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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church Podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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My name is Pastor Josh and I
want to thank you for listening to

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this podcast.

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I hope that this podcast can
be a blessing to you and strengthen

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you in the word of God.

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Now, come along, let's look
into the Bible and see what God has

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for us here today.

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We are in the book of Romans
and we're in a sermon series called

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why Theology Matters.

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Why Theology Matters.

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Why does it matter what we
believe about God?

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And I think most of us know
the answer to that, because what

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we believe about God links
directly to what we do in connection

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to that belief.

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And so here in Romans chapter
eight, if you have your Bibles, turn

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there with me.

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Romans, chapter eight.

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We've been looking at what
salvation brings us.

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Salvation in Jesus Christ
through Jesus Christ.

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Salvation is not found in
anything else.

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Salvation is not found in our works.

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That's what the Bible has told
us so far.

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Not by works that we have done.

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We know that the book of
Ephesians, Ephesians 2, 8, 9, tell

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us that it's a gift of God.

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It's a gift of grace, not of
works, lest any man should boast.

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And so here In Romans chapter
8, we're reminded about what we have

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in our salvation.

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It says in verse number one,
there is therefore now no condemnation

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to them which are in Christ Jesus.

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The Bible says here in verse
number one of Romans chapter eight,

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that what we have in salvation
is salvation from judgment or condemnation.

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But the Bible has told us here
in Romans that when we trust in Jesus

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Christ as our Savior, the
Bible tells us, tells us that the

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Holy Spirit indwells us.

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And so the indwelling of the
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That is what salvation brings us.

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But salvation brings us other things.

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We see in verse number eight
that we are not in the flesh, but

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in the Spirit.

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If so be that the Spirit of
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Now, if any man have not the
spirit of Christ, he, He is none

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of his.

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And so the Bible tells us that
in salvation we have the indwelling

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of the Spirit.

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And the indwelling of the
Spirit brings us salvation from condemnation

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or judgment, but it also
brings us the presence of God, that

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God lives within our lives,
that he doesn't just come visit us

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from time to time on Sunday
mornings, but that as a believer,

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I have the Spirit indwelling me.

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And that means that God is
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One of the names for Jesus is Emmanuel.

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God with us.

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One of the beautiful things
that we can take with us as believers

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is that we have a personal
God, the God who cares about every

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element of our lives.

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That he loves us, that he
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he is with us and he will
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And so what does the Spirit of
God bring us?

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The Spirit of God brings us no
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That's exciting.

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I don't know about you, but
that makes me want to cheer because

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I deserve condemnation.

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I deserve judgment in my sin.

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All of us, if we're honest,
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wage of sin.

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The wages of sin is death.

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But when we are in Christ,
there is no more condemnation.

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There's conviction, there's
the fact that we need to know that

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we need to change in Christ.

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But there's no more condemnation.

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We don't have to pay for the
sins that we committed.

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Why?

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Because Jesus paid that price
for us on the cross and he conquered

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death through the resurrection.

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So therefore we can live in
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But then the Bible tells us
that there's more.

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He saves us from condemnation.

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But verse nine tells us that
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He is with us in the midst of
our difficulties, in the midst of

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our pain, in the midst of our
loneliness, in the midst of our confusion.

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God is with us, and he will
lead us to truth.

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But the Bible says more here
in Romans, chapter 8.

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Not only does he save us from
condemnation, not only does he give

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us his presence, but we here
see in verse number 12 that the Holy

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Spirit does something in us.

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The Bible says that the Holy
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Look at verse number 12 with me.

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The Bible says here that the
believer's victory over sin comes

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through the indwelling power
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He says, therefore, brethren,
we are debtors.

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We have an obligation because
of what God has done for us, because

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of his sacrifice.

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We have an obligation.

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But that obligation is no
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He says we are debtors, not to
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And if you're new with us,
let's just talk very quickly about

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the definition of flesh and spirit.

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The Bible says that when we
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Spirit, but we still have the
sinful flesh that hangs on.

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And that's that battle that we fight.

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Are we going to obey and
follow the Spirit, or are we going

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to give into the pleasure?

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Are we going to give into our flesh?

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Are we going to give into sin?

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And so often Christians fall
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And he says here, no, we are
not debtors to the flesh.

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We we are debtors to the Spirit.

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Why?

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He says, because to be in the
flesh means that we live after the

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flesh, and therefore we've
been saved from that.

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He says we're not debtors to
the flesh.

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We are not supposed to live in
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Verse 13.

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For if ye live after the
flesh, ye shall die again.

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Remember, the flesh brings destruction.

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The flesh brings sin.

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The flesh brings death.

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But then he goes on to say,
but if ye, through the Spirit, do

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mortify or kill the deeds of
the body, ye shall live.

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And so he says here, what does
the Holy Spirit do in us?

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It brings us an obligation to
follow after the truth of God.

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It brings us the obligation to
walk in obedience to him.

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We owe nothing to the flesh.

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And as Christians, sometimes
we live as if we do owe something

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to the flesh.

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Well, I've got to feed the flesh.

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I have to obey the flesh.

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The Bible says, no, we have to
die to that.

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That word there in verse
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It's a strong word.

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It says here, basically, to
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to die to that and to live in
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So we owe nothing to the flesh.

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But I want you to think about this.

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We owe everything to the Spirit.

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We owe everything to God.

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Why?

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Because he brings life, peace
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And so if you're tempted to
quit, if you're tempted to think

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that the world is going to
bring something better to you, that.

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That this pleasure is going to
be better than the pleasure of God,

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folks, remind yourself.

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Let me remind myself that my
flesh is not what saved me.

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My flesh brought nothing to me
except pain and suffering and death.

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It is the Spirit who changed me.

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It is God's love that
transformed my life.

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And so therefore, when we are
tempted, the doubt turn to the thing

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that God has done for you and
that is salvation.

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We owe everything to the Spirit.

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We are not debtors to the flesh.

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And so there's this call here
to reject self effort.

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And if I can preach about
anything here this morning, let me

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preach about this.

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The emptiness, the
uselessness, the vanity of doing

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what we believe the right
thing to do in the wrong way.

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Folks, I can try to do all the
things that the Bible calls me to

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do as a Christian, but if I do
it in my flesh, if I do it in my

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own strength, it's always
going to fail.

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I'm always going to find
myself in disappointment.

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I'm always going to find
myself in bitterness.

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I'm always going to find
myself with some sort of emptiness

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in my life.

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And so, folks, there is a way
to do something in the wrong way.

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Even if we're serving, we can
serve the Lord in the flesh.

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I can try to love my wife in
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I can try to be a godly man in
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But what does it say?

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He says, even if we're trying
to do the right thing in the wrong

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way, it will always lead back
to the flesh.

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And, and the flesh, as it says
here, leads to death.

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And so what do we do?

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We look deeper into why we are
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We do it because of what God
has done in us in that change.

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And so therefore, we are to
reject self effort when it comes

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to every element of our lives.

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Romans, chapter 7, verse 18.

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We saw that a few weeks ago.

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Paul says, for I know that in
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good thing, for to will is
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But how to perform that which
is good, I find not meaning.

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I cannot do anything good in
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I need God in every area of my life.

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John 15 tells us to abide in Him.

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Why?

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Because we cannot bear true
Christian fruit without being in

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him and being guided by Him.

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The flesh.

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Let me put it this way.

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The flesh cannot overcome flesh.

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Moral reform cannot produce holiness.

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You know, I could sit here
today and say, okay, this is what

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it means to be a member of
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And you need to follow this
list of rules and then you'll be

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holy.

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No, that's not how we're holy.

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The only way that we can be
holy in the sight of God is walking

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in His Son's righteousness,
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It is his perfection put on
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None of us can follow a list
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And so the Bible tells us here
that flesh will not destroy flesh.

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The only thing that will
destroy the flesh is the infusion

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of the Spirit in our lives.

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And so the obligation of the
believer is to live in the Spirit.

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We are not capable of changing
ourselves apart from the divine,

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all powerful nature of God and
the Spirit indwelling in us.

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And so we have the obligation,
but we also have the operation of

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the Spirit.

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Look at verse number 13.

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He says, if we live after the
flesh, ye shall die.

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The Bible says that we can
have victory over sin, but the victory

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over sin is not going to be
found through trying harder.

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The victory over sin is going
to be found, as it says there in

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verse 13, if we live in the Spirit.

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But if ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body,

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ye shall live.

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Victory comes by the Spirit.

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The Bible says, kill, slay,
remove those fleshly impulses in

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our life.

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The only way to do that, the
Spirit enables us and empowers us

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to continually put to death
those sinful desires and practices

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in our lives.

