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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're going to be in Romans
chapter eight, if you have your Bibles

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turned there with me, Romans
chapter 8.

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And we are looking at a sermon
series called why Theology Matters.

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And really, at this point in
time, I think all of us can agree

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that what we believe matters.

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Why?

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Because what we believe
affects what we do.

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What we think about affects
how we are going to live out our

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lives as believers.

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And so what the Bible says
here in Romans is that there are

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certain things that God tells
us about Himself that we should know,

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that we should believe.

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There's certain things that
God has done for us that we should

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understand and that we should
trust in.

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And here in Romans chapter
eight, we're looking at the confidence

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that we can have in what God
has done for us.

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We're looking at the
confidence in what we have in a Savior.

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And here In Romans chapter 8,
we looked at the first eight verses

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last week, and we looked at
this idea of having no more condemnation

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when we are in Christ.

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So those who have trusted in
Jesus Christ as Savior can know that

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there is no more judgment upon
our account.

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We are no longer seen guilty
in our sin, but we are deemed innocent

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by God, justified by God
because of the work of Jesus Christ

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and because of the fact that
we have trusted in his work and his

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work alone for our salvation.

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And so really, what Romans 8
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we have in our salvation.

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So.

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So we have to roll back just a
little bit and define, biblically

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speaking, what is our salvation.

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The Bible says that God loves
us so much that he sent his only

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begotten Son.

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And what was His Son sent here
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Well, the Bible says in Romans
5, 8 that God demonstrated His love

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for us in giving us His Son,
Jesus Christ, to die on the cross

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for our sins.

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And so when we trust in God,
we're not just trusting in this idea.

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We're trusting in who God is,
in his love and in his character

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to send his only begotten Son, Jesus.

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By the way, we are told in
Scripture that Jesus isn't just sent

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by God, but that he is God.

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Jesus says that he and the
Father are one.

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The Bible says that there is
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John 14:6.

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Jesus says, I am the way, the
truth, and the life.

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No man cometh unto the Father,
but by me.

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So if we want to know God, we
know him and rest in him, and have

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a relationship with him
through our faith in Jesus Christ.

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That's what the Bible says is
the gospel.

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But we know that Jesus didn't
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He was on a cross.

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And he did die, but then he
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And then three days later, he
conquered death through the resurrection.

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And by the way, the
resurrection is part of the gospel.

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We can't wipe the resurrection out.

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We must believe in the resurrection.

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Why?

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Because in First Corinthians,
chapter 15, Jesus His.

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His resurrection.

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As Paul says, it's vital to
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because without the
resurrection, our faith would be

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in vain, our service would be
in vain, because Jesus would be just

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another historical figure.

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But the Bible says that Jesus
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He.

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He's more than just a good teacher.

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The Bible says that he
conquered death through the resurrection.

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And then when we believe in
that, when we trust in that, the

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Bible says that in our faith,
we are then indwelled by the Holy

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Spirit.

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And so as a believer, we don't
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We have God, as it says here,
living within us in the Holy Spirit.

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And that's what we're talking about.

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We're talking about how we as
Christians, who can be indwelled

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by the Spirit, who are
indwelled by the Spirit, can walk

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in a path of obedience to the
Spirit or obedience to our flesh,

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and we revert back to the old ways.

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And that's what Paul's talking
about in Romans chapter seven.

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That's what he's talking about
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He says, hey, now that you
have trusted in Jesus Christ as your

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Savior, the Holy Spirit now
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Are you going to walk in
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God and allow his power to
guide you?

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Or are you going to allow
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of your flesh and live in that
sin and live by the power of the

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flesh.

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Now, the Bible tells us that
the power of the flesh brings pain,

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suffering, death, separation.

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The power of the Spirit brings
us life, hope, and victory.

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And so that's what we're
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So when I reference the flesh,
I'm talking about those things that

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pull us back into the old way
of the way that we used to live.

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Before we were saved, all we
knew was the flesh.

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That's the only path that we
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And it's the only power that
we can rely on.

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But after salvation, we have
the power of the spirit living in

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our life.

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And now we can tap in and be
guided by the power of the Spirit

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as we walk this crazy, crazy world.

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I'm going to tell you here
today that there's a lot of people

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that are believers in Jesus
but feeling as if they can't do certain

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things, that they are limited
or maybe even defeated.

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And so the title of the sermon
this morning is the Power of the

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Presence of the Spirit in Our Life.

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What does the power of the
presence of the Holy Spirit mean

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to us?

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Well, we're going to look at
that here this morning.

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If you have your Bibles, look
with me to Romans 8, verse 8.

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This is where we left off last week.

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Romans 8, verse 8.

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So then they that are in the
flesh cannot please God in the flesh

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means I'm living in the flesh.

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I'm, I'm reverting back to the
old ways.

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I'm trying to do things in my
own strength, in my own power, whether

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they be good things or bad things.

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You know, I, I, I said this
last week, and I think that so many

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times I struggle with this is
I try to do things that the Bible

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tells me to do, but I do it in
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Like I try to read my Bible in
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Reading your Bible in the
flesh is only going to bring back

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what the Bible says is
emptiness, hopelessness.

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Trying to pray in the flesh
for selfish things, trying to serve

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in the flesh in a selfish way
is always going to bring us back

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to that separation that God
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So the only way that we please
God, the only way that we honor God,

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the only way that we can
properly obey him is by walking in

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the Spirit and walking in his will.

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And so he says, to walk in the
flesh means not to please God.

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To walk in the spirit means to
please God.

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And to walk in the Spirit
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Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6
says it's impossible to please him

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without faith.

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And so to walk in the spirit
means I believe that God says something,

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and what he says, he will do.

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And I'm going to trust in that
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And so here in Romans 8, 9,
we're going to see here that you

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as a believer are different.

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You don't have to live in the flesh.

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It's not the only option.

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We have a better option.

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He says, but ye are not in the
flesh that's not who you are.

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You are not characterized by
your strength, by your wisdom, by

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your good deeds.

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You are characterized by the
power of God.

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You are characterized by his
strength, by his direction, by his

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wisdom.

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He says, but ye who are
believers are not in the flesh but

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in the Spirit.

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You are living in the Spirit.

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You have the Spirit.

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You have the accessibility to
know God and to walk in his truth.

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And he says, if so be that the
Spirit of God dwell in you.

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Now, if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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Now we need to stop here and
we need to see what verse nine is

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telling us.

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What verse nine is telling us
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If you have the Spirit
indwelling you, you are a child of

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God.

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If you do not have the Spirit
of God in your heart, if you do not

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have the indwelling of the
Spirit, you are not a child of God.

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There are some people that
teach that, hey, religion and faith

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is all about believing in God.

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And then there's a second
pouring out of the Spirit.

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And so you can be a Christian
and be saved without the indwelling

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of the Spirit.

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The Bible says here very
clearly that if you are saved, you

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are indwelled by the Spirit.

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There is no middle ground.

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There is no time where we need
to wait for a second pouring out.

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The Bible says if you have the
Spirit, if you believe in God, you

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are a child of God.

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So you cannot be a child of
God and not have the Spirit.

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Being a child of God means
that you have the Spirit indwelling

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you.

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And so for here today, there
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In this context, there are two
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You have the people who are
indwelled by the Spirit and the people

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who are not indwelled by the Spirit.

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The people who are indwelled
by the Spirit are the children of

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God who can choose to obey him
and to choose to follow him and choose

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to worship Him.

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And then you have those who
are not in the Spirit and they are

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in the flesh and they cannot
choose to worship God.

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They cannot please God.

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They cannot know God.

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Now, there are many different
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But the Bible says, really, in
verse nine, there are are two types

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of people.

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Those that are indwelled by
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indwelled by the Spirit.

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Now we will talk about how the
believer can be indwelled by the

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Spirit but not be filled with
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We're going to get to that
here in a few moments.

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But the idea here this morning
is this, if you believe that Jesus

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is who he says he is, if you
believe in the gospel, if you trust

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in him, if you believe in the
truth of the Word, you are saved,

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you are justified, you are
declared righteous, and.

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And immediately the Holy
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So what does that mean?

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That means that I can access
the Holy Spirit, I can live in the

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power of the Holy Spirit.

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And so because the Holy Spirit
is given to each believer when he

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or she is born again, every
Christian has within themselves this

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idea that we can live in a
power greater than the flesh.

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And so a lot of people will
overlook that.

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They'll say, well, you know what?

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I'm just flesh, I'm just a human.

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I can't really overcome this
problem or this temptation in my

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life.

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The Bible says no.

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If you are a believer in
Jesus, if you have trusted in him,

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the Spirit can give you victory.

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So, so how does one know that
they have the Spirit?

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Well, has the Spirit led you
to Jesus?

