1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,640 Welcome to the Reem Sound Church of God podcast. 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,360 Wherever you're listening from, we hope you are blessed by 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:01:54,000 today's message. All right, let's stand for the 4 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,400 reading of God's Word. Now. 5 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:02,840 This morning's message will be deliberately concise and short, 6 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:11,400 hopefully, because I can't wait to get you to the altar. 7 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:17,480 I have asked God to do something for every one of you today, and 8 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,640 I want to see that happen and I want to give time for that to 9 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:23,960 happen. We're going to read from Genesis 10 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,520 chapter 2 and then John chapter 20. 11 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,400 Genesis 27. And the Lord God formed man of 12 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:38,280 the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the 13 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:43,120 breath of life, and man became a living being. 14 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:51,400 John chapter 20, verse 21. So Jesus said to them again, 15 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:56,600 peace to you, as the Father hath sent me, I also send you. 16 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:01,440 And when he had said this, he breathed on them. 17 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,720 He breathed on them. And what he had said this he 18 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:12,440 breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit, 19 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,920 receive the Holy Spirit. I want to speak this morning on 20 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:22,040 this thought, a breath of fresh air. 21 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,600 Let's pray. Father, I thank you for the word 22 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,440 of the Lord. I thank you for what you have 23 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,560 put into my heart today. Help me to communicate it God in 24 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:34,520 a way that is pleasing to you and is a blessing to the people 25 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:38,960 who hear it. I pray this in Jesus name, Amen. 26 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,880 You may be seated. Have you ever felt like you 27 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:48,920 needed a breath of fresh air? Something about fresh air. 28 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,520 We live in farming country. When folks come up to visit us, 29 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:58,200 sometimes depending on the time of year, they will say what is 30 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,880 that smell? And I'll say that is a great 31 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,680 smell because that's the smell that tells me I'm going to get 32 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,040 fresh corn on the cob in a little while. 33 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:14,760 Don't ever despise the smell of the farm country, but some 34 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:16,920 people that's not a breath of fresh air. 35 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,440 Now I will tell you what does bother me. 36 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:25,440 Route 41, Avondale, that area going to Delaware, how in the 37 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:30,080 world of those people live in mushroom country. 38 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,560 I would be looking for a breath of fresh air every day. 39 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:39,480 But I want to talk to you about a breath of fresh spiritual air. 40 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,040 And the prayer that I prayed before the Lord for this service 41 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:49,080 was that God would breathe on each one of you, that each one 42 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,320 of you would have an experience with the breath of God, the 43 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:58,160 Spirit of the Lord. There are two, and as far as I 44 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:02,080 can tell, and someone may prove me wrong of this, there are two 45 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:08,920 historical biblical facts where God directly breathed into man. 46 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,800 There are many references to the breath of God, the wind of the 47 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,840 Spirit of God. Like in Ezekiel 37, breath and 48 00:05:15,840 --> 00:05:20,600 wind are used interchangeably, the same thought the Spirit of 49 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,000 God. But there are there are two 50 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:27,480 times in the Bible where human beings are actually breathed in 51 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:33,400 or on by the Lord. That begins again in Genesis 27 52 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,680 when the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and 53 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:41,160 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man 54 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,320 became a living being. I have tried to visualize this. 55 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,600 When you think of all that God created, this was the first man. 56 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,960 This was the first human being and God created him out of the 57 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:59,200 dust of the earth. And I tried to get a mental 58 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:04,640 picture in my mind of this really perfect human body. 59 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,600 This body that has a head full of hair. 60 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:11,320 It has the the two hands and arms and two legs. 61 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:16,960 Everything is perfect about this body, but there is absolutely no 62 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,520 life in that body. In other words, it was almost 63 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:26,120 like an oversized doll that would would be manufactured in a 64 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:31,880 toy factory because it was perfectly aligned and and it 65 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:37,640 looked great, but there was nothing until the Bible says 66 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:45,160 that God breathed into the nostrils of that man that there 67 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:49,080 had been no human life there. There were no human beings. 