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Robert Jeffress - What Every Christian Should Know About The Holy Spirit (Part 1)

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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - What Every Christian Should Know About The Holy Spirit (Part 1) | February 9, 2026

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From the pulpit of the first baptist church
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Of dallas, texas,
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This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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Hi, i am robert jeffress.
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And welcome again to "pathway to victory".
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Most christians tend to picture god the father
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And god the son in human form, a king on his throne
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Or a teacher among his disciples.
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But when it comes to the holy spirit,
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Christians often don't know what to think.
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Well, today i want to reintroduce you to the third person
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Of the godhead and help you understand his role
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In your life.
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My message is titled "what every christian should know about
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The holy spirit" on today's edition of "pathway to victory".
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Are you familiar with the rule of three?
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You may not have heard that term before,
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But you see it in operation all the time.
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Movies or plays are usually written
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With three acts to them.
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Sermons or motivational speeches have three points to them.
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Even a good joke has how many people walking into a bar?
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Three men walked into a bar, not one or two.
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Interior decorators understand the importance of three.
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Many times they'll arrange furniture in three pieces
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Or picture frames in three pieces, three frames,
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And yet here's the interesting twist.
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Although all three members of the triad are equal,
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One usually takes a subsidiary role,
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A complimentary role.
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It's still equal, but it diminishes in its view
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And its prominence.
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For example, think of vanilla in neapolitan ice cream.
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Everybody talks about chocolate and strawberry.
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Poor vanilla gets left behind.
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Or think about larry in the three stooges.
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I mean, he was a brother just like the other two,
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But he had a subsidiary role.
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Now, admittedly, it's quite a jump
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To go from the three stooges to the trinity,
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But i don't want you to miss the point.
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In the trinity, we have god, the father, the son,
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And the holy spirit.
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All three are equal, but the holy spirit is mentioned third,
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And some people feel like he is not as important
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As the other two members of the trinity.
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Nothing could be further from the truth.
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As we're going to discover today,
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The holy spirit may have a subsidiary role,
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One that's not prominent as the other two,
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But he is just as important.
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And understanding who the holy spirit is,
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And by the way, he is a who, not a it,
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Is key to experiencing the kind of life, the kind
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Of power that god wants us to experience every day.
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Today as we continue our series on the 10 core beliefs
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Of historic christianity,
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We're going to look at that fourth pillar,
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And that is what every christian should know
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About the holy spirit of god.
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Now, as i said earlier, the holy spirit is equal to god.
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You see that in the attributes
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Or the perfections, he has the same attributes
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Or perfections as the father and the son.
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The holy spirit's eternal, he's omniscient, all knowing.
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He's omnipotent, all powerful, he is god.
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Jesus treated the holy spirit as god.
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Remember in the great commission in matthew 28:19, he said,
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We're to baptize in the name of the father, son
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And the holy spirit.
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In our study of acts, remember acts chapter five,
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When ananias and sapphira lied
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To the church about the money they were given,
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And what did peter say to ananias?
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"why has satan filled your heart to lie
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To the holy spirit of god?"
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And then in the next verse, verse four, peter said,
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"you've not lied to men.
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You've lied to god."
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In other words, he was equating lying to the holy spirit
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As lying to god himself.
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We see the holy spirit's work throughout scripture.
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We see him in the old testament.
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Now, he wasn't present in genesis 1:1.
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"in the beginning, god created the heavens and the earth,"
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But you find him in the next verse,
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"and the spirit
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Of god was moving over the surface of the waters."
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The holy spirit was instrumental in creation.
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He was instrumental in the creation of man, of you
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And me as well, in job 33 verse four,
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Remember, elihu is talking to job
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And he said, "the spirit of god has made me
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And the breath of the almighty gives me life."
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It is the holy spirit of god who gives us physical as well
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As spiritual life.
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Throughout the old testament,
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We see the holy spirit working, bringing power
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To empower certain people to do certain things.
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He empowered gideon and othniel
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And samson all to produce mighty works for god.
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You see him in the life of david in a different way.
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Remember when david sent his sin
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With bathsheba in psalm 51:11, he prayed, "oh lord,
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Do not remove your holy spirit from me."
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The worst thing david could imagine was
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The holy spirit being removed from him.
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He had seen what had had happened to his predecessor saul
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Because in 1 samuel 16:14, it said
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"the spirit of the lord departed from saul."
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David didn't want to experience that same fate.
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It was unimaginable to try
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To live life without the holy spirit of god.
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I got a good inkling this morning of that.
