1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:04,760 Thanks for checking out the Anchor Faith Message podcast 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,160 from St. Augustine, FL. 3 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:17,960 Now enjoy this message. The things that we are going to 4 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,520 talk about tonight is just continuing in a. 5 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:28,440 You know, a series that I started in the beginning of the 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,080 summer on the ministry of the Holy Spirit. 7 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:38,040 And so there's so much more to unfold about the Holy Spirit. 8 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:42,920 But, you know, we'll finish maybe when he returns. 9 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,280 I don't know. Because, you know, the very 10 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,920 person that is at work today is the Holy Spirit. 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,560 Amen. And the Word of God is God 12 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:55,880 breathed by. The breath of God, the Holy 13 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,600 Spirit. Amen. 14 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:02,240 So the Holy Spirit, the word of God, is alive. 15 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,600 Amen. And the Holy Spirit now is alive 16 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,440 and living on the inside of us. And we are worshipping God in 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,560 what? Spirit and truth? 18 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,680 Spirit and truth. And if there's ever a day that 19 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,640 you should be thankful that you have the Spirit of truth living 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:24,000 on the inside of you, it should be today. 21 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,960 Because of all the lies. And we don't have to buy the 22 00:01:28,960 --> 00:01:32,960 lies of the world system or we don't have to buy the lies of 23 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,960 the things that are happening. No, we have truth on the inside 24 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:39,000 of us. He's called the Holy Spirit the 25 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,960 Spirit of truth. And not only do we have the Holy 26 00:01:42,960 --> 00:01:46,240 Spirit, the Spirit of truth living on the inside of us, we 27 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:52,600 have the written Word of God, which is absolute truth. 28 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:56,520 Hallelujah. Glory to God. 29 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:00,280 And this is what we want to build our life upon, so that 30 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,920 again we can be those in the Kingdom that are unshakable. 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,800 Everything else in the world is shaking and falling apart. 32 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,440 Economics are falling apart. Come on. 33 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:14,920 Everything. Education. 34 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,680 Oh my gosh, Do we not see it right before our very eyes 35 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,800 falling apart? Every system of the world is 36 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:26,960 falling apart. But the very thing that's going 37 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,880 to remain sure and steadfast, come on forever and ever and 38 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:36,400 ever and ever is His word. And he tells us we need to build 39 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:41,040 our house upon the rock in the word of God. 40 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,120 So that we're not going to participate in sinking sand 41 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,000 Hallelujah. Or we're not going to 42 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:52,680 participate that when the winds blow, we get knocked over. 43 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:58,160 Because there's all kinds of winds blowing right now, all 44 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,320 kinds of things blowing around. Hallelujah. 45 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:08,160 Glory to God. But those that are founded upon 46 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:12,920 the rock, those that have built their life upon the word of God, 47 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:15,320 the rock we know is Jesus Christ. 48 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:20,360 And Jesus was the Word. Hallelujah. 49 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:25,600 Hallelujah. So in Speaking of the ministry, 50 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,760 I I was, you know, I listened to my sermon that I did the last 51 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,240 Wednesday night, which was back in. 52 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:39,200 The end of August, I guess was the last Wednesday night that I 53 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,400 did this. So I had to go back to remind 54 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,960 myself and I was listening to myself preaching. 55 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,520 And I said I don't want to sound like that when I preach. 56 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,600 So I said Self don't sound like that, but I hear the sound. 57 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,920 Oh glory to God, but you just can't change it. 58 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,480 It is what it is, I said. I want to sound soft and sweet, 59 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:23,800 but but Lion just comes up. Glory to God, Hallelujah. 60 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,880 I really did tell myself that I listened to my whole sermon and 61 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,440 I said I I just really want to sound sweet. 62 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:38,080 Oh, praise the Lord. Anyway, so you know, I'll be 63 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:40,760 real with you guys. I really did want to sound 64 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:50,720 sweet, but my heart is sweet. I can be assure you of that. 65 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,160 Hallelujah. So. 66 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,160 We were talking about the ministry of the Holy Spirit, but 67 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,080 anyway, I had to go back and I had to listen to where we left 68 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:05,160 off. And so I wanted to start today 69 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,760 because I cannot go back. This is actually the 8th 70 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,480 teaching on the Ministry of the Holy Spirit that we did over the 71 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:17,880 summer and I couldn't believe it and so I can't go back. 72 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:22,280 To, you know, start from the very beginning or give a review. 73 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:25,560 I'm just encouraging you. If you still want to know more 74 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,960 about who the Holy Spirit is as a person and the ministry of the 75 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,840 Holy Spirit, you need to go back and listen to all of those 76 00:05:33,840 --> 00:05:38,760 Wednesday night podcasts. Because again, I am. 77 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:43,560 I do flow in the teacher, so I like to build upon one another, 78 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,680 OK? And so that's just how I do it. 79 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,000 And so I just encourage you go back, listen to it so that you 80 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:56,400 can just continue to grow in knowing who the Holy Spirit is 81 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,720 and what the Holy Spirit's assignment is in the earth 82 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:00,960 today. Amen. 83 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:05,760 Because it is imperative that every person know have an 84 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:09,400 intimate relationship with the Holy Spirit. 85 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,520 Amen. Amen. 86 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:18,320 Because it's he that is at work within you continually. 87 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:22,840 OK, now in First Thessalonians, this is where I want to start. 88 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:27,360 First Thessalonians, Chapter 5. Because we last time we talked, 89 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:33,360 we talked about the fact that the Holy Spirit, we started with 90 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:35,520 it. There were two workings that the 91 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:39,120 Holy Spirit is vast and there's many functions of the Holy 92 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:41,560 Spirit. But a lot of times we're only 93 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,720 focusing on the two functions, which is the inner working of 94 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:50,200 the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes 95 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:55,720 upon man, OK, which we know on the day of Pentecost, when the 96 00:06:55,720 --> 00:07:01,160 Holy Spirit what fail OK and comes upon man, he'll receive 97 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:06,160 what power. But I believe there's so much. 98 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,840 You know, teaching on that side of the spectrum that we've 99 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:16,160 completely neglected the inner working of the Holy Spirit, 100 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:22,400 which we said was to produce the 9 gifts of the fruits of the 101 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,040 Spirit within your life, the nine fruits of the spirit within 102 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:28,640 your life. That's part of the Holy Spirit's 103 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,480 assignment and job with the inner working. 