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\nthe Spirit in terms of our own
\npersonal lives and how the work <\/p>\n
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\nof the Spirit can can occur in
\nour own personal hearts and <\/p>\n
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\nminds.
\nAnd I think it’s really <\/p>\n
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\nimportant for us to to make sure
\nthat we’re really clear that the<\/p>\n
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\nSpirit does need to be involved
\nin our lives. <\/p>\n
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\nI mean, this passage here,
\nRomans 8, verse 14, as many as <\/p>\n
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\nare led by the Spirit of God,
\nthey are the sons of God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when it comes to verse nine,
\nyeah, not in the flesh, but in <\/p>\n
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\nthe Spirit.
\nIf so, be that the Spirit of God<\/p>\n
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\ndwell in you.
\nAnd sometimes there’s a risk <\/p>\n
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\nthat because we’re so keen to
\nexplain to Pentecostals that the<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit position they’re
\ntalking about is not a thing, we<\/p>\n
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\ncan shy away from actually
\nrecognising the fact that the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit of God needs to be in US.
\nIt needs to dwell on us and we <\/p>\n
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\nneed to be led by the Spirit of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we need to be clear that the
\nSpirit of God is continually <\/p>\n
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\nactively involved in the life of
\nthe Saints. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what we’re going to be
\nfocusing on this morning is the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit mind.
\nWhat we’re going to look at <\/p>\n
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\ntomorrow, God willing, in our
\nfinal study is the way in which <\/p>\n
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\nGod himself is active in our
\nlives through the work of the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nThe question for us is this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning, in what way does the
\nSpirit of God dwell in us? <\/p>\n
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\nIn what way does the Spirit of
\nGod lead us? <\/p>\n
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\nNow just a bit of a recap.
\nTo begin with, in the Old <\/p>\n
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\nTestament with the word roac, in
\nthe New Testament we have the <\/p>\n
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\nword pneuma.
\nThey both come from an idea of <\/p>\n
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\nmovement of air, the concept of
\nbreathing something which is <\/p>\n
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\nbreathed out.
\nAnd it’s based on this, this <\/p>\n
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\nidea that everything is sourced
\nfrom God and it breathes out of <\/p>\n
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\nGod himself.
\nIt’s his energy that created all<\/p>\n
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\nthings.
\nIt’s his mind and his values <\/p>\n
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\nalso which define the way he
\nworks with the earth and because<\/p>\n
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\nof that, the word spirit.
\nRuach and Yuna convey many <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent things.
\nThere’s different aspects of the<\/p>\n
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\nway in which God works with His
\ncreation as He takes us through <\/p>\n
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\nthe journey of the Spirit, so
\nthat not only do our minds <\/p>\n
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\nchange to become the mind of the
\nSpirit, but ultimately, God <\/p>\n
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\nwilling, we become spirit beings
\nfull of His Holy Spirit power. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in yesterday’s study, we
\nlooked at the idea of the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit power which was given not
\nonly to the Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
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\nbut to the believers in the 1st
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\nof time and for some particular
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\nAnd it was a spectacular
\noutpouring of the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\npower so that they could achieve
\nthe things which God needed them<\/p>\n
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\nto do.
\nBut the question for us is, how <\/p>\n
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\ndoes the Spirit dwell in US and
\nwork in US today? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re going to be looking
\nthis morning at the fact that <\/p>\n
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\nthe Spirit is used of God’s way
\nof thinking, his character, his <\/p>\n
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\nvalues, his mind.
\nAnd we’ll see, therefore, that <\/p>\n
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\nit broadens out to become an
\nexpression of, of God’s word and<\/p>\n
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\nin fact, even of the truth
\nitself working with us. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s very closely linked to the
\ngospel. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the sense in which the
\nSpirit of God works in US today.<\/p>\n
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\nAll right, So what does the
\nBible say about the way in which<\/p>\n
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\nthe Spirit of God works in US
\ntoday? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re going to go on a
\nlittle journey through Scripture<\/p>\n
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\nto build a profile of how this
\nworks. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst thing is to note, of
\ncourse, that the word spirit is <\/p>\n
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\nused in relation to the mind of
\nliving beings. <\/p>\n
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\nSo a wise man rules his spirit.
\nProverbs 16 verse 32 or blessed <\/p>\n
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\nare the poor in spirit in
\nMatthew 5 verse 3. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we know that this idea of
\nspirit is the is the thinking <\/p>\n
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\nprocess including of human
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\nUnfortunately, we also know only
\ntoo well by bitter personal <\/p>\n
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\nexperience that the natural
\nheart of man automatically <\/p>\n
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\ninclines to things that are
\nevil. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jeremiah 17, verse 9, the
\nheart is deceitful above all <\/p>\n
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\nthings and desperately wicked.
\nWho can know it? <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s this natural bias of
\na human mind unenlightened by <\/p>\n
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\nthe things of God to deteriorate
\nin terms of the way it thinks. <\/p>\n
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\nMark 7, verse 21.
\nFor within, out of the heart of <\/p>\n
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\nmen precede evil thoughts,
\nadulteries, fornications and <\/p>\n
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\nmurders.
\nNow this, this natural way of <\/p>\n
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\nthinking is actually described
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\nways, and one of those is the
\nexpression the carnal mind. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we find that in Romans 8
\nthrough 7, the carnal mind is <\/p>\n
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\nenmity against God.
\nIt’s not subject to the law of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, neither indeed can be.
\nSo the carnal mind is a phrase <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s used in Scripture of the
\nnatural thinking of a human mind<\/p>\n
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\nwhich is at variance or enmity
\neven with the things of God. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not subject to the law of
\nGod, neither indeed can it be. <\/p>\n
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\nNotice the phrase enmity there.
\nThere’s a real strong conflict <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent ways of thinking. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, that’s the phrase
\ncarnal wine. <\/p>\n
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\nCan anybody else think of
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\nScripture of the carnal wine
\njust to see if we can. <\/p>\n
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\nThe flesh, did you say?
\nIs that what I do? <\/p>\n
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\nExcellent.
\nThank you, Brother Paul. <\/p>\n
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\nThe flesh, the thinking of the
\nflesh, It’s a, it’s a synonym, <\/p>\n
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\nas it were for the carnal wine.
\nSo we have the thinking of the <\/p>\n
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\nflesh or the mind of the flesh.
\nSo Romans 8 and verse 5, they <\/p>\n
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\nthat are after the flesh do mind
\nthe things of the flesh, but <\/p>\n
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\nthose who are after the spirit
\ndo mind the things of the <\/p>\n
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\nspirit.
\nAnd then in verse 6, he <\/p>\n
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\ndescribes that as being calmly
\nminded or spiritually minded. <\/p>\n
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\nspirit can be used sometimes in <\/p>\n
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\nScripture of just the thinking.
\nBut as we start to look at some <\/p>\n
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\nTestament, actually the idea of <\/p>\n
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\nthinking of the spirit or the <\/p>\n
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\nmind of the spirit is now being
\nused as an expression of the way<\/p>\n
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\nGod thinks because that’s what
\nhe wants to have our minds <\/p>\n
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\nbecome.
\nAnd it’s an intimate of your <\/p>\n
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\nit’s an opposing force from the
\nmind of the flesh or the carnal <\/p>\n
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\nmind.
\nSo this is quite simple. <\/p>\n
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\nIt simply says that actually the
\nthinking of God is the thinking <\/p>\n
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\nof the spirit mind.
\nThe natural thinking of man, the<\/p>\n
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\ncarnal mind, and it’s the <\/p>\n
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\nopposite of the mind of the
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does it tell us?
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\nIt’s simple, it’s fundamental, <\/p>\n
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\nour minds need to change and
\nthankfully that’s the process of<\/p>\n
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\nthe truth.
\nSo 2nd Corinthians 7 verse one <\/p>\n
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\nhaving therefore these promises
\ndearly, but I would let us <\/p>\n
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\ncleanse ourselves from all
\nfilthiness of the flesh and <\/p>\n
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\nspirit, perfecting holiness in
\nthe fear of God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now the spirit can be
\nchanged, the thinking process <\/p>\n
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\ncan be changed from a filthy one
\nto actually a holy one <\/p>\n
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\nperfecting holiness in the fear
\nof God, or is described in <\/p>\n
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\nEphesians 4 as a making you a
\nrenewing of the spirit of our <\/p>\n
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\nminds.
\nWe put off concerning the former<\/p>\n
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\nway of life, the old man.
\nIt’s a natural thinking, corrupt<\/p>\n
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\naccording to the sea for lust be
\nrenewed in the spirit of your <\/p>\n
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\nmind putting on a new man, which
\nafter God is created in <\/p>\n
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\nrighteousness and true holiness.
\nSo we’ve got these two different<\/p>\n
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\nways of thinking and the
\nwonderful thing that Scripture <\/p>\n
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\ntells us is it’s possible to
\nchange. <\/p>\n
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\nWe can actually change from one
\nto the other. <\/p>\n
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\nThe way our spirit mind thinks,
\nour spiritual mind thinks can be<\/p>\n
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\ncleansed and renewed and changed
\nto become a spiritual mind or <\/p>\n
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\nthe thinking of the spirit, a
\nreflection of God’s ways. <\/p>\n
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\nI like the ESP translation.
\nActually I haven’t got it there.<\/p>\n
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\nI’ll read it out to you.
\nOf the of the latter part of <\/p>\n
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\nthat verse, he said to put on
\nthe new self created after the <\/p>\n
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\nlikeness of God in true
\nrighteousness and holiness. <\/p>\n
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\nSo people now who are ruled by
\nthe mind of the Spirit are <\/p>\n
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\nreflecting the character of God.
\nAnd so therefore, not <\/p>\n
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\nsurprisingly, they’re described
\nas being spiritual. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in Colossians one, verse 9,
\nhe talks about us being filled <\/p>\n
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\nwith the knowledge of God’s will
\nin all wisdom and spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding.
\nPneumaticos Colossians 3, verse <\/p>\n
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\n16 talks about us singing psalms
\nand hymns and spiritual songs. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Tim showed us last night
\nwhat spiritual songs actually <\/p>\n
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\nare.
\nThey’re hymns which are based on<\/p>\n
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\nthe beauty of the Word of God.
\nAnd so collectively as an <\/p>\n
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\necclesia, we get built up as
\nliving stones, as a spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nhouse, a holy priesthood, to
\nOfferUp spiritual sacrifices <\/p>\n
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\nacceptable to God by Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in this very real sense, we
\nare led by the Spirit of God. <\/p>\n
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\nIn this very real sense, the
\nSpirit of God has to dwell in <\/p>\n
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\nUS.
\nIt’s a way of thinking. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s nothing particularly
\nmysterious about that, is there?<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s actually quite
\nstraightforward. <\/p>\n
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\nThe concept of the Spirit of God
\ndwelling in us in the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament is shown to be the
\nresult of a changed mind that <\/p>\n
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\nchanges from the thinking of the
\nflesh to thinking of the ways of<\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nNow this is actually a very old <\/p>\n
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\nbattle.
\nDoes anybody know where the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst reference to the Spirit in
\nthe flesh comes up in Scripture?<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s very odd.
\nGenesis Oh, good guess is you’ve<\/p>\n
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\ngot you’ve got the right book.
