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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nI bring the love and fraternal <\/p>\n
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\ngreetings of your brothers and
\nsisters in the Tower Ecclesia <\/p>\n
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\nand also from brothers and
\nsisters who are meeting in the <\/p>\n
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\nSummer Bible School in New
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\nAnd a special briefing from
\nBrother Dave and Sister Carolyn <\/p>\n
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\nBailey from who asked us to send
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\nI think they were last seen
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\nBlizzard somewhere in Ontario.
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\ntheir experiences of a Canadian
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\nYes, they now travel with only
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\nThey tell me.
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\ntopic, quite a magnificent topic
\nthis week as we look at the <\/p>\n
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\nsubject of the spirit.
\nIt’s, it’s one of those backdrop<\/p>\n
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\nsubjects, isn’t it?
\nIt’s pervasive. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s sort of always there, but I
\ndon’t know when any of you last <\/p>\n
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\nheard a series of studies on the
\nsubject of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nWe were thinking at home, and
\nit’s probably about 20 years <\/p>\n
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\nsince we did a study on the
\nsubject of the Spirit in our own<\/p>\n
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\nhome, ecclesia.
\nAnd it’s one of those subjects <\/p>\n
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\nwhich cuts right to the heart of
\nour relationship with God, of <\/p>\n
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\nour of our interaction with our
\nHeavenly Father. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s about how he works with us
\nto change us to become more like<\/p>\n
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\nHim.
\nAnd so this this topic is about <\/p>\n
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\nhow God uses his intense and
\nextraordinary power to bring <\/p>\n
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\nabout his plan and his purpose
\nwith the earth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what we’re going to find
\nthis week, God willing, is that <\/p>\n
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\nactually a correct understanding
\nof this subject is one of the <\/p>\n
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\ndefinitive things that separates
\nthe truth from false <\/p>\n
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\nChristianity.
\nAnd we’ll see that it’s actually<\/p>\n
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\nprobably one of the core things
\nthat separates us from virtually<\/p>\n
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\nall of the rest of the Christian
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\nIf we get this topic wrong, we
\nfind that actually the truth and<\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of doctrines
\nunravels pretty quickly and so <\/p>\n
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\ndoes behaviour that goes with
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nAn incorrect understanding on
\nthe Trinity on this subject <\/p>\n
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\nrather is very closely linked to
\nthe Trinity and also to be <\/p>\n
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\nmortal soul.
\nThey have very similar roots <\/p>\n
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\nand, and very similar origin
\nand, and I don’t know about this<\/p>\n
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\ncountry, but I know that in many
\ncountries over the decades, <\/p>\n
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\nissues around the subject of the
\nSpirit raise their head every <\/p>\n
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\nfew decades.
\nSo when I was a young child, I <\/p>\n
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\nremember there was some splits
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\nIn New Zealand from time to time
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\ndrifted off and actually set up
\nchurches or joined churches <\/p>\n
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\nbecause they felt they had the
\nHoly Spirit power working <\/p>\n
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\nsomehow in them to help them
\nunderstand. <\/p>\n
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\nSo in the process, of course,
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\nScripture and their
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\nalso therefore their place in
\nthe covenants. <\/p>\n
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\nPromise.
\nYou know, if we get a simple and<\/p>\n
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\ncorrect understanding of the
\nsubject, it just binds us <\/p>\n
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\ntogether with God and it brings
\nthe reality of God’s work so <\/p>\n
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\nclose and so intense with us in
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\nSo it’s actually very
\ncomforting. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a very encouraging subject
\nwhen we when we think about <\/p>\n
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\nlearning from the Scripture
\nabout how God actually works <\/p>\n
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\nwith us in our daily life.
\nAnd it’s a subject which it’s <\/p>\n
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\nmind expanding and it will give
\nus that that strong conviction, <\/p>\n
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\na burning conviction inside
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\nAll right, so is the subject
\nimportant? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, there’s just a few
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\nThere’s probably many more that
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\nBut John 4 verse 24, our Lord
\nsaid God is Spirit, and they <\/p>\n
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\nthat worship Him must worship
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\nThat’s fairly mandatory sort of
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\nThey that worship Him must
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\ntruth.
\nRomans 8 verse 11 If the spirit <\/p>\n
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\nof him that raised up Jesus from
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\nraised up Christ from the dead
\nshall also quicken your mortal <\/p>\n
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\nbodies by or as it’s better
\ntranslated because of His spirit<\/p>\n
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\nthat dwells in you.
\nWell, Romans 8 verse 9 here, not<\/p>\n
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\nin the flesh, but in the spirit
\nIf so be that the Spirit of God <\/p>\n
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\ndwell in you.
\nNow if any man have not the <\/p>\n
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\nspirit of Christ, He is none of
\nhis. <\/p>\n
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\nSo when you look at those
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\nSo this is actually pretty
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\nGod acceptably, if we want to be
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\nlife, then we need to understand
\nhow God works with us through <\/p>\n
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\nare.
\nAll right, I’m going to ask a <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a little test on how
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\nin your mind on the answers.
\nWhat exactly is the Spirit? <\/p>\n
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\nDo you have God’s Spirit?
\nDo you possess God’s spirit? <\/p>\n
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\nDo you receive God’s spirit?
\nDoes God’s spirit work in you? <\/p>\n
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\nDoes God’s spirit work with you?
\nDoes the Holy Spirit work in our<\/p>\n
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\nlives?
\nDoes the Spirit of God dwell in <\/p>\n
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\nus?
\nDoes God’s spirit guide us? <\/p>\n
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\nIs it God’s Spirit working
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\nfaithful or understand or
\novercome sin? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat should we pray for in
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\nIn what ways in Scripture does
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\ngifts in the 1st century.
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\nanswers to to all of those
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\nAll right, well, let’s start
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\nfoundations.
\nAnd we’re going to begin with <\/p>\n
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\nthe Christadelphian instructor.
\nAnd can I have a hands up? <\/p>\n
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\nI won’t ask you any difficult
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\nactually learnt as children or
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\nChristadelphian instructor
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\nYep, there’s a few.
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\nschool doing the Christadelphian
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\nWell, there’s no apologies here.
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\nBrother Thomas and Brother
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\nunderstanding of scripture on
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\nOK question #16 in the Christian<\/p>\n
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\ninstructor, in what way is God
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\nAnd the answer is, God is <\/p>\n
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\neverywhere present by his spirit
\nwhich proceeds from him and <\/p>\n
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\nwhich fills all space.
\nWe won’t look at all the all the<\/p>\n
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\npassages there, but you’ll
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\nmentioned there as one of the
\nproofs. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we have this, this
\nmagnificent Psalm which Brother <\/p>\n
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\nJason read the first 10 verses
\nof. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we look at verse 7,
\nwhither shall I go from my <\/p>\n
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\nspirit?
\nWhither shall I flee from my <\/p>\n
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\npresence?
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\nIf I make my bed in the grave, <\/p>\n
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\nbehold, thou art there.
\nHe describes the fact that God’s<\/p>\n
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\nHe’s put his hand behind him. <\/p>\n
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\nHis hand is above him.
\nEverywhere he looks, he’s <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit of God. <\/p>\n
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\nSo actually this concept here is
\nGod is everywhere present by his<\/p>\n
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\nNext question, what is the <\/p>\n
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\nAnswer? <\/p>\n
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\nIt is His invisible power or
\nenergy breathed forth from His <\/p>\n
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\npresence, and of like nature
\nwith His glorious person. <\/p>\n
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\nBy this or by His spirit, heaven
\nand earth have been made and are<\/p>\n
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\npreserved in being from moment
\nto moment. <\/p>\n
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\nIn this or in God’s Spirit we
\nlive and move and have our being<\/p>\n
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\nin Him.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n
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\nNext question.
\nIs God separate from or <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent from the Spirit?
\nNow, this is actually quite key <\/p>\n
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\nbecause the churches who believe
\nin the Trinity teach that the <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit is actually a different
\nbeing. <\/p>\n
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\nThat there’s God, that there’s
\nJesus Christ, and that the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit, which is part of the one
\nTrinity, is actually a separate <\/p>\n
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\nbeing in its own right.
\nAnd we’ll look at that as we go <\/p>\n
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\nthrough this particular topic.
\nAnd the answer is no. <\/p>\n
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\nGod and his Spirit cannot be
\nseparated. <\/p>\n
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\nThey are both one.
\nThe sun and the light that comes<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the sun are both 1.
\nSo God and the Spirit that comes<\/p>\n
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\nfrom God are both one.
\nGod is the center and glorious, <\/p>\n
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\nsubstantial form of the Spirit
\nthat fills heaven and earth. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we have a few simple little
\nquestions there. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, we say this is the most
\nbasic of doctrines. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you know, the wonderful
\nthing about our doctrines, about<\/p>\n
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\nour beliefs, our understanding
\nis that it then flows <\/p>\n
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\nimmediately through into how we
\nbehave as individuals. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you may have heard people
\nmake the comment that good <\/p>\n
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\ndoctrine creates good morals.
\nSo what’s the lesson that comes <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit?