68 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:53,680 This is the first one, and the only way he comes alive is that 69 00:06:53,680 --> 00:07:00,560 God breathes personally into his nostrils the breath of life. 70 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,400 Think about that. Go home and and let that one be 71 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,840 something you give some thought. What was that like when Adam 72 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:13,040 suddenly opened his eyes and looked into the face of God who 73 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:18,160 was breathing into his nostrils? The second time we read about 74 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:23,760 that is this personal kind of breathing of God on individuals 75 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:28,800 is in John chapter 20 and this happens on the Sunday evening of 76 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,960 Jesus resurrection on that Sunday evening John 2021 says so 77 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:38,280 Jesus said to them again, peace to you as the Father has sent 78 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:43,520 me, I also send you. And when he had said this, He 79 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,160 breathed on them. It doesn't say he blowed on 80 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,960 them. He said he breathed on them and 81 00:07:51,960 --> 00:07:55,000 said to them, receive the Holy Spirit. 82 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:58,240 So on what we call Easter Sunday, a resurrection Sunday, 83 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,800 there were two services. There was a morning service at 84 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:06,480 the tomb, and at that morning service angels showed up, and 85 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,040 then there was an evening service that took place behind 86 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:14,360 locked doors in fear, and that one angels didn't show up. 87 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:19,720 Jesus himself showed up, came through a locked door and walked 88 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:23,040 right into the room. What an amazing thing. 89 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:29,240 So encounter services are historically long in the sense 90 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:32,120 they've been around. They had encounter service. 91 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,280 They had two services on Sunday. On Easter Sunday, one of them 92 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,520 wasn't expected to be a service, but Jesus showed up. 93 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,200 And how many know when Jesus shows up? 94 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:44,800 You got church going on? Hey, man, I said you got church 95 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:49,000 going on. So this story is told us and 96 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,040 Jesus is breathing on his disciples and this is the 97 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:56,200 beginning of a 40 day period where Christ is showing himself 98 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:00,160 alive after his resurrection. So again, remember Sunday 99 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,600 morning they come to the tomb, angels are there, there's 100 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:08,160 rejoicing over a risen Christ. And in the evening, the Bible 101 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:12,240 says beginning at verse 19 of John 20, the same day, at 102 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:15,560 evening being the first day of the week, when the doors were 103 00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:22,320 shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear, for fear of 104 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,440 the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them, 105 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:31,480 Peace be with you. And when he said this, he showed 106 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:35,040 them his hands and his side. Then his disciples were glad 107 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:39,720 when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again a 108 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:44,680 second time, Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I 109 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:47,600 also send you. And when he had said this, he 110 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,720 breathed. He breathed on them. 111 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,200 I don't know what that was like. I've tried to visualize that. 112 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,600 Here are the disciples. They're gathered together. 113 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,000 They're fearful. Jesus appears out of nowhere. 114 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,600 The door is locked, folks. But Jesus comes in and the Bible 115 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:08,240 says he speaks peace to them, and he speaks it twice in a 116 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:12,120 short amount of time. If any people needed to hear 117 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:16,800 about the peace of God, it was these disciples who were afraid 118 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:20,680 that they were going to be next to be knocked off, and they were 119 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:25,280 living an abject fear. Let me just say this, there was 120 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:28,640 something about the gathering of those disciples of the Lord that 121 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,800 Jesus showed up. You know, when we gather 122 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,560 together on Sunday, as the New Testament calls it, the Lord's 123 00:10:34,560 --> 00:10:39,280 Day, we're not doing that to inconvenience your weekend or 124 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:43,200 add some stressful thing to you that you got to figure time out 125 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,480 for. But we are inviting you because 126 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:50,240 Jesus invites us to come together that he might minister 127 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,840 to us. The Lord wants us to gather 128 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:59,040 because he has something for us. And in this