1 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:07,520 All right, well, welcome back. So good to see you all again. 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:10,880 Thanks for making it out on a snowy Sunday. 3 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:13,680 And if you're watching online, welcome to you. 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,960 So grateful that you're here. And we want to invite you to 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,880 come be with us in person at 115 E Main Street, right here in the 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,440 historic old part of Gaylord. All right, if you have your 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,640 Bibles, please take and turn them to the New Testament to 1st 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:32,200 Corinthians chapter 2. And this is going to be like 95% 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:33,720 through your Bible. It's pretty far to the back 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,080 after the letter to the Romans and before 2nd Corinthians. 11 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:42,360 So this is First Corinthians chapter 2 and this is by the 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,840 Apostle Paul written to the church at Corinth in the ancient 13 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:48,080 world. All right. 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,000 And this is by the way, just to give you context. 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,440 A lot of times I want to give context, right? 16 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:56,920 And so say this is this is after Jesus has lived and died and was 17 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:58,360 crucified and then was resurrected. 18 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:00,640 So this is the time of the early church. 19 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,640 OK, So Jesus has ascended back to heaven and now the early 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,480 church is exploding. And you can read about these 21 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:12,040 churches in the book of Acts. OK, so this is the Apostle Paul 22 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,320 and he writes to the church. He says in verse 12, now we have 23 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:19,960 received not the Spirit of the world's, but the Spirit who is 24 00:01:19,960 --> 00:01:22,120 from God. And what is the Spirit from God? 25 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,360 Well, the Spirit from God is the Holy Spirit that we might 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,880 understand the things freely given to us by God. 27 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,000 We've been given the Holy Spirit so that we can understand the 28 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,520 things have been freely given by God. 29 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:36,240 So I want to start this morning by just building a foundation to 30 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:40,240 say that understanding is good. We want to grow to understand 31 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:44,600 Scripture, understand the Bible. We want to lifelong be getting 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,320 better and better at walking in God's truth. 33 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:49,960 So he establishes that we've been given the Spirit, not the 34 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:51,840 spirit of the world, but the Spirit of God so that we can 35 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:54,520 have greater understanding. And then in verse 13, it says, 36 00:01:54,520 --> 00:02:00,240 and we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom, but 37 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:03,880 taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truth to 38 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,760 those who are spiritual. Now watch. 39 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,680 I want to just set up this today's message by just saying 40 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,240 that at church, this is what we're doing. 41 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,360 We're imparting in words not taught by human wisdom. 42 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,560 So I don't want to just come to this morning with human wisdom 43 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,280 because that would be empty. I want to come trusting that the 44 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,040 Holy Spirit is our teacher and that the Holy Spirit can shed 45 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:28,200 light on Scripture today in such a way where you grow and you 46 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,600 have a greater understanding and you're able to go articulate 47 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,520 that to your loved ones and to friends. 48 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,400 You say, hey, have we not been given the Spirit of the world, 49 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:38,720 but the Spirit of God so that we can have understanding. 50 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,880 And it's not just human wisdom, but instead it's wisdom taught 51 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,640 by the Spirit interpreting spiritual truths to those who 52 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:48,240 are spiritual. That's what we want to do today. 53 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,480 We want to interpret spiritual truths to those of you who are 54 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:53,160 spiritual. And you might not consider 55 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:55,440 yourself super spiritual, but you're in church. 56 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,800 So yes, you are spiritual this morning. 57 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,440 OK, so this morning, in light of this, I want to talk to you 58 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,360 about we, as we continue to talk about the Holy Spirit this 59 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,480 morning I'm going to talk to you about grieving, quenching and 60 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:12,840 blaspheming the Holy Spirit. And this is going to be a lot to 61 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:15,040 navigate through, but we're going to do it. 62 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,920 And I'm going to pray this morning in light of this passage 63 00:03:17,920 --> 00:03:19,880 in First Corinthians 2 or First Corinth. 64 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,960 Yeah, First Corinthians 2. And I want to, as an example, 65 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,920 set this up where you can go, hey, you could pray like this 66 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:27,960 also. When you read Scripture, you can 67 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,040 read a passage and then you can just like turn it into a prayer, 68 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:33,640 which is what I'm going to do here in the prayer, even that 69 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:36,960 I've written in your notes. So God, we come to you this 70 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:41,720 morning and we say, Holy Spirit, teach us that we might 71 00:03:41,720 --> 00:03:45,440 understand things freely given by God, not just by human 72 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,840 wisdom, but Holy Spirit, help us to interpret spiritual truths. 73 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,880 We are spiritual people. We want to walk in light of your 74 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:59,080 truth and be Spirit filled. And so bring us wisdom beyond 75 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:03,480 this mere man's wisdom. We're hungry and we're ready in 76 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,360 Jesus name and everyone loudly said Amen. 77 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,240 Now this morning, I just want to remind you that so this is the 78 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,040 fifth week that we've been in this series where we're 79 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,120 wrestling through well, who is the Holy Spirit? 80 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,040 What are his attributes? What is he like? 81 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,480 Where did he show up in the Old Testament and the New Testament? 82 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:21,240 Where was this spirit poured out? 83 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:24,440 So I, I don't want to get into the trap of each week repeating 84 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:28,360 at great length of messages in the back that we've done, but I 85 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,560 do encourage you to go back and maybe you can find those 86 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,960 messages on YouTube or Facebook or Audible. 