Class 3 from this series was used for GCT Episode 253.<\/p>\n
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\nour second period speaker is our
\nbrother, Jim Harper. <\/p>\n
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\nHis overall theme for the week
\nis the work of the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nin the New Testament and today’s
\ntopic, Miraculous Spirit Gifts <\/p>\n
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\nof the Gym.
\nOf necessity, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, this is going to be
\nrather general if you go to <\/p>\n
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\nRomans 12 or you go to 1st
\nCorinthians 12, or if you go to <\/p>\n
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\nEphesians 4 and you look at the
\nthe gifts there. <\/p>\n
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\nThey defy any kind of
\ncomprehensive coalition, they <\/p>\n
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\njust defy that brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
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\nSo of necessity this will be
\nrather general. <\/p>\n
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\nI just hope that it won’t also
\nturn out to be rather vague in <\/p>\n
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\nthe process, and I attempted
\nwhen I started on this to make a<\/p>\n
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\ndefinition statement.
\nAnd after I’ve reviewed it with <\/p>\n
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\nyou, I’ll tell you I’m not
\nterribly happy with it. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s probably not adequate, but
\nI felt compelled to try to say <\/p>\n
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\nsomething miraculous.
\nSpirit gifts and New Testament <\/p>\n
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\ntimes enabled the believers who
\nreceived them to do things in <\/p>\n
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\nthe name of Christ that they
\ncould not otherwise have done. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then I struggled with this
\nbecause when in history, New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament times or not, have we
\nnot been able to do things in <\/p>\n
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\nthe name of Christ that we could
\nnot otherwise do? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd isn’t that also miraculous?
\nYou know, and I struggled with <\/p>\n
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\nthis kind of thing at home.
\nThese have had a bit of airing <\/p>\n
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\nwith the with our adult Sunday
\nSchool class. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Brother Dave Stiles came to
\nme after one Sunday morning. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd some of, you know, Dave and
\nConnie, and, I mean, they’re <\/p>\n
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\njust wonderful contributors to
\nthe Meriden meeting. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Dave said, look, he said
\nthere are natural miracles and <\/p>\n
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\nthere are supernatural miracles.
\nHe said you’re basically trying <\/p>\n
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\nto focus on the supernatural
\nmiracles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I said, yeah, you know,
\nthat’s right. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s very helpful.
\nCan I quote you on that? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I now have, because when
\nbrothers and sisters, has God <\/p>\n
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\nnot worked in our lives in
\nmiraculous ways? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so I am looking at some of
\nthe more overtly miraculous <\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nBrother Jeff and I were just <\/p>\n
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\ntalking a little bit about this
\nbefore, You know, you can merge <\/p>\n
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\nfrom these New Testament
\nmiracles into our own <\/p>\n
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\nexperiences and and and the
\nareas Gray a bit. <\/p>\n
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\nBut what I’m thinking about for
\nthe moment is this kind of <\/p>\n
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\nthing.
\nBy the empowerment of heaven, <\/p>\n
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\nmen spoke with other tongues.
\nThe mysteries of God were <\/p>\n
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\nrevealed and their meanings were
\nexpounded. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s a a marvelous, marvelous
\narea to explore. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember Paul’s expression in
\nFirst Corinthians 14? <\/p>\n
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\nIn the tongue they speak
\nmysteries. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you know, he’s not just
\nreferring to the fact that the <\/p>\n
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\ntongue itself was enigmatic, but
\nhe’s saying something, I <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve, about the content of
\nwhat was being spoken as well. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd those things were being
\nrevealed and their meanings <\/p>\n
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\ncould be expounded and men
\nprophesied. <\/p>\n
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\nWe we saw a couple of examples
\nof that yesterday and. <\/p>\n
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\nThe net result of many of these
\nthings was that listeners were <\/p>\n
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\ncompelled to heart searching
\nresponse, and heaven is the <\/p>\n
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\ndriving force behind it.
\nPeople were healed of physical <\/p>\n
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\nand mental afflictions, and so
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\nsalvation being set before us.
\nIn the New Testament times, the <\/p>\n
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\ndead were raised to life again.
\nAnd over against those wonderful<\/p>\n
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\nblessings, words of divine
\njudgment were pronounced against<\/p>\n
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\nunrepentant sinners, and
\npunishments followed with <\/p>\n
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\nfrightening swiftness.
\nThe hand of the Lord is upon <\/p>\n
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\nyou, and immediately a mist fell
\nupon him from heaven, and he <\/p>\n
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\nwent about seeking someone to
\nlead him by the hand. <\/p>\n
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\nOr anioniasis of Fira in the
\nprocess of all of this in the <\/p>\n
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\nNew Testament context.
\nAnd then we want to think about <\/p>\n
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\nthe fact that it still happens.
\nMaybe not with the same tongues <\/p>\n
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\nor healings or raisings of the
\ndead, but this can be <\/p>\n
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\nextrapolated in the process.
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\nof salvation.
\nThroughout the Jewish and <\/p>\n
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\nGentile worlds and believers
\nedified fellow believers in the <\/p>\n
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\nthings that pertain to life in
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s still happening.
\nIt just doesn’t happen with my <\/p>\n
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\nability to stand up here and
\nspeak Hebrew to you, or to put <\/p>\n
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\nmy hands on someone and make
\nthem walk again. <\/p>\n
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\nOr heal them in some other
\nphysical way. <\/p>\n
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\nThose things will ultimately
\nhave their fulfillment and the <\/p>\n
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\nbest that’s yet to come.