\nBut the two words spirit in <\/p>\n
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\nflesh and actually the conflict
\nbetween them. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Daniel, Genesis 6 And he
\nputs his hands up like that. <\/p>\n
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\nIs that a guess?
\nIt’s a good guess. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, Genesis 6, I’ll read it to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, now, armed with that
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\nHow can a man be born when he’s <\/p>\n
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\n00:20:41,000 –> 00:20:44,160
\nalready an old person?
\nCan he enter the second time <\/p>\n
337
\n00:20:44,160 –> 00:20:45,840
\ninto his mother’s womb and be
\nborn? <\/p>\n
338
\n00:20:46,280 –> 00:20:49,400
\nAnd you can see that he’s just
\nlooking blinkered at the <\/p>\n
339
\n00:20:49,440 –> 00:20:52,560
\nabsolute literal interpretation
\nof the phrase born. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:53,000 –> 00:20:56,320
\nHow can you be born again?
\nCan you go back into your <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:56,320 –> 00:20:58,360
\nmother’s womb?
\nAnd then Christ says, verily I <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:58,360 –> 00:21:03,560
\nsay unto you, except a man be
\nborn of water and born of the <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:03,560 –> 00:21:07,160
\nSpirit, he cannot enter into the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:07,880 –> 00:21:09,680
\nSo the Pentecost will say, there
\nwe are. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:09,680 –> 00:21:11,440
\nWe have to be born of the
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:11,600 –> 00:21:15,000
\nThat means we have to receive
\nthe Holy Spirit power to come <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:15,000 –> 00:21:18,560
\ninto us, or else we can’t see
\nthe Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:19,400 –> 00:21:22,640
\nSo what’s our answers here?
\nWell, we’re not going to have <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:22,640 –> 00:21:25,640
\ntime to go through a detailed
\nexposition, but there’s just a <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:25,640 –> 00:21:27,960
\ncouple of keys that make this
\nquite straightforward. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:29,040 –> 00:21:32,280
\nThe first one is context.
\nLet’s turn back a page. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:33,080 –> 00:21:37,720
\nJohn chapter 1 having spoken
\nabout the Lord and about the <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:37,720 –> 00:21:46,160
\nrole of the word in verse 12, it
\nsays as many as received him to <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:46,160 –> 00:21:51,120
\nthem gave the power to become
\nthe children of God, even to <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:51,120 –> 00:21:56,440
\nthose which believe on his name,
\nwho are born not of blood, nor <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:56,440 –> 00:21:59,840
\nof the will of flesh, nor of the
\nwill of man, but of God. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:00,040 –> 00:22:03,960
\nSo there’s a contrast here
\nbetween a natural beginning <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:03,960 –> 00:22:09,480
\nprocess which is by the will of
\nman and by the power of of the <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:09,480 –> 00:22:12,680
\nhuman body, and that’s a natural
\nbirth. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:12,680 –> 00:22:14,720
\nHe said, no, no, this is a
\ndifferent thing that I’m <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:14,720 –> 00:22:19,720
\nspeaking about altogether.
\nThe second key is the one we’ve <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:19,720 –> 00:22:23,760
\nalready noted from Peter and
\nJohn, that the process of <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:23,760 –> 00:22:28,920
\nbegettal starts with the word of
\nGod and that then brings forth <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:29,200 –> 00:22:33,200
\nthis new creature.
\nAnd the third thing which helps <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:33,200 –> 00:22:35,800
\nwith John chapter 3 is to look
\nat those two words. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:35,800 –> 00:22:40,920
\nWhen he says in verse 3, the
\nLord says except the man be born<\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:41,320 –> 00:22:44,200
\nagain, he cannot see the Kingdom
\nof God. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:44,600 –> 00:22:48,600
\nIt’s quite helpful to have a
\nlook at the word born and the <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:48,600 –> 00:22:55,040
\nword again, those two words in
\nthe Greek, the word born is the <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:55,040 –> 00:22:59,360
\nword judeo, the word again.
\nAnd I think, and you know the <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:59,360 –> 00:23:04,720
\nreally intriguing thing, both of
\nthose words, both of them have <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:04,720 –> 00:23:07,800
\ntwo different meanings in the
\noriginal. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:08,840 –> 00:23:16,040
\nSo the word to be born can mean
\nto bigot, to conceive, to <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:16,040 –> 00:23:21,000
\ngender, the start of the
\nprocess, or it can mean the <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:21,000 –> 00:23:24,800
\nactual physical process of birth
\nnine months later to be born or <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:24,800 –> 00:23:27,920
\nto give birth.
\nSo when we see the word jenaeo, <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:27,920 –> 00:23:32,080
\nit can mean a reference to the
\nbegettal process or to the <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:32,160 –> 00:23:35,680
\nactual birth.
\nAnd when it comes to the word <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:35,720 –> 00:23:41,600
\nagain, and I think it can
\nliterally mean again or it also <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:41,640 –> 00:23:46,720
\nliterally means above that when
\nwe say above, let me give you an<\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:46,720 –> 00:23:51,080
\nexample that we’ve already
\nlooked at the Father of lights. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:51,840 –> 00:23:54,440
\nSee, I’ve got a key.
\nLet me read it out. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:54,440 –> 00:23:59,000
\nEvery good and every perfect
\ngift is from above and comes <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:59,000 –> 00:24:02,400
\ndown from the Father of lights.
\nAnd that word above is an effect<\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:02,800 –> 00:24:05,480
\nagain.
\nSo literally the word can mean <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:05,480 –> 00:24:09,640
\nagain or it can mean above.
\nEvery good and perfect gift is <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:09,720 –> 00:24:13,880
\nfrom above.
\nSo what we have is a statement <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:13,880 –> 00:24:20,320
\nhere from the Lord, which is
\nexcept a man be begotten from <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:20,320 –> 00:24:23,280
\nabove, he will never see the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:23,280 –> 00:24:27,520
\nNow that makes absolute sense.
\nHow do we get begotten from <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:27,520 –> 00:24:29,880
\nabove?
\nWell, Peter tells us that we get<\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:29,880 –> 00:24:34,040
\nbegotten by the word of truth.
\nJames tells us that the Father <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:34,040 –> 00:24:36,160
\nof lights begets us through the
\nWord. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:36,440 –> 00:24:39,520
\nThat’s a process of being
\nbegotten above. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:40,160 –> 00:24:42,360
\nNicodemus can’t think on a
\nspiritual plane. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:42,680 –> 00:24:45,280
\nHe takes it literally.
\nHe said, well, you can’t be born<\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:45,280 –> 00:24:47,320
\nagain because that means you
\nhave to go back into your <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:47,320 –> 00:24:50,200
\nmother’s womb.
\nAnd Christ then picks up this <\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:50,200 –> 00:24:54,080
\nconcept of birth, and he extends
\nthe subject further to say, <\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:54,080 –> 00:24:57,560
\nactually, when it comes to
\nbirth, there are two births <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:57,560 –> 00:25:00,520
\nneeded now.
\nYou’ve already had a natural <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:00,520 –> 00:25:05,600
\none.
\nWe now need a birth of water and<\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:05,600 –> 00:25:09,480
\na birth of spirit.
\nAnd Paul Nicodemus at this stage<\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:09,480 –> 00:25:11,760
\nis really struggling.
\nSo let’s have a look at what the<\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:11,760 –> 00:25:14,840
\nLord’s actually saying.
\nYou know, there’s a principle <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:14,840 –> 00:25:20,160
\nestablished in it’s in first of
\nCorinthians 15 and verse 46. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:20,720 –> 00:25:24,200
\nFirst that which is natural and
\nthen that which is spiritual. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:25,000 –> 00:25:29,720
\nSo we have a a natural example
\nof a birth and then we have a <\/p>\n
409
\n00:25:29,720 –> 00:25:33,280
\nspiritual application of that as
\na set of principles. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:25:33,520 –> 00:25:36,120
\nAnd that’s a general principle
\nthat comes up a lot in <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:36,120 –> 00:25:38,560
\nScripture.
\nBut let’s look at the spiritual <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:38,560 –> 00:25:41,400
\napplication.
\nWell, then there needs to be a <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:41,400 –> 00:25:44,320
\nspiritual begettal.
\nHow does that take place? <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:44,720 –> 00:25:48,400
\nWell, we’re begotten by God.
\nHow does that take place with <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:48,400 –> 00:25:52,480
\nthe Word?
\nSo God starts the process by <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:52,480 –> 00:25:57,800
\nbegetting us from His Word.
\nThat then leads on to a <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:57,800 –> 00:26:03,800
\nspiritual birth and actually our
\nbirth of the Spirit, our new <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:03,800 –> 00:26:05,960
\nbirth is actually a birth in two
\nstages. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:07,600 –> 00:26:11,040
\nThere’s first of all being born
\nof water, which is baptism. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:11,920 –> 00:26:15,640
\nAnd then we have the concept of
\nbeing born of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:16,640 –> 00:26:19,080
\nNow, what’s this birth of the
\nSpirit? <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:20,560 –> 00:26:23,120
\nSometimes it suggests that,
\nwell, our spiritual birth is our<\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:23,120 –> 00:26:28,040
\nbaptism as well because we’re
\nnow a new creature in Christ. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:28,480 –> 00:26:31,080
\nAnd you know, actually in a
\nmoral sense that is true. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:31,600 –> 00:26:35,640
\nWe’re born again as a new
\ncreature in Christ, but the <\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:35,640 –> 00:26:40,360
\nfullness of the concept of being
\nborn of the spirit is when we <\/p>\n
427
\n00:26:40,400 –> 00:26:44,920
\nultimately become spirit beings.
\nSo Christ is described in <\/p>\n
428
\n00:26:44,920 –> 00:26:50,240
\nColossians one verse 18 as being
\nthe first born from the dead <\/p>\n
429
\n00:26:50,880 –> 00:26:53,400
\nafter the resurrection,
\nimmortality. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:54,040 –> 00:26:57,640
\nSo we have this concept here of
\na birth of water, which is <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:57,640 –> 00:27:02,120
\nbaptism, and then a birth of
\nspirit, which in a moral sense <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:02,120 –> 00:27:06,320
\ndoes start after our baptism.
\nBut actually really the full <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:06,320 –> 00:27:09,680
\nbirth of spirit is when we
\nbecome spirit beings. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:10,120 –> 00:27:15,760
\nNow if we think about it, one of
\nthose is the spirit mind and the<\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:15,760 –> 00:27:20,160
\nother is actually when the
\nspirit power transforms us or <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:20,160 –> 00:27:26,000
\nanother way of looking at it,
\nmental and moral and ultimately <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:26,000 –> 00:27:29,160
\na physical rebirth when we
\nbecome spirit beings. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:27:30,200 –> 00:27:32,440
\nSo when you ask the question,
\nwell, what is the birth of the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:27:32,440 –> 00:27:33,840
\nspirit?
\nIs that in our baptism? <\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:34,080 –> 00:27:36,440
\nWell, in a sense, yes, because
\nwe’re begotten as a new <\/p>\n
441
\n00:27:36,440 –> 00:27:38,640
\ncreature.
\nBut in its ultimate sense, <\/p>\n
442
\n00:27:38,680 –> 00:27:42,600
\nactually it’s really when we
\ncome to birth as a full spirit <\/p>\n
443
\n00:27:42,600 –> 00:27:44,680
\nbeing.
