{"id":1357,"date":"2025-08-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/361-podcast-showcase-essential-bible-studies\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:59:17","slug":"361-podcast-showcase-essential-bible-studies","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/361-podcast-showcase-essential-bible-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"361: Podcast Showcase &#8211; Essential Bible Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this week&#8217;s talk, we are listening to &#8220;The Mind of the Spirit,&#8221; which is the 70th episode from the Essential Bible Studies Podcast, another Christadelphian podcast that we think you should be listening to as well!<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to the <a href=\"http:\/\/essentialbiblestudies.org\/category\/ebsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">Essential Bible Studies<\/a> Podcast!<\/p>\n<p>We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n<p>Send talk suggestions or comments to:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:goodchristadelphiantalks@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Show Notes, visit our website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060GoodChristadelphianTalks.com\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social Media:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/GoodChristadelphianTalks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060Facebook\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goodchristadelphiantalks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"ugc noopener noreferrer\">\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"transcript\">1<br \/>\n00:00:00,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:01,920<br \/>\nHey everyone, this is Jason<br \/>\nHensley. <\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n00:00:02,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:06,040<br \/>\nThis week we are listening to a<br \/>\nChristadelphian podcast called <\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n00:00:06,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:10,560<br \/>\nEssential Bible Studies, and a<br \/>\nspecific episode is The Mind of <\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n00:00:10,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:14,080<br \/>\nthe Spirit.<br \/>\nNow, one of the things that I <\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n00:00:14,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:18,640<br \/>\nlove about this podcast is that<br \/>\nit&#8217;s really a discussion. <\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n00:00:18,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:23,480<br \/>\nSo there&#8217;s numerous guests and<br \/>\nyou get to really just listen in<\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n00:00:23,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:26,040<br \/>\non this Bible discussion.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s almost like you&#8217;re having a<\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n00:00:26,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:30,360<br \/>\nreally good, exciting Bible<br \/>\nconversation. <\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n00:00:30,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:33,240<br \/>\nSo I think that you&#8217;re going to<br \/>\nenjoy that about it. <\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n00:00:33,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:37,400<br \/>\nIn addition to that, the guest<br \/>\ninterviewed in this one is <\/p>\n<p>11<br \/>\n00:00:37,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:40,280<br \/>\nbrother Ben Brinkerhoff.<br \/>\nThey actually went to Sunday <\/p>\n<p>12<br \/>\n00:00:40,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:42,320<br \/>\nschool together.<br \/>\nSo when I heard that he was a <\/p>\n<p>13<br \/>\n00:00:42,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:45,560<br \/>\nguest on this episode, I was<br \/>\npretty excited about that. <\/p>\n<p>14<br \/>\n00:00:46,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:50,760<br \/>\nBut in addition to that, I<br \/>\nreally love the way that this <\/p>\n<p>15<br \/>\n00:00:50,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:56,280<br \/>\ndiscussion moves through<br \/>\nexperience and scripture at the <\/p>\n<p>16<br \/>\n00:00:56,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:00:59,080<br \/>\nsame time.<br \/>\nI think sometimes that&#8217;s a <\/p>\n<p>17<br \/>\n00:00:59,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:02,640<br \/>\nreally difficult line to really<br \/>\nhit. <\/p>\n<p>18<br \/>\n00:01:02,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:05,080<br \/>\nSometimes we lean too far on<br \/>\nexperience. <\/p>\n<p>19<br \/>\n00:01:05,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:10,120<br \/>\nOther times we are only<br \/>\nscripture and it can be really <\/p>\n<p>20<br \/>\n00:01:10,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:12,880<br \/>\nhard to figure out how does how<br \/>\ndoes this apply or how does this<\/p>\n<p>21<br \/>\n00:01:12,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:17,480<br \/>\nmean something to me.<br \/>\nAnd I really loved how this <\/p>\n<p>22<br \/>\n00:01:17,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:23,240<br \/>\nepisode weaved it all in, weaved<br \/>\nit all together, and I felt like<\/p>\n<p>23<br \/>\n00:01:23,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:29,320<br \/>\nreally created this whole with a<br \/>\na depth of meaning and <\/p>\n<p>24<br \/>\n00:01:29,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:33,200<br \/>\nsignificance for really any<br \/>\nanybody who&#8217;s listening to it. <\/p>\n<p>25<br \/>\n00:01:33,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:36,160<br \/>\nSo.<br \/>\nWith that said, this is the mind<\/p>\n<p>26<br \/>\n00:01:36,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:41,800<br \/>\nof the Spirit discussing what is<br \/>\nthe Spirit and what does it mean<\/p>\n<p>27<br \/>\n00:01:41,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:46,040<br \/>\nto have the mind of the Spirit,<br \/>\nfocusing specifically on Romans <\/p>\n<p>28<br \/>\n00:01:46,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:49,680<br \/>\nchapter 8 and with a little<br \/>\nsprinkling in of the Gospel of <\/p>\n<p>29<br \/>\n00:01:49,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:51,720<br \/>\nJohn.<br \/>\nSo I think you&#8217;ll enjoy it. <\/p>\n<p>30<br \/>\n00:01:52,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:55,440<br \/>\nThis is the Mind of the Spirit,<br \/>\nessential Bible studies for the <\/p>\n<p>31<br \/>\n00:01:55,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:01:59,600<br \/>\nTim Young is the podcaster, and<br \/>\nthe guest is Brother Ben <\/p>\n<p>32<br \/>\n00:01:59,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:20,440<br \/>\nBrinkerhoff.<br \/>\nFor to set the mind on the flesh<\/p>\n<p>33<br \/>\n00:02:20,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:21,200<br \/>\nis.<br \/>\nDeath. <\/p>\n<p>34<br \/>\n00:02:21,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:25,480<br \/>\nBut to set the mind on the<br \/>\nSpirit is life and peace. <\/p>\n<p>35<br \/>\n00:02:26,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:35,360<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s from Romans chapter 8.<br \/>\nVerse 6 This is the. <\/p>\n<p>36<br \/>\n00:02:35,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:39,480<br \/>\nEssential Bible Studies Podcast.<br \/>\nMy name is Tim Young and I&#8217;m <\/p>\n<p>37<br \/>\n00:02:39,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:43,520<br \/>\nhere with Ben Brinkerhoff, an<br \/>\nold friend that I haven&#8217;t seen <\/p>\n<p>38<br \/>\n00:02:43,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:47,040<br \/>\nor talked to in, I&#8217;m figuring,<br \/>\n20 years. <\/p>\n<p>39<br \/>\n00:02:47,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:50,360<br \/>\nWhere does the time go?<br \/>\nBut now, with the magic of <\/p>\n<p>40<br \/>\n00:02:50,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:53,320<br \/>\ntechnology, we can bridge the<br \/>\ndistance and talk again. <\/p>\n<p>41<br \/>\n00:02:54,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:02:57,080<br \/>\nI blame it on Ben.<br \/>\nHe moved to New Zealand and, <\/p>\n<p>42<br \/>\n00:02:57,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:00,680<br \/>\nwell, I moved to Canada.<br \/>\nBut way back when we were a lot <\/p>\n<p>43<br \/>\n00:03:00,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:04,400<br \/>\nyounger, we both lived in the<br \/>\nGolden State of California. <\/p>\n<p>44<br \/>\n00:03:04,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:07,560<br \/>\nRight men.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s right, Tim, back in those<\/p>\n<p>45<br \/>\n00:03:07,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:11,080<br \/>\ndays, I looked up to you.<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s nice 20 years later, <\/p>\n<p>46<br \/>\n00:03:11,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:12,800<br \/>\nlike, oh, why?<br \/>\nActually, we&#8217;re not in different<\/p>\n<p>47<br \/>\n00:03:12,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:14,600<br \/>\nparts of life as much as we were<br \/>\nthen. <\/p>\n<p>48<br \/>\n00:03:15,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:17,920<br \/>\nYeah, it&#8217;s great to be reunited<br \/>\nagain. <\/p>\n<p>49<br \/>\n00:03:18,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:21,880<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t help but think by the<br \/>\nProvidence of God, as I was <\/p>\n<p>50<br \/>\n00:03:21,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:24,800<br \/>\npreparing this season with the<br \/>\ntheme of the Spirit, I really <\/p>\n<p>51<br \/>\n00:03:24,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:28,080<br \/>\nwanted to do an episode on what<br \/>\nit means to have the mind of the<\/p>\n<p>52<br \/>\n00:03:28,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:31,640<br \/>\nSpirit and how we can have the<br \/>\nSpirit dwelling in US. <\/p>\n<p>53<br \/>\n00:03:31,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:33,440<br \/>\nWhat does that mean?<br \/>\nOK. <\/p>\n<p>54<br \/>\n00:03:34,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:37,520<br \/>\nI felt Romans chapter 8 was the<br \/>\nperfect passage to talk about <\/p>\n<p>55<br \/>\n00:03:37,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:40,520<br \/>\nit, but I didn&#8217;t really have<br \/>\nanybody to talk about it with. <\/p>\n<p>56<br \/>\n00:03:41,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:44,840<br \/>\nThen out of the blue, I<br \/>\ndiscovered these classes on <\/p>\n<p>57<br \/>\n00:03:44,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:48,360<br \/>\nRomans given by an old familiar<br \/>\nfriend. <\/p>\n<p>58<br \/>\n00:03:49,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:51,840<br \/>\nSo I listened and I just thought<br \/>\nthey were excellent. <\/p>\n<p>59<br \/>\n00:03:51,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:55,560<br \/>\nI had to find you again and talk<br \/>\nto you about setting the mind on<\/p>\n<p>60<br \/>\n00:03:55,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:03:59,320<br \/>\nthe things of the Spirit.<br \/>\nSo here we are, and I&#8217;m so happy<\/p>\n<p>61<br \/>\n00:03:59,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:03,440<br \/>\nto have you on the podcast.<br \/>\nCan you tell us how you got into<\/p>\n<p>62<br \/>\n00:04:03,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:06,280<br \/>\nthis study and how it changed<br \/>\nyour life? <\/p>\n<p>63<br \/>\n00:04:06,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:08,880<br \/>\nBecause it really did change<br \/>\nyour life, right? <\/p>\n<p>64<br \/>\n00:04:09,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:13,080<br \/>\nIt did.<br \/>\nI found this study when I was in<\/p>\n<p>65<br \/>\n00:04:13,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:19,880<br \/>\na lot of emotional distress.<br \/>\nI was doing mission work in the <\/p>\n<p>66<br \/>\n00:04:19,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:22,600<br \/>\nPersian Gulf.<br \/>\nWow, that sounds like it&#8217;s a <\/p>\n<p>67<br \/>\n00:04:22,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:24,400<br \/>\nvery scary place to do mission<br \/>\nwork. <\/p>\n<p>68<br \/>\n00:04:24,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:27,360<br \/>\nBut I didn&#8217;t find it very scary<br \/>\nat all. <\/p>\n<p>69<br \/>\n00:04:27,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:31,280<br \/>\nWorking with people that are<br \/>\nbrought into the Persian Gulf to<\/p>\n<p>70<br \/>\n00:04:31,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:40,320<br \/>\ndo labour jobs, people from Sri<br \/>\nLanka, India, Pakistan and <\/p>\n<p>71<br \/>\n00:04:40,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:45,040<br \/>\nPhilippines and other places and<br \/>\nthey brought into that country <\/p>\n<p>72<br \/>\n00:04:45,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:47,360<br \/>\nand they have a real thirst for<br \/>\nGod. <\/p>\n<p>73<br \/>\n00:04:48,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:51,120<br \/>\nSome of them come over as<br \/>\nChristians and you could <\/p>\n<p>74<br \/>\n00:04:51,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:53,880<br \/>\nabsolutely speak to them and<br \/>\nthey had a real desire to hear <\/p>\n<p>75<br \/>\n00:04:53,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:04:57,600<br \/>\nabout the word of God.<br \/>\nBut the work was incredibly <\/p>\n<p>76<br \/>\n00:04:57,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:03,240<br \/>\nchallenging and we ran into many<br \/>\nvarious conflicts. <\/p>\n<p>77<br \/>\n00:05:03,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:09,320<br \/>\nOne of the most important was I<br \/>\nhad about $48,000 stolen from <\/p>\n<p>78<br \/>\n00:05:09,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:12,320<br \/>\nus.<br \/>\nWe were moved out of our house <\/p>\n<p>79<br \/>\n00:05:12,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:16,640<br \/>\nand we lived in a place which<br \/>\nwasn&#8217;t up to the specifications <\/p>\n<p>80<br \/>\n00:05:16,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:20,400<br \/>\nof where we had been before.