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\nspectacular element of the work
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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
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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
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\naspects of our life, in the
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\nemotionally impactful as we
\nrealise the the wrap around <\/p>\n
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\ninvolvement, the all consuming
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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
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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 says 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
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\nand open unto the eyes of whom
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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 ESV says no creature is <\/p>\n
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\nhidden from his sight, but all
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\neyes of Him to whom we must give
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\nSo, brothers and sisters, that
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\nDeep, deep, deep down inside our
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\nevery closed door, inside every
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\nmotive read.
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\nGod.
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\nI suspect all of us would come
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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
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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
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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 uttermost parts<\/p>\n
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\nof the sea, and we’re still
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\nGod.
\nBut let’s just pick up a little <\/p>\n
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\nphrase in Psalm 139, in verse 9
\nand 10, he says, if I take the <\/p>\n
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\nwings of the morning and dwell
\non the uttermost parts of the <\/p>\n
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\nsea, even there shall thy hand
\nlead me, and thy right hand <\/p>\n
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\nshall 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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\nWe know that we don’t have the
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\nWe’ve discovered as we’ve gone
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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 learnt that we can develop<\/p>\n
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\nthe mind of God or the Spirit of
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\nthe pages of the word, a godly
\nway of thinking, a spiritual way<\/p>\n
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\nof 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
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\nThat doesn’t mean we have the
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\ninvolved in our daily personal
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\nThis is God, because of course
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\nSpirit power from himself.
\nThis is God active in our <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we want to finish our <\/p>\n
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\nfact that God’s work is ongoing
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\nThrough all the events that <\/p>\n
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\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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\nAnd that’s really our theme <\/p>\n
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\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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\nIf you could please turn there
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\nWe’ve talked in our studies so
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\ndevelop the Spirit of God within
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\nFor whom He did for now He also
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\nHe also justified.
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\nGod knew in advance that He was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to call you, and for
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\nbring it to parts.
\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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\nHe set in motion a whole train <\/p>\n
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\ncoming into existence. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in Psalm 139 and Speaking of
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\nChrist, but Speaking of God’s
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\nsubstance was not hid from me
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\nthem interesting concept that he
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\neverything about the existence
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\nSo he knew that we would be
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\nHe knew that we would be called.
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\nhear about the truth.
\nIt was His plan that we would be<\/p>\n
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\nbaptized as some of His chosen.
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\nAnd by the way, he doesn’t make
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\nHe says it over and over and
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\nThessalonians 2 verse 13.
\nGod hath from the beginning <\/p>\n
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\nchosen you to salvation through
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\nbelief of the truth.
\nWell, what about Romans 17 verse<\/p>\n
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\n8 which speaks of names written
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\nthe world.
\nSo it tells us categorically <\/p>\n
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\n6000 years ago.
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\nGod knew that you would be
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\nWhen David was a shepherd boy
\nwandering the hills of Israel, <\/p>\n
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\nGod had already included you in
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\nHe’s real brothers and sisters,
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\nAnd since our birth, He’s been <\/p>\n
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\ninvolved every step of the way,
\nshaping and moulding our <\/p>\n
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\ncharacters, teaching us to
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\nIt’s an incredible thought for
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\nsuffice it to say, God knows
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\nwill grudgingly say, oh, you’ve
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\none of them beg us to stop and
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\nImagine that I don’t know 1250 <\/p>\n
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\nacknowledge Him and he shall
\ndirect thy paths? <\/p>\n
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\nyou please and and the scales
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\nsuddenly he sees this host of
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\nof fire on all the hills all
\nroundabout wasn’t extraordinary <\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:53,000 –> 00:22:57,320
\nthing.
\nDo we see them? <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:59,560 –> 00:23:04,320
\nAre they there today?
\nWell, we can go through the <\/p>\n
341
\n00:23:04,320 –> 00:23:10,040
\nPsalmist says in Psalm 103 verse
\nsome where is it Psalm 34, verse<\/p>\n
342
\n00:23:10,080 –> 00:23:16,280
\n7, the Angel of Yahweh encampeth
\nround about them that fear him <\/p>\n
343
\n00:23:16,960 –> 00:23:19,480
\nand delivereth them.
\nDo we believe it? <\/p>\n
344
\n00:23:21,080 –> 00:23:25,760
\nIt’s telling us that what the
\nservant at Dauphin saw is there <\/p>\n
345
\n00:23:25,760 –> 00:23:31,200
\ntoday, that the angels of Yahweh
\nare encamping round about us. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:23:32,040 –> 00:23:35,600
\nUnfortunately, like the servant,
\nwe can’t see them, but they’re <\/p>\n
347
\n00:23:35,600 –> 00:23:38,640
\nthere.
\nAnd that’s an extraordinary <\/p>\n
348
\n00:23:38,640 –> 00:23:40,080
\nconcept for us to get our heads
\naround. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:23:40,080 –> 00:23:42,280
\nBrothers and sisters, they are
\nthere. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:23:43,160 –> 00:23:46,200
\nSo let’s just clothe this
\nconcept with a little more <\/p>\n
351
\n00:23:46,200 –> 00:23:50,240
\ndetail and hopefully that’ll
\nhelp us see the angels a little <\/p>\n
352
\n00:23:50,240 –> 00:23:52,640
\nmore clearly in terms of our
\ndaily lives. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:23:52,640 –> 00:23:54,840
\nFirst of all, the word Angel
\nmeans messenger. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:23:55,360 –> 00:23:57,640
\nThese are God’s servants who do
\nHis will. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:23:58,720 –> 00:24:03,280
\nThey’re described in Psalm 104,
\nverse 4 as being angels or <\/p>\n
356
\n00:24:03,280 –> 00:24:06,480
\nspirits.
\nHis ministers are flaming fire. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:24:06,600 –> 00:24:10,680
\nWell, that’s what the servant of
\nElijah in Dothan actually saw. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:24:11,320 –> 00:24:14,320
\nHe saw the flaming fire.
\nSo they’re described here as <\/p>\n
359
\n00:24:14,320 –> 00:24:17,840
\nbeing God’s ministers.
\nHe’s made His angels spirits. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:24:17,840 –> 00:24:21,480
\nThe word spirits is our word
\nruach, the Hebrew word for <\/p>\n
361
\n00:24:21,480 –> 00:24:25,240
\nspirit, the breathing out, the
\nconcept of an energy source <\/p>\n
362
\n00:24:25,240 –> 00:24:28,960
\nthat’s come from God.
\nThis is God’s spirit now <\/p>\n
363
\n00:24:28,960 –> 00:24:32,600
\nembodied in spirit beings.
\nHe’s made His ministers A <\/p>\n
364
\n00:24:32,640 –> 00:24:36,240
\nflaming fire for Psalm 103,
\nverse 20. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:24:36,240 –> 00:24:41,240
\nBless Yahweh, ye his angels that
\nexcel in strength, that do His <\/p>\n
366
\n00:24:41,240 –> 00:24:43,720
\ncommandments hearkening to the
\nvoice of His Word. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:24:43,720 –> 00:24:49,280
\nBless ye Yahweh or ye His host,
\nthe ministers of his that do His<\/p>\n
368
\n00:24:49,280 –> 00:24:53,520
\npleasure.
\nWhen it says angels excel in <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:53,520 –> 00:24:56,680
\nstrength, the Word excel the
\nidea of Gabor the mighty <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:56,680 –> 00:25:00,560
\nwarrior, but they excel in
\nstrength. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:00,560 –> 00:25:02,560
\nThat word strength is an
\ninteresting one. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:02,880 –> 00:25:07,080
\nCo-op, the theological word
\nbook, says in a static sense. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:07,440 –> 00:25:11,240
\nIt suggests the capacity to
\nendure, but more commonly <\/p>\n
374
\n00:25:11,240 –> 00:25:15,280
\nexpresses potency and capacity
\nto produce. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:25:16,280 –> 00:25:19,800
\nThese angels, brothers and
\nsisters around us are mighty <\/p>\n
376
\n00:25:19,800 –> 00:25:25,440
\nwarriors who are patent, potent,
\nsorry, should I say potent. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:25:25,760 –> 00:25:29,240
\nThey have their potency, the
\nability to actually deliver what<\/p>\n
378
\n00:25:29,240 –> 00:25:32,240
\nit is that God wants them to
\nactually do. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:25:33,200 –> 00:25:35,680
\nThey’re mighty warriors with
\nenormous potency. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:25:36,680 –> 00:25:38,720
\nSo.
\nSo let’s sit back, as it were, <\/p>\n
381
\n00:25:38,720 –> 00:25:41,560
\nin our seats and see those
\nangels at work. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:25:41,800 –> 00:25:45,600
\nThey could be in the room here.
\nThey certainly surround us, and <\/p>\n
383
\n00:25:45,600 –> 00:25:48,360
\nthey’re involved in our daily
\nlives day by day. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:25:48,960 –> 00:25:51,760
\nI’d like you to come with me,
\nplease, to Hebrews one. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:52,920 –> 00:25:56,000
\nFirst of all, in Hebrews 1, the
\napostle picks up this one of <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:56,000 –> 00:25:59,240
\nthose quotes that we’ve just
\nlooked at from the Psalms, <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:59,280 –> 00:26:04,120
\nHebrews 1.
