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\nsubject of the Spirit and we’ve
\nlearned that it’s an extension <\/p>\n
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\nof the work of God himself.
\nSo it’s it’s his power which is <\/p>\n
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\nused to achieve his will and his
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we noted in our last class
\nthat there are times in history <\/p>\n
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\nwhere the the work of the power
\nof the Holy Spirit has been made<\/p>\n
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\nspectacularly obvious.
\nThere are other times when there<\/p>\n
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\nwere prophets and there were
\nthings that took place, but <\/p>\n
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\nthere are certain periods in
\nhistory where there was a <\/p>\n
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\nspectacular outpouring of the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nWe noted last time that it was
\nthe intertestament period of 400<\/p>\n
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\nyears where there was no direct
\nand visible evidence of the Holy<\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nLast time we looked at the fact <\/p>\n
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\nthat the area of the time period
\nof creation was one of the very <\/p>\n
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\nspectacular demonstrations of
\nthe power of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nAs was the time period of the
\nExodus when God established the <\/p>\n
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\nMosaic system of things, called
\nhis nation, his people out of <\/p>\n
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\nEgypt and, and put them into the
\nHoly Land, established them in <\/p>\n
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\nthe land that he’d chosen for
\nhis name to dwell, the birth of <\/p>\n
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\nthe nation of Israel.
\nAnd another such momentous time <\/p>\n
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\nin history, which we’re looking
\nat today. <\/p>\n
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\nAt top of the day was the
\nremarkable time when God, <\/p>\n
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\nthrough the work of the Holy
\nSpirit, would reveal himself in <\/p>\n
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\nearth, on earth, in the person
\nof his Son, the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nNow, of all time periods in <\/p>\n
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\nhistory, that was a period of
\nthe most momentous change. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the time when the gospel,
\nthe good news concerning the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom of God and the name of
\nJesus Christ was going to be <\/p>\n
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\npreached.
\nThis was a time period when the <\/p>\n
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\nsacrifice of the Son of God
\nwould make possible the <\/p>\n
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\nforgiveness of sins and open a
\nway of salvation for all men and<\/p>\n
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\nwomen that would believe.
\nSo this is a time period that we<\/p>\n
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\npersonally have a great debt of
\ngratitude for In terms of the <\/p>\n
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\nwork that was accomplished then,
\nI don’t know if you’ve thought <\/p>\n
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\nabout this, but it was also in
\nmany ways the end of an era. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was the point in time when
\nGod would remove the nation of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael from their land for a
\nterrible nearly 2000 years. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was also the point in time
\nwhen the Mosaic system of things<\/p>\n
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\nand the institutions of the law
\nand worship in Jerusalem would <\/p>\n
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\nbe done away and a better way
\nwould become visible in Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was also a point in time
\nwhen the nature of worship <\/p>\n
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\nitself would change the human
\nrace, because now the gospel is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be spread out to the
\nGentiles. <\/p>\n
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\nSo there’s going to be believers
\nnow who are non Jews all around <\/p>\n
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\nthe world.
\nSo from that time forward, the <\/p>\n
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\nworshippers are going to be
\ngathered in scattered little <\/p>\n
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\ngroups in Gentile lands cut off
\nfrom worship in the city of <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nSo this is a rather <\/p>\n
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\nextraordinary time in history.
\nAnd it was spoken of by the <\/p>\n
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\nprophets for centuries
\nbeforehand. <\/p>\n
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\nSo not surprisingly, it was also
\na time of spectacular outpouring<\/p>\n
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\nof the Holy Spirit.
\nIn fact, I think we could say it<\/p>\n
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\nwas the most dramatic
\ndemonstration of the work of the<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit that the world has
\nyet seen. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the time period of the birth
\nof Christ is an era when the <\/p>\n
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\nwork of the Holy Spirit became
\npowerfully manifested on earth <\/p>\n
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\nagain after 400 years of
\nsilence. <\/p>\n
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\nNo prophets, no miracles, no
\ndirect guidance, and suddenly <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s purpose bursts into
\nvisible manifestation again. <\/p>\n
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\nNow to get a bit of a sense of
\nthe meticulous planning for this<\/p>\n
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\nevent, let’s just remember that
\nthe time period of the Lord’s <\/p>\n
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\ndeath, the year of the Lord’s
\ndeath, had been identified in <\/p>\n
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\nthe 70 weeks prophecy in Denim.
\nEverything was meticulously <\/p>\n
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\nplanned.
\nAs the Apostle Paul writes in <\/p>\n
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\nGalatians 4 verse 4, when the
\nfullness of time was come, God <\/p>\n
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\nsent forth His Son, made of a
\nwoman, made under the law. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s such a momentous occasion
\nthat when his Son is finally <\/p>\n
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\nborn, Luke 2 verse 30, and it
\nsays suddenly there was with the<\/p>\n
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\nAngel a multitude of the
\nheavenly host, and they’re <\/p>\n
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\npraising God and they’re saying
\nglory to God in the highest and <\/p>\n
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\non earth, peace and goodwill
\ntoward men. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as you would expect, the work
\nof the Holy Spirit exploded into<\/p>\n
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\nprominence in those days.
\nNow, in preparation for that <\/p>\n
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\ntime, we won’t turn it up, but
\nin Luke 1, verse one, an Angel <\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord appears to Zacharias
\nwho was standing at the right <\/p>\n
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\nhand of the altar of incense.
\nCan you imagine the impact of <\/p>\n
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\nthat when there had been
\ncomplete silence for a period of<\/p>\n
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\n400 years?
\nNo visitations from God, no <\/p>\n
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\nGod at all. <\/p>\n
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\nSilence for 400 years, I
\npresume. <\/p>\n
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\nThe day began like any other.
\nZacharias may have had toast for<\/p>\n
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\nbreakfast, or probably not, but
\nhe would have got up, had his <\/p>\n
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\nbreakfast.
\nIt would have just been like an <\/p>\n
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\nordinary day, like any other.
\nBy the time that day finished, <\/p>\n
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\nno lesser personage than the
\nmighty Angel Gabriel had been <\/p>\n
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\nseen standing on Earth again
\ntalking to me. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat a remarkable
\ntransformation. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, it’s no wonder that
\nwhen Zacharias saw the Angel, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re told that he was troubled
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\nAs I was saying to the teams
\nthis morning, probably it had <\/p>\n
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\nthe same sort of impact on him
\nthat it will have on you and me.<\/p>\n
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\nWhen we see our first Angel.
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\nimpact.
\nYou imagine what that will do <\/p>\n
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\nfor you when you see your first
\nAngel. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here’s Zacharias quietly
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\nworshipping in the temple, doing
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\nincense, and suddenly the Angel
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\nNow the Angel tells Zacharias in
\nLuke one, verse 15, that his <\/p>\n
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\nson, whose name was going to be
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\nthe Holy Spirit from his
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\nNote that full of the Holy
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\nThat’s an expression we’re going
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\ntoday, full of the Holy Spirit
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\nwomb.
\nJust think through the <\/p>\n
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\nimplications of that right from
\nbirth in Luke chapter one verse <\/p>\n
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\n41, when Zacharias’s wife
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\nMary, it says she was filled
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\nout with a loud voice.
\nLater when John the Baptist is <\/p>\n
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\nborn, Zacharias writes down his
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\nZacharias.
\nHis tongue is loosed. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says in Luke one verse 67,
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\nSpirit and he prophesied saying
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\nchild, all fum of the Holy
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\nOnly Spirit exploded onto the
\nsea after 400 years of thought. <\/p>\n
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\nNow if that level of spirit
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\nexpect to see when it comes to
\nthe birth of the only begotten <\/p>\n
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\nSon of God?
\nWell, it all began in Luke <\/p>\n
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\nchapter one, verse 26 with a
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\nGabriel.
\nAnd he conveys to Mary the <\/p>\n
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\nextraordinary message that she
\nis going to as a virgin, bring <\/p>\n
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\nforth a child.
\nSo in verse 36 of that chapter, <\/p>\n
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\nthe Angel says unto her, the
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\nTherefore, also the holy thing
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\ncalled the Son of God.
\nNow this is this is <\/p>\n
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\nextraordinary.
\nThe concept of a virgin birth. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is unmatched in the history
\nof the human race before or <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the utterly impossible. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it was a beautifully crafted
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\nsituation that the human race
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\npredicament.
\nAnd it was also a fantastic <\/p>\n
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\nfulfillment of Zizi 7, verse 14.
\nTherefore the Lord himself shall<\/p>\n
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\ngive you a sign.
\nBehold, a virgin shall conceive <\/p>\n
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\nand bear a son, and shall call
\nhis name Emmanuel, God with us. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as Joseph starts to hear of
\nwhat’s been happening and he’s <\/p>\n
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\nunderstandably quite perturbed,
\nthen an Angel appears to him as <\/p>\n
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\nrecorded in Matthew one verse 20
\nand tells him that what Mary is <\/p>\n
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\nabout to bear is conceived by
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThen when the baby’s born, a
\nsign appears to the wise men <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the east.
\nA star guides them to where the <\/p>\n
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\nchild is.
\nThe shepherds are visited by an <\/p>\n
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\nAngel of the Lord with shining
\nglory. <\/p>\n
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\nThen multitudes of the heavenly
\nhost are praising God. <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s glorified and praised for
\nall the things that the <\/p>\n
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\nshepherds had seen and heard.
\nThen after the child’s born, <\/p>\n
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\nthey bring him up to the city
\nwhere Simeon’s waiting. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says in Luke 2, verse 25,
\nBehold, there was a man in <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem whose name was Simeon.
\nThe same man was just and <\/p>\n
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\ndevout, waiting for the
\nconsolation of Israel, and the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit was upon him.
\nVerse 26 And it was revealed to <\/p>\n
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\nhim by the Holy Spirit that he
\nshould not see death before he’d<\/p>\n
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\nseen the Lord’s Christ.
\nVerse 27 And he came by the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit into the temple.
\nDo you get the sense that is an <\/p>\n
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\nexplosion now of the activity of
\nthe Spirit seen in the land of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael around the time period of
\nthe birth of Christ? <\/p>\n
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\nLater Joseph and Mary are warned
\nby an Angel to go to Egypt, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich they do.
\nLater when they come back, <\/p>\n
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\nthey’re told to go and settle in
\nthe region of Galilee. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, I’d like you to come
\nwith me now to the book of Luke,<\/p>\n
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\nGospel of Luke and chapter 2.
\nThere’s an interesting little <\/p>\n
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\nphrase there, actually, when it
\ncomes to the birth and <\/p>\n
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\ndevelopment of this child.
\nLuke chapter 2, pick up the <\/p>\n
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\nrecord in verse 40.
\nSo they’ve turned in verse 39 to<\/p>\n
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\nGalilee, to their own city,
\nNazareth, verse 40. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the child grew and waxed
\nstrong in spirit, filled with <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom, and the grace of God was
\nupon him. <\/p>\n
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\nThe dialogue says The little
\nchild grew and was strengthened <\/p>\n
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\nin spirit, being filled with
\nwisdom. <\/p>\n
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\nThe favour of God was on it.
\nYoung’s literal very similar. <\/p>\n
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\nThe child grew and was
\nstrengthened in spirit, being <\/p>\n
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\nfilled with wisdom, and the
\ngrace of God was upon him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo is this suggesting that the
\nSpirit of Christ, the Spirit of <\/p>\n
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\nGod, was actually working
\ndirectly in the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist even before his baptism?
\nAnd I believe the answer to that<\/p>\n
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\nis yes.
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\nFirst of all, this expression <\/p>\n
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\nwisdom.
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\ngift of the Spirit that’s
\nreferred to in the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament.
\nBut remember the words to <\/p>\n
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\nZacharias in chapter 1 and verse
\n15 that his son, whose name <\/p>\n
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\nwould be John, would be filled
\nwith the Holy Spirit even from <\/p>\n
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\nhis mother’s womb.
