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Please take your copy of God's Word and turn to Acts chapter 2.
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Continue this morning our study of Luke's second volume of the work of Christ.
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The work of Christ.
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We see in the Gospel according to Luke, the account of Jesus' earthly ministry as told by Luke.
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And then here we find in the book of Acts, Luke's account of Jesus' heavenly ministry.
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The way in which He works now in His people.
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And we find ourselves woven into this redemptive story as the continuation of that very work.
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This morning we'll take our second look at Acts chapter 2, verses 1 through 12.
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Last week I expressed to you that in my study of it,
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there was just too much that is good to be said about these 12 verses to try to tackle it in a single week.
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I must admit I'm still feeling that way, although I will wrap our study of verses 1 through 12 up today
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and then look for further opportunity, and it abounds throughout the book of Acts,
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to talk more about what it means to be filled with the Spirit of God.
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Last week I stripped out the historical significance of the sending of the Spirit of God
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and the way in which God did so.
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I pointed out to you that God reigns sovereignly over redemptive history.
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That in Leviticus chapter 23, when He gives the prescription for the feasts of Israel,
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that He was outlining this time.
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The death of Christ.
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The resurrection of Christ.
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And now on the day of Pentecost, 50 days later,
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the sending of the Spirit of Christ.
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My hope in last week was that your heart would be moved to worship.
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What a God we serve,
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who way back in Leviticus 23 was already planning the redemption of His people.
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And we are part of that redemptive story,
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and the sending of the Holy Spirit has great significance for us today.
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Recall so far in the book of Acts chapter 1,
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there's a short account of Jesus' post-resurrection ministry.
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Verse 3 reads,
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He presented Himself alive to them after His suffering by many proofs,
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appearing to them during 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
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And then verse 4 and 5,
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Jesus gives to them a command to stay in Jerusalem
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and wait for the promised Holy Spirit.
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Verse 4 reads,
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And while staying with them,
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He ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem,
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but to wait for the promise of the Father,
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which He said,
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You heard from Me,
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verse 5,
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for John baptized with water,
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but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit
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not many days from now.
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Verse 8,
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there's a promise of power for the fulfillment of their purpose.
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Jesus says,
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But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
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and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem,
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and in all Judea and Samaria,
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and to the end of the earth.
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And then verse 9,
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He ascends.
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He goes up to the right hand of the Father,
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giving Him the ability now to send the Helper,
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the Spirit.
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And 10 days later,
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that promise of power is fulfilled.
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And that purpose that He set forth for them
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in the Great Commission,
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Matthew 28,
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and the restating of it here in chapter 1,
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verse 8,
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takes off.
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That's what we have before us today.
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What a blessing to have an account of this
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for our study.
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Beloved, this is God's Word to us.
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It was written for His glory
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and for our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it
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in order to believe its promises
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and obey its commands.
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Chapter 2, beginning in verse 1.
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When the day of Pentecost arrived,
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they were all together in one place.
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And suddenly there came from heaven
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a sound like a mighty rushing wind,
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and it filled the entire house
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where they were sitting.
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And divided tongues as of fire
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appeared to them
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and rested on each one of them.
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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
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and began to speak in other tongues
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as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem
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Jews,
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devout men from every nation under heaven.
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And at this sound,
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the multitude came together
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and they were bewildered
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because each one was hearing them speak
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in his own language.
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And they were amazed and astonished,
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saying,
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Are not all these who are speaking
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Galileans?
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And how is it that we hear each of us
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in his own native language?
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Parthians and Medes
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and Elamites
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and residents of Mesopotamia,
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Judea and Cappadocia,
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Pontus in Asia,
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Phrygia and Pamphylia,
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Egypt and the parts of Libya
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belonging to Cyrene
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and visitors from Rome,
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both Jews and proselytites,
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Cretans and Arabians.
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We hear them telling in our own tongues
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the mighty works of God.
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And all were amazed and perplexed,
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saying to one another,
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What does this mean?
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And so we see this account
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of the disciples.
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It's probably right to presume
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that this is that approximately
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120 people that we saw in chapter 1,
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likely gathered in this very same
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upper room.
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The particular details
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aren't given to us,
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but we know that they're all together
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and they're in a house.
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And the Spirit of God comes to them
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both audibly and visually.
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And they began to speak
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of the mighty works of God
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in various known languages.
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For this text,
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we're going to bring it down.
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Known languages.
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They speak the mighty works of God.
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And we have this list of people
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from all over,
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essentially the known world.
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Luke's trying to show us
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the broad nature
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in which the gospel went forth
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to these people.
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Both those who were Jews
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and those who were proselytites
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or converts to Judaism.
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And they're here in this place
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and they ask the question,
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what does this mean?
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And so as last week
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we pulled out much of that
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historical significance,
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this morning I want to frame
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the sermon with three questions.
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1.
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Number one,
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what is the baptism
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of the Holy Spirit
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that Jesus promises
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in chapter 1, verse 5?
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That's important.
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He makes a promise
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that's fulfilled
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in Acts chapter 2.
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So what is
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the baptism of the Holy Spirit
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that Jesus promises
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in chapter 1, verse 5?
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2.
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Secondly,
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what is meant by
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they were all filled
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with the Holy Spirit
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in chapter 2, verse 4?
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And thirdly,
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how are we
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filled with the Holy Spirit?
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So that's the framework
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for this morning.
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Right?
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I'm stepping a little bit
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outside of the text.
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Right?
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So we're not verse by verse
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this morning.
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A lot of that detail
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was given last week.
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But these three questions
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need to be answered.
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And I want to answer them
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in their entirety.
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I really want to give you
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the complete systematic
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presentation of life
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in and by the Spirit.
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I just can't.
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It's impossible to do it
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in the time frame
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we have this morning.
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So what I want to give to you
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is the answers
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to these questions.
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Not exhaustively,
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but I hope amply
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for you to begin
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going from here
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and considering this
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and to have a very clear
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understanding
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as we move forward
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in our study
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of the book of Acts.
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So first question.
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What is the baptism
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of the Holy Spirit
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that Jesus promises
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in chapter 1,
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verse 5?
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And to answer that question,
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we need to look
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at how this phrase
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is used
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in the New Testament.
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Not just to see it here,
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but to see other places
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that it's used.
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And it's only used
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in the New Testament
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seven times.
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Four times
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as the prediction
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of John the Baptist
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concerning Jesus.
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So four of these times
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are the accounts
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of the Gospel writers,
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John,
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of the same prediction
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that John the Baptist gave.
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I'll read it to you
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from Matthew 3, verse 11.