\nSo Brother Roberts asks the <\/p>\n
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\nquestion, do these things teach
\nyou any lesson concerning our <\/p>\n
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\nconduct and the answer for the
\nchildren? <\/p>\n
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\nYes, They teach me that I’m
\nalways in the presence of God, <\/p>\n
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\neven though I don’t feel it.
\nHe always sees me, even when <\/p>\n
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\nThough I can’t see Him. <\/p>\n
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\nNothing can happen without His
\nknowing it. <\/p>\n
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\nEven my inmost thoughts and
\nintentions He can discern, <\/p>\n
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\nthough I should seek to keep
\nthem secret. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, in terms
\nof our session this afternoon, <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s the number one thing for
\nus to take away. <\/p>\n
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\nEverything we do is in the
\npresence of the Almighty. <\/p>\n
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\nEvery word, every thought, every
\nimpulse, every action is <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely in the presence of
\nthe Almighty. <\/p>\n
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\nAs we’re going to see a bit
\nlater, His energy sustains the <\/p>\n
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\nstructure of the universe in
\nwhich we live. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s His spirit power which
\nsustains the energy fields that <\/p>\n
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\ncreate all substance, because
\nsubstance or matter is an energy<\/p>\n
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\nform.
\nThat’s Einstein’s theory of <\/p>\n
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\nrelativity equals MC squared.
\nSo there’s enormous energy in <\/p>\n
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\nthis lectern.
\nAs I said to the young people <\/p>\n
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\nwhen I covered the subject with
\nthem this morning, there was <\/p>\n
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\nenough energy in this lectern to
\nblow Toronto off the face of the<\/p>\n
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\nearth.
\nIt’s just that it’s in a very <\/p>\n
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\nstable form.
\nSo when man understood how to <\/p>\n
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\nbreak apart the atom, that’s
\nbecause they were using uranium,<\/p>\n
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\nwhich is an unstable material,
\neasier to break apart. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the energy and the power
\nthat actually holds the <\/p>\n
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\nstructure of all things together
\nis phenomenal. <\/p>\n
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\nThat is all held together by
\nGod’s Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat that means is when we
\nspeak, it’s not that God’s got <\/p>\n
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\nremarkable hearing and he can
\nsomehow hear us from billion <\/p>\n
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\nmiles away in space somewhere.
\nIt’s actually that his power is <\/p>\n
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\nright here.
\nAnd so when we speak, we speak <\/p>\n
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\nin his presence.
\nIf we think our thinking is <\/p>\n
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\nsimply an electrical impulse in
\nour minds, He feels that sound <\/p>\n
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\nspeech are just sound waves.
\nThey’re energy waves. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when we think that actually,
\nas it says in Romans 11 out of <\/p>\n
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\nhim were created all things, we
\nstart to realize that God is <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely fundamental to our
\nexistence and everything we feel<\/p>\n
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\nor speak or hear or say, he
\nfeels that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s here in a very real
\nsense, not just with really good<\/p>\n
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\nhearing from some distance away.
\nOK, so let’s have a look at, <\/p>\n
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\nwell actually let’s have a look
\nat these something we should be <\/p>\n
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\nvery familiar with, the
\nBirmingham amended statement of <\/p>\n
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\nfaith.
\nWe won’t spend much time on <\/p>\n
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\nthis, but you notice there that
\nin clause one it talks about the<\/p>\n
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\nfact that there is the only true
\nGod is he that was revealed to <\/p>\n
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\nAbraham.
\nAnd if we go down here a little <\/p>\n
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\nbit, He is everywhere present by
\nHis Spirit, which is a unity <\/p>\n
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\nwith His person in heaven.
\nHe has out of his own underived <\/p>\n
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\nenergy, created everything.
\nSo that’s the first clause in <\/p>\n
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\nthe Birmingham Amender statement
\nof faith. <\/p>\n
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\nOr if we go on to clause 2,
\nJesus of Nazareth was the Son of<\/p>\n
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\nGod, begotten by the Virgin
\nMary, of the Virgin Mary by the <\/p>\n
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\nHoly Spirit, without the
\nintervention of man. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was afterwards anointed with
\nthe same Spirit without measure <\/p>\n
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\nat his baptism.
\nOr clause 10, That with Christ <\/p>\n
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\nbeing so begotten of God and
\ninhabited or used by God through<\/p>\n
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\nthe indwelling of the Holy
\nSpirit, Jesus was God with us. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this concept of the Spirit is
\na really fundamental part of our<\/p>\n
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\nstatement of faith.
\nSame actually with the the <\/p>\n
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\ndoctrines to be rejected.
\nSo clause 25 of the doctrines, <\/p>\n
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\ndoctrines to be rejected that a
\nman cannot believe without <\/p>\n
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\npossessing the Spirit of God.
\nIt’s a bit of a double negative.<\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, it’s actually a triple
\nnegative. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s being said there?
\nWell, the churches teach. <\/p>\n
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\nThe churches teach that unless
\nyou possess the Holy Spirit <\/p>\n
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\ngiven to you by God, you can’t
\nunderstand or believe. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then they believe that
\nactually, I’ve now got the Holy <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit.
\nIt helps me understand the <\/p>\n
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\nthings of God.
\nI’m no longer so dependent on <\/p>\n
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\nthe Bible.
\nThat’s exactly what happens with<\/p>\n
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\nchurch church teaching.
\nAnd we’re going to see that in <\/p>\n
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\nmore detail on one of their
\nlater, later studies. <\/p>\n
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\nThe concept of the truth is that
\nactually belief comes from <\/p>\n
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\nhearing and hearing by the Word
\nof God. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s really straightforward.
\nIt’s a comment that Brother John<\/p>\n
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\nmade last night.
\nThe power is in the word, and <\/p>\n
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\nit’s the word that creates our
\nfaith as we have the blessing of<\/p>\n
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\nwhat the Holy Spirit recorded
\nfor us to read and to believe. <\/p>\n
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\nSo these are fairly, fairly
\nbasic doctrines for us. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, the next thing is to say,
\nwell, let’s have a look at the <\/p>\n
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\nwords that are used in Scripture
\nfor spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nDoes anybody know what the word
\nis in the Old Testament for <\/p>\n
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\nSpirit?
\nAny guesses? <\/p>\n
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\nRuach.
\nRuach. <\/p>\n
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\nExcellent.
\nSo ruach is the Hebrew word. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat about the New Testament?
\nNuma. <\/p>\n
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\nExcellent.
\nNuma. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if we look at this, it’s
\nactually quite straightforward <\/p>\n
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\nwhen you look at words.
\nFirst of all, there’s one main <\/p>\n
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\nword and in fact my only word in
\nthe Old Testament which is ruach<\/p>\n
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\nand it means wind or breath or
\nmind or spirit, and in the New <\/p>\n
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\nTestament pneuma which means
\nwind or breath or spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact the ideas behind the 2
\nwords are basically exactly the <\/p>\n
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\nsame.
\nAnother trick of the question I <\/p>\n
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\nasked for Robert Column Mizzos.
\nWho’s Greek? <\/p>\n
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\nHow you pronounce pneuma?
\nAny guesses? <\/p>\n
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\nGo for it.
\nOh, you’ve had some help. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, yes.
\nExcellent. <\/p>\n
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\nPenfma.
\nSo they pronounce both the P and<\/p>\n
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\nthe N Pennet.
\nBut AU is AV, so it’s Pennifma. <\/p>\n
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\nSo like the word Eureka is
\nactually Eureka, not Eureka. <\/p>\n
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\nSo just a little, a little one
\nthere. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you, if you’re talking to a
\nGreek, you’ve got to pronounce <\/p>\n
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\nit Pennifma, not Newman.
\nOK, we’re familiar with the word<\/p>\n
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\npneuma.
\nIt comes up in a couple of words<\/p>\n
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\nwe use in English, pneumatic,
\npneumatic tire, pneumatic drill.<\/p>\n
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\nIt’s something which is powered
\nby air. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s this idea of air that
\ncomes up. <\/p>\n
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\nWe say, OK, well, at one level
\nthen it’s quite straightforward.<\/p>\n
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\nBut then we would say, well,
\nlet’s start to look at how the <\/p>\n
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\nwords are used in Scripture, and
\nsuddenly it starts to get a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle more complex.
\nSo here is the Theological <\/p>\n
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\nWordbook’s comment about this
\nHebrew word ruach, which is <\/p>\n
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\ntranslated as spirit in the Old
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
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\nThe basic idea of ruach is air
\nin motion, so moving air. <\/p>\n
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\nThe connotations of breath
\ninclude power and courage. <\/p>\n
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\nUltimately, breath signifies
\nactivity in life. <\/p>\n
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\nIn God’s hand is the breath or
\nruach or the life of all <\/p>\n
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\nmankind.
\nThe noun ruach further depicts a<\/p>\n
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\na disposition of mind or
\nattitude. <\/p>\n
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\nRuach comes finally to denote
\nthe entire immaterial <\/p>\n
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\nconsciousness or the thought
\nprocesses of men. <\/p>\n
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\nWith my spirit within me, I’ll
\nseek you earnestly. <\/p>\n
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\nOr a wise man rules as spirit.
\nIn fact, what do you think about<\/p>\n
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\nit?
