1 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,920 Thank you very much. I'm privileged to be here to 2 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,640 speak to us again. And before I start, I'd like to 3 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:22,600 play our worships from our church, which was recorded 4 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:35,960 during our convention. This is the worship we are used 5 00:00:36,000 --> 00:01:04,400 to. None. 6 00:01:35,640 --> 00:02:05,520 The. The. 7 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:14,280 Thank you. So you, you see, we really have 8 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,120 to manage when we come here and you are having your worship. 9 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,160 So you're welcome to our vibrant worship in Agus. 10 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,440 Amen. All right. 11 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:32,200 This morning I'd like to speak to us, and there are four 12 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,200 reasons to follow the Holy Spirit. 13 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,160 Amen. Let's pray. 14 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:43,040 Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for the opportunity to 15 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,880 share your word with your church. 16 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,120 I ask that you speak to our hearts and our minds as that you 17 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,800 feel out of your spirit and your presence be with us. 18 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:56,520 I established the dominion of Jesus and his presence here and 19 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:59,760 let your name be glorified. We cast out any demonic presence 20 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,520 in the name of Jesus. Let your spirit come upon us and 21 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,520 bring times of refreshing to us. In Jesus name I have prayed, 22 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:15,040 Amen. Yesterday our brother Segun took 23 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:19,480 us, took us out and then we're going around the town and it's 24 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,640 like this is Blackpool. So if you're going to live here, 25 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:26,760 then you need a guide to live in Blackpool, or a personal guide, 26 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,400 or you need a written manual that will show you how to live 27 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,400 in Blackpool. Amen. 28 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,320 And then my aim this morning is to tell us, brothers and 29 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:42,560 sisters, that when we got saved, we have joined a holy fellowship 30 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:46,440 in heaven and on earth. There's a fellowship among the 31 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:51,760 Father, the Son and the Spirit. They are together, they respect 32 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,440 one another, they work together with good understanding. 33 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,440 But when we go save, we have joined this fellowship of the 34 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:05,680 Father, the Son and the spirits, and we needed to know how they 35 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:12,280 live and how they wake. So Jesus came to introduce the 36 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,040 Father to us, introduce the Spirit to us, and through him we 37 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,760 have joined this holy fellowship. 38 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,920 And to know how they work, Jesus introduced them to us. 39 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,320 Jesus taught us a lot about himself and what it came to do. 40 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:33,720 But when he was leaving, he left us with the Holy Spirit to help 41 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,360 guide us to be part of this holy fellowship and know how to live 42 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,920 our life, this new life and lifestyle that came from heaven. 43 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,040 Amen. So I have finished my sermon. 44 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,640 So in in Hebrews chapter one verse one to four, we were told 45 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,560 that in the past God spoke to our forefathers, to the prophets 46 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:59,280 at many times and in various ways. 47 00:04:59,280 --> 00:05:03,000 But in this last days he has spoken to us by his son 48 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,680 commentators who explained that to me, the language God used to 49 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:11,880 speak to us is his son. He spoke in a language that we 50 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:15,680 can understand. So he says God came to Blackpool 51 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,920 and he spoke English. So God came into the world and 52 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:23,000 he spoke Jesus, Amen, in a way that everybody can understand. 53 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,640 So Jesus was the language God spoke when he came to have. 54 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:36,000 So he revealed the Father to us. He is a way we can understand 55 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,440 who the Father is. If you met Jesus. 56 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,440 So he said the Son is the radiance of God's glory and the 57 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:44,960 exact representation of His being sustaining all things by 58 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,680 His powerful word. After he had provided purific, 59 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:53,760 He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right 60 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,520 hand of the majesty in heaven. And he also tells us in Matthew 61 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,400 chapter 6, verse 8 to 11, when He was teaching the disciples 62 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,040 how to pray that do not be like them, for your Father knows what 63 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,280 you need before you ask him. Pray therefore like this, our 64 00:06:10,280 --> 00:06:14,400 Father who is in heaven. So Jesus introduced God to us as 65 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,200 our Father and also asked us to call him Father. 