David Jeremiah - The Fruit of the Spirit

June 27, 2026 | 57:29

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - The Fruit of the Spirit | June 27, 2026

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♪♪♪
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Dr. david jeremiah: hello, i'm david jeremiah.
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As america marks 250 years, this ought to be a moment
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Not for anger but for prayer, not for division but for grace.
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You see, the best way to honor our country
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Is to live out our faith with courage, conviction,
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And humility.
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In a time when many voices seek to pull us apart,
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We must remember this:
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Every person is made in the image of god
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And should be treated with dignity and respect.
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So let us ask the lord to help us walk in truth,
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Speak with grace, and demonstrate
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The kind of character that can strengthen a nation.
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And may god bless america.
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Dr. jeremiah: many would say, "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 and perhaps
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The most misunderstood 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,
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And experience his presence and power as never before.
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♪ when all i see is the battle ♪
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♪ you see my victory ♪
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♪ when all i see is a mountain ♪
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♪ you see a mountain moved ♪
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♪ and as i walk through the shadow ♪
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♪ your love surrounds me ♪
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♪ there's nothing to fear now ♪
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♪ for i am safe with you ♪
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♪ so when i fight ♪
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♪ i'll fight on my knees ♪
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♪ with my hands lifted high ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪ and every fear ♪
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♪ i lay at your feet ♪
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♪ i'll sing through the night ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ and if you are for me ♪
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♪ who can be against me? ♪
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♪ for jesus, there's nothing ♪
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♪ impossible for you ♪
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♪ when all i see are the ashes ♪
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♪ you see the beauty ♪
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♪ when all i see is a cross, god ♪
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♪ god, you see the empty tomb ♪
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♪ so when i fight ♪
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♪ i'll fight on my knees ♪
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♪ with my hands lifted high ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪ and every fear ♪
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♪ i lay at your feet ♪
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♪ i'll sing through the night ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ almighty fortress ♪
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♪ you go before us ♪
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♪ nothing can stand against the power of our god ♪
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♪ you shine in the shadow ♪
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♪ you win every battle ♪
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♪ nothing can stand against the power of our god ♪
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♪ almighty fortress ♪
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♪ you go before us ♪
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♪ nothing can stand against the power of our god ♪
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♪ you shine in the shadow ♪
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♪ you win every battle ♪
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♪ nothing can stand against the power of our god ♪
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♪ almighty fortress ♪
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♪ you go before us ♪
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♪ nothing can stand against the power of our god ♪
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♪ you shine in the shadow ♪
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♪ you win every battle ♪
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♪ nothing can stand against the power of our god ♪
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♪ so when i fight ♪
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♪ i'll fight on my knees ♪
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♪ with my hands lifted high ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪ and every fear ♪
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♪ i lay at your feet ♪
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♪ i'll sing through the night ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪ so when i fight ♪
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♪ i'll fight on my knees ♪
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♪ with my hands lifted high ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪
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♪ and every fear ♪
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♪ i lay at your feet ♪
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♪ i'll sing through the night ♪
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♪ o god, the battle belongs to you ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: the bible doesn't say,
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"do not fulfill the desires of the flesh,"
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Although that would be a good command.
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No, it says, "walk in the spirit
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And you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh."
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Don't concentrate on the negative things,
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Concentrate on the positive things.
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Fill your life with the fruit of the spirit,
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And the other things will be pushed out of existence.
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They will just go away.
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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 jesus promised,
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Because you may not know the holy spirit
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As well as you think,
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But once you do, you'll never be the same.
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♪♪♪
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♪ my longing for love wouldn't go away ♪
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♪ i was desperate, searching, broken by pain ♪
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♪ looking for answers but nothing seemed right ♪
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♪ where was my answer? ♪
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♪ what was my life? ♪
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♪ blinded by sin, i was lost, couldn't see ♪
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♪ until i turned my eyes to calvary ♪
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♪ oh, the cross where jesus died ♪
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♪ he shed his blood ♪
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♪ gave his life for you and i ♪
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♪ my sins erased, no longer lost ♪
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♪ my debt was paid ♪
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♪ i am saved ♪
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♪ oh, the cross ♪
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♪ day after day as i live my life ♪
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♪ i find heartache and trouble ♪
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♪ and battles to fight ♪
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♪ when fear tries to grip me and i feel alone ♪
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♪ jesus is with me ♪
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♪ and i'm not on my own ♪
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♪ now i can say in my heart i believe ♪
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♪ that my life has been changed because of calvary ♪
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♪ that my life has been changed because of calvary ♪
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♪ oh, the cross where jesus died ♪
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♪ he shed his blood ♪
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♪ gave his life for you and i ♪
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♪ my sins erased, no longer lost ♪
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♪ my debt was paid ♪
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♪ i am saved ♪
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♪ oh, the cross ♪
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♪ oh, the cross where jesus died ♪
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♪ he shed his blood ♪
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♪ gave his life for you and i ♪
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♪ my sins erased no longer lost ♪
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♪ my debt was paid ♪
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♪ i am saved ♪
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♪ i am saved ♪
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♪ oh, the cross where jesus died ♪
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♪ oh, he gave his life for you and i ♪
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♪ my sins erased ♪
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♪ no longer lost ♪
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♪ no longer lost ♪
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♪ my debt is paid ♪
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♪ i am saved ♪
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♪ oh, the cross ♪
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[congregation applauding]
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Taranda greene: hallelujah, he's worthy of our praise, amen?
