76 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:12,920 Jewish prophets. But all that was just laying the 77 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,960 foundation. This is why they're able to 78 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,680 speak in tongues. This is why you're seeing what 79 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,360 you're seeing. But now comes the sermon, the 80 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,360 very heart. Of the lesson and. 81 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,600 It was the story of Jesus, the long-awaited Messiah, that the 82 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,640 Jews longed for, that the Jews even. 83 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:31,000 Rejected. And that was our last sermon in 84 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,440 this series. And he preaches to them about 85 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,600 Jesus Christ. Now. 86 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,480 It took them all the way down through verse. 35 And now we 87 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:49,800 begin in verse 36. Today, therefore, let all the 88 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,200 House of Israel, I want to just stop and make a point. 89 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,240 About that phrase right there. That phrase indicates the 90 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:03,520 following number one in context with regards to who crucified 91 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:07,280 Jesus. It is an all inclusive phrase 92 00:05:07,840 --> 00:05:13,240 that means all the House of Israel is talking to the Jews. 93 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:18,000 They are all guilty. And no one's to be excluded. 94 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,200 That's number one in context, but you know something else. 95 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:26,040 Number 2IN context, and this is beautiful, it is the fulfillment 96 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:29,920 of what the Word of God says, that the gospel was going forth 97 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,520 to the Jewish people first. The Bible even says that. 98 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,920 For I'm not. Ashamed of the gospel of Christ, 99 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,360 Paul said. For it is the power of God to 100 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,440 salvation to everyone who believes. 101 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,640 For the Jew 1st, and also for the Greek. 102 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,240 Now notice this interesting phrase here. 103 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:49,080 Greek. I'm glad that. 104 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,480 We understand what that. Means it means Gentiles. 105 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,120 And I'm glad that the gospel went forth to the Gentiles too, 106 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,120 because guess what? I think everybody in this room 107 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,360 is a Gentile. I don't, I don't know. 108 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,080 Maybe you have? Jewish blood in your body, and I 109 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,200 have no idea about it, but I'm just telling you right now, I 110 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,200 think. Everybody's probably a Gentile. 111 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,800 I'm glad about that. That's wonderful. 112 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,640 The gospel went forth to the Jewish people first. 113 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,080 So that phrase right there is an all inclusive phrase of the 114 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:16,080 entire House of Israel, all the Jews we get. 115 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:21,800 That now something else though. I want you to notice this phrase 116 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:25,240 here, please, for it is the power of God to salvation. 117 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,800 For who? Everyone who believes? 118 00:06:31,280 --> 00:06:35,160 Did you know whether I believe the gospel? 119 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,560 Or not. Has absolutely no bearing 120 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:41,720 whatsoever on whether it's. True or not? 121 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,600 Jesus said in John 17 and 17 when he prayed to his Father, He 122 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,440 said sanctify them by your truth. 123 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:58,440 Your word is truth. That is absolute truth. 124 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:01,280 And whether I believe it or whether. 125 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:04,680 I don't believe it has no bearing on whether it's true. 126 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,760 It is true. In other words, my. 127 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:12,200 Response to it is going to determine whether it's saves or 128 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,800 fails. I tell you something sometimes. 129 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,440 When the gospel is preached, people get offended, don't they? 130 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:22,160 Sometimes people get offended. I don't want to hear that stuff, 131 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,400 but you know, a person's response to the gospel 132 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,280 determines whether it saves or offends. 133 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,640 It's your response. In fact, Paul says it has the 134 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:39,040 power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. 135 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:44,880 OK, now going back in context, let all the House of Israel know 136 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:49,960 assuredly that God made that same Jesus that you crucified. 137 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:56,680 You know what this is called? This is called using the sword 138 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:02,280 of the Spirit to cut. The heart of the hearer. 139 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,400 Ouch. That's the sword of the Spirit. 140 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:08,800 You know what the sword of the Holy Spirit is? 141 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,160 It's the Word of God. That's the sword of the. 142 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:14,840 Spirit and by the way, in our life. 143 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,680 We don't wield a sword and go fight people. 144 00:08:19,680 --> 00:08:21,960 The weapon that we use is the word of God. 145 00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:27,440 My good friend and brother in Christ's great branch. 146 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,800 One day we were standing outside some, I think it was AI can't 147 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:32,600 remember what meeting it was, maybe. 148 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:34,960 I don't think it was New Year. Anyway, Labor Day I think it 149 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:35,799 was. We're all standing out there. 150 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:37,080 He has a stack of Bibles in his hands. 151 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:38,720 He goes, man, I got to get rid of these stories before I hurt 152 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:42,200 somebody. I got to go put these down. 153 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:44,080 The services are over. I got to put these down before I 154 00:08:44,080 --> 00:08:46,600 hurt somebody. That's the only weapon we have. 155 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,400 And Peter, on the day of Pentecost, is using the sword of 156 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,680 the Spirit to cut the heart. Now remember, a person's 157 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:58,560 response determines whether it saves or offense. 158 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,760 OK. What he's saying is he's putting 159 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,600 the blame on crucifying the Messiah. 160 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:11,960 On the Jews. The long-awaited Messiah. 