\nSo I think it’s unlikely that <\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit was in John from
\nhis mother’s womb and not <\/p>\n
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\nactually in the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nNow we know that later the
\nSpirit descends on Christ at his<\/p>\n
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\nbaptism, but that doesn’t mean
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\nin his life beforehand, as we’ll
\nsee later. <\/p>\n
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\nFor example, Acts chapter 2, the
\ndisciples received the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nThey actually had aspects of the<\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit before Acts chapter
\n2, as we shall see as we go <\/p>\n
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\nthrough this morning.
\nSo here we have two remarkable <\/p>\n
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\nlads, John the Baptist, the
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\nChrist.
\nAnd their existence is <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely a result of the work
\nof the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as they come to adulthood,
\nthe day arrives when they will <\/p>\n
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\nnation of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nSo first of all, we’ve got the
\nministry of John the Baptist. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, the ministry of John the
\nBaptist resounded like a <\/p>\n
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\nthunderclamp over the heads of
\nIsrael as this extraordinary man<\/p>\n
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\ncomes out with this roaring
\nvoice and this great message of <\/p>\n
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\nrepentance to the people.
\nAnd yet he’s John the Baptist. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s full of the Holy Spirit,
\nbut he does know miracles. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s interesting.
\nIt’s almost like an offhand <\/p>\n
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\ncomment that the people make
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\nJohn 10 verse 41.
\nMany resorted to Christ and they<\/p>\n
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\nsaid John did know miracles, but
\nall things that John spake of <\/p>\n
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\nthis man were true.
\nWell, truly John spoke the <\/p>\n
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\nHe was full of the Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n
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\nbut actually his role was to be
\nthe voice of Isaiah 40, the <\/p>\n
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\nvoice that cries.
\nSo the Holy Spirit manifested in<\/p>\n
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\nJohn the Baptist was not to do
\nmiracles actually, but to work <\/p>\n
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\nas the voice of one crying to
\nprepare the way for the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then John the Baptist spoke
\nof 1 coming, who would baptize <\/p>\n
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\nthem with the Holy Spirit and
\nwith fire. <\/p>\n
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\nMatthew 3 verse 11.
\nNow those are quite amazing <\/p>\n
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\nwords because when he says that
\nthere’s one coming, He’s going <\/p>\n
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\nto baptize you with the Holy
\nSpirit and fire, He’s saying <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s someone going to come.
\nHe’s not only going to be full <\/p>\n
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\nof the Holy Spirit, but he’ll
\nhave the ability to pass the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit on to other people.
\nHe will baptize them with the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit and with fire.
\nAnd from that point on, things <\/p>\n
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\nonly become more potent and more
\nintense as the record starts to <\/p>\n
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\nopen of the work of the Holy
\nSpirit now manifested in the <\/p>\n
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\nonly begotten Son of God.
\nBecause now what we’ve got is <\/p>\n
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\nthe beginning of the new
\ncreation process itself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo like you to come with me to
\nJohn chapter 1, Gospel of John <\/p>\n
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\nand chapter 1 here we’ve got a
\nreference to the baptism of the <\/p>\n
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\nLord Jesus Christ.
\nWe’ll pick up the record in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 29.
\nNext day John sees Jesus coming <\/p>\n
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\nto him and he says, behold, the
\nLamb of God, which takes away <\/p>\n
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\nthe sin of the world.
\nSo John one verse 30. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, verse 31 I knew him not,
\nhe said, but that he should be <\/p>\n
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\nmade manifest to Israel,
\ntherefore I’m come coming <\/p>\n
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\nbaptizing with water.
\nVerse 32 John B records saying, <\/p>\n
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\nI saw the Spirit descending from
\nheaven like a dove, and it abode<\/p>\n
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\nupon him.
\nI didn’t know who he was, but he<\/p>\n
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\nthat sent me to baptize with
\nwater. <\/p>\n
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\nThe same said to me, Upon whom
\nthou shalt see the Spirit <\/p>\n
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\ndescending and remaining on him.
\nThe same is he which baptizes <\/p>\n
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\nwith the Holy Spirit, and so he
\nbears record that this one is <\/p>\n
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\nthe Son of God.
\nSo let’s try and work out what’s<\/p>\n
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\nactually happening here in this
\nparticular record. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s watching and the Spirit
\ndescends in the shape it says of<\/p>\n
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\na dove and rests upon him.
\nNow that’s a bit unusual, isn’t <\/p>\n
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\nit?
\nYou see the Spirit in the shape <\/p>\n
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\nof a dove resting upon them.
\nWe need to try and work out <\/p>\n
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\nwhat’s happening here in the
\nrecord in John chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what’s the context?
\nLet’s turn back the page to the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning of the chapter.
\nHow does the Gospel of John <\/p>\n
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\nbegin in the beginning?
\nHeard those words? <\/p>\n
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\nPrefer.
\nWhere do those words come up? <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s the opening words of
\nScripture, Genesis chapter one <\/p>\n
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\nin the beginning.
\nSo straight away it tells us <\/p>\n
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\nactually that there’s a
\nreference here back to Genesis <\/p>\n
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\none.
\nIn the beginning was the Word. <\/p>\n
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\nThe word was with God.
\nThe word was God. <\/p>\n
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\nThe same was in the beginning
\nwith God. <\/p>\n
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\nAll things were made by Him.
\nWe’ve got a creation process in <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nWas life the life? <\/p>\n
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\nWas the light of men versified?
\nThe light shines in darkness, <\/p>\n
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\nThe darkness comprehends.
\nIf not, you can see all these <\/p>\n
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\nechoes of the creation process
\nfrom Genesis chapter 1. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what do we have?
\nWe have the Gospel of John <\/p>\n
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\nopening up a new creation
\nprocess as the new creation <\/p>\n
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\nbegins in the life in the work
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo how did the first creation
\nprocess begin? <\/p>\n
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\nAn earth without form and void.
\nDarkness is upon the face of the<\/p>\n
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\ndeep, and the spirit is brooding
\nor moving upon the face of the <\/p>\n
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\nwaters.
\nAnd we looked at that word <\/p>\n
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\nmoving yesterday, Raka, and it
\nmeans to hover or to flutter <\/p>\n
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\nlike a bird.
\nSo now we see the Holy Spirit in<\/p>\n
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\nthe shape of a dove as of a bird
\ndescending and sitting upon the <\/p>\n
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\nhead of the Lord Jesus or upon
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now we’ve got a very clear
\nreference that this is the new <\/p>\n
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\ncreation process beginning in
\nthe work of God through the work<\/p>\n
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\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nThis is a momentous occasion. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is one of those foundation
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\nNow 3 of the gospel records then
\nmention that the Lord is led by <\/p>\n
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\nthe Spirit into the wilderness.
\nBut Luke’s gospel adds another <\/p>\n
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\nsignificant little statement.
\nIt says in Luke chapter 4, verse<\/p>\n
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\none, that Jesus, being full of
\nthe Holy Spirit, returned from <\/p>\n
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\nJordan and was led by the Spirit
\ninto the wilderness. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a noteworthy comment, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n
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\nHas our Lord and he’s full of
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nSee how this phrase is starting
\nto come up? <\/p>\n
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\nZacharias, Elizabeth, John the
\nBaptist, now the Lord himself <\/p>\n
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\nfull of the Holy Spirit.
\nIn fact, as the Gospel of John <\/p>\n
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\nknows, we’re in John.
\nLet’s just turn over to John 3, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 34, an interesting little
\nphrase that’s used there. <\/p>\n
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\nJohn 3 and verse 34 For he whom
\nGod hath sinned, speak of the <\/p>\n
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\nwords of God.
\nFor God giveth not the Spirit by<\/p>\n
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\nmeasure unto him.
\nIn other words, God didn’t give <\/p>\n
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\na little bit of the Spirit.
\nMeasure out two bushels of the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nHe was full of the Holy Spirit, <\/p>\n
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\nwithout measure, without limits.
\nSo the work of God now through <\/p>\n
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\nthe Holy Spirit is absolutely
\nembodied in the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist, who’s described as here
\nas being full of the Holy Spirit<\/p>\n
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\nand without measure.
\nSo this meant that as the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ began his ministry,
\nthere were extraordinary things <\/p>\n
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\nbeing seen by the people around.
\nMost amazing displays of power <\/p>\n
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\nthat the world has ever yet
\nexperienced. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was a power that could
\nsave. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was a power that could
\nheal. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a power that could
\nrelease those who were in <\/p>\n
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\nbondage.
\nThis is a power who could <\/p>\n
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\ndiscern the thoughts and the
\nintents of the of the heart. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was a power which could
\nthwart the most devious and the <\/p>\n
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\nevil minds of that generation.
\nIn fact, this was a power that <\/p>\n
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\ncould even raise the dead.
\nThere’s a beautiful expression <\/p>\n
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\nin Mark Matthew chapter 4 in
\nverse 16. <\/p>\n
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\nThe people that sat in darkness
\nsaw great light, and to them, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich sat in the region of the
\nshadow of death, like the <\/p>\n
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\nSpringer, those words are
\ngraphic. <\/p>\n
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\nThese people are sitting in the
\nregion of the shadow of death, <\/p>\n
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\nand great light suddenly shines
\nupon them, it goes on to say. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus went about old
\nGalilee, teaching in their <\/p>\n
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\nsynagogues, preaching the gospel
\nof the Kingdom, and healing all <\/p>\n
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\nmanner of sickness and all
\nmanner of disease among the <\/p>\n
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\npeople.
\nAnd his fame went throughout all<\/p>\n
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\nSyria.
\nThey bring to him all sick <\/p>\n
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\npeople that were taken with
\ndivers diseases and torments, <\/p>\n
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\nand those which were possessed
\nwith devils, those which were <\/p>\n
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\nlunatic, and those that had the
\npalsy, and he healed them. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’ve got people that were
\nliving in oppression and squad. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’re subjected to just about
\nevery disease and sickness which<\/p>\n
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\nwas known to man.
\nThey were living in a nation <\/p>\n
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\nwhich had lost its way and its
\nrelationship with God. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd suddenly this bright light
\nsprings up and the flame of that<\/p>\n
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\nlight was ignited by the work of
\nthe Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was the power that enabled
\nthis extraordinary turn around <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what we have in that little <\/p>\n
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\nscene is a cameo of the work of
\nsalvation that a loving Messiah <\/p>\n
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\nwas then going to actually bring
\nfor the entire world. <\/p>\n
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\nNow one of the one of the
\nspecific objectives of the work <\/p>\n
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\nof the Holy Spirit at that time
\nwas not just to give the Lord <\/p>\n
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\nthese miraculous powers, but it
\nwas to work as a witness. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:55,880 –> 00:21:59,400
\nAnd it’s referred to in the New
\nTestament as being the witness <\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:59,440 –> 00:22:03,440
\nof the Holy Spirit, not just for
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, but also <\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:03,440 –> 00:22:06,080
\nlater for the for the disciples
\nas well. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:06,080 –> 00:22:09,760
\nAnd it’s one of the key roles of
\nthe work of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\n00:22:11,800 –> 00:22:14,040
\nLet’s just look at these
\npassages, John five. <\/p>\n
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\nIf I bear witness of myself, my
\nwitness is not true, but I have <\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:20,200 –> 00:22:24,720
\na greater witness than that of
\nJohn for the works which the <\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:24,720 –> 00:22:28,480
\nFather has given me to finish.
\nThe same works that I do bear <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:28,480 –> 00:22:30,440
\nwitness of me that the Father
\nhad sent me. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:30,440 –> 00:22:34,040
\nSo the Holy Spirit was there as
\na witness with the works that it<\/p>\n
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\n00:22:34,040 –> 00:22:39,640
\nenabled him to do, or John 10.
\nJesus answered them, I told you,<\/p>\n
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\nand you believe not.
\nThe works that I do in my <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:42,280 –> 00:22:46,880
\nFather’s name, they bear witness
\nof me if I do not. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:46,880 –> 00:22:51,640
\nThe works of my Father believe
\nme not, but if I do, though ye <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:51,640 –> 00:22:56,200
\nbelieve not me, believe the
\nworks that ye may know and <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:56,200 –> 00:22:58,680
\nbelieve.