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Stand to your feet as we continue to worship.
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Because of the cross, because of the empty tomb,
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We know that our savior is alive,
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And that's what this song says.
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Join us in worship as we sing,
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"because he lives i can face tomorrow."
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♪ god sent his son ♪
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♪ they called him jesus ♪
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♪ he came to love ♪
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♪ heal and forgive ♪
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♪ he lived and died ♪
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♪ to buy my pardon ♪
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♪ an empty grave is there ♪
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♪ to prove my savior lives ♪
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Taranda: oh, come on, sing it out.
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♪ because he lives ♪
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♪ i can face tomorrow ♪
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♪ because he lives ♪
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♪ all fear is gone ♪
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♪ because i know ♪
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♪ he holds the future ♪
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♪ and life is worth the living ♪
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♪ just because he lives ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ and then one day ♪
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♪ i'll cross the river ♪
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♪ i'll fight life's final war with pain ♪
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♪ and then as death ♪
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♪ gives way to victory ♪
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♪ i'll see the lights of glory ♪
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♪ and i'll know he lives ♪
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♪ because he lives ♪
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♪ i can face tomorrow ♪
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♪ because he lives ♪
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♪ all fear is gone ♪
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♪ because i know ♪
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♪ he holds the future ♪
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♪ and life is worth the living ♪
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♪ just because he lives ♪
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Taranda: come on, sing, "because he lives."
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♪ because he lives ♪
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♪ i can face tomorrow ♪
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♪ because he lives ♪
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♪ all fear is gone ♪
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♪ because i know ♪
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♪ he holds the future ♪
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♪ and life is worth the living ♪
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♪ just because he lives ♪
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♪ and life is worth the living ♪
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♪ just because he lives ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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[congregation applauding]
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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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And now here is dr. jeremiah with his message
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"the fruit of the spirit."
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Dr. jeremiah: during world war ii,
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A young teenager tried to enlist in the navy.
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He was only 15, but he was very large,
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And he told the recruiting officer
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In richmond, virginia, that he was 16.
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The officer looked at him and shook his head.
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He said, "sorry, son, you're not old enough."
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Two months later, he returned
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And the recruiter didn't seem to remember him,
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So this time he listed his age as 17.
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And again the answer was "sorry, you're not old enough."
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He waited a few weeks, came back again.
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This time, in reply to the recruiter's question,
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He said he was 18.
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The man looked at the teenager and he said,
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"young man, we would really like to have you in our navy.
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The only trouble is you're aging so fast
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We'd have to put you on pension after the first year."
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Wouldn't it be great if every believer
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Had that kind of desire to mature in the faith?
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Wouldn't it be great if we just automatically
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Grew spiritually like we automatically grow physically?
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It's sad, a little difficult to understand
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How many christians never seem to advance
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Beyond the entry level.
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In their walk with the lord,
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They have walked through the open door of salvation
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And stopped just inside and never gone any further.
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They're saved, they're on their way to heaven.
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They take that as a blessing and never try to add to it
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The blessings that go with the journey.
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You cannot faithfully study the scripture
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Without being challenged by the opportunities
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And excitement of growing to be like christ.
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The word of god paints a beautiful portrait
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Of what a christian person should look like,
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What a christian person should act like,
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And even what a christian person should feel like
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When they walk around in the world.
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And that's what we have when we talk about
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The fruit of the spirit.
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Galatians 5:22 introduces us to this subject,
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And it says this: "but the fruit of the spirit
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Is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness,
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Goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
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Against such there is no law."
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Don't miss the context of this powerful passage,
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Because right before this, you have another list
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That isn't attractive at all.
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Galatians 5:19-21 says: "now the works of the flesh
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Are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
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Uncleanness, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery,
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Hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath,
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Selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
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Envies, murders, drunkenness. revelries, and the like."
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According to the bible, we are either living
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According to one list
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Or we're living according to the other.
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The fruit of the spirit and the lust of the flesh
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Don't mesh anyplace in between.
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Paul paints the dark backdrop of this life
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Apart from the holy spirit
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So that we can really appreciate what happens
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When we let the spirit of god control us
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And begin to exhibit his qualities in our life.
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We begin to move from one list to the other.
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We begin to have different qualities of life
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Than we had before.
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Fruit is something you can observe.
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That's why this is such a good illustration.
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It isn't concealed or secret.
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You walk by the tree, there it is.
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In the same way, if a person is walking
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In the spirit of god, there will be visible,
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Recognizable evidences of this in his or her life.
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How then is this fruit displayed?