<br \/>\nAnd we couldn&#8217;t cook hot food. <\/p>\n<p>81<br \/>\n00:05:21,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:23,160<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s not that you can&#8217;t cook<br \/>\nhot food in Qatar. <\/p>\n<p>82<br \/>\n00:05:23,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:25,440<br \/>\nCertainly you can&#8217;t.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just the place we were at. <\/p>\n<p>83<br \/>\n00:05:25,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:27,720<br \/>\nWe couldn&#8217;t.<br \/>\nThe gas wasn&#8217;t hooked up, wasn&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>84<br \/>\n00:05:27,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:32,640<br \/>\nworking, problems with the<br \/>\nelectrics, and my wife was <\/p>\n<p>85<br \/>\n00:05:32,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:35,720<br \/>\npregnant and she didn&#8217;t feel<br \/>\nlike she was getting the medical<\/p>\n<p>86<br \/>\n00:05:35,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:38,240<br \/>\ncare that she needed because she<br \/>\nwas a type 1 diabetic. <\/p>\n<p>87<br \/>\n00:05:38,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:42,240<br \/>\nSo I had the concern of getting<br \/>\nher the appropriate medical care<\/p>\n<p>88<br \/>\n00:05:42,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:44,320<br \/>\nfor her pregnancy.<br \/>\nThis is your first child. <\/p>\n<p>89<br \/>\n00:05:44,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:48,960<br \/>\nThis is our first child.<br \/>\nSo everywhere I looked, I was <\/p>\n<p>90<br \/>\n00:05:48,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:52,960<br \/>\nunder pressure and cess and I<br \/>\nthought maybe because I was <\/p>\n<p>91<br \/>\n00:05:52,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:05:58,880<br \/>\ndoing mission work that God owed<br \/>\nme a couple a couple breaks <\/p>\n<p>92<br \/>\n00:05:58,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:02,160<br \/>\nmaybe, right.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s not that the mission <\/p>\n<p>93<br \/>\n00:06:02,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:05,360<br \/>\nwork itself wasn&#8217;t being<br \/>\nsuccessful because we were doing<\/p>\n<p>94<br \/>\n00:06:05,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:09,520<br \/>\nwonderful things there and that<br \/>\nwas rewarding itself. <\/p>\n<p>95<br \/>\n00:06:10,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:14,000<br \/>\nBut I, you know, when looking at<br \/>\nthe number of challenges that we<\/p>\n<p>96<br \/>\n00:06:14,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:19,480<br \/>\nare facing, I felt distress and<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t know where to turn. <\/p>\n<p>97<br \/>\n00:06:20,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:25,040<br \/>\nAlyssa wasn&#8217;t doing very well<br \/>\nand I, I felt like every moment <\/p>\n<p>98<br \/>\n00:06:25,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:27,480<br \/>\nI was trying to solve a problem<br \/>\nand some of the problems I <\/p>\n<p>99<br \/>\n00:06:27,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:34,200<br \/>\ncouldn&#8217;t solve.<br \/>\nAnd so as you do, you know, I <\/p>\n<p>100<br \/>\n00:06:34,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:37,520<br \/>\nturned to the scripture and it<br \/>\nwas turned the scripture in a <\/p>\n<p>101<br \/>\n00:06:37,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:40,640<br \/>\nsort of a, a beautiful way.<br \/>\nBecause so much when you&#8217;re on <\/p>\n<p>102<br \/>\n00:06:40,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:43,440<br \/>\nmission work, what you&#8217;re doing<br \/>\nis you&#8217;re preparing Bible <\/p>\n<p>103<br \/>\n00:06:43,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:47,880<br \/>\nclasses for other people to hear<br \/>\nclasses on the 1st principles of<\/p>\n<p>104<br \/>\n00:06:47,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:54,200<br \/>\nthe faith and classes on the<br \/>\nessential facts of the faith so <\/p>\n<p>105<br \/>\n00:06:54,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:55,680<br \/>\nthat people can learn those<br \/>\nthings. <\/p>\n<p>106<br \/>\n00:06:56,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:06:58,560<br \/>\nAnd what you end up finding is<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re not often doing Bible <\/p>\n<p>107<br \/>\n00:06:58,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:01,120<br \/>\nstudy for yourself to strengthen<br \/>\nyourself. <\/p>\n<p>108<br \/>\n00:07:01,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:06,320<br \/>\nAnd so I remember I turned open<br \/>\nto Romans and I did kind of <\/p>\n<p>109<br \/>\n00:07:06,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:09,680<br \/>\ndidn&#8217;t know where to go.<br \/>\nOh, interesting. <\/p>\n<p>110<br \/>\n00:07:10,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:12,240<br \/>\nRight.<br \/>\nJust fell open that it. <\/p>\n<p>111<br \/>\n00:07:12,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:16,400<br \/>\nKind of did those pages fell<br \/>\nopen and I read these verses <\/p>\n<p>112<br \/>\n00:07:16,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:22,520<br \/>\nthat you read as a starter to<br \/>\nthis podcast to set thy mind on <\/p>\n<p>113<br \/>\n00:07:22,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:26,000<br \/>\nthe things of the Spirit as<br \/>\nopposed to setting your mind on <\/p>\n<p>114<br \/>\n00:07:26,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:30,280<br \/>\nthe things of the flesh.<br \/>\nAnd one was being life and one <\/p>\n<p>115<br \/>\n00:07:30,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:33,960<br \/>\nwas death.<br \/>\nAnd the next verse really struck<\/p>\n<p>116<br \/>\n00:07:33,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:35,880<br \/>\nme there.<br \/>\nRomans 8, verse 7. <\/p>\n<p>117<br \/>\n00:07:36,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:40,840<br \/>\nFor the mind that is set on the<br \/>\nflesh is hostile to God. <\/p>\n<p>118<br \/>\n00:07:41,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:48,240<br \/>\nIn the King James Version, it<br \/>\nsays enmity with God going on. <\/p>\n<p>119<br \/>\n00:07:48,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:52,880<br \/>\nIt says it does not submit to<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s law. <\/p>\n<p>120<br \/>\n00:07:53,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:07:58,600<br \/>\nIndeed it cannot.<br \/>\nI remember Tim looking at that <\/p>\n<p>121<br \/>\n00:08:00,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:02,320<br \/>\nand having this huge sense of<br \/>\nrelief. <\/p>\n<p>122<br \/>\n00:08:03,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:09,200<br \/>\nAnd the sense of relief was<br \/>\nthere was something in me, <\/p>\n<p>123<br \/>\n00:08:10,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:17,160<br \/>\nsomething that was rebellious,<br \/>\nsomething that was hostile to <\/p>\n<p>124<br \/>\n00:08:17,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:23,840<br \/>\nGod, and that thing within me<br \/>\nwas absolutely not going to be <\/p>\n<p>125<br \/>\n00:08:23,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:27,640<br \/>\nconverted.<br \/>\nIt was enmity. <\/p>\n<p>126<br \/>\n00:08:28,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:32,760<br \/>\nIt would not be subject to God&#8217;s<br \/>\nlaw. <\/p>\n<p>127<br \/>\n00:08:32,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:36,200<br \/>\nIt cannot be subject to God&#8217;s<br \/>\nlaw. <\/p>\n<p>128<br \/>\n00:08:37,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:42,919<br \/>\nAnd so if I&#8217;m sitting here and<br \/>\nI&#8217;m having difficult thoughts, <\/p>\n<p>129<br \/>\n00:08:43,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:50,680<br \/>\nrebellious thoughts, anger and<br \/>\nhostility, if I feel like I <\/p>\n<p>130<br \/>\n00:08:50,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:55,360<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t want to do the work, well,<br \/>\nwhy was I promised any <\/p>\n<p>131<br \/>\n00:08:55,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:08:59,080<br \/>\ndifferent?<br \/>\nIs there not something within me<\/p>\n<p>132<br \/>\n00:08:59,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:02,160<br \/>\nthat is hostile and at enmity<br \/>\nwith God? <\/p>\n<p>133<br \/>\n00:09:03,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:08,120<br \/>\nAnd so the issue was not whether<br \/>\nor not I had good or bad <\/p>\n<p>134<br \/>\n00:09:08,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:11,280<br \/>\nfeelings.<br \/>\nYou see, that&#8217;s I think that is <\/p>\n<p>135<br \/>\n00:09:11,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:14,680<br \/>\na false course.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a red herring that I should<\/p>\n<p>136<br \/>\n00:09:14,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:20,280<br \/>\npursue a path towards good<br \/>\nfeelings or that somehow the <\/p>\n<p>137<br \/>\n00:09:20,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:23,520<br \/>\ntruth was about having good<br \/>\nfeelings. <\/p>\n<p>138<br \/>\n00:09:24,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:26,240<br \/>\nLike a warm fuzzy.<br \/>\nFeeling. <\/p>\n<p>139<br \/>\n00:09:27,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:29,080<br \/>\nYeah.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s elusive. <\/p>\n<p>140<br \/>\n00:09:29,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:31,800<br \/>\nOr maybe some sort of ecstatic<br \/>\nexperience or something like <\/p>\n<p>141<br \/>\n00:09:31,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:33,480<br \/>\nthat?<br \/>\nAbsolutely, that I should be <\/p>\n<p>142<br \/>\n00:09:33,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:35,600<br \/>\nhaving something along those<br \/>\nlines. <\/p>\n<p>143<br \/>\n00:09:36,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:41,880<br \/>\nAnd instead what I came to<br \/>\nrealize that the work of the <\/p>\n<p>144<br \/>\n00:09:41,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:49,080<br \/>\nSpirit within me was in setting<br \/>\nmy mind, setting my mind on the <\/p>\n<p>145<br \/>\n00:09:49,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:55,040<br \/>\nthings of the spirit rather than<br \/>\nthe things of the flesh. <\/p>\n<p>146<br \/>\n00:09:55,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:09:59,720<br \/>\nNow the mind is the conscious<br \/>\nthoughts and it has to be <\/p>\n<p>147<br \/>\n00:09:59,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:03,920<br \/>\nsomething that is set able.<br \/>\nIt must be able to be set. <\/p>\n<p>148<br \/>\n00:10:04,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:07,960<br \/>\nIt must be changeable.<br \/>\nIt must be something I can <\/p>\n<p>149<br \/>\n00:10:07,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:10,160<br \/>\nmaneuver from one place to<br \/>\nanother. <\/p>\n<p>150<br \/>\n00:10:10,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:13,880<br \/>\nAnd so in that respect, it has<br \/>\nto be different than the enmity <\/p>\n<p>151<br \/>\n00:10:13,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:17,200<br \/>\nthat cannot be converted.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s something within me that<\/p>\n<p>152<br \/>\n00:10:17,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:19,360<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t be converted.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know that I can set that<\/p>\n<p>153<br \/>\n00:10:19,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:25,120<br \/>\nthing, but what I can do is I<br \/>\ncan set my mind on the Spirit, <\/p>\n<p>154<br \/>\n00:10:26,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:31,920<br \/>\nor alternatively, if I&#8217;m not<br \/>\ncareful about it, I can set my <\/p>\n<p>155<br \/>\n00:10:31,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:38,440<br \/>\nmind on the things of the flesh.<br \/>\nAnd so in that sort of crisis <\/p>\n<p>156<br \/>\n00:10:38,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:45,200<br \/>\nplace in missionary work, I<br \/>\nunderstood that I just need to <\/p>\n<p>157<br \/>\n00:10:45,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:50,360<br \/>\nmake a choice, The choices set<br \/>\nmy mind on things of the Spirit,<\/p>\n<p>158<br \/>\n00:10:50,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:54,800<br \/>\nno matter how it felt.<br \/>\nAnd that rang true, right? <\/p>\n<p>159<br \/>\n00:10:54,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:10:57,720<br \/>\nYeah.<br \/>\nBecause how could the prophets <\/p>\n<p>160<br \/>\n00:10:58,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:04,240<br \/>\nand the apostles and disciples<br \/>\nwho faced so many challenges and<\/p>\n<p>161<br \/>\n00:11:04,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:08,640<br \/>\nso much distress, how could they<br \/>\ndo that? <\/p>\n<p>162<br \/>\n00:11:08,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:12,160<br \/>\nBecause it felt good.<br \/>\nYou know, feelings themselves <\/p>\n<p>163<br \/>\n00:11:12,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:17,160<br \/>\nare much more likely to be tied<br \/>\nto the flesh, which produces <\/p>\n<p>164<br \/>\n00:11:17,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:20,920<br \/>\nfeelings, than it is to be tied<br \/>\nto. <\/p>\n<p>165<br \/>\n00:11:21,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:23,160<br \/>\nThe yeah, the natural<br \/>\ninstinctive reactions. <\/p>\n<p>166<br \/>\n00:11:23,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:26,680<br \/>\nWe have those feelings, yeah.<br \/>\nSo I needed to do what was <\/p>\n<p>167<br \/>\n00:11:26,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:32,000<br \/>\nright, no matter how it felt to<br \/>\nset my mind on the things of the<\/p>\n<p>168<br \/>\n00:11:32,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:34,760<br \/>\nSpirit.