\nBut still we preach and we <\/p>\n
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\nedify.
\nWe’re going back to the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament context, the saving
\npurposes of God. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re served among men on Earth.
\nAnd the glorified Christ, <\/p>\n
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\nthrough whom the gifts were
\ngiven. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd This is why, brothers and
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\nwhether adamant is too strong a
\nword, but but so positive in <\/p>\n
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\nwanting to say to you these
\ngifts came from heaven always, <\/p>\n
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\nand even when they came in
\npunctuated ways, there was the <\/p>\n
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\nprayer from earth, and there was
\nthe answers to the prayer that <\/p>\n
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\ncame from heaven.
\nBecause this is important. <\/p>\n
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\nThe glorified Christ, through
\nwhom the gifts were given, was <\/p>\n
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\nshown for all time.
\nHe was shown to them then, and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s documented for us.
\nHe was shown for all time to be <\/p>\n
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\nthe Savior of mankind, the
\nminister of God’s grace to men. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so, brothers and sisters,
\nwhat purposes did Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\nAnd how are the same purposes
\nserved in Christ’s ecclesia <\/p>\n
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\ntoday?
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\nbelievers first believed,
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\nAlready that heaven often, if
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\nWe can read about it now, but
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\nSo I want to explore the gifts <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we get to the second
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\nbelieved.
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\nWe’ll take our illustrations
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\nEthicis, and when I see examples
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\nIt says to me that this may be a<\/p>\n
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\nbeliever’s baptism into Christ.
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\nsurely brothers and sisters, as
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\nWe can be sure that in our own
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\nan overt Holy Spirit baptism.
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\nbelief, it provided.
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\nBrother Randy Davenport was
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\ngetting to. <\/p>\n
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\nBut anyway, here it is, a seal,
\na guarantee, and we just have to<\/p>\n
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\nWe can read through this. <\/p>\n
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\nI know Esther and I can read
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\nseconds in the daily readings
\ntwice a year and every phrase of<\/p>\n
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\nthis passage in Ephesians
\nchapter one is absolutely <\/p>\n
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\npowerful, brothers and sisters,
\nabsolutely powerful in Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nThe context allows me to to to
\nto put that in in Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nYou also trusted after you heard
\nthe word of Truth, Remember? <\/p>\n
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\nNow we’re talking about those
\nmoments when people believed in <\/p>\n
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\nbelieved you were sealed with
\nthe Holy Spirit of promise. <\/p>\n
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\nNow I infer from that that Paul
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\nThe fact that God has touched
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\nenduring effects.
\nBut I infer that Paul has <\/p>\n
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\nsomething overt in mind that has
\nhappened when they’ve heard the <\/p>\n
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\nword of truth, when they’ve put
\ntheir trust in Christ, when <\/p>\n
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\nthey’ve believed you were sealed
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\nwhich is the guarantee of our
\ninheritance. <\/p>\n
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\npurchased possession, which is <\/p>\n
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\nus, to the praise of his glory,
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\nthat isn’t just powerful.
\nI read that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if I read it slowly,
\nbrothers and sisters, my <\/p>\n
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\nreaction is Step aside,
\nShakespeare. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is this is marvelous,
\nmarvelous stuff. <\/p>\n
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\nThe baptismal gift was an
\nearnest of eternal life, a <\/p>\n
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\nliteral foretaste of the powers
\nof the age to come, a person who<\/p>\n
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\nheard the gospel of salvation
\nand put his trust in Christ by <\/p>\n
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\nobedient baptism.
\nIn that day and age, many of <\/p>\n
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\nthem quickly learned how
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\nAnd so Paul can go on to say in
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\nHoly Spirit of God, by whom by
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\nAnd we can understand that God
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\nour understanding these things,
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\ngiven, the word is sufficient to<\/p>\n
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\ntell us we’ve been sealed for
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\nhas got to be on our hearts, the
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\nthat transfiguring process, just
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\nyou in Christ, and has anointed
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\nBut yet, at the same time, if
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\nwho received them and used them
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\nOr else all the work of Christ,
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\ngrace to man, is in vain.
\nAnd, you know, just exploring <\/p>\n
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\nand contemplating this, my mind
\nwent back to this rebuke which <\/p>\n
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\nmost time the towns of Carrazin
\nand Beth Seda. <\/p>\n
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\nAround the Sea of Galilee, woe
\nto you to Raisin, woe to you <\/p>\n
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\nBeth Seda, For if the mighty
\nworks which were done in you had<\/p>\n
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\nbeen done, and Tyre and Siden,
\nthey would have repented long <\/p>\n
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\nago in sackcloth and ashes.
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\nThat what Jesus had done, not
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\nof careason or but seda, but the
\nmighty works were done in you. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s not just talking about a
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\nHe’s talking about people.
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\ndone in you had been done in
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\nsome effect on their hearts.
\nThey would have repented. <\/p>\n
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\nLong ago, in sackcloth and
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\nSecond Corinthians and we can
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\nBut that’s okay stepping out
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\nWe who are in this tent groan
\nbeing burdened. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as I reviewed these thoughts
\nthis morning, I thought to <\/p>\n
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\nmyself, you know, as I stand up
\nhere and I look out across all <\/p>\n
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\nof your brothers and sisters, we
\nhave an accumulated age, and we <\/p>\n
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\nhave an accumulated experience
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\nWe who are in this tent groan,
\nbeing burdened not because we <\/p>\n
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\nwant to be unclothed, but
\nfurther clothed, that mortality <\/p>\n
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\nmay be swallowed up by life.