\nTalking about the angels being <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:04,400 –> 00:26:11,520
\nflaming spirits of fire.
\nHebrews 1, And we’ll pick up the<\/p>\n
389
\n00:26:11,520 –> 00:26:19,920
\nrecord in verse seven of the
\nangels he saith, Who maketh his <\/p>\n
390
\n00:26:19,920 –> 00:26:23,880
\nAngel spirits and his ministers
\na flame of fire. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:26:24,000 –> 00:26:26,600
\nSo there’s the quote from Psalm
\n104, but this time, of course, <\/p>\n
392
\n00:26:26,600 –> 00:26:28,720
\nit’s using the word numa or
\npnephma. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:26:29,160 –> 00:26:33,600
\nHe makes his Angel spirits the
\nnuma, a flame of fire. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:26:33,800 –> 00:26:36,480
\nLook at how he describes him at
\nthe end of the chapter, verse <\/p>\n
395
\n00:26:36,480 –> 00:26:39,320
\n14.
\nAre they not all ministering <\/p>\n
396
\n00:26:39,320 –> 00:26:42,640
\nspirits sent forth to minister
\nfor them? <\/p>\n
397
\n00:26:42,640 –> 00:26:45,000
\nWho shall be the heirs of
\nsalvation? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:26:45,560 –> 00:26:49,840
\nSo if we’re heirs of salvation,
\nthe angel’s been sent forth to <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:49,840 –> 00:26:53,080
\nbe ministering spirits.
\nThe word spirits is pneuma <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:53,080 –> 00:26:56,120
\nagain.
\nBut the word ministering letter <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:56,120 –> 00:26:59,520
\njicos, I have no idea how to
\npronounce it in the Greek. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:59,720 –> 00:27:02,360
\nIt’s a word that’s got 12
\nletters in it, but it has the <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:02,360 –> 00:27:06,760
\nidea actually of a public
\nservant, someone who’s been <\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:06,760 –> 00:27:11,640
\nengaged by the state to work on
\nbehalf of the state in public <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:11,640 –> 00:27:14,560
\nservice.
\nAnd so these public servants <\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:14,560 –> 00:27:18,640
\nhave been chosen, he said, to
\nminister diaconia, which we get <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:18,680 –> 00:27:22,640
\nwe’re Deacon from, to be
\nservants for those who are heirs<\/p>\n
408
\n00:27:22,640 –> 00:27:25,200
\nof salvation.
\nSo this introduces to us the <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:25,200 –> 00:27:29,320
\nconcept of the angels actually
\nworking actively in our daily <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:29,320 –> 00:27:34,400
\nlives as we’re heirs of
\nsalvation and they’re there on <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:34,400 –> 00:27:37,800
\nbehalf of the Saints.
\nInteresting to use that word, <\/p>\n
412
\n00:27:37,800 –> 00:27:42,640
\nservants of the angels working
\non behalf of the Saints. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:45,440 –> 00:27:48,120
\nSo think about the angels who
\nare involved in our personal <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:48,120 –> 00:27:52,480
\nlives.
\nI, I wonder if they have names. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:54,480 –> 00:27:58,080
\nProbably there are angels in
\nScripture who are named. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:59,840 –> 00:28:04,160
\nSo there are angels that are
\nactually personally involved in <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:04,280 –> 00:28:08,320
\nour daily lives, and it makes us
\nquite thoughtful because on one <\/p>\n
418
\n00:28:08,320 –> 00:28:12,920
\nhand they’re described as being
\nministering servants, and on the<\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:12,920 –> 00:28:16,840
\nother hand they’re being
\ndescribed as a flame of fire. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:28:18,560 –> 00:28:22,360
\nThose are the beings that God’s
\nworking through in our own daily<\/p>\n
421
\n00:28:22,360 –> 00:28:24,520
\nlives.
\nOf course, they’re not visible <\/p>\n
422
\n00:28:24,720 –> 00:28:27,240
\nto our mortal eyes, but one day
\nthey will be. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:28:28,280 –> 00:28:32,160
\nNow these angels are intensely
\nand passionately involved in <\/p>\n
424
\n00:28:32,160 –> 00:28:35,600
\ntheir work, and so our Lord gave
\nthat little warning in Matthew <\/p>\n
425
\n00:28:35,640 –> 00:28:38,440
\n18.
\nTake heed that ye despise not <\/p>\n
426
\n00:28:38,440 –> 00:28:42,160
\none of these little ones, for I
\nsay unto you that in heaven <\/p>\n
427
\n00:28:42,160 –> 00:28:45,040
\nthey’re angels.
\nDo always behold the face of my <\/p>\n
428
\n00:28:45,040 –> 00:28:48,720
\nFather, which is in heaven.
\nNow there’s a lot of <\/p>\n
429
\n00:28:48,720 –> 00:28:51,000
\nimplications from that simple
\nlittle statement. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:52,120 –> 00:28:53,840
\nHow do we treat our brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:54,160 –> 00:28:56,440
\nHow do we interact with those
\naround us? <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:56,720 –> 00:29:00,600
\nDo we do things which cause
\noffence or stumbling blocks to <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:00,600 –> 00:29:03,760
\nmake somebody else’s journey to
\nthe Kingdom a little harder? <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:03,760 –> 00:29:07,600
\nAnd when he says don’t cause
\noffence, he says because they’re<\/p>\n
435
\n00:29:07,600 –> 00:29:10,320
\nangels.
\nBehold the face of my Father in <\/p>\n
436
\n00:29:10,320 –> 00:29:12,760
\nheaven.
\nWhat’s he implying? <\/p>\n
437
\n00:29:15,560 –> 00:29:19,320
\nIt’s a warning.
\nThere’s a threat actually <\/p>\n
438
\n00:29:19,360 –> 00:29:23,000
\nimplied in those words.
\nBut if we harm our brothers and <\/p>\n
439
\n00:29:23,000 –> 00:29:27,280
\nsisters, they’re angels will
\ncommunicate directly with God <\/p>\n
440
\n00:29:27,280 –> 00:29:31,560
\nabout, and that tells us how
\nintensely active the angels are <\/p>\n
441
\n00:29:31,760 –> 00:29:35,280
\nin caring for each one of us.
\nAnd it also brings very clearly <\/p>\n
442
\n00:29:35,280 –> 00:29:38,720
\nhome to us our responsibilities
\nto care for one another in <\/p>\n
443
\n00:29:38,720 –> 00:29:42,360
\necclesial life, because we’re
\nworking together with the Elohim<\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:42,360 –> 00:29:46,120
\nwho surround us and are involved
\nin the daily life of our <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:46,120 –> 00:29:49,400
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nYou know, in Psalm 91, there’s a<\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:49,440 –> 00:29:52,800
\npassage which is is a prophecy
\nof the work of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:52,800 –> 00:29:55,320
\nChrist.
\nHe quotes it in his temptation, <\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:55,760 –> 00:29:58,200
\nPsalm 91, verse 11.
\nAnd in fact, actually it’s <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:58,200 –> 00:30:01,240
\nquoted against him.
\nShould I say in in in his <\/p>\n
450
\n00:30:01,240 –> 00:30:05,400
\ntemptation, it’s written, He
\nshall give his angels charge <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:05,440 –> 00:30:08,520
\nover thee to keep thee in all
\nthy ways. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:30:09,080 –> 00:30:11,240
\nBut just think about the words
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:30:11,240 –> 00:30:18,480
\nPsalm 91 verse 11 He gives his
\nangels charge over thee to keep <\/p>\n
454
\n00:30:18,520 –> 00:30:22,280
\nthee in all thy ways.
\nNow does that apply only to <\/p>\n
455
\n00:30:22,280 –> 00:30:25,880
\nChrist?
\nOr has God-given instructions to<\/p>\n
456
\n00:30:25,880 –> 00:30:31,000
\nthe angels to keep us as well?
\nWell, the psalmist uses the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:30:31,000 –> 00:30:33,520
\nexact same expression in
\nrelation to himself. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:30:33,760 –> 00:30:38,480
\nPsalm 71 verse 1 Be thou sorry.
\nVerse 3 Be thou my strong <\/p>\n
459
\n00:30:38,480 –> 00:30:43,000
\nhabitation, whereunto I may
\ncontinually resort, Thou hast <\/p>\n
460
\n00:30:44,000 –> 00:30:48,760
\ngiven commandment to save me.
\nIt’s that same phrase, given a <\/p>\n
461
\n00:30:48,760 –> 00:30:52,720
\ncharge.
\nWell, when God gave a charge to <\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:52,720 –> 00:30:54,360
\nsave David, who did he give it
\nto? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:30:55,280 –> 00:30:59,360
\nTo the angels.
\nSo God’s actively involved in <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:59,360 –> 00:31:03,200
\nour personal life through the
\nwork of these very angels. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:03,520 –> 00:31:06,920
\nThe words of Brother Roberts.
