1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,000 Welcome everyone. It's good to be here. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:06,680 This morning I started losing my voice just a little bit, so 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,800 forgive me for that. I hope I can push through that 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,320 and it'll loosen up and be better here in just a few 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,320 minutes. We appreciate so very much 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,040 everyone that's made the effort to be here. 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,640 We have visitors that are among us, and we want you to know that 8 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,240 you are our honored guest and we welcome you back every time that 9 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:26,680 you have an opportunity to meet with us. 10 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:32,600 As I mentioned last time, I'm going to talk about the benefits 11 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:36,480 of the gift of the Holy Spirit. Now, last time I said my goal 12 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:40,800 was I'm going to try to do this in one lesson, and you know me 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:46,640 and it's not going to happen, but if the Lord wills, it will 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:51,000 happen in two lessons. So what we want to do is this 15 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:55,880 morning, the title of our lesson is The Gift of the Holy Spirit, 16 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,880 Part 1. And in this lesson, we're going 17 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:05,239 to notice three things briefly. What the gift is not #2 what the 18 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:09,120 gift is. And this is what people want to 19 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:15,520 know #3 three things that the gift does for us today. 20 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:19,320 And I know this is an exhaustive subject, and I'm not going to do 21 00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:21,320 that. I'm not going to deal with every 22 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:25,600 single aspect of the Holy Spirit, but I've chosen some 23 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,840 things that I think are very practical and a practical 24 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:32,160 benefit for us, and I'm going to do my very best. 25 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:33,800 I realize it's a very big subject. 26 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,160 It's a very deep subject. And I also know this too, that 27 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,720 there's a lot of differing opinions and differing positions 28 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,720 regarding the Holy Spirit. And I'm going to do my very best 29 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,000 to present my position on this and my conclusion after a very 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,920 exhaustive study. And I hope and pray that I can 31 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,720 present it in a way that is simple to understand for 32 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,960 everyone. As an introductory text, we are 33 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:02,360 going to go to Acts chapter 2. And you remember very briefly, I 34 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,560 just did a Kingdom series on the day the Kingdom came and the 35 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,639 gospel was preached and Jesus was preached. 36 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:13,040 And then finally in verse 36 of Acts 2, Peter said, let all the 37 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,520 House of Israel know assuredly that God has made that same 38 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:20,480 Jesus, that you crucified both Lord and Christ. 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,360 Then verse 37 when they heard this, they were cut to the heart 40 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,160 and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, men and 41 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,720 brethren, what shall we do? In other words, they needed an 42 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:35,800 answer to their souls inquiry, What must I do to be saved? 43 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,480 In fact, Peter dealt with the idea of being saved back in 44 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,720 verse 21 of Acts chapter 2, and now he's going to get to the 45 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:48,160 nitty gritty, if you will, on exactly how a person is saved. 46 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,600 Here was the answer. This is where we left off last 47 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:56,000 time. Then Peter said to them, repent 48 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:02,040 and let everyone of you be baptized in the name of Jesus 49 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:04,960 Christ. In other words, the answer was 50 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:07,440 for all of them. First you got to repent. 51 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,120 You got to change your mind. You got to change your heart. 52 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:13,320 You got to change your life and then you got to do something 53 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:17,760 else. You must be baptized in the name 54 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,400 of Jesus Christ, which by the way, just simply means by the 55 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,320 authority of Jesus Christ. To be baptized by the authority 56 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,240 of Jesus Christ is to do so scripturally, like Jesus said to 57 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:33,080 do, going all the way back to Matthew 2819 and 20, to be 58 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:37,080 baptized in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy 59 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,440 Spirit. And it is for the remission of 60 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:41,800 sins. And that is the purpose of doing 61 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:43,960 that, contacting the blood of Jesus. 62 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:48,440 OK, remember what we said last time, and I think I at least 63 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,880 tried to make a really big point driving this home. 64 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,040 There are two great blessings that we get, not just one, and 65 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,560 they're not the same. There are two great blessings 66 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,320 that you get when you're baptized by the authority of 67 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:07,880 Jesus Christ #1 and that's huge. And it's remission of sins. 68 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,680 Every sin you've ever committed up until that time is washed 69 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,640 away and gone. Forgiveness. 70 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:21,600 Never underestimate the power of forgiveness and the impact and 71 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,400 import of forgiveness. In other words, the sins that we 72 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,360 all have committed in our past when we are baptized for the 73 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,640 remission of sins are gone. That's blessing number one. 74 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,520 And remember I said two blessings, They're not the same. 75 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:42,720 And remember I blew up. And last time you shall receive 76 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,960 the gift of the Holy Spirit. You get 2 things. 