1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,920 Wait to remember the message and carry it with you throughout the 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:05,840 week. If you have your Bibles, please 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,520 take them and turn to John chapter 14. 4 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,080 If you're new to the Bible, John is there study notes in the back 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,800 of this Bible. So it's about 80% or so through 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,800 your Bible. It's in the New Testament before 7 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:23,560 Acts and after Matthew, Mark, Luke and again before Acts and 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:29,480 John is the the account of the disciple or the apostle John, 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,400 who was a follower of Jesus. And John writes his account of 10 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:36,360 the teachings of Jesus, the life of Jesus. 11 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:41,640 And he has more to say about the final days of Jesus's life 12 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:46,320 before he's crucified. And so it's I love that each of 13 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:50,200 the disciples that writes and Luke, Luke, a physician that 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:55,200 became a Christian, they write well in different perspectives 15 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,880 about the life and burial, death, resurrection of Jesus. 16 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:02,400 So this is John and it's halfway through, roughly halfway through 17 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:04,680 his book. But there's much that Jesus is 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,760 going to pray and say, and he'll have lots to say about the the 19 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:11,280 crucifixion of Jesus and again, the resurrection. 20 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:15,480 But we're going to start in verse 16 and Jesus says in verse 21 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:21,080 16, And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another 22 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:22,760 helper. Can everyone say with me, 23 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,240 helper, helper to be with you forever? 24 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:31,800 Even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because 25 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,320 it neither sees him nor knows him. 26 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:39,240 But you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 27 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,160 He dwells with you and will be in you. 28 00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:46,760 This morning I'm going to continue teaching about the Holy 29 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:50,120 Spirit. This is our 4th week for not in 30 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:53,040 the row, but the fourth time of teaching about Holy Spirit 31 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:54,920 recently. And this morning I want to talk 32 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,080 to you particularly about the attributes of the Holy Spirit, 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,280 The attributes of the Holy Spirit. 34 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:07,440 Let me pray for us, God. It's so good to be together with 35 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,640 our church family. And we pray that You would 36 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:14,160 supernaturally speak to us now in this time. 37 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,240 And our hearts are hungry for Your word and for Your truth. 38 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:23,080 And so we open our minds and as an act of worship, we say, Holy 39 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:28,760 Spirit speak to us and grow us in our understanding and lead 40 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,200 us, we pray. And when we leave here shortly, 41 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:36,480 we pray that our love for you and our awe for you Holy Spirit 42 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,480 will be more than it is right now. 43 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,480 So we open our hearts in Jesus name and everyone together 44 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:48,600 loudly said Amen and Amen. Now I'm really hoping I 45 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,360 mentioned this last week, but I'm mentioning again is that I'm 46 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,400 really hoping to build within our church a fluid flow of 47 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,520 speaking about the Holy Spirit. There are many Christian 48 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:02,360 traditions that hardly reference the Holy Spirit. 49 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,600 They might talk about the Father and the Son, maybe in their 50 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,440 creeds they might mention the Holy Ghost. 51 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:11,400 But many Christian traditions have gotten sideways when it 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:16,800 comes to having an understanding of the Holy Spirit and why? 53 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,600 Well, it's because there are some Christian traditions that 54 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:23,560 have kind of hijacked, if you will, and he kind of have taken 55 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:28,720 maybe some extreme thinking beliefs about the Holy Spirit 56 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,560 and, and about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the baptism of 57 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,760 the Holy Spirit. So we're navigating through 58 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,120 because I feel very strongly that if we don't have a good 59 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,040 understanding of who the Holy Spirit is, then we won't know 60 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:45,440 how to relate to God because I'll break down even more this 61 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:47,240 morning. But the way that the 62 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:51,240 dispensation, the period of time that we're in right now is a 63 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:57,480 period where God is with us as the Holy Spirit, OK, So many 64 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,720 Christian traditions, they just shy away from talking about the 65 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,880 Holy Spirit. Or if they do talk about the 66 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,520 Holy Spirit, maybe they think that they have the corner market 67 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:10,400 on certain gifts or certain attributes of the Holy Spirit. 68 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:15,080 But I want to show you well that all Christian believers should 69 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:20,399 have an awareness and a relationship and a love for the 70 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:23,120 Holy Spirit. So we're diving deep in these 71 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,720 weeks and I want you to be able to talk about it well. 72 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,560 I want you to be able to sit with your family members and 73 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,480 those are The Who were friends and say, This is why I love the 74 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,440 Holy Spirit. That's why I love God and the 75 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,800 Trinity for being the Father, the Son, and the we Spirit and 76 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:41,560 we're able to say, yes, we love Jesus and we love the Father and 77 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:46,200 equally we love and have relationship with the Holy 78 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:48,520 Spirit. So next week, so you know where 79 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,320 we're going next week, I'm going to talk about grieving, 80 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,000 quenching and blaspheming the Holy Spirit. 81 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,080 You don't want to miss that week. 82 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:56,000 That's going to be a big message. 