104 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,720 In you, but then also what we talked about, to continue to 105 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:42,160 develop the character of God within you, the nature of God 106 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:44,440 within you. That is all part. 107 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:50,440 Of the inner workings of the Holy Spirit and we talked about 108 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,800 how it's so important that we recognize the Holy Spirit and 109 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,320 the inward man, right. And that's where the Holy Spirit 110 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:04,280 is working and and speaking to us through. 111 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:10,720 And we focused a little bit this last time that I shared on how 112 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:15,960 important it is that we. Receive the engrafted word of 113 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,720 God which is able to save our soul. 114 00:08:19,720 --> 00:08:24,240 When we get born again, our spirit man now becomes alive 115 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:29,160 unto Christ. But we have to, as believers, 116 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:34,559 take the responsibility to renew our mind to the word of God so 117 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:40,039 that our mind can be saved, which was our our will, our our 118 00:08:40,039 --> 00:08:45,200 emotions, right, our reasoning, our thinking, our all of that is 119 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:49,600 part of what our how our mind functions and we have the 120 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,880 responsibility. To transform our minds with the 121 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,680 renewing of the Word. And we read that scripture out 122 00:08:58,680 --> 00:09:02,680 of Romans chapter 12, the last time we talked. 123 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:10,240 And then recognizing that the Scripture says in James that we 124 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,960 are to receive the engrafted word of God, that's part of that 125 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:19,160 renewing of the mind that we have to receive the engrafted 126 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:24,240 word of God, which is able. To save our soul, Right. 127 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:31,440 And so first Thessalonians 523 says this. 128 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:36,520 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely, Say 129 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:45,480 sanctify entirely, sanctify you entirely. 130 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,360 This is what the Lord wants to do. 131 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:56,720 He doesn't want to just save you so that one day when you die you 132 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,800 get to go to heaven. No, he wants to completely, 133 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:06,360 entirely sanctify you. And there is what we call a 134 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:13,080 sanctification process, and lots of people are not talking about 135 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:18,440 this today in churches. There is a sanctification 136 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:24,640 process that what he wants to do within our lives so that we can 137 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:32,000 be what He calls holy, just as He is holy, and that's part of 138 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:38,840 the Holy Spirit's job, is also as He's working on the inside of 139 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:43,720 us, is to bring forth that sanctification in our life. 140 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:50,560 Our spirit man again, once we get born again, it's alive unto 141 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:54,120 Christ. It's alive unto Christ. 142 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,720 Now. That means now it wants to do 143 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,360 what Christ says in his word, to do right. 144 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,600 He says I'm going to give them a new heart, right? 145 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:11,440 And that heart, he says he's going to write his laws within 146 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,560 it. So now he's going to take that 147 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:17,360 cold, Stony heart away when we get born again. 148 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:20,800 And then he's going to give us a new heart, a new spirit, and 149 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:22,880 he's going to write his laws in it. 150 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:29,720 Now our Spirit is alive unto him and now because the Holy Spirit 151 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,920 lives on the inside of us when we get born again. 152 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:38,280 Now the Holy Spirit can begin to speak to us through His word, 153 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:44,600 Amen, to bring a sanctification process to our lives. 154 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:51,720 OK, so this is still part of the ministry of the Holy Spirit is 155 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:56,400 to bring sanctification not just to your spirit man. 156 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:58,600 Isn't that what Thessalonians says? 157 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:02,920 But entirely. Entirely. 158 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:07,640 He wants everything redeemed. And why do we know this? 159 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,680 Because the scripture says it. But not only that. 160 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:15,120 We know that the body it can't even be redeemed. 161 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,920 He wants the body redeemed, but he can't be fully redeemed until 162 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,400 we take on. That glorious body again. 163 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:26,960 Come on, when we see him in a twinkling of an eye, when the 164 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:30,440 trumpet sounds, we're going to be changed again. 165 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:35,160 And we're going to take on that glorified body that we had, that 166 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,720 Adam had in the midst of the Garden. 167 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,760 Because this body is still decaying. 168 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:48,960 But guess what we can have? We can have governance over our 169 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,760 body while we're still in the earth. 170 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:58,000 We it can't be complete until He, but He wants it complete. 171 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:04,080 You see that he still desires that our body is completely 172 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:08,800 redeemed Everything about us. He wants completely redeemed 173 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:15,560 everything. Everything Hallelujah. 174 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:21,720 Because he created it so it says he wants himself to sanctify you 175 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,560 entirely. What does he say? 176 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:32,520 May your spirit, soul and body be preserved, complete without 177 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:37,200 blame at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. 178 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,720 Is he coming? Is he coming? 179 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:43,120 We still believe he is coming. Amen. 180 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:48,560 And he is coming quickly. He is coming quickly, more 181 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:52,560 quicker than ever before. Glory to God. 182 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:57,960 Hallelujah. So there's things I could say, 183 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:05,520 but I'm going to stay focused. OK, So he wants us sanctified. 184 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,760 Say sanctified. Hallelujah. 185 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:13,400 And we talked about the fact that with the Holy Spirit 186 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:18,560 working on the inside of us, we have to what cooperate. 187 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:25,760 We have to cooperate with the Holy Spirit because he can't do 188 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:31,440 anything unless we acknowledge, And I said this, yield to it. 189 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,040 He can't do anything for us unless we acknowledge it. 190 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:42,560 And unless we accept it, and unless we yield to what the Holy 191 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,560 Spirit is saying to do within our lives, right. 