Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

David Jeremiah - Born of the Spirit

May 30, 2026 | 57:29

When we accept Christ as Savior, we are born of the Spirit. This new birth changes our life inside and out.

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - Born of the Spirit | May 30, 2026

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Dr. david jeremiah: many would say,
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"i believe in the holy spirit."
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But my question is, do you know the holy spirit?
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Do you know what he does, what he provides?
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He was there at creation.
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He came in power at pentecost.
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He's the most personal
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And perhaps the most misunderstood
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Member of the trinity.
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The study of the holy spirit as revealed in the scripture
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Shows he is more than a feeling,
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More than a force, more than an emotion,
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More than an experience.
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So who is the holy spirit?
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The holy spirit is god with us, god in us,
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And god at work through us.
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Discover more about the holy spirit
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Than you ever imagined and experience
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His presence and power as never before.
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♪ we worship the god who was ♪
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♪ we worship the god who is ♪
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♪ we worship the god ♪
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♪ who evermore will be ♪
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♪ he opened the prison doors ♪
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♪ he parted the raging sea ♪
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♪ my god he holds the victory ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord today ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ our god is surely in this place ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ we sing to the god who heals ♪
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♪ we sing to the god who saves ♪
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♪ we sing to the god who always makes a way ♪
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♪ 'cause he hung up on that cross ♪
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♪ and he rose up from that grave ♪
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♪ my god's still rolling stones away ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord today ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ our god is surely in this place ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪ we were the beggars ♪
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♪ now we're royalty ♪
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♪ we were the prisoners ♪
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♪ now we're running free ♪
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♪ we are forgiven, accepted ♪
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♪ redeemed by his grace ♪
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♪ let the house of the lord sing praise ♪
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Michael sanchez: c'mon, sing with us.
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♪ we were the beggars ♪
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♪ now we're royalty ♪
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♪ we were the prisoners ♪
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♪ now we're running free ♪
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♪ we are forgiven, accepted ♪
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♪ redeemed by his grace ♪
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♪ let the house of the lord sing praise ♪
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♪ oh, there's joy ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord today ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ our god is surely in this place ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord today ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪ there's joy in the house of the lord ♪
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♪ our god is surely in this place ♪
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♪ and we won't be quiet ♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ we shout out your praise ♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: i'm not talking about turning over a new leaf.
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I'm not talking about trying to do better.
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I'm not talking about going to some religious class
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Or catechism or spiritual seminar.
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I'm talking about a grade-a miracle.
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I'm talking about being born again
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Into a new family, whether you are 14, 44, or 84.
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It still works-- this gospel that we preach.
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[congregation applauding]
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Announcer: that's coming up, today on "turning point."
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey
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From knowing about the holy spirit
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To deeply knowing him?
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In dr. david jeremiah's new book,
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"the holy spirit you may not know,"
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You will discover what it truly means
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To experience the presence and power of the holy spirit
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In your life.
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You may know about the holy spirit
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As the third person of the trinity,
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But do you know him as your helper,
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Your comforter, your counselor, and friend?
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In "the holy spirit you may not know,"
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Dr. jeremiah shows you how the spirit equips you
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With spiritual gifts,
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Provides guidance in your decisions,
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And empowers you to live the dynamic life
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Jesus promised,
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Because you may not know the holy spirit
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As well as you think, but once you do,
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You'll never be the same.
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"the holy spirit you may not know" is yours
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[congregation applauding]
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♪♪♪
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♪ i searched the world ♪
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♪ but it couldn't fill me ♪
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♪ man's empty praise ♪
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♪ and treasures that fade are never enough ♪
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♪ then you came along ♪
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♪ and you put me back together ♪
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♪ every desire is now satisfied ♪
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♪ here in your love ♪
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Michael: come on, church. sing it out.
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♪ "there's nothing." ♪
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♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ and i'm not afraid ♪
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♪ to show you my weakness ♪
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♪ and my failures and flaws ♪
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♪ lord you've seen them all ♪
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♪ and you still call me friend ♪
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Michael: thank you for that, lord.
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♪ 'cause the god of the mountain ♪
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♪ is the god of the valley ♪
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♪ and there's not a place ♪
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♪ your mercy and grace won't find me again ♪
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♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ you turn mourning to dancing ♪
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♪ you give beauty for ashes ♪
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♪ you turn shame into glory ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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Michael: come on.
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♪ you turn graves into gardens ♪
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♪ you turn bones into armies ♪
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♪ you turn seas into highways ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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Michael: sing, "there's nothing."
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♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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Michael: oh, you know, let's sing it again, oh.
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♪ oh there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ there's nothing ♪
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♪ better than you ♪
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♪ lord there's nothing ♪
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♪ nothing is better than you ♪
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Michael: nothing's better than you lord.
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"you turn mourning."
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♪ you turn mourning to dancing ♪
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♪ you give beauty for ashes ♪
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♪ you turn shame into glory ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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♪ you turn mourning ♪
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♪ you turn mourning to dancing ♪
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♪ you give beauty for ashes ♪
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♪ you turn shame into glory ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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Michael: you turn graves-- come on.
