1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:07,760 John Chapter 14 We're continuing our series. 2 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,400 We've used the Apostles Creed to guide us through the scriptures. 3 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,360 We've said many times the Apostles Creed is not the 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,720 scriptures. The Apostles Creed has been used 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,760 though by by the Body of Christ for about 1500 years to clarify 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,040 doctrine. What's true? 7 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:23,160 What is essential? For their freedoms or their 8 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,840 disagreements beyond this that we can tolerate, yes, many. 9 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:29,840 However, there's some specifics here that the whole body of 10 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,880 Christ to be Christian is to believe these things. 11 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:37,480 So we'll read the creed together at the close of our service. 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,240 But I'm going to go to the third portion of the creed where it 13 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,800 begins. I believe in the Holy Spirit. 14 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,960 So that's the only line where the Holy Spirit is. 15 00:00:51,590 --> 00:00:55,070 Well, that's not the only line where he's explicitly mentioned, 16 00:00:55,150 --> 00:00:57,910 but it's the first time we really get into who He is. 17 00:00:57,950 --> 00:01:00,830 And as you look at the Creed, you see the the Trinity is laid 18 00:01:00,830 --> 00:01:01,990 out. I believe in God the Father 19 00:01:01,990 --> 00:01:03,390 Almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth. 20 00:01:03,710 --> 00:01:05,710 I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. 21 00:01:05,870 --> 00:01:08,910 And then the whole heart of the Creed is mostly about Jesus. 22 00:01:08,910 --> 00:01:11,110 There and then we get into I believe in the Holy Spirit. 23 00:01:11,510 --> 00:01:14,910 I believe in the Holy Spirit. So what does that mean to say? 24 00:01:14,950 --> 00:01:17,110 I believe in the Holy Spirit, Who is the Holy Spirit? 25 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:19,430 Who isn't the Holy Spirit? What is his work? 26 00:01:19,430 --> 00:01:20,910 What is his ministry? What does he do? 27 00:01:21,290 --> 00:01:23,090 Well, we'll start by saying who he isn't. 28 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:27,090 The Holy Spirit is not a force like Star Star Wars. 29 00:01:27,490 --> 00:01:29,010 He's not just this ethereal thing. 30 00:01:29,010 --> 00:01:31,810 He's not some kind of vapor trail that Jesus leaves behind. 31 00:01:32,170 --> 00:01:34,490 The Holy Spirit is not a spiritual residue. 32 00:01:34,730 --> 00:01:36,410 The Holy Spirit is not an atmosphere. 33 00:01:36,610 --> 00:01:39,610 The Holy Spirit is a he. The Holy Spirit is a person. 34 00:01:39,970 --> 00:01:43,330 When we say he's a person, it doesn't mean that he's a human. 35 00:01:43,750 --> 00:01:46,510 But to say that he's a person mean he's he has a personality. 36 00:01:46,670 --> 00:01:50,670 He has a distinct will. The Holy Spirit has a desire. 37 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:53,590 The Holy Spirit is a person like the Father is a person like the 38 00:01:53,590 --> 00:01:56,430 Son is a person. The Holy Spirit has personality. 39 00:01:56,550 --> 00:01:59,030 He has a mind, will and emotions. 40 00:01:59,030 --> 00:02:01,830 He thinks he knows he can be grieved. 41 00:02:02,670 --> 00:02:06,750 He can also be pleased. So the Holy Spirit is distinct 42 00:02:07,390 --> 00:02:10,030 in that he has his own personality. 43 00:02:10,190 --> 00:02:14,920 Also, of course, he is God. The Holy Spirit is God. 44 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:19,920 He is part of the God head. He is God Co equal God Co 45 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:22,600 eternal with the Father and with the Son. 46 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,560 How do we know this? So what I'm not going to do is 47 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,080 I'm not going to run you to a million different verses to say 48 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,800 let me prove he's God, let me prove he has personality, let me 49 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,480 prove this. Some of these things I'm just 50 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,560 going to show you really briefly while I'm still establishing 51 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,840 this core foundational doctrine but go to I told. 52 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:41,740 I won't make you go there for time's sake. 53 00:02:41,820 --> 00:02:43,460 You're going to stay in John chapter 14. 54 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:47,180 But in Acts chapter five, we have an example here where the 55 00:02:47,180 --> 00:02:51,060 apostles, the church is growing. Everybody's rejoicing and out of 56 00:02:51,060 --> 00:02:53,260 their own overflow of their own hearts at the direction of the 57 00:02:53,260 --> 00:02:55,380 Holy Spirit. People are selling property and 58 00:02:55,380 --> 00:02:57,340 they're bringing all the money to the church elders and they're 59 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:59,340 saying, hey, whatever the whatever the church needs, just 60 00:02:59,340 --> 00:03:00,820 spread it around. I'm good. 61 00:03:01,100 --> 00:03:04,300 Well, a couple chose to do that as well, but they did in a 62 00:03:04,300 --> 00:03:07,440 deceptive way. They claimed that they had sold 63 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:09,680 that, they sold it and they said here's all the money from the 64 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,760 sale of our property. But they lied. 65 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:13,640 It wasn't all the money from the sale of their property. 66 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:15,400 They didn't have to give any money. 67 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,760 That was the point. They didn't have to do anything. 68 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,960 But they did something and then said, hey, we're doing it too. 69 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,760 We're just, we're doing what everybody else is doing. 