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The Bible says that it is
through only the power of God that

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we can experience this.

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It's not power of ourselves.

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Go back with me if you have
your Bibles.

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Turn with me to Acts, chapter
1, verse 8.

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Jesus is talking to his
disciples right before he ascends

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to heaven.

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Some people tie Acts, chapter
one, verse eight to the Great Commission.

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And I think that this is a
great verse to point to how we can

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experience the power of God.

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So many of us here, hey, we
can experience the power of God.

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The power of God can work in us.

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The power of God can work
through us.

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We can experience the power of God.

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And that's a great thing to
say within church.

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It's a great thing to say
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But what does it mean to
experience the power of God?

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What does it mean to allow the
power of God to work through us?

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Well, it says here in Acts,
chapter one, verse eight how we will

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receive the power of God.

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He says, but you shall receive
power after that.

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The Holy Ghost has come upon you.

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The Bible says the power of
God comes through the indwelling

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and the guidance of the Spirit.

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We're not going to see the
power of God working in our lives

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by our own strength, by our
own power, by.

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It's by the guidance of the
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powerful transformation that
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And so he says here, when God
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Holy Ghost indwells you, you
will be witnesses unto me both in

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Jerusalem and Judea and in
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the earth.

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The Bible says that God calls
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case in point, being witnesses
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do it.

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And God has allowed you to be
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life at whatever capacity of
service that you are in.

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through the Spirit to do what he

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has called you to do.

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You can do it, but not in your
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If I was here this morning and
I was telling you this, you are enough.

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That sounds good because that
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You're enough.

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You're so strong, you're so
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Folks, if the centerpiece of
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We're missing the point.

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The centerpiece to my hope
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on my life.

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2 Corinthians, chapter number 12.

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Paul says, Look, Lord, take
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Take this away from me.

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When you are weak, I am strong.

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You are made perfect through
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God's power is seen growing in
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and turn to him.

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He says, the power of God can
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He says, but if ye through the
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body, ye shall live.

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Now, how do we do that?

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So you say, okay, good Pastor,
I see the.

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That I need to get rid of the
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Okay, I see that I'm supposed
to follow the Spirit, but how do

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I know what the Spirit wants
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How do I follow his teaching?

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How do I follow his conviction?

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How do I follow his guidance
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Well, the Bible says clearly
throughout Scripture In Romans, chapter

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10, verse 17, faith cometh by
hearing and hearing by the word of

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God.

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There's other passages of
Scripture that speak of sanctify

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them through thy truth.

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Thy word is truth.

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The way we see the Spirit's
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to his word as He.

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He directs us in Scripture.

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Saturation for sanctification.

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Think about it that way.

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We need to saturate ourselves
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can be sanctified in his truth.

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That word sanctified just
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apart, to be set differently
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Saturation with what?

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Well, filling our minds with
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What we fill our minds with
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What we fill our minds with
will eventually go into our hearts

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and go out of our mouths.

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What we fill our minds with
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troubles come.

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And so the Bible says In
Romans, chapter 12, to renew our

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minds, the Bible says to set
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Colossians, chapter three.

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And so to know the way of the
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the Spirit.

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Now, we don't want to remove
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We don't want to remove the
comfort of the spirit, but it starts

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with the word of God.

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So when the mind is fixed on
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the spirit, what comes after?

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Well, Romans chapter 8, verse
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Go back, he says, for to be
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be spiritually minded is life
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So to be spiritually minded is
having our thoughts and our desires

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and our direction aligned with
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What is our mind fixed on?

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Is our mind fixed on the
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things of the spirit?

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Our spiritual health depends
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minds.

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Romans chapter 12.

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We're going to get ahead of ourselves.

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A little bit later on in the
book of Romans, we see basically

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practical applications of the
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us in the first half of Romans.

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And so later on in Romans,
when we see the practical application

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of all of these things.

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He says in verse number one of
Romans chapter 12, I beseech you,

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I appeal to you, I beg you.

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Therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your

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bodies, your everything, a
living sacrifice wholly acceptable

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unto God, which is your
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He says, this, guys, as
believers, we are called to give

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everything.

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Why?

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It's our reasonable response
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God has given us everything,
and it's only reasonable for us to

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give him everything.

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The truth of the matter is
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I don't want to give you that.

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God, that's mine.

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I want control of that.

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But really what the Bible says
is that God doesn't want us to give

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our lives in the physical
sense of killing something like the

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Old Testament.

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He wants us to give him a
living sacrifice.

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He wants us to live for him.

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That's the way that we show
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And so then he says in verse
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world.

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Don't act like the world,
don't think like the world, don't

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be like the world, but be transformed.

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That's that transformation.

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In the Greek, the word is the
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Metamorphosis.

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So, you know, a caterpillar
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comes out a butterfly.

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Totally different form of things.

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That's what we are to do as a Christian.

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We are supposed to be
transformed by what?

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By the renewing of your mind
that ye may prove or demonstrate

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what is that good and
acceptable and perfect will of God.

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We want to know the will of
God in our lives.

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We want to know the will of
the Spirit in our lives as we are

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to walk as Christians, it's
renewing our mind in the truths of

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God.

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And so our spiritual health
depends on the consistent renewal

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of our minds.

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When it comes to what we take
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If our mind is always set in
the things of the flesh, guess what?

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We're going to live in the flesh.

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We're going to respond in the flesh.

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We're going to live in rebellion.

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We're going to live in brokenness.

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And so the outcome of our
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There's two ways that we can go.

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It's to live after the flesh,
which is death, or we can live by

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the Spirit, which the Bible
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It's an issue of service.

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Who are we going to serve?

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Are we servants to sin or are
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There's always going to be
something that rules our life.

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But the Bible says that we
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If we think that we can serve
God and serve ourselves, we're confused,

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we're believing a lie.

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The Bible calls that someone
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And the Bible says that a
double minded man is unstable in

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all of his ways.

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A double minded man is someone
who says, well, I want the things

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of God, but I also want the
things of this world and I want to

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blend those together.

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I know what God's word says,
but I feel this way.

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So I'm going to go ahead and
choose the way that I feel.

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Folks, I'm going to tell you
here this morning, the truths of

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God don't change by our feelings.

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There's mornings that I wake
up and I don't feel like doing what

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God says because my flesh
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But that's when we mortify, we
kill that and we say, no, Lord, it's

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you, I serve you.

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Whether or not it makes sense
to me, whether or not it makes me

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feel good, I follow you.

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And so the Spirit leads us.

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And, and some people would say this.

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Well, isn't that like bondage?

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Isn't, isn't, isn't that
something that's going to bring us

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down and limit us?

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Well, let's see more about
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In Romans chapter eight, he
says, for as many as are led by the

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Spirit of God, they are the
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So if we're led by the Spirit,
the Bible doesn't say that we're

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in bondage.

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The Bible actually says that
we are sons of God or children of

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God.

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And what does it mean to be a
child of God?

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Well, he says, for ye have not
received the spirit of bondage.

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Again, the fear, meaning this
sin, is what brings us to bondage.

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The flesh is what brings us to bondage.

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Because that's all we can do
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We can't honor God, we can't
live for God.

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So it's actually the contrary.

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When we receive the Spirit and
when we follow in the Spirit, we

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are no longer in bondage to
fear and descent.

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But ye have received the
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What an amazing truth this is.

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The Bible actually says that
when we trust in God and when the

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Holy Spirit indwells us, we
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Now why does it say adopted?

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That's an interesting word.

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Why doesn't it say we're born again?

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also in a parallel idea, he says

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that we are adopted into the
family of God, meaning this, in the

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old times, when an individual
was adopted into a family, he or

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she would not receive the
complete inheritance until they were

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adopted as an adult.

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As, as.

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As they became an adult.

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That's when they received the
whole inheritance.

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The Bible says here that we
are received in the spirit of adoption,

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whereby we cry, abba, Father.

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The Spirit itself beareth
witness with our Spirit that we are

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the children of God.

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And if children, then heirs,
then heirs of God, joint heirs with

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Christ, if so, be that we
suffer with him, that we may also

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be glorified together.

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So the Bible says here very
clearly that when we are servants

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to God, he doesn't just keep
us in a room and lock us up and never

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give us an opportunity to
receive the blessings.

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No, actually we are opened up
and we are freed from our bondage.

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And we are given freedom to
serve him.

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We are given freedom to be
part of the family of God.

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And we receive these blessings
as joint heirs with Christ.

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And so the Spirit leads us to freedom.

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Not freedom to do what we want
to do, but freedom to serve him,

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while the flesh, as it says
here, enslaves us again to corruption

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into sin, into brokenness.