<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s actual piece of that<\/p>\n<p>169<br \/>\n00:11:35,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:40,000<br \/>\nbecause rather than trying to<br \/>\nhit your head against the brick <\/p>\n<p>170<br \/>\n00:11:40,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:46,400<br \/>\nwall that is trying to convert<br \/>\nthe flesh, right? <\/p>\n<p>171<br \/>\n00:11:46,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:50,000<br \/>\nWhich is pretty hard, right?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like, I don&#8217;t have to <\/p>\n<p>172<br \/>\n00:11:50,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:53,760<br \/>\nconvert that.<br \/>\nYou know, what I&#8217;m going to do <\/p>\n<p>173<br \/>\n00:11:53,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:56,280<br \/>\nin this instance is I&#8217;m going to<br \/>\ndo the right thing and we&#8217;re <\/p>\n<p>174<br \/>\n00:11:56,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:11:58,880<br \/>\ngoing to see where the feelings<br \/>\ngo, right? <\/p>\n<p>175<br \/>\n00:11:58,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:00,360<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re going to see what the<br \/>\nflesh does. <\/p>\n<p>176<br \/>\n00:12:00,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:03,600<br \/>\nThat is not my business.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s God&#8217;s business. <\/p>\n<p>177<br \/>\n00:12:03,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:07,160<br \/>\nI think this is interesting that<br \/>\nyou had several years under your<\/p>\n<p>178<br \/>\n00:12:07,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:10,680<br \/>\nbelt of Bible study and reading<br \/>\nand to the point where you&#8217;re <\/p>\n<p>179<br \/>\n00:12:10,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:16,640<br \/>\ndedicated enough to go across<br \/>\nthe planet to preach and still <\/p>\n<p>180<br \/>\n00:12:17,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:20,040<br \/>\nyou needed to learn this.<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s right there in the <\/p>\n<p>181<br \/>\n00:12:20,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:22,320<br \/>\nScripture, right?<br \/>\nBut you couldn&#8217;t learn it to the<\/p>\n<p>182<br \/>\n00:12:22,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:25,960<br \/>\nexperienced it and put it with<br \/>\nthe word right. <\/p>\n<p>183<br \/>\n00:12:26,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:30,520<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s some way that the<br \/>\nSpirit works because it <\/p>\n<p>184<br \/>\n00:12:30,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:36,840<br \/>\nilluminates our carnal mind.<br \/>\nIt emphasizes this war that&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>185<br \/>\n00:12:36,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:40,080<br \/>\nwithin us, right?<br \/>\nSo if we don&#8217;t have that war, I <\/p>\n<p>186<br \/>\n00:12:40,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:42,480<br \/>\nthink there&#8217;s a problem.<br \/>\nIt means we&#8217;ve already lost to <\/p>\n<p>187<br \/>\n00:12:42,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:45,800<br \/>\nthe flesh, or we&#8217;re just<br \/>\nautomatically by default, <\/p>\n<p>188<br \/>\n00:12:46,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:49,280<br \/>\nsetting our mind on the things<br \/>\nof the flesh. <\/p>\n<p>189<br \/>\n00:12:50,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:52,320<br \/>\nSo there has to be that battle<br \/>\nthere. <\/p>\n<p>190<br \/>\n00:12:52,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:12:56,080<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ve talked about on the<br \/>\npodcast about recognizing sin in<\/p>\n<p>191<br \/>\n00:12:56,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:00,960<br \/>\nour lives and how awful it is,<br \/>\nhow dangerous it is. <\/p>\n<p>192<br \/>\n00:13:01,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:04,440<br \/>\nLike Paul says at the end of<br \/>\nChapter 7, he says, O wretched <\/p>\n<p>193<br \/>\n00:13:04,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:08,120<br \/>\nman that I am is actually coming<br \/>\nto that point and realizing that<\/p>\n<p>194<br \/>\n00:13:08,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:13,000<br \/>\nwe&#8217;re all wretched, that we all<br \/>\nhave this carnal mind, this base<\/p>\n<p>195<br \/>\n00:13:13,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:16,480<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s inside of us.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s nobody free from this. <\/p>\n<p>196<br \/>\n00:13:16,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:18,240<br \/>\nWe all sin.<br \/>\nWe all succumb to this. <\/p>\n<p>197<br \/>\n00:13:18,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:21,480<br \/>\nBut I love what you&#8217;re saying<br \/>\nthere about you have to set your<\/p>\n<p>198<br \/>\n00:13:21,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:25,640<br \/>\nmind that this is a choice in<br \/>\nour life to follow after the <\/p>\n<p>199<br \/>\n00:13:25,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:28,280<br \/>\nthings that make for life and<br \/>\npeace rather than death. <\/p>\n<p>200<br \/>\n00:13:28,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:32,440<br \/>\nYeah, I think there in Romans<br \/>\nchapter 8, what Paul&#8217;s doing is <\/p>\n<p>201<br \/>\n00:13:32,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:36,280<br \/>\nhe&#8217;s elaborating on what he said<br \/>\nin verse 4, because what he has <\/p>\n<p>202<br \/>\n00:13:36,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:40,760<br \/>\nsaid in verse 1 to 4 is that<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s no condemnation for <\/p>\n<p>203<br \/>\n00:13:40,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:45,160<br \/>\nthose who are in Christ Jesus.<br \/>\nYeah, that&#8217;s verse one. <\/p>\n<p>204<br \/>\n00:13:45,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:49,400<br \/>\nAnd then he gets to verse four.<br \/>\nHe says in verse 4 in order that<\/p>\n<p>205<br \/>\n00:13:49,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:53,520<br \/>\nthe just requirement of the law<br \/>\nmight be fulfilled in US who <\/p>\n<p>206<br \/>\n00:13:53,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:13:56,920<br \/>\nwalk not according to the flesh,<br \/>\nbut according to the Spirit. <\/p>\n<p>207<br \/>\n00:13:57,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:00,440<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s a big statement because<br \/>\nhe&#8217;s saying there&#8217;s no <\/p>\n<p>208<br \/>\n00:14:00,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:04,000<br \/>\ncondemnation, which of course I<br \/>\nlove to hear. <\/p>\n<p>209<br \/>\n00:14:05,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:08,440<br \/>\nBecause once you get brought to<br \/>\nthe point where you understand <\/p>\n<p>210<br \/>\n00:14:08,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:11,320<br \/>\nthat you&#8217;re wretched and that&#8217;s<br \/>\na big point to get to, you <\/p>\n<p>211<br \/>\n00:14:11,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:16,160<br \/>\nunderstand that within me is<br \/>\nsomething that desires to sin <\/p>\n<p>212<br \/>\n00:14:16,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:20,440<br \/>\nand that it is wretched and it<br \/>\nis in me and I can&#8217;t get rid of <\/p>\n<p>213<br \/>\n00:14:20,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:22,040<br \/>\nit.<br \/>\nAnd you think to yourself, <\/p>\n<p>214<br \/>\n00:14:22,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:25,000<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s no condemnation for<br \/>\nthose who are in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n<p>215<br \/>\n00:14:25,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:28,160<br \/>\nYou think absolutely, these are<br \/>\nthe words I need to hear. <\/p>\n<p>216<br \/>\n00:14:28,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:34,760<br \/>\nI need to hear that even though<br \/>\nI have this body of sin that I <\/p>\n<p>217<br \/>\n00:14:34,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:42,760<br \/>\nhave a hope that I can grab onto<br \/>\nthat is bigger than my problems.<\/p>\n<p>218<br \/>\n00:14:43,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:46,440<br \/>\nBut then he says in verse four,<br \/>\nhe qualifies. <\/p>\n<p>219<br \/>\n00:14:46,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:52,920<br \/>\nWho can access this?<br \/>\nAnd the qualification is about <\/p>\n<p>220<br \/>\n00:14:52,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:14:56,760<br \/>\nthe word who at the universe,<br \/>\nfor he&#8217;s in the RSV version who <\/p>\n<p>221<br \/>\n00:14:56,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:00,480<br \/>\nwalk not according to the flesh,<br \/>\naccording to spirit. <\/p>\n<p>222<br \/>\n00:15:00,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:03,640<br \/>\nAnd I think, oh, wait a minute,<br \/>\nI was just given this wonderful <\/p>\n<p>223<br \/>\n00:15:03,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:09,880<br \/>\nthing called no condemnation.<br \/>\nAnd now I&#8217;m told that it&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>224<br \/>\n00:15:09,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:15,080<br \/>\naccessible for those who walk<br \/>\naccording to the Spirit and not <\/p>\n<p>225<br \/>\n00:15:15,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:16,880<br \/>\naccording to the flesh.<br \/>\nAnd now I&#8217;m thinking, oh, wow, <\/p>\n<p>226<br \/>\n00:15:16,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:20,280<br \/>\nwait a minute, right, That&#8217;s my<br \/>\nproblem. <\/p>\n<p>227<br \/>\n00:15:21,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:24,880<br \/>\nMy problem is I&#8217;m fleshly.<br \/>\nSo if I have to walk over in the<\/p>\n<p>228<br \/>\n00:15:24,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:29,680<br \/>\nspirit to access this, no<br \/>\ncondemnation, am I not back in <\/p>\n<p>229<br \/>\n00:15:29,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:34,480<br \/>\nthe same problem I was before?<br \/>\nI think Paul understands the <\/p>\n<p>230<br \/>\n00:15:34,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:36,160<br \/>\ntension of that.<br \/>\nOh, absolutely. <\/p>\n<p>231<br \/>\n00:15:36,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:39,680<br \/>\nAnd so Paul understands as well,<br \/>\nbecause he&#8217;s established in <\/p>\n<p>232<br \/>\n00:15:39,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:45,560<br \/>\nChapter 7 that the desire to do<br \/>\nwicked things is inevitable. <\/p>\n<p>233<br \/>\n00:15:46,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:49,760<br \/>\nSo now he has to relieve the<br \/>\ntension of the moment. <\/p>\n<p>234<br \/>\n00:15:50,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:53,280<br \/>\nHow do we walk according to the<br \/>\nSpirit? <\/p>\n<p>235<br \/>\n00:15:54,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:15:56,840<br \/>\nHow do I do that?<br \/>\nBecause I definitely want no <\/p>\n<p>236<br \/>\n00:15:56,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:00,480<br \/>\ncondemnation, but walking<br \/>\naccording to the Spirit that I&#8217;m<\/p>\n<p>237<br \/>\n00:16:00,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:03,320<br \/>\nstruggling with.<br \/>\nWhat does that mean? <\/p>\n<p>238<br \/>\n00:16:04,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:09,160<br \/>\nAnd so Paul&#8217;s going to say that<br \/>\nbelievers have a choice. <\/p>\n<p>239<br \/>\n00:16:10,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:15,000<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t have a choice whether<br \/>\nor not they have a desire to sin<\/p>\n<p>240<br \/>\n00:16:15,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:18,720<br \/>\nbecause that desire to sin is<br \/>\nencoded within us and it&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>241<br \/>\n00:16:18,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:21,960<br \/>\nenmity with God.<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have a choice. <\/p>\n<p>242<br \/>\n00:16:21,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:25,680<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t make that go away.<br \/>\nIt didn&#8217;t go away for Paul. <\/p>\n<p>243<br \/>\n00:16:25,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:30,120<br \/>\nIt didn&#8217;t go away for Peter.<br \/>\nAnd of course it was in the Lord<\/p>\n<p>244<br \/>\n00:16:30,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:32,640<br \/>\nJesus Christ and he took it to<br \/>\nthe cross and you destroyed it. <\/p>\n<p>245<br \/>\n00:16:32,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:35,200<br \/>\nYou destroyed that body of sin<br \/>\nthat he had. <\/p>\n<p>246<br \/>\n00:16:36,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:38,760<br \/>\nSo we don&#8217;t get to get rid of<br \/>\nit, right? <\/p>\n<p>247<br \/>\n00:16:39,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:43,240<br \/>\nSo what we have to do is we have<br \/>\nto set our minds on the things <\/p>\n<p>248<br \/>\n00:16:43,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:49,160<br \/>\nof the Spirit and that way we<br \/>\ncan make this choice one choice <\/p>\n<p>249<br \/>\n00:16:49,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:54,360<br \/>\nat a time to do that.<br \/>\nBut of course, the one of the <\/p>\n<p>250<br \/>\n00:16:54,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:16:58,640<br \/>\nthings that that then brings up<br \/>\nand the question that brings up <\/p>\n<p>251<br \/>\n00:16:58,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:05,359<br \/>\nis, well, what?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the spirit set? <\/p>\n<p>252<br \/>\n00:17:05,359 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:07,960<br \/>\nMy mind up, that&#8217;s the question<br \/>\nI was going to ask is, yeah, we <\/p>\n<p>253<br \/>\n00:17:07,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:10,640<br \/>\ntalked about that.