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I, this is John speaking,
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baptized you with water
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for repentance,
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but he who is coming after me
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is mightier than I,
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whose sandals
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I am not worthy
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to carry,
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speaking of Christ,
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he will baptize you
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with the Holy Spirit
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and fire.
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This is also found
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in Mark 1.8,
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Luke 3.16,
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and John 1.33.
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So, those are the first
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four times
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that this phrasing
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is used.
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The next two passages
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refer directly to
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the day of Pentecost.
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We just read
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Acts 1.5.
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So that's the fifth
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accounting of it
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that Jesus says,
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you heard from me
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for John baptized with water,
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but you will be baptized
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with the Holy Spirit
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not many days from now.
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And then again
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in the book of Acts,
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so this is the sixth time,
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Acts 11.16,
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where Peter is speaking
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and he's referring
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back to the words of Christ
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that we have recorded
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in chapter 1, verse 5.
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It's recorded,
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11.16,
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the book of Acts,
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and I remembered
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the word of the Lord,
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how he said,
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John baptized with water,
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but you will be baptized
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with the Holy Spirit.
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So the first six times
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this phrasing is used,
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it's all,
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it's talking about
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what will happen
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and then
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what has happened.
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Right?
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So, five talking about
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what will,
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the sixth one talking about
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what has happened.
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But when we get to
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the book of 1 Corinthians,
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chapter 12,
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Paul helps us
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a bit more understand
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what all of this means.
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He gives us some commentary
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on it.
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Verses 12-13,
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after speaking of the various
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spiritual gifts
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in which God imparts
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by the Spirit of God,
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he says,
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for just as the body
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is one
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and has many members
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and all the members
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of the body,
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though many,
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are one body,
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so it is with Christ.
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For in one Spirit
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we were all baptized
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into one body.
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Jews or Greeks,
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slaves or free,
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and all were made
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to drink
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of one Spirit.
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Now,
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we have to be careful
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in our hermeneutic
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understanding,
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which is the study
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of how to study
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the Scripture,
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to know that
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not every phrase
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is used in every place
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in the same way.
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So, hear me saying
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that I recognize that.
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We can't always draw
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connections between phrases
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every single time.
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Sometimes,
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metaphors are used
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interchangeably
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in different ways,
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and it would be
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dangerous to always
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make them synonymous
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no matter
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what.
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However,
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if we have a broader
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biblical understanding
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and we take into account
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passages like
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Romans 8-9,
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where Paul says,
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anyone who does not have
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the Spirit of Christ
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does not belong
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to Him.
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We could take a step
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back and over
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to 1 Corinthians 12,
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12-13,
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and understand
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what it is
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that he's saying.
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The Spirit
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was the element
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in which the
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Corinthian believers
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were baptized,
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was the element
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in which they were
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baptized,
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which moved them
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positionally
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into the church.
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They were baptized
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in the Spirit
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and found themselves
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as part
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of this body
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of Christ.
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I'm going to read it
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to you again
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with that framework.
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Think about
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verses 12-13
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in 1 Corinthians 12.
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For just as the body
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is one
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and has many members
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and all the members
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of the body,
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though many,
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are one body,
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so it is
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with Christ.
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For in one Spirit
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we were all baptized
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into one body,
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Jews or Greeks,
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slaves or free,
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and all were made
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to drink
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of one Spirit.
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So,
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to be baptized
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in the Holy Spirit
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is to be
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regenerate.
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I read to you
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from Ezekiel
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at the very outset
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of this morning
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that God
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gives us
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His Spirit.
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He replaces
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our heart
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of stone
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that we inherited
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from Adam,
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from our
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old father.
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He gives us
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a heart of flesh.
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We now have
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the righteousness
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of Christ
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and we place
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faith in Him
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for it.
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So,
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to be baptized
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in the Holy Spirit
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is to be
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regenerate.
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So,
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Jesus promises
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something here,
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Acts 1-5,
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that this baptism
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will take place.
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Later we have
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an account
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in chapter 2,
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verse 4,
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that they were
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filled with the Spirit
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and I think
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the challenge there
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is that the outset
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you want to make
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those two things
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synonymous.
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That being baptized
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and being filled
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is the same thing.
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And what I'm suggesting
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to you is that it is
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not the same thing.
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That both things
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were fulfilled.
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They both happened
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in chapter 2.
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That they were
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both baptized,
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Jesus did not lie,
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they were baptized
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in the Spirit
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and,
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verse 4 begins,
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and they were all
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filled with the Holy Spirit.
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I'm going to
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work that out for you
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in just a bit.
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But that both
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things happen.
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Now,
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with that said,
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I do not believe
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that the disciples
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were converted
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at this point
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in Acts 2
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because...
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I know I'm
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contradicting myself.
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I know I'm
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contradicting myself.
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Because they had
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already given evidence
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of repentance and faith.
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So follow me
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with the text.
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I want you to go to
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Matthew chapter 16.
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My water cup
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has a handle today.
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I have a water mug.
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I have a water mug.
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I have a water mug.
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So I've said to you,
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I've made the statement
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that baptism
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in the Holy Spirit
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is the same
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as regeneration.
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That we're baptized
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into the church.
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That if you are
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a follower of Christ,
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you have been baptized
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in the Spirit.
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So I've made that
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statement to you.
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Now I'm saying
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that at this point,
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Acts chapter 2,
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I do not believe
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that this is when
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the disciples
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became believers.
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This is when
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they were regenerate.
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Let me show you why
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I believe that to be the case.
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Matthew 16,
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beginning in verse 13.
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Now when Jesus came
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into the district
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of Caesarea Philippi,
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He asked His disciples,
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who do people say
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that the Son of Man is?
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And they said,
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some say John the Baptist,
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others say Elijah,
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and others Jeremiah,
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one of the prophets.
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He said to them,
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but who do you say
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that I am?
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Simon Peter replied,
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you are the Christ,
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the Son of the living God.
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And Jesus answered him,
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blessed are you,
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Simon Barjona,
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for flesh and blood
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has not revealed this to you,
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but my Father
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who is in heaven.
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So there's a spiritual work
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happening at least
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in the life of Peter
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at this time.
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Right?
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Something has been revealed
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to him from heaven.
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I would argue
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by the Spirit of God.
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Okay?
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So there's something
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happening here.
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He's believing
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that Jesus is the Christ.
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There's some evidence
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of regeneration
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at this point.
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Now turn to John chapter 6.
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I'm going to begin reading
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in verse 52.
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This is after a lengthy teaching
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of Jesus
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that he's the bread of life.
