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Who Is He?

September 24, 2020

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Pastor Robert begins The God I Never Knew series with a message titled; “Who Is He?” where he teaches us about the character of the Holy Spirit.

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Who Is He?

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PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS: They hadthousands saved
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in the day, healed the sick,
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cast demons out of people,raised the dead,
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and turned the worldupside down.
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That's what wassaid about Him.
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These who have turned the worldupside down
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have come to our city too now.
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PASTOR ROBERT: I'm talking aboutthe Holy Spirit, and I want you
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to know a little bitabout who He is.
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Now, we're going to readin John 14, 15, and 16.
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This is a conversationthat takes place,
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most theologians believe,in the last 12 hours,
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some would say 15, 14 to 15,of Jesus' life.
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Chapter 14, He's in theroom, the upper room,
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we would say, even though it'snot the one at Pentecost --
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an upper room in a home, atthe Last Supper, talking
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to His disciples.
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At the end of 14, in Verse31, He says, "Arise, let us go
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from here", so they start goingto the Mount of Olives.
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Most people believe -- again,most theologians believe
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that Chapter 15, He startsit when He enters the garden,
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because He stopsmaybe beside an olive tree.
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He starts with "I am thevine, you're the branches".
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You've read that in John 15.
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So, John 14, 15, and 16 arethe last things that He says
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to His disciples beforeHe's crucified, and the main
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context of what He says is,I'm going away, don't be
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troubled though, because I'mgoing to send someone else.
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And He's introducingthem to the Holy Spirit.
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So, John 14, lookat Verses 16 and 17.
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He says, "And I willpray the Father".
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Now, that might not jump outat you, but it jumps out
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at me because I would think itwould say,
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and I will pray to the Father.
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But, just to give you alittle background of this word,
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this is not thenormal Greek word for pray.
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This is a word thatsimply means ask.
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Most of the time, it'stranslated ask, so when you read
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it that way,it makes more sense.
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He says, "And I will ask theFather, and He will give
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you another Helper".
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Notice the word Helper.
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We'll see it four times.
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"That He may abidewith you forever.
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The Spirit of truth, whomthe world cannot receive
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because it neither seesHim nor knows Him",
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I'm underlining these words Heand Him for a reason
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I'll tell you in a moment.
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"But, you know Him, for Hedwells with you
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and will be in you."
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Now, here's the reason Iunderlined the words He and Him.
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The Bible never, ever refersto the Holy Spirit as it.
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Never, becauseHe is not an it.
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He is a person, and if youdon't see Him as a person,
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then you won't develop apersonal relationship with Him.
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You develop personalrelationships with people,
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with persons, and so it's veryimportant to understand,
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He is the thirdperson of the trinity.
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All right, now look down atVerses 25 and 26 of John 14.
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"These things I have spokento you
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while being present with you.
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But the Helper", second time Heuses that word,
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"the Holy Spirit, whom theFather will send in my name,
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He will teach you all things."
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That's incredible!
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"And bring to your remembranceall things that I said to you."
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Then lookat Chapter 15, Verse 26.
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"But when the Helper", thirdtime we've seen that word,
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"comes, whom I shall sendto you from the Father,
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the Spirit of truth who proceedsfrom the Father,
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He will testify of Me."
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And then look atChapter 16, John 16:7.
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"Nevertheless Itell you the truth."
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In other words, it's goingto be hard for you to believe
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what I'm about to tell you.
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"It is to your advantagethat I go away, for if I do not
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go away, the Helper",fourth time we've seen the word,
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"will not come to you,but if I depart,
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I will send Him to you."
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Now, we're going to readVerses 8 through 11 in a moment,
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later in themessage, but look down
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at Verse 12 now, of Chapter 16.
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"I still have manythings to say to you."
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Now, I want you to thinkabout what you're reading
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in the Bible right now.
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Jesus said, "I still havemany things to say to you",
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watch, "but youcannot bear them now.
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However, when He, the Spiritof truth, has come, He will
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guide you into all truth, for Hewill not speak on His own
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authority, but whatever Hehears, He will speak."
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Now, that settles allargument about whether
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the Holy Spirit speaks, becauseJesus said He will speak.
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"And He will tellyou things to come."
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So, He's goingto talk to us.
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Okay.
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This word, Helper, that wesaw four times,
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it's only in the Bible five.