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♪ you turn graves into gardens ♪
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♪ you turn bones into armies ♪
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♪ you turn seas into highways ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪
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♪ you're the only one who can ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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♪♪♪
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♪ i'm calling on the god of jacob ♪
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♪ whose love endures through generations ♪
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♪ i know that you will keep your covenant ♪
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♪ i'm calling on the god of moses ♪
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♪ the one who opened up the ocean ♪
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♪ i need you now to do the same thing for me ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ oh god, my god, i need you ♪
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♪ oh god, my god, i need you now ♪
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♪ how i need you now ♪
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♪ oh rock, oh rock of ages ♪
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♪ i'm standing on your faithfulness ♪
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♪ on your faithfulness ♪
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♪ i'm calling on the god of mary ♪
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♪ whose favor rests upon the lowly ♪
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♪ i know with you all things are possible ♪
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Michael: yes, lord.
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♪ i'm calling on the god of david ♪
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♪ who made a shepherd boy courageous ♪
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♪ i may not face goliath ♪
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♪ but i've got my own giants ♪
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♪ oh god, my god, i need you ♪
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♪ o god, my god, i need you now ♪
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♪ how i need you now ♪
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♪ oh rock, oh rock of ages ♪
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♪ i'm standing on your faithfulness ♪
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♪ on your faithfulness ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ you heard your children then ♪
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♪ you hear your children now ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you answered prayers back then ♪
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♪ and you will answer now ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you were providing then ♪
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♪ you are providing now ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you moved in power then ♪
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♪ god, move in power now ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you were a healer then ♪
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♪ you are a healer now ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you were a savior then ♪
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♪ you are a savior now ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ you are the same god ♪
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♪ oh god, my god, i need you ♪
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♪ oh god, my god, i need you now ♪
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♪ how i need you now ♪
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♪ oh rock, oh rock ♪
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♪ oh rock, oh rock of ages ♪
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♪ the god who governs ♪
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♪ whom shall i fear? ♪
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And now here is dr. jeremiah with his message
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"born of the spirit."
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Dr. jeremiah: birthdays have a way of sneaking up on us.
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I hate to say that 'cause it's so true,
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But none are quite like the birthday
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That happened at 3 o'clock in the morning
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In a mcdonald's parking lot.
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On august 11, 2025, alyce and kevin rotunda
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Were racing to the hospital in kalamazoo
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When their fourth child decided
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She was not waiting for a doctor.
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Alyce had been sent home the day before and told
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It was not time yet, but that night
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Contractions kicked into overdrive.
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Kevin pressed the accelerator
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And hit close to 100 miles an hour
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On an empty michigan highway,
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But halfway there, alyce knew the baby was coming now.
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They pulled into a mcdonald's in the small town
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Of schoolcraft.
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No epidural, no nurse, no sterile delivery room,
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Just a minivan, a cell phone, and a husband who usually faints
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At the sight of blood.
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Alyce cried out, "you need to catch her right now."
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What a night that was for that little family.
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The birth of a child.
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At 2:57 in the morning, matilda entered the world healthy,
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Crying, and instantly unforgettable.
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One of the most ordinary places imaginable
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Had become the stage for one of life's greatest miracles.
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Birthdays remind us that life has a starting point.
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You may not remember your first one,
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The day you were born, but you know what happened.
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In the same way, jesus said we all need a second birthday,
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He called it being born of the spirit,
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Or being born again.
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It's the logical place to begin
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Any discussion of the holy spirit.
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That is the first time we have any knowledge
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Of the spirit's working in our hearts.
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Before we talk about being filled with the spirit
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Or walking in the spirit or the baptism of the spirit,
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It only makes sense to talk about being born of the spirit.
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After all, you have to be born before you can walk,
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Before you can talk or feed yourself.
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Our lord himself introduces the subject
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In the first eight verses of the third chapter
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Of the gospel according to john.
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Under the cover of darkness, jesus was having a conversation
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With one of israel's foremost teachers,
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A pharisee named nicodemus.
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Most likely, nicodemus came at night
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Because he didn't want to be observed speaking
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To this young rabbi from nazareth,
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And yet there was something about him
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That drew this jewish leader,
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Something about his words that touched nicodemus's heart.
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I imagine this teacher to have been middle-aged to older
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When this conversation took place.
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I can close my eyes and see him stroking his beard
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In great perplexity.
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He had come to discuss the points of theology.
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But all jesus seemed to want to talk about was birthdays.
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In john 3:1-8 we read: there was a man of the pharisees
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Named nicodemus, a ruler of the jews.
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This man came to jesus by night and said to him,
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'rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from god;
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For no one can do these signs that you do
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Unless god is with him.'
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Jesus answered and said to him,
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'most assuredly, i say to you, unless one is born again,
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He cannot see the kingdom of god.'
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Nicodemus said to him, 'how can a man be born
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When he's old?
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Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb
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And be born?'
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And jesus answered, 'most assuredly, i say to you,
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Unless one is born of water and of the spirit,
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He cannot enter the kingdom of god.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh,
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That which is born of the spirit is spirit.
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Do not marvel that i said to you,
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"you must be born again."
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The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,
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But cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes.
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So is everyone who is born of the spirit.'"
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Born again, born of the spirit?
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What in the world is this young teacher
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Talking about?
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According to jesus, everybody needs to have two birthdays.