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And so the ongoing work of the
Spirit is this, that the Spirit convicts

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us, the Spirit empowers us,
the Spirit renews us and transforms

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us and produces fruit, as we
see in Galatians chapter 5, to walk

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in obedience.

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And so our responsibility is
to die daily to that and to remember

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00:22:07,060 --> 00:22:08,620
our standing in Christ.

483
00:22:09,490 --> 00:22:12,770
And so we saw already here
this morning what the Spirit does

484
00:22:13,170 --> 00:22:13,890
in us.

485
00:22:14,370 --> 00:22:16,210
But I want to ask the question too.

486
00:22:16,690 --> 00:22:18,690
Who the Holy Spirit makes us?

487
00:22:19,170 --> 00:22:21,570
Well, the answer to that
question, as we see in verse number

488
00:22:21,570 --> 00:22:25,010
14, is this, that we are the
children of God, as the Bible says

489
00:22:25,010 --> 00:22:26,010
here, verse 14.

490
00:22:26,010 --> 00:22:29,330
For as many as are led by the
Spirit of God, they are the sons

491
00:22:29,330 --> 00:22:29,610
of God.

492
00:22:29,610 --> 00:22:30,690
Now, let's just stop there.

493
00:22:30,770 --> 00:22:34,610
The Bible says that we who are
in the Spirit are children of God.

494
00:22:34,610 --> 00:22:35,490
What does that mean?

495
00:22:35,910 --> 00:22:37,270
Well, First John, we read it
this morning.

496
00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:38,470
First John 3, verse 1.

497
00:22:38,550 --> 00:22:42,670
Behold what manner of love the
Father has bestowed upon us, that

498
00:22:42,670 --> 00:22:45,190
we should be called the sons
of God, the children of God.

499
00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:48,470
So verse 14 tells us that
there's this amazing thing that happens,

500
00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:52,870
that when we're saved, when we
are transformed, we are not just

501
00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:54,070
followers of Christ.

502
00:22:54,070 --> 00:22:57,150
Even though we are followers
of Christ, we're brought even closer

503
00:22:57,150 --> 00:22:57,830
as children.

504
00:22:59,270 --> 00:23:04,050
And we are no longer in the
sense of, as verse 15 says, we're

505
00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,890
no longer in the sense of
bondage anymore.

506
00:23:05,890 --> 00:23:08,730
We're not held back, but we're freed.

507
00:23:10,170 --> 00:23:14,210
And I think about this a lot
because, you know, for me, I'm thankful

508
00:23:14,210 --> 00:23:16,970
to be the child of my earthly father.

509
00:23:17,850 --> 00:23:21,090
You know, if any of you know
my dad, he's a great guy.

510
00:23:21,090 --> 00:23:21,570
I love it.

511
00:23:21,570 --> 00:23:24,330
I'm so thankful that my dad is
my dad.

512
00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:26,730
Now, some of us don't have
that as a testimony.

513
00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:29,050
Some of us might say, well,
you didn't know my father, or, I

514
00:23:29,050 --> 00:23:30,090
didn't even know my father.

515
00:23:31,380 --> 00:23:32,340
Or, you know what?

516
00:23:32,500 --> 00:23:34,500
If you knew my father, you
wouldn't be thankful.

517
00:23:35,860 --> 00:23:37,140
The idea is this, though.

518
00:23:37,620 --> 00:23:40,780
No matter what the case might
be, whether you're thankful for your

519
00:23:40,780 --> 00:23:45,700
earthly father or not, all of
us, if we are believers in Jesus

520
00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:48,500
Christ here this morning, can
be thankful that we have a heavenly

521
00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:52,900
father who loves us, who will
never forsake us, who will do everything

522
00:23:53,060 --> 00:23:55,700
that a loving father does in
every single way.

523
00:23:56,530 --> 00:24:00,810
The only way that I can be a
loving father to my children is because

524
00:24:00,810 --> 00:24:02,690
I have experienced the love of Christ.

525
00:24:03,810 --> 00:24:09,010
And that love of a father in
my life has shown me what it means

526
00:24:09,170 --> 00:24:12,850
to love my children
sacrificially, to love my children

527
00:24:13,170 --> 00:24:14,610
in a way that is different.

528
00:24:14,690 --> 00:24:17,970
And so the Bible says here
that when we experience the love

529
00:24:17,970 --> 00:24:20,250
of God, we're experiencing the
love of a father.

530
00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:23,920
And then it says more here it
says, whereby we cry, abba father.

531
00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,960
Meaning this because of the
spirit of adoption.

532
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:31,360
Because we are adopted into
the family of God, we now can cry

533
00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:35,360
out to God, not just as God,
even though that is enough.

534
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,120
If we just had God up there,
that was there, and he just stepped

535
00:24:39,120 --> 00:24:41,520
away and said, I saved you and
now I don't want a relationship with

536
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:41,840
you.

537
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:43,240
That would be enough to save us.

538
00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,120
But no, God says, I want that
relationship with you.

539
00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:48,160
That word abba is a personal term.

540
00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,240
It's like calling your father daddy.

541
00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,920
There's a personal
relationship now that we can have

542
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:54,640
with the Father.

543
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:58,720
I want you to see another
verse in Hebrews, Hebrews chapter

544
00:24:58,720 --> 00:24:59,040
four.

545
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,040
Hebrews chapter four tells us
that the only reason that we can

546
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,160
do this, the only reason that
we can have this personal access

547
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,120
with God is because of the
work of Jesus Christ.

548
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:10,560
Hebrews chapter four.

549
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:13,920
And many of you know this
verse, verse 14.

550
00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:16,800
And we'll look at verses 14,
15 and 16.

551
00:25:19,260 --> 00:25:26,700
Because of our standing in
Christ, we have access to the Father

552
00:25:28,060 --> 00:25:31,180
and we can say, abba, father,
I need you.

553
00:25:31,820 --> 00:25:32,500
I need you.

554
00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:33,860
In this time of difficulty.

555
00:25:33,860 --> 00:25:36,140
I'm scared, I'm lonely.

556
00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:39,660
I don't know what to do.

557
00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:44,150
The Bible says in Hebrews 4,
verse 14, seeing then we have a great

558
00:25:44,150 --> 00:25:48,110
high priest that is passed
into heavens, Jesus, the Son of God,

559
00:25:48,110 --> 00:25:50,190
let us hold fast our profession.

560
00:25:50,990 --> 00:25:53,830
For we have not a high priest
which cannot be touched with the

561
00:25:53,830 --> 00:25:56,590
feeling of our infirmities,
but was in all points tempted like

562
00:25:56,590 --> 00:25:58,910
as we are, yet without sin.

563
00:25:58,910 --> 00:26:02,510
So the Bible says the only way
that we can know God is because of

564
00:26:02,510 --> 00:26:03,790
our high priest, Jesus Christ.

565
00:26:04,670 --> 00:26:09,380
Jesus is the one, the way, the
truth and the life.

566
00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:11,460
But what happens then?

567
00:26:11,460 --> 00:26:14,580
What is our access now because
of Jesus, because of our faith in

568
00:26:14,580 --> 00:26:14,700
him?

569
00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:15,940
What has Jesus brought us?

570
00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:18,180
It says in verse 16, let us therefore.

571
00:26:18,260 --> 00:26:21,300
Therefore remember the word
therefore means look back, see what

572
00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:21,820
it's there for.

573
00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:22,100
Right?

574
00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:25,460
Because of what Jesus Christ
did for us as the great high priest.

575
00:26:25,540 --> 00:26:31,860
He says, let us come boldly or
confidently unto the throne of grace.

576
00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:40,270
We can come before God that we
may obtain mercy and find grace to

577
00:26:40,270 --> 00:26:41,670
help in time of need.

578
00:26:41,990 --> 00:26:45,150
So one of the beautiful things
that we have as being a child of

579
00:26:45,150 --> 00:26:51,190
God is that we can go to God
for everything and anything at any

580
00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:55,710
time and ask him for help, as
it says here, to obtain mercy and

581
00:26:55,710 --> 00:26:58,470
find grace to help in time of need.

582
00:26:58,710 --> 00:27:02,310
God wants us to come to him in
our brokenness.

583
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:07,640
God wants us to come to him in
our need and our emptiness and say,

584
00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,760
lord, fill me, guide me, give
me that type of grace and peace that

585
00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:14,840
only you can give me in my life.

586
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:19,440
As a parent, I love when my
children come up and need something

587
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,680
from me because as a dad, I
get to provide that for them.

588
00:27:24,360 --> 00:27:29,730
And if I, as a limited, flawed
earthly father, am excited to help

589
00:27:29,730 --> 00:27:30,170
my children.