case, He spoke peace 129 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:02,840 to their troubled lives. How many know that we all could 130 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,000 use a word of peace every now and then? 131 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:09,320 I mean, with all that's going on in your world and all of your 132 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:13,480 personal issues and all of your family issues and all of your 133 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:17,840 your job issues and all of the crazy things that are happening 134 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:22,200 in our world, does anyone they need more drama in their life? 135 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,200 I agree. No is the answer to that. 136 00:11:26,560 --> 00:11:30,000 If you want more drama than you are a psychopath and you need 137 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,720 help. There's enough drama going on in 138 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:38,520 the world in which we live. But Jesus speaks to those people 139 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,760 and in that short little conversation and one sided, he's 140 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,720 doing the talking. He is giving them a message of 141 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:49,640 peace. And I love verse 20, it says in 142 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:53,000 John 2020. And when he had said this, he 143 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,360 showed them his hands and his side. 144 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:59,360 And then his disciples were glad. 145 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:07,320 They went from fear, they went from trembling to glad when they 146 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,000 saw the Lord. My desire is when you come into 147 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,760 the House of God every Sunday, when you gather with us here 148 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,160 somewhere in that service, I don't want you to see the 149 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,320 worship leader. I don't want you to see the 150 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,240 pastor. I don't want you to see the 151 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:26,880 worship team, a musician. I want you somewhere in that 152 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:31,400 service to say I saw the Lord. You might not have seen him with 153 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,920 your natural eye, but with your spiritual eye. 154 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,280 Because the need of today, we've had enough of us. 155 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,480 We need the Lord. I walked away from here last 156 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,880 Sunday. I thought I preached the worst 157 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:47,120 message I preached in years. Not that the message was bad, 158 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:49,080 that the way I did it, it was horrible. 159 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,800 I went away. I was as discouraged as the day 160 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:53,560 is long. But you don't really need to see 161 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:56,360 me good or bad. You need to see the Lord Jesus 162 00:12:56,360 --> 00:13:02,120 Christ and brother, Brother Hugo Morales, he rescued me after 163 00:13:02,120 --> 00:13:05,080 service because he had something different to say about that 164 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,400 message. And I thought, Lord, thank you, 165 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,120 Jesus, because I certainly don't see what he saw. 166 00:13:11,560 --> 00:13:17,560 But we need to see the Lord. I said we need to see the Lord. 167 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,440 So Jesus is preparing them because He is preparing them to 168 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:25,840 receive the Holy Spirit. In John 16, seven, He said this. 169 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,840 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage 170 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,600 that I go away. For if I do not go away, the 171 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:35,520 Helper will not come to you. But if I depart, I will send 172 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:37,920 them to you. So Jesus said there's something 173 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,600 coming, I've got something more. I've been with you temporarily. 174 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,640 I've been with you one at a time, a few at a time, a few 175 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,840 thousand at a time, but not with everyone. 176 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,480 But the Holy Spirit is going to come when I leave. 177 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,200 I'm going to send him. And so in this meeting, Jesus 178 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:59,240 breathes on them what that looked like and said receive ye 179 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,760 the Holy Spirit. It was something amazing about 180 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,560 what Jesus did when he he breathed on them. 181 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:07,440 I don't know what that looks like that he did. 182 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:10,000 I know this. I can assure you that he didn't 183 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,160 line them up and and have them fall on the floor. 184 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:21,720 He wasn't putting on a show, but they needed to feel the nearest. 185 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:28,040 So he breathed on them. He got close enough they could 186 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,000 feel his breath. I prayed that for you. 187 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:36,120 I prayed that for everyone of you that in this service before 188 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,800 it closes, you will experience the Lord in such a way it would 189 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:48,200 be as if the breath of God was being breathed on you. 40 days 190 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,720 later, on the day of His ascension back to heaven. 