{"id":1403,"date":"2025-12-21T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/379-mark-ogrady-the-spirit-in-all\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T22:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T22:15:27","slug":"379-mark-ogrady-the-spirit-in-all","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/379-mark-ogrady-the-spirit-in-all\/","title":{"rendered":"379: Mark O’Grady – The Spirit in All"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s talk is a class by Brother Mark O’Grady titled \u201cThe Spirit in All\u201d from his series, “Born of the Spirit,” which he gave a version of this series in 2023; though we aren’t sure that is where this recording is from.<\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk.
\nEveryone, this is Jason Hensley <\/p>\n

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\nand this week we are listening
\nto a talk by Brother Mark <\/p>\n

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\nO’Grady called The Spirit in
\nAll. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t actually know where this
\ntalk came from. <\/p>\n

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\nI will tell you that he did give
\nthis same series at the Ontario <\/p>\n

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\nWinter Bible School in the year
\n2023, so it’s possible that it <\/p>\n

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\ncame from that, but I’m not
\nreally sure. <\/p>\n

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\nRegardless, I have to tell you,
\nI had a hard time choosing which<\/p>\n

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\nof the talks in this series to
\ngo with. <\/p>\n

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\nI decided on this last one
\nbecause I felt like it really <\/p>\n

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\nbrought everything together and
\njust gave a really nice <\/p>\n

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\nsummation of the Spirit of God
\nwith an emphasis here on the <\/p>\n

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\nWord of God, but also an
\nemphasis and how God uses his <\/p>\n

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\nangels, these spirit beings to
\nwork in our lives. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I, I really appreciated his
\ndiscussion there. <\/p>\n

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\nI think sometimes you’ll hear
\npeople who try to talk about the<\/p>\n

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\nspirit involved in our lives and
\nit gets very mainstream <\/p>\n

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\nChristian Y and other times
\nyou’ll hear people who just say,<\/p>\n

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\nwell, it’s the Bible and that’s
\nall. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it was nice to hear, brother
\nMark. <\/p>\n

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\nReally Class 5 is about the
\nBible and then class 6 that <\/p>\n

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\nwe’re listening to here.
\nThe Spirit in all is about how <\/p>\n

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\nGod works in our lives.
\nSo I really want to just <\/p>\n

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\nencourage you, if you get the
\nchance, listen to this whole <\/p>\n

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\nseries.
\nThe whole series is great. <\/p>\n

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\nIt builds up really well and I
\nthink it gives us a very, very <\/p>\n

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\nwell thought out and scriptural
\nunderstanding of the Spirit of <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nAnd always that’s what we want, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nWe want to know what scripture <\/p>\n

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\nsays.
\nSo I hope you’re able to check <\/p>\n

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\nout the whole series and I hope
\nyou’re encouraged by this talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is class 6 in the series
\nBorn of the Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nThis class is entitled The
\nSpirit in All. <\/p>\n

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\nWe bring the subject to a
\nconclusion as we look at a <\/p>\n

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\nspectacular element of the work
\nof the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is actually where the
\ntheme of the Holy Spirit becomes<\/p>\n

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\nrather personal and very intense
\nin terms of its involvement in <\/p>\n

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\nour daily lives.
\nIt’s when we come face to face <\/p>\n

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\nwith the realization that the
\nHoly Spirit is involved in all <\/p>\n

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\naspects of our life, in the
\ntruth, and it becomes quite <\/p>\n

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\nemotionally impactful as we
\nrealise the the wrap around <\/p>\n

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\ninvolvement, the all consuming
\ninvolvement of God in our own <\/p>\n

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\npersonal lives.
\nIt’s also where we we pause and <\/p>\n

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\nwe become very conscious of the
\nway in which we let our Heavenly<\/p>\n

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\nFather down in his work with us
\nfrom day-to-day. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know those words in Hebrews
\n4 when the apostle is speaking <\/p>\n

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\nabout the the mind of God and
\nthe word he sees in verse 13 of <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews 4.
\nNeither is there any creature <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s not manifest in his
\nsight, but all things are naked <\/p>\n

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\nand open unto the eyes of whom
\nwe have to do so. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re living our lives under the
\never awake and ever watchful <\/p>\n

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\neyes of God.
\nThe ESP says no creature is <\/p>\n

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\nhidden from his sight, but all
\nare naked and exposed to the <\/p>\n

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\neyes of Him to whom we must give
\naccount. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, brothers and sisters, that
\nmeans He sees everything. <\/p>\n

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\nDeep, deep, deep down inside our
\nown secret thoughts, behind <\/p>\n

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\nevery closed door, inside every
\nembarrassing thought, every <\/p>\n

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\nmotive read.
\nThere’s nothing hidden from our <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nAnd faced with that realization,<\/p>\n

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\nI suspect all of us would come
\nto the conclusion I need help. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the apostle moved
\nstraight on the next verses to <\/p>\n

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\nsay, seeing we have a great high
\npriest, Jesus, the Son of God, <\/p>\n

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\nwho’s passed into the heavens,
\none who feels our infirmities, <\/p>\n

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\nHe tells us we can then come
\nwith confidence to the throne of<\/p>\n

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\ngrace to obtain mercy and find
\ngrace to help in time of need. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s our journey today,
\nbrothers and sisters, as we look<\/p>\n

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\nat the theme of the Spirit of
\nGod, the work of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n

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\nas he’s working together in our
\nlives, personally providing him <\/p>\n

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\nwith that help.
\nWe can ask him for that help. <\/p>\n

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\nNow I’d like you to come back,
\nback with me to Psalm 139, which<\/p>\n

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\nis a passage we’ve looked at
\nalready a few times in our <\/p>\n

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\nstudies together.
\nIt’s the passage that speaks of <\/p>\n

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\nthe Spirit of God being
\neverywhere, and we can’t go <\/p>\n

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\nanywhere outside of His
\npresence, that He’s before us, <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s behind us, He’s above us.
\nWe can go to the utmost parts of<\/p>\n

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\nthe sea, and we’re still
\nsurrounded by the presence of <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nBut let’s just pick up a little <\/p>\n

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\nphrase in Psalm 139.
\nIn verse 9 and 10, he says, if I<\/p>\n

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\ntake the wings of the morning
\nand dwell on the uttermost parts<\/p>\n

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\nof the sea, even there shall thy
\nhand leave me, and thy right <\/p>\n

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\nhand shall hold me.
\nQuestion how? <\/p>\n

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\nHow does God lead us?
\nHow does his hand actually hold <\/p>\n

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\nus?
\nWhat does that actually mean? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, we know that we don’t have
\nthe Holy Spirit gifts. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve discovered as we’ve gone
\nthrough that we don’t have the <\/p>\n

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\nHoly Spirit dwelling in US
\nsaying, hey, walk this way, walk<\/p>\n

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\nthat way.
\nWe’ve learned that we can <\/p>\n

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\ndevelop the mind of God or the
\nSpirit of God in us through the <\/p>\n

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\nthrough the pages of the word, a
\ngodly way of thinking, a <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual way of thinking.
\nWe know that the Spirit of God <\/p>\n

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\nsustains us and keeps us alive.
\nBut is that the only way that he<\/p>\n

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\nactually leads us?
\nIs that the only way in which <\/p>\n

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\nhis hand upholds us?
\nAnd the answer to that, of <\/p>\n

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\ncourse he’s not.
\nThe Holy Spirit is actively, <\/p>\n

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\nactively working in our daily
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nThat doesn’t mean we have the
\npower of the Holy Spirit, But <\/p>\n

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\nnever, never, ever forget that
\nthe Holy Spirit is actively <\/p>\n

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\ninvolved in our daily personal
\nlives. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is God, because of course
\nwe can’t separate God’s Holy <\/p>\n

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\nSpirit power from himself.
\nThis is God active in our <\/p>\n

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\npersonal daily lives.
\nAnd so we want to finish our <\/p>\n

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\nstudies this morning, brothers
\nand sisters, encouraged by the <\/p>\n

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\nfact that God’s work is ongoing
\nin our daily lives, His hand is <\/p>\n

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\nactually there.
\nThrough all the events that <\/p>\n

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\nswirl around us, all the
\ndistractions of life, God’s hand<\/p>\n

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\nis there.
\nAnd we can rest confident in <\/p>\n

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\nthat assurance.
\nAnd that’s really our theme <\/p>\n

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\ntonight, brothers and sisters,
\nthat we can return home <\/p>\n

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\nfalsified by an unshakable
\nconviction that God’s hand is <\/p>\n

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\nstill working out his work of
\nsalvation in our personal lives.<\/p>\n

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\nSo I’d like us to get underway
\nwith a rather challenging topic <\/p>\n

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\nthat comes up in Ephesians
\nchapter 1. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you could please turn there
\nfor us. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’ve talked in our studies so
\nfar about the importance of of <\/p>\n

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\nfree will, that God wants us to
\nsubmit to him in a voluntary <\/p>\n

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\nway.
\nWe voluntarily commit to <\/p>\n

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\nbelieving and obeying him
\nbecause that’s what brings <\/p>\n

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\nhonour and glory to our heavenly
\nFather. <\/p>\n

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\nBut let’s not forget that God
\ndoes still influence us in that <\/p>\n

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\njourney.
\nHe’s been doing so actually in <\/p>\n

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\nour lives for a very long time.
\nSo let’s start with Ephesians 1.<\/p>\n

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\nHe talks about the blessing that
\nwe have in verse 3, in verse 4, <\/p>\n

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\naccording as He has chosen us in
\nHim before the foundation of the<\/p>\n

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\nworld, that we should be holding
\nhim without blame before Him, <\/p>\n

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\nand love having predestinated us
\nunto the adoption of children by<\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ to Himself
\naccording to the good pleasure <\/p>\n

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\nof His will.
\nThe word predestinated pro <\/p>\n

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\narisa.
\nIt means for ordained, <\/p>\n

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\npredetermined, or decided
\nbeforehand. <\/p>\n

138
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\nThat’s a challenging concept and
\nthe apostle is saying that God <\/p>\n

139
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\npreordained that we would
\nreceive the adoption of children<\/p>\n

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\nfrom the foundation of the
\nworld. <\/p>\n

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\nNow let’s just think about it.
\nDoes that mean, brother or <\/p>\n

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\nsister, that God chose you
\npersonally more than 6000 years <\/p>\n

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\nago?
\nIt’s an interesting thought. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s go to Romans 8 again, an
\nepistle and a chapter that we’ve<\/p>\n

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\nlooked at quite a lot over the
\ncourse of these studies because <\/p>\n

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\nRomans 8 speaks about the Spirit
\nof God and how we need to <\/p>\n

147
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\ndevelop the Spirit of God within
\nour hearts so that the Spirit of<\/p>\n

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\nChrist can then dwell in us.
\nLet’s pick up the record in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 28.
\nWe know Romans 8 verse 28, we <\/p>\n

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\nknow that all things work
\ntogether for good to them that <\/p>\n

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\nlove God, to them who are the
\ncalled according to His purpose.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we stop and we just
\nmarvel at this concept of <\/p>\n

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\neverything working together
\ntowards a good outcome. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, that means, by definition,
\nthat God’s interactively engaged<\/p>\n

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\nin the things that are happening
\nin our own personal lives with <\/p>\n

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\nthe events that surround us.
\nIt also tells us that he has a <\/p>\n

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\npositive objective in mind.
\nHe actually wants there to be a <\/p>\n

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\ngood outcome from all the things
\nthat are happening to us. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it’s also a concept that’s
\nvery challenging when things go <\/p>\n

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\nwrong in life, and sometimes
\nthings go catastrophically wrong<\/p>\n

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\nin life.
\nHow can all things be working <\/p>\n

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\ntogether for good in those
\ncircumstances? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet it’s giving us the
\nreassurance that God has an <\/p>\n

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\nobjective for an ultimate
\npositive outcome. <\/p>\n

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\nAll things work together for
\ngood to those who love God and <\/p>\n

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\nare called according to His
\npurpose. <\/p>\n

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\nBut if that’s not challenging
\nenough as a concept, look at the<\/p>\n

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\nnext couple of verses.
\nHe said the call according to <\/p>\n