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I mean, we all get one, right?
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When we're young, we, like everybody, to remember it,
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But then when we get older,
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We're hoping everybody forgets it.
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Funny how that works.
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But the truth is, the second birthday
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Is just as important as the first.
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The first is for time, the second is for eternity.
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But as it happens, this second birthday
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Is one most people know very little about.
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You may be here today and you never heard
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Of being born the second time.
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But it's right here in the scripture,
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And we're going to unpack it and understand it.
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It's a birthday that is frequently confused
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With religion or good works
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Or 12 steps or self-improvement plans,
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But if you read the scripture carefully,
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You will discover that the new birth
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Is nothing less than a miracle.
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It's an extremely important supernatural work
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That takes place within the heart of a person
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When he or she comes into a relationship with god.
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The bible calls that being born anew,
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Being born again.
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And some are going to say, "well, pastor jeremiah,
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I go to church all the time.
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I've worked hard. i mean, i've given my money.
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I've done lots of good things."
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Yes, but in this discussion,
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I'm not talking about the outside of your life,
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What you do.
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I'm talking about the inside of life,
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What you are.
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I'm not talking about those external things
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That might give someone reason to believe you're a good person.
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What i am saying in this is we need to make
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Very, very certain we understand these words
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Jesus spoke to nicodemus some 2000 years ago, why?
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Because our eternal salvation is tied to these words.
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Let me talk with you for a few moments
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About the experience of the new birth.
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The bible is very clear about this.
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How does one become born again?
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Well, someone might reply, "you've got to try,
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You've gotta work hard."
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Really?
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How hard did you work when you were being born
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The first time?
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I mean, i don't think you worked very hard at all.
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It was your mother who did all the work.
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You were just along for the ride.
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You can't be born again through your own effort.
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Listen to ephesians 2: "even when we were dead
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In trespasses, he made us alive together with christ
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(by grace you have been saved), and raised up together,
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And we've been made to sit together
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In the heavenly places in christ jesus."
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New birth has to happen to you
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From a force outside of yourself.
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God has to do this in you.
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You can't do it yourself.
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There's no such thing in the universe
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As a do-it-yourself salvation.
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It's not there.
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That is what the second birth is;
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It's to be born of god.
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The new birth is god birth.
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It is you being born of god through his spirit,
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Filling the vacuum that exists
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In every heart outside of christ.
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God never intended for his creatures
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To be one-dimensional.
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God never intended men and women to be just flesh.
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God wanted his prized creation, humankind,
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To be fully dimensional,
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And that includes the spiritual dimension.
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So he put within us this vacuum
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That can only be filled by himself.
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And what do we do?
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Well, we spend our whole lives trying to stuff
00:33:49.410 --> 00:33:51.879
Everything we can into that vacuum
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Till at last, out of frustration,
00:33:54.916 --> 00:33:56.484
We finally come to realize the only thing
00:33:56.484 --> 00:33:58.886
That fits in that vacuum is god himself,
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And when we invite christ to come into our life,
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We become a fully dimensional creature of god.
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Perhaps you have experienced that yourself recently.
00:34:09.864 --> 00:34:12.133
You can talk with vivid color about the difference
00:34:12.133 --> 00:34:15.002
That christ has made in your life.
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The new birth is something that can only take place
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Through the agency of almighty god.
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You can't of your own volition, of your own strength,
00:34:24.445 --> 00:34:27.448
Of your own efforts bring about the new birth.
00:34:27.448 --> 00:34:30.918
It doesn't matter what church you attend.
00:34:30.918 --> 00:34:33.321
You might be baptist, presbyterian, charismatic,
00:34:33.321 --> 00:34:36.157
Pentecostal, catholic, or whatever you call yourself,
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But if that is all you've got, you're still one-dimensional.
00:34:39.827 --> 00:34:44.365
Until the holy spirit comes to live within you
00:34:44.365 --> 00:34:46.534
Because you have invited christ to be your savior,
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You haven't been born again.
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The good news about being born again
00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.475
Is something i've reveled in often
00:34:54.475 --> 00:34:57.044
As i've thought about it.
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I'm going to give it to you.
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It's a little formula, it goes like this:
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"if you are born twice, you only have to die once,
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But if you've only been born once,
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You've got to die twice."
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You see, it works like this.
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If you've been born physically and spiritually,
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The only death you have to worry about is physical death,
00:35:12.693 --> 00:35:15.930
And you might even beat that rap if the rapture happens.
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But if you've only had one birthday,
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If you haven't been born again into the family of god,
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You not only have to die physically,
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But after you die physically, you will face the second death,
00:35:26.874 --> 00:35:30.077
Which means eternal separation from god.
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That's spiritual death.
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That's what scripture calls the second death.
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Physical death is the separation of the soul from the body.
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Spiritual death is the separation
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Of the soul from god forever.
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You don't want to mess with the second death.
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I promise you.
00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.201
And the way you escape the second death
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Is get born twice.
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The experience of the new birth,
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What are the effects of it?
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How does it happen? how can it be?
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That's the question nicodemus had.
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He was trying to put it all together in physical terms,
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And it wasn't working for him.
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He said, "can a man get back into his mother's womb
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And be born a second time?"
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Let's hope not, for everyone's sake.