\nThe doctrine of angelic <\/p>\n
466
\n00:31:06,920 –> 00:31:12,600
\nsupervision is therefore not a
\nmere drapery of description. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:31:13,080 –> 00:31:16,440
\nThis is not some sort of
\nrhetorical flourish to talk <\/p>\n
468
\n00:31:16,440 –> 00:31:19,080
\nabout angelic supervision, he
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:31:19,080 –> 00:31:24,520
\nIt’s the revelation of a literal
\nfact in which the children of <\/p>\n
470
\n00:31:24,520 –> 00:31:29,720
\nGod are invited to place their
\nfaith, and of which God’s <\/p>\n
471
\n00:31:29,720 –> 00:31:34,400
\nvouchsafed vouchsafed numerous
\npalpable illustrations in the <\/p>\n
472
\n00:31:34,400 –> 00:31:36,880
\nages that have passed.
\nIn fact, the book Ways of <\/p>\n
473
\n00:31:36,880 –> 00:31:41,200
\nProvidence is predominantly
\ntracking through the examples in<\/p>\n
474
\n00:31:41,200 –> 00:31:44,760
\nScripture of how God’s
\nprovidential work actually does <\/p>\n
475
\n00:31:44,840 –> 00:31:46,640
\nwork and apply.
\nIt’s a great book. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:31:46,680 –> 00:31:48,840
\nIt’s actually a comparatively
\neasy one to read. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:49,240 –> 00:31:52,720
\nAnd it just takes us through the
\nsweep of history and shows how <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:52,720 –> 00:31:56,400
\nGod, through his angels,
\nprovidentially works in the life<\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:56,600 –> 00:32:00,360
\nof men and women who have become
\nhis sons and daughters. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:32:00,560 –> 00:32:04,360
\nAnd as he says, he’s about to
\ngrant the most striking of all <\/p>\n
481
\n00:32:04,360 –> 00:32:07,840
\nexemplifications when the Lord
\nJesus Christ returns with a <\/p>\n
482
\n00:32:07,840 –> 00:32:11,640
\nmultitudinous revenue of the
\nglorious host. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:32:12,960 –> 00:32:15,120
\nSo we ask ourselves the question
\nagain. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:32:15,760 –> 00:32:21,160
\nAnd the light of those concepts
\nis God’s Spirit working in our <\/p>\n
485
\n00:32:21,160 –> 00:32:24,920
\npersonal lives today?
\nAnd the answer is emphatically <\/p>\n
486
\n00:32:24,920 –> 00:32:27,520
\nyes.
\nGod’s Holy Spirit, embodied in <\/p>\n
487
\n00:32:27,520 –> 00:32:31,800
\nspirit beings, is actually
\ninvolved through all the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:32:31,800 –> 00:32:36,280
\ncircumstances of daily life,
\nmoving events, moving people to <\/p>\n
489
\n00:32:36,280 –> 00:32:40,520
\nachieve God’s purpose for us.
\nSo how do I do that? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:32:40,520 –> 00:32:44,240
\nWell, what we’re going to do now
\nis just consider a few examples,<\/p>\n
491
\n00:32:44,960 –> 00:32:47,880
\njust a couple of examples from
\nScripture, which show us the way<\/p>\n
492
\n00:32:47,880 –> 00:32:50,080
\nin which God moves and changes
\nevents. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:32:50,320 –> 00:32:54,240
\nNow let’s start with kings,
\nthose that and often we think <\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:54,240 –> 00:32:57,280
\nabout Providence as yes, God’s
\nhands are working and moving all<\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:57,280 –> 00:33:00,920
\nthe big events of the nations,
\nappointing this ruler, removing <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:00,920 –> 00:33:03,800
\nthat ruler, moving these nations
\nand that those nations. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:33:03,960 –> 00:33:06,840
\nAnd that’s true, but we’ll go
\nfrom there to the small things <\/p>\n
498
\n00:33:06,880 –> 00:33:09,160
\nof life.
\nSo let’s pick up first of all, <\/p>\n
499
\n00:33:09,160 –> 00:33:14,000
\nDaniel chapter 2, verse 21.
\nHe God changes the times and the<\/p>\n
500
\n00:33:14,000 –> 00:33:16,000
\nseasons.
\nHe gives wisdom to the wise. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:33:16,200 –> 00:33:18,960
\nHe removes kings and sets up
\nkings. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:33:19,520 –> 00:33:24,840
\nSo the question is how, What
\ndoes it mean that he changes <\/p>\n
503
\n00:33:24,840 –> 00:33:29,640
\ntimes in seasons?
\nDoes that mean he speeds some <\/p>\n
504
\n00:33:29,640 –> 00:33:32,840
\nthings up?
\nHe slows some things down? <\/p>\n
505
\n00:33:34,560 –> 00:33:38,040
\nHe gives wisdom to the wise.
\nThat’s an that’s a combination <\/p>\n
506
\n00:33:38,040 –> 00:33:40,760
\nof things.
\nIt can be wisdom that comes from<\/p>\n
507
\n00:33:40,760 –> 00:33:43,480
\nthe word of God.
\nIt can be wisdom that’s learnt <\/p>\n
508
\n00:33:43,760 –> 00:33:47,080
\nthrough experiences.
\nBut he removes kings. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:33:47,560 –> 00:33:51,800
\nHe sets up kings and then when
\nthe King’s on the throne, <\/p>\n
510
\n00:33:52,200 –> 00:33:55,480
\nProverbs 21 tells us the King’s
\nheart is in the hand of Yahweh, <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:55,800 –> 00:33:59,000
\nlike the rivers of water.
\nHe turns it with us, whoever he <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:59,000 –> 00:34:01,160
\nwill.
\nIn the South Island in New <\/p>\n
513
\n00:34:01,160 –> 00:34:03,600
\nZealand, we have these things
\ncalled braided rivers. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:34:04,320 –> 00:34:07,920
\nThey’re quite wide river beds.
\nThey’re full of shingle. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:34:08,400 –> 00:34:12,639
\nThe widest, 1, is about 1.6
\nkilometres wide when you cross <\/p>\n
516
\n00:34:12,639 –> 00:34:15,199
\nit across the Rukai River on
\nbridge. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:34:15,199 –> 00:34:19,199
\nSo these are big riverbeds.
\nWhen they’re in flood, they’re <\/p>\n
518
\n00:34:19,199 –> 00:34:23,000
\nback-to-back.
\nThen when the flood reduces, <\/p>\n
519
\n00:34:23,280 –> 00:34:26,239
\nyou’ve got these braided
\nstreams, ribbons of water, which<\/p>\n
520
\n00:34:26,239 –> 00:34:27,800
\njust flow through the shingle
\nbed. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:34:28,199 –> 00:34:30,920
\nNext time there’s a flood, that
\nchanges course, and I look at <\/p>\n
522
\n00:34:30,920 –> 00:34:33,960
\nthose and I look at this
\npassage, and God just turns the <\/p>\n
523
\n00:34:33,960 –> 00:34:37,040
\nheart of the kings in the same
\nway that those rivers just <\/p>\n
524
\n00:34:37,040 –> 00:34:40,120
\nchange their course, meandering
\ndown those riverbeds. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:34:40,360 –> 00:34:45,080
\nGod’s totally in control of
\nthese kings and what they <\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:45,080 –> 00:34:47,639
\nactually do.
\nNow, there’s a wonderful <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:47,639 –> 00:34:49,520
\nillustration of that.
\nWe won’t turn it up. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:49,520 –> 00:34:51,000
\nIt’s a passage we’re familiar
\nwith. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:51,360 –> 00:34:53,440
\nBut there’s a wonderful
\nillustration of that in Daniel <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:53,440 –> 00:34:58,400
\nchapter 10, which also
\nemphasizes again how God works <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:59,640 –> 00:35:02,440
\nso that when his Spirit is
\ninvolved in working in the lives<\/p>\n
532
\n00:35:02,440 –> 00:35:06,320
\nof people, when angelically
\nprovidentially he’s supervising,<\/p>\n
533
\n00:35:06,560 –> 00:35:11,280
\nhe never overrules the concept
\nof someone’s free will, their <\/p>\n
534
\n00:35:11,280 –> 00:35:14,880
\nability to make choices.
\nThere are consequences if they <\/p>\n
535
\n00:35:14,880 –> 00:35:16,960
\nmake this decision.
\nThere are consequences if they <\/p>\n
536
\n00:35:16,960 –> 00:35:19,880
\nmake that one.
\nBut he doesn’t go in and just <\/p>\n
537
\n00:35:19,880 –> 00:35:23,440
\ntweak to force them to do
\nsomething involuntarily. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:35:24,160 –> 00:35:28,600
\nAnd the classic example of that
\nis in in Daniel chapter 10, <\/p>\n
539
\n00:35:28,600 –> 00:35:33,440
\nverse 13, when the Angel said to
\nDaniel that the reason he hadn’t<\/p>\n
540
\n00:35:33,440 –> 00:35:38,240
\ncome for 21 days was because the
\nPrince of Persia had been <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:38,240 –> 00:35:41,800
\nwithstanding him for 21 days.
\nNow just think about what that <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:41,800 –> 00:35:45,000
\nmeans in terms of God’s work in
\nthe life of the Prince of <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:45,000 –> 00:35:49,040
\nPersia.
\nDid God have the ability to <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:49,040 –> 00:35:52,800
\nreach in and go, you know what?