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\nHis purpose in verse 28, verse
\n29. <\/p>\n

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\nFor whom He did for now He also
\ndid predestinate, to be <\/p>\n

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\nconformed to the image of His
\nSon, that He might be the first <\/p>\n

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\nborn among many brethren.
\nMoreover, whom He did <\/p>\n

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\npredestinate them He also
\ncalled, and whom He called them <\/p>\n

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\nHe also justified, and whom He
\njustified them He also <\/p>\n

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\nglorified.
\nNow, these are very challenging <\/p>\n

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\nconcepts.
\nGod knew in advance who He was <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to call you, and for
\nmillennia He’s been working to <\/p>\n

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\nbring it to pass.
\nHe knew who your great, great, <\/p>\n

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\ngreat grandparents would be.
\nHe knew when your forebears <\/p>\n

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\nwould immigrate to this country.
\nHe knew what circumstances would<\/p>\n

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\napply before you were born.
\nHe set in motion a whole train <\/p>\n

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\nof events that would lead to us
\ncoming into existence. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know in Psalm 139 and
\nSpeaking of the work of the Lord<\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ, but Speaking of
\nGod’s involvement, he said my <\/p>\n

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\nsubstance was not hid from me
\nwhen I was made in secret. <\/p>\n

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\nIn thy book.
\nAll my members were written when<\/p>\n

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\nas yet there was none of them
\ninteresting concept that he <\/p>\n

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\nactually knows in advance
\neverything about the existence <\/p>\n

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\nof his children.
\nSo he knew that we would be <\/p>\n

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\nborn.
\nHe knew that we would be called.<\/p>\n

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\nHe knew that we would come to
\nhear about the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was His plan that we would be
\nbaptized as some of His chosen. <\/p>\n

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\nSo how’s that for Ford planning?
\nAnd by the way, he doesn’t make <\/p>\n

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\nit a secret.
\nHe says it over and over and <\/p>\n

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\nover again in the word 2nd
\nThessalonians 2 verse 13. <\/p>\n

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\nGod hath from the beginning
\nchosen you to salvation through <\/p>\n

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\nsanctification of the Spirit and
\nbelief of the truth. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, what about Romans 17 verse
\n8 which speaks of names written <\/p>\n

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\nin the book of life?
\nThe phrase written in the book <\/p>\n

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\nof life from the foundation of
\nthe world. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it tells us categorically
\nthat in God’s purpose He <\/p>\n

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\nidentified us by name more than
\n6000 years ago. <\/p>\n

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\nSo before Noah built the ark,
\nGod knew that you would be <\/p>\n

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\ncalled.
\nWhen David was a shepherd boy <\/p>\n

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\nwandering the hills of Israel,
\nGod had already included you in <\/p>\n

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\nhis purpose.
\nHe’s real brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nand He’s involved in our own
\npersonal daily lives. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd since our birth, He’s been
\ninvolved every step of the way, <\/p>\n

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\nshaping and moulding our
\ncharacters, teaching us to <\/p>\n

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\nrespond.
\nIt’s an incredible thought for <\/p>\n

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\nus to get our head around.
\nThat is the work of the spirit <\/p>\n

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\nthat surrounds us individually
\ntoday. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, what that tells us,
\nbrothers and sisters, is that if<\/p>\n

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\nwe love him, he has a good
\noutcome in mind. <\/p>\n

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\nSo all of the things that
\nhappened to us in life, never <\/p>\n

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\nforget.
\nGod has a good outcome in mind. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s his purpose, that’s his
\nobjective. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, obviously going through the
\nwhole subject of predestination <\/p>\n

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\nis not our plan today, but
\nsuffice it to say, God knows <\/p>\n

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\neverything in advance and He’s
\npredetermined certain things in <\/p>\n

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\nadvance.
\nOur core is one of those. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the outcome is not
\nguaranteed for us, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, Salvation is not
\nguaranteed. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not a case, as the churches
\nteach, once saved, always saved.<\/p>\n

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\nIt is possible for us, if we so
\nchoose, to live in a way that <\/p>\n

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\nhas the names blotted out of the
\nbook of life. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I love the fact that God’s
\nperspective is that our names <\/p>\n

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\nare already there.
\nAs I said to the teens, we’re <\/p>\n

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\ntalking to them this morning.
\nIt’s not like there’s a letter <\/p>\n

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\nof righteousness and that we
\nhave to somehow claw our way up <\/p>\n

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\nto a certain level before God
\nwill grudgingly say, oh, you’ve <\/p>\n

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\nreached enough of a height.
\nI’ll now give you the light, the<\/p>\n

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\nKingdom.
\nOur names are already in the <\/p>\n

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\nbook of life, and our Father
\nwants us to respond in love and <\/p>\n

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\nobedience so that our names stay
\nwritten in the book of life and <\/p>\n

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\ndon’t get blotted out.
\nSo the question for us this <\/p>\n

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\nmorning is if God’s been working
\nfor thousands of years, bringing<\/p>\n

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\nabout the events that would
\nbring us into existence and <\/p>\n

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\nbring us to a point where we
\ncould hear about and accept the <\/p>\n

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\ngospel call, Is he still working
\nin our daily lives? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, of course, to ask the
\nquestion is to answer it, isn’t <\/p>\n

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\nit?
\nPhilippians one verse 6 being <\/p>\n

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\nconfident of this very thing
\nthat he which hath begun a good <\/p>\n

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\nwork in you will perform it
\nuntil the day of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nHe never stops that work.
\nBrothers and sisters, he’s <\/p>\n

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\nworking in our lives and he will
\nkeep performing that until the <\/p>\n

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\nday when our Lord actually
\nreturns. <\/p>\n

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\nSo how is God working in our
\nlives today? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s have a look at a few
\npassages, and I’d like us to, <\/p>\n

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\nand they’re passages we’re
\nfamiliar with, but I’d like us <\/p>\n

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\njust to think through the
\nimplications of what this <\/p>\n

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\nrequires in terms of God’s
\ninvolvement in our daily life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd actually, we’re going to
\nlook at, I don’t know, maybe <\/p>\n

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\nhalf a dozen passages.
\nThe Scriptures are bound with <\/p>\n

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\nstatements like this, and every
\none of them beg us to stop and <\/p>\n

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\nthink, what are the implications
\nof these little passages? <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s start with this one.
\nThe Lord’s Prayer, part of the <\/p>\n

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\nLord’s Prayer, lead us not into
\ntemptation, but deliver us from <\/p>\n

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\nevil.
\nWhat’s being asked for here and <\/p>\n

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\nhow does God actually going to
\ndo this? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, possibly through the word
\nwill help, but how does God lead<\/p>\n

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\nus in a way that avoids
\ntemptation? <\/p>\n

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\nDoes God literally actually
\ndeliver us from evil? <\/p>\n

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\nThis implies that God’s changing
\nevents that happen in our lives.<\/p>\n

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\nThe implications of this are
\nactually quite far reaching. <\/p>\n

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\nOr another little passage we’re
\nreally familiar with, Hebrews <\/p>\n

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\n12, verse 5.
\nYou’ve forgotten the excitation <\/p>\n

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\nwhich speaks unto you as
\nchildren, my son, despise not <\/p>\n

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\nthou the chastening of the Lord,
\nnor faint when thou art rebuked <\/p>\n

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\nof him.
\nFor whom the Lord loveth, He <\/p>\n

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\nchasteneth, and scourgeth every
\nson whom he receiveth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he’s drawing on the analogy
\nof a father training and <\/p>\n

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\ndeveloping a child.
\nBut we look at those words and <\/p>\n

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\nwe ask ourselves the question,
\nhow? <\/p>\n

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\nHow does God actually chasten
\nus? <\/p>\n

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\nHow does God actually scourge
\nus? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we have to come to the
\nconclusion this is through <\/p>\n

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\nevents and things that happen in
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nThey might be things that people
\nsay, they might be events that <\/p>\n

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\ntake place, but God’s clearly
\nchanging and making use of a <\/p>\n

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\nwhole series of events in our
\nown personal lives. <\/p>\n

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\nBut when we stop and think about
\nit, imagine all of the different<\/p>\n

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\nthings that he had to manage to
\nbring that event to pass. <\/p>\n

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\nImagine that I don’t know 1250
\nthings, 13,000 things that God <\/p>\n

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\ndid to bring about an outcome
\nfrom a particular set of <\/p>\n

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\ncircumstances.
\nThe complexity of what that <\/p>\n

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\nrequires is quite extraordinary
\nto stop and think about. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, what about this one?
\nThere is no temptation that’s <\/p>\n

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\ntaken you, but such as is common
\nto man, God’s faithful, he won’t<\/p>\n

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\nsuffer us to be tempted above
\nfor what we are able, but he <\/p>\n

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\nwill with the temptation also
\nmake a way to escape that we <\/p>\n

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\nmight be able to bear it.
\nNow, there’s lots of <\/p>\n

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\nimplications that come from that
\npassage. <\/p>\n

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\nIt means that when we run into
\nchallenges in life and they test<\/p>\n

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\nour faithfulness or our
\ncommitment to the principles of <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s holiness, He’s saying
\nthere that God makes a way to <\/p>\n

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\nescape.
\nThe question for us this morning<\/p>\n

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\nis how is it a comment that a
\nbrother or sister makes to us <\/p>\n

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\nthat helps?
\nIs it something we happened to <\/p>\n

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\nread in the daily readings that
\ntime? <\/p>\n

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\nIs it the result of influence of
\nother events that have caused us<\/p>\n

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\nto think a certain way so that
\nwe have the ability to overcome <\/p>\n

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\nthat trial or temptation when
\nit’s placed in front of us? <\/p>\n

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\nHow does God make a way to
\nescape this is this is bringing <\/p>\n

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\nus face to face with the reality
\nof a God who’s actually working <\/p>\n

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\nactively in all the things that
\nwe that we have or come across <\/p>\n

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\nin daily life.
\nAll the all the experiences, all<\/p>\n

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\nthe thoughts that flood into our
\nminds. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a very active end.
\nIt’s encompassing. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s swirling around us in the
\nvarious events. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, what about this one?
\nThe rod of the wicked will not <\/p>\n

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\nrest upon the lot of the
\nrighteous, lest the righteous <\/p>\n

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\nput forth their hands into
\niniquity. <\/p>\n

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\nSo what he’s basically saying is
\nthat yes, things will happen in <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nThere are wicked people around. <\/p>\n

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\nThe consequences of that will be
\nfelt like a rod, which feels <\/p>\n

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\nlike it’s beating us at times.
\nBut he says the rod of the <\/p>\n

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\nwicked will not rest so heavily
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\niniquity.
\nSo how does that work? <\/p>\n

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\nThat means God’s working in the
\nlife of the wicked person or <\/p>\n

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\nevents around them or in our
\nlife to release the pressure <\/p>\n

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\nthat would otherwise have broken
\nus. <\/p>\n

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\nThis simple little statement,
\nScriptures are bound with them. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the implications of all of
\nthese little phrases that it <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:56,960 –> 00:22:00,040
\ntells us, it brings us face to
\nface with the fact that there’s <\/p>\n

326
\n00:22:00,040 –> 00:22:03,920
\na God who through his Spirit,
\nthrough his power, is working <\/p>\n