87 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,400 They're everywhere. Everywhere you podcast, you can 88 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,160 get those messages, especially if you missed one. 89 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,720 Because I'm really trying to be very strategic in how I get to 90 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:44,840 the end of the series. And I want when I get to the 91 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,040 end, we're going to talk at length about the gifts of the 92 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:48,680 Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit. 93 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,440 OK, But I want to I want to build a big foundation that is 94 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,600 solid in order for now, now to have a, a balanced approach to 95 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,640 flowing in the gifts of the Spirit. 96 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:03,560 And this morning's message particularly is going to be 97 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,360 really several things are going to be like, OK, this is building 98 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,520 up when we think about grieving and quenching and blaspheming 99 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,080 the Holy Spirit. Well, I think it's great to have 100 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,960 a good understanding of what those mean before we delve into 101 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,880 really going after the gifts of the Spirit. 102 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,440 OK, so I'm going to unpack those three ideas. 103 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:23,720 And I must tell you this morning, the worst team, we 104 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,720 always pray appear on the platform before rehearsal. 105 00:05:27,280 --> 00:05:30,520 And I asked the worship team, and I'll ask you this question 106 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:32,360 too. Do you know what the 107 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,960 unpardonable sin is? Have you? 108 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:39,640 In fact, it's either it's the unforgivable sin or the 109 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,200 unpardonable sin. How many of you have heard of 110 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,840 the unpardonable sin before? OK, How many of you never heard 111 00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:46,480 of that? There is an unpardonable sin. 112 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,800 Wave it. And if you've never heard it, 113 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:49,120 OK, Several of you. OK, Good. 114 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,120 All right. So in Scripture, there's an 115 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,080 unpardonable sin. And I must say that growing up 116 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,520 in the church, sometimes you'd hear people reference this 117 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,040 unpardonable sin. And this is mysterious sin, it 118 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,120 seems, and be like, Oh no, I hope I didn't do it because if 119 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,000 it's unpardonable, then I can't be forgiven of it. 120 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:07,600 And that's a scary place to be. So I'm going to go through 121 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,360 grieving and quenching and blaspheming the Holy Spirit. 122 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:12,360 And I really want to have a great understanding of how 123 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,680 they're uniquely different. I asked the worship team today, 124 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,920 what is the unpardonable sin? And some of them said grieving, 125 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,360 and some of them said blaspheming. 126 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:21,920 And I will tell you it is blaspheming. 127 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,320 Blaspheming the Holy Spirit, according to Jesus, is an 128 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:31,440 unforgivable sin. But what does blasphemy the Holy 129 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,680 Spirit look like? Is it simply disobeying one of 130 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,800 the 10 commandments? Is it disobeying other commands 131 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,360 in Scripture? Is it ignoring the conviction 132 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,400 that the Holy Spirit can bring? Well, I'll tell you when we get 133 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:43,640 to the end. I'll build up to it. 134 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:48,520 But but it according to Jesus, it is the unforgivable sin. 135 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,160 So it was interesting to ask the worship team this morning. 136 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,640 And again, it's blaspheming, but some thought it was maybe some 137 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,960 of the others. So I want to start first, I want 138 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,840 to unpack this idea of grieving the Holy Spirit. 139 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:04,720 Did you know that according to Scripture it's possible to 140 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:09,600 grieve the Spirit of God, which is a really profound truth. 141 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:13,000 So we read about this in Ephesians chapter 4. 142 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:16,840 The apostle Paul writes, Let no corrupting talk come out of your 143 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:22,320 mouth, but only such is as good for building up as fits the 144 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:26,960 occasion that it may give grace to those who hear and do not 145 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:32,680 grieve the Holy Spirit by whom you were sealed for the day of 146 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,680 redemption. Now watch says don't grieve the 147 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,040 Holy Spirit. You have been sealed. 148 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,640 You have God's brand on you when you come to Christ, you were 149 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,800 branded. You're you've got that. 150 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,880 You know the seal like you know in a grocery store jars, 151 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,480 something's like that's who you belong to. 152 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,000 OK, You're of God's family now. So he's not saying don't grieve 153 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,200 the Holy Spirit or you get kicked out of the family of God. 154 00:07:55,200 --> 00:08:00,800 No, you're sealed and God's family, but you can grieve God. 155 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:06,080 And according to you know the word that the apostle Paul is 156 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:08,280 using here for grieve, It's the Greek word lipeo. 157 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:13,160 And it means to distress reflexively or passively, to be 158 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:20,360 sad, to cause grief, grieve, be in heaviness, sorrow or sorry. 159 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,920 Now here's one of the things that's so beautiful to me about 160 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:28,720 God and the Holy Spirit, and it's true of Jesus also, is that 161 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,680 God who is all powerful, omnipresent, omniscient, he 162 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,240 knows everything. He's in control of all things 163 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,280 God. He's there's nothing comparing 164 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,720 to him. And yet God puts on human skin 165 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:47,280 in 2007 years ago, he comes to earth and he is born in 166 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:50,840 Bethlehem. And Jesus, God becomes 167 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,680 vulnerable. He comes as a baby. 168 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:57,400 There's nothing more vulnerable than a baby that has to be taken 169 00:08:57,400 --> 00:08:59,920 care of. And even in the Old Testament, 170 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,360 God would. God would take risks with his 171 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:08,120 people, and often he would get betrayed and hurt and saddened. 172 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,560 And so Jesus comes. He's vulnerable, and so he lives 173 00:09:11,560 --> 00:09:15,520 among us, and he is hurt. He's betrayed. 174 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,800 Think about it. Jesus leaves in his inner circle 175 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,440 Judas. Judas is there, right, stealing 176 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:23,520 the money. How does he steal the money? 177 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,040 But because Jesus put him in a place where he could be trusted, 178 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,600 and so he's Jesus makes himself vulnerable. 