\nI want the king to do this twig <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:52,800 –> 00:35:58,520
\nand the king does it.
\nSo why did he take 21 days? <\/p>\n
546
\n00:36:00,520 –> 00:36:04,520
\nBecause he was working in the
\ncircumstances around the king <\/p>\n
547
\n00:36:05,080 –> 00:36:08,120
\nfor the king to make the call
\nthat God wanted him to make. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:36:09,160 –> 00:36:12,200
\nHow does he do that?
\nDid he bring some people in to <\/p>\n
549
\n00:36:12,200 –> 00:36:15,160
\nsay something before?
\nWas it a health issue that <\/p>\n
550
\n00:36:15,160 –> 00:36:17,760
\narose?
\nWas it some circumstance that <\/p>\n
551
\n00:36:17,760 –> 00:36:20,320
\nhappened in the Kingdom?
\nWas it a natural event that <\/p>\n
552
\n00:36:20,320 –> 00:36:23,320
\nhappened here?
\nOr was it a combination of 5000 <\/p>\n
553
\n00:36:23,320 –> 00:36:28,280
\nof those things as he works on
\nthe heart of the King of Persia <\/p>\n
554
\n00:36:28,480 –> 00:36:32,320
\nto do what God wanted him to
\nactually do without working in <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:32,320 –> 00:36:36,720
\nthere and going in a nanosecond
\ntweak and just forcing him to do<\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:36,720 –> 00:36:39,440
\nsomething in particular because
\nthat’s not God’s way. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:41,000 –> 00:36:46,880
\nAnd if three weeks seems like a
\nlong time, I suspect sometimes <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:46,920 –> 00:36:50,880
\nit takes the angels more than
\nthree weeks to get us to respond<\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:51,520 –> 00:36:53,720
\non things which he wants us to
\ndo. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:55,040 –> 00:36:58,800
\nIt’s an ongoing process of God’s
\nwork with us in daily life. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:59,040 –> 00:37:02,160
\nAll right, try this one For
\nsheer omnipotence in scale. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:37:03,400 –> 00:37:07,200
\nYou see these things come up in
\nall these different little looks<\/p>\n
563
\n00:37:07,200 –> 00:37:09,920
\nand crannies of Scripture.
\nSo Israel were told that they <\/p>\n
564
\n00:37:09,920 –> 00:37:13,680
\nhad to go up 3 * a year to
\nworship God, but that was going <\/p>\n
565
\n00:37:13,680 –> 00:37:18,040
\nto cause a problem, a risk.
\nWhat about all the nations <\/p>\n
566
\n00:37:18,040 –> 00:37:19,680
\naround you?
\nImagine if you were one of <\/p>\n
567
\n00:37:19,680 –> 00:37:22,880
\nIsrael’s enemies and you lived
\njust across the back fence and <\/p>\n
568
\n00:37:22,880 –> 00:37:25,160
\nyou knew that all the men were
\ngoing to disappear down to <\/p>\n
569
\n00:37:25,160 –> 00:37:29,400
\nJerusalem on this day.
\nWhen would you time your <\/p>\n
570
\n00:37:29,400 –> 00:37:33,200
\ninvasion?
\nOh, this is a problem. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:37:33,760 –> 00:37:36,440
\nAnd so God says Exodus 34 verse
\n23. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:36,680 –> 00:37:39,880
\nNeither shall any man desire.
\nSorry, it should be thy land, <\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:40,040 –> 00:37:43,520
\ndesire thy land when thou shalt
\ngo up to appear before Yahweh <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:43,520 –> 00:37:47,520
\nthy God three times in a year.
\nHow exactly did God achieve <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:47,520 –> 00:37:50,200
\nthat?
\nSo that nobody in their enemies <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:50,200 –> 00:37:54,080
\ncountries, their kings, they’re
\nsoldiers, they’re captains, <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:54,080 –> 00:37:57,800
\nthey’re populists, none of them
\ndecided to take advantage of the<\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:57,800 –> 00:38:02,600
\nfact that all the men had gone
\nto Jerusalem 3 * a year on <\/p>\n
579
\n00:38:02,600 –> 00:38:06,840
\npredetermined dates.
\nGod just made sure that none of <\/p>\n
580
\n00:38:06,840 –> 00:38:10,920
\nthose enemies decided to desire
\nthat outcome at that particular <\/p>\n
581
\n00:38:10,920 –> 00:38:13,320
\npoint in time.
\nJust little passages like this <\/p>\n
582
\n00:38:13,320 –> 00:38:17,200
\nshow us the scale on which God’s
\nhand was involved. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:38:17,400 –> 00:38:19,560
\nWell, let’s go very small on our
\npersonal lives. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:38:20,040 –> 00:38:23,440
\nThe steps of a good man are
\nordered by Yahweh. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:38:24,200 –> 00:38:27,680
\nHe delights in his ways.
\nThough he fall, He shall not be <\/p>\n
586
\n00:38:27,680 –> 00:38:31,720
\nutterly cast down, for Yahweh
\nupholdeth him with His hand. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:38:32,560 –> 00:38:42,160
\nThat little phrase, the steps
\nthat’s small, that’s each little<\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:42,160 –> 00:38:48,200
\nchoice, each little step that we
\ntake in life, the steps of a <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:48,200 –> 00:38:54,520
\ngood man are ordered by Yah.
\nWhen we fall God’s hands there <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:54,800 –> 00:38:59,000
\nto lift us back up again.
\nHow does that work, Brothers and<\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:59,000 –> 00:39:01,320
\nsisters?
\nLet’s get our not just our head,<\/p>\n
592
\n00:39:01,320 –> 00:39:06,280
\nbut also our heart around the
\nconcept of God working that <\/p>\n
593
\n00:39:06,280 –> 00:39:09,600
\nminutely in our personal daily
\nlives. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:39:12,600 –> 00:39:14,960
\nSo what’s the point that comes
\nfrom this, brothers and sisters?<\/p>\n
595
\n00:39:16,320 –> 00:39:21,000
\nThe point that comes from this
\nis that we must never lose sight<\/p>\n
596
\n00:39:22,160 –> 00:39:25,000
\nof the work, that angelic
\npresence, the work of <\/p>\n
597
\n00:39:25,000 –> 00:39:28,760
\nProvidence, God’s Spirit working
\nin our daily lives. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:39:30,040 –> 00:39:34,200
\nAnd the objective of us
\nconsidering this topic is to try<\/p>\n
599
\n00:39:34,200 –> 00:39:39,040
\nand clothe with reality the
\nthings that we can’t see. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:39:41,800 –> 00:39:44,920
\nMoses was able to endure an
\nenormous amount. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:39:44,920 –> 00:39:47,160
\nHe made some very big choices in
\nlife. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:47,720 –> 00:39:53,920
\nHe turned his back on the riches
\nof Egypt and he wasn’t scared of<\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:53,920 –> 00:39:58,680
\nthe anger of a mighty Pharaoh.
\nWhy Hebrews 11 verse 27? <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:59,240 –> 00:40:03,800
\nHe endured as seeing Him who is
\ninvisible. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:40:05,320 –> 00:40:08,040
\nNow sometimes we see the hand of
\nProvidence in in the big things <\/p>\n
606
\n00:40:08,040 –> 00:40:10,920
\nof life.
\nWe see spectacular examples of <\/p>\n
607
\n00:40:10,920 –> 00:40:13,560
\nsomeone on their journey of
\nbeing brought to a knowledge of <\/p>\n
608
\n00:40:13,560 –> 00:40:14,960
\nthe truth.
\nAnd we say that’s that’s <\/p>\n
609
\n00:40:15,160 –> 00:40:19,440
\ntremendously wonderful.
\nBut actually the work of the <\/p>\n
610
\n00:40:19,440 –> 00:40:23,280
\ncountless myriads of the angels
\ninvolved in their own daily life<\/p>\n
611
\n00:40:23,360 –> 00:40:28,640
\nis just mind boggling to try and
\ncomprehend that little phrase. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:40:28,760 –> 00:40:31,760
\nLead us not into temptation, but
\ndeliver us from evil. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:40:32,680 –> 00:40:34,320
\nDoes God do that once in your
\nlife? <\/p>\n
614
\n00:40:35,320 –> 00:40:38,080
\nIs he going to do it in 2026 on
\nthe 17th of March? <\/p>\n
615
\n00:40:39,640 –> 00:40:45,000
\nOr is that a daily thing?
\nHow many times a day does God <\/p>\n
616
\n00:40:45,200 –> 00:40:49,320
\ndeliver us from evil?
\nHow many times a day does God <\/p>\n
617
\n00:40:49,320 –> 00:40:52,320
\nhelp lead us away from
\ntemptations that we may not have<\/p>\n
618
\n00:40:52,320 –> 00:40:56,400
\nbeen able to actually withstand?
\nAnd I suspect the work of the <\/p>\n
619
\n00:40:56,440 –> 00:41:00,520
\nangels is a much more integral
\npart of our daily life than we <\/p>\n
620
\n00:41:00,520 –> 00:41:05,080
\noften stop and think about.