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Have you trusted in Him?

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Has the Spirit put you with a
new desire, with a new heart?

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Is the Spirit manifesting
itself by the fruit of the Spirit

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in your life?

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Well, the Bible says that if
you're in the Spirit, go back to

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verse number one.

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There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in

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Christ Jesus.

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So to be in Christ Jesus means
to have the Spirit.

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Now, I say all that to say
that we have to understand what it

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means to be indwelled by the Spirit.

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So go with me to a couple of
other verses.

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We're going to look at this
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get to some application here.

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John chapter 14, we read this
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John chapter 14, verses 15
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I think it's important for us
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I'm going to build this idea
that what it means to be a believer

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means that the Holy Spirit
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And to be indwelled by the
Spirit means that certain aspects

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of our life will be changed,
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verse 15, Jesus is speaking to his

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disciples and he talks about
this idea of loving him means to

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obey him.

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We can't obey him in the flesh.

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We can try to obey him in the
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be vain, it will be hopelessness.

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And so he says in verse 15 of
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commandments, and I will pray
the Father and he shall give you

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another comforter.

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Now that word comforter There
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It's the idea of the Holy Spirit.

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It's the.

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It's the person of the Holy Spirit.

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He says that he may abide with
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We're going to talk a little
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But when the Bible says the
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mean that the Holy Spirit will
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The Holy Spirit will indwell
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with us forever.

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And then he says in verse 17,
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Spirit always leads us to truth.

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The Holy Spirit always leads
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is our guide.

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The Holy Spirit will always
lead us through to the truth of who

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Jesus Christ is, even the
Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot

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receive.

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By the way, the world has
tried to replicate what happens with

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the indwelling of the Spirit.

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There's a lot of people in the
world that want to have the same

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effects as what happens with a
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But the world has tried to
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the Holy Spirit.

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There's a lot of people that
want to show big manifestations which,

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with actions or signs or shows or.

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Or just living a good life and
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what it means to have a
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But all of those counterfeits
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Because they're not based in truth.

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So he says, if someone is set
in the world, they cannot receive

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this type of guidance.

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They cannot receive the
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Why?

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Because it seeth him not.

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Neither knoweth him, but ye
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For he dwelleth with you and
shall be in you.

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I will not leave you comfortless.

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I will come to you.

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And so the idea here is that
the world does not understand this

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type of indwelling of the Spirit.

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There's a lot of churches who
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But the true Holy Spirit
transformation cannot happen unless

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there is faith in Jesus Christ
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True change in a life of an
individual does not come through

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working hard.

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It does not come through a set
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It does not come through a program.

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It does not come through a
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The Bible says that true
change can only come through transformation

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of the Holy Spirit, the Holy
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hearts of man, changing a
heart of stone to a heart of flesh,

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changing our mind to be set on
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of this earth.

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I want to Talk more about this
idea of the change that happens in

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the Spirit.

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I want you to go to another
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chapter 2.

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It's going to talk more here
about this idea of the wisdom and

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the guidance of the flesh, of
the world, and the wisdom and guidance

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of the spirit in Christ.

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First Corinthians, chapter two.

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And we're going to look at
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It speaks of this idea that as
a believer we receive the Lord, but

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in receiving the Lord, we
receive the Spirit.

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And in the Spirit comes this
change, this difference, this wisdom

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that is not found in the world.

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First Corinthians, chapter 2,
verse 12 says, now we have received

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not the Spirit of the world.

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Again we see the contradiction
of what it means to say that, hey,

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I love God and I love his
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He says, no, you can't have
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You can't say you love the
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Now we have received not the
spirit of the world, but the Spirit

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which is of God, that we might
know the things that are freely given

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to us, of God, meaning this.

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We cannot understand what God
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If we are focused on the
material, we're focused on the here

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If we're focused on the flesh,
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we're focused on anything that
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best thing, the only thing,
then we cannot know the things that

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God has freely given to us in
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Which things also we speak not
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which means this.

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The Bible says that man's
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of God.

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It will not lead us to a place
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teaches.

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Comparing spiritual things
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this.

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Don't expect to see the power
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to see the transformation of God.

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If we're living in the ways of
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look more and more like the world.

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The other way around, it
really should be that the world should

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look more and more like the
church if we're doing our jobs by

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reaching the people in.

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But the idea has been this.

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We, we've said, okay, look, we
know what the Bible says, but look

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at the world today and look at
the wisdom that it brings us.

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Why don't we try to impart
some of those things within our Christian

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way of life, how has that gone
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It's not good.

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When we deviate from the
Spirit's guidance and when we deviate

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from the word of God, we find
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We find ourselves in a place
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We find a place of compromise.

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We find a place of confusion.

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And we get to a place where
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How did we get so far away
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Well, we've allowed ourselves
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not God's wisdom.

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We've been allowing the flesh
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chapter two, it tells us, don't go

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the wisdom of the world.

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Don't go with the wisdom of
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Go with the wisdom of God,
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the Spirit, as it says there.

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More.

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It says this in the book of
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chapter 5.

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18, Ephesians, chapter 5,
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I want you to see this because
it doesn't just say here, be indwelled

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by the Spirit.

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When you're saved, you're
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That's something that happens immediately.

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But I do want you to know that
as a believer, we can be tempted

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not to be filled with the Spirit.

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Being filled with the Spirit
is not something different that's

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beyond our comprehension.

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Being filled with the Spirit
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It means to obey the spirit.

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Ephesians, chapter 5, verse 18.

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It says, and be not drunk with
wine, whereas in excess, but be filled

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with the Spirit.

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The analogy here is this.

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When one is intoxicated with
wine or whatever substance, that

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substance controls them and
speaks for them and dictates for

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them the way that they should live.

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And so he says, don't be drunk
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Don't.

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Don't allow yourself to be
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Allow the Holy Ghost.

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Allow the Holy Spirit to guide
you and to fill you and to control

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you.

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That's the way to go.

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And so we understand the idea
of allowing a substance to make us

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do certain things.

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What he says here is that
really the filling of the Spirit

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means allowing the Spirit to
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for us and responds for us.

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And so the challenge for us as
Christians is not to be indwelled

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with the Spirit.

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That happens at the moment of
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Now, for those who might be
here today that have not trusted

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Jesus Christ as Savior, you
need to trust in Jesus to have the

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indwelling of the Spirit.

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You can't access the Spirit
without faith in Jesus Christ.

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But for those who have trusted
in Jesus Christ, the challenge is

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not to be indwelled with the Spirit.

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That happens.

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And by the way, the Bible says
that we are sealed unto the day of

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redemption with the Holy
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But the challenge is not to be indwelled.

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The challenge is to be filled
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obedience, to live a life of
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And so I want you to see a
passage of scripture here, because

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I think a lot of times what
Satan wants us to do is he wants

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us to doubt our good works and
make us feel like, you know what?

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Maybe I've lost the Spirit.

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Therefore, if I've lost the
Spirit, how can I serve him?

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Philippians chapter 1, verse 6
says this being confident of this

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very thing, that he which hath
begun a good work in you will perform

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it unto the day of Jesus Christ.

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And so the idea here is that
as God has promised us is that if

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he has given us the Spirit, he
will continue to give us the Spirit,

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and we will be sealed.

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We will be secured in Him.

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And I think that that's
important for us to understand because

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so many Christians are living
with a defeatist mindset, a mindset

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that someone is going to take
away our salvation.

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The Bible says that no one can
take away our salvation.

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Ephesians, chapter 1.

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Ephesians chapter 1, verse 13
tells us that we are sealed in whom

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ye also trusted.

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Talking about trusting in
Jesus after ye heard the word of

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truth, the gospel of your
salvation, in whom also after that

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ye believed ye were sealed
with that Holy Spirit of promise,

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which is the earnest or the
down payment of our inheritance until

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the redemption of the
purchased possession unto the praise

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of his glory.

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You're sealed.

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And the Holy Spirit is a down
payment of what it will mean one

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day to be with God forever.

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The.

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The.

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The taste of the Holy Spirit
being the guide for our life, the

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comfort in our life, the
teaching in our life is God's way

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of saying, here, this is the
down payment.

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This is what it means to know me.

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And one day you will be
restored with me for eternity.

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And that will be beautiful and
that will be complete.

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But until then, rest in the Spirit.

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Understand that the Spirit
brings us comfort, the Spirit brings

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us peace, the Spirit brings us joy.

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By the way, I think as a
Christian, one of the marks of being

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indwelled by the Spirit and
filled with the Spirit is having

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joy in our life.

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We know that through
understanding Galatians chapter five,

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that one of the elements of
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But I want you to see in First
Thessalonians chapter one, we're

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going to get back to Romans,
but I'm trying to build this case

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here.