70 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:28,520 So but Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to 71 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:33,080 lie to the Holy Spirit? So how did Peter know that the 72 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,880 Holy Spirit told him? OK, so one of the gifts of the 73 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,280 Spirit was in operation. Which one? 74 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,480 I don't know. I don't care. 75 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,800 But the Holy Spirit was moving and operating to say, hey Peter, 76 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:44,040 here's what's really going on here. 77 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,680 And an is why is Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy 78 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:49,560 Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of 79 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:53,480 the land while it remained unsold, Did it not remain your 80 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,320 own? And after it was sold, was it 81 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,680 not at your disposal? Hey, you had freedom to do 82 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,560 whatever you wanted to hear. Why is it that you have 83 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,840 contrived this deed in your heart? 84 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,090 You have not lied to man. What? 85 00:04:05,090 --> 00:04:06,490 To God? He said. 86 00:04:06,490 --> 00:04:11,530 You lied to the Holy Spirit. You lied to God, Same person. 87 00:04:11,770 --> 00:04:13,570 To lie to the Holy Spirit is to lie to God. 88 00:04:13,850 --> 00:04:17,089 Psalm 139 verses 7:00 and 8:00, what we read earlier. 89 00:04:17,410 --> 00:04:20,930 Where shall I go from your spirit Or where shall I flee 90 00:04:21,170 --> 00:04:24,290 from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you're 91 00:04:24,290 --> 00:04:26,690 there. If I make my bed and she'll, 92 00:04:26,930 --> 00:04:29,170 you're there. The Holy Spirit is the presence 93 00:04:29,170 --> 00:04:31,770 of God. The Holy Spirit is everywhere. 94 00:04:32,410 --> 00:04:33,850 Is he? Is he the Father? 95 00:04:33,930 --> 00:04:36,410 Well, he is one with the Father. Is he Jesus? 96 00:04:36,410 --> 00:04:39,130 Well, he's one with Jesus, and yet he's still distinct with 97 00:04:39,130 --> 00:04:40,370 your Michael. You're not explaining it good 98 00:04:40,370 --> 00:04:42,530 enough. I I won't be able to satisfy 99 00:04:42,530 --> 00:04:45,930 your intellect on that. You can trust me today, but you 100 00:04:45,930 --> 00:04:49,170 can still believe in the Holy Spirit, and you can still boldly 101 00:04:49,170 --> 00:04:51,730 and joyfully say I believe in the Holy Spirit. 102 00:04:51,850 --> 00:04:54,170 I'm not ashamed of him. I'm not afraid of him. 103 00:04:54,330 --> 00:04:57,630 The Holy Spirit is not spooky. The Holy Spirit is not weird. 104 00:04:57,870 --> 00:04:59,870 I've seen some weird people and some spooky people. 105 00:04:59,990 --> 00:05:01,710 Me too. But they are not the Holy 106 00:05:01,710 --> 00:05:04,390 Spirit. The Holy Spirit is not spooky. 107 00:05:04,630 --> 00:05:08,390 The Holy Spirit is not weird. Could he direct you to do 108 00:05:08,390 --> 00:05:10,150 something that others perceived to be weird? 109 00:05:11,030 --> 00:05:12,870 I don't know. What do you think? 110 00:05:14,070 --> 00:05:16,390 Would you think it would be weird if somebody spat in the 111 00:05:16,390 --> 00:05:18,470 mud and rubbed it in somebody's eyes? 112 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:22,190 Oh, well, that's different. OK, Well, I think it's kind of 113 00:05:22,190 --> 00:05:24,780 weird. But I mean, you don't, because 114 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:26,900 you're super holy and stuff, but I think that'd be a little 115 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,220 weird. But that's exactly what Jesus 116 00:05:29,220 --> 00:05:30,140 did. Was it wrong? 117 00:05:30,180 --> 00:05:33,540 Of course not. But Jesus says he only did what 118 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:37,500 he saw his father doing. So the problem there, though, is 119 00:05:37,540 --> 00:05:40,340 with our with our background, With my background, Pentecostal, 120 00:05:40,460 --> 00:05:45,540 unashamedly, unapologetically, very biblically, I I've seen all 121 00:05:45,540 --> 00:05:47,940 kinds of things. I've seen all kinds of things. 122 00:05:47,940 --> 00:05:50,140 But I I have to filter everything through the word of 123 00:05:50,140 --> 00:05:52,700 God. And a lot of times there's fear 124 00:05:52,860 --> 00:05:55,540 and misunderstanding around the the work in the ministry of the 125 00:05:55,540 --> 00:05:57,740 Holy Spirit. And a lot of times what I find 126 00:05:57,740 --> 00:06:00,900 people reject is the excesses that they've seen. 127 00:06:01,220 --> 00:06:03,220 So which I would say, brother or sister, Me too. 128 00:06:03,780 --> 00:06:07,300 I reject excess. Now, how do you know when was 129 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:10,500 and what shouldn't and how far? Like the Lord will sort it out, 130 00:06:11,020 --> 00:06:13,260 the king will sort out his people, that's for sure. 131 00:06:13,260 --> 00:06:16,180 I take comfort in that. So in the meantime, I'll go, I 132 00:06:16,180 --> 00:06:18,220 don't know, was that the Lord or was that the flesh? 133 00:06:18,220 --> 00:06:19,700 Well. Was it sinful? 134 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:21,260 Well, no, but I don't think it was. 135 00:06:22,620 --> 00:06:25,300 You know what if If I have concern, I can speak to brothers 136 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:28,340 and sisters about those things, but I don't need to put the Holy 137 00:06:28,340 --> 00:06:30,340 Spirit out of my life in such a way. 138 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:32,500 It's like I really don't want anything to do with him because 139 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:34,740 he might, you know, make me do something crazy. 140 00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:38,260 The Holy Spirit doesn't possess his people in the same way that 141 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:41,220 a demon would attempt to possess someone and control their 142 00:06:41,220 --> 00:06:44,220 physical body. The Holy Spirit will fill his 143 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:46,980 people, though he will fill his people. 144 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:49,600 And when he fills you, what are you going to do? 145 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,400 You're going to glorify Jesus. You're going to be glorified. 146 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,800 You're going to be glorifying Jesus. 147 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,360 You're going to be free. You're going to be bold. 148 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:00,720 You're going to be clear. So now you're in John 14. 149 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,520 Once again, I'm not. I'll catch up with you. 150 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,880 John 14, verse 15. What do we want to know about 151 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:09,440 the Holy Spirit? Well, let's ask Jesus 152 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:11,920 specifically what we can know about the Holy Spirit. 153 00:07:14,430 --> 00:07:17,550 Verse 15 If you love me, Jesus is talking. 154 00:07:17,710 --> 00:07:23,150 You will keep my commandments, and I will ask the Father, and 155 00:07:23,150 --> 00:07:26,830 he will give you another helper to be with you forever. 