327
\n00:22:03,960 –> 00:22:06,800
\nactively in all the events of
\ndaily life. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:22:07,200 –> 00:22:08,680
\nHere’s another one that we’re
\nfamiliar with. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:22:10,080 –> 00:22:13,800
\nPaul says at the end of his
\nlife, the Lord will deliver me <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:14,000 –> 00:22:19,200
\nfrom every evil work and will
\npreserve me unto his heavenly <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:19,200 –> 00:22:21,760
\nKingdom.
\nSo now we have the work of the <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:21,760 –> 00:22:25,240
\nSpirit in our own lives, both of
\nthe sisters working with the <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:25,240 –> 00:22:28,640
\nSaints to bring them safely to
\nhis Kingdom. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:29,840 –> 00:22:32,640
\nSo there’s something which is
\nhappening in the life of God’s <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:32,640 –> 00:22:37,360
\npeople, something which is more
\nthan just the influence of the <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:37,360 –> 00:22:41,600
\nBible, and something which is
\nmore than just God’s Holy Spirit<\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:41,640 –> 00:22:44,840
\npower or his spirit power
\nenergizing and sustaining <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:45,000 –> 00:22:48,320
\neverything in this universe.
\nWhat we’re coming face to face <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:48,320 –> 00:22:52,520
\nwith now is God’s personal hand
\ninvolved in our lives. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:52,760 –> 00:22:56,920
\nIt’s what we rather goodly refer
\nto as Providence. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:59,120 –> 00:23:01,600
\nAnd Providence is something we
\nsay yes, here we understand that<\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:01,600 –> 00:23:03,480
\nGod works in our lives.
\nDo we? <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:05,120 –> 00:23:10,240
\nDo we really think through what
\nit means to have God’s hand <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:10,280 –> 00:23:14,560
\ninvolved in all of these
\ndifferent facets of our own <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:14,760 –> 00:23:19,560
\npersonal lives?
\nThen the Bible says, in all thy <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:19,560 –> 00:23:23,200
\nways acknowledge Him and he
\nshall direct thy paths. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:23,200 –> 00:23:27,600
\nProverbs 3, verse 6.
\nHow does God actually direct <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:27,600 –> 00:23:30,160
\ntheir paths?
\nAnd what we’re now going to look<\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:30,160 –> 00:23:33,440
\nat is the way in which the
\nSpirit of God works in the lives<\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:33,480 –> 00:23:37,600
\nof His people through the work
\nof the angels, because they’re <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:37,600 –> 00:23:39,600
\nthe instruments of his Holy
\nSpirit power. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:39,760 –> 00:23:43,000
\nThey are spirit beings.
\nThis is God’s spirit power <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:43,000 –> 00:23:46,440
\nworking in our lives.
\nAnd he works through the agency <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:46,680 –> 00:23:51,280
\nof these immortal beings that we
\nknow of as the angels, an <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:51,280 –> 00:23:54,280
\nextraordinary army in heaven and
\nin earth. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:56,720 –> 00:23:59,360
\nYou know, the subject of the
\nangels is such an interesting <\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:59,360 –> 00:24:02,120
\none.
\nWe just get blinkered by all the<\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:02,120 –> 00:24:07,120
\nmundane things of daily life and
\nit’s it’s so seldom we stop and <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:07,120 –> 00:24:11,840
\nlook back and as it were, see
\nthe the heavenly host at work in<\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:11,840 –> 00:24:14,520
\nour daily lives.
\nDothan. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:15,760 –> 00:24:19,920
\nRemember the incident at Dothan?
\nThe Syrian Army came and <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:19,920 –> 00:24:23,600
\nsurrounded the city because they
\nwanted to capture one particular<\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:23,600 –> 00:24:25,920
\nperson in the city, so they
\nbesieged it. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:26,600 –> 00:24:31,360
\nWho’s the person they’re after?
\nAnybody know Brother Jenny? <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:32,080 –> 00:24:35,520
\nElisha, Elisha’s in the city.
\nThe Assyrian, the Syrian king, <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:35,520 –> 00:24:37,640
\nsorry, wants to come and capture
\nElisha. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:37,800 –> 00:24:40,600
\nSo he besieges the city.
\nAnd in the morning, Elisha’s <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:40,600 –> 00:24:42,840
\nservant gets up.
\nHe looks over the wall and he <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:42,840 –> 00:24:45,840
\nsees all of the armies of the
\nSyrians around him. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:45,960 –> 00:24:49,640
\nAnd he absolutely panics.
\nWhen he turns to his master, <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:49,880 –> 00:24:52,760
\nhe’s just sitting there carrying
\non with daily life, looking <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:52,760 –> 00:24:55,480
\ncompletely unconcerned, quite
\nrelaxed. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:55,840 –> 00:24:58,520
\nMaster, Master, look at all the
\narmies around us. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:59,480 –> 00:25:05,960
\nAnd Elisha says, armies of him,
\nwe’ve got more for us than there<\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:05,960 –> 00:25:08,560
\nbe for them.
\nAnd then he does a little pray, <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:08,560 –> 00:25:11,480
\nhe said, just open his eyes,
\nwill you please? <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:12,360 –> 00:25:16,200
\nAnd and the scales drop from the
\nservant’s eyes, and suddenly he <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:16,200 –> 00:25:21,920
\nsees this host of horses and
\nChariots and soldiers of fire on<\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:21,920 –> 00:25:25,800
\nall the hills all roundabout.
\nWhat an extraordinary thing. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:29,160 –> 00:25:32,880
\nDo we see them?
\nAre they there today? <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:32,880 –> 00:25:37,760
\nWell, we can go through the
\npsalmist season. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:37,760 –> 00:25:41,320
\nPsalm 103 verse Psalm.
\nWhere is it? <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:41,320 –> 00:25:46,920
\nPsalm 34, verse 7.
\nThe Angel of Yahweh encampeth <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:47,160 –> 00:25:50,480
\nround about them that fear him
\nand delivereth him. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:51,320 –> 00:25:55,160
\nDo we believe it?
\nIt’s telling us that what the <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:55,200 –> 00:26:01,520
\nservant at Dauphin saw is there
\ntoday, that the angels of Yahweh<\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:01,560 –> 00:26:05,920
\nare encamping round about us.
\nUnfortunately, like the Servant,<\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:05,920 –> 00:26:08,440
\nwe can’t see them, but they’re
\nthere. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:10,000 –> 00:26:12,360
\nAnd that’s an extraordinary
\nconcept for us to get our heads <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:12,360 –> 00:26:14,240
\naround.
\nBrothers and sisters, they are <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:14,240 –> 00:26:17,520
\nthere.
\nSo let’s just clothe this <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:17,520 –> 00:26:20,040
\nconcept with a little more
\ndetail and hopefully that’ll <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:20,040 –> 00:26:24,520
\nhelp us see the angels a little
\nmore clearly in terms of our <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:24,520 –> 00:26:26,240
\ndaily lives.
\nFirst of all, the word Angel <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:26,240 –> 00:26:29,560
\nmeans messenger.
\nThese are God’s servants who do <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:29,560 –> 00:26:33,040
\nHis will.
\nThey’re described in Psalm 104, <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:33,040 –> 00:26:36,600
\nverse 4 as being angels or
\nspirits. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:36,800 –> 00:26:41,320
\nHis ministers are flaming fire.
\nWell, that’s what the servant of<\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:41,320 –> 00:26:45,480
\nElisha in Dothan actually saw.
\nHe saw the flaming fire. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:45,680 –> 00:26:48,160
\nSo they’re described here as
\nbeing God’s ministers. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:48,400 –> 00:26:51,720
\nHe’s made his angels spirits.
\nThe word spirits is our word <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:51,720 –> 00:26:56,160
\nruach, the Hebrew word for
\nspirit, the breathing out the <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:56,160 –> 00:26:58,960
\nconcept of an energy source
\nthat’s come from God. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:59,240 –> 00:27:03,480
\nThis is God’s spirit now
\nembodied in spirit beings. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:03,680 –> 00:27:08,760
\nHe’s made as ministers A flaming
\nfire or Psalm 103, verse 20. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:08,760 –> 00:27:13,760
\nBless Yahweh, ye His angels that
\nexcel in strength, but do His <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:13,760 –> 00:27:16,240
\ncommandments hearkening to the
\nvoice of His Word. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:16,240 –> 00:27:21,760
\nBless ye Yahweh, or ye His host,
\nye ministers of His that do His <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:21,760 –> 00:27:26,040
\npleasure.
\nWhen it says angels excel in <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:26,040 –> 00:27:29,200
\nstrength, The Word excel the
\nidea of Gabor the mighty <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:29,200 –> 00:27:33,040
\nwarrior, but they excel in
\nstrength. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:33,040 –> 00:27:35,080
\nThat Word strength is an
\ninteresting one. <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:35,360 –> 00:27:40,120
\nKOA, the theological word book
\nsays in aesthetic sense, it <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:40,120 –> 00:27:44,520
\nsuggests the capacity to endure,
\nbut more commonly expresses <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:44,520 –> 00:27:50,120
\npotency and capacity to produce.
\nThese angels, brothers and <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:50,120 –> 00:27:56,120
\nsisters around us are mighty
\nwarriors who are patent, potent,<\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:56,520 –> 00:27:59,520
\nsorry, should I say potent.
\nThey have their potency, the <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:59,520 –> 00:28:03,800
\nability to actually deliver what
\nit is that God wants them to <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:03,800 –> 00:28:07,160
\nactually do.
\nThey’re mighty warriors with <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:07,160 –> 00:28:09,560
\nenormous potency.
\nSo. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:09,680 –> 00:28:13,360
\nSo let’s sit back, as it were,
\nin our seats and see those <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:13,360 –> 00:28:16,120
\nangels at work.
\nThey could be in the room here. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:16,280 –> 00:28:19,560
\nThey certainly surround us, and
\nthey’re involved in our daily <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:19,560 –> 00:28:22,520
\nlives day by day.
\nI’d like you to come with me, <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:22,520 –> 00:28:26,720
\nplease, to Hebrews one.
\nFirst of all, in Hebrews 1, the <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:26,720 –> 00:28:29,640
\napostle picks up this one of
\nthose quotes that we’ve just <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:29,640 –> 00:28:32,720
\nlooked at from the Psalms,
\nHebrews 1. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:34,920 –> 00:28:39,040
\nTalking about the angels being
\nflaming spirits of fire. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:39,720 –> 00:28:50,480
\nHebrews 1, And we’ll pick up the
\nrecord in verse seven of the <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:50,480 –> 00:28:52,960
\nangels.
\nHe said, Who maketh his Angel <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:52,960 –> 00:28:56,400
\nspirits and his ministers a
\nflame of fire. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:56,520 –> 00:28:59,120
\nSo there’s the quote from Psalm
\n104, but this time, of course, <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:59,120 –> 00:29:01,240
\nit’s using the word Numa or
\nponephma. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:01,720 –> 00:29:06,120
\nHe makes his Angel spirits, the
\nNuma, a flame of fire. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:06,360 –> 00:29:09,000
\nLook at how he ascribes him at
\nthe end of the chapter, verse <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:09,000 –> 00:29:11,840
\n14.
\nAre they not all ministering <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:11,840 –> 00:29:16,520
\nspirits sent forth to minister
\nfor them who shall be the heirs <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:16,680 –> 00:29:20,440
\nof salvation?
\nSo if we’re heirs of salvation, <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:20,600 –> 00:29:24,280
\nthe angel’s been sent forth to
\nbe ministering spirits. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:24,280 –> 00:29:26,120
\nThe word spirits is pneuma
\nagain. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:26,480 –> 00:29:30,880
\nBut the word ministering letter
\njicos, I have no idea how to <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:30,880 –> 00:29:33,480
\npronounce it in the Greek.
\nIt’s a word that’s got 12 <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:33,480 –> 00:29:36,760
\nletters in it, but it has the
\nidea actually of a public <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:36,760 –> 00:29:42,120
\nservant, someone who’s been
\nengaged by the state to work on <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:42,120 –> 00:29:44,760
\nbehalf of the state in public
\nservice. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:45,800 –> 00:29:48,520
\nAnd so these public servants
\nhave been chosen, he said, to <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:48,520 –> 00:29:52,560
\nminister diaconia, which we get
\nwe’re Deacon from, to be <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:52,560 –> 00:29:56,000
\nservants for those who are heirs
\nof salvation. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:56,160 –> 00:29:59,800
\nSo this introduces to us the
\nconcept of the angels actually <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:59,800 –> 00:30:03,880
\nworking actively in our daily
\nlives as we’re heirs of <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:03,880 –> 00:30:06,920
\nsalvation.
\nAnd they’re, they’re there on <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:06,920 –> 00:30:10,320
\nbehalf of the Saints.
\nInteresting to use that word, <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:10,320 –> 00:30:15,200
\nservants of the angels working
\non behalf of the Saints. <\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:17,960 –> 00:30:20,640
\nSo think about the angels who
\nare involved in our personal <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:20,640 –> 00:30:25,000
\nlives.
\nI, I wonder if they have names. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:27,000 –> 00:30:30,640
\nProbably there are angels in
\nScripture who are named. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:32,360 –> 00:30:36,720
\nSo there are angels that are
\nactually personally involved in <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:36,800 –> 00:30:40,840
\nour daily lives, and it makes us
\nquite thoughtful because on one <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:40,840 –> 00:30:45,440
\nhand they’re described as being
\nministering servants, and on the<\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:45,440 –> 00:30:49,360
\nother hand they’re being
\ndescribed as a flame of fire. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:51,080 –> 00:30:54,920
\nThose are the beings that God’s
\nworking through in our own daily<\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:54,920 –> 00:30:57,080
\nlives.
\nOf course, they’re not visible <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:57,240 –> 00:30:59,800
\nto our mortal eyes, but one day
\nthey will be. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:00,800 –> 00:31:04,680
\nNow these angels are intensely
\nand passionately involved in <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:04,680 –> 00:31:08,160
\ntheir work, and so our Lord gave
\nthat little warning in Matthew <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:08,160 –> 00:31:10,960
\n18.
\nTake heed that ye despise not <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:10,960 –> 00:31:14,680
\none of these little ones, for I
\nsay unto you that in heaven <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:14,680 –> 00:31:17,560
\nthey’re angels.
\nDo always behold the face of my <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:17,560 –> 00:31:21,240
\nFather, which is in heaven.
\nNow there’s a lot of <\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:21,240 –> 00:31:23,520
\nimplications from that simple
\nlittle statement. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:24,640 –> 00:31:26,400
\nHow do we treat our brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:26,720 –> 00:31:28,960
\nHow do we interact with those
\naround us? <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:29,240 –> 00:31:33,120
\nDo we do things which cause a
\nfence or stumbling blocks to <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:33,120 –> 00:31:36,280
\nmake somebody else’s journey to
\nthe Kingdom a little harder? <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:36,280 –> 00:31:40,160
\nAnd when he says don’t cause a
\nfence, he says because they’re <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:40,160 –> 00:31:42,880
\nangels.
\nBehold the face of my Father in <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:42,880 –> 00:31:45,280
\nheaven.
\nWhat’s he implying? <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:48,080 –> 00:31:51,880
\nIt’s a warning.
\nThere’s a threat actually <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:51,880 –> 00:31:55,560
\nimplied on those words, but if
\nwe harm our brothers and <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:55,560 –> 00:31:59,840
\nsisters, their angels will
\ncommunicate directly with God <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:59,840 –> 00:32:02,960
\nabout them.
\nAnd that tells us how intensely <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:02,960 –> 00:32:05,800
\nactive the angels are in caring
\nfor each one of us. <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:06,000 –> 00:32:09,520
\nAnd it also brings very clearly
\nhome to us our responsibilities <\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:09,840 –> 00:32:12,720
\nto care for one another in
\necclesial life, because we’re <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:12,720 –> 00:32:17,120
\nworking together with the Elohim
\nwho surround us and are involved<\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:17,240 –> 00:32:20,000
\nin the daily life of our
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:20,440 –> 00:32:24,200
\nYou know, in Psalm 91, there’s a
\npassage which is, is a prophecy <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:24,200 –> 00:32:25,680
\nof the work of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:25,680 –> 00:32:29,760
\nHe quotes it in his temptation,
\nPsalm 91, verse 11. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:29,760 –> 00:32:31,640
\nAnd in fact, actually it’s
\nquoted against him. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:31,640 –> 00:32:35,960
\nShould I say in in the in the in
\nhis temptation, it’s written, he<\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:35,960 –> 00:32:40,280
\nshall give his angels charge
\nover thee to keep thee in all <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:40,280 –> 00:32:43,320
\nthy ways.
\nBut just think about the words <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:43,320 –> 00:32:46,640
\nthemselves.
\nPsalm 91 verse 11 He gives his <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:46,680 –> 00:32:52,560
\nangels charge over thee to keep
\nthee in all thy ways. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:32:53,640 –> 00:32:55,280
\nNow does that apply only to
\nChrist? <\/p>\n