\nWe use the word the spirit in <\/p>\n
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\nthe same way.
\nSo if someone’s, I don’t know if<\/p>\n
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\nwe’re talking to one of our
\nchildren and they’re being very <\/p>\n
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\nunhelpful and they’re not
\ncooperating at all with mum and <\/p>\n
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\nyou say that’s not the sort of
\nspirit you should be showing. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re using the word spirit
\nthere, not in terms of them <\/p>\n
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\nhaving miraculous powers, but in
\nterms of the attitude of mind. <\/p>\n
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\nThe preeminent example, he says,
\nof a spiritual personality is <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nI missed the line there. <\/p>\n
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\nRuach may designate a
\nsupernatural or angelic being, a<\/p>\n
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\nspirit being, a spirit from God.
\nRuach can exhibit a range of <\/p>\n
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\nmeaning.
\nWell, we’ve worked that out, <\/p>\n
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\nhaven’t we?
\nThere’s a whole series of <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent things that the ruach
\ngets used for. <\/p>\n
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\nThe breath of God.
\nWell, that might be a strong <\/p>\n
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\nwind.
\nSo we find there are passages in<\/p>\n
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\nthe Old Testament using ruach
\nthat are talking about wind at <\/p>\n
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\nmost points.
\nHowever, he says the context <\/p>\n
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\nproves, and the analogy of the
\nNew Testament strongly suggests <\/p>\n
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\nthat the ruach of Yahweh is the
\nHoly Spirit. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you look at that and think
\nthis is this is suddenly a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle bit more complex.
\nThere’s a lot more dimensions to<\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nJacinius basically says the same<\/p>\n
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\nthing the at night in the second
\nline down under sea, breath of <\/p>\n
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\nair or air in motion.
\nAll right, well, what about the <\/p>\n
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\nNew Testament, the Greek word
\nNephma or Numa? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is vines primarily
\ndenotes the wind. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s akin to Nuo, which means to
\nbreathe. <\/p>\n
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\nAlso breath, then especially the
\nspirit, which like the wind, is <\/p>\n
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\ninvisible, immaterial, and
\npowerful. <\/p>\n
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\nThe New Testament uses of the
\nword may be analyzed <\/p>\n
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\napproximately as, and I’ve
\npopped a few of them there Now. <\/p>\n
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\nI have to say, by the way, I’ve
\nbeen quite selective in what I <\/p>\n
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\nput in from vines.
\nYou’ll notice I don’t have AB, <\/p>\n
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\nyou don’t have CD and E, and
\nvarious others. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause what I found with
\nbasically every Christian <\/p>\n
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\ncommentator, they all believe in
\nthe Trinity. <\/p>\n
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\nAbout half of their explanations
\nare full of dissertations on the<\/p>\n
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\nTrinity.
\nSo if you strip that out in <\/p>\n
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\nterms of the way the words used,
\nwind, breath, the way in which <\/p>\n
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\nman perceives or reflects or
\nfeels or desires, purpose, aim, <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter, moral qualities, the
\nHoly Spirit, unclean spirits, <\/p>\n
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\nangels, divine gift for service,
\nthat’s the Holy Spirit gifts. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you say, well, actually this
\nis again quite, quite diverse. <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s a related word which is
\nquite helpful, Pneumaticos. <\/p>\n
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\nWhich means spiritual.
\nSo if someone is of a spiritual <\/p>\n
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\noutlook, it’s the Greek word
\nnumaticos, things which have <\/p>\n
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\n00:20:12,760 –> 00:20:16,040
\ntheir origin with God and which
\ntherefore are in harmony with <\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:16,040 –> 00:20:20,040
\nhis character.
\nMen in Christ who walk so as to <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:20,040 –> 00:20:26,000
\nplease God are spiritual.
\nOK, so that gives us then a, a, <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:26,400 –> 00:20:30,440
\na few dictionary definitions of
\nthis particular word. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:32,800 –> 00:20:35,920
\nBrother Thomas has got a couple
\nof quite useful comics to make <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:35,920 –> 00:20:37,960
\nabout this word and the use of
\nthe words. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:38,640 –> 00:20:40,680
\nThere were some articles that
\nwere written, published in the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:40,680 –> 00:20:44,520
\nChristadelphian magazine a few
\nyears ago, back in 1876. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:45,080 –> 00:20:48,320
\nAnd there was a succession of
\narticles in different editions <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:48,320 –> 00:20:51,200
\nof the magazine.
\nThey were entitled The Spirit of<\/p>\n
350
\n00:20:51,200 –> 00:20:54,920
\nGod and the Baptism thereof.
\nAnd he picks up this idea of the<\/p>\n
351
\n00:20:55,040 –> 00:21:00,000
\nair in motion.
\nSo the English word spirit comes<\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:00,000 –> 00:21:04,800
\nfrom the Latin Spiritos, which
\nmeans to blow from sphero, to <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:04,800 –> 00:21:08,640
\nbreathe or to breathe out or to
\nexhale. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:09,360 –> 00:21:12,040
\nSo the spirit is the idea of
\nsomething which is exhaled. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:12,040 –> 00:21:17,840
\nSo you go the idea of air in
\nmotion, something that’s being <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:17,840 –> 00:21:20,960
\nbreathed out or exhaled in the
\nGreek. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:21,640 –> 00:21:22,440
\nOh, sorry.
\nYeah. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:22,440 –> 00:21:25,080
\nIn the Greek the word which
\nanswers to spirit is pneuma, <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:25,280 –> 00:21:27,120
\nwhich means exactly the same
\nthing. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:27,120 –> 00:21:29,000
\nAnd in the Hebrew it’s the
\nruach. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:29,000 –> 00:21:33,480
\nSo in all of them, it has this
\nidea of air in motion or air <\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:33,480 –> 00:21:37,920
\nbeing breathed out.
\nThese words tell us they stand <\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:37,920 –> 00:21:40,680
\nfor something which is radiated
\nor exhaled. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:40,920 –> 00:21:44,400
\nSo it’s radiating out or being
\nbreathed out, but it doesn’t <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:44,400 –> 00:21:48,200
\ntell us what’s being breathed
\nout, what the essence or the <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:48,200 –> 00:21:52,520
\nsubstance of the breathing is.
\nIt might be air in motion, it <\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:52,520 –> 00:21:56,080
\nmight be wind or breath or
\nelectricity, power, some other <\/p>\n
368
\n00:21:56,080 –> 00:21:58,960
\nagent.
\nSo the point that leaves us with<\/p>\n
369
\n00:21:58,960 –> 00:22:01,920
\nis we really have to have a look
\nat Scripture to see if we can <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:01,920 –> 00:22:06,360
\nbuild a bit of a profile of this
\nword and how it’s actually used.<\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:06,840 –> 00:22:09,280
\nBecause he said what the word
\nrepresents depends upon <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:09,280 –> 00:22:12,720
\nsomething which is more than
\netymology can supply, more than <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:12,720 –> 00:22:15,480
\njust the study of the words
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:15,720 –> 00:22:20,480
\nThe words ruach, numa, spiritas
\nand spirit do not signify the <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:20,480 –> 00:22:24,720
\nsame thing in all places.
\nBut whatever they do mean, the <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:24,720 –> 00:22:29,360
\nradical idea or the base idea
\nbehind it is this idea of motion<\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:29,360 –> 00:22:32,800
\noutwards.
\nSo breathing out or exhaling <\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:32,800 –> 00:22:35,360
\nsomething which is moving
\noutwards. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:36,080 –> 00:22:43,520
\nOK, let’s keep working on this.
\nSo Job, this is Job 33 verse 4 <\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:43,520 –> 00:22:50,560
\nsays the spirit or the Ruach of
\nGod, ale hath made me in the <\/p>\n
381
\n00:22:50,560 –> 00:22:53,640
\nbreath of Nishima of the
\nAlmighty hath given me life. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:53,640 –> 00:22:55,600
\nSo now we say, oh, that’s
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:22:55,920 –> 00:22:59,280
\nHere’s the spirit is being used
\nas a creative force. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:22:59,920 –> 00:23:04,360
\nThe Spirit of God has made me
\nale. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:04,360 –> 00:23:06,240
\nDoes anyone know what the word
\nale means? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:09,560 –> 00:23:11,400
\nPower.
\nSo we know that in the Old <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:11,400 –> 00:23:14,880
\nTestament, in the Greek, we have
\nthe word God in the English and <\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:14,880 –> 00:23:19,280
\nit’s predominantly 3 Hebrew
\nwords, Ale, a lower or Elohim <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:19,840 –> 00:23:22,680
\nale, which is the root of each
\nof those ale and lower. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:22,680 –> 00:23:27,960
\nAnd Elohim has the idea of
\npower, an energy source. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:28,960 –> 00:23:32,520
\nAnd that’s the root of this word
\nGod that we find throughout the <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:32,520 –> 00:23:35,280
\nOld Testament.
\nSo the point that’s being made <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:35,280 –> 00:23:39,120
\nhere is it’s the spirit being
\nbreathed out of that power <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:39,120 –> 00:23:41,440
\nsource which actually creates
\nus. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:42,320 –> 00:23:44,920
\nWhat is ale?