\nWhen God wants a given outcome, <\/p>\n
621
\n00:41:05,520 –> 00:41:11,600
\na given choice or decision, how
\nmany years does he begin to work<\/p>\n
622
\n00:41:11,640 –> 00:41:16,320
\nin advance to achieve that on
\nthat particular day when we make<\/p>\n
623
\n00:41:16,320 –> 00:41:18,480
\nthat particular fateful
\ndecision? <\/p>\n
624
\n00:41:19,520 –> 00:41:23,200
\nAnd in how many other people’s
\nlives has he also been working <\/p>\n
625
\n00:41:23,520 –> 00:41:27,240
\nto bring about that particular
\ncircumstance? <\/p>\n
626
\n00:41:28,160 –> 00:41:31,000
\nAnd when he’s doing that, he’s
\ndoing that in all the <\/p>\n
627
\n00:41:31,000 –> 00:41:35,520
\ncircumstances of life, but not
\njust for you, for all our <\/p>\n
628
\n00:41:35,520 –> 00:41:38,120
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nAnd at the same time, he’s <\/p>\n
629
\n00:41:38,120 –> 00:41:40,840
\nmanaging all the affairs of the
\nof the nations to bring about <\/p>\n
630
\n00:41:40,840 –> 00:41:45,640
\nthe return of his son.
\nOutstanding concepts to think <\/p>\n
631
\n00:41:45,640 –> 00:41:49,360
\nabout brothers and sisters, mind
\nblowing things to actually think<\/p>\n
632
\n00:41:49,360 –> 00:41:53,760
\nabout now.
\nIt’s very, it’s very reassuring <\/p>\n
633
\n00:41:53,760 –> 00:41:56,600
\nand it’s very humble to think of
\nthe work of the angels like <\/p>\n
634
\n00:41:56,600 –> 00:41:59,400
\nthat.
\nBut if that’s impressive and <\/p>\n
635
\n00:41:59,400 –> 00:42:03,080
\nthought provoking, what happens
\nwhen we stop to think about the <\/p>\n
636
\n00:42:03,080 –> 00:42:08,600
\nrole of our Lord Jesus Christ in
\nthat particular work, and we <\/p>\n
637
\n00:42:08,600 –> 00:42:13,360
\ncan’t actually properly
\ncomprehend the subject without <\/p>\n
638
\n00:42:13,360 –> 00:42:16,880
\nthinking about the work of
\nChrist in this particular <\/p>\n
639
\n00:42:16,880 –> 00:42:19,080
\npassage.
\nI’d like you to come with me <\/p>\n
640
\n00:42:19,080 –> 00:42:24,320
\nactually to Hebrews 2.
\nIn Hebrews 2 we’re told that in <\/p>\n
641
\n00:42:24,320 –> 00:42:29,200
\nthe days of our mortality our
\nLord was made a little lower <\/p>\n
642
\n00:42:29,200 –> 00:42:32,720
\nthan the angels.
\nHebrews 2 and we’ll pick it up. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:42:32,800 –> 00:42:39,120
\nIn verse 9 we see Jesus, Jesus,
\nwho was made a little lower than<\/p>\n
644
\n00:42:39,120 –> 00:42:41,120
\nthe angels for the suffering of
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:42:41,960 –> 00:42:43,520
\nNow cremant with glory and
\nhonor. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:42:43,680 –> 00:42:47,200
\nOr in verse 16, verily He took
\nnot on him the nature of angels,<\/p>\n
647
\n00:42:47,440 –> 00:42:50,280
\nbut He took on Him the seed of
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:42:51,160 –> 00:42:55,360
\nSo our Lord, when He came in the
\ndays of His mortality, was made <\/p>\n
649
\n00:42:55,400 –> 00:43:02,320
\na little lower than the angels.
\nBut now, as it says in Hebrews <\/p>\n
650
\n00:43:02,320 –> 00:43:08,200
\none, if you turn back Hebrews
\none, verse three, who being in <\/p>\n
651
\n00:43:08,200 –> 00:43:11,560
\nthe brightness of his glory, the
\nexpress image of His person, <\/p>\n
652
\n00:43:11,560 –> 00:43:15,240
\nupholding all things by the word
\nof his power, when He had by <\/p>\n
653
\n00:43:15,240 –> 00:43:18,800
\nhimself purged our sins, sat
\ndown on the right hand of the <\/p>\n
654
\n00:43:18,800 –> 00:43:23,520
\nmajesty on high, being made so
\nmuch better than the angels, as <\/p>\n
655
\n00:43:23,520 –> 00:43:27,080
\nHe’s obtained by inheritance a
\nmore excellent name than they. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:43:27,720 –> 00:43:31,400
\nSo the record’s telling us that
\nto begin with, He was made lower<\/p>\n
657
\n00:43:31,400 –> 00:43:34,280
\nthan the angels.
\nNow it says that he’s now being <\/p>\n
658
\n00:43:34,280 –> 00:43:37,240
\nmade so much more than the
\nangels. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:43:37,360 –> 00:43:41,200
\nThat’s a radical change.
\nAnd in his words to the <\/p>\n
660
\n00:43:41,200 –> 00:43:44,720
\ndisciples, Matthew 28, So this
\nis after his resurrection, <\/p>\n
661
\n00:43:44,920 –> 00:43:48,600
\nMatthew 28, verse 18, Jesus came
\nand spoke to him saying all <\/p>\n
662
\n00:43:48,600 –> 00:43:52,000
\npower is given to me in heaven
\nand earth. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:43:52,160 –> 00:43:57,120
\nSo now all power is put into the
\nhands of the Lord, and we’re <\/p>\n
664
\n00:43:57,120 –> 00:44:00,160
\ntold him first to Peter that
\nexplicitly includes the work of <\/p>\n
665
\n00:44:00,160 –> 00:44:02,400
\nthe angels.
\nHe’s gone into heaven. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:44:02,640 –> 00:44:06,040
\nHe’s on the right hand of God,
\nangels and authorities and <\/p>\n
667
\n00:44:06,040 –> 00:44:08,480
\npowers being made subject unto
\nHim. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:44:08,760 –> 00:44:13,520
\nFirst of Peter three and verse 2
\nthat tells us, brothers and <\/p>\n
669
\n00:44:13,520 –> 00:44:18,400
\nsisters, that our Lord now is
\npersonally in control of the <\/p>\n
670
\n00:44:18,400 –> 00:44:23,440
\nwork of the angels.
\nHe’s taking a direct personal <\/p>\n
671
\n00:44:23,560 –> 00:44:29,080
\ninterest in that work in our own
\ndaily lives, and our Lord wants <\/p>\n
672
\n00:44:29,240 –> 00:44:33,040
\nus to allow Him.
\nAnd I’m using these words <\/p>\n
673
\n00:44:33,040 –> 00:44:38,880
\ncarefully to allow Him into our
\ndaily lives to work with us. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:44:40,000 –> 00:44:41,760
\nYou know how it’s described in
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:44:43,560 –> 00:44:53,200
\nIt’s described as Him knocking
\non the door asking us to open <\/p>\n
676
\n00:44:53,200 –> 00:44:55,840
\nour lives up so that He can do
\nthat work. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:44:56,520 –> 00:44:59,720
\nRevelation 3, verse 20.
\nBehold, I stand at the door and <\/p>\n
678
\n00:44:59,720 –> 00:45:02,760
\nknock.
\nIf any man hear my voice and <\/p>\n
679
\n00:45:02,760 –> 00:45:04,800
\nopen the door, I’ll come into
\nit. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:45:05,840 –> 00:45:10,600
\nAnd then ultimately we’ll suck
\nwith Him and he with me, the <\/p>\n
681
\n00:45:12,000 –> 00:45:15,040
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nOur Lord says he wanted to do <\/p>\n
682
\n00:45:15,040 –> 00:45:18,880
\nthat with our brothers and
\nsisters in Maya, to see him, <\/p>\n
683
\n00:45:19,760 –> 00:45:27,600
\nRichard, miserable, poor, blind
\nand naked. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:45:29,800 –> 00:45:31,240
\nThat’s what he wanted to do with
\nthem. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:45:33,280 –> 00:45:39,440
\nSo what’s he wanting to do with
\nus and the subject of Christ <\/p>\n
686
\n00:45:39,520 –> 00:45:46,280
\nabiding in US, Christ dwelling
\nin US or God abiding in US is <\/p>\n
687
\n00:45:46,280 –> 00:45:49,160
\nactually quite a theme in the
\nNew Testament, quite a beautiful<\/p>\n
688
\n00:45:49,160 –> 00:45:53,520
\nthing.
\nHe wants His Spirit to dwell in <\/p>\n
689
\n00:45:53,520 –> 00:45:58,840
\nus now, His way of thinking, so
\nthat He can actually rule in our<\/p>\n
690
\n00:45:58,840 –> 00:46:01,840
\nhearts.
\nThat passage we’ve looked at <\/p>\n
691
\n00:46:01,840 –> 00:46:05,320
\nbefore, Romans 8, verse nine.
\nYeah, not in the flesh, but in <\/p>\n
692
\n00:46:05,320 –> 00:46:08,560
\nthe Spirit.
\nIf so be that the Spirit of God <\/p>\n
693
\n00:46:08,560 –> 00:46:11,680
\ndwell in you.