497
\n00:32:56,960 –> 00:33:00,840
\nOr has God-given instructions to
\nthe angels to keep us as well? <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:02,320 –> 00:33:05,080
\nWell, the psalmist uses the
\nexact same expression in <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:05,080 –> 00:33:09,080
\nrelation to himself.
\nPsalm 71 verse 1 Be thou sorry. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:09,080 –> 00:33:12,800
\nVerse 3 Be thou my strong
\nhabitation, whereunto I may <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:12,800 –> 00:33:18,800
\ncontinually resort, Thou hast
\ngiven commandment to save me. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:19,000 –> 00:33:21,880
\nIt’s that same phrase, given a
\ncharge. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:23,240 –> 00:33:26,600
\nWell, when God gave a charge to
\nsave David, who did he give it <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:26,600 –> 00:33:28,600
\nto?
\nTo the angels. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:30,120 –> 00:33:33,360
\nSo God’s actively involved in
\nour personal life through the <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:33,360 –> 00:33:37,280
\nwork of these very angels.
\nIn the words of Brother Roberts,<\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:38,320 –> 00:33:42,680
\nthe doctrine of angelic
\nsupervision is therefore not a <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:42,680 –> 00:33:46,680
\nmere drapery of description.
\nThis is not some sort of <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:46,880 –> 00:33:51,400
\nrhetorical flourish to talk
\nabout angelic supervision, he <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:51,400 –> 00:33:53,760
\nsaid.
\nIt’s the revelation of a literal<\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:53,760 –> 00:33:59,640
\nfact in which the children of
\nGod are invited to place their <\/p>\n

512
\n00:33:59,640 –> 00:34:04,880
\nfaith, and of which God’s
\nvouchsafed vouchsafed numerous <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:05,080 –> 00:34:07,880
\npalpable illustrations in the
\nages that have passed. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:08,080 –> 00:34:11,480
\nIn fact, the book Ways of
\nProvidence is predominantly <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:11,880 –> 00:34:15,280
\ntracking through the examples in
\nScripture of how God’s <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:15,280 –> 00:34:18,199
\nprovidential work actually does
\nwork and apply. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:18,360 –> 00:34:20,239
\nIt’s a great book.
\nIt’s actually a comparatively <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:20,239 –> 00:34:23,040
\neasy one to read.
\nAnd it just takes us through the<\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:23,040 –> 00:34:26,639
\nsweep of history and shows how
\nGod, through his angels, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:26,840 –> 00:34:31,320
\nprovidentially works in the life
\nof men and women who have become<\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:31,560 –> 00:34:34,239
\nhis sons and daughters.
\nAnd as he says, he’s about to <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:34,239 –> 00:34:38,920
\ngrant the most striking of all
\nexemplifications when the Lord <\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:38,920 –> 00:34:42,679
\nJesus Christ returns with a
\nmultitudinous revenue of the <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:42,679 –> 00:34:47,120
\nglorious host.
\nSo we ask ourselves the question<\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:47,120 –> 00:34:49,960
\nagain.
\nAnd the light of those concepts <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:50,840 –> 00:34:55,159
\nis God’s Spirit working in our
\npersonal lives today? <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:56,120 –> 00:34:57,680
\nAnd the answer is emphatically
\nyes. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:57,680 –> 00:35:02,400
\nGod’s Holy Spirit embodied in
\nspirit beings is actually <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:02,400 –> 00:35:06,200
\ninvolved through all the
\ncircumstances of daily life, <\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:06,680 –> 00:35:10,600
\nmoving events, moving people to
\nachieve God’s purpose for us. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:12,000 –> 00:35:15,040
\nSo how do they do that?
\nWell, what we’re going to do now<\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:15,040 –> 00:35:18,880
\nis just consider a few examples,
\njust a couple of examples from <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:18,880 –> 00:35:22,120
\nScripture which show us the way
\nin which God moves and changes <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:22,120 –> 00:35:24,200
\nevents.
\nNow let’s start with kings, <\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:24,760 –> 00:35:28,160
\nthose that and often we think
\nabout Providence as yes, God’s <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:28,160 –> 00:35:31,480
\nhands are working and moving all
\nthe big events of the nations, <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:31,680 –> 00:35:35,200
\nappointing this ruler, removing
\nthat ruler, moving these nations<\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:35,200 –> 00:35:37,200
\nand that those nations.
\nAnd that’s true. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:37,360 –> 00:35:39,960
\nBut we’ll go from there to the
\nsmall things of life. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:40,520 –> 00:35:43,520
\nSo let’s pick up first of all,
\nDaniel chapter 2, verse 21. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:43,800 –> 00:35:46,960
\nHe, God changes the times and
\nthe seasons. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:47,000 –> 00:35:50,880
\nHe gives wisdom to the wise.
\nHe removes kings and sets up <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:50,880 –> 00:35:54,320
\nkings.
\nSo the question is how? <\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:55,720 –> 00:35:58,920
\nWhat does it mean that he
\nchanges times and seasons? <\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:01,000 –> 00:36:05,360
\nSo I mean he speeds some things
\nup, he slows some things down. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:07,040 –> 00:36:10,560
\nHe gives wisdom to the wise.
\nThat’s an that’s a combination <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:10,560 –> 00:36:13,280
\nof things.
\nIt can be wisdom that comes from<\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:13,280 –> 00:36:16,000
\nthe word of God.
\nIt can be wisdom that’s learnt <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:16,240 –> 00:36:20,720
\nthrough experiences.
\nBut he removes kings, he sets up<\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:20,720 –> 00:36:23,800
\nkings.
\nAnd then when the King’s on the <\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:23,800 –> 00:36:27,560
\nthrone, Proverbs 21 tells us the
\nKing’s heart is in the hand of <\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:27,560 –> 00:36:29,640
\nYahweh, like the rivers of
\nwater. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:29,920 –> 00:36:31,880
\nHe turns it with us so ever he
\nwill. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:32,520 –> 00:36:34,800
\nIn the South Island in New
\nZealand, we have these things <\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:34,800 –> 00:36:38,440
\ncalled braided rivers.
\nThey’re quite wide river beds. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:38,800 –> 00:36:43,440
\nThey’re full of of shingle.
\nThe widest 1 is about 1.6 <\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:43,440 –> 00:36:47,400
\nkilometres wide when you cross
\nit across the Rukai River on <\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:47,400 –> 00:36:49,160
\nbridge.
\nSo these are big riverbeds. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:49,720 –> 00:36:52,440
\nWhen they’re in flood, they’re
\nback-to-back. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:53,440 –> 00:36:57,000
\nThen when the flood reduces,
\nyou’ve got these braided <\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:57,000 –> 00:37:00,120
\nstreams, ribbons of water, which
\njust flow through the shingle <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:00,120 –> 00:37:01,760
\nbed.
\nNext time there’s a flood that <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:01,760 –> 00:37:04,000
\nchanges course.
\nAnd I look at those and I look <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:04,000 –> 00:37:08,040
\nat this passage, and God just
\nturns the heart of the kings in <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:08,040 –> 00:37:10,640
\nthe same way that those rivers
\njust change their course, <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:10,640 –> 00:37:15,720
\nmeandering down those riverbeds.
\nGod’s totally in control of <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:15,720 –> 00:37:18,520
\nthese kings and what they
\nactually do. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:19,160 –> 00:37:21,280
\nNow, there’s a wonderful
\nillustration of that. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:21,280 –> 00:37:23,320
\nWe won’t turn it up.
\nIt’s a passage we’re familiar <\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:23,320 –> 00:37:24,720
\nwith.
\nBut there’s a wonderful <\/p>\n

571
\n00:37:24,720 –> 00:37:28,000
\nillustration of that in Daniel
\nchapter 10, which also <\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:28,080 –> 00:37:33,360
\nemphasizes again how God works
\nso that when his Spirit is <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:33,360 –> 00:37:36,600
\ninvolved in working in the lives
\nof people, when angelically <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:36,960 –> 00:37:41,680
\nprovidentially he’s supervising,
\nhe never overrules the concept <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:41,840 –> 00:37:45,200
\nof someone’s free will, their
\nability to make choices. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:46,200 –> 00:37:48,320
\nThere are consequences if they
\nmake this decision. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:48,320 –> 00:37:50,280
\nThere are consequences if they
\nmake that one. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:50,560 –> 00:37:54,160
\nBut he doesn’t go in and just
\ntweak to force them to do <\/p>\n