<br \/>\nWe talked about how to do this. <\/p>\n<p>254<br \/>\n00:17:10,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:13,760<br \/>\nWell, I think first of all, we<br \/>\nhave to define what is the <\/p>\n<p>255<br \/>\n00:17:13,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:15,680<br \/>\nspirit.<br \/>\nNow I&#8217;ve taken a shot at this in<\/p>\n<p>256<br \/>\n00:17:15,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:18,920<br \/>\nin past podcasts, but I&#8217;d I&#8217;d<br \/>\nlike to hear your take on this. <\/p>\n<p>257<br \/>\n00:17:19,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:23,400<br \/>\nOK, I&#8217;m not saying that I have<br \/>\nany better take than you do, <\/p>\n<p>258<br \/>\n00:17:23,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:25,400<br \/>\nTim.<br \/>\nIn fact, I probably default to <\/p>\n<p>259<br \/>\n00:17:25,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:28,680<br \/>\nyou.<br \/>\nBut I think if you look at the <\/p>\n<p>260<br \/>\n00:17:28,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:32,400<br \/>\nword spirit, it&#8217;s used in such a<br \/>\nwide variety of contexts. <\/p>\n<p>261<br \/>\n00:17:32,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:34,680<br \/>\nAbsolutely.<br \/>\nAnd you think to yourself, what <\/p>\n<p>262<br \/>\n00:17:34,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:37,200<br \/>\nis the thread of similarity<br \/>\nbetween these contexts? <\/p>\n<p>263<br \/>\n00:17:37,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:39,160<br \/>\nAnd you&#8217;ve probably mentioned<br \/>\nsome of these on previous <\/p>\n<p>264<br \/>\n00:17:39,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:46,200<br \/>\nepisodes, Like Breath and Like<br \/>\nWinds and like life itself. <\/p>\n<p>265<br \/>\n00:17:47,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:50,960<br \/>\nAnd angels are called spirits<br \/>\nand God&#8217;s power is called a <\/p>\n<p>266<br \/>\n00:17:50,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:17:53,760<br \/>\nspirit.<br \/>\nOK, so what&#8217;s the thread here? <\/p>\n<p>267<br \/>\n00:17:54,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:00,520<br \/>\nI remember kind of trying to<br \/>\nthink about this and noticing in<\/p>\n<p>268<br \/>\n00:18:00,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:04,040<br \/>\nthe distance a tree and the tree<br \/>\nwas moving. <\/p>\n<p>269<br \/>\n00:18:04,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:08,960<br \/>\nAnd the The funny thing about<br \/>\nseeing a tree move is you and I <\/p>\n<p>270<br \/>\n00:18:08,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:11,360<br \/>\nboth into, and everyone<br \/>\nlistening to this knows that <\/p>\n<p>271<br \/>\n00:18:11,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:13,240<br \/>\nwhat was making the tree move<br \/>\nwas wind. <\/p>\n<p>272<br \/>\n00:18:13,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:17,400<br \/>\nBut here&#8217;s The funny thing about<br \/>\nwind is you can&#8217;t see it. <\/p>\n<p>273<br \/>\n00:18:18,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:22,720<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t see the wind.<br \/>\nSo wait a minute, this tree is <\/p>\n<p>274<br \/>\n00:18:22,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:24,840<br \/>\nmoving.<br \/>\nSo I can see the effect. <\/p>\n<p>275<br \/>\n00:18:24,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:29,480<br \/>\nI can see what happened.<br \/>\nI just can&#8217;t see the &#8217;cause I <\/p>\n<p>276<br \/>\n00:18:29,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:32,160<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t see the agent of the tree<br \/>\nmoving. <\/p>\n<p>277<br \/>\n00:18:32,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:35,960<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t see wind.<br \/>\nMaybe in extreme cases I can. <\/p>\n<p>278<br \/>\n00:18:35,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:38,960<br \/>\nBut you know, just as we just<br \/>\nlook it out the window, we see <\/p>\n<p>279<br \/>\n00:18:38,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:40,800<br \/>\nthe tree just swaying back and<br \/>\nforth. <\/p>\n<p>280<br \/>\n00:18:41,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:44,160<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t see it with your eyes.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just clear. <\/p>\n<p>281<br \/>\n00:18:44,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:50,160<br \/>\nBut I see the effect.<br \/>\nAnd so when something has power <\/p>\n<p>282<br \/>\n00:18:51,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:18:56,360<br \/>\nbut it cannot be seen, the Bible<br \/>\nterms that spirit. <\/p>\n<p>283<br \/>\n00:18:57,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:00,640<br \/>\nSo if you see someone who&#8217;s<br \/>\nalive and someone is dead, it&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>284<br \/>\n00:19:00,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:04,640<br \/>\nobviously the alive person is<br \/>\nvery similar to the dead person.<\/p>\n<p>285<br \/>\n00:19:04,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:08,920<br \/>\nThey have all the same parts,<br \/>\nhead, heart, hands, you know, <\/p>\n<p>286<br \/>\n00:19:09,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:14,040<br \/>\nintestines, all the same, except<br \/>\nthe difference is the alive <\/p>\n<p>287<br \/>\n00:19:14,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:18,520<br \/>\nperson&#8217;s breathing.<br \/>\nAnd so the ancients, they call <\/p>\n<p>288<br \/>\n00:19:18,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:23,400<br \/>\nbreath spirit because that&#8217;s the<br \/>\nthing that is sustaining that <\/p>\n<p>289<br \/>\n00:19:23,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:28,920<br \/>\nperson&#8217;s life.<br \/>\nSo my thoughts, it&#8217;s clear that <\/p>\n<p>290<br \/>\n00:19:28,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:32,480<br \/>\nI have them and it&#8217;s clear that<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re very powerful, but I <\/p>\n<p>291<br \/>\n00:19:32,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:36,720<br \/>\ncan&#8217;t see my thoughts.<br \/>\nAnd so in some context, I&#8217;m <\/p>\n<p>292<br \/>\n00:19:36,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:38,480<br \/>\ngoing to call my thoughts<br \/>\nspirit. <\/p>\n<p>293<br \/>\n00:19:38,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:41,320<br \/>\nIt has power, but I can&#8217;t see<br \/>\nit. <\/p>\n<p>294<br \/>\n00:19:41,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:44,360<br \/>\nAngels, I can see the effect of<br \/>\nangels. <\/p>\n<p>295<br \/>\n00:19:44,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:47,640<br \/>\nI look back in my life and I<br \/>\ncannot notice that in areas that<\/p>\n<p>296<br \/>\n00:19:47,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:51,200<br \/>\nthere might have been, I think<br \/>\nthere was angelic intervention, <\/p>\n<p>297<br \/>\n00:19:52,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:55,600<br \/>\nbut I can&#8217;t see the angels.<br \/>\nSo the angels are called <\/p>\n<p>298<br \/>\n00:19:55,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:19:59,320<br \/>\nspirits, ministering spirits.<br \/>\nI can see the effect. <\/p>\n<p>299<br \/>\n00:19:59,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:03,200<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t see the cause.<br \/>\nAnd in all these instances where<\/p>\n<p>300<br \/>\n00:20:03,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:06,000<br \/>\nI can see the effect and not see<br \/>\nthe &#8217;cause I&#8217;m going to call <\/p>\n<p>301<br \/>\n00:20:06,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:08,040<br \/>\nthose things spirit.<br \/>\nAnd where they could be wind, it<\/p>\n<p>302<br \/>\n00:20:08,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:11,080<br \/>\ncould be breath, it could be an<br \/>\nAngel, it could be thoughts. <\/p>\n<p>303<br \/>\n00:20:12,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:15,720<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m going to give you even a<br \/>\nmore subtle example and that is <\/p>\n<p>304<br \/>\n00:20:15,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:17,920<br \/>\nwords.<br \/>\nSee everyone that&#8217;s listening to<\/p>\n<p>305<br \/>\n00:20:17,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:22,600<br \/>\nthis podcast right now See<br \/>\nthere&#8217;s Sound Vibrations. <\/p>\n<p>306<br \/>\n00:20:23,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:28,280<br \/>\nThat is moving through the air,<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s moving from their device <\/p>\n<p>307<br \/>\n00:20:29,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:32,880<br \/>\ninto their ears.<br \/>\nNow they can&#8217;t see that. <\/p>\n<p>308<br \/>\n00:20:33,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:37,680<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t see the sound<br \/>\nvibrations and the air vibrating<\/p>\n<p>309<br \/>\n00:20:37,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:45,000<br \/>\nand moving.<br \/>\nYet words have huge power, don&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>310<br \/>\n00:20:45,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:45,960<br \/>\nthey?<br \/>\nOh, absolutely. <\/p>\n<p>311<br \/>\n00:20:46,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:48,920<br \/>\nI mean, I&#8217;ll tell you how<br \/>\npowerful words are, Tim. <\/p>\n<p>312<br \/>\n00:20:49,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:55,680<br \/>\nI mean, I fell in love with my<br \/>\nwife because of words, because <\/p>\n<p>313<br \/>\n00:20:55,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:20:58,840<br \/>\nof our conversations.<br \/>\nShe was living in New Zealand. <\/p>\n<p>314<br \/>\n00:20:58,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:00,000<br \/>\nI was living in the United<br \/>\nStates. <\/p>\n<p>315<br \/>\n00:21:00,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:01,200<br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t even know what she<br \/>\nlooked. <\/p>\n<p>316<br \/>\n00:21:01,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:03,120<br \/>\nLike she cast her spell on you<br \/>\nit sounds like. <\/p>\n<p>317<br \/>\n00:21:04,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:07,400<br \/>\nYeah, and we had these<br \/>\nconversations and you&#8217;d share <\/p>\n<p>318<br \/>\n00:21:07,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:10,560<br \/>\nthings and it&#8217;s just words.<br \/>\nAnd suddenly something is <\/p>\n<p>319<br \/>\n00:21:10,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:13,440<br \/>\nhappening inside my heart,<br \/>\nright? <\/p>\n<p>320<br \/>\n00:21:14,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:19,360<br \/>\nThat is incredibly powerful.<br \/>\nAnd I haven&#8217;t even seen her. <\/p>\n<p>321<br \/>\n00:21:20,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:23,960<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just words and suddenly I&#8217;m<br \/>\nfeeling like I&#8217;m in love. <\/p>\n<p>322<br \/>\n00:21:24,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:29,880<br \/>\nNow don&#8217;t tell me that that&#8217;s<br \/>\nnot power, but I never could see<\/p>\n<p>323<br \/>\n00:21:29,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:34,880<br \/>\nit, right?<br \/>\nAnd the power behind it, Ben, is<\/p>\n<p>324<br \/>\n00:21:34,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:37,840<br \/>\nthat it&#8217;s actually 2 minds that<br \/>\nare connecting. <\/p>\n<p>325<br \/>\n00:21:37,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:40,480<br \/>\nI mean, you talk about it going<br \/>\nthrough the airwaves, but you&#8217;re<\/p>\n<p>326<br \/>\n00:21:40,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:43,680<br \/>\nactually formulating these<br \/>\nthoughts in your mind. <\/p>\n<p>327<br \/>\n00:21:44,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:46,960<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re vocalizing them with your<br \/>\ntongue. <\/p>\n<p>328<br \/>\n00:21:46,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:50,440<br \/>\nIt goes out through the sound<br \/>\nwaves into the ears of somebody <\/p>\n<p>329<br \/>\n00:21:50,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:54,680<br \/>\nelse and it gets in their brain,<br \/>\nthey interpret it and it&#8217;s an <\/p>\n<p>330<br \/>\n00:21:54,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:21:58,920<br \/>\ninfluence on somebody else,<br \/>\nwhether for good or for bad. <\/p>\n<p>331<br \/>\n00:21:59,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:03,880<br \/>\nSo that&#8217;s the spirit.<br \/>\nSo and I think it just to <\/p>\n<p>332<br \/>\n00:22:03,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:08,640<br \/>\nenlarge that too, like in our<br \/>\nworld, in our age, there&#8217;s a <\/p>\n<p>333<br \/>\n00:22:08,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:12,080<br \/>\nspirit of the age.<br \/>\nWe have influences in society. <\/p>\n<p>334<br \/>\n00:22:12,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:15,840<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve moved in these currents of<br \/>\nwords and thoughts that, you <\/p>\n<p>335<br \/>\n00:22:15,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:19,000<br \/>\nknow, social media has just<br \/>\nexploded and those kind of <\/p>\n<p>336<br \/>\n00:22:19,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:23,560<br \/>\nthings, but it has an influence.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a current which moves <\/p>\n<p>337<br \/>\n00:22:23,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:25,360<br \/>\nsomething.<br \/>\nAbsolutely. <\/p>\n<p>338<br \/>\n00:22:25,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:27,280<br \/>\nYeah, the.<br \/>\nBase of it is words like you <\/p>\n<p>339<br \/>\n00:22:27,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:31,440<br \/>\nsaid, and that&#8217;s to us, that&#8217;s<br \/>\nthe scriptures, that&#8217;s the word <\/p>\n<p>340<br \/>\n00:22:31,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:34,480<br \/>\nof God, right with the things<br \/>\nthat we are are reading right <\/p>\n<p>341<br \/>\n00:22:34,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:37,680<br \/>\nhere in the Bible.