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Jesus, in essence, told nicodemus
00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:20.561
That the new birth was a mystery.
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As i've pictured these two men talking
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On a flat-topped roof out under the stars,
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It's easy to visualize a night breeze
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Rustling the leaves of a nearby tree as jesus spoke.
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And then jesus said, "nicodemus, it's just like the wind,"
00:36:34.342 --> 00:36:37.812
And he gestured to the trees.
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"the wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it,
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But it cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes.
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So is everyone who was born of the spirit."
00:36:46.587 --> 00:36:50.191
And there's a little play on words here
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Because the word "wind" and the word "spirit"
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Are the same greek word-- the word "pneuma."
00:36:53.828 --> 00:36:56.931
We get the word "pneumatic brakes"
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From that word.
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What did jesus mean when he said that the work of the holy spirit
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In the new birth is like the wind?
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Well, first of all, like the wind,
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The new birth is unseeable.
00:37:08.643 --> 00:37:10.645
You can't see the new birth.
00:37:10.645 --> 00:37:13.514
You cannot see the wind,
00:37:13.514 --> 00:37:14.882
And all you can see is what it does.
00:37:14.882 --> 00:37:17.418
Trees bend, leaves swirl, branches break.
00:37:17.418 --> 00:37:20.421
The holy spirit works in the same way.
00:37:20.421 --> 00:37:23.224
You cannot see him enter a heart,
00:37:23.224 --> 00:37:25.259
But you sure can see the results as guilt is replaced with joy,
00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:29.030
And bitterness with forgiveness, and fear with faith.
00:37:29.030 --> 00:37:32.366
It's like planting a seed.
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You cannot see the life inside,
00:37:34.502 --> 00:37:36.404
But soon green shoots are appearing,
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And the new birth is invisible,
00:37:38.172 --> 00:37:40.508
Yet it always shows up later on in the effects of it
00:37:40.508 --> 00:37:44.945
In the life of the person who experiences it.
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The new birth is also unpredictable.
00:37:48.249 --> 00:37:50.518
The wind is unpredictable.
00:37:50.518 --> 00:37:52.053
I know meteorologists can study radar and satellites,
00:37:52.053 --> 00:37:55.756
But how many of you have been in storms
00:37:55.756 --> 00:37:59.160
That were never predicted
00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:00.494
Or places where storms were not predicted?
00:38:00.494 --> 00:38:02.997
We used to have a joke where i grew up
00:38:02.997 --> 00:38:04.699
Where they would say, "i just shoveled 4 inches
00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:08.235
Of partly cloudy off of my driveway."
00:38:08.235 --> 00:38:12.440
You know, that's kind of how it is.
00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.774
We think we know how the weather works,
00:38:13.774 --> 00:38:15.176
But we don't know how the weather works.
00:38:15.176 --> 00:38:17.712
Meteorologists can study,
00:38:17.712 --> 00:38:19.280
But storms shift without warning,
00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:21.382
And the spirit works in the same surprising way.
00:38:21.382 --> 00:38:25.086
I wish i could tell you all the different ways
00:38:25.086 --> 00:38:27.455
That i have observed people coming to christ
00:38:27.455 --> 00:38:29.824
In the 50 or so years that i've been doing this.
00:38:29.824 --> 00:38:33.394
A woman pressing play on an old cassette tape,
00:38:33.394 --> 00:38:37.698
A teenager overhearing some friends talk.
00:38:37.698 --> 00:38:41.068
None of that comes from a textbook,
00:38:41.068 --> 00:38:43.137
But the spirit is not limited by our methods.
00:38:43.137 --> 00:38:45.773
He moves where he wills.
00:38:45.773 --> 00:38:47.475
He reaches hearts we might never expect.
00:38:47.475 --> 00:38:50.544
The wind blows where it wishes,
00:38:50.544 --> 00:38:52.146
And the spirit works in ways that continually surprise us.
00:38:52.146 --> 00:38:55.683
And if i had all your stories here
00:38:55.683 --> 00:38:58.119
On how you came to christ,
00:38:58.119 --> 00:38:59.620
There would be almost as many stories
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As there are people.
00:39:00.955 --> 00:39:02.323
God is not stereotyped.
00:39:02.323 --> 00:39:03.657
He works in all of us in a different way.
00:39:03.657 --> 00:39:05.659
He gets into our lives.
00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.994
He causes things to happen to us that make us stop and think.
00:39:06.994 --> 00:39:10.698
Maybe the things that have happened this week
00:39:10.698 --> 00:39:12.900
Have brought you to church today.
00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:15.236
We read in the life of joseph
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That sometimes people mean things for evil,
00:39:16.804 --> 00:39:19.640
But god means them for good.
00:39:19.640 --> 00:39:22.109
And maybe you're here
00:39:22.109 --> 00:39:23.477
Because of the anguish in your soul
00:39:23.477 --> 00:39:25.646
Over all the events of this past week.
00:39:25.646 --> 00:39:27.748
Listen to me.
00:39:27.748 --> 00:39:29.083
God will use anything to bring you to himself,
00:39:29.083 --> 00:39:31.986
And his methods are unpredictable.
00:39:31.986 --> 00:39:36.023
The new birth is unseeable, it's unpredictable,
00:39:36.023 --> 00:39:38.559
And it's unstoppable.