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Well, the fruit of the spirit is always displayed
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In the context of relationships with others.
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You don't bear fruit simply for yourself.
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You bear fruit in your life so that you might have
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The opportunity to touch the lives of others.
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Through the inspiration of the holy spirit,
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Paul organized the fruit of the spirit
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In a very special way.
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I want you to imagine with me
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Three different branches on this tree,
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And three pieces of fruit on each branch.
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On that first branch, there are three pieces of fruit
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That describe our personal experience with god.
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On the next branch, there are three pieces of fruit
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That describe our personal relationships with each other.
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And on the third branch, three pieces of fruit
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That describe our personal development as people.
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Or to put it simply, the first group
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Is fruit toward god,
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The second group is fruit toward others,
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And the third group is fruit toward ourselves.
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Let's notice, first of all, our personal experience
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With god.
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The bible says that when we are filled with the spirit,
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It will not be an academic thing
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Or an intellectual exercise.
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Wherever the spirit of god moves,
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There is an impact on life.
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Paul says that, when you are filled with the spirit of god,
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It will directly mark your own personal experience,
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And whatever your life may have been known
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For previously, your life in the spirit
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Will be characterized by love, joy, and peace.
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He says the fruit of the spirit is love.
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When you study the concept of love
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In the new testament,
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You learn it is the primary commandment
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That god has given to us.
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Do you remember when the lawyer came to jesus
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And he said, "what is the greatest commandment?"
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And jesus said, "you shall love the lord your god
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With all your heart and with all your soul
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And with all your mind."
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What is the greatest commandment?
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The greatest commandment according to jesus is to love.
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Not only is it the priority commandment,
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It's the perfect gift.
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In 1 corinthians, paul teaches about spiritual gifts,
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But when he reaches the end of chapter 12,
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After listing all the gifts,
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He says, "but i want to show you a more excellent way."
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And what is that more excellent way?
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It's 1 corinthians 13, which we call the love chapter.
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Paul explains that you can have every spiritual gift
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That you can imagine, but if you don't have love,
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You've missed it all.
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God gives agape love as his perfect gift.
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So it's the priority commandment,
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It's the perfect gift,
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But it's also the permanent virtue.
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Read through that chapter, 1 corinthians 13.
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It's often read at weddings to describe
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What love is supposed to be like.
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When you get to the end of it,
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In its summary statement, the apostle says,
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"and now abide faith, hope, and love,"
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And what is the rest of it?
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Verse 13 says, "but the greatest of these is love."
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Finally--and this is the thing i think shocks a lot of people--
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Love is the proof of your faith.
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You wanna know if somebody's a christian?
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Here's how you tell.
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"by this all will know that you are my disciples,
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If you have love one for another."
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The bible says that if we say we are christians
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And we don't love other christians,
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Our salvation is in doubt.
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The bible says if you want to know
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If someone's a christian,
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Find out how they deal with other christians.
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It's the placard that you wear that says,
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"i am a christian," when you love other christians.
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Listen to it again.
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The bible says: "by this will people know
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That you are my disciples."
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How will they know?
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Not by what you say, not by going to church,
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Not by doing good things.
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No, the bible says that the proof
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Of your christianity is your love for one another.
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You cannot be a real christian and not have love in your heart
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For other christians.
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Jesus said this in john 15:11:
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"these things i have spoken to you,
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That my joy may remain in you, and that you may have joy too."
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So after love, we come to the fruit of the spirit is joy.
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Sherwood wirt once wrote a whole book on the subject.
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I remember reading it years ago.
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He pointed out that, in the bible,
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Joy is listed 542 times.
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Experienced in these words is gladness, delight,
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Pleasure, laughter, merry, happy, and many others.
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In other words, i made an incredible discovery.
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I discovered that the bible is a book of joy,
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And when you read the bible,
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It should bring happiness and joy to your life.
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And we ought to be people of joy.
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The bible says one of the evidences
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Of the spirit-filled life is joy.
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Just like love, so is joy.
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We should be happy people.
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The words "joy" and "happiness" are used interchangeably
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In the bible.
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There is no such thing as two qualities
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Of happiness and joy.
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If you know jesus and he's reigning in your life,
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You will have joy and it will make you happy.
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And there's nothing wrong with being happy.
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In fact, it's a good thing.
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What kind of joy do we have as christians?
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We have the joy of the lord jesus christ.
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It's centered in christ, it's complete,
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And it's absolute.
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Did you notice that the last part of the verse
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I just quoted, the bible says that our joy in jesus christ
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Is full joy, absolute joy.
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In 1 peter 1:8, we read these words:
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"though you now do not see him,
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Yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible
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And full of glory."
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The bible says the joy we have is inexpressible,
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That means you can't put it into words.
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It's joy that bubbles up
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From a well deeper than your own understanding
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Or your intellect.
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If you tried to write about that joy,
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You'd have to throw down your pencil
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After a few sentences, in frustration.
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You're gonna have to say, "i just can't do it.
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No matter how i try to say it, it falls short."
