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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - What Every Christian Should Know About The Holy Spirit (Part 2) | February 10, 2026
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- From the pulpit
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- Of the first baptist church 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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- In historic christianity, the holy spirit
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- Is most often depicted in the form of a dove.
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- And while there's certainly a biblical basis
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- To that symbolism, we shouldn't confuse the holy spirit
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- With a docile bird.
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- The spirit is a powerful force.
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- He's a person at work at this very moment,
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- And today i'm going to show you
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- How you can experience the power of the holy spirit
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- In your life.
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- My message is titled, what every christian
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- Should know about the holy spirit,
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- On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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- ♪ music ♪
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- Behold the lamb of god who takes away
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- The sin of the world.
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- ♪ music ♪
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- ♪ behold the lamb ♪
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- ♪ upon the cross ♪
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- ♪ who takes away ♪
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- ♪ the sins of all ♪
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- ♪ behold the lamb ♪
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- ♪ his dying plea ♪
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- ♪ behold the grace of calvary ♪
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- ♪ that rugged cross ♪
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- ♪ soon to be ♪
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- ♪ the emblem of a risen king ♪
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- ♪ behold the king ♪
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- ♪ light of the world ♪
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- ♪ lamb that was slain ♪
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- ♪ lion who rose ♪
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- ♪ we give you the glory ♪
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- ♪ mighty to save ♪
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- ♪ the fullness of god ♪
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- ♪ won't be kept in a grave ♪
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- ♪ darkness, your hour is over ♪
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- ♪ no enemy can hold you down ♪
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- ♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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- ♪ no enemy can hold you down ♪
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- ♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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- ♪ no enemy ♪
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- ♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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- ♪ one head gets to wear the crown ♪
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- ♪ 'cause there's nobody in the grave now ♪
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- ♪ nobody in the grave now ♪
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- ♪ he is alive ♪
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- ♪ jesus is alive ♪
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- (congregation applauds and cheers)
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- Do you ever feel uncertain about what you believe
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- Or struggle to put your faith into words?
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- ♪ music ♪
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- The only thing comparable to that unity
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- In the midst 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 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 and they appreciate
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- The contribution each part makes to the body.
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- So should it be in the body of christ.
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- How do you have that unity in the midst of diversity?
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- Well, verse 13 of 1 corinthians 12 answers that.
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- "for with one spirit, we were all baptized into one body
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- Whether jews, greek, slaves or free,
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- We were all made to drink of one spirit."
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- The only explanation for the unity we have,
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- Our common denominator is we all have the same holy spirit
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- Of god who joins us together with one another.
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- Unity in diversity.
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- You know back in the 1960s there was a popular chorus.
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- It was in a minor key.
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- Some of you may remember it.
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- It was at a time in our nation's history when the country
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- Was being torn apart by vietnam and assassinations
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- And different views on civil rights.
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- And remember how that song went?
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- We are one in the spirit.
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- We are one in the lord.
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- We are one in the spirit and we are one in the lord
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- And we pray that our unity may one day be restored
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- And they'll know we are christians by our love, by our love,
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- And they'll know we are christians by our love.
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- You know, it always struck me that line,
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- And we pray that our unity will one day be restored.
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- It seemed in the 1960s it would be impossible
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- To ever experience unity this side of heaven,
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- But that's not what the bible says.
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- We're not to pray that one day when we die,
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- Unity would be restored.
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- We are to be unified right now.
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- Ephesians 4:3 says, "be diligent
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- To preserve the unity of spirit in the bond of peace."
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- It's the greatest proof that we are christians
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- Is by the love we have for one another.
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- In john 13:35, jesus said, "by this, all men,
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- All people shall know you are my disciples
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- By your love for one another."
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- Ladies and gentlemen, we have never had a period
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- Since the civil war when our nation was as divided
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- As it is right now.
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- You know, speaking of civil war,
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- You may remember a couple of years ago i spoke on a program
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- About the possibility of a civil war-like fracture
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- In our church.
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- Media went crazy.
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- I got banned from some tv shows
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- 'cause i dared talk about a civil war.
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- That was just two years ago.
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- Today the headline in "the washington post,"
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- I think it said, "three out of 10 americans
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- Believe there'll be a civil war in their lifetime."
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- Our country is divided, but we've got to make sure
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- That division never infects the church of jesus christ.
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- Amen.
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- We are the proof that christianity is true
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- By our ability to love one another.
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- That's the most powerful witness we have
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- To an unbelieving world and only through the holy spirit
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- Of god is such unity possible in the midst of diversity.