191 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,760 Listen to what he says and acts. One form being assembled 192 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,720 together with him, He commanded them not to depart from 193 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,960 Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which he 194 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,240 said you have heard from me. Yes, let me let me just say 195 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:08,920 this. When Jesus breathed on him and 196 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,960 said received the Holy Spirit, there was no manifestation 197 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,520 recorded. There's nothing said about 198 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:18,600 anything happening. He just breathed on. 199 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,440 But now 40 days later, he says, for John truly baptized with 200 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:29,160 water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many 201 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,920 days from now. Therefore, when they had come 202 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:35,560 together, they asked him saying, Lord, will you at this time 203 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:38,480 restore the Kingdom of Israel? He said to them, It's not for 204 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,680 you to know the times or seasons which the Father has put in his 205 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:44,720 own authority, but you shall receive power. 206 00:15:45,680 --> 00:15:50,800 You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. 207 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:55,200 This is 40 days after he breathed on them and said, 208 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:59,240 receive the Holy Spirit. You receive power when he's come 209 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,480 upon you, and you'll be my witnesses to me in Jerusalem and 210 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:05,160 all Judea and Samaria to the end of the earth. 211 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:09,920 So Jesus in John 20 breathes on the disciples, extends an 212 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,320 invitation which you could take or leave. 213 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:16,000 He said, receive ye the Holy Spirit. 214 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:21,240 He didn't make them do it. He said receive this Amen. 215 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:23,920 He didn't, he didn't, He didn't demand. 216 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,240 He just said, I want you to receive the Holy Spirit. 217 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:32,160 And what was a breath? Then 50 days later, 40 days and 218 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:36,480 10 more that they waited, turned in to not just a breath, but a 219 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:42,600 rushing mighty wind that filled all the house where 120 220 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:47,040 believers were gathered and the Bible said they were all filled 221 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:53,520 with the Holy Spirit. There is something special about 222 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:58,400 the infilling of the Spirit. The Spirit of God had been with 223 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,640 him. Jesus said he's with you, but 224 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:05,280 he's going to be in you, in you. Now for whatever it's worth to 225 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,359 all of you, I believe that every born again believer has the Holy 226 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,319 Spirit. I do, I believe that, but I 227 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:12,800 believe there's an endowment from power for power. 228 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:17,319 I believe there is something more that God will give us if we 229 00:17:17,319 --> 00:17:21,240 receive what He wants to give us. 230 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,640 There's witnesses. In fact, let me just, there's a 231 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:29,840 quote, I don't know how many familiar with the name Samuel 232 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,880 Chadwick, but he was a great Methodist preacher in England 233 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:39,880 and author of writer and he said this over 100 years ago. 234 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,880 He said the Christian religion is hopeless without the Holy 235 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,920 Ghost. He said the Christian, this 236 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:51,240 whole concept is hopeless if the Holy Spirit isn't in it. 237 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,520 The way we live our lives, the way we walk, the way we talk, 238 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,520 the way we have victory is a product of the Holy Spirit. 239 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:04,200 Thank God it's not dependent on man, but it is dependent on God. 240 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:10,240 And the Holy Spirit is just as alive today as he ever was a 241 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:14,520 man. So there is a need for the 242 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:18,400 breath of God. Adam needed the breath of God to 243 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:20,120 live physically. Couldn't live. 244 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:25,880 Perfect structure, perfect looking human being in every 245 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,040 way. Head full of hair, handsome 246 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:35,240 dude. No life until God breathed into 247 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:39,560 his nostrils the breath of life. You know, we often try, if we're 248 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,720 not careful, to live this life in our own strength, in her own 249 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:48,120 power. But we have to understand that 250 00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,720 it is the life that Jesus gives us. 251 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,640 It is the breath of God that we receive by faith. 252 00:18:56,400 --> 00:19:02,440 The apostle James said this. He said draw near to God and he 253 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,040 will draw near to you. Now you can't feel someone's 254 00:19:06,040 --> 00:19:11,800 breath that you aren't close to, James said. 255 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:15,640 If you want God to be close to you, he said. 256 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:21,080 Then you take steps and you begin to draw near to God. 257 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,520 Be close enough that you can feel his breath, close enough 258 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:31,480 that you can hear his voice. My concern today in this service 259 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:36,840 is to pray, and I'm not even really at this particular time 260 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,400 preaching about, although it's certainly part and parcel of 261 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:43,160 this passage, the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 262 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:48,600 But what I am saying is that many of us, we need the breath 263 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:55,360 of God, We need the breath of God and we need to hear the 264 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:58,480 words of Jesus when he said receive. 