83 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:58,400 OK, so the Bible talks about grieving the Holy Spirit, 84 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,040 quenching the Spirit of the Lord, and maybe you've heard 85 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,880 about blaspheming the Holy Spirit as being the unpardonable 86 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:05,560 sin. I'm going to address that. 87 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:09,600 And then on to the weeks that after that, I'm going to talk 88 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,640 about the gifts of the Spirit and particularly the baptism of 89 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,040 the Holy Spirit. Now, I didn't start with the 90 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,040 baptism of the Holy Spirit. I wanted to give you a really 91 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,960 broad great foundation. And then I want to get around to 92 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,400 the baptism of the Holy Spirit because some, I think in, again 93 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,440 in Christian traditions, some have taken what we call the 94 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,120 baptism of the Holy Spirit. And they have, they start there. 95 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,040 And when they start there without a foundation of who the 96 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,800 Holy Spirit is and how we interact with the Holy Spirit, I 97 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,400 think they miss out on what should be the focus. 98 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,400 Is the focus chasing after supernatural gifts? 99 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,040 Supernatural, the miraculous? Well, I'll show you eventually 100 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,000 when we get there that yes, that is one of the attributes that 101 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,920 comes with the Holy Spirit, and yet it's a relationship with God 102 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,280 that we chase. We don't just want the 103 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,320 miraculous from the Holy Spirit. We want relationship and we want 104 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,320 understanding. So before we get to the baptism 105 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,960 of the Holy Spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we're 106 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,000 talking about other characteristics and attributes 107 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,920 of who God is as the Holy Spirit. 108 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:21,760 Now, if you want to relate well with anyone, it's good to know 109 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,680 their attributes. And I put in the note stupid 110 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,560 English because if you write it out, is it to attribute, you 111 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:30,360 know you're attributing something or is an attribute 112 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,280 attribute or attribute? Well, we're talking about 113 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:37,560 attributes, the characteristics of who God is, and it's true 114 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,320 when it comes to parenting or your spouse or friends, and it's 115 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:44,280 true of the Holy Spirit. So if you want to relate well 116 00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:47,360 and have good relationship with people in your life, your family 117 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:50,200 members, then it's good for you to know how they're wired. 118 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,040 And for those of us who have more than one child 119 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,000 particularly, right, we want to understand that they're 120 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:57,920 different. And how do we relate? 121 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,000 How do we interact? Well, the point of this message 122 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,680 and some of these weeks is really to help you grow in an 123 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:07,920 understanding of how to relate and have relationship with the 124 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,960 Holy Spirit. Now when Jesus, if we're going 125 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,480 back to John chapter 14, Jesus says, and I will ask the Father 126 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,360 and he will give you another helper. 127 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,720 Now it's interesting that he doesn't say he will give you a 128 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,280 helper. He says he'll give you another 129 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,040 helper. So when he says that God will 130 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:28,440 give you another helper, well, Jesus is nodding at the fact 131 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,280 that Jesus had been their helper. 132 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:35,040 Jesus came and he, he walked with them and he taught them and 133 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:39,120 he mentored them, He discipled them, He was their helper. 134 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,760 And Jesus is pointing out here, he's saying, hey, I'll ask the 135 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:45,440 Father, and he'll send you another helper in addition to 136 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,640 me. He's going to send you another 137 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,240 helper. And from this, what we get is 138 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:56,080 that that Jesus is saying that the Holy Spirit is our helper. 139 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:58,320 You want to relate to the Holy Spirit. 140 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,080 Well, that's a good place to start to say because this is the 141 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:03,600 way that Jesus introducing them. Now again, Jesus isn't 142 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,400 mentioning some specific supernatural miraculous gift. 143 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:11,280 He's saying the Father will send you a helper. 144 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,640 So I want to show you that foundationally, when you want to 145 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:17,040 relate to the Holy Spirit, start there. 146 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:23,480 Start Holy Spirit, you are my helper and when you start there 147 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:27,040 then from that foundation then there are the fruits and there 148 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,360 are the gifts of the spirit that you can lean into now God is our 149 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,799 helper is not a new theme in the New Testament. 150 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,880 Jesus is is referencing an idea that had already been much the 151 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:43,960 tradition and the Old Testament. In fact, in Psalm 54 verse four. 152 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,600 We just finished the series on the Psalms and I'd love to 153 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:49,560 connect the Old Testament and the New Testament love to 154 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,440 connect the Psalms When the when the when the Psalms are being 155 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,400 quoted. So when Jesus is saying, hey, 156 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,000 the Father will send you another helper. 157 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:02,120 Well, Jesus would have well known this Psalm 54 and verse 4. 158 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:08,800 Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the upholder of my 159 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:12,480 life. I love this passage and I'm 160 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,520 often hesitant to do this, but I will. 161 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:19,120 I'll tell you Jason, I, my wife and I wrote a song maybe six or 162 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:20,640 seven years and all before we moved here. 163 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,680 So let's say like 8 years ago. And it's called you are my 164 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:25,600 helper. And you can find it on YouTube, 165 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:30,440 You can find it on like Apple Music and wherever you stream 166 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,680 music. But the course just says you, 167 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:37,160 you are my helper. Come and rescue me. 168 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,520 Come and rescue me. You. 169 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:45,320 You are my helper. If I'm not playing guitar, I 170 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,320 often cannot remember lyrics, so I don't remember how it goes 171 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:49,800 from there. But if I had a guitar in my 172 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,360 hand, it would help. OK, but the idea, we took the 173 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,880 idea from the song from Psalm 54. 