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Verse 52,
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John records,
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the Jews then disputed
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among themselves,
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saying,
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how can this man
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give us his flesh
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to eat?
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It's the bread of life.
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How is it that he's going
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to actually feed us
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with his physical body?
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Which is not what he meant.
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Jesus goes on to clarify.
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Verse 53,
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So Jesus said to them,
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
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unless you eat the flesh
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of the Son of Man
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and drink his blood,
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you have no life in you.
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Whoever feeds on my flesh
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and drinks my blood
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has eternal life,
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and I will raise him up
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on the last day.
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For my flesh is true food,
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and my blood is true drink.
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Let me pause for just
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a quick second
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and speak about
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transubstantiation,
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where some believe
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that the elements
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of the Lord's Supper
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actually become
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the body and blood
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of Christ,
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if that's consistent,
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then they should not
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have to eat
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until they do it again.
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If we're taking this
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at face value,
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that he's not speaking
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metaphorically,
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then that's fantastic,
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because food is expensive.
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Verse 56,
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Whoever feeds on my flesh
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and drinks my blood
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abides in me
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and I in him.
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As the living Father
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sent me,
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and I live because
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of the Father,
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so whoever feeds on me,
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he also will live
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because of me.
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This is the bread
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that came down from heaven,
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not like the bread
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the fathers ate
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and died.
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Whoever feeds on this bread
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will live forever.
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Jesus said these things
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in the synagogue
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as he taught at Capernaum.
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When many of his disciples
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heard it,
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people that are following
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him around at the time,
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they said,
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this is a hard saying.
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Who can listen to it?
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But Jesus,
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knowing in himself
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that his disciples
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were grumbling about this,
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said to them,
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do you take offense at this?
19:16
Then what if you were
19:17
to see the Son of Man
19:18
ascending to where
19:19
he was before?
19:21
It is the Spirit
19:22
who gives life.
19:23
The flesh is no help at all.
19:26
The words that I have spoken
19:27
to you are spirit and life.
19:30
But there are some of you
19:31
who do not believe.
19:34
So catch,
19:35
the positive of that
19:36
negative statement,
19:36
there are some of you
19:37
who do not believe,
19:37
is that some of you
19:38
do believe.
19:39
For Jesus knew from the beginning
19:40
who those were
19:42
who did not believe
19:43
and who it was
19:44
who would betray him.
19:46
Verse 65,
19:47
and he said,
19:47
this is why I told you
19:49
that no one can come to me
19:51
unless it is granted him
19:53
by the Father.
19:55
So he has said,
19:56
some of you
19:57
don't believe,
19:59
which means some of you
20:00
do believe,
20:01
and no one comes to me
20:02
unless it is granted him
20:03
by the Father.
20:05
After this,
20:05
many of his disciples
20:06
turned back
20:07
and no longer
20:08
walked with him.
20:09
A bunch of them
20:10
bugged out.
20:11
So Jesus said to the twelve,
20:13
do you want to go away
20:14
as well?
20:16
Simon Peter answered him,
20:18
Lord,
20:19
to whom shall we go?
20:21
You have the words
20:22
of eternal life
20:23
and we have believed
20:25
and have come to know
20:26
that you
20:27
are the Holy One
20:29
of God.
20:31
So again,
20:32
evidencing,
20:33
there's a profession
20:34
once again
20:34
of who Jesus is.
20:37
At this hard-to-understand thing.
20:40
It's not that the disciples
20:41
were brilliant
20:41
and they figured it out.
20:42
It was that the Father
20:43
had drawn them
20:44
to Christ.
20:46
Like, they're still
20:46
scratching their heads
20:47
just like the other disciples,
20:48
but the other ones
20:49
go away scratching their heads.
20:51
They stay
20:51
and Peter says,
20:53
you are the Holy One
20:55
of God.
20:56
So there's a work
20:57
happening in their lives
20:59
while they're with Jesus.
21:02
John 20,
21:03
21 and 22,
21:04
you can turn there
21:05
if you want to,
21:05
but I'm going to get into it
21:06
for the sake of time.
21:07
Verse 21,
21:08
Jesus said to them again,
21:11
after His resurrection,
21:12
peace be with you.
21:14
As the Father has sent me,
21:15
even so,
21:17
I am sending you.
21:20
And when He had said this,
21:21
He breathed on them
21:22
and said to them,
21:25
receive the Holy Spirit.
21:30
I must admit,
21:31
I don't fully comprehend
21:32
what is happening
21:33
right here
21:34
in John 20,
21:36
21 and 22.
21:36
I don't fully comprehend it
21:38
because later we see
21:39
in the book of Acts,
21:40
He's telling them to
21:41
stay and wait for what?
21:44
For the Holy Spirit.
21:46
He's suggesting to them,
21:47
don't get going
21:48
on the mission yet.
21:49
kind of spoken the mission,
21:50
the Great Commission
21:51
has been given to you.
21:52
Don't get going on that yet
21:53
because you need
21:53
the power of God
21:55
to carry out
21:55
the purpose of God.
21:57
But here,
21:58
something happens.
22:00
And Jesus says to them,
22:01
receive the Holy Spirit
22:03
as He breathes on them.
22:05
Okay?
22:06
So what's important here
22:08
is to remember
22:09
that as we read
22:11
these historical accounts,
22:13
we're observing
22:13
a transition
22:15
between the two economies
22:17
of the Holy Spirit.
22:20
In the Old Testament
22:21
and up until this time
22:23
where we're looking
22:24
in Acts chapter 2,
22:25
this point in history,
22:26
this day of Pentecost,
22:29
He came and He rested
22:30
on men
22:31
to empower them
22:33
for specific tasks
22:35
at specific times.
22:36
And then He would depart.
22:38
That was the way
22:39
the Spirit worked
22:40
in the old economy
22:42
of the Spirit.
22:42
He would come,
22:43
He was given by God,
22:44
He would come,
22:45
rest on somebody
22:45
for a specific task
22:46
at a specific time
22:47
and then would be removed.
22:50
Okay?
22:51
Now,
22:53
in starting here,
22:54
Acts 2 and moving forward,
22:55
He comes and indwells
22:57
a follower of Christ
22:59
and empowers them
23:01
for a specific task.
23:03
Right?
23:04
That is the exaltation
23:04
of Jesus Christ
23:05
all of the time.
23:08
You see the difference?
23:09
Specific tasks
23:10
for a specific period of time.
23:12
Now,
23:12
for a specific task,
23:14
all of the time.
23:15
He indwells
23:16
within us.
23:17
He doesn't come and go.
