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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.96,0:00:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.05,0:00:11.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had hoped to deal this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.47,0:00:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with testing the spirits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.38,0:00:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I wrestled with what exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.42,0:00:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should pull out of \Nthese verses and stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.51,0:00:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was somewhat convinced that I should not
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.03,0:00:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,move beyond chapter 3 into 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.86,0:00:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord willing, next week,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.13,0:00:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I intend to deal with testing the spirits.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.38,0:00:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to kind of transition \Ninto that today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.98,0:00:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by looking at these last two verses
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.00,0:00:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 1 John 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.66,0:00:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read them together.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.89,0:00:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And this is His commandment,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.91,0:01:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we believe in the name \Nof His Son Jesus Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.49,0:01:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that's interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.39,0:01:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just pause right here for a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.72,0:01:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've always looked at this as kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.66,0:01:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a companion verse to that which we find
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.53,0:01:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Acts 17 where we are commanded -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.80,0:01:20.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God commands all men \Neverywhere to repent."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.37,0:01:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have a commandment to believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.38,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we are invited to believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, God exhorts us to believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.87,0:01:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He earnestly pleads with us to believe.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.74,0:01:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He reasons with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.16,0:01:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come, let us reason together."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.94,0:01:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But remember, behind God's invitation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.59,0:01:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the people didn't show up
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.18,0:01:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the banquet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.02,0:01:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Master was angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.47,0:01:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's expected that you will \Nanswer the invitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.70,0:01:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's commanded.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.94,0:01:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing God has to command us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.80,0:02:01.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not go to hell?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.81,0:02:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has to command us to have life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.56,0:02:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize that?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.94,0:02:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not at liberty to go to hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.78,0:02:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you ever think about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.12,0:02:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God commands us
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.17,0:02:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to believe on His Son and be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.76,0:02:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, we've been looking at this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.76,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...To love one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.04,0:02:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as He commanded us."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.98,0:02:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, notice this,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.09,0:02:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whoever keeps His commandments
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abides in God and God in him."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.02,0:02:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what I want us to focus on.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.68,0:02:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've been looking at those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.39,0:02:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember? I told you before,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.76,0:02:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John is circular.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.97,0:02:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's like the bee that \Nflies around the flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.25,0:02:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He keeps hitting the same \Nthings over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.75,0:02:47.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas sometimes as he's circling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.65,0:02:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he begins to introduce some new truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.79,0:02:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here in this last sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.70,0:02:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 1 John 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.01,0:03:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John introduces something to us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.08,0:03:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he has not yet introduced.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.09,0:03:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know that He..."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.90,0:03:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just put "God" in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.07,0:03:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know that God abides in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.42,0:03:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Spirit whom He has given us."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.42,0:03:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where I want our attention.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.40,0:03:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That last sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.58,0:03:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.48,0:03:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know that He abides in us."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.54,0:03:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that may just seem -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.34,0:03:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He abides in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.28,0:03:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop and think.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.93,0:03:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He abides in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.45,0:03:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.49,0:03:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.48,0:03:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in an age - and I'm sure
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.37,0:03:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the ages have been like this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.17,0:03:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ever since man has fallen -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.06,0:03:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're so circled by the ideas of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.95,0:03:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by the deceptions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.18,0:03:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by people's opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.30,0:04:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.72,0:04:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can come to it.\NWe can stand on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.82,0:04:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.72,0:04:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we preach.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.93,0:04:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever thought about it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.49,0:04:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The foolishness of preaching?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.62,0:04:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever think about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.64,0:04:16.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you guys actually come to \Nthis place every week
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.25,0:04:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you sit there and you actually listen
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.48,0:04:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a guy that stands in a pulpit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.97,0:04:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it ever just once in a while
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.63,0:04:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you think that's ludicrous \Nthat we do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.71,0:04:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do we do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.83,0:04:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, because God designed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.91,0:04:32.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, what it is, it's \Nthe channel of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.38,0:04:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm not preaching to you without
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.31,0:04:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this book in front of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.97,0:04:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have this thing here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.30,0:04:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of a preacher
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.77,0:04:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is somebody who is able to come up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.77,0:04:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stand before you and give you
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.46,0:04:45.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the facts as they are found in this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.31,0:04:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.87,0:04:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.37,0:04:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is all about giving you a steady diet
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.78,0:04:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of God's Word - not of my opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.06,0:04:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the beauty is we can dive in here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.66,0:04:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever we dive into this book,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.28,0:04:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.69,0:05:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the truths that we find
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.13,0:05:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repeatedly in 1 John
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.29,0:05:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Bible does not shy away
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.86,0:05:09.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from defining Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.73,0:05:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.63,0:05:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we need this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.88,0:05:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.14,0:05:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we've got religion all around us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.13,0:05:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't correctly \Ndefine Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.36,0:05:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got a world that looks out there -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.29,0:05:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've got all their opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.83,0:05:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got the news.\NThe news has ideas about Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.48,0:05:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who was it?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.86,0:05:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it was Brandon Davidson
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.33,0:05:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who just did a message \Non Coptic Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.49,0:05:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how they were making a big deal
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.44,0:05:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Coptic Christians in Egypt
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.32,0:05:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because a number of them were beheaded
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.96,0:05:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by ISIS?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.16,0:05:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Brandon responded by showing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.25,0:05:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these Coptic Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.25,0:05:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't really fit the definition\Nof biblical Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.88,0:05:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, the world, \Nthey interpret things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.16,0:05:52.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however they want to interpret them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.90,0:05:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, John knows -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.78,0:05:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God knows who inspired John -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.97,0:05:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we live in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.78,0:06:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we need to be reminded\Nagain and again and again
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.55,0:06:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what true Christianity looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.34,0:06:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have.\NWe need the facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.40,0:06:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our only hope in this world -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.05,0:06:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it not true?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.18,0:06:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our only hope in this world rests
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.81,0:06:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in being a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.16,0:06:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no hope outside \Nof being a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.22,0:06:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.02,0:06:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so it's important that \Nwe define what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.70,0:06:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The title of my message:\N"How You Know You're a Christian."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.06,0:06:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, obviously, John's been showing us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.32,0:06:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numerous ways we can \Nknow we're a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.45,0:06:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are some of the other proofs?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.85,0:06:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 2:3 - you can just \Nglance right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.22,0:06:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're right here in 1 John,\Nbut we've already looked at these.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.63,0:06:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know that we\Nhave come to know Him..."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.02,0:06:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How? "If we keep His commandments."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.05,0:06:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We read that in v. 23.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.68,0:06:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 24, "Whoever keeps His commandments
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.66,0:06:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,abides in God."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.52,0:06:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(There at the beginning of v. 24.)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.17,0:06:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw it back in 1 John 2:3.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.81,0:06:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This we know, that we \Nhave come to know Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.01,0:06:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we keep His commandments."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.60,0:06:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, this is kind of \Nreiterated in 1 John 2:5.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.15,0:07:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Whoever keeps His Word...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.69,0:07:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in him truly the love of God is perfected.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.04,0:07:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this we may know that we are in Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.00,0:07:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, you get these: "We know."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.92,0:07:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.99,0:07:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We know that we know Him