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We just read four of them.
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It comes from a Greekword, parakletos.
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I'm saying it to emphasizeboth parts of the word
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that makes up theword, all right?
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Parakletos.
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You've heard peoplesay paraclete.
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That's an Englishpronunciation of it,
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but parakletos isthe Greek word.
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Para means alongside, kletosmeans to come --
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to come alongside.
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In other words, Jesussaid I'm going to send you
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someone who's going to comealongside you,
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and He's going to help you.
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So, this word can betranslated helper.
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It can be translatedconsoler, intercessor.
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I'm going to sendyou another consoler.
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I'm going to send youanother intercessor.
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I'm going to sendyou another advocate.
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It's translated in 1John as advocate, okay?
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But, the Old King James, whichmany of us grew up on that,
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translates it as something thatyou might remember.
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It translates thisword as comforter.
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I'm going to sendyou a comforter.
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Now, I remember when Ithought about that, all of us
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probably have something in ourhomes that's called a comforter.
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Right?
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When Debbie and I first gotmarried, we lived in a trailer,
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and all of ourbedding, our dishes,
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they were all handed down.
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So we had, really,a bedspread.
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We didn't have a comforter,we had a bedspread.
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We went over someone's house,they were showing us around.
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They had this thickcomforter, and Debbie said
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to me that night, she said,"You know, I really want to buy
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a comforter", and Isaid, "Hey, that's great!"
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I thought that thingwas beautiful, you know?
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So, she bought a comforter.
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I went to work.
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I was working for myfather's company
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in the land surveying division.
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I was a surveyor.
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I wasn't evensaved at the time.
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We'd been marrieda few months.
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And so, I camehome that night.
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She said, "Come seethe new comforter".
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Went in, saw thenew comforter.
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Wow, it's great!
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Then we ate some dinner,watched some TV,
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then we go in to go to bed.
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And when I walked in, you're notgoing to believe what happened.
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Someone had stolenour new comforter!
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And, put the oldbedspread back on the bed.
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Where's our new comforter?
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And Debbie wentlike this to me.
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And I don't know why youwomen do this,
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but she goes, "Pfft"!
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She said, "Robert, thatcomforter is not for use,
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it's for looks!"
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I have since discovered wehave many things in our home
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that are not for use,they're for looks.
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We have towels that youcan use that I can't use.
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Those are the guest towels.
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Don't touch theguest towels, Robert.
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But, go back now to heroriginal statement
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about the comforter when wewere first married.
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Here's what she said.
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"That comforter is notfor use, it's for looks."
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How many believers have acomforter that's not for use,
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but just for looks?
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Hear me.
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The Holy Spiritis not for looks.
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He's for use.
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He wants to empower us, andto enable us, to live this life.
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So, let me tell you threethings about who He is, alright?
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Here's number one,He's my Helper.
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He helps me.
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He helps me toknow what to say.
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Sometimes someonewill ask you to pray.
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You've had this happen.
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And you will pray, and aScripture will come
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to your mind, and you'll praythat Scripture, and at the end,
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they'll say to you, I can'tbelieve you said that Scripture.
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I read that Scripturethis morning.
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I can't believe you said it.
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And of course, I say,well, I'm a great person!
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No, I say, well, itwas the Holy Spirit.
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How else could I say the sameScripture that you just read?
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How could I say thatwithout the Holy Spirit?
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So, He helps me to knowwhat to say sometimes.
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He helps me know whatnot to say sometimes.
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You come home, and yourspouse has had a long day,
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and you start to saysomething, and the Holy Spirit
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says, "I wouldn'tgo there if I were you".
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So, He helps us.
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But, I want to showyou, John 16,
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three ways specificallythat He helps us.
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And again, I want to usethis as an analogy of how
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we have misunderstood the HolySpirit and how He's gotten
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a bad rap in the church.
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So, John 16,look at Verse 8.
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"And when He has come, Hewill convict the world of sin,
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and of righteousness,and of judgment."
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So, He's going to convict thewhole world of three things --
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sin, righteousness,and judgment.
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Now, again we've seen thesenegatively,
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but they're not negatively.
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The next three versesexplain each one, and it has
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the word because, and becausehelps us to understand.
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So, look at Verse 9.
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"Of sin, because theydo not believe in Me."
