David Jeremiah - The Illumination of the Spirit

June 13, 2026 | 57:29

In today’s turbulent times, Dr. David Jeremiah sheds light on this “world at the end” and how the people of God can follow Him through this unprecedented treacherous territory, showing us Where Do We Go From Here?

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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - The Illumination of the Spirit | June 13, 2026

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Dr. david jeremiah: many would say,
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"i believe in the holy spirit,"
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But my question is do you know the holy spirit?
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Do you know what he does, what he provides?
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He was there at creation.
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He came in power at pentecost.
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He's the most personal 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 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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♪ every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ every word of worship with one accord ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ sing hallelujah to our god ♪
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♪ glory hallelujah is due our god ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ every word of worship with one accord ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ sing hallelujah to our god ♪
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♪ glory hallelujah is due our god ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ every word of worship with one accord ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ sing hallelujah to our god ♪
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♪ glory hallelujah is due our god ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ god my savior ♪
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♪ god my healer ♪
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♪ god my deliverer ♪
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♪ yes he is, yes he is ♪
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♪ god my savior ♪
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♪ god my healer ♪
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♪ god my deliverer ♪
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♪ yes he is, yes he is ♪
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♪ yes he is, yes he is ♪
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♪ every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ every word of worship with one accord ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪
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♪ sing hallelujah to our god ♪
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♪ glory hallelujah is due our god ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise ♪
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♪ every praise, every praise is to our god ♪♪
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Male announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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Dr. jeremiah: the holy spirit will never contradict
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What the word of god says, not ever, ever, ever.
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You can count on it.
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You won't read something in the bible
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And the next day get some vision from god
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That contradicts what the bible says.
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It's not gonna happen.
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Your standard for what is truth
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And what is right and wrong is the scripture,
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And you don't have to doubt about it,
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'cause god wrote it down for you.
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Announcer: that's coming up
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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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In dr. david jeremiah's new book,
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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, but once you do,
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You'll never be the same.
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♪♪♪
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♪ he's coming on the clouds ♪
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♪ kings and kingdoms will bow down ♪
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♪ and every chain will break ♪
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♪ as broken hearts declare his praise ♪
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♪ for who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ our god is the lion, the lion of judah ♪
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♪ he's roaring with power and fighting our battles ♪
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♪ and every knee will bow before him ♪
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♪ our god is the lamb, the lamb that was slain ♪
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♪ for the sins of the world ♪
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♪ his blood breaks the chains ♪
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♪ and every knee will bow before the lion and the lamb ♪
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♪ every knee will bow before him ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ so open up the gates ♪
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♪ make way before the king of kings ♪
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♪ our god who comes to save ♪
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♪ is here to set the captives free ♪
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♪ for who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ our god is the lion, the lion of judah ♪
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♪ he's roaring with power and fighting our battles ♪
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♪ every knee will bow before him ♪
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♪ our god is the lamb, the lamb that was slain ♪
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♪ for the sins of the world ♪
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♪ his blood breaks the chains ♪
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♪ and every knee will bow before the lion and the lamb ♪
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♪ every knee will bow before him ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord almighty? ♪
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♪ who can stop the lord? ♪
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♪ our god is the lion, the lion of judah ♪
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♪ he's roaring with power and fighting our battles ♪
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♪ and every knee will bow before him ♪
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♪ our god is the lamb, the lamb that was slain ♪
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♪ for the sins of the world ♪
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♪ his blood breaks the chains ♪
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♪ and every knee will bow before the lion and the lamb ♪
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♪ every knee will bow before him ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ you are love ♪
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♪ you bring light to the darkness ♪
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♪ you give hope ♪
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♪ you restore every heart that is broken ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ it's your breath is our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise to you only ♪
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♪ it's your breath in out lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise to you only ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ all the earth will shout your praise ♪
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♪ our hearts will cry ♪
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♪ these bones will sing ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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Michael sanchez: all the earth.
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♪ all the earth will shout your praise ♪
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♪ our hearts will cry ♪
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♪ these bones will sing ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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Michael: all the earth.
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♪ all the earth will shout your praise ♪
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♪ our hearts will cry ♪
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♪ these bones will sing ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise to you only ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise, we pour out our praise ♪
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♪ it's your breath in our lungs ♪
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♪ so we pour out our praise to you only ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪
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♪ oh, is he greatest ♪
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♪ great are you lord ♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ there is a river of gladness ♪
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♪ that pours from emmanuels's veins ♪
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♪ this sinner was plunged beneath the flood ♪
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♪ and got saved ♪
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♪ since then i walk in forgiveness ♪
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♪ and all my guilt was erased ♪
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♪ the chains of the past are broken at last ♪
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♪ i got saved ♪
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♪ oh, i got saved ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the mercy of jesus ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the goodness of the lord ♪
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♪ i'm restored and made right ♪
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♪ he got a hold of my life ♪
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♪ i got jesus ♪
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♪ how could i want more? ♪
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♪ i've received nothing but goodness ♪
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♪ i've tested and tasted your grace ♪
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♪ i was so lost till i fell at the cross ♪
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♪ and got saved ♪
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♪ oh, i got saved ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the mercy of jesus ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the goodness of the lord ♪
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♪ i'm restored and made right ♪
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♪ he got a hold of my life ♪
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♪ i got jesus ♪
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♪ how could i want more? ♪
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♪ the love of god, he gave me his pardon ♪
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♪ the love of god won't let me stay the same ♪
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♪ the love of god, it pulls me up higher ♪
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♪ his will is stronger ♪
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♪ that's why i got saved ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the mercy of jesus ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the goodness of the lord ♪
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♪ i'm restored and made right ♪
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♪ he got a hold of my life ♪
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♪ i've got jesus ♪
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♪ how could i want more? ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the mercy of jesus ♪
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♪ i'm undone by the goodness of the lord ♪
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♪ i'm restored and made right ♪
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♪ he got a hold of my life ♪
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♪ i've got jesus ♪
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♪ how could i want more? ♪
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♪ i've got jesus ♪
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♪ how could i want more? ♪
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♪ i've got jesus ♪
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♪ how could i want more? ♪♪
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Announcer: isn't it time to take the journey
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From knowing about the holy spirit
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To deeply knowing him?
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In dr. david jeremiah's new book,
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"the holy spirit you may not know,"
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You will discover what it truly means
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To experience the presence and power of the holy spirit
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In your life.
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You may know about the holy spirit
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As the third person of the trinity,
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But do you know him as your helper,
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Your comforter, your counselor, and friend?
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In "the holy spirit you may not know,"
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Dr. jeremiah shows you how the spirit equips you
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With spiritual gifts,
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Provides guidance in your decisions,
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And empowers you to live the dynamic life
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Jesus promised,
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Because you may not know the holy spirit
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As well as you think,
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But once you do, you'll never be the same.
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And now here is dr. jeremiah with his message
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"the illumination of the spirit."
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Dr. jeremiah: it was the fall of 1940
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In a small village in southern france.
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Four teenage friends and their dog,
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Whose name was robot,
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Were trotting along a countryside road,
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And as they wandered near a hillside,
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Robot scampered toward a hole in the ground
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Near a fallen tree.
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The boys, bold and adventuresome,
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Followed after him.
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The opening was barely wide enough
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For a person to squeeze through.