23:18
He is ours.
23:21
So,
23:21
I do not think
23:22
that the promise
23:22
in chapter 1,
23:23
verse 5 of Acts,
23:25
that the disciples
23:25
will be baptized
23:26
with the Holy Spirit
23:27
not many days from now,
23:29
and the fact
23:30
that they were all
23:31
filled with the Holy Spirit
23:32
in 2,
23:32
4
23:33
are synonymous,
23:35
but rather that both happen.
23:37
This is what I was
23:37
suggesting to you before.
23:38
It's an interesting
23:40
in-between time.
23:42
And it's hard
23:43
for us to comprehend.
23:44
And that's why
23:44
we must let Scripture
23:46
interpret Scripture.
23:49
We have to pull
23:50
the rest of the account
23:51
together.
23:52
We have to look
23:53
at the rest
23:54
of the writing
23:55
to try to properly
23:56
suss out
23:58
what this means
23:59
for us.
24:00
What happened,
24:03
I think,
24:04
is that both
24:04
happened at this time.
24:05
They were baptized
24:06
into the church.
24:07
They were unified
24:08
by the gift
24:09
of the Spirit.
24:10
And they were filled
24:11
with the Holy Spirit,
24:13
which empowers them
24:14
for speaking
24:15
the mighty works
24:16
of God,
24:17
verse 11,
24:18
in other tongues
24:19
as the Spirit
24:20
gave them utterance.
24:23
So they were filled
24:23
with the Spirit,
24:24
which is evidenced
24:25
by their obedience.
24:27
They began to do
24:28
the very thing
24:29
that Jesus had instructed
24:31
them to do
24:32
many times.
24:33
Certainly you can find it
24:34
in chapter 1,
24:35
verse 8.
24:36
You will be my witnesses.
24:38
Jerusalem,
24:38
Judea,
24:39
Samaria,
24:40
and to the end
24:41
of the earth.
24:41
They just begin
24:42
to do the thing
24:43
that God
24:44
had commanded them
24:45
to do.
24:48
To sum that up,
24:49
what it means
24:50
to be baptized
24:51
by the Spirit
24:54
is to be regenerate.
24:55
To be saved by God
24:57
and welcomed
24:58
into the church.
24:58
This is a one-time thing.
25:00
It is solely
25:01
the work of God.
25:02
It's monergistic
25:03
in that way.
25:05
He puts His Spirit
25:06
within you.
25:07
He changes you.
25:08
This brings about
25:09
repentance,
25:10
faith,
25:11
obedience.
25:12
That's baptized
25:14
in the Spirit.
25:15
Okay,
25:15
second question.
25:17
I'm going to try
25:18
to pull it together
25:18
all for you.
25:19
What is meant
25:20
by they were all
25:22
filled
25:22
with the Holy Spirit
25:24
in chapter 2,
25:26
verse 4?
25:26
Now,
25:27
in the past weeks,
25:28
and I apologize
25:28
for those of you
25:29
who haven't been here,
25:30
but I've been priming
25:31
the pump
25:32
to answer this question.
25:34
I've been setting you up
25:36
for the answer
25:36
to this question
25:37
by reminding you
25:39
one of our goals
25:40
for the study
25:41
of the book of Acts.
25:42
Goal number 3.
25:43
To pay
25:44
careful attentions
25:45
to the means
25:47
and ways
25:48
of the Holy Spirit.
25:50
And I've been telling you
25:52
that the primary role
25:54
of the Spirit of God
25:55
is the exaltation
25:57
of Jesus Christ
25:58
in the salvation
26:00
and perfection
26:01
of His church.
26:03
This is job number one.
26:05
There are other things
26:06
that the Spirit of God does,
26:07
but this is job number one.
26:08
The exaltation
26:09
of Jesus Christ
26:09
in the salvation
26:11
and perfection
26:12
of His church.
26:13
And the primary means
26:14
by which He accomplishes this
26:16
is the Word of God
26:18
spoken
26:19
by the people of God.
26:21
He empowers
26:22
that activity.
26:23
The Word of God
26:24
spoken
26:25
by the people of God.
26:27
In our text today,
26:28
we see the first record
26:30
of those ways.
26:32
Speaking the Word of God
26:33
in a rather miraculous way.
26:35
In languages
26:36
that these people
26:37
could understand.
26:40
I've also
26:41
tried to prime you
26:43
for the answer
26:44
I'm working toward
26:45
by showing you
26:46
that the disciples
26:46
were not gathered
26:48
in this place
26:49
praying for the baptism
26:51
or for the filling
26:52
of the Holy Spirit.
26:53
And I'm not suggesting
26:54
that we can't pray
26:54
for the filling
26:55
of the Holy Spirit.
26:55
What I'm saying is
26:56
they weren't working out
26:57
some training.
26:58
They hadn't attended
26:59
some seminar
27:00
that taught them
27:01
if you just do
27:02
the following steps
27:03
then this will happen.
27:06
So it's not
27:07
the way in which
27:08
God sends the Spirit
27:10
or fills us
27:12
by the Spirit.
27:14
If you look at
27:15
chapter 2 verse 2
27:19
Luke records for us
27:21
they're in a house
27:22
and they're sitting.
27:24
Why would he record
27:26
such an obtuse detail?
27:27
Because it's not.
27:29
He's telling us
27:29
that they were sitting
27:30
because that's not
27:31
the way they would have
27:31
been praying.
27:34
They're sitting
27:34
and this thing
27:35
surprised them.
27:37
They're baptized
27:37
and they're filled.
27:40
So I've been
27:42
priming you
27:43
to rightly understand
27:44
what is happening here
27:45
and therefore
27:45
what this means
27:47
for us
27:47
by speaking
27:49
against
27:50
kind of
27:52
subversively
27:53
a popular belief
27:54
in our day
27:55
called
27:56
Pentecostalism.
27:59
Many, many
28:01
Pentecostal
28:02
denominations.
28:04
And I'm going to
28:06
paint with a broad brush.
28:08
I know people
28:08
who are part of
28:09
Pentecostal denominations
28:11
that are
28:11
to be admired.
28:13
They get so
28:14
much
28:15
so
28:16
right.
28:18
There are
28:18
some things
28:20
that we can
28:21
learn from
28:22
and benefit
28:24
from
28:24
Pentecostal
28:26
some
28:26
things
28:27
about the work
28:28
of the Spirit
28:29
of God.
28:31
But generally
28:32
speaking
28:32
broad brush
28:34
hear me
28:34
with humility
28:35
saying this
28:36
I don't pretend
28:36
to have it all
28:37
figured out.