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First Thessalonians chapter one.

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It's going to tell us that one
of the elements of the indwelling

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00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:47,240
of the Spirit and the filling
of the Spirit would be that we would

480
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:47,920
have joy.

481
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:53,440
Says in First Thessalonians
Chapter one, a bunch of different

482
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,720
things talking about the
Gospel that that came to us.

483
00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:58,480
Verse 5.

484
00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,240
For our gospel came not unto
you in the word only.

485
00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:05,300
This is First Thessalonians
chapter 1, verse 5.

486
00:22:05,300 --> 00:22:08,700
For our gospel came not unto
you in the word only, but also in

487
00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:09,060
power.

488
00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:11,300
We're going to talk about that
here in a minute.

489
00:22:11,620 --> 00:22:15,780
And the Holy Ghost and in much assurance.

490
00:22:16,580 --> 00:22:19,220
By the way, the filling of the
Spirit brings assurance.

491
00:22:20,180 --> 00:22:22,980
Walking in obedience to the
Spirit brings us assurance that God

492
00:22:22,980 --> 00:22:25,860
is going to keep his word
going further.

493
00:22:25,860 --> 00:22:29,420
It says, and ye know what
manner of men we were among you for

494
00:22:29,420 --> 00:22:33,440
your sake, and ye became
followers of us and of the Lord,

495
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:38,440
having received the Word in
much affliction with joy of the Holy

496
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:38,800
Ghost.

497
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:44,640
So to be filled with the Holy
Spirit brings us assurance or confidence.

498
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,080
It brings us joy.

499
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,640
It brings us contentment in
what he has done for us.

500
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,600
It brings us to a place where
we're not complaining all the time,

501
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,360
but we're praising all the time.

502
00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:58,530
Folks, there's a lot of
reasons for us to in this world today,

503
00:22:59,490 --> 00:23:06,650
complain and to be confused
and to even question and maybe get

504
00:23:06,650 --> 00:23:11,250
to a place where we would even
be consumed with that type of fear

505
00:23:11,570 --> 00:23:14,490
the Bible warns us against
because of all these things that

506
00:23:14,490 --> 00:23:15,650
are happening around us.

507
00:23:17,250 --> 00:23:17,570
But.

508
00:23:17,570 --> 00:23:21,010
But I would venture to say
here this morning that instead of

509
00:23:21,010 --> 00:23:28,280
being consumed with fear, we
should be confirmed and comforted

510
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:32,720
in the fact that we have
something bigger than the circumstances

511
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:33,400
around us.

512
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,280
We can have joy when all
things are going bad.

513
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:39,719
We can have joy in the midst
of pain.

514
00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,120
We can have joy in the midst
of conflict.

515
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,200
We can have joy in the midst
of confusion.

516
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:44,520
Why?

517
00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,680
Because the Holy Spirit brings
us clarity to know that we're living

518
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,190
for more than just this world now.

519
00:23:50,190 --> 00:23:52,550
That doesn't mean we give up
on the things around us.

520
00:23:52,550 --> 00:23:54,550
Hey, my family's imploding
around me.

521
00:23:54,550 --> 00:23:57,070
Everyone's going away, and I'm
just going to sit here and be happy

522
00:23:57,070 --> 00:23:59,310
and just twiddle my thumbs and
let it all go bad.

523
00:23:59,310 --> 00:24:00,550
That's not what the Bible says.

524
00:24:00,630 --> 00:24:03,670
We are to do everything that
we possibly can to impact those around

525
00:24:03,670 --> 00:24:08,110
us for the gospel and not to
quit, not to give up, not to get

526
00:24:08,110 --> 00:24:08,750
apathetic.

527
00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:11,910
But at the same time, when
things around us are quote unquote

528
00:24:11,910 --> 00:24:15,070
out of our control, we allow
God's control to take over.

529
00:24:15,070 --> 00:24:17,830
And we say, look, I'm going to
do what I can do and I'm not going

530
00:24:17,830 --> 00:24:20,070
to get my eyes fixed on those
things that consume.

531
00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:25,940
But my affections consume my
desires and my longing for Him.

532
00:24:25,940 --> 00:24:29,700
And what can happen is this
really weird thing that as we long

533
00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:33,580
for God and our attention is
on him, it can be deviated to the

534
00:24:33,580 --> 00:24:36,580
attention of other things,
good, bad or whatever.

535
00:24:36,660 --> 00:24:39,620
And our affections for God can
be turned to the affections of the

536
00:24:39,620 --> 00:24:40,420
things of this world.

537
00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:42,980
And we can miss out on the
effectiveness that God has had for

538
00:24:42,980 --> 00:24:43,100
us.

539
00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:46,500
And that can lead us to
joylessness and pain and sorrow.

540
00:24:47,870 --> 00:24:51,790
And so here we see there's
many blessings of being in the Spirit,

541
00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:54,950
to be walking in and dwelled
and filled by the Spirit.

542
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:57,870
So let's go back To Romans
chapter 8, our main text, and we're

543
00:24:57,870 --> 00:25:00,430
just going to take it down
through verse number 11.

544
00:25:01,070 --> 00:25:04,750
And we're going to see what
Paul says here as we are to walk

545
00:25:04,830 --> 00:25:05,870
filled with the Spirit.

546
00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:07,070
What does that look like?

547
00:25:07,710 --> 00:25:08,910
What does that bring us?

548
00:25:11,070 --> 00:25:16,880
What is that in result to
other directions that we could take?

549
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,520
So he says verse nine but
you're not in the flesh, but in the

550
00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:20,960
Spirit.

551
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:24,320
If so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in you.

552
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,280
Now if any man have not the
Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

553
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:32,240
And if Christ be in you, the
body is dead because of sin.

554
00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:35,960
The Bible says that if the
Holy Spirit indwells us, if we have

555
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:41,050
trusted in Jesus Christ as our
Savior, our body, our flesh is dead.

556
00:25:42,410 --> 00:25:46,090
But the Spirit is life because
of righteousness.

557
00:25:46,250 --> 00:25:48,530
Now that's not the
righteousness of our good works,

558
00:25:48,530 --> 00:25:50,650
that's the righteousness of
Christ imparted to us.

559
00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:53,130
And so therefore we can have
life in Him.

560
00:25:54,250 --> 00:25:57,930
Paul's analogy here is life
and death, Spirit and flesh.

561
00:25:58,570 --> 00:25:59,570
What do we want to live in?

562
00:25:59,570 --> 00:26:03,290
Do we want to live in death or
do we want to live in life?

563
00:26:03,530 --> 00:26:06,010
Well, to walk in the Spirit
means to walk in life.

564
00:26:07,170 --> 00:26:10,770
And so this means that when a
believer is indwelled by the Spirit,

565
00:26:10,770 --> 00:26:13,650
there's, there's this misnomer
out there that even though we're

566
00:26:13,650 --> 00:26:16,770
indwelled by the Spirit and
we're saved, we just walk in defeat.

567
00:26:16,770 --> 00:26:19,850
No, the Bible says that we are
walking in complete confidence in

568
00:26:19,850 --> 00:26:22,890
him, we should be at least
walking in complete confidence in

569
00:26:22,890 --> 00:26:23,170
Him.

570
00:26:23,810 --> 00:26:26,770
He's given us life and life
more abundantly, as the Bible says.

571
00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:32,210
And so because Jesus lives in
us, the old man, the flesh, the body,

572
00:26:32,210 --> 00:26:38,650
is dead, and the Spirit lives
and rules in our life as we live

573
00:26:38,650 --> 00:26:44,810
out his call for the believer,
intentionally with purpose.

574
00:26:45,930 --> 00:26:47,930
So we go to verse number 10.

575
00:26:48,810 --> 00:26:53,050
He says, if Christ be in you,
the body is dead, but the Spirit

576
00:26:53,210 --> 00:26:54,130
is within you.

577
00:26:54,130 --> 00:26:55,850
You live in righteousness and life.

578
00:26:56,330 --> 00:26:58,250
Then he says something really
interesting here in verse number

579
00:26:58,250 --> 00:26:58,570
11.

580
00:26:58,900 --> 00:27:03,620
But if the Spirit of Him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell

581
00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:09,220
in you, he that raised up
Christ from the dead shall also quicken

582
00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:12,940
or bring to life your mortal
bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth

583
00:27:12,940 --> 00:27:13,340
in you.

584
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:16,020
Now, if you did not catch what
he said there, he says this.

585
00:27:16,180 --> 00:27:20,500
The same power that rose Jesus
from the dead is the power living

586
00:27:20,500 --> 00:27:22,820
within you with the indwelling
of the Spirit.

587
00:27:23,940 --> 00:27:27,100
And we often think that the
greatest miracle to ever happen throughout

588
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:30,150
all of history was, would be
Jesus's conquering of death through

589
00:27:30,150 --> 00:27:30,910
the resurrection.