179 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,720 He can be hurt. And this is true of the Holy 180 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,200 Spirit. You and I have the ability to 181 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:42,160 sadden the heart of God. And again, to me that shows so 182 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,240 much about the character of God, how God is. 183 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,720 I mean, God is willing because you might think, Oh, God's up 184 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,440 there on his throne with the big long white beard and the big 185 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:49,800 staff. He's going to ZAP you with 186 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,280 lightning bolt or something. If you if you get out of light, 187 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,240 it's like, Nah, instead, when we do these things like corrupt 188 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,880 that no corrupting talk come out of your mouth only such as good, 189 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,720 like when we have corrupt talk or other things that I'll get to 190 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,840 it like it saddens God. And so when we live in light of 191 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,760 the idea, it's like, wow, I could sadden God doesn't make me 192 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:13,520 powerful. It makes God more powerful. 193 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,440 And the type of God that I want to be close to and I want to 194 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,120 love because it's like, wow, God, you've set this 195 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,280 relationship up where I can disappoint you. 196 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:25,280 You're not guarded. Instead, God, you're open, Holy 197 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:29,080 Spirit, you're open to being near me and dwelling in me. 198 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,280 But if I do things that are ungodly, then I can sadden the 199 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,080 heart of God. So Jesus made himself 200 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:37,880 vulnerable. Now watch. 201 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:39,880 He's going to go on and he's going to talk about, OK, what 202 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,760 are the things sadden or grieve the heart of God? 203 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:47,600 Ephesians 4 now 31 and 32 it says let all bitterness and 204 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:53,480 wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you all 205 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,560 along with all malice and be kind to one another. 206 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,560 Be tender hearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave 207 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,280 you. What he's contrasting here that 208 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,200 we can grieve sad in the heart of God by again, bitterness and 209 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,240 wrath and anger and clamor and slander, or we can delight the 210 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,680 heart of God by being kind to one another and tender hearted, 211 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,280 forgiving one another as Christ forgave us. 212 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,040 So I want to be the type of person that doesn't grieve the 213 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:22,480 heart of God. I want our church to be the type 214 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:24,120 of church that doesn't grieve the heart of God. 215 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,760 And knowing that Scripture says we have that ability, I think 216 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,960 again shapes the relationship that we have with the Holy 217 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:37,160 Spirit because He dwells in US and He dwells in US in such a 218 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,760 way where He has interest in our lives. 219 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:45,160 God has interest in you. He knows the hairs on your head. 220 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,320 He wants to be close to you. And him being close to us means 221 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:52,120 that He gives us the ability to sadden or grieve His heart. 222 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,680 So that's the idea of grieving. But what about quenching? 223 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,840 What does it mean to quench the Holy Spirit? 224 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,960 I'm going to read you a pretty long passage, so stick with me 225 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:02,920 on this. But I want you to see the 226 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:06,560 context of where Paul to the church at Thessalonica talks 227 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:09,040 about now quenching the Holy Spirit. 228 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,400 And he says this like he was saying before, it's like he's 229 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,280 got, he's winding down his letter. 230 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,240 Paul often had a way of seeming like he was going to end this 231 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,720 letter and then he restarts up again. 232 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,800 But so it feels like his blessing, like his benediction, 233 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,440 but he's gonna list a whole bunch of encouragements, OK. 234 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:26,400 And watching encouragements. We ask you, brothers and 235 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:32,240 sisters, to respect those who labour among you and are over 236 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:35,840 you and the Lord and admonish you and esteem them very highly 237 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,280 and love because of their work. Be at peace among yourself. 238 00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:40,720 So here, interestingly, if he's talking about, you know, those 239 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:43,720 who serve among you this morning, we have volunteers, we 240 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:47,720 have staff and they're serving you and the wanting to lead you 241 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,640 to greater depths in the Lord. And so he's saying, you know, to 242 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,520 respect those OK who labor among you. 243 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:55,920 They labor among you, not over you, but among you. 244 00:12:56,400 --> 00:12:59,960 And he says, be at peace with yourselves, among yourselves. 245 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,640 And then he says, so this is like the church. 246 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,920 Hey church, be at peace with each other and admonish, 247 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:08,360 appreciate those who serve. And then he says, and we urge 248 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,720 you, brothers, admonish the idol. 249 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,520 Well, not the idol, like idol, but idol. 250 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:16,000 In other words, people that are lazy, they're just idle, they're 251 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:20,160 going nowhere, maybe spiritually right in their life. 252 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,160 So he's like, we urge you to admonish the idol, OK, and 253 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,200 encourage the faint hearted and help the weak and be patient 254 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,600 with them all. So these are just like random 255 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:31,960 encouragements, OK? Random encouragements. 256 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,920 As he's winding down his letter, he says, see that no one repays 257 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,240 anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another 258 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:41,320 and to everyone. So admonish, encourage, help. 259 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:46,440 And then he says rejoice always. This is a big command, and pray 260 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:50,200 without ceasing and give thanks in all circumstances, for this 261 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,200 is the will of God in Christ Jesus in you. 262 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:56,440 And then he gets to the idea of quenching the Holy Spirit and 263 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,280 he's going to say three things. He's going to say do not quench 264 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:03,760 the Spirit, do not quench the Holy Spirit, and do not despise 265 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:08,360 prophecies, but test everything. Hold fast what is good. 266 00:14:08,560 --> 00:14:10,960 So he's giving it, if you will, a bunch of practical 267 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,800 encouragement on how we should behave with each other. 268 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,440 And then he gets the sight of do not quench the Holy Spirit. 269 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,240 Now then he's going to go on verse 22. 270 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,360 I'll get back to what quenching means. 