174 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,400 And I love singing the song because it reiterates when I'm 175 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:03,320 saying God, you are my helper. I'm quoting this idea from the 176 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:07,840 Psalms, but I'm also aware of the fact that Jesus is a helper 177 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,400 and He came to help us with our salvation. 178 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,200 And then Jesus says the Father will send you another helper. 179 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:19,360 And maybe to you it might seem belittling or or not majestic 180 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:22,760 enough to call the Holy Spirit a helper. 181 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,840 But that's what in the Old Testament they're calling God. 182 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,920 And Jesus in the New Testament is saying he is your helper. 183 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:35,800 So start here foundationally. Jesus introduces the Holy Spirit 184 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,280 as the helper. Now when we look at the word 185 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,560 that Jesus was using in this occasion, Jesus is using the 186 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:46,000 Greek word. When John is writing what Jesus 187 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,960 said, he's using the Greek word paracletos. 188 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,320 Paracletos is the word for helper or it's sometimes 189 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,440 translated intercessor. Sometimes it's translated 190 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:00,160 counselor or consoler or advocate will get around to an 191 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:02,360 occasion where that happens or comforter. 192 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,760 OK, so this is the way this word, it's a big word, 193 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:07,960 paracletos. And what's interesting is that 194 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,280 in the Catholic tradition, they don't try to translate the word 195 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:13,200 paracletos. They write it out phonetically 196 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,400 because it's a hard word to translate when Jesus says the 197 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:22,920 Holy Spirit will come and he that the Catholics, they just 198 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,440 left it at Paracletos, but they again, spell it out 199 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:28,440 phonetically. OK, it's hard to translate. 200 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,080 And so you can miss the meaning of it when you just see, oh, 201 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,280 he's our helper because maybe it doesn't sound profound enough. 202 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,880 Well, yes, Jesus is saying the Holy Spirit will come and be 203 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,640 your helper and your counselor. Isaiah said Jesus would be the 204 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,920 mighty counselor, right? All these ideas are they come 205 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:49,520 together to help us understand what the Holy Spirit is like. 206 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,280 And when Jesus is saying the Holy Spirit will come and he 207 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,440 will be your Paraclete, those. Well, the word para in Greek 208 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,440 means alongside or beside. So it's where we get our word 209 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,880 parallel from, right? If two things are parallel, 210 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,800 they're beside each other. And a paramedic is someone who 211 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,880 assist a doctor. A paramedic would be alongside 212 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:13,800 beside a doctor or a paralegal would be somebody that helps or 213 00:12:13,800 --> 00:12:16,680 assist an attorney or somebody in legal matters. 214 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:21,120 So when Jesus says the I'm going to ask the Father and he's going 215 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:27,840 to send you another para counselor, advocate, all of 216 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,880 these things when you relate to the Holy Spirit, this is where 217 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:36,640 you start. So other translations, again, I 218 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,480 like the ESV, but some of the new modern translations, again, 219 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,160 they lean into these other ways of translating helper, 220 00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:44,440 comforter, counselor or advocate. 221 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,640 Now another term that you might use to get an understanding of 222 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,200 the paracletos. When Jesus says, I'm asked the 223 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,680 Father and he'll send you the Holy Spirit as the paracletos. 224 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:55,840 Another good way to look at it is like a coach. 225 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:05,440 Have you ever had a great coach? Friday and Saturday and he had a 226 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,480 coach over in Petoskey. It was a track, field, track and 227 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,760 field coach. And sadly this coach had a 228 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,080 stroke and at 70 years old just died in the last day. 229 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:19,120 And I got to talk to the student, college student, and 230 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,160 just I felt his heart for his coach. 231 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:25,440 And certainly when someone coaches us, there's this really 232 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,080 beautiful relationship that starts because we're learning 233 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:32,760 and we're being encouraged by a coach. 234 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,480 And for me, I was never a great athlete, but I was in high 235 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,520 school. I did play golf. 236 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,600 They let me on the golf team. They were super desperate. 237 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,640 So I made the golf team and my coach's name was Coach Godwin, 238 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:46,760 and he was my government teacher and he was my driver's Ed 239 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:48,760 teacher. And I remember when he was 240 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:50,000 teaching me driver's Ed, he had this. 241 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,640 He must have said it to every kid, or maybe he only said it to 242 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:54,600 me. But he said, Kurt, there were 243 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,240 only two holes in that road and you hit all three of them. 244 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,200 All three of them you hit. What are you doing, you know? 245 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:04,560 So sadly, he passed away my senior year. 246 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,360 He was on the golf course, had a heart attack, didn't know it, 247 00:14:07,360 --> 00:14:10,720 and went home and just gently passed away in his recliner at 248 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:12,600 home. But I remember what a great 249 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,360 impact he had teaching me government and teaching me 250 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,920 driver's Ed and then teaching me golf when Jesus, when he's 251 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,320 introducing the Holy Spirit as a paracletos. 