590
00:27:31,310 --> 00:27:31,630
Right?

591
00:27:31,630 --> 00:27:34,630
I would, I. I would venture to
say that there's a lot of amazing

592
00:27:34,630 --> 00:27:37,310
things that have happened in
this world, but the fact that Jesus

593
00:27:37,310 --> 00:27:40,070
died on a cross and conquered
death through the resurrection, that

594
00:27:40,070 --> 00:27:40,790
tops the cake.

595
00:27:40,790 --> 00:27:41,470
I mean, that's it.

596
00:27:41,790 --> 00:27:42,150
That's.

597
00:27:42,150 --> 00:27:42,710
That's amazing.

598
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:43,710
That's what gives us hope.

599
00:27:43,949 --> 00:27:45,270
Go back to 1 Corinthians 15.

600
00:27:45,270 --> 00:27:48,270
Paul says, we would have
nothing outside of the resurrection.

601
00:27:48,350 --> 00:27:50,390
The resurrection is the
centerpiece to everything.

602
00:27:50,390 --> 00:27:54,150
And he says, the same power,
the same spirit that rose Jesus from

603
00:27:54,150 --> 00:27:57,620
the dead is the one that's
living within you if you're a believer.

604
00:27:58,020 --> 00:28:00,300
And then we walk around
saying, well, I don't know if I can

605
00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:03,380
do that, folks.

606
00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,660
If God has called you to do
something, this is, this is not Pastor

607
00:28:07,660 --> 00:28:08,340
Josh's opinion.

608
00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:09,540
I can point you to Scripture.

609
00:28:09,620 --> 00:28:13,580
If God has called you to do
something, he empowers you to do

610
00:28:13,580 --> 00:28:15,700
it in his will, in his way.

611
00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:19,300
Philippians 4:13, I can do all
things through Christ.

612
00:28:19,940 --> 00:28:23,320
That's not a verse to give
people to say, hey, want to do anything

613
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,320
you want in this world?

614
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,400
Just believe that Jesus will
give that to you.

615
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,200
That's not what Philippians
4:13 says.

616
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,240
Philippians 4:13 says, if God
calls you to do something, even if

617
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:35,520
that's suffering, even if
that's doing something outside of

618
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:39,400
your comfort zone, he will
give you the strength, the power

619
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:40,280
to do it.

620
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,680
I, I use this as analogy quite
frequently, but.

621
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:46,840
And it's Kind of like a humble.

622
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,120
You ever heard of a humble brag?

623
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:51,030
Humble brag means you're
trying to tell someone something

624
00:28:51,030 --> 00:28:53,870
that you did, but you want to
make it kind of sound like you're

625
00:28:53,870 --> 00:28:54,630
humble about it.

626
00:28:55,350 --> 00:28:56,510
Well, I'm about to do it, so.

627
00:28:56,510 --> 00:28:57,830
Okay, everyone be ready.

628
00:28:57,910 --> 00:28:58,790
Everyone be ready.

629
00:28:59,110 --> 00:29:00,390
So there was last.

630
00:29:00,470 --> 00:29:03,390
Last spring, I ran a half marathon.

631
00:29:03,390 --> 00:29:03,750
I'm not.

632
00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:05,030
I'm only half crazy.

633
00:29:05,350 --> 00:29:08,550
I ran Half Marathon, 13.1 miles.

634
00:29:09,030 --> 00:29:13,550
And so we started out going,
and just to be completely honest

635
00:29:13,550 --> 00:29:15,350
with you, I hadn't been
training the way I should have been

636
00:29:15,350 --> 00:29:15,670
training.

637
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:16,920
It was.

638
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,840
I got complacent, and I
started running.

639
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:25,080
And about mile two, I was
like, oh, man, I signed up for this,

640
00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:26,200
and I shouldn't be doing this.

641
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:27,320
Okay, this is not good.

642
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:28,120
Like, how.

643
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,120
How am I gonna make it another
11 miles?

644
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,320
This is just crazy.

645
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,040
And mile three, mile four, got
a little bit easier, believe it or

646
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:35,240
not.

647
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,040
Mile five, mile six, got a
little bit easier.

648
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:38,360
I'm like, okay, this is
getting good.

649
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:43,370
Well, I got to about mile
eight, and I started hitting that

650
00:29:43,370 --> 00:29:43,810
wall.

651
00:29:44,290 --> 00:29:45,450
I was like, man, I don't.

652
00:29:45,450 --> 00:29:46,450
I don't feel good at all.

653
00:29:46,930 --> 00:29:47,410
This is.

654
00:29:47,410 --> 00:29:48,210
This is not right.

655
00:29:48,290 --> 00:29:48,690
Maybe.

656
00:29:48,690 --> 00:29:49,810
Maybe I should just quit.

657
00:29:50,210 --> 00:29:51,330
Maybe I should just stop.

658
00:29:51,410 --> 00:29:52,290
No one would know.

659
00:29:52,530 --> 00:29:53,650
I was the only person there.

660
00:29:53,650 --> 00:29:54,490
No one was watching me.

661
00:29:54,490 --> 00:29:55,410
I was like, I could just quit.

662
00:29:55,410 --> 00:29:56,450
I said, no, I'm going to push forward.

663
00:29:56,450 --> 00:29:58,370
I'm going to do this for the
principle of it.

664
00:29:58,370 --> 00:29:59,210
So I'm pushing forward.

665
00:29:59,210 --> 00:29:59,650
Pushing forward.

666
00:29:59,650 --> 00:30:00,290
Mile nine.

667
00:30:00,690 --> 00:30:01,250
Get there.

668
00:30:01,330 --> 00:30:05,050
And there was this table, and
they had, you know, like, water and

669
00:30:05,050 --> 00:30:07,810
Gatorade and food, and that's
what I needed.

670
00:30:07,810 --> 00:30:08,130
Okay.

671
00:30:08,130 --> 00:30:08,410
I just.

672
00:30:08,410 --> 00:30:08,770
I took.

673
00:30:08,770 --> 00:30:09,570
I took that in.

674
00:30:10,610 --> 00:30:12,370
And when I did that and
someone said something.

675
00:30:12,370 --> 00:30:12,650
Hey.

676
00:30:12,650 --> 00:30:13,610
They're like, hey, you're.

677
00:30:13,610 --> 00:30:14,010
You're only.

678
00:30:14,010 --> 00:30:15,330
And they said a certain amount.

679
00:30:15,410 --> 00:30:15,930
You're only.

680
00:30:15,930 --> 00:30:16,250
You're.

681
00:30:16,250 --> 00:30:18,450
You're only like, 1.8 miles away.

682
00:30:18,450 --> 00:30:21,370
And for whatever reason that
gave me, it was weird.

683
00:30:21,370 --> 00:30:22,130
It was like, yes.

684
00:30:22,290 --> 00:30:22,690
And.

685
00:30:22,770 --> 00:30:25,330
And it gave me that extra
effort to push for it because I was

686
00:30:25,330 --> 00:30:26,210
about to quit.

687
00:30:27,090 --> 00:30:28,130
And praise the Lord.

688
00:30:28,130 --> 00:30:31,010
I crossed the finish line, and
then I paid for it for, like, three

689
00:30:31,010 --> 00:30:32,050
or four days after.

690
00:30:32,930 --> 00:30:35,810
And I got no sympathy because
it was my decision to do it right.

691
00:30:36,270 --> 00:30:36,430
The.

692
00:30:36,430 --> 00:30:37,710
The idea is this, though.

693
00:30:38,350 --> 00:30:40,990
There's going to be times in
our life.

694
00:30:41,230 --> 00:30:43,870
The Bible, by the way, calls
the Christian life a race.

695
00:30:44,590 --> 00:30:46,990
And it's not a sprint, it's a marathon.

696
00:30:47,870 --> 00:30:51,310
There's gonna be times in the
race when we're tempted to quit,

697
00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:56,390
when we're Tempted to think
that the power of God maybe isn't

698
00:30:56,390 --> 00:30:56,670
enough.

699
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:01,390
You know, we're gonna feel
every reason to quit.

700
00:31:03,090 --> 00:31:03,930
We're going to say, you know what?

701
00:31:03,930 --> 00:31:07,650
It's not worth it to raise my
family in the truth of God in this

702
00:31:07,650 --> 00:31:07,970
world.

703
00:31:08,530 --> 00:31:11,010
It's not worth it to serve in
this ministry.

704
00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:14,130
It's not worth it to wake up
on a Sunday morning and come to church.

705
00:31:14,130 --> 00:31:15,890
It's not worth reading my Bible.

706
00:31:15,890 --> 00:31:20,370
And we're going to have every
earthly, fleshly reason to quit.