590
00:27:30,170 --> 00:27:33,290
Think about how much more a
perfect heavenly father wants to

591
00:27:33,290 --> 00:27:34,930
meet his children in times of need.

592
00:27:35,090 --> 00:27:37,970
I run out of patience, though
sometimes as a dad.

593
00:27:39,570 --> 00:27:43,090
Some of you that are dads know
that after my son has asked me about

594
00:27:43,090 --> 00:27:46,050
the 40th question, I'm like, why?

595
00:27:46,050 --> 00:27:46,410
Why?

596
00:27:46,410 --> 00:27:46,730
Why?

597
00:27:46,730 --> 00:27:47,890
He always wants to know why.

598
00:27:48,690 --> 00:27:50,250
I'm like, son, it's enough.

599
00:27:50,250 --> 00:27:51,370
Just stop asking me questions.

600
00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:52,050
I'm done for the day.

601
00:27:52,050 --> 00:27:52,850
I'm checking out.

602
00:27:54,780 --> 00:27:56,940
The Bible doesn't say that God
checks out on us.

603
00:27:57,900 --> 00:28:01,500
The book of James says that if
we lack wisdom, we can ask of it.

604
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:05,340
And he gives it to us
liberally and he abradeth not, which

605
00:28:05,340 --> 00:28:05,860
means this.

606
00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:08,140
He doesn't get mad at us when
we keep asking.

607
00:28:08,140 --> 00:28:12,100
He just keeps giving it to us
abundantly and abundantly and liberally.

608
00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:14,660
He just keeps pouring the
wisdom and power out to us in our

609
00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:14,940
life.

610
00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:18,540
Folks, you know what the truth
is, is that my dad is here today.

611
00:28:18,940 --> 00:28:22,260
They live in Florida, so 1,000
miles away, but because of the advent

612
00:28:22,260 --> 00:28:24,060
of technology, he's a phone
call away.

613
00:28:24,060 --> 00:28:24,860
He's a text away.

614
00:28:24,940 --> 00:28:27,660
And one thing that I can say
about my dad is that if someone said,

615
00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:30,100
hey, I'm going to give you a
million dollars if someone answers

616
00:28:30,100 --> 00:28:32,940
the phone, he's the one I'm
calling, okay?

617
00:28:32,940 --> 00:28:34,340
Because I know he's going to
answer, okay?

618
00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:36,660
Unless he's, like, dead or
something, he's not.

619
00:28:36,660 --> 00:28:38,780
He's going to answer his phone
any time of the day.

620
00:28:38,940 --> 00:28:40,980
And in the middle of the
night, he answers his phone.

621
00:28:40,980 --> 00:28:42,300
That's just his thing, okay?

622
00:28:43,020 --> 00:28:45,020
But even then, there's
limitations, right?

623
00:28:46,150 --> 00:28:50,470
But we can call out to God at
any time, 24, 7, 365.

624
00:28:50,630 --> 00:28:52,310
And he's not too busy for us.

625
00:28:52,790 --> 00:28:55,510
He can answer us and he can
meet us in those times of need.

626
00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:56,750
He's never upset with us.

627
00:28:56,750 --> 00:28:57,870
He never says, that's enough.

628
00:28:57,870 --> 00:28:58,550
I'm busy.

629
00:28:58,630 --> 00:29:00,310
He has enough time for us.

630
00:29:00,310 --> 00:29:02,910
He has enough care for us
because it's abundant.

631
00:29:02,910 --> 00:29:05,670
And that's not just for you,
because my dad, you know, some of

632
00:29:05,670 --> 00:29:07,430
you say, well, I never had a
dad that answers his phone.

633
00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:08,390
Maybe I can call your dad.

634
00:29:08,390 --> 00:29:11,190
I'm gonna tell you that if all
of us called him tomorrow, he's not

635
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:12,830
gonna be able to answer all of
those calls, right?

636
00:29:12,830 --> 00:29:13,190
He can't be.

637
00:29:13,820 --> 00:29:16,860
But our Heavenly Father can
answer all the calls of Middletown

638
00:29:16,860 --> 00:29:20,220
Baptist Church and all the
believers across this whole world

639
00:29:20,380 --> 00:29:21,420
at the same time.

640
00:29:21,420 --> 00:29:24,780
And that's the beauty of what
we have as children of God.

641
00:29:25,020 --> 00:29:25,780
And then we're.

642
00:29:25,780 --> 00:29:26,580
And what does that mean.

643
00:29:26,580 --> 00:29:27,940
That means we're brothers and sisters.

644
00:29:27,940 --> 00:29:29,500
And sometimes brothers and
sisters fight.

645
00:29:29,740 --> 00:29:30,540
We know that.

646
00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:31,100
Okay?

647
00:29:31,900 --> 00:29:33,180
But the idea would be this.

648
00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:35,180
We have the same spirit
indwelling us.

649
00:29:36,220 --> 00:29:37,580
You've heard me say this before.

650
00:29:37,740 --> 00:29:40,790
If you, as a believer, have
the spirit indwelling you, and this

651
00:29:40,790 --> 00:29:42,910
person over here has the same
spirit indwelling them.

652
00:29:42,990 --> 00:29:45,510
What the Bible says is that
we're both walking in the Spirit.

653
00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:46,990
We're both walking in fellowship.

654
00:29:47,390 --> 00:29:48,910
Oh, we might have some differences.

655
00:29:50,030 --> 00:29:53,590
We might differ on what we
should eat at the potluck or how

656
00:29:53,590 --> 00:29:54,750
we should decorate a room.

657
00:29:55,390 --> 00:29:57,350
But at the end of the day, we
say, you know what?

658
00:29:57,350 --> 00:29:59,190
We're here for the gospel.

659
00:29:59,190 --> 00:30:01,230
We're here for the work of our Father.

660
00:30:01,310 --> 00:30:02,830
We're about our Father's business.

661
00:30:03,870 --> 00:30:04,910
And so what do we see here?

662
00:30:04,910 --> 00:30:06,590
He says, the Spirit itself.

663
00:30:06,590 --> 00:30:09,030
So he says, you can cry out
Abba, Father.

664
00:30:09,030 --> 00:30:10,430
So what does the Spirit Spirit
bring us?

665
00:30:10,430 --> 00:30:12,670
The Spirit tells us who we are
in Christ.

666
00:30:12,670 --> 00:30:13,830
We are his children.

667
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:17,870
The Spirit itself beareth witness.

668
00:30:17,870 --> 00:30:20,790
This is verse 16 with our
spirit, that we are the children

669
00:30:20,790 --> 00:30:21,230
of God.

670
00:30:21,230 --> 00:30:21,910
What does that mean?

671
00:30:21,990 --> 00:30:23,350
That essentially means this.

672
00:30:23,910 --> 00:30:28,510
The Holy Spirit confirms in
our hearts that we are children of

673
00:30:28,510 --> 00:30:28,870
God.

674
00:30:30,630 --> 00:30:33,030
Now, there are some people
that might call themselves children

675
00:30:33,030 --> 00:30:34,550
of God that are not children
of God.

676
00:30:34,550 --> 00:30:39,740
But a true child of God is
confirmed and reminded about his

677
00:30:39,740 --> 00:30:42,580
love through the presence of
the Holy Spirit.

678
00:30:43,460 --> 00:30:45,860
One thing I do to my kids all
the time, I say, hey.

679
00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:48,540
Almost every day I say, hey,
have I ever told you that I love

680
00:30:48,540 --> 00:30:48,820
you?

681
00:30:49,140 --> 00:30:51,420
And they're like, yes, dad,
every day you tell us that you love

682
00:30:51,420 --> 00:30:51,540
you.

683
00:30:51,540 --> 00:30:53,740
I was like, well, I just want
to remind you that you're my son.

684
00:30:53,740 --> 00:30:54,420
You're my daughter.

685
00:30:54,420 --> 00:30:55,140
I love you.

686
00:30:56,660 --> 00:30:59,140
I do that because I know they
need to hear that.

687
00:31:00,260 --> 00:31:01,220
But I'm not perfect.

688
00:31:01,620 --> 00:31:02,900
But you know what God does?

689
00:31:02,980 --> 00:31:06,500
God gives us the Spirit to
bear witness in our life.

690
00:31:06,500 --> 00:31:11,800
That he loves us, that he
cares for us, that he hasn't forgotten

691
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:12,320
about us.

692
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,200
But when we don't walk in the
Spirit, when we walk in the flesh,

693
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,080
sometimes we're tempted to
think, well, maybe God doesn't love

694
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:18,280
me.

695
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:18,560
Why?

696
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,320
Because I'm not walking in the Spirit.

697
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:21,760
I'm not perceiving the Spirit.

