Class 4 from this series was used in GCT Episode 260.<\/p>\n
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\nfrom John chapter 14 and we’re
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\nJohn 14.
\nLet not your heart be troubled. <\/p>\n
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\nYou believe in God, believe also
\nin me, in my father’s house and <\/p>\n
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\nmany mansions.
\nIf it were not so, I would have <\/p>\n
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\ntold you, I go to prepare a
\nplace for you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if I go and prepare a place
\nfor you, I will come again and <\/p>\n
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\nreceive you unto myself, that
\nwhere I am, there ye may be <\/p>\n
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\nalso, And whither I go, ye know,
\nand the way ye know. <\/p>\n
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\nThomas saith unto him, Lord, we
\nknow not whither thou goest? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd how can we know the way?
\nJesus said unto him, I am the <\/p>\n
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\nway, the truth, and the life.
\nNo man cometh unto the Father <\/p>\n
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\nbut by me.
\nIf he had known me, you should <\/p>\n
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\nhave known my Father also.
\nAnd from henceforth you know <\/p>\n
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\nhim, and have seen him.
\nPhilip saith unto him, Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nshow us the Father, and it
\nsuffice us. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus saith unto him, Have I
\nbeen so long time with you? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet hast thou not known me,
\nPhilip, he that hath seen me, <\/p>\n
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\nhath seen the Father.
\nAnd how sayest thou then? <\/p>\n
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\nShow us the Father.
\nBelievest thou are not that I am<\/p>\n
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\nin the Father, and the Father In
\nme? <\/p>\n
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\nThe words that I speak unto you,
\nI speak not of myself, but the <\/p>\n
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\nFather that dwelleth in me, He
\ndoeth the works. <\/p>\n
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\nBelieve me that I am in the
\nFather, and the Father in me, or<\/p>\n
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\nelse believe me, for the very
\nwork’s sake. <\/p>\n
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\nVerily, verily, I say unto you,
\nHe that believeth on me, the <\/p>\n
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\nworks that I shall do, he do
\nalso, and greater works than <\/p>\n
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\nthese shall he do, Because I go
\nunto my Father, And whosoever ye<\/p>\n
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\nshall ask in my name, whatsoever
\nye shall ask in my name that <\/p>\n
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\nwill I do.
\nAnd the Father may be glorified <\/p>\n
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\nin the Son.
\nIf you shall ask anything in my <\/p>\n
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\nname, I will do it.
\nIf you love me, keep my <\/p>\n
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\ncommandments, and I will pray
\nthe Father, and he shall give <\/p>\n
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\nyou another comforter, that he
\nmay abide with you forever. <\/p>\n
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\nEven the Spirit of Truth, whom
\nthe world cannot receive because<\/p>\n
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\nit saith him not, neither
\nknoweth him but ye know him, for<\/p>\n
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\nhe dwelleth with you, and shall
\nbe in you. <\/p>\n
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\nI will not leave you
\ncomfortless. <\/p>\n
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\nI will come to you yet a little
\nwhile, and the world seeth me no<\/p>\n
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\nmore.
\nBut ye see me because I live, ye<\/p>\n
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\nshall live also at that day you
\nshall know that I am in my <\/p>\n
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\nfather, and ye in me and I in
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\nHe that hath my commandments,
\nand keepeth them, he it is that <\/p>\n
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\nloveth me.
\nAnd he that loveth me shall be <\/p>\n
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\nloved of my father, and I will
\nlove him, and I will manifest <\/p>\n
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\nmyself in him.
\nJudas saith unto him, not <\/p>\n
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\nIscarius, Lord, how is it that
\nthou will manifest thyself unto <\/p>\n
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\nus, and not unto the world?
\nJesus answered and said unto <\/p>\n
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\nhim, If a man love me, and he
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\nFather will love him, and we
\nwill be. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we will come unto.
\nHim and make our abode with him.<\/p>\n
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\nThanks, brother Darren.
\nExcellent thanks, brother <\/p>\n
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\nJeremy.
\nAnd good evening once again, my <\/p>\n
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\ndear brothers and sisters, and
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ and dear <\/p>\n
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\nyoung people.
\nWe are, of course, continuing <\/p>\n
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\nour consideration of the
\npresence of God, and in a <\/p>\n
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\nprevious class we.
\nDefine the presence of God and <\/p>\n
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\ncompare it to the English word
\nclose or closeness. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we talked about the fact
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\nsomebody in two different
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\nYou can be spatially close to
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\nsomeone’s proximity, in their
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\nsomeone in the sense of a
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\nidea of God’s presence.
\nAnd throughout Scripture, I <\/p>\n
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\nOK, throughout scripture those
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\nemphasised.
\nSo the idea of the proximity, <\/p>\n
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\nGod being with us in our lives,
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\nour our thoughts as we move our <\/p>\n
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\nThe presence of God seen. <\/p>\n
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\nour way through it.
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\nThe presence of God was lost of
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\npresence of God was lost right
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\nSubsequent to that, they were
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\nThen, as we continue further
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\nMore than that, and we come to <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 6 of Genesis, the famous
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\nthe flood story.
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\ntranslating just about every <\/p>\n
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\nother translation of the Bible
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\nAnd so God is saying, I’m not
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\nNot only was this relationship <\/p>\n
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\nsays that the Lord said my
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\nforever for his flesh.
\nAnd there was a a a related <\/p>\n
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\nleads us to where we are today.
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\nmessage is is re binding that
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\naway and we want to sort of
\nthink about that tonight and <\/p>\n
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\nthink about that as a major
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\nWe often think of the gospel in
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\nChrist, of course, which it is,
\nand and salvation through him <\/p>\n
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\nand.
\nForgiveness of sins through him,<\/p>\n
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\netcetera and the coming Kingdom.
\nBut repairing that relationship <\/p>\n
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\nJust to also start our thinking
\ntonight, I want us to maybe <\/p>\n
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\nabout God and we’re tonight <\/p>\n
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\nmaybe rethink the idea that.
\nGod is in some sense billions of<\/p>\n
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\nlight years away outside our
\nuniverse, which is apparently 12<\/p>\n
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\n1\/2 billion light years.
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\nwill take you 12 1\/2 billion
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\nof our universe, and God is
\noutside of that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we think in terms of our
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\nseparation between US and God, <\/p>\n
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\nHim in heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nHaving some sort of incredible
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\nAnd there’s a little song we
\nsing in the Philippines with the<\/p>\n
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\nkids that goes be careful,
\nlittle hands what you do because<\/p>\n
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\ndown in love. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s this idea that God’s
\nway way up there and he’s <\/p>\n
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\nlooking at you and he’s
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\nAnd he can also pick up through
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\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:09,840 –> 00:21:12,880
\nIt’s not until we get to the New
\nTestament when Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
337
\n00:21:12,880 –> 00:21:15,720
\nbecomes so prevalent in the in
\nthe in the text. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:16,800 –> 00:21:19,400
\nSo we’ll look quickly at these
\ntwo places in the Old Testament <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:19,800 –> 00:21:22,320
\nand again, we’re getting this
\nnew covenant emphasis, aren’t <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:22,320 –> 00:21:24,600
\nwe?
\nSomething that was there in <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:24,600 –> 00:21:29,240
\nshadow in prophetic terminology,
\npointing forward to something <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:29,240 –> 00:21:33,240
\nelse, describing the Holy Spirit
\nof God does not become actual <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:33,240 –> 00:21:37,160
\nand realized until we get to the
\nNew covenant and things then <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:37,880 –> 00:21:41,040
\ndramatically change.
\nSo here’s the famous reference. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:41,040 –> 00:21:44,520
\nI’m sure all of you would
\nremember this in Psalm 51, <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:44,880 –> 00:21:48,640
\nDavid, saying do not cast me
\naway from your presence <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:49,280 –> 00:21:53,440
\nparalleled with and do not take
\nyour Holy Spirit from me. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:53,440 –> 00:21:57,880
\nIt’s the first time in the Bible
\nHoly Spirit is used in this, in <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:57,880 –> 00:22:00,880
\nthis Psalm.
\nSo we’ve got the the synonym <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:00,880 –> 00:22:04,360
\nemphasized there, the concept of
\nGod’s presence and his spirit, <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:04,360 –> 00:22:07,600
\nbut not just his spirit.
\nNow we’ve sort of taken it up a <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:07,600 –> 00:22:10,800
\nnotch to something called the
\nHoly Spirit as we move our way <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:11,200 –> 00:22:16,160
\nthrough the story.
\nJust a couple of quotations as <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:16,160 –> 00:22:18,760
\nwe go through tonight.
\nAnd I’ve recommended this book <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:18,760 –> 00:22:21,320
\nbefore, Brother Alfred Nichols
\non the Spirit. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:21,880 –> 00:22:26,080
\nAnd he says there, and this is
\nvery helpful, what he said in <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:26,080 –> 00:22:29,280
\nScripture of the Spirit, in the
\nin the natural life, like we <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:29,280 –> 00:22:31,440
\nknow about the Spirit of God
\nholds everything together. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:31,720 –> 00:22:35,360
\nIf God was to withdraw his
\nspirit or flesh would perish. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:35,360 –> 00:22:38,200
\nThe Spirit maintains the
\nuniverse, if you like. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:38,360 –> 00:22:42,480
\nWhat he said of the Spirit in
\nthe natural life, however, can <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:42,480 –> 00:22:46,360
\nbe said of the Holy Spirit in
\nthe spiritual life. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:47,000 –> 00:22:49,640
\nFor it is the very breath of the
\nspiritual life. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:50,600 –> 00:22:54,080
\nIt quickens.
\nIt is the presence of God. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:54,960 –> 00:22:57,840
\nIt is his personality, his very
\nself. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:58,600 –> 00:23:03,120
\nSo here we’ve got some
\ninteresting terms to try and <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:03,560 –> 00:23:07,040
\npass out, I suppose.
\nI mean pass out, I mean pass out<\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:07,200 –> 00:23:11,520
\ntrying to divide.
\nWe’re trying to work out this <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:11,520 –> 00:23:15,760
\nidea of God’s Spirit, and we
\nmight align that with a term we <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:15,760 –> 00:23:19,080
\nwe sometimes use of God’s
\nomnipresence, if you like, with <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:19,080 –> 00:23:22,320
\nthe Holy Spirit and God’s
\npresence, his relational <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:22,320 –> 00:23:27,000
\npresence with his people.
\nAnd to try and try and explain <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:27,000 –> 00:23:29,000
\nthat in some way, I’ve put
\ntogether this little diagram. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:30,400 –> 00:23:35,280
\nOf course God’s God’s spirit, if
\nyou like, fills heaven and earth<\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:35,320 –> 00:23:37,480
\nand God is aware of every little
\nthing that happens. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:37,480 –> 00:23:42,440
\nHe’s aware of a Sparrow that
\nfalls and dies in some <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:42,920 –> 00:23:46,520
\nmarketplace in the Middle East.
\nGod gets feedback and he’s aware<\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:46,520 –> 00:23:48,040
\nof that.
\nAnd the life force of that <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:48,040 –> 00:23:51,160
\nSparrow is somehow connected to
\nthe very, very spirit of God. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:51,160 –> 00:23:53,880
\nSo he he pervades all, of
\ncourse. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:54,400 –> 00:23:56,480
\nAnd so all he’s aware of
\neverything. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:56,480 –> 00:23:59,960
\nHe’s aware of all human activity
\nand all events that take place <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:59,960 –> 00:24:03,960
\nin our planet.
\nAnd we saw Paul’s words in Acts <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:03,960 –> 00:24:06,640
\n17.
\nIn him, we, me and the <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:07,560 –> 00:24:10,080
\nphilosophers in Athens, live and
\nmove and have our being. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:10,080 –> 00:24:15,800
\nThat applies to everybody.
\nHowever, there are certain <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:15,800 –> 00:24:18,120
\npeople that are in a
\nrelationship with God. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:18,560 –> 00:24:20,640
\nThey have a covenant
\nrelationship, as we’ve looked at<\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:20,640 –> 00:24:26,640
\nalready, and they are also in
\nGod’s presence, but in another <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:26,640 –> 00:24:28,920
\nway.
