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Totally Controlled By The Holy Spirit | Episode #406 | Encore Episode #077 · Reflections On The Word With Richard Kay

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of Reflection on the Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard K. I'm Chuck Christie, and today we are asking
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  Speaker 1: you to spend a few moments of your time with
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  Speaker 1: us each day as Richard shares from God's work with notes, quotes,
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  Speaker 1: and story along with some of his own personal experiences,
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  Speaker 1: to confirm for you God's great love for us, that
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  Speaker 1: his compassion for us never fails, and that He has
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  Speaker 1: a great faithfulness toward us in every regard. Now, if
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  Speaker 1: you miss a portion of today's broadcast or would like
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  Speaker 1: to recommend it to a friend, you can hear this
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  Speaker 1: program anytime online at Talknetwork Radio dot com. Well, now
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  Speaker 1: here's Richard with today's reflection.
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  Speaker 2: Take careful attention than to how you walk, not as
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  Speaker 2: unwise people, but as wise making the most of the
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  Speaker 2: time because the days are evil. So don't be foolish,
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  Speaker 2: but understand what the Lord's will is. And don't get
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  Speaker 2: drunk with wine which leads to reckless actions, but be
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  Speaker 2: filled with the spirit. And that is from Ephesians, chapter
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  Speaker 2: five and verses fifteen through eighteen. Why is it that
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  Speaker 2: in Paul's letter to the Church of Ephesus did he
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  Speaker 2: state that they should not be drunk with wine, and
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  Speaker 2: some versions say wherein is excess, but be filled with
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit. Do you know? It is an amazing thing.
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  Speaker 2: How scripture confirms scripture. If we go back and look
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  Speaker 2: at the account of the Day of Pentecost, we find
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  Speaker 2: some very significant things. And I want to just take
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  Speaker 2: a moment and read from the second chapter of the
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  Speaker 2: Book of Acts in reference to the day of Pentecost,
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  Speaker 2: and it says that when the day of Pentecost had arrived,
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  Speaker 2: they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound
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  Speaker 2: like that of a violent, rushing wind came from heaven,
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  Speaker 2: and it filled the whole house where they were staying,
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  Speaker 2: and tongues like flames of fire that were divided, appeared
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  Speaker 2: to them and rested on each one of them. Then
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  Speaker 2: they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began
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  Speaker 2: to speak in different languages as the spirit gave them
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  Speaker 2: ability for speech. The scripture continues that there were Jews
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  Speaker 2: living in Jerusalem, about men from every nation under heaven.
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  Speaker 2: When this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was
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  Speaker 2: confused because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
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  Speaker 2: And they were astounded, and a maid saying, look, aren't
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  Speaker 2: all these who are speaking Galileans. How is it that
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  Speaker 2: we hear each of us in our own native language
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  Speaker 2: Parthians means Elamites, those who live in Mesopotamia, in Judea
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  Speaker 2: and Capitosia, Ponchas and Asia, Fergia and Panphilia, Egypt and
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  Speaker 2: the parts of Libya near Sareni, visitors from Rome, both
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  Speaker 2: Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs. We hear them speaking
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  Speaker 2: in our own languages the magnificent acts of God. And
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  Speaker 2: they were all astounded and perplected, saying to one another,
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  Speaker 2: what could this be? But some sneered and said, they're
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  Speaker 2: full of new wine. Interesting part in this account is
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  Speaker 2: that these believers who were baptized in the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: began speaking, praising God, speaking manifest glory of God openly
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  Speaker 2: to all of those that were in attendance for the
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  Speaker 2: Feast of Pentecost. When they were there, and they heard this,
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  Speaker 2: some regarded it as a natural means of being drunk. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I want you to see the similarity in what was
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  Speaker 2: actually said when Paul makes the statement in Ephesians where
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  Speaker 2: he actually is admonishing believers that they should not be
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  Speaker 2: drunk with wine, which will lead to reckless actions, but
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  Speaker 2: be filled with the spirit. Now here is the interesting point.
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  Speaker 2: In the earlier account in the Book of Acts, there
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  Speaker 2: were some who thought that these who were speaking were drunk.
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  Speaker 2: In other words, they appeared to be out of control
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  Speaker 2: of their own actions, which would seem to be an
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  Speaker 2: accurate description. And so there is a similarity. And I
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  Speaker 2: offered this as a question as well as an encouragement,
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  Speaker 2: and that is what is it like to be intoxicated
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  Speaker 2: with the Holy Spirit? Now, don't misunderstand me. I'm not
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  Speaker 2: talking about drumming up some kind of action by force,
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  Speaker 2: or some means of being able to push an individual
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  Speaker 2: into a loss of control. No, what I am talking
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  Speaker 2: about is the hunger of a Christian believer to have
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  Speaker 2: the full experience of God's flowing power operating in their life.
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  Speaker 2: That is the same thing as looking at a natural
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  Speaker 2: person who is actually intoxicated, Because what is it that
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  Speaker 2: an intoxicated person will represent a lack of control? Their
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  Speaker 2: actions will not even be healthy. They'll do things that
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  Speaker 2: will be damaging to themselves and to others. We know
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  Speaker 2: that even today you see people who become inebriated, or
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  Speaker 2: if you will, drunk, and then they get in an
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  Speaker 2: automobile and they think that they can drive, and they
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  Speaker 2: don't realize that the alcohol that they have consumed has
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  Speaker 2: really taken control of them. And so what is taking
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  Speaker 2: place is they are in a point where they don't
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  Speaker 2: realize that they don't have control. They are drunk intoxicated,
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  Speaker 2: but they're intoxicated with wine or alcohol of whatever form.