66 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,680 So Jerry Parker says this Father is the Christian name for God. 67 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,200 Our understanding of Christianity cannot be better 68 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,800 than our grasp of adoption. We have a father, but he said 69 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:30,880 his name is Father. Amen. 70 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:36,520 So Jesus was the one who introduced God the Father to us. 71 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:43,200 He's a language God used to speak to us, and through him we 72 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:47,000 join the holy fellowship of the Trinity when we give our life to 73 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,120 Christ. So it says to us in Ephesians 74 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,400 2126, As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins. 75 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,560 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in 76 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,200 mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our 77 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:02,480 transgressions. It is by grace you have been 78 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:08,880 saved, and God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in 79 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,240 the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus. 80 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,240 Amen. So where God the Father, God the 81 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:20,040 Son is, by giving our life to Christ, we were raised to join 82 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,000 them. So although we are here in this 83 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,680 body, we have joined this fellowship of the Father, the 84 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:30,280 Son and the Spirit. That must make us think again 85 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:34,240 about how we live our lives and who we are on this earth. 86 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:39,600 We are not just flesh and body, we are spirits and we are with 87 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:42,720 Jesus. When I was thinking about this 88 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:46,960 message, I asked myself, what if I'm doing something that the 89 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:49,480 Father, the Son, and the Spirit do not like? 90 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:53,040 How do they feel about it? Do I know them? 91 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,760 Do I know what they want to achieve on this F? 92 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,120 And I'm part of this fellowship now. 93 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,880 What am I doing to achieve what they want to achieve on F? 94 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:07,520 Maybe if you ask yourself that question, if you don't know, now 95 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,280 you know you are part of a fellowship called the Trinity, 96 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:17,760 the Father, Son and the Spirit. So Jesus, in order to help us to 97 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,240 be part of this fellowship, left us with the Holy Spirit when he 98 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,920 was leaving. So in John 14 verse 16 to 17, 99 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,320 the Amplified Bible said, I will ask the Father and He will give 100 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,799 you another helper, comforter, advocate, intersexor, 101 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,400 counsellor, strengthener. Somebody will stand by to be 102 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,840 with you forever, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot 103 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,960 receive and take to His heart because it does not see Him or 104 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,880 know Him. But you know Him because He 105 00:08:50,960 --> 00:08:54,000 remains with you continually and will be in you. 106 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,600 So if we want to know what the Father, the Son, and the Spirit 107 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,920 are doing, Jesus has left us with the Holy Spirit. 108 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:06,520 Let's follow him, He's in US, Let's listen to Him, let's work 109 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,200 with Him. Then we will be living like 110 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,280 them. We will be doing what they want 111 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,040 to do. We will be part of what they 112 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,880 want to achieve on this earth, and our lives will be blameless. 113 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:19,560 Amen. So we need to be filled with the 114 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:21,040 Spirit. That's what Jesus said we should 115 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:24,720 do. So in his final moments, Jesus 116 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,480 left his disciples with this powerful promise that he will 117 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:30,400 not leave them alone. The Holy Spirit is another 118 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,200 person sent from the Father like Jesus to be with us. 119 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,240 So the Holy Spirit is our strengthener in these days until 120 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:42,920 Jesus retains the evidences of the Holy Spirit in the Bible, 121 00:09:43,800 --> 00:09:47,160 where we were told that the presence of God filled the 122 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:54,040 temple when the leaders prayed. So the Holy Spirit was in the 123 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,720 Old Testament, came to do stuff, but was not on everybody. 124 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,160 He specifically prove individuals with skills and 125 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,640 power like Moses, David, Samson, Gideon to do great things, and 126 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,680 they are great examples for us. But it was foretold by the 127 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:12,480 prophets like Isaiah and Joel that the time is coming when the 128 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:14,240 Spirit will be poured upon all flesh. 129 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,320 And these encounters in the Old Testament were temporary and 130 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,040 selective and symbolic of something greater to come. 131 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,960 But the good news is that the something greater has not 132 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,880 arrived, and it's with all of us which is the Holy Spirit. 133 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:34,480 So brothers and sisters, let me tell you 4 reasons we should 134 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,160 depend on the Holy Spirit. Some people may not like him, 135 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:44,440 but I have to convince you to like him, Amen, And to work with 136 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:48,520 him. The first reason is that we are 137 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,600 in the age of the Spirit. Jesus left us with the Holy 138 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:56,000 Spirit. You see Joel prophecy then? 139 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,640 Then after doing all these things, I will pour out my 140 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:02,600 Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will 141 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,560 prophecy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men 142 00:11:05,560 --> 00:11:08,760 will see visions. In those days I will pour out my 143 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,560 Spirit even on servants, men and women alike. 