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Okay, let me tell you whyGod convicts you,
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why the Holy Spirit convictsyou, of sin.
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Because if you don'tunderstand and believe
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that you're a sinner, you'llnever believe you need a Savior.
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See, you can't get saved untilyou know you need a Savior.
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So, the Holy Spiritconvicts us of sin.
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I got saved in a motel room.
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Most of you have heard that.
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I got saved in Jake's Motel.
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I was not in churchwhen I got saved.
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I'm sorry, by the way.
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And you don't have to bein church to be saved.
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You know that, don't you?
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You know, you don't haveto die in a funeral home.
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It's convenient, but itprobably won't happen.
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But, I wasn't in churchwhen I got saved.
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I was in a motel room.
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Let me tell you what I remembermost about that motel room --
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the conviction.
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If you've been saved, youknow what I'm talking about.
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You felt so convicted!
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That's the Holy Spirit.
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As a matter of fact, 1Corinthians 12:3 says,
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"No one can say that Jesus isLord except by the Holy Spirit".
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It's the Holy Spirit'sjob to lead us to Jesus.
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So, that's why, see,this is not negative.
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He's going to convict theworld of sin, because they don't
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believe in Jesus, sothat we'll believe in Jesus.
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All right, here's the nextthing He does, Verse 10.
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"Of righteousness, because Igo to my Father
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and will see you no more", andnot talk to you anymore.
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I'm going to my Father.
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Okay, so you're notgoing to see me.
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You know why?
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Because I'm going to be at theright hand of the Father.
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I'm going to be makingintercession for you.
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I'm going to be bringingthe two together.
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You can't have a relationshipwith a holy God
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because you're sinful.
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I'm going to takecare of your sin.
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From now on, you and theFather can talk
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and have a relationship.
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So, I'll be with the Father.
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Righteousness -- He said I'mgoing to convict
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them of righteousness, notrighteous living.
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Now, the Holy Spirit doesconvict us of righteous living.
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I believe we should liverighteously, but that's not
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what this is talking about.
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Righteousness.
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Righteousness meansright standing with God.
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Now, and let me give youanother word, by the way,
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for convict, that maybe youcan remember, convince.
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When you're convicted,you're convinced.
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If you have a conviction,you're convinced in that area,
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that you shouldlive a certain way, okay.
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He wants to convince youthat because you have believed
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in Jesus, you arenow in right standing with God.
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Think about that.
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That's a pretty goodconviction to have.
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So, He convicts us of sinso that we'll believe.
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Once we believe,He convicts us.
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Now we're in rightstanding with God.
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And then, look at Verse 11.
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"Of judgment, because theruler of this world is judged."
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The ruler of this world isjudged, and at this point,
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the ruler of the worldwas Satan, at that point.
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And let me show youwhy we know that.
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John 12:31, "Now is thejudgment of this world.
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Now the ruler of thisworld will be cast out."
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And then, John 14:30, "Iwill no longer talk much
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with you, for the ruler ofthis world is coming
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and he has nothing in me".
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So, He's talkingabout Satan.
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He's telling them, listen,Satan is about to be dethroned.
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I'm going to takeaway his authority.
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I'm going to strip him, andmake a public show of him,
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and take away all of theauthority he has, and I'm
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going to take dominion back.
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So, let me tell you howwe've misunderstood
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what the Holy Spirit does.
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This is the way many peoplehave understood this.
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You know the Holy Spiritcomes to convict you of sin,
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righteousness, and judgment.
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This is the waywe've understood it.
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He's coming to convict youthat you're a sinner,
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that you're not living right,and God's going to get you.
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You're a sinner, you'renot living right,
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and God's going to get you.
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No, that's not it.
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He's coming to convict youof your need for a Savior,
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and once you accept thatSavior, He convicts you
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that you are now in rightstanding with God,
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and now that you're in rightstanding with God,
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He also convicts you that Satanhas had all of his authority
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taken away and has nomore authority over you.
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That's what He wantsto convict you about.
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That's what He wantsto convict you about.
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So, He's my Helper.
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He helps me.
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Here's number two.
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He's my friend,and He's not weird.
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He's not weird!
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I know this, becauseHe's my friend.
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Now, here's the problem.
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We've seen people who talkabout the Holy Spirit,
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and they're weird.
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Right?
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Can I tell you something?