<br \/>\nThey are spirit, their power, <\/p>\n<p>342<br \/>\n00:22:37,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:41,120<br \/>\ntheir words, but they&#8217;re just<br \/>\nnot letters on a page. <\/p>\n<p>343<br \/>\n00:22:42,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:44,760<br \/>\nMaybe to some of their letters<br \/>\non a page? <\/p>\n<p>344<br \/>\n00:22:44,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:47,320<br \/>\nYes.<br \/>\nBut you know they stopping <\/p>\n<p>345<br \/>\n00:22:47,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:50,800<br \/>\nletters on a page at a certain<br \/>\npoint and the point is when you <\/p>\n<p>346<br \/>\n00:22:50,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:54,800<br \/>\nbelieve them, you can&#8217;t actually<br \/>\npoint. <\/p>\n<p>347<br \/>\n00:22:55,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:22:59,200<br \/>\nEven if you were under the most<br \/>\nadvanced of MRI machines, I <\/p>\n<p>348<br \/>\n00:22:59,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:01,360<br \/>\nwouldn&#8217;t be able to take a<br \/>\nbeliever in a non believer and <\/p>\n<p>349<br \/>\n00:23:01,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:05,200<br \/>\nput them under MRI machine and<br \/>\npoint to that&#8217;s the belief spot,<\/p>\n<p>350<br \/>\n00:23:05,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:08,240<br \/>\nright?<br \/>\nI wouldn&#8217;t put it past <\/p>\n<p>351<br \/>\n00:23:08,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:09,720<br \/>\nscientists to try to do that.<br \/>\nMaybe. <\/p>\n<p>352<br \/>\n00:23:09,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:12,000<br \/>\nRight.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re absolutely right, yeah. <\/p>\n<p>353<br \/>\n00:23:12,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:17,800<br \/>\nBut here the those invisible<br \/>\nwords have entered into my mind <\/p>\n<p>354<br \/>\n00:23:18,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:23,560<br \/>\nand they have absolutely changed<br \/>\nmy life. <\/p>\n<p>355<br \/>\n00:23:24,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:30,200<br \/>\nMy life is completely different<br \/>\nbecause I believe them and they <\/p>\n<p>356<br \/>\n00:23:30,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:37,480<br \/>\nhave power to translate me from<br \/>\ndeath to life like I was dead. <\/p>\n<p>357<br \/>\n00:23:38,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:44,920<br \/>\nAnd then I got access to some<br \/>\nwords and I believe those words <\/p>\n<p>358<br \/>\n00:23:45,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:52,120<br \/>\nand I acted on those words.<br \/>\nAnd because of the words written<\/p>\n<p>359<br \/>\n00:23:52,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:23:57,360<br \/>\ndown spoken by men thousands of<br \/>\nyears ago, because I believed <\/p>\n<p>360<br \/>\n00:23:57,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:01,720<br \/>\nthem and I acted on that belief.<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t point to the place, but <\/p>\n<p>361<br \/>\n00:24:01,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:04,200<br \/>\nGod says my name&#8217;s now in the<br \/>\nbook of life. <\/p>\n<p>362<br \/>\n00:24:05,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:13,960<br \/>\nSo words have created belief,<br \/>\nand belief has moved someone <\/p>\n<p>363<br \/>\n00:24:14,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:23,040<br \/>\nfrom death to life.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s power, and that&#8217;s why the<\/p>\n<p>364<br \/>\n00:24:23,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:26,360<br \/>\nWord is spirit.<br \/>\nYeah, I can see what you&#8217;re <\/p>\n<p>365<br \/>\n00:24:26,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:28,440<br \/>\ngetting at.<br \/>\nAnd I think it&#8217;s very helpful <\/p>\n<p>366<br \/>\n00:24:28,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:30,760<br \/>\nbecause what Paul is talking<br \/>\nabout here about setting our <\/p>\n<p>367<br \/>\n00:24:30,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:34,000<br \/>\nmind on the Spirit, I think a<br \/>\nlot of people kind of read that <\/p>\n<p>368<br \/>\n00:24:34,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:36,840<br \/>\nand they just assume, well, is<br \/>\nthis just something that comes <\/p>\n<p>369<br \/>\n00:24:36,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:39,960<br \/>\nout of the blue?<br \/>\nIs this just some sort of <\/p>\n<p>370<br \/>\n00:24:40,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:43,480<br \/>\nthought that pops into my mind<br \/>\nthat I have the Spirit like we <\/p>\n<p>371<br \/>\n00:24:43,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:45,880<br \/>\nwere talking about before?<br \/>\nIs it some sort of ecstatic <\/p>\n<p>372<br \/>\n00:24:45,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:50,960<br \/>\nexperience that boom, all of a<br \/>\nsudden I know what to do those <\/p>\n<p>373<br \/>\n00:24:50,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:54,240<br \/>\nkind of things, right?<br \/>\nBut what you&#8217;re saying is that <\/p>\n<p>374<br \/>\n00:24:54,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:24:59,200<br \/>\nthis is really developed off of<br \/>\nfamiliarity with the word of <\/p>\n<p>375<br \/>\n00:24:59,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:01,800<br \/>\nGod.<br \/>\nYou know, the Word of God is <\/p>\n<p>376<br \/>\n00:25:01,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:05,040<br \/>\ntalked about as a seed, right?<br \/>\nYou know, there&#8217;s a parable. <\/p>\n<p>377<br \/>\n00:25:05,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:06,880<br \/>\nThis sower goes out to sow a<br \/>\nseed. <\/p>\n<p>378<br \/>\n00:25:07,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:12,080<br \/>\nPaul in First Corinthians<br \/>\nchapter 3, he says when he <\/p>\n<p>379<br \/>\n00:25:12,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:16,240<br \/>\npreached he planted and he said<br \/>\nthis other brother in Christ, <\/p>\n<p>380<br \/>\n00:25:16,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:19,240<br \/>\nApollo&#8217;s watered.<br \/>\nBut then he said God gave the <\/p>\n<p>381<br \/>\n00:25:19,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:22,840<br \/>\nincrease to me.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s almost like the Word and <\/p>\n<p>382<br \/>\n00:25:22,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:26,680<br \/>\nthe Spirit are connected in that<br \/>\nway that the word to the seed <\/p>\n<p>383<br \/>\n00:25:27,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:30,240<br \/>\nand that there is something<br \/>\ninside of us that makes this <\/p>\n<p>384<br \/>\n00:25:30,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:35,920<br \/>\nword grow beyond what&#8217;s just a<br \/>\nletter on a page that we have <\/p>\n<p>385<br \/>\n00:25:35,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:39,080<br \/>\nthe spirit now to take this and<br \/>\nsay, OK, here&#8217;s the spirit of <\/p>\n<p>386<br \/>\n00:25:39,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:42,200<br \/>\nwhat this is saying.<br \/>\nOtherwise we&#8217;d just have a big <\/p>\n<p>387<br \/>\n00:25:42,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:44,680<br \/>\nrule book, you know, trying to<br \/>\nmake every rule for every <\/p>\n<p>388<br \/>\n00:25:44,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:48,480<br \/>\nsituation in our life.<br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s not possible, right? <\/p>\n<p>389<br \/>\n00:25:48,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:52,360<br \/>\nSo we have to have something<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s spiritual that helps us <\/p>\n<p>390<br \/>\n00:25:52,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:25:56,920<br \/>\nto form our thoughts to say, OK,<br \/>\nI&#8217;m dealing with this challenge <\/p>\n<p>391<br \/>\n00:25:56,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:01,000<br \/>\nright now in my life.<br \/>\nAnd when I read the scriptures, <\/p>\n<p>392<br \/>\n00:26:01,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:03,840<br \/>\nwhat&#8217;s the spirit of what the<br \/>\nscriptures is, is trying to <\/p>\n<p>393<br \/>\n00:26:03,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:07,200<br \/>\nguide me in my life.<br \/>\nSo do you have other ideas about<\/p>\n<p>394<br \/>\n00:26:07,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:11,120<br \/>\nlike, is Paul here talking about<br \/>\nthe Spirit in that way that it&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>395<br \/>\n00:26:11,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:14,200<br \/>\nreally the word?<br \/>\nI absolutely think that that is <\/p>\n<p>396<br \/>\n00:26:14,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:17,640<br \/>\nthe sense in which Paul is<br \/>\ngetting at. <\/p>\n<p>397<br \/>\n00:26:18,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:23,880<br \/>\nThis is sense in which you have<br \/>\nbelieved and so you have set <\/p>\n<p>398<br \/>\n00:26:23,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:28,160<br \/>\nyour mind on the things of that<br \/>\nbelief. <\/p>\n<p>399<br \/>\n00:26:28,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:33,720<br \/>\nNow you know, it says in Isaiah<br \/>\nthat God dwells in a high and a <\/p>\n<p>400<br \/>\n00:26:33,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:39,680<br \/>\nholy place and also with Him<br \/>\nthat as of a contrite and a <\/p>\n<p>401<br \/>\n00:26:39,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:42,080<br \/>\nhumble spirit.<br \/>\nOK. <\/p>\n<p>402<br \/>\n00:26:42,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:45,680<br \/>\nAnd I think all of us have the<br \/>\nexperience of noticing someone <\/p>\n<p>403<br \/>\n00:26:45,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:49,160<br \/>\nwho is humble and contrite<br \/>\nbecause of the effect of the <\/p>\n<p>404<br \/>\n00:26:49,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:51,560<br \/>\nWord of God on them.<br \/>\nYes. <\/p>\n<p>405<br \/>\n00:26:52,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:26:57,160<br \/>\nAnd as a result of that, they<br \/>\nmake choices and speak in such a<\/p>\n<p>406<br \/>\n00:26:57,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:00,680<br \/>\nway that the word has had such<br \/>\nan influence on them that <\/p>\n<p>407<br \/>\n00:27:00,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:03,160<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re not even speaking<br \/>\nthemselves. <\/p>\n<p>408<br \/>\n00:27:03,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:08,560<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like when they speak, you<br \/>\nhear God&#8217;s wisdom through their <\/p>\n<p>409<br \/>\n00:27:08,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:13,600<br \/>\nexperience and you think to<br \/>\nyourself, God&#8217;s dwelling in that<\/p>\n<p>410<br \/>\n00:27:13,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:15,400<br \/>\nperson.<br \/>\nNow, how is God dwelling in that<\/p>\n<p>411<br \/>\n00:27:15,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:18,120<br \/>\nperson?<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s dwelling in that person? <\/p>\n<p>412<br \/>\n00:27:18,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:20,200<br \/>\nBecause what they say isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nreally their words. <\/p>\n<p>413<br \/>\n00:27:20,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:22,040<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not the thoughts that come<br \/>\nfrom their flesh. <\/p>\n<p>414<br \/>\n00:27:22,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:27,640<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s was the thoughts that came<br \/>\nto them from the outside in that<\/p>\n<p>415<br \/>\n00:27:27,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:32,640<br \/>\nhave changed them because they<br \/>\nbelieved them and they acted on <\/p>\n<p>416<br \/>\n00:27:32,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:35,680<br \/>\nthem.<br \/>\nAnd so they&#8217;re different because<\/p>\n<p>417<br \/>\n00:27:35,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:37,720<br \/>\nsomething came from the outside<br \/>\nin. <\/p>\n<p>418<br \/>\n00:27:38,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:44,160<br \/>\nAnd so now God dwells in that<br \/>\nperson through his Word. <\/p>\n<p>419<br \/>\n00:27:45,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:50,840<br \/>\nAnd absolutely the Spirit of the<br \/>\nLord Jesus Christ has to dwell <\/p>\n<p>420<br \/>\n00:27:51,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:54,200<br \/>\nwithin us.<br \/>\nAnd Paul&#8217;s going to say that <\/p>\n<p>421<br \/>\n00:27:54,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:56,680<br \/>\nhere in Romans.<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s going to say if the Spirit <\/p>\n<p>422<br \/>\n00:27:56,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:27:59,240<br \/>\nof the Lord Jesus Christ isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nin you, you don&#8217;t have any life.<\/p>\n<p>423<br \/>\n00:27:59,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:03,920<br \/>\nAnd that is 100% true.