579
\n00:37:54,160 –> 00:37:58,280
\nsomething involuntarily.
\nAnd the classic example of that <\/p>\n

580
\n00:37:58,280 –> 00:38:03,400
\nis in in Daniel chapter 10,
\nverse 13, when the Angel said to<\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:03,400 –> 00:38:08,760
\nDaniel that the reason he hadn’t
\ncome for 21 days was because the<\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:08,760 –> 00:38:13,040
\nPrince of Persia had been
\nwithstanding him for 21 days. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:13,240 –> 00:38:16,320
\nNow just think about what that
\nmeans in terms of God’s work in <\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:16,320 –> 00:38:18,000
\nthe life of the Prince of
\nPersia. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:38:19,120 –> 00:38:23,000
\nDid God have the ability to
\nreach in and go, you know what? <\/p>\n

586
\n00:38:23,240 –> 00:38:26,880
\nI want the king to do this twig
\nand the king does it. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:38:29,440 –> 00:38:34,840
\nSo why did he take 21 days?
\nBecause he was working in the <\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:34,840 –> 00:38:39,400
\ncircumstances around the king
\nfor the king to make the call <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:39,400 –> 00:38:42,640
\nthat God wanted him to make.
\nHow does he do that? <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:43,640 –> 00:38:45,760
\nDid he bring some people in to
\nsay something for free? <\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:46,440 –> 00:38:48,320
\nWas it a health issue that
\narose? <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:48,760 –> 00:38:51,400
\nWas it some circumstance that
\nhappened in the Kingdom? <\/p>\n

593
\n00:38:51,520 –> 00:38:53,600
\nWas it a natural event that
\nhappened here? <\/p>\n

594
\n00:38:53,840 –> 00:38:58,800
\nOr was it a combination of 5000
\nof those things as he works on <\/p>\n

595
\n00:38:58,800 –> 00:39:02,680
\nthe heart of the King of Persia
\nto do what God wanted him to <\/p>\n

596
\n00:39:02,760 –> 00:39:06,760
\nactually do without working in
\nthere and going in a nanosecond <\/p>\n

597
\n00:39:06,800 –> 00:39:10,960
\ntweak and just forcing him to do
\nsomething in particular because <\/p>\n

598
\n00:39:10,960 –> 00:39:15,120
\nthat’s not God’s way.
\nAnd if three weeks seems like a <\/p>\n

599
\n00:39:15,120 –> 00:39:21,080
\nlong time, I suspect sometimes
\nit takes the angels more than <\/p>\n

600
\n00:39:21,080 –> 00:39:25,920
\nthree weeks to get us to respond
\non things which he wants us to <\/p>\n

601
\n00:39:25,920 –> 00:39:29,640
\ndo.
\nIt’s an ongoing process of God’s<\/p>\n

602
\n00:39:29,640 –> 00:39:32,720
\nwork with us in daily life.
\nAll right, try this one For <\/p>\n

603
\n00:39:32,720 –> 00:39:37,880
\nsheer omnipotence in scale.
\nYou see these things come up in <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:38,120 –> 00:39:40,880
\nall these different little nooks
\nand crannies of Scripture. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:41,320 –> 00:39:43,920
\nSo Israel were told that they
\nhad to go out three times a year<\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:44,080 –> 00:39:47,640
\nto worship God, but that was
\ngoing to cause a problem, a <\/p>\n

607
\n00:39:47,640 –> 00:39:50,600
\nrisk.
\nWhat about all the nations <\/p>\n

608
\n00:39:50,600 –> 00:39:52,240
\naround you?
\nImagine if you were one of <\/p>\n

609
\n00:39:52,240 –> 00:39:55,440
\nIsrael’s enemies and you live
\njust across the backfields and <\/p>\n

610
\n00:39:55,440 –> 00:39:57,720
\nyou knew that all the men were
\ngoing to disappear down to <\/p>\n

611
\n00:39:57,720 –> 00:40:01,960
\nJerusalem on this day.
\nWell, when would you time your <\/p>\n

612
\n00:40:01,960 –> 00:40:05,760
\ninvasion?
\nOh, this is a problem. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:40:06,280 –> 00:40:10,280
\nAnd so God says Exodus 34 verse
\n23, Neither shall any man <\/p>\n

614
\n00:40:10,280 –> 00:40:14,320
\ndesire, sorry, it should be thy
\nland, desire thy land, when thou<\/p>\n

615
\n00:40:14,320 –> 00:40:17,600
\nshalt go up to appear before
\nYahweh thy God three times in a <\/p>\n

616
\n00:40:17,600 –> 00:40:20,040
\nyear.
\nHow exactly did God achieve <\/p>\n

617
\n00:40:20,040 –> 00:40:22,720
\nthat?
\nSo that nobody in their enemies <\/p>\n

618
\n00:40:22,720 –> 00:40:26,600
\ncountries, their kings, they’re
\nsoldiers, they’re captains, <\/p>\n

619
\n00:40:26,600 –> 00:40:30,320
\nthey’re populists, none of them
\ndecided to take advantage of the<\/p>\n

620
\n00:40:30,320 –> 00:40:35,120
\nfact that all the men had gone
\nto Jerusalem 3 * a year on <\/p>\n

621
\n00:40:35,120 –> 00:40:39,360
\npredetermined dates.
\nGod just made sure that none of <\/p>\n

622
\n00:40:39,360 –> 00:40:43,440
\nthose enemies decided to desire
\nthat outcome at that particular <\/p>\n

623
\n00:40:43,440 –> 00:40:45,840
\npoint in time.
\nJust little passages like this <\/p>\n

624
\n00:40:45,840 –> 00:40:49,720
\nshow us the scale on which God’s
\nhand was involved. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:40:49,920 –> 00:40:52,080
\nWell, let’s go very small on our
\npersonal lives. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:40:52,560 –> 00:40:55,960
\nThe steps of a good man are
\nordered by Yahweh. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:40:56,720 –> 00:41:00,200
\nHe delights in his ways.
\nThough he fall, He shall not be <\/p>\n

628
\n00:41:00,200 –> 00:41:04,240
\nutterly cast down, for Yahweh
\nupholdeth him with His hand. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:14,680
\nThat little phrase, the steps
\nthat’s small, that’s each little<\/p>\n

630
\n00:41:14,680 –> 00:41:20,680
\nchoice, each little step that we
\ntake in life, the steps of a <\/p>\n

631
\n00:41:20,680 –> 00:41:27,040
\ngood man are ordered by Yah.
\nWhen we fall, God’s hands there <\/p>\n

632
\n00:41:27,320 –> 00:41:31,160
\nto lift us back up again.
\nHow does that work? <\/p>\n

633
\n00:41:31,160 –> 00:41:33,840
\nBrothers and sisters?
\nLet’s get out not just our head,<\/p>\n

634
\n00:41:33,840 –> 00:41:38,800
\nbut also our heart around the
\nconcept of God working that <\/p>\n

635
\n00:41:38,800 –> 00:41:42,120
\nminutely in our personal daily
\nlives. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:41:45,120 –> 00:41:47,520
\nSo what’s the point that comes
\nfrom this, Brothers and sisters?<\/p>\n

637
\n00:41:48,840 –> 00:41:53,560
\nThe point that comes from this
\nis that we must never lose sight<\/p>\n

638
\n00:41:54,680 –> 00:41:57,560
\nof the work, that angelic
\npresence, the work of <\/p>\n

639
\n00:41:57,560 –> 00:42:01,320
\nProvidence, God’s Spirit working
\nin our daily lives. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:42:02,560 –> 00:42:06,760
\nAnd the objective of us
\nconsidering this topic is to try<\/p>\n

641
\n00:42:06,760 –> 00:42:11,600
\nand clothe with reality the
\nthings that we can’t see. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:42:14,280 –> 00:42:17,440
\nMoses was able to endure an
\nenormous amount. <\/p>\n

643
\n00:42:17,440 –> 00:42:19,680
\nHe made some very big choices in
\nlife. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:42:20,240 –> 00:42:26,440
\nHe turned his back on the riches
\nof Egypt and he wasn’t scared of<\/p>\n

645
\n00:42:26,440 –> 00:42:31,240
\nthe anger of a mighty Pharaoh.
\nWhy Hebrews 11 verse 27. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:42:31,800 –> 00:42:38,760
\nHe endured as seeing him who is
\ninvisible Now sometimes we see <\/p>\n

647
\n00:42:38,760 –> 00:42:41,000
\nthe hand of Providence in in the
\nbig things of life. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:42:41,320 –> 00:42:44,960
\nWe see spectacular examples of
\nsomeone on their journey of <\/p>\n

649
\n00:42:44,960 –> 00:42:46,440
\nbeing brought to a knowledge of
\nthe truth. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:42:46,440 –> 00:42:50,640
\nAnd we say that’s that’s
\ntremendously wonderful, but <\/p>\n

651
\n00:42:50,640 –> 00:42:53,920
\nactually the work of the
\ncountless myriads of the angels <\/p>\n

652
\n00:42:53,920 –> 00:42:58,360
\ninvolved in their own daily life
\nis just mind boggling to try and<\/p>\n

653
\n00:42:58,360 –> 00:43:03,160
\ncomprehend that little phrase.
\nLead us not into temptation, but<\/p>\n

654
\n00:43:03,160 –> 00:43:06,560
\ndeliver us from evil.
\nDoes God do that once in your <\/p>\n

655
\n00:43:06,560 –> 00:43:09,520
\nlife?
\nIs he going to do it in 2026 on <\/p>\n

656
\n00:43:09,520 –> 00:43:13,200
\nthe 17th of March?
\nOr is that a daily thing? <\/p>\n

657
\n00:43:15,000 –> 00:43:18,960
\nHow many times a day does God
\ndeliver us from evil? <\/p>\n

658
\n00:43:19,760 –> 00:43:23,400
\nHow many times a day does God
\nhelp lead us away from <\/p>\n

659
\n00:43:23,400 –> 00:43:27,080
\ntemptations that we may not have
\nbeen able to actually withstand?<\/p>\n

660
\n00:43:27,680 –> 00:43:30,920
\nAnd I suspect the work of the
\nangels is a much more integral <\/p>\n

661
\n00:43:30,920 –> 00:43:34,920
\npart of our daily life than we
\noften stop and think about. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:43:35,560 –> 00:43:41,680
\nWhen God wants a given outcome,
\na given choice or decision, how <\/p>\n

663
\n00:43:41,680 –> 00:43:47,080
\nmany years does he begin to work
\nin advance to achieve that on <\/p>\n

664
\n00:43:47,080 –> 00:43:50,520
\nthat particular day when we make
\nthat particular fateful <\/p>\n

665
\n00:43:50,520 –> 00:43:53,640
\ndecision?
\nAnd in how many other people’s <\/p>\n

666
\n00:43:53,640 –> 00:43:58,840
\nlives has he also been working
\nto bring about that particular <\/p>\n

667
\n00:43:58,880 –> 00:44:02,840
\ncircumstance?
\nAnd when he’s doing that, he’s <\/p>\n

668
\n00:44:02,840 –> 00:44:06,320
\ndoing that in all the
\ncircumstances of life, But not <\/p>\n

669
\n00:44:06,320 –> 00:44:08,960
\njust for you, for all our
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:44:09,640 –> 00:44:11,920
\nAnd at the same time, he’s
\nmanaging all the affairs of the <\/p>\n

671
\n00:44:12,080 –> 00:44:14,360
\nof the nations to bring about
\nthe return of his son. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:44:14,360 –> 00:44:19,800
\nOur standing concepts to think
\nabout brothers and sisters, mind<\/p>\n

673
\n00:44:19,800 –> 00:44:24,640
\nblowing things to actually think
\nabout now. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:44:24,640 –> 00:44:27,760
\nIt’s very, it’s very reassuring
\nand it’s very humble to think of<\/p>\n