192 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:50,440 And that's where it's going to bring the transformation within 193 00:14:50,440 --> 00:14:54,040 your life. He wants us completely 194 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,400 transformed, completely, entirely. 195 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,440 Every bit of us. Amen. 196 00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:07,480 Now let's go. To second Peter, Chapter one. 197 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:13,240 Second Peter, Chapter one. This is important. 198 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,440 And we're going to start in verse three, seeing that His 199 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:23,280 divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life 200 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,760 and godliness. You see this? 201 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,600 So he wants us. We've been given divine power. 202 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:36,960 It's been granted to us. So that we can live a life, a 203 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,520 Kingdom life. Amen. 204 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,800 And it would be what? Godly? 205 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,920 He wants us to live a godly life. 206 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,080 All right, He wants us to live a godly life. 207 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,280 And it says this through the true knowledge of Him who called 208 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,840 us by his own glory and excellence. 209 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,920 For by these he has granted to us the precious. 210 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:04,080 And magnificent promises. What are those? 211 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:10,560 His Word, So that by them you may become partakers of the 212 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:16,120 divine nature. Again, this is about allowing 213 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,080 the inward working of the Holy Spirit to bring sanctification 214 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:28,520 to us, because now we have obtained the Divine nature on 215 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:33,480 the inside of us. We are no longer of the sin 216 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,560 nature. Once you get born again, that 217 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:42,840 sin nature is dead and it no longer has control over you. 218 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:48,240 It only has control over you if you remain ignorant of what 219 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:52,240 belongs to you and who you are in Christ. 220 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:57,800 And This is why we see so many believers that are still living 221 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:01,640 like they are sinners. Right. 222 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,960 But we know that he's coming back for a what? 223 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:10,079 A glorious church. A mature church without what 224 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:14,000 spot or wrinkle. And that's his desire. 225 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:19,839 That's his plan. That's his plan for man, Right. 226 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,480 And so now we've become partakers of this divine nature. 227 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,560 Come on. That's why we shouldn't say 228 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:31,200 we're just still sorry sinners. We're not sorry sinners any 229 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,000 longer. We have a divine nature living 230 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,600 on the inside of us. Hallelujah. 231 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:43,840 A divine nature living on the inside of us, having escaped the 232 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:48,320 corruption that is in the world by lust. 233 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:52,040 You see that? Because we now have that divine 234 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:57,160 nature on the inside of us, we get to escape the corruption of 235 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:01,800 this world and its lust. So those lust should no longer 236 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,480 have hold over us, because we have this divine nature on the 237 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,000 inside of us. Hallelujah. 238 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,800 So he goes on to say now for this very reason, also applying 239 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:20,980 all diligence. In your face supply moral 240 00:18:20,980 --> 00:18:23,820 excellence and and moral excellence knowledge, and in 241 00:18:23,820 --> 00:18:26,460 your knowledge self-control. And in yourself control 242 00:18:26,460 --> 00:18:30,060 perseverance and in your perseverance godliness And in 243 00:18:30,060 --> 00:18:34,180 your godliness brother kind brotherly kindness and in your 244 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:39,260 brotherly kindness love. For if these qualities are yours 245 00:18:39,260 --> 00:18:41,780 and. Are what increasing, say 246 00:18:41,780 --> 00:18:45,960 increasing? Increasing. 247 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,600 We have to ask ourselves every day, are these qualities of this 248 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:55,000 divine nature, of His magnificent promises? 249 00:18:55,000 --> 00:19:03,240 Are they increasing in my life? Because He expects what increase 250 00:19:04,120 --> 00:19:10,040 always, always He expects increase in our lives. 251 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:15,080 And and He lets us know what the increase is that he expects. 252 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,240 Godliness. Knowledge of who He is. 253 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,240 You ought to be able to persevere through your little 254 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,840 emotions more today than you were. 255 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:37,040 Come on, right. self-control? Are these things increasing in 256 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,680 you? Or do you see you're not any 257 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,760 different than 10 years ago, and you've remained the same. 258 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:47,400 You still have an anger problem. You still have offenses 259 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,840 happening. And you're you take everything 260 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:53,080 you know, with an offense that anybody says. 261 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,760 Come on, you. I mean, oh, my goodness. 262 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,520 Anyway, you know what I'm talking about. 263 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:59,640 Don't get me started. OK? 264 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:05,040 Brotherly kindness. I mean, we don't have time for 265 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:10,640 pettiness anymore. We are living in a hour that we 266 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:18,000 need to get ourselves together because he is quickly returning. 267 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,840 And this is not just all people been saying this for 268 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:23,440 generations. No. 269 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:28,600 We see it unfolding every day before our eyes, and we don't 270 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:37,120 have time to be babies. Especially those who I've been 271 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:44,640 here and should know. Come on, you should be more kind 272 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,720 in your brotherliness. Come on. 273 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,280 But yet, I know people can't get along with anybody. 274 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:02,040 And he said, love, Praise the Lord. 275 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:09,040 Love. Let's just say love, peace, joy, 276 00:21:09,680 --> 00:21:15,240 kindness, gentleness. Oh, we're so kind. 277 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:22,360 Come on, it says. For if these qualities are 278 00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:27,480 yours, and they're increasing, they render you neither useless 279 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,760 nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus 280 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,240 Christ. So what happens if these things 281 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,320 are not increasing in a believer's life? 282 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:44,240 What did the Scripture just say? Say it out loud. 283 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:56,840 You will be useless, unfruitful. And we don't need useless, 284 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,360 unfruitful Christians in the hour that we're living. 