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.40,0:07:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we keep His commandments."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.86,0:07:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We know we know Him \Nif we keep His Word."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.23,0:07:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 2:29,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.61,0:07:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You may be sure
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.02,0:07:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everyone who practices righteousness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.08,0:07:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been born of Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.15,0:07:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've got this: \N"keeping His commandments,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.20,0:07:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"keeping His Word,"\N"practicing righteousness."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.29,0:07:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 3:14, "We know that we've passed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.54,0:07:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of death into life," how?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.94,0:07:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you know you're a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.68,0:07:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can you know you've truly \Npassed from death to life?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.01,0:07:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because we love the brothers."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.46,0:07:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, he's been hitting this all along.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.70,0:07:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we have here is we have a new one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.54,0:07:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a new proof.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.70,0:07:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before we look at the proof,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.15,0:07:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just want you to see something
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.74,0:07:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what a Christian is.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.58,0:07:53.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think sometimes we \Nneed to stop and think,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.79,0:07:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.82,0:07:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, somebody that's been saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.43,0:08:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, but we have to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.28,0:08:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it is that we've been saved from.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.57,0:08:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever recognize when Adam
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.18,0:08:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would walk in the garden
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.94,0:08:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the cool of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.48,0:08:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.40,0:08:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God came to him and walked with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.78,0:08:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever thought about what he lost
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.23,0:08:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he fell into sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.98,0:08:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, look at chapter 3:24
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.94,0:08:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the beginning of \Nthe last sentence there.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.61,0:08:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know that He abides in us."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.64,0:08:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John wants us to be clear
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.08,0:08:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what it means to be a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.94,0:08:55.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and here in this last verse of 1 John 3,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.80,0:08:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here is the basic premise.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.19,0:09:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Christian is a home for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.11,0:09:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let that sink in a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.57,0:09:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's what it talks about.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.32,0:09:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abiding. God abides.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.56,0:09:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look up the meaning of that word.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.41,0:09:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's to make a home with.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.59,0:09:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John is saying, Christian, \Ndo you understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.75,0:09:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are a dwelling \Nplace for the Most High?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.37,0:09:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does Paul not say,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.88,0:09:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you are God's temple"?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.25,0:09:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God dwells in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.63,0:09:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is to be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.46,0:09:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God comes to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.68,0:09:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God lives in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.46,0:09:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God makes His temple -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.78,0:09:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the dwelling place of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.20,0:09:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.84,0:09:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Adam lost when he fell.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.87,0:09:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost God. We lost God with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.37,0:09:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost the life of God
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.85,0:09:52.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the soul of man - abiding in us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.91,0:09:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dwelling with us, communing with us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.76,0:09:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communicating, fellowshipping with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.92,0:09:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.64,0:10:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the KJV says -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.09,0:10:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God says to Abraham,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.86,0:10:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am thy exceeding great reward."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.76,0:10:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reward. That's the treasure.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.33,0:10:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is Christ. It is God. It is the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.63,0:10:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this Triune Godhead dwelling in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.76,0:10:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Manifestly dwelling in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.06,0:10:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.49,0:10:25.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he's laying on the table here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.27,0:10:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we need to face the reality
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.51,0:10:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what a Christian truly is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.20,0:10:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Christian is no ordinary man
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.84,0:10:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everybody else out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.02,0:10:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not just like everybody \Nelse, but we go to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.42,0:10:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.52,0:10:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me just about \Ndwelling places of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.91,0:10:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you think in Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.91,0:10:51.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,burning bush.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.05,0:10:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God dwelt in the burning bush.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.18,0:10:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moses sees a burning bush.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.82,0:10:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's burning. It doesn't get consumed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.64,0:10:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to go over and check that out.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.64,0:11:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God says, "Stop, \NMoses. Stop right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.11,0:11:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take your shoes off your feet."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.19,0:11:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because where God dwells,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.23,0:11:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's holy ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.17,0:11:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about the holy of holies
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.30,0:11:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the tabernacle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.26,0:11:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The shekinah glory was so intense,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.38,0:11:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you did not go in there or you died -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.73,0:11:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except one man once a year
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.42,0:11:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only with blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.97,0:11:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place where God \Ndwells is a holy place.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.34,0:11:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a fearful place.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.100,0:11:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a place unlike all other places.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.27,0:11:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.18,0:11:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heaven is the place where we think of
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.70,0:11:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where God dwells.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.40,0:11:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Isaiah looks at it as His beautiful
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.92,0:11:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holy habitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.99,0:11:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it's like where God dwells.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.26,0:11:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.40,0:11:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John says to be a Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.33,0:12:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be one of these places -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.42,0:12:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are the temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.90,0:12:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside that temple was the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.92,0:12:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was inside that tabernacle.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.53,0:12:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tabernacle became the temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.15,0:12:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inside there is the holy of holies.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.12,0:12:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is where the manifest \Nglory of God dwells.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.64,0:12:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we are being told in Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.21,0:12:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is we are that temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.30,0:12:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what God saves people for -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.23,0:12:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inhabit them; to dwell with them;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.11,0:12:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk with them; to fellowship;
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.97,0:12:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to manifest His glory there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.26,0:12:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it is to be a saint.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.47,0:12:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not this Catholic idea -
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.09,0:12:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Saint Anthony - we were talking about
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.89,0:12:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meanings of names the other day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.65,0:12:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,San Antonio. What's that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.45,0:12:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't even know who Antonio was.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.38,0:12:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might not have even been \Na true saint whatsoever,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.25,0:12:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we have true saints in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.00,0:12:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what does it mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.30,0:12:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be a saint is to be a holy one.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.28,0:12:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're holy ones because we are \Nthe place where God dwells.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.37,0:12:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.05,0:12:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to come back to that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.48,0:12:56.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.75,0:12:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be clear on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.16,0:13:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the church of the living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.39,0:13:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is going to be \Nsomebody in this world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.82,0:13:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that need to be faithful
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.30,0:13:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be communicating truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.79,0:13:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's got to be us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.86,0:13:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's got to be those of us \Nthat have the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.07,0:13:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a Christian?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.34,0:13:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Christian is this -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.06,0:13:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a Christian a moral person?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.14,0:13:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is a Christian simply a good person?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.39,0:13:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it simply a member of this church?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.19,0:13:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.32,0:13:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.48,0:13:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Christian is one who God comes to
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.54,0:13:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and manifests His presence in.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.92,0:13:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a spiritual reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.81,0:13:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The life of God possesses them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.65,0:13:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.22,0:13:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what you need to see