252 00:14:21,440 --> 00:14:26,520 Jesus had been their coach and he had trained them for those 253 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,640 three years. So in Jesus, I just really want 254 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:32,600 you to get a feel of what of what Jesus is saying to them. 255 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:38,320 I will ask the Father and he will send you another coach or 256 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,160 another helper. And Jesus, they would have been 257 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:44,120 confused because again, they don't get that Jesus is going to 258 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,920 leave them. Jesus is going to depart back to 259 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,920 heaven. So Jesus is the ultimate coach. 260 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,040 I used to be in a situation some years ago as a musician. 261 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,000 I was, I was, I was leading worship back then. 262 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,120 And Long story short, but I worked at a church where they 263 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,960 would, when we would do worship times, if you can imagine on the 264 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,880 front row, there were like 3 people standing with legal pads. 265 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:10,040 And they would, they would write out every little mistake that 266 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,400 everyone on the worship team made. 267 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,520 And then we would have these debrief meetings afterwards and 268 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,480 they would list all of these mistakes that happened in the 269 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,000 time of worship. Can you imagine that? 270 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,000 It was really awkward and strange. 271 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:24,720 And so, but the value there was in, in my opinion, in hindsight, 272 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,360 I, I, I coined the phrase, I said he who finds the most 273 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,000 mistakes wins. So we'd go into these meetings 274 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,960 and was just, oh, you made this mistake and this mistake and you 275 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,120 made this mistake and this mistake and you missed that and 276 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,800 you missed that to the worship team. 277 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,000 And I will tell you it really messed me up. 278 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:42,600 And so I coined the phrase that they coached me to confusion and 279 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:44,680 then they critiqued me to cowardice. 280 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,160 And that's poor teaching. But look at the way that Jesus 281 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,120 coaches and the way that the Holy Spirit, as our parity, 282 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:56,680 tells how he coaches us. Jesus leads us to confidence. 283 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,000 Romans 81 There's therefore no condemnation. 284 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,840 He doesn't condemn. Instead, the Holy Spirit 285 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,520 strengthens and encourages and exhorts. 286 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:09,040 That's the way that Jesus coached and it's the way that 287 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:13,360 the Holy Spirit coaches. And I would add to this that 288 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,240 this is the way when I'm thinking about coaching. 289 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:19,040 Jesus was also discipling A paracletos. 290 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:25,600 Our helper is also a disciple, and Jesus said to us that we 291 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,120 were to become disciplers. In Matthew 2819, Jesus says, go 292 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:34,840 therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in 293 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,480 the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 294 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,160 Jesus is saying that the Holy Spirit is going to come and be a 295 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,960 helper, coach, disciple. And then Jesus is saying, I'm 296 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,240 sending you also to be a disciple. 297 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,600 This is the fruit of having a relationship with the ultimate 298 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,360 coach, the Holy Spirit. When we follow an after and have 299 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,280 relationship with the Holy Spirit in that way, then we 300 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,400 become like Him, we become like Jesus, we become like the Holy 301 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,119 Spirit and we're able, instead of coaching people to confusion 302 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,839 and then critiquing them to cowardice, we're unable to 303 00:17:11,839 --> 00:17:16,839 encourage people to grow more and more in love with Jesus. 304 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:18,760 And this is what Jesus is saying. 305 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,920 So watch, get the flow of this. Jesus comes to make disciples 306 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:25,640 and then he tells us disciples to wait until the parakletos is 307 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,560 poured out. Last week I looked at the story 308 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:33,000 in Acts chapter 2 where the Holy Spirit is poured out on the 309 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:34,880 disciples that were in the upper room. 310 00:17:35,120 --> 00:17:36,680 And you can go back and listen to that message. 311 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,080 I won't re talk much of it, but I just want to remind you that 312 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:45,520 the Holy Spirit is poured out and then the disciples become or 313 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,440 the disciples become disciples but not until they receive the 314 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:53,880 Holy Spirit that is fulfilling the prophecy of the prophet 315 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,120 Joel. So the word paracletos is used 316 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:01,960 five times by John when he's referencing Jesus, either 317 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,200 quoting Jesus or talking about Jesus. 318 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:07,640 And I want to walk you through the times where John, it's a 319 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:09,480 unique word. He's the only one in the New 320 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,920 Testament that uses the word paracletos or helper, the Holy 321 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,840 Spirit. Yes, it's found in other places. 322 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:19,080 But if the word is unique to John writing about the words of 323 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,640 Jesus in John 1426, he's going to say it again. 324 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,240 And Jesus, he's quoting Jesus and he says, but the Helper, the 325 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:29,960 Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will 326 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:35,520 teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I 327 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,520 have said to you. So this leads us to another 328 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,440 attribute of the Holy Spirit. You want to relate to the Holy 329 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,240 Spirit. Well, understand this, that the 330 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,240 Holy Spirit is our paracletos, our helper, our coach, our 331 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,240 disciple. And now Jesus is saying the Holy 332 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:52,240 Spirit is going to be your teacher. 