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Curious, they tossed stones into the hole
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To test its depth,
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And then, one by one, they wiggled through
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And slid nearly 50 feet down into the earth.
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It was dark.
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It was damp and silent like a basement
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No one had entered in in a long time.
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For a moment they couldn't see anything,
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And then they lit their oil lamp,
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And in that instance the walls around them sprang to life.
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On the stone walls were massive bulls,
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Powerful horses, and deer with branching antlers.
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The animals seemed alive, frozen, and their shapes
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Leaping and galloping across the rock,
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Vibrant colors of red, brown, and black
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Were glowing in the flickering light,
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And the boys just stood there in awe.
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Without meaning to, they had stumbled upon
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One of the greatest archaeological discoveries
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Of the 20th century.
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They had found the prehistoric cave paintings of lascaux.
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That's what light does.
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It shows us what's been hidden.
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Before they turned on the lamp, they didn't know
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Where they were and they just saw darkness,
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And that's exactly what the holy spirit
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Wants to do for us--
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To shine a light on god's word
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So that we can understand it.
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The holy spirit has always been connected
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To the word of god,
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There in the inspiration of the scripture,
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Guiding the writers as they wrote it.
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We call that inspiration, but today i want to talk to you
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Not about inspiration but about illumination.
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What is the difference?
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Well, inspiration is how the bible was written.
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Illumination is how we understand
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What was written today.
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Inspiration happened in the past
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When the spirit of god guided
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People like moses and david and paul
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To record god's truth without error.
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Illumination is what happens in us
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When the holy spirit opens our eyes and our hearts
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To see what god is saying to us through his precious word.
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Let's take a closer look at this.
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First of all, why this is so important,
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The mandate for spiritual illumination.
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The bible tells us that without the spirit of god
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Shining in our hearts,
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We can never understand what the bible says.
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There are a number of reasons for that.
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If you're an unbeliever here,
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If you don't believe in jesus christ,
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If you don't consider yourself to be a christian
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Because you're not one,
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You can read the bible, you can memorize it,
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You can diagram it, you can take apart
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Its hebrew and greek meanings,
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And it will still never mean anything to you.
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It will be just like a book full of words.
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Paul says it this way, 2 corinthians chapter 4,
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"but even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled
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To those who are perishing,
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Whose minds the god of this age has blinded,
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Who do not believe lest the light of the gospel
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Of the glory of christ,
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Who is the image of god, should shine on them."
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Paul says that before we become christians,
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Our eyes are blinded to the word of god.
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We don't have any equipment to understand it--
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That before you invite christ into your life,
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You have spiritual scales on your eyes.
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You can read it for all you're worth,
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And it's just a bunch of words.
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It's like trying to read a book in a language you don't know.
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1 corinthians 2:14 we're told that "the natural man"--
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That's the person who doesn't know the lord--
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"the natural man does not receive
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The things of the spirit of god,
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For they are foolishness to him;
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Nor can he know them
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Because they are spiritually discerned."
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If i asked for testimonies here today,
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Many of you could say, "you know, before i knew christ,
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Pastor, i tried to read the bible some,"
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Maybe in a hotel room
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When you pulled a gideon bible out.
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You tried to read it, but it felt like foolishness.
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"i couldn't understand why people love this book so much
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Because to me it was just a bunch of words on a page."
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But when the spirit of god comes to live within you,
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When you become a christian
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And the holy spirit enters your life,
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He begins to open the word of god
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So that you begin to understand it.
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He directs his light on its pages.
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He highlights verses that apply to your situation.
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He brings clarity and conviction to your mind.
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That's what we call the illuminating of the spirit.
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It's the spirit of god casting light on the word of god
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And shining in our hearts
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So that the word begins to come off the page
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And make sense in our lives.
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You can't have spiritual illumination
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Unless you're a christian.
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The bible says that very clearly.
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I know people who have become christians,
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And they have told me
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That they tried to read the bible
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Before they became christians, and it made no sense,
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And when they got saved,
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It was like somebody had rewritten the bible
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Because all of a sudden it now made sense.
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The bible says there's a mandate for spiritual illumination,
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But it's also a mystery.
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1 corinthians 2 says, "we speak wisdom
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Among those who are mature,
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Yet not the wisdom of this" world.
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"we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery, the hidden wisdom
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Which god ordained before the ages...
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Which none of the rulers of this age knew;
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For if they had known this wisdom,
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They would not have crucified the lord of glory."
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He says if the people of jesus's age
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Had known the wisdom of god,
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They never would have put him to death.
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They would have understood that god had a plan for his son.
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Paul is writing about the wisdom of god
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That is concealed from the people of this age.
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The princes of this world, the rulers of this age,
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The aristocrats, the political leaders,
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The intellectuals,
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Many of them don't know the wisdom of god,
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And when you listen to them talk
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And you hear them speak,
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You realize they do not have a clue
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About who god is or what his word is
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Or what his purpose is.
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Their money can't buy this wisdom.
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Their power can't demand it.
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Their influence can't obtain it.
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They can't download it from the internet.
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They can't acquire it
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From the world's finest universities.
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To that i say amen.
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They can't discover it from some guru
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Sitting in a hut in the himalayas.
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They can't get it anywhere,
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Because the only place you get the wisdom of god
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Is from the spirit of god,
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And you get the spirit of god when you get the son of god
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In your life through salvation.
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I've often said that someone with no formal education--
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Someone who knows jesus and reads their bible
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Has more lasting wisdom
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Than a brilliant scholar with a phd.
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You know, there are some people
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That have so many degrees they have no temperature.
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Did you know that?
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They don't have the spirit.
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The wisdom of the believer will carry them further
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Than the knowledge of the unbeliever.
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I know some little old ladies like that,
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Some people who've lived in the word of god
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Their whole life.
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I would trust them with my question
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About the spiritual things of this world far more
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Than i would trust them
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With somebody with a phd from a secular university,
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Because one is from god and the other is from the world.
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So if you want the wisdom of the world,
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You don't need the holy spirit.
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You can get that wisdom anywhere you want,
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Any of the state institutions, universities and colleges,
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Correspondent schools.
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They'll be more than happy to relieve you of your time
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And your money,
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But if you want the wisdom of god,
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You have to have the illuminating ministry
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Of the holy spirit.
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1 corinthians 2:7 says,
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"but we speak the wisdom of god in a mystery,
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The hidden wisdom which god ordained
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Before the ages for our glory."
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The wisdom of god is a mystery.
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That doesn't mean it's a riddle.
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It means it's something that has been in existence
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But has not been understood.
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Now it's being understood because the bible
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Tells us what this mystery is.
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That same word is used to describe the church.
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The church, according to the bible, is a mystery.
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What does that mean?
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It didn't exist in the minds of the old testament people,
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But in the new testament it was revealed,
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And now that mystery is no longer a mystery.
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Now it's revealed, and it was a mystery
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That the bible says is the spirit of god
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In this way.
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The bible tells us
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That when we're trying to get into spiritual truth,
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We're dealing with god's mysteries, his hidden wisdom.
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We can't comprehend it if we don't know the lord,
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And it will never be able to be comprehended
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Apart from god's holy spirit.
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You know, there are times when god, in his common grace,
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Allows us to benefit from the wisdom and skill
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Of people who don't know him.
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Doctors, teachers, counselors who aren't christians
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Can still be a blessing.