\nSo Brother Thomas refers to it <\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:44,680 –> 00:27:47,120
\nas being.
\nThis being begotten from above <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:47,120 –> 00:27:53,240
\nthem leads to a twofold birth
\nfrom below, first from water and<\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:53,240 –> 00:27:57,240
\nsecondly from the grave.
\nAnd that’s just simply taking <\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:57,240 –> 00:27:59,680
\nthe concepts of begetal and
\nbirth is they’re used in <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:59,680 –> 00:28:03,040
\nScripture and overlaying them
\nover the top of this little <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:03,040 –> 00:28:08,520
\npassage here in John chapter 3.
\nWe don’t have time for this. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:08,520 –> 00:28:11,640
\nI’m going to say it anyway.
\nVerse 8, the wind bloweth where <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:11,640 –> 00:28:13,680
\nit listeth.
\nAnd thou hearest the voice, the <\/p>\n
452
\n00:28:13,680 –> 00:28:16,520
\nsound thereof, but canst not
\ntell whence it comes. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:28:16,720 –> 00:28:20,280
\nWhat’s that talking about?
\nIt’s the only place in the New <\/p>\n
454
\n00:28:20,280 –> 00:28:24,080
\nTestament where the word numa
\nhas been translated is wind. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:28:24,920 –> 00:28:27,840
\nIt should be spirit because
\nthat’s how it’s translated <\/p>\n
456
\n00:28:27,840 –> 00:28:29,600
\nthrough all the rest of the New
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:28:29,760 –> 00:28:32,680
\nAnd the word blow is neo, to
\nblow or to breathe. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:28:34,200 –> 00:28:37,880
\nSo the spirit breathes wherever
\nit chooses. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:28:38,040 –> 00:28:42,760
\nThis is God’s work.
\nAnd you can hear sound or <\/p>\n
460
\n00:28:42,760 –> 00:28:46,160
\nliterally means the voice.
\nYou can hear its voice, but you <\/p>\n
461
\n00:28:46,160 –> 00:28:47,600
\ndon’t understand it.
\nNicodemus. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:49,000 –> 00:28:52,000
\nIt pops up in John the Baptist.
\nYou didn’t get it. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:52,680 –> 00:28:55,600
\nIt’s now in the son of a
\nCarpenter from Nazareth. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:55,960 –> 00:29:00,040
\nYou don’t understand it.
\nAnd you as a ruler in Israel are<\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:00,040 –> 00:29:04,160
\nhearing the sound of the voice
\nof the Spirit that is struggling<\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:04,160 –> 00:29:06,080
\nto understand what it’s actually
\nsaying. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:06,840 –> 00:29:10,560
\nAnd what our Lord’s doing is
\nelevating Nicodemus’s mind, a <\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:10,560 –> 00:29:15,760
\njourney which he had just begun.
\nOK, all right, let’s keep going.<\/p>\n
469
\n00:29:15,760 –> 00:29:18,760
\nBuilding up a picture of the of
\nthe renewing of the power of the<\/p>\n
470
\n00:29:18,760 –> 00:29:20,440
\nWord.
\nI’d like you to come with me to <\/p>\n
471
\n00:29:20,440 –> 00:29:26,600
\nEphesians 5 and verse 26.
\nIt’s the passage where the Lord <\/p>\n
472
\n00:29:26,600 –> 00:29:31,320
\nJesus Christ describes himself
\nas being the the husband who <\/p>\n
473
\n00:29:31,320 –> 00:29:34,680
\ncares for the bride.
\nAnd it becomes that beautiful <\/p>\n
474
\n00:29:34,680 –> 00:29:41,360
\nset of of verses which we use to
\nto teach husbands the principles<\/p>\n
475
\n00:29:41,360 –> 00:29:46,200
\nof of a godly or a Christ like
\nspirit of care for our wives. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:29:46,400 –> 00:29:51,880
\nEphesians 5, verse 26 Well, 25
\nHusbands, love your wives. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:29:52,080 –> 00:29:55,800
\nAs Christ loved the ecclesia,
\nand gave Himself for her, that <\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:55,800 –> 00:30:00,720
\nhe might sanctify and cleanse
\nher with the washing of water by<\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:00,720 –> 00:30:03,920
\nthe Word, that he might present
\nhim to herself with glorious <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:03,920 –> 00:30:07,560
\necclesia, not having spot, or
\nwrinkled, or any such thing, <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:07,840 –> 00:30:12,840
\nholy and without blemish.
\nSo now we have this concept of <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:12,840 –> 00:30:18,000
\nthe word being used not just to
\nforget, but to cleanse, to <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:18,000 –> 00:30:22,160
\nsanctify and cleanse it with the
\nwashing of water by the word. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:22,680 –> 00:30:26,120
\nSometimes the translation has
\nthe idea of the washing in the <\/p>\n
485
\n00:30:26,120 –> 00:30:30,040
\nlabour of the word as well,
\nwashing and cleansed in the <\/p>\n
486
\n00:30:30,040 –> 00:30:35,640
\nlabour of the water by the word.
\nSo here we have the word now <\/p>\n
487
\n00:30:35,640 –> 00:30:38,880
\nbeing used as the process that
\ncleanses our minds. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:30:39,120 –> 00:30:42,480
\nAnd there’s some beautiful
\nlessons that draw from that we <\/p>\n
489
\n00:30:42,480 –> 00:30:44,920
\ndon’t have time to look at sadly
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:30:45,120 –> 00:30:49,640
\nHusbands, for us in terms of
\nasking the question, are we <\/p>\n
491
\n00:30:49,640 –> 00:30:55,640
\nconsciously doing that in our
\nhomes, washing the minds of our <\/p>\n
492
\n00:30:55,640 –> 00:31:00,680
\nwives with the word, which
\nsanctifies and cleanses? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:01,160 –> 00:31:05,200
\nBut notice the phrase that he
\nmight sanctify and cleanse it <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:05,320 –> 00:31:09,240
\nwith the word.
\nWell, that’s interesting because<\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:09,240 –> 00:31:13,120
\nSecond of Thessalonians chapter
\n2 and verse 13, which we won’t <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:13,120 –> 00:31:16,640
\nturn up, says that that
\nsanctification is done by the <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:16,640 –> 00:31:19,760
\nSpirit.
\nWe’re bound to give thanks <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:19,760 –> 00:31:22,480
\nalways to God for you, brethren,
\nbeloved of the Lord, because God<\/p>\n
499
\n00:31:22,480 –> 00:31:26,040
\nfrom the beginning has chosen
\nyou to salvation through the <\/p>\n
500
\n00:31:26,040 –> 00:31:29,160
\nsanctification of the Spirit and
\nbelief of the truth. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:31:29,720 –> 00:31:33,120
\nAnd that passage is sometimes
\nput forth to say you have to <\/p>\n
502
\n00:31:33,120 –> 00:31:36,560
\nhave the Holy Spirit power come
\nunto you because it sanctifies <\/p>\n
503
\n00:31:36,640 –> 00:31:38,920
\nthe sanctifying work of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:31:40,360 –> 00:31:43,880
\nWell, it gets more complicated
\nbecause in John 17 verse 19, he <\/p>\n
505
\n00:31:43,880 –> 00:31:46,680
\nsays that they may be sanctified
\nthrough the truth. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:31:48,000 –> 00:31:51,800
\nSo are we sanctified by the
\nwater of the Word, or are we <\/p>\n
507
\n00:31:51,800 –> 00:31:56,320
\nsanctified by the Spirit or are
\nwe sanctified by the truth? <\/p>\n
508
\n00:31:57,920 –> 00:31:59,440
\nWhich one of those are you going
\nto choose? <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:00,760 –> 00:32:04,160
\nWell look at this.
\nIs it the Word or the truth, the<\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:04,160 –> 00:32:05,920
\nwords I speak?
\nIs it the Word or the Spirit? <\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:05,920 –> 00:32:08,840
\nThe words I speak to you?
\nThey ask her, or is it the <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:08,840 –> 00:32:11,800
\nSpirit or the truth?
\nThe Spirit is the truth, 1 John <\/p>\n
513
\n00:32:11,800 –> 00:32:14,160
\n5, verse 7.
\nOr is it the truth? <\/p>\n
514
\n00:32:14,160 –> 00:32:16,360
\nOr is it the Word via word is
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:32:16,800 –> 00:32:20,080
\nJohn 17, verse 19.
\nWhat does that tell us, brothers<\/p>\n
516
\n00:32:20,080 –> 00:32:22,920
\nand sisters?
\nIt simply says that actually <\/p>\n
517
\n00:32:22,920 –> 00:32:27,480
\nGod’s word is the Spirit
\nexpressing God’s thoughts. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:32:28,280 –> 00:32:31,440
\nWhat’s the truth?
\nThe truth is God’s thoughts <\/p>\n
519
\n00:32:31,440 –> 00:32:34,800
\nexpressed in His Word, and we
\nsee the way in which these <\/p>\n
520
\n00:32:34,800 –> 00:32:38,280
\nconcepts work together.
\nSo when when we read passages <\/p>\n
521
\n00:32:38,280 –> 00:32:42,920
\nwhich speak of the need of the
\nSpirit to be working in us, we <\/p>\n
522
\n00:32:42,920 –> 00:32:47,480
\ndon’t need to be confused or
\nconcerned or puzzled as to what <\/p>\n
523
\n00:32:47,480 –> 00:32:49,800
\nit might mean.
\nWhat we’re being told here is <\/p>\n
524
\n00:32:49,800 –> 00:32:53,120
\nthe work of God through His
\nWord, through the truth, through<\/p>\n
525
\n00:32:53,120 –> 00:32:55,200
\nthe Spirit.
\nIt’s all the same process. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:32:56,440 –> 00:33:00,600
\nIt’s God sanctifying us through
\nwhat He has said and that <\/p>\n
527
\n00:33:00,600 –> 00:33:04,560
\ncreates that power to work in
\nour own personal lives, which is<\/p>\n
528
\n00:33:04,560 –> 00:33:10,120
\nwhy the word is described as
\nbeing the power of God in Mark <\/p>\n
529
\n00:33:10,120 –> 00:33:12,640
\n12 verse 24.
\nYou know, not the Scriptures, <\/p>\n
530
\n00:33:12,640 –> 00:33:16,840
\nneither the power of God.
\nWell, Peter there has the words <\/p>\n
531
\n00:33:17,000 –> 00:33:22,000
\nof eternal life he says to the
\nLord in John 6 verse 68, or it’s<\/p>\n
532
\n00:33:22,000 –> 00:33:26,080
\ndescribed as the word of truth,
\nthe gospel of your salvation in <\/p>\n
533
\n00:33:26,080 –> 00:33:31,760
\nEphesians 1 and verse 13 or Paul
\nrefers to in Acts 20 as the word<\/p>\n
534
\n00:33:31,800 –> 00:33:35,400
\nof his grace, which is able to
\nbuild up and give an <\/p>\n
535
\n00:33:35,400 –> 00:33:40,320
\ninheritance.
\nSo on that basis, if it’s the <\/p>\n
536
\n00:33:40,320 –> 00:33:44,120
\npower of God’s word, then what’s
\nour role? <\/p>\n
537
\n00:33:45,000 –> 00:33:49,760
\nWhat do we actually do?