00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:41.162
Try holding up your hand and telling the wind to stop.
00:39:41.162 --> 00:39:43.764
It will not listen. you cannot stop it.
00:39:43.764 --> 00:39:46.600
In the same way, no one can stop the holy spirit.
00:39:46.600 --> 00:39:50.004
A person may say they want nothing to do with god,
00:39:50.004 --> 00:39:52.673
But one day they begin asking questions
00:39:52.673 --> 00:39:55.242
And feeling a pull toward christ,
00:39:55.242 --> 00:39:56.811
And of course that is the spirit at work.
00:39:56.811 --> 00:39:59.113
He has been called the hound of heaven
00:39:59.113 --> 00:40:01.849
Because his love never gives up and his pursuit never ends.
00:40:01.849 --> 00:40:04.985
Maybe you've been praying for someone in your family
00:40:04.985 --> 00:40:07.488
For a long time and you think there's no use to continue.
00:40:07.488 --> 00:40:09.957
Don't stop.
00:40:09.957 --> 00:40:11.292
The hound of heaven may be on his trail,
00:40:11.292 --> 00:40:13.727
And you will find out about it later.
00:40:13.727 --> 00:40:16.764
So the new birth is unseeable,
00:40:16.764 --> 00:40:18.999
It's unpredictable, it's unstoppable,
00:40:18.999 --> 00:40:21.402
And then it's undeniable.
00:40:21.402 --> 00:40:25.005
Laws can guide people, schools can teach knowledge,
00:40:25.005 --> 00:40:28.843
And families can set rules,
00:40:28.843 --> 00:40:30.911
But none of these can change a heart.
00:40:30.911 --> 00:40:33.914
Only the holy spirit can take away sin
00:40:33.914 --> 00:40:36.350
And remove guilt and make someone new.
00:40:36.350 --> 00:40:39.687
That is why in prisons today you can find men and women
00:40:39.687 --> 00:40:42.456
Who once lived violent and broken lives
00:40:42.456 --> 00:40:44.658
Who are now reading scripture
00:40:44.658 --> 00:40:45.993
And singing hymns and sharing christ with others.
00:40:45.993 --> 00:40:49.763
The world looks on in disbelief and asks,
00:40:49.763 --> 00:40:51.966
"how can such change be possible,"
00:40:51.966 --> 00:40:54.635
And the answer is clear.
00:40:54.635 --> 00:40:56.070
The holy spirit's been at work,
00:40:56.070 --> 00:40:58.973
So the experience of the new birth
00:40:58.973 --> 00:41:01.008
And the effects of it.
00:41:01.008 --> 00:41:02.977
What about the explanation of it?
00:41:02.977 --> 00:41:05.479
Jesus didn't try to explain the action of the spirit
00:41:05.479 --> 00:41:09.250
Much beyond that.
00:41:09.250 --> 00:41:10.951
So how would i explain him?
00:41:10.951 --> 00:41:13.287
Yet at the same time, i think there are
00:41:13.287 --> 00:41:15.322
Some things we need to know about this new birth,
00:41:15.322 --> 00:41:18.125
Truths that are important.
00:41:18.125 --> 00:41:19.760
This new birth is the result of two agents acting together.
00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:23.898
Listen to what jesus said.
00:41:23.898 --> 00:41:25.900
He said, "unless one is born of water and the spirit,
00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:29.670
He cannot enter the kingdom of god."
00:41:29.670 --> 00:41:32.039
Just as in physical birth it takes a man and a woman
00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:35.943
To have a child,
00:41:35.943 --> 00:41:37.578
In spiritual birth, it takes what the scripture calls
00:41:37.578 --> 00:41:41.549
Water and the spirit.
00:41:41.549 --> 00:41:43.617
Now, we know what the holy spirit is.
00:41:43.617 --> 00:41:45.219
That's the second agency on this list.
00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:47.988
As far as the second part of that verse,
00:41:47.988 --> 00:41:49.657
We don't have any doubt.
00:41:49.657 --> 00:41:51.625
The bible says--listen to this--
00:41:51.625 --> 00:41:53.294
"you are not in the flesh but in the spirit,
00:41:53.294 --> 00:41:56.397
If indeed the spirit of god dwells in you.
00:41:56.397 --> 00:41:59.300
Now if anyone does not have the spirit of christ,
00:41:59.300 --> 00:42:02.670
He is not his."
00:42:02.670 --> 00:42:05.272
I want to take just a moment of parentheses right here
00:42:05.272 --> 00:42:07.641
To correct the doctrine
00:42:07.641 --> 00:42:08.976
That keeps floating around all the time,
00:42:08.976 --> 00:42:10.578
And that is that you become a christian
00:42:10.578 --> 00:42:13.247
When you accept christ,
00:42:13.247 --> 00:42:14.882
But you have to wait for the second blessing
00:42:14.882 --> 00:42:16.650
To get the holy spirit.
00:42:16.650 --> 00:42:18.852
So i had people come up and ask me,
00:42:18.852 --> 00:42:20.888
"do you have the spirit?"
00:42:20.888 --> 00:42:22.623
Well, let me give you the answer.