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They have good things to say,
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But when it comes to the issues of the heart,
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When it comes to the issues of god,
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We need the wisdom of god,
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And that's why we look to people who know the lord
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And are filled with his spirit.
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Let me pause here and get myself in a little trouble.
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I have a lot of friends who are christians
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Who go to unbelieving counselors,
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And they'll be able to help you to a certain extent,
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But when it comes to the spiritual part of your life,
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They don't have a clue
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And they might even give you that information.
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I'm not saying they don't have any value.
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In fact, there's a story about my cancer
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And going to see my doctor for the first time.
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I didn't walk into his office and say,
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"the first thing i want to know about you
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Is are you a christian?"
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No, the first thing i wanted to know from him
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Was does he know anything about cancer,
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'cause i don't want to have this the rest of my life.
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I think that's important,
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But when it comes to the issues of the heart,
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You can't get the counsel you need
00:31:09.584 --> 00:31:11.686
From somebody who doesn't know god.
00:31:11.686 --> 00:31:14.555
How are they going to help you know god better
00:31:14.555 --> 00:31:16.724
If they don't know god themself?
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So for whatever it's worth,
00:31:18.826 --> 00:31:20.428
I'm not trying to offend anybody,
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And if you happen to be a counselor
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Who's not a christian,
00:31:23.097 --> 00:31:24.666
I'm sure god's given you a great clientele,
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But i'm just talking to the people of god.
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If you want to grow in grace
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And in the knowledge of the lord,
00:31:31.873 --> 00:31:33.641
You have to grow in grace in the knowledge of the lord
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From people who also know the lord.
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The mandate for spiritual illumination
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And the mystery of it.
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Now, let's talk about how this works.
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What is the ministry of the holy spirit's illumination?
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First of all, he brings us spiritual discernment.
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One of the last promises of the savior
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That was made to his disciples before his crucifixion
00:31:55.897 --> 00:31:59.834
Concerned the ministry of the holy spirit.
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Here's what jesus said in john 16,
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"'i still have many things to say to you,
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But you cannot bear them now.
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However, when he, the spirit of truth,
00:32:08.309 --> 00:32:10.778
Has come, he will guide you into all truth;
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For he will not speak of his own authority,
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But whatever he hears he will speak,
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And he will tell you things to come,
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And he will glorify me,
00:32:21.589 --> 00:32:23.391
For he will take of what is mine
00:32:23.391 --> 00:32:25.159
And declare it to you.'"
00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:28.029
What jesus told his disciples with this,
00:32:28.029 --> 00:32:29.797
He said, "i'm going to go back to heaven, but don't worry.
00:32:29.797 --> 00:32:31.766
I'm going to send you another comforter,
00:32:31.766 --> 00:32:34.002
The holy spirit,
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And when he comes, he will live within you
00:32:35.336 --> 00:32:37.572
And he will guide you into all truth.
00:32:37.572 --> 00:32:40.008
He won't speak of his own words or pursue his own agenda.
00:32:40.008 --> 00:32:44.045
He will speak of my words," because remember,
00:32:44.045 --> 00:32:46.147
We learn one of the purposes of the holy spirit
00:32:46.147 --> 00:32:48.883
Is to glorify jesus christ and to lift him up,
00:32:48.883 --> 00:32:52.320
And what jesus is saying is this.
00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:54.122
When the spirit of god comes,
00:32:54.122 --> 00:32:56.057
He will take what he knows from god,
00:32:56.057 --> 00:32:58.493
And as god himself, he will reveal
00:32:58.493 --> 00:33:00.628
These things to you,
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And then you will really be thinking the right things.
00:33:01.963 --> 00:33:03.765
You'll be thinking god things.
00:33:03.765 --> 00:33:05.666
You really can't know god, you can't know his word,
00:33:05.666 --> 00:33:08.536
Unless the spirit of god is in the process.
00:33:08.536 --> 00:33:12.173
You say, "well, pastor, i don't know very much
00:33:12.173 --> 00:33:13.841
About the holy spirit."
00:33:13.841 --> 00:33:15.176
You don't have to know very much about him
00:33:15.176 --> 00:33:16.511
Except he is the third person of the trinity--
00:33:16.511 --> 00:33:19.747
God the father, god the son, god the holy spirit--
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And the bible says that when jesus christ
00:33:22.750 --> 00:33:24.952
Becomes your savior,
00:33:24.952 --> 00:33:26.287
The third person of the godhead comes to live within you.
00:33:26.287 --> 00:33:30.324
You literally become the temple of the holy spirit.
00:33:30.324 --> 00:33:33.194
He lives within your heart,
00:33:33.194 --> 00:33:35.196
And he is there not just to occupy space,
00:33:35.196 --> 00:33:37.932
Or, as he sometimes does, make you uncomfortable
00:33:37.932 --> 00:33:40.735
When you're doing the wrong thing.
00:33:40.735 --> 00:33:42.637
He's there to help you, and most of all he's there
00:33:42.637 --> 00:33:45.306
To help you understand the scripture
00:33:45.306 --> 00:33:47.909
So that the word of god makes sense to you,
00:33:47.909 --> 00:33:51.145
So you understand what it says,
00:33:51.145 --> 00:33:53.247
You understand what it means,
00:33:53.247 --> 00:33:54.882
And you understand what it means to you.
00:33:54.882 --> 00:33:58.052
So if you want to know the things of god,
00:33:58.052 --> 00:34:00.088
The spirit of god has to be a part of that transaction,
00:34:00.088 --> 00:34:04.058
And guess what, you guys?
00:34:04.058 --> 00:34:05.760
He wants to be.
00:34:05.760 --> 00:34:07.662
He wants to be your helper,
00:34:07.662 --> 00:34:10.264
He wants to give you discernment,
00:34:10.264 --> 00:34:11.866
He wants to give you the ability
00:34:11.866 --> 00:34:13.267
To understand the word of god,
00:34:13.267 --> 00:34:15.503
And james says that if we don't know that wisdom,
00:34:15.503 --> 00:34:17.872
All we have to do is ask for it.
00:34:17.872 --> 00:34:19.874
"if any man lacks wisdom, let him ask of god,"
00:34:19.874 --> 00:34:22.610
Says james, and he will give it to you,
00:34:22.610 --> 00:34:25.113
And the bible says he will do it
00:34:25.113 --> 00:34:26.647
"liberally and without reproach."
00:34:26.647 --> 00:34:28.649
That means he'll give you all that you need,
00:34:28.649 --> 00:34:30.051
And he won't scold you for coming for it.
00:34:30.051 --> 00:34:33.754
The great desire of the spirit's heart
00:34:33.754 --> 00:34:35.957
Is to flood the light of scripture into your mind
00:34:35.957 --> 00:34:39.293
And help you to know more and more and more
00:34:39.293 --> 00:34:41.496
About your heavenly father
00:34:41.496 --> 00:34:42.864
And your lord and savior, jesus christ,
00:34:42.864 --> 00:34:45.633
And the holy spirit is like a lighthouse keeper
00:34:45.633 --> 00:34:48.269
Who just loves to send that powerful beam out
00:34:48.269 --> 00:34:51.806
And help you get through the fog and the darkness
00:34:51.806 --> 00:34:54.208
Of where you live.
00:34:54.208 --> 00:34:55.543
How many of you know we're living in some fog
00:34:55.543 --> 00:34:57.145
And darkness right now?