\nNow if any man have not the <\/p>\n
694
\n00:46:11,680 –> 00:46:14,120
\nSpirit of Christ, he is none of
\nhis. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:46:15,400 –> 00:46:20,920
\nSo as Christ is supervising that
\nwork, how does Christ come to <\/p>\n
696
\n00:46:20,920 –> 00:46:23,680
\ndwell in US?
\nAnd there’s a wonderful theme in<\/p>\n
697
\n00:46:23,680 –> 00:46:29,120
\nScripture of Christ abiding in
\nus as the Word comes to dwell in<\/p>\n
698
\n00:46:29,120 –> 00:46:33,800
\nUS and we change to start
\nthinking like him and like God. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:46:34,240 –> 00:46:39,920
\nLook at these passages Ephesians
\n3 verse 17 that Christ might <\/p>\n
700
\n00:46:39,920 –> 00:46:47,560
\ndwell in your hearts by faith.
\nFor John 14 verse 23, Jesus <\/p>\n
701
\n00:46:47,560 –> 00:46:53,720
\nanswered and said unto him, If a
\nman loves me, he’ll keep my <\/p>\n
702
\n00:46:53,960 –> 00:47:00,720
\nwords, and my Father will love
\nhim, and we will come unto him <\/p>\n
703
\n00:47:01,720 –> 00:47:06,880
\nand make our abode with him.
\nThis is the sense in which <\/p>\n
704
\n00:47:06,880 –> 00:47:11,920
\nChrist wants to dwell in us now
\nas we learn from the Word, and <\/p>\n
705
\n00:47:11,920 –> 00:47:15,920
\ntheir minds change, and we start
\nworking with the Lord dwelling <\/p>\n
706
\n00:47:15,920 –> 00:47:20,280
\nin US.
\nOr Colossians 3 verse 16, Let <\/p>\n
707
\n00:47:20,280 –> 00:47:24,560
\nthe word of Christ dwell in you
\nrichly in all wisdom. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:47:26,760 –> 00:47:32,120
\nOr 1 John 2 verse 24.
\nThere’s actually three different<\/p>\n
709
\n00:47:32,120 –> 00:47:35,760
\nwords there in the English.
\nIt’s all the same Greek word for<\/p>\n
710
\n00:47:35,760 –> 00:47:39,480
\nabide.
\nLet that therefore abide in you,<\/p>\n
711
\n00:47:40,160 –> 00:47:42,400
\nwhich you’ve heard from the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:47:42,840 –> 00:47:46,680
\nNotice the emphasis here on the
\nword and hearing what’s being <\/p>\n
713
\n00:47:46,680 –> 00:47:48,040
\nsaid.
\nYou’ve heard this from the <\/p>\n
714
\n00:47:48,040 –> 00:47:50,560
\nbeginning.
\nIf that which you’ve heard from <\/p>\n
715
\n00:47:50,560 –> 00:47:55,480
\nthe beginning shall abide in
\nyou, ye also shall abide in the <\/p>\n
716
\n00:47:55,480 –> 00:48:02,440
\nSon and in the Father.
\nIf ye abide in me, and my words <\/p>\n
717
\n00:48:02,440 –> 00:48:07,520
\nabide in you, you shall ask what
\nyou will, and it shall be done <\/p>\n
718
\n00:48:07,920 –> 00:48:12,600
\nunto you.
\nAnd as Christ continues to work <\/p>\n
719
\n00:48:12,600 –> 00:48:16,360
\nin our life, as the Spirit of
\nChrist dwells in US, brothers <\/p>\n
720
\n00:48:16,360 –> 00:48:20,280
\nand sisters, as our minds are
\nrenewed, the spirit of our mind <\/p>\n
721
\n00:48:20,280 –> 00:48:22,160
\nis renewed.
\nAs we’ve looked at during our <\/p>\n
722
\n00:48:22,160 –> 00:48:27,360
\nstudies, that work continues,
\nthat work of angelic supervision<\/p>\n
723
\n00:48:27,360 –> 00:48:32,160
\ncontinues until the point that
\nour Lord, our Lord actually <\/p>\n
724
\n00:48:32,160 –> 00:48:36,000
\nreturns.
\nYou know, we’re in Hebrews. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:48:36,000 –> 00:48:38,440
\nJust go back to Hebrews 2 verse
\n10. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:48:40,440 –> 00:48:43,640
\nHe’s Speaking of the captain of
\nthis, of our salvation made <\/p>\n
727
\n00:48:43,640 –> 00:48:46,560
\nperfect through suffering.
\nBut there’s a little phrase <\/p>\n
728
\n00:48:46,560 –> 00:48:48,880
\nthere, Hebrews 2 verse 10, which
\nI want to pick up on. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:48:49,240 –> 00:48:54,200
\nIt became him for whom are all
\nthings, by whom are all things <\/p>\n
730
\n00:48:54,640 –> 00:48:58,120
\nin bringing, in bringing many
\nsons to glory, to make the <\/p>\n
731
\n00:48:58,120 –> 00:49:01,400
\ncaptain of their salvation
\nperfect through sufferings. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:49:01,840 –> 00:49:08,280
\nLet’s pick up that little phrase
\nin bringing many sons to glory. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:49:10,000 –> 00:49:11,640
\nThat’s the process, that’s the
\nobjective. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:49:11,640 –> 00:49:13,200
\nThat’s actually what this is
\nabout. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:49:15,520 –> 00:49:18,200
\nThe work of our Lord as the
\ncaptain of our salvation is to <\/p>\n
736
\n00:49:18,200 –> 00:49:22,120
\nactually bring many sons and
\ndaughters, many children of God <\/p>\n
737
\n00:49:22,120 –> 00:49:25,640
\nthrough that process, bringing
\nmany sons to glory. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:49:26,000 –> 00:49:30,880
\nAnd when our Lord returns, if he
\nsees a reflection, a reflection <\/p>\n
739
\n00:49:30,880 –> 00:49:35,360
\nof his Spirit in us, if he sees
\nthat the way he thinks is now <\/p>\n
740
\n00:49:35,360 –> 00:49:40,600
\ndwelling in us, then he will
\ncomplete that process of <\/p>\n
741
\n00:49:40,600 –> 00:49:43,240
\nbringing many sons and daughters
\nto glory. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:49:44,920 –> 00:49:47,120
\nAnd there’s a couple of passages
\nto look at now, brothers and <\/p>\n
743
\n00:49:47,120 –> 00:49:50,640
\nsisters, because it shows us
\nthat actually there’s a basis, <\/p>\n
744
\n00:49:50,640 –> 00:49:53,360
\nthere’s a set of principles upon
\nwhich that happens. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:49:53,760 –> 00:49:56,960
\nThis first one relates to the
\nLord Jesus Christ himself, <\/p>\n
746
\n00:49:58,120 –> 00:50:00,800
\nconcerning his Son, Jesus Christ
\nour Lord, which was made of the <\/p>\n
747
\n00:50:00,800 –> 00:50:06,120
\nseed of David according to the
\nflesh, declared to be the Son of<\/p>\n
748
\n00:50:06,120 –> 00:50:11,080
\nGod with power.
\nAnd note these words according <\/p>\n
749
\n00:50:11,080 –> 00:50:14,880
\nto the spirit of holiness by the
\nresurrection from the dead. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:50:14,880 –> 00:50:17,000
\nIt’s an interesting little
\nstatement. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:50:18,040 –> 00:50:21,800
\nSo here’s the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nwho also was made perfect <\/p>\n
752
\n00:50:21,800 –> 00:50:24,680
\nthrough suffering in bringing
\nmany sons to glory. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:50:24,840 –> 00:50:27,480
\nHe’s been declared to be the Son
\nof God with power. <\/p>\n
754
\n00:50:27,480 –> 00:50:30,520
\nWhy?
\nWell, it was according to that <\/p>\n
755
\n00:50:30,520 –> 00:50:34,360
\nspirit of holiness that was our
\nLord. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:50:35,040 –> 00:50:37,280
\nHe exhibited that spirit of
\nholiness. <\/p>\n
757
\n00:50:37,800 –> 00:50:41,040
\nAnd according to that spirit of
\nholiness, he’s now been <\/p>\n
758
\n00:50:41,680 –> 00:50:45,240
\nresurrected from the dead and
\ndeclared to be the Son of God <\/p>\n
759
\n00:50:45,240 –> 00:50:48,720
\nwith power.
\nAnd what he wants to develop <\/p>\n
760
\n00:50:48,720 –> 00:50:52,640
\nwithin us, brothers and sisters,
\nis that same spirit dwelling in <\/p>\n
761
\n00:50:52,640 –> 00:50:56,840
\nUS, that spirit of holiness, so
\nthat then he can take us through<\/p>\n
762
\n00:50:56,840 –> 00:50:59,640
\nthe same process.
\nNow look at this passage now <\/p>\n
763
\n00:50:59,680 –> 00:51:07,680
\nfrom Romans 8.
\nIf the spirit of him that raised<\/p>\n
764
\n00:51:07,680 –> 00:51:12,280
\nup Jesus from the dead dwells in
\nyou, that’s the spirit mind that<\/p>\n
765
\n00:51:12,280 –> 00:51:14,920
\nwe’ve looked at, learning to
\nthink in a different way, <\/p>\n
766
\n00:51:15,240 –> 00:51:20,080
\nlearning to show the Spirit of
\nChrist, learn from His Word in <\/p>\n
767
\n00:51:20,080 –> 00:51:23,720
\nour hearts and minds.
