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Robert Jeffress - The Second Blessing

April 25, 2025 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - The Second Blessing
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Second Blessing | April 25, 2025
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church of
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  • Dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory" with dr.
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  • Robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress and welcome
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  • Again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Last time we learned that every christian receives the holy
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  • Spirit at salvation.
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  • But once we've been saved, our encounter with god's spirit goes
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  • Even deeper.
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  • It occurs when we give the holy spirit full control over
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  • Our lives.
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  • So today i'm going to identify three truths about what it means
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  • To be filled with the holy spirit.
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  • My message is titled "the second blessing," on today's edition of
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Announcer: god never intended for the holy spirit to be a
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  • Mystery to believers.
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  • In fact, if you're a follower of jesus, then god's spirit is
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  • Dwelling inside of you, and he's waiting to unleash his
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  • Supernatural power in your life.
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  • In his bestselling book "i want more," dr. robert jeffress
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  • Teaches what it means to be filled with the power of the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • Request the book "i want more" when you give a generous gift to
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: a number of years ago i decided to go home for lunch.
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  • You may ask why in the world would you report such a
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  • Mundane activity?
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  • Well, the reason is because at that time in my life i never
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  • Went home for lunch, but i just felt an urge to go home for
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  • Lunch that day.
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  • In fact, it was such an unusual thing for me to do, when i
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  • Opened the front door, amy just about jumped out of her skin.
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  • And she said, "what are you doing here?"
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  • And she said, "are you sick?
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  • Did you get fired?
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  • Why are you here?"
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  • And i said, "no, i just had an urge to come home for lunch if
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  • That's okay."
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  • And so i walked in and our daughter, dorothy, was a
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  • Preschooler at that time and she was seated at the table eating
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  • Her lunch, and i went over to the counter to make myself a
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  • Sandwich, and amy went back to the back room where she was
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  • Working on a project.
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  • And as i was making the sandwich, i all of a sudden
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  • Heard dorothy began to choke.
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  • And i looked over there and she was grabbing her throat, turning
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  • Red, and then purple.
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  • And i had heard about the heimlich maneuver.
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  • Didn't have a clue how to perform it, but i had heard
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  • About it.
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  • So all i knew to do was to go over and just start beating on
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  • Her back, pounding as hard as i could, and i pounded, and i
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  • Pounded, and i pounded until the remnant of a piece of ravioli
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  • Rocketed from her mouth across the room and she was okay.
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  • Now, she had never choked before like that and i hadn't been home
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  • For lunch before, but i just happened to come on that day.
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  • Was that a coincidence or was it something more?
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  • Have you ever had an experience like that, you felt a prompting
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  • To do something, you didn't know why you felt it, but only later
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  • Did you discover the reason why?
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  • Or maybe you've been in a situation like this, you get
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  • Some terrible devastating news and yet inexplicably you have a
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  • Sense of calm about you.
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  • When normally you would collapse under the weight of that news,
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  • You feel a supernatural sense of peace inside of you.
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  • Or have you had this experience before?
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  • You're in a conversation with somebody, and you know what you
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  • Need to say to them.
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  • You know they need a word from god and for some reason you feel
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  • This surge of courage come upon you when normally you would
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  • Remain quiet, and you speak a bold word for god telling them
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  • Exactly what they need to hear.
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  • Inner promptings in our spirit, inexplicable peace when the
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  • World's collapsing around us, unusual courage to speak
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  • God's truth.
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  • What do all of these phenomena have in common?
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  • They are all evidences of the supernatural work of the holy
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  • Spirit in our lives.
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  • If you have your bible this morning, i want you to turn to
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  • Acts chapter 2, acts chapter 2, we began a series several weeks
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  • Ago called "unleashed."
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  • We're looking at how to experience more of the holy
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  • Spirit's power in our everyday life.
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  • And you said, why do we need another experience with the
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  • Holy spirit?
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  • Pastor, you just said we all were baptized with the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • Why do we need some additional experience with the holy spirit
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  • Of god if he's inside of us?
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  • Why do we need anything else?
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  • R.a. torrey and other evangelists answered that
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  • Question this way by using this analogy.
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  • Listen to it carefully.
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  • He said, "so it is clear that every regenerate man has the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • But in many a believer the holy spirit dwells away back in some
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  • Hidden sanctuary of his person, a way back of
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  • Conscious experience.