161 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,680 Let's talk about that sword of the Spirit, Hebrews 4 and 12. 162 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,880 For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than 163 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,040 any 2 edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and 164 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:25,640 spirit and of joints and Morrow, and is a discerner of the 165 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,960 thoughts and intents. Of the heart again. 166 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:34,840 Our response determines whether it saves or offense. 167 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:39,560 Notice after he's pretty much convicted them of crucifying 168 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:43,360 Jesus, he says what God made that Jesus. 169 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,200 He made him Lord in Christ. And I'm going to be. 170 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,120 Very careful how I phrase. This next thing. 171 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:56,640 If I want to ask you if you've ever seen a bumper sticker or a 172 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,680 T-shirt or a sign that says Jesus is Lord, you would say 173 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:08,040 absolutely, I've seen that. I'm not going to ever stand 174 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:13,240 before you and say. It is an overused phrase because 175 00:10:13,240 --> 00:10:17,240 you can't overuse that phrase. It is true. 176 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:24,760 Jesus is Lord, absolutely. Let me ask you a question 177 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,680 though. Is he? 178 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:33,600 Your Lord. People say Jesus is the Lord of 179 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:34,920 my life. Well, let's find out. 180 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:39,000 Let's find out if he's really the Lord. 181 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:45,720 Of your life. The word Lord signifies having 182 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:52,040 power and authority. Now we know that Jesus has power 183 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,880 and authority. Jesus said that. 184 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,400 He said all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 185 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:59,800 Who gave him the authority? His Father, God the Father gave 186 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,600 him the power. We get it, we get it, we get it. 187 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,320 So he's Lord absolutely. He's King of kings, he's Lord of 188 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,920 Lords. I know I'm just overemphasizing 189 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:11,000 that, but I'm doing that because I don't want you to get the 190 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:11,680 wrong. Idea. 191 00:11:11,680 --> 00:11:18,160 I'm not saying he's not. I'm saying if you don't give him 192 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:23,680 or submit to his power and authority in your life, he is 193 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,200 not. The Lord of your life. 194 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:31,760 How do you? Submit to his authority. 195 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:33,800 You know what Jesus said out of his own mouth? 196 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,920 I love the name dropping. Jesus. 197 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,720 I like just to say what Jesus said. 198 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,200 Then you can. Get off my back, right? 199 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:43,320 Jesus says, why do you call me Lord? 200 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:46,000 Lord and do not do the things that I say? 201 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,440 Oh, OK, He said if you love me, keep my commandments. 202 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:58,080 He said if you love me, keep my words, and if you keep my words 203 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,720 you will abide in my love as I've kept my father's 204 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:02,640 commandments. And abide in His love. 205 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:07,760 First, John says this. By this we know that we know 206 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,040 him. That's a relationship. 207 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,280 If what if we keep his commandments? 208 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:16,920 So that's how you know if you're submitting to His power and His 209 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,360 authority, then he's the Lord of your life. 210 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:22,720 Now. He's also the Christ. 211 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:24,400 And you know what? Everybody loves this one. 212 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:29,680 Everybody wants him to be this, the anointed one or the Messiah 213 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:32,320 that saved your soul. Everybody wants that one. 214 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:39,640 I'm just. Saying this, please hear me, you 215 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:45,720 only reap the benefits of Jesus being the Messiah in your life 216 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:51,720 when he is Lord of your. Life and that comes by. 217 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:55,760 Submitting to his power and his authority and keeping what he 218 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:58,440 said to do. All right. 219 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:03,320 So the facts are in 5 facts. One, Jesus had been approved of 220 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,640 God by miracles, wonders and signs. 221 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:10,160 That was verse 22. Fact #2 God raised Jesus from 222 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:11,840 the dead. Verse 24. 223 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,320 Oh, this was a masterful sermon. Was it not? 224 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,720 That Peter preached 3 Jesus is the son of David from the 225 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:23,360 lineage of David verse 30. Next Jesus, not David, is at the 226 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,240 right hand of God. That was verse 33. 227 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:31,080 And finally, Jesus, not David, is the holy One exalted to reign 228 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:33,320 over the. Kingdom of God that was. 229 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:39,760 Verse 34. Now remember, our response 230 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:44,600 matters, right? Verse 37 when they heard this, 231 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:52,040 they were cut to the heart. The word cut or in the King 232 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:56,040 James, it's the word pricked. It comes from that Greek word, 233 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:56,960 right? There, I don't know how to 234 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:58,760 pronounce. I can kind of sound it out, but 235 00:13:58,760 --> 00:13:59,840 I'm not a Greek scholar. I'm not. 236 00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,800 And you know, we don't really don't care how it's pronounced. 237 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:02,760 I'm going to tell you what it means. 238 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:08,120 Fair says it means to pain the mind sharply, agitated 239 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,800 vehemently. That sound very pleasant. 240 00:14:12,360 --> 00:14:14,040 That doesn't sound like a lot of fun at all, is it? 241 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,600 Have you ever stopped to consider that God wants you to 242 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,800 feel guilty when you are? Wrong. 243 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,960 Even though our society says don't be guilty, don't feel 244 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,640 guilty, that's a bad. Thing we don't want that to 245 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,080 happen. We don't want disappointment and 246 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:29,680 guilt. You know what? 247 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,160 God? Wants you to feel guilty but 248 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,760 never live in a state of perpetual guilt. 