00:42:22.623 --> 00:42:24.058
The bible says right here, if you don't have the spirit,
00:42:24.058 --> 00:42:25.559
You're none of his.
00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:27.294
You cannot be a christian and not have the holy spirit.
00:42:27.294 --> 00:42:29.964
When jesus comes to live within your heart,
00:42:29.964 --> 00:42:32.099
The holy spirit comes to live within your heart.
00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:34.034
You're baptized by the spirit into the body of christ.
00:42:34.034 --> 00:42:37.671
So don't let anybody tell you you need something more.
00:42:37.671 --> 00:42:40.808
You have everything that you need.
00:42:40.808 --> 00:42:42.776
It's not that you need something more,
00:42:42.776 --> 00:42:44.511
The something more needs more of you.
00:42:44.511 --> 00:42:47.982
And it's not that you need the holy spirit
00:42:47.982 --> 00:42:50.517
Because you're a christian and haven't received him yet,
00:42:50.517 --> 00:42:53.120
Because that is not possible.
00:42:53.120 --> 00:42:55.389
The bible says if you do not have the spirit,
00:42:55.389 --> 00:42:57.925
You are not his.
00:42:57.925 --> 00:43:00.594
Everybody get that?
00:43:00.594 --> 00:43:03.297
You may not need it now,
00:43:03.297 --> 00:43:04.932
But someday somebody's going to come to you
00:43:04.932 --> 00:43:07.635
And stick their finger in your face
00:43:07.635 --> 00:43:09.069
And tell you you're a second-class person
00:43:09.069 --> 00:43:10.938
Because you don't have the spirit.
00:43:10.938 --> 00:43:12.906
Don't forget where this verse is.
00:43:12.906 --> 00:43:14.375
Take it out and read it to them.
00:43:14.375 --> 00:43:16.243
It's pretty plain. it's not hard to understand.
00:43:16.243 --> 00:43:19.647
It isn't open for debate.
00:43:19.647 --> 00:43:21.215
It's what the word of god says.
00:43:21.215 --> 00:43:23.617
You can't get saved without the holy spirit.
00:43:23.617 --> 00:43:26.186
You may think you're getting to christ
00:43:26.186 --> 00:43:27.988
Without the holy spirit,
00:43:27.988 --> 00:43:29.323
But even if you don't know what he's doing,
00:43:29.323 --> 00:43:30.658
He's working in your heart.
00:43:30.658 --> 00:43:32.559
It isn't difficult to understand that jesus is talking here
00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:35.162
About the holy spirit,
00:43:35.162 --> 00:43:36.764
But then he says you have to be born of water,
00:43:36.764 --> 00:43:39.500
And some people say that means you have to be baptized,
00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:41.602
But that's not what this means.
00:43:41.602 --> 00:43:42.936
There's no evidence in the scripture whatsoever
00:43:42.936 --> 00:43:45.472
That baptism is a requirement for salvation.
00:43:45.472 --> 00:43:48.442
It's an act of obedience
00:43:48.442 --> 00:43:49.777
For those who have already been saved.
00:43:49.777 --> 00:43:51.979
So what does the word "water" mean?
00:43:51.979 --> 00:43:54.481
Let me help you with that.
00:43:54.481 --> 00:43:56.283
Psalm 119 and verse 9: "how can a young man cleanse his way?
00:43:56.283 --> 00:44:02.289
By taking heed according to your word."
00:44:02.289 --> 00:44:07.194
Ephesians 5:25: "christ also loved the church
00:44:07.194 --> 00:44:10.664
And gave himself for her,
00:44:10.664 --> 00:44:12.866
That he might sanctify and cleanse her
00:44:12.866 --> 00:44:16.336
With the washing of water by the word."
00:44:16.336 --> 00:44:19.573
Now, having read those two verses,
00:44:19.573 --> 00:44:21.075
What do you think the water is?
00:44:21.075 --> 00:44:22.843
It's the word of god.
00:44:22.843 --> 00:44:24.945
The bible says that in order to become a christian,
00:44:24.945 --> 00:44:27.815
Two agencies are involved: the holy spirit and the word.
00:44:27.815 --> 00:44:31.385
Now, how does that usually work?
00:44:31.385 --> 00:44:32.720
Someone has given you a scripture
00:44:32.720 --> 00:44:34.054
Or you've heard a scripture in church,
00:44:34.054 --> 00:44:36.190
And the spirit of god begins to work on you,
00:44:36.190 --> 00:44:38.459
And he takes the scripture that you've heard
00:44:38.459 --> 00:44:39.993
And he drills it into your heart,
00:44:39.993 --> 00:44:42.162
And you become convicted of your need
00:44:42.162 --> 00:44:43.731
And you become a christian.
00:44:43.731 --> 00:44:45.299
The things that bring a person to christ
00:44:45.299 --> 00:44:47.101
Are the word of god and the holy spirit.
00:44:47.101 --> 00:44:49.737
So, according to john, we were brought into existence
00:44:49.737 --> 00:44:53.574
Spiritually by the word of god.
00:44:53.574 --> 00:44:55.676
The water is the word.
00:44:55.676 --> 00:44:57.010
So what jesus said to nicodemus was
00:44:57.010 --> 00:44:58.579
"nicodemus, you can't be born unless you're born
00:44:58.579 --> 00:45:01.081
Of the spirit and of the word,"
00:45:01.081 --> 00:45:02.950
And it works like this.