28:38
I know there's
28:39
so much
28:39
that I don't
28:40
know
28:41
but with a
28:42
broad brush
28:43
Pentecostalism
28:44
is dangerous.
28:49
In order to be
28:50
known for what
28:51
I'm for
28:52
which is
28:52
ultimately my
28:53
aim
28:54
and I want you
28:55
to know
28:55
what I believe
28:56
to be true
28:57
at times
28:58
I need to tell
28:59
you what I'm
29:00
against.
29:01
It just
29:01
helps to say
29:02
not this
29:03
but this
29:04
at times
29:06
to do that.
29:07
So hear what I'm
29:08
trying to say to you.
29:08
I'm humbly
29:09
just trying to show
29:10
you what the
29:11
Word of God
29:11
has to say
29:12
about the
29:12
filling
29:12
and the
29:14
baptism
29:14
of the
29:15
Holy Spirit.
29:17
I'm
29:17
anti-Pentecostalism
29:20
because
29:21
generally
29:23
it's not
29:24
biblical.
29:27
They use
29:28
extra-biblical
29:29
and unbiblical
29:31
language
29:32
to speak
29:33
of a second
29:35
experience
29:35
of the Christian
29:36
faith
29:36
called
29:37
baptism
29:38
in the
29:39
Spirit.
29:39
This is why
29:40
I started.
29:40
What is the
29:41
baptism
29:41
of the
29:42
Spirit?
29:42
They use this
29:43
term in a
29:44
much different
29:45
way.
29:45
A second
29:46
experience
29:47
of an
29:48
indwelling,
29:48
of a pouring
29:49
out of the
29:50
Spirit of
29:51
God.
29:52
At best
29:53
they use
29:53
this
29:54
to divide
29:55
saved people
29:57
into two
29:58
classes.
30:00
So you've
30:00
got
30:00
unsaved
30:01
people,
30:02
people who
30:02
have not
30:02
placed faith
30:03
in Jesus
30:03
Christ
30:03
as a
30:04
separate
30:05
category.
30:06
Then saved
30:07
people,
30:07
they divide
30:08
into two
30:09
classes.
30:11
Those
30:12
who are
30:13
ordinary
30:13
Christians
30:14
and those
30:15
who are
30:16
Spirit-baptized
30:17
Christians.
30:19
This is
30:20
dangerous,
30:20
beloved.
30:21
This is not
30:21
the nature
30:22
of sanctification.
30:24
You are
30:24
not in
30:24
Christ or
30:25
you are
30:26
in Christ.
30:27
These are
30:27
the categories.
30:28
This is
30:29
the way
30:29
that the
30:30
Scripture
30:30
speaks about
30:31
it.
30:31
It does
30:31
not divide
30:32
believing
30:33
people into
30:34
two
30:34
categories.
30:36
We have
30:37
gifting
30:38
in various
30:39
form and
30:40
in various
30:41
measure.
30:42
We are
30:42
at different
30:43
places in
30:44
the sanctification
30:44
process.
30:46
There are
30:46
some that
30:46
are more
30:46
mature than
30:47
others,
30:48
but we
30:48
are not
30:49
classified
30:49
into
30:50
different
30:50
categories.
30:51
There is
30:52
no clergy
30:53
laity type
30:53
of distinction
30:54
amongst the
30:55
people of
30:56
God.
30:56
At best,
30:57
that's what
30:58
it does.
30:58
At worst,
30:59
many Pentecostals
31:00
believe that
31:01
unless you
31:02
do miraculous
31:03
things like
31:04
speak in
31:04
tongues,
31:05
that you're
31:05
not saved
31:06
at all.
31:09
They often
31:10
elevate,
31:11
often,
31:11
not always,
31:12
but they
31:12
often elevate
31:13
mindless
31:14
experience
31:15
over
31:16
the Scripture.
31:19
John Arnott,
31:20
a popular
31:21
Pentecostal
31:22
writer,
31:23
wrote,
31:24
do not
31:25
take
31:26
control,
31:27
do not
31:28
resist,
31:29
do not
31:29
analyze,
31:31
don't think
31:31
about what
31:32
you're doing,
31:33
just surrender
31:33
to his
31:34
love.
31:35
You can
31:36
analyze the
31:37
experience
31:37
later,
31:38
just let
31:39
it happen.
31:42
Beloved,
31:42
we are
31:42
meant to
31:43
be a
31:43
mindful
31:44
people,
31:45
never
31:46
mindless.
31:48
At the
31:49
biblical
31:49
counseling and
31:50
discipleship
31:50
training that
31:51
we were at
31:52
this weekend,
31:52
if you
31:53
heard me
31:53
talk about
31:53
that in
31:54
previous
31:54
months,
31:55
I appreciated
31:56
Dr.
31:56
Stuart Scott
31:57
said that
31:58
most of
31:59
who we
31:59
are,
32:00
most of
32:00
our
32:00
personality,
32:01
rather than
32:01
thinking of
32:02
it as
32:02
residing
32:02
our heart
32:03
in our
32:03
chest,
32:04
it really
32:04
resides
32:04
between
32:04
our
32:05
ears.
32:06
We're
32:06
meant to
32:06
be mindful
32:07
people,
32:08
never
32:09
mindless.
32:10
Think
32:10
about
32:10
Romans
32:11
12,
32:12
2.
32:14
Paul
32:14
says,
32:14
do not
32:14
be
32:15
conformed
32:15
to this
32:16
world,
32:16
but be
32:17
transformed
32:17
by what?
32:20
The renewal
32:21
of your
32:22
feelings,
32:24
by being
32:26
renewed,
32:27
by seeking
32:27
out
32:28
experience,
32:29
your mind,
32:32
by the
32:33
renewal of
32:33
your mind.
32:35
And anyone
32:36
who tells you
32:37
that the
32:37
Christian life
32:38
is divorced
32:39
from thinking
32:40
should be
32:41
avoided.
32:41
they often
32:44
elevate the
32:45
work of
32:46
the Spirit,
32:46
real or
32:47
supposed,
32:48
and worship
32:49
Him over
32:51
Christ.
32:53
So this is
32:53
back to my
32:53
previous point.
32:54
The primary
32:55
job of the
32:55
Spirit of
32:56
God is the
32:56
exaltation of
32:58
Jesus Christ.
32:59
Many old
33:00
theologians got
33:01
it right when
33:01
they called
33:01
Him the
33:02
shy Spirit.
33:04
The Spirit
33:05
of God
33:05
says,
33:06
not me,
33:07
Christ.