\nNow he who has prepared us for <\/p>\n
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\nthis very thing is God, who also
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\nguarantee.
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\nfinger on the time of their <\/p>\n
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\nbelief and heaven’s response.
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\nchildren and our friends when
\nthey go into the waters of <\/p>\n
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\nbaptism.
\nThe heavens may not open up <\/p>\n
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\nagain, and the Spirit fall on
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\nhousehold of Cornelius, or
\namongst on those disciples of <\/p>\n
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\nEphesus.
\nBut nevertheless, rest assured, <\/p>\n
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\nwe have the guarantee of this
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\nby life.
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\nread of these things and for <\/p>\n
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\nexperienced them, that believers<\/p>\n
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\nin New Testament times were
\nopenly given a down payment on <\/p>\n
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\neternal life when they openly
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\nThere’s something else, I think
\nwonderful that happens here, and<\/p>\n
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\nthat is not only not only is
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\nof of eternal life, but in the
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\nChrist and responded to it, yes,
\nyour faith is acceptable, your <\/p>\n
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\nwashed away, and you are indeed
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\nI believe those baptismal gifts
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\nhis sins, and that God justified
\nhim unto eternal life, whether <\/p>\n
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\nhe was a Jew or a Gentile.
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\nCornelius, and I’m going to
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\nfrom the household of Cornelius
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\nand they bring him to Caesaria.
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\nCornelius falls down before him
\nand Peter says, get up man, I’m <\/p>\n
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\njust the same as you are.
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\nbegins to speak.
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\nhe arrives at this point, which
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\nAnd we’ll go back to that.
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\nthese words, the Holy Spirit
\nfell upon all those who heard <\/p>\n
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\nthe word.
\nAnd how did they know? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, there was a miraculous
\nbaptismal gift. <\/p>\n
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\nThey heard them speak with
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\nWhat did it mean?
\nWe’ve we’ve been there already <\/p>\n
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\nthis week.
\nBut let’s just remember Peter <\/p>\n
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\nhome in Caesarea had to go back
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\nJerusalem.
\nFor what had been done. <\/p>\n
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\nThey had gone into the Gentiles,
\nand Peter rehearsed what had <\/p>\n
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\nhappened, and they had to
\nconclude this is indeed of <\/p>\n
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\nheaven.
\nIf therefore, God gave them the <\/p>\n
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\nsame gift as he gave us when we
\nbelieved on the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist, then God has granted to
\nthe Gentiles repentance to life <\/p>\n
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\nthat Holy Spirit baptism in the
\nhousehold of Cornelius said, <\/p>\n
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\nYour repentance is accepted.
\nYou’re the heir of life. <\/p>\n
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\nHave you ever read anything of
\nClement of Rome? <\/p>\n
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\nIncredible letter written near
\nthe end of the 1st century and <\/p>\n
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\nwritten to the Corinthians worth
\nreading and up to my mind? <\/p>\n
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\nThe pinnacle atonement statement
\nthat Clement makes in there is <\/p>\n
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\nwhen he says that the cross
\ngives to us the grace of <\/p>\n
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\nrepentance.
\nIt is the way by which God has <\/p>\n
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\ngiven to us the grace of
\nrepentance, I thought to myself,<\/p>\n
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\nWell, there’s a 1st century
\nappreciation of the cross. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so, in response to all the
\nthings that God had done in the <\/p>\n
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\nlife of Cornelius, he has
\ngranted to the Gentiles <\/p>\n
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\nrepentance unto life, and that
\nHoly Spirit baptism was an <\/p>\n
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\nacceptance of their repentance,
\nwhich God had engendered in any <\/p>\n
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\nrespect, envy, and made them the
\nheirs of eternal life. <\/p>\n
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\nThe sequence of events at the
\nHouse of Cornelius is <\/p>\n
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\nparticularly instructive in this
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\nAnd now I want to go back just
\none verse, because what was <\/p>\n
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\nPeter saying when the Holy
\nSpirit suddenly fell on the <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles?
\nWhat was he saying? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, here it is to him.
\nAnd now it’s the resurrected <\/p>\n
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\nJesus of Nazareth.
\nAll the prophets witness that <\/p>\n
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\nthrough his name, whoever
\nbelieves in him will receive <\/p>\n
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\nremission of sins.
\nAnd while Peter was speaking <\/p>\n
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\nthese words, the Holy Spirit
\nfell upon those who heard the <\/p>\n
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\nword,
\nand a double miracle happened. <\/p>\n
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\nJust open up your Bibles.
\nIt’s about time, huh? <\/p>\n
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\nTalking yesterday.
\nAnd I have to say, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, what struck me
\nyesterday, Is there something to<\/p>\n
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\nbe said for just the man in the
\nbook? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd unless you’re comfortable
\nwith this stuff, leave it alone.<\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a lot to be said for
\njust the man in the book. <\/p>\n
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\nActs 11 There’s a double miracle
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\nCornelius.
\nWe know about the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
337
\n00:30:34,560 –> 00:30:40,480
\nBaptism of the Gentiles.
\nBut I believe that Peter himself<\/p>\n
338
\n00:30:40,480 –> 00:30:44,880
\nexperienced a gift at this
\nmoment too, and I just would <\/p>\n
339
\n00:30:44,880 –> 00:30:54,890
\ndraw your attention in Acts 11
\nto verse 15 and then verse 16. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:30:57,730 –> 00:31:04,970
\nAnd as I began to speak, the
\nHoly Spirit fell on them as on <\/p>\n
341
\n00:31:04,970 –> 00:31:11,010
\nus at the beginning.