156 00:07:27,110 --> 00:07:31,310 Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because 157 00:07:31,310 --> 00:07:32,790 it neither sees him nor knows him. 158 00:07:33,030 --> 00:07:36,030 You know him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 159 00:07:37,510 --> 00:07:40,070 He dwells with you. I said that earlier, So he's 160 00:07:40,070 --> 00:07:42,310 talking to his disciples. The Holy Spirit dwells with you, 161 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:43,870 is what Jesus is telling his disciples. 162 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,760 But he's going to be in you. I will not leave you as orphans. 163 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,160 I will come to you yet a little while, and the world will see me 164 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:53,880 no more. But you will see me. 165 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:56,920 The world's not going to see Jesus anymore. 166 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,800 But the disciples are still going to see Jesus, but He 167 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:01,960 leaves. How are they going to see Jesus? 168 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:03,960 Because I live, you also will live. 169 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:07,440 And that day you will know that I am in my father, and you and 170 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,520 me and I and you. Whoever has my commandments and 171 00:08:10,520 --> 00:08:13,160 keeps them, He it is who loves me. 172 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,280 And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will 173 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,760 love him and manifest myself to him. 174 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:24,640 How does Jesus Manis manifest himself to his church? 175 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,400 Through his presence, through the Holy Spirit, Judas, Not as 176 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,440 scary, it said to him, Lord, how is it that you will manifest 177 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:32,840 yourself to us and not to the world? 178 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:35,400 Jesus answered him. If anyone loves me, he will keep 179 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,240 my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and 180 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,360 make our home with Him. Whoever does not love me does 181 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,780 not keep my words. And the word that you hear is 182 00:08:43,780 --> 00:08:47,380 not mine, but the fathers who sent me these things. 183 00:08:47,380 --> 00:08:50,420 I've spoken to you that while while I am still with you. 184 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:55,020 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my 185 00:08:55,020 --> 00:08:56,940 name. Look at the Trinity working 186 00:08:56,940 --> 00:08:59,660 together here. The Holy Spirit who the Father 187 00:08:59,660 --> 00:09:04,860 will send in my name. He will teach you all things. 188 00:09:05,020 --> 00:09:06,900 What is the Holy Spirit supposed to do in the life of the 189 00:09:06,900 --> 00:09:09,540 believer as Pentecostal? Sometimes we just go. 190 00:09:09,540 --> 00:09:11,860 He does the tongues. He tongues is you. 191 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,520 That's that's it. That's his role, that's his 192 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:16,760 ministry. The Holy Spirit is tongues. 193 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,040 Well, the Holy Spirit is not tongues. 194 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,840 The Holy Spirit fills His people. 195 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,360 That's the primary focus of of well, we'll get to that in a 196 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:29,560 moment. There's there's multiple 197 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:32,120 ministries, the Holy Spirit. But if if we're going to go just 198 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:35,200 on the on the charismatic side of things for a moment, the Holy 199 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,900 Spirit. Yes, we'll fill his people. 200 00:09:37,900 --> 00:09:39,820 And when he fills his people, something happens. 201 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:41,340 They're going to glorify the Lord. 202 00:09:41,580 --> 00:09:43,900 That might be through prophecy, that might be through their 203 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:47,660 boldness, that might be through speaking in tongues, which also 204 00:09:47,660 --> 00:09:51,820 glorifies the Lord. But the Holy Spirit, whom the 205 00:09:51,820 --> 00:09:55,580 Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things. 206 00:09:56,540 --> 00:10:00,500 The Holy Spirit has come to teach us all things and to bring 207 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:03,420 to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 208 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:04,960 What does the Holy Spirit want to do? 209 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,440 He wants to glorify Jesus. The Holy Spirit's ministry is to 210 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:12,960 remind you to actually bring back to your brain, literally to 211 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,000 your mind, to your heart, and to your mind what Jesus has taught, 212 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,040 What Jesus has said, Peace, I leave with you. 213 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:22,440 So the Holy Spirit brings. Peace. 214 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,280 My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give 215 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:27,200 you. Let not your hearts be troubled, 216 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,200 neither let them be afraid. So now what does the Holy Spirit 217 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,200 do? Jesus calls him our helper. 218 00:10:33,830 --> 00:10:37,270 That word helper means he is our counselor, He is our encourager, 219 00:10:37,350 --> 00:10:39,710 He is our comforter. He is our intercessor. 220 00:10:39,710 --> 00:10:42,590 Just like Jesus intercedes for us, the Bible says the Holy 221 00:10:42,590 --> 00:10:45,630 Spirit also intercedes for us. So that means he's a stand 222 00:10:45,630 --> 00:10:47,110 between. He's a go between. 223 00:10:47,350 --> 00:10:51,230 He is pleading for our case on our behalf. 224 00:10:51,470 --> 00:10:54,230 This is what happens when a spirit filled St. is praying in 225 00:10:54,230 --> 00:10:56,150 tongues. My mind is unfruitful, but yet 226 00:10:56,150 --> 00:10:59,150 my spirit speaks mysteries and I'm building myself up higher 227 00:10:59,150 --> 00:11:00,990 and higher in the Spirit like an edifice. 228 00:11:01,230 --> 00:11:03,310 How so? Well, it's a submission. 229 00:11:03,310 --> 00:11:04,870 It's a humility to the Holy Spirit. 230 00:11:04,950 --> 00:11:06,870 He's actually getting stuff done. 231 00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:09,070 He's really the 1:00 making things happen. 232 00:11:10,310 --> 00:11:13,750 So Jesus says he is our helper. Do you need a counselor? 233 00:11:13,910 --> 00:11:16,270 You have one pastor. Ken calls the Holy Spirit. 