285 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:07,640 We need people that know who they are in Christ, come on, 286 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:13,600 that know how to walk in the attributes and characteristics 287 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,880 of the divine nature that's been put within their lives, so that 288 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,400 they can actually be that one that we talked about on the 289 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:24,440 Sunday when I ministered. That they would actually be 290 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,440 people that know how to walk in love. 291 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,320 They would actually be people that have the light shining 292 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:34,440 within their lives, that people would be drawn to them, and that 293 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:40,120 they would actually walk in wisdom beyond their capacity, 294 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,120 beyond their knowledge. Wisdom that is not learned from 295 00:22:45,120 --> 00:22:49,520 these natural realm, the natural realm, but wisdom that is from 296 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,320 what above. Hallelujah. 297 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,640 And He let us know what those people look like and call them 298 00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:01,480 fools, right. So, you know, everybody's so 299 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:04,640 sensitive about what things the scripture says. 300 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,800 But he wasn't very sensitive when he penned this book. 301 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,320 He called people fools. He called the. 302 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:20,280 He called people hypocrites. He called people Vipers. 303 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:24,840 He called them like it was. Why? 304 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,240 Because you have to be shocked into reality. 305 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:37,600 Come on, this is not a little, you know, flowery sermon all the 306 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:43,400 time. Because we see what flowery 307 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:49,280 sermons have gotten us. Christians that can't even live 308 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:54,840 according to the word of God. I've been a lot. 309 00:23:54,840 --> 00:23:59,080 I've been around now 32 years of living this out, You know, not 310 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:04,080 as long as some, but faithfully for 32 years, every day of my 311 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,440 life, living this thing out. And I'm going to tell you, 312 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:09,320 Christians today look way different than Christians when I 313 00:24:09,320 --> 00:24:14,920 started out. Amen. 314 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:25,120 So he lets us know that we have a responsibility to continue to 315 00:24:25,120 --> 00:24:31,760 grow in the divine nature that He has put within us, and He 316 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:37,120 expects us to increase in that every year. 317 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:42,640 And part of the way that we are going to grow and increase is 318 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:48,880 what he calls pruning. And pruning happens by the Holy 319 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:55,040 Spirit. Pruning happens by the Holy 320 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,720 Spirit. Pruning happens by when you're 321 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:01,880 reading the Word and you see something in the Word, and the 322 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:06,200 Holy Spirit begins to speak to you in your inner man and say, 323 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,920 yeah, that's you. And you need to adjust that. 324 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,840 You need to change that. You need to obey that. 325 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,760 You need to do that because this is what you're doing in your 326 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,600 response or this is how you're treating that person. 327 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:30,040 This is how this works. And this is called pruning and 328 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:35,680 or what we could call part of the process of sanctification. 329 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,800 Sanctification. I don't know how more simpler we 330 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,720 can break this down because religion has made, you know, 331 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:50,240 this term sanctification, all religiosity, all this stuff that 332 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,920 people can't even understand what it's even saying. 333 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,240 But we're going to see how simple it really is by reading a 334 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:01,120 few more scriptures. OK, so we see here first 335 00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:03,640 Thessalonians. We already read that that he 336 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:10,360 mentions that he wants our entire being sanctified and to 337 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:15,920 remain what, Blameless. So he doesn't want you to go 338 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:20,440 through life. And there's things about you 339 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:27,800 that there can be blame. He could blame you for some 340 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:30,120 things. You want to remain what? 341 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:35,120 Blameless. OK, blameless. 342 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:42,400 Before his return. So now look at OK, let me finish 343 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:46,480 reading the scripture that I was at in first Peter, because it's 344 00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:51,560 just so good. So he says in verse 8. 345 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,440 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will 346 00:26:56,040 --> 00:27:00,000 render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge 347 00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:05,280 of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus 348 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:09,160 Christ. For he who lacks these qualities 349 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:16,680 is what, blind or short sighted, having forgotten His 350 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,680 purification. What was the purification? 351 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:25,960 The purification was the blood. The blood Purified you to give 352 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:31,160 you access so that His divine nature, come on, could be put on 353 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:39,120 the inside of you. And now we have to remain pure. 354 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,280 We have to remain pure. And part of remaining pure is 355 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,760 the Holy Spirit's job working on the inside of us, bringing forth 356 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:55,440 things within us that He can say there's some sanctification that 357 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,320 still needs to happen in this area, in your life. 358 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:05,480 And he's always working, always, always working in you. 359 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,720 So he lets us know that if you don't do these things, you're 360 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:17,000 going to what? Be blind or short sighted? 361 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:22,760 You're going to be blind. Well, where there is blindness, 362 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,360 or where there is things you can't see, or where you could 363 00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:31,320 also say when you're blind, it's pretty dark is where the enemy 364 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:38,720 now has this access. And blinded can also represent 365 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:46,640 deception, right? Or we know the scripture says if 366 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:51,960 you're not, which I read this, I believe in that last message in 367 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:56,360 James, that if you are only a hearer of the word but not A, 368 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:03,600 you are deceiving yourself. What is it saying if you're not 369 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:07,640 doing these qualities, if these qualities are not increasing in 370 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,840 your life? You are blinded and short 371 00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,560 sighted. You are beginning to go down a 372 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:19,760 road of self deception or delusion. 373 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:26,840 OK, so because why you have forgotten his purification from 374 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:30,880 his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the 375 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:35,200 more diligent to make certain about his calling and choosing 376 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,400 you. Did he choose you? 377 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:43,800 He chose you to be his child, To be his son, To be his daughter. 378 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,880 You didn't choose him. He chose you. 379 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:55,760 He chose you. What a privilege, What an honor. 