144 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,240 So Jesus is gone. The Spirit is here to lead us 145 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,560 into this fellowship that we are part of now. 146 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,600 If you ignore the Holy Spirit today, you'll be missing out of 147 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,320 God's current method of leading and empowering His people. 148 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:34,720 So you cannot be a Christian and not be working with the Holy 149 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,320 Spirit and not be filled with the Holy Spirit. 150 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:40,520 You would have been doing your own thing, doing what the 151 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,040 fellowship of the Father and Son, the Spirit are not doing. 152 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,840 To do what they are doing. To be part of them, you must 153 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,200 follow the Holy Spirit. If you don't like him, please 154 00:11:52,200 --> 00:12:00,160 like him, because because we are left with him to as the first 155 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,000 reason, you should follow the Spirit. 156 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:07,400 The second reason is that we have a new temple enabled by 157 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:11,200 this Spirit and Ezekiel. It says to us, So I will 158 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,480 consecrate the tents of meeting and the altar and will 159 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,360 consecrate Aaron as his sons to serve me as priests. 160 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,320 Then I would dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 161 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,640 They will know that I am the Lord their God who brought them 162 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:28,440 out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them, and I am the 163 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,000 Lord their God. So in the past God wanted them 164 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:36,280 to create a Tabernacle became a building where humanity meets 165 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,040 divinity. As some people who put it, you 166 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,200 want to meet God, you go into the temple and consult the 167 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,480 priests, and then you meet with God. 168 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:48,640 So the temple at the time was a place where people go to meet 169 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:53,560 with God. But then that changed Jesus. 170 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:59,320 Death changed that for us. He tore the veil which separated 171 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:03,640 the presence of God from men. So now God's presence with all 172 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:08,000 of us He says to us in John chapter 4 verse 23 to 24. 173 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:12,480 But the time is coming. Indeed, it is here now when true 174 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,320 worshippers who worship the Father in spirit and in truth, 175 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,840 the Father is looking for those who worship him that way. 176 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,400 For God is spirit, so that who worship him must worship in 177 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,520 spirit and in truth. When Jesus was talking to the 178 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,280 Samaritan woman said, oh, you say we worship God on this 179 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:31,560 mountain and we worship God on that mountain, but when the 180 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:33,800 Messiah comes, he will tell us the truth. 181 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:35,240 Jesus said, well, I'm the Messiah. 182 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:38,600 The truth is that you're no longer going to worship God on 183 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:42,720 this mountain or that mountain, but God is going to be in you. 184 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:45,920 And so we become the new temple of God. 185 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,400 So it says to us clearly in Corinthians, first Corinthians 186 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,760 316 to 17, don't you know that you yourself are God's temple 187 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,720 and that God's spirit goes in your myths? 188 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,720 If anyone destroyed God's temple, God will destroy that 189 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,280 person. For God's temple is sacred and 190 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:08,960 you together at that temple. So walking with the Holy Spirit 191 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,760 is engaging with God in our daily life. 192 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:15,960 So if you want to engage with God now, you don't have to go to 193 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:21,040 a special place or a special tent or a special auditorium. 194 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,640 You are a working temple of God. His spirit lives in you. 195 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,160 So when you learn to walk with the Holy Spirit, that is how you 196 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:32,680 are engaging with God. You're engaging with the Trinity 197 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,920 living inside of you, this jar of clay, Amen. 198 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,640 It's very difficult in our in our country to explain this to 199 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,920 many people where people think that God is in the temple. 200 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,040 And so if they pray and they are not praying in the temple or in 201 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,920 the auditorium, then God is not going to hear them. 202 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:56,640 It's not true. Now, are you with me? 203 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,560 Wherever you pray, God will hear you. 204 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:03,760 Even if you pray in the toilet, in the market, on the street, 205 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,520 wherever you pray, God will hear you because God lives inside of 206 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,240 you by His Spirit. So your body now carries this 207 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,960 Holy Spirit. Are you still here? 208 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:23,080 So we will pray here. God will hear us. 209 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,880 You can pray in your car, God will hear, You can pray in the 210 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:27,120 shopping mall. God will hear you. 211 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:30,960 Wherever you need to need God's attention, just stand and pray 212 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,000 and then He will listen to you and answer. 213 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,240 I see is the Holy Spirit that has made this possible. 