249 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,600 He wants you to live in a state. Of I want to find out what I got 250 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:38,680 to do to get. Rid of the guilt. 251 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:43,360 See a change? That's the ultimate plan of God. 252 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,720 What happened? They were cut to the. 253 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,200 Heart, that was. Painful. 254 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,840 The gospel literally stung the hearts of the Jews. 255 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,920 They heard it. Now please get this. 256 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,280 They heard. They believed. 257 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:04,240 Were they saved? Now I'm going to tell you. 258 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,800 They heard it. And they believed it. 259 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:17,080 Were they saved? Hang on, let's talk about the 260 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,800 Word of God though. Having the power Romans 10/17 So 261 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:25,240 faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 262 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:34,200 Now notice they heard faith was produced, they believed and then 263 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:41,680 they asked the question, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 264 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,640 When they heard the facts, their grief and feeling of guilt 265 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:50,200 caused them to ask what should they do? 266 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,160 Well, let me ask you a question. Do about what? 267 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:57,680 Remember verse 21, verse 21 said in Acts 2, And it shall come to 268 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:02,440 pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 269 00:16:02,640 --> 00:16:04,800 You know, if they were asking folks when they said, men and 270 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:08,160 brethren, what shall we do? They're saying what shall we do 271 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,440 to be? Saved. 272 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,600 That is the greatest question you will ever ask, by the way. 273 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:19,040 Do you know the? Answer to that question is the 274 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:25,720 only thing that matters in your life, because you know why. 275 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:31,400 Because if the answer to that question is wrong, then nothing 276 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:37,000 in the world will ever matter. But if the answer to that 277 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:44,680 question is right, nothing else. In the world will ever matter. 278 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,520 Get the point? It's the greatest thing ever. 279 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,680 What I mean by that is when all the negative stuff and bad stuff 280 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,000 happens in life, if you got that answer right and then nothing 281 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,680 matters. Got to get that one right. 282 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,760 That's the only thing that matters. 283 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:05,160 What's it mean though, to call on the name of the Lord? 284 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,400 Calling means to invoke adore, worship the Lord, IE Christ, 285 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:13,319 according to Mr. Thayer. And calling on the name of the 286 00:17:13,319 --> 00:17:17,280 Lord for salvation means obey His commandments. 287 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:22,119 That's what it means. They want to know what. 288 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,240 Must I do to be saved? Now folks, listen. 289 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,119 I'm not making fun. Please understand. 290 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,680 I say this with all humility. I say this with love in my 291 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:30,360 heart. Listen to me. 292 00:17:30,360 --> 00:17:33,800 Please, he doesn't say raise your hand except Jesus in your. 293 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,000 Heart as your savior and then go on and do whatever you want. 294 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,480 He just didn't say it. Did he say it? 295 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:41,520 He didn't say it. He gave them something. 296 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:45,360 They. Had to do OK. 297 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,600 I know it's a popular way. But do you know raising your 298 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,040 hand? And praying a little couple 299 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,120 sentence prayer called the sinner's prayer is not in the 300 00:17:57,120 --> 00:18:00,000 Bible at all. Not one passage, not one place, 301 00:18:00,120 --> 00:18:00,960 not once. Let. 302 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:07,040 Me tell you what exactly the. Answer was in this passage. 303 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:12,520 They had to do something. Here it is Remember, remember, 304 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:15,160 they already heard, they already believed. 305 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,240 Then they said, what do we do? And that's verse 38. 306 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,440 And the first thing they said, repent. 307 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,200 You know, I got to tell you, we spend a lot of. 308 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,000 Time on the next part, but we don't spend a whole lot of time, 309 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,480 maybe not enough time, on this one. 310 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,360 And may I just say this too, repentance means to change 1's. 311 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:37,280 Mind. So that a change of life is 312 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:42,920 produced. It changes your mind. 313 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:50,000 If you don't think that's important in a life change, let 314 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,640 me ask you a question. Have you? 315 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,360 Ever in. Your life had to quit something 316 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,080 that you realized was bad and you needed to quit it. 317 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,080 And you? Struggled in doing so. 318 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,480 I don't want to know. I'm just saying, have you? 319 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:19,680 Let me just say this, until a person determines in their mind 320 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:26,840 first, I am finished with that. You're not finished and. 321 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,560 Sometimes if something's difficult to quit, you got to 322 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,520 get it in your mind. I'm done with that. 323 00:19:32,520 --> 00:19:35,360 And then seek out help in order to do that, no. 324 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:39,400 Problem with that. But nothing happens until you 325 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:40,760 determine. In your mind. 326 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:45,720 Until you determine in your. Mind, I'm done. 327 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:50,040 I'm going to tell you something. I'd never do this. 328 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,280 I'm going to do it right now. OK, preacher's going to get a 329 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:58,640 little vulnerable here. It comes long before I was ever 330 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:00,760 a preacher. Started when I was. 11 years 331 00:20:00,760 --> 00:20:01,720 old, I'd dip. Snuff. 332 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,040 Yeah, I did. Cowboys. 