271 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:22,880 But he says abstain from every form of evil. 272 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,280 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely and may 273 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:30,680 your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the 274 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:35,240 coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. So all of us, He wants it to be 275 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,440 blameless in the sight. Now he says don't unwatch the 276 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:40,560 order here. He says don't quench, don't 277 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,960 despise prophecy, but test everything. 278 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,400 OK, well what does quenching mean? 279 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,080 Well, the Greek word here is too hard for me to say, but it's 280 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,040 like some Benny me or something like this. 281 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,840 And it's a prolonged form or apparently a primary verb to 282 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:57,360 communicate extinguishing something. 283 00:14:57,360 --> 00:15:00,680 If you went and got a fire extinguisher and there was a 284 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,520 fire and the Holy Spirit is portrayed as fire in the Bible. 285 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,760 It's the fire of God on the day of Pentecost. 286 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:08,440 He came down with like fire on their tongues. 287 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:14,000 And Paul is saying don't extinguish, don't quench, don't 288 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,360 put out the Holy Spirit, the fire of the Holy Spirit. 289 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:21,880 And this is a curious idea. So on the one hand, you can 290 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:24,200 grieve the Holy Spirit. These are things that we can do 291 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,360 to the Holy Spirit. We can grieve sad in the heart 292 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:31,280 of God, and now we can quench. It's possible for us to quench 293 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:35,720 the Spirit of God. God gives us that much authority 294 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,880 and power. That seems odd. 295 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,360 God, who is all powerful, He's giving us the ability to 296 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:46,160 extinguish what he wants to do. Now, how are grieving and 297 00:15:46,160 --> 00:15:48,720 quenching different? Well, grieving seems to be about 298 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,880 the feelings of God. God has feelings. 299 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,040 OK, God has feelings. And, and I wonder, like for 300 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:58,040 couples, how many of how many of you admit as a couple that maybe 301 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,320 one of the maybe one of the two of you is more sensitive than 302 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,200 the other? Anybody in your marriage, in 303 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,600 your relationships, some of you are pointing to your spouse, 304 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,080 Pokémon. It's like I must submit. 305 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:09,160 Jason's not in the room right now. 306 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:10,400 I think she's up with the high school kids. 307 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,320 But I'm I'm kind of I'm kind of the more sensitive one and 308 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,040 asking the first services that that was true. 309 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:17,320 And she said, well, about some things. 310 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:20,760 But I will tell you this. I get my feelings hurt easier 311 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,920 and I'll just tell you that. And even by her, sometimes it's 312 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:26,160 like that hurt my feelings. And she's like, come on, are you 313 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,680 really like yeah, right. So what's interesting is that 314 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:37,000 that in me is not a strength, but when it comes to God, it's a 315 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:42,760 it is a strength that God permits and allows us to have 316 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:46,200 the ability to, if you will. This is not condescending God or 317 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:47,840 the Holy Spirit. It's what the Scripture says 318 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,880 that God gives us the ability to grieve him and to quench. 319 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,080 So we're grieving is more about feelings and saddening of God. 320 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:59,800 Well, quenching is more again about quenching, extinguishing, 321 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,680 stopping the workings of the Holy Spirit. 322 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:07,079 And some people quench the works of the Holy Spirit in our lives 323 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:08,960 and our churches and our relationships. 324 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,760 And Paul saying, don't do that. If anything, you should fan the 325 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:15,640 flame of what God is doing in our lives through the Holy 326 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,880 Spirit. We have the ability and power to 327 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:22,079 do that also. So I'm going and I want you to 328 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:24,599 get the progression of this because this is, and I want to 329 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:28,359 really unpack this in a way where you you get this because 330 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,280 it's important where we're going in the weeks to come. 331 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:36,760 OK, so when Paul says do not quench and do not despise 332 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,040 prophecy. And then he says, but test 333 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,080 everything. There's a real order here and 334 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,360 it's being missed by a lot of people that are Christians 335 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:47,160 today. And I want this is track with me 336 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:50,480 here. There are two camps within the 337 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,440 Church of Christians who love God and who mean well and are 338 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,600 often highly educated and well versed in Scripture. 339 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:03,200 And these two camps are what we call the cessationist and the 340 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:07,560 continuationist. OK, now the cessationist, they 341 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,480 and their churches in our town, I have friends that are 342 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:10,880 cessationist and what do they believe? 343 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:15,120 They believe that the gifts, the supernatural gifts of the Holy 344 00:18:15,120 --> 00:18:19,560 Spirit ceased when the Bible was completed and when the apostles 345 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,600 died. So they're cessationist. 346 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,040 They believe there are really no miraculous gifts going on 347 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,760 anymore, OK? And these people love Jesus and 348 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,600 they're well versed in Scripture and they've wrestled through and 349 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,720 that's where they come. There's another camp that I land 350 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:39,000 in and our church lands in and that is we are continuationist 351 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,120 and we believe that the gifts of the Spirit, the supernatural 352 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:46,320 gifts of God, the miraculous gifts of God are still available 353 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,480 to us today. OK, now where both of these can 354 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,000 get, I think you know, often with when it comes to 355 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,200 cessationist or continuationist or Calvinist and Armenian, it's 356 00:18:57,200 --> 00:19:01,680 like often like we have a lot of agreement and it's the abuses of 357 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,040 each thought that is the glaring one. 358 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:10,920 OK, now cessationist would argue that this idea of prophecy, they 359 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:13,840 would say that when Scripture also when it was completed that 360 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:16,600 everything that God was going to say, he said everything that you 361 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,760 need to know about God is in Scripture. 362 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,840 And I believe they're right, but there are some Christian 363 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:23,800 traditions that they chase after prophecy. 