\nAnd Christianity at large says <\/p>\n
538
\n00:33:49,760 –> 00:33:54,680
\nat this point, you surrender,
\nyou just submit, and you let the<\/p>\n
539
\n00:33:54,680 –> 00:33:59,800
\nHoly Spirit do what it does.
\nWhat does God teach us is our <\/p>\n
540
\n00:33:59,840 –> 00:34:01,840
\nresponsibility to the work of
\nthe Spirit? <\/p>\n
541
\n00:34:02,720 –> 00:34:06,560
\nAnd we’re going to turn briefly,
\nvery briefly, to Luke chapter 8,<\/p>\n
542
\n00:34:06,600 –> 00:34:10,920
\na very familiar passage.
\nIt’s the parable of the soul, <\/p>\n
543
\n00:34:11,040 –> 00:34:14,480
\nLuke chapter 8.
\nNow we’re told that in the <\/p>\n
544
\n00:34:14,480 –> 00:34:19,040
\nparable of the sower, the seed
\nis the word of God. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:34:19,199 –> 00:34:22,400
\nSo we’re right on top of here.
\nThis is the impact of the word <\/p>\n
546
\n00:34:22,400 –> 00:34:24,719
\nof God.
\nWe know the parable well. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:34:24,920 –> 00:34:26,840
\nWe know there are four types of
\nground. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:34:27,040 –> 00:34:29,520
\nSo in the parable, what’s our
\nresponsibility? <\/p>\n
549
\n00:34:29,800 –> 00:34:33,000
\nActually, the question is what
\ntype of soil am I going to be? <\/p>\n
550
\n00:34:33,800 –> 00:34:36,000
\nAm I going to be the hard
\nhearted rock that won’t even <\/p>\n
551
\n00:34:36,000 –> 00:34:39,360
\nlisten?
\nAm I going to be the, the, the <\/p>\n
552
\n00:34:39,360 –> 00:34:42,080
\nrock that’s very shallow, the
\nsoil that’s very shallow? <\/p>\n
553
\n00:34:42,080 –> 00:34:44,400
\nSo the word takes root, but it
\ndoesn’t last. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:34:45,199 –> 00:34:47,560
\nOr am I going to be the ground
\nthat’s filled its filled its <\/p>\n
555
\n00:34:47,560 –> 00:34:51,600
\nlife up with the the the cares
\nand deceitfulness of riches, the<\/p>\n
556
\n00:34:51,600 –> 00:34:53,920
\ncares of this life and the lusts
\nof other things? <\/p>\n
557
\n00:34:54,280 –> 00:34:56,239
\nOr am I going to be the good
\nsoil? <\/p>\n
558
\n00:34:56,520 –> 00:35:00,200
\nSo actually the parable is about
\npersonal responsibility in terms<\/p>\n
559
\n00:35:00,200 –> 00:35:03,480
\nof how we respond to the word.
\nAnd I’d just like to pick up the<\/p>\n
560
\n00:35:03,480 –> 00:35:14,920
\nphrase in Luke chapter 8 and
\nverse 15 that on the good ground<\/p>\n
561
\n00:35:15,480 –> 00:35:17,840
\nare they?
\nAnd I just note these words, <\/p>\n
562
\n00:35:18,440 –> 00:35:26,520
\nwhich in an honest and good
\nheart, having heard the word, <\/p>\n
563
\n00:35:26,520 –> 00:35:29,240
\nkeep it and bring forth fruit,
\npatience. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:35:30,280 –> 00:35:34,080
\nSo our responsibility here,
\nbrothers and sisters, is to have<\/p>\n
565
\n00:35:34,080 –> 00:35:38,640
\na good and honest heart.
\nIt’s interesting as you read <\/p>\n
566
\n00:35:38,640 –> 00:35:43,760
\nthrough the works of our, of our
\nearlier brethren, many, many <\/p>\n
567
\n00:35:43,760 –> 00:35:46,880
\ndifferent brethren, actually,
\nthe phrase they keep using in <\/p>\n
568
\n00:35:46,880 –> 00:35:50,120
\nterms of how we respond to the
\nwork of the Spirit is they keep <\/p>\n
569
\n00:35:50,120 –> 00:35:51,840
\nusing the phrase of good and
\nhonest heart. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:35:52,840 –> 00:35:55,480
\nYou just see it over and over
\nand over again, a good and <\/p>\n
571
\n00:35:55,480 –> 00:35:57,160
\nhonest heart, a good and honest
\nheart. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:35:57,520 –> 00:36:00,680
\nBecause what that’s telling us
\nis we have a responsibility in <\/p>\n
573
\n00:36:00,680 –> 00:36:04,160
\nterms of how we receive the word
\nand how we respond to it. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:36:04,360 –> 00:36:07,200
\nWe have to have a good and
\nhonest heart which having heard <\/p>\n
575
\n00:36:07,200 –> 00:36:12,400
\nthe word keeps it and therefore
\nbrings forth good fruit. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:36:12,640 –> 00:36:17,840
\nSo that’s our responsibility.
\nThat’s why, for example, in in <\/p>\n
577
\n00:36:17,840 –> 00:36:21,320
\nJoshua 1, Joshua was told this
\nbook of the more shall not <\/p>\n
578
\n00:36:21,320 –> 00:36:25,720
\ndepart out of thy mouth.
\nThou shalt meditate therein day <\/p>\n
579
\n00:36:25,920 –> 00:36:30,520
\nand night that thou shalt have
\ngood success make thy way <\/p>\n
580
\n00:36:30,520 –> 00:36:33,040
\nprosperous.
\nWell, what about the Bereans? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:36:33,880 –> 00:36:37,520
\nWell, we know in Acts 17 verse
\n11, they were more noble than <\/p>\n
582
\n00:36:37,520 –> 00:36:39,360
\nthe than the verse in
\nThessalonica. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:36:39,360 –> 00:36:40,960
\nThey searched the scriptures
\ndaily. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:36:40,960 –> 00:36:43,080
\nIt’s an interesting little
\nphrase. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:36:43,640 –> 00:36:47,720
\nThey searched the Scriptures
\ndaily with all readiness of <\/p>\n
586
\n00:36:47,720 –> 00:36:50,440
\nmind.
\nSo actually there is a <\/p>\n
587
\n00:36:50,440 –> 00:36:53,320
\nresponsibility.
\nIt’s how we listen to and <\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:53,320 –> 00:36:57,320
\nreceive the word of God.
\nWe don’t have time to turn it <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:57,320 –> 00:37:01,080
\nup, unfortunately.
\nBut Romans chapter 10 is, is a <\/p>\n
590
\n00:37:01,080 –> 00:37:03,720
\nmagnificent passage in your own
\ntime. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:37:03,720 –> 00:37:07,840
\nRead through from verse 4 right
\nthrough to verse 17 because he’s<\/p>\n
592
\n00:37:07,840 –> 00:37:13,120
\ntalking about belief or faith.
\nAnd what he sees is there’s a <\/p>\n
593
\n00:37:13,120 –> 00:37:18,480
\npreacher who preaches the word
\nand he said, and that’s the word<\/p>\n
594
\n00:37:18,480 –> 00:37:21,600
\nthat we receive that’s nigh us.
\nIt’s near to us. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:37:21,600 –> 00:37:23,680
\nThe word he said, it’s in our
\nmouth, it’s in our heart. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:37:23,800 –> 00:37:26,560
\nIt’s the word which we believe.
\nIt’s the word that brings <\/p>\n
597
\n00:37:26,560 –> 00:37:29,280
\nrighteousness.
\nAnd as he goes through there, he<\/p>\n
598
\n00:37:29,280 –> 00:37:33,040
\nshows not that the Holy Spirit
\ngifts and power to come into us <\/p>\n
599
\n00:37:33,200 –> 00:37:36,600
\nto make us believe, but it’s our
\ncloseness to the word of God, <\/p>\n
600
\n00:37:36,720 –> 00:37:38,600
\nwhich is in our hearts and our
\nmouths. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:37:38,920 –> 00:37:42,600
\nWe express it in our faith.
\nIt’s the power of the word. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:37:42,720 –> 00:37:48,440
\nAnd then he goes on to say faith
\ncomes by hearing, and hearing by<\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:48,560 –> 00:37:51,600
\nthe Word of God.
\nScripture is so delightfully <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:51,600 –> 00:37:54,720
\nclear in telling us what it is
\nthat makes a difference. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:54,720 –> 00:38:00,120
\nThe Word is the medium that God
\nis using to develop the mind of <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:00,120 –> 00:38:05,240
\nthe Spirit or the Spirit of God
\nin us as individuals. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:38:05,240 –> 00:38:10,400
\nAnd that’s why the New Testament
\nis so full of the concept of <\/p>\n
608
\n00:38:10,400 –> 00:38:14,440
\nfaith.
\nFaith is not something we just <\/p>\n
609
\n00:38:14,440 –> 00:38:18,320
\nsit there and the Holy Spirit
\ncomes and puts faith in what is <\/p>\n
610
\n00:38:18,320 –> 00:38:20,600
\nfaith.
\nIt’s so simple. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:38:20,880 –> 00:38:24,120
\nGod speaks and we listen to
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:38:26,040 –> 00:38:30,880
\nGod made a promise to Abraham,
\nand Abraham heard it and he <\/p>\n
613
\n00:38:30,880 –> 00:38:33,840
\nbelieved and it was counted to
\nhim for righteousness. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:38:34,880 –> 00:38:38,480
\nThat’s why the New Testament is
\nactually written for us. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:38:39,640 –> 00:38:42,720
\nJohn 17 verse 20.
\nOur Lord says, I pray not for <\/p>\n
616
\n00:38:42,720 –> 00:38:47,280
\nthem only for the apostles, but
\nfor them also, which shall <\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:47,280 –> 00:38:50,560
\nbelieve on me through their
\nwords. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:51,760 –> 00:38:56,120
\nAnd they wrote down, they first
\nof all spoke to those they met, <\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:56,280 –> 00:39:01,080
\nand then thankfully for us, they
\nwrote down their witness of what<\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:01,080 –> 00:39:04,520
\nthey’ve seen and heard.
\nAnd we come along and we believe<\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:04,680 –> 00:39:08,280
\nthrough their words.
\nThat’s the power of faith. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:08,480 –> 00:39:11,800
\nFaith which is the substance of
\nthings hoped for and the <\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:11,840 –> 00:39:15,400
\nevidence of the things that we
\ndidn’t see. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:16,040 –> 00:39:19,280
\nWe believe the Lord Jesus Christ
\ncame and walked on earth. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:20,080 –> 00:39:22,000
\nWe believe He lived the perfect
\nlife. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:39:22,520 –> 00:39:25,840
\nWe believe he made a sacrifice
\nfor the forgiveness of sins of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:39:25,840 –> 00:39:28,440
\nthose that would come to the
\nFather, and we believe he’s in <\/p>\n
628
\n00:39:28,440 –> 00:39:32,400
\nheaven and will shortly return.
\nIt’s the evidence to us, the <\/p>\n
629
\n00:39:32,400 –> 00:39:37,600
\ncertainty of the things that we
\nhaven’t seen right. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:39:37,840 –> 00:39:40,360
\nWhat I’m going to do for a few
\nminutes now is completely <\/p>\n
631
\n00:39:40,360 –> 00:39:42,680
\nswitch.