675
\n00:44:27,760 –> 00:44:29,560
\nthe work of the angels like
\nthat. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:44:30,680 –> 00:44:34,240
\nBut if that’s impressive and
\nthought provoking, what happens <\/p>\n

677
\n00:44:34,240 –> 00:44:38,680
\nwhen we stop to think about the
\nrole of our Lord Jesus Christ in<\/p>\n

678
\n00:44:38,680 –> 00:44:43,600
\nthat particular world, and we
\ncan’t actually properly <\/p>\n

679
\n00:44:43,600 –> 00:44:47,080
\ncomprehend the subject without
\nthinking about the work of <\/p>\n

680
\n00:44:47,080 –> 00:44:49,840
\nChrist in this particular
\npassage? <\/p>\n

681
\n00:44:50,480 –> 00:44:53,240
\nI’d like you to come with me
\nactually to Hebrews 2. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:44:55,320 –> 00:44:59,680
\nIn Hebrews 2 we’re told that in
\nthe days of our mortality our <\/p>\n

683
\n00:44:59,680 –> 00:45:02,600
\nLord was made a little lower
\nthan the angels. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:45:03,040 –> 00:45:09,200
\nHebrews 2 and we’ll pick it up.
\nIn verse 9 we see Jesus, Jesus, <\/p>\n

685
\n00:45:09,480 –> 00:45:13,240
\nwho was made a little lower than
\nthe angels for the suffering of <\/p>\n

686
\n00:45:13,240 –> 00:45:17,680
\ndeath, now cremated with glory.
\nAnd I Or in verse 16, verily He <\/p>\n

687
\n00:45:17,680 –> 00:45:21,280
\ntook not on him the nature of
\nangels, but He took on him the <\/p>\n

688
\n00:45:21,280 –> 00:45:26,080
\nseed of Abraham.
\nSo our Lord, when He came in the<\/p>\n

689
\n00:45:26,080 –> 00:45:30,080
\ndays of His mortality, was made
\na little lower than the angels. <\/p>\n

690
\n00:45:31,320 –> 00:45:37,280
\nBut now, as it says in Hebrews
\none, if you turn back Hebrews <\/p>\n

691
\n00:45:37,280 –> 00:45:42,480
\none, verse three, who being in
\nthe brightness of his glory, the<\/p>\n

692
\n00:45:42,480 –> 00:45:45,960
\nexpress image of His person,
\nupholding all things by the word<\/p>\n

693
\n00:45:45,960 –> 00:45:50,240
\nof his power, when He had by
\nhimself purged our sins, sat <\/p>\n

694
\n00:45:50,240 –> 00:45:52,960
\ndown on the right hand of the
\nmajesty on high, being made so <\/p>\n

695
\n00:45:52,960 –> 00:45:57,880
\nmuch better than the angels, as
\nHe’s obtained by inheritance a <\/p>\n

696
\n00:45:57,880 –> 00:46:01,720
\nmore excellent name than they.
\nSo the record’s telling us that <\/p>\n

697
\n00:46:01,920 –> 00:46:04,760
\nto begin with, He was made lower
\nthan the angels. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:46:04,760 –> 00:46:09,080
\nNow it says that he’s now being
\nmade so much more than the <\/p>\n

699
\n00:46:09,080 –> 00:46:11,480
\nangels.
\nThat’s a radical change. <\/p>\n

700
\n00:46:12,560 –> 00:46:15,680
\nAnd in his words to the
\ndisciples, Matthew 28, So this <\/p>\n

701
\n00:46:15,680 –> 00:46:19,520
\nis after His resurrection,
\nMatthew 28, verse 18, Jesus came<\/p>\n

702
\n00:46:19,520 –> 00:46:23,600
\nand spoke to him saying all
\npower is given to me in heaven <\/p>\n

703
\n00:46:23,640 –> 00:46:27,760
\nand earth.
\nSo now all power is put into the<\/p>\n

704
\n00:46:27,760 –> 00:46:31,040
\nhands of the Lord and we’re told
\nhim first to Peter that <\/p>\n

705
\n00:46:31,040 –> 00:46:33,440
\nexplicitly includes the work of
\nthe angels. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:46:33,640 –> 00:46:36,720
\nHe’s gone into heaven.
\nHe’s on the right hand of God, <\/p>\n

707
\n00:46:36,880 –> 00:46:40,760
\nangels and authorities and
\npowers being made subject unto <\/p>\n

708
\n00:46:40,760 –> 00:46:44,560
\nthem.
\nFirst to Peter three and verse 2<\/p>\n

709
\n00:46:44,800 –> 00:46:48,240
\nthat tells us, brothers and
\nsisters, that our Lord now is <\/p>\n

710
\n00:46:48,240 –> 00:46:52,840
\npersonally in control of the
\nwork of the angels. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:46:53,040 –> 00:46:58,480
\nHe’s taking a direct personal
\ninterest in that work in our own<\/p>\n

712
\n00:46:58,480 –> 00:47:04,560
\ndaily lives, and our Lord wants
\nus to allow Him. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:47:04,560 –> 00:47:09,200
\nAnd I’m using these words
\ncarefully to allow Him into our <\/p>\n

714
\n00:47:09,200 –> 00:47:13,760
\ndaily lives to work with us.
\nYou know how it’s described in <\/p>\n

715
\n00:47:13,760 –> 00:47:17,960
\nScripture.
\nIt’s described as Him knocking <\/p>\n

716
\n00:47:20,240 –> 00:47:27,920
\non the door asking us to open
\nour lives up so that He can do <\/p>\n

717
\n00:47:27,920 –> 00:47:30,480
\nthat work.
\nRevelation 3, verse 20. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:47:30,480 –> 00:47:32,800
\nBehold, I stand at the door and
\nknock. <\/p>\n

719
\n00:47:33,160 –> 00:47:37,240
\nIf any man hear my voice and
\nopen the door, I’ll come into <\/p>\n

720
\n00:47:37,240 –> 00:47:40,800
\nit.
\nAnd then ultimately will suck <\/p>\n

721
\n00:47:40,800 –> 00:47:45,560
\nwith him and he with me, the
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:47:45,840 –> 00:47:50,280
\nOur Lord says he wanted to do
\nthat with our brothers and <\/p>\n

723
\n00:47:50,280 –> 00:47:58,520
\nsisters and layer to see him
\nwretched, miserable, poor, blind<\/p>\n

724
\n00:47:59,520 –> 00:48:03,560
\nand naked.
\nThat’s what he wanted to do with<\/p>\n

725
\n00:48:03,640 –> 00:48:08,200
\nthem.
\nSo what’s he wanting to do with <\/p>\n

726
\n00:48:08,200 –> 00:48:14,440
\nus and the subject of Christ
\nabiding in US, Christ dwelling <\/p>\n

727
\n00:48:14,440 –> 00:48:20,120
\nin US or God abiding in US is
\nactually quite a theme in the <\/p>\n

728
\n00:48:20,120 –> 00:48:22,080
\nNew Testament, quite a beautiful
\nthing. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:48:24,000 –> 00:48:29,040
\nHe wants His Spirit to dwell in
\nus now, His way of thinking, so <\/p>\n

730
\n00:48:29,040 –> 00:48:31,960
\nthat He can actually rule in our
\nhearts. <\/p>\n

731
\n00:48:33,240 –> 00:48:35,880
\nThat passage we’ve looked at
\nbefore, Romans 8, verse nine. <\/p>\n

732
\n00:48:35,880 –> 00:48:38,520
\nYeah, not in the flesh, but in
\nthe Spirit. <\/p>\n

733
\n00:48:39,080 –> 00:48:42,400
\nIf so be that the Spirit of God
\ndwell in you. <\/p>\n

734
\n00:48:43,000 –> 00:48:46,360
\nNow if any man have not the
\nSpirit of Christ, he is none of <\/p>\n

735
\n00:48:46,360 –> 00:48:50,440
\nhis.
\nSo as Christ is supervising that<\/p>\n

736
\n00:48:50,440 –> 00:48:55,040
\nwork, how does Christ come to
\ndwell in US? <\/p>\n

737
\n00:48:55,040 –> 00:48:58,480
\nAnd there’s a wonderful theme
\nand scripture of Christ abiding <\/p>\n

738
\n00:48:58,480 –> 00:49:04,000
\nin US as the Word comes to dwell
\nin US, and we change to start <\/p>\n

739
\n00:49:04,000 –> 00:49:09,400
\nthinking like him and like God.
\nLook at these passages Ephesians<\/p>\n

740
\n00:49:09,400 –> 00:49:15,480
\n3 verse 17 that Christ might
\ndwell in your hearts by faith. <\/p>\n

741
\n00:49:17,760 –> 00:49:22,280
\nFor John 14 verse 23, Jesus
\nanswered and said unto him, If a<\/p>\n

742
\n00:49:22,280 –> 00:49:29,640
\nman loves me, he’ll keep my
\nwords, and my Father will love <\/p>\n

743
\n00:49:29,640 –> 00:49:37,240
\nhim, and we will come unto him
\nand make our abode with him. <\/p>\n

744
\n00:49:38,320 –> 00:49:41,840
\nThis is the sense in which
\nChrist wants to dwell in us now <\/p>\n

745
\n00:49:42,360 –> 00:49:46,400
\nas we learn from the Word, and
\ntheir minds change, and we start<\/p>\n

746
\n00:49:46,400 –> 00:49:49,200
\nworking with the Lord dwelling
\nin US. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:49:49,560 –> 00:49:55,320
\nOr Colossians 3 verse 16, Let
\nthe word of Christ dwell in you <\/p>\n

748
\n00:49:55,320 –> 00:50:01,640
\nrichly in all wisdom.
\nOr 1 John 2 verse 24. <\/p>\n

749
\n00:50:03,240 –> 00:50:05,920
\nThere’s actually three different
\nwords there in the English. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:50:06,720 –> 00:50:08,760
\nIt’s all the same Greek word for
\nabide. <\/p>\n

751
\n00:50:09,840 –> 00:50:14,480
\nLet that therefore abide in you,
\nwhich you’ve heard from the <\/p>\n

752
\n00:50:14,480 –> 00:50:17,120
\nbeginning.
\nNotice the emphasis here on the <\/p>\n

753
\n00:50:17,120 –> 00:50:19,560
\nword and hearing what’s being
\nsaid. <\/p>\n

754
\n00:50:19,600 –> 00:50:21,080
\nYou’ve heard this from the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n

755
\n00:50:21,680 –> 00:50:25,040
\nIf that which you’ve heard from
\nthe beginning shall abide in <\/p>\n

756
\n00:50:25,040 –> 00:50:30,080
\nyou, ye also shall abide in the
\nSon and in the Father. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:50:31,960 –> 00:50:37,600
\nIf he abide in me, and my words
\nabide in you, you shall ask what<\/p>\n

758
\n00:50:37,600 –> 00:50:41,160
\nyou will, and it shall be done
\nunto you. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:50:42,880 –> 00:50:46,680
\nAnd as Christ continues to work
\nin our life, as the Spirit of <\/p>\n

760
\n00:50:46,680 –> 00:50:50,680
\nChrist dwells in US, brothers
\nand sisters, as our minds are <\/p>\n

761
\n00:50:50,680 –> 00:50:53,280
\nrenewed, the spirit of our mind
\nis renewed. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:50:53,280 –> 00:50:57,720
\nAs we’ve looked at during our
\nstudies, that work continues. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:50:58,160 –> 00:51:02,960
\nThat work of angelic supervision
\ncontinues until the point that <\/p>\n

764
\n00:51:02,960 –> 00:51:05,400
\nour Lord require our Lord
\nactually returns. <\/p>\n

765
\n00:51:06,960 –> 00:51:10,440
\nYou know, we’re in Hebrews.
\nJust go back to Hebrews 2 verse <\/p>\n

766
\n00:51:10,440 –> 00:51:14,760
\n10.
\nHe’s Speaking of the captain of <\/p>\n

767
\n00:51:14,760 –> 00:51:17,360
\nthis, of our salvation made
\nperfect through suffering. <\/p>\n