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- The holy spirit fosters unity in the church.
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- Next, the holy spirit gives us the ability
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- To trust in christ.
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- He gives us the ability to trust in christ.
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- You know, revelation 22:17 makes it clear
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- That everyone is free,
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- Everyone is invited to trust in christ.
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- The spirit and the bride say, come,
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- And let the one who hears say come and let the one
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- Who is thirsty come, let the one who wishes
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- To take the water of life do so without cost.
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- Who is it that is free to receive christ as savior?
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- Is it just a little select few?
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- No, everybody is welcome to come
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- And to take the water of life without cost.
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- It is the holy spirit of god
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- Who invites every person to come.
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- Now, here's the thing.
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- Everybody's invited to come but only a few will come.
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- Everybody's invited, only a few will come.
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- Only those who are motivated and enlightened
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- By the holy spirit of god can come
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- To a saving faith in christ.
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- Let me illustrate that for you.
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- Dr. james montgomery boice used a great illustration.
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- He said, "you can set a bale of hay in front of a lion
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- And that lion is absolutely free to eat as much of that hay
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- As he want to, but he will never eat that hay."
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- Why?
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- Because it's not in his nature.
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- He's a carnivore and a carnivore will never eat hay.
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- He's free too, but he'll never choose to.
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- It's the same way with humanity.
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- Everybody is free to come to faith in christ,
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- But nobody will choose on his own to do so
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- Because it's not a part of his nature.
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- In romans 3:10 and 11, paul said, "there's not one righteous
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- Among us, not even one."
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- There's no one who understands.
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- There is no one who seeks for god."
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- On our own nobody is seeking for the true god.
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- They're just not doing it.
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- They may be searching for god of their own imagination,
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- The god of their own creation,
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- But no man on his own seeks for god.
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- Well, then how can somebody be saved?
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- Only by the holy spirit of god
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- Convicting them of sin and drawing them to christ.
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- Paul explained it this way in ephesians 2:1, he said,
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- "you were dead in your trespasses and sin."
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- Dead people don't feel anything.
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- An unsafe person is spiritually dead
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- And capable of making any decision but god,
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- Verse four, being rich in mercy because of his great love
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- With which he loved us even when we were dead
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- In our transgressions, he has made us alive
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- Together with christ for by grace you have been saved.
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- No man comes to god the father, except the spirit draws him.
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- So whom does the spirit draw?
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- Does he draw just a select portion of people
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- Or is he drawing every person?
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- Would you like to know the answer to that?
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- Come back in about five weeks when we talk about
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- What every christian should know about salvation.
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- We'll answer that question then.
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- But make it clear.
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- Nobody can come to god
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- Without the holy spirit's work in their life.
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- Next, the holy spirit secures our future.
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- Once you trust in christ as your savior,
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- How do you know you're eternally secure?
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- How do you know god will actually do what he's promised
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- And save your soul and redeem your body?
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- How do you know god won't change the terms
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- Of the deal he made with you?
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- The answer, the holy spirit.
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- Listen to ephesians 1:13 and 14, "in him christ
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- You also after listening to the message of truth,
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- The gospel of your salvation, having also been believed,
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- You were sealed in him with the holy spirit of promise
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- Who is given as a pledge of our inheritance with a view
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- To the redemption of god's own possession
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- To the praise of his glory."
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- Paul uses two images here to show you
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- What the holy spirit does to secure our salvation.
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- First of all, he's a seal.
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- He has sealed us.
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- You know in paul's day you wanted
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- To seal a document, show it was authentic,
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- You would put a piece of wax on it
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- And a notary so to speak would press his ring
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- With an insignia of the king or governor on that wax.
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- And that impression of the emperor on that wax was proof
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- That it was a legitimate document.
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- He uses that imagery in saying, when you were saved,
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- God sealed you.
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- He put his stamp on you and that stamp
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- Is the holy spirit of god.
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- He is the guarantor of god's promise.
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- But not only is he a seal,
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- He is the pledge of our inheritance.
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- That word pledge could mean earnest or down payment.
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- You understand that concept of a down payment?
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- If you seek to buy a house and you enter into a contract,
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- You're required to put down some earnest money to show
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- That you're serious about completing the transaction.
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- And let's say the requirement is you put 1% down
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- As the purchase price, as the earnest money
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- That you're going to finish and close out
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- That transaction in 30 days, 1%.
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- Now that's not an insignificant amount of money,
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- But is there any circumstance which you might walk away
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- From the deal and forfeit your 1%?