00:45:02.950 --> 00:45:05.018
The word of god is preached or read or heard,
00:45:05.018 --> 00:45:08.021
And the spirit of god takes the word of god
00:45:08.021 --> 00:45:09.857
And strikes fire in the heart of a person
00:45:09.857 --> 00:45:11.892
And they become a christian.
00:45:11.892 --> 00:45:14.061
Somebody asked me once, "why do you keep on preaching
00:45:14.061 --> 00:45:16.296
The bible, jeremiah?
00:45:16.296 --> 00:45:18.832
Don't you know any other book?
00:45:18.832 --> 00:45:20.267
Don't you get tired of preaching the same old book?"
00:45:20.267 --> 00:45:23.370
Here's my answer.
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I'm hoping to live to be about 150, but even if i do,
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And only just be getting started in the word of god.
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I'm continually awed and amazed at how god takes his word
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And uses it to bring people to faith in jesus christ.
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Someone said, "what's your evangelism program
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At your church?"
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Well, we try to encourage people, teach people,
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Reach people, but we have a continual stream of people
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Coming to christ,
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And there's only one explanation for it.
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We have a steady diet of the word of god.
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It is the word of god that is continually bringing
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Men and women to faith in jesus christ.
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If you don't use the word of god to communicate spiritual truth,
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You take the holy spirit out of his environment.
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The only way the holy spirit can work
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In the heart of a person is if the word of god is present.
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If you take the holy spirit out of his arena,
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Then you've got nothing.
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But when the word of god is preached
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And the spirit of god uses that word
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To bring about conversion,
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He does so in the hearts of those who listen.
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I just keep preaching the word of god.
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I'm never going to quit preaching the word of god.
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In nashville, tennessee, a man came up to me and said,
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"i'm a long-haul trucker,
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And i got saved listening to you on the radio.
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I started listening to you once
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When i was flipping the dial around,
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And then i started listening every day,
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And one day it just all made sense to me,
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And i pulled my rig at the rest stop
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And gave my heart to jesus christ."
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We get countless testimonies like that
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From all over the country.
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What brought this man to conviction?
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Just the word of god.
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I couldn't do it.
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I've never seen the guy before in my life.
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He didn't find the new birth through listening
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To david jeremiah fill airtime on the radio.
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No, through the medium of radio,
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He heard the word of god and his life was transformed.
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If i told you all the experiences like that
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We've cataloged just from preaching the bible,
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You would understand, as i understand,
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That the most powerful thing i can ever do
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Is just teach the word of god.
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God blesses his word.
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It's impossible for anybody to be saved without it,
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And you have to be born of the water and of the spirit.
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I want you to take a moment and think about anybody you know
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Who you would think would be the best candidate
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For least likely to become a christian.
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You got any people you know like that,
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And you work with them,
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That person is the least likely person
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To ever be saved that i've ever met in my life.
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Do you know what? god loves things like that.
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He loves to take that least likely person
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And shove it in your face.
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Let me give you an illustration.
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If you had asked that question of the believers
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In the early chapter of acts,
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Saul of tarsus would have made every list.
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In acts 9, dr. luke, the author of the book of acts,
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Relates christ's confrontation with this unlikely candidate
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For grace.
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Saul was a religious fanatic
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Who thought he was gaining points with god
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By persecuting, jailing,
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And brutally exterminating christians.
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It was his passion.
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He chased christians down in jerusalem,
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And he was willing to travel to distant cities
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To carry out his campaign of terror.
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But one day on his way to damascus
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To pursue yet another group of believers,
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He suddenly came face to face with the risen christ,
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And he fell to the ground.
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He had a miraculous experience with almighty god
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Because the spirit of god and the word of god
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Came together and he was born again.
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He got up off his face,
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And after his blindness went away,
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You know the rest of the story.
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He became the greatest influence for the gospel of jesus christ
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Who ever walked on this earth apart from jesus christ himself.
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How do you explain that?
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How do you explain the greatest enemy of christianity
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Becoming its greatest advocate and apologist?
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I think god has a sense of humor, don't you?
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He had a miraculous inside-out experience.
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He was born again spiritually,
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And through that new birth his life was transformed.
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Yet this conversion seemed so remarkable and unbelievable
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To the disciples in jerusalem
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That when they heard that he had been saved
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And wanted to join them,
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They didn't want anything to do with him
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Because they didn't believe it.
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They couldn't believe that someone like paul
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Could have been changed so radically
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That they would be comfortable having him in their presence.
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And then there's nicodemus.
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He first came to jesus at night full of questions,
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But later in john 19, we find him in the daylight,
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Bringing a costly gift of spices
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To honor jesus's body after the crucifixion.
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And nicodemus, who at first came to jesus by night,
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Came also bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes,
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About 100 pounds.
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Nicodemus moved from curiosity to courage.
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And i believe he became a christian,
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That he had the new birth jesus had explained to him.
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I could go through the new testament,
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But i could also go through more recent history
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And tell you about the people i know.
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I might even put one of you on my list
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If i know your story.
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"i wasn't running toward god," you might say.