\nAnd the conclusion, of course, <\/p>\n
342
\n00:31:11,050 –> 00:31:19,130
\nis now that heaven has purified
\nthe hearts of the Gentiles by <\/p>\n
343
\n00:31:19,130 –> 00:31:24,420
\nfaith.
\nSo that’s another way of <\/p>\n
344
\n00:31:24,420 –> 00:31:26,620
\nexpressing the meaning of the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:31:26,620 –> 00:31:31,140
\nBaptism that took place then,
\nwhich resulted in speaking in <\/p>\n
346
\n00:31:31,140 –> 00:31:35,860
\ntongues and magnifying God.
\nCan we go to about 1:00 today? <\/p>\n
347
\n00:31:38,460 –> 00:31:43,620
\nNever mind.
\nSo that was the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
348
\n00:31:43,700 –> 00:31:49,080
\nBaptism of the Gentiles.
\nBut then look at verse 16, <\/p>\n
349
\n00:31:49,080 –> 00:31:53,600
\nbrothers and sisters, we’ve been
\nemphasizing this kind of thing. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:31:54,520 –> 00:32:00,560
\nThen remembered I the word of
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:32:00,560 –> 00:32:04,120
\nHow he said, John indeed
\nbaptized with water, but you <\/p>\n
352
\n00:32:04,120 –> 00:32:06,520
\nshould be baptized with the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:32:08,600 –> 00:32:11,400
\nWe might miss that.
\nI don’t know how many years I’ve<\/p>\n
354
\n00:32:11,400 –> 00:32:15,110
\nmissed that.
\nI thought, well, you know, Peter<\/p>\n
355
\n00:32:15,110 –> 00:32:17,790
\nsaw them speaking tongues.
\nThat’s what had happened to them<\/p>\n
356
\n00:32:17,790 –> 00:32:19,990
\non the day of Pentecost.
\nAnd what else? <\/p>\n
357
\n00:32:20,030 –> 00:32:21,750
\nYou know, his mind just went
\nback to Pentecost. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:32:21,950 –> 00:32:25,990
\nHis mind doesn’t actually go
\nback just to Pentecost, if <\/p>\n
359
\n00:32:25,990 –> 00:32:30,350
\nyou’ll notice.
\nHis mind goes back to the words <\/p>\n
360
\n00:32:30,350 –> 00:32:37,430
\nthat Jesus spoke a few days
\nbefore Pentecost acts. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:32:37,430 –> 00:32:39,990
\nOne verse 5 is your cross
\nreference, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
362
\n00:32:42,590 –> 00:32:46,510
\nYou know, turn back to John 14
\nwith me, <\/p>\n
363
\n00:32:56,910 –> 00:33:13,220
\nverse 25, John 14, verse 25.
\nThese things have I spoken unto <\/p>\n
364
\n00:33:13,220 –> 00:33:19,540
\nyou, being yet present with you.
\nBut the Comforter, which is the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:33:19,540 –> 00:33:25,500
\nHoly Spirit whom the Father will
\nsend in my name, he shall teach <\/p>\n
366
\n00:33:25,500 –> 00:33:31,940
\nyou all things, and bring all
\nthings to your remembrance. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:33:32,500 –> 00:33:43,000
\nWhatsoever I have said to you,
\nthen remembered by the words of <\/p>\n
368
\n00:33:43,000 –> 00:33:49,960
\nthe Lord Jesus how he said, John
\nindeed baptized with water, But <\/p>\n
369
\n00:33:49,960 –> 00:33:52,600
\nyou shall be baptized with the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:33:55,560 –> 00:33:58,440
\nAnd so Peter received a miracle
\nat that moment. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:33:58,440 –> 00:34:01,840
\nAnd do you remember how he
\nprocessed that miracle? <\/p>\n
372
\n00:34:02,040 –> 00:34:04,000
\nDo you remember how he responded
\nto it? <\/p>\n
373
\n00:34:04,000 –> 00:34:07,240
\nBrothers and sisters, they come
\nback to Acts 10. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:34:12,150 –> 00:34:14,110
\nIf I get 2 locked in, I’m using
\nthe scriptures. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:34:14,110 –> 00:34:16,190
\nI’ll lose the PowerPoint.
\nOh, happy day. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:34:17,150 –> 00:34:28,429
\nOh Happy Day.
\nHere’s how Peter responded. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:34:29,710 –> 00:34:36,340
\nLook at this Acts 10, verse 46.
\nThey heard them speak with <\/p>\n
378
\n00:34:36,340 –> 00:34:39,780
\ntongues and magnify God, but
\nperhaps they didn’t know what <\/p>\n
379
\n00:34:39,780 –> 00:34:48,219
\nwas also going on within Peter
\nhimself, then remembered I the <\/p>\n
380
\n00:34:48,219 –> 00:34:51,179
\nword of the Lord Jesus.
\nLook at the rest of verse 46 <\/p>\n
381
\n00:34:51,460 –> 00:34:57,220
\nthen answered Peter.
\nCan any man forbid water that <\/p>\n
382
\n00:34:57,220 –> 00:35:00,780
\nthese should not be baptized,
\nwhich have received the Holy <\/p>\n
383
\n00:35:00,780 –> 00:35:05,260
\nSpirit as well as we?