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- Sure, maybe you lose your job and you can't buy the house
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- Or maybe you find a better deal.
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- You say, it's worth giving up a few thousand dollars
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- To get a better deal.
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- 1% you might or might not complete the transaction,
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- But let's say your realtor said to you,
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- You know in this super hot real estate market,
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- They're not going to accept 1% earnest money.
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- They want 100% of the purchase price.
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- What are the chances you would walk away
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- From that deal after putting down 100%?
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- Is there anything that would cause you
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- To walk away from it?
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- Not on your life.
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- The fact that you have put all of your money into that deal
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- Means you're going to fulfill the promise you made
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- And complete the transaction.
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- Now listen to me.
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- When you trust in christ as your savior,
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- God doesn't give you 1% of himself or 10% of himself.
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- He gives you all of himself, the holy spirit of god,
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- God himself.
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- And if he is poured all of himself into you,
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- Do you think he's going to renege on that deal?
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- Not on your life.
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- He is the guarantee that god is going to fulfill his promise
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- To redeem your body one day
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- And take you to be with him forever.
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- Isn't that exciting?
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- That's how you know you're saved.
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- You have been sealed, you have as a pledge
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- The holy spirit of god.
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- That's what the holy spirit does for us.
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- Well, pastor, you've talked about
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- All the things the holy spirit does for us.
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- And if the holy spirit indwells every believer,
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- Then why do i maintain this struggle with say no to sin?
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- Why do i find it difficult to pray?
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- Why do i find it difficult
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- To break this addiction in my life
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- If i have the holy spirit?
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- It's because we don't understand the difference
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- Between the baptism with the spirit
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- And the filling of the holy spirit of god.
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- Fact is the baptism with the holy spirit
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- Is something we all receive.
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- It's something god does for us one time
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- At the moment of our salvation.
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- But the filling with the spirit is something
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- That happens continually in our life.
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- Ephesians 5:18 says, "don't get drunk with wine
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- For that's dissipation, but be filled with the holy spirit."
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- Now i want you to notice two truths about
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- Being filled with the holy spirit.
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- First of all, it's a command, not a promise.
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- Nowhere in the bible are we told
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- To be baptized with the spirit.
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- There's not one command to be baptized with the spirit.
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- That's something god does for us.
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- But there are 15 commands in the bible
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- To be filled with the holy spirit.
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- That word filled in greek phero refers to the wind
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- That fills up the sail of a ship
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- And powers that ship and gives it direction.
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- That's the filling of the holy spirit
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- And we are commanded to be filled
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- With the holy spirit of god.
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- Secondly, being filled with the holy spirit
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- Is a continual experience, not a one-time action
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- Like the baptism of the spirit.
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- When wind comes and fills up the sail of a ship,
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- Does that wind stay in there
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- And powers the ship across the ocean?
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- No, the wind comes and goes.
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- And in the same way we have to continually work
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- For the control of the holy spirit in our life.
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- That's what being filled with the spirit is.
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- It's the same as saying, being controlled
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- With the holy spirit of god.
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- You know, i was thinking all week about
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- How to illustrate this for you.
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- If we have the holy spirit of god,
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- Why don't we feel the power all the time?
- 00:16:56.038 --> 00:16:58.307
- What's god's responsibility and what is our responsibility?
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- And i thought this week about a hydroelectric dam.
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- You've seen pictures of those dams.
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- In fact, i put one on your outline and on the inag,
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- You know a dam creates a artificial reservoir
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- Of water behind it.
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- And the way it works is the water is released
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- Down these spillways and there are four of them
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- On your outline.
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- And as the water releases over the spillway
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- And begins to drop, it's an artificial waterfall.
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- When it hits maximum velocity,
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- It is channeled into a turbine, an electric generator.
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- And the power of that falling water,
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- The energy it creates is powerful enough
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- To move the blades in that electric turbine.
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- And when that generator begins to move,
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- It generates electricity to thousands of households.
- 00:17:51.226 --> 00:17:55.998
- Now i thought that's a good illustration
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- Of what god does for us.
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- The moment we're saved, god implants us
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- With this spiritual generator who is the holy spirit of god.
- 00:18:02.070 --> 00:18:07.376
- But there are conduits of energy we allowed into our life
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- That move the holy spirit into action to create
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- That spiritual electricity, if you will.
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- What are those conduits, those waterways if you will,
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- That come into our life and move the holy spirit to action?
- 00:18:24.293 --> 00:18:28.530
- Conduit number one is the word of god, the bible.