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.66,0:13:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the last part of the last sentence.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.53,0:13:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Read it with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.26,0:13:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know that He abides in us."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.48,0:13:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this we know we are a temple of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.51,0:13:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this we know we are \NHis holy habitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.23,0:13:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.28,0:14:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By the Spirit whom He has given to us."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.14,0:14:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, John says, your \NChristianity can be proven.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.60,0:14:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he says here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.99,0:14:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want proof of the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.43,0:14:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a man is a Christian -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.30,0:14:09.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one who has God dwelling in him -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.89,0:14:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John says here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.95,0:14:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every individual who \Npossesses the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.46,0:14:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may know that he himself
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.29,0:14:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is such a dwelling place for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.52,0:14:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then of course, the next question:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.71,0:14:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, how can I know if \NI possess the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.39,0:14:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think you can all feel this,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.33,0:14:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John expects that we can tell.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.38,0:14:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you get that feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.71,0:14:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this you can know \Nthat God abides in you,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.15,0:14:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.80,0:14:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By the Spirit whom He has given us."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.82,0:14:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He expects us to be able to know
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.71,0:14:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we have the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.87,0:14:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that right off.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.34,0:14:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every individual who \Npossesses the Holy Spirit -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.57,0:14:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he believes he's going to \Nknow they possess Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.100,0:15:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the proof.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.56,0:15:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the proof that God \Nhas taken up residence in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.55,0:15:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we know?\NWhat is the proof?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.35,0:15:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.63,0:15:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's certainly not the only proof,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.41,0:15:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's one of the proofs.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.46,0:15:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know this very well, many of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.27,0:15:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 8:9, "Anyone who does not have
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.10,0:15:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of Christ does \Nnot belong to Him."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.96,0:15:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.11,0:15:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're face to face with this \Ngreat truth of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.05,0:15:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the Spirit or you don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.55,0:15:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.34,0:15:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God abides in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.12,0:15:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't, He doesn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.59,0:15:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he's laid on the table here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.72,0:15:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.92,0:15:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our Christian reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.27,0:15:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.63,0:15:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.72,0:15:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Holy Spirit is essential
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.14,0:15:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.35,0:15:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your Christian standing,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.64,0:15:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your Christian experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.02,0:15:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm afraid we forget \Nhow essential this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.06,0:15:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I forget how essential this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.94,0:16:01.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.39,0:16:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I read through John
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.97,0:16:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I come across our Lord Jesus' words
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.13,0:16:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He says to His disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.06,0:16:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nevertheless, I tell you the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.24,0:16:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is to your advantage that I go away."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.44,0:16:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Why is it to our advantage?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.88,0:16:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For if I do not go away, the Helper -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.76,0:16:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(or the Comforter) - will not come to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.97,0:16:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I go, I will send Him to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.31,0:16:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I often want Jesus to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.19,0:16:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm out in the field praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.68,0:16:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want Jesus to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.30,0:16:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I long to be like the \Ndisciples, like John,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.21,0:16:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who could lay at the breast of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.69,0:16:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.58,0:16:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you want it?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.51,0:16:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, I want that,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.63,0:16:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I come to this,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.58,0:16:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find I don't fully believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.17,0:16:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.15,0:16:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I don't have what I want.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.19,0:16:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be able to touch.\NI want to be able to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.75,0:16:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be able to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.16,0:17:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want that!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.58,0:17:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when I come across \Nthis verse time and again -
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.43,0:17:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, we have to sit back and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.24,0:17:11.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need to believe that that's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.71,0:17:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.97,0:17:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Jesus is saying having the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.98,0:17:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is more advantageous to you
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.56,0:17:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to have Him do the things He did,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.15,0:17:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incarnate, walking with His disciples,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.23,0:17:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way He did.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.60,0:17:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is better.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.10,0:17:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is more advantageous.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.14,0:17:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.38,0:17:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means, there's some advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.24,0:17:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is where John is pulling from.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.14,0:17:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an advantage in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.07,0:17:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is observable.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.04,0:17:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can tell where that advantage is.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.100,0:17:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell where the Spirit is.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.76,0:17:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by that, by the \Nevidences of His presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.62,0:17:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can know that you are one of these
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.47,0:17:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dwelling places of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.30,0:18:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's his basic argument through here.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.95,0:18:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see this truth reaffirmed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.01,0:18:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in chapter 4:13.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.39,0:18:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just look there.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.64,0:18:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1 John 4:13, "By this we know
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.59,0:18:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we abide in Him
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.53,0:18:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He in us
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.36,0:18:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because He has given us of His Spirit."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.13,0:18:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the thing I want to ask is this -
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.46,0:18:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the next obvious question.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.32,0:18:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sort of proof is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.34,0:18:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you say to me, \N"how can I know I'm a Christian?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.18,0:18:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say to you, "by the Holy Spirit."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.60,0:18:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sort of proof is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.84,0:18:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, John the Baptist said this:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.72,0:18:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God told me the One upon whom I see
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.84,0:18:48.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Holy Spirit descend is Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.21,0:18:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, John saw the Spirit \Ndescend like a dove
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.63,0:18:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it remained on Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.01,0:18:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God had told him,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.29,0:18:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to know the Messiah;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.88,0:18:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to know the One \Nyou're the forerunner to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.84,0:19:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Spirit of God is \Ngoing to descend on Him
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.32,0:19:04.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rest there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.05,0:19:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how do we know?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.77,0:19:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, how do we know by the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.90,0:19:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't see that.\NI've never seen that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.02,0:19:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the evidences?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:15.56,0:19:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sort of proof is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.39,0:19:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'll tell you, I have twelve.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.02,0:19:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said it's to our advantage.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.00,0:19:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, there are advantages.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.26,0:19:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's proofs.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.95,0:19:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I get all these from Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.87,0:19:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got twelve of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.73,0:19:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't want to go any \Nfurther than this today.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.74,0:19:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to give you twelve proofs
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.71,0:19:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Scripture gives to us
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.54,0:19:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are evidences of the presence
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.77,0:19:41.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Holy Spirit, which in turn
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.96,0:19:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is evidence that God abides in us
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.72,0:19:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we abide in Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.65,0:19:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we're real; we're genuine.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.37,0:19:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what are these things?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.73,0:19:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.01,0:19:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to know you are a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.37,0:19:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the title.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.60,0:20:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, how to know you have the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.73,0:20:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which you know you are a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.59,0:20:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's the first one.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.00,0:20:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus Christ told us this.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.53,0:20:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 16:8 - you can mark these down.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.64,0:20:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can try to turn to all of them, \Nbut I'm going to go through them fast
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.06,0:20:17.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think by the time you get there,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.44,0:20:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm already going to be \Ndone with the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.97,0:20:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you might just want to hear these.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.02,0:20:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll give you the reference \Nbecause I want you to see
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.15,0:20:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all of these are \Ntruly coming from Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.16,0:20:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 16:8,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.58,0:20:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Holy Spirit - \N"He will convict the world