364 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:26,240 They don't read their Bibles, they don't preach the Bible. 365 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,880 They get together and they have meetings where they prophecy. 366 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:30,840 And what does that mean? Well, they just make up stuff 367 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:32,680 that they and they say thus saith the Lord. 368 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,280 This is what God is saying. Thus, thus thus saith the Lord. 369 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,960 And when they say that, it makes it sound like it's equal to the 370 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,040 Bible. So the cessationist would argue 371 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,400 and say, man, you are, you are belittling the Bible when you 372 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,640 talk that way, right? So you're belittling Scripture. 373 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,360 You don't have a high view of scripture, would say the 374 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:53,280 cessationist, the continuationist would say, man, 375 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:56,040 you say that God totally stopped speaking, but God still is 376 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,880 speaking through the gifts of the Spirit. 377 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,040 So God can use words of discernment and words of 378 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,200 knowledge and wisdom. God can speak to us 379 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:06,520 supernaturally through each other. 380 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,760 So we believe, you know, now how far apart are they? 381 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,760 Well, I mean, it depends on how what stringent you want to be 382 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:14,920 about this. But so the cessationist, the 383 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,040 gifts have ceased. The continuationist know the 384 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,240 gifts are still available. The problem also with the 385 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:23,600 continuationist, which I am, but the problem with many of our 386 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:27,200 continuationist is that they're sensationalistic and they're 387 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,800 weird and there are abuses because they don't test. 388 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:37,720 So Paul says don't quench the Spirit, don't despise prophecy. 389 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,320 In other words, I think through the cessation, is he saying, 390 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,600 hey, don't despise the spiritual gifts, they're still available. 391 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,880 Don't despise prophecy. Or I think in my opinion, it 392 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:51,200 means like the gifts in general. So healing prophecy, those don't 393 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:55,480 despise those but but also test. And maybe you've been part of a 394 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,320 church or you flipped when you were watching something on the 395 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,800 TV and you saw some spiritual Christian gathering and it was 396 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,800 just weird. And they were supposedly 397 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,200 prophesying, but they weren't testing anything. 398 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,160 And so when they don't test, well, then you get like what I 399 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,360 call National Enquirer, like Christians, right? 400 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,240 They're just super sensationalistic. 401 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,920 And they, you know, think about the National Enquirer. 402 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,560 Those of you who are younger, you probably don't know what it 403 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,040 is, but those of us my age and older certainly do. 404 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,360 For many years in the grocery store, if you went, there would 405 00:21:25,360 --> 00:21:27,760 be this magazine in the periodical called the National 406 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,400 Enquirer. And it always had these super 407 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:33,720 crazy stories. Elvis is at Burger King and JFK 408 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:37,680 is at KFC or something, right? Aliens coming down, right? 409 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,160 So those are people, some people. 410 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:41,800 And remember what the slogan was. 411 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:46,080 The slogan was inquiring minds want to know, right? 412 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,280 And inquiring minds want to know. 413 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,640 But what you get is you get Christians who are like, they're 414 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:51,560 inquiring minds. So they're looking for the next 415 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:54,760 strangest doctrine and the next prophecy, but they don't read 416 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,800 their Bibles and they don't know scripture in general. 417 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,040 So watch this, the creationist or the creationist, The 418 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:05,040 cessationist, they believe that the gifts ceased and the oath 419 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:06,120 has been set. OK. 420 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:11,040 But the, the continuationist, we again, we don't want abuses. 421 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,440 We want to be balanced. OK, so where we're going, what 422 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,560 some of you when we talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit, 423 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:18,600 some of you have maybe been around certain traditions of 424 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,440 Christianity where when you saw the gifts of the Spirit talked 425 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,720 about or trying to utilize them, it just got weird. 426 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,000 So then some of you may be a part of a Christian tradition 427 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,520 where no, the gifts were never talked about. 428 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,920 The Holy Spirit was never talked about, right? 429 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,600 It just was, it was like, because you saw because one side 430 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:39,320 saw the abuses, they just went completely to another extreme. 431 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:46,240 So I hope for our church that we find a great balance where we 432 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,080 think the gifts are still available, but we're not going 433 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:52,120 to get weird and abuse them and get strange. 434 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:58,080 OK, so, so Paul's saying don't, don't quench the Spirit, don't 435 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:02,200 despise prophecy, but test. And I think that's a really 436 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,760 great balance to getting to a place where you can be be 437 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,680 utilizing the spiritual gifts that we're going to talk about 438 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,280 in some of the weeks to come. All right, so that, so we talked 439 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,360 about grieving, saddening the heart of God. 440 00:23:16,360 --> 00:23:19,480 We've talked about quenching, extinguishing the workings of 441 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:20,760 God. And if you don't believe that 442 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,960 God's still doing miracles today, then in my opinion, you 443 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,680 are then quenching and not looking for God to be moving in 444 00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,400 a fire type of way, miraculously. 445 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,760 So there's one last one and that is blaspheming the Holy Spirit. 446 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:38,120 And this one is wildly misunderstood and it's 447 00:23:38,120 --> 00:23:40,000 confusing. So I want to, I want to unpack 448 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,760 it for you. Well, and I think RT Kendall's 449 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:46,360 book, Holy Fire is a tool that I read in order to get my head 450 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,120 around this a little bit better. So this occasion, Jesus is going 451 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:54,560 to say that there is an unpardonable, unforgivable sin. 452 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:57,120 Is it one of the 10 commandments? 