\nAnd so the works that were <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:58,680 –> 00:23:02,000
\naccomplished through the Holy
\nSpirit were part of the witness <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:02,000 –> 00:23:05,320
\nto the veracity of of our Lord’s
\nmessage as well. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:07,080 –> 00:23:14,400
\nSo the 3 1\/2 vibrant tumultuous
\nyears, our Lord’s ministry was a<\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:14,400 –> 00:23:19,080
\ndemonstration of the Holy Spirit
\nwork in power in in glory. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:19,440 –> 00:23:23,800
\nIn the process, our Lord begins
\nto gather around him a group of <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:23,960 –> 00:23:27,360
\nof believers of disciples
\namongst those, of course, we <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:27,360 –> 00:23:30,760
\nknow particularly that the 12
\ndisciples were called forth. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:32,000 –> 00:23:36,400
\nAnd as our Lord starts preaching
\nwith his ministry, even way back<\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:36,400 –> 00:23:40,880
\nthen, he started sending them
\nout to do preaching without him.<\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:41,520 –> 00:23:44,440
\nAnd it was a way of extending
\nthe reach of the gospel <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:44,440 –> 00:23:48,760
\npreaching campaigns, even when
\nhe wasn’t their present himself.<\/p>\n
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\nSo I’d like you to come with me
\nto Luke Chapter 9 where we send <\/p>\n
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\nhim first see him first of all,
\nsending out the the 12 <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples.
\nAnd just look at what we read <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:59,080 –> 00:24:01,560
\nhere.
\nAnd this this may come as a <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:01,560 –> 00:24:04,080
\nsurprise to you.
\nIt certainly did to me to stop <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:04,080 –> 00:24:06,080
\nand think through it.
\nIn fact, it’s fairly obvious, I <\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:06,080 –> 00:24:09,000
\nguess, when I look back now.
\nBut it was a surprise to me. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:09,640 –> 00:24:12,560
\nLuke Chapter 9, verse 1.
\nHe called us 12 disciples <\/p>\n
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\ntogether.
\nAnd note, these words gave them <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:17,640 –> 00:24:25,160
\npower and authority over all
\ndevils and to cure diseases. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:26,640 –> 00:24:30,320
\nSo what does that tell us?
\nIt tells us that in a limited <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:30,320 –> 00:24:34,200
\nextent, they were given the
\npower of the Holy Spirit to work<\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:34,200 –> 00:24:38,600
\nmiracles well before they
\nreceived it on the day of <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:38,600 –> 00:24:40,960
\nPentecost.
\nThey were granted aspects that <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:40,960 –> 00:24:45,280
\nwould enable them to to keep, to
\nheal, and to cast out devils. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:45,280 –> 00:24:49,080
\nAll right, let’s turn over to
\nLuke chapter 10, Luke 10 verse <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:49,080 –> 00:24:52,400
\none.
\nThis time it’s not 12, it’s 70. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:53,320 –> 00:24:56,240
\nAfter these things, the Lord
\nappointed other 70 also and sent<\/p>\n
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\nthem two and two before his face
\ninto every city and place, <\/p>\n
385
\n00:25:00,440 –> 00:25:05,400
\nwhether He himself would come.
\nIt’s a very clear echo here, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:25:05,400 –> 00:25:07,880
\nisn’t there?
\nRemember yesterday as we were <\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:07,880 –> 00:25:11,400
\nlooking at the Holy Spirit being
\noutpoured in the days of Moses, <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:12,080 –> 00:25:15,880
\nand we talked about the 70
\nelders and some of the power of <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:15,880 –> 00:25:19,760
\nthe Spirit was taken from Moses
\nand placed upon the 70 elders <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:19,760 –> 00:25:21,920
\nwho then prophesied and did not
\ncease. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:22,080 –> 00:25:25,360
\nWell, here we’ve got the New
\nTestament equivalent in the work<\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:25,360 –> 00:25:29,920
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ as He
\ntakes these 70 and He gives them<\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:29,920 –> 00:25:34,440
\nalso the power to do some
\nextraordinary things. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:34,960 –> 00:25:37,960
\nNow let’s have a look in verse
\n9. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:41,480 –> 00:25:45,000
\nHe sent them out and he said
\nthat they were to heal the sick <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:45,000 –> 00:25:49,760
\nthat are therein and say to
\nthem, the Kingdom of God is come<\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:49,760 –> 00:25:52,120
\nnigh unto you.
\nAnd in fact, when we get to <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:52,120 –> 00:25:57,640
\nverse 19, when they came back
\nrejoicing, they said, well, <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:57,640 –> 00:26:00,880
\nverse 17 the 70 returned again
\nwith joy, saying, Lord, even the<\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:00,880 –> 00:26:03,320
\ndevils are subject to us through
\nthy name. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:03,440 –> 00:26:07,400
\nWe can we can heal sicknesses,
\nwe can do extraordinary things. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:08,520 –> 00:26:12,800
\nAnd he says in verse 19, Behold,
\nI give you power to tread on <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:12,800 –> 00:26:17,960
\nserpents and scorpions and over
\nall the power of the enemy, and <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:17,960 –> 00:26:20,920
\nnothing shall by any means hurt
\nyou. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:22,360 –> 00:26:25,400
\nSo it’s actually clear from
\nthese passages that to a limited<\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:25,400 –> 00:26:28,040
\nextent, the work of the Holy
\nSpirit, the power of the Holy <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:28,040 –> 00:26:31,160
\nSpirit was actually given to
\nthese people well before Acts <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:31,160 –> 00:26:34,880
\nchapter 2 in a limited extent,
\nto be able to go forth and do <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:34,880 –> 00:26:38,600
\nmiracles, to do miracles of
\nhealing as part of the the <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:38,600 –> 00:26:41,600
\nWitnessing campaign.
\nThere’s actually another little <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:41,600 –> 00:26:44,120
\nincident which illustrates the
\nsame thing. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:44,120 –> 00:26:46,800
\nYou remember when the Lord came
\ndown from the Mount of <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:46,800 –> 00:26:50,520
\nTransfiguration and there was a
\nman there with the disciples, <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:50,520 –> 00:26:53,520
\nthe remainder of the disciples,
\nand he had a son who was <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:53,520 –> 00:26:56,600
\nextremely unwell.
\nAnd he said, I bought them to <\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:56,600 –> 00:26:58,760
\nyour cycles and they couldn’t
\nheal him. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:59,720 –> 00:27:01,520
\nAnd the indication there, of
\ncourse, is that there was an <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:01,520 –> 00:27:05,160
\nexpectation that they would be
\nable to do that because they had<\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:05,160 –> 00:27:09,360
\nbeen doing miracles of healing
\nbefore that particular point in <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:09,360 –> 00:27:11,520
\ntime.
\nSo these, these, I call them the<\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:11,600 –> 00:27:14,720
\nearly manifestations of the
\nSpirit in the work of the <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:14,720 –> 00:27:16,760
\ndisciples.
\nAnd they were given to enable <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:16,760 –> 00:27:22,480
\nthem to extend the work of the
\nministry of the Lord was also, I<\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:22,480 –> 00:27:26,120
\nguess, an opportunity to to
\nteach and to train the <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:26,120 –> 00:27:30,320
\ndisciples.
\nOf course, the big question is <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:31,200 –> 00:27:34,480
\nwhat was going to happen once
\nthe Lord departed? <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:35,480 –> 00:27:38,280
\nNow we know, of course, that the
\ndisciples had had no, no <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:38,280 –> 00:27:42,440
\ncomprehension of this.
\nThey had no idea of the <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:42,440 –> 00:27:46,760
\nimpending bereavement that they
\nwere about to experience. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:47,400 –> 00:27:49,960
\nThey thought the Lord was about
\nto restore the Kingdom to <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:49,960 –> 00:27:52,000
\nIsrael.
\nThey didn’t understand that He <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:52,000 –> 00:27:55,200
\nwas going to suffer and die.
\nThey certainly didn’t understand<\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:55,200 –> 00:27:58,080
\nthat He was then going to be
\nremoved from them for a long <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:58,080 –> 00:28:01,480
\nperiod of time.
\nThey didn’t understand that then<\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:01,480 –> 00:28:04,840
\nthe work of preaching was going
\nto fall very squarely on their <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:04,840 –> 00:28:09,920
\npersonal shoulders and that then
\nfor the rest of their life, <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:09,920 –> 00:28:14,280
\nhowever long or short that was
\ngoing to be, they would be <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:14,280 –> 00:28:18,440
\ntasked with carrying on the
\nministry of their absent Lord. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:19,520 –> 00:28:22,800
\nOf course, our Lord understood
\nthis only too clearly. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:23,120 –> 00:28:27,080
\nAnd so as the, as the days and
\nthe months of his ministry draw <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:27,080 –> 00:28:31,120
\nto a close, we can actually
\nsense from the, from the record,<\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:31,120 –> 00:28:34,560
\nthe way in which he’s
\nintensifying, intensifying his, <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:34,560 –> 00:28:37,800
\nhis communication with the
\ndisciples and he’s trying to <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:37,800 –> 00:28:42,120
\nprepare them for that time.
\nHe’s intensely aware of their <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:42,120 –> 00:28:46,960
\nneeds and of their own struggles
\nas he’s working to develop their<\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:46,960 –> 00:28:50,720
\ncharacters, but he’s also trying
\nto prepare them for the time <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:50,880 –> 00:28:54,440
\nwhen he’s not going to be there.
\nHe speaks to them about the fact<\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:54,440 –> 00:28:55,920
\nthat he’s going to suffer and
\ndie. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:56,240 –> 00:28:59,720
\nThey don’t comprehend it.
\nHe speaks to them about the fact<\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:59,720 –> 00:29:01,720
\nthat actually they are going to
\nbe persecuted. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:01,720 –> 00:29:03,960
\nThey don’t understand what he’s
\nsaying. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:04,120 –> 00:29:07,680
\nAnd so as the gospel records
\ndraw to a close, we, we, we <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:07,680 –> 00:29:12,800
\nsense the Lord focusing more and
\nmore on preparing the disciples <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:12,800 –> 00:29:14,440
\nfor the lessons they needed to
\nlearn. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:14,840 –> 00:29:17,240
\nSo he’s trying to train them.
\nHe’s trying to prepare them. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:17,240 –> 00:29:19,360
\nHe’s, he’s trying to enlighten
\nthem. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:19,920 –> 00:29:22,520
\nThey knew what it was that they
\nwere actually going to be <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:22,520 –> 00:29:24,280
\nfacing.
\nAnd then he’s trying to set up <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:24,280 –> 00:29:27,960
\nan understanding which they can
\nrefer back to in their minds <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:27,960 –> 00:29:30,480
\nafter he’s gone.
\nThey’re like, ah, that’s right, <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:30,760 –> 00:29:32,720
\nthis happened.
\nAnd the Lord said this and he, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:32,920 –> 00:29:38,760
\nhe did these things and you can,
\nyou can appreciate the emotions <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:38,760 –> 00:29:41,440
\nthat would have filled our Lord
\nas he’s working with his <\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:41,440 –> 00:29:44,040
\ndisciples before he’s taken away
\nfrom them. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:45,400 –> 00:29:50,440
\nHe alone knew the burdens that
\nthey would be facing, opinion of<\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:50,440 –> 00:29:54,560
\npersecutions that they were
\ngoing to go through, and he <\/p>\n
467
\n00:29:54,560 –> 00:29:58,160
\nwarned them that in the same way
\nthat the Jews had persecuted the<\/p>\n
468
\n00:29:58,160 –> 00:30:02,280
\nMaster, so that we’re going to
\nstart persecuting the followers.<\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:02,600 –> 00:30:06,400
\nI’d like you to come with me to
\nJohn chapter 15, because of <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:06,400 –> 00:30:11,600
\ncourse, the most intense record
\nof our Lord’s preparation of His<\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:11,600 –> 00:30:15,440
\ndisciples is the record over
\nseveral chapters in the Gospel <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:15,440 –> 00:30:20,040
\nof John of His discussions with
\nthem in the Upper room on that <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:20,040 –> 00:30:23,240
\nlast fateful night.