\nIt’s not actually, it means <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:44,920 –> 00:23:48,560
\nstrength, might power.
\nSo the spirit of ale is a <\/p>\n
397
\n00:23:48,560 –> 00:23:53,520
\npowerful breathing out of power
\nthat comes from that original <\/p>\n
398
\n00:23:53,520 –> 00:23:55,720
\npower source.
\nSo then he’s got this little <\/p>\n
399
\n00:23:55,720 –> 00:23:58,640
\nstatement.
\nAle is spirit, there is spirit <\/p>\n
400
\n00:23:58,640 –> 00:24:01,280
\navail.
\nThe fountain and the stream are <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:01,280 –> 00:24:03,640
\nboth spirit.
\nAnd that’s actually quite a <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:03,640 –> 00:24:06,280
\nhelpful analogy.
\nSo let’s put that aside for a <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:06,280 –> 00:24:08,480
\nmoment.
\nIn your mind, I want you to <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:08,480 –> 00:24:11,440
\npicture a little fountain
\nbubbling out of the side of a <\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:11,440 –> 00:24:16,240
\nhill.
\nThe fountain is water. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:18,360 –> 00:24:19,720
\nThen you scoop some of the water
\nout. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:19,760 –> 00:24:22,520
\nYou say the water has come from
\nthe fountain. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:24,000 –> 00:24:27,800
\nSo the water is both.
\nWhat’s coming out is coming out <\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:27,800 –> 00:24:29,120
\nthat the fountain itself is
\nwater. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:29,120 –> 00:24:30,760
\nIt’s like that with God’s
\nspirit. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:30,920 –> 00:24:35,640
\nGod is spirit, it’s his energy.
\nAnd so as his energy does <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:35,640 –> 00:24:39,000
\nthings, you say that actually
\nthat spirit comes from God <\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:39,000 –> 00:24:40,600
\nhimself.
\nSo it’s actually quite <\/p>\n
414
\n00:24:40,600 –> 00:24:42,640
\nstraightforward.
\nThere’s nothing deep or <\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:42,640 –> 00:24:45,400
\nmysterious about this.
\nIt’s actually the concept of <\/p>\n
416
\n00:24:45,440 –> 00:24:49,120
\nbeing God’s power or his energy.
\nThat’s why we can’t separate it <\/p>\n
417
\n00:24:49,360 –> 00:25:00,400
\nfrom God himself.
\nOK, let’s, I think probably the <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:00,400 –> 00:25:03,960
\nbest thing to do now is, is
\nactually turn to look at how the<\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:03,960 –> 00:25:07,280
\nword is used in Scripture and
\nsee if we can build ourselves a <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:07,280 –> 00:25:11,040
\nbit of an understanding of the
\nof the ways in which this <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:11,040 –> 00:25:15,400
\nparticular phrase is used.
\nWe’re going to look at a few <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:15,400 –> 00:25:18,200
\nquotes, particularly on the
\nscreen, but we might turn a few <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:18,200 –> 00:25:20,360
\nof them up, but I won’t be.
\nFirst of all, please to turn up <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:20,360 –> 00:25:26,440
\nMark chapter 5 and verse 2.
\nLet’s have a look at Mark 5 and <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:26,440 –> 00:25:30,920
\nverse 2.
\nWe’ll start with the New <\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:30,920 –> 00:25:32,400
\nTestament.
\nSo we’re looking at our Greek <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:32,400 –> 00:25:40,720
\nword Numa or Nephma.
\nMark chapter 5 and reading from <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:40,720 –> 00:25:42,680
\nverse 2.
\nThis is talking about the Lord. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:42,680 –> 00:25:46,240
\nHe catches the ship across to
\nthe other side of the sea and <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:46,240 –> 00:25:49,360
\nthen there comes out of the out
\nof the tombs. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:49,360 –> 00:25:51,720
\nAnd verse 2 we read when he was
\ncome out of the ship, <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:52,480 –> 00:25:57,720
\nimmediately they met him out of
\nthe tombs, a man with an unclean<\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:57,920 –> 00:26:00,280
\nspirit.
\nAnd that’s our word, Numa. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:01,640 –> 00:26:06,000
\nSo here’s a few passages.
\nMark 5, Matthew 8, verse 16. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:06,000 –> 00:26:08,440
\nWhen even was come, they brought
\nunto a many that were possessed <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:08,440 –> 00:26:12,440
\nwith devils, and he cast out the
\nspirits, these devils or these <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:12,440 –> 00:26:15,800
\nunclean spirits with his word,
\nand healed all that was sick. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:16,720 –> 00:26:21,320
\nOr Ephesians 2, verse 2, in time
\npast you walked according to the<\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:21,320 –> 00:26:24,280
\ncourse of this world, according
\nto the Prince of the power of <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:24,280 –> 00:26:29,000
\nthe air, the spirit that now
\nworks in the children of <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:29,000 –> 00:26:32,840
\ndisobedience.
\nSo as we look at those passages,<\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:32,840 –> 00:26:36,200
\nwhat’s the common element that
\nstrikes you about those <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:36,200 –> 00:26:38,720
\npassages?
\nAny thoughts, any suggestions? <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:44,740 –> 00:26:49,580
\nAn unclean way of thinking?
\nOops, too far. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:50,220 –> 00:26:54,760
\nSo unclean spirits, illness,
\nmental illness, or actually <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:55,120 –> 00:26:58,760
\nunclean minds, which is the
\nspirit that now works in the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:58,760 –> 00:27:02,360
\nchildren of disobedience.
\nSo the word spirit pneuma can be<\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:02,360 –> 00:27:05,320
\nused of an unclean mind.
\nAll right, so cool. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:05,480 –> 00:27:08,920
\nOK, let’s keep going.
\nWhat about these? <\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:09,640 –> 00:27:12,240
\nWell, here we’ve got Jesus being
\nled by the Spirit in Luke 4, <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:12,240 –> 00:27:14,400
\nverse 1.
\nSo he’s full of the Spirit and <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:14,400 –> 00:27:16,440
\nhe’s led by the Spirit into the
\nwilderness. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:17,040 –> 00:27:21,840
\nOr in Acts 2, God says I’ll pour
\nout my spirit upon all flesh and<\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:21,840 –> 00:27:23,720
\nyour sons and your daughters
\nwill prophecy. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:23,920 –> 00:27:26,480
\nThat’s in the context of them
\nspeaking in tongues. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:26,880 –> 00:27:29,760
\nMatthew 12 verse 28.
\nIf I cast out devils by the <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:29,760 –> 00:27:32,680
\nSpirit of God, then the Kingdom
\nof God has come to you. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:33,320 –> 00:27:36,280
\nOr second Peter one verse 21,
\nholy men of God spake. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:36,520 –> 00:27:39,920
\nSo the inspired writings of
\nScripture spoke as they were <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:39,920 –> 00:27:44,040
\nmoved by the Holy Spirit.
\nSo here we have the word spirit <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:44,040 –> 00:27:48,920
\nbeing used in what sense?
\nActually of divine power, Holy <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:48,920 –> 00:27:52,400
\nSpirit power.
\nAnd when it’s used that way, <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:52,400 –> 00:27:55,080
\nit’s talking about an ability
\nwhich is not natural. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:55,960 –> 00:27:58,640
\nI might sometimes use the phrase
\nsupernatural. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:27:58,720 –> 00:28:03,160
\nWhen I do, I’m not referring to
\nlittle ghosts and goblins in <\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:03,160 –> 00:28:06,440
\nterms of literally what it means
\nsupernatural, something which is<\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:06,520 –> 00:28:10,440
\nabove what we can normally do.
\nSo the Holy Spirit power of God <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:10,440 –> 00:28:14,400
\nwas given to people from time to
\ntime to enable them to do things<\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:14,600 –> 00:28:18,560
\nthey could not otherwise do.
\nMiracles, speaking in tongues, <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:18,560 –> 00:28:22,440
\nthe inspiration of prophecy, and
\nso forth. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:23,520 –> 00:28:27,680
\nAll right, what about these?
\nLook at verse 55. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:27,680 –> 00:28:30,200
\nSo this is the little girl who
\ndies. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:31,160 –> 00:28:34,920
\nHer spirit came again, and she
\nrose straight away, and he <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:34,920 –> 00:28:38,520
\ncommanded to give her meat.
\nSo how’s the word pneuma being <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:38,520 –> 00:28:42,360
\nused there?
\nJohn 19 verse 30 when our when <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:42,360 –> 00:28:46,000
\nour Lord died, he bowed his head
\nand gave up the ghost as it says<\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:46,000 –> 00:28:48,120
\nin the AV, it’s the same word
\npneuma. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:48,120 –> 00:28:52,520
\nHe gave up the spirit or X7
\nverse 59 Stephen when he died <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:53,240 –> 00:28:56,800
\nwas calling upon upon God saying
\nLord Jesus. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:57,040 –> 00:29:00,120
\nThe word God.
\nThere is is an italics Lord <\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:00,200 –> 00:29:04,680
\nJesus received my spirit.