453 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,400 Is it found in the law? What is this unforgivable sin? 454 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:04,200 Let me show you. In Matthew chapter 12, Jesus 455 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:08,840 heals a man who was blind and mute, and when he heals this 456 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:11,880 man, he's now going to have interaction with people who who 457 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:14,440 saw the healing and then he's going to have interaction with 458 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,000 the Pharisees. The Pharisees were these 459 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,160 religious types. They were religious leaders and 460 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:22,000 they were critical of Jesus. OK, so they're the uptight ones. 461 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:27,400 OK, So verse 22 then a demon oppressed man who was blind and 462 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:32,680 mute was brought to him, meaning Jesus, and he healed him so that 463 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:37,560 the man spoke and he saw. And all the people were amazed 464 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,280 and said, can this be the son of David? 465 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,160 Now when they asked this question, can this be the son of 466 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:46,360 David? You must remember that in the 467 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,800 Old Testament it was prophesied that Jesus would be born in 468 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,800 Bethlehem and it was prophesied that he would be wounded for our 469 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,120 transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. 470 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:58,200 The chastisement of our peace would be upon him and by his 471 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,600 wounds we would be saved or healed. 472 00:25:01,360 --> 00:25:04,200 And so now when they see Jesus perform this miracle, they're 473 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,800 like, maybe this is the Messiah, maybe this is God. 474 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,680 They were amazed and like the Son of David, the one that had 475 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:12,480 been prophesied about, is it him? 476 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:17,600 Well, verse 24. But when the Pharisees heard it, 477 00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:22,120 they said it's only be houseable, the Prince of demons 478 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:26,480 that this man cast out demons. So the people see the miracle. 479 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,840 Could this be the Messiah? And the Pharisees say, Nope, 480 00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:34,080 it's the devil. He's doing this by the devil. 481 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:37,120 And Jason is saying she likes to see in cahoots. 482 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,040 So what they're saying is Jesus is in cahoots. 483 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,720 And I misspelled on your notes because I don't know how to 484 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:45,120 spell cahoots. But so it it says here that they 485 00:25:45,120 --> 00:25:49,240 were saying Jesus is in cahoots with the devil in verse 25. 486 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:53,080 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, every Kingdom divided 487 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,320 against itself is laid waste and no city or house divided against 488 00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:00,160 itself will stand. He knew their thoughts. 489 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,160 They're like, oh, he's he's in with the devil and and he's 490 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:06,520 like, no, no, no, no, that would be I'm against the devil and 491 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:08,560 he's going to tell you what he's going to do with the devil. 492 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,280 So he's like, we're not in cahoots together. 493 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:11,680 You're wrong. Verse 26. 494 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,680 And if Satan cast out Satan, he's divided against himself. 495 00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,520 He's like, if I'm of Satan and I go around casting out demons and 496 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:19,160 healing people, that doesn't make sense. 497 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,240 The logic melts down. How then will this Kingdom 498 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,840 stand? And if I cast out demons by be 499 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,240 eligible, by whom do your sons cast them out? 500 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,240 Therefore they will be your judges. 501 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,680 So Jesus is like, Hey, your your followers are also trying to go 502 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,360 and cast out demons. Is it of the devil also? 503 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,680 He's like, no, I'm not even going to say that's of the 504 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,240 devil. Jesus is saying your criticism 505 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:45,240 doesn't add up. Watch Jesus in verse 28. 506 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,080 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then 507 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,720 the Kingdom of God has come upon you, right? 508 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,480 He's like, OK, so if I'm doing this through the Spirit of God, 509 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,960 then the Kingdom is now here. And Jesus talked about the 510 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:02,240 Kingdom all the time. The Kingdom of God is at hand. 511 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:04,800 The Kingdom of God is here. The king, he told parables where 512 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,000 he'd say the Kingdom of heaven is like a man who went out and 513 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,960 sowed wheat. The Kingdom of heaven is like 514 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,800 this. So Jesus is saying the fact that 515 00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,160 I'm healing, it's by the Spirit of God. 516 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,640 How is he doing it? It's by the Spirit. 517 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:19,840 Jesus is healing by the Holy Spirit, and He's declaring the 518 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:24,320 Kingdom of God is at hand. And verse 29 Or how can someone 519 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:26,320 enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods? 520 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,400 Unless he first binds the strongman, then indeed he may 521 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,400 plunder his house. In verse 30, whoever is not with 522 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,320 me is against me, and whoever does not gather me with the 523 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,120 other, with me scatters. Now stick with me here. 524 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:41,320 Jesus is here saying that I've not come to be in cahoots with 525 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,200 the devil. If anything, I've come to 526 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,600 plunder the devil. I've come. 527 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,120 Jesus is coming to die on the cross for our sins and he's 528 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:51,400 going to take out death hell in the grave. 529 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,520 He's going to conquer Satan. So what he's saying here is he's 530 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:56,240 like, I've come to plunder Satan. 531 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,120 I'm going to bind him up and I'm going to conquer him. 532 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,080 I'm not here to cast out demons with demons. 533 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,400 OK, So then and then Jesus says therefore, therefore is there to 534 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:12,640 say this, because I've come to plunder Satan, tie him up. 535 00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:16,600 Therefore I tell you, and here's where really stick with me. 536 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,960 I tell you every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven 537 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,600 people. The Spirit will not be forgiven. 538 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:27,200 Jesus is saying when I bind up Satan, when I plunder him, sin 539 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,080 is going. To be forgiven. 540 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,640 All sin, all blasphemy, it's going to get forgiven. 