\nJohn chapter 15. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:24,040 –> 00:30:29,320
\nPick up the record.
\nWell, pick up the record in <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:31,680
\nverse 19.
\nIf you were of the world, the <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:31,680 –> 00:30:35,920
\nworld would love His own.
\nBut because you are not of the <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:35,920 –> 00:30:40,600
\nworld, but I’ve chosen you out
\nof the world, therefore the <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:40,600 –> 00:30:44,040
\nworld hates you.
\nRemember what I said to you. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:44,440 –> 00:30:47,600
\nRemember what I said, The
\nservant is not greater than his <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:47,600 –> 00:30:50,960
\nLord.
\nIf they have persecuted me, they<\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:50,960 –> 00:30:56,240
\nwill also persecute you.
\nIf they’ve kept my saying, they <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:56,240 –> 00:30:59,920
\nwill keep yours also.
\nSo here he is with them in the <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:59,920 –> 00:31:02,440
\nupper Room on that last night.
\nHe’s saying to them, Remember <\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:02,440 –> 00:31:05,480
\nwhat I’ve told you.
\nThey are going to persecute you <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:05,480 –> 00:31:08,480
\nin the same way that they’ve
\npersecuted me. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:09,720 –> 00:31:13,000
\nAnd because He was so concerned
\nfor him, a few moments later he <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:13,000 –> 00:31:14,560
\nprays to the Father to help
\nthem. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:14,560 –> 00:31:18,520
\nWe have that beautiful prayer of
\nJohn 17 where he’s praying to <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:18,520 –> 00:31:21,680
\nthe Father that when he’s gone
\nhere, the Father would keep <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:21,680 –> 00:31:25,320
\nworking with them, that He would
\nkeep them in His own name, that <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:25,320 –> 00:31:28,520
\nthey’d be able to keep on with
\nthis work of the gospel. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:29,040 –> 00:31:32,400
\nSo it’s a plea.
\nLook at John 17 verse 15, for <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:32,400 –> 00:31:35,440
\nexample.
\nI pray not that thou should just<\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:35,440 –> 00:31:39,120
\ntake them out of the world, but
\nthat thou should just keep them <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:39,520 –> 00:31:43,800
\nfrom the evil.
\nAnd so he’s praying that God’s <\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:43,800 –> 00:31:46,880
\ngoing to be able to work with
\nthese disciples once he’s been <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:46,880 –> 00:31:56,400
\ntaken away.
\nSo let’s not underestimate the <\/p>\n
498
\n00:31:56,400 –> 00:31:59,840
\nimportance of what’s actually
\nhappening here, the enormity of <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:59,840 –> 00:32:06,320
\nwhat was at stake.
\nOnce our Lord was gone and <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:06,320 –> 00:32:11,600
\nascended to the Father, his
\npersonal physical work on earth <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:11,600 –> 00:32:17,480
\ncame to an end.
\nSo from that point on, the work <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:17,480 –> 00:32:22,880
\nof extending the gospel not just
\nto the Jewish people but to the <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:22,880 –> 00:32:28,360
\nentire world was then going to
\nfall upon their shoulders. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:29,480 –> 00:32:34,560
\nThis process of spreading the
\ngospel around the world and <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:34,560 –> 00:32:41,600
\ndoing so in such a way that for
\n2000 years that work of gospel <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:41,600 –> 00:32:48,120
\nproclamation would survive and
\ncontinue, that depended on the <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:48,160 –> 00:32:50,960
\neleven of those men in front of
\nhim actually taking up the <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:50,960 –> 00:32:52,720
\nmantle that he was laying upon
\ntheir shoulders. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:53,040 –> 00:32:56,600
\nJust think about that.
\nThe work of the preaching of the<\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:56,600 –> 00:33:03,600
\ngospel for 2000 years depended
\non eleven of those men taking up<\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:03,600 –> 00:33:07,320
\nthe mantle that he was laying on
\ntheir shoulders at that <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:07,320 –> 00:33:12,440
\nparticular time.
\nBrothers and sisters, if that <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:12,440 –> 00:33:16,520
\nwork hadn’t succeeded, you and I
\nwouldn’t be sitting here now. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:18,240 –> 00:33:20,120
\nIt’s that intense.
\nIt’s that personal. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:20,600 –> 00:33:23,760
\nIt was that important.
\nIf that conveying of that <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:23,760 –> 00:33:27,080
\nmessage to those disciples had
\nnot worked, we wouldn’t be <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:27,080 –> 00:33:29,480
\nsitting here now.
\nAnd every single one of those <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:29,480 –> 00:33:33,320
\nmen then those eleven were to
\ngive their lives for that work <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:33,760 –> 00:33:36,400
\nand their passionate commitment
\nto that work. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:36,400 –> 00:33:40,160
\nAlso shown by by the beloved
\nbrother Paul, the apostle Paul <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:40,480 –> 00:33:44,160
\nmeant that the Lord’s work would
\nthen continue and prosper. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:44,160 –> 00:33:48,520
\nIt worked.
\nBut of course sheer willpower <\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:48,800 –> 00:33:52,040
\nand commitment and enthusiasm
\nwasn’t going to be sufficient. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:52,040 –> 00:33:56,200
\nThe Lord said truly the Spirit
\nis willing about the flesh is <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:56,200 –> 00:33:59,560
\nweak.
\nSo something more was needed to <\/p>\n
526
\n00:33:59,560 –> 00:34:02,280
\nmake sure that that work of
\npreaching the truth would <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:02,280 –> 00:34:04,760
\nactually continue.
\nAnd our Lord knew that there was<\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:04,760 –> 00:34:09,159
\none additional factor which was
\nabsolutely essential for them to<\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:09,159 –> 00:34:12,760
\nbe able to continue that work.
\nOne major thing which He could <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:12,760 –> 00:34:16,960
\ndo which would enable them to
\nendure all of the persecutions <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:17,239 –> 00:34:20,560
\nand succeed in this
\nextraordinary work of gospel <\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:20,560 –> 00:34:23,560
\nproclamation.
\nOf course, as we can imagine, <\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:23,880 –> 00:34:26,600
\nthat is the gift of the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:28,280 –> 00:34:31,560
\nSo the gift of the Holy Spirit
\nis not just like, I don’t know, <\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:31,560 –> 00:34:35,400
\ngiving someone a spare pencil or
\nan extra pair of trousers or <\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:35,400 –> 00:34:39,800
\ncash flow for their journey.
\nIt’s not like a self help manual<\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:40,280 –> 00:34:43,639
\nor some sort of mutual
\nimprovement for incremental, <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:43,679 –> 00:34:47,560
\nincremental advancement of these
\npeople on training for when they<\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:47,560 –> 00:34:55,520
\ngo out to do their tasks.
\nThese men were full of the power<\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:55,679 –> 00:34:59,920
\nof God, extraordinary concept
\nwhen he sent them out. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:00,440 –> 00:35:06,080
\nThey were a living, walking,
\ntalking manifestation of the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:06,120 –> 00:35:10,680
\npower of the Almighty.
\nWe’re going to read a succession<\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:10,680 –> 00:35:14,200
\nof passages and I want you to
\nsee if you can spot the common <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:14,200 –> 00:35:15,960
\nphrase.
\nThey’re all from the book of <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:15,960 –> 00:35:18,600
\nActs.
\nIt’s not hard by the way. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:19,640 –> 00:35:23,040
\nX2 verse 4 and they were all
\nfilled with the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:24,560 –> 00:35:26,880
\nActs 4 verse 48, no verse 8,
\nsorry. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:26,880 –> 00:35:31,240
\nX4 verse 8, Peter when he’s
\nspeaking to the Jewish leaders <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:31,240 –> 00:35:33,680
\nand he talks about their
\npersonal responsibility for <\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:33,680 –> 00:35:35,960
\nrejecting the head cornerstone
\nchosen by God. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:36,200 –> 00:35:39,800
\nIt says in Acts 4 verse 8 that
\nPeter being full of the Holy <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:39,800 –> 00:35:43,600
\nSpirit spoke and did things.
\nIn Acts 7 verse three, they <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:43,600 –> 00:35:47,440
\nchoose seven men full of the
\nHoly Spirit and wisdom to look <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:47,440 –> 00:35:50,680
\nafter the Grecian widows.
\nX7 verse 55. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:35:50,680 –> 00:35:54,320
\nStephen being full of the Holy
\nSpirit, looks up steadfastly <\/p>\n
556
\n00:35:54,320 –> 00:35:57,640
\ninto heaven and sees the glory
\nof God and Jesus standing on the<\/p>\n
557
\n00:35:57,640 –> 00:36:00,840
\nright hand of God.
\nX11 verse 24. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:00,960 –> 00:36:06,040
\nBarnabas was a good man and full
\nof the Holy Spirit in faith X 13<\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:06,040 –> 00:36:07,040
\nverse 9.
\nPeter. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:07,480 –> 00:36:11,200
\nSorry, Paul being filled with
\nthe Holy Spirit blinds Elimus <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:11,200 –> 00:36:15,840
\nthe Sorcerer X13 verse 52 when
\nPaul and Barnabas are expelled <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:15,840 –> 00:36:19,040
\nfrom Antioch, it says the
\ndisciples were filled with joy <\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:19,040 –> 00:36:22,960
\nand with the Holy Spirit.
\nYou hear the common phrase, you <\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:22,960 –> 00:36:26,360
\nhear the point.
\nThese are men who were just full<\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:26,760 –> 00:36:29,800
\nof the Holy Spirit.
\nSo it’s not just a small thing <\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:29,800 –> 00:36:33,320
\nhere.
\nThey were full of the almighty <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:33,320 –> 00:36:37,560
\npower of God.
\nIt’s the same power which <\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:37,560 –> 00:36:40,600
\ncreated the the world in the
\nfirst place. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:41,120 –> 00:36:45,160
\nIt’s the same power which
\nsustains the life of all flesh. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:45,680 –> 00:36:51,200
\nAnd that power was entrusted to
\nthese men because the magnitude <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:51,200 –> 00:36:54,040
\nof the task before them required
\nthat. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:36:55,600 –> 00:37:00,320
\nAnd it was possible because God
\ngave His Son the authority to be<\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:00,320 –> 00:37:02,960
\nable to do that, to share the
\nwork of the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:04,680 –> 00:37:07,840
\nNow, why was this necessary?
\nWell, let’s just keep thinking <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:07,840 –> 00:37:11,200
\nabout this.
\nWhy was it so necessary that <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:11,200 –> 00:37:15,040
\nthey had this visible
\ndemonstration of the power of <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:15,040 –> 00:37:19,600
\nGod?
\nWell, if the task was fallen on <\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:19,600 –> 00:37:25,600
\nyour shoulders, how would you
\nconvey the power of the gospel <\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:25,840 –> 00:37:28,840
\nto others?
\nHow would you have the power to <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:28,840 –> 00:37:33,120
\nconvince all your hearers that
\nJesus of Nazareth was actually <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:33,120 –> 00:37:34,800
\nthe Christ, the anointed, the
\nMessiah? <\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:35,440 –> 00:37:39,640
\nSo, for example, take Stephen in
\nActs 6 verse 10. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:39,640 –> 00:37:44,640
\nIt says they would not able to
\nresist the wisdom and the spirit<\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:44,640 –> 00:37:48,640
\nby which he spoke.
\nWell, how would you perform like<\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:48,640 –> 00:37:53,440
\nApollos X 18 verse 28.
\nHe mightily convinced the Jews <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:53,640 –> 00:37:57,400
\nand that publicly showing by the
\nScriptures that Jesus was <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:57,400 –> 00:38:00,840
\nChrist.