\nIf that Spirit dwells in us, <\/p>\n
768
\n00:51:24,760 –> 00:51:28,760
\nthen he that raised up Christ
\nfrom the dead will also give <\/p>\n
769
\n00:51:28,760 –> 00:51:33,360
\nlife to our mortal bodies.
\nAnd in the AV it says buy his <\/p>\n
770
\n00:51:33,360 –> 00:51:35,120
\nspirit that dwelleth in you.
\nIf you have a look in the <\/p>\n
771
\n00:51:35,120 –> 00:51:40,840
\nmargin, it says because of as
\nthe phrase means because of his <\/p>\n
772
\n00:51:40,840 –> 00:51:44,960
\nspirit that dwelleth in you.
\nAnd there’s a guarantee for us, <\/p>\n
773
\n00:51:44,960 –> 00:51:48,280
\nbrothers and sisters, that as
\nthe Spirit of Christ comes to <\/p>\n
774
\n00:51:48,280 –> 00:51:54,480
\ndwell in us, as he said, if that
\nspirit dwells in us, then the <\/p>\n
775
\n00:51:54,480 –> 00:51:58,320
\nsame God who raised up Christ
\nfrom the dead will give life to <\/p>\n
776
\n00:51:58,320 –> 00:52:02,920
\nour mortal bodies because of his
\nSpirit that dwells in us. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:52:03,040 –> 00:52:07,440
\nHe will see that reflection in
\nour own weak, feeble ways as <\/p>\n
778
\n00:52:07,440 –> 00:52:10,800
\nwe’re learning to reflect and
\nchange our mind to be more like <\/p>\n
779
\n00:52:10,800 –> 00:52:12,440
\nthat.
\nHe’ll look at us, brothers and <\/p>\n
780
\n00:52:12,440 –> 00:52:14,800
\nsisters, and he’ll say I love
\nthat spirit. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:52:15,640 –> 00:52:19,920
\nAnd because of that spirit, the
\npower that raised up his son <\/p>\n
782
\n00:52:19,920 –> 00:52:24,960
\nfrom the dead and made him the
\nking over all, that same power <\/p>\n
783
\n00:52:25,120 –> 00:52:29,080
\nwill grant us immortality.
\nIt’s an extraordinary thought of<\/p>\n
784
\n00:52:29,720 –> 00:52:33,640
\nthe thing to think about on
\naccount the Berean literal Bible<\/p>\n
785
\n00:52:33,640 –> 00:52:37,760
\nsays He will give life to your
\nwater bodies on account of His <\/p>\n
786
\n00:52:37,760 –> 00:52:43,240
\nSpirit dwelling in US.
\nWe’re running short on time. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:52:43,240 –> 00:52:45,960
\nI was going to turn up Second of
\nthe Corinthians, chapter 3. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:52:45,960 –> 00:52:47,840
\nIt’s a passage you’ll be
\nfamiliar with, so I’m going to <\/p>\n
789
\n00:52:47,840 –> 00:52:51,480
\nread it out to you now.
\nThe Lord is that spirit. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:52:51,480 –> 00:52:53,920
\nSo think about this brothers and
\nsisters, in terms of the topic <\/p>\n
791
\n00:52:54,080 –> 00:52:56,800
\nthat we’ve been looking at.
\nThe Lord is that Spirit. <\/p>\n
792
\n00:52:56,800 –> 00:53:02,200
\nHe said where the Spirit of the
\nLord is, there is freedom. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:53:02,560 –> 00:53:08,240
\nLiberty in what sense?
\nThis deliverance, brothers and <\/p>\n
794
\n00:53:08,240 –> 00:53:12,640
\nsisters, from the bondage of sin
\nand death, this freedom from the<\/p>\n
795
\n00:53:12,640 –> 00:53:15,400
\ntrials of life which bear us
\ndown? <\/p>\n
796
\n00:53:15,600 –> 00:53:18,520
\nWhere the Spirit of the Lord is,
\nthere is freedom. <\/p>\n
797
\n00:53:18,680 –> 00:53:22,360
\nBut we all with open face,
\nbeholding as in a glass the <\/p>\n
798
\n00:53:22,360 –> 00:53:31,160
\nglory of the Lord, are changed
\ninto the same image from glory <\/p>\n
799
\n00:53:31,160 –> 00:53:35,920
\nto glory, even as by the Spirit
\nof the Lord or as the words <\/p>\n
800
\n00:53:35,920 –> 00:53:40,720
\nlittering them by the Lord.
\nThe Spirit, the ESV translates <\/p>\n
801
\n00:53:40,720 –> 00:53:42,480
\nit now to the Lord is the
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:53:43,920 –> 00:53:46,560
\nWhere the Spirit of the Lord is,
\nthere’s freedom. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:53:47,760 –> 00:53:52,680
\nWe all with unveiled face, we’re
\nbeholding the glory of the Lord.<\/p>\n
804
\n00:53:53,720 –> 00:54:01,040
\nWe’re being transformed into the
\nsame image from 1\u00b0 of glory to <\/p>\n
805
\n00:54:01,040 –> 00:54:06,160
\nanother.
\nFor this comes from the Lord who<\/p>\n
806
\n00:54:06,200 –> 00:54:09,840
\nis the Spirit.
\nAnd what that tells us, brothers<\/p>\n
807
\n00:54:09,840 –> 00:54:13,440
\nand sisters, is that as we go
\nthrough this changing process, <\/p>\n
808
\n00:54:13,640 –> 00:54:17,600
\nthis transforming process of the
\nwork of the Spirit that’s <\/p>\n
809
\n00:54:17,600 –> 00:54:22,000
\nworking with clay or oven
\nvessels, men and women like us, <\/p>\n
810
\n00:54:22,360 –> 00:54:25,480
\nas God’s taking us or the Lord
\nis taking us through this <\/p>\n
811
\n00:54:25,480 –> 00:54:29,440
\nprocess, it’s changing and
\ntransforming us. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:54:29,840 –> 00:54:37,320
\nAnd ultimately will be changed
\nfrom glory to glory in the image<\/p>\n
813
\n00:54:37,880 –> 00:54:41,480
\nof that glory.
\nAnd ultimately our glorious Lord<\/p>\n
814
\n00:54:41,480 –> 00:54:44,760
\nwill transform us through the
\nSpirit to be like Himself. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:54:45,280 –> 00:54:49,400
\nPhilippians 320 Who shall change
\nour vile body, that it may be <\/p>\n
816
\n00:54:49,400 –> 00:54:53,120
\nfashioned like unto His glorious
\nbody, according to the working <\/p>\n
817
\n00:54:53,120 –> 00:54:56,040
\nwhereby He’s able to subdue all
\nthings to Himself? <\/p>\n
818
\n00:54:56,920 –> 00:55:00,960
\nOr what?
\n1st Corinthians 15 verse 45 The <\/p>\n
819
\n00:55:00,960 –> 00:55:06,400
\nlast Adam was made into a life
\ngiving spirit. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:55:06,600 –> 00:55:08,760
\nWhen we see our Lord return,
\nbrothers and sisters, you know <\/p>\n
821
\n00:55:08,800 –> 00:55:11,800
\nwhat we’ll see?
\nWe’ll see a life giving spirit, <\/p>\n
822
\n00:55:12,120 –> 00:55:15,480
\nbecause the last Adam has been
\nmade a life giving spirit. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:55:15,480 –> 00:55:18,400
\nWell, what about the words of
\nour Lord to Nicodemus? <\/p>\n
824
\n00:55:18,520 –> 00:55:22,040
\nNow those words come to a
\nconclusion when the Lord says <\/p>\n
825
\n00:55:23,000 –> 00:55:26,840
\nthat which is born of spirit is
\nspirit. <\/p>\n
826
\n00:55:27,560 –> 00:55:30,320
\nThat’s the ultimate destiny,
\nbrothers and sisters, as we <\/p>\n
827
\n00:55:30,320 –> 00:55:34,160
\nbecome spirit beings.
\nSo that’s the journey of the <\/p>\n
828
\n00:55:34,160 –> 00:55:38,200
\nspirit, the journey that our
\nHeavenly Father is taking us <\/p>\n
829
\n00:55:38,200 –> 00:55:42,720
\nthrough.
\nSo we’ve we’ve scratched the <\/p>\n
830
\n00:55:42,720 –> 00:55:47,880
\nsurface, as it were, of a rather
\nextraordinary journey and topic <\/p>\n
831
\n00:55:48,000 –> 00:55:51,160
\nthis week.
\nThere’s God’s spirit work in the<\/p>\n
832
\n00:55:51,160 –> 00:55:54,280
\nuniverse, in the creation, in
\nthe life of the Saints, in the <\/p>\n
833
\n00:55:54,280 –> 00:55:57,680
\npower of the word to transform
\nus, to develop the mind of God <\/p>\n
834
\n00:55:57,720 –> 00:56:00,600
\nin us.