00:34:57.145 --> 00:34:58.713
Hard to see our way through it.
00:34:58.713 --> 00:35:00.114
Sometimes we get up and say, "what in the world
00:35:00.114 --> 00:35:01.949
Is going to happen today?"
00:35:01.949 --> 00:35:04.185
How many of you know sometimes you just get a verse,
00:35:04.185 --> 00:35:06.487
And you hang on to that verse and you live off of that verse
00:35:06.487 --> 00:35:08.856
For two or three days
00:35:08.856 --> 00:35:10.224
Because god has given you a verse of scripture
00:35:10.224 --> 00:35:12.760
To give you direction and hone in on
00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:15.263
What's happening in your life.
00:35:15.263 --> 00:35:17.498
In general, the content of the spirit's ministry
00:35:17.498 --> 00:35:20.268
Is all the truth.
00:35:20.268 --> 00:35:22.303
Sometimes people come to me, and maybe they're living
00:35:22.303 --> 00:35:24.338
With each other out of marriage.
00:35:24.338 --> 00:35:26.607
I've had that happen several times.
00:35:26.607 --> 00:35:28.676
They want to talk to me about this and i said,
00:35:28.676 --> 00:35:31.712
"you know, you guys, what you're doing is not right.
00:35:31.712 --> 00:35:35.283
You shouldn't be doing that. the bible doesn't allow that.
00:35:35.283 --> 00:35:37.485
The word of god doesn't allow that,"
00:35:37.485 --> 00:35:40.588
And i've had them say to me,
00:35:40.588 --> 00:35:41.923
"you know what, pastor, i know that's
00:35:41.923 --> 00:35:43.257
What the bible says, but we prayed about it,
00:35:43.257 --> 00:35:44.892
And we've got real peace from god."
00:35:44.892 --> 00:35:46.861
I'm not going to tell you all the things i say
00:35:46.861 --> 00:35:48.663
When that happens, but what i want to tell them
00:35:48.663 --> 00:35:51.199
Is whatever you got is not peace from god,
00:35:51.199 --> 00:35:53.634
And i know that to be true because--listen to me, kids--
00:35:53.634 --> 00:35:55.937
This is what you need to understand.
00:35:55.937 --> 00:35:57.605
The holy spirit will never contradict
00:35:57.605 --> 00:35:59.974
What the word of god says, not ever, ever, ever.
00:35:59.974 --> 00:36:03.344
You can count on it.
00:36:03.344 --> 00:36:06.914
You won't read something in the bible
00:36:06.914 --> 00:36:08.616
And the next day get some vision from god
00:36:08.616 --> 00:36:11.452
That contradicts what the bible says.
00:36:11.452 --> 00:36:13.221
It's not gonna happen.
00:36:13.221 --> 00:36:14.956
Your standard for what is truth and what is right and wrong
00:36:14.956 --> 00:36:18.359
Is the scripture,
00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.694
And you don't have to doubt about it,
00:36:19.694 --> 00:36:21.028
'cause god wrote it down for you.
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It's called the bible.
00:36:23.931 --> 00:36:26.634
When somebody tells me the spirit of god
00:36:26.634 --> 00:36:28.836
Told them to do something that is not
00:36:28.836 --> 00:36:30.538
From the word of god, it may be a spirit all right,
00:36:30.538 --> 00:36:33.441
But it's not the spirit of god.
00:36:33.441 --> 00:36:36.010
So when we talk about spiritual illumination,
00:36:36.010 --> 00:36:38.112
We're not talking about dreams or private messages.
00:36:38.112 --> 00:36:41.682
We're talking about god's word coming alive
00:36:41.682 --> 00:36:44.218
As he uses his spirit to open the understanding
00:36:44.218 --> 00:36:48.689
And apply the word of god to our hearts.
00:36:48.689 --> 00:36:51.859
So the parameters of spiritual discernment
00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:53.694
Are found between the covers of this book.
00:36:53.694 --> 00:36:55.796
Do you want to know where the wisdom of god is?
00:36:55.796 --> 00:36:58.132
It's right here.
00:36:58.132 --> 00:36:59.634
You don't have to go to grad school to get it.
00:36:59.634 --> 00:37:01.769
You just get a bible and start reading it,
00:37:01.769 --> 00:37:03.204
And little by little,
00:37:03.204 --> 00:37:04.572
God's word will start to penetrate your life.
00:37:04.572 --> 00:37:08.542
So how does the process work?
00:37:08.542 --> 00:37:10.911
Well, there's a wonderful passage of scripture
00:37:10.911 --> 00:37:13.014
In the little book of 1 john.
00:37:13.014 --> 00:37:14.749
Here's what it says.
00:37:14.749 --> 00:37:16.651
Says, "but you have an anointing from the holy one,
00:37:16.651 --> 00:37:19.787
And you know all things...
00:37:19.787 --> 00:37:21.689
The anointing which you have received from him
00:37:21.689 --> 00:37:23.758
Abides in you,
00:37:23.758 --> 00:37:25.092
And you do not need that anyone teach you."
00:37:25.092 --> 00:37:27.895
Sometimes after a service here at shadow mountain,
00:37:27.895 --> 00:37:30.898
Someone will come up to me and say, "pastor,
00:37:30.898 --> 00:37:32.533
That was really an anointed message,"
00:37:32.533 --> 00:37:34.969
And i take that as a compliment,
00:37:34.969 --> 00:37:37.204
But what i want to say to you is that john says
00:37:37.204 --> 00:37:39.307
We all have an anointing, an anointing from god.
00:37:39.307 --> 00:37:42.977
You have this anointing from the holy one, says john.
00:37:42.977 --> 00:37:47.848
I take that to mean that each of us
00:37:47.848 --> 00:37:50.518
Has a special gift from god.
00:37:50.518 --> 00:37:53.654
It says here, "you do not need
00:37:53.654 --> 00:37:55.189
That anyone teach you."
00:37:55.189 --> 00:37:56.524
I know some students have made that their life verse,
00:37:56.524 --> 00:37:58.759
But that's not where it goes.
00:37:58.759 --> 00:38:01.329
It doesn't mean we don't need teachers,
00:38:01.329 --> 00:38:02.930
Because john himself was a teacher.
00:38:02.930 --> 00:38:05.099
It means we don't need worldly teachers
00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:09.837
To teach us the things we need to know about god.
00:38:09.837 --> 00:38:13.841
What he means is this.
00:38:13.841 --> 00:38:15.176
You don't need teachers who speak
00:38:15.176 --> 00:38:16.510
From a non-christian perspective.
00:38:16.510 --> 00:38:18.212
You don't need horoscopes.
00:38:18.212 --> 00:38:19.547
You don't need psychic hotlines.
00:38:19.547 --> 00:38:22.049
You don't need advice columns to figure out life.
00:38:22.049 --> 00:38:25.853
You have the spirit of the living god within you.
00:38:25.853 --> 00:38:28.923
He is your anointing,
00:38:28.923 --> 00:38:30.391
And when you allow that to happen,
00:38:30.391 --> 00:38:32.326
You can ask him to help you, and he will,
00:38:32.326 --> 00:38:34.562
And often he will do it through the word of god.
00:38:34.562 --> 00:38:38.699
This isn't about feelings or whims.