\nSo let’s imagine for a moment <\/p>\n
588
\n00:38:01,040 –> 00:38:06,480
\nthat we’re one of the 12.
\nHow would you remember <\/p>\n
589
\n00:38:06,760 –> 00:38:10,400
\neverything that the Lord Jesus
\nChrist had taught you? <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:12,440 –> 00:38:15,560
\nHow would you be able to to open
\nup the limitless power of the <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:15,560 –> 00:38:18,760
\nScriptures to convince people of
\nthe way in which the Scriptures <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:18,760 –> 00:38:21,960
\nspoke beforehand of the work of
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ? <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:23,480 –> 00:38:27,560
\nAnd later, when you’re dragged,
\nbeaten and and persecuted before<\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:27,560 –> 00:38:31,840
\nthe council, in pain and in
\nstress, how would you be able to<\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:31,840 –> 00:38:35,240
\nanswer with wisdom and power and
\nmight convincing people that <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:35,240 –> 00:38:40,800
\nJesus Christ is the Son of God?
\nHow would you have the stammer <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:41,800 –> 00:38:46,160
\nand the ability to walk into
\nforeign cities you’ve never been<\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:46,160 –> 00:38:50,800
\nin before and find fertile soil
\ninto which you can plant the <\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:50,800 –> 00:38:52,760
\nWord of God, the seed of the
\nWord of God? <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:53,360 –> 00:38:57,120
\nHow can you show the wisdom to
\nrefute the arguments of the Jews<\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:57,120 –> 00:39:00,920
\nin that city and then persuade
\nthe Pagan idol worshippers in <\/p>\n
602
\n00:39:00,920 –> 00:39:04,040
\nthat city that there was a
\nbetter way as you lead the <\/p>\n
603
\n00:39:04,040 –> 00:39:07,720
\nhearers to listen and respond to
\nthe invitation in the court? <\/p>\n
604
\n00:39:08,440 –> 00:39:11,840
\nAnd you’re not going to do this
\njust once or twice, but again <\/p>\n
605
\n00:39:12,440 –> 00:39:17,920
\nand again and again for decades
\nuntil the gospel is spread <\/p>\n
606
\n00:39:18,040 –> 00:39:20,440
\nthroughout the entirely known
\nGentile world. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:20,680 –> 00:39:23,320
\nColossians one, verse 23, The
\nhope of the gospel which you’ve <\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:23,320 –> 00:39:27,640
\nheard, which was preached to
\nevery creature which is under <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:27,640 –> 00:39:31,560
\nheaven.
\nHow do you persuade Gentiles <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:32,640 –> 00:39:36,760
\nthat a Jewish man was actually
\nthe Son of God? <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:38,240 –> 00:39:40,680
\nHow would you illustrate then
\nthe fact that there’s this new <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:40,680 –> 00:39:43,920
\npower which they have never,
\never heard about, and it’s a <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:43,920 –> 00:39:47,320
\npower which is able to raise the
\ndead and is going to set up <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:47,320 –> 00:39:50,160
\nGod’s Kingdom on earth?
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:50,160 –> 00:39:52,520
\nWhen you stop and think about
\nit, what was actually achieved <\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:52,520 –> 00:39:55,640
\nthrough these menaces, it’s
\nnothing short of truly <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:55,840 –> 00:39:58,280
\nremarkable.
\nWell, think about the <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:58,280 –> 00:40:00,720
\nbreathtaking claim that was made
\nto the authorities in <\/p>\n
619
\n00:40:00,760 –> 00:40:05,560
\nThessalonica, Acts 17, verse 6.
\nThese are the men that have <\/p>\n
620
\n00:40:05,560 –> 00:40:08,680
\nturned the world.
\nUpside down. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:40:10,760 –> 00:40:14,400
\nNow that’s one element.
\nThat’s the preaching of the <\/p>\n
622
\n00:40:14,400 –> 00:40:18,520
\ngospel.
\nNow overlay over that something <\/p>\n
623
\n00:40:18,520 –> 00:40:23,600
\nelse, which is the very obvious
\nfact that just submerging <\/p>\n
624
\n00:40:23,840 –> 00:40:30,440
\nconverted souls in the water of
\nbaptism and then abandoning them<\/p>\n
625
\n00:40:30,440 –> 00:40:33,160
\nwould be a surefire way of
\nensuring that the gospel record <\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:33,160 –> 00:40:35,280
\ndied just as quickly as it was
\nattained. <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:36,560 –> 00:40:41,800
\nYou’ve now got thousands of new
\nconverts and little groups all <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:41,800 –> 00:40:45,440
\naround the world.
\nWhat are you going to do with <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:45,440 –> 00:40:46,920
\nthem?
\nThey’re in isolation. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:47,440 –> 00:40:49,600
\nThey don’t have a Jewish
\nbackground, meaning them to call<\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:49,600 –> 00:40:51,120
\nupon.
\nThere’s suddenly these new <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:51,120 –> 00:40:53,480
\nbelievers that are baptized.
\nNow what? <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:54,200 –> 00:40:56,920
\nWell, now we, we need, we need
\nto establish these new little <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:56,920 –> 00:41:00,520
\ncommunities and they can’t be
\nestablished on the basis of <\/p>\n
635
\n00:41:00,520 –> 00:41:03,480
\nMosaic law and worship for
\nseveral very good reasons. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:41:04,000 –> 00:41:07,480
\nNumber one, the entire Mosaic
\nsystem is about to be done away.<\/p>\n
637
\n00:41:08,320 –> 00:41:11,440
\nIn fact, it was pointing forward
\nto Christ and now he’s come. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:41:11,920 –> 00:41:15,400
\nSo we need some other way which
\nreflects the work of the Lord <\/p>\n
639
\n00:41:15,400 –> 00:41:18,840
\nJesus Christ a better way.
\nNot only that, the city of <\/p>\n
640
\n00:41:18,840 –> 00:41:21,480
\nJerusalem’s about to be
\ndestroyed, the temple’s going to<\/p>\n
641
\n00:41:21,480 –> 00:41:24,880
\nbe burnt with fire.
\nSo even if it was possible for <\/p>\n
642
\n00:41:24,880 –> 00:41:27,440
\nyou to travel from all around
\nthe world regularly to <\/p>\n
643
\n00:41:27,440 –> 00:41:30,560
\nJerusalem, there’s nothing there
\nto worship him when you get <\/p>\n
644
\n00:41:30,560 –> 00:41:32,240
\nthere.
\nAnd even if there had been, do <\/p>\n
645
\n00:41:32,240 –> 00:41:35,960
\nyou reckon they would let you as
\na Gentile into a Jewish temple? <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:37,480 –> 00:41:40,560
\nSo the whole system of worship
\nwhich you prevailed for 1200 <\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:40,560 –> 00:41:45,080
\nyears wasn’t going to work?
\nThere has to be something <\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:45,080 –> 00:41:49,720
\ncompletely new set up with these
\neclisias to be established. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:50,120 –> 00:41:54,080
\nLittle communities of believers
\nwho were dispersed, sitting in <\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:54,080 –> 00:41:57,840
\nisolation all around the world.
\nThis is, this is, this is a <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:57,840 –> 00:42:00,560
\nbrand new concept.
\nThis is foreign to anything <\/p>\n
652
\n00:42:00,960 –> 00:42:03,000
\nthat’s been there in Scripture
\nbefore. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:42:03,320 –> 00:42:05,200
\nAnd just look at look at some of
\nthese questions. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:42:06,720 –> 00:42:11,680
\nWhere would they meet?
\nWhat would they do when they <\/p>\n
655
\n00:42:11,680 –> 00:42:15,640
\nmeet?
\nHow would they be organized? <\/p>\n
656
\n00:42:17,640 –> 00:42:19,320
\nWhat type of activities would
\nthey run? <\/p>\n
657
\n00:42:21,000 –> 00:42:24,800
\nWould there be any system of
\nadministration or organization <\/p>\n
658
\n00:42:26,200 –> 00:42:30,400
\nWho would be in charge?
\nHow would you protect against <\/p>\n
659
\n00:42:30,400 –> 00:42:34,240
\nfalse beliefs?
\nHow do you respond if there were<\/p>\n
660
\n00:42:34,240 –> 00:42:39,120
\nfalse teachers inside the flock?
\nHow should you deal with <\/p>\n
661
\n00:42:39,120 –> 00:42:42,760
\nbrethren the earth?
\nHow would they maintain their <\/p>\n
662
\n00:42:42,760 –> 00:42:46,040
\nfaith?
\nHow would their understanding <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:46,040 –> 00:42:50,000
\ngrow?
\nWho would teach them the glories<\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:50,360 –> 00:42:54,520
\nof the ways of God?
\nNow those are just 12 simple <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:54,520 –> 00:42:57,760
\nquestions.
\nThere were hundreds of such <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:57,760 –> 00:43:01,840
\nquestions to be answered.
\nJust think about it. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:43:01,880 –> 00:43:04,680
\nThis is a new system of worship
\nthat’s being set up and not just<\/p>\n
668
\n00:43:04,680 –> 00:43:11,000
\nlast for 10 years or 20 years or
\neven for one person’s lifetime. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:43:11,880 –> 00:43:16,640
\nIt had to last for centuries.
\nAnd how do you make sure that <\/p>\n
670
\n00:43:16,640 –> 00:43:22,120
\nthis this teaching process
\ncontinues throughout each of <\/p>\n
671
\n00:43:22,120 –> 00:43:26,640
\nthose succeeding generations
\nonce the apostles and the Spirit<\/p>\n
672
\n00:43:26,640 –> 00:43:30,360
\ngifted elders have actually been
\nremoved and have died out? <\/p>\n
673
\n00:43:31,560 –> 00:43:35,800
\nSo in God’s foreknowledge, he
\nand his Son knew that the system<\/p>\n
674
\n00:43:35,880 –> 00:43:42,520
\nof truth which was to be
\nestablished had to last for two <\/p>\n
675
\n00:43:42,960 –> 00:43:47,400
\nmillennia.
\nThat’s mind boggling to think <\/p>\n
676
\n00:43:47,400 –> 00:43:50,720
\nabout.
\nThat is truly mind boggling to <\/p>\n
677
\n00:43:50,720 –> 00:43:53,240
\nthink about.
\nHow do you establish a system of<\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:53,240 –> 00:43:57,480
\nworship and a system of
\npreaching which is going to last<\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:57,480 –> 00:44:00,760
\nthe distance for millennia?
\nYou know, it’s almost <\/p>\n
680
\n00:44:00,760 –> 00:44:04,760
\nincomprehensible to think about
\nhow you’d start trying to plan <\/p>\n
681
\n00:44:04,960 –> 00:44:06,920
\nthat process.
\nHow would you enable that <\/p>\n
682
\n00:44:06,920 –> 00:44:11,120
\nresult?
\nNow, as if that wasn’t enough, <\/p>\n
683
\n00:44:11,520 –> 00:44:16,120
\none of the greatest tools to
\nachieve this required the <\/p>\n
684
\n00:44:16,120 –> 00:44:18,040
\ncompletion of the Canon of
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:44:19,520 –> 00:44:25,240
\nWhen the apostles began their
\nwork, there was no New Testament<\/p>\n
686
\n00:44:25,480 –> 00:44:28,760
\nin existence.
\nIt’s only the Old Testament. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:44:28,760 –> 00:44:32,320
\nThere was no New Testament.
\nThe Gospel of John appears to <\/p>\n
688
\n00:44:32,320 –> 00:44:34,960
\nhave been one of the earliest
\nones that were written, and the <\/p>\n
689
\n00:44:34,960 –> 00:44:37,760
\nother gospels followed over the
\nprocess of time. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:44:38,040 –> 00:44:40,600
\nBut to begin with, there wasn’t
\neven that. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:44:41,680 –> 00:44:44,760
\nAnd what about the Epistles?