698
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,240
And then I start to think,
well, maybe God is in my Father.

699
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,080
Or maybe he hasn't loved me
enough today.

700
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:29,520
Or maybe I failed too much,
and maybe I'm going to find condemnation.

701
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,400
But when we're walking in the
Spirit, the Spirit, as it says in

702
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,900
verse 16, confirms in us,
bears witness in us that we are the

703
00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:37,700
children of God.

704
00:31:37,780 --> 00:31:41,100
God reminds us repeatedly, you
know, want to know how much I love

705
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:43,700
you, Send my only begotten son
for you.

706
00:31:44,420 --> 00:31:46,580
I've adopted you into the
family of God.

707
00:31:47,060 --> 00:31:48,940
I've saved you, I've
transformed you.

708
00:31:48,940 --> 00:31:50,740
I promise eternal life for you
in heaven.

709
00:31:50,820 --> 00:31:54,620
Folks, we're never, if we're
walking in that truth, we are never

710
00:31:54,620 --> 00:31:58,220
tempted to think that God has
stopped loving us, that God has forgotten

711
00:31:58,220 --> 00:31:59,860
about us, that God isn't enough.

712
00:31:59,940 --> 00:32:04,140
Folks, it's when we drift into
the flesh, into the, as the Bible

713
00:32:04,140 --> 00:32:07,980
says, the spirit of bondage
again, that we're tempted to doubt,

714
00:32:07,980 --> 00:32:11,540
that we're tempted to lose our
confidence, that we're tempted to

715
00:32:11,540 --> 00:32:15,260
stray away and think that the
world or the sins of the flesh will

716
00:32:15,260 --> 00:32:17,900
give us some sort of pleasure
and satisfaction.

717
00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:21,900
But he says, no, as a child,
you are to serve me, you are to love

718
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:22,260
me.

719
00:32:22,340 --> 00:32:26,100
And then it's not just busy,
busy, busy service, you're pouring

720
00:32:26,100 --> 00:32:26,340
in.

721
00:32:26,340 --> 00:32:27,700
What does verse 17 say?

722
00:32:27,990 --> 00:32:29,350
It says, and if children.

723
00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:32,270
So if he says, if you're a
child of God, which are what you

724
00:32:32,270 --> 00:32:33,510
are, if you're a believer.

725
00:32:33,830 --> 00:32:35,030
Now let me stop here.

726
00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:38,950
Not every single person that
walks this planet is a child of God.

727
00:32:39,190 --> 00:32:41,670
I've heard some people say,
well, aren't we all just children

728
00:32:41,670 --> 00:32:42,230
of God?

729
00:32:42,310 --> 00:32:45,910
This promise is for those who
have trusted in Jesus Christ.

730
00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:48,630
Now, we are all created in the
image of God.

731
00:32:48,710 --> 00:32:51,710
That's why we are to love
every person and give the gospel

732
00:32:51,710 --> 00:32:54,830
to every person and not
mistreat anybody from any walk of

733
00:32:54,830 --> 00:32:55,110
life.

734
00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:57,020
We are to speak the truth in love.

735
00:32:57,740 --> 00:32:58,060
But.

736
00:32:58,060 --> 00:33:02,540
But the Bible says that it is
those who, in verse 8, verses 1 through

737
00:33:02,700 --> 00:33:06,580
16, that he's been talking
about that have trusted in the Lord

738
00:33:06,580 --> 00:33:08,060
and have received the Spirit.

739
00:33:08,060 --> 00:33:09,580
Those are the children of God.

740
00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:13,980
So I can't just live the way
that I want to live, live in faithlessness,

741
00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:16,660
reject God and say, well, I'm
a child of God, so I'm going to receive

742
00:33:16,660 --> 00:33:17,340
all the blessings.

743
00:33:17,500 --> 00:33:21,470
Those who receive the
blessings of God, as we're talking

744
00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:24,470
about here, are those who have
trusted in Jesus Christ as savior.

745
00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:27,390
So he says, if you have done
that, you are a child of God.

746
00:33:27,390 --> 00:33:30,310
And then he says, if you are a
child of God, then heirs.

747
00:33:30,790 --> 00:33:32,470
So it's more than just being
in the family.

748
00:33:32,550 --> 00:33:37,270
You get to be an heir to the
kingdom, you get to have the blessings

749
00:33:37,270 --> 00:33:39,910
of God, you get to have the
spiritual riches of God.

750
00:33:39,910 --> 00:33:43,990
And then he says, heirs of God
and joint heirs with Christ.

751
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:48,760
So he says, you get to have
everything if you are a child of

752
00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:49,120
God.

753
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,240
Now, let me stop here.

754
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:58,000
Sometimes you could read this
verse and misread it and think, well,

755
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,800
if God loves me, he's going to
give me everything that I want.

756
00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:06,240
And we could talk about a
buzzword today, Prosperity.

757
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:09,440
Well, if you love God enough,
He'll give you everything you've

758
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:09,880
ever wanted.

759
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,040
He'll give you that car you wanted.

760
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:11,720
He'll give you that house.

761
00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:12,320
You want it?

762
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:13,560
Well, not necessarily.

763
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,559
Because if it's not in the
plan of God or the will of God, he

764
00:34:16,559 --> 00:34:18,039
doesn't have to give us those things.

765
00:34:18,279 --> 00:34:21,639
But the Bible does speak of a
type of prosperity that he will give

766
00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:21,919
us.

767
00:34:21,919 --> 00:34:25,319
And that is in the book of
Ephesians, spiritual prosperity.

768
00:34:25,559 --> 00:34:27,319
Prosperity of knowing that he
is there.

769
00:34:27,319 --> 00:34:29,639
And it doesn't matter how much
money I have in my bank account.

770
00:34:29,799 --> 00:34:32,999
I have all the spiritual
blessings in my account because of

771
00:34:32,999 --> 00:34:34,199
who is my Father.

772
00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:35,639
And so he says, if so.

773
00:34:35,639 --> 00:34:40,439
And so he says, if you are
identified with God in Jesus Christ,

774
00:34:40,850 --> 00:34:42,690
then you're identified with Jesus.

775
00:34:42,690 --> 00:34:45,690
And he says, to be identified
with Jesus means that life isn't

776
00:34:45,690 --> 00:34:48,130
going to be completely smooth
in every way.

777
00:34:48,210 --> 00:34:49,130
Look at Jesus.

778
00:34:49,130 --> 00:34:50,130
Earthly ministry.

779
00:34:50,370 --> 00:34:51,650
Did everyone love Jesus?

780
00:34:52,770 --> 00:34:53,170
No.

781
00:34:53,410 --> 00:34:54,850
People came against Jesus.

782
00:34:55,330 --> 00:34:56,770
People persecuted Jesus.

783
00:34:56,930 --> 00:34:59,170
Jesus went through physical
pain and suffering.

784
00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:02,410
So he says, to be identified
with Jesus means to identify with

785
00:35:02,410 --> 00:35:05,570
him in his difficulties and in
his blessings.

786
00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:10,020
So he says, if we are joint
heirs with Christ, if so, be that

787
00:35:10,020 --> 00:35:13,780
we suffer with him, that we
may be also glorified together.

788
00:35:13,780 --> 00:35:17,140
And so he says, folks, the
promise is not that everything is

789
00:35:17,140 --> 00:35:18,940
going to go completely smooth
in our life.

790
00:35:19,020 --> 00:35:20,820
The example for that would be Jesus.

791
00:35:20,820 --> 00:35:23,660
If anyone was loved by God, it
was Jesus.

792
00:35:23,660 --> 00:35:25,060
But Jesus went through problems.

793
00:35:25,060 --> 00:35:27,340
And so if you're going through
problems and say, well, God doesn't

794
00:35:27,340 --> 00:35:30,460
love me, folks, Jesus went
through pain and struggles.

795
00:35:30,460 --> 00:35:31,740
Jesus was betrayed.

796
00:35:31,740 --> 00:35:33,260
Jesus was forgotten about.

797
00:35:33,340 --> 00:35:34,780
And so you will be too.

798
00:35:35,090 --> 00:35:38,010
But the truth is, is at the
very end, he says, yes, you get to

799
00:35:38,010 --> 00:35:40,850
suffer like Jesus suffered
sometimes, but then you get to be

800
00:35:40,850 --> 00:35:41,970
glorified together.

801
00:35:42,770 --> 00:35:45,930
And that glorification is the
greatest thing because he says, one

802
00:35:45,930 --> 00:35:48,610
day you will be reunited with
your Abba Father.

803
00:35:48,930 --> 00:35:53,970
You will no longer have the
flesh of pain and suffering and hopelessness

804
00:35:53,970 --> 00:35:54,690
in this world.