\nBut actually what we’ve seen <\/p>\n
835
\n00:56:00,600 –> 00:56:05,120
\ntoday is that that hand also
\nworks in the lives of very <\/p>\n
836
\n00:56:05,120 –> 00:56:10,840
\nflawed individuals, people like
\nyou and me, as he’s actually <\/p>\n
837
\n00:56:10,840 –> 00:56:14,480
\nworking to help us in that
\ntransforming process. <\/p>\n
838
\n00:56:15,680 –> 00:56:19,440
\nHe’s trying to develop His
\nspirit within us and He wants to<\/p>\n
839
\n00:56:19,440 –> 00:56:22,600
\nchange us into spirit beings for
\nall eternity. <\/p>\n
840
\n00:56:24,840 –> 00:56:31,400
\nNow, as we all know, life can be
\nfull of challenges and sometimes<\/p>\n
841
\n00:56:31,600 –> 00:56:37,440
\nwe lose hope.
\nEvents get too big, or our <\/p>\n
842
\n00:56:37,440 –> 00:56:43,880
\nfailures are too overwhelming,
\nor the behaviour of others can <\/p>\n
843
\n00:56:43,880 –> 00:56:47,640
\nbe too discouraging, or we can
\njust lose sight. <\/p>\n
844
\n00:56:49,560 –> 00:56:51,680
\nThis topic gives us the
\nreassurance, brothers and <\/p>\n
845
\n00:56:51,680 –> 00:56:55,920
\nsisters, that He continues to
\nwork with us. <\/p>\n
846
\n00:56:57,160 –> 00:57:00,480
\nIt’s through His power that
\nthese things become possible. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:57:01,840 –> 00:57:05,040
\nSo in conclusion, I’d like us to
\nturn back to a passage we’ve <\/p>\n
848
\n00:57:05,040 –> 00:57:07,000
\nreferred to and looked at many
\ntimes. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:57:07,440 –> 00:57:12,320
\nRomans chapter 8.
\nThe passage when he speaks of <\/p>\n
850
\n00:57:12,320 –> 00:57:17,600
\nGod’s Spirit dwelling in US.
\nThe passage where he speaks of <\/p>\n
851
\n00:57:17,640 –> 00:57:20,200
\nall things working together for
\ngood. <\/p>\n
852
\n00:57:21,080 –> 00:57:25,400
\nThe passage where he speaks in
\nRomans 8 of God calling us <\/p>\n
853
\n00:57:25,760 –> 00:57:28,920
\nbecause He knew that He would
\nbring us into the saving name of<\/p>\n
854
\n00:57:28,920 –> 00:57:33,120
\nChrist thousands of years before
\nwe were even born. <\/p>\n
855
\n00:57:34,560 –> 00:57:39,000
\nIn verse 29 he speaks of us
\nbeing conformed to the image of <\/p>\n
856
\n00:57:39,040 –> 00:57:42,200
\nHis Son.
\nWe’ve looked at the concept of <\/p>\n
857
\n00:57:42,200 –> 00:57:49,000
\nHis foreknowledge and pre
\ndestination and overwhelmed by <\/p>\n
858
\n00:57:49,000 –> 00:57:52,720
\nthose thoughts of the work of
\nthe Spirit. <\/p>\n
859
\n00:57:54,080 –> 00:57:56,040
\nPaul concludes with these
\nthoughts. <\/p>\n
860
\n00:57:56,040 –> 00:57:59,560
\nVerse 31.
\nWhat should we then say to these<\/p>\n
861
\n00:57:59,560 –> 00:58:03,160
\nthings?
\nBrothers and sisters, if God be <\/p>\n
862
\n00:58:03,160 –> 00:58:10,480
\nfor us, who can be against us?
\nHe that spared not his own Son, <\/p>\n
863
\n00:58:10,480 –> 00:58:15,240
\nbut delivered Him up for us all,
\nhow shall He not with Him also <\/p>\n
864
\n00:58:15,240 –> 00:58:21,920
\nfreely give us all things?
\nHe gave his Son for our lives, <\/p>\n
865
\n00:58:22,880 –> 00:58:25,200
\nso won’t He give us everything
\nthat’s necessary? <\/p>\n
866
\n00:58:26,240 –> 00:58:28,600
\nWho’s going to lay anything to
\nthe charge of God’s elect? <\/p>\n
867
\n00:58:28,600 –> 00:58:31,760
\nWho’s going to charge us with
\nthings? <\/p>\n
868
\n00:58:32,360 –> 00:58:35,560
\nGod?
\nWho justifies is the question. <\/p>\n
869
\n00:58:35,680 –> 00:58:38,880
\nSurely not, He said.
\nOr verse 34. <\/p>\n
870
\n00:58:38,920 –> 00:58:41,400
\nWho’s going to condemn us?
\nChrist? <\/p>\n
871
\n00:58:41,400 –> 00:58:42,760
\nWell, Christ condemn us, he
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
872
\n00:58:43,320 –> 00:58:46,240
\nChrist is the one who died and
\nhas risen again. <\/p>\n
873
\n00:58:46,360 –> 00:58:49,360
\nHe’s at the right hand of God.
\nHe’s making a decision for us. <\/p>\n
874
\n00:58:49,520 –> 00:58:51,480
\nHe won’t sit there and condemn
\nus. <\/p>\n
875
\n00:58:51,640 –> 00:58:55,160
\nWho’s going to separate us from
\nthe love of Christ in <\/p>\n
876
\n00:58:55,160 –> 00:59:01,040
\ntribulation or distress or
\npersecution or famine or <\/p>\n
877
\n00:59:01,040 –> 00:59:04,880
\nnakedness or parent or sword?
\nHe said. <\/p>\n
878
\n00:59:04,880 –> 00:59:06,920
\nThat’s all.
\nThat’s all written in advance in<\/p>\n
879
\n00:59:06,920 –> 00:59:09,000
\nScripture.
\nFor thy sake we’re killed all <\/p>\n
880
\n00:59:09,000 –> 00:59:10,440
\nthe day long.
\nNo, he said. <\/p>\n
881
\n00:59:10,440 –> 00:59:12,680
\nIn all of these things we’re
\nmore than conquerors. <\/p>\n
882
\n00:59:12,920 –> 00:59:17,000
\nThrough him that loved us.
\nAll of these things are going to<\/p>\n
883
\n00:59:17,000 –> 00:59:20,640
\nhappen, says Paul.
\nThis is going to be our life, <\/p>\n
884
\n00:59:20,760 –> 00:59:23,080
\nsays Paul.
\nWill that remove our hope? <\/p>\n
885
\n00:59:23,080 –> 00:59:27,080
\nNo, he said.
\nI am persuaded. <\/p>\n
886
\n00:59:27,080 –> 00:59:33,240
\nHe said in verse 38 that neither
\ndeath nor life, nor angels, nor <\/p>\n
887
\n00:59:33,240 –> 00:59:36,800
\nprincipalities, nor powers,
\nthings present or things to <\/p>\n
888
\n00:59:36,800 –> 00:59:41,040
\ncome, Nothing that happens in
\nthe future, no height, no depth,<\/p>\n
889
\n00:59:41,280 –> 00:59:46,240
\nnothing, no other creation will
\nbe able to separate us from the <\/p>\n
890
\n00:59:46,240 –> 00:59:50,280
\nlove of God, which is in Christ
\nJesus our Lord. <\/p>\n
891
\n00:59:53,120 –> 00:59:59,200
\nEven death, he said, or life
\nwon’t separate us from Christ. <\/p>\n
892
\n01:00:00,520 –> 01:00:04,240
\nNo matter what powers, what
\nevents, what enormous things are<\/p>\n
893
\n01:00:04,240 –> 01:00:08,440
\nswirling around in our lives,
\nnothing is able to actually <\/p>\n
894
\n01:00:08,440 –> 01:00:10,760
\nseparate us from the lump of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
895
\n01:00:12,640 –> 01:00:15,960
\nSo what that tells us, brothers
\nand sisters, is that there is <\/p>\n
896
\n01:00:15,960 –> 01:00:22,080
\nnothing so big or so
\noverwhelming that God can’t <\/p>\n
897
\n01:00:22,640 –> 01:00:26,080
\nstill work to achieve His
\npurpose and save us. <\/p>\n
898
\n01:00:26,280 –> 01:00:30,440
\nNothing can separate us from the
\nlove of God in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
899
\n01:00:31,440 –> 01:00:34,200
\nSo let’s be energized by that
\nthought, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
900
\n01:00:34,200 –> 01:00:37,880
\nlet’s be reassured as we resume
\nour journey through all trials <\/p>\n
901
\n01:00:37,880 –> 01:00:43,280
\nof life, the journey of the
\nSpirit, rejoicing in our <\/p>\n
902
\n01:00:43,280 –> 01:00:47,680
\nconfidence that God is actually
\nworking through our daily lives <\/p>\n
903
\n01:00:47,680 –> 01:00:52,160
\nto accomplish His work, and by
\nGod’s grace will be able to <\/p>\n
904
\n01:00:52,160 –> 01:00:57,320
\nfully participate in His Spirit
\npower when it fills the whole <\/p>\n
905
\n01:00:57,320 –> 01:00:59,000
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