<br \/>\nNot only did the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n<p>424<br \/>\n00:28:03,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:06,960<br \/>\nraise Jesus from the dead, and<br \/>\nif the Holy Spirit doesn&#8217;t raise<\/p>\n<p>425<br \/>\n00:28:06,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:08,560<br \/>\nus from the dead, we have no<br \/>\nlife. <\/p>\n<p>426<br \/>\n00:28:08,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:10,560<br \/>\nSo the Holy Spirit better do<br \/>\nthat work. <\/p>\n<p>427<br \/>\n00:28:12,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:15,120<br \/>\nBut the Holy Spirit is going to<br \/>\ndo that work because we believe,<\/p>\n<p>428<br \/>\n00:28:16,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:19,320<br \/>\nand the Spirit that was in the<br \/>\nLord Jesus Christ, that Spirit <\/p>\n<p>429<br \/>\n00:28:19,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:24,880<br \/>\nthat believed, if that Spirit is<br \/>\nabsent within us, then all we <\/p>\n<p>430<br \/>\n00:28:24,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:27,960<br \/>\nhave is flesh and then all we<br \/>\nhave is death. <\/p>\n<p>431<br \/>\n00:28:29,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:34,480<br \/>\nAnd so Christ better dwell<br \/>\nwithin us through His Spirit, <\/p>\n<p>432<br \/>\n00:28:34,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:38,960<br \/>\njust like God said, He dwells in<br \/>\na person that is of a lowly and <\/p>\n<p>433<br \/>\n00:28:38,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:44,360<br \/>\na contrite heart.<br \/>\nAnd of course, as believers on a<\/p>\n<p>434<br \/>\n00:28:44,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:50,040<br \/>\nSunday, we partake of the bread<br \/>\nand the wine, don&#8217;t we? <\/p>\n<p>435<br \/>\n00:28:50,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:53,800<br \/>\nAnd it&#8217;s not that we believe<br \/>\nthat that is literally the body <\/p>\n<p>436<br \/>\n00:28:53,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:56,560<br \/>\nof the Lord Jesus Christ, in the<br \/>\nblood of the Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n<p>437<br \/>\n00:28:56,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:28:59,800<br \/>\nbut in symbol.<br \/>\nIt is those things. <\/p>\n<p>438<br \/>\n00:28:59,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:04,800<br \/>\nAnd you take them in you, and<br \/>\nthey have to be in you, and they<\/p>\n<p>439<br \/>\n00:29:04,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:08,320<br \/>\nhave to dwell in you beyond a<br \/>\nphysical sense, beyond the sense<\/p>\n<p>440<br \/>\n00:29:08,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:11,200<br \/>\nof the flesh.<br \/>\nThey have to dwell within you in<\/p>\n<p>441<br \/>\n00:29:11,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:15,440<br \/>\nthe sense of the Spirit.<br \/>\nAnd the best example of this I <\/p>\n<p>442<br \/>\n00:29:15,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:19,080<br \/>\nthink is in John 6 where.<br \/>\nI was just thinking the same <\/p>\n<p>443<br \/>\n00:29:19,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:20,640<br \/>\nthing.<br \/>\nYou want to turn over to John 6 <\/p>\n<p>444<br \/>\n00:29:20,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:22,840<br \/>\nbecause I think it&#8217;s a good<br \/>\nexample of these principles. <\/p>\n<p>445<br \/>\n00:29:25,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:28,840<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re in John 6 and says<br \/>\nthey&#8217;re in verse 54. <\/p>\n<p>446<br \/>\n00:29:29,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:34,720<br \/>\nHe who eats my flesh and drinks<br \/>\nmy blood has eternal life, and I<\/p>\n<p>447<br \/>\n00:29:34,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:36,600<br \/>\nwill raise him up in the last<br \/>\nday. <\/p>\n<p>448<br \/>\n00:29:37,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:40,360<br \/>\nFor my flesh is food indeed, and<br \/>\nmy blood is drink indeed. <\/p>\n<p>449<br \/>\n00:29:40,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:46,200<br \/>\nLeaves my flesh and drinks my<br \/>\nblood abides in me, and I abide <\/p>\n<p>450<br \/>\n00:29:46,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:48,160<br \/>\nin him.<br \/>\nAnd now that&#8217;s very similar <\/p>\n<p>451<br \/>\n00:29:48,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:50,800<br \/>\nlanguage, by the way, to what we<br \/>\nsee in Romans. <\/p>\n<p>452<br \/>\n00:29:50,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:54,240<br \/>\nWhich mentions a dwelling.<br \/>\nYeah, dwelling or in the RSV <\/p>\n<p>453<br \/>\n00:29:54,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:29:56,360<br \/>\nabiding.<br \/>\nSo same word there, right? <\/p>\n<p>454<br \/>\n00:29:56,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:01,080<br \/>\nSo it&#8217;s the same idea of like,<br \/>\nif you eat my flesh and drink my<\/p>\n<p>455<br \/>\n00:30:01,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:04,760<br \/>\nblood, you abide in me.<br \/>\nAnd of course you do as a <\/p>\n<p>456<br \/>\n00:30:04,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:07,440<br \/>\nbeliever on a Sunday, you eat<br \/>\nthat bread and you drink that <\/p>\n<p>457<br \/>\n00:30:07,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:11,560<br \/>\nwine and you do it in symbol.<br \/>\nSo this is very similar <\/p>\n<p>458<br \/>\n00:30:11,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:14,040<br \/>\nlanguage.<br \/>\nWhy I want Christ to abide in <\/p>\n<p>459<br \/>\n00:30:14,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:16,040<br \/>\nme.<br \/>\nHow do I do that? <\/p>\n<p>460<br \/>\n00:30:17,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:22,600<br \/>\nThe record&#8217;s going to say that<br \/>\nwhen several of the disciples <\/p>\n<p>461<br \/>\n00:30:22,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:28,480<br \/>\nheard this, they were offended<br \/>\nbecause it was a hard saying and<\/p>\n<p>462<br \/>\n00:30:28,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:33,280<br \/>\nthey murmured amongst themselves<br \/>\nand Jesus says, do you take <\/p>\n<p>463<br \/>\n00:30:33,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:37,480<br \/>\noffence at this?<br \/>\nAnd I think that this is an <\/p>\n<p>464<br \/>\n00:30:37,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:41,200<br \/>\ninteresting concept here because<br \/>\nI just want to focus for a <\/p>\n<p>465<br \/>\n00:30:41,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:45,000<br \/>\nmoment on that word offence<br \/>\nbecause here&#8217;s the interesting <\/p>\n<p>466<br \/>\n00:30:45,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:48,600<br \/>\nthing is I want to just ask the<br \/>\nquestion. <\/p>\n<p>467<br \/>\n00:30:49,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:54,240<br \/>\nThese words of the Lord Jesus<br \/>\nChrist were true and they were <\/p>\n<p>468<br \/>\n00:30:54,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:30:57,520<br \/>\nlife.<br \/>\nBut how did they feel? <\/p>\n<p>469<br \/>\n00:30:59,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:00,520<br \/>\nWell, I&#8217;ll tell you how they<br \/>\nfelt. <\/p>\n<p>470<br \/>\n00:31:01,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:04,280<br \/>\nThey caused offence.<br \/>\nThey caused offence. <\/p>\n<p>471<br \/>\n00:31:05,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:08,040<br \/>\nSee the the words of the Lord<br \/>\nJesus Christ don&#8217;t always feel <\/p>\n<p>472<br \/>\n00:31:08,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:11,360<br \/>\ngood tooth.<br \/>\nHey, in this instance they <\/p>\n<p>473<br \/>\n00:31:11,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:15,200<br \/>\ncaused offence.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the trouble of focusing on <\/p>\n<p>474<br \/>\n00:31:15,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:17,040<br \/>\nfeelings.<br \/>\nHow do you think it would have <\/p>\n<p>475<br \/>\n00:31:17,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:20,120<br \/>\nbeen for the 12 when they saw<br \/>\nall these disciples scatter? <\/p>\n<p>476<br \/>\n00:31:21,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:24,160<br \/>\nYou see, Because what feels<br \/>\ngood, I tell you, you know what <\/p>\n<p>477<br \/>\n00:31:24,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:26,640<br \/>\nfeels good?<br \/>\nWhat feels good is someone <\/p>\n<p>478<br \/>\n00:31:26,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:30,560<br \/>\ngiving you bread they pull out<br \/>\nof a basket that you didn&#8217;t have<\/p>\n<p>479<br \/>\n00:31:30,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:31,360<br \/>\nto.<br \/>\nWork free food. <\/p>\n<p>480<br \/>\n00:31:31,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:34,920<br \/>\nYou know that feels good.<br \/>\nLike Genesis 319 says, by the <\/p>\n<p>481<br \/>\n00:31:34,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:38,120<br \/>\nsweat of your face, you&#8217;re going<br \/>\nto create bread, right? <\/p>\n<p>482<br \/>\n00:31:39,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:41,720<br \/>\nAnd here Jesus is pulling bread<br \/>\nout of a basket or like no sweat<\/p>\n<p>483<br \/>\n00:31:41,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:44,560<br \/>\nof my face on that one.<br \/>\nThat feels great. <\/p>\n<p>484<br \/>\n00:31:44,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:46,960<br \/>\nGive me this bread.<br \/>\nI want this bread. <\/p>\n<p>485<br \/>\n00:31:47,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:48,640<br \/>\nGive me this bread.<br \/>\nAlways. <\/p>\n<p>486<br \/>\n00:31:48,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:52,600<br \/>\nSee, that feels good.<br \/>\nAnd that is not what the Lord <\/p>\n<p>487<br \/>\n00:31:52,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:55,720<br \/>\nJesus Christ was going to give<br \/>\nthem. <\/p>\n<p>488<br \/>\n00:31:55,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:57,600<br \/>\nHe was going to give them<br \/>\nsomething so much better. <\/p>\n<p>489<br \/>\n00:31:57,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:31:59,480<br \/>\nWell.<br \/>\nWhen you talk about flesh and <\/p>\n<p>490<br \/>\n00:31:59,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:01,920<br \/>\nblood, you&#8217;re talking about<br \/>\ncrucifixion, you&#8217;re talking <\/p>\n<p>491<br \/>\n00:32:01,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:04,800<br \/>\nabout suffering.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what he&#8217;s going to give <\/p>\n<p>492<br \/>\n00:32:04,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:05,480<br \/>\nthem, right?<br \/>\nYeah. <\/p>\n<p>493<br \/>\n00:32:05,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:08,160<br \/>\nDid that feel good, that.<br \/>\nDoesn&#8217;t feel good, yeah, but <\/p>\n<p>494<br \/>\n00:32:08,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:10,160<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s the path they take up our<br \/>\ncross, right? <\/p>\n<p>495<br \/>\n00:32:10,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:13,840<br \/>\nYeah, exactly.<br \/>\nSo what is it within us that <\/p>\n<p>496<br \/>\n00:32:13,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:15,800<br \/>\nallows us to do what doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\nfeel good? <\/p>\n<p>497<br \/>\n00:32:16,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:22,280<br \/>\nWhat is it within us that allows<br \/>\nus to choose to do the right <\/p>\n<p>498<br \/>\n00:32:22,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:26,960<br \/>\nthing, the godly thing, even<br \/>\nwhen it feels bad? <\/p>\n<p>499<br \/>\n00:32:28,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:33,560<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s spirit, that&#8217;s power.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s something bigger than <\/p>\n<p>500<br \/>\n00:32:33,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:37,240<br \/>\nour flesh.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s something that&#8217;s within <\/p>\n<p>501<br \/>\n00:32:37,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:39,840<br \/>\nus.<br \/>\nAllow us to do what&#8217;s right, <\/p>\n<p>502<br \/>\n00:32:40,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:43,720<br \/>\neven when doing what&#8217;s right<br \/>\nfeels bad. <\/p>\n<p>503<br \/>\n00:32:45,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:47,920<br \/>\nAnd that thing has to have<br \/>\npower. <\/p>\n<p>504<br \/>\n00:32:49,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:54,160<br \/>\nAnd so actually in in relation<br \/>\nto feelings, having the spirit <\/p>\n<p>505<br \/>\n00:32:54,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:32:58,400<br \/>\nis not only not worried about<br \/>\nhow you feel, it&#8217;s sometimes <\/p>\n<p>506<br \/>\n00:32:58,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:01,920<br \/>\ndoing what doesn&#8217;t feel good in<br \/>\nreality. <\/p>\n<p>507<br \/>\n00:33:02,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:06,120<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s got to be a power<br \/>\nwithin you that allows you to do<\/p>\n<p>508<br \/>\n00:33:06,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:10,240<br \/>\nwhat doesn&#8217;t feel good, but is<br \/>\nwhat your Lord is asking of you.<\/p>\n<p>509<br \/>\n00:33:12,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:14,480<br \/>\nAnd if you set your mind on<br \/>\nthings of the flesh and you want<\/p>\n<p>510<br \/>\n00:33:14,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:18,480<br \/>\nthe free meal, right, then<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re going to murmur and <\/p>\n<p>511<br \/>\n00:33:18,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:21,680<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re going to walk away.<br \/>\nAnd what&#8217;s interesting is when <\/p>\n<p>512<br \/>\n00:33:21,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:24,480<br \/>\nJesus says, Hey, do you take<br \/>\noffense of me? <\/p>\n<p>513<br \/>\n00:33:25,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:28,840<br \/>\nRight?<br \/>\nHe says this in verse 62 of John<\/p>\n<p>514<br \/>\n00:33:28,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:31,840<br \/>\n6.<br \/>\nThen what if you see the Son of <\/p>\n<p>515<br \/>\n00:33:31,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:33,640<br \/>\nMan ascending where He was<br \/>\nbefore? <\/p>\n<p>516<br \/>\n00:33:34,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:37,760<br \/>\nIt is the Spirit that gives<br \/>\nlife. <\/p>\n<p>517<br \/>\n00:33:38,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:42,640<br \/>\nThe flesh is of no avail.