\nWell, the epistles hadn’t even <\/p>\n
692
\n00:44:44,760 –> 00:44:47,840
\nbeen written yet, as they were
\nstarting to breach the truth <\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:48,080 –> 00:44:51,720
\nthrough the then known world.
\nSo those epistles were carefully<\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:51,720 –> 00:44:56,640
\nwritten under inspiration, and
\nthey were preserved for later <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:56,640 –> 00:45:01,120
\ngenerations to be able to come
\nand read them literally for <\/p>\n
696
\n00:45:01,120 –> 00:45:06,640
\nmillennia afterwards.
\nWhere would we be in ecclesial <\/p>\n
697
\n00:45:06,640 –> 00:45:11,520
\nlife if we didn’t have the
\nEpistles to refer to? <\/p>\n
698
\n00:45:13,880 –> 00:45:16,880
\nJust just think about ecclesial
\nlife as we know it. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:45:17,920 –> 00:45:22,960
\nWhere would we be in ecclesial
\nlife if we had no guidance from <\/p>\n
700
\n00:45:23,000 –> 00:45:26,200
\nany of the Epistles to refer to?
\nThey’re brilliant. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:45:26,480 –> 00:45:30,520
\nThey’re not just addressing
\nmatters of the moment in cities <\/p>\n
702
\n00:45:30,520 –> 00:45:33,760
\nthat are now long forgotten and
\nhave ceased to exist for more <\/p>\n
703
\n00:45:33,760 –> 00:45:37,760
\nthan 1000 years.
\nThey were recorded for men and <\/p>\n
704
\n00:45:37,760 –> 00:45:42,000
\nwomen to be able to read for
\n2000 years later. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:45:42,240 –> 00:45:45,360
\nAnd they contain all the essence
\nof the little principles of a <\/p>\n
706
\n00:45:45,360 –> 00:45:51,080
\ncollegial life that we know and
\nlove today and and then the <\/p>\n
707
\n00:45:51,080 –> 00:45:54,280
\nultimate book, the Book of
\nRevelation or the Apocalypse, <\/p>\n
708
\n00:45:54,280 –> 00:45:59,080
\nthe revealing as it means this
\nis a dissipation given by God <\/p>\n
709
\n00:45:59,320 –> 00:46:03,920
\nthrough his Son, delivered by an
\nAngel to the apostle John, who <\/p>\n
710
\n00:46:03,920 –> 00:46:07,320
\nwrites by inspiration and
\nprovides encouragement for the <\/p>\n
711
\n00:46:07,320 –> 00:46:10,480
\nSaints who lived throughout
\nthose 2000 years. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:46:10,720 –> 00:46:14,200
\nA message of hope and salvation
\nto all the men and women that <\/p>\n
713
\n00:46:14,200 –> 00:46:17,120
\nwould come through all those
\nperiods of time as they could <\/p>\n
714
\n00:46:17,120 –> 00:46:21,320
\nsee the work of God all planned
\nand as he’s working through for <\/p>\n
715
\n00:46:21,320 –> 00:46:23,280
\nthe ultimate establishment of
\nHis Kingdom. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:46:23,720 –> 00:46:29,400
\nThat book alone is truly
\nextraordinary, unfolding the <\/p>\n
717
\n00:46:29,400 –> 00:46:32,720
\nfuture course of history for
\nthose that would live as the <\/p>\n
718
\n00:46:32,720 –> 00:46:35,120
\nSaints in each of those epochs
\nand time. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:46:35,400 –> 00:46:38,000
\nYou know, brothers and sisters,
\nwhen I stopped and thought about<\/p>\n
720
\n00:46:38,000 –> 00:46:45,640
\nthis, I was silenced by just in
\namazement, in awe at what a <\/p>\n
721
\n00:46:45,640 –> 00:46:47,440
\nHeavenly Father has been able to
\naccomplish. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:46:49,640 –> 00:46:52,440
\nThat’s why the Holy Spirit was
\ngiven to those men. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:46:54,160 –> 00:46:57,960
\nThat’s why I say it was such a
\nmomentous time period of change <\/p>\n
724
\n00:46:58,160 –> 00:47:03,080
\nin the history of the world.
\nThe method of God in calling <\/p>\n
725
\n00:47:03,080 –> 00:47:06,240
\nthrough His word and the work of
\nthe disciples to be able to <\/p>\n
726
\n00:47:06,240 –> 00:47:09,000
\ncomplete that work.
\nAll of those things, the <\/p>\n
727
\n00:47:09,000 –> 00:47:11,600
\npreaching of the gospel, the
\nestablishment of the Eccleses, <\/p>\n
728
\n00:47:11,840 –> 00:47:16,120
\nall the things that we think of
\nas the truth, the day it was the<\/p>\n
729
\n00:47:16,120 –> 00:47:19,280
\nwork of the Holy Spirit that was
\nused to enable that work. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:47:19,400 –> 00:47:21,640
\nAll right, let’s start.
\nWhat’s your time? <\/p>\n
731
\n00:47:21,640 –> 00:47:23,520
\nWe’re finishing at 11:00, aren’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n
732
\n00:47:23,600 –> 00:47:26,400
\nYep, we’re good.
\nSo let’s start to build a little<\/p>\n
733
\n00:47:26,400 –> 00:47:28,760
\nbit of a picture about what the
\nLord said to them would be <\/p>\n
734
\n00:47:28,760 –> 00:47:30,200
\nhappening.
\nWe’re going to go to Luke <\/p>\n
735
\n00:47:30,200 –> 00:47:32,440
\nchapter 24.
\nI mean, the passages we’re <\/p>\n
736
\n00:47:32,440 –> 00:47:36,280
\nlooking at now are right at the
\nend He had actually started and <\/p>\n
737
\n00:47:36,280 –> 00:47:39,240
\nwe won’t look at them, but about
\nabout a year and a half before <\/p>\n
738
\n00:47:39,240 –> 00:47:42,280
\nhis death, he started telling
\nthem that he would send the Holy<\/p>\n
739
\n00:47:42,280 –> 00:47:45,800
\nSpirit and that it would give
\nthem the ability to to say <\/p>\n
740
\n00:47:45,800 –> 00:47:48,080
\nthings which they wouldn’t
\notherwise be able to say. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:47:48,080 –> 00:47:50,200
\nThey didn’t have to worry about
\nwhat they were going to be <\/p>\n
742
\n00:47:50,200 –> 00:47:52,800
\nsaying at the time because the
\nHoly Spirit would teach them. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:47:52,800 –> 00:47:56,880
\nBut let’s pick up the record,
\nLuke 24 and verse 49. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:47:56,920 –> 00:48:00,280
\nBehold, he says I sin.
\nSo this is our Lord after his <\/p>\n
745
\n00:48:00,280 –> 00:48:02,840
\nresurrection.
\nHe’s, he’s there with them just <\/p>\n
746
\n00:48:02,840 –> 00:48:07,000
\nbefore his departure.
\nAnd he says, Behold, I send the <\/p>\n
747
\n00:48:07,000 –> 00:48:12,440
\npromise of my Father upon you,
\nbut tarry ye and the city of <\/p>\n
748
\n00:48:12,440 –> 00:48:17,680
\nJerusalem until ye be endued
\nwith power from on high. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:48:18,440 –> 00:48:22,560
\nSo here clearly they’re given
\nthe promise of something which <\/p>\n
750
\n00:48:22,560 –> 00:48:24,680
\nis going to be given to them
\nfrom God. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:48:25,280 –> 00:48:28,440
\nThey need to wait in the city of
\nJerusalem till it arrives. <\/p>\n
752
\n00:48:28,800 –> 00:48:33,720
\nAnd it’s described on as them
\nbeing endued with power from on <\/p>\n
753
\n00:48:33,720 –> 00:48:39,000
\nhigh when it says they would
\nthey would be endued with power.<\/p>\n
754
\n00:48:39,000 –> 00:48:42,240
\nThe Greek word enduro, it
\nliterally means to be to be <\/p>\n
755
\n00:48:42,240 –> 00:48:45,120
\nclothed with, to put on or to be
\nclothed with. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:48:45,400 –> 00:48:49,400
\nSo you are going to be clothed
\nwith power that’s going to come <\/p>\n
757
\n00:48:49,400 –> 00:48:54,440
\ndown to you from on high.
\nThe ESP says, behold, I am <\/p>\n
758
\n00:48:54,440 –> 00:48:58,600
\nsending the promise of my father
\nupon you, but stay in the city <\/p>\n
759
\n00:48:59,000 –> 00:49:02,240
\nuntil you are clothed with power
\nfrom on high. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:49:02,240 –> 00:49:05,600
\nAll right, well, let’s go back
\nto the last chapter of Mark. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:49:06,160 –> 00:49:10,120
\nMark chapter 16, the same
\noccasion being spoken of, but <\/p>\n
762
\n00:49:10,320 –> 00:49:14,080
\nthere’s some extra detail
\nrecorded in the gospel of Mark, <\/p>\n
763
\n00:49:14,120 –> 00:49:16,960
\nMark chapter 16.
\nWe’ll pick up the record in <\/p>\n
764
\n00:49:16,960 –> 00:49:22,520
\nverse 15.
\nAnd he said to them, Mark 16, <\/p>\n
765
\n00:49:22,520 –> 00:49:25,880
\nverse 15, go ye into all the
\nworld, preach the gospel to <\/p>\n
766
\n00:49:25,880 –> 00:49:30,160
\nevery creature.
\nVerse 17. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:49:30,800 –> 00:49:35,400
\nThese signs shall follow them
\nthat believe in my name. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:49:35,400 –> 00:49:39,320
\nThey shall cast out devils, they
\nshall speak with new tongues, <\/p>\n
769
\n00:49:39,600 –> 00:49:43,000
\nthey shall take up serpents.
\nIf they drink any deadly thing, <\/p>\n
770
\n00:49:43,000 –> 00:49:47,800
\nit shall not hurt them, and they
\nshall lay hands on the sick, and<\/p>\n
771
\n00:49:47,800 –> 00:49:52,440
\nthey shall recover.
\nSo it explains to them what this<\/p>\n
772
\n00:49:52,440 –> 00:49:55,360
\npower from and high would
\nactually enable. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:49:56,120 –> 00:49:59,320
\nIt would be with them as they
\nwere preaching, and it will be a<\/p>\n
774
\n00:49:59,320 –> 00:50:03,560
\ndemonstration.
\nIt would be a sign as a witness <\/p>\n
775
\n00:50:03,760 –> 00:50:06,520
\nfor those that believe what are
\nthey going to be able to do? <\/p>\n
776
\n00:50:06,520 –> 00:50:08,080
\nWell, they’re going to be able
\nto heal people. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:50:08,080 –> 00:50:09,840
\nThey’re going to be able to
\nspeak in tongues. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:50:10,080 –> 00:50:13,320
\nThey would be able to do things
\nwhich would otherwise normally <\/p>\n
779
\n00:50:13,320 –> 00:50:15,320
\nkill them.
\nThey would recover the sick. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:50:15,720 –> 00:50:18,400
\nSo it’s an explanation of what
\nthis power which they were going<\/p>\n
781
\n00:50:18,400 –> 00:50:21,680
\nto be clothed to, it would
\nenable them to actually do. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:50:22,400 –> 00:50:25,720
\nAnd in verse 20, not this sort
\nof phrase, they went forth and <\/p>\n
783
\n00:50:25,720 –> 00:50:32,800
\npreached everywhere, the Lord
\nworking with them and confirming<\/p>\n
784
\n00:50:32,920 –> 00:50:39,200
\nthe word with signs following.
\nSo it tells us that the Lord was<\/p>\n
785
\n00:50:39,200 –> 00:50:42,360
\nactually, as it were, traveling
\nwith them on the way because <\/p>\n
786
\n00:50:42,360 –> 00:50:45,000
\nhe’s given them this power to do
\nthese things. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:50:45,200 –> 00:50:48,920
\nAnd as they did them, this was
\nthe Lord working with them. <\/p>\n
788
\n00:50:49,160 –> 00:50:51,400
\nThis is the Lord confirming
\ntheir works. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:50:51,520 –> 00:50:55,160
\nThis is the Lord enabling them
\nto do things through this <\/p>\n
790
\n00:50:55,160 –> 00:50:57,520
\nparticular power.