\nSo in those passages, the word <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:04,680 –> 00:29:09,760
\nspirit’s being used for life,
\nlife itself, the essence of life<\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:09,800 –> 00:29:13,800
\nitself.
\nAll right, what about these? <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:14,520 –> 00:29:17,680
\nBlessed are the poor in spirit,
\nfor theirs is the Kingdom of <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:17,680 –> 00:29:21,880
\nheaven.
\nOr first to Corinthians 4, shall<\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:21,880 –> 00:29:25,120
\nI come to you with a rod or in
\nlove and in the spirit of <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:25,120 –> 00:29:28,600
\nmeekness?
\nSecond Timothy, one God’s not <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:28,600 –> 00:29:32,560
\ngiven us the spirit of fear, but
\nof power of love, a sound mind. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:33,000 –> 00:29:35,880
\nHow’s the word spirit being used
\nin those passages? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:37,080 –> 00:29:40,920
\nWell, that’s actually a mind and
\na character, someone who’s meek <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:41,200 –> 00:29:47,360
\nor someone who’s poor in spirit.
\nAll right, what about these <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:48,760 –> 00:29:52,120
\nEphesians 4?
\nBe renewed in the spirit of your<\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:52,120 –> 00:29:57,560
\nmind or cleansing our minds from
\nall filthiness of the flesh and <\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:57,560 –> 00:30:00,800
\nspirit.
\nSo now we’ve got the word spirit<\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:00,800 –> 00:30:03,680
\nbeing used in the idea of a mind
\nthat needs to be cleansed to <\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:03,720 –> 00:30:08,400
\nbecome a new mind, a new way of
\nthinking and closely linked to <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:08,400 –> 00:30:11,640
\nthat.
\nThey that are after the flesh do<\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:11,640 –> 00:30:14,000
\nmind the things of the flesh,
\nbut they that are after the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:14,000 –> 00:30:17,360
\nspirit, they mind the things of
\nthe spirit. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:17,360 –> 00:30:21,960
\nRomans 8 verse 5 four verse 6.
\nTo be calmly minded as deaf, but<\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:21,960 –> 00:30:25,920
\nto be spiritually minded is life
\nand peace. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:26,120 –> 00:30:30,640
\nSo now we have a spiritual
\noutlook or a spiritual way of <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:30,640 –> 00:30:33,200
\nthinking.
\nLet’s keep going. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:34,040 –> 00:30:36,120
\nHebrews 1 He makes the Angel
\nspirits. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:36,120 –> 00:30:39,000
\nNow we’re talking about a spirit
\nbeing, an immortal body, a <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:39,000 –> 00:30:43,400
\nspirit being.
\nOr what about John 6 verse 63? <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:44,160 –> 00:30:46,400
\nIt’s the spirit that gives life,
\nsays Christ. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:46,960 –> 00:30:51,440
\nThe flesh profits nothing.
\nThe words that I speak to you, <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:51,520 –> 00:30:55,440
\nthe words they are spirit.
\nThey are. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:56,960 –> 00:31:00,760
\nSo now we have the words of
\nChrist being used in the sense <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:01,080 –> 00:31:05,520
\nof of being the spirit as well.
\nSo you can see there’s quite a <\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:05,520 –> 00:31:09,320
\nfew different ways in which the
\nspirit is actually used. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:10,360 –> 00:31:14,200
\nAll right, let’s have a look at
\nsome a few passages using <\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:14,200 –> 00:31:17,280
\nGruwark because of course, as we
\nstart to go through here, <\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:17,280 –> 00:31:19,160
\nthere’s a very big question that
\ncomes up. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:19,480 –> 00:31:22,040
\nIt just automatically pops up.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:22,880 –> 00:31:27,120
\nWhy is the word spirit used in
\nso many different ways? <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:27,560 –> 00:31:32,600
\nSo let’s have a look at Ruach.
\nWell, the Ruach spirit was there<\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:32,600 –> 00:31:35,960
\nat creation, second verse of the
\nBible. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:36,280 –> 00:31:39,080
\nThe earth was without form,
\nvoid, darkness was upon the face<\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:39,080 –> 00:31:43,640
\nof the deep, and the Spirit of
\nGod moved upon the face of the <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:43,640 –> 00:31:46,720
\nwaters.
\nSo here we’ve got God’s spirit <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:47,080 –> 00:31:49,080
\nand it’s brooding there.
\nWe’re going to look at that in a<\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:49,080 –> 00:31:52,520
\nlater study moving upon the face
\nof the waters. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:53,400 –> 00:31:56,480
\nAnd then Psalm 33 by the word of
\nYahweh, where the heavens made <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:56,480 –> 00:32:00,040
\nand all the host of them by.
\nAnd it says the breath of his <\/p>\n
527
\n00:32:00,040 –> 00:32:02,000
\nmouth.
\nIt’s the word ruach by the <\/p>\n
528
\n00:32:02,000 –> 00:32:07,240
\nspirit of his mouth.
\nSo the Spirit of God is used in <\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:07,240 –> 00:32:09,800
\nthe creative process in Genesis
\nchapter 1. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:10,800 –> 00:32:15,800
\nAnd as we’ve seen in Psalm 139,
\nthe Spirit is all pervasive, <\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:16,400 –> 00:32:20,120
\nwhether shall I go from my
\nspirit or whither shall I flee <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:20,520 –> 00:32:27,640
\nfrom Thy presence?
\nSo we ask ourselves, sorry, <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:27,800 –> 00:32:31,120
\nlet’s look at that one as well.
\nLinks to the previous one about <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:31,120 –> 00:32:33,520
\nHis presence being everywhere
\nthrough His Spirit. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:33,800 –> 00:32:35,200
\nThis is a very important
\nelement. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:35,480 –> 00:32:39,400
\nIt sustains life.
\nParticularly that bottom passage<\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:39,400 –> 00:32:42,600
\nthere, Job 34 verse 14.
\nJust think about the <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:42,600 –> 00:32:46,520
\nimplications of this.
\nIf God set His heart upon man, <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:47,240 –> 00:32:50,640
\nif He gathered to himself his
\nspirit, his ruach, and His <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:50,640 –> 00:32:55,440
\nbreath, all flesh would perish
\ntogether, and man would turn <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:55,440 –> 00:32:59,280
\nagain to dust.
\nOr, as it says in Psalm 104, <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:59,280 –> 00:33:02,440
\nThou takest away their spirit.
\nThe word breath. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:33:02,440 –> 00:33:04,160
\nThere is the word ruach and
\nspirit. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:33:04,600 –> 00:33:09,280
\nThey die and return to the dust.
\nThou sent us forth thy spirit, <\/p>\n
545
\n00:33:09,280 –> 00:33:13,360
\nruach, and they’re created.
\nSo that tells us that the only <\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:13,360 –> 00:33:15,520
\nreason we’re here today, the
\nonly reason we’re actually <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:15,520 –> 00:33:18,600
\nbreathing, is because God’s
\nspirit is actually holding us <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:18,600 –> 00:33:21,480
\nalive.
\nAnd if he was to look at us and <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:21,480 –> 00:33:25,800
\nsay, actually, I’ll just
\nwithdraw my spirit, all flesh <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:26,040 –> 00:33:29,960
\nwould perish together and
\ninstantly die and return to <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:29,960 –> 00:33:32,440
\ndust.
\nSo I think, right, this is <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:32,440 –> 00:33:34,880
\nactually quite extraordinary.
\nHere we’ve got now the word <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:34,880 –> 00:33:37,920
\nspirit being used in this whole
\nrange of different things. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:37,920 –> 00:33:43,600
\nSo is the spirit the power of
\nGod, or is it the mind of God? <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:44,560 –> 00:33:47,360
\nIs it a godly mind?
\nIs it life itself? <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:47,720 –> 00:33:50,960
\nIs it our mind or character?
\nIs it the air we breathe? <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:51,400 –> 00:33:54,880
\nIs it the wind that blows?
\nIs it the power of God-given to <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:54,880 –> 00:33:57,280
\nman to enable the impossible to
\ndo miracles? <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:57,560 –> 00:34:00,120
\nIs it the angels?
\nIs it the words Christ spoke? <\/p>\n
560
\n00:34:01,840 –> 00:34:06,160
\nAnd the answer is yes, it’s all
\nof those things. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:34:07,720 –> 00:34:10,320
\nWhy?
\nAnd that really has to be our <\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:10,320 –> 00:34:11,840
\nnumber one question this
\nafternoon. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:12,120 –> 00:34:16,239
\nWhy?
\nWhy are these simple words used <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:16,280 –> 00:34:21,920
\nin such a diversity of ways?
\nIs it just simply coincidence? <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:22,800 –> 00:34:25,800
\nThe one Hebrew word and one
\nGreek word happened to have a <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:25,800 –> 00:34:29,960
\nmultiplicity of different means.
\nTake for example the English <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:29,960 –> 00:34:34,280
\nword bark.