00:38:38.699 --> 00:38:42.002
It's about the spirit taking the word of god
00:38:42.002 --> 00:38:44.372
And applying it to your mind and heart,
00:38:44.372 --> 00:38:46.707
Guiding you in truth, and keeping you alert.
00:38:46.707 --> 00:38:50.411
So the parameters and the process, now the power.
00:38:50.411 --> 00:38:53.881
The bible says in john 14:26,
00:38:53.881 --> 00:38:56.650
"'but the helper, the holy spirit,
00:38:56.650 --> 00:38:58.753
Whom the father will send in my name,
00:38:58.753 --> 00:39:00.888
He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance
00:39:00.888 --> 00:39:04.525
All things that i said to you.'"
00:39:04.525 --> 00:39:07.862
If you were a christian in high school or college
00:39:07.862 --> 00:39:11.532
And you were getting ready for a big test,
00:39:11.532 --> 00:39:14.135
You may have prayed, "oh, lord, help me remember
00:39:14.135 --> 00:39:17.138
The things i've studied."
00:39:17.138 --> 00:39:19.440
My prayer was always help me to remember the things
00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.143
I haven't studied.
00:39:22.143 --> 00:39:24.178
I wanted not inspiration. i wanted revelation.
00:39:24.178 --> 00:39:28.916
And sometimes you'll hear the word of god preached,
00:39:28.916 --> 00:39:31.519
And you walk away, saying, "that didn't touch me.
00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:33.554
I'm not sure what he was talking about,"
00:39:33.554 --> 00:39:35.022
And you may not think about it again for weeks,
00:39:35.022 --> 00:39:37.491
But if you keep coming back, nurturing your spiritual life,
00:39:37.491 --> 00:39:40.561
Little by little
00:39:40.561 --> 00:39:42.096
You'll store truth in your spirit,
00:39:42.096 --> 00:39:43.597
And then at the right moment,
00:39:43.597 --> 00:39:44.932
The bible says,
00:39:44.932 --> 00:39:46.267
God's spirit will bring it to your remembrance.
00:39:46.267 --> 00:39:49.303
He will bring it to your mind.
00:39:49.303 --> 00:39:52.173
Most crises may come to us,
00:39:52.173 --> 00:39:55.876
But all of them have one thing in common.
00:39:55.876 --> 00:39:58.846
You don't get time to do homework on them.
00:39:58.846 --> 00:40:02.817
If there's a crisis and you're facing this crisis,
00:40:02.817 --> 00:40:06.387
You don't get to say,
00:40:06.387 --> 00:40:07.721
"i'll come back in two weeks after i have a chance
00:40:07.721 --> 00:40:09.190
To study this a little bit more."
00:40:09.190 --> 00:40:11.225
What i'm saying, folks, is this.
00:40:11.225 --> 00:40:13.360
How are you going to remember something you don't have?
00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:16.564
You all got to give the spirit of god
00:40:16.564 --> 00:40:18.265
Something to work with.
00:40:18.265 --> 00:40:19.934
You've got to put some word in your heart.
00:40:19.934 --> 00:40:22.470
You say, "how do i do that?"
00:40:22.470 --> 00:40:23.871
Well, there's a lot of ways. you can memorize the scripture.
00:40:23.871 --> 00:40:26.373
I know that's a foreign term to some of you.
00:40:26.373 --> 00:40:28.609
You can read the scripture.
00:40:28.609 --> 00:40:30.077
You can listen to the scripture.
00:40:30.077 --> 00:40:31.846
There's so many ways to listen to the scripture today,
00:40:31.846 --> 00:40:34.815
So many good readers of the scripture.
00:40:34.815 --> 00:40:37.084
I believe that many worship songs
00:40:37.084 --> 00:40:38.886
Are built around scripture.
00:40:38.886 --> 00:40:40.254
You can play them in your heart.
00:40:40.254 --> 00:40:42.189
What i'm saying is if you don't fill your mind
00:40:42.189 --> 00:40:45.025
And your spirit with godly things,
00:40:45.025 --> 00:40:47.561
Then when the spirit of god wants to bring something
00:40:47.561 --> 00:40:49.597
To your remembrance,
00:40:49.597 --> 00:40:50.965
He goes to your hard drive and there's nothing there.
00:40:50.965 --> 00:40:53.868
You have to give him something to work with.
00:40:53.868 --> 00:40:57.004
That's the part we play in the disciplines of our life.
00:40:57.004 --> 00:41:00.140
We study and we listen and we take notes.
00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:03.377
I'm so honored when i see some of you taking notes.
00:41:03.377 --> 00:41:06.347
Every piece of spiritual information that you make
00:41:06.347 --> 00:41:09.383
As an input into your life becomes fodder
00:41:09.383 --> 00:41:12.953
For the holy spirit to use when the time comes.
00:41:12.953 --> 00:41:15.990
I'll give you an illustration.
00:41:15.990 --> 00:41:18.092
I was speaking at a conference some years ago,
00:41:18.092 --> 00:41:21.028
And i had an assignment to speak on marriage.
00:41:21.028 --> 00:41:24.665
In fact, the whole thing was about marriage
00:41:24.665 --> 00:41:26.300
And i just had one message.
00:41:26.300 --> 00:41:29.537
A woman who had listened to some of the radio told me
00:41:29.537 --> 00:41:32.373
At the end of my message that day, in tears,
00:41:32.373 --> 00:41:35.943
That she and her husband were having terrible problems,
00:41:35.943 --> 00:41:39.513
On the verge of divorce,
00:41:39.513 --> 00:41:41.115
And he had told her several weeks before
00:41:41.115 --> 00:41:43.317
That he would come to this session
00:41:43.317 --> 00:41:45.352
And hear what i had to say, but that was it.
00:41:45.352 --> 00:41:48.188
If it didn't work, he was done, he was finished,
00:41:48.188 --> 00:41:50.324
And she said, "pastor, we had this major fight this week,
00:41:50.324 --> 00:41:53.627
And he said, 'i'm not going,'" and she said,
00:41:53.627 --> 00:41:57.464
"and i tried to take my own life because i was so discouraged,"
00:41:57.464 --> 00:42:01.969
And i don't know where this came from,
00:42:01.969 --> 00:42:03.304
But i looked at her and i said,
00:42:03.304 --> 00:42:04.638
"young lady, don't you ever do that again.
00:42:04.638 --> 00:42:07.808
God did not die for your marriage.
00:42:07.808 --> 00:42:10.077
He died for you and he cares about you as a person.
00:42:10.077 --> 00:42:13.347
So don't ever do that again."
00:42:13.347 --> 00:42:15.482
I thought, where did that come from?
00:42:15.482 --> 00:42:17.384
It came from what was in me.
00:42:17.384 --> 00:42:20.087
The holy spirit will use what is in you
00:42:20.087 --> 00:42:22.356
And bring it out at the right time,
00:42:22.356 --> 00:42:23.991
At the right moment, when you need the answer,
00:42:23.991 --> 00:42:26.627
But if you don't put anything in your spirit
00:42:26.627 --> 00:42:29.430
For the holy spirit to work with,
00:42:29.430 --> 00:42:31.365
He won't have anything for you to say.
00:42:31.365 --> 00:42:33.801
So the point is you don't have to go around
00:42:33.801 --> 00:42:35.936
Begging the holy spirit to help you.