\nAnd he commanded them to be <\/p>\n
384
\n00:35:05,260 –> 00:35:08,420
\nbaptized in the name of the Lord
\nJesus? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:35:09,740 –> 00:35:12,060
\nAnd I’ve attempted here,
\nbrothers and sisters, just to <\/p>\n
386
\n00:35:12,060 –> 00:35:17,580
\nparaphrase us a little bit, as
\nthe Holy Spirit falls upon them <\/p>\n
387
\n00:35:17,580 –> 00:35:22,700
\nand says that God has purified
\ntheir hearts by faith, yes, they<\/p>\n
388
\n00:35:22,700 –> 00:35:25,020
\nhave been granted repentance
\nunto life. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:35:25,420 –> 00:35:28,380
\nPeter is having this experience
\nwithin himself. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:35:28,500 –> 00:35:33,780
\nYes, Peter, Gentiles can also
\nhave their sins forgiven by <\/p>\n
391
\n00:35:33,780 –> 00:35:35,420
\nfaith.
\nIn the last words you just <\/p>\n
392
\n00:35:35,420 –> 00:35:43,100
\nspoke.
\nGentiles can have their sins <\/p>\n
393
\n00:35:43,100 –> 00:35:49,780
\nforgiven by faith in Me, the
\nglorified Jewish Messiah. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:35:51,860 –> 00:35:56,940
\nAnd these Gentiles have faith
\nthat justifies them in the sight<\/p>\n
395
\n00:35:56,940 –> 00:35:58,660
\nof God.
\nYou want to know what Peter <\/p>\n
396
\n00:35:59,190 –> 00:36:02,630
\nthey’ll show it to you when you
\ncommand them to be baptized. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:36:09,390 –> 00:36:18,270
\nEphesus Acts 19 and all we’re
\ngoing to get accomplished today <\/p>\n
398
\n00:36:18,270 –> 00:36:24,510
\nand that’s enough.
\nIs that these baptismal gifts <\/p>\n
399
\n00:36:24,510 –> 00:36:26,110
\nthat came?
\nAnd this is not saying anything <\/p>\n
400
\n00:36:26,110 –> 00:36:29,710
\nabout the edifying work that
\ngoes on in the Ecclesia after <\/p>\n
401
\n00:36:29,710 –> 00:36:31,150
\nthat.
\nA New Testament times. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:36:31,150 –> 00:36:34,190
\nAnd I’m sorry that that’ll just
\nhave to go. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:36:34,910 –> 00:36:37,070
\nThe notes are there, you can
\nread them for yourself. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:36:39,070 –> 00:36:42,710
\nPaul, having passed through the
\nupper regions, came to Ephesus <\/p>\n
405
\n00:36:43,390 –> 00:36:47,230
\nand finding some disciples, he
\nsaid to them, did you receive <\/p>\n
406
\n00:36:47,230 –> 00:36:49,230
\nthe Holy Spirit when you
\nbelieved? <\/p>\n
407
\n00:36:49,230 –> 00:36:53,510
\nAnd whatever else that says to
\nyou, brothers and sisters, it <\/p>\n
408
\n00:36:53,510 –> 00:36:58,150
\nsuggests to me that Paul
\nexpected something like this to <\/p>\n
409
\n00:36:58,150 –> 00:37:06,010
\nhave happened, and that there
\nmay have been more widely than <\/p>\n
410
\n00:37:06,010 –> 00:37:10,330
\nwe.
\nWe tend to see the overt <\/p>\n
411
\n00:37:10,330 –> 00:37:16,210
\nresponse of heaven to these
\nearly believers after Christ’s <\/p>\n
412
\n00:37:16,210 –> 00:37:21,930
\nglorification.
\nMaybe just the timing was wrong <\/p>\n
413
\n00:37:21,930 –> 00:37:24,810
\nhere for these people because
\nthey end up being disciples of <\/p>\n
414
\n00:37:24,810 –> 00:37:28,690
\nJohn and it’s hard to know when
\nthey were baptized. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:37:29,900 –> 00:37:32,220
\nAnd I would just say in passing,
\nbrothers and sisters, there’s <\/p>\n
416
\n00:37:32,220 –> 00:37:34,740
\nnothing deficient in John’s
\nbaptism ever. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:37:36,820 –> 00:37:42,540
\nThe deficiency here is in these
\npeople, and Paul sensed that, <\/p>\n
418
\n00:37:45,660 –> 00:37:48,740
\nespecially when they respond as
\nthey do in the rest of verse <\/p>\n
419
\n00:37:48,740 –> 00:37:50,700
\ntwo.
\nSo they said to him, we’ve not <\/p>\n
420
\n00:37:50,700 –> 00:37:54,220
\nso much as heard whether there’s
\na Holy Spirit and that put the <\/p>\n
421
\n00:37:54,220 –> 00:38:01,440
\nflag up and Paul’s thinking.
\nAnd so he raises the obvious <\/p>\n
422
\n00:38:01,440 –> 00:38:05,400
\nnext question into what then
\nwere you baptized? <\/p>\n
423
\n00:38:07,160 –> 00:38:09,640
\nSo they said into John’s
\nbaptism. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:38:11,080 –> 00:38:15,760
\nNow I can’t get into the mind of
\nof Paul here, but I think if I <\/p>\n
425
\n00:38:15,760 –> 00:38:19,800
\nwere standing there with the bit
\nI know today, my response would <\/p>\n
426
\n00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:28,200
\nbe really what were you baptized
\ninto into John’s baptism? <\/p>\n
427
\n00:38:29,360 –> 00:38:36,520
\nDid you understand it?