\nThey are in His relational <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:28,920 –> 00:24:34,240
\npresence or his Holy Spirit.
\nAnd so His Holy Spirit is what <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:34,520 –> 00:24:38,480
\nconnects them to God in a very
\nunique way, different than <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:38,480 –> 00:24:41,760
\neveryone else and every other
\nanimal and every other human and<\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:41,760 –> 00:24:44,360
\nthe rest of creation, something
\ncalled the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:45,880 –> 00:24:49,320
\nThe covenant relationship brings
\nthat into effect, and God <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:49,320 –> 00:24:53,440
\nhimself is now near them and in
\nproximity to them and in their <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:53,440 –> 00:24:56,320
\nlife in a in a very real and
\ntangible way. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:57,160 –> 00:25:01,600
\nWe may not be aware of that
\nreality, sorry, but it doesn’t <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:01,600 –> 00:25:04,480
\nchange the the facts of the
\ncase. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:04,480 –> 00:25:07,200
\nGod’s presence is there, whether
\nwe’re have a heightened <\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:07,200 –> 00:25:08,800
\nawareness of it or whether we
\ndon’t. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:09,320 –> 00:25:12,400
\nOnce we are in relationship with
\nHim, His Holy Spirit is in our <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:12,400 –> 00:25:14,760
\nlife.
\nI’ll give you an example. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:15,080 –> 00:25:17,360
\nAgain, my examples are not
\nperfect, of course, but I’m <\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:17,360 –> 00:25:20,920
\ntrying just to make it
\nunderstandable. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:22,240 –> 00:25:25,040
\nWhen Patrick was younger, he was
\nused to play soccer and he was <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:25,520 –> 00:25:28,800
\nvery good, and occasionally I
\nused to go and watch him play. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:29,560 –> 00:25:33,360
\nI wish I could go back in time
\nand watch him play more, but dad<\/p>\n
409
\n00:25:33,360 –> 00:25:36,080
\nwas always busy, so I would only
\ndo it on a very infrequent <\/p>\n
410
\n00:25:36,080 –> 00:25:37,880
\noccasions.
\nBut I would go and watch him <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:37,880 –> 00:25:42,000
\nplay soccer and I would stand on
\nthe sideline and of course I <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:42,000 –> 00:25:43,480
\nwould watch him as he played
\nthat game. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:43,480 –> 00:25:46,400
\nThere was all the other boys
\nplaying with him, two teams of <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:46,400 –> 00:25:49,600
\nboys running around.
\nAnd of course, because I’m his <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:49,600 –> 00:25:52,160
\nfather, he’s my son.
\nThere’s a relational connection <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:52,600 –> 00:25:57,040
\nand my presence was with him as
\nevents unfolded on the field. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:58,000 –> 00:26:00,840
\nPatrick was busy, Of course.
\nHe’s trying to play a game. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:00,840 –> 00:26:03,360
\nHe’s got a strategy, he’s got a
\ncoach yelling at him, he’s got <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:03,880 –> 00:26:06,480
\nother players that are wanting
\nto pass the ball to him and set <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:06,480 –> 00:26:10,000
\nplays, etcetera.
\nHe he most of the time didn’t <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:10,000 –> 00:26:12,480
\neven notice I was there.
\nSo I’m on the sideline watching.<\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:13,760 –> 00:26:17,160
\nHe’s focused on the game and
\nhe’s most of the time <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:17,160 –> 00:26:19,160
\nunconscious of my of my actual
\npresence. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:19,160 –> 00:26:22,440
\nHe would know if I’d gone off to
\nget a sausage sandwich or or or <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:22,440 –> 00:26:25,320
\nwhatever.
\nHe he was not aware, but when I <\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:25,320 –> 00:26:28,640
\nwas there he was not aware.
\nAnd he’s unconscious of my <\/p>\n
427
\n00:26:28,640 –> 00:26:31,640
\npresence.
\nAnd in a sense we are like that <\/p>\n
428
\n00:26:31,640 –> 00:26:32,680
\nin our life.
\nWe’re busy. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:26:32,680 –> 00:26:36,960
\nWe’ve got jobs, we’ve got
\nbosses, we’ve got businesses, <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:36,960 –> 00:26:40,240
\nwe’ve got families, we’ve got
\nresponsibilities and we are <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:40,240 –> 00:26:42,960
\noften busy in our life.
\nJust because we’re not aware and<\/p>\n
432
\n00:26:42,960 –> 00:26:46,840
\nnot not conscious of God’s
\npresence doesn’t mean it’s not <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:46,840 –> 00:26:49,360
\nthere.
\nOccasionally in the game, <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:50,520 –> 00:26:53,160
\nparticularly if Patrick had done
\nsomething well, he kicked the <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:53,640 –> 00:26:57,240
\nstriker for most of his career
\nand he would sometimes kick a <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:57,240 –> 00:27:00,760
\ngoal and he would look for me
\nand scan the crowd and he’d <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:00,760 –> 00:27:03,520
\nsmile and I’d excellent and
\nthere was a moment we’d have a <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:03,520 –> 00:27:06,080
\nnice moment where he would smile
\nat me. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:27:06,080 –> 00:27:09,280
\nThat made him feel good and I’d
\nfeel good that he’d look back at<\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:09,280 –> 00:27:12,600
\nme and he’d done well and there
\nwas a connection there that <\/p>\n
441
\n00:27:12,760 –> 00:27:16,360
\nworked for both of us.
\nWe’ll both pleased by that. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:27:16,360 –> 00:27:19,440
\nThat connection that happened
\nwhen the presence was made. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:27:19,480 –> 00:27:22,080
\nHe was aware of the presence and
\nthat we connected in that in <\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:22,080 –> 00:27:26,280
\nthat way and he’s encouraged by
\nmy presence. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:26,680 –> 00:27:32,840
\nIn fact there’s there’s academic
\nstudies on the the the home team<\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:32,840 –> 00:27:36,080
\nadvantage if you like or where
\nwhere a team plays in front of <\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:36,080 –> 00:27:39,680
\ntheir their home crowd with
\ntheir relatives and their <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:39,680 –> 00:27:43,360
\nfriends and supporters that
\ntheir performance is is enhanced<\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:43,360 –> 00:27:46,400
\ndramatically.
\nIt’s a phenomenon and and and no<\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:46,400 –> 00:27:50,360
\ndoubt it’s it’s linked to this
\nthis concept of being aware of <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:50,640 –> 00:27:54,040
\nof our presence.
\nSo I the father and watched him <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:54,040 –> 00:27:56,440
\nthroughout the game.
\nHe’s in my presence, in my <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:57,160 –> 00:27:59,200
\nconcerning my care.
\nI love him. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:59,200 –> 00:28:01,720
\nHe’s my son.
\nWe have this relationship, but <\/p>\n
455
\n00:28:01,760 –> 00:28:03,880
\noften he’s not even aware that
\nI’m even there. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:28:05,000 –> 00:28:10,080
\nSo my presence constant, even if
\nhe doesn’t notice it and when he<\/p>\n
457
\n00:28:10,080 –> 00:28:12,560
\ndoes look back at me, there’s
\nthis connection that makes us <\/p>\n
458
\n00:28:12,560 –> 00:28:15,160
\nboth happy.
\nNow making us both happy is what<\/p>\n
459
\n00:28:15,160 –> 00:28:16,680
\nwe’re going to look at in our in
\nour next study. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:28:16,680 –> 00:28:19,400
\nBut today we’ll just focus on on
\nthe connection. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:28:20,680 –> 00:28:24,000
\nSo what have we seen so far?
\nWe’ve talked about the spirit of<\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:24,000 –> 00:28:29,240
\nGod actually being God.
\nGod doesn’t have some inanimate <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:29,240 –> 00:28:32,400
\npower that he sends out like
\nelectricity to do his work. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:32,520 –> 00:28:35,280
\nHe is the one.
\nIt is him when the Spirit does <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:35,280 –> 00:28:37,520
\nsomething or or he’s acting or
\ninvolved. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:37,520 –> 00:28:44,960
\nSo it is God himself.
\nLook at the way the Spirit is <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:44,960 –> 00:28:46,600
\ntalked about.
\nParticularly in the Old <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:46,600 –> 00:28:49,200
\nTestament, we start to get a
\npicture of the Spirit and and <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:49,240 –> 00:28:51,600
\nand what God is doing.
\nRemember when you read Spirit, <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:51,600 –> 00:28:53,720
\nyou can read God if you like, if
\nthat, if that helps. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:55,120 –> 00:28:57,440
\nIn Genesis one, verse two, we’re
\ntold the earth was without form <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:57,440 –> 00:28:59,400
\nand void.
\nDarkness was on the face of the <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:59,400 –> 00:29:03,360
\ndeep and the spirit of God was
\nhovering. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:29:04,400 –> 00:29:07,840
\nThe spirit of God, in a sense.
\nThe the word pictures it sort of<\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:07,840 –> 00:29:11,680
\ncomes down and hovers and the
\nHebrew word there is like a bird<\/p>\n
476
\n00:29:12,240 –> 00:29:13,960
\nfluttering.
\nIn fact, Young’s literal has <\/p>\n
477
\n00:29:13,960 –> 00:29:16,200
\nfluttering the spirit of God
\nfluttered like a bird. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:16,200 –> 00:29:23,120
\nAnd God’s spirit is described
\nthere as as coming down and and <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:23,120 –> 00:29:26,960
\nbeing concerned and overwatching
\nthis, this new planet that would<\/p>\n
480
\n00:29:26,960 –> 00:29:32,080
\nstart to take form before him
\nand right through the New <\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:32,080 –> 00:29:33,840
\nTestament.
\nThis idea of God’s Spirit is <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:33,840 –> 00:29:37,720
\nconnected to the to the
\novershadowing aspect of a bird. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:37,720 –> 00:29:41,160
\nSo I quickly rattle off some of
\nthese verses. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:41,160 –> 00:29:44,440
\nYou’ll know them very well or
\nhave heard heard of them before.<\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:44,440 –> 00:29:47,280
\nI should say Jeremy 32 as an
\neagle stirs up its nest and <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:47,280 –> 00:29:51,120
\nhovers over its young.
\nThat’s how God cared for Israel.<\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:52,160 –> 00:29:55,200
\nExodus 19 You’ve seen what I did
\nto the Egyptians, how I bore you<\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:55,200 –> 00:29:57,280
\non eagle’s wings, and bought you
\nto myself. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:57,640 –> 00:30:01,280
\nPsalm 91 He who dwells in the
\nsecret place of the Most High <\/p>\n
490
\n00:30:01,280 –> 00:30:03,200
\nshall abide under the shadow of
\nthe Almighty. <\/p>\n
491
\n00:30:03,440 –> 00:30:05,920
\nHe shall cover you with his
\nfeathers, and under his wings <\/p>\n
492
\n00:30:06,200 –> 00:30:08,920
\nyou shall take refuge.
\nSee some of the words that are <\/p>\n
493
\n00:30:08,920 –> 00:30:12,040
\ncoming through.
\nRefuge and and comfort and and <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:12,280 –> 00:30:15,080
\nand protection.
\nPsalm 17. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:15,080 –> 00:30:16,280
\nKeep me as the apple of your
\neye. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:16,280 –> 00:30:18,240
\nHide me under the shadow of your
\nwings. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:18,240 –> 00:30:21,040
\nSame idea there.
\nHow excellent is your loving <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:21,040 –> 00:30:24,320
\nkindness, your your chess head,
\nyour covenant connection. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:24,760 –> 00:30:26,280
\nOh God.
\nTherefore the children of men <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:26,280 –> 00:30:28,120
\nput their trust.
\nSo there’s trust, you know, <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:28,320 –> 00:30:31,120
\nwhich is the underlying idea of
\nfaith, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:31,120 –> 00:30:33,160
\nPut their trust under the shadow
\nof your wings. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:33,440 –> 00:30:35,840
\nBe merciful to me, oh God, be
\nmerciful to me, for my soul <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:35,840 –> 00:30:38,640
\ntakes refuge.