<br \/>\nWhen Jesus was talking about His<\/p>\n<p>518<br \/>\n00:33:42,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:45,640<br \/>\nbody in his blood, they&#8217;re<br \/>\noffended because they didn&#8217;t <\/p>\n<p>519<br \/>\n00:33:45,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:47,520<br \/>\nwant to literally eat his body<br \/>\nin the blood. <\/p>\n<p>520<br \/>\n00:33:48,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:50,160<br \/>\nBut he&#8217;s like, no, no, no,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ve missed it. <\/p>\n<p>521<br \/>\n00:33:50,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:54,240<br \/>\nSee, it&#8217;s the Spirit.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the Spirit that gives life.<\/p>\n<p>522<br \/>\n00:33:54,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:33:56,800<br \/>\nYou have to have belief in those<br \/>\nthings. <\/p>\n<p>523<br \/>\n00:33:58,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:02,080<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t have belief in<br \/>\nthose things right, If you don&#8217;t<\/p>\n<p>524<br \/>\n00:34:02,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:06,480<br \/>\ntake them inside and ingest them<br \/>\nso that I dwell in your heart <\/p>\n<p>525<br \/>\n00:34:06,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:11,000<br \/>\nand within you to create the<br \/>\nconditions in which you do what <\/p>\n<p>526<br \/>\n00:34:11,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:15,880<br \/>\nis right and good in God&#8217;s eyes,<br \/>\neven when it&#8217;s hard, if that <\/p>\n<p>527<br \/>\n00:34:15,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:20,440<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t live within you, then<br \/>\nyou have no life within you. <\/p>\n<p>528<br \/>\n00:34:20,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:22,480<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the Spirit that gives<br \/>\nlight. <\/p>\n<p>529<br \/>\n00:34:22,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:26,639<br \/>\nThe flesh is of no avail.<br \/>\nThe words that I&#8217;ve spoken to <\/p>\n<p>530<br \/>\n00:34:26,639 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:32,800<br \/>\nyou are Spirit and life.<br \/>\nI couldn&#8217;t say it more clearly, <\/p>\n<p>531<br \/>\n00:34:32,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:36,880<br \/>\nTim, could it?<br \/>\nThe words I&#8217;ve spoken to you are<\/p>\n<p>532<br \/>\n00:34:36,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:40,480<br \/>\nspirit and life.<br \/>\nAnd of course, they leave. <\/p>\n<p>533<br \/>\n00:34:41,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:43,400<br \/>\nThey don&#8217;t want this because it<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t feel good. <\/p>\n<p>534<br \/>\n00:34:43,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:48,560<br \/>\nMany of the disciples abandoned<br \/>\nhim and so it says in verse 66. <\/p>\n<p>535<br \/>\n00:34:48,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:52,400<br \/>\nAfter this, many disciples drew<br \/>\nback and no longer went about <\/p>\n<p>536<br \/>\n00:34:52,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:54,920<br \/>\nwith him.<br \/>\nAnd Jesus said to the 12 do you <\/p>\n<p>537<br \/>\n00:34:54,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:34:58,960<br \/>\nalso wish to go away?<br \/>\nAnd Simon Peter answered and <\/p>\n<p>538<br \/>\n00:34:58,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:04,920<br \/>\nsaid, Lord, to whom shall we go?<br \/>\nYou have the words of eternal <\/p>\n<p>539<br \/>\n00:35:04,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:08,600<br \/>\nlife.<br \/>\nSo Peter got it right. <\/p>\n<p>540<br \/>\n00:35:08,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:13,840<br \/>\nSo what allowed Peter to stay<br \/>\nwhen everyone else left is he <\/p>\n<p>541<br \/>\n00:35:13,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:16,120<br \/>\nhad belief.<br \/>\nYeah, Yeah, he did. <\/p>\n<p>542<br \/>\n00:35:16,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:21,000<br \/>\nHe had the words of eternal<br \/>\nlife, and as believers, we take <\/p>\n<p>543<br \/>\n00:35:21,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:24,640<br \/>\nthe symbols of the bread and the<br \/>\nwine and we take them within us.<\/p>\n<p>544<br \/>\n00:35:25,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:29,640<br \/>\nAnd at the end of that process,<br \/>\nthe Spirit of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n<p>545<br \/>\n00:35:29,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:33,160<br \/>\nChrist and the fact that he was<br \/>\npoured out for his brother and <\/p>\n<p>546<br \/>\n00:35:33,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:34,920<br \/>\nsisters, He was poured out for<br \/>\nus. <\/p>\n<p>547<br \/>\n00:35:35,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:37,720<br \/>\nIf we don&#8217;t have a spirit in<br \/>\nwhich we&#8217;re willing to live as <\/p>\n<p>548<br \/>\n00:35:37,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:40,960<br \/>\nresurrected believers and be<br \/>\npoured out for other believers <\/p>\n<p>549<br \/>\n00:35:42,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:46,600<br \/>\nand do difficult things because<br \/>\nthis spirit compels us to do <\/p>\n<p>550<br \/>\n00:35:46,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:51,560<br \/>\ndifficult things because we<br \/>\nbelieve, then we&#8217;ve just eaten <\/p>\n<p>551<br \/>\n00:35:51,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:53,760<br \/>\nbread and dragon wine.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just physical. <\/p>\n<p>552<br \/>\n00:35:53,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:35:58,240<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s just flesh.<br \/>\nYeah, well, you brought up verse<\/p>\n<p>553<br \/>\n00:35:58,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:02,080<br \/>\n63 there.<br \/>\nJesus says the Spirit gives <\/p>\n<p>554<br \/>\n00:36:02,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:04,600<br \/>\nlife, the flesh is no help at<br \/>\nall. <\/p>\n<p>555<br \/>\n00:36:05,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:07,720<br \/>\nThe words that I&#8217;ve spoken to<br \/>\nyou are spirit in life. <\/p>\n<p>556<br \/>\n00:36:07,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:12,560<br \/>\nI just like to go back to Romans<br \/>\nchapter 8 and just read verses 9<\/p>\n<p>557<br \/>\n00:36:12,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:16,200<br \/>\nthrough 11 because it almost<br \/>\nseems like Paul is picking up on<\/p>\n<p>558<br \/>\n00:36:16,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:17,840<br \/>\nthese words.<br \/>\nAbsolutely. <\/p>\n<p>559<br \/>\n00:36:18,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:21,560<br \/>\nAnd when you read these two<br \/>\nback-to-back, Paul is talking <\/p>\n<p>560<br \/>\n00:36:21,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:25,040<br \/>\nabout how the Spirit is life.<br \/>\nBut we see how Jesus says it&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>561<br \/>\n00:36:25,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:28,800<br \/>\nthe words that he&#8217;s saying.<br \/>\nThis is what Paul says in Romans<\/p>\n<p>562<br \/>\n00:36:28,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:32,760<br \/>\n8 verses 9 through 11.<br \/>\nWell, let me start at verse 8. <\/p>\n<p>563<br \/>\n00:36:33,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:36,720<br \/>\nThose who are in the flesh<br \/>\ncannot please God. <\/p>\n<p>564<br \/>\n00:36:37,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:42,040<br \/>\nYou, however, are not in the<br \/>\nflesh, but in the Spirit, if in <\/p>\n<p>565<br \/>\n00:36:42,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:46,160<br \/>\nfact the Spirit of God dwells in<br \/>\nyou. <\/p>\n<p>566<br \/>\n00:36:46,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:51,280<br \/>\nAnyone who does not have the<br \/>\nSpirit of Christ does not belong<\/p>\n<p>567<br \/>\n00:36:51,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:36:55,200<br \/>\nto Him.<br \/>\nBut if Christ is in you, <\/p>\n<p>568<br \/>\n00:36:56,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:00,640<br \/>\nalthough the body is dead<br \/>\nbecause of sin, the Spirit is <\/p>\n<p>569<br \/>\n00:37:00,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:06,840<br \/>\nlife because of righteousness.<br \/>\nIf the Spirit of Him who raised <\/p>\n<p>570<br \/>\n00:37:06,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:13,000<br \/>\nJesus from the dead dwells in<br \/>\nyou, he who raised Christ Jesus <\/p>\n<p>571<br \/>\n00:37:13,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:17,640<br \/>\nfrom the dead will also give<br \/>\nlife to your mortal bodies <\/p>\n<p>572<br \/>\n00:37:18,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:22,840<br \/>\nthrough his Spirit who dwells in<br \/>\nyou. <\/p>\n<p>573<br \/>\n00:37:22,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:28,040<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s so much in there, but I<br \/>\nlove this part in verse 11 where<\/p>\n<p>574<br \/>\n00:37:28,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:31,320<br \/>\nhe puts a lot of words to where<br \/>\nhe could have simply said the <\/p>\n<p>575<br \/>\n00:37:31,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:35,080<br \/>\nSpirit of God.<br \/>\nHe says the Spirit of him who <\/p>\n<p>576<br \/>\n00:37:35,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:38,480<br \/>\nraised Jesus from the dead<br \/>\ndwells in you. <\/p>\n<p>577<br \/>\n00:37:39,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:42,200<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a resurrection power,<br \/>\nright? <\/p>\n<p>578<br \/>\n00:37:42,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:45,360<br \/>\nThe Spirit raised Jesus from the<br \/>\ndead, literally. <\/p>\n<p>579<br \/>\n00:37:45,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:50,880<br \/>\nBut that&#8217;s what Jesus is calling<br \/>\nus to do is to be resurrected <\/p>\n<p>580<br \/>\n00:37:51,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:37:54,640<br \/>\nthrough baptism and through the<br \/>\nrenewing and the changing the <\/p>\n<p>581<br \/>\n00:37:54,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:00,040<br \/>\nSpirit of our minds to be<br \/>\ncreated in his image and his <\/p>\n<p>582<br \/>\n00:38:00,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:03,240<br \/>\nlikeness, right?<br \/>\nSo I just love how he draws that<\/p>\n<p>583<br \/>\n00:38:03,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:07,320<br \/>\nout and puts that echo there.<br \/>\nBut he also mentions 3 times he <\/p>\n<p>584<br \/>\n00:38:07,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:09,480<br \/>\nmentions this aspect of it<br \/>\ndwelling in you. <\/p>\n<p>585<br \/>\n00:38:09,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:14,080<br \/>\nBut Paul here does in this verse<br \/>\nthat the Spirit of God, which he<\/p>\n<p>586<br \/>\n00:38:14,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:18,840<br \/>\nsays is also the Spirit of<br \/>\nChrist, has to be dwelling in <\/p>\n<p>587<br \/>\n00:38:18,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:20,880<br \/>\nus.<br \/>\nSo we have to understand that <\/p>\n<p>588<br \/>\n00:38:20,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:23,720<br \/>\nthis is not a mystery.<br \/>\nWe know how it happens. <\/p>\n<p>589<br \/>\n00:38:24,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:27,080<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s by setting our minds on the<br \/>\nthings of the Spirit, which is <\/p>\n<p>590<br \/>\n00:38:27,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:31,040<br \/>\nthe words of Christ.<br \/>\nWe are taught that, we learn <\/p>\n<p>591<br \/>\n00:38:31,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:33,240<br \/>\nthat we incorporate, that we<br \/>\nbelieve. <\/p>\n<p>592<br \/>\n00:38:33,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:36,600<br \/>\nLike you&#8217;ve said, oh, that&#8217;s so<br \/>\nimportant. <\/p>\n<p>593<br \/>\n00:38:36,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:40,200<br \/>\nAnd that&#8217;s really to me, is how<br \/>\nthe Spirit is supposed to guide <\/p>\n<p>594<br \/>\n00:38:40,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:43,800<br \/>\nour life.<br \/>\nWell, I think that sometimes the<\/p>\n<p>595<br \/>\n00:38:43,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:46,600<br \/>\nword spirit can be a difficult<br \/>\nconcept to understand because <\/p>\n<p>596<br \/>\n00:38:46,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:50,120<br \/>\nthe word is used so broadly.<br \/>\nYeah, but the Spirit of the Lord<\/p>\n<p>597<br \/>\n00:38:50,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:38:56,680<br \/>\nJesus Christ was a spirit within<br \/>\nhim that absolutely believed in <\/p>\n<p>598<br \/>\n00:38:56,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:02,160<br \/>\nthe things that God had promised<br \/>\nand had total dedication within <\/p>\n<p>599<br \/>\n00:39:02,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:08,200<br \/>\nhimself to do God&#8217;s will.<br \/>\nAnd that spirit in some measure <\/p>\n<p>600<br \/>\n00:39:08,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:14,680<br \/>\nmust be within us.<br \/>\nAnd it is in us when we read <\/p>\n<p>601<br \/>\n00:39:14,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:19,920<br \/>\nwhat Jesus has done and we<br \/>\nbelieve, and then as a result of<\/p>\n<p>602<br \/>\n00:39:19,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:24,400<br \/>\nthat belief, we start to make<br \/>\ndifficult choices that don&#8217;t <\/p>\n<p>603<br \/>\n00:39:24,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:29,560<br \/>\nfeel good to our flesh, but<br \/>\nwhich are honoring to God. <\/p>\n<p>604<br \/>\n00:39:30,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:39,400<br \/>\nWe set our mind on the things of<br \/>\nthe Spirit, and that spirit must<\/p>\n<p>605<br \/>\n00:39:39,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:42,720<br \/>\nbe within us, because you can&#8217;t<br \/>\nset your mind on something you <\/p>\n<p>606<br \/>\n00:39:42,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:47,320<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t have.