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.46,0:20:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerning sin and \Nrighteousness and judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.61,0:20:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you think here.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.47,0:20:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going along in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.74,0:20:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going along happy in our sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.87,0:20:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.11,0:20:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember how that was?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.24,0:20:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're looking forward to your sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.94,0:20:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.66,0:20:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.91,0:21:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.25,0:21:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something happens in the conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.93,0:21:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, there's a disturbance.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.97,0:21:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what conviction is.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.34,0:21:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a disturbance.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.53,0:21:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, we're troubled.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.40,0:21:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel something.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.11,0:21:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin suddenly is not just
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.55,0:21:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vomit of the dog
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.84,0:21:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I want to run over and \Ncan't wait to get to.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.80,0:21:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a hesitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.84,0:21:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't mean I totally\Nlose the pull of that sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.46,0:21:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's a check in my soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.55,0:21:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something isn't right any longer.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.14,0:21:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what he's talking about here.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.96,0:21:45.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conviction.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.45,0:21:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a gnawing disturbance.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.33,0:21:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There may be a hollowness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.68,0:21:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or an emptiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.70,0:21:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things are not right.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.27,0:21:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.66,0:21:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.13,0:21:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Spirit's doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.64,0:21:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to be able to \Neasily dismiss my sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.91,0:22:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could justify it like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.46,0:22:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then something happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.73,0:22:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can't just dismiss it so easily.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.97,0:22:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think of God out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.10,0:22:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, He understands my sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.28,0:22:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just overlooks it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.83,0:22:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now something had happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.51,0:22:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could no longer enjoy \Nmy sin as I once did.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.73,0:22:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm unsettled.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.12,0:22:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what Jesus says \Nthe Holy Spirit will do.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.94,0:22:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, my friends, my family
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.57,0:22:30.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn't understand me.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.85,0:22:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the people out there
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.01,0:22:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still enjoy all their sin
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.100,0:22:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are your companions in the sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.71,0:22:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who run with you in the sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.10,0:22:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suddenly there's a check in your spirit -
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.14,0:22:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't understand you.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.48,0:22:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's wrong with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.89,0:22:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need another drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.63,0:22:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shrug that off.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.01,0:22:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can't shrug it off. Why?\NBecause of the Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.42,0:22:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He's speaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.38,0:22:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the next thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.68,0:22:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not all.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.58,0:22:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.82,0:23:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We read in Romans 8:14,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.52,0:23:03.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All who are led by the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.44,0:23:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are sons of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.80,0:23:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the Spirit not only convicts,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.77,0:23:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit leads.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.35,0:23:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, something else happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.41,0:23:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly - well, it may not be so sudden.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.02,0:23:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes it's not as sudden.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.59,0:23:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some it's sudden.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.56,0:23:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some, it happens almost undiscernibly
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.95,0:23:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the rising of the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.37,0:23:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.36,0:23:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.47,0:23:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Desires.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.28,0:23:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My desires, my impulses,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.06,0:23:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm being led in ways \NI was never led before.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.41,0:23:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What led me before?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.98,0:23:44.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Animal passions.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.58,0:23:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Base lusts.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.86,0:23:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My desire for what I wanted led me.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.29,0:23:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.58,0:23:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm being led by desires \NI never had before.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.93,0:24:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's impulses that shoot through me
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.31,0:24:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are rising beyond \Nmy bodily appetites.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.58,0:24:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm being pulled by something else.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.90,0:24:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what? You know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.78,0:24:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it. It's different now.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.53,0:24:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people are looking at you -
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.03,0:24:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's wrong with you?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.41,0:24:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you feel it inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.16,0:24:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm being pulled.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.34,0:24:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm being pulled away from that sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.07,0:24:21.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a pull towards God.\NThat's what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.61,0:24:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a pull not just forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.74,0:24:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a pull upward.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.13,0:24:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel something happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.92,0:24:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.98,0:24:31.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's conviction. There's leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.37,0:24:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about the thought life?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.93,0:24:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, in Romans 8:5, we get this:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.75,0:24:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Those who live according to the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.81,0:24:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set their minds on the \Nthings of the Spirit."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.24,0:24:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, if you live according to the Spirit -\Nwhat does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.05,0:24:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to His power;\Naccording to His presence;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.85,0:24:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to His operation in your life;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.78,0:24:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what happens to your mind?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.08,0:24:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens to your thoughts?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.62,0:24:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind is drawn towards things of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.48,0:24:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that! You know that!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.100,0:24:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only did conviction come;
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.54,0:25:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only did this lead come,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.38,0:25:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but suddenly your mind -
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.01,0:25:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are thinking about spiritual things.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.21,0:25:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're on your mind now.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.59,0:25:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You wake up and you start \Nthinking about eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.20,0:25:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start thinking that \Nthere is a God out there
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.42,0:25:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who I'm going to have \Nto give an account to.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.34,0:25:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start thinking about \Nwhat is the cross all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.85,0:25:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did Christ actually do?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.77,0:25:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're troubled.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.97,0:25:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking of eternity.\NYou're thinking of judgment day.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.21,0:25:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly the mind is going \Nto these other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.01,0:25:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any interest in religion before,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.35,0:25:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know it was mechanical.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.80,0:25:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can I do my thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.03,0:25:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember how it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.19,0:25:37.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this idea of the good and the bad
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.48,0:25:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully the good will outweigh.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.36,0:25:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once in awhile, you need to
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.81,0:25:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do something kind for one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.59,0:25:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But suddenly, your thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.92,0:25:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not just mechanical thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.23,0:25:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.27,0:25:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.84,0:25:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit pulls the mind towards God
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.14,0:26:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and towards the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.24,0:26:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thought life.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.58,0:26:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Led to think about God
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.34,0:26:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think about sin
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.64,0:26:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think about eternity
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.05,0:26:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think about judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.46,0:26:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One becomes amazed.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.72,0:26:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.36,0:26:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wake up and suddenly we're amazed
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.44,0:26:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we didn't think about the things
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.58,0:26:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're thinking about right now;
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.34,0:26:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we walked so long in the dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.56,0:26:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, oh, there's more.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.53,0:26:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.07,0:26:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In John 16:14, Jesus says this.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.60,0:26:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Holy Spirit will glorify Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.08,0:26:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what? We basically spend
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.32,0:26:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our lost lives dismissing
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.76,0:26:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Christ of the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.91,0:26:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trivializing Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.09,0:26:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.11,0:27:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.80,0:27:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, gradually, it happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.94,0:27:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see Christ as we've \Nnever seen Him before.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.71,0:27:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sets us back.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.01,0:27:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit causes us to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.67,0:27:38.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't just make it \Npossible for us to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.88,0:27:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sets Christ before us
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.86,0:27:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gives us eyes to see Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.61,0:27:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.38,0:27:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He causes us to wake up.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.37,0:27:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, there suddenly is an attraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.56,0:27:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We behold a beauty,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.75,0:28:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a magnificence in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.17,0:28:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christians, do you \Nremember that happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.18,0:28:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's no longer just a historical figure.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.64,0:28:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the historical figure.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.67,0:28:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You recognize that everything \Nrevolves around Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.56,0:28:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.28,0:28:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wow - everything in \NScripture is about Him!