\nMy soul, my my emotions. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:38,640 –> 00:30:41,600
\nMy inner heart takes refuge in
\nthe shadow of your wings. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:41,920 –> 00:30:44,440
\nI’ll take refuge till the storms
\nof destruction pass by. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:44,640 –> 00:30:45,760
\nLet me dwell in your tent
\nforever. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:45,760 –> 00:30:48,360
\nLet me take refuge in the
\nshelter of your wings. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:48,600 –> 00:30:51,160
\nFor you have been my help.
\nYou see these these ideas that <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:51,160 –> 00:30:54,360
\nhave been just cascading through
\nthese verses Here you’re my <\/p>\n
511
\n00:30:54,360 –> 00:30:56,040
\nhelp.
\nAnd in the shadow of your wings <\/p>\n
512
\n00:30:56,320 –> 00:30:58,480
\nI sing for joy.
\nAnd then we’ve got a motion <\/p>\n
513
\n00:30:58,720 –> 00:31:02,680
\nattached here to the to the
\novershadowing protection from <\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:02,680 –> 00:31:07,600
\nfrom God and God’s spirit.
\nNow we come to the second <\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:08,280 –> 00:31:13,000
\noccurrence of the the term Holy
\nSpirit in the Old Testament and <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:13,000 –> 00:31:17,680
\nit’s in Isaiah 63 and it’s a
\nit’s recounting the experience <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:17,680 –> 00:31:22,640
\nof Israel in the wilderness and
\nI’ll quickly read what’s on the <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:22,640 –> 00:31:25,560
\nscreen there.
\nHe remembered the days of old <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:25,560 –> 00:31:29,200
\nMoses and his people saying
\nwhere is he who brought them out<\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:29,200 –> 00:31:31,120
\nof the sea with the shepherd of
\nhis flock? <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:31,640 –> 00:31:35,240
\nWhere is he who put his Holy
\nSpirit within them? <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:36,640 –> 00:31:39,920
\nNow what’s this talking about?
\nThe Holy Spirit was put within <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:39,920 –> 00:31:41,680
\nthem.
\nIs that talking about <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:41,680 –> 00:31:46,160
\nindividuals in Israel that had
\nthe Holy Spirit put within them?<\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:47,040 –> 00:31:50,640
\nIt’s not necessarily talking
\nabout that under the Old <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:50,640 –> 00:31:54,160
\ncovenant.
\nMost of the language and the <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:54,160 –> 00:31:58,000
\nterms are corporate.
\nThey’re referring to Israel as a<\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:58,040 –> 00:32:01,760
\nas a corporate son.
\nAnd when God put His Holy Spirit<\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:01,760 –> 00:32:05,640
\nin them, it was His very
\npresence, the Shekinah presence <\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:05,640 –> 00:32:10,800
\nof God that was in their midst,
\nwhich was in the Tabernacle that<\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:10,800 –> 00:32:12,760
\nwas in their midst.
\nBut not the court or the Holy <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:12,760 –> 00:32:14,720
\nPlace, not just the Most Holy
\nPlace. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:15,040 –> 00:32:18,360
\nIt was in the actual Ark within
\nthe Most Holy Place, in the in <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:18,360 –> 00:32:21,760
\nthe mercy seat.
\nGod’s presence was in their <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:21,760 –> 00:32:24,040
\nmidst, was in them.
\nIn that sense. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:26,320 –> 00:32:30,040
\nSo God put his Holy Spirit
\nwithin them, and he also <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:30,040 –> 00:32:32,000
\novershadowed them with His
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:32,360 –> 00:32:35,480
\nAnd we have the pillar of cloud
\nand the pillar of fire that <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:35,480 –> 00:32:37,520
\novershadowed the camp of Israel
\nas well. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:37,520 –> 00:32:41,480
\nSo God is in their midst and
\nHe’s over them. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:41,640 –> 00:32:44,640
\nThere’s this picture of
\nprotection like we saw in the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:45,800 –> 00:32:49,680
\nverses that referred to the
\novershadowing nature of God, <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:49,680 –> 00:32:53,320
\nlike a bird over it’s young and
\nGod being in their midst. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:53,440 –> 00:32:58,680
\nAs Isaiah 63 says, Brother
\nNichols says God was present by <\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:58,680 –> 00:33:00,480
\nputting his Holy Spirit in their
\nmidst. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:00,480 –> 00:33:02,360
\nHe was present.
\nThat was his presence. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:02,800 –> 00:33:05,960
\nBut notice how highly mediated
\nthat presence was and how <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:05,960 –> 00:33:09,960
\nrestricted it was.
\nThe presence of God was was <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:10,240 –> 00:33:15,920
\nlimited in its access and and it
\nwas locked away and and not very<\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:15,920 –> 00:33:19,320
\nrarely was it accessed in in
\nthat in that direct way under <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:19,320 –> 00:33:22,080
\nthe old covenant.
\nAnd he says we’ve already seen <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:22,080 –> 00:33:24,480
\nthat the Holy Spirit is the
\nequivalent to the presence of <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:24,480 –> 00:33:27,480
\nGod.
\nSo when Isaiah 63 is talking <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:27,480 –> 00:33:30,440
\nabout God putting his Holy
\nSpirit in their in their midst, <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:30,440 –> 00:33:32,040
\nit’s God’s presence that was
\nthere. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:33,080 –> 00:33:37,760
\nBut in a sense that presence was
\nthere, but they did not have <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:38,360 –> 00:33:41,320
\nimmediate access to it in that
\nin that absolute sense there was<\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:41,320 –> 00:33:44,200
\nbarriers to access to and
\nrestrictions and conditions on <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:44,200 –> 00:33:47,680
\nthat.
\nOn the presence, as we said on <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:47,680 –> 00:33:51,040
\nthe old covenant, we’re talking
\nabout a corporate son, we’re <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:51,040 –> 00:33:54,960
\ntalking the promises of Israel
\nare aggregated into a into a <\/p>\n
562
\n00:33:54,960 –> 00:33:58,680
\ngroup.
\nIn the new covenant, there is an<\/p>\n
563
\n00:33:58,680 –> 00:34:02,520
\nindividual aspect to it.
\nRemember we looked at the New <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:02,520 –> 00:34:06,200
\nCovenant terminology.
\nJeremiah 31 quoted Hebrews 8, <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:06,200 –> 00:34:09,320
\netcetera.
\nThere’s this idea that under the<\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:09,320 –> 00:34:12,600
\nNew Covenant no one needs to say
\nto their neighbour, know the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:12,600 –> 00:34:15,760
\nLord.
\nFor everyone in that Covenant <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:15,800 –> 00:34:19,080
\nrelationship knows the Lord from
\nthe least to the greatest. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:19,199 –> 00:34:21,400
\nEveryone has direct access to
\nthe Lord. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:22,560 –> 00:34:27,480
\nIt it it’s a this, the the, the
\nSpirit of God now is <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:27,800 –> 00:34:31,199
\nindividualized in a sense, not
\njust put into a a box in the <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:31,199 –> 00:34:34,000
\nmidst of the camp.
\nAnd so as individuals under the <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:34,000 –> 00:34:38,199
\nNew Covenant, we are still
\novershadowed, but individually <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:38,199 –> 00:34:42,120
\novershadowed by the presence of
\nGod and by the Spirit of God. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:42,360 –> 00:34:47,920
\nAnd his Spirit is in us as well.
\nAnd so God’s Spirit is all <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:47,920 –> 00:34:50,880
\naround us and and and his
\npresence is with us in a in a <\/p>\n
577
\n00:34:50,920 –> 00:34:53,840
\ndimensional way, in a spatial
\nway that we we find hard to <\/p>\n
578
\n00:34:54,280 –> 00:34:56,520
\narticulate.
\nBut it’s it’s true, it’s real. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:34:57,560 –> 00:35:00,960
\nWe can sing about it and talk
\nabout it in our in music and <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:00,960 –> 00:35:04,040
\nworship, but it’s hard to sort
\nof put into straightforward <\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:04,040 –> 00:35:06,440
\nwords.
\nHere’s some well known words. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:06,440 –> 00:35:09,720
\nHymn one, O 1.
\nWithin thy circling power, so <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:09,720 –> 00:35:15,080
\nthat circling power above and
\naround on every side we find thy<\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:15,080 –> 00:35:19,000
\nhand awake, asleep at home
\nabroad, I am surrounded still <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:19,000 –> 00:35:22,640
\nwith with God.
\nAnd then there’s some other <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:23,040 –> 00:35:25,840
\nwords from that hymn.
\nLord, thou has searched and seen<\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:25,840 –> 00:35:28,480
\nus through.
\nSo God’s spirit is right through<\/p>\n
588
\n00:35:28,760 –> 00:35:31,880
\nthine eye commands with piercing
\nview our thoughts before they <\/p>\n
589
\n00:35:31,880 –> 00:35:34,840
\nare our own or to the distinctly
\nknown. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:35:34,840 –> 00:35:40,880
\nAnd so God’s Spirit when it
\ncomes to the natural world, <\/p>\n
591
\n00:35:40,880 –> 00:35:44,400
\nGod’s Spirit is everywhere but
\nfor his people that are in <\/p>\n
592
\n00:35:44,400 –> 00:35:47,160
\ncovenant with Him.
\nIt’s His Holy Spirit that is in <\/p>\n
593
\n00:35:47,160 –> 00:35:51,160
\nour life, through our life, over
\nour life and over and above all <\/p>\n
594
\n00:35:51,160 –> 00:35:54,920
\nthings.
\nJust want to finish up with some<\/p>\n
595
\n00:35:54,920 –> 00:36:00,120
\nthoughts from the reading that
\nJeremy read for us tonight from <\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:00,800 –> 00:36:04,440
\nJohn chapter 14.
\nThese words of Jesus are are <\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:05,080 –> 00:36:10,080
\nprofound and and deep and when
\nyou think about the the <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:10,080 –> 00:36:13,840
\njuxtaposition of these words how
\nhow important and vital they are<\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:13,840 –> 00:36:17,720
\nwhen you think about where they
\nstand in the history of of God’s<\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:17,720 –> 00:36:20,680
\nredemption and his and his work
\nwith his son. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:21,400 –> 00:36:28,520
\nSo chapter 13 of John is the
\nLast Supper and it also contains<\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:28,680 –> 00:36:32,160
\nJesus washing the disciples feet
\nbut it’s the Last Supper <\/p>\n
603
\n00:36:32,160 –> 00:36:34,960
\nchapter.
\nAnd then chapter 18 the <\/p>\n
604
\n00:36:34,960 –> 00:36:38,480
\nnarrative takes up again with
\nJesus arrest in the garden. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:36:39,080 –> 00:36:43,360
\nSo the narrative’s interrupted
\nfrom the Last Supper to Jesus <\/p>\n
606
\n00:36:43,360 –> 00:36:48,400
\narrest with these four chapters.
\nWhat like what? <\/p>\n
607
\n00:36:48,440 –> 00:36:51,480
\nWhat vital position they have
\ndon’t they in the. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:36:51,480 –> 00:36:55,920
\nIn the whole Bible stories
\ninserted here in this incredible<\/p>\n
609
\n00:36:55,920 –> 00:37:01,600
\nnarrative where the the universe
\nwas, was focused on this, this, <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:01,600 –> 00:37:04,360
\nthis moment in history and we
\nnow have this incredible <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:04,360 –> 00:37:06,600
\nnarrative, the last words of
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:07,560 –> 00:37:09,480
\nChapter 14 starts with those
\nfamous words. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:09,480 –> 00:37:11,560
\nI go to prepare a place for you
\nand we’ll talk about that in a <\/p>\n
614
\n00:37:11,560 –> 00:37:14,240
\nminute.
\nChapter 15’s got the discourse <\/p>\n
615
\n00:37:14,240 –> 00:37:16,320
\non the vine.
\nJesus saying I am the vine, you <\/p>\n
616
\n00:37:16,320 –> 00:37:19,080
\nare the branches.