\nBark is the outside of a tree. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:35,360 –> 00:34:38,320
\nIt’s also the strange sound of
\nGod makes completely unrelated. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:39,239 –> 00:34:41,520
\nSo is this just a case like that
\nwhere there are just these <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:41,520 –> 00:34:43,040
\ndifferent meanings of the same
\nword? <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:43,040 –> 00:34:46,800
\nOr is there a very beautiful
\nelement that pulls all these <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:46,800 –> 00:34:51,040
\nthings together for the most
\npowerful message for us? <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:52,000 –> 00:34:54,600
\nIs there a glorious truth to be
\nrevealed in this? <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:55,679 –> 00:34:59,480
\nThe answer actually lies in
\nGod’s plan and purpose for the <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:59,520 –> 00:35:00,960
\nearth.
\nNow this is a passage we should <\/p>\n
576
\n00:35:00,960 –> 00:35:05,040
\nall know really well.
\nWhy did God create the heavens <\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:05,040 –> 00:35:08,320
\nand the earth?
\nWell, He wants them to be full <\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:08,800 –> 00:35:12,840
\nof the knowledge of His glory.
\nThe earth will be filled with <\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:12,840 –> 00:35:17,920
\nthe knowledge of the glory of
\nYahweh as the waters cover the <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:17,920 –> 00:35:26,240
\nsea.
\nAnd the spirit is the means that<\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:26,240 –> 00:35:29,120
\nGod uses to achieve that
\npurpose. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:30,440 –> 00:35:36,120
\nThat’s it.
\nGod’s spirit is the means that <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:36,120 –> 00:35:41,000
\nHe engages to achieve that
\nobjective or that spirit, <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:41,000 –> 00:35:43,840
\nbecause the spirit is God in
\naction. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:44,360 –> 00:35:49,520
\nIt’s his power, it’s his
\npurpose, it’s his capability to <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:49,520 –> 00:35:53,200
\nachieve his objective with the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:55,840 –> 00:36:02,080
\nSo it all began with a shapeless
\nBLOB which was without form and <\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:02,080 –> 00:36:07,080
\nvoid, no shape and it was empty.
\nAnd the spirit of God was <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:07,080 –> 00:36:10,040
\nbrooding upon the face of the
\nwaters. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:11,320 –> 00:36:15,360
\nAnd then His spirit power was
\nused to start creating structure<\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:15,360 –> 00:36:18,720
\nand shape and fill the heavens
\nand the earth as He created the <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:18,880 –> 00:36:21,800
\nseparation, light and dark and
\nthe separation of the waters, <\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:21,960 –> 00:36:25,160
\nthe bringing out of dry land,
\npopulating it with with with <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:25,160 –> 00:36:27,880
\nplants 1st.
\nAnd then the seas were fish and <\/p>\n
595
\n00:36:27,920 –> 00:36:31,080
\nthe and the air with birds, and
\nthen animals and then finally <\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:31,080 –> 00:36:34,400
\nman on the earth.
\nAll of that was achieved by the <\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:34,400 –> 00:36:40,600
\nSpirit of God.
\nBy His spirit power He <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:40,600 –> 00:36:42,400
\nestablished all the laws of
\nnature. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:43,360 –> 00:36:48,160
\nHe sustains in His hand the life
\nof all living creatures. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:49,360 –> 00:36:51,120
\nExcuse me, That is the work of
\nthe Spirit. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:51,280 –> 00:36:54,960
\nAlso.
\nHe gave to the human race a mind<\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:54,960 –> 00:36:57,560
\nthat was capable of
\nunderstanding spiritual things. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:36:57,680 –> 00:37:01,040
\nThey were made in the image and
\nthe likeness of the Elohim. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:02,160 –> 00:37:06,560
\nWhat happened?
\nMan corrupted God’s way on the <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:06,640 –> 00:37:09,480
\nearth, and so death came on the
\nhuman race. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:10,000 –> 00:37:14,120
\nThe heart of man became
\ndesperately sick or desperately <\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:14,120 –> 00:37:16,280
\nwicked.
\nJeremiah 17. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:17,240 –> 00:37:22,440
\nSo now we have in the heart of
\nman with a bias towards sin, an <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:22,560 –> 00:37:26,520
\nuncleanness of an evil spirit.
\nThat’s the way the human mind <\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:26,520 –> 00:37:31,440
\nnow thinks, and it makes them
\nnaturally blind so they can’t <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:31,440 –> 00:37:37,920
\nsee God’s truth, deaf so they
\ncan’t hear His messages, dumb so<\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:37,920 –> 00:37:42,280
\nthey can’t speak forth his
\npraises, and it fills them with <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:42,280 –> 00:37:48,480
\nmadness, fits and torment.
\nThat’s the natural state of the <\/p>\n
614
\n00:37:48,480 –> 00:37:51,200
\nhuman mind now with the
\nuncleanness of spirit. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:37:52,360 –> 00:37:55,280
\nSo the Spirit of God began a new
\ncreation. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:37:55,720 –> 00:38:00,600
\nHis Holy Spirit brought into
\nbeing His only begotten Son, who<\/p>\n
617
\n00:38:00,600 –> 00:38:04,120
\nHe filled without measure with
\nHis Spirit. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:38:04,720 –> 00:38:08,480
\nAnd the words that His Son
\nspoke, they were Spirit and they<\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:08,480 –> 00:38:11,320
\nwere life.
\nHe came in the power of the <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:11,320 –> 00:38:16,040
\nSpirit to heal the deaf, the
\ndumb, the blind, and the lame. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:16,800 –> 00:38:20,920
\nHe then sent forth men endowed
\nwith the Holy Spirit to speak <\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:20,920 –> 00:38:24,640
\nthe words of the Spirit, to
\npreach the gospel of good news <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:24,640 –> 00:38:28,680
\nto anybody who would listen, and
\nthey had the power of the Spirit<\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:28,680 –> 00:38:32,280
\nto do wonders and miracles as a
\nwitness of the extraordinary <\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:32,280 –> 00:38:35,680
\nmessage they were sending out.
\nAnd then men and women who <\/p>\n
626
\n00:38:35,680 –> 00:38:39,120
\nhearkened to that message, they
\nhad minds that were responding <\/p>\n
627
\n00:38:39,120 –> 00:38:42,120
\nto the things of the Spirit and
\ntheir mind. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:38:42,120 –> 00:38:45,120
\nAnd their spirit begins to
\nchange and to become like <\/p>\n
629
\n00:38:45,120 –> 00:38:47,840
\nChrist’s.
\nThe Spirit word begins to dwell <\/p>\n
630
\n00:38:47,840 –> 00:38:50,480
\nin them.
\nThey become spiritual creatures.<\/p>\n
631
\n00:38:50,640 –> 00:38:54,480
\nThis is the new creation in whom
\nGod and Christ come to dwell. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:54,800 –> 00:38:59,280
\nAnd ultimately they will be
\nspirit beings like the angels, <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:59,400 –> 00:39:03,800
\nwith a mortal power as part of
\nGod’s energy source itself. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:05,520 –> 00:39:09,600
\nThe power that achieves that is
\nthe spirit. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:10,720 –> 00:39:15,120
\nIt’s God’s energy, it’s God’s
\npower, it’s his plan, it’s his <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:15,120 –> 00:39:19,320
\npurpose.
\nAnd that is why the word Spirit <\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:19,640 –> 00:39:24,600
\nhas so many dimensions, because
\nit’s telling us about the <\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:24,680 –> 00:39:29,120
\njourney of the Spirit, of what
\nGod’s purpose was right at the <\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:29,120 –> 00:39:33,680
\nbeginning, and how He is moving
\nthe whole of creation to achieve<\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:33,680 –> 00:39:36,400
\nHis glorious purpose.
\nAnd He’s taking us on that <\/p>\n
641
\n00:39:36,400 –> 00:39:39,040
\njourney.
\nThe only thing in that process <\/p>\n
642
\n00:39:39,040 –> 00:39:42,600
\nthat isn’t breathed out of God
\nis the uncleanness of the spirit<\/p>\n
643
\n00:39:42,680 –> 00:39:45,760
\nof the natural mind.
\nEvery other element of that, <\/p>\n
644
\n00:39:45,760 –> 00:39:49,480
\nbrothers and sisters, every
\nother element has its origin in <\/p>\n
645
\n00:39:49,480 –> 00:39:53,760
\nGod Himself, exiles or breathes
\nout of them. <\/p>\n
646
\n00:39:54,720 –> 00:39:58,080
\nThat’s the power that keeps us
\nalive. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:39:59,200 –> 00:40:03,120
\nThat’s the power that knew that
\nwe would be called in our names,<\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:03,120 –> 00:40:05,440
\nwritten in the book of life
\nbefore the foundation of the <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:05,440 –> 00:40:08,080
\nworld.
\nThat’s the power that’s working <\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:08,280 –> 00:40:12,480
\nto teach us His ways who wants
\nus to respond and develop a mind<\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:12,480 –> 00:40:15,560
\nlike his sons, a spiritual way
\nof thinking. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:15,680 –> 00:40:20,040
\nIt is the journey of the Spirit
\nthat he’s working on with you <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:20,080 –> 00:40:24,480
\nand me, and that’s why there’s
\nsuch a diversity. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:40:24,840 –> 00:40:28,680
\nOf applications of these simple
\nwords, because in that word it’s<\/p>\n
655
\n00:40:28,680 –> 00:40:32,880
\ntalking about God’s power to
\nachieve his plan and purpose for<\/p>\n
656
\n00:40:32,880 –> 00:40:34,440
\nthe earth.