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.54,0:28:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything about creation is for Him
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.88,0:28:32.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Him and through Him
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.65,0:28:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He sustains it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.32,0:28:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, you just recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.54,0:28:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not just one among many.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.69,0:28:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is the One.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.34,0:28:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything else revolves around Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.30,0:28:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is like the sun in the solar system.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.62,0:28:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything revolves around Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.58,0:28:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything has to do with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.94,0:28:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything comes back to Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.87,0:28:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However you saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.57,0:29:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ - when the Spirit comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.40,0:29:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ just is getting bigger
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.36,0:29:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and bigger and bigger and bigger.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.56,0:29:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.62,0:29:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no greater proof \Nof the Spirit's presence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.98,0:29:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an individual or in a church than this.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.16,0:29:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to look for evidences
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.71,0:29:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of whether the Spirit of God -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.32,0:29:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people love to talk \Nabout the Spirit of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.09,0:29:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but one thing we find about the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.75,0:29:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is not self-promoting.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.04,0:29:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is Christ-promoting.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.62,0:29:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell His presence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.52,0:29:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not by where there's a \Nlot of talk about the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.86,0:29:42.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell the Spirit's presence
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.12,0:29:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you find them \Npreoccupied with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.82,0:29:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the Spirit is.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.62,0:29:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we find here.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.24,0:29:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.46,0:30:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You begin to find I have no hope
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.43,0:30:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.12,0:30:06.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I begin to face all the facts about Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.58,0:30:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.99,0:30:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize without the incarnation,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.37,0:30:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no hope for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.12,0:30:14.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize that if He \Ndoesn't go to the cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.61,0:30:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.96,0:30:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize if He doesn't \Nrise from the dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.17,0:30:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.27,0:30:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize Him ascending to God -
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.28,0:30:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that is my hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.82,0:30:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of this - what Christ did,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.55,0:30:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way through,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.61,0:30:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hope is built on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.36,0:30:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I begin to see these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.78,0:30:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came. He was incarnate.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.42,0:30:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did these miracles.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.94,0:30:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went on trial.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.55,0:30:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He faced Jerusalem.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.15,0:30:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went there.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.20,0:30:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They beat Him and they buffeted Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.21,0:30:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They scourged Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.61,0:30:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They laid that cross on Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.29,0:30:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went up there to Calvary.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.14,0:30:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They nailed spikes in His hands \Nand they crucified Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.34,0:30:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you begin to look at all this
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.98,0:30:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you recognize,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.92,0:30:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is not just some \Nother part of history
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.64,0:30:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to throw out there
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.13,0:30:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the study of World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.42,0:30:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.60,0:30:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything revolves around this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.81,0:31:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the Spirit does.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.54,0:31:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our eyes are opened to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:02.93,0:31:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're rocked by the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.22,0:31:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They crucified Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.17,0:31:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, the Spirit does this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.25,0:31:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you relate to this?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.72,0:31:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a proof of the Spirit's presence
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.72,0:31:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in turn is the proof
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.98,0:31:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are God's temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.01,0:31:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going along.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.12,0:31:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going along absorbed \Nwith all else but Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.37,0:31:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then something happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.26,0:31:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We sing it in the song.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.78,0:31:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almighty love arrests that man.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.72,0:31:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're arrested.\NWe're spiritually arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.43,0:31:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like Paul, we talked \Nabout a few weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.38,0:31:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who are You, Lord?"
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.19,0:31:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.87,0:31:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, that name...
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.54,0:31:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that name's not a curse word.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.53,0:31:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That name's not just \Nreligious terminology.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.85,0:32:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit opens our eyes and our soul
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.56,0:32:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and draws it out to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.04,0:32:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit always glorifies Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.74,0:32:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our estimation of Christ \Nis altogether reworked
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.03,0:32:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the power and \Ninfluence of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.06,0:32:15.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.19,0:32:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.12,0:32:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being absorbed with Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.18,0:32:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Honoring Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.19,0:32:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finding in Christ our all.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.81,0:32:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the heart and \Nsoul of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.35,0:32:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I remember how it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.70,0:32:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly Christ's deity is
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.44,0:32:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important thing \Nyou ever imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.76,0:32:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cross is the most important thing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.48,0:32:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you ever imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.78,0:32:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The resurrection -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.09,0:32:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important \Nthing you ever imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.15,0:32:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ's perfect obedience -
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.65,0:32:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most important \Nthing you ever imagined.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.77,0:32:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pleasing Christ - the \Nmost important thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.95,0:32:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, they can't all be most important,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.18,0:32:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's the way it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.44,0:32:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit shows you one thing \Nabout Christ after another,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.14,0:32:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like that's the greatest thing!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.65,0:32:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, look over here!\NThat's the greatest thing!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.78,0:32:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everything about \NHim is just so great
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.76,0:33:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the first time in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.48,0:33:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're made aware.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.45,0:33:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the Spirit does.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.24,0:33:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What else?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.86,0:33:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What other proofs that the Spirit's there?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.47,0:33:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 5:5 says,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.10,0:33:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God's love has been \Npoured into your hearts
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.46,0:33:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Holy Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.67,0:33:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who has been given to us."
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.23,0:33:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the Holy Spirit \Nhas been given to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.03,0:33:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems like by nature all of us -
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.82,0:33:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, you think about this -
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.52,0:33:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by nature, all of us create a god
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.80,0:33:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our own imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.94,0:33:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This god approves of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.94,0:33:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This god loves us whatever \Ncondition we're in.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.63,0:33:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, that's the sort of god
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.50,0:33:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that appeals to the natural man.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.92,0:33:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.04,0:33:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit brings conviction of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.26,0:34:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit hits our consciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.58,0:34:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're aware of sin and judgment
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.69,0:34:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how righteous God is
Dialogue: 0,0:34:06.15,0:34:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring us to judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.90,0:34:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It breaks in upon us
Dialogue: 0,0:34:09.64,0:34:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is a living \NAlmighty God out there
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.14,0:34:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with whom we have to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.37,0:34:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He's so holy, He can't look upon sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.85,0:34:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is what we're awakened to.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:18.14,0:34:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This god of our imagination -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.82,0:34:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a mist that goes away.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.06,0:34:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, we are face \Nto face with a big God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.96,0:34:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what this is all about
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.04,0:34:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when we see this holy God -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.17,0:34:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see this God who cannot look upon sin -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.63,0:34:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the God of our imagination.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.37,0:34:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The true God. The living God.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.85,0:34:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The terribly holy, holy, \Nholy God of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.76,0:34:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before whom the seraphim \Nshield their faces.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.45,0:34:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit says that God loves me.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.60,0:34:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He loves me!
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.96,0:34:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gave His Son for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.09,0:35:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's being communicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.80,0:35:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just look at the context of Romans 5.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.56,0:35:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He showed His love,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.70,0:35:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's shown on the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.13,0:35:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly the Spirit communicates that.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.31,0:35:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember my brother-in-law Rick.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:16.92,0:35:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said he was laying in bed one morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.49,0:35:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just like a lightning bolt...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.23,0:35:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was musing on, contemplating the cross,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.45,0:35:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God just said, "Rick, it's for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.89,0:35:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I did that for you."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.33,0:35:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.20,0:35:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The love of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.47,0:35:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sent His Son to die for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.37,0:35:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this one's so closely related.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.30,0:35:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 8:15
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.14,0:35:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You've received the Spirit \Nof adoption as sons."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.43,0:35:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:51.02,0:35:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of adoption. We receive Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.19,0:35:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does He do?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.46,0:35:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...By whom we cry, 'Abba, Father.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.80,0:36:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.55,0:36:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is not just some \Ndistant power anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:05.03,0:36:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's no longer the pushover \Ngod of our imaginations.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:13.68,0:36:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the God of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.93,0:36:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He no longer presents Himself to me
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.17,0:36:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an angry God
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.34,0:36:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose wrath I'm under.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.16,0:36:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But now, look at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.28,0:36:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit makes us conscious
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.23,0:36:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fact that He who \Nis the Most High God
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.41,0:36:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is my Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.64,0:36:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He cares for me.\NHe loves me.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.52,0:36:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sent His Son to die for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.97,0:36:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cry to Him now as a Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.35,0:36:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.11,0:36:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a title!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.58,0:36:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christian, when you pray -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.10,0:37:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hear some Christians that \Naddress God as God.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.11,0:37:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, theologically, there's \Nnothing wrong with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.26,0:37:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it always feels impersonal to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.58,0:37:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To keep addressing God repeatedly as God,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.37,0:37:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Spirit comes and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.74,0:37:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is God,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.99,0:37:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He makes Himself known to you
Dialogue: 0,0:37:23.81,0:37:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as your Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.18,0:37:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just as Father - Abba.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:27.34,0:37:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what an endearing word.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.80,0:37:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know this reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.83,0:37:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we want true Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:36.92,0:37:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kind of Christianity that God \Nis not just a far away power,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.03,0:37:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the pushover god of my mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.62,0:37:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is the God of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.80,0:37:47.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all of His highness and transcendence
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.52,0:37:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and vastness.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.87,0:37:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's personally come to me
Dialogue: 0,0:37:52.97,0:37:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He says, "I'm your Father."