333 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:55,560 And this is beautiful. I love it. 334 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,200 Now, whenever we think about the Holy Spirit being our teacher, I 335 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,000 do want to clarify balance in this context because some 336 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,520 Christians want to adopt the idea that I don't need to be 337 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,000 around any other Christians. The Holy Spirit is my teacher. 338 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:13,400 I only need the Holy Spirit. Well, that contrasts what other 339 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,280 passages say. You need a balanced approach 340 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,520 where you're looking and saying, OK, the Holy Spirit, yes, is 341 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:23,600 teaching and leading me. And then I'm also going to find 342 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:27,680 growth and discipleship in the context of being around the 343 00:19:27,680 --> 00:19:29,560 Christians. So watch what Paul writes in 344 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:34,120 First Corinthians 212 to 13, Paul writes, Now we have 345 00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:39,160 received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is 346 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,760 from God, that we might understand the things freely 347 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,560 given us by God. So how are we going to 348 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,200 understand things freely given to us? 349 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,120 Well, it's the Spirit of God that's going to help us 350 00:19:49,120 --> 00:19:52,960 understand. And we impart this in words not 351 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,120 taught by human wisdom, but taught by the Spirit, 352 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,960 interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 353 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:04,320 So what Paul is saying, the Holy Spirit reveals things to us. 354 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,760 He teaches us. He's our Paraclete to us. 355 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,920 And we're open and eager to have that type of relationship where 356 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,840 you wake up and you start. You can start your day saying, 357 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,920 Holy Spirit, teach me today. You can do this as a student in 358 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:20,680 school, you can do this as a parent, whatever job you have, 359 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:21,960 However you're growing in the Lord. 360 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,440 You could say Holy Spirit, I I relate to you. 361 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,840 I look to you to be my teacher, but I'm also going to be in 362 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:31,520 community with other Christians and that's what you're doing 363 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,960 this morning. We're we're teaching and 364 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:41,000 learning in context of church family and community on Hebrews 365 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,960 10 in the context of this. Watch what it said there. 366 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:49,080 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, 367 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:54,200 for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir 368 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:59,120 one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet 369 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,400 together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one 370 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:06,440 another, and all the more as you see the day drawing near. 371 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,920 What you find here is that even in the early church, you're 372 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,920 getting the idea that there were some Christians who said, Oh, I 373 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:14,400 don't need to meet together with other Christians, I just need 374 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,320 the Holy Spirit. Well, it's just me and Jesus, me 375 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:19,760 and the Holy Spirit. I don't need to grow. 376 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:27,480 Just discouraging this choir this morning you're in church 377 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,160 and you're here to worship. And we had such a profound time 378 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,280 with just worshiping Jesus this morning and now you're open to 379 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:38,320 learning. So as I teach my my hope is that 380 00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:42,760 you will get it and that you will grow in your understanding 381 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,560 of what the Holy Spirit is like his attributes. 382 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,320 And This is why I'm going to skip ahead of my notes here. 383 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,960 But This is why often when when teachers are teaching, maybe 384 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:52,320 you've seen this even in your own life. 385 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:54,600 Maybe you've you've shared some profound. 386 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:16,120 This and this and this and this and this. 387 00:22:16,120 --> 00:22:18,160 I don't correct them and say, oh, I didn't say that. 388 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,000 I just go, man, the Holy Spirit must have been teaching you 389 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,960 that. The Holy Spirit was showing you 390 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,520 that. I can't take credit for it was 391 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,560 me, right? The Holy Spirit was teaching in 392 00:22:29,560 --> 00:22:31,360 that moment. And that could happen in the 393 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:35,040 context of Christians sharing truths with each other. 394 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:40,880 The Holy Spirit is our teacher. And then in Colossians 3, Paul 395 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,240 writes and he says, And let the peace of Christ rule in your 396 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:47,320 hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body, and be 397 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,600 thankful, and let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, 398 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:55,920 teaching and admonishing one another and all wisdom, singing 399 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,800 psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your 400 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,960 hearts to God. Now today when Chase was doing 401 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,600 announcements, we've got all these studies coming up, teen, 402 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:10,080 teen women, teen men, Bible studies we're having she's doing 403 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,720 a Bible study. Why are we doing all of these 404 00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:13,560 studies? Because we're trying to follow 405 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:16,960 what Paul says in the book of Colossians that teach one 406 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,640 another. And so in our church, we have 407 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,600 our our children in Sunday school right now. 408 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,040 They're being taught the truths of God and we'll have our fifth 409 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,400 and 6th graders in high school and junior high upstairs. 410 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:33,120 So we want teaching God's Word to be a really high value at our 411 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:36,680 church, knowing that the Holy Spirit is our teacher. 412 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:41,640 But he teaches through people, being in community with one 413 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,440 another. So we are to teach and admonish 414 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,680 one another. And we see that in the early 415 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,320 church in Acts chapter 2, it says, and they devoted 416 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:53,200 themselves to the apostles teaching and the fellowship, to 417 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760 breaking of bread and the prayers. 