00:42:35.936 --> 00:42:38.005
Just keep filling up the tank with godly things,
00:42:38.005 --> 00:42:42.710
And when the moment comes, the holy spirit will be there
00:42:42.710 --> 00:42:45.479
To give you the wisdom that you need,
00:42:45.479 --> 00:42:47.881
And then there's spiritual dependence.
00:42:47.881 --> 00:42:49.483
Did you know that the ministry of the holy spirit
00:42:49.483 --> 00:42:51.552
Makes it possible for you to face life in a different
00:42:51.552 --> 00:42:55.155
Way than the average person?
00:42:55.155 --> 00:42:57.358
We can face crises and testing and not get blown off course.
00:42:57.358 --> 00:43:01.395
We face these crises with the knowledge of god.
00:43:01.395 --> 00:43:06.300
You say, "well, pastor jeremiah,
00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:07.635
How can i explain that sort of discernment?"
00:43:07.635 --> 00:43:10.204
I think it comes as the spirit of god
00:43:10.204 --> 00:43:12.406
Helps you and me to see the whole picture.
00:43:12.406 --> 00:43:15.175
The spirit of god wants to give us perspective.
00:43:15.175 --> 00:43:17.411
Did you know that?
00:43:17.411 --> 00:43:18.779
He's not just interested in the moment.
00:43:18.779 --> 00:43:20.614
He's interested in that moment in the big picture.
00:43:20.614 --> 00:43:23.717
Let me give you an illustration of this
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From the new testament.
00:43:25.252 --> 00:43:26.954
It's kind of raw because it sounds very familiar.
00:43:26.954 --> 00:43:29.990
Here's this young man who loved the lord,
00:43:29.990 --> 00:43:32.559
And he died an unjust and violent death.
00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:35.963
He was stoned to death for boldly proclaiming
00:43:35.963 --> 00:43:38.766
Jesus christ as savior and lord.
00:43:38.766 --> 00:43:42.169
He told people what they didn't want to hear,
00:43:42.169 --> 00:43:44.772
And because they'd had no answer for
00:43:44.772 --> 00:43:46.607
His arguments they killed him.
00:43:46.607 --> 00:43:49.943
Now, i know that you know i'm talking about stephen.
00:43:49.943 --> 00:43:53.647
I want to ask you a question.
00:43:53.647 --> 00:43:56.183
If you knew you were going to be martyred for your faith,
00:43:56.183 --> 00:43:58.585
If you knew you were going to be stoned or shot
00:43:58.585 --> 00:44:01.388
Because of what you believe
00:44:01.388 --> 00:44:02.723
And what you say, what would you be thinking?
00:44:02.723 --> 00:44:07.695
I'm sure you'd be afraid normally.
00:44:07.695 --> 00:44:10.097
If you weren't, there's something wrong with you.
00:44:10.097 --> 00:44:13.767
You'd probably be wondering about your friends, your family,
00:44:13.767 --> 00:44:16.403
And i'm sure all those thoughts
00:44:16.403 --> 00:44:17.771
Went through stephen's mind as well,
00:44:17.771 --> 00:44:19.907
But stephen had a perspective on that moment
00:44:19.907 --> 00:44:22.609
That came because he was filled with the holy spirit.
00:44:22.609 --> 00:44:28.515
He saw that moment, not in just time.
00:44:28.515 --> 00:44:31.852
He saw it in light of eternity.
00:44:31.852 --> 00:44:33.520
Listen to his words.
00:44:33.520 --> 00:44:35.889
"but he, being full of the holy spirit,
00:44:35.889 --> 00:44:38.092
Gazed into heaven and saw the glory of god,
00:44:38.092 --> 00:44:41.161
And jesus standing at the right hand of god,
00:44:41.161 --> 00:44:43.197
And he said, 'look!
00:44:43.197 --> 00:44:44.531
I see the heavens opened and the son of man standing
00:44:44.531 --> 00:44:47.167
At the right hand of god!'"
00:44:47.167 --> 00:44:49.903
How did he see that?
00:44:49.903 --> 00:44:52.773
With death rushing on him, with murderous hatred
00:44:52.773 --> 00:44:55.509
All around him, with sharp, heavy stones
00:44:55.509 --> 00:44:57.411
Crashing into his body,
00:44:57.411 --> 00:44:59.513
How in the world did stephen see that?
00:44:59.513 --> 00:45:02.549
He saw it through spiritual illumination.
00:45:02.549 --> 00:45:04.852
He saw it through his spirit.
00:45:04.852 --> 00:45:06.220
He saw the power of the holy spirit.
00:45:06.220 --> 00:45:08.756
He saw through spiritual eyes what was happening.
00:45:08.756 --> 00:45:11.859
The spiritual illumination of the moment
00:45:11.859 --> 00:45:13.594
Gave him confidence and strength
00:45:13.594 --> 00:45:15.996
And ability to see beyond that tragedy
00:45:15.996 --> 00:45:20.134
And the loss of his life.
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He was enabled to see into that place
00:45:21.969 --> 00:45:23.804
Where he would spend eternity.
00:45:23.804 --> 00:45:25.239
He saw god, he saw christ, he saw heaven,
00:45:25.239 --> 00:45:28.609
And he died with a blessing on his lips
00:45:28.609 --> 00:45:31.345
Rather than a curse for those who were taking his life.
00:45:31.345 --> 00:45:34.882
That's what the holy spirit does.
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He takes those moments which could easily be interpreted
00:45:36.950 --> 00:45:40.254
Like the world interprets them,
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And helps us to see them through the eyes of god himself,
00:45:43.023 --> 00:45:47.194
And he gives us spiritual direction,
00:45:47.194 --> 00:45:49.163
Gives us discernment, gives us dependence,
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And he gives us direction.
00:45:52.166 --> 00:45:54.067
When the spirit of god comes to live within you,
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He is your guide and leader.
00:45:56.804 --> 00:46:00.374
Paul wrote it this way.
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Romans 8:14, "for as many as are led
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By the spirit of god, these are the sons of god."
00:46:03.844 --> 00:46:07.781
The bible says if you're a son and child of god,
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The holy spirit is your leader.
00:46:10.584 --> 00:46:12.920
One of the marks you have as a christian
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Is that you are led by god's spirit.
00:46:14.555 --> 00:46:17.491
Now, many of you who know me know
00:46:17.491 --> 00:46:18.826
That i am directionally challenged.
00:46:18.826 --> 00:46:23.330
I don't have a very good sense of direction.
00:46:23.330 --> 00:46:27.034
Sometimes it's so bad
00:46:27.034 --> 00:46:28.669
That when i think i should turn right,
00:46:28.669 --> 00:46:30.003
I always turn left
00:46:30.003 --> 00:46:31.338
Because i know i'm going to be wrong,
00:46:31.338 --> 00:46:32.906
And half the time i'm right.
00:46:32.906 --> 00:46:37.110
Good thing my wife has a good sense of direction
00:46:37.110 --> 00:46:38.745
Or i'd be lost all the time, but here's the truth.
00:46:38.745 --> 00:46:42.683
Even with the best compass, the best gps,
00:46:42.683 --> 00:46:46.086
Life can still leave us not knowing where to turn,
00:46:46.086 --> 00:46:50.657
And in those moments the question is
00:46:50.657 --> 00:46:52.860
"what do we do?"