- 00:18:28.530 --> 00:18:32.734
- God said in jeremiah 23:29, "is not my word like fire
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- And like a hammer, which shatters a rock."
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- The word of god in our life
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- Moves the holy spirit into action.
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- Conduit number two is prayer.
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- That's conversation with god.
- 00:18:48.584 --> 00:18:50.886
- We saw a great illustration of that in 1 kings 18.
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- The story of elijah, when with a simple 64 word prayer,
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- The fire of god fell from heaven
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- And consumed that animal sacrifice.
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- That's the power of prayer.
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- The third conduit waterway that channels energy
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- And causes the holy spirit to act is the church,
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- The people of god.
- 00:19:13.609 --> 00:19:15.444
- In acts 2:42, we find these words,
- 00:19:15.444 --> 00:19:17.980
- "and they were continually devoting themselves
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- To the apostles, teaching the fellowship
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- To the breaking of bread and prayer."
- 00:19:22.384 --> 00:19:24.419
- And the next verse says,
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- "and they kept experiencing a sense of awe and wonder
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- As they marveled over what god was doing
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- And god was adding to their number daily,
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- Those who were being saved.
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- Those disciples, when they met together as a church,
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- They felt spiritual energy.
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- It created energy that caused the spirit of god to work,
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- The word of god, conversation with god, the people of god.
- 00:19:46.241 --> 00:19:49.645
- And finally, conduit number four
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- That moves the holy spirit into action is obedience,
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- Submission to god.
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- When the holy spirit begins working in our life
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- And generating power, there's some things we can do
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- To flip the circuit breakers, to cut off the power.
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- Or to use another imagery,
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- To quench the fire of the holy spirit.
- 00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:13.969
- That's why 1 thessalonians 5:19 says,
- 00:20:13.969 --> 00:20:16.672
- "do not quench the spirit."
- 00:20:16.672 --> 00:20:19.041
- When he begins to work don't extinguish his power by sin.
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- Things like immorality, worry, bitterness.
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- These are all spirit quenchers that stop the fire
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- Of the holy spirit.
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- One writer summarizes paul's command this way.
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- If you're a follower of christ,
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- The spirit is already at work in you.
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- He's bigger than you, stronger than you, more patient
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- With your failures and inadequacies than you are.
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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, either we do things
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- To open ourselves up to the spirit's influence
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- Or we do things to shut ourselves off to the spirit.
- 00:21:05.153 --> 00:21:10.759
- Isn't that a great thought?
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- We're either doing things to open up the spirit
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- To working in our life or to close off
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- The spirit's working in our life.
- 00:21:19.234 --> 00:21:21.370
- That's why paul said in galatians 5:25,
- 00:21:21.370 --> 00:21:24.172
- "if we live in the spirit, let us also walk by the spirit."
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- I read a great thought this week from writer ann lamont.
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- She said, "that mighty gulf stream that blows from west
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- To east and is powerful enough to propel jet liners
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- Weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds
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- To move more quickly.
- 00:21:46.495 --> 00:21:48.096
- That same powerful gulf stream
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- Can blow through a single straw
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- If the straw is properly aligned with the gulf stream."
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- I'll tell you an even more amazing thought.
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- The same holy spirit of god who flung every galaxy
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- In this universe into existence,
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- The same powerful holy spirit of god
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- Who raised jesus from the dead.
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- That same power can flow through your life
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- And my life if we are properly aligned with him.
- 00:22:22.964 --> 00:22:28.270
- If we live by the spirit, let us also walk in the spirit.
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- That's what every christian needs to know
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- About the holy spirit of god.
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- ♪ music ♪
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- Will we increase the holy spirit's power in our life
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- Or will we hinder it?
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- The choice is ours to make.
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- Now i want to close today's program
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- By sharing a story i heard from one of our friends.
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- This person said, "i was brought up with a lot
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- And now i can receive the truth."
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- ♪ music ♪
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- Being filled with the holy spirit
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- Is a continual experience, not a one-time event,
- 00:25:08.730 --> 00:25:12.968
- But our actions can hinder his influence in our lives.
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- Today, i hope you'll take intentional steps
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- Toward experiencing more of the holy spirit's power
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- In your life.
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- Well, there's another invisible force at work
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- You likely won't see them physically,
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- But you'll certainly see the effects of their efforts.
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- And next time i'm going to share what every christian
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- Needs to know about angels and demons.
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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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- There is a real war going on,
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- And heavenly places, we think as that war is being far off,
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- Distant, disconnected from our everyday lives
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