\nHeaven had not confirmed that <\/p>\n
428
\n00:38:36,520 –> 00:38:39,520
\nthe faith of these disciples
\nwhen they believed or at any <\/p>\n
429
\n00:38:39,520 –> 00:38:45,680
\ntime since, and I think Paul
\nimmediately inferred that their <\/p>\n
430
\n00:38:45,680 –> 00:38:51,760
\nbelief was faulty and that their
\nsins remained unforgiven because<\/p>\n
431
\n00:38:51,760 –> 00:38:57,460
\nof that, whenever it was that
\nthey’d been baptized. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:38:57,460 –> 00:39:01,220
\nThese disciples had not, I
\nbelieve, understood the <\/p>\n
433
\n00:39:01,220 –> 00:39:05,580
\nrepentant nature of baptism,
\neven John’s baptism. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:39:05,580 –> 00:39:09,420
\nBecause what does Paul Anguanda
\nsay then? <\/p>\n
435
\n00:39:09,580 –> 00:39:15,420
\nPaul said John indeed baptized
\nwith the baptism of repentance. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:39:18,100 –> 00:39:24,350
\nThat’s hard to know exactly why
\nhe says it that way, and what <\/p>\n
437
\n00:39:24,550 –> 00:39:28,230
\nmay have been in the minds of
\nthese people, and why they had <\/p>\n
438
\n00:39:28,230 –> 00:39:30,590
\ngone through the process of
\nbaptism at all. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:39:30,990 –> 00:39:33,390
\nBut Paul is getting right to the
\nheart of it. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:39:33,390 –> 00:39:35,350
\nHere.
\nJohn indeed baptized with the <\/p>\n
441
\n00:39:35,350 –> 00:39:37,310
\nbaptism of repentance.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
442
\n00:39:38,190 –> 00:39:47,490
\nFor the forgiveness of sins,
\nsaying to the people that they <\/p>\n
443
\n00:39:47,490 –> 00:39:51,530
\nshould believe on him who would
\ncome after him, that is, on <\/p>\n
444
\n00:39:51,530 –> 00:39:56,260
\nChrist Jesus.
\nSo in both of those clauses <\/p>\n
445
\n00:39:56,260 –> 00:39:59,460
\nthere, brothers and sisters,
\nPaul seems under inspiration to <\/p>\n
446
\n00:39:59,460 –> 00:40:03,060
\nbe getting at the heart of what
\nthe problem was with. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:40:03,060 –> 00:40:11,020
\nThese would be disciples of John
\nat Ephesus, and neither had <\/p>\n
448
\n00:40:11,020 –> 00:40:14,020
\nthese disciples understood the
\nwork of the mightier 1 to come <\/p>\n
449
\n00:40:14,180 –> 00:40:18,300
\nof whom John had spoken.
\nHe will baptize you with the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:40:18,300 –> 00:40:24,110
\nHoly Spirit.
\nAnd so in response to that, very<\/p>\n
451
\n00:40:24,110 –> 00:40:29,430
\nbrief but I think very important
\ncouple of statements that Paul <\/p>\n
452
\n00:40:29,430 –> 00:40:35,830
\nmakes when they heard this.
\nThey were baptized in the name <\/p>\n
453
\n00:40:35,830 –> 00:40:39,070
\nof the Lord Jesus.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
454
\n00:40:42,590 –> 00:40:51,790
\nFor the forgiveness of sins and
\nAnd here’s where in the New <\/p>\n
455
\n00:40:51,790 –> 00:40:55,510
\nTestament times the paradigm
\nworks out. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:40:55,510 –> 00:41:02,950
\nSo often this larger paradigm of
\nsalvation that when the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:41:02,950 –> 00:41:11,150
\nindividual has responded by
\nfaith to baptism for the <\/p>\n
458
\n00:41:11,150 –> 00:41:15,470
\nforgiveness of sins, heaven
\ncompleted the paradigm as it <\/p>\n
459
\n00:41:15,470 –> 00:41:22,500
\nwere, with the overt
\nconfirmation Proof positive, <\/p>\n
460
\n00:41:22,500 –> 00:41:25,380
\nbrothers and sisters, proof
\npositive that our Lord is going <\/p>\n
461
\n00:41:25,380 –> 00:41:30,020
\nto come and give us eternal life
\nbecause that model has been <\/p>\n
462
\n00:41:30,020 –> 00:41:33,500
\nfilled out for us in the New
\nTestament that we read. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:41:34,860 –> 00:41:41,260
\nAnd so when Paul laid hands on
\nthem, the Holy Spirit came upon <\/p>\n
464
\n00:41:41,260 –> 00:41:43,020
\nthem.
\nWhere did the Holy Spirit come <\/p>\n
465
\n00:41:43,020 –> 00:41:46,940
\nfrom?
\nWell, you you may have your <\/p>\n
466
\n00:41:46,940 –> 00:41:50,130
\nthoughts on this.
\nI don’t believe it came from <\/p>\n
467
\n00:41:50,130 –> 00:41:55,930
\nPaul.
\nHe is the agent of Christ. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:41:59,490 –> 00:42:04,610
\nHe is the agent through whom now
\nit is known amongst men that <\/p>\n
469
\n00:42:04,610 –> 00:42:11,010
\nthis glorified Messiah of Israel
\nworks and proves to men that he <\/p>\n
470
\n00:42:11,010 –> 00:42:15,250
\nis the Savior.