805
00:35:54,690 --> 00:35:58,170
But you will be glorified with
him and reunited with him, and you

806
00:35:58,170 --> 00:36:00,530
will be able to walk with no
more pain and suffering.

807
00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:03,140
And then that day you will
say, you know what?

808
00:36:03,620 --> 00:36:04,300
It was worth.

809
00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:06,420
Was worth it.

810
00:36:07,140 --> 00:36:07,460
Why?

811
00:36:07,460 --> 00:36:09,300
Because I'm identified with
Jesus Christ.

812
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:13,100
Sometimes we're going through
struggles and pain in our life when

813
00:36:13,100 --> 00:36:14,180
we're Tempted to doubt.

814
00:36:14,660 --> 00:36:18,660
But if you are a believer in
Jesus this morning, you are his child.

815
00:36:19,780 --> 00:36:20,660
He loves you.

816
00:36:21,620 --> 00:36:25,660
He has all the power, all the
prosperity in this world, and he

817
00:36:25,660 --> 00:36:27,700
wants to impart that into your life.

818
00:36:28,700 --> 00:36:34,340
When it comes to your
spiritual walk, don't allow the struggles

819
00:36:34,340 --> 00:36:37,860
and the circumstances of this
world dictate to you who you are

820
00:36:37,860 --> 00:36:38,460
in Christ.

821
00:36:39,580 --> 00:36:42,660
The only thing that should be
your definition of who you are in

822
00:36:42,660 --> 00:36:44,380
Christ is your identity in him.

823
00:36:44,460 --> 00:36:46,620
And say, yes, I am with Jesus
no matter what.

824
00:36:47,180 --> 00:36:48,620
So therefore, there's gonna be struggles.

825
00:36:48,620 --> 00:36:49,820
But I'm still a child of the Lord.

826
00:36:49,820 --> 00:36:51,660
You know what I could ask you,
are you having a good week?

827
00:36:51,820 --> 00:36:55,270
And most of us would answer
based on our circumstances.

828
00:36:56,630 --> 00:36:57,950
I had a tough week this week.

829
00:36:57,950 --> 00:37:00,950
Had a lot of pain, lost someone.

830
00:37:01,990 --> 00:37:03,430
I understand what we mean by that.

831
00:37:03,430 --> 00:37:05,350
Circumstantially, we can have
tough weeks.

832
00:37:06,070 --> 00:37:08,550
We can have a bad day, right?

833
00:37:08,550 --> 00:37:11,590
You wake up, and I don't know
how many of you have ever, like,

834
00:37:11,590 --> 00:37:14,510
stepped on a kid's toy in the
middle of the night or in the morning.

835
00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:17,590
I was getting out, and I
stepped on a sharp thing, and it's

836
00:37:17,590 --> 00:37:18,550
like the sharpest thing in the world.

837
00:37:18,550 --> 00:37:18,920
And I'm.

838
00:37:19,230 --> 00:37:20,350
I already started out the day bad.

839
00:37:20,350 --> 00:37:21,230
I stepped on a toy.

840
00:37:21,230 --> 00:37:21,910
I'm doing this.

841
00:37:21,910 --> 00:37:23,390
I did this.

842
00:37:23,390 --> 00:37:26,070
And didn't get my coffee when
I was wanting to get it.

843
00:37:26,070 --> 00:37:27,150
And it's just a bad day.

844
00:37:27,390 --> 00:37:29,390
But really, truthfully, let's
talk about this.

845
00:37:29,710 --> 00:37:35,790
All of us, if we are believers
in Jesus Christ, can wake up in the

846
00:37:35,790 --> 00:37:37,790
morning and say, I'm a child
of the King.

847
00:37:39,310 --> 00:37:40,350
He's my father.

848
00:37:40,670 --> 00:37:41,550
It's a good day.

849
00:37:42,030 --> 00:37:42,790
It's a good day.

850
00:37:42,790 --> 00:37:44,390
I can wake up and I can say,
you know what?

851
00:37:44,390 --> 00:37:45,830
Yeah, I'm having some bad circumstances.

852
00:37:45,830 --> 00:37:47,300
But the bigger picture is this.

853
00:37:47,610 --> 00:37:49,290
It's never a bad day in Jesus Christ.

854
00:37:51,050 --> 00:37:52,970
Oh, we can weep.

855
00:37:53,450 --> 00:37:55,770
The Bible says there is a time
for mourning.

856
00:37:56,410 --> 00:37:57,210
But that morning.

857
00:37:58,330 --> 00:38:00,410
And when I talk about morning,
I'm not talking about the sun coming

858
00:38:00,410 --> 00:38:00,610
up.

859
00:38:00,610 --> 00:38:01,770
I'm talking about sadness.

860
00:38:02,410 --> 00:38:06,370
But there is a time where we
can say, even in the midst of our

861
00:38:06,370 --> 00:38:08,970
brokenness, we can turn to him
and say, he's our Father and he's

862
00:38:08,970 --> 00:38:09,930
gonna make all things right.

863
00:38:11,130 --> 00:38:13,900
I know as a kid, I dealt.

864
00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:19,020
I still deal with actually
confidence and fear and dealing with

865
00:38:19,020 --> 00:38:19,300
people.

866
00:38:20,180 --> 00:38:23,460
But if my dad was with me,
we'd go to the store.

867
00:38:23,460 --> 00:38:24,260
He's like, all right.

868
00:38:24,660 --> 00:38:26,180
I wouldn't even want to talk
to anybody.

869
00:38:26,260 --> 00:38:29,180
But if my dad was there, I was
confident because my dad was big

870
00:38:29,180 --> 00:38:29,940
man on Campus.

871
00:38:30,260 --> 00:38:32,260
He was going to be the one
that, hey, wouldn't mess with me.

872
00:38:32,260 --> 00:38:33,700
My dad would take care of him.

873
00:38:33,940 --> 00:38:38,420
I walked with more confidence
when my dad was with me because I

874
00:38:38,420 --> 00:38:39,220
believed in him.

875
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,640
I believed in his strength.

876
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:42,000
I believed in his wisdom.

877
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,000
And so no more was I afraid
because I had his presence with me

878
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,280
on a much more infinite level.

879
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,200
That's how we should be
walking, with our Savior on our side.

880
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,200
What can the world do to me?

881
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,320
What can that person who's a
naysayer do to me?

882
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:57,720
Well, what.

883
00:38:57,720 --> 00:38:58,320
What can that.

884
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,440
That sickness do to me?

885
00:38:59,440 --> 00:38:59,680
Why?

886
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:01,120
Because I'm walking with my father.

887
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:01,920
He's got me.

888
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:04,240
I'm under control now.

889
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:05,920
Not my control, but his control.

890
00:39:06,770 --> 00:39:08,490
And so here this morning, I
want us to go back.

891
00:39:08,490 --> 00:39:11,330
We're gonna summarize all
this, and we're gonna end with this

892
00:39:11,330 --> 00:39:13,650
dot here in verse number 17.

893
00:39:14,690 --> 00:39:20,290
So we saw in verse number 12
what the Holy Spirit does in us.

894
00:39:20,930 --> 00:39:22,770
And that is, he changes us.

895
00:39:24,130 --> 00:39:27,650
He allows us to die to the
flesh and live a life of obedience

896
00:39:27,650 --> 00:39:28,210
to God.

897
00:39:28,770 --> 00:39:32,650
But then we see it shifting
there in verse number 14, that not

898
00:39:32,650 --> 00:39:35,720
only does God do a work in us
in transforming us into Scripture

899
00:39:35,950 --> 00:39:39,350
Spirit, but the Spirit also
makes us a child of God.

900
00:39:39,350 --> 00:39:44,110
And the child of God has
confidence in him, access to him,

901
00:39:45,950 --> 00:39:52,830
hope in him, strength in him,
effectiveness in Him.

902
00:39:53,790 --> 00:39:56,190
So here this morning, I don't
know where you're at in your spiritual

903
00:39:56,190 --> 00:39:56,510
walk.

904
00:39:57,390 --> 00:39:59,310
Maybe some of you are going
through a tough time.

905
00:39:59,870 --> 00:40:01,950
Maybe some of you are going
through times of doubt.

906
00:40:04,140 --> 00:40:06,300
Maybe some of you are going
through times where you don't feel

907
00:40:06,300 --> 00:40:07,180
the love of God.

908
00:40:07,180 --> 00:40:07,700
You know what?

909
00:40:07,700 --> 00:40:10,820
What I would encourage you to
do is go back to what he has done

910
00:40:10,820 --> 00:40:11,180
for you.

911
00:40:11,180 --> 00:40:12,060
He's already proved it.