77 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:50,360 You get remission of sins and you get the gift of the Holy 78 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,960 Spirit. And I know that there's a lot of 79 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,800 different interpreting ideas about what it is and what the 80 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,760 gift is. Just stay with me on this two 81 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:03,360 separate blessings. Before we get into the gift and 82 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,800 what it is and what it does, let me first notice with you just a 83 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,440 few things about what the gift is not. 84 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,240 And I'm going to be brief about this one because I've already 85 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:20,160 spent a lot of time on this one. The gift is not something that 86 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:25,600 the Holy Spirit gives us. And I got to say, as I've 87 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:31,360 admitted to you, I used to hold this position that the gift was 88 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:35,680 something that you got from the Holy Spirit and that was like, 89 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,480 for example, salvation or eternal life. 90 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,840 But here's the problem with that position. 91 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,600 That's why I changed that position, my position on that 92 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:48,440 repentance and remission of sins. 93 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,640 Excuse me, repentance and baptism for the remission of 94 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:58,320 sins does not by itself ensure that a person is going to have a 95 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:00,560 home in heaven. You know why? 96 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,360 Because you've got to live a faithful life. 97 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,560 You've got to live the life of a Christian. 98 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:06,680 And by the way, it's not about perfection. 99 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,480 Let me make that point. It is not about perfection. 100 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,200 It is not about your own personal works of merit. 101 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:15,680 And how good you are has nothing to do with that, but it has 102 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,000 everything to do with our obedience. 103 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,920 And we got to serve God faithfully, and that's just it. 104 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,120 OK, So it is not that. It is not something that the 105 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:30,080 Holy Spirit gives us like heaven or salvation #2 And I'm going to 106 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:32,800 spend a little more time on this one because you would be 107 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:37,640 surprised how many conservative commentators actually hold this 108 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:41,120 position. But I'm here to say that the 109 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:46,320 gift of the Holy Spirit is not miraculous ability. 110 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,360 Now those that do hold this position and believe me, there's 111 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,480 a lot of commentators that do consider that the gift of the 112 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:59,360 Holy Spirit was miraculous ability for them on that day, 113 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,920 which means this, that the promise of the gift of the Holy 114 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,520 Spirit was, here's a term, dispensational. 115 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:08,200 What in the world does that mean? 116 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,400 It just means it was for them at that time. 117 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,520 Let me just suffice it to say it was for a period of time in the 118 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:17,560 1st century. So those that believe it was a 119 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,920 dispensational gift, it would also mean this too by the way, 120 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,840 that when those were baptized in water, those 3000 souls that 121 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:28,480 were saved, the apostles would have had to go and lay hands on 122 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,240 3000 people that just got baptized. 123 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,320 Because what do we know? We know that the passing on of 124 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:38,320 the miraculous ability of the Holy Spirit had to be done 125 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:40,440 through and by the apostles hands. 126 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,680 So what else? And some commentators say 127 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,600 because it was dispensational, it doesn't apply today. 128 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:52,920 I like what my dad used to say Sometimes. 129 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,840 He said sometimes, son, he said, you just got to let the Bible be 130 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:59,920 its own best commentary. So let's do that and go to the 131 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:04,760 very next verse after verse 38. And that's verse 39. 132 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,320 Please get this for the promise. What promise? 133 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,440 Remission of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit. 134 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:17,480 It is to you and to your children and to all who are far 135 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,920 off, as many as the Lord our God will call. 136 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:25,360 Notice, please, you are those that were there on the day of 137 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:30,280 Pentecost hearing that sermon. Over a million people were there 138 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,480 on Pentecost. I don't know how many, but 139 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,120 scholars say maybe even a million. 140 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,720 All these people that were there, the promise was to them 141 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:41,120 on Pentecost, your children, which would have been their 142 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,799 offspring. What about these, those that 143 00:08:43,799 --> 00:08:48,360 were far off is the Gentiles? And by the way, the fulfillment 144 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,360 of that actually happened in Acts chapter 10, because that 145 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,960 was the first converted to Jesus. 146 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:57,280 Converts, by the way, we're converted. 147 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,880 We're converted to the Lord and those that came to Jesus as 148 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,240 Gentiles, that first happened in Acts chapter 10. 149 00:09:04,240 --> 00:09:07,840 So the promise was to them on that day, their children, the 150 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,520 Gentiles. And I'm so glad because I'm a 151 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:17,000 Gentile and notice and as many as the Lord our God will call. 152 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:21,120 You know who that is, anyone and everyone. 153 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,920 How are we called, by the way? We're called by the gospel 154 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,200 anyone of all ages. So it can't be dispensational. 155 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,680 It can't be for those in the 1st century. 156 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:37,120 It can't be miraculous then. So the gift cannot be miraculous 157 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:43,360 #3 the gift of the Holy Spirit is not the Word. 158 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:47,520 Remember the following in Acts 2 and verse 37. 159 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:55,400 And when they heard this, heard what? 160 00:09:56,400 --> 00:10:00,920 The Word, when they heard what was just said, they were cut to 161 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,120 the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles. 162 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:04,680 Men and brethren, what shall we do? 163 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:09,480 How about Acts 2 and verse 40? And with many other words he 164 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,920 testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this 165 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,920 perverse generation. Notice they got these words 166 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:20,520 before they were baptized, before they were saved. 