\nAnd this abide with me, abide <\/p>\n
617
\n00:37:19,080 –> 00:37:20,560
\nwith me, abide with me, abide
\nwith me. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:37:20,560 –> 00:37:22,040
\nThat runs all the way through
\nthat chapter. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:37:22,760 –> 00:37:28,120
\nChapter 16 takes up more
\nreferences and information about<\/p>\n
620
\n00:37:28,120 –> 00:37:29,920
\nsomething called the Comforter,
\nwhich we’ll talk about in a <\/p>\n
621
\n00:37:29,920 –> 00:37:32,000
\nminute.
\nAnd then chapter 17 is a <\/p>\n
622
\n00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:35,600
\nbasically a prayer that Jesus
\nmakes on behalf of both his <\/p>\n
623
\n00:37:35,600 –> 00:37:39,400
\nimmediate followers but all his
\nbelievers throughout all time, <\/p>\n
624
\n00:37:39,920 –> 00:37:42,360
\nthat God would be in them and
\nthey would be in him and he <\/p>\n
625
\n00:37:42,360 –> 00:37:47,520
\nwould be in them.
\nSo this is phenomenal scripture,<\/p>\n
626
\n00:37:47,520 –> 00:37:50,200
\nisn’t it?
\nThis is a lot of what you might <\/p>\n
627
\n00:37:50,200 –> 00:37:54,280
\ncall inspired real estate.
\nHere you’ve got 4 chapters, <\/p>\n
628
\n00:37:54,800 –> 00:37:57,840
\nrelatively long, 30 There’s more
\nthan 100 verses here. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:37:57,840 –> 00:38:01,360
\nThis is a bigger section of
\ninspired scripture than some of <\/p>\n
630
\n00:38:01,360 –> 00:38:04,640
\nthe New Testament epistles and
\nbooks just inserted here in the <\/p>\n
631
\n00:38:04,640 –> 00:38:09,560
\nGospel of John.
\nBut the difficulty has been, and<\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:09,560 –> 00:38:13,760
\nI found this in my life as well.
\nHow relevant are any of those <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:13,800 –> 00:38:16,840
\nwords to us?
\nIt’s Jesus talking to his <\/p>\n
634
\n00:38:16,840 –> 00:38:19,520
\nimmediate disciples or apostles
\ndirectly. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:38:20,880 –> 00:38:24,040
\nI sometimes over the years felt
\na bit uncomfortable when words <\/p>\n
636
\n00:38:24,040 –> 00:38:25,960
\nare taken from that section of
\nscripture and there’s some <\/p>\n
637
\n00:38:25,960 –> 00:38:28,880
\nbeautiful songs about peace I
\ngive you. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:38:28,920 –> 00:38:32,280
\nNot not peace that the world
\ngives you, but peace I give you <\/p>\n
639
\n00:38:32,280 –> 00:38:35,160
\nand and and other references
\nabide that him, abide with me, <\/p>\n
640
\n00:38:35,480 –> 00:38:37,640
\nthat are no doubt taken from
\nthis part of scripture. <\/p>\n
641
\n00:38:37,640 –> 00:38:41,080
\nAnd we think is this scripture
\nfor us really? <\/p>\n
642
\n00:38:41,080 –> 00:38:43,640
\nIs it?
\nIs it just historical, divine, <\/p>\n
643
\n00:38:43,640 –> 00:38:47,520
\nhistorical information about
\nwhat Christ did for his <\/p>\n
644
\n00:38:47,520 –> 00:38:50,000
\nfollowers, immediate followers,
\nor is this relevant for us? <\/p>\n
645
\n00:38:50,160 –> 00:38:52,440
\nAnd that’s a that’s an
\ninteresting question. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:38:53,960 –> 00:38:58,120
\nThere are hints in this section
\nthat the words in this <\/p>\n
647
\n00:38:59,200 –> 00:39:02,760
\nparticular discourse in the in
\nthe final prayer of chapter 17 <\/p>\n
648
\n00:39:03,800 –> 00:39:06,960
\nare applicable to all believers
\nat some level. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:39:08,320 –> 00:39:13,880
\nIn the very first chapter in
\nJohn 14 and verse 23, Jesus <\/p>\n
650
\n00:39:13,880 –> 00:39:18,240
\nmakes his statement, says, and
\nthe King James says, If a man <\/p>\n
651
\n00:39:18,240 –> 00:39:23,280
\nlove me and keeps my words, my
\nfather will love him and we will<\/p>\n
652
\n00:39:23,280 –> 00:39:28,280
\ncome unto him and make our abode
\nor dwelling with him. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:39:28,800 –> 00:39:32,960
\nNow most other translations have
\nany man or anyone. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:39:33,840 –> 00:39:39,240
\nSo here the application of these
\nwords takes a wider scope, <\/p>\n
655
\n00:39:39,240 –> 00:39:41,120
\ndoesn’t it?
\nAll of a sudden we’re not just <\/p>\n
656
\n00:39:41,120 –> 00:39:44,480
\ntalking to the 12 apostles and
\nthe immediate followers of <\/p>\n
657
\n00:39:44,480 –> 00:39:46,800
\nJesus.
\nJesus is now referring to any <\/p>\n
658
\n00:39:46,800 –> 00:39:50,680
\nman God, and Jesus can dwell
\nwith them. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:39:51,200 –> 00:39:53,760
\nAnd then at the end of the
\ndiscourse in the final prayer in<\/p>\n
660
\n00:39:53,760 –> 00:39:56,560
\nJohn 17, Jesus makes this
\nbeautiful statement. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:39:56,560 –> 00:40:00,080
\nHe says he’s praying for his
\nfollowers and he says neither <\/p>\n
662
\n00:40:00,080 –> 00:40:05,160
\npray I for these alone, but for
\nthem also, which shall believe <\/p>\n
663
\n00:40:05,160 –> 00:40:11,720
\non me through their word that
\nthey all these and those who <\/p>\n
664
\n00:40:11,720 –> 00:40:13,080
\nbelieve later on.
\nThat’s. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:40:13,520 –> 00:40:15,720
\nThat’s you and me, isn’t it?
\nThousands of years later, we’ve <\/p>\n
666
\n00:40:15,920 –> 00:40:19,040
\nwe’ve believed because of the
\napostles word that they all may <\/p>\n
667
\n00:40:19,040 –> 00:40:23,680
\nbe one as thou father art in me
\nand I in thee that they also may<\/p>\n
668
\n00:40:23,680 –> 00:40:26,600
\nbe one in US.
\nSo we start to see there’s <\/p>\n
669
\n00:40:28,120 –> 00:40:30,520
\nthere’s words here that are
\nuniversal in the sense of <\/p>\n
670
\n00:40:30,520 –> 00:40:32,840
\nuniversal to believers of all
\ntime. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:40:34,440 –> 00:40:36,640
\nAnd yet there’s some other words
\nin this discourse that are <\/p>\n
672
\n00:40:36,640 –> 00:40:41,520
\ndefinitely only relevant, in a
\nsense, to the immediate <\/p>\n
673
\n00:40:41,520 –> 00:40:44,680
\napostles.
\nSo what we have as we read <\/p>\n
674
\n00:40:44,680 –> 00:40:49,080
\nthrough this section is
\nintertwined in this section of <\/p>\n
675
\n00:40:49,080 –> 00:40:53,080
\nscripture is these these two
\nconcepts that come over time and<\/p>\n
676
\n00:40:53,080 –> 00:40:57,640
\ntime, and they sort of
\nintertwines with each other. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:40:57,640 –> 00:41:00,520
\nAnd that one one will become
\nprominent, then fade away, and <\/p>\n
678
\n00:41:00,520 –> 00:41:02,960
\nanother one will take its place.
\nAnd there’s these two concepts. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:41:02,960 –> 00:41:07,240
\nOne is the abiding presence of
\nGod in the life of a believer <\/p>\n
680
\n00:41:08,080 –> 00:41:11,600
\nand something called the
\nComforter that would come and be<\/p>\n
681
\n00:41:11,600 –> 00:41:15,040
\nsent by God.
\nWhat do we make of these two <\/p>\n
682
\n00:41:15,040 –> 00:41:19,000
\nthings and and which ones, if
\nany, or either or both, or one <\/p>\n
683
\n00:41:19,000 –> 00:41:22,600
\nor the other, can we take to our
\nown hearts as a promise from <\/p>\n
684
\n00:41:22,600 –> 00:41:25,960
\nGod?
\nNow, one of the best books I’ve <\/p>\n
685
\n00:41:25,960 –> 00:41:30,080
\nfound if you really want to, if
\nI often realize I prattle on a <\/p>\n
686
\n00:41:30,080 –> 00:41:32,400
\nbit and it might be not that
\neasy to understand what I’m <\/p>\n
687
\n00:41:32,400 –> 00:41:34,200
\nsaying.
\nSo if you want to look this up <\/p>\n
688
\n00:41:34,200 –> 00:41:38,080
\nin more detail, it’s an awesome
\nbook written by Brother Edward <\/p>\n
689
\n00:41:38,080 –> 00:41:42,880
\nWhitaker and Reg Carr that I
\nthink explains this phenomena <\/p>\n
690
\n00:41:42,880 –> 00:41:47,120
\nreally well.
\nThe reason I think they did so <\/p>\n
691
\n00:41:47,120 –> 00:41:52,400
\nwell is because these articles
\nwere originally serialized in <\/p>\n
692
\n00:41:52,400 –> 00:41:56,600
\nthe Testimony magazine and they
\nalso interacted with feedback <\/p>\n
693
\n00:41:56,600 –> 00:41:59,240
\nfrom correspondence.
\nLike people would write in as <\/p>\n
694
\n00:41:59,240 –> 00:42:02,480
\nthese articles were being
\nwritten and as they’re writing <\/p>\n
695
\n00:42:02,480 –> 00:42:06,560
\nabout these chapters, of course
\nthey’re getting they’re saying <\/p>\n
696
\n00:42:07,520 –> 00:42:10,320
\nthe comforter in these chapters
\nis the apostles and this relates<\/p>\n
697
\n00:42:10,320 –> 00:42:12,360
\nto the apostles and it’s not
\nrelevant to us today. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:42:12,720 –> 00:42:15,240
\nAnd then the correspondence, the
\npeople are coming back at them <\/p>\n
699
\n00:42:15,240 –> 00:42:19,120
\nand pushing back saying but but,
\nbut, but there’s too much <\/p>\n
700
\n00:42:19,440 –> 00:42:24,200
\ngrandeur and power and and
\nprofound language here to just <\/p>\n
701
\n00:42:24,560 –> 00:42:28,440
\nto to ignore this.
\nAnd so they’ve done a stellar <\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:28,440 –> 00:42:31,240
\njob in in working their way
\nthrough these things. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:42:31,240 –> 00:42:33,640
\nAnd so I’ve just given you a
\nsummary here. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:42:35,840 –> 00:42:39,440
\nThey say once it is recognized
\nthat the abiding, which we’ll <\/p>\n
705
\n00:42:39,440 –> 00:42:42,560
\ntalk about in a minute in the
\ncomforter are separate <\/p>\n
706
\n00:42:42,560 –> 00:42:47,000
\nphenomena.
\nAnd the latter was miraculous, <\/p>\n
707
\n00:42:47,000 –> 00:42:50,920
\nthat’s the comforter.
\nThe entire teaching of John 14 <\/p>\n
708
\n00:42:50,920 –> 00:42:53,440
\nto 16 becomes clearly
\nharmonious. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:42:53,800 –> 00:42:55,920
\nSo we can see these two themes
\ninterweaving. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:42:56,440 –> 00:43:00,160
\nOnce we we identify the two, we
\ncan make sense of what’s going <\/p>\n
711
\n00:43:00,160 –> 00:43:02,720
\non.
\nSo how can we tell which one is <\/p>\n
712
\n00:43:02,720 –> 00:43:04,120
\nrelated to us and which one
\nisn’t? <\/p>\n
713
\n00:43:04,720 –> 00:43:08,360
\nWell, they suggest this
\nmechanism, which is which really<\/p>\n
714
\n00:43:08,360 –> 00:43:11,880
\nworks.
\nAnd I’ve I’ve test, tested it <\/p>\n
715
\n00:43:11,880 –> 00:43:14,720
\nand ran it through the run it
\nthrough the computer and it and <\/p>\n
716
\n00:43:14,720 –> 00:43:17,640
\nthis is it actually works.