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I was getting ready to come to church.
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We were getting ready to come to church
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And all of our electricity went out
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In the entire neighborhood, you know,
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In a hundred and some odd degree weather,
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That's about the worst thing you can imagine,
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Losing electricity.
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You never know when it's going to come back on.
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You feel helpless, you're wandering away in the dark.
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Let me tell you, the only thing worse
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Than losing electrical power is losing spiritual power.
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To have the holy spirit leave you,
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To try to live this life on your own.
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It's unthinkable of such a thing would happen,
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But that is what david feared,
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Losing the holy spirit of god.
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You see the holy spirit in the old testament
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In writing scripture in acts 28, verse 25, paul said,
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"the holy spirit rightly spoke through isaiah the prophet
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To your fathers."
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It wasn't isaiah's words, isaiah was speaking,
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It was the word of god moved by the holy spirit of god
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And our message on what every christian should know
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About the bible, we talked about the role
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Of the holy spirit in scripture.
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In 2 peter 1, 20 to 21, peter said.
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"know this first of all,
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That no prophecy of scripture is a matter
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Of one's own interpretation.
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For no prophecy was ever made by an act of a human will,
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But men moved by the holy spirit spoke from god."
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Isaiah didn't wake up one day
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And say, i'm going to write some scripture today.
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They didn't initiate it.
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God moved upon them
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And he moved them to write scripture without error.
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That's the holy spirit in the old testament.
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You may be surprised at
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What the holy spirit did in the new testament.
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Did you know luke 1:35 said it was the holy spirit
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Who was responsible for mary's conception
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Of the lord jesus christ.
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It was the holy spirit who ministered
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To jesus when he was going through a trial,
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When he was being tempted by satan,
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When he was on the cross, he was comforted
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By the holy spirit of god,
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And did you know that it was the holy spirit of god
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Who raised jesus from the dead.
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In romans 8:11, paul said,
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"but if the spirit of him
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Who raised jesus from the dead dwells in you,
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He who raised jesus from the dead will also give life
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To your mortal bodies through his spirit who dwells in you."
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Only the holy spirit of god can take something that is dead
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And make it alive again.
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And if you're a christian today, the guarantee you have
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That you're going to be raised from the dead is
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The holy spirit dwelling in you.
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And by the way, that same holy spirit works in your life
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While you're alive to give you power to say no to sin,
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The same power that raised jesus
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From the dead gives you the power
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To say no to sin and yes to god.
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Last time i talked about jesus parting gift to us, peace.
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Peace i give you, peace i leave with you,
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Peace about our past, our present,
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And our future, but that peace is not just
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Some unnamed substance out there.
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Our peace is in a person, the holy spirit of god.
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In john 14 verses 16 and 17,
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Jesus said, "i will ask the father
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And he will give you another helper that he may abide
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With you forever."
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Who is that helper, that paraclete, that is the spirit
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Of truth whom the world cannot receive
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Because it does not see him or know him, but you know him
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Because he abides in you and will be in you.
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Jesus said, i'm not leaving you as orphans.
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I'm not leaving you all alone in this world.
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My holy spirit will dwell in you.
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Well, what is it that the holy spirit does for us?
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I want to mention to you seven wonderful things
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The holy spirit does for every christian, now,
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There may be 20 things,
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But these are seven things i've chosen
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To highlight from scripture.
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First of all, the holy spirit indwells
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Every believer permanently.
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He indwells every believer permanently.
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We never have to worry
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That the holy spirit will depart from us one day, why?
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Because he permanently indwells us.
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How does that happen?
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How does the holy spirit become a part of us?
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It is through what we call the baptism
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With the holy spirit of god.
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Remember in acts 1:5, jesus told his disciples
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Before he left, he said, "john baptized with water,
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But you will be baptized with the holy spirit,
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Not many days from now."
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In acts chapter 11,
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And remember, peter was trying
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To convince the jewish christians
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That gentiles were being saved,
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And how did he convince them?
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He says, in acts 11:15 to 17, "i saw it myself.
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These gentile believers were baptized
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With the holy spirit of god."
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That is the sign that you are a christian.
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You have been baptized with the holy spirit.
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What is the baptism with the holy spirit?
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I want you to write this down on your outline
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Because there's so much misunderstanding
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In the world today about it.
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The baptism with the holy spirit is the supernatural act
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Of god by which christ immerses believers
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With the holy spirit joining them to himself
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And to other christians.
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When we trust in christ as our savior, we are baptized
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With the holy spirit of god.