167 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:24,040 One more passage in verse 41 of Acts 2. 168 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:29,160 Then those who gladly received His word were baptized, and that 169 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,360 day about 3000 souls were added to them. 170 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:37,080 So the promise of the gift of the Holy Spirit is not the Word. 171 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:45,040 That being the case, the gift cannot be the Word, and 172 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:50,440 therefore the indwelling of the gift cannot be the Word only. 173 00:10:56,800 --> 00:10:58,480 I have to make a point of clarification. 174 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:08,320 Please hear me. I am not denying the power, the 175 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,920 influence, and the significance of the Word of God. 176 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:24,200 The Word of God, and please get this, it is the sole source that 177 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:28,480 guides us today. If you want to know what God 178 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,760 wants for you to do to serve Him, you have to find it in the 179 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:36,200 Word. What I'm saying this is, well, 180 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:41,760 when you read the Word of God, you are reading the words of the 181 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:48,400 Holy Spirit. All I'm saying is that's not all 182 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:52,280 that He does. That's all I'm saying. 183 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,680 And I'm not saying there's another point I'm making. 184 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:02,200 I'm also not saying that when the Holy Spirit finished the 185 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:07,240 Word, He was done. You know what never made sense 186 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,960 to me? Everybody, it never made sense 187 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:12,120 to me that we all believe that God still works in our life. 188 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,640 By the way, there's three in the God hand, the Holy Spirit's 1/3 189 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,560 of it and never didn't make any sense to me how God still works 190 00:12:17,560 --> 00:12:19,360 in our life. Jesus still works in my life and 191 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:21,320 everybody in the world believes that. 192 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,840 But the Holy Spirit's done. He's just sitting this one out 193 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,480 ever since the word was completed, didn't make any 194 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,920 sense. Now stay with me. 195 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:35,160 Listen, we got a lot to do. Please stay tight with me. 196 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:39,640 So I believe the scripture is clear. 197 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:49,640 The Holy Spirit is the gift. Now to sum it up like this, the 198 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:54,360 gift is the Holy Spirit Himself who comes to dwell in the heart 199 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:59,360 of everyone who will repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus 200 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:01,840 Christ for the remission of sins. 201 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,560 Why that conclusion? Let's go to the Scriptures in 202 00:13:05,560 --> 00:13:09,560 Romans chapter 8 and verse 9. But you are not in the flesh, 203 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:14,400 but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. 204 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:19,520 Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 205 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:22,360 How about Acts chapter 5 and verse 32? 206 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,240 And we are his witnesses to these things. 207 00:13:25,240 --> 00:13:33,000 And so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who 208 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:38,840 obey him. Listen to what Kaufman said, 209 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,360 please. In the history of holy truth, 210 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:48,960 there has never been any such thing as God's giving the Holy 211 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:54,840 Spirit to men in order to make them obedient, or to make them 212 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:58,840 sons, or to save them, or to procure the remission of sins, 213 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:03,000 or any such thing. On the day of Pentecost, Peter 214 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,640 had commanded believers to repent and be baptized, with the 215 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,640 promise that those who did so receiving the permission of 216 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:14,280 their sins subsequently to their obeying these commands, would 217 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:18,000 also receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 218 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:23,640 The word obey also, as used here, indicates A lifelong 219 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,760 obedience to God. Did you see your part in that 220 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:33,960 was a continuing condition to be fulfilled by those desiring to 221 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:37,360 enjoy the continuing gift of the Holy Spirit? 222 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,440 See Galatians 4 and 6 where it is declared that the Holy Spirit 223 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:47,560 is given to men not to make them sons, but as a consequence of 224 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:52,320 them already being sons. The popular notion to the effect 225 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,720 that God sends the Holy Spirit with the purpose of making men 226 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,880 desire to serve God is totally wrong. 227 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:05,160 Burton Kaufman. Now I'm going to give you some 228 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:10,920 Bible here in First Corinthians chapter 3 and verse 16. 229 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:19,320 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the 230 00:15:19,320 --> 00:15:24,360 Spirit of God dwells in you? I wouldn't notice with you, 231 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,000 please, this phrase, the temple of God. 232 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:34,120 Now the word temple comes from that Greek word right there, and 233 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:38,920 it means sanctuary. And it's used metaphorically of 234 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:43,880 a company of Christians, a Christian Church, as dwelleth in 235 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:47,200 by the Spirit of God. OK, that's the definition. 236 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,000 And because that's the definition, many commentators 237 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,520 draw conclusions like this. Well, the illusion goes back to 238 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,720 the temple of the Old Testament. And as God dwelt, for example, 239 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:05,200 in the Tabernacle in the most holy Place, so God's Spirit 240 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:10,040 today, the Holy Spirit, dwells in the Kingdom or the church as 241 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:11,920 a whole. OK, I agree with that. 242 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:18,960 But because of that definition, many commentators have taken the 243 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,160 position that it has nothing to do with us individually, only 244 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:28,520 that God dwells with us in collectively in the Kingdom or 245 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,640 the church. And even some have said 246 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:36,640 specifically in the assembly, OK, Do I doubt that the Spirit 247 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:38,080 of God is in the assembly? No. 248 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,840 Do I doubt that the Spirit of God is in the church or the 249 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,080 Kingdom of Jesus Christ as a whole? 