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  • So just as it is one thing to have a guest in your house,
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  • Living in some remote corner of the house where you scarcely
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  • Know that he's even there and quite another thing to have that
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  • Guest taking entire possession of the house,
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  • So it is one thing to have the holy spirit dwelling way back of
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  • Consciousness in some other hidden sanctuary of our being
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  • And quite another thing to have the holy spirit taking entire
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  • Possession of the house."
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  • When we're talking about receiving the filling of the
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  • Holy spirit, we're not talking about getting more of the holy
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  • Spirit in our life.
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  • You see, when you become a christian, you have all of the
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  • Holy spirit of god.
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  • The question is, does the holy spirit have all of you?
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  • Does he have possession of every room in your life?
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  • Or is he stuck in some back corner?
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  • When we talk about receiving the filling of the holy spirit,
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  • We're talking about allowing god's spirit to take full
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  • Control of our life, to allow him free reign in every part of
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  • Our life, not just one room or two rooms or three rooms.
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  • Today we're going to talk about what it means to be filled with
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  • The holy spirit of god.
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  • Now i'm speaking to some of you this morning who know as
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  • Christians something is missing in your life right now.
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  • You don't have that joy, you don't have that ability to say
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  • No to sin.
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  • You're living a subnormal christian experience.
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  • What is missing in your life is what we're talking about this
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  • Morning, the filling of the holy spirit of god.
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  • Now first of all, i want us to define what do we mean by being
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  • Filled with the holy spirit?
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  • In the new testament, you'll discover that this phrase,
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  • "being filled with the spirit" is used 15 different times.
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  • And the phrase "be filled with the spirit" is used in two very
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  • Distinct ways.
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  • First of all, and write it down, sometimes to be filled with the
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  • Spirit means it is used to describe the baptism with the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • And that's what makes this confusing.
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  • Sometimes luke, for example, in the book of acts, he uses the
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  • Phrase "filled with the spirit" as a synonym for being baptized
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  • With the spirit.
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  • He's talking about that initial experience at the time of
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  • Salvation when we are baptized with the spirit, that is the
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  • Holy spirit indwells us, he changes us, and he connects us
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  • To the body of christ.
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  • Look at acts 2, verse 4, the day of pentecost when the the holy
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  • Spirit first came.
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  • Look at verse 4 of acts chapter 2, "and they were all filled."
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  • The "all" refers to the 11 apostles, it refers to the 120
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  • Who were gathered with them, "they were all filled with the
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  • Holy spirit, and they began to speak with other tongues as the
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  • Spirit was giving them utterance."
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  • Or look at acts 10, verse 44, the story of cornelius, the
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  • Roman centurion who believed in peter's message and was saved.
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  • Luke records, "while peter was still speaking these words, the
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  • Holy spirit fell upon those who were listening to the message."
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  • They believed the message, they were filled with the holy spirit
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  • Of god.
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  • Sometimes the filling of the spirit refers to the baptism
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  • With the spirit.
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  • But more often than not, the word "fill," the filling with
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  • The spirit is used to describe being controlled by the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • That is the major way this phrase is used in the
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  • New testament.
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  • It's talking about being controlled by the holy spirit
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  • Of god.
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  • And in most instances, that is how this phrase is being used.
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  • It's being used to describe being directed by, being
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  • Controlled by the holy spirit.
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  • Now let me show you some instances in the new testament
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  • Where the word is used that way.
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  • In fact, when it says filled, just substitute the word
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  • "controlled" and see if that doesn't make sense.
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  • For example, you don't have to look all of these up, just look
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  • At them on the screen.
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  • Luke 4, verse 1.
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  • "and jesus, being full of the holy spirit," that is being
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  • Controlled by the holy spirit, "returned from jordan and was
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  • Led about by the spirit in the wilderness."
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  • Jesus was controlled, directed by the spirit to go into the
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  • Wilderness for his time of temptation.
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  • Or acts chapter 6, verse 3, the record of the selection of the
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  • First group of deacons in the church.
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  • "therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good
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  • Reputation, who are full of the spirit."
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  • That is their lives are controlled by the spirit, "and
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  • Of wisdom whom we may put in charge of the task."