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If we're not baptized by the spirit,
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And jesus said he would baptize.
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Mark 1:8 said, john the baptist said,
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"i baptize you with water, but he, jesus,
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Will baptize you with the holy spirit of god."
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It is the act of god by which we are joined to jesus christ,
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The head of the body of christ and to other christians.
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That's how we become a part of the body of christ is
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With the baptism, with the holy spirit,
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And by the way, water baptism is
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Just a symbol of the spirit baptism we experience.
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That word baptizo, baptize means to immerse.
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It referred to a piece of cloth that if you wanted
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To change its color, you would dip it,
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You would submerge it,
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You would immerse it in a bag of purple dye.
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You didn't sprinkle it, you immersed it
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So that when you took it out,
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You couldn't separate the dye from the piece of cloth.
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They were all one together.
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Now, the bible says, when you trust in jesus christ,
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You are baptized, immersed with the holy spirit of god
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And notice who the recipients of baptism
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With the holy spirit are,
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Who receives the baptism with the holy spirit?
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Look at 1 corinthians 12:13.
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"for by one spirit," paul said,
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"we were all baptized into one body,
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Whether jews or greeks, whether slaves or free.
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We were all made to drink with one spirit."
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Now, paul was writing to the corinthian christians.
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They were some of the sorriest, no account excuses
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For believers you could find in the world.
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They were carnal, they were immoral.
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They got drunk at the lord's supper,
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And yet paul said about them,
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You were all baptized with the holy spirit of god.
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Listen to me, the baptism
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With the spirit is not some experience reserved for a group
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Of super spiritual christians.
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It's not some spiritual upgrade from coach
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To first class experience with god.
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Paul said, we were all baptized with the holy spirit of god.
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When you're saved, you receive not just some of the spirit
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But all of the spirit
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And notice the timing of the baptism with the holy spirit.
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Again, paul says, for by one spirit,
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We were baptized, not we hope to be.
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We're counting on, we're looking forward to.
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We were already baptized with the spirit.
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From acts chapter eight through the rest
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Of the new testament, the pattern's the same.
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The moment somebody trusted in christ as savior,
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He was immediately baptized with the holy spirit of god.
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What does that mean to us?
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Let me just be real practical.
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We all desire more power in our prayers.
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We'd love to have more power to say no to sin in our life.
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We'd like more power
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To find peace when our world is collapsing around us.
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We already have that power.
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That power is a person, the holy spirit of god.
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Second peter 1, three to four says,
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"god's divine power has granted to us everything,"
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Not just some things.
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He has granted everything to us pertaining to life
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And godliness.
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You have all of the holy spirit
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Of god the moment you are saved.
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He indwells every believer permanently.
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Secondly, the holy spirit makes us aware of sin.
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He makes us aware of sin.
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Jesus prophesying about the holy spirit said "he,
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When he comes, will convict the world concerning sin
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And righteousness and judgment."
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The holy spirit acts as a conscience not only in christians,
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But in non-christians.
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In non-christians,
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It is the holy spirit who convicts unbelievers of their need
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For a savior from their sin.
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In christians, it is the holy spirit of god
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Who warns us, an internal warning system
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When we're approaching something that's dangerous or wrong
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Or that we need to flee from, that's the holy spirit of god.
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The other day, amy was driving
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And her little light came on that said, check oil.
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Now, she had a choice of how she could respond to
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That warning light.
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She could have taken a hammer
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And smashed through the covering there
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And extinguished that light immediately and gone on her way,
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But fortunately, she paid attention to the warning
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And went to the dealership
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And got the oil put back into her car.
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In the same way we have warning signs
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That flash in our life, internal feelings
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That what we are doing is wrong, is dangerous.
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We need to move away from it.
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That is the holy spirit of god.
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Unfortunately, a lot of people try
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To extinguish the holy spirit of god, not listen to it,
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And you can come to a point the bible says,
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Where you get seared in your conscience,
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You can no longer feel the holy spirit when you refuse
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To listen to him after a period of time.
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In ephesians 4:30, paul said,
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"do not grieve the holy spirit of god
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By whom you were sealed for the day of redemption."
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When you sin, it grieves the holy spirit
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Because in a sense you are asking the holy spirit.
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Since he has immersed you,
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You are asking him to join in sin.
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There's an amazing statement in 1 corinthians six,
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Verses 15 to 20, paul said to these carnal corinthians,
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"when you as a christian join yourself together
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With a prostitute,
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Is like asking the holy spirit to engage in that sin."