\nLet’s put it another way. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:40:34,440 –> 00:40:38,680
\nGod’s purpose requires men and
\nwomen who are alive, who have <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:38,680 –> 00:40:43,600
\nminds which learn His ways and
\nchange, to start thinking in a <\/p>\n
659
\n00:40:43,600 –> 00:40:46,960
\ndifferent way from what we do
\nnaturally and demonstrate the <\/p>\n
660
\n00:40:46,960 –> 00:40:50,720
\nprinciples of God’s glorious
\ntruth in their own individual <\/p>\n
661
\n00:40:50,720 –> 00:40:53,000
\nlives.
\nAnd ultimately they’ll become <\/p>\n
662
\n00:40:53,000 –> 00:40:56,960
\nimmortal beings as he is.
\nAnd that those are all different<\/p>\n
663
\n00:40:56,960 –> 00:40:59,400
\nfacets of the work of the
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:41:02,560 –> 00:41:11,360
\nAnd in the process, he Stoops to
\ncall creatures like us, flawed <\/p>\n
665
\n00:41:11,360 –> 00:41:15,960
\ncreatures like us.
\nAnd somehow he’s able to take <\/p>\n
666
\n00:41:15,960 –> 00:41:19,480
\npeople like us on that
\nextraordinary journey. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:21,880 –> 00:41:23,560
\nWhat a wonderful thought,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:25,200 –> 00:41:27,400
\nWe look at our own flaws.
\nWe look at our mistakes. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:27,400 –> 00:41:30,960
\nWe look at our natural minds.
\nAnd we look at how the Father’s <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:30,960 –> 00:41:33,160
\ntrying to work with each of us
\nand with their children, with <\/p>\n
671
\n00:41:33,160 –> 00:41:35,840
\nour brothers and sisters to
\ndevelop a group of beings like <\/p>\n
672
\n00:41:35,840 –> 00:41:38,240
\nthat.
\nAnd we just say that’s an <\/p>\n
673
\n00:41:38,240 –> 00:41:41,920
\nextraordinary thing.
\nThat’s the journey of the <\/p>\n
674
\n00:41:41,920 –> 00:41:43,920
\nspirit.
\nIt’s a magnificent subject, <\/p>\n
675
\n00:41:43,920 –> 00:41:52,440
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nSo tell me, brothers, sisters, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:41:52,440 –> 00:41:57,920
\n4:30 on a Friday afternoon, when
\nthe end of the tough weeks come,<\/p>\n
677
\n00:41:59,040 –> 00:42:05,040
\ndo you feel like a spirit being
\nin waiting, full of the Spirit <\/p>\n
678
\n00:42:05,520 –> 00:42:10,600
\nof God?
\nMums, as you struggle to remain <\/p>\n
679
\n00:42:10,600 –> 00:42:13,760
\npatient, as the children are
\narguing yet again about whose <\/p>\n
680
\n00:42:13,760 –> 00:42:17,320
\nfault it was that the drink got
\nspilled on the floor, do you <\/p>\n
681
\n00:42:17,320 –> 00:42:18,840
\nfeel like you’re full of the
\nSpirit? <\/p>\n
682
\n00:42:21,160 –> 00:42:24,920
\nBrothers, when we realized with
\ngreat disappointment we’ve LED <\/p>\n
683
\n00:42:24,920 –> 00:42:27,800
\nour heavenly Father down again
\nand we’ve succumbed in the face <\/p>\n
684
\n00:42:27,800 –> 00:42:34,080
\nof a trial or a temptation yet
\nagain, do we feel like glorious <\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:34,080 –> 00:42:36,520
\nspirit beings that God’s working
\nwith? <\/p>\n
686
\n00:42:39,240 –> 00:42:41,080
\nLet’s compare ourselves to
\nSolomon. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:42:43,080 –> 00:42:48,480
\nSolomon was a truly outstanding
\nperson, a unique character, with<\/p>\n
688
\n00:42:48,480 –> 00:42:52,960
\nthe exception of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, the wisest man who has <\/p>\n
689
\n00:42:53,080 –> 00:42:56,400
\never lived.
\nHe was actually endowed with the<\/p>\n
690
\n00:42:56,400 –> 00:43:00,840
\ngift of wisdom, the Holy Spirit,
\ngift of wisdom, most <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:00,880 –> 00:43:05,360
\nextraordinary understanding.
\nAnd as Brother Roberts wrote of <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:05,360 –> 00:43:08,040
\nSolomon in an article, actually
\nthat Brother Roberts wrote on <\/p>\n
693
\n00:43:08,040 –> 00:43:12,400
\nthe Spirit, Solomon is an
\nexample not surpassed in <\/p>\n
694
\n00:43:12,400 –> 00:43:17,160
\nScripture, of what human nature
\nis at the bottom. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:43:18,960 –> 00:43:22,320
\nThough divinely blessed with the
\nSpirit, enabling him to utter <\/p>\n
696
\n00:43:22,320 –> 00:43:26,160
\nthe wisdom of God, and
\nexcitation, warning the proof to<\/p>\n
697
\n00:43:26,160 –> 00:43:31,960
\nthe things against which he
\ncautioned his son, he himself <\/p>\n
698
\n00:43:32,120 –> 00:43:36,160
\ngave way.
\nThe man who spoke the pure words<\/p>\n
699
\n00:43:36,160 –> 00:43:42,680
\nof the wisdom of God was himself
\nan entire failure in the <\/p>\n
700
\n00:43:42,680 –> 00:43:47,520
\napplication.
\nSo how’s the journey of the <\/p>\n
701
\n00:43:47,520 –> 00:43:50,800
\nSpirit if you’re going to be
\npossible for you and me? <\/p>\n
702
\n00:43:52,640 –> 00:43:55,160
\nThe answer, of course, brothers
\nand sisters, lies in the <\/p>\n
703
\n00:43:55,160 –> 00:43:59,160
\ngreatest work of the Spirit.
\nAnd that’s in God’s work with <\/p>\n
704
\n00:43:59,160 –> 00:44:01,720
\nthe Son, with the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:44:03,360 –> 00:44:05,440
\nAt least 2 passages and
\njuxtaposition. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:44:06,720 –> 00:44:08,960
\nThe earth will be filled with
\nthe knowledge of the glory of <\/p>\n
707
\n00:44:08,960 –> 00:44:11,360
\nYahweh as the waters cover the
\nsea. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:44:12,520 –> 00:44:15,840
\nHow?
\nWhat’s the New Testament called?<\/p>\n
709
\n00:44:18,280 –> 00:44:23,440
\nGod who commanded the light to
\nshine out of darkness. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:44:23,440 –> 00:44:28,880
\nNote the echoes there of the
\ncreation process has shined in <\/p>\n
711
\n00:44:28,880 –> 00:44:35,120
\nour hearts to give the light of
\nthe knowledge of the glory of <\/p>\n
712
\n00:44:35,120 –> 00:44:40,840
\nGod.
\nHow well we see it in the face <\/p>\n
713
\n00:44:41,160 –> 00:44:44,880
\nof Jesus Christ.
\nSo here’s God’s purpose to fill <\/p>\n
714
\n00:44:44,880 –> 00:44:46,960
\nthe entire earth with the
\nknowledge of His glory. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:44:46,960 –> 00:44:50,360
\nAnd that becomes possible,
\nbrothers and sisters, because of<\/p>\n
716
\n00:44:50,360 –> 00:44:54,160
\nwhat we see and learn in the
\nface of the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:44:54,440 –> 00:44:58,960
\nGod has shined in the darkness
\nof our hearts to give us the <\/p>\n
718
\n00:44:58,960 –> 00:45:03,640
\nlight of the knowledge of His
\nglory, and we see it in the work<\/p>\n
719
\n00:45:03,880 –> 00:45:09,680
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nThis is the creative work of the<\/p>\n
720
\n00:45:09,680 –> 00:45:13,840
\nSpirit to transform the human
\nrace, people like you and me to <\/p>\n
721
\n00:45:14,040 –> 00:45:16,320
\nbecome a reflection of His
\nglory. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:45:17,440 –> 00:45:19,360
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters,
\nthis subject, it just <\/p>\n
723
\n00:45:19,360 –> 00:45:22,760
\nencapsulates the fullness of
\nGod’s plan and purpose with us. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:45:23,200 –> 00:45:27,200
\nIt’s just extraordinary to stop
\nand think about, incredibly <\/p>\n
725
\n00:45:27,200 –> 00:45:31,400
\nencouraging to think about the
\nfact that God’s objective is to <\/p>\n
726
\n00:45:31,400 –> 00:45:35,600
\ncontinue to work with the human
\nrace to teach us to become a <\/p>\n
727
\n00:45:35,600 –> 00:45:39,240
\nreflection of his glory.
\nAnd for that work to be <\/p>\n
728
\n00:45:39,240 –> 00:45:42,720
\ncomplete, we need to come to
\nunderstand what this idea of the<\/p>\n
729
\n00:45:42,720 –> 00:45:46,760
\nSpirit is actually all about.