380 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,680 He chose you, right? He chose you. 381 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,960 For as long as you practice these things, all those things 382 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:11,640 that we talked about, you will never stumble because what is 383 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,680 he's letting you know. As long as you are continuing to 384 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:18,480 increase in knowledge, increase in perseverance, increase in 385 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,120 brotherly kindness, increase in godliness, increase in all these 386 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:27,320 things, you can be assured to never stumble. 387 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:33,240 I have heard people you know balk at that religious people 388 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:36,800 because they think, well, who do you think you are, that you 389 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,400 think you could never sumble or you could never sin again? 390 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,400 He said. I could. 391 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,040 That's arrogant. We're all sinners. 392 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:53,600 They don't know who they are in Christ because he lets us know 393 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,000 that now that that divine nature is on the inside of us. 394 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:01,480 And as long as we continue to increase in these qualities of 395 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,480 God and allow that sanctification process of the 396 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:09,840 Holy Spirit to increase our lives every year, every year, 397 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,120 every year, we can be assured never to stumble. 398 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,440 Never to stumble. Hallelujah, Hallelujah. 399 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,920 Glory to God. You ought to be thankful some of 400 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:26,280 you that keep stumbling in the same same old thing, same old 401 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,760 thing, same old thing, year after year, you are not 402 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,040 increasing in what he says in the Scripture. 403 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:43,560 Hallelujah. So he says this verse 11 finally 404 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:49,200 will be done, for in this way the entrance into the eternal 405 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:54,840 Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly 406 00:31:54,960 --> 00:32:00,160 supplied to you. Hallelujah, Romans 12/1 and two 407 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,520 Romans 12/1 and two. Now remember, I already said, 408 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:08,080 first Thessalonians, that he expects our spirit, soul, and 409 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:14,000 body to remain blameless until and sanctified until his return. 410 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,200 Romans 12/1 And two again lets us know. 411 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,000 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to 412 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:28,160 present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice acceptable to 413 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,920 God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 414 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:36,480 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the 415 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,840 renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of 416 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:44,160 God is, that which is good, acceptable, and perfect. 417 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:49,960 Now in this one again you see here that he begins to let you 418 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,600 know. Not only he talks about renewing 419 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:57,440 of the mind, but again he tells you you have to present your 420 00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:03,400 body again. He wants this body holy. 421 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:09,720 He wants this body in a right blameless position before him 422 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,200 before he returns. And so many people don't even 423 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,240 talk about the body side of it, right? 424 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:22,040 So, remaining blameless, spirit, soul and body. 425 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:28,320 We talked about this in several of the other messages about the 426 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:33,960 fact that we need to learn how that we don't have to any longer 427 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,200 be controlled by the dictates of our flesh. 428 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,160 What is the body? The body's faculties have to do 429 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:47,720 with what our desires right the fleshly desires or the carnal, 430 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,960 what he calls carnal nature, the carnal man, our body. 431 00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:58,680 So our body has to we have to get into a place where Paul says 432 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:05,120 that I crucify my flesh daily. Our spirit man is alive unto 433 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:06,440 God. It's right with God. 434 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,320 It's growing and the knowledge of God and growing and the 435 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,320 things of God, right? Our mind now is being renewed to 436 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,960 the word of God, and our mind is getting into alignment with his 437 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,600 thinking and the way he does things and how he says to do 438 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,000 things. Our emotions, all of those 439 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,400 things are lining up with Scripture. 440 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,560 We're not letting the our emotions control us, to have 441 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:33,679 outbursts of anger or outbursts of flesh or outburst of 442 00:34:33,679 --> 00:34:37,199 whatever, right? It's getting into alignment 443 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,760 because we are now renewing our mind to the word of God. 444 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:46,239 But this flesh, this body, we have to decide every day that 445 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,760 we're going to crucify it, because again, it's not going to 446 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:54,920 be complete Lee redeemed until he blows the trumpet. 447 00:34:55,159 --> 00:35:02,600 But if we can get our mind lined up with our spirit man, and they 448 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:07,160 are in agreement, and then we do what the scripture says, now we 449 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:11,960 will what? Dictate to our flesh body get 450 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,840 into alignment. You can't. 451 00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,520 You don't own me. This flesh does not own me 452 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:18,480 anymore. Right? 453 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,600 Right. This flesh don't own me anymore. 454 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,720 No. It submits to me. 455 00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,640 It submits to what I say it's going to do. 456 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:36,040 Right now we have to what? When he says crucify the flesh 457 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,200 daily, He's talking about we have to bring it into 458 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:44,360 subjection. We have to teach our body that 459 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:48,640 it's going to cement, it's going to submit. 460 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:52,400 We're going to bring it into subjection to the word of God, 461 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:57,280 period. And this is how we can remain 462 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,240 blameless. But we're not doing it in and of 463 00:36:00,240 --> 00:36:02,800 ourselves. We're doing it by the working of 464 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,600 the Holy Spirit, as the Holy Spirit begins to reveal things 465 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,920 to us, to help bring our body into subjection. 466 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:14,120 And we've talked about this before, like, you know he's 467 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:16,480 going to tell you, quit eating cupcakes. 468 00:36:19,240 --> 00:36:22,560 Can't eat cupcakes? You can eat Stacey cakes. 469 00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:30,160 No, you can't eat cupcakes every meal and expect not to have 470 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:33,280 sugar. Diabetes, right? 471 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,560 I mean, you just can't eat all that sugar. 472 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:40,600 Because we know things affect our body because our body is 473 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,520 not. Again, it's decaying daily. 