Dialogue: 0,0:37:57.44,0:37:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an operation of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.44,0:38:02.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this we know God dwells \Nwithin and we're real.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.49,0:38:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about this? Romans 8:16.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.17,0:38:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Spirit Himself bears witness
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.44,0:38:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our spirit that \Nwe're children of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.70,0:38:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the Spirit on the witness stand.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.02,0:38:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The devil can come \Nand sling his accusations.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.39,0:38:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the witness is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.38,0:38:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I own you as My own.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.31,0:38:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are My child. You are My son."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.12,0:38:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's still sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.92,0:38:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yes, but you're My child.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.78,0:38:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've sent My Son to die for your sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.01,0:38:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You belong to Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.55,0:38:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bought you with a price.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.32,0:38:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I brought you into My family."
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.32,0:38:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit bids us
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.87,0:38:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see this sonship.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.22,0:38:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He witnesses to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.18,0:38:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does a witness do?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.20,0:38:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you want a witness to \Ndo when they go on the stand?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.15,0:39:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just give the facts. Tell the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.33,0:39:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.06,0:39:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the Spirit's doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.54,0:39:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to know what the truth is?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.13,0:39:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You haven't just been saved from sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.07,0:39:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've been saved \Nfrom just wandering, lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.63,0:39:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has brought you into His household.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.52,0:39:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's your Father. You're His son.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.80,0:39:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's bestowed His love upon you.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.06,0:39:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.12,0:39:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit does that.\NThe Spirit witnesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.19,0:39:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about number 8?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:32.97,0:39:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 8:13,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.41,0:39:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By the Spirit, you put to death
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.97,0:39:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deeds of the body."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.51,0:39:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do that, you live.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.74,0:39:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.99,0:39:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.54,0:39:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're alive. We're Christians \Nif we have the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:46.44,0:39:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the Spirit, we know
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.95,0:39:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God abides in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.90,0:39:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the Spirit, what do you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.94,0:39:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You put to death the deeds of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.12,0:39:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The daily practice of killing sin matters
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.90,0:40:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's an evidence of \Nwhether the Spirit's there or not.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.91,0:40:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And look, a lot of people in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.95,0:40:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they intend to make changes in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.59,0:40:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make New Year's resolutions
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.32,0:40:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make changes in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.90,0:40:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They grit their teeth to \Nmake changes in their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.42,0:40:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this, true change -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:18.36,0:40:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radical change, the purity
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.34,0:40:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God desires from us -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.46,0:40:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way that we can do that;
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.05,0:40:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only way that we truly
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.84,0:40:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can put off these deeds is by the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.77,0:40:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's Spirit is the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.99,0:40:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will not leave God's people unholy.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.39,0:40:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's Spirit is a mighty Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.44,0:40:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is more powerful than our sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:42.96,0:40:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.13,0:40:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Spirit is put \Nwithin the child of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.31,0:40:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:50.02,0:40:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got sin. You've got the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:52.56,0:40:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin is viewed in Scripture as \Nthis kind of dark force
Dialogue: 0,0:40:55.83,0:40:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a dark lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.94,0:41:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sin reigning in the mortal body."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.55,0:41:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how Scripture describes it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.23,0:41:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you have the Spirit who comes up
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.40,0:41:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and takes residence in the Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.68,0:41:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got these competing powers,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.56,0:41:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who's stronger?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:10.91,0:41:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the Spirit is.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.49,0:41:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Spirit will always win.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:15.17,0:41:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit will always win.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:18.11,0:41:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is in the business of making saints;
Dialogue: 0,0:41:20.60,0:41:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making holy people.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.65,0:41:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men can create.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.50,0:41:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men in their own strength -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:26.15,0:41:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think about what men in \Ntheir own strength can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.54,0:41:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they can come to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.08,0:41:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can create religious settings.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.03,0:41:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.18,0:41:35.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They may create morality
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.26,0:41:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or formality or civility.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.48,0:41:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Customs, rituals, ceremonies -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.86,0:41:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that's possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.68,0:41:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Church attendance, baptism.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.80,0:41:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's no mistaking it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.40,0:41:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever and wherever somebody's desire -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.55,0:41:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.01,0:41:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is really what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:55.98,0:41:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not told that the Spirit comes in
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.68,0:42:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turns off bodily desires.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:01.28,0:42:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how it is we put to death
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.20,0:42:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deeds of this body?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.02,0:42:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not because all of a sudden
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.55,0:42:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've lost all your longings
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.97,0:42:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to please this body and gratify this body.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.15,0:42:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:13.87,0:42:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your desires to please \NChrist become stronger.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.87,0:42:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:20.04,0:42:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a battle of desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.32,0:42:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where the Spirit is -
Dialogue: 0,0:42:27.30,0:42:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, just because you get saved
Dialogue: 0,0:42:30.49,0:42:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean you lose sexual desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:32.96,0:42:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just because you get saved doesn't mean
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.95,0:42:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you lose desire to feel pleasure
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.82,0:42:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to feel relaxation;
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.15,0:42:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to feel good; to eat food; to drink.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.99,0:42:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The body has appetites.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.38,0:42:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what happens is it's like Joseph.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.55,0:42:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think there \Nwas temptation in Joseph
Dialogue: 0,0:42:56.92,0:42:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Potiphar's wife came?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:58.49,0:43:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, she's the wife
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.69,0:43:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a high ranking official.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.15,0:43:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's probably beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:03.66,0:43:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who's going to know?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:05.81,0:43:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's going to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.33,0:43:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a desire there.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.22,0:43:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to sin against God this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.52,0:43:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know He's watching.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.13,0:43:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My fellowship with Him is more important
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.07,0:43:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than my gratifying this bodily appetite.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.58,0:43:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where the battle is won.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.72,0:43:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our desire for other \Nthings become greater.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:31.27,0:43:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is the proof that
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.28,0:43:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's just no other \Nexplanation when that happens
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.81,0:43:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the Spirit of God is doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.57,0:43:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And where He does that,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.90,0:43:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has taken up residence.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.73,0:43:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about number nine?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.57,0:43:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christlikeness.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.05,0:43:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2 Corinthians 3:18
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.68,0:43:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of you know this.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:47.90,0:43:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We all with unveiled face