768
\n00:51:17,360 –> 00:51:20,600
\nBut there’s a little phrase
\nthere, Hebrews 2 verse 10, which<\/p>\n

769
\n00:51:20,600 –> 00:51:24,240
\nI want to pick up on.
\nIt became him for whom are all <\/p>\n

770
\n00:51:24,240 –> 00:51:28,760
\nthings, by whom are all things
\nin bringing, in bringing many <\/p>\n

771
\n00:51:28,760 –> 00:51:32,080
\nsons to glory, to make the
\ncaptain of their salvation <\/p>\n

772
\n00:51:32,080 –> 00:51:35,640
\nperfect through sufferings.
\nLet’s pick up that little phrase<\/p>\n

773
\n00:51:36,120 –> 00:51:43,680
\nin bringing many sons to glory.
\nThat’s the process, that’s the <\/p>\n

774
\n00:51:43,680 –> 00:51:45,360
\nobjective.
\nThat’s actually what this is <\/p>\n

775
\n00:51:45,360 –> 00:51:49,240
\nabout.
\nThe work of our Lord is the <\/p>\n

776
\n00:51:49,240 –> 00:51:52,960
\ncaptain of our salvation, is to
\nactually bring many sons and <\/p>\n

777
\n00:51:52,960 –> 00:51:56,560
\ndaughters, many children of God,
\nthrough that process bringing <\/p>\n

778
\n00:51:56,560 –> 00:52:00,760
\nmany sons to glory.
\nAnd when our Lord returns, if he<\/p>\n

779
\n00:52:00,760 –> 00:52:06,400
\nsees a reflection, a reflection
\nof His Spirit in us, if he sees <\/p>\n

780
\n00:52:06,400 –> 00:52:10,880
\nthat the way he thinks is now
\ndwelling in us, then he will <\/p>\n

781
\n00:52:10,880 –> 00:52:15,200
\ncomplete that process of
\nbringing many sons and daughters<\/p>\n

782
\n00:52:15,200 –> 00:52:18,800
\nto glory.
\nThere’s a couple of passages to <\/p>\n

783
\n00:52:18,800 –> 00:52:20,880
\nlook at now, brothers and
\nsisters, because it shows us <\/p>\n

784
\n00:52:20,880 –> 00:52:23,840
\nthat actually that there’s a
\nbasis, there’s a set of <\/p>\n

785
\n00:52:23,840 –> 00:52:25,880
\nprinciples upon which that
\nhappens. <\/p>\n

786
\n00:52:26,320 –> 00:52:29,480
\nThis first one relates to the
\nLord Jesus Christ himself <\/p>\n

787
\n00:52:30,520 –> 00:52:33,320
\nconcerning his Son, Jesus Christ
\nour Lord, which was made of the <\/p>\n

788
\n00:52:33,320 –> 00:52:38,640
\nseed of David according to the
\nflesh, declared to be the Son of<\/p>\n

789
\n00:52:38,640 –> 00:52:43,640
\nGod with power.
\nAnd note these words according <\/p>\n

790
\n00:52:43,640 –> 00:52:47,400
\nto the spirit of wholeness by
\nthe resurrection from the dead. <\/p>\n

791
\n00:52:47,400 –> 00:52:49,560
\nIt’s an interesting little
\nstatement. <\/p>\n

792
\n00:52:50,560 –> 00:52:54,320
\nSo here’s the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nwho also was made perfect <\/p>\n

793
\n00:52:54,320 –> 00:52:57,200
\nthrough suffering in bringing
\nmany sons to glory. <\/p>\n

794
\n00:52:57,360 –> 00:53:00,000
\nHe’s been declared to be the Son
\nof God with power. <\/p>\n

795
\n00:53:00,000 –> 00:53:03,040
\nWhy?
\nWell, it was according to that <\/p>\n

796
\n00:53:03,040 –> 00:53:06,880
\nspirit of holiness that was our
\nLord. <\/p>\n

797
\n00:53:07,560 –> 00:53:09,800
\nHe exhibited that spirit of
\nholiness. <\/p>\n

798
\n00:53:10,320 –> 00:53:13,560
\nAnd according to that spirit of
\nholiness, he’s now been <\/p>\n

799
\n00:53:14,320 –> 00:53:17,760
\nresurrected from the dead and
\ndeclared to be the Son of God <\/p>\n

800
\n00:53:17,760 –> 00:53:21,280
\nwith power.
\nAnd what he wants to develop <\/p>\n

801
\n00:53:21,280 –> 00:53:25,200
\nwithin us, brothers and sisters,
\nis that same spirit dwelling in <\/p>\n

802
\n00:53:25,200 –> 00:53:29,400
\nUS, that spirit of holiness, so
\nthat then he can take us through<\/p>\n

803
\n00:53:29,400 –> 00:53:32,200
\nthe same process.
\nNow look at this passage now <\/p>\n

804
\n00:53:32,240 –> 00:53:40,240
\nfrom Romans 8.
\nIf the spirit of him that raised<\/p>\n

805
\n00:53:40,240 –> 00:53:44,800
\nup Jesus from the dead dwells in
\nyou, that’s the spirit mind that<\/p>\n

806
\n00:53:44,800 –> 00:53:47,440
\nwe’ve looked at, learning to
\nthink in a different way, <\/p>\n

807
\n00:53:47,760 –> 00:53:52,200
\nlearning to show the Spirit of
\nChrist, learning from His Word <\/p>\n

808
\n00:53:52,360 –> 00:53:56,240
\nin our hearts and minds.
\nIf that Spirit dwells in US, <\/p>\n

809
\n00:53:57,280 –> 00:54:01,280
\nthen he that raised up Christ
\nfrom the dead will also give <\/p>\n

810
\n00:54:01,280 –> 00:54:05,880
\nlife to our mortal bodies.
\nAnd in the AV it says by his <\/p>\n

811
\n00:54:05,880 –> 00:54:07,640
\nspirit that dwelleth in you.
\nIf you have a look in the <\/p>\n

812
\n00:54:07,640 –> 00:54:13,360
\nmargin, it says because of as
\nthe phrase means because of his <\/p>\n

813
\n00:54:13,360 –> 00:54:17,480
\nspirit that dwelleth in you.
\nAnd there’s a guarantee for us, <\/p>\n

814
\n00:54:17,480 –> 00:54:20,800
\nbrothers and sisters, that as
\nthe Spirit of Christ comes to <\/p>\n

815
\n00:54:20,800 –> 00:54:27,000
\ndwell in us, as he said, if that
\nspirit dwells in us, then the <\/p>\n

816
\n00:54:27,000 –> 00:54:30,840
\nsame God who raised up Christ
\nfrom the dead will give life to <\/p>\n

817
\n00:54:30,840 –> 00:54:35,440
\nour mortal bodies because of his
\nSpirit that dwells in US. <\/p>\n

818
\n00:54:35,560 –> 00:54:39,960
\nHe will see that reflection in
\nour own weak, feeble ways as <\/p>\n

819
\n00:54:39,960 –> 00:54:43,320
\nwe’re learning to reflect and
\nchange our mind to be more like <\/p>\n

820
\n00:54:43,320 –> 00:54:44,960
\nthat.
\nHe’ll look at us, brothers and <\/p>\n

821
\n00:54:44,960 –> 00:54:47,320
\nsisters, and he’ll say I love
\nthat spirit. <\/p>\n

822
\n00:54:48,160 –> 00:54:52,440
\nAnd because of that spirit, the
\npower that raised up his son <\/p>\n

823
\n00:54:52,440 –> 00:54:57,520
\nfrom the dead and made him the
\nking over all, that same power <\/p>\n

824
\n00:54:57,680 –> 00:55:01,600
\nwill grant us immortality.
\nIt’s an extraordinary thought of<\/p>\n

825
\n00:55:02,040 –> 00:55:06,200
\nthe thing to think about on
\naccount the Berean literal Bible<\/p>\n

826
\n00:55:06,200 –> 00:55:10,320
\nsays He will give life to your
\nwater bodies on account of His <\/p>\n

827
\n00:55:10,320 –> 00:55:15,760
\nSpirit dwelling in US.
\nWe’re running short on time. <\/p>\n

828
\n00:55:15,760 –> 00:55:18,480
\nI was going to turn up Second of
\nthe Corinthians, chapter 3. <\/p>\n

829
\n00:55:18,480 –> 00:55:20,360
\nIt’s a passage you’ll be
\nfamiliar with, so I’m going to <\/p>\n

830
\n00:55:20,360 –> 00:55:24,000
\nread it out to you now.
\nThe Lord is that spirit. <\/p>\n

831
\n00:55:24,000 –> 00:55:26,440
\nSo think about this brothers and
\nsisters, in terms of the topic <\/p>\n

832
\n00:55:26,600 –> 00:55:29,320
\nthat we’ve been looking at.
\nThe Lord is that Spirit. <\/p>\n

833
\n00:55:29,320 –> 00:55:34,720
\nHe said where the Spirit of the
\nLord is, there is freedom. <\/p>\n

834
\n00:55:35,080 –> 00:55:40,640
\nLiberty in what sense?
\nThere’s deliverance, brothers <\/p>\n

835
\n00:55:40,640 –> 00:55:43,400
\nand sisters, from the bondage of
\nsin and death. <\/p>\n

836
\n00:55:43,640 –> 00:55:47,920
\nThere’s freedom from the trials
\nof life which bear us down. <\/p>\n

837
\n00:55:48,080 –> 00:55:51,000
\nWhere the Spirit of the Lord is,
\nthere is freedom. <\/p>\n

838
\n00:55:51,200 –> 00:55:54,880
\nBut we all with open face,
\nbeholding as in the glass, the <\/p>\n

839
\n00:55:54,880 –> 00:56:03,680
\nglory of the Lord, are changed
\ninto the same image from glory <\/p>\n

840
\n00:56:03,680 –> 00:56:08,480
\nto glory, even as by the Spirit
\nof the Lord, or as the words <\/p>\n

841
\n00:56:08,520 –> 00:56:13,360
\nlittering mean by the Lord, the
\nSpirit, the ESV translates it <\/p>\n

842
\n00:56:13,360 –> 00:56:15,000
\nnow.
\nThe Lord is the Spirit. <\/p>\n

843
\n00:56:16,480 –> 00:56:19,120
\nWhere the Spirit of the Lord is,
\nthere’s freedom. <\/p>\n

844
\n00:56:20,320 –> 00:56:25,120
\nWe all with unveiled face, we’re
\nbeholding the glory of the Lord.<\/p>\n

845
\n00:56:26,280 –> 00:56:33,600
\nWe’re being transformed into the
\nsame image from 1\u00b0 of glory to <\/p>\n

846
\n00:56:33,600 –> 00:56:38,720
\nanother.
\nFor this comes from the Lord who<\/p>\n

847
\n00:56:38,720 –> 00:56:42,400
\nis the Spirit.
\nAnd what that tells us, brothers<\/p>\n

848
\n00:56:42,400 –> 00:56:46,000
\nand sisters, is that as we go
\nthrough this changing process, <\/p>\n

849
\n00:56:46,160 –> 00:56:50,120
\nthis transforming process of the
\nwork of the Spirit that’s <\/p>\n

850
\n00:56:50,120 –> 00:56:54,560
\nworking with clay or oven
\nvessels, men and women like us, <\/p>\n

851
\n00:56:54,880 –> 00:56:58,000
\nas God’s taking us or the Lord
\nis taking us through this <\/p>\n

852
\n00:56:58,000 –> 00:57:02,000
\nprocess, it’s changing and
\ntransforming us. <\/p>\n

853
\n00:57:02,400 –> 00:57:09,880
\nAnd ultimately will be changed
\nfrom glory to glory in the image<\/p>\n

854
\n00:57:10,400 –> 00:57:14,000
\nof that glory.
\nAnd ultimately our glorious Lord<\/p>\n

855
\n00:57:14,000 –> 00:57:17,320
\nwill transform us through the
\nSpirit to be like Himself. <\/p>\n

856
\n00:57:17,840 –> 00:57:21,960
\nPhilippians 320 Who shall change
\nour vile body, that it may be <\/p>\n