\nSwitch this and have a look at <\/p>\n
632
\n00:39:42,680 –> 00:39:46,320
\nwhat the churches teach and it
\nwill drive home to us brothers <\/p>\n
633
\n00:39:46,320 –> 00:39:50,160
\nand sisters the preciousness of
\nthe truth that we actually have.<\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:50,400 –> 00:39:52,640
\nRemember they believe in the
\nTrinity. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:52,800 –> 00:39:56,600
\nRemember, they’re described as
\nthe hard system and the mystery <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:56,600 –> 00:40:00,720
\nof iniquity which was already
\nworking, who have changed the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:00,720 –> 00:40:05,120
\ntruth of God into a lie.
\nThey have a triune God here, <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:05,120 –> 00:40:08,960
\nwhich has very old roots way
\nback in the Egyptian mythology. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:09,640 –> 00:40:13,120
\nThe concept Plato, the Greek
\nphilosopher picked up this this <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:13,120 –> 00:40:17,080
\nthree person concept and a lot
\nof his philosophies have been <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:17,480 –> 00:40:20,280
\nincorporated into the teaching
\nof the Trinity. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:21,520 –> 00:40:25,080
\nSo we won’t go through this in
\nany detail, but there are clear <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:25,080 –> 00:40:29,000
\ninstances of Plato’s influence
\nupon the 2nd century Christian <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:29,000 –> 00:40:31,280
\nwriters.
\nThey talk about the interaction <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:31,280 –> 00:40:33,720
\nof the world with the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:40:34,160 –> 00:40:35,760
\nWe just go down to the section
\nhere. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:40:36,320 –> 00:40:41,200
\nPlatonism became ingrained in
\nChristian discourse about God. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:41,840 –> 00:40:45,120
\nTherefore, Christian Trinity, or
\nthe inner dynamics of the <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:45,120 –> 00:40:50,480
\nrelationship between the Father
\nand the Son and the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:50,480 –> 00:40:54,200
\nhave been formulated using
\nPlato’s distinction between the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:54,200 –> 00:40:58,200
\ngood, the Naus and the Newman.
\nSo Greek philosophy is a <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:58,200 –> 00:41:00,800
\nfundamental part of Christian
\nteaching. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:00,920 –> 00:41:04,840
\nSo what do you get as a result?
\nThe Moody Institute. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:05,800 –> 00:41:08,640
\nThe Holy Spirit today plays a
\nmajor role in the application of<\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:08,640 –> 00:41:13,520
\nsalvation to the individual.
\nIt’s the Spirit who brings <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:13,520 –> 00:41:17,680
\nconviction to the unbeliever.
\nGet that In comes the Holy <\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:17,680 –> 00:41:20,960
\nSpirit and it brings conviction.
\nWhat have we just been seeing <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:20,960 –> 00:41:23,920
\nbrings conviction?
\nUs reading and believing the <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:23,920 –> 00:41:26,080
\nword of God?
\nNo, the Holy Spirit will come in<\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:26,080 –> 00:41:29,400
\nand bring a conviction to the
\nunbeliever and cause him to see <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:29,600 –> 00:41:32,600
\nthe light of the truth of the
\ngospel in a clear light. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:33,720 –> 00:41:36,400
\nThe Holy Spirit unites the
\nbeliever with Christ. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:41:36,800 –> 00:41:39,120
\nIt places him in the body of
\nChrist, the church. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:39,560 –> 00:41:41,160
\nHe unites the believer with
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:41,160 –> 00:41:45,480
\nIn Christ’s death, you notice,
\nenabling the believer to live <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:45,480 –> 00:41:49,240
\nvictoriously over sin.
\nYou can conquer sin. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:49,560 –> 00:41:52,000
\nThe Holy Spirit comes in and
\ndoes it for you. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:52,480 –> 00:41:57,240
\nThe Holy Spirit, note those
\nwords, controls the believer who<\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:57,240 –> 00:41:59,960
\nyields to God.
\nYou get the sense of what’s <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:59,960 –> 00:42:03,680
\nbeing talked about here, that
\nthe Holy Spirit comes in and <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:03,680 –> 00:42:07,360
\ncontrols you, and your role is
\nsimply to submit to it. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:08,240 –> 00:42:11,800
\nThe CS Lewis Institute, The
\nSpirit’s ready and willing and <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:11,840 –> 00:42:15,040
\neager to reign in US.
\nGet the idea of the Spirit being<\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:15,040 –> 00:42:17,680
\na different thing.
\nIt’s a being and it’s going <\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:17,680 –> 00:42:21,360
\naround and it’s looking for a
\nhome and it’s wanting to get <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:21,400 –> 00:42:24,960
\ninside you.
\nNo, the Spirit is actually God <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:25,040 –> 00:42:27,400
\nat work.
\nSo they talk about the Spirit as<\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:27,400 –> 00:42:30,680
\nif it’s another being wanting to
\nget inside you, but its power is<\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:30,680 –> 00:42:33,280
\nblocked until we surrender fully
\nto God. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:33,920 –> 00:42:39,280
\nOnce we surrender to God and ask
\nthe Spirit to fill us, then it <\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:39,280 –> 00:42:42,240
\nchanges our life in ways that
\nwill amaze and delight you. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:42,240 –> 00:42:45,440
\nThe Holy Spirit will actively
\ncarry forward the process of <\/p>\n
683
\n00:42:45,440 –> 00:42:50,720
\ntransforming you.
\nBut for now, let’s be clear that<\/p>\n
684
\n00:42:50,720 –> 00:42:53,720
\nas we allow the Spirit to
\ninfluence directly empower us, <\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:53,720 –> 00:42:58,440
\nwe can overcome the flesh.
\nCertainly about this is crucial.<\/p>\n
686
\n00:42:58,600 –> 00:43:02,600
\nUncertainty is self defeating.
\nGod’s given us the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:02,840 –> 00:43:06,680
\nbecause they see it as being a
\npower that will actually come <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:06,760 –> 00:43:09,120
\ninto you.
\nAnd in the process, what you’re <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:09,120 –> 00:43:12,120
\nblurring together is all
\ndifferentiation between the Holy<\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:12,120 –> 00:43:14,440
\nSpirit power of God and the
\nSpirit mind. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:15,120 –> 00:43:18,280
\nThe mind of Christ, the Spirit,
\nthe Holy, it’s all merged <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:18,280 –> 00:43:22,400
\ntogether and they take quotes
\nthat refer to different aspects <\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:22,400 –> 00:43:26,880
\nof the work of the Spirit, and
\nthey put them all together into <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:26,880 –> 00:43:28,600
\none.
\nThey actually teach that you <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:28,600 –> 00:43:32,560
\nhave to have the indwelling of
\nthe Holy Spirit to mediate the <\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:32,560 –> 00:43:37,360
\ninfluence of God and Jesus, and
\nthat the Holy Spirit dwelling in<\/p>\n
697
\n00:43:37,360 –> 00:43:41,040
\nyou is proof that God is
\ndwelling in you. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:43:44,880 –> 00:43:51,200
\nOur community from its inception
\nhas been fundamentally opposed <\/p>\n
699
\n00:43:51,200 –> 00:43:53,840
\nto that teaching.
\nAnd it’s been very clear. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:43:54,080 –> 00:43:58,200
\nIt is probably close to the
\nnumber one thing that <\/p>\n
701
\n00:43:58,200 –> 00:44:02,040
\ndifferentiates between the truth
\nand false Christianity, and it’s<\/p>\n
702
\n00:44:02,040 –> 00:44:05,640
\nbeen foundation of our community
\nfrom its beginning. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:44:07,000 –> 00:44:09,920
\nSo Brother Tony Benson and
\nBrother Reg Carr in the book <\/p>\n
704
\n00:44:10,200 –> 00:44:12,960
\nBuilt upon a Rock.
\nWhat is distinctive about the <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:12,960 –> 00:44:17,280
\nChristadelphian view is that
\nthey accept the Holy Scriptures <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:17,400 –> 00:44:21,520
\nas the very words of God and as
\ntheir sole authority. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:22,680 –> 00:44:25,120
\nThey believe that an
\nunderstanding of God’s will and <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:25,120 –> 00:44:29,640
\npurpose can be obtained from the
\nBible without the need for any <\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:29,640 –> 00:44:33,040
\nadditional guidance by the Holy
\nSpirit or by any spiritual <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:33,040 –> 00:44:36,280
\nauthority operating extremely to
\nthe Word of God. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:38,280 –> 00:44:40,920
\nBrother Thomas in the Apostolic
\nAdvocate, 1835. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:44:41,480 –> 00:44:46,400
\nThe Scrutiny of the Testimony,
\nreading the Bible, OK, the <\/p>\n
713
\n00:44:46,400 –> 00:44:51,320
\nscrutiny of the testimony and a
\nconviction that it is true is <\/p>\n
714
\n00:44:51,320 –> 00:44:53,960
\nfaith.
\nThat is the Lord putting His law<\/p>\n
715
\n00:44:53,960 –> 00:44:56,400
\ninto our minds and inscribing
\nthem on the hearts. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:44:56,720 –> 00:45:00,480
\nIt’s by the testimony of the
\nHoly Spirit, written all spoken,<\/p>\n
717
\n00:45:00,720 –> 00:45:04,880
\nthat the world is convinced of.
\nSo we are built on the <\/p>\n
718
\n00:45:04,880 –> 00:45:08,120
\ntestimonial, the testimony of
\nthe apostles and prophets. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:09,120 –> 00:45:13,760
\nFaith then results from the
\nexamination of the testimony, <\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:13,880 –> 00:45:16,240
\nthe witness, the Bible, what we
\nread. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:16,680 –> 00:45:21,000
\nIt’s not an infusion, and
\ntherefore it’s not wrought in <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:21,000 –> 00:45:24,720
\nthe heart by any supernatural
\nand indefinable process. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:25,120 –> 00:45:28,520
\nThose who profess to have been
\nthe subjects of that process are<\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:28,520 –> 00:45:31,000
\ncourageous, their theological
\nsystem. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:31,200 –> 00:45:33,600
\nSuperstition.
\nBrother Robertson, The <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:33,600 –> 00:45:37,720
\nChristadelphia in 1877.
\nThe Orthodox idea, which has so <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:37,720 –> 00:45:41,240
\ncompletely nullified the
\nScriptures and superseded the <\/p>\n
728
\n00:45:41,240 –> 00:45:45,320
\nstudy of the Bible, is that the
\nSpirit of God acts directly and <\/p>\n
729
\n00:45:45,320 –> 00:45:48,440
\nphysically on the minds of men
\nin order to enable them to be <\/p>\n
730
\n00:45:48,440 –> 00:45:51,640
\nobedient.
\nThis idea cannot be too strongly<\/p>\n
731
\n00:45:51,640 –> 00:45:56,440
\nreprobated as containing the
\nseeds of spiritual decay and <\/p>\n
732
\n00:45:56,440 –> 00:46:00,440
\ndeath.
\nIt’s really clear the Spirit of <\/p>\n
733
\n00:46:00,440 –> 00:46:04,480
\nGod as a moral power does not
\ncome to us directly, not at all <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:04,480 –> 00:46:06,520
\nas a physical or constraining
\npower. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:06,680 –> 00:46:10,480
\nIt comes to us in the ideas,
\nwhat it has embodied in the <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:10,480 –> 00:46:13,200
\nWord.