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They would be weirdwithout the Holy Spirit!
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They are just weird people.
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You know, there's a pollout that shows
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one in three people are weird.
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No, it's true!
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One in three are weird.
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Okay, I want youto do something.
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Look to the personon your left.
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Just look to theperson on your left.
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Now look to theperson on your right.
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Okay.
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Now, if neither one of themlook weird, I'm sorry,
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that's actually not true.
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It's not one in three,it's one in two.
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All right, here's the point.
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Okay.
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Many, many people see weirdpeople, and they think
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the Holy Spirit must be weird.
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If you don't hear anythingelse today in this message,
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hear this.
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You can be a normal personand believe
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in the person and the power ofthe Holy Spirit.
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You don't have to be weird.
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You don't have to be goofy.
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And again, I'm not tryingto make fun of a conviction
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that a group of people have.
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I'm just trying to say,Satan twists it and he says
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to the rest of us, ah, ifyou believe in the Holy Spirit.
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Please hear me.
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You can be normal andbelieve in the Holy Spirit.
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Who do you think made usafraid of the Holy Spirit?
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Satan.
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I mean, because when thefirst church received
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the Holy Spirit, they hadthousands saved in the day,
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healed the sick, cast demonsout of people, raised
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the dead, and turned theworld upside down.
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That's what wassaid about Him.
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These who have turned theworld upside down have come
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to our city too now.
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The power of the HolySpirit, the power of the Spirit.
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So, when the power of theHoly Spirit, the revelation,
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the understanding of theHoly Spirit was returned
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to the church, mainly aroundthe 20th century, the turn
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of the 20th century, late1900s, early 2000s,
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when people began to understand,I think Satan said I've got
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to mess this up, so he createdall of this controversy,
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he put the focus on one gift,and he got people afraid
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of the Holy Spirit, and he'sdone a good job.
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We even say things, and again,I'm not trying to put down
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those that use this language,but we use the word evidence.
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I'd rather usethe word benefits.
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Here's the reason.
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First of all, I don't thinkyou should put the focus
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on one gift, althoughthat gift is valid.
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It has not passed away,if you've heard that.
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Nothing has passed away.
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Heaven and earth will passaway before one word
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of this book will pass away.
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But, here are someevidences, or benefits,
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of the Holy Spirit.
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One is power.
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You shall receive power whenthe Holy Spirit comes upon you,
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power to witness, bythe way --
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specifically, power to witness.
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Another one is love.
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1 Corinthians 13talks about love.
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12 and 14 talk about thegifts, and in 13, Paul says,
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if you don't have love, I don'tcare how many gifts you have.
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You need to have love.
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Fruit is a benefit of theSpirit, the fruit of the Spirit.
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And then gifts, and that'sall of the gifts, not just one.
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Power, love,fruit, and gifts.
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So, Here's number three.He's my God.
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He's my God.
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Now, I just want to showyou how some of us
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have been taught negativelyabout the Holy Spirit.
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When I say He's my God, ifI said the Father is my God,
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and you don't haveany problem with that.
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Or if I said Jesus is myGod, and you don't have
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a problem with that.
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But, if I say the HolySpirit and you have a problem
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with it,something's wrong.
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Because, He's partof the trinity.
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There are many, many versesthat talk about the trinity.
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In the ones we just read,let me show the Father,
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Son, and Holy Spiritin one verse.
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One verse.
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John 14:16, "And I", that'sJesus, "will pray the Father,
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and He will giveyou another Helper."
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There's Jesus, Father, andHoly Spirit, same verse.
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John 14:26, "But the Helper,the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
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will send in My name" --Holy Spirit, Father,
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Jesus, same verse.
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John 15:26, "But when theHelper comes",
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that's the Holy Spirit, "whomI", Jesus, "shall send you
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from the Father".
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And then, here's one wherethe Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
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are actually all inthe same place at the same time,
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and many of ushave never connected it.
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It's when Jesus wasbaptized, in Luke 3:22.
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"And the Holy Spiritdescended in bodily form,
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like a dove upon Him",that's Jesus, "and a voice came
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from heaven which said,"You are my beloved Son,
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in you I am well pleased."
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The Father, Son, and HolySpirit defer to one another.
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The Father glorifies andmagnifies the Son, the Son
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only does what the Fathersays, the Son tells you
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that the Holy Spirit is comingwhen He's coming,
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the Holy Spirit leads youto Jesus.