\nAnd throughout the pages of the <\/p>\n
730
\n00:45:46,760 –> 00:45:51,000
\ntruth of the of the Word, God
\nexplains to us how his Spirit <\/p>\n
731
\n00:45:51,000 –> 00:45:54,240
\nworks with us in daily life.
\nAnd as we go through these <\/p>\n
732
\n00:45:54,240 –> 00:45:56,520
\nstudies, God willing, that’s
\nexactly what we want to see. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:45:56,520 –> 00:46:00,280
\nWe want to see the way in which
\nGod’s Spirit interacts with us <\/p>\n
734
\n00:46:00,600 –> 00:46:03,840
\nin the development of our
\ncharacter to become a reflection<\/p>\n
735
\n00:46:03,880 –> 00:46:10,280
\nof His glory.
\nAs I said before, the churches <\/p>\n
736
\n00:46:10,640 –> 00:46:14,640
\nget this entirely wrong.
\nBasically, the whole of <\/p>\n
737
\n00:46:14,640 –> 00:46:20,560
\nChristianity says that God’s
\nHoly Spirit power comes into me <\/p>\n
738
\n00:46:21,440 –> 00:46:25,040
\nand all I have to do is submit.
\nAnd it just makes me believe. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:46:25,560 –> 00:46:28,680
\nIt makes me understand.
\nIt helps me resist sin. <\/p>\n
740
\n00:46:29,760 –> 00:46:33,720
\nAnd they turn their back on the
\nvery thing that God has actually<\/p>\n
741
\n00:46:33,720 –> 00:46:37,640
\ngiven us to help us in the
\njourney of the Spirit. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:46:39,040 –> 00:46:41,240
\nPaul says I’m not ashamed of the
\ngospel of Christ. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:46:42,000 –> 00:46:44,680
\nThe gospel which is the good
\nnews of the Kingdom and the work<\/p>\n
744
\n00:46:44,680 –> 00:46:46,520
\nof Christ recorded in Scripture
\nfor us. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:46:46,520 –> 00:46:52,480
\nThe gospel is the power of God
\nunto salvation to everyone that <\/p>\n
746
\n00:46:52,480 –> 00:46:56,320
\nbelieves the Jew 1st and also to
\nthe Gentiles. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:46:56,880 –> 00:47:01,560
\nAs our Lord said the words I
\nspeak to you, they are Spirit <\/p>\n
748
\n00:47:01,800 –> 00:47:05,160
\nand they are life.
\nSo the question for us really as<\/p>\n
749
\n00:47:05,160 –> 00:47:08,720
\nwe go through is how will we
\nrespond to the invitation of the<\/p>\n
750
\n00:47:08,720 –> 00:47:11,680
\nSpirit?
\nHow will we respond to the words<\/p>\n
751
\n00:47:11,680 –> 00:47:15,440
\nof the Holy Spirit which speak
\nto us through the words which <\/p>\n
752
\n00:47:15,440 –> 00:47:19,960
\nthat has recorded through the
\ninspiration of the pen of those <\/p>\n
753
\n00:47:20,000 –> 00:47:23,440
\nof old?
\nAs the Apostle Paul said in <\/p>\n
754
\n00:47:23,440 –> 00:47:27,840
\nfirst of Corinthians 2, verse 13
\nof his teaching, he says which <\/p>\n
755
\n00:47:27,840 –> 00:47:31,040
\nthings we teach, not in the
\nwords which man’s wisdom <\/p>\n
756
\n00:47:31,040 –> 00:47:35,080
\nteaches, but which the Holy
\nSpirit teaches, comparing <\/p>\n
757
\n00:47:35,080 –> 00:47:39,400
\nspiritual things with spiritual.
\nThe natural man receives not the<\/p>\n
758
\n00:47:39,400 –> 00:47:42,040
\nthings of the Spirit of God for
\ntheir foolishness to them, <\/p>\n
759
\n00:47:42,320 –> 00:47:45,560
\nneither can he know them because
\nthey’re spiritually discerned. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:47:46,360 –> 00:47:49,280
\nSo we have this most most
\nwonderful blessing, brothers and<\/p>\n
761
\n00:47:49,280 –> 00:47:55,880
\nsisters of God’s Word, which
\nencaptures His mind speaking to <\/p>\n
762
\n00:47:55,960 –> 00:47:58,440
\nus through the pages of
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
763
\n00:47:59,320 –> 00:48:03,280
\nAnd there’s no wonderful power
\nin that which creates this this <\/p>\n
764
\n00:48:03,280 –> 00:48:07,080
\njourney of transformation of our
\nown hearts and minds as we <\/p>\n
765
\n00:48:07,080 –> 00:48:10,200
\nchange to become more like his
\nglorious son. <\/p>\n
766
\n00:48:11,560 –> 00:48:14,520
\nI’d like you to turn with me,
\nplease in conclusion to Romans <\/p>\n
767
\n00:48:14,520 –> 00:48:17,000
\nchapter 8.
\nRomans chapter 8 is a is a <\/p>\n
768
\n00:48:17,040 –> 00:48:21,080
\nwonderful chapter talking about
\nthe way in which the Spirit of <\/p>\n
769
\n00:48:21,080 –> 00:48:25,760
\nChrist or the Spirit of God is
\nto be developed within our own <\/p>\n
770
\n00:48:25,760 –> 00:48:28,280
\nhearts and minds.
\nAnd there’s some some beautiful <\/p>\n
771
\n00:48:28,280 –> 00:48:31,280
\nsections in there which we will
\nno doubt be looking at as we go <\/p>\n
772
\n00:48:31,280 –> 00:48:34,040
\nthrough our studies this week.
\nBut let’s have a look. <\/p>\n
773
\n00:48:34,040 –> 00:48:37,800
\nRomans chapter 8 and we’ll
\ncommence in verse 5. <\/p>\n
774
\n00:48:39,600 –> 00:48:43,480
\nThose who are after the flesh do
\nmind the things of the flesh, <\/p>\n
775
\n00:48:44,240 –> 00:48:47,600
\nbut they that are after the
\nSpirit, they mind the things of <\/p>\n
776
\n00:48:47,600 –> 00:48:50,680
\nthe spirit.
\nFor to be calmly minded is <\/p>\n
777
\n00:48:50,680 –> 00:48:53,880
\ndeath, but to be spiritually
\nminded is life in peace. <\/p>\n
778
\n00:48:54,120 –> 00:48:56,960
\nThere’s the alternative for us,
\nbrothers and sisters, laid out <\/p>\n
779
\n00:48:56,960 –> 00:48:59,720
\nso clearly.
\nTo be calmly minded is death. <\/p>\n
780
\n00:49:00,000 –> 00:49:03,840
\nTo be spiritually minded is life
\nand peace. <\/p>\n
781
\n00:49:03,840 –> 00:49:06,720
\nHe said It’s a calm mind.
\nIt’s enmity against God. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:49:06,720 –> 00:49:09,720
\nIt can’t be subject to it.
\nSo those who are in your flesh <\/p>\n
783
\n00:49:09,720 –> 00:49:14,520
\ncan’t please God.
\nThis 9 But you are not in the <\/p>\n
784
\n00:49:14,520 –> 00:49:18,800
\nflesh, he said.
\nYou are in the Spirit if the <\/p>\n
785
\n00:49:18,800 –> 00:49:23,400
\nSpirit of God dwells in you.
\nWe’re going to see as if studies<\/p>\n
786
\n00:49:23,400 –> 00:49:25,960
\nunfold, that it’s talking there
\nabout a new way of thinking <\/p>\n
787
\n00:49:25,960 –> 00:49:28,840
\nhere.
\nThe Spirit of God dwells in us <\/p>\n
788
\n00:49:29,080 –> 00:49:32,520
\nas we develop an understanding
\nof his ways and his principles. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:49:32,560 –> 00:49:36,120
\nAnd literally it transforms the
\nway in which we think. <\/p>\n
790
\n00:49:37,360 –> 00:49:41,600
\nAnd so he says in verse 11, if
\nthe Spirit of him that raised up<\/p>\n
791
\n00:49:41,760 –> 00:49:46,840
\nJesus from the dead dwells in
\nUS, then he that raised up <\/p>\n
792
\n00:49:46,840 –> 00:49:51,040
\nChrist from the dead will also
\nquicken or bring to life our <\/p>\n
793
\n00:49:51,040 –> 00:49:55,640
\nmortal bodies because of his
\nspirit as the way it actually <\/p>\n
794
\n00:49:55,640 –> 00:49:57,960
\nmeans because of his spirit that
\ndwells in you. <\/p>\n
795
\n00:49:58,760 –> 00:50:01,160
\nSo there’s the conviction of our
\nhope, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
796
\n00:50:01,960 –> 00:50:05,320
\nBut in the same way that our
\nLord was raised from the dead by<\/p>\n
797
\n00:50:05,320 –> 00:50:09,960
\nthe power of God, that power
\nwill achieve God’s ultimate <\/p>\n
798
\n00:50:09,960 –> 00:50:13,040
\nobjective with you and me.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:50:37,240 –> 00:50:37,360
\nNone.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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