\nAnd it’s only in proportion as <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:13,200 –> 00:46:17,400
\nthese ideas obtain and abiding
\nplace in our minds by the <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:17,400 –> 00:46:21,240
\nconstant companionship of the
\nWord that we become spiritually <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:21,240 –> 00:46:25,520
\nminded seasons of comfort.
\nIt’s wise, therefore, though <\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:25,520 –> 00:46:29,680
\ndisagreeable, to repudiate the
\npopular claim to the possession <\/p>\n
741
\n00:46:29,680 –> 00:46:33,680
\nand guidance of the Holy Spirit.
\nIt’s a false claim and a <\/p>\n
742
\n00:46:33,680 –> 00:46:36,760
\nmischievous one.
\nIt leads people to look to the <\/p>\n
743
\n00:46:36,760 –> 00:46:39,560
\nwrong direction.
\nIt leads them to attach great <\/p>\n
744
\n00:46:39,560 –> 00:46:43,080
\nimportance to the changeful
\nmoods and tempers of the human <\/p>\n
745
\n00:46:43,080 –> 00:46:45,280
\nmind.
\nIf I’ve got the Spirit in me <\/p>\n
746
\n00:46:45,440 –> 00:46:49,520
\nguiding my thoughts, then I’m
\nnow captured by how I feel. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:46:51,080 –> 00:46:52,200
\nOn the other hand.
\nOn one. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:46:52,280 –> 00:46:55,160
\nOn the other hand, it leads them
\nto practically make light off <\/p>\n
749
\n00:46:55,480 –> 00:46:59,360
\nand neglect the Bible, which is
\nthe only safe and sure guide. <\/p>\n
750
\n00:46:59,640 –> 00:47:01,720
\nLike the lighthouse on the
\ndangerous coast. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:02,520 –> 00:47:05,360
\nIn fact, the result of the
\npopular era on this point cannot<\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:05,360 –> 00:47:08,280
\nvisibly describe that in the
\nlanguage of the prophets. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:08,280 –> 00:47:11,480
\nThey forsake in the fountain of
\nliving waters, and hewed <\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:11,480 –> 00:47:15,280
\nthemselves out systems broken
\nsystems that can hold no water. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:16,080 –> 00:47:19,480
\nThey neglect the true counsel by
\nwhich God guides His people in <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:19,480 –> 00:47:23,600
\nthe Scriptures of truth, and
\nthey run after human thoughts, <\/p>\n
757
\n00:47:23,720 –> 00:47:26,920
\nfeelings, and sentiments which
\nlead away from that council. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:47:27,560 –> 00:47:30,960
\nOr by the CC Walker.
\nMen have so much of the Holy <\/p>\n
759
\n00:47:30,960 –> 00:47:33,960
\nSpirit in them as they have of
\nthe Word of God and their <\/p>\n
760
\n00:47:33,960 –> 00:47:37,160
\nunderstandings and affections.
\nTo that extent, they’re not in <\/p>\n
761
\n00:47:37,160 –> 00:47:41,080
\nthe flesh, but in the Spirit, as
\nPaul testified to the Romans. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:47:42,280 –> 00:47:46,680
\nAnd so in the BASF Doctrines to
\nbe rejected, clause six, that <\/p>\n
763
\n00:47:46,680 –> 00:47:50,480
\nthe Holy Spirit is a person
\ndistinct from the Father, and <\/p>\n
764
\n00:47:50,480 –> 00:47:54,080
\nclause 25, that a man cannot
\nbelieve without possessing the <\/p>\n
765
\n00:47:54,080 –> 00:47:56,960
\nSpirit of God.
\nIt’s been fundamental in our <\/p>\n
766
\n00:47:56,960 –> 00:48:00,960
\ncommunity since its inception
\nthat it’s the power of the word <\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:01,200 –> 00:48:03,840
\ntransforms the minds of men and
\nwomen. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:04,080 –> 00:48:07,440
\nIt’s not the Holy Spirit coming
\ninto people that actually does <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:07,440 –> 00:48:09,600
\nthat as some sort of a remote
\npower. <\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:11,200 –> 00:48:14,400
\nWhat about this little book
\nfamiliar with that, a guide, the<\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:14,400 –> 00:48:18,280
\necclesial guide.
\nYou know that often the those <\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:18,280 –> 00:48:21,480
\nearlier writings have a short
\ntitle and then they have a <\/p>\n
773
\n00:48:21,480 –> 00:48:23,800
\nlonger title when you look
\ninside the front page. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:48:24,600 –> 00:48:27,920
\nSo there’s the longer title on
\nthe inside of the front page. <\/p>\n
775
\n00:48:28,320 –> 00:48:29,960
\nI’ll just expand.
\nThis is so, this is the <\/p>\n
776
\n00:48:29,960 –> 00:48:32,400
\necclesial guide which we’re so
\nfamiliar with. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:48:33,160 –> 00:48:36,360
\nThis is what it actually says.
\nA guide to the formation and <\/p>\n
778
\n00:48:36,360 –> 00:48:39,280
\nconduct of Christadelphian
\necclesias in the characteristic <\/p>\n
779
\n00:48:39,280 –> 00:48:43,240
\ncircumstances of an age when the
\ntruth is apostolically delivered<\/p>\n
780
\n00:48:43,240 –> 00:48:49,040
\nhas been revived in the ways of
\ndivine Providence without the <\/p>\n
781
\n00:48:49,040 –> 00:48:53,760
\ncooperation and living guidance
\nof the Holy Spirit as enjoyed in<\/p>\n
782
\n00:48:53,760 –> 00:48:58,120
\nthe Apostolic age.
\nSo this has been really clear in<\/p>\n
783
\n00:48:58,120 –> 00:49:09,980
\nour community right since the
\nbeginning of its inception, and <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:09,980 –> 00:49:14,620
\nyet describe this being
\nincredibly clear in Scripture <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:15,380 –> 00:49:19,020
\nand a fundamental position of
\nour belief and understanding. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:19,580 –> 00:49:24,760
\nIncredibly, every few decades,
\nchurch teaching on the Holy <\/p>\n
787
\n00:49:24,760 –> 00:49:28,840
\nSpirit comes back into the
\nbrotherhood and gets raised up <\/p>\n
788
\n00:49:28,920 –> 00:49:31,480
\nagain.
\nAnd when it does, it’s a <\/p>\n
789
\n00:49:31,520 –> 00:49:35,880
\nfundamental challenge to the
\nmost basic of the doctrines of <\/p>\n
790
\n00:49:35,880 –> 00:49:37,760
\nthe truth.
\nAnd it’s certainly the case <\/p>\n
791
\n00:49:37,760 –> 00:49:42,040
\ntoday around the ecclesial
\nworld, the concepts of the need <\/p>\n
792
\n00:49:42,040 –> 00:49:45,040
\nfor the Holy Spirit to come into
\nus and dwell on us to help us <\/p>\n
793
\n00:49:45,040 –> 00:49:47,640
\nunderstand.
\nI’m hearing those expressions <\/p>\n
794
\n00:49:47,640 –> 00:49:51,800
\nbeing used again around the
\necclesial world, and it’s driven<\/p>\n
795
\n00:49:51,800 –> 00:49:54,720
\nby the same errors that the
\nchurches make. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:49:54,720 –> 00:49:58,640
\nAll right, it’s going to be our
\nresponsibility, brothers and <\/p>\n
797
\n00:49:58,640 –> 00:50:02,440
\nsisters, to defend the integrity
\nof the truth and the doctrines <\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:02,440 –> 00:50:06,680
\nwhich are so clear in Scripture.
\nSo let’s ask ourselves the <\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:06,680 –> 00:50:10,760
\nquestion, does it really matter
\nin what is the impact? <\/p>\n
800
\n00:50:11,440 –> 00:50:14,760
\nAnd it actually cuts right to
\nthe core of many of our <\/p>\n
801
\n00:50:14,760 –> 00:50:18,200
\nfundamental doctrines, and it
\ncuts right to the core of our <\/p>\n
802
\n00:50:18,200 –> 00:50:21,920
\nbeliefs and our foundation on
\nthe rock of infallible <\/p>\n
803
\n00:50:21,920 –> 00:50:24,360
\nscripture.
\nI’m just going to look very <\/p>\n
804
\n00:50:24,360 –> 00:50:27,880
\nbriefly at these four areas.
\nThe impact on our attitude and <\/p>\n
805
\n00:50:27,880 –> 00:50:31,440
\napproach to the scriptures, the
\nimpact on our personal <\/p>\n
806
\n00:50:31,440 –> 00:50:35,480
\nresponsibility and
\naccountability, its implications<\/p>\n
807
\n00:50:35,480 –> 00:50:39,120
\nwhen it comes to resisting
\ntemptation and the implications <\/p>\n
808
\n00:50:39,120 –> 00:50:43,160
\nof thinking that I have Spirit
\nguided decision making and <\/p>\n
809
\n00:50:43,200 –> 00:50:46,120
\nunderstanding.
\nAll right, So what about our <\/p>\n
810
\n00:50:46,120 –> 00:50:47,680
\nattitude towards the Word of
\nGod? <\/p>\n
811
\n00:50:47,800 –> 00:50:50,640
\nAnd this is where it cuts
\nstraight and deep. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:50:51,840 –> 00:50:57,560
\nIf I think that God’s Spirit is
\nnow inside me, guiding me, it <\/p>\n
813
\n00:50:57,560 –> 00:51:02,840
\nlessens my dependence on the
\nveracity of the Word of truth. <\/p>\n
814
\n00:51:03,760 –> 00:51:06,840
\nIn fact, as Brother Rich Kahn
\nnotes, almost all Christian <\/p>\n
815
\n00:51:06,840 –> 00:51:10,640
\ndonations hold the view that the
\nHoly Spirit, as a coequal person<\/p>\n
816
\n00:51:10,640 –> 00:51:14,080
\nof a triune Godhead, acts
\ndirectly on the minds of men and<\/p>\n
817
\n00:51:14,080 –> 00:51:16,800
\nwomen to inspire influence and
\ncontrol. <\/p>\n
818
\n00:51:17,640 –> 00:51:24,440
\nWith such a view, the written
\nWord of God inevitably takes a <\/p>\n
819
\n00:51:24,480 –> 00:51:28,440
\nsubordinate place.
\nAnd when these doctrines come <\/p>\n
820
\n00:51:28,440 –> 00:51:31,080
\ninto the brotherhood, that’s
\nexactly what happens. <\/p>\n
821
\n00:51:31,520 –> 00:51:34,960
\nNow, these are phrases that I
\nhave heard in recent times. <\/p>\n
822
\n00:51:36,840 –> 00:51:39,120
\nWhen you keep talking about
\nhaving to read the Bible, you’re<\/p>\n
823
\n00:51:39,120 –> 00:51:42,360
\ndoing what Paul warned about,
\nfocusing on the letter of the <\/p>\n
824
\n00:51:42,360 –> 00:51:47,280
\nlaw rather than the Spirit.