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When you know jesus christ,
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He gives you a deep-centered joy in your heart,
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And that joy is not just about the things
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That are happening around you,
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It's about your relationship with christ.
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Joy has nothing to do whether or not
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You are pleased with your particular life situation.
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Joy is that deep-seated sense of well-being that's in you
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And that sustains you
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No matter what's happening on the outside.
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Whatever your set of circumstances,
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You can sing with all of your heart,
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"it is well with my soul."
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I've often said if you can sing that, everything else is okay.
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Joy isn't always laughter, it isn't always noisy,
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It isn't always hilarity.
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Sometimes it's very quiet, very personal.
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Sometimes it may be mixed with some tears,
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But it is real because it is centered in jesus.
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I know you know that i love some songs more than others,
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And my song for this year is
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"jesus, you're the center of my joy."
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According to this text, jesus is the center of our joy.
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Everything else might be going south,
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But if you know jesus,
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You know that he's with you every step of the way.
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And then there's this verse in nehemiah
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That should grab hold of our hearts
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When it comes to joy.
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I think i'm getting to understand it.
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Nehemiah 8:10 says: "the joy of the lord is your strength."
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You want to have strength to face the things of life,
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The bible says, "the joy of the lord is your strength."
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How many of you know we need strength in the days
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In which we live?
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The bible says: "cultivate the spirit of joy in your heart,
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And it will give you the strength
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For every day of your life."
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The fruit of the spirit is love.
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The fruit of the spirit is joy.
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And the third quality that has to do with
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Our relationship with god
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Is the fruit of the spirit is peace.
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Peace is the third fruit on the first cluster of fruit.
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When i am filled with the spirit of god,
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I will be described as a loving person,
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I will have joy, and i'll have a sense of peace in my life.
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The greek word for peace is eirene,
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Which means to join together,
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And it paints the picture of two things
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That once were separated but now are reconciled.
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Peace is knowing that the god you were once separated from,
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You are now joined together with through jesus christ.
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Romans says it this way:
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"therefore, having been justified by faith,
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We have peace with god through our lord jesus christ."
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So this is such a wonderful picture
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Of the christian who is spirit-filled.
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Jesus said, "peace i leave with you,
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My peace i give to you;
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Not as the world gives do i give to you.
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Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
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The peace we possess is his peace.
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It's complete, it's absolute.
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David described it in terms that will resonate
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With all of us: "i will both lie down in peace, and sleep;
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For you alone, o lord, make me dwell in safety."
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The bible says if you have the peace of god,
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You shouldn't stay awake all night,
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Stressed out over what's going on in life.
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Every once in a while, we will have a sleepless night,
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But i can honestly tell you, i don't struggle to sleep.
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I can fall asleep just like that...
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That's not just a physical thing.
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When you know it's right between you and god,
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You have peace.
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This week, god told me to do two things,
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And i didn't hear them audibly; i just felt them in my heart.
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I did those two things. they were kind of unusual.
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And do you know what happened when i did that?
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I had this sense of peace come over me,
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A sense of peace that just flooded my heart.
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You know why?
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Because what i did was a good thing
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And it was god's instruction to me to do it.
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Sometimes you think you hear god,
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And you push it away and you don't do it,
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And you don't get peace when you do that.
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God does speak to us sometimes through his word,
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Sometimes through a message, sometimes through music.
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And when he does, and we hear the nudge of the spirit
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In our heart to do something,
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If you want to have real peace, don't procrastinate, just do it.
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And the lord god will fill you with his peace.
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So we have joy, we have love, we have peace.
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Isn't that an encouraging thing?
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John 16:33 says: "in me you may have peace.
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In the world you will have tribulation."
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He says, "in me you've got peace.
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In the world you've got tribulation;
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But be of good cheer, i have overcome the world."
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I was teaching on this not long ago,
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And it suddenly dawned on me
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That there was a very special lesson
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Hidden in this verse, and here it is.
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If you read this verse, you should expect it to say,
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"in me you have peace.
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In the world you have tribulation;
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But be of good cheer, i have overcome tribulation."
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But it doesn't say that.
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It says, "i have overcome the world."
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Listen to me, you guys.
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When we have the peace of god,
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He doesn't just overcome tribulation,
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He overcomes the world
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In which the tribulation happens.
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He really does do that.
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This should strengthen our faith in god.
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Be of good cheer, take heart, says the scripture,
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Because our lord is bigger than any circumstance
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In which we could ever find ourselves.
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In philippians 4:7, paul says that this peace
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Is a peace that surpasses all understanding.
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In other words, it doesn't make a bit of earthly sense.
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It isn't logical. it doesn't add up.
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It doesn't square with circumstances.
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It's as real as this morning's sunrise.
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Philippians 4:7 goes on to say that "this peace will guard
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Your heart and your mind through jesus christ."
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Praise god for his peace.
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You may be asking, "are those things--
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That love and joy and peace-- ever interrupted?"
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Of course they are.
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We're flawed human beings
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And sometimes we have to go through
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Spiritual breathing again, don't we?