\nAll right, let’s go to Acts <\/p>\n
791
\n00:50:57,520 –> 00:51:00,680
\nchapter 1 because we’ve got a
\nfew more details again, again <\/p>\n
792
\n00:51:00,680 –> 00:51:04,560
\nabout this very same
\nconversation, Acts chapter 1. <\/p>\n
793
\n00:51:05,720 –> 00:51:09,280
\nIt’s quite helpful having so
\nmany records talking about this <\/p>\n
794
\n00:51:09,280 –> 00:51:13,120
\none little conversation the Lord
\nhad with them just before he <\/p>\n
795
\n00:51:13,120 –> 00:51:17,480
\ndeparted.
\nActs chapter one, pick up the <\/p>\n
796
\n00:51:17,480 –> 00:51:21,600
\nrecord in verse 4 being
\nassembled together with them. <\/p>\n
797
\n00:51:21,600 –> 00:51:24,960
\nHe commanded them that they
\nshould not depart from <\/p>\n
798
\n00:51:24,960 –> 00:51:29,320
\nJerusalem, but wait for the
\npromise of the Father, which <\/p>\n
799
\n00:51:29,320 –> 00:51:35,040
\nsaith he, ye have heard of me,
\nand in verse saying, he says, <\/p>\n
800
\n00:51:35,040 –> 00:51:41,800
\nYou shall receive power after
\nthe Holy Spirit is come upon <\/p>\n
801
\n00:51:41,800 –> 00:51:45,680
\nyou, and you’ll be witnesses
\nunto me, both in Jerusalem, <\/p>\n
802
\n00:51:45,680 –> 00:51:50,200
\nJudea, Samaria, and unto the
\nuttermost parts of the earth. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:51:50,600 –> 00:51:54,280
\nSo now this power is described
\nas the Holy Spirit which is <\/p>\n
804
\n00:51:54,280 –> 00:51:57,600
\ngoing to come upon them and
\nenable them to be witnesses <\/p>\n
805
\n00:51:57,960 –> 00:52:02,920
\nthroughout the earth.
\nNow, in addition to those <\/p>\n
806
\n00:52:02,920 –> 00:52:06,480
\nstatements which were just
\nbefore the Lord was taken away, <\/p>\n
807
\n00:52:07,400 –> 00:52:12,320
\nwe know that back in that upper
\nroom just before His arrest, He <\/p>\n
808
\n00:52:12,320 –> 00:52:14,360
\nspoke to them about the
\nComforter. <\/p>\n
809
\n00:52:14,840 –> 00:52:18,480
\nLet’s go back to the Gospel of
\nJohn and add a few extra things <\/p>\n
810
\n00:52:18,480 –> 00:52:21,160
\nhere in the record.
\nFrom this idea of the Comforter,<\/p>\n
811
\n00:52:21,320 –> 00:52:24,080
\nlet’s go back to the Gospel of
\nJohn chapter 14. <\/p>\n
812
\n00:52:24,760 –> 00:52:28,880
\nHe actually refers to the
\ncomforter in chapter 14, in <\/p>\n
813
\n00:52:28,880 –> 00:52:33,520
\nchapter 15, and in chapter 16.
\nBear in mind, of course, it’s <\/p>\n
814
\n00:52:33,520 –> 00:52:37,760
\nall just one, one evening where
\nhe’s talking with them, so it <\/p>\n
815
\n00:52:37,760 –> 00:52:39,560
\nall just runs to get in the
\nnarrative. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:52:39,560 –> 00:52:42,920
\nBut there are references in
\nchapter 14, chapter 15, and <\/p>\n
817
\n00:52:42,920 –> 00:52:46,400
\nchapter 16.
\nIt’s helpful for us to know that<\/p>\n
818
\n00:52:46,400 –> 00:52:50,120
\nthe word comforter is the Greek
\nword paracletos. <\/p>\n
819
\n00:52:51,120 –> 00:52:54,200
\nIt’s better rendered or
\ntranslated as advocate. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:52:54,520 –> 00:52:58,520
\nIt’s a joining together of 2
\nwords para which means alongside<\/p>\n
821
\n00:52:58,560 –> 00:53:03,000
\nin cletos, which means calls to.
\nSo here’s someone who’s called <\/p>\n
822
\n00:53:03,400 –> 00:53:08,400
\nalongside to provide assistance.
\nGrim Thayer says the meaning of <\/p>\n
823
\n00:53:08,400 –> 00:53:13,560
\nthe word is one who pleads
\nanother cause before a judge, a <\/p>\n
824
\n00:53:13,560 –> 00:53:18,920
\npleader, A counsel for the
\ndefense, legal assistance and <\/p>\n
825
\n00:53:19,000 –> 00:53:21,640
\nadvocate.
\nSo it conveys the idea of <\/p>\n
826
\n00:53:21,640 –> 00:53:25,800
\nsomeone who’s who’s there in a
\ncourt of law providing <\/p>\n
827
\n00:53:25,800 –> 00:53:29,600
\nassistance to the person who was
\nactually being examined or <\/p>\n
828
\n00:53:29,600 –> 00:53:32,480
\npresenting a case.
\nAnd when you think about the <\/p>\n
829
\n00:53:32,480 –> 00:53:35,600
\nwork of the Holy Spirit, that’s
\nreally appropriate because as <\/p>\n
830
\n00:53:35,600 –> 00:53:38,840
\nthey’re there out witnessing,
\nthe Holy Spirit’s working <\/p>\n
831
\n00:53:38,840 –> 00:53:42,320
\nalongside them to assist them in
\nthat work. <\/p>\n
832
\n00:53:42,880 –> 00:53:45,720
\nNow, it can be wider than just a
\nlegal sense. <\/p>\n
833
\n00:53:46,320 –> 00:53:49,240
\nIt can also be used in the sense
\nof providing strength or <\/p>\n
834
\n00:53:49,240 –> 00:53:51,680
\nsupport.
\nSo it’s someone who’s come <\/p>\n
835
\n00:53:51,680 –> 00:53:55,240
\nalongside or something that’s
\ncome alongside to assist that <\/p>\n
836
\n00:53:55,240 –> 00:53:59,360
\nwork of speaking.
\nIt’s actually very different <\/p>\n
837
\n00:53:59,360 –> 00:54:02,040
\nfrom what we think of when we
\nsee the word comforter in <\/p>\n
838
\n00:54:02,040 –> 00:54:04,720
\nEnglish, the word to comfort
\nover time. <\/p>\n
839
\n00:54:04,720 –> 00:54:09,080
\nThe word comforter for us means
\nto sort of to console or to to <\/p>\n
840
\n00:54:09,080 –> 00:54:11,520
\nsoothe someone.
\nWell, that’s not the idea. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:54:11,680 –> 00:54:13,960
\nThis is the idea of someone who
\ncomes alongside. <\/p>\n
842
\n00:54:14,280 –> 00:54:16,840
\nNow it’s similar, it’s a little
\ndifferent, but it’s very similar<\/p>\n
843
\n00:54:16,840 –> 00:54:20,760
\nto the word parakaleo, which is
\ncomes up frequently in the New <\/p>\n
844
\n00:54:20,760 –> 00:54:25,040
\nTestament, which has the idea of
\nencouragement, but paracletos <\/p>\n
845
\n00:54:25,040 –> 00:54:29,680
\nhas the idea of someone who
\nstands alongside to assist in <\/p>\n
846
\n00:54:29,680 –> 00:54:32,480
\nthis particular work.
\nThe word paracletos is actually <\/p>\n
847
\n00:54:32,480 –> 00:54:36,400
\nonly used by by John.
\nIt’s here in the Gospels and <\/p>\n
848
\n00:54:36,400 –> 00:54:40,120
\nit’s also in the Epistle of John
\n1 John 2 verse one. <\/p>\n
849
\n00:54:40,560 –> 00:54:45,080
\nIt talks about the Lord Jesus
\nChrist being our advocate as it <\/p>\n
850
\n00:54:45,080 –> 00:54:48,360
\nexplains who our Lord pleads our
\ncause in heaven or speaks of our<\/p>\n
851
\n00:54:48,360 –> 00:54:51,920
\ncause in heaven.
\nAnd that’s quite a useful cross <\/p>\n
852
\n00:54:51,920 –> 00:54:55,480
\nreference because it shows us
\nwhat this idea of the paracletos<\/p>\n
853
\n00:54:55,880 –> 00:54:59,840
\nactually is.
\nNow there are some divergent <\/p>\n
854
\n00:54:59,840 –> 00:55:01,760
\nviews as to what this comforter
\nis. <\/p>\n
855
\n00:55:01,760 –> 00:55:04,800
\nThe suggestion by some is that,
\nwell, maybe it was one of the <\/p>\n
856
\n00:55:04,840 –> 00:55:07,000
\nangels that was actually sent
\nalong. <\/p>\n
857
\n00:55:07,480 –> 00:55:09,360
\nI’ve seen suggestions that it
\nwas Gabriel. <\/p>\n
858
\n00:55:09,360 –> 00:55:12,280
\nI’ve seen suggestions that it
\nwas Michael, that it was one of <\/p>\n
859
\n00:55:12,280 –> 00:55:15,880
\nthe one of the important angels
\nthat was set alongside. <\/p>\n
860
\n00:55:16,360 –> 00:55:19,880
\nWell, regardless of this, either
\nway, whether there was angels <\/p>\n
861
\n00:55:19,880 –> 00:55:24,480
\ninvolved in the work or not,
\nfundamentally it had to involve <\/p>\n
862
\n00:55:24,480 –> 00:55:27,560
\nthe work of the Holy Spirit.
\nAnd there are several reasons <\/p>\n
863
\n00:55:27,560 –> 00:55:29,640
\nfor that.
\nWe won’t go into them in detail,<\/p>\n
864
\n00:55:29,640 –> 00:55:34,720
\nbut in verse 17 of John 14, it’s
\ndescribed as the spirit of <\/p>\n
865
\n00:55:34,720 –> 00:55:37,880
\ntruth.
\nIn verse 26, it’s described as <\/p>\n
866
\n00:55:37,880 –> 00:55:41,440
\nbeing the Comforter, which is
\nthe Holy Spirit whom the Father <\/p>\n
867
\n00:55:41,440 –> 00:55:45,040
\nwill send in My name.
\nIn chapter 15, verse 26, it’s <\/p>\n
868
\n00:55:45,040 –> 00:55:48,320
\ndescribed again as being even
\nthe spirit of truth, and in <\/p>\n
869
\n00:55:48,320 –> 00:55:51,360
\nchapter 16, verse 13, it’s
\ndescribed again as being the <\/p>\n
870
\n00:55:51,360 –> 00:55:54,880
\nspirit of truth.
\nSo it certainly involves the <\/p>\n
871
\n00:55:54,880 –> 00:55:57,840
\nwork of the Holy Spirit, whether
\nor not there were angels <\/p>\n
872
\n00:55:57,840 –> 00:56:00,880
\ninvolved in assisting them from
\ntime to time. <\/p>\n
873
\n00:56:01,040 –> 00:56:04,920
\nWhat we know is that the
\nemphasis in Acts and through the<\/p>\n
874
\n00:56:04,920 –> 00:56:08,640
\nrest of the New Testament is of
\nthe Holy Spirit being given to <\/p>\n
875
\n00:56:08,640 –> 00:56:12,240
\ndo these various things.