333 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:09,600 That's what Cowboys did. Treat Copenhagen all my young 334 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:15,840 life. Sorry Mom 11 tried to quit many 335 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:22,240 times. Married a dental hygienist. 336 00:20:27,750 --> 00:20:28,870 People tried to. Scare me. 337 00:20:31,310 --> 00:20:43,560 Loved ones tried to beg me to quit, tried many times only to 338 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,440 go back, quit for a week. Two weeks. 339 00:20:49,000 --> 00:21:03,600 Went back, but then I looked at that little girl and Tina and I 340 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,440 said, a friend of mine said you're going to be gone one day 341 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:12,520 and you won't have them. It made me so mad. 342 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:18,560 I laid it down. Had to decide right there. 343 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:23,760 I'm done, by the way, long before I was a preacher many 344 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:30,440 moons ago, a lot of years ago, but yeah, struggled. 345 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:36,160 Haven't had any of that in a million years, but had a problem 346 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,960 then. Until you determine in your 347 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:41,960 mind. You're done. 348 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:45,640 You're not. And then? 349 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:48,320 When you want to change your life for the Lord Jesus Christ, 350 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:52,440 until you determine in your mind I'm going to change you didn't 351 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:58,080 The Bible says as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. 352 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:03,800 It all starts right here. That's what repentance is. 353 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:08,360 And if a person is struggling spiritually in their spiritual 354 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:13,720 life with change, it's because they haven't determined here I'm 355 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:17,160 changing. That's what you got to do first. 356 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:22,280 Change it right here. WE, Vine said. 357 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,880 From a spiritual perspective, in the New Testament the subject 358 00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:29,800 chiefly has reference to repentance from sin, and this 359 00:22:29,800 --> 00:22:32,800 change of mind involves both the turning from sin. 360 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:37,760 And a turning to God. So repentance is something that 361 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:41,120 a person does and not something that somebody gets. 362 00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:44,120 Ian Zer said this. It's a turning from a sinful 363 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:47,800 course and a choosing of the. Right one. 364 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,640 It's a choice, remember, they said, men and brethren, what 365 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,560 shall we do? Sounds like you got. 366 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:56,280 Some stuff to do doesn't. It sound like something you got 367 00:22:56,280 --> 00:23:01,640 to do, got to change. Starts in your mind, leads to a 368 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,040 change of life. Then what? 369 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:09,400 Let everyone of you that are requesting of what to do to be 370 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:12,960 saved be baptized. Now please understand, contrary 371 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:17,000 to a popular position, this is not. 372 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:23,600 Holy Spirit baptism this is. Water baptism Holy Spirit 373 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,640 baptism was a promise that was given to the. 374 00:23:25,640 --> 00:23:31,440 Apostles in Acts chapter 2. Water baptism is a command that 375 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,960 everybody must do. In order to be saved. 376 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:40,480 One's a promise to the apostles for a. 377 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,960 Reason and a purpose. The other is a command if 378 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,200 somebody. Wants to be saved. 379 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,400 Water baptism. In fact, when the Bible says in 380 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:56,080 Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 51 Lord 1 faith, one baptism. 381 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:01,120 The one baptism is water baptism for the remission of sins. 382 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:05,480 It's required of every. Person that wants to be. 383 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:09,280 Saved so the scripture says the. Following about baptism 5. 384 00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,760 Things 11 must be baptized to be saved. 385 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,480 Mark 16162. Baptism is for the remission of 386 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:17,920 sins. Acts 238. 387 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:21,000 Three baptism will wash your way sins. 388 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:24,640 Acts 22164 Baptism puts one into Christ. 389 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:28,880 Galatians 327 and five. Baptism saves US first. 390 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,200 Peter 3. 21. That's what the Bible says. 391 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:37,000 About baptism, OK, so. Let everyone of you be baptized, 392 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,800 and I have to make a point about this in the name of Jesus 393 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:46,200 Christ. There's no contradiction in the 394 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,480 Scripture. Somebody asked me not long ago. 395 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,920 Why does it say in Acts 238 that you're baptized in the name of 396 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,920 Jesus and then Jesus said in Matthew 2819 and 20 we're 397 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,480 baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy 398 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:04,880 Spirit? There's actually full doctrines 399 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:06,520 that actually believe in people that believe. 400 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,320 No, I believe in being baptized in the name of Jesus only. 401 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,960 Let me explain it. Don't have a lot of time, but I 402 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,280 have. To just explain it to you 403 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:18,040 quickly. One what it means is this, to be 404 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:22,960 baptized in the name of Jesus is to be baptized by his. 405 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:27,720 Authority, in other words. Exactly the way the Lord said to 406 00:25:27,720 --> 00:25:32,560 do it by His authority. How do you baptize? 407 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,640 By his authority. Look to the words that he 408 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,760 already said. Matthew 2819 and 20 baptizing 409 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,880 them in the name of the Father and of the Son, and. 410 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,280 Of the Holy Spirit. No contradiction. 411 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,880 When you baptize somebody in the name of the Father, Son, the 412 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,480 Holy Spirit, you are baptizing them by the authority of. 413 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,320 Jesus Christ. So it's both. 414 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,920 By the authority of Jesus, I baptize you in the name of the. 415 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,600 Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. Now let me just say this. 416 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,200 I know. That a lot of. 417 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,760 People in life, I'm just. Going to say this in. 418 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,760 Passing have been baptized at. Some. 419 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:11,840 Point in their life, in some sort of past that they've had, 420 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,200 they've had some. Kind of water baptism. 