707
00:31:21,410 --> 00:31:25,730
But then the Bible reminds us
in Hebrews chapter 12.

708
00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:28,500
I want you to see this here.

709
00:31:28,500 --> 00:31:29,660
This is an amazing thing.

710
00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:36,860
Hebrews chapter 12, that there
is a reason to continue on.

711
00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:42,220
There is a power bigger than
ourselves that's challenging us,

712
00:31:42,620 --> 00:31:46,660
encouraging us, and not only
encouraging us, but empowering us

713
00:31:46,660 --> 00:31:48,140
to finish the course.

714
00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:53,180
Hebrews chapter 12, it says,
wherefore, seeing also, we are compassed

715
00:31:53,180 --> 00:31:55,100
about with so great a cloud of witnesses.

716
00:31:55,650 --> 00:31:56,690
Now, by the way, that's.

717
00:31:57,490 --> 00:31:59,010
There's different
interpretations of that.

718
00:31:59,010 --> 00:32:02,130
Some interpretation of that is
we have people that have gone on

719
00:32:02,130 --> 00:32:04,530
before us into heaven and
they're cheering us on, saying, hey,

720
00:32:04,530 --> 00:32:05,970
we've done this and you can do this.

721
00:32:06,450 --> 00:32:09,130
There's other people that say
that that's earthly witnesses, other

722
00:32:09,130 --> 00:32:09,570
Christians.

723
00:32:09,730 --> 00:32:12,730
Either way, either way you
look at it, there are people that

724
00:32:12,730 --> 00:32:16,010
have been there before
cheering us on to say, hey, you can

725
00:32:16,010 --> 00:32:16,370
do it.

726
00:32:16,370 --> 00:32:17,010
This is good.

727
00:32:17,250 --> 00:32:18,610
We have these witnesses.

728
00:32:19,490 --> 00:32:23,090
Let us lay aside every weight
and the sin which, which does so

729
00:32:23,090 --> 00:32:26,410
easily beset us, and let us
run with patience.

730
00:32:26,410 --> 00:32:28,330
That word patience also means endurance.

731
00:32:28,730 --> 00:32:32,970
Let us run with patience, the
race that is set before us.

732
00:32:36,250 --> 00:32:39,370
But if it just stopped there
and said, okay, we're not going to

733
00:32:39,370 --> 00:32:40,170
tell you how to do this.

734
00:32:40,970 --> 00:32:45,890
Just run harder, try harder,
that would be dealing with the race

735
00:32:45,890 --> 00:32:46,730
in the flesh.

736
00:32:47,290 --> 00:32:49,050
And the flesh gives us reasons
to quit.

737
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:50,840
The flesh tells us lies.

738
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,840
The flesh tells us, hey, when
I was running, hey, you're going

739
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:57,560
to pass out, you're going to
die, you're going to tear a muscle.

740
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:58,840
You should just quit.

741
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,600
Your body tells you no.

742
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,720
The body says stop.

743
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,680
But the spirit tells us
something more, that it's worth it,

744
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:05,880
that it's going to be okay.

745
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:10,880
And so verse two, this is the
remedy to the struggle of doubting

746
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:14,240
whether or not God's power is
enough in our life, whether or not

747
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,320
we can take the next step,
whether or not we can conquer that

748
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,120
thing in our life that is
causing us issues, whether it be

749
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:23,280
a sin, whether it be a fear,
whether it be a doubt, whether it

750
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:24,400
be pain and suffering.

751
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,840
Whether it be concern for
whatever might be coming before me.

752
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:33,000
It says here in verse two,
looking unto Jesus, the author and

753
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,120
finisher of our faith, the
creator and the sustainer of our

754
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,920
faith, we look to Jesus for
the power to finish what God has

755
00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,040
called us to do in our lives.

756
00:33:44,310 --> 00:33:47,550
The word power in the New
Testament in the Greek is a word

757
00:33:47,550 --> 00:33:53,590
called dudamos, where we get
the word dynamite, explosive power

758
00:33:53,590 --> 00:33:57,710
from God that we can use for
the call in our lives to do what

759
00:33:57,710 --> 00:33:58,870
he has called us to do.

760
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:01,910
Now, some of us might not even
be wrestling with a call because

761
00:34:01,910 --> 00:34:04,630
we're still back at the very
beginning trying to figure out what

762
00:34:04,630 --> 00:34:06,390
it even means to believe in God.

763
00:34:06,470 --> 00:34:09,800
But those who have trusted in
Jesus Christ, those who have put

764
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,560
their faith in him and have
allowed the spirit to guide them

765
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,800
into the word of truth, and
you see what God has for you, and

766
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,240
you see what it means to be a Christian.

767
00:34:17,240 --> 00:34:19,520
By the way, what it means to
be a Christian is not just coming

768
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,560
to church on Sunday mornings
even though, praise God, you're here.

769
00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:23,840
I want more people to come.

770
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:28,040
Okay, but at the end of the
day, being a Christian is more than

771
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:28,840
just coming to church.

772
00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:32,800
Being a Christian is living
for Christ, bearing our cross, dying

773
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:37,250
to our desires and dying to
the world and living for him and

774
00:34:37,250 --> 00:34:40,690
making disciples and
professing the truth and having courage

775
00:34:40,850 --> 00:34:45,690
in a world that preaches anti
God, antichrist, like material folks,

776
00:34:45,690 --> 00:34:47,010
we live in a world that preaches.

777
00:34:47,250 --> 00:34:50,410
The world preaches everything
opposite of what Scripture says about

778
00:34:50,410 --> 00:34:50,770
everything.

779
00:34:51,730 --> 00:34:54,290
Just test it, test it, go to it.

780
00:34:54,450 --> 00:34:56,410
The world says opposite of
what God says.

781
00:34:56,410 --> 00:35:00,250
And the Bible says there will
be a day when good is evil and evil

782
00:35:00,250 --> 00:35:01,890
is good in the eyes of the world.

783
00:35:01,970 --> 00:35:02,690
We're there.

784
00:35:03,620 --> 00:35:06,980
When we live for Christ, we
are considered evil, bigoted, narrow

785
00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:08,020
minded, hateful.

786
00:35:08,340 --> 00:35:11,940
And on the other side, it's
loving to accept all of these worldly

787
00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:16,900
philosophies that are divisive
and destructive and demonic.

788
00:35:18,340 --> 00:35:19,300
So what do we do?

789
00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:22,100
We go to the power of God.

790
00:35:22,260 --> 00:35:26,700
We go to Romans 8, verse 11
that says the same power that rose

791
00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:30,140
Jesus from the dead, the same
power, power that took the blind

792
00:35:30,140 --> 00:35:33,500
and made them see the same
people, same power that brought people

793
00:35:33,500 --> 00:35:37,900
back to life like Lazarus is
the same power living with us today.

794
00:35:38,060 --> 00:35:42,540
And if we live in that truth,
we can be bold for the gospel.

795
00:35:42,540 --> 00:35:46,740
We can have joy, we can have
contentment, we can have peace, we

796
00:35:46,740 --> 00:35:49,260
can have excitement, we can
have power in our lives.

797
00:35:49,340 --> 00:35:51,420
Don't we want to be powerful Christians?

798
00:35:51,660 --> 00:35:53,900
Don't we want to be powerful
followers of Christ?

799
00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:55,580
Well, the power doesn't come
from me.

800
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:57,760
The power doesn't come from you.

801
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,800
The power comes from the
Spirit who lives within us.

802
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:04,840
The Bible says in the book of
Ephesians, one Spirit, the same Spirit

803
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,760
that lives within you is the
same Spirit that lives within me,

804
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:09,680
the same Spirit that lives
within that Christian.

805
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,720
And why is it that the same
Spirit that lives within this Christian

806
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:15,680
and the same Spirit that lives
within this Christian.

807
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,680
We see Christians fighting
with each other.

808
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,570
We are shooting ourselves in
our foot when we fight against each

809
00:36:24,570 --> 00:36:26,530
other within the family of Christ.

810
00:36:28,530 --> 00:36:30,930
Because if we say we're being
led by the Spirit and this person

811
00:36:30,930 --> 00:36:33,570
over here says they're being
led by the Spirit, but yet they're

812
00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:37,050
at odds with each other and
their paths are at odds with each

813
00:36:37,050 --> 00:36:40,090
other, I'm going to tell you
there's someone in that process that's

814
00:36:40,090 --> 00:36:40,490
failing.

815
00:36:40,490 --> 00:36:45,810
And it's not the Spirit, it's
the individual that's allowing flesh

816
00:36:45,890 --> 00:36:49,050
to overcome the power of the
Spirit and saying, you know what?