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.41,0:43:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beholding the glory of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.37,0:43:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being transformed \Ninto the same image..."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.12,0:43:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What same image?\NWell, the image of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:57.95,0:44:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...From one degree of glory to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.08,0:44:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For this comes from \Nthe Lord who is the Spirit."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.47,0:44:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another operation of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.88,0:44:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does the Spirit do?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.53,0:44:09.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Transforms us into the likeness of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.69,0:44:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is kind of \Nsimilar to the last one.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.38,0:44:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Killing the appetites of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:18.66,0:44:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is it similar?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.00,0:44:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's kind of the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.50,0:44:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one here in 2 Corinthians comes at us
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.29,0:44:26.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the positive side,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.68,0:44:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas Romans 8 comes at us
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.74,0:44:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the negative side.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.90,0:44:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Romans 8 is the negative - we kill sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.91,0:44:38.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in 2 Corinthians, \Nwe have the positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.18,0:44:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the image of Christ -
Dialogue: 0,0:44:41.02,0:44:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more resembling Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.99,0:44:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the mercury \Nrising in a thermometer.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.60,0:44:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just going up and up and up.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.40,0:44:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it is in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.46,0:44:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.74,0:44:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if you imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.86,0:45:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes people do \Nthese time lapse photography.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.48,0:45:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've seen that kind of thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.12,0:45:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I saw just recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.29,0:45:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on Drudge and I \Nsaw somebody did that
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.38,0:45:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Hillary Clinton
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.35,0:45:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from when she was in her \N20's or whatever to now.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.50,0:45:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they just went \Nthrough all these photos,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.52,0:45:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they kind of morphed \Nthem into one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.82,0:45:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you've seen time lapse photography
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.68,0:45:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe of a flower or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.35,0:45:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you can do time lapse \Nphotography on a Christian,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.22,0:45:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is an operation of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.13,0:45:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you do the time lapse,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.31,0:45:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are becoming more and more beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.08,0:45:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not saying a time \Nlapse on your outer body.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.75,0:45:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's getting uglier and uglier.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:38.74,0:45:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say that based on Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.08,0:45:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The outer man is what?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.37,0:45:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Wasting away). There you go.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.91,0:45:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except for my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.09,0:45:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seriously, she is becoming \Nmore beautiful all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.58,0:45:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you could time \Nlapse us spiritually,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.60,0:46:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.96,0:46:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.12,0:46:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ugliness, the blemishes \Nare falling off.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.34,0:46:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wrinkles are disappearing.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.54,0:46:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is that happening?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.86,0:46:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.48,0:46:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.62,0:46:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit. Christikeness.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.95,0:46:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard it from our brother.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.39,0:46:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the dawn
Dialogue: 0,0:46:25.16,0:46:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shining brighter and brighter
Dialogue: 0,0:46:27.53,0:46:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the full day.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.14,0:46:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.32,0:46:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the sun,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:31.76,0:46:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can't visibly see it,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.38,0:46:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is by degrees\Nclimbing higher in that sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.32,0:46:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's the same way here.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:38.30,0:46:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how it is with people's children?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.37,0:46:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just went out to \Nthe Community conference
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.59,0:46:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see people -
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.89,0:46:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you see people and it's \Nlike the last time I saw you,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.41,0:46:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you were this big!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.77,0:46:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you just went forward and bang!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.63,0:46:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.92,0:46:53.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's how it is
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.06,0:46:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if a true Christian - \Nif you don't see them
Dialogue: 0,0:46:56.03,0:46:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for five years,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:59.14,0:47:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there should be noticeably \Nsomething more Christlike.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:02.32,0:47:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because that Spirit has operated.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.24,0:47:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is exactly what He does.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.53,0:47:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about fruit?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:09.60,0:47:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the tenth.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:10.79,0:47:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Galatian 5:22.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:12.41,0:47:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know this very well.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.75,0:47:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.87,0:47:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.85,0:47:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.09,0:47:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Against such things, there is no law."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.78,0:47:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the Spirit comes in,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.98,0:47:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fruit. Fruit begins to show.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.14,0:47:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know this is \Nsimilar to the last one.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.39,0:47:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have fruit trees in my yard.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.15,0:47:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a lemon tree. (Thank you, Haney's.)
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.02,0:47:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it bears.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.64,0:47:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have two fig trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.96,0:47:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have a number of peach trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.34,0:47:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of them are producing
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.60,0:47:51.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already this year.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.25,0:47:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.56,0:47:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fruit is coming out.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.20,0:47:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trees are known by their fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.48,0:47:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.13,0:48:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Spirit is cultivating
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.66,0:48:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fertilizing and gardening,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.61,0:48:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful things come forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.54,0:48:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.82,0:48:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beautiful things grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.42,0:48:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love. Love for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.49,0:48:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love for the brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.14,0:48:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.00,0:48:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, a joy the world can't take away.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:19.40,0:48:20.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because our hope
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.100,0:48:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in something higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.05,0:48:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our hope is outside this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:24.70,0:48:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our hope is beyond our circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.78,0:48:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, do you know
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.48,0:48:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that even if CPS showed up at my door
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.20,0:48:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took my two youngest children away,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.32,0:48:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hope in Christ is unshaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.90,0:48:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a joy that transcends
Dialogue: 0,0:48:44.75,0:48:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my circumstances in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.48,0:48:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A joy that passes understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.34,0:48:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's peace in the soul;
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.10,0:48:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sense of sins forgiven.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.46,0:48:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what the Spirit does.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.35,0:49:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit makes unkind people kind,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.06,0:49:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and harsh people gentle.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.40,0:49:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He changes people.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:06.04,0:49:10.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People say, "Oh, you got religion."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.37,0:49:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you this, if \Nit's God's religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.11,0:49:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to get more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.55,0:49:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to get a lot more than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.65,0:49:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to get this -
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.98,0:49:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self control.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.93,0:49:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to become good by degrees,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:24.59,0:49:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's real, it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.35,0:49:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is what \Nour Bibles teach us.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.07,0:49:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what it says about \Nwhat true Christianity is.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.71,0:49:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what it says \Nabout where the Spirit is.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.73,0:49:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eleven: Alienation.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.17,0:49:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, what do you mean by that?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.90,0:49:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ephesians 4:30.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:46.32,0:49:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.58,0:49:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by whom you were sealed
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.71,0:49:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the day of redemption."