\nThe Holy Spirit came upon him, <\/p>\n
471
\n00:42:15,250 –> 00:42:20,120
\nsurely from the Lord Jesus
\nhimself, and they spoke with <\/p>\n
472
\n00:42:20,120 –> 00:42:24,560
\ntongues and prophesied.
\nNow heaven openly confirmed that<\/p>\n
473
\n00:42:24,560 –> 00:42:28,560
\nthe sins of these repentant
\nbelievers were forgiven, and it <\/p>\n
474
\n00:42:28,560 –> 00:42:31,160
\nwas done by granting A baptismal
\ngift. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:42:31,160 –> 00:42:35,720
\nThey spoke with tongues and
\nprophesied, and only now did <\/p>\n
476
\n00:42:35,720 –> 00:42:41,240
\nthey become heirs of eternal
\nlife, vouchsafe to them from <\/p>\n
477
\n00:42:41,240 –> 00:42:43,680
\nheaven itself.
\nI’m just finished with this. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:42:44,800 –> 00:42:48,280
\nPerhaps this will be have a
\nlittle bit of help and and lead <\/p>\n
479
\n00:42:48,280 –> 00:42:52,360
\nus on to tomorrow.
\nThe household of Cornelius <\/p>\n
480
\n00:42:52,360 –> 00:42:55,000
\nspoken tongues and magnified
\nGod. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:42:55,000 –> 00:42:56,680
\nAnd I’ve given you the strong’s
\nnumber. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:42:58,800 –> 00:43:02,200
\nThe disciples at Ephesus spoken
\ntongues and prophesied. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:43:02,200 –> 00:43:04,280
\nAnd I’ve given you the strong’s
\nnumber. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:43:06,040 –> 00:43:11,040
\nIs there any hope, brothers and
\nsisters, of knowing what these <\/p>\n
485
\n00:43:11,040 –> 00:43:13,280
\nbaptismal gifts may have been
\nlike? <\/p>\n
486
\n00:43:15,700 –> 00:43:17,860
\nWell, obviously I wouldn’t lead
\nyou on like that if I didn’t <\/p>\n
487
\n00:43:17,860 –> 00:43:25,020
\nhave something to suggest.
\nI hope I’ll end up taking an <\/p>\n
488
\n00:43:25,020 –> 00:43:27,740
\nextra minute here, but I always
\nlove it when speakers ask <\/p>\n
489
\n00:43:27,740 –> 00:43:29,580
\nquestions like this, because I
\nsit over there and I say to <\/p>\n
490
\n00:43:29,580 –> 00:43:36,220
\nmyself, I haven’t got a clue.
\nTell me, please, is there any <\/p>\n
491
\n00:43:36,220 –> 00:43:39,660
\nhope of knowing what these
\nbaptismal gifts may have been <\/p>\n
492
\n00:43:39,660 –> 00:43:42,620
\nright?
\nWell, first of all, I believe, <\/p>\n
493
\n00:43:42,620 –> 00:43:44,780
\nbrothers and sisters, and I’ll
\nsay more about this tomorrow, <\/p>\n
494
\n00:43:45,110 –> 00:43:51,350
\nthat the gifts of utterance were
\nsubstantive, very <\/p>\n
495
\n00:43:51,350 –> 00:43:56,310
\ncomprehensible.
\nAnd I also believe that in these<\/p>\n
496
\n00:43:56,310 –> 00:44:01,310
\nparticular cases they have
\nredounded to the praise of God’s<\/p>\n
497
\n00:44:01,310 –> 00:44:06,270
\nsaving grace in terms that may
\nwell have echoed his Old <\/p>\n
498
\n00:44:06,270 –> 00:44:10,950
\nTestament promises.
\nNow that’s a breathtaking leap <\/p>\n
499
\n00:44:10,950 –> 00:44:13,510
\nof logic.
\nHow do I get there? <\/p>\n
500
\n00:44:15,650 –> 00:44:17,930
\nWell, you may have already
\ndiscovered this for yourself. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:44:18,890 –> 00:44:23,450
\nI find it more than coincidence
\nthat Luke gives us specific <\/p>\n
502
\n00:44:23,450 –> 00:44:28,010
\nexamples of these very gifts at
\nthe beginning of his gospel. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:44:28,010 –> 00:44:30,410
\nI don’t know if you noticed
\nthis. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:44:30,650 –> 00:44:33,970
\nHere’s Luke 1 and it’s Mary’s
\nsong. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:44:36,010 –> 00:44:46,130
\nAnd Mary said, my soul magnifies
\nthe Lord Strong’s number, and my<\/p>\n
506
\n00:44:46,130 –> 00:44:51,090
\nspirit has rejoiced.
\nAnd God my Savior. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:44:54,330 –> 00:44:59,210
\nCan you imagine Peter and the
\nsix Jewish brethren listening to<\/p>\n
508
\n00:44:59,210 –> 00:45:03,050
\nsomething like this in a tongue
\nthat they understood? <\/p>\n
509
\n00:45:04,330 –> 00:45:10,970
\nI think the tongue’s there for
\nthem personally, and the message<\/p>\n
510
\n00:45:10,970 –> 00:45:14,790
\nthat they’re hearing Well, we’ve
\ngot an expression for it. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:45:15,270 –> 00:45:21,350
\nIt blew them away.
\nMy soul magnifies the Lord, and <\/p>\n
512
\n00:45:21,350 –> 00:45:25,630
\nmy spirit has rejoiced in God,
\nmy Savior, and on down. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:45:25,630 –> 00:45:28,630
\nMary says.