817
00:36:49,050 --> 00:36:53,400
I'm going to die to me and
live for him so that I can allow

818
00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:56,480
myself to be aligned with his
plan and his will in my life.

819
00:36:57,520 --> 00:36:58,200
So what do we do?

820
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,000
We go back to what the Bible
says here.

821
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,520
The same power, the same
Spirit that rose Jesus from the dead

822
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:04,640
is living within me.

823
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:10,760
That should produce boldness
and courage and unity and joy and

824
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:11,120
love.

825
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,040
And we're going to look next,
well, not next week, I'll tell you

826
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:19,900
more about that later, but
here in verse 12, we're gonna look

827
00:37:19,900 --> 00:37:23,140
at what it means to be like
literally, literally, literally getting

828
00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:26,660
to the nitty gritty of what it
looks like to be led by the Spirit.

829
00:37:26,660 --> 00:37:30,740
I've talked a lot today about
what it the overall viewpoint of

830
00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:32,980
walking in the Spirit and not
in the flesh.

831
00:37:33,300 --> 00:37:39,020
But then we need to get down
into specifics and, and what Paul

832
00:37:39,020 --> 00:37:45,090
is gonna tell us in this
passage is that essentially it's

833
00:37:45,090 --> 00:37:53,730
not success, it's not people
liking us that gives us confirmation

834
00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:55,810
of the Spirit's guidance.

835
00:37:56,450 --> 00:37:58,610
It's being joint errors with
our Savior.

836
00:37:59,409 --> 00:38:01,970
It's understanding that
whatever is as God is his mind.

837
00:38:02,130 --> 00:38:04,050
Abba, Father, I can call out
to him.

838
00:38:04,210 --> 00:38:08,410
All the blessings, all the
riches, spiritually speaking, have

839
00:38:08,410 --> 00:38:11,090
been poured out to me to
access as a believer.

840
00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:16,580
And someone, someone might say
this morning, you know what?

841
00:38:17,700 --> 00:38:18,980
I'm not special.

842
00:38:20,180 --> 00:38:22,180
I don't know if I could preach
the gospel.

843
00:38:22,900 --> 00:38:25,820
I don't know if I can be what
you're talking about here.

844
00:38:25,820 --> 00:38:28,780
I'm going to tell you in the
power of God you can be not everyone's

845
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:32,660
called to do everything, but
everybody is called to do something

846
00:38:33,140 --> 00:38:34,580
for the cause of the gospel.

847
00:38:35,780 --> 00:38:36,340
Folks, we.

848
00:38:36,340 --> 00:38:36,980
We like.

849
00:38:37,110 --> 00:38:37,350
It's.

850
00:38:37,350 --> 00:38:37,710
I think.

851
00:38:37,710 --> 00:38:39,270
I think more than ever right now.

852
00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:41,990
We're living in a world that
the line is drawn in the sand.

853
00:38:43,830 --> 00:38:45,830
It's very easy to see the line drawn.

854
00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:47,430
Are we going to live for Christ?

855
00:38:47,430 --> 00:38:48,630
Are we going to live for ourselves?

856
00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:54,030
Are we going to keep playing
this game, this facade that the world

857
00:38:54,030 --> 00:38:57,670
has built up to say that this
is what the American dream is.

858
00:38:58,470 --> 00:39:00,790
Just live for money.

859
00:39:01,830 --> 00:39:04,710
Get the house you've always
wanted, get the vehicle you've always

860
00:39:04,710 --> 00:39:07,730
wanted to follow that sports
team that's always going to be there

861
00:39:07,730 --> 00:39:08,730
for you folks.

862
00:39:09,050 --> 00:39:10,090
I love sports.

863
00:39:10,330 --> 00:39:12,610
I don't think there's anything
wrong with driving a nice car, that

864
00:39:12,610 --> 00:39:14,650
you should have a nice house
if God has blessed you with that.

865
00:39:14,650 --> 00:39:19,730
But if that's the goal, if
that's the end game, we're missing

866
00:39:19,730 --> 00:39:20,250
the point.

867
00:39:21,770 --> 00:39:22,650
Jesus said.

868
00:39:23,930 --> 00:39:29,490
Jesus says, who's willing to
come and take the plow and get to

869
00:39:29,490 --> 00:39:29,770
work?

870
00:39:30,010 --> 00:39:31,530
That's what it means to be a disciple.

871
00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:33,600
You're not worthy of it.

872
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,520
If you're looking back at what
you were leaving.

873
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:36,560
Oh, but look at that.

874
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:37,560
Look how nice it could be.

875
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:38,560
Look how good it was.

876
00:39:38,720 --> 00:39:40,000
Look where I should have been.

877
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,200
No, it's saying, lord, this is
what it is.

878
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:43,680
This is what I want to be busy about.

879
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:44,960
I want to be courageous.

880
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:46,800
I want to be bold.

881
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:48,680
I want to speak the truth.

882
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:49,920
I want to live differently.

883
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,560
I want to live differently in
the face of temptation.

884
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:55,440
Folks, I live so long
thinking, well, this temptation is

885
00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:56,000
here, okay?

886
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,120
I'm just going to give into it.

887
00:39:58,010 --> 00:39:59,090
The Bible, I, who.

888
00:39:59,090 --> 00:39:59,810
I can't fight it.

889
00:39:59,810 --> 00:40:00,650
It's just the flesh.

890
00:40:01,290 --> 00:40:03,370
The Bible says, and we have
more time, we go here.

891
00:40:03,370 --> 00:40:05,970
But first, Corinthians,
chapter 10 says, there's always a

892
00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:06,530
path out.

893
00:40:06,530 --> 00:40:07,570
There's always victory.

894
00:40:07,570 --> 00:40:11,850
God always desires us to die
to that sinful temptation.

895
00:40:12,730 --> 00:40:13,930
How can we do that?

896
00:40:14,010 --> 00:40:16,250
Well, this is where we're
going to end.

897
00:40:16,570 --> 00:40:20,170
We rely on the power of the Spirit.

898
00:40:21,290 --> 00:40:25,290
We understand that it's only
the Spirit who can change my heart.

899
00:40:27,130 --> 00:40:29,610
We understand that it's the
Spirit who can.

900
00:40:29,610 --> 00:40:32,810
Let me face a naysayer and be
okay and just say, okay.

901
00:40:32,810 --> 00:40:34,170
That's Jesus.

902
00:40:34,170 --> 00:40:34,890
Love your enemies.

903
00:40:34,890 --> 00:40:36,090
How can I love my enemy?

904
00:40:36,730 --> 00:40:37,690
Power of the spirit.

905
00:40:38,490 --> 00:40:40,450
How can I forgive someone who
sinned against me?

906
00:40:40,450 --> 00:40:41,530
The power of the Spirit.

907
00:40:42,650 --> 00:40:44,410
How can I serve in this capacity?

908
00:40:44,410 --> 00:40:45,850
I've never been a teacher.

909
00:40:46,090 --> 00:40:47,930
I've never served in this ministry.

910
00:40:48,170 --> 00:40:51,220
I've never done this before
the power of the Spirit.

911
00:40:52,580 --> 00:40:56,260
Ask God for wisdom, ask God
for direction, ask God for comfort,

912
00:40:56,340 --> 00:40:57,700
ask God for conviction.

913
00:40:57,940 --> 00:41:01,260
Ask God for anything and he
will give it to you if it's according

914
00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:01,940
to his will.

915
00:41:01,940 --> 00:41:07,780
And so what I'm going to say
here today is tirelessly, fervently,

916
00:41:08,740 --> 00:41:12,740
passionately seek after the
guidance of the Spirit in your life.

917
00:41:14,020 --> 00:41:15,500
Lord, what do you want from me today?

918
00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:16,780
It's an everyday thing.

919
00:41:16,780 --> 00:41:19,410
Die daily for the cause of the gospel.

920
00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:23,530
Paul's going to say later on
there's a reason for this.

921
00:41:23,530 --> 00:41:23,890
Why?

922
00:41:23,970 --> 00:41:30,690
He says, because one day, one
day we're going to get to heaven

923
00:41:31,330 --> 00:41:34,690
and we're going to realize
that this little tiny bit of suffering

924
00:41:35,810 --> 00:41:42,330
that we have in this world is
nothing in comparison to the blessing

925
00:41:42,330 --> 00:41:44,130
that we will receive one day
with being with him.

926
00:41:45,030 --> 00:41:47,430
And to hear, well done, thou
good and faithful servant.

927
00:41:47,830 --> 00:41:53,510
And to say, I was stressed
about that as, as I've matured in

928
00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:55,590
my life and as I've gotten
older, there are things I used to

929
00:41:55,590 --> 00:41:58,070
stress about that that now
mean nothing.