250 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:50,720 No, but what about this concept about individually? 251 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:56,240 Let me ask you a question. I don't doubt that the Spirit of 252 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,000 God dwells in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. 253 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,640 I don't doubt that. But let me ask you, this Kingdom 254 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,040 is the church. So let me ask you, who's the 255 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:09,680 church, this building, by the way? 256 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,040 Are we only the church when we assemble? 257 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,640 Are we only in the Kingdom when we assemble? 258 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:22,720 Who is the church? The same author that wrote First 259 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:27,400 Corinthian 316 also wrote this. Now you are the body of Christ. 260 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:31,480 He's writing to the church in Corinth and then he says and 261 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:39,120 members individually. Oh, here goes Frank again. 262 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,320 I'm going to name drop the king. Here we go. 263 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:46,720 What'd Jesus say? Nor will they say see here or 264 00:17:46,720 --> 00:17:50,640 see there, for the Kingdom of God is within you. 265 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:53,000 You know what that sounds like to me? 266 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,200 If it's in you, it's in you individually. 267 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,440 OK, so there's no that being the case. 268 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:09,360 That being the case, First Corinthians 619 Or do you not 269 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:14,720 know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who 270 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:21,600 is in you? So it's not just as a whole in 271 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,920 general. If we are the Kingdom, if we are 272 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,600 the church, if we are members individually, then the Holy 273 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:31,080 Spirit is in you, in your body, in the temple of the Holy 274 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,320 Spirit. Guess who that is? 275 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:38,240 That is you and me and every obedient Christian. 276 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:42,560 I'm not done on that. I'm coming back. 277 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:47,560 No contradiction. The Kingdom is made-up of 278 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,480 individuals whose bodies must be kept pure. 279 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:57,080 And therefore remember this, we defile the the temple of the 280 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:02,360 Holy Spirit when we defile our bodies. 281 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:07,800 OK, what have we learned so far? We've learned the following 282 00:19:07,800 --> 00:19:12,120 three things. One, the Spirit of God dwells in 283 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:15,440 the Christian. That is undoubtedly no doubt 284 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:21,000 whatsoever #2 that Spirit just happens to be the Holy Spirit 285 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:23,920 whom God has given to those who obey Him. 286 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:29,440 We look at those passages, and in particular our bodies are the 287 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:34,640 temple of the Holy Spirit who is in US. 288 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,920 OK, these are not the only passages, by the way, that prove 289 00:19:39,120 --> 00:19:41,080 that the Holy Spirit indwells the Christian. 290 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:43,000 There are many more. I'm going to throw 3 up on the 291 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,280 screen and we're moving on three more. 292 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:49,160 Second Timothy 1 and 14. That good thing which was 293 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:54,680 committed to you keep by the Holy Spirit, who dwells in US 294 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:59,160 number 2 Ephesians 316 that He would grant you according to the 295 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,640 riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through 296 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:06,240 His Spirit in the inner man. And now we're going to get 297 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:09,880 really specific on how He dwells in the inner man and where that 298 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:11,160 is. Where is it? 299 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,800 Romans 5 and five. Now hope does not disappoint 300 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:19,840 because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by this 301 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:25,560 Holy Spirit who was given to us. So where does He dwell? 302 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:38,200 He dwells in the heart of every individual obedient Christian. 303 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,720 OK, all that being said is what we all want to know. 304 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,760 What does the Holy Spirit do for us? 305 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,000 Now I got to say this too. Here's one of them disclaimers. 306 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:59,600 I freely admit there are things about the particulars and the 307 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:07,160 specifics about how God uses the Holy Spirit specifically and in 308 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:12,000 different circumstances and all that, that I don't know and I 309 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,680 can't explain. And I'm going to say this to, 310 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:15,800 and I mean to be disrespectful. I don't even care. 311 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,440 I don't care how God does it. That's number one. 312 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,400 Just like I feel about angels. That's why it took me 20 years, 313 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,560 by the way, to write a sermon on angels because there were so 314 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,760 many things that I couldn't definitively say. 315 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,280 So I finally said, well, let me just write a sermon about things 316 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:40,680 I can definitively say. For example, I know angels work 317 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:44,440 in our life because the Bible says they're ministering spirits 318 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,920 for those that are Christians and God uses them. 319 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,080 How does he do it? Don't know, don't care. 320 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,240 Here's the whole point, folks. In things that we can't totally 321 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:58,200 determine from the Word regarding how God does 322 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,240 something, just give the glory to God. 323 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:03,800 Just give Him the praise, give Him the glory, and we don't have 324 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:04,960 to worry about nothing. All right? 325 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,000 All that being said, there are some specific things we know, 326 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:14,160 though, about what the Holy Spirit is doing for us today and 327 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:18,360 blessings that come from the indwelling of that Spirit. 