\nHe’s helped his servant Israel <\/p>\n
514
\n00:45:28,630 –> 00:45:33,910
\nin remembrance of his mercy as
\nhe spoke to our fathers, to <\/p>\n
515
\n00:45:33,910 –> 00:45:36,470
\nAbraham, and to his seed
\nforever. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:45:37,670 –> 00:45:40,950
\nPerhaps it wasn’t just words
\nlike this, brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n
517
\n00:45:40,950 –> 00:45:44,700
\nPerhaps it was something about
\nhim being a light to the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:45:44,700 –> 00:45:51,780
\nGentiles that they would have
\nreferred to, but can you think <\/p>\n
519
\n00:45:51,780 –> 00:45:57,580
\nof any more lovely kind of
\nexpression to come from the lips<\/p>\n
520
\n00:45:57,620 –> 00:46:03,340
\nof one who has just been
\nbaptized into the Jewish Messiah<\/p>\n
521
\n00:46:03,540 –> 00:46:07,860
\nfor the salvation of their very
\nlives? <\/p>\n
522
\n00:46:08,900 –> 00:46:14,800
\nThe same word in X10.
\nAnd lest we wonder about Acts <\/p>\n
523
\n00:46:14,800 –> 00:46:20,720
\n19, in the very same chapter we
\nread about Zacharias filled with<\/p>\n
524
\n00:46:20,720 –> 00:46:24,560
\nthe Holy Spirit and prophesied
\nSame word. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:46:25,760 –> 00:46:28,920
\nIn fact, it’s Holy Spirit
\nbaptism language. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:46:29,960 –> 00:46:35,560
\nThe grand difference between
\nLuke 1 and Acts 19 is that the <\/p>\n
527
\n00:46:35,560 –> 00:46:39,840
\nSavior has not yet come.
\nHe’s in prospect at this point. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:46:42,680 –> 00:46:47,120
\nAnd so this Holy Spirit baptism,
\nif you will, of Zacharias has <\/p>\n
529
\n00:46:47,120 –> 00:46:52,000
\ngiven to him from heaven, but
\nnot from his Savior per se. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:46:52,480 –> 00:46:54,520
\nWell, of course God is a savior,
\nisn’t he? <\/p>\n
531
\n00:46:54,520 –> 00:47:01,470
\nBut you know what I mean?
\nIn Acts 19 one has come who has <\/p>\n
532
\n00:47:01,470 –> 00:47:06,590
\nwrought the salvation of man in
\nhimself, and been glorified, and<\/p>\n
533
\n00:47:06,590 –> 00:47:11,270
\nis now showing to men that he
\nhas the power to save them. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:47:11,510 –> 00:47:16,670
\nAnd in their baptism they
\nreceive a Holy Spirit gift of <\/p>\n
535
\n00:47:16,670 –> 00:47:22,190
\ntongues, and they prophesy.
\nZacharias was filled with the <\/p>\n
536
\n00:47:22,190 –> 00:47:26,750
\nHoly Spirit and prophesied
\nsaying blessed is the Lord God <\/p>\n
537
\n00:47:26,750 –> 00:47:32,250
\nof Israel, for he has visited
\nand redeemed his people and has <\/p>\n
538
\n00:47:32,250 –> 00:47:37,250
\nraised up a horn of salvation
\nfor us and the House of his <\/p>\n
539
\n00:47:37,250 –> 00:47:40,850
\nservant David.
\nAnd I don’t think in the early <\/p>\n
540
\n00:47:40,850 –> 00:47:45,570
\ndays Luke expected us to miss
\nthe links between what he’s put <\/p>\n
541
\n00:47:45,570 –> 00:47:49,610
\nin his gospel and what he’s put
\nin his historical record in Acts<\/p>\n
542
\n00:47:49,610 –> 00:47:53,090
\n19.
\nAnd it’s hardly necessary to <\/p>\n
543
\n00:47:53,090 –> 00:47:57,880
\npoint out how appropriate
\ninspired confessions like these <\/p>\n
544
\n00:47:58,000 –> 00:48:01,600
\nwould be at the time of a
\nbeliever’s baptism into Christ. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:48:01,600 –> 00:48:03,680
\nI just offered that as a
\nsuggestion, brothers and <\/p>\n
546
\n00:48:03,680 –> 00:48:06,600
\nsisters.
\nBut I’m convinced in my own mind<\/p>\n
547
\n00:48:07,600 –> 00:48:12,920
\nthat those utterances were
\nsubstantive, they were relevant,<\/p>\n
548
\n00:48:13,880 –> 00:48:19,440
\nand they were very godly.
\nAnd God, glorifying well our <\/p>\n
549
\n00:48:19,440 –> 00:48:21,240
\ntime, has more than run its
\ncourse. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:48:24,480 –> 00:48:30,000
\nThere was life after baptism,
\nand the Spirit of gifts were <\/p>\n
551
\n00:48:30,040 –> 00:48:41,120
\nedifying there too, that these
\nbabes in Christ might come to <\/p>\n
552
\n00:48:41,120 –> 00:48:56,380
\nthe measure of the stature of
\nthe fullness of Christ, and that<\/p>\n
553
\n00:48:56,380 –> 00:49:04,780
\noutworking process for each of
\nus will find its culmination <\/p>\n
554
\n00:49:07,380 –> 00:49:14,580
\nwhen we shall be like him, for
\nwe shall see him as he is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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