234 00:11:16,270 --> 00:11:18,590 Pastor Ken is my pastor. He calls the Holy Spirit. 235 00:11:18,590 --> 00:11:21,070 Our senior partner is one of the names he has for him. 236 00:11:21,230 --> 00:11:23,550 Our encourager, our comforter, our intercessor. 237 00:11:24,270 --> 00:11:27,390 This is his role in the Godhead and how he works in our lives. 238 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,160 We see that the Father sends the Son, and the Father and the Son 239 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,960 send the Spirit. The Holy Spirit helps us to 240 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,200 pray. He makes decisions on which 241 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,680 gifts to give and on whom to put those gifts on and in. 242 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,960 He is the wisdom of God, and he makes decisions. 243 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:48,080 He's thinking, He chooses. He decides. 244 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,280 He's pleased. He's displeased. 245 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:56,870 He is grieved when he's grieved. He doesn't turn his back on us. 246 00:11:56,870 --> 00:11:59,670 And yet you can still sense the presence of the Lord being 247 00:11:59,670 --> 00:12:02,270 displeased in your life. Or am I the only person who's 248 00:12:02,270 --> 00:12:05,430 ever since the displeasure of the Holy Spirit we call this 249 00:12:05,510 --> 00:12:07,710 conviction? I'm convicted of my sin. 250 00:12:07,710 --> 00:12:10,430 The Holy Spirit's going. That's not me. 251 00:12:10,830 --> 00:12:12,950 And that doesn't please Jesus, and that doesn't please the 252 00:12:12,950 --> 00:12:15,550 Father. And that's not who you are 253 00:12:15,550 --> 00:12:18,390 anymore. I'm going, oh, what am I going 254 00:12:18,390 --> 00:12:20,270 to do with that? I should repent. 255 00:12:20,710 --> 00:12:22,470 That's the what the Christian life is marked by. 256 00:12:22,470 --> 00:12:26,130 It's marked by repentance. What is the what else is the 257 00:12:26,130 --> 00:12:28,410 ministry of the Holy Spirit? Well, the first ministry of the 258 00:12:28,410 --> 00:12:31,890 Holy Spirit in a person's life is actually he brings the 259 00:12:31,890 --> 00:12:34,570 revelation of Jesus. He brings the clarity in our 260 00:12:34,570 --> 00:12:36,850 need. So as the word of God is 261 00:12:36,850 --> 00:12:39,210 delivered, the Holy Spirit with it brings the faith. 262 00:12:39,210 --> 00:12:41,490 So that I can actually believe I've heard the gospel and now I 263 00:12:41,490 --> 00:12:45,050 go, I'm truly aware that's a miracle in itself. 264 00:12:45,290 --> 00:12:47,290 That is a gift of God from the Holy Spirit. 265 00:12:47,610 --> 00:12:51,890 And then in the next moment, now, whenever I have put faith 266 00:12:51,890 --> 00:12:53,540 in. It's by God's grace. 267 00:12:53,540 --> 00:12:57,020 I've been saved through faith, so now I've believed and 268 00:12:57,020 --> 00:12:59,060 repented. The Holy Spirit actually does 269 00:12:59,060 --> 00:13:02,140 the regeneration. The greatest miracle ever is 270 00:13:02,140 --> 00:13:06,740 where I have become born again. I was dead and now I'm alive. 271 00:13:06,860 --> 00:13:09,180 We say Jesus saved me and that's accurate. 272 00:13:09,340 --> 00:13:13,620 But the Holy Spirit is the one who actually does the work in a 273 00:13:13,620 --> 00:13:17,620 person's heart. God is pleased to minister and 274 00:13:17,620 --> 00:13:19,860 serve us this way. The Holy Spirit is the one who 275 00:13:19,860 --> 00:13:22,450 regenerates us. Jesus said you must be born 276 00:13:22,450 --> 00:13:24,570 again. You're born out of the flesh the 277 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:25,930 first time. You came out of your mom the 278 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:27,970 first time. But this next time you need to 279 00:13:27,970 --> 00:13:30,930 be born out of the Spirit. It's the Holy Spirit who does 280 00:13:30,930 --> 00:13:32,570 that. Born again Miracle in us. 281 00:13:32,810 --> 00:13:36,210 He is the one who actually resurrects and regenerates us. 282 00:13:36,530 --> 00:13:40,730 The Holy Spirit seals us, the scripture tells us He seals us 283 00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:45,970 at our new birth, and then He fills His church with himself. 284 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,320 He supplies us with power and boldness to be witnesses for 285 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,160 Jesus. So Jesus breathed on. 286 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,880 His disciples received the Holy Spirit. 287 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:56,680 I think that's when they were born again. 288 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,720 But secondarily, he says, hey, you believe in me, you trust me? 289 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,920 I've been resurrected. The way to the Father is now 290 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:04,320 open. You're saved. 291 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:07,800 And yet power is still coming. It wasn't only for them, because 292 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,240 the Holy Spirit hadn't been sent yet, and he'd been sent 10 days 293 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,160 later. Even after the Holy Spirit had 294 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:14,680 been poured out. On the day of Pentecost, we see 295 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:17,690 disciples of Jesus. Loving and following the Lord 296 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:21,450 born again, people who then experience a secondary event in 297 00:14:21,450 --> 00:14:24,810 their life where they go, oh, now we're actually filled with 298 00:14:24,810 --> 00:14:27,970 the Holy Spirit. Our salvation is based on the 299 00:14:27,970 --> 00:14:31,690 Father's power and love, the Son's death and resurrection, 300 00:14:31,890 --> 00:14:34,530 and the Holy Spirit's regeneration and his seal. 301 00:14:35,010 --> 00:14:37,330 The Holy Spirit is the presence of God who is with us in the 302 00:14:37,330 --> 00:14:39,450 earth. Yeah, but it feels like Jesus. 303 00:14:39,450 --> 00:14:42,050 Yeah, I know, because he's, he's one God. 304 00:14:42,620 --> 00:14:45,060 It feels like I just feel the comfort of the Father with me 305 00:14:45,060 --> 00:14:47,220 right now. I know you do because that's 306 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:50,420 exactly who who the Holy Spirit glorifies and reveals to us. 307 00:14:50,900 --> 00:14:54,620 So it it's not wrong and you don't need to nitpick yourself. 308 00:14:55,380 --> 00:14:58,180 But we do see the biblical normative way to pray. 309 00:14:58,180 --> 00:15:01,900 As to the Father, Jesus taught us to pray to the Father 310 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:03,580 throughout the scriptures. When Paul is praying for 311 00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:07,100 churches, he says, I've been my knee to the Glorious Father and 312 00:15:07,100 --> 00:15:10,500 yet would it be wrong for you to say? 313 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,120 Jesus, I love you, Don't pray to Jesus. 