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The Fullness Of The God Head InThe Body | Episode #411 | Encore Episode #082 · 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: Therefore, as you have received Christ, Jesus the Lord, walked
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  Speaker 2: in him, rooted and built up in him, and established
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  Speaker 2: in the faith, just as you were taught and overflowing
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  Speaker 2: with thankfulness, be careful that no one takes you captive
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  Speaker 2: through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based
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  Speaker 2: on the elemental forces of the world, and not based
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  Speaker 2: on Christ. For in Him the entire of God and
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  Speaker 2: his nature dwells bodily, and you have been filled by
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  Speaker 2: Him who is the head over every ruler and authority Colossians,
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  Speaker 2: chapter two and verses six through ten. You know, as
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  Speaker 2: we have been studying through the different applications in scripture,
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  Speaker 2: we have found that there are basically two enemies of
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  Speaker 2: the spirit. The first is one that we all recognize.
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  Speaker 2: We refer to that demonic influence, the ruler of what
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  Speaker 2: is called the dark recesses of this world. We call
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  Speaker 2: him Satan, has many descriptions. But there is yet another
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  Speaker 2: great enemy that we must also conquer. And it is
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  Speaker 2: for us to recognize who we are and who our
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  Speaker 2: enemies are. And the result of this is the overcoming
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  Speaker 2: power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. You see, as we
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  Speaker 2: just read in Colossians chapter two and verse ten, it says,
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  Speaker 2: as we can see, you have been filled by Him
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  Speaker 2: who is the head over every ruler and authority. And
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  Speaker 2: so if in Christ, the fullness of God dwells in
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  Speaker 2: bodily form, and we have been filled by Him who
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  Speaker 2: is the head over every ruler and authority, then we,
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  Speaker 2: in his power, have the same ability to overcome those
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  Speaker 2: same forces. So, as we were talking about the two enemies,
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  Speaker 2: let's illustrate this by a part of what Andrew Murray
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  Speaker 2: says in his book Experiencing the Holy Spirit, man has
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  Speaker 2: two great enemies, by whom the devil tempts him and
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  Speaker 2: with whom he has to contend. The one is the
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  Speaker 2: world outside, and the other is the self life. Within
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  Speaker 2: this last, the selfish ego is much more dangerous and
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  Speaker 2: stronger than the first. It is quite possible for a
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  Speaker 2: man to have made much progress in forsaking the world
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  Speaker 2: while the self life retains full control and dominion within him.
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  Speaker 2: You see this fact illustrated in the case of the Disciples.
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  Speaker 2: Peter could say with truth, we have left all and
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  Speaker 2: followed you. Yet how manifestly did the selfish ego, with
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  Speaker 2: its self pleasing and its self confidence, still retain its
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  Speaker 2: full sway over him. The Lord led them up to
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  Speaker 2: the point of forsaking their outward possessions and following him.
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  Speaker 2: He also began to teach them that a disciple must
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  Speaker 2: deny himself and lose his own life if he would
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  Speaker 2: be worthy of receiving the life of Christ. It was
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  Speaker 2: love for this self life that hindered the Lord Jesus
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  Speaker 2: from doing his work in man's heart. It cost them
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  Speaker 2: more to be redeemed from the selfish ego within them
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  Speaker 2: than to withdraw from the world around them. The selfish
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  Speaker 2: life is the natural life of a sinful man. He
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  Speaker 2: can be liberated from it by nothing except death, and
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  Speaker 2: that is by first dying to it and then living
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  Speaker 2: in the strength of the new life that comes from God.