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  • Or acts chapter 7, verse 55, the record of the death of stephen,
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  • The first christian martyr.
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  • "but being full of," that is being controlled by, "the holy
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  • Spirit, stephen gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of
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  • God and jesus standing at the right hand."
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  • Now turn over to ephesians 5 for a moment.
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  • The passage we read, this is the foundational passage for what it
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  • Means to be filled with, be controlled by, the holy spirit
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  • Of god.
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  • Paul says, "and do not get drunk with wine, for this
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  • Is dissipation.
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  • Instead, be filled with," be controlled by, "the holy spirit
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  • Of god."
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  • Do you see how that works there?
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  • You know what the problem with drinking and getting drunk is?
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  • The problem is not that there's something inherently sinful
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  • About alcohol.
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  • There is not something inherently sinful about the
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  • Fermentation process.
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  • Just think about it, god designed the process
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  • Of fermentation.
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  • He wouldn't design something that is sinful.
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  • There's nothing sinful in and of itself about wine.
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  • The problem is when you drink and allow yourself to be
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  • Controlled by, to be directed by, to lose your inhibitions and
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  • Allow something else to control your life.
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  • That's why he says, "do not get drunk with wine, instead be
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  • Filled with," be controlled by, "the holy spirit of god."
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  • What is wrong is for a christian to allow anyone or anything
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  • Other than god's spirit to control, to direct his life.
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  • I want you to notice from this short verse three truths about
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  • Being filled with the holy spirit of god.
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  • Jot them down.
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  • First of all, being filled with, that is being controlled with
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  • The spirit is a command, not a promise.
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  • It is a command, not a promise.
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  • Now that's different than the baptism with the holy spirit.
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  • Did you know in the seven times the phrase "baptism with the
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  • Spirit" is used in the bible, never is it used as a command.
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  • Never does god say to us as christians, be baptized with the
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • You know why he never commands us to be baptized with the
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  • Spirit of god?
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  • Because there's nothing we can do to baptize ourselves with
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  • The spirit.
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  • That's something god has to do.
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  • You know, it would be like god saying to me, "robert, have
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  • Brown eyes."
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  • Well, i don't care how hard i tried, i could never give myself
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  • A pair of brown eyes.
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  • That's something god does for me.
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  • It's the same thing with the baptism with the spirit.
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  • Jesus is the one and the only one who can baptize us with
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  • The spirit.
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  • Remember the baptism with the spirit is the process by which
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  • The holy spirit changes us.
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  • He changed our spiritual color.
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  • Remember that illustration?
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  • He changes us from being guilty, disobedient sinners, enemies
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  • Of god.
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  • He turns us into forgiven, obedient disciples of christ who
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  • Are the friend of god.
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  • That's what the baptism of the holy spirit does.
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  • It changes us and it also connects us to jesus christ the
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  • Head and to other christians in the body.
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  • That's something jesus does for us.
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  • However, when we come to ephesians 5:18, we are commanded
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  • To be filled with the spirit.
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  • That is our responsibility, that is not god's responsibility.
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  • You and i have to choose whether or not we are going to be
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  • Controlled by the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:48.384
  • For example, have you ever had this experience?
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  • Somebody says something that just ticks you off royally.
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  • Maybe a work associate, maybe a mate, and you have a string of
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  • Words you're ready to unleash, and you can't wait to let
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  • It fly.
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  • But then you have this inner prompting that says, hold on,
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  • Hold back, keep your cool, don't do that, you're gonna spend
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  • Months cleaning this up if you do it.
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  • Have you ever had that conflict before?
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  • See, the choice is, what's gonna control your life?
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  • In that instant, are you gonna be controlled by anger, or are
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  • You gonna be controlled by the spirit?
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  • It's a choice you make.
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  • Or maybe you're sitting in front of the computer screen and
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  • Something pops up on your screen, an image, an invitation
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  • To join one of those internet sites you know you shouldn't
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  • Go into.
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  • At that moment you have a choice.
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  • You have a choice of whether to go ahead and click on, satisfy
  • 00:14:48.110 --> 00:14:52.081
  • Your curiosity, see what you know you shouldn't see.
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  • But you also have that inner voice speaking to you saying,
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  • Shut it down right now.
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  • Get up, walk away.
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  • In that instant you have a choice.
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  • Are you gonna be controlled by lust or you're gonna be
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  • Controlled by the holy spirit of god?