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We have to exhale sin and inhale
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The fullness of the holy spirit.
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But when you are filled with the spirit,
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When you are walking the spirit-filled life,
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These three things will little by little
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Take over who you are.
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You'll be a person of love, you'll be a person of joy,
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And you'll be a person of peace.
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And if you're a christian
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And you started to walk with the lord,
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You should begin to sense those things kind of moving
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Into your spirit and taking over in your life.
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That's fruit toward god.
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Now, the next section is a little more personal
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And a great deal more convicting.
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Because our personal experience with god is followed
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By our personal experience and relationship with others.
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Love, joy, and peace are godward,
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But the next three are man-ward.
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These are three characteristics that will exhibit in your life
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With regard to other people.
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Here's the first one. are you ready for this?
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The fruit of the spirit is long-suffering.
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That's a wonderful word.
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It's a word for patience, but in the greek language
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It's actually two words blended into one: macrothumia.
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The word "macro" in the greek language
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Means long, and the word "thumia"
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Means heat or temper.
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So the word "long-suffering" means
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To have a long temper.
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When i grew up in the midwest, in ohio,
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Firecrackers were both legal and plentiful.
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And because of that, i am very grateful to have
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All the digits on both of my hands.
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I have lit firecrackers that almost blew up in my hands.
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Did you ever light a firecracker with a short fuse?
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You touch a match to it and bam, it goes off
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And almost in your face or in your hand.
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You know, some people have short fuses too,
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And that's what this is about.
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Long-suffering means to be long-tempered, to be patient.
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It's not much fun to be around someone who is short fused.
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You find yourself wincing when something goes wrong.
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When will he blow?
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When will she go ballistic?
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The slightest little spark can trigger an explosion,
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And i'm talking about christian people here.
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The people get hurt in the explosion,
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And if you're walking with the lord,
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You get embarrassed.
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One writer defines long-suffering
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As self-restraint that doesn't retaliate
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When wronged.
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Paul prayed for this when he spoke to the colossians.
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He said, "i want you to be strengthened with all might,
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According to god's glorious power,
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For all patience and long-suffering with joy."
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When you are filled with the spirit of god,
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You relate to others with patience and grace
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Instead of losing your temper when things don't go your way.
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You may have a little trigger that goes off inside of you,
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But the spirit of god gets control of it
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Before it releases.
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You start to say something, but the word dies
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In your throat.
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You write that hot letter, and you throw it
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In the fireplace instead of in the mailbox,
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Or you compose that speech and you give it in the car
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When you're driving.
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I've actually done that and said it out loud
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And people looking at you like, "what is wrong with that man?"
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But you never deliver it.
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There are times when we will find ourselves
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In very volatile situations, sparks flying every which way,
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But the spirit of god can give us the strength to display
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Long-suffering in our lives.
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And when you are keeping your cool
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At the very moment when everybody else
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Is losing theirs, believe me,
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The spiritual fruit of long-suffering
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Will be very, very evident.
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You will stick out.
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If everybody else is going ballistic
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And you're sitting there or standing there
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With a smile on your face,
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Not getting involved in the reactions,
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Something's going on in that person's--that's different,
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And we know what that is.
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It's the spirit of god.
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Secondly, the fruit of the spirit is kindness.
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Someone has said that kindness is
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Like the impress on a coin which tells us who the owner is.
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Kindness is the impression of god
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Upon his creatures because, you see, god is kind.
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The virtue of kindness is becoming more and more
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Unusual in our world.
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What were once common courtesies are becoming most uncommon.
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We seem to live in an angry world,
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A world with a chip on its shoulder,
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A world that's in a big hurry.
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You know what happens when something
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Becomes increasingly rare, don't you?
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It becomes increasingly valued and treasured.
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A person who has kindness is a great treasure.
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I remember the first verse-- i think it's the first verse
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I ever learned as a child.
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It was in kindergarten and sunday school,
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And it was ephesians 4:32: "be kind to one another."
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I think you need that in the nursery.
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You need that in sunday school. you need it as you grow up.
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You need it for the rest of your life.
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"be kind to one another."
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John wesley was said to be one of the kindest men
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Who ever lived.
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He was a strong preacher.
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I mean, he was a vigorous champion
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For the faith,
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And yet on an individual basis,
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Those who were around him knew they were
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In the presence of a deeply kind man.
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Wesley had a little rule of life for himself
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That he sought to live by in the strength
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Of the spirit.
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This was his motto,
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And i'm going to put this up on the screen:
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"do all the good you can by all the means you can
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In all the places you can at all the times you can
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To all the people you can as long as you can."
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That is a pretty good motto to live by, isn't it?
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"do all the good you can by all the means you can
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In all the places you can at all the times you can
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To all the people you can for as long as you ever can."
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Be kind.
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In other words, be kind in your home,
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Be kind in your workplace, be kind wherever you are.
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Be filled with the spirit of god
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And your relationship with others
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Will be long-suffering and kindness.
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And then the third one on the second branch of fruit
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Is the fruit of the spirit is goodness.