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If we could listen in ona conversation between
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the Father, the Son, and theHoly Spirit, it would sound
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something like this.
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You know, you're wonderful.
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No, you're wonderful.
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No, you're wonderful.
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No, you're wonderful.
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No, you're wonderful.God.
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Here are two verses thatoutright prove
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that the Holy Spirit's God.
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Acts 5:3, "Peter said,"Ananias, why has Satan filled
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your heart tolie to the Holy Spirit?"
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And then, Verse 4 says,"You've not lied to men,
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but to God".
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You lied to the Holy Spirit,so you lied to God.
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I read something years andyears ago in a commentary.
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I wrote it down, and then Ikind of rewrote it because
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it was Old English and itwas hard to understand.
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So, this is not somethingI wrote, but it's something
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that I changed a little bit thata commentator wrote, alright?
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But all of these sentences havea Scripture to back them up,
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and many of thesesentences have multiple
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Scriptures to back them up.
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So, let me read to youabout the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit intercedesthrough us on earth.
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The Holy Spirit calls andqualifies ministers
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for their work.
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It is the Holy Spirit who makesthem overseers over the flock.
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He hears, speaks, teaches,and guides us into all truth.
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He glorifies Christ,receives from Christ, shows us
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Christ, and brings all ofChrist's words
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to our remembrance.
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It is better for us thatJesus left so He could come.
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He shows us things to come,knows the deep things of God,
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searches all things,and reveals all things.
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Where He is,there is liberty.
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The writers of the Biblespoke as they were moved by Him.
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We are warned not togrieve Him or quench Him.
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The sin against Him isunpardonable, because sin
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against Him is against theonly one who can reveal
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the Son to us.
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Unless a man is born of theSpirit, he cannot enter
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the kingdom of God.
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We are convicted by Him,born again by Him,
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led by Him, filled with Him,and sealed by Him.
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Is that good?
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That's the Holy Spirit.
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So, let me tellyou one more thing.
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I was ministering in achurch one time, years ago,
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and it's back when ministerswould sit on the platform.
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And so, I was seatedon the platform.
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It was another church thatI was visiting to speak.
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And during worship, I saw thislady in the congregation,
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and the Holy Spirit spoke a Wordto my heart.
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So when I got up to speak,I said to her,
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"Ma'am, would you stand up?
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The Holy Spirit's givingme a Word for you".
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She stood up and I said toher, "During worship, I saw you,
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and the Holy Spiritsaid to me,
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"Robert, do you know her past?"
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And when I said that, sheliterally put her head down,
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I think in shame, obviously.
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But you have to understand,that's not where
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the Holy Spirit left it.
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So, I said to her, I said,"The Holy Spirit said to me,
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"Robert, do youknow her past"?
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And I said, "No,Lord, I don't".
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And He said, "Hmm,neither do I."
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And I said to her, "Nowma'am, I know God's omniscient.
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I know that, and I knowHe knows everything.
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But the Bible says that Hehas chosen to remember our sins
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no more, and God wantedme to tell you,
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since He's chosen not to bringit up again, why don't you start
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choosing not tobring it up anymore?"
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And she got this bigsmile on her face.
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See, the person who told meto say that is not
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a weird person.
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He's a wonderful person,
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and He wants to getto know you better.
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PASTOR ROBERT: The Holy Spiritis our Helper,
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our friend, and our God.
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I'm so grateful that youwatched, and I'm so grateful
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that you are hungry to knowGod and to know the Holy Spirit.
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I want to encourage you todo something, and that is to get
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the entire series,"The God I Never Knew".
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The reason is that many,many times, we watch a program
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and we hear something, and Godstarts something in us,
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but we don't allow that to growor to be finished in us.
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And as I said, I grew upthinking that the Holy Spirit
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was weird, or someoneto be afraid of, but He's not.
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He's a wonderful person, andI know that you
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want to know Him better.
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So, I want to encourage youto get the entire series.
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This was our first messagein this series,
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and I'll be back again, sharingsix messages in this series
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on "The God I Never Knew".
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I love you so much.
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I'll see you next time.
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that there is so muchmore to life.
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With humor, passion,and clarity,
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Pastor Robert presents,
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"The Secretsof Living Your Best Life."
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♪ ♪
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