421 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:21,560 OK, let me just say. This ask yourself the question 422 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:27,640 in your heart privately. This was I baptized by the 423 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:29,080 authority. Of Jesus Christ. 424 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:34,760 By being baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the 425 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:40,400 Holy Spirit for the. Remission of my sins. 426 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:43,280 More on that in just a minute. Just ask yourself. 427 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,000 Was I? Because that's what matters. 428 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,000 Peter presented the evidence of his sermon. 429 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,400 The answer was repent and be baptized. 430 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,840 Now there's two benefits. Benefit #1 you get the 431 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,680 remission. Of. 432 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:02,280 Sins. That's what you get. 433 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,640 This is something that you do repent and be baptized. 434 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:11,440 This is something that you get from doing it. 435 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:19,960 Remission of sins. You know what remission means to 436 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,960 have your to have the debt removed. 437 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:29,560 Isn't that great? Having the debt removed, OK. 438 00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,200 All right. So here's the problem. 439 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,880 My whole life I've heard. The dispute of what this phrase 440 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,200 means some people believe that this means that you're baptized 441 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:46,360 because. Of the remission of your sins, 442 00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:50,080 or in other words. It is an outward show. 443 00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,040 Or outward demonstration of an inward faith. 444 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,880 It is the confirmation outwardly of what you've. 445 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,320 Already become inwardly heard all that that my whole life. 446 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:06,880 OK, well let's just do this. Let's examine what the word for 447 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,560 means. If we can understand what that 448 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,400 means, we'll know exactly what this passage means. 449 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,360 This word for comes from this Greek word here EIS, however you 450 00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:21,120 pronounce it. That Greek word is found in 451 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:23,000 another passage. It's very familiar. 452 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:28,000 Not only the same word but also the same exact phrase when Jesus 453 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,240 instituted the Lord's Supper in Matthew chapter 26 and 28. 454 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,520 When Jesus said for this is my blood of the new covenant which 455 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:41,600 is shed for many for the remission of sins. 456 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:47,200 Let me ask you a question. Did Jesus shed his blood on the 457 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:52,360 cross because our sins were already remitted? 458 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,040 Nobody in the world believes that. 459 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,440 If you believe in the existence of Jesus Christ and that he died 460 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:04,200 on the cross, nobody in the world believes that he died 461 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,240 because our sins were already forgiven. 462 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:13,680 Nobody believes that. But people also say but we're 463 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,920 baptized because our sins were already. 464 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,960 Forgiven. Let's go back to that word, 465 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:24,760 remission. Remission means the removal. 466 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:30,080 Of guilt. Jesus died on the cross, shed 467 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:35,360 his blood so that we might have the removal of the guilt of our 468 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,400 sins. Everybody believes that same 469 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:44,000 word when you're baptized. Same is true. 470 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,600 Now remember, please, they heard the word. 471 00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,280 Still have the guilt. Still have the debt. 472 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,880 They believed in Jesus. They still have the debt. 473 00:29:56,600 --> 00:30:01,960 They still have the guilt. They were told to repent as part 474 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,920 of the process and change their life. 475 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,120 Still have the guilt, still have the debt. 476 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:12,800 But when they were baptized in order to have the removal of the 477 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,840 debt, that's when it happened. You know why? 478 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,880 Because that's when they contacted the blood that Jesus 479 00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,600 shed. On the cross. 480 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,480 Because you know what? I don't care who you are, you 481 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,320 can't be forgiven without the blood of Jesus. 482 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,000 Does everybody agree with that? Absolutely. 483 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,200 And the only way you get the blood of Jesus is at baptism. 484 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,920 That's where you contacted? OK, every morning. 485 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,400 I'm not a Starbucks guy. I'm a cowboy. 486 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,400 I like to go down and get, you know what I like, say what I 487 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:47,960 like. I like black coffee from the gas 488 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,920 station. And I get it every day, love it. 489 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,440 Sometimes Tanner will say, how much have you had today By the 490 00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,320 time I get to the job? That's what I do. 491 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:03,160 Every morning. I go to the gas station for a 492 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,280 cup of coffee early in the morning. 493 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:08,040 It's still dark outside. Favorite time of the day? 494 00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:09,240 Let. Me ask you a question. 495 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:15,280 Did I go to the gas station? Because I already had one, or I 496 00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:19,400 go to the gas station for a cup of coffee in order to get one. 497 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,960 It's the same phraseology. It's the same idea. 498 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:38,270 OK, now, Kaufman said this. As long as this verse remains in 499 00:31:38,270 --> 00:31:41,550 the sacred New Testament, the terms of admission in the Christ 500 00:31:41,550 --> 00:31:44,430 Kingdom shall continue to be understood as faith. 501 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,960 And by the way, remember they were already believers. 502 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:55,680 Then repentance and baptism unto the remission of sins. 503 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,360 And by the way, I corrected all these. 