314 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,480 Would it be wrong to say Holy Spirit, I love you, feel me 315 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,960 today and lead me today? No, it wouldn't. 316 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,960 And yet we still see the the biblical normative is we pray to 317 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,800 the Father in the name of Jesus and who is helping us to pray? 318 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,400 Who's present inside of us and with us. 319 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,640 It is the Holy Spirit. You should rejoice at the 320 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:35,880 goodness of God, all of who he is. 321 00:15:36,270 --> 00:15:38,830 We're not as a as a denomination. 322 00:15:38,830 --> 00:15:39,990 Well, I guess we're not a denomination. 323 00:15:39,990 --> 00:15:43,990 We're non denominational. But as a Pentecostal people, we 324 00:15:43,990 --> 00:15:46,390 have a reputation of we're just the Holy Ghost people. 325 00:15:46,510 --> 00:15:50,070 We're the God people. We love God the Father, the Son 326 00:15:50,070 --> 00:15:52,470 and the Holy Spirit. We want to glorify God the 327 00:15:52,470 --> 00:15:56,310 Father, understand his His role, his ministry, his function in 328 00:15:56,310 --> 00:15:58,790 the Godhead. We want to do the same with King 329 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:00,470 Jesus. We want to do the same with the 330 00:16:00,470 --> 00:16:03,470 Holy Spirit. It's in in the way that the 331 00:16:03,470 --> 00:16:15,440 Scripture reveals to us. Back in verse 17, still of 332 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:19,680 chapter 14 of John, here he says even the spirit of truth, whom 333 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:22,360 the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows 334 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,160 him. You know him, you know him, for 335 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,770 he dwells with you. And will be in you. 336 00:16:29,210 --> 00:16:31,330 Jesus says that you know him. He's saying this to his 337 00:16:31,330 --> 00:16:34,250 disciples even before the Holy Spirit has been poured out in a 338 00:16:34,570 --> 00:16:36,850 more full way. We know the Holy Spirit was 339 00:16:36,850 --> 00:16:39,930 already present on the earth. We know that this the scripture 340 00:16:39,930 --> 00:16:41,210 reveals that throughout the Old Testament. 341 00:16:41,370 --> 00:16:43,890 And yet there was something distinct and clear and unique 342 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:45,610 that happened on the day of Pentecost. 343 00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:49,850 Obviously Captain obvious here to here to preach a sermon to 344 00:16:49,850 --> 00:16:51,930 you. So that was that was evident. 345 00:16:52,330 --> 00:16:55,930 But the Holy Spirit wasn't in them, but he would be. 346 00:16:56,550 --> 00:16:59,550 No longer does the Holy Spirit just rest upon his people, but 347 00:16:59,550 --> 00:17:02,750 he personally fills them. And This is why Jesus said it's 348 00:17:02,750 --> 00:17:06,550 better than I go. It's better than I go, I'm with 349 00:17:06,550 --> 00:17:08,510 you. But he is going to be in you. 350 00:17:08,670 --> 00:17:10,470 And that's even better than what we have now. 351 00:17:10,589 --> 00:17:12,190 That was hard for the disciples to believe. 352 00:17:13,069 --> 00:17:16,710 Really, Jesus, How does it get any better than being with him? 353 00:17:17,190 --> 00:17:19,750 And he says it's better. Jesus said it so if you won't 354 00:17:19,750 --> 00:17:21,750 take it from anybody, take it from Jesus. 355 00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:23,510 Jesus said it's better than I leave you. 356 00:17:23,869 --> 00:17:26,599 That's impossible. No, Jesus, there's no, there's 357 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:28,680 no universe where it's better that you leave me. 358 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,400 And He says, no, it's better that I leave you. 359 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:33,160 I I get, I'm physically present with you in a way that you're 360 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:36,080 accustomed to, but the Holy Spirit's going to fill you and 361 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:39,120 be in you. So this is how Jesus could 362 00:17:39,120 --> 00:17:42,520 actually say, I'm leaving, but I will be with you always. 363 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:45,240 How? Through my presence. 364 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,320 Who is that? The Holy Spirit. 365 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,720 So Jesus is with me. Yes, He is. 366 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,960 The Father is with me. Yes, he is. 367 00:17:53,430 --> 00:17:56,350 Because you have the Holy Spirit inside of you. 368 00:17:56,550 --> 00:17:59,910 Every single Christian has the Holy Spirit inside of them, 369 00:18:00,390 --> 00:18:02,870 every single Christian. And yet we still want to be 370 00:18:02,870 --> 00:18:04,590 filled. So we are born again. 371 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:07,350 The presence of God lives in us. He lives with us. 372 00:18:07,350 --> 00:18:10,190 And yet there is still a filling, There is still a 373 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:13,270 swelling, There is still a glorifying to a greater degree, 374 00:18:13,430 --> 00:18:15,150 into a greater measure that we can enjoy. 375 00:18:16,670 --> 00:18:20,390 Go to verse 25. Jesus said these things. 376 00:18:20,390 --> 00:18:22,510 I have spoken to you while I'm still. 377 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:27,860 With you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, 378 00:18:28,100 --> 00:18:31,100 whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all 379 00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:34,340 things and bring to your remembrance all that I've said 380 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:37,780 to you, What a gift, what a joy, what a blessing. 381 00:18:38,620 --> 00:18:41,900 The Holy Spirit brings the Lord to our remembrance. 382 00:18:43,140 --> 00:18:47,700 So you might think to yourself, man, I I really need to think 383 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:49,940 more about God. Know what you need is to be 384 00:18:49,940 --> 00:18:52,360 filled with the Holy Spirit. Because as long as you're 385 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:56,240 thinking I oughta, I need to. You're still thinking about what 386 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,880 I must do, and there's certainly a place for discipline in the 387 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,480 Christian life. However, the ministry of the 388 00:19:01,480 --> 00:19:04,840 Holy Spirit is the gift of God, where you're not just having to 389 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:06,520 say, all right, what do I have to do today? 