930
00:41:58,710 --> 00:42:00,950
I'm going to do a joke and
it's self deprecating.

931
00:42:01,830 --> 00:42:03,350
Okay, you guys ready for this?

932
00:42:03,670 --> 00:42:06,230
You ready to hear your pastor
cut on himself?

933
00:42:06,630 --> 00:42:09,350
I remember back in high
school, I was trying to press girls

934
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:13,640
and I would stand in front of
the mirror every single day and try

935
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,840
to get my hair just right and
say, you know what, man?

936
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:17,760
They're just going to get it.

937
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,000
And I thought that was, that's
what I would live for.

938
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:20,920
I would say, you know what, man?

939
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:22,160
I just got to get it just right.

940
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:22,960
I got to get.

941
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,880
Because these girls are going
to like me if I have that.

942
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,360
First of all, I'm not talking
to any of those girls anymore except

943
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:30,480
one, who is my wife.

944
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:34,960
But obviously you guys see the joke.

945
00:42:35,930 --> 00:42:37,250
I'm not worried about that anymore.

946
00:42:37,250 --> 00:42:39,290
I'm not worried about either
one of those two things anymore.

947
00:42:41,210 --> 00:42:42,730
And that's how it should be as
a Christian.

948
00:42:42,730 --> 00:42:46,410
As we grow in our
understanding of who God is and what

949
00:42:46,410 --> 00:42:49,730
he has done and what the
Spirit can do for us, we don't worry

950
00:42:49,730 --> 00:42:51,370
about those things that held
us back.

951
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:56,170
Well, what if someone calls me
crazy for being a Christian man nowadays,

952
00:42:56,170 --> 00:42:57,130
I'm welcoming that.

953
00:42:57,130 --> 00:42:58,490
Just call me crazy, okay?

954
00:42:59,050 --> 00:42:59,770
Call me different.

955
00:42:59,930 --> 00:43:00,970
I want to be different.

956
00:43:01,570 --> 00:43:02,690
And that's the difference today.

957
00:43:02,770 --> 00:43:05,330
So as Christians, living in
the Spirit isn't just.

958
00:43:05,490 --> 00:43:09,730
Well, it's this like weird
thing that I can't locate.

959
00:43:09,890 --> 00:43:11,170
The Spirit is very clear.

960
00:43:11,490 --> 00:43:15,650
The Spirit, he is always going
to lead us to truth, always going

961
00:43:15,650 --> 00:43:16,690
to lead us to Jesus.

962
00:43:17,330 --> 00:43:19,730
And so next time we come back,
we're going to talk about what it

963
00:43:19,730 --> 00:43:22,650
means to be led by the spirit
with the confidence of knowing that

964
00:43:22,650 --> 00:43:23,810
we are in the family of God.

965
00:43:25,890 --> 00:43:26,530
We were.

966
00:43:27,180 --> 00:43:28,780
When I was growing up there, I had.

967
00:43:30,700 --> 00:43:31,420
I have a lot.

968
00:43:31,420 --> 00:43:32,100
I had a lot of fear.

969
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,140
I still have a lot of fear.

970
00:43:33,140 --> 00:43:36,180
I'm afraid to talk to people,
afraid to do everything and all that

971
00:43:36,180 --> 00:43:36,660
kind of stuff.

972
00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:42,460
And when my dad was with me, I
was, like, completely, like, bold.

973
00:43:42,860 --> 00:43:44,180
My dad's like, son, we're
gonna go here.

974
00:43:44,180 --> 00:43:44,900
I'm like, my dad.

975
00:43:44,900 --> 00:43:46,220
My dad can beat up any guy.

976
00:43:46,380 --> 00:43:47,140
So my dad.

977
00:43:47,140 --> 00:43:48,460
So I'm not afraid of anybody.

978
00:43:48,460 --> 00:43:49,100
Come on, dad.

979
00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:51,740
And when my dad was with me, I
was the boldest guy in the world.

980
00:43:52,140 --> 00:43:52,860
My dad left.

981
00:43:52,860 --> 00:43:53,180
I was.

982
00:43:53,180 --> 00:43:53,820
I was afraid.

983
00:43:53,820 --> 00:43:54,300
I was scared.

984
00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:57,490
I was like, I don't know what
to do next.

985
00:43:57,490 --> 00:44:00,410
The next passage of Scripture
says, the way we can walk in confidence

986
00:44:00,410 --> 00:44:05,370
is because we got a dad who's
all powerful, our Abba father, and

987
00:44:05,370 --> 00:44:07,170
he's going to be the one that
can take me forward.

988
00:44:07,170 --> 00:44:08,890
So, folks, if you're
struggling with something today,

989
00:44:10,650 --> 00:44:13,610
allow the light of the Holy
Spirit to shine on it.

990
00:44:14,170 --> 00:44:15,450
You know what I've noticed recently?

991
00:44:15,530 --> 00:44:17,090
I'm going to just go one more minute.

992
00:44:17,090 --> 00:44:19,090
I know I say this a lot, but
I'm just going to try to go one more

993
00:44:19,090 --> 00:44:19,530
minute here.

994
00:44:19,930 --> 00:44:20,970
The idea would be this.

995
00:44:21,210 --> 00:44:21,740
I. I've.

996
00:44:21,740 --> 00:44:24,980
I've noticed recently that if
there's any type of confusion or

997
00:44:24,980 --> 00:44:28,020
doubt, shine the light of the
truth on it.

998
00:44:28,820 --> 00:44:31,780
Someone comes to you and says,
well, you know, I just have a problem

999
00:44:31,780 --> 00:44:32,580
with this and this.

1000
00:44:33,060 --> 00:44:36,100
Let's be specific, let's be particular.

1001
00:44:36,420 --> 00:44:37,380
Where is the problem?

1002
00:44:37,460 --> 00:44:38,340
What's going on?

1003
00:44:38,340 --> 00:44:39,660
Let's shine light on it.

1004
00:44:39,660 --> 00:44:41,260
Let's shine the word of God on it.

1005
00:44:41,260 --> 00:44:45,700
When we shine the word, Word
of God on things that are, like,

1006
00:44:45,700 --> 00:44:49,450
foggy and unsure, it's either
going to reveal that there isn't

1007
00:44:49,450 --> 00:44:53,970
anything there, no problem, it
was just someone's issue, or it's

1008
00:44:53,970 --> 00:44:55,570
going to reveal an issue of sin.

1009
00:44:55,570 --> 00:44:58,690
And we know that the Bible
will reflect how to deal with that

1010
00:44:58,690 --> 00:45:03,010
sin, or it's going to reveal
to us that maybe I'm the problem

1011
00:45:03,089 --> 00:45:04,530
and not that person's the problem.

1012
00:45:05,570 --> 00:45:07,730
Shine light on the truth.

1013
00:45:08,450 --> 00:45:11,530
Shine light of truth on the
issue that you're going through.

1014
00:45:11,530 --> 00:45:13,660
So let's say, for example,
marital issue.

1015
00:45:14,620 --> 00:45:16,540
Shine the light of truth on it
right now.

1016
00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:18,540
Shine the light of truth on it.

1017
00:45:18,940 --> 00:45:20,340
What does the word of God have
to say?

1018
00:45:20,340 --> 00:45:22,860
Not how I feel today, but the
word of God.

1019
00:45:23,660 --> 00:45:27,580
Well, we got a lot of problems
in this world, a lot, a lot of political

1020
00:45:27,820 --> 00:45:28,940
drama everywhere.

1021
00:45:28,940 --> 00:45:30,300
Shine the light of truth on it.

1022
00:45:31,260 --> 00:45:33,260
I got problems in my workplace.

1023
00:45:33,260 --> 00:45:34,540
Shine the light of truth on it.

1024
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:37,220
I got a personal sin in my
life that I don't know how to deal

1025
00:45:37,220 --> 00:45:37,500
with.

1026
00:45:37,500 --> 00:45:38,940
Shine the light of truth on it.

1027
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,600
The Holy Spirit will reveal
the truth if we are open to allowing

1028
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:44,400
it to come in.

1029
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:46,560
Darkness is not.

1030
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:48,320
Darkness isn't anything.

1031
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:50,120
Darkness is the absence of light.

1032
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,760
So when we shine light on
something, whatever is there will

1033
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:53,520
be revealed.

1034
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,320
I mean, at night when I was
growing up, I'd look around my bedroom

1035
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:00,400
and I thought everything was a
monster because it was dark.

1036
00:46:00,880 --> 00:46:02,440
And all I had to do is flip
the light on.

1037
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:04,120
And I realized that's just the
toy over there.

1038
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:05,280
It's not a real bad thing.

1039
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,270
But when the darkness was
there, I was tempted to think that

1040
00:46:08,270 --> 00:46:10,910
there was something else there
that wasn't really there.