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  Speaker 2: And we know this is true because on a very
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  Speaker 2: practical level, people that are arrested driving under the influence,
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  Speaker 2: in some cases, arresting them maybe the best thing that
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  Speaker 2: could happen, only because it perhaps saved them from hermit
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  Speaker 2: themselves are hurting others. And so what we want to
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  Speaker 2: look at is the similarity those that were hearing the
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  Speaker 2: gospel that was being proclaimed, the messages and praise of
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  Speaker 2: God in their own languages, appeared to be drunk, or
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  Speaker 2: they wouldn't have said to them, you look like you're drunk.
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  Speaker 2: And in this account, it's an interesting thing because there
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  Speaker 2: was a response, and the response came from the apostle.
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  Speaker 2: So Peter and Peter said to them, you are not
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  Speaker 2: understanding what has taken place. What you're looking at is
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  Speaker 2: these are people who, like you, have been empowered by
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit, and it says they are not drunk
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  Speaker 2: as you suppose, since it's only nine in the morning.
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  Speaker 2: On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the
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  Speaker 2: prophet Joel, and he proclaims that it'll be in the
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  Speaker 2: last days, says God, that I will pour out my
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  Speaker 2: spirit on all humanity, and your sons and your daughters
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  Speaker 2: will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your
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  Speaker 2: old men will dream dreams. I will even pour out
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  Speaker 2: my spirit on my male and female slaves in those days,
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  Speaker 2: and they will prophesy. I will display wonders in the
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  Speaker 2: heaven above and signs on the earth below. And then
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  Speaker 2: he goes on to describe some of the signs that
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  Speaker 2: are going to be taking place as we near the
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  Speaker 2: return of the Lord Jesus. But it is very important
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  Speaker 2: for us to see. That is a reason why many
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  Speaker 2: people who are educated, perhaps intellectual, don't want to see
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  Speaker 2: themselves in a lack of control. Now, these same people
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  Speaker 2: will drink until they get tipsy, or they will drink
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  Speaker 2: until they are drunk, and they in turn will probably
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  Speaker 2: have someone drive them back to their home or where
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  Speaker 2: wherever it is that they need to go. But in
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  Speaker 2: some cases without even taking into account their condition, They'll
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  Speaker 2: get into an automobile and they will drive off, thinking
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  Speaker 2: that they are in full control of all of their
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  Speaker 2: own capacity, not realizing that they have given up that
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  Speaker 2: control to the intoxicating alcohol. Wouldn't it be something if
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  Speaker 2: our lives were so intoxicated with the Holy Spirit, Not
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  Speaker 2: that we would be drunk in the sense that we
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  Speaker 2: are being controlled by something that will harm us our others,
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  Speaker 2: but that we are being controlled and used by Almighty
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  Speaker 2: God himself. We know that they're is a similarity, and
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  Speaker 2: for some they don't want that to be their experience.
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  Speaker 2: It is not a place where some of us want
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  Speaker 2: to go. But if you ask an individual believer, have
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  Speaker 2: you received the manifest power of the Holy Spirit functioning
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  Speaker 2: in your life to set others free? If not, wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: you rather be totally intoxicated with the Holy Spirit? Wouldn't
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  Speaker 2: you rather be as drunk in people's view that the
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  Speaker 2: Holy Spirit has such control of you and I that
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  Speaker 2: we actually look like we're totally out of control. But
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  Speaker 2: yet what we will do in that action will bring
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  Speaker 2: glory to God. It will not bring harm to others.
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  Speaker 2: This is something we need to look at as believers.
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  Speaker 1: Richard will be right back in a moment to wrap up.
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  Speaker 1: But if you've just joined us, you've been listening to
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  Speaker 1: Reflections on the Word with Richard K. You can hear
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  Speaker 1: this message in its entirety again online as well as
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  Speaker 1: Richard's entire archive at Talknetwork Radio dot com. We would
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  Speaker 1: like to acknowledge our theme song, how Great Is Thy Faithfulness,
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  Speaker 1: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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  Speaker 1: which is published by homand Bible Publishers in Nashville, Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: and printed by Discovery House Publishers. Again, here is Richard
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  Speaker 1: to wrap up the day's message.
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  Speaker 2: And remember it is not just enough to have the
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  Speaker 2: experience one time, no matter what anybody may say. To
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  Speaker 2: be full of the spirit means that we must have
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  Speaker 2: many refeelings. It is a constant flowing if you will,
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  Speaker 2: leaking out of us. There's a scripture that describes how
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  Speaker 2: we are actually used of God when we are filled
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  Speaker 2: with the Holy Spirit, and that is that we actually
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  Speaker 2: are viewed as leaking vessels, that we are in our
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  Speaker 2: body submitted so much to the Holy Spirit that he
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  Speaker 2: overflows from us, as we said earlier, to others. And
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  Speaker 2: that same power that appears to be intoxication transfers to
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  Speaker 2: the deliverance, healing, and the freedom of others who can
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  Speaker 2: receive Jesus as Lord and Savior and then receive his
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  Speaker 2: life changing power in the Holy Spirit. Has that been
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  Speaker 2: your experience as a believer? Are you willing to be
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  Speaker 2: in the other's view intoxicated with the Spirit with his power.
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  Speaker 2: I pray that we are seeking that the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: fill us continually in our lives. And that is today's
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  Speaker 2: reflection on the Work.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Richard. Join us again tomorrow when we continue
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  Speaker 1: with the next edition of Reflections on the Work with
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  Speaker 1: Richard King. For Richard the entire team, this is Chuck
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  Speaker 1: Christie saying thanks for listening to this edition of Reflections
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  Speaker 1: on the Work.