\nAnd it’s also described, the <\/p>\n
876
\n00:56:12,240 –> 00:56:15,800
\nHoly Spirit is described as
\nenabling them when they go to <\/p>\n
877
\n00:56:15,800 –> 00:56:17,440
\nspeak, when they’re put on
\ntrial. <\/p>\n
878
\n00:56:18,160 –> 00:56:20,920
\nSo it’s something which causes
\nthem to be able to bring things <\/p>\n
879
\n00:56:20,920 –> 00:56:23,680
\nto remembrance, to be able to
\nanswer any particular question. <\/p>\n
880
\n00:56:23,680 –> 00:56:27,440
\nSo whichever way we look at it,
\nthe Holy Spirit, the comforter <\/p>\n
881
\n00:56:27,440 –> 00:56:30,680
\nhere involves the work of the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
882
\n00:56:31,680 –> 00:56:35,280
\nOK, let’s pick up John 14.
\nAnd no, we won’t. <\/p>\n
883
\n00:56:35,280 –> 00:56:37,800
\nI’m just looking at the time.
\nActually, what I’m going to do <\/p>\n
884
\n00:56:38,280 –> 00:56:41,440
\nis I’m going to short circuit
\nthis by putting up on the screen<\/p>\n
885
\n00:56:41,440 –> 00:56:44,400
\nthe various things that
\ndescribed of described in <\/p>\n
886
\n00:56:44,400 –> 00:56:47,720
\nrelation to the comforter.
\nIt’s going to strengthen them in<\/p>\n
887
\n00:56:47,720 –> 00:56:50,000
\nChrist’s absence.
\nSo if you read through chapter <\/p>\n
888
\n00:56:50,000 –> 00:56:53,760
\n14, chapter 15, chapter 16,
\nthese are the things which it’s <\/p>\n
889
\n00:56:53,760 –> 00:56:55,280
\ndescribed the comforter would
\ndo. <\/p>\n
890
\n00:56:55,560 –> 00:56:57,760
\nIt would strengthen them in
\nChrist’s absence. <\/p>\n
891
\n00:56:58,560 –> 00:57:03,240
\nIt would be sent by Christ after
\nhis request of God. <\/p>\n
892
\n00:57:04,320 –> 00:57:07,400
\nIt would abide with them for the
\nperiod, the Aeon. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:57:07,920 –> 00:57:10,160
\nI’ll come back to that because
\nthat’s actually quite important,<\/p>\n
894
\n00:57:10,160 –> 00:57:14,160
\nthat little phrase.
\nIt was the spirit of truth. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:57:14,400 –> 00:57:16,240
\nIt’s described as the Holy
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
896
\n00:57:16,400 –> 00:57:19,760
\nIt would dwell with them.
\nIt would be in them. <\/p>\n
897
\n00:57:20,480 –> 00:57:24,600
\nIt would teach them all things.
\nIt would bring all things to <\/p>\n
898
\n00:57:24,600 –> 00:57:28,760
\nremembrance that Christ taught.
\nIt would be a witness to Christ.<\/p>\n
899
\n00:57:29,160 –> 00:57:31,120
\nIt would guide them to all
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
900
\n00:57:31,600 –> 00:57:35,560
\nIt would reprove the world of
\nsin, of righteousness into <\/p>\n
901
\n00:57:35,560 –> 00:57:37,240
\njudgement.
\nThere are certain elements of, <\/p>\n
902
\n00:57:37,480 –> 00:57:41,760
\nof judgement that are involved
\nin this record as well. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:57:43,040 –> 00:57:46,520
\nAnd by the way, when I, when it
\nsays there on the third bullet <\/p>\n
904
\n00:57:46,520 –> 00:57:49,680
\npoint down, it would abide with
\nthem for the period. <\/p>\n
905
\n00:57:49,880 –> 00:57:53,080
\nThe actual phrase in the English
\nis that the comforter would be <\/p>\n
906
\n00:57:53,080 –> 00:57:56,240
\nwith them forever.
\nAnd there’s a lot of discussion <\/p>\n
907
\n00:57:56,240 –> 00:57:57,640
\nabout that.
\nWhat does that mean? <\/p>\n
908
\n00:57:57,640 –> 00:58:00,520
\nDoes that mean that the Holy
\nSpirit is because of course the <\/p>\n
909
\n00:58:00,520 –> 00:58:03,280
\ndisciples didn’t live forever.
\nObviously the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
910
\n00:58:03,280 –> 00:58:06,080
\ncarries on down through time.
\nWell, maybe some aspects of it <\/p>\n
911
\n00:58:06,080 –> 00:58:08,400
\ncarry on.
\nNow the word forever there is <\/p>\n
912
\n00:58:08,400 –> 00:58:13,840
\nthe word aeon, which means a
\nperiod, an indeterminate only by<\/p>\n
913
\n00:58:13,840 –> 00:58:18,280
\ncontext that it would actually
\nbe with them for the aeon or for<\/p>\n
914
\n00:58:18,280 –> 00:58:20,080
\nthe period.
\nAnd you may just want to note <\/p>\n
915
\n00:58:20,080 –> 00:58:24,240
\ndown Matthew 28 verse 20.
\nWhen the Lord sent them out to <\/p>\n
916
\n00:58:24,280 –> 00:58:30,400
\npreach, He said that He would be
\nwith them even till the end of <\/p>\n
917
\n00:58:30,400 –> 00:58:34,120
\nthe aeon.
\nSo he uses the same expression, <\/p>\n
918
\n00:58:34,120 –> 00:58:36,840
\nthe aeon, the period and that
\npreaching. <\/p>\n
919
\n00:58:36,840 –> 00:58:39,200
\nHe would be with them till the
\nend of that period. <\/p>\n
920
\n00:58:39,480 –> 00:58:42,480
\nBy the time the Jewish age
\nended, I think all but one of <\/p>\n
921
\n00:58:42,480 –> 00:58:46,240
\nthe disciples was dead.
\nActually John lived longer. <\/p>\n
922
\n00:58:46,640 –> 00:58:50,760
\nHe lived probably until the mid
\neighty 90s, but actually the <\/p>\n
923
\n00:58:50,760 –> 00:58:53,520
\nwork of the preaching had gone
\nforth and been done. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:58:53,520 –> 00:58:56,680
\nAnd it was through that period
\nthat the Holy Spirit enabled <\/p>\n
925
\n00:58:56,680 –> 00:58:59,480
\nthem to do that extraordinary
\nwork of preaching. <\/p>\n
926
\n00:58:59,480 –> 00:59:02,520
\nSo I, I personally believe that
\nhere when it talks about it <\/p>\n
927
\n00:59:02,520 –> 00:59:05,520
\nbeing with them forever, it’s
\nactually referring to that <\/p>\n
928
\n00:59:05,520 –> 00:59:10,600
\nperiod of time for that specific
\nion of that initial preaching of<\/p>\n
929
\n00:59:10,600 –> 00:59:14,640
\nthe gospel.
\nAll right, OK, a couple of last <\/p>\n
930
\n00:59:14,640 –> 00:59:19,320
\npassages we’ll look at.
\nI’m going to read it out to you.<\/p>\n
931
\n00:59:19,320 –> 00:59:23,480
\nJohn 7 verse 38 Christ was
\ntalking about those that <\/p>\n
932
\n00:59:23,480 –> 00:59:25,800
\nbelieved on Him, as the
\nScripture says, out of his belly<\/p>\n
933
\n00:59:25,800 –> 00:59:27,360
\nwill flow rivers of living
\nwaters. <\/p>\n
934
\n00:59:27,360 –> 00:59:31,160
\nVerse 39 But this spatey of the
\nSpirit which they that believe <\/p>\n
935
\n00:59:31,160 –> 00:59:35,320
\non Him should receive the Holy
\nSpirit was not yet given because<\/p>\n
936
\n00:59:35,320 –> 00:59:37,440
\nthat Jesus was not yet
\nglorified. <\/p>\n
937
\n00:59:38,160 –> 00:59:42,640
\nWhat does that mean?
\nWell, that only received some <\/p>\n
938
\n00:59:42,640 –> 00:59:46,360
\naspects of the Spirit.
\nWe’d seen that earlier, but the <\/p>\n
939
\n00:59:46,400 –> 00:59:50,960
\nactual filling off them with the
\nHoly Spirit took place in Acts <\/p>\n
940
\n00:59:50,960 –> 00:59:53,480
\nchapter 2.
\nAnd there’s this interesting <\/p>\n
941
\n00:59:53,480 –> 00:59:56,200
\nlittle phrase that he’s Speaking
\nof the Spirit which they that <\/p>\n
942
\n00:59:56,200 –> 00:59:59,520
\nbelieve one and would have to
\nreceive, but it wasn’t yet given<\/p>\n
943
\n01:00:00,200 –> 01:00:02,320
\nbecause the Lord was not
\nglorified. <\/p>\n
944
\n01:00:02,320 –> 01:00:05,200
\nWell, I’d like you to come with
\nme now to John chapter 20, <\/p>\n
945
\n01:00:05,760 –> 01:00:09,400
\nbecause this now is after the
\nLord has been raised from the <\/p>\n
946
\n01:00:09,400 –> 01:00:12,640
\ndead.
\nIt’s after he’s been made <\/p>\n
947
\n01:00:12,680 –> 01:00:16,560
\nimmortal.
\nIt’s just before he ascends to <\/p>\n
948
\n01:00:16,560 –> 01:00:22,200
\nhis father.
\nJohn chapter 20 verse 21 Then <\/p>\n
949
\n01:00:22,200 –> 01:00:25,320
\nsaid Jesus to them again, peace
\nbe unto you, as my Father hath <\/p>\n
950
\n01:00:25,320 –> 01:00:33,640
\nsent me, Even so send I you.
\nAnd when he had said this, he <\/p>\n
951
\n01:00:33,640 –> 01:00:39,920
\nbreathed on them, and saith unto
\nthem, Receive ye the Holy <\/p>\n
952
\n01:00:40,080 –> 01:00:43,800
\nSpirit.
\nNote the word breathing. <\/p>\n
953
\n01:00:44,920 –> 01:00:47,800
\nIsn’t that interesting?
\nWhat’s he doing here? <\/p>\n
954
\n01:00:48,440 –> 01:00:51,800
\nHe’s showing that this is the
\nconcept of the Spirit which is <\/p>\n
955
\n01:00:51,800 –> 01:00:56,360
\nexhaled from the Father.
\nNow through the Son, he’s been <\/p>\n
956
\n01:00:56,360 –> 01:01:00,400
\ngiven the ability to share that,
\nand so he breathes on them. <\/p>\n
957
\n01:01:00,560 –> 01:01:05,200
\nIt’s a physical demonstration of
\nwhat he’s about to do for them <\/p>\n
958
\n01:01:05,480 –> 01:01:10,040
\nin Acts chapter 2, and what a
\nmagnificent way to convey this. <\/p>\n
959
\n01:01:10,520 –> 01:01:15,480
\nHe breathes on them and says,
\nReceive thee, the Holy Spirit. <\/p>\n
960
\n01:01:15,600 –> 01:01:19,400
\nIt is a physical way of
\ndemonstrating that the origin of<\/p>\n
961
\n01:01:19,400 –> 01:01:24,440
\nthis power came from God and now
\nis being shared by His Son. <\/p>\n
962
\n01:01:24,880 –> 01:01:27,920
\nAnd so the disciples returned to
\nthe city of Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
963
\n01:01:28,320 –> 01:01:31,240
\nIt says they are bowed with 1
\naccord in the upper room. <\/p>\n
964
\n01:01:31,400 –> 01:01:36,200
\nWell, Can you imagine the sense
\nof expectation which rested upon<\/p>\n
965
\n01:01:36,200 –> 01:01:39,360
\nthem as they sat and gathered
\ntogether in the city of <\/p>\n
966
\n01:01:39,360 –> 01:01:41,360
\nJerusalem, just as the Lord had
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
967
\n01:01:41,720 –> 01:01:46,280
\nAnd they sit there holding their
\nbreath, excused the pun, holding<\/p>\n
968
\n01:01:46,280 –> 01:01:50,680
\ntheir breath, waiting for the
\nsharing of the Holy Spirit power<\/p>\n
969
\n01:01:50,960 –> 01:01:54,240
\nby the Son of God gobbling.
\nThat’s our study tomorrow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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