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I mean, i don't want to belabor that imagery so far,
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But it's an unthinkable thought
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That you would take the holy spirit of god with you
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To commit immorality.
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It grieves the holy spirit when he is asked
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To be involved in sin.
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It's just an unthinkable thing.
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That's why the scripture says,
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Do not grieve the holy spirit of god.
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Thirdly, the holy spirit amplifies our prayer.
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Have you ever had this experience?
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You've had a desire to pray,
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But you just didn't know what to pray for.
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You were at a loss for words.
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You felt there was a need you had
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That you couldn't even express in words.
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Paul had that experience in romans 8:26.
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He said, "in the same way the spirit
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Also helps our weaknesses for we do not know
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How to pray as we should,
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But the spirit himself intercedes for us
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With groanings too deep for words."
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By the way, don't misread that.
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He's not talking about some ecstatic prayer language
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Where you speak mumbo jumbo
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And somehow that is what he's talking about here.
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These are not words that are spoken.
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He says, these are groanings too deep for words.
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It's not what you're praying,
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It's what the holy spirit is praying through you.
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The bible says, he speaks with groanings too deep
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For words, either intelligible or unintelligible words.
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This is something the holy spirit of god does.
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He fills in our prayers.
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Forth, the holy spirit distributes spiritual gifts
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To every believer.
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You know when you were born physically into the world,
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You were born with certain natural abilities and gifts.
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Some people have the gift of speaking,
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Some people have the gift of working
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With their hands and so forth.
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Well, when you were born again,
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The bible says the holy spirit brought
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Into your life a spiritual gift.
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What is a spiritual gift?
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It's a unique desire
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And power god gives you to accomplish his purpose.
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We've done a series on spiritual gifts before.
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Every christian has a spiritual gift,
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1 peter 4:10 says,
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As each one is received a special gift, singular,
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Employ it in serving one another as good stewards
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Of the grace of god.
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The greek word gift, charismaton,
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Comes from the word charis, grace.
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When god extends his grace to you in salvation,
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He gives you a unique gift
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And the root word char means joy, joy, grace and gift.
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True joy and fulfillment in your life comes
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When you discover and use
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That unique gift god has given you.
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What are the gifts?
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They're listed in romans 12, six through eight.
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Paul said, since we have gifts that differ according
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To the grace given us, let us each exercise them.
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If prophecy according to the proportion of faith,
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If service in serving, if teaching in teaching,
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Exhortation, giving, leading,
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Diligence, showing mercy with cheerfulness,
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These are all gifts
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And we don't have time to go into those gifts,
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But go to our website.
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Listen to the three part series.
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Discovering and using your spiritual gift,
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It is a key to finding your real purpose in life.
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Next, what does the holy spirit do?
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He fosters unity in the church.
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You know when you think about it,
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The church is a miraculous organization.
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There's none other like it.
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Here you have people from all nationalities,
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People from all races, people from all economic backgrounds
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And educational achievements, people
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Of different political affiliations all coming together
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To work together to love one another.
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How is such a thing possible?
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The only thing comparable to that unity in the midst
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Of diversity is the human body,
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And paul writes about that in 1 corinthians 12:12.
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He says, "for even as the body is one
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And yet has many members
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And all the members of the body,
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Though they are many are one body, so also is christ."
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He goes on to say, we're not all arms or noses or ears.
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We have different parts in our human body,
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And yet they function together.
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There's much more i want to teach you about the holy spirit
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And his important role in our lives,
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So please make it a point to join us again next time.
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Now, in closing, i want to share a note i received
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From carrie in texas.
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I began to contemplate her imminent departure
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From this earthly life.
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I knew she had accepted jesus
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That i'll see her again one day.
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The holy spirit indwells every believer.
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He makes us aware of sin.
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He amplifies our prayers and he distributes spiritual gifts.
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Just a few points in a long list of the holy spirit's work.
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Next time i'll show you even more about the holy spirit
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Because understanding his vital role will give you access
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To his power.
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Stay tuned for a preview
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Of what's coming up next in our series,
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The holy spirit is committed to helping you 24/7.
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Paul says, your only job is not getting in the way.
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As we go about life,
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Either we do things to open ourselves up
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To the spirit's influence,
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Or we do things to shut ourselves off to the spirit.
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Not a great thought, we're either doing things to open up
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The spirit, to working in our life
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Or to close off the spirit's working in our life.
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Robert Jeffress - What Every Christian Should Know About The Holy Spirit (Part 1)

February 9, 2026 | 27:29

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