418 00:23:56,120 --> 00:24:00,440 So an early value in the church in Acts was a church gathering 419 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,120 together and teaching, focusing on the teaching of God's Word. 420 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,120 So the Holy Spirit is our ultimate teacher, but he's going 421 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:10,560 to use us in community to learn and grow. 422 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,960 So a balanced approach is that we trust the Holy Spirit to be 423 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,160 our ultimate teacher and then we teach each other. 424 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:23,240 Now, John 1426, Jesus says to his disciples, when he says all 425 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,800 ask the Father and he'll send the player Cletos. 426 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,960 He says, he continues and says, and bring to your remembrance 427 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,760 all that I have said to you. So another thing that the Holy 428 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,160 Spirit is going to do is the Holy Spirit is going to be a 429 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,560 reminder. Now this is a very interesting 430 00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:41,120 point about who the Holy Spirit is because watch what happens 431 00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:46,320 when the writers of the Gospels write the words of Jesus and the 432 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,000 stories of Jesus. How did they remember so well, 433 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,080 right? Matthew writes out like four or 434 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,560 five chapters long, the Sermon on the Mount. 435 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:59,520 How does he remember so well the words that Jesus said? 436 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:03,720 Well, Jesus said the Holy Spirit will remind you of all that I've 437 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,280 said to you. So here's what we know. 438 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,960 When you read Scripture, understand that the accounts 439 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:13,840 that the gospel writers write, they write them so well because 440 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,960 they're inspired and reminded by the Holy Spirit. 441 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,000 Now in first Peter 221 to build more on this idea, Peter says, 442 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:25,680 for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but 443 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:29,560 men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy 444 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,040 Spirit. So here Peter saying, even in 445 00:25:32,040 --> 00:26:19,520 the Old Testament it was. We give credit and honor and 446 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,560 worship to the Holy Spirit in that way. 447 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,040 Now, when we think about the Holy Spirit being a reminder, 448 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,240 could you use some help with your memory? 449 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,080 Well, the Holy Spirit is a reminder, according. 450 00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,240 He will. We will. 451 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:44,160 Very good. You know the song also. 452 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:46,480 OK, so I started singing along with my sons. 453 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,160 Rock You, Rock You. And my sons were amazing. 454 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:52,720 They were like, dad, how do you know this song? 455 00:27:54,120 --> 00:27:57,440 And I said, well, you know who sings it, right? 456 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:56,080 And I was about to teach. 1526 he says, But when the 457 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,560 helper comes, the paracletos comes, whom I will send to you 458 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,480 from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the 459 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:08,520 Father, He will bear witness about me, and you will also bear 460 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,160 witness because you have been with me from the beginning. 461 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,480 So when we're looking at attributes about the Holy 462 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,400 Spirit, another attribute is that the Holy Spirit bears 463 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:19,400 witness or testifies about Jesus. 464 00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,480 And then Jesus is saying you, you're going to do the same. 465 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,120 You really filled, the Holy Spirit's going to be poured out 466 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,400 on you and you are going to bear witness about who I am. 467 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,920 And this should be the life of a follower of Jesus. 468 00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:38,440 Our lives should bear witness to the glory and the love and the 469 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,040 salvation that comes from Jesus. And Jesus saying that the Holy 470 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,880 Spirit's going to point to me and you, you are going to point 471 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,520 to me. Also, Jesus prophecies in a way 472 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,360 in Acts 18, before he ascends into heaven, after he's been 473 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,640 crucified and buried and resurrected, he says, but you 474 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,600 will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and 475 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,600 you will be my witness. You will bear witness of me in 476 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:07,040 Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the 477 00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,760 earth. So the Holy Spirit comes to 478 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,520 empower us to bear witness. Maybe that's a prayer that you 479 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,720 want to add to. Sometimes people are wondering, 480 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,080 what do I pray? What do I say to God? 481 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,880 How do I talk to God? Well, you can thank the Holy 482 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,360 Spirit and pray to the Holy Spirit to say, Holy Spirit, help 483 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,640 me bear witness. Help my life to bear witness to 484 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,960 who Jesus is. Let me be like the Holy Spirit 485 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,920 pointing to Jesus. This is the flow of the 486 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,480 Christian life. Now the next time that Jesus 487 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:41,680 mentions the Helper, this is John 16, seven. 488 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:45,040 So it's one long discourse that John captures and Jesus says, 489 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:49,760 nevertheless, I tell you the truth is it is to your advantage 490 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,960 that I go away. For if I do not go away, the 491 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:57,920 helper will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 492 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,440 So the Holy Spirit, when you think about, OK, the attributes 493 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,480 of the Holy Spirit, well, the next one would be that the Holy 494 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:07,000 Spirit is for our advantage. And that could sound selfish, 495 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,440 but this is what Jesus is saying. 496 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:13,200 Jesus is saying it's better for you, it's for your advantage 497 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,800 because when the Holy Spirit comes, the Holy Spirit is going 498 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,720 to be in all believers all over the world. 