474 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,800 Everything about our body is dying and decreasing, but with 475 00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:51,480 the Holy Spirit, we know the Bible says that it the Holy 476 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:58,040 Spirit can quicken our mortal body, He can quicken our mortal 477 00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:02,080 body, Roman says. So if we get into a place where 478 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,520 we're getting ourselves in alignment, then our body can be 479 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:10,400 quickened and we don't have to be tired and run down because 480 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:12,520 we're speaking to our body. We're doing what? 481 00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:16,680 What those things are necessary to take care of our body. 482 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,720 You know, he talks about gluttony. 483 00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:23,160 You can be gluttonous not just with food but other things. 484 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:27,800 Amen. But he does talk about it and he 485 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:32,720 talks about right bodily exercise. 486 00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,000 It profits. Profits little, but it profits. 487 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,360 Why does it profit little? Because it is in a decay 488 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:48,880 process, but it's still profits. OK, so there's things that he 489 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:54,200 tells us we have to do if we're going to continue to allow have 490 00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:58,440 ourselves in alignment, spirit, soul and body so that we can 491 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:02,400 remain blameless. So First Corinthians 927 says 492 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:08,600 this, but I discipline my body and make it a slave so that 493 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,560 after I have preached to others, I myself will not be 494 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:18,200 disqualified. Amen. 495 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,640 So he's concerned about the body too. 496 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:28,280 He's concerned about all three areas of our life and we know 497 00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:31,520 that if our body is not in alignment, then you know what 498 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,280 our our purpose is going to be cut short. 499 00:38:35,720 --> 00:38:38,800 Things that he is assigned for us to do, we're not going to be 500 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,720 able to do fully because we just can't run our race the way that 501 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:46,840 we should. You know, and those types of 502 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:51,400 things. And not only that, do you know 503 00:38:52,440 --> 00:39:00,280 that we He tells us that we are a part of His body and we're one 504 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:05,880 with him. We're one with Him. 505 00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:12,520 Let me read this scripture. First Corinthians 6/15/20 says 506 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:16,160 this. Do you not know that your bodies 507 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:26,440 are members of Christ? Our bodies? 508 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:32,000 It's not just about the spirit of the man, it's not just about 509 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:39,680 renewing of the mind. But we house, come on, the third 510 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:44,920 person of the Godhead and we are part of his body. 511 00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:52,280 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? 512 00:39:57,750 --> 00:40:00,070 Shall I? Then take the members of. 513 00:40:00,070 --> 00:40:03,110 Christ and make them members of a harlot. 514 00:40:04,950 --> 00:40:08,750 Keep reading. Certainly not I'm being kind and 515 00:40:08,750 --> 00:40:13,150 soft. Or do you not know that he? 516 00:40:13,150 --> 00:40:17,790 Who has joined to a harlot is 1 body with her. 517 00:40:24,270 --> 00:40:30,920 This gets serious, for the two he says shall become one flesh. 518 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,040 Now he's given a type and shadow of what? 519 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:39,000 Marriage. When you get married you become 520 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,360 what? 1 flesh. 521 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,880 And he's using that type and shadow that when we get born 522 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:51,920 again, our bodies don't belong to us, they're his and we become 523 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:55,040 one flesh. He's using that example with him 524 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:05,520 we become married with Christ. We are one flesh with him. 525 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,600 He gives this as an example, right? 526 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:13,000 And he says for the two he says shall become one flesh. 527 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:18,920 But he who is joined to the Lord is 1 Spirit with him. 528 00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:24,800 Say one, wear one with him, wear one with him. 529 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:34,200 That's why he says flee sexual immorality. 530 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:38,520 Every sin that a man does is outside the body. 531 00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:42,480 But he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own 532 00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,560 body. Or do you not know that your 533 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:52,120 body is what the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you? 534 00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:58,200 Say he's in me, whom you have from God, and you are not your 535 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:03,960 own. Say I'm not my own, for you were 536 00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:10,600 bought with a price. Therefore, glorify God in your 537 00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:23,120 body and in your spirit, which are gods, Which are gods, both 538 00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,480 of them, the body and the spirit. 539 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:33,280 And he wants your mind. All three belong to him, belong 540 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,840 to him. He wants them completely 541 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,120 sanctified. All three. 542 00:42:38,520 --> 00:42:41,640 So what we put in our body matters to the Lord. 543 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,480 What we do with our body matters to the Lord. 544 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:51,880 All of it matters to the Lord. And I don't think we talk about 545 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:56,000 this enough. All three areas matter to the 546 00:42:56,000 --> 00:43:03,240 Lord. All three areas cannot bring 547 00:43:03,240 --> 00:43:10,160 glory to God right now. Look at this First Corinthians 548 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:17,240 12 and 13 For by 1 Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, 549 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:24,470 whether Jew or Greek, whether slave or free, and we were all. 550 00:43:24,470 --> 00:43:32,070 Made to drink of 1 spirit. We are one with him, but we are 551 00:43:32,070 --> 00:43:36,910 also one with everyone. Else who is born again. 552 00:43:36,910 --> 00:43:43,310 Amen. And you know that he wants us to 553 00:43:43,310 --> 00:43:48,190 be unified. He wants the body of Christ to 554 00:43:48,190 --> 00:43:51,760 be 1, just as we are one with Him. 555 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:56,440 He wants us as the body of Christ to be one in the same. 556 00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,960 Amen. Now Ephesians 4/4 through six 557 00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,880 says this. There is one body and one 558 00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:09,080 spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling. 1 559 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:16,080 Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God, and Father of all who 560 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:21,480 is above all and through all, and in you all. 561 00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:28,600 Come on, you see this. We are all one in the Spirit. 562 00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,840 We are all one in the body of Christ. 563 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:40,480 And everything that everybody does affects the body. 564 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:48,760 Everyone, everyone, everyone affects the body, every one of 565 00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,560 us. And so it's very important that 566 00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:57,600 we recognize that. That is why in Galatians chapter 567 00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:06,760 5, let's read it out of the Amplified Galatians chapter 5. 