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  Speaker 2: The forsaking of the world began at the outset of
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  Speaker 2: the three years of discipleship. At the end of that period,
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  Speaker 2: at the cross of Jesus, dying to the self life
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  Speaker 2: first took place. When they saw him die, they learned
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  Speaker 2: to despair of themselves and of everything they had previously
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  Speaker 2: based their hope. Whether they had thought of their Lord
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  Speaker 2: and the expected redemption, or of themselves and their shameful
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  Speaker 2: unfaithfulness toward him, they tended to be filled with despair
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  Speaker 2: over everything. Little did they know this despair would break
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  Speaker 2: up of their hard hearts and mortify their self life
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  Speaker 2: and confidence in themselves. This enabled them to receive something
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  Speaker 2: entirely new, namely a divine light through the spirit of
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  Speaker 2: the glorified Jesus in the innermost depths of their souls. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that we could understand better than nothing hampers us as
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  Speaker 2: much as a secret reliance on ourselves. On the other hand,
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  Speaker 2: nothing brings us as much blessing as entire despair of
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  Speaker 2: ourselves and all that is on the earth, teaching us
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  Speaker 2: to turn our hearts holy to heaven to partake of
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  Speaker 2: the heavenly gift. They, the early Disciples, received and held
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  Speaker 2: fast the promise of the Spirit given by the Lord Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: In his farewell address. Jesus comforted his disciples in their
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  Speaker 2: sorrow over his departure with one great promise, namely, the
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  Speaker 2: mission of the Holy Spirit from heaven better than in
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  Speaker 2: his bodily presence among them. It would be to them
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  Speaker 2: the full fruit and power of His redemption. The divine
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  Speaker 2: light He himself, with the Father, was to make their
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  Speaker 2: abode within them. They were to know they were in
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  Speaker 2: Him and he in them at his ascension from the
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  Speaker 2: Mount of Olives. This prommet of the Spirit was the
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  Speaker 2: last subject he addressed to them. It is evident the
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  Speaker 2: disciples had little idea of what this promise signified, but
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  Speaker 2: however defective their understanding was. They held it fast, or
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  Speaker 2: rather the promise held them fast and would not let
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  Speaker 2: them go. They all had only one thought. Something has
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  Speaker 2: been promised to us by our Lord, and it will
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  Speaker 2: give us a share in his heavenly power and glory.
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  Speaker 2: We know for certain that it is coming. What the
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  Speaker 2: thing itself was, or what their experience of it was
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  Speaker 2: to be, they could give no account. It was enough
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  Speaker 2: for them that they had the word of the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: He would make it a blessed reality within them. The
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  Speaker 2: same disposition is needed now to us also, even as
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  Speaker 2: to them, as the word of the Lord come concerning
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  Speaker 2: the Spirit who is to descend from the throne of
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  Speaker 2: Heaven in the power of his glorified life. We read
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  Speaker 2: before he that believes in me, out of his innermost
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  Speaker 2: being shall flow rivers of living water John seven thirty eight.
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  Speaker 2: For to us also, the one thing needed is to
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  Speaker 2: hold fast to that word, to set our whole desire
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  Speaker 2: on the fulfillment of it, and to lay aside everything
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  Speaker 2: else until we inherit the promise the word from the
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  Speaker 2: mouth of Jesus concerning the reception of the Spirit in
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  Speaker 2: such measure that we will be endured and endued with
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  Speaker 2: power from on high must fill us today with strong
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  Speaker 2: desire and with firm, joyful assurance.
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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: Express scriptures are read from the Holman Christian Standard Bible,
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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 today's message.
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  Speaker 2: You see, believer, the Holy Spirit is God. He is
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  Speaker 2: the in dwelling spirit of Christ. As we read in
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  Speaker 2: Galassians chapter two, we see that we are not to
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  Speaker 2: be deceived by man's philosophy or in any way by
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  Speaker 2: human tradition based on those elemental forces of the world
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  Speaker 2: and not based on Christ. For in Him the entire
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  Speaker 2: fullness of God's nature dwells bodily. And you have been
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  Speaker 2: filled by Him who is the head over every ruler
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  Speaker 2: and authority Colossians, chapter two and verses eight through ten.
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  Speaker 2: And that is today's Reflection on the Word.
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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 Word with
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  Speaker 1: Richard King or Richard the entirety. This is Chuck to
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  Speaker 1: saying thanks for listening to this edition of Reflections on
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  Speaker 1: the Word.