499 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,920 And remember, Jesus is his ministry and his life. 500 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,560 When he put on human skin, He is, He is unique to one place 501 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,320 and moment in time. So Jesus is saying the Holy 502 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,280 Spirit's going to come and it's better for you because the Holy 503 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:38,760 Spirit can dwell and all who believe Jesus says I tell you 504 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,760 the truth. Whenever Jesus says, you know, I 505 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,200 tell you the truth. Everything Jesus said was true, 506 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,240 of course. But when Jesus says I tell you 507 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:48,400 the truth, it's him saying, hey, this is even more true than all 508 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,360 the other true stuff I say. This is true. 509 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:53,560 Sometimes I'll start a story by saying not all my true stories 510 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:56,320 are true, but this is a true, true story, right? 511 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,280 Jesus is kind of saying the same thing. 512 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,920 He's saying that I tell you the truth. 513 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:08,040 It's for your advantage. Now we've talked about in weeks 514 00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:10,920 past, I just remind you that the Holy Spirit was dwelling in the 515 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:14,600 Old Testament in tents and tabernacles and temples. 516 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,720 But now according to the New Testament, go back and listen to 517 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:18,840 the message from the second week. 518 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:23,160 Now according to the New Testament, we are the temple and 519 00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:27,440 Tabernacle of the Holy Spirit. So he it is for our advantage 520 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,800 because now the Holy Spirit according to Jesus dwells in us. 521 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:37,640 Now the last time that John uses the term paracletos is in his 522 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,760 letter that is found towards the end of the Old Testament or New 523 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:42,840 Testament. It's first John 2 verse 1. 524 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,320 So this is much later in John's life and watch how he uses the 525 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,120 word here. He says, my little children, I'm 526 00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:54,640 writing these things to you so that you may not sin, but if 527 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,840 anyone does sin, we have an advocate, a paracletos with the 528 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,200 Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. 529 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,880 So John had called the Holy Spirit the paracletos, but on 530 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,880 this occasion now he's referencing Jesus in this way 531 00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:12,920 and he's saying, I'm writing to you these things because I want 532 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,320 you to escape sin. And, and what will help you 533 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:20,840 escaping sin, knowing that Jesus in heaven now is our paracletos. 534 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,000 He's our advocate in this occasion. 535 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,400 The ESV translators don't say he's our helper. 536 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,200 They say he's our advocate. He's advocating with us like 537 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,240 maybe an attorney would do before God. 538 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:36,120 He's reminding God of the sacrifice, the Father God. 539 00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,480 He's reminding the Father about the forgiveness that has been 540 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:43,320 given to us through the cross and the burial and the 541 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:48,640 resurrection. Now we relate to Jesus as if 542 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:52,120 he's advocating with the Father for our forgiveness and 543 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,040 acceptance. So when we worship and we pray, 544 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,320 we can thank God. This morning I intentionally 545 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,680 knowing that this is where I was going, I intentionally this 546 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:02,040 morning sing a lot of songs about who Jesus is. 547 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,120 We sang All hail King Jesus, we saying I believe in the 548 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,000 resurrection. Every song was kind of this 549 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:11,400 really thematic song in the mighty name of Jesus. 550 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,719 OK, so I wanted to tie the message here to the songs that 551 00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,360 we sang because we've been singing songs on the weekends 552 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,080 that kind of help us relate to the Holy Spirit. 553 00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,800 But here I'm ending with the Holy Spirit points to Jesus. 554 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,239 And how do we relate to the Holy Spirit? 555 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:32,040 What we relate by knowing the attributes of the Holy Spirit. 556 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,719 And then we remember, where is Jesus now again? 557 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,440 He's in heaven with the Father and he will return. 558 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,120 There will be a second coming of Jesus and when he comes back, he 559 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:47,000 will rule and reign forever. Then we will be with him in all 560 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,719 of his glory. But for now, in the time that 561 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:53,280 we're in the dispensation, it's the Holy Spirit that being God 562 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,840 that we relate to and grow to know. 563 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,080 So when we worship and pray, we can thank God the Father, the 564 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,360 Son, and the Holy Spirit for the attributes that have been 565 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:07,680 revealed to us. So let me close with a couple 566 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,160 questions, and these are in your notes that encourage you to take 567 00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,480 them home with you and maybe wrestle through these in the 568 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,320 next couple days. How well do you know the Holy 569 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,560 Spirit and how well do you know His attributes? 570 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:21,440 How well you know His attributes will determine your relationship 571 00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,760 with Him. And then I would say, can you 572 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,920 pray practical prayers of thanks, thanking and receiving 573 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,480 God for these attributes that are revealed to us? 574 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,840 And then I would say, do you live a life where you're aware 575 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,680 that the Holy Spirit and are you grateful for it? 576 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:40,000 That Jesus and the Holy Spirit, they are our helpers, our para 577 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:43,240 cletos. When we live aware of that, then 578 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:47,560 it takes us to different depths in our relationship with Jesus. 579 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,040 It's just not earning, you know, getting salvation through the 580 00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:54,560 cross of Jesus and having, you know, a ticket of sorts to 581 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:56,920 heaven eternally. No, it's far more than that. 582 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:02,880 The life that we live now can be lived in light of the attributes 583 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:06,280 of the Holy Spirit and relationship that we can have 584 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,480 with him. Let me pray for us. 585 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:14,480 God. I thank you again. 