912
00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:15,460
And the Bible says there in
verse 16, that the Holy Spirit reminds

913
00:40:15,460 --> 00:40:19,220
us of his love and of his
grace and of his power and of his

914
00:40:19,220 --> 00:40:19,900
sacrifice.

915
00:40:20,620 --> 00:40:23,020
If you're tempted to think
that he hasn't done enough for you,

916
00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:24,940
think about what he said on
the cross.

917
00:40:25,580 --> 00:40:29,410
Three words in English, one
word in Aramaic.

918
00:40:30,610 --> 00:40:31,730
Tetelestai.

919
00:40:32,530 --> 00:40:33,570
It is finished.

920
00:40:34,850 --> 00:40:38,450
God's already done the work
for you by sending his only begotten

921
00:40:38,450 --> 00:40:38,650
Son.

922
00:40:38,650 --> 00:40:39,370
He died on the cross.

923
00:40:39,370 --> 00:40:40,930
He conquered death through the resurrection.

924
00:40:41,010 --> 00:40:44,290
All we do is tap into his
power and his grace in our life,

925
00:40:44,690 --> 00:40:46,050
his strength in our life.

926
00:40:47,650 --> 00:40:49,090
So the Spirit's working us.

927
00:40:49,810 --> 00:40:52,250
It brings death, you say,
Wait, I thought the Spirit brought

928
00:40:52,250 --> 00:40:52,530
life.

929
00:40:52,530 --> 00:40:53,840
The Spirit's work brings death.

930
00:40:53,990 --> 00:40:59,230
Death to our flesh, but brings
life to us and transformation to

931
00:40:59,230 --> 00:40:59,510
us.

932
00:41:00,150 --> 00:41:03,630
Some of you might have
struggle with other things.

933
00:41:03,630 --> 00:41:07,270
Maybe you don't doubt God's
love, but maybe you do this because

934
00:41:07,270 --> 00:41:07,910
I've been here.

935
00:41:08,470 --> 00:41:12,790
There's a sin in my life that
I can't get victory over.

936
00:41:13,990 --> 00:41:15,270
I'm just always angry.

937
00:41:15,270 --> 00:41:17,190
I just always fly off the
handle of people.

938
00:41:17,350 --> 00:41:18,470
I can't control that.

939
00:41:18,470 --> 00:41:20,750
Or, you know what, there's
this vice in my life that I just

940
00:41:20,750 --> 00:41:22,390
keep turning to and I keep
turning to.

941
00:41:22,690 --> 00:41:25,850
Or there's this private thing
that nobody knows about me, but this

942
00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:27,170
is what I think about all the time.

943
00:41:27,250 --> 00:41:29,290
And I just can't get victory
over that sin.

944
00:41:29,290 --> 00:41:34,810
The Bible says that the spirit
can come in and piece by piece, like

945
00:41:34,810 --> 00:41:38,370
a scalpel, like surgery, just
take out those things in our life.

946
00:41:39,570 --> 00:41:42,330
Not because we're good people,
but because of the Holy Spirit's

947
00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:44,370
power and its perfection in
our life.

948
00:41:45,250 --> 00:41:47,530
Folks, if you're struggling
with something that you say I cannot

949
00:41:47,530 --> 00:41:49,090
get victory over, this is too much.

950
00:41:50,580 --> 00:41:51,260
All I can do.

951
00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:51,500
No.

952
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:55,220
The Bible says in First
Corinthians, chapter 10, verse 13,

953
00:41:55,540 --> 00:41:58,580
that there's nothing that he
has given us in our life that we

954
00:41:58,580 --> 00:42:00,180
can't find a way to victory in.

955
00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:03,940
What I would encourage you to
do is ask God to give you strength

956
00:42:04,260 --> 00:42:07,620
to mortify, to slay the flesh
in that area.

957
00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:12,700
Sometimes people say, well,
Pastor, you act a certain way because

958
00:42:12,700 --> 00:42:13,300
you're a pastor.

959
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:14,020
You have to.

960
00:42:15,230 --> 00:42:18,510
No, let me tell you, folks,
every day I wake up and that flesh

961
00:42:18,510 --> 00:42:21,070
rears its ugly head in my life.

962
00:42:21,070 --> 00:42:24,310
And I want to do everything
that my flesh wants to do, but it's

963
00:42:24,310 --> 00:42:25,030
dying to that.

964
00:42:25,030 --> 00:42:26,670
And do I succeed every day?

965
00:42:26,670 --> 00:42:27,070
No.

966
00:42:27,790 --> 00:42:29,430
We all know what it's like to
be in the flesh.

967
00:42:29,430 --> 00:42:31,830
We all know what it's like to
have that remorse and that conviction

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and say, you know what, I need
to get that right.

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00:42:33,590 --> 00:42:36,870
But the beauty is that we can
get it right if we confess our sins.

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He's faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and cleanse us

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from all unrighteousness.

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So here this morning, I don't
know where you're at in your spiritual

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walk.

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Maybe, maybe let's go back
even one step further.

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Maybe you can say this
morning, I don't even know if I am

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a child of God.

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00:42:49,570 --> 00:42:51,330
I don't even know if I've
trusted in Him.

978
00:42:52,130 --> 00:42:56,210
I don't even know if I
understand what you mean by having

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00:42:56,210 --> 00:42:57,489
forgiveness and salvation.

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00:42:57,489 --> 00:42:59,170
Folks, the gospel is very simple.

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00:43:00,450 --> 00:43:02,130
Jesus Christ came to this earth.

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00:43:02,850 --> 00:43:08,380
The Bible says the word became
flesh and dwelt among us, and we

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00:43:08,380 --> 00:43:09,340
beheld his glory.

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00:43:10,140 --> 00:43:12,300
And the Bible says that Jesus
came to this earth.

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00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:13,580
He lived a perfect life.

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00:43:13,660 --> 00:43:16,620
He died on the cross for our
sins, not his sins.

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00:43:16,620 --> 00:43:17,340
He's perfect.

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00:43:17,660 --> 00:43:19,500
But he died on the cross for
our sins.

989
00:43:19,660 --> 00:43:22,220
Three days later, he conquered
death through the resurrection.

990
00:43:22,460 --> 00:43:24,540
And now he's offering the gift
of grace.

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00:43:25,180 --> 00:43:28,060
And those who call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved in

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00:43:28,060 --> 00:43:28,460
faith.

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00:43:28,780 --> 00:43:31,500
And here this morning, that is
what it means to be a child of God,

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00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:32,380
to trust in him.

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00:43:32,540 --> 00:43:35,060
Now you grow in your
understanding of your heir being

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00:43:35,060 --> 00:43:35,980
an heir of Jesus.

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00:43:36,610 --> 00:43:39,810
I don't think that everyone
who got saved the first day, they

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00:43:39,810 --> 00:43:42,890
understood everything that it
meant to be a Christian and every

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00:43:42,890 --> 00:43:44,290
blessing that comes with that.

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00:43:44,770 --> 00:43:47,930
But we are to start that
process of growth when we trust in

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Jesus Christ as our savior.

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00:43:49,250 --> 00:43:52,409
So maybe for some of us here
this morning, it's just trusting

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00:43:52,409 --> 00:43:53,850
in him and becoming a child of God.

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00:43:53,850 --> 00:43:57,210
For others, it's going back to
that and being reminded of the gift

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00:43:57,210 --> 00:43:57,730
of grace.

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00:43:59,010 --> 00:44:01,170
But if I could leave you with
anything here this morning, if you're

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00:44:01,170 --> 00:44:03,610
a child of God, you can call
out to him and say, abba, Father,

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00:44:03,610 --> 00:44:04,490
I need needs you.

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00:44:05,130 --> 00:44:10,330
And he'll be there for you in
times of help, in times of strength,

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00:44:10,490 --> 00:44:15,370
in times of confidence, when
you lack where you lack, and by the

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00:44:15,370 --> 00:44:18,170
way, we all lack, that's where
God fills in.

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00:44:19,050 --> 00:44:21,290
And God is powerful beyond all measure.

1013
00:44:22,250 --> 00:44:25,530
And here this morning, I'm
thankful to be called a child of

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00:44:25,530 --> 00:44:26,010
the king.

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00:44:26,970 --> 00:44:29,370
I'm thankful that I can go to
him in a personal way.

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00:44:31,300 --> 00:44:33,780
I've used this analogy before,
but some of you are visiting with

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00:44:33,780 --> 00:44:34,980
us, and so you haven't heard
it before.

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00:44:34,980 --> 00:44:36,020
So it'll be new to you.