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Have you ever heard somebody say about someone
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"he's a good man" or "she's a good woman"?
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That's what they should say about us
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When we're spirit-controlled.
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That doesn't mean we're perfect.
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That doesn't mean we don't make mistakes,
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But men and women who are filled with the holy spirit
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Are just good people.
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The fruit of their goodness is obvious everywhere they go.
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Don't you just like to be around good people,
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People with long tempers, people who are courteous
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And considerate?
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Praise god for people like that.
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They bring glory to the name of their master
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And the one who has called himself the good shepherd.
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We've seen the first two clusters of fruit:
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Love, joy, and peace;
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And the second: long-suffering, kindness, and goodness.
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The first was our relationship with god,
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The second was our relationship with others,
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And the third is our relationship with ourself.
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Listen to this.
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This final part of this trilogy,
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The fruit of the spirit arranged in three sets of three.
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The fruit of the spirit, first of all, is faithfulness.
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When i first began to study this,
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I thought the word was "faith,"
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But when i studied it more carefully,
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It is really the word "faithfulness."
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Faith is a theological term; faithfulness is an ethical term.
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Faith is what you believe, and faithfulness
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Is how you live out what you believe.
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Paul is saying that when you are filled
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With the spirit of god,
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You will be growing more and more
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Into the kind of person of whom it is said,
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"he is a faithful guy.
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He has integrity."
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Or "when she says she'll do it, she always does it."
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In other words, fidelity is produced
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In your life by the holy spirit
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As you walk with him.
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Proverbs 20, verse 6, asks a question.
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It says this: "who can find a faithful man?"
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Pastors and leaders of every sort
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Are always looking for such people.
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When we hire staff here, we want people who are faithful,
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Who show up every sunday and throughout the week
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And do the things they're committed to do.
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We need faithful men and women of god.
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The bible says when the spirit of god controls you,
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One of the developing virtues in your life
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Is the virtue of faithfulness.
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You become a person who can be counted on,
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Trusted in.
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Your handshake is for real, and people know about you,
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This truth: whatever that man says,
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You can count on it, he will do it.
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If he says he'll show up, he'll show up.
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And we need more of that in our lives,
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Not just in the church but in everyday life--
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To be people of integrity,
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To do what we say we're going to do.
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The fruit of the spirit for our own selves
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Is to be faithful men and women.
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Then it says: "in the spirit of meekness."
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I have struggled all my life as a pastor
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Trying to help people understand that meek is not weak.
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The bible says that meek means to have great power
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Under control.
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Meek means that you have the capacity
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To do great things,
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But you don't always have to be doing those things
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To prove that you have the power.
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The lord jesus christ was considered
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A man who was meek.
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In matthew 11:29, we read: "take my yoke upon you
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And learn from me,
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For i am gentle and meek in heart,
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And you will find rest for your soul."
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Was jesus weak?
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Watch him in the temple, you guys.
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Watch him in there with his whip,
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Cleaning out the temple.
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There was not a weak thing about him.
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He was a strong, virile man who was impressive
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In his strength.
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Aristotle wrote this about weakness.
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He said: "a meek person is neither too hasty tempered
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Nor too slow tempered.
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Meekness doesn't get angry with people
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It ought not to get angry with,
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And it does not fail to get angry
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With people it ought to get angry with.
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The man who is meek is the man who feels anger
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At the right grounds against the right person
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In the right manner at the right moment
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For the right time."
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Jesus was meek.
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He had the greatest possible strength available to him.
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The bible says that when he was on the cross,
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He could have called legions of angels
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To come to his aid, but he did not.
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Could he have done it?
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Yes, he had the power to do it, but he did not do it.
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He stayed on that cross and he died
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So that you and i could go to heaven.
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He expressed meekness in his death,
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Even though he had the power to do whatever he wanted to.
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He could have called the angels and been delivered immediately,
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But he was meek.
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He had power under control.
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And finally, the fruit of the spirit is self-control.
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Have you ever taken hold of your life
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By the power of the holy spirit?
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Are you constantly getting chewed up and beat up
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In some thing that you do
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Because the discipline of the spirit of god
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Wants to develop within you
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Something that you won't let him develop?
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You cannot let your body tell you what to do.
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Your body will always want to help you get off easy.
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"take another hour in the bed."
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Well, that means you won't be able to--
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"yeah, i know, but i'm tired."
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You need to walk, because if you don't walk,
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You're not going to walk again.
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"but i don't feel like walking."
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Body, get going. walk.
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Paul said it this way. he said, "i keep my body under."
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What does that mean? under control.
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Paul said, "i don't let my body take over my life.
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I allow my body to do the things
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That i know i'm supposed to do, and i am in control of my body."
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Paul may not have been the first,
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And he certainly wasn't the last preacher
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To make use of sports in his sermons.
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Nevertheless, his analogy is classic.
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Listen to this passage.
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1 corinthians 9: "don't you realize that in a race
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Everyone runs,
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But only one person gets the prize?