33:09
And when
33:09
a denominational
33:10
system worships
33:12
the Spirit
33:13
and the work
33:13
of the Spirit,
33:14
that's a really
33:15
dangerous thing.
33:16
I'll show you
33:16
from the
33:17
Scripture,
33:17
John 16,
33:19
12-15.
33:20
Jesus says to
33:21
the disciples,
33:22
I still have
33:22
many things
33:22
to say to
33:23
you,
33:23
but you
33:24
cannot bear
33:24
them now.
33:25
When the
33:26
Spirit of
33:26
truth comes,
33:27
He will
33:27
guide you
33:28
into all
33:29
the truth,
33:30
for He
33:30
will not
33:30
speak on
33:31
His own
33:31
authority,
33:32
but whatever
33:33
He hears,
33:34
He will
33:34
speak,
33:35
and He
33:35
will declare
33:36
to you the
33:36
things that
33:37
are to
33:38
come.
33:38
Verse 14,
33:39
He will
33:40
glorify
33:41
me.
33:44
The job
33:44
of the
33:44
Spirit,
33:45
He will
33:45
glorify
33:45
me,
33:46
Christ
33:46
is speaking
33:46
here,
33:47
for He
33:47
will take
33:47
what is
33:47
mine and
33:49
declare it
33:49
to you.
33:50
All that
33:51
the Father
33:51
has is
33:52
mine,
33:52
therefore I
33:52
said that
33:53
He will
33:53
take what
33:53
is mine,
33:54
He will
33:55
declare it
33:55
to you.
33:57
This is
33:57
the job
33:58
of the
33:59
Spirit
33:59
of God.
34:01
There's a
34:02
quotation on
34:03
the front of
34:03
your bulletin
34:03
written in
34:05
nine-point
34:07
Helvetica so I
34:07
can get it
34:08
to fit.
34:08
But I
34:10
know it's
34:11
helpful for
34:11
you to
34:11
see it,
34:11
so I
34:12
hope you
34:12
can see
34:12
it.
34:13
Let me
34:13
try to
34:13
read it
34:13
to you
34:14
carefully
34:14
by the
34:15
late
34:17
preacher
34:17
Martin
34:17
Lloyd
34:18
Jones.
34:18
He
34:18
says,
34:19
The
34:19
Spirit
34:19
does not
34:20
glorify
34:20
Himself.
34:21
He
34:22
glorifies
34:22
the
34:23
Son.
34:24
This
34:24
is to
34:25
me
34:25
one of
34:25
the
34:26
most
34:26
amazing
34:26
and
34:27
remarkable
34:27
things
34:28
about
34:28
the
34:28
biblical
34:28
doctrine
34:29
of the
34:30
Holy
34:30
Spirit.
34:31
The
34:31
Holy
34:32
Spirit
34:32
seems to
34:32
hide
34:33
Himself
34:33
and to
34:34
conceal
34:34
Himself.
34:36
He
34:36
is always
34:37
as it
34:37
were,
34:38
putting
34:38
the
34:38
focus
34:38
on
34:39
the
34:40
Son.
34:40
And
34:41
that is
34:41
why I
34:41
believe,
34:42
and I
34:42
believe
34:42
profoundly,
34:44
that the
34:44
best test
34:45
of all
34:45
as to
34:46
whether we
34:46
have received
34:47
the
34:47
Spirit
34:47
is to
34:48
ask
34:49
ourselves,
34:50
what do
34:50
we think
34:51
of and
34:52
what do
34:52
we know
34:53
about
34:54
the
34:54
Son?
34:55
Is the
34:56
Son real
34:57
to us?
34:59
That is
34:59
the work
35:00
of the
35:01
Spirit.
35:02
He is
35:02
glorified
35:03
indirectly.
35:04
He is
35:04
always
35:04
pointing us
35:05
to the
35:06
Son.
35:07
And so
35:07
you see
35:08
how easily
35:08
we go
35:09
astray
35:09
and become
35:09
heretical
35:10
if we
35:10
concentrate
35:11
over much
35:12
and in
35:13
an unscriptural
35:14
manner
35:14
upon the
35:15
Spirit
35:15
Himself.
35:17
Yes,
35:17
we must
35:18
realize
35:19
that He
35:19
dwells
35:20
within us.
35:21
Not to
35:21
minimize that,
35:22
right?
35:22
He does
35:22
in fact
35:23
dwell within
35:23
us,
35:24
but His
35:25
work in
35:25
dwelling
35:26
within us
35:26
is to
35:27
glorify
35:28
the
35:28
Son and
35:29
to bring
35:29
to us
35:30
that
35:30
blessed
35:31
knowledge
35:31
of the
35:32
Son and
35:32
of His
35:33
wondrous
35:33
love to
35:34
us.
35:34
It is
35:35
He
35:35
who
35:36
strengthens
35:36
us
35:37
with the
35:37
might
35:37
in the
35:38
inner
35:38
man
35:39
that we
35:39
may
35:40
know
35:40
this
35:40
love,
35:42
this
35:42
love
35:42
of
35:43
Christ.
35:45
This
35:45
is the
35:46
job
35:47
of the
35:47
Spirit.
35:48
This is
35:48
why
35:49
Paul
35:50
prays
35:51
for the
35:52
church in
35:53
Ephesus.
35:53
It's recorded
35:54
in chapter
35:54
3,
35:55
verse 14
35:56
and 19.
35:57
For this
35:57
reason I
35:58
bow my
35:58
knees before
35:59
the Father.
36:00
That He's
36:01
about to
36:01
say,
36:01
this is
36:02
the reason
36:02
I bow
36:02
my knees
36:02
before the
36:03
Father,
36:03
from whom
36:04
every family
36:04
in heaven
36:05
on earth
36:05
is named,
36:06
that according
36:06
to the
36:07
riches of
36:07
His glory
36:08
He may
36:08
grant you
36:09
to be
36:09
strengthened
36:10
with power
36:11
through His
36:12
Spirit in
36:14
your inner
36:15
being.
36:15
Why?
36:16
Strengthened
36:16
with power
36:17
through His
36:18
Spirit in
36:19
your inner
36:19
being.
36:20
Verse 17,
36:20
so that
36:21
Christ may
36:22
dwell in
36:23
your hearts
36:24
through faith,
36:26
that you
36:26
being rooted
36:27
and grounded
36:28
in love,
36:28
the love
36:29
of Christ,
36:29
may have
36:29
strength to
36:31
comprehend
36:31
with all
36:31
the saints
36:32
what is the
36:32
breadth and
36:33
length and
36:34
height and
36:35
depth,
36:36
and to
36:36
know the
36:37
love of
36:38
Christ that
36:39
surpasses
36:39
knowledge,
36:40
that you
36:40
may be
36:41
filled with
36:42
all the
36:43
fullness
36:43
of God.