328 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:20,640 Here's number one. Here's a good one. 329 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:27,240 Our hope hangs on this one. He's given to us as a guarantee 330 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,320 by the word. By the way, the same Greek word 331 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:36,040 means down payment. He's given to us as a guarantee 332 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:41,400 that old King James says, earnest of our inheritance. 333 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:45,160 We got the promise of eternal life, don't we? 334 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,320 We have the promise of everlasting life. 335 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:51,880 God wants everybody to be saved. The long-suffering of God is 336 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:54,000 salvation. He wants us all to go to heaven, 337 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,400 but we've got some things to do in order to get there. 338 00:22:56,480 --> 00:23:00,080 But if we do those things, we know like first John says, by 339 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,800 this we know that we know him if we keep His commandments. 340 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:09,760 OK. He also says, I'm writing these 341 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:15,440 things to you that you may know you have eternal life. 342 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:16,920 That's a great promise, isn't it? 343 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,560 OK, guess what? The Holy Spirit, the gift of the 344 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:27,280 Holy Spirit is given to us as a down payment or in earnest of 345 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:33,360 that promise of eternal life. Amazing. 346 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:38,160 I got to tell you something. God doesn't need the guarantee. 347 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:43,040 I do and you do. He doesn't need to do that. 348 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,360 And by the way, if you enter into a binding contract with 349 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:47,640 another guy, it's a good thing to get it in writing. 350 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,840 Even if somebody forgets they're the most honest person in the 351 00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:50,680 world. Well, guess what? 352 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,880 God doesn't forget. Don't you understand? 353 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:58,240 The Holy Spirit given as a guarantee or as a down payment 354 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:03,640 of our inheritance is for our benefit, not because God needs 355 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,000 it to remember what he contractually obligated himself 356 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,000 to or decided He would do by grace. 357 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,800 Give us some Bible Ephesians chapter 1, beginning in verse 358 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:20,280 13, in whom you also trusted after you heard the word of 359 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:24,120 truth, the gospel of our salvation, in whom also having 360 00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:28,640 believed, what did they get? They were sealed with the Holy 361 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:32,360 Spirit of promise. Isn't that amazing? 362 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:38,160 They believed, and it is necessarily inferred that they 363 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,280 were baptized. In other words, they were 364 00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,080 Christians. And what did they have? 365 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,960 They got the gift of the Holy Spirit. 366 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,600 What could it do? It sealed them. 367 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:51,600 They were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise. 368 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,880 By the way, did you know that the Holy Spirit was even 369 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:59,640 promised in the Old Testament? It was promised by the in the 370 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,800 Old Testament, by Old Testament prophets. 371 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,760 How about Ezekiel chapter 36 and 27? 372 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:11,120 Notice I will put my spirit within you. 373 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,160 OK, you know me. It's about context. 374 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,200 So I I got to tell you the context. 375 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:22,200 The context beginning in verse 25 of Ezekiel 36 going through 376 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:27,360 27 is with reference to Israel's spiritual cleansing. 377 00:25:27,360 --> 00:25:30,640 We know that if you just read the chapters right there, we get 378 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,960 it. And that spiritual cleansing. 379 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,160 As Pearson analyzed the cleansing of Israel, it 380 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:43,160 consisted of three steps, forgiveness of sins, 381 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:49,200 regeneration, and the reception of the Holy Spirit. 382 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:55,040 OK? Kaufman said this though. 383 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:03,280 Significantly, though, none of this was available under the old 384 00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,800 Law of Moses. Only under the gracious terms of 385 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:11,200 the New Covenant has there ever been available to mortal man 386 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,600 such blessings as these. There was no forgiveness of sins 387 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,080 under Moses. There was no Holy Spirit within 388 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,600 all the people. There was no regeneration. 389 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,160 So the cleansing of Israel would take place in the Kingdom of the 390 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,160 Messiah established by the Son of God. 391 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,720 And just as the terms of Israel's peace, prosperity, and 392 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,640 security in regard to their possession of Canaan back then 393 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:41,800 were conditional, so also are the promises here with regard to 394 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:46,120 forgiveness, their regeneration, and their receiving of the 395 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:53,560 Spirit of God. So Christians in Ephesus 396 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,600 baptized to their mission of sins, sealed with the Holy 397 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,440 Spirit of promise, which did what was a guarantee of our 398 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,640 inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. 399 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:11,520 Wow, did you know that even in ancient times this phraseology 400 00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:13,480 of guarantee was used in ancient? 401 00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:18,880 This Greek term was used in ancient business documents as 402 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,400 the idea to designate a down payment for a first or a first 403 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:25,960 installment. Strong said it this way. 404 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:30,160 The word guaranteed or earnest in the King James is a 405 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:35,200 commercial term designated a partial payment, deposit or 406 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:39,800 pledge that obligates both the seller and purchaser to complete 407 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,200 an agreement. For example, earnest money is 408 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,760 given to show that a commitment has been made to give the full 409 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,520 purchase amount for a property at a later date. 410 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,120 An example of this phraseology from the Old Testament. 