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.28,0:49:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, the Spirit is the member
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.75,0:50:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Godhead that we are told
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.94,0:50:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is grieved by our sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.89,0:50:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, listen,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:08.90,0:50:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David describes this \Nsort of thing in Psalm 32.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.32,0:50:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't turn there, but listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.82,0:50:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David says this, "When I kept silent..."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.77,0:50:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, when I did not deal
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.53,0:50:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my sin before God,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.29,0:50:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"my bones wasted away
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.46,0:50:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through my groaning all day long.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.48,0:50:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Day and night Your hand \Nwas heavy against me,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.90,0:50:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my strength was dried up
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.24,0:50:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the heat of summer. Selah.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:33.86,0:50:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I acknowledged my sin to You.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.56,0:50:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did not cover my iniquity.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:36.98,0:50:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I will confess my \Ntransgressions to the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.48,0:50:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and You forgave the iniquity of my sin."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.55,0:50:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would just ask you, Christian,\Ndo you know this?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:44.09,0:50:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know this about \Nthe presence of the Holy Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.07,0:50:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know the reality of the \Nbone-wasting work of the Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.34,0:50:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what I mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.04,0:50:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:50:59.12,0:51:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how it was when you're lost?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:02.84,0:51:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sinned and you were happy
Dialogue: 0,0:51:05.41,0:51:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you wanted more.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.22,0:51:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what \Nhappens in the child of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:10.86,0:51:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sin because you think \Nit's going to make you happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.35,0:51:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your bones waste away.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:16.62,0:51:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:21.23,0:51:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where'd the smile of God go to?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.48,0:51:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you had that happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:27.44,0:51:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what happens \Nwhen God smiles on us?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:29.83,0:51:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can get careless.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.18,0:51:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, this is great!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.32,0:51:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sun shining. Birds singing.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.46,0:51:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is great! It's wonderful \Nto be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.30,0:51:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get sloppy in your Christian life.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:42.73,0:51:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.01,0:51:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, you look up -
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.58,0:51:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where'd the smile of God go?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.22,0:51:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And beyond that, you begin \Nto feel it in your bones
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.43,0:51:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like David did.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.96,0:51:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.35,0:51:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bone wasting. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.84,0:51:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because God is grieved and it's the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.25,0:52:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who expresses His grief.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:00.41,0:52:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would He say don't \Ngrieve the Holy Spirit?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.78,0:52:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because the Spirit of God is the one
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.09,0:52:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who so actively is doing all these things
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.32,0:52:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our life.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:08.50,0:52:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's so much to our advantage
Dialogue: 0,0:52:10.60,0:52:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.97,0:52:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even beyond the advantage of what it was
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.03,0:52:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have Christ Himself walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.59,0:52:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you grieve that Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.91,0:52:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you are going to \Nbear the consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:22.33,0:52:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.71,0:52:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I'm saved by the grace of God
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.57,0:52:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm under the blood,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:26.76,0:52:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so you know what,\Nmy sin shouldn't matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.44,0:52:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be forgiven.\NBut you see what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.50,0:52:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was forgiven in David,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:31.96,0:52:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it wasn't until he repented of it
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.83,0:52:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he acknowledged it,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.50,0:52:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the joy of \Nhis salvation returned.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.66,0:52:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is another work of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.75,0:52:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christian, do you not know what it is
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.74,0:52:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have that happen in your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.03,0:52:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit is going to see to it:
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.54,0:52:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin is not going to be a joyful ride.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.19,0:52:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not going to allow you \Nto enjoy it like you once did.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:57.02,0:52:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christian, the Spirit sees to it
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.53,0:53:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you hurt for sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:03.22,0:53:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'll make you groan under it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.05,0:53:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the last one,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.25,0:53:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this really is going to lead out
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.00,0:53:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into what I want to deal with next week
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.24,0:53:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in testing the spirits.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.64,0:53:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see this truth in 1 John 4:2,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.77,0:53:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we're going next week,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.19,0:53:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it would be this: right doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.94,0:53:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John argues that - this is interesting -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.79,0:53:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John argues that there are spirits
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.68,0:53:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.37,0:53:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether good or bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.52,0:53:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, Paul talks about demon doctrines.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.74,0:53:51.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you hear people or religions
Dialogue: 0,0:53:51.01,0:53:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that speak truth or that speak error,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.82,0:54:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are spirits behind that.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:01.80,0:54:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what he says here in 1 John 4:2,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:04.59,0:54:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this we know the Spirit of God..."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:07.22,0:54:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, those who have
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.78,0:54:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of God can be known. How?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.82,0:54:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because every spirit that confesses
Dialogue: 0,0:54:12.66,0:54:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus Christ has come \Nin the flesh is from God,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:15.16,0:54:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every spirit that \Ndoes not confess Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:54:17.40,0:54:19.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not from God."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:19.33,0:54:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John argues that there's \Nalways spirits behind doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:22.04,0:54:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God is the Spirit of truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.30,0:54:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God is the Spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.88,0:54:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who carried along \Nthe authors of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:28.60,0:54:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you go down a little further,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.91,0:54:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find that whoever is of God;
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.13,0:54:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whoever has the Spirit listens to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.10,0:54:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John says.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.06,0:54:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, they \Nlisten to the apostles.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.11,0:54:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They listen to the apostle's doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.90,0:54:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.00,0:54:43.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can know the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.97,0:54:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the Spirit of God will always
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.21,0:54:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affirm and assert what \Nis written in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:50.21,0:54:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He will never contradict it.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.91,0:54:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can test the spirits that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:53.74,0:54:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can know the Spirit by which people
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.85,0:54:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are indwelt by their doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.59,0:55:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And especially, he's saying,\Nby their doctrine of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:05.66,0:55:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to what people say about Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.73,0:55:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Person. His work.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:09.57,0:55:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we find here.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.81,0:55:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit of God - mark a man's doctrine;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:15.93,0:55:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially His doctrine of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.79,0:55:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who Christ is;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:20.73,0:55:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what Christ has accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.72,0:55:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit always proclaims \Na glorious Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.58,0:55:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, when you see doctrine;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:33.78,0:55:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you hear doctrine;
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.08,0:55:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you read doctrine - doctrine is teaching -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.68,0:55:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it sets forth Christ glorious.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.16,0:55:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit always is going to proclaim
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.82,0:55:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a salvation that leaves us
Dialogue: 0,0:55:45.72,0:55:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not boasting in ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.94,0:55:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but boasting in the cross
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.39,0:55:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and boasting in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:51.64,0:55:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's absolutely essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.30,0:55:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit shows us a Person.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.72,0:56:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit shows the person
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.96,0:56:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He indwells,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.35,0:56:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that He is active in.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:07.24,0:56:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He shows them that Christ matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:13.45,0:56:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we think about Christ matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.64,0:56:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The real Christ. The biblical Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.68,0:56:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The true Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:19.74,0:56:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Spirit of Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:23.29,0:56:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.90,0:56:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you think about all these.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.22,0:56:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the Spirit is present,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.28,0:56:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have conviction,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.39,0:56:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have His leadership,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.89,0:56:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have a thought life
Dialogue: 0,0:56:38.96,0:56:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a mind set on \Nthe things of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.51,0:56:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ is glorified,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.43,0:56:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five - the love of God is shed abroad
Dialogue: 0,0:56:50.52,0:56:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our hearts by the Spirit;
Dialogue: 0,0:56:52.58,0:56:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,six - the Spirit of adoption \Ncauses us to cry, "Abba, Father;"
Dialogue: 0,0:56:58.26,0:57:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seven - the Spirit bears witness
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.29,0:57:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are children of God;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.01,0:57:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eight - by the Spirit, you put to death
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.83,0:57:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the deeds of the body;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:06.80,0:57:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nine - by the Spirit who is the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:57:11.01,0:57:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are transformed
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.60,0:57:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from one degree of glory to another
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.53,0:57:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this image of Christ;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.26,0:57:21.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ten - the fruit of the Spirit:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.07,0:57:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.71,0:57:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.54,0:57:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-control -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:26.61,0:57:28.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is going to be evident;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.69,0:57:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this grieving of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.56,0:57:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the alienation that when Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.12,0:57:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fall into sin, we grieve the Spirit;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.49,0:57:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we reap consequences in the bone-wasting
Dialogue: 0,0:57:40.31,0:57:41.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work of the Spirit;
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.81,0:57:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then this last one, number 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.96,0:57:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was right doctrine.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:45.67,0:57:48.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit teaches us and leads us
Dialogue: 0,0:57:48.29,0:57:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the truth -
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.59,0:57:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the truth concerning Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.60,0:57:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are 12 evidences.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:55.60,0:57:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember what John says.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:57.89,0:58:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"By this, we know..."
Dialogue: 0,0:58:06.19,0:58:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this, we know
Dialogue: 0,0:58:11.59,0:58:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God abides in us.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.31,0:58:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the dwelling place of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.27,0:58:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:19.94,0:58:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:22.77,0:58:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's what John teaches us
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.06,0:58:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these passages.