568 00:45:08,200 --> 00:45:13,120 You know, I like reading all of it, so maybe I'll stop. 569 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:17,760 But let's start in verse 16. But I say walk and live 570 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:24,200 habitually in the Holy Spirit, responsive to and controlled and 571 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:28,640 guided by the Spirit. Then you will certainly not 572 00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:34,160 gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh or of the human 573 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,240 nature without God. You see that? 574 00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:40,240 So he's letting us know. Listen, part of the Holy 575 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:44,480 Spirit's job, as you're walking with the Holy Spirit every day, 576 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:49,480 is to then allow you. What if you're being responsive 577 00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:56,200 to say I'm responsive, controlled, say controlled and 578 00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:01,440 guided by the Spirit? You see that you will not 579 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:06,600 gratify the cravings and the desires of this flesh. 580 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:11,280 For the desires of the flesh are in opposition to the Holy 581 00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:15,880 Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are opposed to the flesh, 582 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:20,600 godless human nature. For there are antagonists to 583 00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:24,840 each other, continually withstanding and in conflict 584 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:29,520 with each other, so that you are not free and are prevented from 585 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,080 doing what you desire to do. So he's letting us know just 586 00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:37,400 because we're born again, this flesh still will try to do what 587 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:41,200 it wants to do, and that's why we have to crucify the flesh 588 00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:43,040 daily. But the way we're going to do 589 00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:48,800 that is by being responsive, controlled by and governed by 590 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:53,680 the Holy Spirit, speaking to our lives, speaking to our inner man 591 00:46:53,680 --> 00:47:00,040 every day as we walk with him, habitually walk with him. 592 00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,000 And he's going to then begin to show us the things that are 593 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:09,280 still controlling our lives that aren't supposed to be. 594 00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:14,880 And when we begin to respond to those things that we are 595 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:20,440 prompted by, that we yield to and allow the Holy Spirit to 596 00:47:20,440 --> 00:47:25,960 show us, then what happens? That's when sanctification 597 00:47:25,960 --> 00:47:30,320 begins to happen. That's when we'll begin to allow 598 00:47:30,320 --> 00:47:34,160 the Holy Spirit to work within our life, to bring 599 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:39,000 sanctification so that we're no longer acting like Galatians 600 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:41,120 tells us. With all of these things, 'cause 601 00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,400 I still know Christians that envy. 602 00:47:44,520 --> 00:47:47,880 I still know Christians that are carousing and drunkenness. 603 00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:51,880 I still know Christians that are in jealousy and strife and emni. 604 00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:56,280 I still know all the Christians that are acting selfish and 605 00:47:56,280 --> 00:48:01,840 immoral and impurity, right? Why? 606 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,560 Why is it? Is it because they're not born 607 00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,560 again? No, it's not because they're not 608 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:09,000 born again. It's because they've not taught 609 00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:14,880 themselves and allowed the Holy Spirit to teach them how to 610 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:19,000 crucify the flesh. They've not been taught how to 611 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:23,000 renew their mind to the word of God so that they'll quit living 612 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:28,400 like carnal Christians. Carnal Christians? 613 00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:32,280 What a carnal Christians. Those that get born again but 614 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:35,200 still live like the world and act like the world. 615 00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:45,120 OK, so there's process of sanctification that still has to 616 00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:47,640 happen, and a lot of it is because they're not being 617 00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:49,760 taught. But I'm going to tell you what 618 00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:56,680 those that truly love God and those that truly desire to live 619 00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,960 for God with all of their heart, He will. 620 00:48:59,960 --> 00:49:04,920 The Holy Spirit will always guide you to the place you need 621 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,440 to grow to the next level. Always. 622 00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,520 Always. That's why you get born again in 623 00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,960 the Baptist Church. But guess what I found out by 624 00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:20,520 the AG, The Assemblies of God about the Holy Ghost and how we 625 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:24,280 needed the power of the Holy Ghost living on the inside of 626 00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:26,560 us. Why? 627 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:30,400 Because you're so hungry and you know there's got to be more. 628 00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:34,120 So guess what? The AG, the Pentecostals, they 629 00:49:34,120 --> 00:49:37,240 had, the more. So then you get into the more 630 00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:40,320 and you realize, well, there's even more and you learn. 631 00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,800 You got to learn how to walk by faith, and you got to learn how 632 00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,840 to come on renew your mind, 'cause they won't teach you how 633 00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:51,200 to renew your mind, but there is some people that will teach you 634 00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:53,200 how to renew your mind when you're hungry. 635 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:56,800 When you know the Word says some things and you're not walking in 636 00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:04,160 it, Lord, lead me and guide me to the place so that I can grow 637 00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:07,000 from faith to faith, glory to glory. 638 00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:12,320 Because those that are truly hungry and those that truly have 639 00:50:12,320 --> 00:50:16,960 a heart for the things of God, the purity of God's Word, the 640 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:21,360 Holy Ghost, will always lead you to a place to take you to the 641 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,840 next level. Always. 642 00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:26,840 That's how good the Holy Ghost is. 643 00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:34,200 Always. Always Hallelujah. 644 00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:40,720 So the Holy Spirit is the one that's going to help us get this 645 00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:45,760 flesh into alignment. Now, what does sanctification 646 00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:49,400 mean? What does sanctification mean? 647 00:50:49,400 --> 00:50:59,360 Sanctification is the effect of consecration and purification 648 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:06,960 and holiness. So if we're going to walk in 649 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:11,240 sanctification and continuing to allow the inner working of the 650 00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:14,080 Holy Spirit to bring us, what is he doing? 651 00:51:14,080 --> 00:51:17,400 He's bringing us to a process that we'll see. 652 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:23,560 I've got to consecrate myself in this area for me to grow to the 653 00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,400 next place. He's going to show you things 654 00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:29,520 you need to consecrate yourself to dedicate yourself to. 655 00:51:29,720 --> 00:51:32,480 I'm no longer going to be able to hang out with all my other 656 00:51:32,480 --> 00:51:35,440 buddies any longer, because if I'm going to get to another 657 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:41,280 place of sanctification and purification and holy holiness, 658 00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,640 I'm no longer going to be able to hang out and do the things I 659 00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:47,760 used to do. Come on. 660 00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,800 If I'm going to allow this sanctification process to 661 00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:55,880 happen, I'm no longer going to be able to watch the things I 662 00:51:55,880 --> 00:52:00,240 used to be able to watch. I don't have any desire for 663 00:52:00,240 --> 00:52:03,120 those things anymore. I just want more God. 664 00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:06,920 The Holy Ghost is going to do those things within your heart, 665 00:52:07,240 --> 00:52:11,160 and if you hear it and yield to it and obey it, then 666 00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:16,280 sanctification starts happening. Come on, consecration starts 667 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:18,160 happening. Holiness. 