390 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,680 Brush my teeth? Think about God, pray. 391 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,200 But instead, when you're filled with God, Jesus will be 392 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,320 glorified. Jesus will be on your mind when 393 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:18,640 the Holy Spirit is inside of you. 394 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,440 When you're filled with the Holy Spirit, you won't have to go. 395 00:19:20,950 --> 00:19:23,110 And I really, I really ought to be better. 396 00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:25,510 I ought to do better. That is an empty Christian who 397 00:19:25,510 --> 00:19:27,910 talks that way. Are you shaming them? 398 00:19:27,910 --> 00:19:30,030 Not at all. I've been that empty Christian. 399 00:19:30,510 --> 00:19:32,270 I've been that empty Christian many times. 400 00:19:32,270 --> 00:19:35,150 In my Christian walk where I'm going, I'm drained. 401 00:19:35,570 --> 00:19:36,370 I'm depleted. Why? 402 00:19:36,370 --> 00:19:38,010 I haven't been in fellowship with him. 403 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:41,570 I haven't been poured into. I haven't been seeking His 404 00:19:41,570 --> 00:19:43,770 fullness. But when I seek his fullness, 405 00:19:43,930 --> 00:19:45,730 I'm not thinking about what I oughta. 406 00:19:45,970 --> 00:19:48,330 I'm thinking the the automatic fuel is in me. 407 00:19:48,490 --> 00:19:51,730 The desire is already there. The Holy Spirit guides my 408 00:19:51,730 --> 00:19:55,850 desires without me even consciously thinking I'm going 409 00:19:55,850 --> 00:19:58,730 to Christian up today. No, Instead the Holy Spirit's 410 00:19:58,730 --> 00:20:02,530 going This is who you are. And I'm going, man, I'm. 411 00:20:02,610 --> 00:20:05,460 I'm being carried. It's called grace. 412 00:20:05,860 --> 00:20:08,740 This is the grace of God, where the Holy Spirit is actually 413 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:14,860 doing work, continuing to change my desires, continuing to give 414 00:20:14,860 --> 00:20:18,660 me new thoughts, to give me new hopes, to give me new conviction 415 00:20:18,860 --> 00:20:19,660 where I'm going. Whoa. 416 00:20:20,140 --> 00:20:22,300 I feel different about that today than I did yesterday. 417 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:23,620 Why? Because I'm full. 418 00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:27,980 I'm more full of him than I was, Jesus said. 419 00:20:28,570 --> 00:20:31,170 Sorry, wrong spot. So like I said, what you need is 420 00:20:31,170 --> 00:20:32,490 to be filled with the Holy Spirit. 421 00:20:32,490 --> 00:20:36,890 Then he fills you with more of himself, which is to be filled 422 00:20:37,010 --> 00:20:40,570 with more of God and he will keep Jesus on your mind. 423 00:20:41,010 --> 00:20:46,290 A page over in in chapter 16 going quick, Sherry said. 424 00:20:46,290 --> 00:20:53,090 I've only got 5 minutes left. John chapter 16, verse 12. 425 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,920 So this is this whole discourse. Like we we haven't departed 426 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,440 Jesus talking to and comforting his disciples throughout these 427 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:08,200 past couple chapters. But in verse in verse 12 of 428 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:11,600 chapter 16, he says, I still have many things to say to you, 429 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:15,280 but you cannot bear them now when the Spirit of Truth comes. 430 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,520 So Jesus says, I'm still going to keep talking to you, but you 431 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:19,960 can't. You can't deal with it all now, 432 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:22,680 but I'm going to keep talking to you how or because the Holy 433 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,130 Spirit will be with you. And he's going to communicate 434 00:21:25,130 --> 00:21:27,410 me. When the Spirit of truth comes, 435 00:21:27,570 --> 00:21:31,690 he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on 436 00:21:31,690 --> 00:21:34,490 his own authority. Interesting the Holy Spirit 437 00:21:34,490 --> 00:21:35,930 doesn't speak on his own authority. 438 00:21:36,650 --> 00:21:39,610 He has a desire that's perfectly unified with the Father and with 439 00:21:39,610 --> 00:21:41,770 the Son. But he speaks on a different 440 00:21:41,770 --> 00:21:43,130 authority. He will not speak on his own 441 00:21:43,130 --> 00:21:46,290 authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak, and he 442 00:21:46,290 --> 00:21:48,290 will declare to you the things that are to come. 443 00:21:48,530 --> 00:21:52,410 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it 444 00:21:52,410 --> 00:21:54,490 to you. All that the Father has His 445 00:21:54,490 --> 00:21:56,210 mind. Therefore I said that He will 446 00:21:56,210 --> 00:22:00,090 take what is mine and declare it to you throughout the Gospels, 447 00:22:00,090 --> 00:22:03,330 as you see Jesus talk and teach, you see the Father, the Son, the 448 00:22:03,330 --> 00:22:06,330 Spirit Man Who where do they end and where do they begin? 449 00:22:06,850 --> 00:22:11,250 Clearly distinct, clearly one, clearly perfectly unified in 450 00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:15,290 love. He will keep Jesus on your mind. 451 00:22:16,010 --> 00:22:19,250 And the Scripture also tells us that it's the Holy Spirit who 452 00:22:19,250 --> 00:22:23,840 searches the depths of God. The Holy Spirit searches the 453 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:28,600 depths of God, the Word of God tells us, and he reveals the 454 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,040 depths of God to his people. So we see his ministry as 455 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,200 personal. He's direct. 456 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,040 He's with us. He's clear. 457 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:40,760 He glorifies Jesus. We'll close in Acts chapter 19. 458 00:22:57,740 --> 00:23:05,520 When we say we believe in something, like we said multiple 459 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,560 times as we've gone through the series, to say I believe in is 460 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,240 not to say, yeah, I already know that that is the danger for 461 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,920 Americans. That is the danger for anybody 462 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,760 who's had familiarity with the Scriptures. 463 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,200 That's the danger for anyone in here who's like, yeah, yeah, 464 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:20,400 yeah, I know, I know, man. I know. 465 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:24,800 I know you know I know too. That doesn't save us. 466 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,400 That doesn't comfort us. That doesn't help us. 467 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:28,880 That doesn't equip us with power. 