\nSo they say the Lord <\/p>\n
717
\n00:43:17,640 –> 00:43:22,160
\nconsistently throughout this
\nsection uses two different verbs<\/p>\n
718
\n00:43:22,160 –> 00:43:26,040
\nin connection to these two
\ndistinct phenomena. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:43:26,800 –> 00:43:31,440
\nWhenever Jesus is talking about
\nthe abiding presence that God <\/p>\n
720
\n00:43:31,440 –> 00:43:36,520
\ndwelling in with His people or
\nbeing in his people, he uses the<\/p>\n
721
\n00:43:36,520 –> 00:43:43,000
\nverb I or God or God and I or we
\nwill come into your life, we <\/p>\n
722
\n00:43:43,000 –> 00:43:46,320
\nwill come to you.
\nWhen the Lord is talking about <\/p>\n
723
\n00:43:46,320 –> 00:43:52,560
\nthe Comforter, he says I will
\nsend so and you can follow it <\/p>\n
724
\n00:43:52,560 –> 00:43:54,560
\nthrough and it definitely works.
\nIt definitely works all the way <\/p>\n
725
\n00:43:54,560 –> 00:43:59,400
\nthrough.
\nSo you can read through John <\/p>\n
726
\n00:43:59,400 –> 00:44:04,880
\n14\/15\/16 and 17 and see the way
\nthe comforter is referred to. <\/p>\n
727
\n00:44:04,880 –> 00:44:07,120
\nJust for those who don’t know
\nmuch about the comforter, it’s <\/p>\n
728
\n00:44:07,240 –> 00:44:12,640
\nit’s the word comforter.
\nThe word Paracletos is probably <\/p>\n
729
\n00:44:12,640 –> 00:44:15,160
\nbetter translated as advocate.
\nIt’s like a solicitor or a <\/p>\n
730
\n00:44:15,160 –> 00:44:18,400
\nlawyer who would speak on your
\nbehalf and that brings comfort <\/p>\n
731
\n00:44:18,400 –> 00:44:20,600
\nto you when you’ve got, if
\nyou’re in a pickle with the law <\/p>\n
732
\n00:44:20,640 –> 00:44:24,000
\nand you’ve got a good lawyer,
\nthen that does bring comfort and<\/p>\n
733
\n00:44:24,000 –> 00:44:25,240
\ntake some pressure off of
\ncourse. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:44:25,240 –> 00:44:28,000
\nBut it has the idea of someone
\ncoming alongside you. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:44:28,000 –> 00:44:30,840
\nThat’s what para, as in
\nParacletos means, coming along <\/p>\n
736
\n00:44:30,840 –> 00:44:34,800
\nbeside you and helping you out.
\nWhat it’s referring to, Jesus is<\/p>\n
737
\n00:44:34,800 –> 00:44:38,840
\nsaying you, you going to be
\nscattered, you’re going to be <\/p>\n
738
\n00:44:38,840 –> 00:44:42,120
\nshocked, you’re going to be
\ntotally dismayed, and you’re <\/p>\n
739
\n00:44:42,360 –> 00:44:44,600
\ngoing to want to give it all
\naway. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:44:45,400 –> 00:44:47,840
\nBut I’m going to send you help.
\nI’m going to send you this <\/p>\n
741
\n00:44:48,240 –> 00:44:52,000
\nParacletus, this, this, this
\nComforter or this Advocate <\/p>\n
742
\n00:44:52,000 –> 00:44:54,520
\nthat’s going to be with you and
\nhelp you carry out this mission <\/p>\n
743
\n00:44:54,880 –> 00:44:58,480
\nto be those who are witness to
\nme throughout the world, these <\/p>\n
744
\n00:44:58,480 –> 00:45:02,600
\nuneducated, mostly fishermen,
\nwithout any formal education, <\/p>\n
745
\n00:45:02,600 –> 00:45:05,720
\nany resources, any ability.
\nYou were going to change the <\/p>\n
746
\n00:45:05,720 –> 00:45:06,720
\nworld.
\nYou’re going to turn the world <\/p>\n
747
\n00:45:06,720 –> 00:45:09,560
\nupside down.
\nAnd I’m going to inspire you to <\/p>\n
748
\n00:45:09,560 –> 00:45:12,320
\ndo that through this comforter,
\nwhich is the Holy Spirit, gifts,<\/p>\n
749
\n00:45:12,320 –> 00:45:14,120
\nthe Holy Spirit, the power of
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:45:14,720 –> 00:45:17,760
\nAnd so when we read the
\nComforter, as we work our way <\/p>\n
751
\n00:45:17,760 –> 00:45:20,600
\nthrough that section of
\nScripture, we’ll always see the <\/p>\n
752
\n00:45:20,600 –> 00:45:23,280
\nword send or give.
\nIt’s something, It’s direct, a <\/p>\n
753
\n00:45:24,200 –> 00:45:27,800
\ndirect power given to the
\nrecipient, direct ability given <\/p>\n
754
\n00:45:27,800 –> 00:45:32,200
\nto the 1st century believers to
\nbe able to do certain things <\/p>\n
755
\n00:45:32,200 –> 00:45:35,920
\nwe’ll look at in a moment.
\nBut when you read about the <\/p>\n
756
\n00:45:35,920 –> 00:45:40,360
\nabiding presence, God abiding
\nwith us, it’s I will come or God<\/p>\n
757
\n00:45:40,360 –> 00:45:44,160
\nand I will come into your life.
\nAnd a good way to think of this <\/p>\n
758
\n00:45:44,160 –> 00:45:47,920
\nis bifocal glasses.
\nI’ve got, I’ve got trifocals at <\/p>\n
759
\n00:45:47,920 –> 00:45:51,000
\nthe moment.
\nSo bifocals mean you can have a <\/p>\n
760
\n00:45:51,000 –> 00:45:55,200
\na long distance portion of your
\nglasses or a shorter distance <\/p>\n
761
\n00:45:55,400 –> 00:45:57,640
\nsection of your glasses.
\nSo as you’re reading this <\/p>\n
762
\n00:45:57,640 –> 00:46:03,240
\nsection for the historical
\nbackground to the work of the <\/p>\n
763
\n00:46:03,240 –> 00:46:07,280
\napostles, you can read about the
\nComforter and read that is the <\/p>\n
764
\n00:46:07,280 –> 00:46:11,200
\nprimary interest as you read
\nthrough the passages. <\/p>\n
765
\n00:46:12,120 –> 00:46:16,920
\nOr you can look for the abiding
\npresence of God and in a sense <\/p>\n
766
\n00:46:16,920 –> 00:46:19,720
\ngloss over the Comforter
\nsections, knowing that they’re <\/p>\n
767
\n00:46:20,000 –> 00:46:22,720
\nimportant, but they are
\nreferring to the Apostles and <\/p>\n
768
\n00:46:22,720 –> 00:46:28,080
\nsee what power is in the other
\nparts of those chapters that <\/p>\n
769
\n00:46:28,080 –> 00:46:31,240
\nrefer to all believers.
\nSo let’s quickly talk about the <\/p>\n
770
\n00:46:31,240 –> 00:46:32,720
\nComforter.
\nFor those who may not have heard<\/p>\n
771
\n00:46:32,720 –> 00:46:36,400
\nmuch about it, here’s the
\nreferences to the Comforter that<\/p>\n
772
\n00:46:36,400 –> 00:46:42,240
\nrun through 14\/15\/16 and 17 of
\nof John’s Gospel and you can see<\/p>\n
773
\n00:46:42,240 –> 00:46:44,680
\nthere it’s God sending the
\nComforter to them. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:46:44,920 –> 00:46:46,200
\nHaven’t got time to go through
\nall those. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:46:46,200 –> 00:46:49,520
\nNow actually if you’ve got your
\nBible there, just have a look at<\/p>\n
776
\n00:46:49,720 –> 00:46:53,080
\nJohn 14 and you’ll see the
\nmiraculous nature of what the <\/p>\n
777
\n00:46:53,080 –> 00:46:59,000
\nComforter would do and the very
\npractical benefits that the <\/p>\n
778
\n00:46:59,000 –> 00:47:01,160
\nComforter would bring to those
\napostles. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:47:01,160 –> 00:47:08,440
\nSo chapter 14 and verse 26.
\nBut the some translation of <\/p>\n
780
\n00:47:08,440 –> 00:47:13,520
\nHelper or Advocate or Comforter
\nthat the the the Comforter which<\/p>\n
781
\n00:47:13,520 –> 00:47:17,200
\nis the Holy Spirit whom the
\nFather will send in my name. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:47:17,720 –> 00:47:20,920
\nLook what he will do.
\nHe will teach you all things, so<\/p>\n
783
\n00:47:20,920 –> 00:47:25,000
\nyou’ll have all this knowledge
\nsupernaturally or miraculously <\/p>\n
784
\n00:47:25,000 –> 00:47:26,720
\ninserted.
\nHe will bring to your <\/p>\n
785
\n00:47:26,720 –> 00:47:30,360
\nremembrance everything that I
\nsaid, so you can see there is a <\/p>\n
786
\n00:47:30,360 –> 00:47:32,480
\nmiraculous element to the work
\nof the Comforter. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:47:33,160 –> 00:47:36,880
\nIt would enable these uneducated
\nmen to be able to bring to mind <\/p>\n
788
\n00:47:36,880 –> 00:47:39,640
\nthe words of Jesus, not just to
\nteach and preach, but also to <\/p>\n
789
\n00:47:39,640 –> 00:47:43,440
\nwrite the gospel message that we
\nhave preserved for us today. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:47:44,640 –> 00:47:48,640
\nAnd so if you read everything
\nthe Comforter would do, you can <\/p>\n
791
\n00:47:48,640 –> 00:47:50,360
\nsee the emphasis of the
\nComforters. <\/p>\n
792
\n00:47:51,120 –> 00:47:54,720
\nWork has to do with words.
\nIt’s about bringing things to <\/p>\n
793
\n00:47:54,720 –> 00:47:58,560
\nremembrance that Jesus did.
\nIt’s about allowing them to <\/p>\n
794
\n00:47:58,560 –> 00:48:00,760
\nspeak.
\nIt’s a source of truth that will<\/p>\n
795
\n00:48:00,760 –> 00:48:05,880
\nenable them to to to make
\nstatements about sin and and and<\/p>\n
796
\n00:48:05,880 –> 00:48:08,720
\nrighteousness and and condemn
\nthe world for for for it’s sin <\/p>\n
797
\n00:48:08,720 –> 00:48:11,600
\nand it would guide the disciples
\nin truth. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:48:11,600 –> 00:48:14,480
\nAnd so it’s a source of truth.
\nIt’s words, it’s the words of <\/p>\n
799
\n00:48:14,560 –> 00:48:17,120
\nJesus.
\nIt’s divine words about about <\/p>\n
800
\n00:48:17,120 –> 00:48:21,160
\nrighteousness and sin and you
\ncan see in the the swap out that<\/p>\n
801
\n00:48:21,160 –> 00:48:23,680
\nwe often do when we read about
\nthe spirit. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:48:24,080 –> 00:48:27,480
\nWe swap out often those spirit
\nreferences and replace it with <\/p>\n
803
\n00:48:27,480 –> 00:48:29,880
\nthe Bible which we sometimes
\nrefer to as a spirit word. <\/p>\n
804
\n00:48:30,160 –> 00:48:33,040
\nAnd in this case the swap out is
\nquite legitimate. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:48:33,520 –> 00:48:37,840
\nWhat the Comforter did for the
\napostles we now have in the <\/p>\n
806
\n00:48:37,840 –> 00:48:41,800
\nwritten word of God, the all the
\nteachings of Jesus, the words of<\/p>\n
807
\n00:48:41,960 –> 00:48:46,880
\nJesus, the power of the word.
\nIt is all available for us in in<\/p>\n
808
\n00:48:46,880 –> 00:48:50,120
\nGod’s Word.