<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t ask people to read the<\/p>\n<p>607<br \/>\n00:39:47,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:52,480<br \/>\nBible just to torture them.<br \/>\nThe idea is to get these ideas <\/p>\n<p>608<br \/>\n00:39:52,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:39:59,040<br \/>\ninto their mind so that they can<br \/>\nset their mind on it. <\/p>\n<p>609<br \/>\n00:39:59,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:02,960<br \/>\nBecause if they don&#8217;t have these<br \/>\nideas in their mind. <\/p>\n<p>610<br \/>\n00:40:03,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:08,920<br \/>\nThen the default will always be<br \/>\nsatisfy the cravings of my body.<\/p>\n<p>611<br \/>\n00:40:10,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:14,000<br \/>\nSo if a listener is staying<br \/>\nthere right now and they&#8217;re <\/p>\n<p>612<br \/>\n00:40:14,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:19,120<br \/>\nmaking choices that are not in<br \/>\nthe interest of satisfying the <\/p>\n<p>613<br \/>\n00:40:19,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:24,880<br \/>\ncravings of their body, but are<br \/>\nallowing them to do what God&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>614<br \/>\n00:40:24,880 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:30,680<br \/>\nwill is because of their belief,<br \/>\nthen that is the result of <\/p>\n<p>615<br \/>\n00:40:30,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:32,600<br \/>\nsteady your mind on the things<br \/>\nof the Spirit. <\/p>\n<p>616<br \/>\n00:40:32,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:37,760<br \/>\nAnd that can only occur because<br \/>\nthe Spirit of Christ dwells <\/p>\n<p>617<br \/>\n00:40:37,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:42,360<br \/>\nwithin you because of what<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ve heard and Christ saying, <\/p>\n<p>618<br \/>\n00:40:42,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:47,120<br \/>\nmy words are spirit and my words<br \/>\nare life. <\/p>\n<p>619<br \/>\n00:40:48,160 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:51,280<br \/>\nAnd it changes you.<br \/>\nAnd you can have spiritual <\/p>\n<p>620<br \/>\n00:40:51,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:40:56,600<br \/>\nexperiences in which because of<br \/>\nthe word, the Spirit in my life,<\/p>\n<p>621<br \/>\n00:40:57,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:00,440<br \/>\nthings that I used to struggle<br \/>\nwith and really strain against, <\/p>\n<p>622<br \/>\n00:41:00,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:05,280<br \/>\nnow they don&#8217;t tempt me as much<br \/>\nas they did before because God&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>623<br \/>\n00:41:05,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:09,400<br \/>\nrelieved me of that.<br \/>\nBecause of following the things <\/p>\n<p>624<br \/>\n00:41:09,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:13,080<br \/>\nof the Spirit.<br \/>\nPaul says things that he used to<\/p>\n<p>625<br \/>\n00:41:13,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:16,080<br \/>\ntreasure, he now considers done<br \/>\nright. <\/p>\n<p>626<br \/>\n00:41:16,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:19,440<br \/>\nWell, there&#8217;s obviously a<br \/>\nchange, you know, something that<\/p>\n<p>627<br \/>\n00:41:19,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:21,520<br \/>\nused to really tempt him and<br \/>\nthings that he wanted. <\/p>\n<p>628<br \/>\n00:41:21,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:24,000<br \/>\nAnd now he looks at those things<br \/>\nand they&#8217;re not valuable to him <\/p>\n<p>629<br \/>\n00:41:24,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:26,000<br \/>\nanymore.<br \/>\nAnd he&#8217;s changed, and that <\/p>\n<p>630<br \/>\n00:41:26,000 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:29,760<br \/>\nhappens, right?<br \/>\nBut that happens because you set<\/p>\n<p>631<br \/>\n00:41:29,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:31,280<br \/>\nyour mind on things of the<br \/>\nSpirit. <\/p>\n<p>632<br \/>\n00:41:32,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:36,080<br \/>\nAnd I think what Paul&#8217;s even<br \/>\ndoing in verses 9 to 11, he&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>633<br \/>\n00:41:36,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:38,640<br \/>\nsaying, because you might think<br \/>\nto yourself, set your mind on <\/p>\n<p>634<br \/>\n00:41:38,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:40,360<br \/>\nthe things of the Spirit.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s so hard. <\/p>\n<p>635<br \/>\n00:41:40,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:44,640<br \/>\nHow do I do that?<br \/>\nAnd I think the overall emphasis<\/p>\n<p>636<br \/>\n00:41:45,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:51,080<br \/>\nis that the spirit is greater<br \/>\nthan the flesh, the spirits <\/p>\n<p>637<br \/>\n00:41:51,080 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:54,320<br \/>\novercome the flesh, and that<br \/>\nwhat&#8217;s with you and what&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>638<br \/>\n00:41:54,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:56,600<br \/>\nworking for you and what&#8217;s<br \/>\ntrying to help you in this <\/p>\n<p>639<br \/>\n00:41:56,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:41:59,520<br \/>\nendeavour is greater than what&#8217;s<br \/>\nworking against you. <\/p>\n<p>640<br \/>\n00:42:00,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:03,600<br \/>\nAnd I know that because it<br \/>\nresurrected a man from the dead.<\/p>\n<p>641<br \/>\n00:42:03,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:06,440<br \/>\nAnd the flesh can&#8217;t do that.<br \/>\nThe flesh can&#8217;t do that. <\/p>\n<p>642<br \/>\n00:42:07,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:10,240<br \/>\nSo whatever the spirit is, it&#8217;s<br \/>\ngot to be greater than the flesh<\/p>\n<p>643<br \/>\n00:42:10,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:12,440<br \/>\nbecause it can do the things the<br \/>\nflesh can&#8217;t do. <\/p>\n<p>644<br \/>\n00:42:13,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:17,040<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;re meant to feel comfort<br \/>\nas a result of what Paul&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>645<br \/>\n00:42:17,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:20,000<br \/>\nsaying here, not be confused, be<br \/>\ncomforted. <\/p>\n<p>646<br \/>\n00:42:20,920 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:23,320<br \/>\nRight.<br \/>\nNot feel defeated, not let our <\/p>\n<p>647<br \/>\n00:42:23,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:26,560<br \/>\nflesh lie to us.<br \/>\nAnd you feel like we&#8217;re a fraud <\/p>\n<p>648<br \/>\n00:42:26,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:29,600<br \/>\nor something like that, right?<br \/>\nBecause we&#8217;re to expect this <\/p>\n<p>649<br \/>\n00:42:29,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:32,200<br \/>\nbattle.<br \/>\nBut like you&#8217;re saying, when we <\/p>\n<p>650<br \/>\n00:42:32,200 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:36,400<br \/>\nlet that word, when we let that<br \/>\nspirit influence us and overtake<\/p>\n<p>651<br \/>\n00:42:36,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:38,840<br \/>\nus, what does it do to the<br \/>\ncarnal mind? <\/p>\n<p>652<br \/>\n00:42:38,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:41,280<br \/>\nIt starts putting it to death.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s right. <\/p>\n<p>653<br \/>\n00:42:41,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:43,840<br \/>\nAnd you have these battles where<br \/>\nit&#8217;s being put to death. <\/p>\n<p>654<br \/>\n00:42:43,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:47,040<br \/>\nAnd of course you lose some<br \/>\nbattles, but the important thing<\/p>\n<p>655<br \/>\n00:42:47,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:50,240<br \/>\nis there that God and Christ are<br \/>\nthere helping us to win the war.<\/p>\n<p>656<br \/>\n00:42:50,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:51,960<br \/>\nRight.<br \/>\nAbsolutely. <\/p>\n<p>657<br \/>\n00:42:52,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:55,800<br \/>\nWell, what else is there to say?<br \/>\nA lot. <\/p>\n<p>658<br \/>\n00:42:56,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:42:59,720<br \/>\nI think we just touched the tip<br \/>\nof the iceberg here, especially <\/p>\n<p>659<br \/>\n00:42:59,720 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:02,600<br \/>\nin Romans chapter 8.<br \/>\nHe goes on to talk about the <\/p>\n<p>660<br \/>\n00:43:02,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:05,520<br \/>\nSpirit some more, but I think<br \/>\nthis is a just a really good <\/p>\n<p>661<br \/>\n00:43:05,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:08,600<br \/>\nstarting point when we talk<br \/>\nabout essential Bible studies, <\/p>\n<p>662<br \/>\n00:43:09,240 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:11,680<br \/>\nthis is one of them, right?<br \/>\nThis is not the only place that <\/p>\n<p>663<br \/>\n00:43:11,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:17,200<br \/>\nPaul talks about the Spirit, but<br \/>\nthis is a really key passage and<\/p>\n<p>664<br \/>\n00:43:17,400 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:20,040<br \/>\nI&#8217;m so glad that God touched<br \/>\nyour life with it. <\/p>\n<p>665<br \/>\n00:43:20,040 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:22,960<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s touched my life with this<br \/>\npassage as well. <\/p>\n<p>666<br \/>\n00:43:23,440 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:27,160<br \/>\nBut as we&#8217;ve been saying, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nsomething learned over time, <\/p>\n<p>667<br \/>\n00:43:27,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:29,680<br \/>\nright?<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s something that&#8217;s gradual, <\/p>\n<p>668<br \/>\n00:43:29,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:32,520<br \/>\nlike the growth of a plant, like<br \/>\nwe were talking about before, <\/p>\n<p>669<br \/>\n00:43:32,520 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:35,480<br \/>\nfrom a seed, it sprouts up<br \/>\npretty quickly. <\/p>\n<p>670<br \/>\n00:43:35,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:38,280<br \/>\nBut as it&#8217;s nourished and<br \/>\ncontinues to grow, it&#8217;s a slow <\/p>\n<p>671<br \/>\n00:43:38,280 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:42,560<br \/>\nprocess before it actually bears<br \/>\nfruit, the fruit of the Spirit. <\/p>\n<p>672<br \/>\n00:43:42,760 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:45,800<br \/>\nI always like to say God does<br \/>\nthe hard work like, you know, <\/p>\n<p>673<br \/>\n00:43:45,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:51,120<br \/>\nplanting, watering, ho hum,<br \/>\nbringing a flowering plant from <\/p>\n<p>674<br \/>\n00:43:51,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:55,800<br \/>\na seed this small, that&#8217;s hard.<br \/>\nGod does the hard work, right? <\/p>\n<p>675<br \/>\n00:43:55,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:43:57,800<br \/>\nNot us.<br \/>\nAnd I think the Spirit the same.<\/p>\n<p>676<br \/>\n00:43:57,800 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:03,480<br \/>\nWe read, we pray, we try and you<br \/>\nthink where&#8217;s the change going <\/p>\n<p>677<br \/>\n00:44:03,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:05,120<br \/>\nto come?<br \/>\nYou say, well, give God time. <\/p>\n<p>678<br \/>\n00:44:05,120 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:08,960<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s going to do the hard work.<br \/>\nYeah, yeah, beautiful. <\/p>\n<p>679<br \/>\n00:44:09,360 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:11,480<br \/>\nHe&#8217;ll grow it within you.<br \/>\nYeah, it&#8217;s just amazing. <\/p>\n<p>680<br \/>\n00:44:11,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:14,480<br \/>\nAnd a lot of times, yeah, you<br \/>\njust have to stand back and just<\/p>\n<p>681<br \/>\n00:44:14,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:17,240<br \/>\nwonder and be amazed at<br \/>\neverything that God does. <\/p>\n<p>682<br \/>\n00:44:17,600 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:19,680<br \/>\nAll right, Ben.<br \/>\nWell, thank you very much for <\/p>\n<p>683<br \/>\n00:44:19,680 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:21,640<br \/>\njoining me.<br \/>\nI know you&#8217;re very a busy man. <\/p>\n<p>684<br \/>\n00:44:21,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:24,320<br \/>\nI really appreciate it.<br \/>\nAnd I think this is a great <\/p>\n<p>685<br \/>\n00:44:24,320 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:26,560<br \/>\nsession that we&#8217;ve had.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d like to do it again <\/p>\n<p>686<br \/>\n00:44:26,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:27,480<br \/>\nsometime.<br \/>\nYeah. <\/p>\n<p>687<br \/>\n00:44:27,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:28,560<br \/>\nSure.<br \/>\nThank you, Tim. <\/p>\n<p>688<br \/>\n00:44:28,560 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:31,800<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s really wonderful connect<br \/>\nand thank you for inviting me as<\/p>\n<p>689<br \/>\n00:44:31,840 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:33,120<br \/>\na guest.<br \/>\nI really appreciate it. <\/p>\n<p>690<br \/>\n00:44:33,640 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:34,400<br \/>\nAll right.<br \/>\nThanks, Ben. <\/p>\n<p>691<br \/>\n00:44:34,480 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:46,960<br \/>\nTake care.<br \/>\nThis marks the 70th episode of <\/p>\n<p>692<br \/>\n00:44:46,960 &#8211;&gt; 00:44:49,200<br \/>\nthe Essential Bible Studies<br \/>\npodcast. <\/p>\n<p>693<br 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