668 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,760 And purification starts happening. 669 00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:25,480 But it will not happen if we don't yield to those promptings 670 00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:33,480 every time we hear them on the inside and while we're reading 671 00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:37,240 the word. And you wonder why your life is 672 00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:42,080 still the same. Well, it's not because of God, I 673 00:52:42,080 --> 00:52:48,000 can guarantee you that. No, it's because you have 674 00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:53,440 refused, and we talked about this, to yield to the Holy 675 00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:58,120 Ghost. To yield to the Holy Ghost as he 676 00:52:58,120 --> 00:53:02,000 prompts you and as he shows you things and and I'm going to tell 677 00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:07,040 you it will take the working of you, working with the Holy 678 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:12,680 Spirit and Co laboring with the Holy Spirit to see that process 679 00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:16,080 happen. But without our cooperation and 680 00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:19,560 doing what the Holy Ghost is prompting us to do. 681 00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:23,960 It will not change. You will not change. 682 00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:35,560 You will remain the same. I've looked at the word 683 00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:39,840 sanctification out of this scripture out of first Peter one 684 00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:43,560 and two. First Peter one and two. 685 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,480 It says according to the foreknowledge of God the Father 686 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:51,320 by the sanctifying work of the Spirit. 687 00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:55,080 So what brings the sanctification to your life? 688 00:53:55,440 --> 00:54:01,160 The working of the Holy Spirit within you, The inner working. 689 00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:05,040 And when you looked up that word, sanctifying work, 690 00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:10,080 sanctification, it literally talks about sanctification of 691 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:15,280 your heart or your spirit, but your life as well. 692 00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:18,440 So that has to do with your life. 693 00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:22,080 That has to do with your behaviors of what you're doing 694 00:54:22,080 --> 00:54:25,120 every day. It wasn't just about your spirit 695 00:54:25,120 --> 00:54:30,360 being pure and sanctified. It was about an outward display 696 00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:37,760 of an inward work. People ought to see that you're 697 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:41,360 living a holy life. People ought to see that you're 698 00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:45,920 consecrated to God and nothing's going to move you off that line. 699 00:54:48,720 --> 00:54:52,640 Nothing. People ought to feel 700 00:54:52,640 --> 00:54:55,840 uncomfortable when they're around you because of Your 701 00:54:55,840 --> 00:55:00,240 Holiness. I mean, we can walk to places 702 00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:02,640 and then, you know, carry on conversations. 703 00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:06,600 Me and my husband meet people, you know, be nice, be friendly. 704 00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,000 And then they find out, you know, they're cussing. 705 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:13,040 And I mean, one man we talked to up at the bar every day or every 706 00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:16,000 time we go to this restaurant, he's sitting at the bar. 707 00:55:16,240 --> 00:55:18,480 He's come through our church doors before. 708 00:55:19,160 --> 00:55:28,550 And you know what? He he cleans up his words, but 709 00:55:28,550 --> 00:55:30,870 he'll come and make sure if he sees my husband in that 710 00:55:30,870 --> 00:55:37,190 restaurant, he'll come talk to him and he's up at the bar every 711 00:55:37,190 --> 00:55:42,070 time we go in. It's the holiness. 712 00:55:44,150 --> 00:55:54,160 It's the holiness. It's the purity of the life that 713 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:58,440 we live. Hallelujah. 714 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:03,680 Sanctifying work of the Spirit is that inner working of the 715 00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,720 Holy Spirit. And I've said this before, 716 00:56:05,720 --> 00:56:12,920 that's why he's called the Holy Spirit, because he's holy, He's 717 00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:17,160 holy. And he wants us to be holy. 718 00:56:17,840 --> 00:56:23,040 He wants us to be sanctified completely. 2nd Thessalonians 719 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:27,280 213 But we should always give thanks to God for you, brother 720 00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:31,120 and beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the 721 00:56:31,120 --> 00:56:39,400 beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and 722 00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:43,520 faith in the truth. What is the truth? 723 00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:47,040 His Word. We know we could read his word 724 00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:49,240 and it. And he says it's called the 725 00:56:49,240 --> 00:56:54,240 washing of the watering of the word, which is a form of 726 00:56:54,240 --> 00:56:58,240 purification. That's what the priests used to 727 00:56:58,240 --> 00:57:00,600 have to do. They had to purify and wash. 728 00:57:00,600 --> 00:57:04,240 That's what all those washings were, right? 729 00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,240 So the Word itself, because it's alive. 730 00:57:07,240 --> 00:57:10,920 Because it's God breathed. Because it's breathed by the 731 00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:13,960 Spirit of God. Because our Spirit now is alive 732 00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:16,640 unto God. Because the Holy Spirit now is 733 00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:20,880 living on the inside of us. The Word is working and the Holy 734 00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:26,880 Spirit is working. And they're Simon simultaneously 735 00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:33,320 working together to bring purification and sanctification 736 00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:37,040 in our life. Amen. 737 00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:42,160 And it's by the word of God and the Spirit of God. 738 00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:46,040 Let me read that scripture. Ephesians 525 through 30. 739 00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:49,360 Husbands, I love how he used this type of shadow. 740 00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:53,880 Love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and gave 741 00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:59,880 himself up for her, that he might sanctify her and cleanse 742 00:57:59,880 --> 00:58:05,160 her with the washing of the water by the word, that he might 743 00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:10,360 present her to himself a glorious church, not having spot 744 00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:14,960 or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she would be holy and 745 00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:18,040 without blemish. So husbands ought to love their 746 00:58:18,040 --> 00:58:23,240 wives as their own bodies. Here's this body again, right? 747 00:58:23,720 --> 00:58:25,840 He who loves his wife loves himself. 748 00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:29,320 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes it and 749 00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:32,520 cherishes it, just as the Lord does the Church. 750 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:41,440 For we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones. 751 00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:45,080 Hallelujah. He wants US holy. 752 00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:52,760 He wants us sanctified every area of our life, and that is so 753 00:58:52,760 --> 00:58:57,120 important that we recognize through the working of the Holy 754 00:58:57,120 --> 00:59:01,400 Spirit internally again, developing the fruits of the 755 00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:06,680 Spirit within our life, right? Developing the characteristics 756 00:59:06,680 --> 00:59:09,240 and the nature of God within our life. 757 00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:17,360 All of that is part of that sanctification process that will 758 00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:25,480 only yield holiness within your life, holiness within your life, 759 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:33,400 Hallelujah. Because he'd so desires that his 760 00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:38,600 people be wholly just as he is holy. 761 00:59:39,120 --> 00:59:46,920 Amen. Thank you so much for listening 762 00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:49,360 to this message. If you want more, subscribe to 763 00:59:49,360 --> 00:59:52,760 our message podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and 764 00:59:52,760 --> 00:59:54,760 SoundCloud. Rating and leaving a comment 765 00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:56,960 will go a long way with helping our messages get better 766 00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:59,200 circulation. 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