\nSo the Comforter was a phenomena<\/p>\n
809
\n00:48:50,120 –> 00:48:53,960
\nthat was relevant to the early
\nbelievers would have died out <\/p>\n
810
\n00:48:54,360 –> 00:48:57,160
\ntowards the end of the 1st
\ncentury as the the apostles who <\/p>\n
811
\n00:48:57,160 –> 00:49:01,600
\nhad the power to pass it on
\nwould die and it it led to the <\/p>\n
812
\n00:49:01,600 –> 00:49:05,440
\ngospel going throughout the
\nworld and also the word of God <\/p>\n
813
\n00:49:05,440 –> 00:49:08,400
\nbeing written.
\nThe Abiding presence, however, <\/p>\n
814
\n00:49:08,440 –> 00:49:12,880
\nis something different.
\nThe key verse for me that <\/p>\n
815
\n00:49:12,880 –> 00:49:15,720
\nexplains what the Abiding
\nPresence is all about is a <\/p>\n
816
\n00:49:15,720 –> 00:49:17,280
\nlittle it’s it’s right at the
\nend. <\/p>\n
817
\n00:49:17,800 –> 00:49:21,160
\nTowards the end, in chapter 16,
\nJesus says these words. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:49:21,360 –> 00:49:23,840
\nRemember, this is before his
\narrest, before. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:49:24,360 –> 00:49:27,200
\nAt this point, Peter thinks he’s
\nimpregnable and he’s going to do<\/p>\n
820
\n00:49:27,200 –> 00:49:29,320
\nall this stuff and stand up for
\nJesus and give his life. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:49:29,520 –> 00:49:32,400
\nSo they’re yet to be scattered
\nand tested in this way, so they <\/p>\n
822
\n00:49:32,400 –> 00:49:34,920
\ndon’t really feel what’s about
\nto happen. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:49:35,640 –> 00:49:40,480
\nSo Jesus says the hour is coming
\nand now is that you will be <\/p>\n
824
\n00:49:40,480 –> 00:49:44,880
\nscattered, each to his own, and
\nyou will leave me alone. <\/p>\n
825
\n00:49:45,680 –> 00:49:47,120
\nAnd that’s literally what
\nhappened, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
826
\n00:49:47,200 –> 00:49:48,760
\nThe disciples ran for their
\nlife. <\/p>\n
827
\n00:49:49,080 –> 00:49:52,720
\nPeter hung around, but then
\ndenied that he knew Jesus, but <\/p>\n
828
\n00:49:52,720 –> 00:49:59,400
\nthat would all desert him.
\nAnd Jesus says, yet I am not <\/p>\n
829
\n00:49:59,400 –> 00:50:05,040
\nalone.
\nI’m not alone because my father <\/p>\n
830
\n00:50:06,240 –> 00:50:13,960
\nis with me, he’s with me.
\nAnd Jesus went alone to the to <\/p>\n
831
\n00:50:13,960 –> 00:50:18,440
\nCaiaphas, to the Sanhedrin, to
\nHerod, to Pilate. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:50:18,720 –> 00:50:22,480
\nHe stood there alone.
\nHe was taken alone, thrashed and<\/p>\n
833
\n00:50:22,560 –> 00:50:24,480
\nalone.
\nHe had a crown of thorns thrust <\/p>\n
834
\n00:50:24,480 –> 00:50:26,960
\nupon his head.
\nAlone he was he was beaten <\/p>\n
835
\n00:50:26,960 –> 00:50:29,320
\nalone.
\nHe was tortured on a on a on a <\/p>\n
836
\n00:50:29,840 –> 00:50:32,000
\nexcruciating in excruciating
\nagony. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:50:32,000 –> 00:50:35,280
\nHe was alone, but he wasn’t
\nreally alone, He says. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:50:35,280 –> 00:50:37,240
\nI’m not alone.
\nMy father. <\/p>\n
839
\n00:50:37,520 –> 00:50:39,160
\nMy Father wasn’t just watching
\nfrom heaven. <\/p>\n
840
\n00:50:39,800 –> 00:50:43,600
\nMy Father was with me, and so we
\nstart to get an idea of what <\/p>\n
841
\n00:50:43,600 –> 00:50:46,560
\nJesus is talking about, the
\nlanguage of the abiding <\/p>\n
842
\n00:50:46,560 –> 00:50:48,760
\npresence.
\nHe’d he would experience it <\/p>\n
843
\n00:50:48,760 –> 00:50:52,080
\nhimself.
\nAnd so if you’ve got your balls,<\/p>\n
844
\n00:50:52,080 –> 00:50:55,240
\nlet’s go to John 14 and
\nremember, we’re talking about <\/p>\n
845
\n00:50:55,240 –> 00:51:02,240
\nthe spatial, the spatial
\npresence of God, he says in <\/p>\n
846
\n00:51:02,240 –> 00:51:05,080
\nverse chapter 14, verse one, let
\nnot your hearts be troubled <\/p>\n
847
\n00:51:05,080 –> 00:51:06,480
\nbecause he knew what would come
\nupon them. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:51:06,480 –> 00:51:09,280
\nHe knew what was going to face
\nthem. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:51:10,040 –> 00:51:13,440
\nLet not your hearts be troubled.
\nBelieving God and believing me <\/p>\n
850
\n00:51:13,440 –> 00:51:17,720
\nalso in my father’s house are
\nmany mansions. <\/p>\n
851
\n00:51:18,720 –> 00:51:20,200
\nIf it were not so, I would have
\ntold you. <\/p>\n
852
\n00:51:21,000 –> 00:51:25,640
\nAnd I’m going.
\nSo notice these spatial <\/p>\n
853
\n00:51:25,640 –> 00:51:29,440
\ndirectional words.
\nI go to prepare a place for you.<\/p>\n
854
\n00:51:30,920 –> 00:51:34,160
\nBut I’m going to come back
\nagain, and I’m going to receive <\/p>\n
855
\n00:51:34,160 –> 00:51:38,760
\nyou to myself.
\nThat where I am, you may be with<\/p>\n
856
\n00:51:38,760 –> 00:51:43,040
\nme also Now sometimes we can
\nread that without without <\/p>\n
857
\n00:51:43,040 –> 00:51:45,680
\nChristadelphian lens.
\nIt’s sort of easy to read that <\/p>\n
858
\n00:51:45,680 –> 00:51:48,400
\nand think about he’s talking
\nabout going away and then coming<\/p>\n
859
\n00:51:48,400 –> 00:51:51,920
\nback at the second coming,
\ncoming back in the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
860
\n00:51:52,440 –> 00:51:55,680
\nIt’s not if you read carefully
\nwhat’s taking place here. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:51:55,680 –> 00:52:00,280
\nIt’s all temple language, Jesus
\nis saying in my father’s house. <\/p>\n
862
\n00:52:01,280 –> 00:52:05,320
\nThe only other time he uses that
\nphrase, you remember he says my <\/p>\n
863
\n00:52:05,320 –> 00:52:08,120
\nfather’s, that you’ve made my
\nfather’s house a den of thieves.<\/p>\n
864
\n00:52:08,880 –> 00:52:12,280
\nAnd also at the age, age of 12,
\nhe says I must be about my <\/p>\n
865
\n00:52:12,280 –> 00:52:14,080
\nfather’s house.
\nI know that King James has <\/p>\n
866
\n00:52:14,080 –> 00:52:16,320
\nbusiness, but it’s actually my
\nfather’s house. <\/p>\n
867
\n00:52:16,320 –> 00:52:21,840
\nSo when Jesus talking about my
\nfather’s house, he’s talking, <\/p>\n
868
\n00:52:22,280 –> 00:52:24,680
\nhe’s talking about something
\nthat was the temple, but that <\/p>\n
869
\n00:52:24,680 –> 00:52:28,400
\nwould change.
\nRemember, he said destroy this <\/p>\n
870
\n00:52:28,400 –> 00:52:31,360
\ntemple in three days.
\nI’ll raise up a new temple. <\/p>\n
871
\n00:52:32,000 –> 00:52:35,160
\nAnd the narrator says he was
\ntalking about the temple of his <\/p>\n
872
\n00:52:35,160 –> 00:52:37,200
\nbody.
\nThat body was not just his <\/p>\n
873
\n00:52:37,800 –> 00:52:40,320
\npersonal body.
\nThe body of Christ is his <\/p>\n
874
\n00:52:40,320 –> 00:52:44,240
\npeople, his ecclesia.
\nSo in my father’s house are many<\/p>\n
875
\n00:52:44,520 –> 00:52:47,880
\nmansions or or that just means
\ndwelling places. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:52:48,800 –> 00:52:51,240
\nIt doesn’t spatially, it’s not
\nspatially coherent because <\/p>\n
877
\n00:52:51,240 –> 00:52:53,640
\nmansions are bigger than houses.
\nAnd so you think what’s going on<\/p>\n
878
\n00:52:53,640 –> 00:52:55,000
\nhere?
\nBut he’s saying there’s <\/p>\n
879
\n00:52:55,000 –> 00:52:58,160
\nsomething called my father’s
\nhouse and there’s dwelling <\/p>\n
880
\n00:52:58,160 –> 00:53:02,360
\nplaces within my father’s house.
\nAnd the way I think of it is <\/p>\n
881
\n00:53:02,360 –> 00:53:04,320
\nthere’s believers in different
\nparts of the world. <\/p>\n
882
\n00:53:04,320 –> 00:53:06,400
\nThere’s there’s a room here at
\nriver. <\/p>\n
883
\n00:53:06,400 –> 00:53:09,560
\nThere’s a room at gospel.
\nThese rooms have been prepared <\/p>\n
884
\n00:53:09,560 –> 00:53:13,720
\nby by the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd I’ll come again and he says,<\/p>\n
885
\n00:53:13,760 –> 00:53:16,720
\nand where I am, I’ll be there
\nwith you. <\/p>\n
886
\n00:53:17,520 –> 00:53:21,760
\nSo His presence will be with us.
\nAs I said, this is not the <\/p>\n
887
\n00:53:21,760 –> 00:53:25,080
\nsecond coming.
\nThis is Jesus coming back in us <\/p>\n
888
\n00:53:25,080 –> 00:53:28,840
\nin some way, in His presence,
\ncoming back in the Father’s <\/p>\n
889
\n00:53:28,840 –> 00:53:31,320
\nhouse in the temple of God and
\nbeing with us. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:53:31,720 –> 00:53:34,920
\nIf you want to a good exposition
\non that rest of scriptures does <\/p>\n
891
\n00:53:34,920 –> 00:53:41,880
\na good job explaining that
\nthere’s other beautiful language<\/p>\n
892
\n00:53:41,880 –> 00:53:45,240
\nhere referring to the abiding
\nthings like John 14 verse 18. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:53:45,240 –> 00:53:48,520
\nI will not leave you as orphans.
\nI’m not going to leave you as <\/p>\n
894
\n00:53:48,520 –> 00:53:50,760
\norphans.
\nI’m not going to leave you as <\/p>\n
895
\n00:53:51,560 –> 00:53:53,680
\nlost souls.
\nI’m going to abide with you. <\/p>\n
896
\n00:53:53,680 –> 00:53:55,800
\nI’m going to come to you and I’m
\ngoing to dwell with you. <\/p>\n
897
\n00:53:56,240 –> 00:54:00,000
\nAnd that’s relevant to all God’s
\npeople throughout all time. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:54:02,400 –> 00:54:04,440
\nLet me just make a comment.
\nI forgot to say that when Jesus <\/p>\n
899
\n00:54:04,440 –> 00:54:09,720
\nsaid I’m not alone because my
\nfather’s with me, The fact of <\/p>\n
900
\n00:54:09,720 –> 00:54:13,640
\nhis father’s presence and his
\nfather’s company did not stop <\/p>\n
901
\n00:54:14,480 –> 00:54:16,240
\nthe negative things that
\nhappened to him. <\/p>\n
902
\n00:54:16,920 –> 00:54:19,760
\nHe still believed his father was
\nwith him and he was in the <\/p>\n
903
\n00:54:19,760 –> 00:54:21,680
\npresence.