214 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,080 So if you don't walk with the Spirit, if you are not baptising 215 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:44,320 the Spirit, then you will think you have to go somewhere to pray 216 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,360 for God to hear you. You have to go into a temple, go 217 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:51,120 and hold an altar and pray for God to hear you. 218 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,920 Please. You are the altar, you are the 219 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,880 temple, the Spirit lives inside of you. 220 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,400 So if you listen to the Holy Spirit, you are engaging with 221 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:06,040 God. And the third reason we follow 222 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,040 the Holy Spirit is we have a new life in the Spirit. 223 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,960 Many of us, we get saved and then we ask the question, how 224 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,600 can I live a righteous life without following the laws of 225 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,400 God or performing sacrifices in the temple? 226 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:24,000 Because God gave the Israelites laws in the past, many laws that 227 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:27,640 help them to know the nature of God and to discover what sin is 228 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:30,360 so they can live separate life from other nations. 229 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,480 So same thing happens to people today when they give their life 230 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:36,680 to Christ. Then they ask, so where should I 231 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,440 start from? How do I know what is right from 232 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:39,880 what is wrong? So that will be the 10 233 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,440 commandments. And we say no, God has a new 234 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,760 plan for you and that plan has nothing to do in following the 235 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,840 10 commandments or following all the Jewish laws. 236 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,960 What His plan is now is that you will be filled with His Spirit 237 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,480 and His Spirit will teach you how to live for Him. 238 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,760 So when people get born again, we pray for them to be filled by 239 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,640 Spirit and teach them how to walk with the Spirit. 240 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:09,880 And when they do that, they're able to overcome sin and bear 241 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,200 the fruit of the Spirit, which is God's character. 242 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,240 So the Spirit in US help us to bear the fruit of the Holy 243 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,160 Spirit, which is the character of God and the spirit that gives 244 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,839 us abilities to save one another and the world with the power of 245 00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:24,640 God. Amen. 246 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:29,400 I mean, some people teach that, say our present worship leader 247 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:32,960 that I just show us in the picture of essential she was 248 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:38,040 part of a church and the pastor taught them that the gift of the 249 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:42,520 Holy Spirit, the baptism and the Spirit is like a reward that God 250 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,080 gives you after you have lived a very good life. 251 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:49,360 So it is not for people who have just given their life to Christ. 252 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:55,080 So in that church, holy, the senior pastor speaks in tongues, 253 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,640 not everybody else, because they have not lived good life to 254 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:03,800 merit the Holy Spirit. The best thing that happened to 255 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,800 that church is that the man listening to me preach on radio 256 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,400 and when he got to 72 years, he invited me, said I've been 257 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,920 listening to you preach on radio and I like what you say about 258 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:14,520 Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. 259 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,560 I don't have anybody to take over three of my churches. 260 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,680 I want to hand them over to you. Amen. 261 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,160 Said you don't know what you have asked for because this is 262 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:28,960 an elephant. You have to turn around that's 263 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,680 just started salvation. Stop preaching on the Holy 264 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:33,320 Spirit. Start preaching a baptism in the 265 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,840 Spirit. Fortunately, he didn't say 266 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:37,560 anything. Although I was saying things 267 00:18:37,560 --> 00:18:40,160 that He will not agree with. He allowed me to see everything. 268 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,720 So now all the three churches are ours. 269 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:44,960 We have turned them around by grace. 270 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:53,520 Amen. So he says to us in Ezekiel 36, 271 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:58,760 verse 26 to 27, and I will give you a new heart and I'll put a 272 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,360 new spirit in you. I'll take out your Stony, 273 00:19:02,360 --> 00:19:05,640 stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. 274 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,560 And I'll put my spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees 275 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,480 and be careful to obey my regulations. 276 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:18,120 And in Galatians says to us, So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide 277 00:19:18,120 --> 00:19:20,520 your lives. Then you won't be doing what 278 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:25,360 your sinful nature desires. So how do I live a righteous 279 00:19:25,360 --> 00:19:27,920 life? Follow the Holy Spirit, be 280 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,000 filled with the Holy Spirit, learn how to work with the Holy 281 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:34,280 Spirit, learn how to listen to Him and let Him guide you in 282 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,080 your daily lives. So a new life in crisis, 283 00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:41,240 impossible without the Holy Spirit following Him, is how we 284 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:44,520 grow, overcome sin, and live with purpose. 285 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,880 Amen. Are you still here? 286 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:51,560 OK now, so let me make the last point. 287 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:55,680 We have a new certainty of our salvation. 