36:45
Are you
36:46
seeing it?
36:47
So,
36:50
to be
36:51
filled with
36:51
the Holy
36:51
Spirit is
36:52
not a
36:52
secondary,
36:55
necessarily
36:55
miraculous
36:56
experience of
36:57
the Christian
36:57
life,
36:58
but rather
37:00
it's the
37:00
normative
37:01
experience of
37:03
the Christian
37:03
life that's
37:05
yielded to
37:05
God.
37:06
It's
37:06
normative,
37:08
and it
37:08
evidences
37:09
itself in
37:10
obedience.
37:12
You want
37:12
to know if
37:13
you're filled
37:13
with the
37:14
Spirit?
37:15
When you're
37:16
obedient.
37:17
When you're
37:17
obedient,
37:18
you're filled
37:18
with the
37:19
Spirit.
37:20
In our
37:20
text this
37:20
morning,
37:21
in verse
37:22
4,
37:23
the disciples
37:23
are filled
37:24
with the
37:25
Holy Spirit,
37:25
and then
37:26
what do
37:26
they do?
37:27
They're
37:28
obedient.
37:29
They do
37:30
it in a
37:30
really
37:30
miraculous
37:31
way.
37:31
I'm not
37:31
going to
37:31
discount
37:32
that,
37:33
but the
37:33
point is,
37:34
the driving
37:34
point is,
37:35
they were
37:35
obedient.
37:36
They were
37:36
telling the
37:37
mighty works
37:38
of God,
37:39
which they
37:40
have been
37:40
commanded
37:40
to do.
37:41
They were
37:42
to be
37:42
witnesses.
37:44
And this
37:44
is exactly
37:45
the activity
37:46
that they
37:47
are doing
37:47
as the
37:48
Spirit
37:48
gives them
37:49
utterance.
37:51
Being filled
37:52
with the
37:52
Spirit
37:52
brings about
37:54
obedience.
37:55
I'm going to
37:55
show you
37:56
through Acts
37:56
quickly.
37:57
I just want
37:57
you to
37:57
track me.
37:58
Don't try
37:58
to turn.
37:59
I just
37:59
gave you
38:00
the first
38:00
one,
38:00
Acts 2
38:01
verse 11.
38:02
They're
38:02
speaking the
38:02
mighty works
38:02
of God.
38:03
In Acts
38:03
4.8,
38:04
it's recorded
38:04
again that
38:05
Peter is
38:05
filled with
38:05
the Holy
38:06
Spirit and
38:06
speaks with
38:07
such power
38:08
that the
38:08
Jewish leaders
38:09
were amazed
38:09
at his
38:09
boldness in
38:10
spite of
38:10
his being
38:11
relatively
38:11
uneducated.
38:12
That's
38:13
chapter 4
38:13
verse 13.
38:14
He speaks
38:15
with power.
38:16
Acts 4.31,
38:18
other disciples
38:18
were praying
38:19
in the place
38:19
where they
38:19
were shaken,
38:20
they were
38:21
filled with
38:22
the Holy
38:22
Spirit.
38:23
The effect
38:23
of their
38:24
fullness was
38:25
that they
38:25
spoke the
38:26
word of
38:26
God with
38:27
extraordinary
38:28
boldness and
38:29
Christ-exalting
38:30
power.
38:31
In Acts 6,
38:32
we meet
38:32
Stephen,
38:33
who is full
38:34
of faith
38:34
in the Holy
38:35
Spirit,
38:35
verse 5,
38:36
and Luke
38:36
tells us
38:36
in verse 8
38:37
that he
38:37
was therefore
38:39
full of
38:40
power and
38:40
did wonders
38:41
and signs
38:41
among the
38:41
people,
38:42
but especially
38:42
in verse 10,
38:43
the leaders
38:44
could not
38:44
resist the
38:45
wisdom and
38:46
spirit with
38:47
which he
38:48
spoke.
38:50
In Acts 9.17,
38:51
Paul is filled
38:51
with the Holy
38:52
Spirit at his
38:52
conversion,
38:53
and the result
38:54
was that he
38:55
spoke,
38:56
with such
38:56
extraordinary
38:56
power that
38:57
the Jews
38:58
of Damascus
38:58
were confounded,
39:00
chapter 9,
39:00
verse 22.
39:02
Acts 11,
39:04
verse 24,
39:05
Barnabas was
39:06
full of the
39:07
Holy Spirit
39:07
and faith,
39:09
and the effect
39:10
Luke mentions
39:10
was that a
39:11
large company
39:12
was added to
39:13
the Lord.
39:15
So he's
39:15
speaking again
39:16
the truth
39:17
of God.
39:19
So,
39:20
it brings
39:21
about obedience.
39:22
Now,
39:23
there are
39:23
respected,
39:25
conservative,
39:26
evangelicals
39:27
that I
39:28
look to
39:29
for many
39:29
answers to
39:30
help comprehend
39:31
and understand.
39:32
I'm not going
39:33
to name their
39:33
names for you
39:34
because it
39:34
might make
39:35
me look
39:35
really foolish,
39:37
but that
39:37
suggests
39:38
that this
39:39
filling of the
39:40
Holy Spirit
39:40
is a thing
39:42
that we
39:42
should be
39:43
longing for.
39:44
It's a thing
39:45
that we
39:45
should be
39:45
looking to
39:46
and longing
39:47
for in our
39:48
lives.
39:48
We want
39:49
extra
39:50
empowering.
39:50
And we
39:51
do.
39:52
I want
39:52
my ministry
39:53
to be
39:53
effective.
39:54
I want
39:54
the Spirit
39:54
of God
39:55
to work
39:55
mightily
39:56
in His
39:56
people
39:57
through my
39:58
preaching.
39:59
These are
39:59
good things
40:00
to long
40:00
for,
40:01
but what
40:01
we're hoping
40:02
for is the
40:03
miraculous.
40:05
That suddenly
40:06
I begin to
40:06
speak to you
40:07
in different
40:08
languages,
40:08
or I'm
40:10
healing people,
40:11
or these are
40:11
the types
40:12
of things
40:12
that we
40:12
should be
40:12
longing to
40:13
see happen.
40:13
That is
40:14
what is
40:14
meant by
40:14
the
40:14
filling of
40:15
the Spirit.