468 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,560 The devil knows everything about the Lord that he can. 469 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,760 That's been revealed by God. And is it helping him? 470 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,720 It's not serving him well. So to know things doesn't 471 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,120 accomplish things. And this is the danger, 472 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,920 especially for us Southern American Christians, you know, 473 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,840 who tip our hat to the man upstairs. 474 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,000 It's a very dangerous perspective. 475 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,000 Whenever we think I know that, I already know that. 476 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,800 We're not talking about knowing things, We're talking about 477 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,400 believing things. And when you believe something, 478 00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:01,840 it will change the way you live. So if I believe in something, it 479 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,680 affects my Sunday morning, right? 480 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,000 I come to church even though it's hot, even though it's 481 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,320 raining. But when I just know something, 482 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,360 I go. I stayed out late last night. 483 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:16,120 There's a million examples where we would apply this to our 484 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,800 lives. The way I treat my wife is 485 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,680 different because I believe that he's coming to judge the living 486 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,180 and the dead because I believe. In the forgiveness of sins, 487 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:27,820 because I believe in the life everlasting, all these things, 488 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:30,020 they show up in a very practical way. 489 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:33,300 So how is the Holy Spirit practical? 490 00:24:33,940 --> 00:24:35,620 Not that he has to be. He could be whatever he wants, 491 00:24:35,620 --> 00:24:38,100 but he is who he is. But to believe in the Holy 492 00:24:38,100 --> 00:24:41,780 Spirit is to fellowship with him is to understand him and it's to 493 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:44,460 love Him more is to love God more. 494 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:47,900 To know Him and to believe in him is to welcome him to 495 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:51,140 fellowship with Him. And like we read like David 496 00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:55,170 Prayed and Psalm 139. Is to say Lord search me, know 497 00:24:55,170 --> 00:24:57,450 me. I want what you want because I 498 00:24:57,450 --> 00:25:02,570 know what you want is best. So here in Acts chapter 19, we 499 00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:06,530 have some disciples. It's not clear whether or not 500 00:25:06,530 --> 00:25:08,610 they're born again yet. I don't think they are. 501 00:25:09,610 --> 00:25:12,130 Somebody could argue with me on that and that that would be OK. 502 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:15,770 But what we'll read in chapter 19, verse one. 503 00:25:16,290 --> 00:25:20,050 And it happened that while Apollo's was at Corinth, Paul 504 00:25:20,050 --> 00:25:23,010 passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. 505 00:25:23,610 --> 00:25:27,250 There he found some disciples, and he said to them, Did you 506 00:25:27,250 --> 00:25:29,170 receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? 507 00:25:29,450 --> 00:25:32,570 They said, no, we have not even heard that there is a Holy 508 00:25:32,570 --> 00:25:35,770 Spirit. And he said, into what then were 509 00:25:35,770 --> 00:25:38,570 you baptized? They said into John's baptism. 510 00:25:39,530 --> 00:25:42,770 And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, 511 00:25:43,010 --> 00:25:46,210 telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after 512 00:25:46,210 --> 00:25:47,530 him. That is Jesus. 513 00:25:48,050 --> 00:25:51,610 On hearing this they were baptized in the name of the Lord 514 00:25:51,610 --> 00:25:54,760 Jesus. And then and and when Paul laid 515 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,280 his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they 516 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,000 began speaking in tongues and prophesying. 517 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:06,120 There were about 12 men in all. So like I said earlier, this is 518 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,880 the the normative case throughout the Book of Acts. 519 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,400 Whenever you see someone was filled with the Holy Spirit, 520 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:14,430 something happens right away. They're they're filled. 521 00:26:14,430 --> 00:26:15,550 They're speaking. And what are they doing? 522 00:26:15,550 --> 00:26:18,150 Well, they're glorifying God. What was their prophecy? 523 00:26:18,270 --> 00:26:20,710 Well, it wasn't recorded, but it might have been specific. 524 00:26:20,710 --> 00:26:22,390 It might have been unique for them in that moment. 525 00:26:22,550 --> 00:26:25,430 It wasn't scripture. It was not scripture. 526 00:26:25,470 --> 00:26:28,390 It was not cannon. Just like if you were to have a 527 00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:31,870 word from the Holy Spirit, it does not necessarily become 528 00:26:31,910 --> 00:26:33,870 cannon. So this is an argument that's 529 00:26:33,870 --> 00:26:37,790 often made against the gifts that I find totally nonsensical 530 00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:41,670 and completely bad faith as an argument to to be able to say. 531 00:26:42,190 --> 00:26:45,070 I got this sense that I'm supposed to go tell Don today. 532 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:48,630 Hey, man, I just want you to know it seems like the Lord's 533 00:26:48,630 --> 00:26:51,870 telling me that Jesus loves you. What are you? 534 00:26:51,870 --> 00:26:53,830 What are you What are you trying to say, John Michael that the 535 00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:57,230 Holy Spirit still speaking? Oh yeah, that's exactly what I'm 536 00:26:57,230 --> 00:26:59,590 trying to say. As opposed to going, hey, Don, 537 00:26:59,910 --> 00:27:03,590 here's the Bible. God's word is in there. 538 00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:06,630 Like it seems to be such an absurdity. 539 00:27:06,630 --> 00:27:08,990 But the the accusations that that is made against. 540 00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:12,450 Continuationists, as we're often called, because we believes that 541 00:27:12,450 --> 00:27:14,690 the gifts didn't stop because the scripture didn't tell us 542 00:27:14,690 --> 00:27:17,650 that they did. Because we believe that the 543 00:27:17,690 --> 00:27:21,050 argument made against us is that anytime a gift of the Spirit is 544 00:27:21,050 --> 00:27:24,570 an operation, we must therefore also be claiming that this is 545 00:27:24,570 --> 00:27:28,210 cannon and that it should become a part of the Sacred Scriptures. 