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  • The command to be controlled by the spirit is a command, it is
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  • Not a promise.
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  • And that leads to a second truth that we find from this verse,
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  • Being filled with the spirit is a continual experience, it is
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  • Not a one-time action.
  • 00:15:28.350 --> 00:15:31.286
  • Now the bible says being baptized with the spirit when
  • 00:15:31.286 --> 00:15:34.089
  • We're saved, that's a one time action.
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  • Ephesians 4:5.
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  • "there's one lord, one faith, and one baptism."
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  • Is there a second baptism of the spirit?
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  • Absolutely not.
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  • A third baptism? no.
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  • "there's one lord, one faith, one baptism."
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  • However, the filling with the holy spirit of god, that is a
  • 00:15:49.638 --> 00:15:53.042
  • Continual action.
  • 00:15:53.042 --> 00:15:54.443
  • Again, remember that nautical illustration i used?
  • 00:15:54.443 --> 00:15:57.146
  • The word used, "pleroo" was used to describe the filling of the
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  • Sail of a ship for a long journey.
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  • Now think about a sailboat going across the atlantic ocean.
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  • How does the wind work?
  • 00:16:06.922 --> 00:16:08.624
  • Does the wind come one time and fill those sails continually for
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  • The entire journey?
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  • The wind doesn't do that.
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  • The wind comes for a while and then it leaves, it comes
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  • Back again.
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  • It may even change direction.
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  • It's the same way with the filling of the holy spirit.
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  • The tense of the command here could be translated, "keep on
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  • Being filled with the holy spirit of god."
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  • People ask me, pastor, do you believe in a second blessing?
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  • Absolutely, i believe in a second blessing.
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  • I believe in a second blessing, a third blessing, a fourth
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  • Blessing, a fifth blessing.
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  • Those continual blessings are the continual filling of the
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  • Holy spirit of god.
  • 00:16:53.869 --> 00:16:56.038
  • Now i need to stop here and say something that i know may offend
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  • Some of our audience watching, maybe some of you listening to
  • 00:16:59.441 --> 00:17:02.511
  • This, but i think it needs to be said.
  • 00:17:02.511 --> 00:17:05.581
  • I mentioned it during our spiritual warfare series, we
  • 00:17:05.581 --> 00:17:08.617
  • Need to say it again.
  • 00:17:08.617 --> 00:17:11.253
  • We need to be on guard against what i call deliverance theology
  • 00:17:11.253 --> 00:17:15.090
  • That is so rampant in the christian church today.
  • 00:17:15.090 --> 00:17:18.727
  • You know, we all want a shortcut to solve our problems, don't we?
  • 00:17:18.727 --> 00:17:22.965
  • And there's some out there who say, you know, if you're
  • 00:17:22.965 --> 00:17:25.100
  • Battling an addiction, if you're having difficulty saying no to
  • 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:29.304
  • Sin, if there is some gigantic problem you're facing, if you
  • 00:17:29.304 --> 00:17:34.143
  • Will just strive for this particular religious experience,
  • 00:17:34.143 --> 00:17:37.579
  • If you will just have this experience, or you will just
  • 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:40.682
  • Pray this magical prayer, then you can be free from all of
  • 00:17:40.682 --> 00:17:44.319
  • Your struggle.
  • 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.421
  • Ladies and gentlemen, that is a lie.
  • 00:17:46.421 --> 00:17:49.291
  • There is no one-time experience.
  • 00:17:49.291 --> 00:17:52.094
  • There is no one-time prayer that will forever free you from your
  • 00:17:52.094 --> 00:17:56.665
  • Struggle with sin.
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  • If you don't believe that, listen to the testimony of the
  • 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.435
  • Apostle paul.
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  • And here's the greatest missionary, the greatest
  • 00:18:01.770 --> 00:18:03.739
  • Evangelist the world has ever known.
  • 00:18:03.739 --> 00:18:05.974
  • Listen to what he says about his struggle with sin.
  • 00:18:05.974 --> 00:18:08.510
  • Romans 7, verses 18 and 19.
  • 00:18:08.510 --> 00:18:11.313
  • Paul said, "for i know that nothing good dwells in me, that
  • 00:18:11.313 --> 00:18:15.384
  • Is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing
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  • Of the good is not.