586 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,600 I'm just in awe and amazed at how Scripture connects these 587 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:21,520 ideas. I love finding those moments 588 00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,760 when it's like, Oh yeah, John and his letter was using the 589 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,920 same word that he used in the Gospel story that he wrote. 590 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,000 And I love seeing the Old Testament in Psalms talking 591 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:37,360 about you being our helper God, and other moments in the letters 592 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:42,600 where it's all connected. And it's such that it shows even 593 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:49,400 more the validity and the inspiration of the word of God, 594 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,680 your word God. And so we pray that you would 595 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:54,880 grow us in our relationship with the Holy Spirit in the weeks to 596 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:56,560 come. Even the more let us have Great 597 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:02,640 Expectations on what else we can learn and grow as we continue to 598 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:06,040 study the Holy Spirit in Jesus name. 599 00:37:07,240 --> 00:37:11,400 Now before we go quickly, I just want to give an invitation to 600 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,160 anyone here who might have been wrestling with the claims of 601 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:17,160 Christianity, and yet you've not taken that step yet to say I 602 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,840 want to surrender my life to Christ. 603 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,720 And what does that take? It doesn't take a great 604 00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:28,040 understanding necessarily of all of our creeds or our beliefs, 605 00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:30,440 but it does take an understanding that God wants 606 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:32,680 relationship with you. And in order to have a 607 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,880 relationship with you, God himself put on human skin as 608 00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:40,360 Jesus and came to live a perfect life and then to offer himself 609 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,080 as a sacrifice to pay for our sin that separated us from God. 610 00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:48,040 So Jesus is crucified, that pays the penalty for our sin. 611 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:50,160 Then he's buried and then he's resurrected. 612 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:55,800 And in in his resurrection, it defeats death and sin and hell 613 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,200 in the grave. And so now we can have 614 00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:01,720 relationship with God through what Jesus did on the cross when 615 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:03,520 he was buried and when he was crucified. 616 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:07,440 And so the invitation is for you to say, Jesus, I surrender the 617 00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,080 lordship of my life to you. I want to follow after you. 618 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,440 And then the next step is baptism, which we will have 619 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:13,960 coming up here in the next couple months. 620 00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,280 But in the meantime, you just say, Jesus, I want to receive 621 00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,440 you as my Savior. I want to turn for my own sin, 622 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,280 and I want to receive your salvation and forgiveness. 623 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,360 And you can receive that this morning. 624 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,920 So I want to pray with you. And then I encourage you to tell 625 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,080 somebody, tell a friend, a family member, you could tell 626 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,560 me. You can e-mail me and say, hey, 627 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:34,920 I've made this decision and this commitment to become a follower 628 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,160 of Jesus and let me pray. And then I would encourage you 629 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:43,120 to echo this prayer that I pray as a acceptance of the salvation 630 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,320 of Jesus. You can pray. 631 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,640 Heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus. 632 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:53,440 And Jesus, I thank you that you offered yourself as a pen. 633 00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:57,560 You took my penalty, You paid for my sin and the sin of all 634 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,720 those who want to receive you. So I surrendered the lordship of 635 00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,880 my life to you. And I say I want relationship 636 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,920 with you. And when I say that, it means 637 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,080 that the Holy Spirit will come and dwell in me. 638 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,920 So Holy Spirit, I welcome you and I receive you and Jesus I 639 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:13,920 turn away from my own sin and selfishness and I say I want to 640 00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:17,640 grow in your ways. I want to grow in relationship 641 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,120 and love with you. So come and reign in my life. 642 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:23,760 I pray I receive you as my Savior. 643 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:26,920 Thank you for eternity that I get starting now. 644 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,880 It doesn't have to just wait. Eternal life doesn't start after 645 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,280 we die. Instead it starts now on us. 646 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,480 You put eternal life in us now. Fulfillment, purpose and 647 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,520 meaning. So we received that in Jesus 648 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:43,200 name and everyone together said Amen and Amen. 649 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:44,840 Thank you for being here today so much. 650 00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,200 Remember, if you're available to come back after the second 651 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,480 service and assist us in putting some decorations away, that 652 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,000 would be great. Otherwise, we will see you 653 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,720 ladies on Wednesday night for your gathering. 654 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,600 And before you go, if you'll stand with me, I want to say a 655 00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:03,920 blessing over you, if you will prepare your heart to receive 656 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:08,320 this blessing. And now may the Lord bless you 657 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,560 and keep you, and may he make his face to shine upon you. 658 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,920 And may the joy of the Lord that is unspeakable and full of 659 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,440 glory, may it abound to you. And may the peace of God that 660 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,520 passes all understanding, may it surprise you in the midst of all 661 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,360 of the challenges that life brings. 662 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:29,160 And then may the mercies of the Lord, in other words, the 663 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,760 forgiveness of God, that is new every morning. 664 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:35,800 May it be especially new to you now in your mornings to come. 665 00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,320 And now may the Lord Jesus Christ guard your heart and your 666 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,320 mind, your salt, and you are light. 667 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,120 Go now and be salt and light unto the world. 668 00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,400 You are blessed. We'll see you soon.