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So run to win!
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All athletes are disciplined in their training.
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They do it to win a prize that will fade away,
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But we do it for our eternal prize.
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So i run with purpose in every step.
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I'm not just shadowboxing.
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I discipline my body like an athlete,
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Training it to do what it should.
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Otherwise, i fear that after preaching to others
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I myself might be disqualified."
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Who receives the prize?
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The person who enters strict training,
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The person who is temperate and self-controlled.
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In athletics, you have to discipline yourself
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For the goal.
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And paul says that when you're filled
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With the spirit, you take control of your life.
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Who is my greatest enemy? it's me.
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Who is your greatest enemy? it's you.
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Who is my greatest challenge in ministry and in life?
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It's me.
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The spirit of god wants to gain more and more control
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Over my life.
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It's not really self-control as much as it is spirit-control.
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Amy carmichael, who has written so many wonderful thoughts
00:49:37.257 --> 00:49:41.294
About our walk with the lord,
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Wrote this little poem as her prayer.
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She said, "god, harden me against myself.
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The coward with pathetic voice
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Who craves for ease and rest and joy.
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Myself, arch-traitor to myself,
00:49:58.378 --> 00:50:00.947
My hollowest friend, my deadliest foe,
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My clog whatever road i go."
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She was honest.
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She was saying the challenge i have
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Is not the circumstances, it's not other people; it's me.
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Lord, help me to get control of me.
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Self-control means control of yourself,
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And that, the bible says,
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Can happen when you trust the holy spirit.
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You say, "well, i'm just not into
00:50:27.441 --> 00:50:28.775
All that discipline stuff, pastor."
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I don't know who is, but listen to me.
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I can tell you the holy spirit of god
00:50:33.146 --> 00:50:35.615
Can give you a disciplined life
00:50:35.615 --> 00:50:37.150
If you will yield yourself to him and say,
00:50:37.150 --> 00:50:40.420
"lord jesus, i'm not into this myself,
00:50:40.420 --> 00:50:42.422
But this is what i want more than anything else.
00:50:42.422 --> 00:50:45.525
I want a disciplined life that brings glory to god,"
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And he will provide that for you if you ask.
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Paul says that when you walk in the spirit,
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You will begin to notice certain things in your life.
00:50:54.935 --> 00:50:58.672
A little bit more love, a little bit more joy,
00:50:58.672 --> 00:51:02.542
A little bit more peace.
00:51:02.542 --> 00:51:04.311
In your relationships with other people,
00:51:04.311 --> 00:51:06.046
It may show itself a longer fuse than you used to have.
00:51:06.046 --> 00:51:09.883
You're not as touchy as you used to be.
00:51:09.883 --> 00:51:12.519
There's a spirit of kindness within you
00:51:12.519 --> 00:51:14.554
That you didn't notice before
00:51:14.554 --> 00:51:16.356
And a desire to help others that shows up as true goodness.
00:51:16.356 --> 00:51:20.794
In your personal walk with the lord,
00:51:20.794 --> 00:51:22.662
You discover a great degree of self-control.
00:51:22.662 --> 00:51:26.766
Where you used to shrug things off,
00:51:26.766 --> 00:51:28.435
You become more concerned about faithfulness
00:51:28.435 --> 00:51:30.637
And integrity.
00:51:30.637 --> 00:51:32.139
When you live in the spirit, those are the characteristics
00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:34.608
Of your life.
00:51:34.608 --> 00:51:35.942
You say, "will i get all the fruits
00:51:35.942 --> 00:51:37.277
In one big fruit basket with a bow on top?"
00:51:37.277 --> 00:51:40.046
No.
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"will god just lay it on my doorstep?
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Will it happen all at once?"
00:51:43.817 --> 00:51:45.285
Probably not.
00:51:45.285 --> 00:51:46.887
But when you are filled with the spirit,
00:51:46.887 --> 00:51:48.321
You begin to sense these things are happening
00:51:48.321 --> 00:51:50.457
In your life.
00:51:50.457 --> 00:51:51.791
The bible says old things are passing away.
00:51:51.791 --> 00:51:53.793
All things are becoming new.
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This is the opportunity we have.
00:51:55.962 --> 00:51:57.864
This is the goal that is set before us.
00:51:57.864 --> 00:52:00.300
Let the holy spirit control your life
00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:02.802
And become the person you always wanted to be
00:52:02.802 --> 00:52:05.005
In the first place.
00:52:05.005 --> 00:52:07.507
According to richard wentz, st. george by the vineyard
00:52:07.507 --> 00:52:11.311
Is an old church nestled in the foothills
00:52:11.311 --> 00:52:14.414
Of the allegheny mountains.
00:52:14.414 --> 00:52:16.583
This church owns a vineyard that locals say produce
00:52:16.583 --> 00:52:19.886
The most delicious grapes in the region.
00:52:19.886 --> 00:52:23.256
Every year, members of the church
00:52:23.256 --> 00:52:25.225
Gather to pick the fruit
00:52:25.225 --> 00:52:27.093
Or make wine that is said to be the best anywhere.