546 00:27:28,330 --> 00:27:30,050 Now, it can never contradict the word of God. 547 00:27:30,410 --> 00:27:32,410 That would be an absolute impossibility and heretical, 548 00:27:32,890 --> 00:27:35,930 however. The the ministry of the Holy 549 00:27:35,930 --> 00:27:38,690 Spirit continues, and he can communicate a particular thing 550 00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:41,210 to a particular person without the whole world having to hear 551 00:27:41,210 --> 00:27:43,530 it and without everyone having to walk in obedience to it. 552 00:27:43,810 --> 00:27:45,690 The Holy Spirit could very specifically say, hey, you know 553 00:27:45,690 --> 00:27:48,730 what I needed? I needed to share something with 554 00:27:48,730 --> 00:27:50,330 you. The Lord is revealed to me. 555 00:27:50,330 --> 00:27:53,370 I think I could be wrong because I I'm involved in this thing. 556 00:27:53,770 --> 00:27:55,250 I don't think you're supposed to buy that house. 557 00:27:55,530 --> 00:27:58,170 Do that what you will. Does that become cannon for the 558 00:27:58,170 --> 00:27:59,970 whole world? No, it doesn't even make sense 559 00:27:59,970 --> 00:28:02,610 for the whole world. But the Lord could do whatever 560 00:28:02,610 --> 00:28:05,050 He wants to do. You could walk into 711 and you 561 00:28:05,050 --> 00:28:07,730 could go in there to grab your Gatorade this week, and you 562 00:28:07,730 --> 00:28:09,930 could look at that person at the counter and the Holy Spirit 563 00:28:09,930 --> 00:28:12,490 might say, I want you to tell them that I love them, I know 564 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:16,490 them and I see them, and you go, Is that cannon? 565 00:28:17,010 --> 00:28:20,290 Well, is it true? Does God love them? 566 00:28:20,490 --> 00:28:22,570 Does He know them? Does He see them? 567 00:28:22,570 --> 00:28:25,050 Do you think the enemy wants to communicate this? 568 00:28:25,050 --> 00:28:26,970 Do you think this could potentially be a Ministry 569 00:28:26,970 --> 00:28:29,290 opportunity that the Lord might want to open up? 570 00:28:30,170 --> 00:28:31,570 The Lord can go much farther than that. 571 00:28:31,770 --> 00:28:34,170 Again, he's not interested in being spooky, and you don't need 572 00:28:34,170 --> 00:28:36,810 to add theatrics to anything that you would ever do as you 573 00:28:36,810 --> 00:28:38,850 minister to people. But you can communicate the 574 00:28:38,850 --> 00:28:41,650 goodness of God, the glory of God, the holiness of God, and 575 00:28:41,650 --> 00:28:44,050 the simplicity of God. And you should expect God to 576 00:28:44,050 --> 00:28:46,370 move and God to show up, because God is present. 577 00:28:46,610 --> 00:28:49,970 The Holy Spirit is present on the earth to convict people, to 578 00:28:49,970 --> 00:28:52,450 reveal their sin to them, and to glorify Jesus. 579 00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:54,510 So if they're not born again, the Holy Spirit has to say I 580 00:28:54,510 --> 00:28:58,470 want to show you Jesus. And he might do that first by 581 00:28:58,470 --> 00:29:01,590 communicating his goodness by overwhelming them with his good 582 00:29:01,710 --> 00:29:04,830 presence and his kindness where they just recognize I'm being 583 00:29:04,830 --> 00:29:08,470 hugged by God and I don't have any other language for it other 584 00:29:08,470 --> 00:29:11,910 than the Lord is near in this moment and it's in that moment 585 00:29:11,910 --> 00:29:15,790 St. where you get to tell them the Kingdom of God has come near 586 00:29:15,790 --> 00:29:19,510 you. The Kingdom of God has come near 587 00:29:19,510 --> 00:29:20,430 you. How? 588 00:29:20,430 --> 00:29:24,490 Well because God is near you. Not because of me, but because 589 00:29:24,490 --> 00:29:28,010 the Holy Spirit, He loves you. Who's the Holy Spirit? 590 00:29:28,290 --> 00:29:30,450 He is God. He is glorifying Jesus. 591 00:29:30,610 --> 00:29:33,010 We believe in him and we want to be filled with him. 592 00:29:33,450 --> 00:29:36,810 We're not ashamed of him. We're not afraid of Him. 593 00:29:36,810 --> 00:29:39,130 We want to understand his ministry. 594 00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:41,930 He's the one who seals us. He's the one who who does the 595 00:29:41,930 --> 00:29:43,210 work of redemption in our hearts. 596 00:29:43,490 --> 00:29:45,050 And then he says, church, let me fill you. 597 00:29:45,050 --> 00:29:48,410 Let me fill you with power for work of the ministry. 598 00:29:48,410 --> 00:29:50,530 Go into all the world. All right, we're going. 599 00:29:50,530 --> 00:29:54,010 No, no, no, actually. Don't yet until you're filled 600 00:29:54,010 --> 00:29:57,050 with power from on high power of the Holy Spirit. 601 00:29:57,810 --> 00:29:59,050 What's it going to? What's it going to make? 602 00:29:59,170 --> 00:30:01,930 What's going to happen? You're going to love the Lord 603 00:30:01,930 --> 00:30:03,890 even more. You'll be equipped for ministry, 604 00:30:03,890 --> 00:30:08,090 and you'll be bold as a witness for Jesus to testify to what 605 00:30:08,130 --> 00:30:11,890 Jesus has done in your life. You're not pursuing any 606 00:30:11,890 --> 00:30:14,930 particular thing other than the will of God for your life. 607 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:20,170 And as you're submitted to Him, sure, whatever He wants is what 608 00:30:20,170 --> 00:30:22,530 you want. Because that's who we love. 609 00:30:23,010 --> 00:30:25,530 If you have a copy of the Creed, get it out. 610 00:30:25,850 --> 00:30:29,730 If you don't have one, you could Google it real quick. 611 00:30:39,050 --> 00:30:41,690 Let's stand together as we read the Creed together. 612 00:30:42,330 --> 00:30:48,250 Let's say it heartily, joyfully, boldly, loudly. 613 00:30:49,450 --> 00:30:52,300 Here we go. I believe in God the Father 614 00:30:52,300 --> 00:30:55,020 Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. 615 00:30:55,340 --> 00:30:59,660 I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was 616 00:30:59,660 --> 00:31:03,580 conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. 617 00:31:03,940 --> 00:31:08,060 He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and 618 00:31:08,060 --> 00:31:10,460 was buried. He descended to hell. 619 00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:13,420 The third day he rose again from the dead. 620 00:31:13,780 --> 00:31:17,680 He descend, ascended to heaven. And is seated at the right hand 621 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:21,520 of God the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge 622 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:25,040 the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, 623 00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:29,120 the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the 624 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,080 forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the 625 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,280 life everlasting. Amen. 626 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,640 The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine 627 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:41,320 down upon you, and be gracious to you. 628 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,560 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you great 629 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,410 peace. In Jesus name, Amen.