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00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:39,100
All of you folks that have
been here before, just bear with

1020
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:46,380
me here in my office over
across the way, most people come

1021
00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:49,060
and knock on my door and say,
hey, you have a minute to talk?

1022
00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:52,900
You know, my children, they
don't knock.

1023
00:44:55,470 --> 00:44:56,670
They just throw the door open.

1024
00:44:57,710 --> 00:45:00,030
I could be on the phone or I
could be doing work.

1025
00:45:01,390 --> 00:45:03,310
Yeah, you used to do this a
lot more than they do now.

1026
00:45:03,390 --> 00:45:03,990
They're cool.

1027
00:45:03,990 --> 00:45:05,910
Now, the two older ones, they
don't do this as much, but they used

1028
00:45:05,910 --> 00:45:09,670
to run and jump on my lap and
grab me and hug me, Daddy, hug me.

1029
00:45:09,670 --> 00:45:12,030
And they just go right in my desk.

1030
00:45:12,030 --> 00:45:13,510
Daddy, you got any candy in here?

1031
00:45:13,510 --> 00:45:13,910
Of course.

1032
00:45:13,910 --> 00:45:15,070
Usually there is some candy in there.

1033
00:45:15,070 --> 00:45:16,910
They grab the candy and they
just take.

1034
00:45:16,910 --> 00:45:17,710
They take it right?

1035
00:45:17,950 --> 00:45:18,390
It's there.

1036
00:45:18,390 --> 00:45:18,590
It's.

1037
00:45:18,590 --> 00:45:18,710
Why?

1038
00:45:18,710 --> 00:45:23,520
Because I'm their dad and they
have access and they can come boldly

1039
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:24,240
or confidently.

1040
00:45:24,240 --> 00:45:26,720
Dad's not going to get upset
with me when I do this because he

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00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:27,240
loves me.

1042
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:35,680
That's exactly the picture of
what we are to be with Jesus and

1043
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:37,160
in our relationship with God
the Father.

1044
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,560
Because of Jesus, we have
access to God.

1045
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:43,520
We can come boldly, throw our
arms around him and just say, lord,

1046
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:46,410
I need you right now, Lord,
what do you got for me today, Lord?

1047
00:45:46,410 --> 00:45:47,570
Can I take in more blessings?

1048
00:45:47,570 --> 00:45:48,610
Can I have more things?

1049
00:45:48,850 --> 00:45:50,530
And you say, well, isn't that selfish?

1050
00:45:50,770 --> 00:45:55,650
No, God's grace is abundant,
meaning the riches are there.

1051
00:45:55,810 --> 00:45:58,210
He wants us to have it, we're
to grow in grace.

1052
00:45:58,370 --> 00:46:02,450
He wants us to come in and
petition for him to work and to rule

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00:46:02,690 --> 00:46:03,290
our lives.

1054
00:46:03,290 --> 00:46:06,050
And so, folks, God will answer
that prayer.

1055
00:46:06,450 --> 00:46:09,370
He will answer the prayer to
say, lord, give me an opportunity

1056
00:46:09,370 --> 00:46:09,970
for you today.

1057
00:46:09,970 --> 00:46:12,560
God, give me an opportunity to
get something from your word.

1058
00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:13,870
God, give me peace today.

1059
00:46:13,870 --> 00:46:16,350
He's not going to necessarily
remove us from all the storms of

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00:46:16,350 --> 00:46:20,270
life, but he'll be with us in
the ship, across the waters in the

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00:46:20,270 --> 00:46:22,390
storm to give us that peace
and strength.

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00:46:23,190 --> 00:46:26,710
So if you're in a storm right
now, know that he's not going to

1063
00:46:26,710 --> 00:46:28,230
necessarily take that storm
away for you.

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00:46:28,550 --> 00:46:31,270
Maybe he will, maybe he won't,
but he'll be with you through it.

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00:46:31,830 --> 00:46:36,310
And so just trust in him this
morning to be the Father, the perfect

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00:46:36,310 --> 00:46:38,300
heavenly Father that he claims
to be in scripture.

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00:46:39,410 --> 00:46:41,370
I'm going to ask if you're
able to to stand with me, every head

1068
00:46:41,370 --> 00:46:43,650
bowed, every head closed, as
the music plays here this morning.

1069
00:46:45,250 --> 00:46:49,690
Romans 8 is a passage of
scripture about confidence, but not

1070
00:46:49,690 --> 00:46:53,090
confidence in ourselves, but
confidence in God.

1071
00:46:53,650 --> 00:46:56,450
Confidence in the fact that we
have no more condemnation.

1072
00:46:57,250 --> 00:47:00,130
Confidence in the fact that
conviction brings us to a place of

1073
00:47:00,130 --> 00:47:02,850
confession, that brings us to
a place of comfort.

1074
00:47:03,410 --> 00:47:07,210
But here this morning, folks,
maybe we've just been so.

1075
00:47:07,210 --> 00:47:10,490
You know what I feel in my
spirit in this world today?

1076
00:47:10,490 --> 00:47:14,690
Just a sense of apathy, just a
sense of just being dead to everything

1077
00:47:14,690 --> 00:47:15,410
around us.

1078
00:47:15,810 --> 00:47:18,370
We're so overstimulated in
this world today.

1079
00:47:18,530 --> 00:47:21,610
And so, folks, get it right,
get your priorities straight this

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00:47:21,610 --> 00:47:21,810
morning.

1081
00:47:21,810 --> 00:47:23,090
Who are you going to serve?

1082
00:47:25,170 --> 00:47:26,770
Is Jesus the answer?

1083
00:47:26,770 --> 00:47:27,850
Is he your Abba?

1084
00:47:27,850 --> 00:47:30,890
Father, are you going to go
here this morning and say, lord,

1085
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:31,840
I need you.

1086
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:33,240
I just want to commune with you.

1087
00:47:33,240 --> 00:47:34,800
I just want to fellowship with you.

1088
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:37,040
Some have already come here
this morning.

1089
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:39,040
I want to give you an
opportunity to come here in a few

1090
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:39,440
moments.

1091
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,880
But here, what I want to say
to this, this morning is important.

1092
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:46,720
If there's someone here today,
I don't know where you're at, but

1093
00:47:46,799 --> 00:47:47,520
God does.

1094
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,040
And if you have been trusting
in anything outside of Jesus Christ

1095
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,560
for your salvation, the best
decision that you could ever make

1096
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,240
is to come to him in faith and
say, lord, I need you.

1097
00:47:57,240 --> 00:47:58,620
Save me from, from my sins.

1098
00:47:59,580 --> 00:48:02,340
Folks, I want everyone in this
room to know what it's like to be

1099
00:48:02,340 --> 00:48:06,220
a child of God, to be a joint
heir with Christ, to be, to be a

1100
00:48:06,220 --> 00:48:09,100
blessing to this world because
of the blessing that God has extended

1101
00:48:09,100 --> 00:48:09,460
to us.

1102
00:48:09,460 --> 00:48:11,500
But folks, you gotta start in faith.

1103
00:48:12,220 --> 00:48:14,300
The fellowship starts with
faith here this morning.

1104
00:48:14,380 --> 00:48:17,020
So if you need Jesus Christ as
your Savior, we've got some folks

1105
00:48:17,020 --> 00:48:17,340
up here.

1106
00:48:17,340 --> 00:48:21,060
We can show you in the word of
God what it means to be a believer

1107
00:48:21,060 --> 00:48:23,740
in him, to trust in him, to
walk in faith.

1108
00:48:24,300 --> 00:48:26,260
Lord, I pray that you be in
this time of invitation, working

1109
00:48:26,260 --> 00:48:26,940
hearts and lives.

1110
00:48:27,260 --> 00:48:30,380
I pray that we can follow you
in obedience as you've called us

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00:48:30,380 --> 00:48:31,540
to follow in Jesus name.

1112
00:48:31,540 --> 00:48:31,860
Amen.

1113
00:48:31,860 --> 00:48:33,420
As the music plays, some have
already come.

1114
00:48:33,820 --> 00:48:37,020
If you need to talk to the
Lord here this morning, you can do

1115
00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:37,660
it in your pew.

1116
00:48:37,660 --> 00:48:38,620
You can do it up here.

1117
00:48:39,020 --> 00:48:40,060
Follow him today.

1118
00:48:49,430 --> 00:50:12,760
Sa Sam Sa thank you again for
listening to the Middletown Baptist

1119
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:13,680
Church podcast.

1120
00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,320
I hope that this sermon has
been a blessing for you.

1121
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,240
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00:50:19,240 --> 00:50:22,640
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00:50:23,040 --> 00:50:25,600
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1124
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:31,280
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00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:34,850
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1126
00:50:34,850 --> 00:50:38,010
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