288 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,840 How can I be sure of my salvation and God's protection? 289 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:04,160 So after the debate still goes on, can I lose my salvation? 290 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:07,520 Can I not lose my salvation? How do I know I'm a Christian? 291 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,200 When I first got born again, that was my big problem. 292 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:15,360 And I think one time I had a dream and the devil said to me 293 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:18,160 in the dream, oh, everybody who is safe, they've already gone to 294 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,480 heaven. Those of you on earth, you are 295 00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:22,600 not going to heaven, you're going to hell. 296 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:30,080 So I went to my apostle and I asked him, is Christianity still 297 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,400 real or is a past tense 10 And I saw it's still real. 298 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:37,040 I said somebody told me in a dream that those who are saved, 299 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,200 they've already gone to heaven. We, those who are here now, 300 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:47,200 we've wasted time, not so. And our certainty that we are 301 00:20:47,200 --> 00:20:52,080 saved, we belong to God and will be protected by God comes from 302 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:59,040 the Holy Spirit who lives in US. So the Holy Spirit does not only 303 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:03,600 empower us and transforms us. He also reassures us that we are 304 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,360 the children of God. So he says to us in Ephesians 305 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:10,640 chapter 4 verse 30 best visions of the four So God has creature 306 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:14,560 wrong and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were 307 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,640 sealed for the day of redemption. 308 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,680 Romans 815 tells our God Spirit doesn't make us slaves who are 309 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,800 afraid of him. Instead we become his children 310 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,160 and call him our Father. God's Spirit make us sure that 311 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:35,680 we are his children, Amen. So from the inside of us he 312 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,080 assures us that we are God's children and he helps us to call 313 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:45,800 him Father, Amen. We need the Holy Spirit, we 314 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:50,160 cannot do without him. He is God's seal over us, is God 315 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:55,560 stamp on us that we belong to Him and when Jesus returns He 316 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,280 will come for us who are His elites? 317 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:03,400 So we are currently living in the age of the Holy Spirit and 318 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,640 not under the law. A time where God's Spirit is no 319 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,880 longer reserved for a few, but growth in every believer, 320 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,880 empowering, guiding, teaching and sealing us until the day of 321 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,280 redemption. This age began without pouring 322 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:21,600 of the Holy Spirit of pentacles and will continue until Jesus 323 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:26,080 returns in glory. And we leave you with this quote 324 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,600 from Terry. Virgo says the wonder of 325 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:35,560 Christianity is that it is not based on external rules that we 326 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:40,520 have to check up and obey. New appetites, ambitions and 327 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:45,680 desires are put inside of us. We are actually given a new 328 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:50,240 responsive heart to replace our old Stony one. 329 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,400 The Holy Spirit changes us from inside. 330 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,480 Without the Holy Spirit, you can't be sure of your salvation, 331 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,760 you wouldn't know what the Trinity is doing, and you don't 332 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,360 even know how to live your life to please God. 333 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,720 So I encourage you ask for the Holy Spirit if you have given 334 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:15,240 your life to Christ, learn to work with the Spirit and you 335 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:17,880 will please God. You will be part of this 336 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,800 fellowship world with the Trinity and you will achieve 337 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,400 what the Trinity is doing on FI mean. 338 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,160 Thank you very much. I like to pray with us. 339 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:34,200 If you've not been filled with the Holy Spirit, please just ask 340 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:38,160 Jesus Amen. So can I ask us to if you can 341 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:40,160 stand those who can stand, please. 342 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:46,560 And Ben, sorry Ben, I don't know if it's good to ask those who 343 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,760 still want to be filled with the Spirit if they can just raise up 344 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:53,200 their hands and those who are filled with the Spirit can just 345 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,440 go near them, lay hands on them and pray for them. 346 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:59,640 So, but we need continuous feeling of the Holy Spirit. 347 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:00,880 So you have filled the Holy Spirit. 348 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,960 You speak in tongues. But there are issues in life 349 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,920 that makes us, some people don't even know the last time they 350 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,320 spoke in tongues because you're thinking about your children, 351 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:12,480 thinking about life, thinking about this one. 352 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,000 But we need continuous feeling of God's love, God's hope, God's 353 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,920 trust. So if you think you need help, 354 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,040 please just raise up your hand and let somebody close to you 355 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,960 come and pray for you. Pray that the Holy Spirit will 356 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:27,720 come upon you and empower you with his gifts. 357 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,560 Amen. Can we just do that quickly and 358 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:30,800 then?