857
\n00:57:21,960 –> 00:57:25,680
\nfashioned like unto His glorious
\nbody, according to the working <\/p>\n

858
\n00:57:25,680 –> 00:57:28,600
\nwhereby He’s able to subdue all
\nthings to Himself? <\/p>\n

859
\n00:57:29,480 –> 00:57:33,480
\nOr what?
\n1st Corinthians 15 verse 45 The <\/p>\n

860
\n00:57:33,480 –> 00:57:38,920
\nlast Adam was made into a life
\ngiving spirit. <\/p>\n

861
\n00:57:39,120 –> 00:57:41,280
\nWhen we see our Lord return,
\nbrothers and sisters, you know <\/p>\n

862
\n00:57:41,320 –> 00:57:44,320
\nwhat we’ll see?
\nWe’ll see a life giving spirit, <\/p>\n

863
\n00:57:44,640 –> 00:57:48,000
\nbecause the last Adam has been
\nmade a life giving spirit. <\/p>\n

864
\n00:57:48,000 –> 00:57:50,920
\nWell, what about the words of
\nour Lord to Nicodemus? <\/p>\n

865
\n00:57:51,040 –> 00:57:54,560
\nNow those words come to a
\nconclusion when the Lord says <\/p>\n

866
\n00:57:55,520 –> 00:57:59,360
\nthat which is born of spirit is
\nspirit. <\/p>\n

867
\n00:58:00,120 –> 00:58:02,880
\nAnd that’s the ultimate destiny,
\nbrothers and sisters, as we <\/p>\n

868
\n00:58:02,880 –> 00:58:06,680
\nbecome spirit beings.
\nSo that’s the journey of the <\/p>\n

869
\n00:58:06,680 –> 00:58:10,760
\nspirit, the journey that our
\nHeavenly Father is taking us <\/p>\n

870
\n00:58:10,760 –> 00:58:15,280
\nthrough.
\nSo we’ve, we’ve scratched the <\/p>\n

871
\n00:58:15,280 –> 00:58:20,400
\nsurface, as it were, of a rather
\nextraordinary journey and topic <\/p>\n

872
\n00:58:20,520 –> 00:58:23,680
\nthis week.
\nIt is God’s Spirit work in the <\/p>\n

873
\n00:58:23,680 –> 00:58:26,800
\nuniverse, in the creation, in
\nthe life of the Saints, in the <\/p>\n

874
\n00:58:26,800 –> 00:58:30,200
\npower of the word to transform
\nus, to develop the mind of God <\/p>\n

875
\n00:58:30,240 –> 00:58:33,120
\nin us.
\nBut actually what we’ve seen <\/p>\n

876
\n00:58:33,120 –> 00:58:37,640
\ntoday is that that hand also
\nworks in the lives of very <\/p>\n

877
\n00:58:37,640 –> 00:58:43,360
\nflawed individuals, people like
\nyou and me, as he’s actually <\/p>\n

878
\n00:58:43,360 –> 00:58:47,000
\nworking to help us in that
\ntransforming process. <\/p>\n

879
\n00:58:48,200 –> 00:58:52,440
\nHe’s trying to develop a spirit
\nwithin us and he wants to change<\/p>\n

880
\n00:58:52,440 –> 00:58:55,120
\nus into spirit beings for all
\neternity. <\/p>\n

881
\n00:58:57,360 –> 00:59:03,920
\nNow, as we all know, life can be
\nfull of challenges and sometimes<\/p>\n

882
\n00:59:04,120 –> 00:59:09,960
\nwe lose heart.
\nEvents get too big, or our <\/p>\n

883
\n00:59:09,960 –> 00:59:16,400
\nfailures are too overwhelming,
\nor the behaviour of others can <\/p>\n

884
\n00:59:16,400 –> 00:59:20,120
\nbe too discouraging, or we can
\njust lose sight. <\/p>\n

885
\n00:59:22,120 –> 00:59:24,200
\nThis topic gives us the
\nreassurance, brothers and <\/p>\n

886
\n00:59:24,200 –> 00:59:28,480
\nsisters, that He continues to
\nwork with us. <\/p>\n

887
\n00:59:29,720 –> 00:59:33,040
\nIt’s through His power that
\nthese things become possible. <\/p>\n

888
\n00:59:34,400 –> 00:59:37,600
\nSo in conclusion, I’d like us to
\nturn back to a passage we’ve <\/p>\n

889
\n00:59:37,600 –> 00:59:39,560
\nreferred to and looked at many
\ntimes. <\/p>\n

890
\n00:59:40,000 –> 00:59:44,880
\nRomans chapter 8.
\nThe passage when he speaks of <\/p>\n

891
\n00:59:44,880 –> 00:59:50,160
\nGod’s Spirit dwelling in US.
\nThe passage where he speaks of <\/p>\n

892
\n00:59:50,200 –> 00:59:52,760
\nall things working together for
\ngood. <\/p>\n

893
\n00:59:53,640 –> 00:59:57,960
\nThe passage where he speaks in
\nRomans 8 of God calling us <\/p>\n

894
\n00:59:58,320 –> 01:00:01,480
\nbecause He knew that He would
\nbring us into the saving name of<\/p>\n

895
\n01:00:01,480 –> 01:00:05,680
\nChrist thousands of years before
\nwe were even born. <\/p>\n

896
\n01:00:07,120 –> 01:00:11,560
\nIn verse 29 he speaks of us
\nbeing conformed to the image of <\/p>\n

897
\n01:00:11,600 –> 01:00:14,760
\nHis Son.
\nWe’ve looked at the concept of <\/p>\n

898
\n01:00:14,760 –> 01:00:17,520
\nHis foreknowledge and pre
\ndestination. <\/p>\n

899
\n01:00:18,760 –> 01:00:24,560
\nAnd overwhelmed by those
\nthoughts of the work of the <\/p>\n

900
\n01:00:24,560 –> 01:00:28,600
\nSpirit, Paul concludes with
\nthese thoughts. <\/p>\n

901
\n01:00:28,600 –> 01:00:32,120
\nVerse 31.
\nWhat should we then say to these<\/p>\n

902
\n01:00:32,120 –> 01:00:38,240
\nthings, Brothers and sisters, if
\nGod be for us, who can be <\/p>\n

903
\n01:00:38,240 –> 01:00:43,040
\nagainst us?
\nHe that spared not his own Son, <\/p>\n

904
\n01:00:43,040 –> 01:00:47,760
\nbut delivered him up for us all,
\nhow shall He not with Him also <\/p>\n

905
\n01:00:47,760 –> 01:00:54,440
\nfreely give us all things?
\nHe gave his Son for our lives, <\/p>\n

906
\n01:00:55,400 –> 01:00:57,760
\nso won’t He give us everything
\nthat’s necessary? <\/p>\n

907
\n01:00:58,760 –> 01:01:01,160
\nWho’s going to lay anything to
\nthe charge of God’s elect? <\/p>\n

908
\n01:01:01,160 –> 01:01:04,280
\nWho’s going to charge us with
\nthings? <\/p>\n

909
\n01:01:04,880 –> 01:01:08,120
\nGod?
\nWho justifies is the question. <\/p>\n

910
\n01:01:08,200 –> 01:01:11,960
\nSurely not, He said.
\nWell, verse 34, who’s going to <\/p>\n

911
\n01:01:11,960 –> 01:01:13,920
\ncondemn us?
\nChrist? <\/p>\n

912
\n01:01:13,920 –> 01:01:15,280
\nWell, Christ condemn us, he
\nsaid. <\/p>\n

913
\n01:01:15,840 –> 01:01:18,760
\nChrist is the one who died and
\nhas risen again. <\/p>\n

914
\n01:01:18,880 –> 01:01:21,880
\nHe’s at the right hand of God.
\nHe’s making a decision for us. <\/p>\n

915
\n01:01:22,040 –> 01:01:24,000
\nHe won’t sit there and condemn
\nus. <\/p>\n

916
\n01:01:24,200 –> 01:01:27,720
\nWho’s going to separate us from
\nthe love of Christ in <\/p>\n

917
\n01:01:27,720 –> 01:01:33,600
\ntribulation or distress or
\npersecution or famine or <\/p>\n

918
\n01:01:33,600 –> 01:01:37,400
\nnakedness or parent or sword?
\nHe said. <\/p>\n

919
\n01:01:37,400 –> 01:01:39,440
\nThat’s all.
\nThat’s all written in advance in<\/p>\n

920
\n01:01:39,440 –> 01:01:41,480
\nScripture.
\nFor thy sake we’re killed all <\/p>\n

921
\n01:01:41,480 –> 01:01:42,960
\nthe day long.
\nNo, he said. <\/p>\n

922
\n01:01:42,960 –> 01:01:45,200
\nIn all of these things we’re
\nmore than conquerors. <\/p>\n

923
\n01:01:45,400 –> 01:01:49,520
\nThrough him that loved us.
\nAll of these things are going to<\/p>\n

924
\n01:01:49,520 –> 01:01:53,160
\nhappen, says Paul.
\nThis is going to be our life, <\/p>\n

925
\n01:01:53,280 –> 01:01:55,600
\nsays Paul.
\nWill that remove our hope? <\/p>\n

926
\n01:01:55,600 –> 01:01:59,560
\nNo, he said.
\nI am persuaded. <\/p>\n

927
\n01:01:59,600 –> 01:02:05,800
\nHe said in verse 38 that neither
\ndeath nor life, nor angels, nor <\/p>\n

928
\n01:02:05,800 –> 01:02:09,360
\nprincipalities, nor powers,
\nthings present or things to <\/p>\n

929
\n01:02:09,360 –> 01:02:13,600
\ncome, Nothing that happens in
\nthe future, no height, no depth,<\/p>\n

930
\n01:02:13,840 –> 01:02:18,800
\nnothing, no other creation will
\nbe able to separate us from the <\/p>\n

931
\n01:02:18,800 –> 01:02:22,840
\nlove of God, which is in Christ
\nJesus our Lord. <\/p>\n

932
\n01:02:25,680 –> 01:02:31,800
\nEven death, he said, or life,
\nwon’t separate us from Christ. <\/p>\n

933
\n01:02:33,080 –> 01:02:36,800
\nNo matter what powers, what
\nevents, what enormous things are<\/p>\n

934
\n01:02:36,800 –> 01:02:40,960
\nswirling around in our lives,
\nnothing is able to actually <\/p>\n

935
\n01:02:40,960 –> 01:02:43,320
\nseparate us from the love of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

936
\n01:02:45,200 –> 01:02:48,520
\nSo what that tells us, brothers
\nand sisters, is that there is <\/p>\n

937
\n01:02:48,520 –> 01:02:54,640
\nnothing so big or so
\noverwhelming that God can’t <\/p>\n

938
\n01:02:55,200 –> 01:02:58,600
\nstill work to achieve His
\npurpose and save us. <\/p>\n

939
\n01:02:58,800 –> 01:03:03,000
\nNothing can separate us from the
\nlove of God in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n

940
\n01:03:04,000 –> 01:03:06,760
\nSo let’s be energized by that
\nfour brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

941
\n01:03:06,760 –> 01:03:10,400
\nLet’s be reassured as we resume
\nour journey through all trials <\/p>\n

942
\n01:03:10,400 –> 01:03:15,800
\nof life, the journey of the
\nSpirit, rejoicing in our <\/p>\n

943
\n01:03:15,800 –> 01:03:20,240
\nconfidence that God is actually
\nworking through our daily lives <\/p>\n

944
\n01:03:20,240 –> 01:03:24,360
\nto accomplish His work.
\nAnd by God’s grace, we’ll be <\/p>\n

945
\n01:03:24,400 –> 01:03:29,600
\nable to fully participate in His
\nSpirit power when it fills the <\/p>\n

946
\n01:03:29,640 –> 01:03:47,440
\nwhole universe with its glory.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

947
\n01:03:47,440 –> 01:03:49,040
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\npodcast. <\/p>\n

948
\n01:03:49,840 –> 01:03:52,320
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949
\n01:03:52,320 –> 01:03:54,680
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379: Mark O’Grady – The Spirit in All<\/a><\/blockquote>