\nNow that’s a fundamental <\/p>\n
825
\n00:51:47,280 –> 00:51:53,120
\nmisquote of the ideas of Paul in
\nRomans 7 verse six, in second of<\/p>\n
826
\n00:51:53,120 –> 00:51:56,960
\nCorinthians 3, verse 6, when
\nhe’s contrasting the law of <\/p>\n
827
\n00:51:56,960 –> 00:52:00,800
\nMoses with the gospel.
\nOr try this one. <\/p>\n
828
\n00:52:02,600 –> 00:52:06,600
\nIf you just say we need to be
\nreading the Bible, well, Paul at<\/p>\n
829
\n00:52:06,600 –> 00:52:08,600
\nthe feet of Gamaliel showed that
\nthat doesn’t help. <\/p>\n
830
\n00:52:13,000 –> 00:52:15,560
\nActually, it wasn’t the Bible
\nthat was the problem back then. <\/p>\n
831
\n00:52:16,720 –> 00:52:19,440
\nIt was the fact that there was a
\nveil over the eyes of the Jews <\/p>\n
832
\n00:52:19,440 –> 00:52:22,920
\nwhen they read the Bible.
\nOr try this. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:52:24,520 –> 00:52:27,400
\nWell, for the last 150 years,
\nthe Brotherhood’s got it wrong, <\/p>\n
834
\n00:52:27,400 –> 00:52:30,160
\nsaying you need to burn the
\nmidnight oil reading the Bible. <\/p>\n
835
\n00:52:31,960 –> 00:52:35,840
\nReally.
\nHow does that work when we look <\/p>\n
836
\n00:52:35,840 –> 00:52:37,800
\nat the passages that we’ve just
\nlooked at? <\/p>\n
837
\n00:52:37,960 –> 00:52:40,960
\nWe’ll try this.
\nYour emphasis on reading the <\/p>\n
838
\n00:52:40,960 –> 00:52:45,560
\nBible is salvation by works.
\nReally. <\/p>\n
839
\n00:52:46,440 –> 00:52:49,720
\nIt’s listening to what God says
\nand believing Him. <\/p>\n
840
\n00:52:50,080 –> 00:52:53,160
\nThat’s faith.
\nThat’s not salvation by works. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:52:53,960 –> 00:52:57,080
\nOr are you think you can do it
\nall yourself by reading the <\/p>\n
842
\n00:52:57,080 –> 00:52:58,480
\nBible?
\nThat’s just internal. <\/p>\n
843
\n00:52:58,640 –> 00:53:01,120
\nWhat we rely on is the Holy
\nSpirit, something which is <\/p>\n
844
\n00:53:01,120 –> 00:53:03,200
\nexternal.
\nHang on a moment. <\/p>\n
845
\n00:53:03,360 –> 00:53:07,000
\nIt’s actually the inverse.
\nWhat we’re saying is what helps <\/p>\n
846
\n00:53:07,000 –> 00:53:09,520
\nus resist temptation is God’s
\nWord. <\/p>\n
847
\n00:53:10,120 –> 00:53:14,200
\nThat’s not natural to me.
\nThat’s is something external. <\/p>\n
848
\n00:53:14,640 –> 00:53:17,360
\nBut if I start believing, I’ve
\nnow got the Holy Spirit in me. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:53:17,480 –> 00:53:21,160
\nAnd so I’m guided when I make
\ndecisions, well, that’s me <\/p>\n
850
\n00:53:21,360 –> 00:53:23,600
\ninternally.
\nSee how it gets reversed? <\/p>\n
851
\n00:53:24,640 –> 00:53:27,200
\nBut these are all comments,
\nbrothers and sisters, which I’ve<\/p>\n
852
\n00:53:27,200 –> 00:53:28,640
\nheard.
\nWell, by all means, read the <\/p>\n
853
\n00:53:28,640 –> 00:53:32,720
\nBible, but it’s not enough.
\nAnd you see how it underlines <\/p>\n
854
\n00:53:32,720 –> 00:53:35,680
\nthe importance of the word in
\nterms of it being our <\/p>\n
855
\n00:53:35,680 –> 00:53:38,240
\nfoundation.
\nBrother Roberts faced the same <\/p>\n
856
\n00:53:39,000 –> 00:53:41,320
\nHe had people that said, oh,
\nyou’re just, you’re just that’s <\/p>\n
857
\n00:53:41,320 –> 00:53:43,960
\njust a passive relation of
\nthings implied in the mere <\/p>\n
858
\n00:53:43,960 –> 00:53:46,920
\nposition of a book.
\nThat’s what Brother Roberts <\/p>\n
859
\n00:53:46,920 –> 00:53:51,480
\nfaced back in 18 in seasons of
\ncomfort actually in one of his <\/p>\n
860
\n00:53:51,480 –> 00:53:54,400
\nex or said.
\nBut the subtle impact of it <\/p>\n
861
\n00:53:54,400 –> 00:53:56,320
\nactually goes even further than
\nthat. <\/p>\n
862
\n00:53:58,160 –> 00:54:02,400
\nWhat’s the impact of inferring
\nthat we need the Spirit to come <\/p>\n
863
\n00:54:02,400 –> 00:54:04,320
\ninto us to enable us to
\nunderstand? <\/p>\n
864
\n00:54:05,760 –> 00:54:10,160
\nWhat’s the implication of that?
\nThe implication of that is that <\/p>\n
865
\n00:54:10,160 –> 00:54:13,400
\nmen and women can’t pick up the
\nBible and read and understand. <\/p>\n
866
\n00:54:14,720 –> 00:54:19,520
\nThat underpins the claim of
\nauthority for the hierarchy of <\/p>\n
867
\n00:54:19,520 –> 00:54:23,040
\nthe Catholic Church.
\nThey have the Spirit, therefore <\/p>\n
868
\n00:54:23,040 –> 00:54:25,600
\nthey’re the ones that should
\nactually expound what Scripture <\/p>\n
869
\n00:54:25,600 –> 00:54:29,920
\nis to their followers.
\nWhereas the concept of scripture<\/p>\n
870
\n00:54:29,920 –> 00:54:34,800
\nis that actually it’s there for
\nmen and women to be able to read<\/p>\n
871
\n00:54:35,160 –> 00:54:38,400
\nand to thrill to and to learn
\nfrom and to understand. <\/p>\n
872
\n00:54:39,640 –> 00:54:41,600
\nThere’s not a particle of
\nscriptural evidence. <\/p>\n
873
\n00:54:41,600 –> 00:54:44,280
\nThis is the book Spirit in the
\nNew Testament by brother Edward <\/p>\n
874
\n00:54:44,280 –> 00:54:47,280
\nWhitaker and brother Reg Carr.
\nThere’s not a particle of <\/p>\n
875
\n00:54:47,280 –> 00:54:50,680
\nScripture evidence to suggest
\nthat the understanding and <\/p>\n
876
\n00:54:50,680 –> 00:54:53,320
\nacceptance of the spoken or
\nwritten Word of God ever <\/p>\n
877
\n00:54:53,560 –> 00:55:00,280
\ndepended on anything other than
\na good and honest heart to <\/p>\n
878
\n00:55:00,280 –> 00:55:02,720
\nreceive it and to bring forth
\nfruit to salvation. <\/p>\n
879
\n00:55:03,120 –> 00:55:06,760
\nThe Word of God can be
\nunderstood by any or all who <\/p>\n
880
\n00:55:06,760 –> 00:55:09,960
\nwill make the effort to listen
\nwith careful attention to the <\/p>\n
881
\n00:55:09,960 –> 00:55:14,880
\nvoice of the Spirit which speaks
\nfrom its pages. <\/p>\n
882
\n00:55:18,520 –> 00:55:24,320
\nAs God Himself said to this man,
\nwill I look even to him? <\/p>\n
883
\n00:55:25,040 –> 00:55:30,680
\nIt is poor and have a contrite
\nspirit who trembles in my word. <\/p>\n
884
\n00:55:31,240 –> 00:55:34,840
\nIsaiah 66.
\nAll right, well, let’s think <\/p>\n
885
\n00:55:34,840 –> 00:55:36,480
\nabout responsibility and
\naccountability. <\/p>\n
886
\n00:55:36,920 –> 00:55:40,400
\nWhat happens if there’s a
\nteaching which says that the <\/p>\n
887
\n00:55:40,400 –> 00:55:45,600
\nspirit comes down into me and by
\nits indwelling in an indefinable<\/p>\n
888
\n00:55:45,600 –> 00:55:48,880
\nway, it changes the way I think
\nand it gives me the power to <\/p>\n
889
\n00:55:48,880 –> 00:55:54,040
\nlive a godly life.
\nIt removes the responsibility. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:55:54,040 –> 00:55:58,840
\nListen and obey God’s simple
\ncommands and right from the <\/p>\n
891
\n00:55:58,840 –> 00:56:04,000
\nGarden of Eden, the concept of
\nchoice is a fundamental <\/p>\n
892
\n00:56:04,000 –> 00:56:05,840
\nprinciple.
\nThe idea of free will or <\/p>\n
893
\n00:56:05,840 –> 00:56:09,000
\nvoluntary submission is a
\nfundamental principle of the <\/p>\n
894
\n00:56:09,000 –> 00:56:11,720
\nstructure of God’s interaction
\nwith the human race. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:56:12,480 –> 00:56:16,520
\nHe sets forth two ways.
\nMoses says I’ve set before you <\/p>\n
896
\n00:56:16,560 –> 00:56:20,480
\nlife and death.
\nChoose life, but you have the <\/p>\n
897
\n00:56:20,480 –> 00:56:23,960
\npower not to in the Garden of
\nEden. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:56:24,040 –> 00:56:26,000
\nHere you are.
\nI’ve provided all the trees to <\/p>\n
899
\n00:56:26,000 –> 00:56:27,720
\neat.
\nDon’t eat that tree. <\/p>\n
900
\n00:56:27,800 –> 00:56:30,240
\nHere’s the tree of life.
\nBut if you eat that tree, it <\/p>\n
901
\n00:56:30,240 –> 00:56:33,280
\nwill bring death.
\nBut they have the choice. <\/p>\n
902
\n00:56:34,560 –> 00:56:36,800
\nJoshua, choose you this day whom
\nyou shall serve. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:56:37,680 –> 00:56:40,800
\nMoses, Deuteronomy 28.
\nIf you do these various things, <\/p>\n
904
\n00:56:41,000 –> 00:56:43,680
\nthese are the blessings.
\nIf you do these things, these <\/p>\n
905
\n00:56:43,680 –> 00:56:46,680
\nare the curses.
\nBut the way God works is that <\/p>\n
906
\n00:56:46,680 –> 00:56:50,800
\nmen and women have the autonomy
\nto choose whether they will <\/p>\n
907
\n00:56:50,800 –> 00:56:55,480
\nvoluntarily obey Him or not.
\nThat’s because it’s voluntary <\/p>\n
908
\n00:56:55,480 –> 00:56:58,120
\nsubmission which brings honor to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
909
\n00:56:58,560 –> 00:57:02,960
\nMen and women who say I love you
\nand I want to obey you. <\/p>\n
910
\n00:57:04,760 –> 00:57:07,400
\nAnd so the concept of the Holy
\nSpirit coming in, and you saw <\/p>\n
911
\n00:57:07,480 –> 00:57:12,400
\nthe word before controlling,
\ncompletely undermines the basis <\/p>\n
912
\n00:57:12,560 –> 00:57:18,680
\non which God works with us in
\nthe Christadelphia in 1877. <\/p>\n
913
\n00:57:18,680 –> 00:57:24,400
\nFree will is the basis of the
\nwhole work of God with man or <\/p>\n
914
\n00:57:24,400 –> 00:57:27,240
\nAlps Israel, page 176.