504 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,160 And then the computer messed it up and it stuck it back and I 505 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:01,880 had trouble this morning. I know that's supposed to be an 506 00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:04,000 F. OK. 507 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:10,840 Oh, I tried. So the word stands, baptism and 508 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:14,760 water for the remission of sins is divinely, is a divinely 509 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,320 appointed prerequisite for salvation. 510 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,320 Mark 1616. Acts 2216. 511 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,160 First Peter 3. And verse 21 the. 512 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:26,640 Gospel is preached the answer to their souls inquiry what shall 513 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:30,440 we do was repent and be baptized benefit. #1 great. 514 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,480 Stuff you get remission of sins meaning. 515 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:37,120 It's removed. Your previous sins are removed. 516 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,680 Benefit #2. And that's where we'll spend the 517 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,280 rest of our time. You get the gift of the Holy 518 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,080 Spirit. I want you to notice something, 519 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:47,960 folks. Please, please get this. 520 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:55,440 You get 2 things. They're not the same. 521 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:59,680 It's not the same thing. You get 2. 522 00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,720 They were told what to do. And that was point number one of 523 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:07,000 our three-part lesson. The answer? 524 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:09,120 Repent and be baptized. After the sermon is preached. 525 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,960 The benefits of doing that, remission of sins, that's number 526 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,880 one. Here's benefit #2 the gift of 527 00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,760 the Holy Spirit. This big word and right here 528 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,360 means you get both 2 great things. 529 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:26,040 When you repent and are baptized, you have the remission 530 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,720 of your sins and you have the gift of the Holy Spirit. 531 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:35,800 Now 5 sermons ago. Yeah, it's been 55 sermons ago 532 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:38,760 of me. I touched on this briefly. 533 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,880 And I said when we get to Acts 238, I'm going. 534 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:46,080 To say a little bit more, what's the gift I'm. 535 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:50,720 Going to tell you I. Used to believe. 536 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,640 Well, the gift was salvation. I used to believe, well, it's 537 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:57,320 all spiritual blessings in Christ. 538 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:01,840 I used to believe that. It meant. 539 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,640 It is the gift that comes from the Holy. 540 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:08,199 Spirit or the Holy Spirit's gift? 541 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:16,920 But after further study of this, is that what it's talking? 542 00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:27,840 About no, because when a. One repents and is baptized. 543 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:33,719 He's not automatically assured of eternal life or salvation. 544 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,480 Why? Obedience to the gospel simply 545 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,800 allows one to run in the Christian race. 546 00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,880 It does not guarantee the reward. 547 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,800 The outcome of salvation depends on faithfulness of the 548 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,800 individual. Give me some Bible. 549 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:52,520 James 519 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth 550 00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,240 and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a 551 00:34:57,240 --> 00:35:00,680 Sinner from the error of his way will save the soul from death 552 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:06,200 and cover a multitude of sins. Also, Galatians 5 and verse 4 553 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,840 says that it's possible for a person to fall from grace. 554 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:16,600 OK, so that being said, what is the gift? 555 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:25,640 The gift, according to Thayer, is an hexagenical expression of 556 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,440 the thing given. And maybe in your life, maybe in 557 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,160 your. Back academic background you 558 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,280 knew about what the. Word apexagenical. 559 00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,920 I even had to I even had to click on Google to. 560 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,640 Find out how to pronounce it. So maybe you've always known 561 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,880 what apexagenical was, but not me. 562 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,400 So I looked it up. Apexagenical actually means a 563 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:48,840 word to further clarify or explain the subject under 564 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:54,240 consideration. The gift isn't a pexigenical 565 00:35:54,240 --> 00:35:58,880 expression, meaning a word to clarify the subject under 566 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,800 consideration. OK now in Acts chapter 2 and 567 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,400 verse 38, the gift of the Holy Spirit. 568 00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:10,600 The clause is a pexigenical with the word gift being the Holy 569 00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:20,920 Spirit himself. You get 2 things. 570 00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:26,440 Folks, you get remission of sins and you get the. 571 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,240 Gift of the Holy Spirit. So far, it's the Holy. 572 00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:32,800 Spirit himself, stay with me. Here we go. 573 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:39,240 The word gift is added to clarify what the Holy Spirit is. 574 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:40,920 What is it? It's a gift. 575 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:45,000 JW Megarby said this. This expression means the Holy 576 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,960 Spirit is a gift and the reference is to the non 577 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:53,200 miraculous indwelling of the Holy Spirit by which we bring 578 00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:58,040 forth the fruits of the Spirit and without which we are not of 579 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:00,600 Christ. According to JW Mcgarvey. 580 00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:04,800 Give me some more. Bruce said this way, the gift of 581 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:09,760 the Spirit is the Spirit himself bestowed by the Father through 582 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,880 the Messiah. Finally, Reese. 583 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:18,400 So the thing received therefore by baptized believers is the 584 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:28,000 indwelling presence of. The Holy Spirit by definitions 585 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,560 of words and by the description of it. 586 00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,080 I changed my position on that subject. 