541 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,440 Wow. When he plunder Satan we will 542 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,560 get forgiveness. But he says but the blasphemy 543 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:42,000 against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 544 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:44,440 Jesus is. Blasphemy, even. 545 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,840 Against me every sin, every blasphemy will be forgiven 546 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,080 people, but the blasphemy against the spirit will not be 547 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,280 forgiven and word blasphemy here is is Greek word blasphemia and 548 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:57,120 it means vilification, vilification especially against 549 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,800 God, evil speaking or railing so which watch this Jesus is saying 550 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:07,040 when I plunder Satan all this. Stuff is going to get. 551 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,160 Forgiven forgiveness will be available, but the sin that will 552 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:18,200 not be available is vilifying, blaspheming, demonizing the Holy 553 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:21,200 Spirit. Jesus said, how did I heal? 554 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,440 I healed through the power of the Holy Spirit and they're 555 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,120 saying all that power that you healed with, it's demonic. 556 00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,360 It's and when, when they say this, by the way, they're the 557 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,440 people were going, oh, Jesus is the Messiah. 558 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,880 Is he the Messiah? And they come along and say, no, 559 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,800 he's demonic. He's not God, he's not the 560 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:42,160 Messiah, and Jesus is saying that type of talk and that type 561 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,480 of belief, that type of blasphemy is the only 562 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:51,880 unforgivable sin. So when Jesus is saying. 563 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,080 This. He's not saying that that like 564 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:58,920 one of the 10 commandments makes you unforgivable any other sin. 565 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,840 He's saying the sin that gets unforgiven is the one where you 566 00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:06,080 allow people or you speak that Jesus is not the Messiah. 567 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:09,160 That's the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit because the Holy 568 00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:12,320 Spirit, we, we've talked about the Holy Spirit declares Jesus 569 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:16,520 as God, the Holy Spirit declares Jesus as our Savior, our 570 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,680 Messiah. And when people come along, or 571 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,920 you come along and say, no, he's not, he's the devil, then that 572 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:28,320 blocks the forgiveness of God. Verse 30. 2 Jesus goes on. 573 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,360 And whoever speaks and watches, he goes, Whoever speaks the word 574 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:32,760 against the Son of Man, and they'll be forgiven. 575 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:37,000 He's like, you can talk bad about me, you talk bad about me, 576 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,760 but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven 577 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,720 either in this age or the age to come. 578 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,320 Jesus is saying, hey, I can take it, you can criticize me, but 579 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,520 the Holy Spirit who comes to promote me, the Holy Spirit who 580 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:53,160 comes to declare all over the world that Jesus is God, He is 581 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,440 the Messiah. That's what keeps people from 582 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,040 forgiveness. It leads to the unpardonable 583 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,440 sin. Now many have used the 584 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:04,160 unpardonable. Oh, it's I see in my notes here 585 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:06,120 it says unpardonable sing. That's supposed to be 586 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,360 unpardonable sin. I wonder if there's such thing 587 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,400 as an unpardonable sing. I've heard people on American 588 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:17,160 Idol like they were unpardonable and they're singing OK. 589 00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:21,720 So many use the unpardonable sin to manipulate and cause fear in 590 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,120 people. And I've I've heard stories. 591 00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:27,880 About people who are 6080, a hundred years old and they're 592 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:32,320 like, oh, I did this thing, you know, I cursed God when I was 19 593 00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,280 years old in this terrible season of my life. 594 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:38,080 I cursed God and I rebelled. I spoke bad about God and and 595 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,640 they might think that's unpardonable. 596 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,360 I'll never get forgiven. Or maybe there's some other sin 597 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,160 that you did years ago and you're like, I don't know if 598 00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:47,800 this is forgivable. Jesus is saying every sin gets 599 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:51,800 forgiven when I plunder Satan and bind him up. 600 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:54,160 So forgiveness is available to you. 601 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:58,000 And if you're questioning if you have the unforgivable sin, then 602 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,520 likely you don't because it's that conviction where you're 603 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,080 going. OK God, I want to be close to 604 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:04,400 you. I don't want to grieve you. 605 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,680 I don't want to quench your spirit and the unpardonable sin. 606 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,080 Oh, I recognize that it's not some random sin. 607 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:15,200 No, it's the sin of denying that Jesus is the Messiah. 608 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:22,440 It's vilifying the Holy Spirit for what he says about Jesus. 609 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:28,520 Now, this is not a license for excesses and abuse. 610 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,040 In some traditions, some traditions of Christianity, 611 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,320 again, they take this and they just run with it to a place 612 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,760 where you know it is. They just keep people in fear. 613 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,480 And I don't want you to be in fear that you have committed the 614 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,520 unpardonable sin. But I'm going to give a a call 615 00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,160 here in a few minutes. And if you've never decided to 616 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,320 follow Jesus, then I'm going to say yes, you should. 617 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:47,280 Here's what the Holy Spirit says about Jesus. 618 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,520 You should receive him as your Savior and Lord. 619 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:53,560 When you receive Jesus as your Savior Lord, you get forgiveness 620 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,720 that comes through him. The unpardonable 1 is ignoring 621 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:00,320 the prodding of the Holy Spirit, the calling of the Holy Spirit 622 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:05,080 to come to Jesus. Now Paul says in Romans 1513 623 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,760 when it comes to sight that we should not live in fear of 624 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,600 having the unpardonable sin. He says, may the God of hope 625 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:17,520 fill you with all joy and peace and believing so that by the 626 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,320 power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 627 00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:22,720 What do we get from the Holy Spirit where we get joy and 628 00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,680 peace and we get that joint peace And believing what the 629 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:29,360 Holy Spirit says, the Holy Spirit declares that Jesus is 630 00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,480 the Messiah, he is God. So there's joy and peace that 631 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,280 comes in believing that. And when we believe it with that 632 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,840 joint peace, then there's the power of the Holy Spirit that 633 00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:42,440 leads us to even greater hope. And my prayer for you is that 634 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:46,360 you live a life of hope, committed to not grieving the 635 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:49,400 Holy Spirit or quenching him, and knowing that as long as 636 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,960 you've received Jesus as your Savior and Lord, you're not 637 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,560 blaspheming the Holy Spirit. Let me pray for us. 638 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,760 God, I thank. You that wow, this is this is 639 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:08,760 just not a little devotional. No offense at devotionals, but 640 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:14,280 this is this is deep stuff and this is profound stuff about who 641 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:17,080 you are. So we want to be sensitive to 642 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,800 not living lives that grieve you or sadden you. 643 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:25,800 We want to see you. We want to see you delighted in 644 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,080 our lives and in the life of our church. 