00:52:27.093 --> 00:52:31.097
People often wondered why the vineyard flourished,
00:52:31.097 --> 00:52:34.467
Because nobody ever took any care of it.
00:52:34.467 --> 00:52:36.436
There was nobody tending to it.
00:52:36.436 --> 00:52:38.572
Then old jeremy, the sexton of the church, died.
00:52:38.572 --> 00:52:42.209
His family had served as secton for the generations.
00:52:42.209 --> 00:52:45.579
He had quietly devoted his life to caring for the church.
00:52:45.579 --> 00:52:49.049
After his death, a note was found by his bed
00:52:49.049 --> 00:52:51.952
That read, "the key to everything
00:52:51.952 --> 00:52:54.621
Is under the altar."
00:52:54.621 --> 00:52:57.490
The senior warden searched and found a key,
00:52:57.490 --> 00:53:00.126
And beneath the altar a stone slab with stairs
00:53:00.126 --> 00:53:03.630
Leading down into a crypt.
00:53:03.630 --> 00:53:05.565
With flashlights, the group descended
00:53:05.565 --> 00:53:07.467
And discovered the sound of running water.
00:53:07.467 --> 00:53:10.470
There they found a spring along with a chart
00:53:10.470 --> 00:53:13.340
Showing how jeremy had faithfully
00:53:13.340 --> 00:53:15.575
Released its waters to irrigate the vineyard.
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That was the secret to its abundance,
00:53:19.846 --> 00:53:22.449
A hidden spring unseen but life-giving.
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So it is with us.
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The spirit of god within us is our hidden source of power.
00:53:28.221 --> 00:53:32.525
Others may not see where it comes from,
00:53:32.525 --> 00:53:34.995
But they will see its fruit.
00:53:34.995 --> 00:53:36.329
They will come up and say to you,
00:53:36.329 --> 00:53:38.265
"what's happened to you?
00:53:38.265 --> 00:53:39.599
Why are you the way you are?
00:53:39.599 --> 00:53:40.934
You used to be--" you will discover fruit:
00:53:40.934 --> 00:53:45.105
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
00:53:45.105 --> 00:53:48.141
Faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
00:53:48.141 --> 00:53:50.310
If you walk in the spirit,
00:53:50.310 --> 00:53:52.612
You will be too busy growing fruit
00:53:52.612 --> 00:53:54.447
To fulfill the desires of the flesh.
00:53:54.447 --> 00:53:57.083
Notice the bible doesn't say,
00:53:57.083 --> 00:53:59.753
"do not fulfill the desires of the flesh,"
00:53:59.753 --> 00:54:02.088
Although that would be a good command.
00:54:02.088 --> 00:54:04.124
No, it says, "walk in the spirit,
00:54:04.124 --> 00:54:06.793
And you will not fulfill the desires of the flesh."
00:54:06.793 --> 00:54:10.897
Don't concentrate on the negative things,
00:54:10.897 --> 00:54:12.899
Concentrate on the positive things.
00:54:12.899 --> 00:54:15.268
Fill your life with the fruit of the spirit
00:54:15.268 --> 00:54:17.137
And the other things will be pushed out of existence.
00:54:17.137 --> 00:54:20.407
They will just go away.
00:54:20.407 --> 00:54:22.642
The power of positive replacement
00:54:22.642 --> 00:54:26.212
In the ministry of the holy spirit.
00:54:26.212 --> 00:54:28.548
I speak of this, first of all,
00:54:28.548 --> 00:54:31.318
Out of my own desire to be that kind of person.
00:54:31.318 --> 00:54:34.688
I want to be that kind of person in my life.
00:54:34.688 --> 00:54:37.924
I believe i'm becoming that kind of a person.
00:54:37.924 --> 00:54:39.859
I want to continue to be that person.
00:54:39.859 --> 00:54:42.629
And more than anything else, i want you to have
00:54:42.629 --> 00:54:44.864
The opportunity to be people like that too.
00:54:44.864 --> 00:54:47.734
If you will just take god at his word and trust him
00:54:47.734 --> 00:54:51.071
And give him control of your life,
00:54:51.071 --> 00:54:53.873
You will begin to develop
00:54:53.873 --> 00:54:55.809
The things that you always wish you could do
00:54:55.809 --> 00:54:57.544
But could never do
00:54:57.544 --> 00:54:58.912
Because you don't have the strength
00:54:58.912 --> 00:55:00.280
To do it yourself.
00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:01.614
The spirit of god will empower you.
00:55:01.614 --> 00:55:04.184
The lord jesus christ is in the business
00:55:04.184 --> 00:55:06.286
Of transformation.
00:55:06.286 --> 00:55:08.121
He wants to make you a new person.
00:55:08.121 --> 00:55:11.791
You have to give him permission. give him permission to do that.
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Dr. jeremiah: what jesus was saying to his disciples
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David Jeremiah - The Fruit of the Spirit

June 27, 2026 | 57:29

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