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  • For the good that i want, i do not do, but i practice the very
  • 00:18:21.857 --> 00:18:26.461
  • Evil that i do not want."
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  • Can you identify with paul's words there?
  • 00:18:30.766 --> 00:18:33.535
  • You want to do the right thing and yet you find yourself not
  • 00:18:33.535 --> 00:18:36.872
  • Being able to?
  • 00:18:36.872 --> 00:18:38.640
  • Or you say i will never do this again, and then you find
  • 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:42.444
  • Yourself doing it 30 minutes later.
  • 00:18:42.444 --> 00:18:45.881
  • That was the same struggle paul had even as an apostle.
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  • The only day you will ever be free completely from your
  • 00:18:51.587 --> 00:18:55.524
  • Struggle with sin will be the day of your death.
  • 00:18:55.524 --> 00:18:59.094
  • Not until then will you be free from struggling with sin.
  • 00:18:59.094 --> 00:19:02.664
  • You say, pastor, that is the most depressing thought i've
  • 00:19:02.664 --> 00:19:04.866
  • Ever heard.
  • 00:19:04.866 --> 00:19:06.401
  • You mean i'm gonna struggle like this forever and ever and ever
  • 00:19:06.401 --> 00:19:09.905
  • And ever?
  • 00:19:09.905 --> 00:19:11.273
  • Well, here's the good news.
  • 00:19:11.273 --> 00:19:12.774
  • Even though you and i will always struggle with sin until
  • 00:19:12.774 --> 00:19:16.011
  • We die, the fact is the struggle will get easier the more often
  • 00:19:16.011 --> 00:19:22.217
  • You choose to be filled with the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:19:22.217 --> 00:19:25.754
  • You see, choosing to be controlled by the holy spirit of
  • 00:19:25.754 --> 00:19:29.024
  • God is a habit we develop, and the more often we say yes to
  • 00:19:29.024 --> 00:19:33.729
  • The spirit and no to sin, the easier it becomes the next time
  • 00:19:33.729 --> 00:19:37.733
  • To say yes to the spirit and no to sin.
  • 00:19:37.733 --> 00:19:42.204
  • Let me illustrate it for you this way.
  • 00:19:42.204 --> 00:19:44.873
  • How many of you have ever taken a golf lesson before?
  • 00:19:44.873 --> 00:19:47.342
  • You ever had a golf lesson before?
  • 00:19:47.342 --> 00:19:49.111
  • When i was in the 8th grade, i took golf lessons.
  • 00:19:49.111 --> 00:19:52.414
  • And i remember exactly as if it's like yesterday it happened.
  • 00:19:52.414 --> 00:19:55.384
  • You know, the instructor tells you, he says, first of all, he
  • 00:19:55.384 --> 00:19:58.387
  • Tells you how to grip the club, you know, you grip it just
  • 00:19:58.387 --> 00:20:01.156
  • Like this.
  • 00:20:01.156 --> 00:20:02.491
  • And then he tells you how to position your feet and then he
  • 00:20:02.491 --> 00:20:05.494
  • Talks to you about addressing the ball.
  • 00:20:05.494 --> 00:20:08.597
  • Remember the old art carney routine?
  • 00:20:08.597 --> 00:20:10.332
  • Hello ball, that's not what he's talking about when he says
  • 00:20:10.332 --> 00:20:13.402
  • Address the ball here.
  • 00:20:13.402 --> 00:20:14.836
  • It's all about how you stand in relation to the ball.
  • 00:20:14.836 --> 00:20:16.638
  • And then he says, you know, you're supposed to angle the
  • 00:20:16.638 --> 00:20:20.008
  • Head of your club in a certain way and then on your backswing
  • 00:20:20.008 --> 00:20:23.111
  • You need to go just like this and so forth.
  • 00:20:23.111 --> 00:20:25.547
  • I mean, detailed instructions.
  • 00:20:25.547 --> 00:20:27.249
  • Now whenever you go to a golf course, you can always tell the
  • 00:20:27.249 --> 00:20:30.118
  • Novice golfers.
  • 00:20:30.118 --> 00:20:31.453
  • Because there they are, you know, just thinking about how
  • 00:20:31.453 --> 00:20:33.522
  • They're going to grip that club and making sure they're standing
  • 00:20:33.522 --> 00:20:36.358
  • Right and angling the club right.