00:46:52.860 --> 00:46:54.194
And i'm telling you, the holy spirit
00:46:54.194 --> 00:46:55.963
Is to be trusted.
00:46:55.963 --> 00:46:57.965
He is the one who helps us know
00:46:57.965 --> 00:46:59.533
Where to go, where to turn, what to do.
00:46:59.533 --> 00:47:01.635
He knows everything that's involved in
00:47:01.635 --> 00:47:03.136
Where you're headed, and he gives you guidance
00:47:03.136 --> 00:47:05.405
To make the right decision if you will trust him.
00:47:05.405 --> 00:47:08.542
Romans 9:1 says, "i tell the truth in christ,
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I am not lying,
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My conscience bearing me witness in the holy spirit."
00:47:13.113 --> 00:47:16.884
I believe there is an inward witness
00:47:16.884 --> 00:47:18.952
Within us who are christians
00:47:18.952 --> 00:47:20.854
That helps us to know what to do.
00:47:20.854 --> 00:47:23.423
Sometimes i've been in a crisis
00:47:23.423 --> 00:47:25.459
Where i've had to make a decision,
00:47:25.459 --> 00:47:27.895
And the logical decision to make is so logical,
00:47:27.895 --> 00:47:33.100
But i knew that god was telling me
00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:35.502
To do the other thing,
00:47:35.502 --> 00:47:37.804
And i do the other thing as i'd listen to the lord,
00:47:37.804 --> 00:47:41.041
And later find out, oh my goodness.
00:47:41.041 --> 00:47:44.244
Good thing i didn't do what was logical.
00:47:44.244 --> 00:47:47.014
I did what was spiritual.
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When you do what's spiritual, you've got a much better chance
00:47:48.548 --> 00:47:50.550
Of the outcome being what you hoped it would be.
00:47:50.550 --> 00:47:53.654
You see, life is so complicated
00:47:53.654 --> 00:47:56.056
I don't even want to try to live it on my own
00:47:56.056 --> 00:47:58.692
In my own wisdom.
00:47:58.692 --> 00:48:00.027
I don't want to be my own travel agent
00:48:00.027 --> 00:48:01.361
Through life, writing my own itinerary,
00:48:01.361 --> 00:48:03.964
Arranging my own accommodations.
00:48:03.964 --> 00:48:06.233
I only mess everything up.
00:48:06.233 --> 00:48:08.669
There are too many options and too many paths
00:48:08.669 --> 00:48:11.038
And too many opportunities and too many choices
00:48:11.038 --> 00:48:13.206
And too many serious consequences
00:48:13.206 --> 00:48:15.342
If i make the wrong decision.
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What did the old bumper sticker say?
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"life is fragile.
00:48:19.713 --> 00:48:21.381
Handle with prayer."
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I need the guiding hand of god's spirit.
00:48:23.450 --> 00:48:27.154
So how does he guide?
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He leads us through god's word, through prayer,
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Through circumstance, through godly counsel.
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Through all these means, he helps us and he guides us.
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Three thousand years ago
00:48:37.931 --> 00:48:39.499
When david was hiding from his enemies
00:48:39.499 --> 00:48:41.702
In the depths of a limestone cave,
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He wrote these words.
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He said, "when my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
00:48:45.372 --> 00:48:50.277
Then you knew my path," speaking of god,
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And it's the same for you and for me.
00:48:55.115 --> 00:48:58.151
Not long ago, i was flying in a private jet
00:48:58.151 --> 00:49:01.388
And i got the opportunity to go up and sit
00:49:01.388 --> 00:49:04.191
In the jump seat,
00:49:04.191 --> 00:49:05.892
Which is right behind the pilots.
00:49:05.892 --> 00:49:08.295
I'd never done that before,
00:49:08.295 --> 00:49:09.629
And i kind of wanted to see how everything worked.
00:49:09.629 --> 00:49:12.499
Before long, we ran into stormy weather.
00:49:12.499 --> 00:49:16.103
Huge clouds surrounded us, and for what felt like forever,
00:49:16.103 --> 00:49:19.639
You couldn't see a thing out of the front window.
00:49:19.639 --> 00:49:23.443
I remember thinking, wait, don't we need to see
00:49:23.443 --> 00:49:25.512
Where we're going?
00:49:25.512 --> 00:49:28.015
The pilot didn't seem all that worried about it.
00:49:28.015 --> 00:49:31.385
He didn't even try to look outside.
00:49:31.385 --> 00:49:33.954
No, he kept his eyes glued to the gauges
00:49:33.954 --> 00:49:36.890
And the instruments in front of him.
00:49:36.890 --> 00:49:39.593
That's what guided them, and sure enough,
00:49:39.593 --> 00:49:41.695
Those instruments carried us safely home.
00:49:41.695 --> 00:49:45.032
Sometimes as christians you find yourself
00:49:45.032 --> 00:49:47.701
Wanting to watch your circumstances, don't you?
00:49:47.701 --> 00:49:50.804
You want to live your life based
00:49:50.804 --> 00:49:52.272
Upon what you can see around you,
00:49:52.272 --> 00:49:54.474
And that will always be inadequate.
00:49:54.474 --> 00:49:57.277
We focus our eyes on the storm.
00:49:57.277 --> 00:49:59.279
We get worried about the clouds and the rain and the darkness,
00:49:59.279 --> 00:50:02.416
And when that happens, what we have to do
00:50:02.416 --> 00:50:04.985
Is to hone in on the ministry of the holy spirit
00:50:04.985 --> 00:50:08.221
And ask him to help us see through the fog and the storm
00:50:08.221 --> 00:50:11.658
To the reality of his presence.
00:50:11.658 --> 00:50:14.661
Sometimes you just have to put blinders on and pray,
00:50:14.661 --> 00:50:16.963
"lord, help me not to look at the circumstances.
00:50:16.963 --> 00:50:20.567
Help me to hear and listen to what you are saying to me."
00:50:20.567 --> 00:50:23.603
I don't know what the practical application
00:50:23.603 --> 00:50:25.272
Of that all is.
00:50:25.272 --> 00:50:26.640
I do think this.
00:50:26.640 --> 00:50:27.974
I think sometimes we listen to too much news.
00:50:27.974 --> 00:50:31.411
I think sometimes we look at so much of what's going on,
00:50:31.411 --> 00:50:35.082
And you know what?
00:50:35.082 --> 00:50:36.416
We live in this day when we don't just get
00:50:36.416 --> 00:50:37.751
The bad news that's here.
00:50:37.751 --> 00:50:39.086
We get the bad news from all over the country.
00:50:39.086 --> 00:50:40.754
The bottom line is, men and women,
00:50:40.754 --> 00:50:42.289
We don't just live in the present
00:50:42.289 --> 00:50:44.024
With all of the world's information around us.
00:50:44.024 --> 00:50:46.827
We are christians and we live in a spiritual realm as well,
00:50:46.827 --> 00:50:50.130
And we need to see through the fog
00:50:50.130 --> 00:50:52.365
And through the storm,
00:50:52.365 --> 00:50:53.700
And the way we do that is through the eternal word of god
00:50:53.700 --> 00:50:56.369
That gives us the encouragement we need
00:50:56.369 --> 00:50:58.472
To keep stepping forward
00:50:58.472 --> 00:51:00.207
And stand strong for the things of god.