411 00:27:55,120 --> 00:27:57,920 This is nothing new. Bible's brilliant man, this is 412 00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:59,720 good stuff. Not because I'm saying it 413 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:07,680 Genesis 3817 and he said, I will send you a goat from the flock. 414 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:12,760 She said, will you give me a pledge till you send it? 415 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:18,000 Same thing what you want guarantee earnest down payment 416 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,080 something right? Look at the next verse 18. 417 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,280 Then he said, well, what pledge shall I give you? 418 00:28:23,360 --> 00:28:28,560 She said your signet and cord and your staff that is in your 419 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,600 hand. Same phraseology, same idea. 420 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,000 What does that have to do with me and what does that have to do 421 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,560 with you and what does that have to do with this point in the 422 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:41,360 Christian life? It's the Holy Spirit that's 423 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:48,120 given as the pledge that God will complete His promise to 424 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:55,040 provide our inheritance. But there's more Bible passages 425 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,640 that support that. Second Corinthians 5 and five. 426 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:03,640 Now He who has prepared for us for this very thing is God who 427 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:08,160 has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 428 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,720 What about the Spirit? Where is he 2nd Corinthians 122, 429 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:17,360 who also have sealed us and given us the Spirit as a 430 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,920 guarantee? Where does he give it to us? 431 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:36,150 Where is it in our hearts? Zur said this, The down payment 432 00:29:36,150 --> 00:29:39,470 binds parties to the contract until the time when full payment 433 00:29:39,470 --> 00:29:42,790 is to be made and the contract is completed. 434 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,880 God has promised eternal life to those who enter into this 435 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:51,560 covenant with him, which is to be stowed, in fact, at the Day 436 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:53,760 of judgment. This, of course, is on the 437 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:57,280 condition that both parties fulfill all the terms of the 438 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,480 agreement until the final time comes. 439 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,280 And as I said before, God always fulfills His side, doesn't He? 440 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:10,480 Never makes a mistake. By the way, I couldn't find a 441 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,320 passage, so I'm going to be bold here. 442 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,480 So I think I'm right here. There's times when God has said 443 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:20,480 he was going to do something negatively and change his mind. 444 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,600 There are a number of times when God's changed his mind and 445 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:28,240 because people changed and he softened up on it on a certain 446 00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,800 instance or what have you say, he was going to destroy Nineveh. 447 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,680 They repented, didn't do it. Other many other examples too, 448 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:41,640 but I couldn't find one time when God gave a promise and said 449 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:47,120 if you do this, I will do that and back out. 450 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:53,680 I couldn't find one thing. So I'm going to tell you God is 451 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:57,840 not the problem. It is a binding contract. 452 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,080 When you enter into it, when you're baptized as a mission of 453 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,200 your sins, God's going to take care of his side. 454 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,320 The point is this. And He gave us the Holy Spirit 455 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,200 as a down payment of a guarantee for it. 456 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,800 If we'd want it, we got to remain faithful and do our part. 457 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,000 The burden rests on us. So number one, what does the 458 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,280 Holy Spirit do for us today? Number one, the first thing, 459 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,840 here's our guarantee, here's our down payment of our inheritance 460 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:34,760 #2 He bears witness. Now what does all that mean? 461 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:44,240 In Romans 8 and 16, the Spirit himself bears witness with our 462 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:48,160 spirit. Now this is extremely important. 463 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:54,120 Let me ask you, does it say the Holy Spirit bears witness to our 464 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:59,160 spirit? No, It says the Holy Spirit 465 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:05,200 bears witness with our spirit spirit. 466 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,880 In other words, there's two spirits involved. 467 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:15,560 There is the Holy Spirit and there is our human spirit. 468 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,880 We are both involved here from this passage. 469 00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:20,360 I like what Whiteside said, though. 470 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:25,400 He said if the Holy Spirit bear witness to our Spirit, it would 471 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,240 make us individually a judge of those facts instead of a 472 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:30,960 witness, and that's not what we are. 473 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:35,760 According to this passage. We are both witnesses of what? 474 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:46,000 That we are the children of God. OK, first says the phrase bear 475 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,880 witness with comes from one Greek word and it's that one 476 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:54,080 which means to bear witness with bear joint witness. 477 00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:58,760 So please get this. This phrase does not indicate a 478 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:03,360 direct communication between either spirit. 479 00:33:03,360 --> 00:33:11,640 I'm going to let that soak in. It's not saying that there's 480 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:17,240 communication directly from the Holy Spirit to my human spirit. 481 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:21,680 What did I already say? That the Holy Spirit guides us 482 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,120 through what? The Word? 483 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,120 The Word? But what about this passage? 484 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:37,360 Zor says each gives the same testimony on the subject, 485 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:41,640 namely, that the persons are the children of God. 486 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:45,240 Notice both are involved. How does it all work? 487 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:48,520 Stay with me. The Spirit, according to Zer, 488 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:52,680 stays through the gospel. What it takes to make one a 489 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:59,560 child of God and the Spirit, The mind of man knows whether he has 490 00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:03,200 done that. If he has, the conclusion is 491 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:09,159 that he is a child of God. Kaufman said it this way, the 492 00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:13,920 Holy Spirit is the author of the commandments in the Bible and of 493 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,520 the promise of salvation connected with and relating to 494 00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:21,719 those commandments, As for example, when the Holy Spirit 495 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:25,159 said he that believes and is baptized shall be saved. 