  • 00:20:36.358 --> 00:20:38.560
  • But a seasoned golfer, does he think about those things?
  • 00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:41.763
  • No, they're second nature to him.
  • 00:20:41.763 --> 00:20:43.832
  • He just goes up, swings, and drives that ball down
  • 00:20:43.832 --> 00:20:46.435
  • The fairway, why?
  • 00:20:46.435 --> 00:20:48.203
  • Because he's practiced over and over and over again, it's become
  • 00:20:48.203 --> 00:20:52.307
  • Second nature to him.
  • 00:20:52.307 --> 00:20:54.276
  • It's the same way with saying yes to the spirit of god.
  • 00:20:54.276 --> 00:20:58.613
  • Saying yes the first time makes it easier to say yes
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  • The second time, the third time, and the fourth time of being
  • 00:21:01.416 --> 00:21:05.087
  • Controlled by, being filled with the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:21:05.087 --> 00:21:09.391
  • It is a continual experience, not a one-time action.
  • 00:21:09.391 --> 00:21:14.629
  • The third truth we see in ephesians 5:18 is being filled
  • 00:21:14.629 --> 00:21:18.367
  • With the holy spirit is god's desire for every christian, not
  • 00:21:18.367 --> 00:21:23.672
  • Just a select few.
  • 00:21:23.672 --> 00:21:25.774
  • It's god's desire for every one of us that we be filled with,
  • 00:21:25.774 --> 00:21:29.511
  • Controlled by the holy spirit.
  • 00:21:29.511 --> 00:21:30.879
  • It is not reserved for a select few group of super saints.
  • 00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:35.317
  • The old preacher vance havner said one time, "most christians
  • 00:21:35.317 --> 00:21:39.321
  • Are so subnormal that when they act normal, people think
  • 00:21:39.321 --> 00:21:42.657
  • They're abnormal."
  • 00:21:42.657 --> 00:21:45.694
  • No, that's really true.
  • 00:21:45.694 --> 00:21:47.028
  • Most christians are living such an inferior spiritual life.
  • 00:21:47.028 --> 00:21:50.632
  • Most christians are living so far away from the holy spirit of
  • 00:21:50.632 --> 00:21:53.502
  • God that if anyone ever starts living under the spirit's
  • 00:21:53.502 --> 00:21:56.972
  • Control on a regular basis, people like, oh, they're a
  • 00:21:56.972 --> 00:21:58.874
  • Fanatic or they're a super saint, they're like mother
  • 00:21:58.874 --> 00:22:01.109
  • Teresa or somebody.
  • 00:22:01.109 --> 00:22:02.444
  • It's hard to believe that that is god's desire for
  • 00:22:02.444 --> 00:22:05.247
  • Every christian.
  • 00:22:05.247 --> 00:22:06.615
  • But that's what he says in this verse.
  • 00:22:06.615 --> 00:22:08.150
  • He says, "be filled with the holy spirit of god."
  • 00:22:08.150 --> 00:22:12.020
  • And that verb that he uses in greek, "pleroo," is constructed
  • 00:22:12.020 --> 00:22:16.625
  • In such a way that it has a plural audience.
  • 00:22:16.625 --> 00:22:20.262
  • If paul were from the south and writing in english, he would
  • 00:22:20.262 --> 00:22:22.864
  • Say, "you all be filled with the holy spirit of god."
  • 00:22:22.864 --> 00:22:26.935
  • That's what that verb means, "be filled" means you all be filled.
  • 00:22:26.935 --> 00:22:31.206
  • He wasn't just saying to one or two groups in the ephesian
  • 00:22:31.206 --> 00:22:34.943
  • Church to be filled.
  • 00:22:34.943 --> 00:22:36.278
  • He was saying everybody is to be filled.
  • 00:22:36.278 --> 00:22:40.348
  • The filling of the holy spirit is not reserved just for a
  • 00:22:40.348 --> 00:22:44.286
  • Select few groups, it is god's desire for every believer.
  • 00:22:44.286 --> 00:22:49.124
  • Now, what have we seen about being filled with the
  • 00:22:49.124 --> 00:22:50.859
  • Holy spirit?
  • 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:52.394
  • First of all, it is a command.