587 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:43,000 I did. It's a gift. 588 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,280 It's the second blessing. Now with. 589 00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:50,240 Regards to how the spirit indwells, I know there's a 590 00:37:50,240 --> 00:37:53,400 number of positions that I'm not here to argue that I used to. 591 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,240 Believe that the holy. Spirit indwelled us. 592 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:56,400 Only through the. Word. 593 00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:57,960 Now, he doesn't dwell through the word, sure, but. 594 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,440 I used to believe it was only. Through the word of God. 595 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:02,600 Because the Bible says that the word indwells too. 596 00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,360 And I'm not saying that the word doesn't indwell, because it 597 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,760 does. But may I suggest the following 598 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,360 please? About that. 599 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,280 When people try to make it exclusively the indwelling, 600 00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:18,360 exclusively through the Word. On the day of Pentecost, those 601 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:23,840 who repented and were baptized had already gladly received His 602 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,560 Word. They already had. 603 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:33,520 It before they were baptized. OK, what else? 604 00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:38,360 That's Acts 241 verse 40. They were encouraged to be saved 605 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:43,320 with many other words. What else? 606 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:48,200 So the conclusion can be drawn that one may have the word of 607 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:52,680 God and still not have the gift of the Holy Spirit. 608 00:38:54,600 --> 00:39:02,880 So the gift is the Holy Spirit Himself who comes to dwell. 609 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,080 In the heart of every. Christian. 610 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,360 Now. Regardless of a person's 611 00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,560 position. On how he indwells, it's 612 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:16,600 undeniable that he does Romans chapter 8 and verse 9, but you 613 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,200 are not. In the. 614 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,880 Flesh, but in the Spirit. If indeed the Spirit of God 615 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,560 dwells in you now, if anyone. Does not have the Spirit. 616 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:29,640 Of Christ He is not His in Acts. Chapter 5 and verse 30. 2:00 And 617 00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,320 we are as witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy 618 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:39,240 Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him. 619 00:39:39,240 --> 00:39:44,160 Do you see that given doesn't given? 620 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:52,720 Sound like a gift given what's the prerequisite for getting it? 621 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:57,640 Those that obey him? Those that follow what we talked 622 00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:01,920 about next to. 1st Corinthians 619 Or do you not know that your 623 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,080 body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who was in you, whom you 624 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:09,040 have from? God and you are not your own, so 625 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,760 I have to. Put this up to sum it up, please 626 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,920 don't misunderstand me. The gift of the Holy Spirit in 627 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:20,520 this verse, yes, is the Holy Spirit himself. 628 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,040 Everyone who is commanded to repent and be baptized for the 629 00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:29,360 remission of sins is also given the promise of the Holy Spirit 630 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,400 as a gift. The gift of the Holy Spirit that 631 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:37,600 indwells every Christian has no reference at all to the 632 00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:41,120 miraculous gifts of the Spirit given through the laying on of 633 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:45,480 the Apostles hands, nor does he indwell the Christian in any 634 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:50,160 way, shape or form miraculously the age of. 635 00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:55,040 Miracles are gone. We don't have that. 636 00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,840 I'm not talking. About any any kind of. 637 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,400 I'm not talking about anything miraculous, nothing miraculous. 638 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,400 And for those. That say, well these passages 639 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:12,640 just don't apply. Today. 640 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:18,440 OK, well look verse 39. For the promises to you and to 641 00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,680 your children and all that are far off, even as many as the. 642 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:25,240 Lord, our God shall call. You know this phrase right here 643 00:41:25,240 --> 00:41:27,280 Even as many as. The Lord our God shall. 644 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,360 Call kind of sounds like me and you and everybody. 645 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,920 Else that would ever live. Same promise. 646 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,360 What's the promise? The mission of sins and the gift 647 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,080 of the Holy Spirit. When you do what? 648 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:43,080 When you repent and are baptized in that fashion. 649 00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:45,320 According to the authority of Jesus Christ. 650 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,080 OK, Christian. Water baptism, all right. 651 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,640 We've noticed so far the benefits. 652 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,320 Well, the answer, the benefits, and here's the results. 653 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,920 And we're just about finished. Here's the results. 654 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,360 They heard the word Remember when I said your response to the 655 00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,640 gospel determines? Whether or not. 656 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:08,600 It saves or offends pretty cutting gospel on that day, it 657 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,480 says with many other words, he testified and exhorted them 658 00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:15,560 saying be saved from this perverse generation, meaning he 659 00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:19,720 told them they have to do. Something on their part, you got 660 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,360 to act on it. Then those who gladly received 661 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:26,120 His word were baptized, and that day 3000 souls were. 662 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:30,680 Added unto them, 3000. Souls received remission of 663 00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:34,520 sins. Which is a removal of the dead. 664 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:39,560 Of your past sins received. The gift of the Holy Spirit, 665 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:44,880 finally, I heard. This not long ago where? 666 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:49,480 Somebody said this has to be in Acts chapter 2. 667 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,640 This has to. Be Holy Spirit. 668 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:59,400 Baptism, because it's impossible to baptize 3000 people on that 669 00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:03,480 one day. In that one time frame, you 670 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:08,640 probably heard that that's a not a new argument I. 671 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,360 Love what? JW Mcgarvey. 