265 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,840 Jesus said to those disciples, receive the Holy Spirit, 266 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:09,440 receive, open up, open up to God. 267 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:12,200 And I want to say to people in here today, because some of you 268 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:17,160 are here, you're worn down, you're discouraged, you're 269 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:20,040 suffering battle fatigue, you're finding it hard. 270 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,320 I want you to let Jesus breathe on you today. 271 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,960 I want you to draw close enough to him that you will sense the 272 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,440 breath of God. Now, I'm not talking about a 273 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:35,200 physical breath, but I'm talking about something spiritual. 274 00:20:35,360 --> 00:20:37,000 How many believe that God is real? 275 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,880 This Bible is not just a textbook of historical origin 276 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,720 and fact. It tells us about a living God, 277 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:50,520 an ever present Holy Spirit that is with us. 278 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,120 The Holy Spirit is among us today. 279 00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,560 And I want to say to you today, the keyword in this passage is 280 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:02,720 received. He's looking at people that 281 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:06,600 group gathered in fear, that group not knowing if they would 282 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:11,160 survive the next day, if they'd be hauled into prison, if they 283 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:14,800 themselves might be crucified. They had no knowledge of what 284 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:18,240 was going to happen to them. And they're sitting in fear. 285 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,200 But Jesus comes in, breathes on them and says receive. 286 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,560 So I want to say that to you today. 287 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,680 I want you to receive. It may be receive the Holy 288 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:33,320 Spirit, the baptism, the infilling of the Holy Spirit. 289 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,680 It may be that you need to receive encouragement. 290 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:41,400 You may need to receive healing. You need may need to receive 291 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,240 joy. You may need to receive peace. 292 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:47,320 The question is, will you receive well? 293 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:51,000 You open your heart up and say, Lord, I need something from you. 294 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:57,560 I need a breath of fresh air. I live in a stale a world, a 295 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,840 world of stale stagnated breath. I need the breath of God. 296 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:05,000 When when we watch and we see what's happening on television 297 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:08,000 and, and, and in the movies and everywhere else that we look and 298 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,720 we see so much profanity and so many, so much lewd speech and 299 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,560 talk. Wouldn't it be great to have a 300 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,680 breath of holy fresh air breathe on you today? 301 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,520 That God says, I want you to receive what you need. 302 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,320 I want you to have what you need. 303 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:27,600 Here's what we know about the Lord First Corinthians 1545 and 304 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:32,160 says, and so it is written, the first man, Adam became a living 305 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,600 being, a living being. But the last Adam, which is 306 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:42,720 Jesus by the way, became a life giving spirit, a life giving 307 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,840 spirit. So when Jesus breathes on you, 308 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:50,200 you come alive. When Jesus his breath reaches 309 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:54,440 your need and reaches your desperation, It's then that the 310 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:58,240 touch of the Lord causes new life to come into you. 311 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,680 So I've said what I want to say because I want the Lord to 312 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,480 breathe on you. I want worship team come back. 313 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:13,680 I want everyone in this room to get a breath, a fresh spiritual 314 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,960 air. Every person. 315 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,960 I don't want to leave anybody out because I have a feeling 316 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:26,080 that there is no one here that couldn't use a breath of fresh 317 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:30,560 air. I need to come up to the top for 318 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,760 a moment. Just breathe in. 319 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,120 Remember that old, old course? I don't know if it was a 320 00:23:39,120 --> 00:23:41,280 Methodist course or what. So simple. 321 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:48,040 Let it breathe on me. Let the breath of God now 322 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,600 breathe on me. Let it breathe on me. 323 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:57,320 Let the breath of God now breathe on me. 324 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:00,760 Thanks for joining us today. 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