\nLiterally his father was with <\/p>\n
904
\n00:54:21,680 –> 00:54:26,320
\nhim, and yet he still endured
\nnegative and terrible things. <\/p>\n
905
\n00:54:26,800 –> 00:54:30,240
\nSo we’re not looking for some,
\nthe spirit of some panacea <\/p>\n
906
\n00:54:30,240 –> 00:54:33,080
\nthat’s going to make everything
\ngood happen in our life. <\/p>\n
907
\n00:54:33,080 –> 00:54:35,440
\nBut God’s Holy Spirit is with
\nus. <\/p>\n
908
\n00:54:35,840 –> 00:54:41,920
\nIt’s there, and it’s been
\npromised by the Lord here. <\/p>\n
909
\n00:54:42,400 –> 00:54:45,280
\nSo he says, I go and I’m going
\nto come again, that we might be <\/p>\n
910
\n00:54:45,280 –> 00:54:47,080
\ntogether.
\nIt’s interesting. <\/p>\n
911
\n00:54:47,080 –> 00:54:49,320
\nThomas says, where are you
\ngoing? <\/p>\n
912
\n00:54:49,320 –> 00:54:54,320
\nAnd and Jesus says where I’m
\ngoing, the way you know, which <\/p>\n
913
\n00:54:54,960 –> 00:54:59,000
\nis intriguing, intriguing words.
\nAnd Thomas says, how can we know<\/p>\n
914
\n00:54:59,000 –> 00:55:02,920
\nthe way?
\nAnd Jesus says, I am the way, <\/p>\n
915
\n00:55:03,600 –> 00:55:05,600
\nthe truth and the life.
\nNo one comes to the Father but <\/p>\n
916
\n00:55:05,600 –> 00:55:07,480
\nby me.
\nSo you can see he’s using <\/p>\n
917
\n00:55:07,480 –> 00:55:09,320
\nspatial language of coming and
\ngoing. <\/p>\n
918
\n00:55:09,320 –> 00:55:12,080
\nBut it’s about a relationship
\nwith God through Jesus, isn’t <\/p>\n
919
\n00:55:12,080 –> 00:55:14,240
\nit?
\nHe is the way in this, this <\/p>\n
920
\n00:55:14,240 –> 00:55:16,520
\nspatial connection with with
\nGod. <\/p>\n
921
\n00:55:17,320 –> 00:55:18,880
\nAnd so we’re running out of
\ntime. <\/p>\n
922
\n00:55:18,880 –> 00:55:21,760
\nBut all the way through these
\nchapters I and my father, my <\/p>\n
923
\n00:55:21,760 –> 00:55:25,360
\nfather in me, and then getting
\nto the point where it’s I and my<\/p>\n
924
\n00:55:25,360 –> 00:55:28,640
\nfather, my father in me and I in
\nyou. <\/p>\n
925
\n00:55:28,640 –> 00:55:34,000
\nAnd then 1423 we, my father and
\nI, will come and dwell with <\/p>\n
926
\n00:55:34,440 –> 00:55:38,600
\nsomeone who believes and and
\nthat is the dwelling promise of <\/p>\n
927
\n00:55:38,680 –> 00:55:44,680
\nof God, relevant and and and
\nvery powerful in the life of of <\/p>\n
928
\n00:55:44,680 –> 00:55:46,840
\nall believers.
\nThis, this presence and <\/p>\n
929
\n00:55:46,840 –> 00:55:50,480
\nconnection with God.
\nJesus says we will come and <\/p>\n
930
\n00:55:50,480 –> 00:55:52,000
\ndwell with him.
\nAnd there’s this oneness, <\/p>\n
931
\n00:55:52,000 –> 00:55:54,520
\nthere’s this connection that
\nthat runs through all that. <\/p>\n
932
\n00:55:54,920 –> 00:55:56,960
\nAnd as you read through that
\nsection of scripture too there’s<\/p>\n
933
\n00:55:56,960 –> 00:56:00,200
\nso much power and emotional
\npower. <\/p>\n
934
\n00:56:00,200 –> 00:56:02,480
\nI mentioned the the little
\nprayer. <\/p>\n
935
\n00:56:02,560 –> 00:56:06,280
\nJesus says that the.
\nThe peace I give you not as the <\/p>\n
936
\n00:56:06,280 –> 00:56:08,560
\nworld gives.
\nHe’s talking about of course his<\/p>\n
937
\n00:56:08,560 –> 00:56:10,600
\nworld which was the old covenant
\nworld. <\/p>\n
938
\n00:56:11,040 –> 00:56:13,880
\nThe old covenant world could not
\ngive this peace that the new <\/p>\n
939
\n00:56:13,880 –> 00:56:17,560
\ncovenant would bring.
\nAnd the and the repetition of <\/p>\n
940
\n00:56:17,560 –> 00:56:21,120
\nrejoicing and joy and peace and
\nfulfilment that runs through <\/p>\n
941
\n00:56:21,720 –> 00:56:25,200
\nthat section Talk is
\nhighlighting the fact that if we<\/p>\n
942
\n00:56:26,000 –> 00:56:29,520
\nappreciate and are aware of the
\npresence of God and believe it <\/p>\n
943
\n00:56:29,520 –> 00:56:33,120
\nin faith, there is a power to it
\nthat helps us immensely and <\/p>\n
944
\n00:56:33,120 –> 00:56:36,880
\nincredibly in our life.
\nJust to finish up, here’s a <\/p>\n
945
\n00:56:37,040 –> 00:56:39,920
\nbeautiful little reference from
\nMelva Purkis in The Life of <\/p>\n
946
\n00:56:40,440 –> 00:56:42,760
\nJesus.
\nOf course, Melva does like to <\/p>\n
947
\n00:56:42,760 –> 00:56:46,040
\nget to the emotional reality of
\nthese stories and these <\/p>\n
948
\n00:56:46,040 –> 00:56:51,520
\nnarratives and he says he
\ncomments on this, this discourse<\/p>\n
949
\n00:56:51,520 –> 00:56:55,800
\nthat runs from chapter 14 to 17.
\nHe said Jesus told them of the <\/p>\n
950
\n00:56:55,800 –> 00:57:00,240
\nreason for his going away.
\nIt was to prepare abiding places<\/p>\n
951
\n00:57:00,240 –> 00:57:03,120
\nin the House of God.
\nThen he spoke to them of the <\/p>\n
952
\n00:57:03,120 –> 00:57:05,480
\ncoming of the comfort of the
\nHoly Spirit that would dwell <\/p>\n
953
\n00:57:05,480 –> 00:57:08,800
\nwith them and bring to their
\nminds all that the Lord had done<\/p>\n
954
\n00:57:09,160 –> 00:57:10,960
\nand said so.
\nThat was back then. <\/p>\n
955
\n00:57:12,280 –> 00:57:14,760
\nThen we got this intermediate
\nsection here, Brother Perka <\/p>\n
956
\n00:57:14,760 –> 00:57:16,160
\nsays.
\nHe promised that he would <\/p>\n
957
\n00:57:16,160 –> 00:57:19,040
\nmanifest himself to them in
\nwords. <\/p>\n
958
\n00:57:19,680 –> 00:57:22,920
\nThese words have encouraged the
\naspirations of disciples ever <\/p>\n
959
\n00:57:22,920 –> 00:57:25,480
\nsince.
\nAs the Comforter we inspire <\/p>\n
960
\n00:57:25,480 –> 00:57:28,160
\nthese words, both preached and
\nwritten. <\/p>\n
961
\n00:57:29,480 –> 00:57:33,880
\nAnd then He brings us to the
\nnext paragraph and quotes. 1423 <\/p>\n
962
\n00:57:34,120 –> 00:57:38,560
\nIf any man love me, He will keep
\nmy words and the Father will <\/p>\n
963
\n00:57:38,560 –> 00:57:43,120
\nlove him and we will come and
\nmake our abode or our dwelling <\/p>\n
964
\n00:57:43,120 –> 00:57:47,240
\nwith Him, probably each
\ndisciple, in moments of supreme <\/p>\n
965
\n00:57:47,240 –> 00:57:51,000
\ndedication, experience of
\nfulfillment of that promise. <\/p>\n
966
\n00:57:51,320 –> 00:57:55,120
\nNor is it beyond our reach with
\nsustained prayer and steady <\/p>\n
967
\n00:57:55,120 –> 00:58:00,560
\ndedication that may come a rare
\nmoment of spiritual ecstasy when<\/p>\n
968
\n00:58:00,560 –> 00:58:03,480
\nwe know the promise has been
\nfulfilled and life is <\/p>\n
969
\n00:58:03,480 –> 00:58:06,040
\ntransformed for us.
\nPretty powerful words, aren’t <\/p>\n
970
\n00:58:06,040 –> 00:58:09,800
\nthey saying that these words are
\nrelevant to all believers and <\/p>\n
971
\n00:58:09,800 –> 00:58:14,480
\nthey are incredible spiritual
\npower both both emotionally, <\/p>\n
972
\n00:58:14,480 –> 00:58:17,960
\nspiritually and powerfully in in
\nthe life of a believer. <\/p>\n
973
\n00:58:18,840 –> 00:58:23,480
\nSo just to finish up, probably 2
\npractical takeouts when it comes<\/p>\n
974
\n00:58:23,480 –> 00:58:29,040
\nto becoming aware of the
\npresence of God in our life, one<\/p>\n
975
\n00:58:29,040 –> 00:58:33,680
\nsuggestion is when you pray to
\nGod just to change the the <\/p>\n
976
\n00:58:33,680 –> 00:58:35,560
\nmindset a little bit.
\nInstead of thinking of this <\/p>\n
977
\n00:58:35,560 –> 00:58:40,520
\nprayer traveling to heaven
\nthrough billions of light years,<\/p>\n
978
\n00:58:41,400 –> 00:58:45,200
\nthink about the reality that God
\nis actually there in the room <\/p>\n
979
\n00:58:45,200 –> 00:58:46,760
\nwith you.
\nSo if you’re in your room <\/p>\n
980
\n00:58:46,760 –> 00:58:50,000
\npraying, you’re in your boat
\npraying, you’re on the sitting <\/p>\n
981
\n00:58:50,000 –> 00:58:54,560
\non the seashore praying, talked
\nas if God is actually there. <\/p>\n
982
\n00:58:54,560 –> 00:58:56,560
\nHe’s literally, he is literally
\nthere. <\/p>\n
983
\n00:58:56,560 –> 00:58:59,840
\nHe is there.
\nAnd it’s not like you sending up<\/p>\n
984
\n00:59:00,280 –> 00:59:03,200
\npackets of information billions
\nof miles away. <\/p>\n
985
\n00:59:03,200 –> 00:59:05,880
\nIt’s God is there present with
\nyou. <\/p>\n
986
\n00:59:05,880 –> 00:59:09,680
\nAnd and that helps, I think for
\nme to develop an intimacy with <\/p>\n
987
\n00:59:09,680 –> 00:59:14,320
\nGod in that way.
\nBut also reading the Bible, you <\/p>\n
988
\n00:59:14,320 –> 00:59:16,720
\ncan read the Bible to learn
\nstuff and that’s good. <\/p>\n
989
\n00:59:16,960 –> 00:59:19,680
\nIt’s very wholesome and good and
\npowerful. <\/p>\n
990
\n00:59:20,480 –> 00:59:23,640
\nBut why don’t you try, as I’ve
\nbeen trying to do, reading the <\/p>\n
991
\n00:59:23,640 –> 00:59:26,480
\nBible in God’s presence, as if
\nI’m reading with him. <\/p>\n
992
\n00:59:27,320 –> 00:59:31,120
\nIt’s God’s word that he’s
\nprovided, and God is in the room<\/p>\n
993
\n00:59:31,120 –> 00:59:33,920
\nwith me as I’m reading.
\nSo I’m reading the word. <\/p>\n
994
\n00:59:35,160 –> 00:59:38,440
\nIt’s his thoughts, his ideas,
\nand he’s there as I’m reading. <\/p>\n
995
\n00:59:39,120 –> 00:59:40,920
\nIt’s not just an education
\nprocess. <\/p>\n
996
\n00:59:40,920 –> 00:59:44,280
\nI’m not just taking in data and
\ninformation and trying to look <\/p>\n
997
\n00:59:44,280 –> 00:59:47,680
\nfor types and connections.