\nThe principle lay down on the <\/p>\n
915
\n00:57:27,240 –> 00:57:31,960
\nScriptures is that man honours
\nGod in believing His Word and <\/p>\n
916
\n00:57:31,960 –> 00:57:35,360
\nobeying His laws.
\nThere is no other way in which <\/p>\n
917
\n00:57:35,360 –> 00:57:40,440
\nmen can honor their Creator.
\nThis honor, however, consists <\/p>\n
918
\n00:57:40,440 –> 00:57:45,040
\nnot in a mechanical obedience or
\nmere action without intelligence<\/p>\n
919
\n00:57:45,040 –> 00:57:49,800
\nand free will, such as matter
\nyields to natural laws, but an <\/p>\n
920
\n00:57:49,800 –> 00:57:54,160
\nenlightened, hearty, involuntary
\nobedience, while the individual <\/p>\n
921
\n00:57:54,160 –> 00:57:58,840
\npossesses the power not to obey
\nif he thinks best. <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:00,560 –> 00:58:04,200
\nIf the Holy Spirit comes in and
\nchanges the way we think, make <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:04,360 –> 00:58:09,680
\nus believe, and obey, the
\nconcept of voluntary obedience <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:09,680 –> 00:58:15,240
\nis fundamentally undermined.
\nIt’s actually so typical of <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:15,240 –> 00:58:17,960
\nmodern Christianity.
\nJesus loves you. <\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:18,800 –> 00:58:22,680
\nSalvation’s automatic.
\nAll you have to do is let go. <\/p>\n
927
\n00:58:23,400 –> 00:58:26,880
\nYou don’t actually have to do
\nanything other than just <\/p>\n
928
\n00:58:26,880 –> 00:58:29,480
\nsurrender.
\nAnd the Holy Spirit then does it<\/p>\n
929
\n00:58:29,480 –> 00:58:31,080
\nfor us.
\nFact. <\/p>\n
930
\n00:58:31,080 –> 00:58:33,600
\nIt is, as I said, the update,
\nthe equal opposite of the <\/p>\n
931
\n00:58:33,600 –> 00:58:36,280
\ndoctrine of the devil.
\nIf I do something wrong, it’s <\/p>\n
932
\n00:58:36,280 –> 00:58:38,400
\nnot my fault the devil made me
\ndo it. <\/p>\n
933
\n00:58:38,640 –> 00:58:41,440
\nIf I have to do what’s right,
\nactually go out and do it. <\/p>\n
934
\n00:58:41,440 –> 00:58:44,760
\nI don’t have to have a
\nresponsibility or accountability<\/p>\n
935
\n00:58:45,000 –> 00:58:47,040
\nmyself.
\nAnd that flows straight into the<\/p>\n
936
\n00:58:47,040 –> 00:58:50,440
\nnext one, which is the concept
\nof resisting temptation in sin. <\/p>\n
937
\n00:58:50,720 –> 00:58:55,000
\nAnd you saw the passages there.
\nWhen wrong doctrine comes up <\/p>\n
938
\n00:58:55,000 –> 00:58:58,640
\neven in the Brotherhood on this,
\nit heads straight down that line<\/p>\n
939
\n00:58:59,160 –> 00:59:03,440
\nof being able to overcome sin
\nand resist temptation because <\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:03,440 –> 00:59:07,440
\nGod’s power enables us to do it.
\nI’m going to use the word <\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:07,440 –> 00:59:11,640
\ncarefully, supernaturally and
\nactually has very significant <\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:11,640 –> 00:59:15,360
\nimplications as far as the
\natonement is concerned as well. <\/p>\n
943
\n00:59:15,720 –> 00:59:18,200
\nSo what overcomes the power of
\nsin in our lives? <\/p>\n
944
\n00:59:18,560 –> 00:59:20,800
\nHow did the Lord overcome sin in
\nthis temptation? <\/p>\n
945
\n00:59:21,360 –> 00:59:25,320
\nWhat did he say?
\nIt is written. <\/p>\n
946
\n00:59:26,480 –> 00:59:27,920
\nMan shall not live by bread
\nalone. <\/p>\n
947
\n00:59:28,520 –> 00:59:32,600
\nIt is written again.
\nThou shalt not tempt the law. <\/p>\n
948
\n00:59:34,120 –> 00:59:37,240
\nGet the hints safe and for it is
\nwritten. <\/p>\n
949
\n00:59:37,760 –> 00:59:41,160
\nThou shalt worship the law.
\nHow do we overcome temptation? <\/p>\n
950
\n00:59:41,160 –> 00:59:45,800
\nBrothers and sisters, it is
\nwritten, it’s the influence of <\/p>\n
951
\n00:59:45,800 –> 00:59:50,560
\nthe word of God which helps us
\nto resist the impulses of the <\/p>\n
952
\n00:59:50,560 –> 00:59:54,480
\nflesh.
\nAll right, we need to wrap it <\/p>\n
953
\n00:59:54,480 –> 00:59:55,720
\nup.
\nI’m not going to look at the the<\/p>\n
954
\n00:59:55,720 –> 00:59:58,400
\nimplications of thinking I’m
\nSpirit guided. <\/p>\n
955
\n00:59:58,640 –> 01:00:01,000
\nYou’ll be able to work out for
\nyourself pretty easily what <\/p>\n
956
\n01:00:01,000 –> 01:00:03,680
\nhappens once we start thinking
\nthat actually I’ve got the <\/p>\n
957
\n01:00:03,680 –> 01:00:07,920
\nSpirit in me governing the way I
\nthink in my beliefs and my <\/p>\n
958
\n01:00:07,920 –> 01:00:10,320
\nunderstanding.
\nI just want to finish. <\/p>\n
959
\n01:00:10,600 –> 01:00:12,080
\nWe want.
\nI’m just going to skip over <\/p>\n
960
\n01:00:12,080 –> 01:00:14,440
\nthere.
\nI want to finish with this. <\/p>\n
961
\n01:00:14,520 –> 01:00:19,440
\nWhat’s the essence of the issue?
\nAnd I thought a lot about this <\/p>\n
962
\n01:00:19,440 –> 01:00:22,360
\nactually, because I, you know,
\nthere’s so much information, <\/p>\n
963
\n01:00:22,520 –> 01:00:25,920
\nthere’s so many books written on
\nthis subject and, and the debate<\/p>\n
964
\n01:00:25,920 –> 01:00:30,280
\ncomes up in so many different
\nactually actual places. <\/p>\n
965
\n01:00:31,840 –> 01:00:34,360
\nFor example, you can argue about
\nwhat the word gift means. <\/p>\n
966
\n01:00:34,440 –> 01:00:36,640
\nWhat does it mean when there’s a
\npromise of the Holy Spirit? <\/p>\n
967
\n01:00:36,760 –> 01:00:38,680
\nWell, how does the work about
\nthe comfort of work? <\/p>\n
968
\n01:00:38,840 –> 01:00:40,840
\nWell, what about the fellowship
\nof the Holy Spirit? <\/p>\n
969
\n01:00:40,920 –> 01:00:42,840
\nWhat about the moral qualities
\nof the Holy Spirit? <\/p>\n
970
\n01:00:42,840 –> 01:00:45,600
\nWhat about the phrase?
\nThere’s so many areas you can <\/p>\n
971
\n01:00:45,640 –> 01:00:48,000
\nargue.
\nThey’re all sideshows actually <\/p>\n
972
\n01:00:48,000 –> 01:00:50,000
\nto the real issue.
\nAnd the real issue, when you <\/p>\n
973
\n01:00:50,000 –> 01:00:55,160
\nboil it all down, comes to this.
\nIt’s the difference between, on <\/p>\n
974
\n01:00:55,160 –> 01:01:00,240
\none hand, our minds believing
\nand responding to what God says <\/p>\n
975
\n01:01:00,240 –> 01:01:04,560
\nto us in his word and therefore
\nchanging to become like his <\/p>\n
976
\n01:01:04,560 –> 01:01:09,480
\nspirit mind, or the alternative,
\nwhich is that God puts an <\/p>\n
977
\n01:01:09,480 –> 01:01:14,280
\nexternal agent of His power into
\nyour mind to change how you <\/p>\n
978
\n01:01:14,280 –> 01:01:16,840
\nthink.
\nAnd you just surreal and <\/p>\n
979
\n01:01:16,840 –> 01:01:21,240
\nactually when you boil it all
\ndown, that’s the essence of what<\/p>\n
980
\n01:01:21,240 –> 01:01:26,840
\nthis is.
\nNow just look at those two and <\/p>\n
981
\n01:01:26,840 –> 01:01:30,200
\nstep back and helicopter and
\nwhat do you get? <\/p>\n
982
\n01:01:31,520 –> 01:01:36,320
\nIn the first one, there’s a
\nrecognition that my mind needs <\/p>\n
983
\n01:01:36,320 –> 01:01:44,480
\nto change to become like God.
\nIn the second one, God does <\/p>\n
984
\n01:01:44,480 –> 01:01:52,520
\nthese things to save me.
\nGod manifestation or humans <\/p>\n
985
\n01:01:52,520 –> 01:01:56,280
\nbeing saved regardless.
\nOr as Brother Thomas put it so <\/p>\n
986
\n01:01:56,280 –> 01:01:59,680
\nsuccinctly, men weren’t ushered
\ninto being for the purpose of <\/p>\n
987
\n01:01:59,680 –> 01:02:04,000
\nbeing saved or lost.
\nGod manifestation, not human <\/p>\n
988
\n01:02:04,000 –> 01:02:07,480
\nsalvation, was the great purpose
\nof the eternal Spirit. <\/p>\n
989
\n01:02:07,920 –> 01:02:11,320
\nAnd that actually is the key
\ndifference with our <\/p>\n
990
\n01:02:11,320 –> 01:02:14,280
\nunderstanding of Scripture and
\nof the subject of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
991
\n01:02:14,680 –> 01:02:16,880
\nI’ve gone slightly overtime,
\nbrothers and sisters, I’m going <\/p>\n
992
\n01:02:16,880 –> 01:02:19,360
\nto have to stop there.
\nBut the key thing for us to <\/p>\n
993
\n01:02:19,360 –> 01:02:23,240
\nremember is we have the most
\nbeautiful and precious heritage <\/p>\n
994
\n01:02:23,240 –> 01:02:26,920
\nin the Word of God and our
\nfamilies and our community. <\/p>\n
995
\n01:02:26,920 –> 01:02:30,520
\nAnd our own spiritual
\ndevelopment is fundamentally <\/p>\n
996
\n01:02:30,520 –> 01:02:34,680
\nbased on us understanding and
\nabsorbing the Spirit of God from<\/p>\n
997
\n01:02:34,680 –> 01:02:37,720
\nHis Word.
\nAnd that way we will be led by <\/p>\n
998
\n01:02:37,720 –> 01:02:41,560
\nthe Spirit and have the Spirit
\nof God dwelling in US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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