496 00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:30,120 Mark 1616. Now when the Spirit of man has 497 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:34,000 accepted heaven's offer by believing and obeying such a 498 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:39,120 command, then the spirit of such a person is also a witness that 499 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:44,000 he has believed and obeyed God and therefore is saved. 500 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:48,159 One more and it's a lengthy, lengthy quote. 501 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,239 I apologize for that, but it's very important. 502 00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:51,520 I think it sums it up. Here we go. 503 00:34:51,679 --> 00:34:57,480 Gospel Advocate commentary. The Holy Spirit gives directions 504 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:04,320 as to the kind of life we are to live, and our own spirit bears 505 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:08,440 testimony as to whether we conform our life to these 506 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,360 instructions. That makes sense. 507 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:16,040 The Holy Spirit, through this testimony or witness, molds the 508 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:20,600 human spirit in his own likeness, dwells in our spirit, 509 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:25,320 directs our spirit, so that the same Spirit that was in Christ 510 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:29,320 Jesus dwells in US. We are therefore led by the 511 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:34,520 Spirit, and through us the Spirit of God acts and works. 512 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,120 So then, if we faithfully bear the fruit of the Spirit, 513 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:43,680 Galatians 522 and 23, there's a happy and harmonious union of 514 00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:47,560 the Spirit with our Spirit. That's the Holy Spirit with our 515 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:51,840 Spirit that brings confidence and assurance to our heart that 516 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,240 enables us to cry. Behold what manner of love the 517 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:59,320 Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the children 518 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:07,560 of God. First John 3 and verse #1 OK, I 519 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:12,360 hope that's not confusing. The only way the Holy Spirit 520 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,240 speaks to us though is through the Word. 521 00:36:16,720 --> 00:36:21,480 When my human spirit complies to what the Holy Spirit says, we 522 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,960 are both witnesses bearing the same testimony. 523 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:32,080 I'm a child of God, OK? Doesn't do any injustice to 524 00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,800 where the end dwells or nothing like that. 525 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,480 Just saying bears witness with not to our spirit. 526 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,520 Kaufman said this It is a misuse of this passage though, for one 527 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,920 to declare that since I feel all this is big, you ever heard 528 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,440 this? Since I feel like I'm led by 529 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,080 God's Spirit, I know I'm a Christian. 530 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:58,120 Before the blessed Spirit will enter and dwell in any heart, 531 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,080 it's possessor must already be a Christian. 532 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:04,240 That happens in Acts 2 when you're baptized. 533 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:10,600 No man who is not in Jesus Christ can possibly be host to 534 00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:14,800 God's Spirit. It is because you are sons that 535 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,880 God set His Spirit in the men's hearts. 536 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:23,280 Galatians 4 and verse six. OK and at what point does that 537 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,840 spirit indwell? When we repent and are baptized 538 00:37:28,240 --> 00:37:33,520 for the remission of sins, so the Holy Spirit is given number 539 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:38,280 one to us as a guarantee or a down payment of our salvation of 540 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,320 eternal life if we're faithful to him. 541 00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:45,040 Two, that Spirit bears witness with our Spirit, with our human 542 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:47,560 spirit, that we are the children of God. 543 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:55,800 And #3 and finally, in this lesson, Part 1, the Spirit makes 544 00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:04,880 us alive spiritually. I'm not talking about miraculous 545 00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,840 stuff. And by the way, I'm not talking 546 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,720 about anything, any feeling at all. 547 00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,680 When I'm talking about feeling, talk about fact. 548 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:16,600 The Holy Spirit that's given to us when we repent and are 549 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:20,520 baptized and receive the remission of sins is given as a 550 00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:25,520 gift that makes us alive spiritually. 551 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:37,160 In Romans chapter 8, we noticed this first verse and then we and 552 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:41,440 then we moved on. But please notice that you are 553 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:45,040 not in the flesh, but in the Spirit. 554 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:46,200 He's talking to Christians, right? 555 00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:51,760 If indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. 556 00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:56,440 So if the Spirit of God dwells in you, you're not in the flesh, 557 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,440 but you are in the Spirit. Now if anyone does not have the 558 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,720 Spirit of Christ, he is not his. And if Christ is in you, the 559 00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:08,640 body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of 560 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:13,800 righteousness. In other words, if we are in 561 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:19,680 Christ Jesus, the Spirit of God or the Holy Spirit dwells in US. 562 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,840 And if the Holy Spirit dwells within us, it makes us free from 563 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,560 the law of sin that dwells in the flesh. 564 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:31,080 It's really quite simple. The flesh governs the one, the 565 00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,600 Spirit governs the other. Let me ask you this too. 566 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,160 How do I know Chris Osmond's alive? 567 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:47,560 Because he has a human spirit. How do I know he's alive 568 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:53,720 physically? Because he has a spirit making 569 00:39:53,720 --> 00:40:00,720 him alive physically. One day we all, unless the Lord 570 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:05,160 comes back. When we pass away, the spirit 571 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:09,600 leaves the human spirit leaves the body, and guess what? 572 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,720 We're not alive anymore. We're like Rover, we're dead all 573 00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:16,800 over. Is it the body part? 574 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,840 Another subject about the soul, but the body gone. 575 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:28,760 So if that's the case, how do I know if I'm alive spiritually? 