645 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,800 So lead us as we want to be sensitive to you. 646 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,120 God lead us in that way. And then we don't want to, we 647 00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:40,719 don't want to extinguish. You moving in our lives? 648 00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,719 So give us wisdom even though we succumb, like how to navigate 649 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:48,800 through what are still valid expressions of your spiritual 650 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,760 gifts? What are when? 651 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,639 How do we, how do we utilize them instead of just ignoring 652 00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:55,400 them? How do we utilize them in a way 653 00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:59,560 that honors you? And then God, I pray that you 654 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,680 would give us confidence. As long as we receive your 655 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:07,360 salvation, then you have bound up Satan in our lives, and now 656 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,560 we can walk in your complete forgiveness. 657 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,000 Let. These truths, well, let us. 658 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:15,000 Carry these truths away in such a way where we just really 659 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,840 internalize them and they affect the way that we practically live 660 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:24,680 our lives in Jesus name. Now before we go, I want to just 661 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,920 briefly give you an opportunity. If you're here this morning, 662 00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:29,960 maybe you've been sensing the pulling of the Holy Spirit, God 663 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,960 pulling you to have a relationship with him. 664 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,800 But maybe you've been saying no. And so this morning I want to 665 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,600 say this is the great morning to say yes to inviting Christ to be 666 00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,520 the Lord of your life. And Jesus came, God came into 667 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,440 human skin and lived a perfect life and he offered himself as a 668 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,520 sacrifice for us. And then he conquered death in 669 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,720 the grave and was resurrected. And now he invites us to have 670 00:35:53,720 --> 00:35:56,400 relationship and forgiveness with him, but he doesn't force 671 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,280 it. So you can receive his 672 00:35:58,280 --> 00:35:59,960 forgiveness. You can welcome it. 673 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:03,160 And when you do, we believe that you receive eternal life. 674 00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,360 You don't have to wait to die to get the eternal life. 675 00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,160 You get it now. And so you live with purpose and 676 00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:11,280 meaning now that will last for eternity. 677 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,760 So if you have never made that decision, I want to leave you in 678 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,880 that today. And that's the saying yes to 679 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,200 Jesus. And we encourage you to tell 680 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,760 other people, if you believe in your heart and confess with your 681 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,320 mouth that Jesus is Lord, then you shall be saved. 682 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,520 So tell others. And then we encourage you to be 683 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,440 baptized. And we will have baptisms coming 684 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,320 up here in the next several weeks or months here at our 685 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:33,840 church. So let me pray for you. 686 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,880 And I would encourage you to echo this prayer with me. 687 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,240 Heavenly Father, I come in Jesus name. 688 00:36:40,240 --> 00:36:42,480 In Jesus, I want to receive you as my Savior and Lord. 689 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:46,560 So I turn away from my own sin and I say I surrender my life to 690 00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,640 you. I thank you for the lengths that 691 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:50,400 you went to to have a relationship with me. 692 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,520 And I say, Holy Spirit, come and dwell in me. 693 00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:57,280 And so I welcome you. I don't completely understand 694 00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,920 the doctrines and all the theology of Christianity, but I 695 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:04,160 pray you'll grow me in my understandings and grow me as a 696 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:08,080 part of a church family and grow me in my faith and hope that 697 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:12,000 comes from you. I thank you for your salvation 698 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:16,800 in me and Jesus name and everyone together said Amen and 699 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,760 Amen. Let's all stand together. 700 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,200 Thank you again for being here today. 701 00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,240 Don't forget. What's the next next event 702 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:26,400 Chase. There's nothing on Wednesday 703 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,960 night this week we forgot to see the men's event is the first 704 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,000 Wednesday for a second Wednesday. 705 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:32,920 The guy's event is just Wednesday. 706 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,960 No, we just had ours. Yeah, there you go. 707 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:41,000 All right, so there you go. And blind leading the blind. 708 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:47,920 All right. Man, oh man, we do have. 709 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,960 Fun serving together. I got to say that Jason and I do 710 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,040 have fun serving together. All right, if you'll prepare 711 00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:54,960 your heart to receive this blessing before you go. 712 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,920 And now may the Lord. Bless you and keep you, and may 713 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,560 He make his face to shine upon him. 714 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,840 And may the joy of the Lord that is unspeakable and full of 715 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:11,680 glory, may it abound to you. And may the peace of God that 716 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:15,880 passes all understanding, may it surprise you in the midst of all 717 00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:17,960 of the challenges that life brings. 718 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:21,680 And then may the mercies of the Lord, in other words, the 719 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,120 forgiveness of God, that is new every morning. 720 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,880 May it be especially new to you and your mornings to come. 721 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,360 And now may the Lord Jesus Christ guard your heart and your 722 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,440 mind. You are salt and your light. 723 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,640 Go now and be salt and light into the world. 724 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,000 You are blessed. We'll see you again soon.