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"i was running away from him, for somehow the spirit of god
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And the word of god came together in my life,
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And i found salvation.
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I was born into the family of god,
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And my life has been totally changed."
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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Only eternity will allow us enough time to hear
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All the stories.
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I'm sure that will occupy
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Some of our conversations in heaven.
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Places where boys and girls all over the world
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Have experienced regeneration
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Through the new birth into god's family.
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I'm not talking about personal reformation.
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I'm not talking about cleaning up your act.
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I'm not talking about turning over a new leaf.
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I'm not talking about trying to do better.
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I'm not talking about going to some religious class
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Or catechism or spiritual seminar.
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I'm talking about a grade a-miracle.
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I'm talking about being born again
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Into a new family, whether you are 14, 44, or 84.
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It still works-- this gospel that we preach.
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[congregation applauding]
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It isn't completely different from physical birth.
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The baby doesn't conceive itself.
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It is accomplished through the mother
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And the father.
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The baby doesn't birth itself.
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It is done through the mother's labor.
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And though there is a process that leads up to the birth,
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There is a moment in time, and i noticed at the hospitals
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How they write down the exact time.
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And when you get the paper, the birth certificate,
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The exact time is on there.
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And they think it is very important
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To note the day and the time.
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We don't have any problem understanding
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That physical birth begins at a point in time.
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There's a process leading up to it,
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But there's a point in time when it happens.
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But there is also a point in time
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When new birth takes place.
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You know, i hear people say,
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"well, i've always been a christian."
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That's like saying, "i've always been born."
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No, you haven't always been a christian.
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You can't always be born.
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You get born at a period of time.
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You say, "well, i think i'm a christian,
00:52:42.576 --> 00:52:44.277
But i don't remember the time."
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The important thing is not that you can name
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The day and hour,
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But that there was a real point in time when it happened.
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It's very different to say, "i don't remember the exact date,"
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Than it is to say, "i've always been a christian."
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If you're here today and you grew up in a good family,
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Gone to church most of your life,
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And you think because of that you're a christian,
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You're wrong.
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The bible says you don't get to be a christian
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By being born in a good family.
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God doesn't have any grandchildren.
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He only has children.
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So if you're not born again, you need to get born again.
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Maybe you can say, "pastor jeremiah,
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I never heard anything like this before."
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Well, that's good. that's why you came to church.
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That's why god brought you here today.
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If you can't remember or if you aren't sure,
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That's all right too.
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You can take care of it today.
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Let me tell you about something that happened to me.
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I grew up in a pastor's home.
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And my father preached sort of like i do,
00:53:40.767 --> 00:53:44.004
Maybe a little more vigorously and evangelistically.
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He gave an invitation, and when my father
00:53:47.374 --> 00:53:50.010
Would give an invitation as a young boy,
00:53:50.010 --> 00:53:51.478
I'd be sitting with my mother
00:53:51.478 --> 00:53:52.812
And i could see how happy it made him
00:53:52.812 --> 00:53:56.449
When people came forward,
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And i kept asking my mother, "can i go?"
00:53:57.784 --> 00:54:00.053
So when i was little, i went.
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I didn't know what i was doing.
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I just went through it.
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I think that happened to me a couple of other times,
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And i hear people say that all the time:
00:54:08.395 --> 00:54:09.896
"what do you do when your children are so small
00:54:09.896 --> 00:54:11.531
And they want to make a decision?"
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Those are sometimes called pre-conversion experiences.
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Don't ever discourage that.
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For me, i didn't understand it.
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I was baptized as a child.
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But i didn't understand it.
00:54:24.844 --> 00:54:26.413
When i was 13 years old, i became a christian
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And i understood what it meant, and i was baptized again.
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So i am a twice-baptized baptist preacher.
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But i would never go back and do it any other way.
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I don't care what you think or what others think.
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If you're not sure, you should get sure.
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Have you had a spiritual birthday?
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Has there been a time in your life when you prayed
00:54:50.103 --> 00:54:52.572
And asked jesus christ to become your savior?
00:54:52.572 --> 00:54:54.808
If you haven't done that, you need to do it.
00:54:54.808 --> 00:54:57.477
You need to take note of it,
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Write it in the front of your bible
00:54:58.912 --> 00:55:01.047
And record your spiritual birthday,
00:55:01.047 --> 00:55:02.882
Because if you've only been born once,
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You've got to die twice.
00:55:04.884 --> 00:55:06.886
I want you to have two birthdays.
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And then all will happen is if you don't see the rapture,
00:55:09.289 --> 00:55:12.392
You'll die someday,
00:55:12.392 --> 00:55:13.993
But you won't die the second time,
00:55:13.993 --> 00:55:15.328
You'll go to be with the lord.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it's a good day for a birthday.
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It's a good day for a birthday.
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Dr. jeremiah: the word of god says
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That every believer, no matter who we are,
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No matter how long we've been saved,
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Is commanded to be filled and controlled
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By the holy spirit.
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Dr. jeremiah: we don't fill ourselves.
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The holy spirit is given to us by god,
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And we pray, and god fills us with his spirit
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So that we're controlled by the spirit.
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"the filling of the spirit," here on "turning point."
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David Jeremiah - Born of the Spirit

May 30, 2026 | 57:29

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