1041
00:46:11,310 --> 00:46:13,710
And that's what happens when
we shine the light of the Holy Spirit

1042
00:46:13,710 --> 00:46:14,350
on our lives.

1043
00:46:14,510 --> 00:46:16,750
We can see what's truly behind
the darkness.

1044
00:46:16,750 --> 00:46:19,070
And many times it's things
that we can handle.

1045
00:46:19,550 --> 00:46:21,790
Every time, it's things that
we can handle in the truth of the

1046
00:46:21,950 --> 00:46:22,990
power of Jesus Christ.

1047
00:46:22,990 --> 00:46:25,310
And so encourage you to think
about that here this morning.

1048
00:46:25,310 --> 00:46:27,910
Well, I'm going to ask for you
to stand with us, every head bowed,

1049
00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:29,230
every eye closed as the music plays.

1050
00:46:29,230 --> 00:46:32,590
This morning, the challenge is
very clear.

1051
00:46:32,590 --> 00:46:35,620
Number one, do you have the
Spirit indwelling you?

1052
00:46:35,860 --> 00:46:38,500
Have you trusted in Jesus
Christ as your savior?

1053
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:39,980
The gospel is this.

1054
00:46:39,980 --> 00:46:42,540
I'm going to summarize it for
you the way the Bible summarizes

1055
00:46:42,540 --> 00:46:43,140
it for you.

1056
00:46:43,220 --> 00:46:49,980
God loved you enough to send
his son, Jesus Christ to come to

1057
00:46:49,980 --> 00:46:50,500
this earth.

1058
00:46:50,580 --> 00:46:51,860
He lived a perfect life.

1059
00:46:51,860 --> 00:46:52,900
He did not sin.

1060
00:46:54,420 --> 00:46:58,100
And because he fulfilled the
law, he paid the price for us on

1061
00:46:58,100 --> 00:46:58,660
the cross.

1062
00:46:58,660 --> 00:47:00,820
He died on the cross for you.

1063
00:47:03,500 --> 00:47:05,900
But like I said before, he
didn't stay on the cross.

1064
00:47:06,540 --> 00:47:07,740
He didn't stay dead.

1065
00:47:08,060 --> 00:47:12,220
The Bible says that he
conquered death through the resurrection

1066
00:47:12,780 --> 00:47:16,620
and now is offering you the
gift of grace to know forgiveness,

1067
00:47:16,780 --> 00:47:21,100
to no everlasting life, to no
peace and comfort.

1068
00:47:21,820 --> 00:47:24,860
And so to be indwelled by the
Spirit means to trust in him.

1069
00:47:24,860 --> 00:47:27,420
And then there's that
transaction of the Spirit.

1070
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:32,520
The Spirit now indwells you
and you can understand what it means

1071
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:37,720
to walk in this type of peace
and joy and love and confidence,

1072
00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:40,440
to be sealed, to be promised.

1073
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:43,080
So there's that decision.

1074
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:45,240
But many of us have already
made that decision.

1075
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:50,560
But maybe we've been Tempted
to not live in the spirit, to be

1076
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,350
filled with the spirit, to be
guided by the flesh, flesh, by the

1077
00:47:54,350 --> 00:47:57,670
whims and cares of this world,
by the wisdom of man.

1078
00:47:57,990 --> 00:48:01,870
And we've fallen into the trap
of that, and we've faced consequences

1079
00:48:01,870 --> 00:48:02,270
with that.

1080
00:48:02,270 --> 00:48:05,350
But, folks, the beauty is, is
that there's no more condemnation.

1081
00:48:06,070 --> 00:48:10,910
So rid yourself of the pain of
the judgment and get into what we

1082
00:48:10,910 --> 00:48:12,870
talk about in the idea of conviction.

1083
00:48:13,510 --> 00:48:16,070
With conviction comes clarity.

1084
00:48:16,070 --> 00:48:17,630
And with clarity comes comfort.

1085
00:48:17,630 --> 00:48:19,430
And with comfort comes victory.

1086
00:48:19,430 --> 00:48:20,030
And so it.

1087
00:48:20,100 --> 00:48:22,540
If you're dealing with that,
if that's been characterizing your

1088
00:48:22,540 --> 00:48:27,020
life at any capacity, Maybe
God's got 95%, but you've been allowing

1089
00:48:27,020 --> 00:48:30,020
that other 5% to be ruled by
your flesh, by the world.

1090
00:48:30,340 --> 00:48:33,020
Today, give that over to him
and say, lord, I want you to have

1091
00:48:33,020 --> 00:48:35,060
100% of everything.

1092
00:48:35,060 --> 00:48:39,020
I want to be guided by you in
every way, in my personal life and

1093
00:48:39,020 --> 00:48:43,460
my professional life and in
every degree of my Christian walk.

1094
00:48:44,020 --> 00:48:45,860
But maybe some of you are
tempted as.

1095
00:48:46,130 --> 00:48:47,970
As you're running that race of life.

1096
00:48:49,810 --> 00:48:51,090
Maybe you're getting tired.

1097
00:48:51,970 --> 00:48:54,810
Maybe you're thinking there's
a lot of reasons for me to stop,

1098
00:48:54,810 --> 00:48:56,530
for me to quit, for me to doubt.

1099
00:48:56,610 --> 00:49:00,290
Hey, look to the author and
finisher of your faith, Jesus Christ.

1100
00:49:00,770 --> 00:49:02,369
Look for what he did for you.

1101
00:49:02,610 --> 00:49:03,890
He endured the cross.

1102
00:49:04,850 --> 00:49:06,450
He loves you enough to go to
the cross.

1103
00:49:06,450 --> 00:49:07,250
He finished it.

1104
00:49:07,250 --> 00:49:08,690
He says it is finished.

1105
00:49:08,690 --> 00:49:09,890
You're not finishing it.

1106
00:49:10,050 --> 00:49:11,410
I'm finishing it for you.

1107
00:49:11,410 --> 00:49:12,210
Come with me.

1108
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:15,520
And so this morning, maybe you
just need that recharge.

1109
00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:16,320
Maybe you need that.

1110
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,760
That extra measure of power
and grace in your life to push forward

1111
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:21,360
for the cause of the gospel.

1112
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:24,840
So the challenge is there for
you this morning.

1113
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,000
Are you going to respond?

1114
00:49:27,200 --> 00:49:29,000
We're going to have an
opportunity for you to come.

1115
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,200
You can kneel here at the steps.

1116
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,520
You can kneel there in the pew.

1117
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:33,440
But do business with the Lord today.

1118
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:34,960
Respond to the Spirit.

1119
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:39,160
Hey, if you feel convicted
today, if you feel that I stepped

1120
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:40,600
on your toes today, that's not me.

1121
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:41,720
That's the Holy Spirit.

1122
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:45,560
So therefore, what I would do
is I would respond to him today.

1123
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,760
Don't neglect, don't delay,
don't grieve.

1124
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:49,640
The Holy Spirit.

1125
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:51,080
Obey him today.

1126
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:52,040
Follow him today.

1127
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:56,080
It's the greatest, most
amazing thing to walk in the freeness

1128
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:57,320
of no burden.

1129
00:49:58,280 --> 00:49:59,160
No burden.

1130
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:00,240
So come forward today.

1131
00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:01,280
Follow as the Lord leads.

1132
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,760
Lord, I pray that you'd be in
this time of invitation, work in

1133
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:04,440
hearts and lives.

1134
00:50:05,040 --> 00:50:08,520
Lord, I pray that today can be
the day of salvation for some, Lord,

1135
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:13,120
I pray that today can be the
day of guidance of the Spirit.

1136
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:16,320
Lord, I pray that some can
just find the peace of the Spirit,

1137
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,800
the comfort of the Spirit,
Lord, the conviction of the Spirit.

1138
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:20,759
Lord, I pray that you be with
us today in this time.

1139
00:50:20,759 --> 00:50:21,720
In Jesus name, Amen.

1140
00:50:21,720 --> 00:51:23,630
As the music plays, follow as
the Lord leads here today it thank

1141
00:51:23,630 --> 00:51:26,590
you again for listening to the
Middletown Baptist Church Podcast.

1142
00:51:26,750 --> 00:51:29,150
I hope that this sermon has
been a blessing for you.

1143
00:51:29,870 --> 00:51:32,070
You would like to find out
more information about our church

1144
00:51:32,070 --> 00:51:35,550
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1145
00:51:35,870 --> 00:51:38,430
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1146
00:51:39,150 --> 00:51:43,590
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1147
00:51:43,590 --> 00:51:48,000
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1148
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,880
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1149
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:52,480
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1150
00:51:52,720 --> 00:51:53,440
God Bless.

1151
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:54,960
Have a wonderful day.