  • 00:22:52.394 --> 00:22:55.263
  • It is a continual command.
  • 00:22:55.263 --> 00:22:59.067
  • It is a continual command for everyone.
  • 00:22:59.067 --> 00:23:03.705
  • But it's also a command that has some very real practical
  • 00:23:03.705 --> 00:23:08.143
  • Benefits in our life.
  • 00:23:08.143 --> 00:23:10.145
  • And next week we're going to look at four of those practical
  • 00:23:10.145 --> 00:23:14.049
  • Benefits in your everyday life of choosing to be filled with,
  • 00:23:14.049 --> 00:23:19.254
  • Controlled by, the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:23:19.254 --> 00:23:22.791
  • Jeffress: if you feel like something's missing in your walk
  • 00:23:26.928 --> 00:23:29.397
  • With god, it's likely this very issue.
  • 00:23:29.397 --> 00:23:32.834
  • Or maybe you're caught in a cycle of sin, confession,
  • 00:23:32.834 --> 00:23:36.404
  • Forgiveness, more sin, more confession, more forgiveness,
  • 00:23:36.404 --> 00:23:41.243
  • And you can't seem to break the pattern.
  • 00:23:41.243 --> 00:23:43.879
  • Well, you're not alone, and if you're like me, it means that
  • 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:47.382
  • You have yet to unleash the power of the spirit in
  • 00:23:47.382 --> 00:23:51.286
  • Your life.
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  • In closing, i wanna remind you that your generous support of
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  • "pathway to victory" has eternal implications, and your gifts are
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  • Being used by god to touch many lives.
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  • Not long ago i heard from robert in pennsylvania who wrote, "as
  • 00:24:04.499 --> 00:24:08.703
  • The youngest of ten children given up for adoption, i grew up
  • 00:24:08.703 --> 00:24:12.541
  • In foster homes until the age of eighteen.
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  • I spent my life angry at my mother until i heard you teach
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  • About true forgiveness and its power.
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  • It changed everything for me!"
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  • Thank you for writing, robert.
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  • And to everyone watching today, please give generously so that
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  • We can continue to provide clear and bold biblical teaching to
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  • Men and women all across the country like robert, who are
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  • Starving to hear the truth of god's word.
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  • Now stay right there.
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  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory" in just a moment.
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  • Announcer: the bible promises that when we put our faith in
  • 00:24:49.210 --> 00:24:51.913
  • Jesus christ, our lives will be changed from the inside out.
  • 00:24:51.913 --> 00:24:55.951
  • And yet many christians feel discouraged and defeated in
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  • Their daily walk.
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  • Jeffress: if you're longing for something more in your
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  • Relationship with god, you're not alone.
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  • At one time i felt dissatisfied and powerless to change it, but
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  • By god's grace i discovered how to deploy the power of the holy
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  • Spirit in my life.
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  • And today i wanna help you discover that as well in my best
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  • Selling book, "i want more."
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  • Announcer: the book "i want more" was written to help you
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  • Build spiritual strength as you pursue a fresh way to unleash
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  • God's supernatural power in every area of your life.
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  • To victory"
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  • Jeffress: god has granted to you everything you need to lead a
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  • Fulfilling existence while here on earth.
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  • Everything he has given you is all wrapped up in the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • Announcer: your generous giving will help us encourage and equip
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  • Viewers like you with biblical truth and hope.
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  • You, your family, and our nation with the transforming truth of
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  • God's word.
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  • Jeffress: when we talk about receiving the filling of the
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  • Holy spirit, we're not talking about getting more of the holy
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  • Spirit in our lives.
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  • If you're a christian, you already have all of the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • No, we're talking about allowing god's spirit to take full
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  • Control of our lives.
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  • And next time we'll look at four practical benefits in your
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  • Everyday life when you choose to be filled with, or controlled
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  • By, the holy spirit of god.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: god wants you to flourish, not to become like
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  • Someone else, but so that you can become the person god
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  • Created you to be.
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  • Flourishing, life from the outside, flowing inside of us,
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  • Creating that vitality that allows us to be a blessing
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  • Beyond ourselves.
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  • Flourishing is just another word for being filled
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  • With the holy spirit of god.
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  • Announcer: set your dvr and join us next time for the message
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  • "what the holy spirit can do for you," here on "pathway
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  • To victory."
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