00:51:00.207 --> 00:51:02.976
I know you know this verse,
00:51:02.976 --> 00:51:04.845
But it has a greater meaning to me
00:51:04.845 --> 00:51:06.480
Having studied for this message.
00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:08.315
Here's what it says.
00:51:08.315 --> 00:51:10.217
"trust in the lord with all your heart,
00:51:10.217 --> 00:51:14.621
And lean not to your own understanding;
00:51:14.621 --> 00:51:19.426
In all your ways, acknowledge him,
00:51:19.426 --> 00:51:21.194
And he shall direct your path."
00:51:21.194 --> 00:51:23.563
Trust in the lord with all your heart,
00:51:23.563 --> 00:51:26.133
And don't keep looking out the window.
00:51:26.133 --> 00:51:29.369
In all your ways, keep your eyes
00:51:29.369 --> 00:51:34.541
Where they belong, and he will direct your path.
00:51:34.541 --> 00:51:39.379
When you open the scripture,
00:51:39.379 --> 00:51:41.181
The spirit illumines your mind with truth
00:51:41.181 --> 00:51:44.751
And your path with direction,
00:51:44.751 --> 00:51:47.454
And if you don't have the bible to help you,
00:51:47.454 --> 00:51:50.023
You're kind of out there, lost.
00:51:50.023 --> 00:51:52.192
All you have is stuff coming in.
00:51:52.192 --> 00:51:54.127
If you don't have any other voice
00:51:54.127 --> 00:51:55.662
In your life, then guess what?
00:51:55.662 --> 00:51:57.964
You're going to be impacted greatly
00:51:57.964 --> 00:52:00.300
By everything that happens out here.
00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:02.836
You need a stabilizing force.
00:52:02.836 --> 00:52:05.305
That force is the spirit of god, who lives within you,
00:52:05.305 --> 00:52:07.641
And he's promised you
00:52:07.641 --> 00:52:09.042
That if you'll faithfully read this book,
00:52:09.042 --> 00:52:10.477
He will help you understand it.
00:52:10.477 --> 00:52:12.979
He will help you understand what it means.
00:52:12.979 --> 00:52:15.081
Most of all, he will help you understand what it means to you.
00:52:15.081 --> 00:52:19.119
August hermann francke was a brilliant young scholar
00:52:19.119 --> 00:52:23.356
In germany more than three centuries ago.
00:52:23.356 --> 00:52:27.594
By the time he reached his mid-twenties,
00:52:27.594 --> 00:52:29.796
He was already lecturing on theology
00:52:29.796 --> 00:52:31.631
At the university of leipzig,
00:52:31.631 --> 00:52:33.400
Explaining the bible to his students,
00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:36.203
But there was a problem.
00:52:36.203 --> 00:52:37.537
He didn't believe the bible.
00:52:37.537 --> 00:52:39.005
He didn't believe the bible was god's word.
00:52:39.005 --> 00:52:41.741
He was just teaching the bible as a book of literature
00:52:41.741 --> 00:52:45.145
To college students,
00:52:45.145 --> 00:52:46.913
Which happens a lot, if you don't know.
00:52:46.913 --> 00:52:49.983
One night he was in his study with an oil lamp,
00:52:49.983 --> 00:52:53.787
Looking at the books all around him,
00:52:53.787 --> 00:52:55.121
And he was preparing for another lecture,
00:52:55.121 --> 00:52:57.157
And his eyes landed on a verse in john chapter 20,
00:52:57.157 --> 00:53:00.927
And this is what the verse said.
00:53:00.927 --> 00:53:03.430
"these things are written that you may believe
00:53:03.430 --> 00:53:06.499
That jesus is the christ, the son of god,
00:53:06.499 --> 00:53:09.536
And that by believing you may have life in his name."
00:53:09.536 --> 00:53:13.873
These things he'd been preparing to teach,
00:53:13.873 --> 00:53:16.643
These lessons he was giving as if they were literature,
00:53:16.643 --> 00:53:19.512
Now he reads in that very book
00:53:19.512 --> 00:53:21.047
That these things were given to him
00:53:21.047 --> 00:53:22.649
So that he might have life in the son of god.
00:53:22.649 --> 00:53:25.185
That verse hit him like a lightning bolt,
00:53:25.185 --> 00:53:26.953
And suddenly they weren't just words on a page.
00:53:26.953 --> 00:53:29.623
They felt alive, as if god was speaking straight to him,
00:53:29.623 --> 00:53:32.792
And he was.
00:53:32.792 --> 00:53:35.228
In that moment he realized
00:53:35.228 --> 00:53:36.896
He wasn't in charge of the bible.
00:53:36.896 --> 00:53:39.266
The bible was in charge of him, and he believed,
00:53:39.266 --> 00:53:42.302
And he describes himself as being born again.
00:53:42.302 --> 00:53:46.306
The same spirit who opened his eyes
00:53:46.306 --> 00:53:48.742
Can open our eyes.
00:53:48.742 --> 00:53:50.977
As christians, when you open the bible
00:53:50.977 --> 00:53:53.647
Do not just expect words on a page.
00:53:53.647 --> 00:53:56.750
Expect god to speak to you, to guide you, and to change you.
00:53:56.750 --> 00:54:00.787
Ask yourself this question as you begin to read.
00:54:00.787 --> 00:54:03.690
Lord, is there something you need to show me
00:54:03.690 --> 00:54:06.960
That i need to do?
00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:08.928
Is there something that you need to show me
00:54:08.928 --> 00:54:10.797
That i need to quit doing?
00:54:10.797 --> 00:54:12.966
I open my heart to you, and here's the deal, guys.
00:54:12.966 --> 00:54:15.835
Here's the thing that's so hard for all of us.
00:54:15.835 --> 00:54:17.537
When it comes to direction, you have to sign
00:54:17.537 --> 00:54:20.440
At the bottom of the page and let god fill in the top.
00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:24.477
You don't get to say, "okay, lord, that's a good idea.
00:54:24.477 --> 00:54:26.946
Let me think about that for a week
00:54:26.946 --> 00:54:28.281
And we'll discuss it next time we're together."
00:54:28.281 --> 00:54:31.017
No, when he tells you what to do,
00:54:31.017 --> 00:54:32.619
You have to be willing to do it.
00:54:32.619 --> 00:54:33.953
That's the way he works.
00:54:33.953 --> 00:54:35.922
He's god, and there's no second opinion.
00:54:35.922 --> 00:54:39.759
So if god says, "this is it,"
00:54:39.759 --> 00:54:41.294
You already have to sign at the bottom,
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"lord, the answer to your question,
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No matter what it is, is yes.
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Yes, i will do that. yes, i will go there.
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Yes, i will follow your direction."
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You come with that heart of obedience,
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And god will meet you at that place, i promise you.
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He will show you what to do.
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He will help you do it.
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The thing that i listen to so often is this truth:
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That whatever god tells you to do,
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He's obligated to help you do it,
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And he will, but you have to listen.
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Don't shut god out. don't push him to the side.
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Don't fill your mind and heart up
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With all of the fog and mist of the world.
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Get some truth going in your life,
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And god will honor you for it.
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You overwhelm the bad habit with the habit of the spirit.
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"walking in the spirit," here on "turning point."
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David Jeremiah - The Illumination of the Spirit

June 13, 2026 | 57:29

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