576 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,280 Yeah, you know, or at least you know what I'm going to say. 577 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:38,760 It's because you have the Holy Spirit. 578 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:47,960 According to that passage, we are alive in Christ by the 579 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:56,400 Spirit who dwells in US. That's in our life. 580 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:02,280 That's why we're living. That's how we know that we're 581 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:07,760 not living according to the dictates of the flesh, but we 582 00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:13,000 are following the dictates of the Spirit, being led by the 583 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:20,360 Spirit. But what about at the end of 584 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,320 time? What is that going to do for us? 585 00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,240 Also, let's go back to the very same verse. 586 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:31,920 But if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead 587 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:38,040 dwells in you, that's the Holy Spirit, He, that's God who 588 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,040 raised Christ from the dead, will also give life to your 589 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:45,240 mortal bodies through what his Holy Spirit who dwells in you. 590 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:48,040 Now I got to say, listen, listen. 591 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:49,600 Very important, very important, very important. 592 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:54,280 Everybody that's been dead and is dead at the time of the 593 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,000 resurrection is going to be raised. 594 00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:00,720 Everybody, Jesus says the resurrection of life and the 595 00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:03,360 resurrection of condemnation, those that have done good to the 596 00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:05,400 resurrection of life, those that have done evil to the 597 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,560 resurrection of condemnation. The Lord said that what's 598 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:16,520 different is those that are in Christ and have the Spirit will 599 00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:22,560 be raised by that same Spirit to eternal glory when the Lord 600 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:27,320 comes back fulfilling. What did he say? 601 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:31,400 What did we say? It was a guarantee, a down 602 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:35,240 payment that's fulfilled when the Lord comes back. 603 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:40,840 If the Spirit is within you. So the Holy Spirit dwells in the 604 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:42,760 heart of every obedient believer. 605 00:42:42,760 --> 00:42:44,680 Acts 238. Acts 532. 606 00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,720 God will by that Spirit give life to our dead bodies and 607 00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:55,040 raise us to immortal glory. Kaufman said this one final 608 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,840 quote. The great connective between the 609 00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,440 resurrection of Christ and the ultimate resurrection of his 610 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:06,440 disciples is the blessed ministry of the Holy Spirit in 611 00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,880 Christian hearts, and thus appears the absolute necessity 612 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:15,400 of the Spirit's residence in the Christian hearts. 613 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:20,400 The conclusion then, if one does not have the Spirit of God in 614 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:26,280 his soul, he's not a Christian, he's not in Christ, he's not 615 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:31,520 saved and is not in any sense Christ. 616 00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:41,000 In conclusion this morning, remember that when we repent and 617 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,040 are baptized, for the are baptized, we have two great 618 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:48,080 blessings, one, remission of sins. 2 The gift of the Holy 619 00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:52,960 Spirit. The gift is the Holy Spirit who 620 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:57,720 dwells in our hearts, and the threefold benefits so far are 621 00:43:57,720 --> 00:44:01,520 these. He is our guarantee of our 622 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:05,400 inheritance, that God will fulfill that promise if we're 623 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:10,640 faithful #2 He bears witness with not to our spirit, that we 624 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:16,040 are the children of God and we can know and #3 He makes us 625 00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:22,120 alive spiritually. So I kind of think the Holy 626 00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:23,880 Spirit's an invaluable assistant, don't you? 627 00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:29,080 I kind of think he's an invaluable assistant to 628 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:33,720 Christians and he works in the inner man. 629 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,240 And I'm going to close with this. 630 00:44:37,720 --> 00:44:39,520 So you don't think I'm saying something I'm not. 631 00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:47,200 He works in our inner man, within the bounds of God's Word, 632 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:52,120 to help make help us make heaven our home. 633 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:59,640 In other words, the Holy Spirit does not do anything for us that 634 00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:05,040 violates or contradicts what the Word allows. 635 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:09,800 That would mean the Holy Spirit would go against himself, and we 636 00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,960 know that's not the case. OK. 637 00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:19,000 In other words, when the Word says one thing, the Holy 638 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,080 Spirit's not going to guide somebody to do something else. 639 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,320 That's my .0. I know what the Bible says. 640 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,200 I know this. I believe that I'm all about. 641 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,320 I think the Holy Spirit's guiding me to do that over there 642 00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,280 Instead. I feel called to go do that 643 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:35,520 instead. You may be called. 644 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:37,120 I'm not trying to listen. I'm not making fun. 645 00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:39,240 You may be called by something, but you're not being called by 646 00:45:39,240 --> 00:45:42,120 God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit. OK? 647 00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,760 If you're called by the Holy Spirit, it's always whatever the 648 00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:49,800 Holy Spirit does. And again, I don't know all that 649 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:51,960 the Holy Spirit does, but I'm going to tell you right now, He 650 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,400 never does anything. I know it's for sure that would 651 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,640 contradict, violate, and go against the Word of God. 652 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:10,760 Amen, Next, next. It's point #4 and we're doing 653 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:17,160 the whole lesson on #4 and that is He's given to us as a gift. 654 00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:26,480 He bears our infirmities. King James, new King James 655 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:31,800 weaknesses. How does he help us in our 656 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,960 weaknesses? We're going deep in Romans 8, 657 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:37,320 and that's the last. And that's the whole sermon will 658 00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:38,400 be on that last point.