672 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,280 Said JW Mcgarvey did a little math. 673 00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:18,320 JW Mcgarvey said this. Peter's sermon began at 9:00 AM. 674 00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:20,800 We'll know that from Scripture. And we may. 675 00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:24,680 Safely suppose that the proceedings at the temple closed 676 00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:29,400 as early as noon. This allows 6 hours to get it in 677 00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:31,440 that day for the. Baptizing to be. 678 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:36,560 Completed as the text does assert, it is very deliberate. 679 00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:39,000 Work for an. Administrator to baptize one 680 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:43,640 person in a minute, and if he stands at one spot, as is often 681 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,720 the case when a large number are to be baptized and his 682 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:50,040 candidates to come to him and one continuous line. 683 00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:52,760 The book can actually be done in half that time, but. 684 00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:58,160 At the rate of 60. 2 the hour. 12 men could. 685 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:03,120 Baptize. 720 in one hour. And 3000. 686 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:07,680 In four hours and 15 minutes, guess what? 687 00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,240 They got it done. I didn't need JW. 688 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:12,600 Mugabe to say that I just read the Bible. 689 00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,920 But you know what? That's a good one, right? 690 00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:22,800 There, that's a good one. Water baptism, remember? 691 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,840 That's a command next. I'm finished today, but guess 692 00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:35,080 what's coming next. The benefits of the gift I'm 693 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,880 going to preach on what the. Gift practically. 694 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,480 Does for you and your. Life what is? 695 00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:44,200 The gift of the Holy. Spirit. 696 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:49,200 That indwells every Christian. What does it do for you? 697 00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,320 And your life now I. Know you know me and you're 698 00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,120 thinking, man, Frank, that's a huge subject. 699 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,600 There's no way you're going to be able to that's going to be 700 00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,760 another series. I could preach a very long 701 00:44:57,760 --> 00:44:59,040 series. I'm not going to do that. 702 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,560 So I'm not going to talk on every every single aspect 703 00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,720 haven't determined. Exactly how I'm going to. 704 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,160 Approach that. But when my next lesson comes 705 00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,720 up, when it's my turn again, I'm going to talk about some 706 00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:17,520 practical, specific benefits. That you get by having the gift. 707 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:19,440 In your life, because you know what? 708 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:21,320 That's what people want. They want to know what they're 709 00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:24,000 doing for me. What is the? 710 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,480 Benefit that's going to be. When I preach next. 711 00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:29,040 Thank you so much for your kind listening. 712 00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:31,960 You've been amazing and I appreciate that very, very much. 713 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,200 If you have any questions regarding. 714 00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:38,880 This subject please. Ask me, I will gladly do my best 715 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:42,680 to answer any questions. We never close. 716 00:45:42,680 --> 00:45:43,840 A time that we. Teach from the. 717 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:45,840 Word of God without extending an invitation. 718 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:52,240 The invitation is very clear. The steps to become a Christian 719 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:53,360 you got to. Hear the Word of God. 720 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,040 We talked about that in Acts chapter 2, Romans 10/17. 721 00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:59,200 So faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 722 00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,720 That's what produces faith. Faith is belief. 723 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,360 Hebrews 11 and 6. Without faith, it's impossible 724 00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:07,240 to please. Him, for he who comes to God 725 00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:08,440 must. Believe that he is. 726 00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:10,280 And that he. Is a rewarder of those who 727 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,600 diligently seek him. Then what? 728 00:46:12,920 --> 00:46:14,600 Here's that word we talked about today. 729 00:46:14,800 --> 00:46:16,760 You got to repent starts in your mind. 730 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,800 Acts 17 and 30. Truly these times of ignorance 731 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,880 God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent. 732 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,280 Then you have to be willing to say the greatest thing you will 733 00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,160 ever say in your life, Confess Jesus as the Son of God. 734 00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,000 Acts 837. Then Philip. 735 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,800 Said if you believe with. All your heart you may. 736 00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,480 And he answered and. Said I believe that. 737 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:40,640 Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Upon taking those steps, you're 738 00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,800 a fit candidate to go to the point of salvation, the place 739 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,480 where you contact the blood of Jesus, and that is to be 740 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,360 baptized for the remission of sins. 741 00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,760 Mark 16/16. He who believes and is baptized 742 00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:56,560 will be saved, but he who does not believe will be condemned. 743 00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,720 And finally doesn't matter. And do you have to do it to be 744 00:46:59,720 --> 00:47:02,600 saved first? Peter 321 the King James says 745 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:08,640 the like figure where the even baptism does also now save us, 746 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:09,600 not the. Putting. 747 00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:11,360 Away the filth. Of the flesh, but the. 748 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,840 Answer of a good conscience toward God by the. 749 00:47:13,840 --> 00:47:17,440 Resurrection of Jesus Christ if you have never taken those steps 750 00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,280 of obedience. We would love to assist you in 751 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:22,280 that today if you have and maybe there's just something in your 752 00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,840 life that you. Need to correct You've been away 753 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:26,200 from the Lord. You've been struggling. 754 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:28,480 Whatever it might. Be then repent of that. 755 00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:30,840 Confess that we'll pray with. You and for you and God will 756 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:32,600 forgive and. Restore if you want to be in a 757 00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:34,280 class, come forward while we stand.