\nI’m reading with God at that <\/p>\n
998
\n00:59:47,680 –> 00:59:51,040
\ntime, and I think there’s a
\npower in becoming more aware of <\/p>\n
999
\n00:59:51,040 –> 00:59:52,920
\nthe the reality of the presence
\nof God. <\/p>\n
1000
\n00:59:52,920 –> 00:59:56,920
\nIt’s it’s real.
\nAnd just to finish up, there’s a<\/p>\n
1001
\n00:59:56,920 –> 01:00:01,280
\nthere’s a contentment that comes
\nwith being in God’s presence. <\/p>\n
1002
\n01:00:01,280 –> 01:00:04,800
\nRemember, Jesus says I’m not
\nreally alone, All these shocking<\/p>\n
1003
\n01:00:04,800 –> 01:00:06,480
\nthings are going to happen to
\nme, but I’m not alone. <\/p>\n
1004
\n01:00:08,040 –> 01:00:10,480
\nAnd there are references like
\nthis in Hebrews 13. <\/p>\n
1005
\n01:00:12,280 –> 01:00:15,200
\nGod has said I will never leave
\nyou or forsake you. <\/p>\n
1006
\n01:00:17,720 –> 01:00:20,360
\nThat’s a power, brothers and
\nsisters and young people, that <\/p>\n
1007
\n01:00:20,400 –> 01:00:25,200
\nyou can live your life by now.
\nIt doesn’t mean bad things won’t<\/p>\n
1008
\n01:00:25,200 –> 01:00:26,560
\nhappen.
\nIt doesn’t mean God’s going to <\/p>\n
1009
\n01:00:26,560 –> 01:00:29,360
\nstep in and save you from
\nnegative implications. <\/p>\n
1010
\n01:00:29,360 –> 01:00:31,400
\nAnd literally this verse says
\nthe opposite. <\/p>\n
1011
\n01:00:31,400 –> 01:00:34,600
\nActually, it says so that we
\nmight boldly say the Lord is my <\/p>\n
1012
\n01:00:34,600 –> 01:00:39,160
\nhelper.
\nI will not fear what man shall <\/p>\n
1013
\n01:00:39,440 –> 01:00:45,320
\ndo to me, what men did to his
\nson, what men do to us today, <\/p>\n
1014
\n01:00:46,560 –> 01:00:48,760
\nwhat men have done to our
\nbrothers and sisters in times <\/p>\n
1015
\n01:00:48,760 –> 01:00:52,400
\npast, and persecuted and abused
\npeople and ridiculed them. <\/p>\n
1016
\n01:00:54,800 –> 01:00:58,760
\nThe effects of what men will do
\nis something we have to live <\/p>\n
1017
\n01:00:58,760 –> 01:01:01,920
\nthrough.
\nThe presence of God doesn’t wrap<\/p>\n
1018
\n01:01:01,920 –> 01:01:03,880
\nus in cotton wool and remove
\nthose things. <\/p>\n
1019
\n01:01:04,280 –> 01:01:08,000
\nBut it’s a power knowing that as
\nyou go through those things, God<\/p>\n
1020
\n01:01:08,040 –> 01:01:09,480
\nis with you.
\nHe is there. <\/p>\n
1021
\n01:01:09,480 –> 01:01:10,760
\nHe will never leave and forsake
\nyou. <\/p>\n
1022
\n01:01:10,760 –> 01:01:13,440
\nAnd we had time to flesh out
\nthat Hebrew studying quote <\/p>\n
1023
\n01:01:13,440 –> 01:01:15,360
\nbecause it starts off with
\ncovetousness. <\/p>\n
1024
\n01:01:15,360 –> 01:01:19,600
\nHe says come in with the exact
\nwords, but don’t be covetous and<\/p>\n
1025
\n01:01:19,600 –> 01:01:22,080
\nworry about possessions and
\nthings like that, that nature. <\/p>\n
1026
\n01:01:23,720 –> 01:01:26,840
\nAnd then it says, because I’ll
\nand and then he goes on to say <\/p>\n
1027
\n01:01:27,200 –> 01:01:30,320
\nfor I’ll never leave you or
\nforsake you, so don’t even worry<\/p>\n
1028
\n01:01:30,320 –> 01:01:32,080
\nabout physical things.
\nSo I’m not going to leave you or<\/p>\n
1029
\n01:01:32,080 –> 01:01:35,720
\nforsake you.
\nAnd even if men abuse you and <\/p>\n
1030
\n01:01:35,720 –> 01:01:39,920
\nuse you so it’s gone from
\ncovetousness and possessions now<\/p>\n
1031
\n01:01:39,920 –> 01:01:43,000
\nthrough to suffering, violence
\nand abuse. <\/p>\n
1032
\n01:01:44,360 –> 01:01:46,760
\nBecause all of them, all of them
\ncan be endured. <\/p>\n
1033
\n01:01:47,040 –> 01:01:51,080
\nAll those things can be endured.
\nLack of physical things right <\/p>\n
1034
\n01:01:51,080 –> 01:01:54,560
\nthrough to physical abuse can be
\nendured with contentment. <\/p>\n
1035
\n01:01:55,800 –> 01:01:58,560
\nIf we remember that God will
\nnever leave us or forsake us so <\/p>\n
1036
\n01:01:58,560 –> 01:02:03,800
\nthat we might boldly say, boldly
\nsay you can say it as you’re <\/p>\n
1037
\n01:02:03,800 –> 01:02:06,600
\nbeing burnt at the stake and the
\nflames are ripping through your <\/p>\n
1038
\n01:02:06,600 –> 01:02:08,280
\nbody.
\nAnd you can boldly say God will <\/p>\n
1039
\n01:02:08,280 –> 01:02:10,880
\nnever leave and forsake me.
\nThat’s that’s the power of this.<\/p>\n
1040
\n01:02:10,880 –> 01:02:14,040
\nThis is the reality of this
\nregardless of what men will do <\/p>\n
1041
\n01:02:14,040 –> 01:02:17,520
\nto you And Hebrews talks about
\nthe the fact that a true a <\/p>\n
1042
\n01:02:17,520 –> 01:02:20,880
\nbeliever when they appreciate
\nthis, even the fear of death is <\/p>\n
1043
\n01:02:20,880 –> 01:02:23,680
\nsomething that’s reduced and
\nthey don’t feel the the power of<\/p>\n
1044
\n01:02:23,680 –> 01:02:26,520
\nthat and the bondage of that.
\nI think I’ve given you this <\/p>\n
1045
\n01:02:26,520 –> 01:02:30,840
\nexample of in previous sessions,
\nbut I always am amazed by this <\/p>\n
1046
\n01:02:31,120 –> 01:02:33,000
\nreality.
\nAnd I went to the Colosseum, I <\/p>\n
1047
\n01:02:34,080 –> 01:02:36,960
\nthink with some of the guys here
\nand just walk through those <\/p>\n
1048
\n01:02:36,960 –> 01:02:40,800
\nlittle tunnels and those little
\nalleyways and thought about the <\/p>\n
1049
\n01:02:40,800 –> 01:02:44,000
\nbelievers that were were were
\ntaken in front of these crowds <\/p>\n
1050
\n01:02:44,000 –> 01:02:47,000
\nand just ripped apart by lions.
\nAnd there’s this statement from <\/p>\n
1051
\n01:02:47,000 –> 01:02:49,680
\na historian that says the
\nChristians could not be <\/p>\n
1052
\n01:02:49,680 –> 01:02:53,360
\nintimidated by the lions even
\nwhen they were given opportunity<\/p>\n
1053
\n01:02:53,360 –> 01:02:55,440
\nto recant and save their lives.
\nThey didn’t. <\/p>\n
1054
\n01:02:55,880 –> 01:02:59,000
\nAnd they sang as they entered
\nthe arena because of the words <\/p>\n
1055
\n01:02:59,000 –> 01:03:03,000
\nfear not, I am with you.
\nThe fact that Jesus was with <\/p>\n
1056
\n01:03:03,000 –> 01:03:05,640
\nthem, they believed with all
\ntheir hearts and they bet their <\/p>\n
1057
\n01:03:05,640 –> 01:03:09,320
\nlife on it.
\nBut they still got eaten by the <\/p>\n
1058
\n01:03:09,320 –> 01:03:11,320
\nlions.
\nThey still got destroyed and <\/p>\n
1059
\n01:03:11,320 –> 01:03:15,640
\nripped apart, but they always
\nknew and believed the reality <\/p>\n
1060
\n01:03:15,640 –> 01:03:22,120
\nthat God was with them.
\nImagine you’re on a plane and <\/p>\n
1061
\n01:03:22,200 –> 01:03:26,280
\nall of a sudden the the captain
\non the plane says we’re flying <\/p>\n
1062
\n01:03:26,280 –> 01:03:28,720
\nover Ukraine.
\nWe’ve just received news and <\/p>\n
1063
\n01:03:28,720 –> 01:03:32,080
\nmissiles being fired at us.
\nWe have 3 minutes before we’re <\/p>\n
1064
\n01:03:32,080 –> 01:03:36,720
\nall going to die.
\nHas God forsaken you in that <\/p>\n
1065
\n01:03:36,720 –> 01:03:40,000
\nmoment?
\nOr you scream to God to save you<\/p>\n
1066
\n01:03:40,000 –> 01:03:42,600
\nfrom the rocket attack and
\nsomehow miraculously get you out<\/p>\n
1067
\n01:03:42,600 –> 01:03:44,680
\nof that?
\nMaybe that would that would be <\/p>\n
1068
\n01:03:44,680 –> 01:03:48,040
\nquite OK.
\nBut there could be a deeper <\/p>\n
1069
\n01:03:48,040 –> 01:03:51,520
\nsense of serenity and surrender,
\nknowing that God is with you <\/p>\n
1070
\n01:03:51,520 –> 01:03:53,600
\nregardless what happens, God is
\nwith you. <\/p>\n
1071
\n01:03:53,600 –> 01:03:56,440
\nIf you die, you die.
\nGod has not forsaken you. <\/p>\n
1072
\n01:03:56,440 –> 01:03:58,040
\nHe’s been with you all your
\nlife. <\/p>\n
1073
\n01:03:58,400 –> 01:04:00,280
\nHis Holy Spirit has been with
\nyou. <\/p>\n
1074
\n01:04:01,720 –> 01:04:03,040
\nYou’ve been.
\nYou’re about to be wheeled in <\/p>\n
1075
\n01:04:03,040 –> 01:04:07,440
\nfor an operation and it could be
\na life threatening 1 and you <\/p>\n
1076
\n01:04:07,440 –> 01:04:10,280
\npray and hope that you survive
\nit and that the doctors are <\/p>\n
1077
\n01:04:10,280 –> 01:04:12,440
\nsuccessful.
\nBut as you’re wielding to the <\/p>\n
1078
\n01:04:12,440 –> 01:04:15,360
\noperating theatre, you know God
\nis with you, literally with you <\/p>\n
1079
\n01:04:15,440 –> 01:04:17,680
\nat that time.
\nAnd there’s an incredible power <\/p>\n
1080
\n01:04:17,680 –> 01:04:22,880
\nto that reality that is
\ntranscendent, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
1081
\n01:04:22,880 –> 01:04:25,520
\nThere’s this peace of God that
\npasses understanding. <\/p>\n
1082
\n01:04:26,760 –> 01:04:28,880
\nSo brothers and sisters, sorry
\nI’ve gone a little bit long. <\/p>\n
1083
\n01:04:30,680 –> 01:04:34,760
\nWe’ve touched on the presence of
\nGod in two dimensions, the <\/p>\n
1084
\n01:04:34,760 –> 01:04:37,840
\nrelational presence of God seen
\nthrough the New Covenant, and <\/p>\n
1085
\n01:04:37,840 –> 01:04:43,040
\nthe fact that the Holy Spirit is
\nliterally in US and above us and<\/p>\n
1086
\n01:04:43,040 –> 01:04:47,440
\nthrough us and over us, and God
\nis with us in our life and <\/p>\n
1087
\n01:04:47,440 –> 01:04:50,000
\nabides with us as well.
\nThank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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