40:15
But I
40:15
have a
40:15
problem
40:16
with that
40:16
because
40:17
Paul
40:17
commands
40:19
Christians
40:19
to be
40:20
filled
40:20
with the
40:21
Spirit.
40:22
Not this
40:22
thing in
40:23
our life
40:23
that we
40:23
may not
40:24
experience,
40:24
that we
40:24
should long
40:25
for,
40:26
like regular
40:27
Christians
40:27
hoping for
40:28
this extra
40:28
outpouring,
40:30
but Paul
40:30
commands it,
40:32
suggests that
40:32
it's normative
40:33
that Christian
40:34
people should
40:35
be filled
40:36
with the
40:37
Spirit.
40:39
Ephesians,
40:40
turn to
40:40
Ephesians
40:41
chapter 5.
40:42
I want you
40:42
to see this
40:42
for yourself.
40:46
beginning in
40:57
verse 18.
40:59
And do
41:00
not get
41:00
drunk with
41:01
wine.
41:02
Do not
41:03
have one
41:03
thing control
41:04
you,
41:05
is what he's
41:05
saying,
41:06
for that is
41:06
debauchery,
41:08
but be
41:09
filled
41:10
with the
41:11
Spirit.
41:15
The
41:15
sentence
41:15
doesn't
41:16
stop
41:16
there.
41:16
This
41:16
is not
41:17
a list
41:17
of
41:17
things
41:17
to do.
41:18
Be
41:18
filled
41:18
with
41:18
the
41:18
Spirit
41:18
and
41:19
do
41:19
this
41:19
and
41:20
do
41:20
this
41:20
and
41:21
do
41:21
this.
41:22
He's
41:22
saying,
41:23
be
41:23
filled
41:23
with
41:24
the
41:24
Spirit
41:24
and
41:25
here's
41:25
what
41:25
that
41:25
will
41:26
look
41:26
like.
41:27
This
41:27
is what's
41:28
going to
41:28
happen
41:28
if you're
41:29
filled
41:29
with
41:30
the
41:30
Spirit.
41:30
Verse 19,
41:31
addressing
41:31
one another
41:31
in
41:32
psalms and
41:32
hymns,
41:33
spiritual
41:33
songs,
41:34
singing and
41:35
making melody
41:35
to the
41:35
Lord with
41:36
your
41:36
heart,
41:37
giving
41:37
thanks
41:37
always and
41:45
wives,
41:46
submit to
41:46
your own
41:46
husbands as
41:47
to the
41:47
Lord.
41:47
For the
41:48
husband that
41:48
has the
41:48
wife is
41:48
Christ the
41:49
head of
41:49
the
41:49
church,
41:49
his body
41:49
and
41:50
his
41:50
Savior.
41:51
I'm reading fast
41:52
for the sake
41:52
of time.
41:53
Now,
41:53
as the
41:53
church submits
41:54
itself to
41:54
Christ,
41:54
also wives
41:55
submits
41:55
everything to
41:55
their
41:56
husbands.
41:56
Husbands,
41:57
love your
41:58
wives as
41:58
Christ the
41:58
church gave
41:59
himself up
41:59
for her.
42:00
These are
42:00
the things
42:00
you will
42:01
be doing
42:01
if you
42:02
are filled
42:02
!
42:02
with the
42:03
Spirit.
42:03
Do we as
42:03
Christian
42:04
people get
42:04
to discount
42:05
these things
42:06
because we're
42:07
not filled
42:07
with the
42:07
Spirit?
42:09
If I don't
42:09
love Sam the
42:10
way he's
42:11
commanded me
42:11
to love
42:12
Sam,
42:13
my wife's
42:13
name is
42:13
Sam,
42:13
if you
42:13
don't know
42:14
me,
42:15
do I go,
42:16
well,
42:17
I've been
42:18
hoping,
42:19
I've been
42:20
praying for
42:20
this miraculous
42:21
filling of
42:21
the Spirit
42:22
so that I
42:22
can,
42:23
and I just
42:24
haven't been
42:24
able to,
42:26
no!
42:27
I'm commanded
42:28
to do these
42:29
things and the
42:30
way in which
42:30
I do them
42:31
is I'm filled
42:32
with the Spirit.
42:34
Are you
42:34
catching it?
42:36
Dan Phillips,
42:37
a contemporary
42:37
pastor,
42:38
wrote this,
42:39
show me a
42:39
person obsessed
42:40
with the
42:41
Holy Spirit
42:41
and his
42:42
gifts,
42:42
real or
42:43
imagined,
42:44
and I
42:44
will show
42:44
you a
42:44
person not
42:45
filled with
42:46
the Holy
42:46
Spirit.
42:47
Show me a
42:48
person focused
42:49
on the
42:49
person and
42:50
work of
42:50
Jesus Christ,
42:51
never tiring
42:52
of learning
42:53
about him,
42:53
thinking about
42:54
him,
42:55
boasting
42:55
of him,
42:56
speaking about
42:57
and for
42:57
and to
42:58
him,
42:59
thrilled
42:59
and entranced
43:00
with his
43:00
perfections
43:01
and beauty,
43:02
finding ways
43:02
to serve
43:03
and exalt
43:04
him,
43:04
tirelessly
43:05
exploring ways
43:06
to spend
43:06
and be
43:07
spent for
43:07
him,
43:08
growing in
43:08
character to
43:09
be more
43:09
and more
43:09
like him,
43:10
and I
43:11
will show
43:11
you a
43:11
person who
43:12
is filled
43:13
with the
43:13
Holy Spirit.
43:18
So that's
43:19
what it means
43:19
to be filled
43:20
with the
43:20
Spirit.
43:21
How are we
43:22
to be filled
43:22
with the
43:23
Holy Spirit?
43:24
Number three.
43:28
Third question,
43:29
how are we
43:30
to be filled
43:30
with the
43:31
Holy Spirit?
43:31
So if you
43:32
are in
43:32
Christ,
43:34
if you
43:34
place
43:34
believing
43:35
faith in
43:35
him,
43:35
you have
43:36
been
43:36
baptized
43:36
in the
43:37
Holy Spirit,
43:38
you have
43:39
the Holy
43:39
Spirit,
43:39
right?
43:40
So catch
43:40
that,
43:40
you've
43:41
got to
43:41
get that.
43:41
He
43:41
exists
43:42
within
43:43
you,
43:43
but it
43:43
is possible
43:44
as
43:44
Christian
43:45
people
43:45
to not
43:46
walk
43:46
by that
43:47
Spirit.
43:48
It's
43:48
possible
43:49
to not
43:49
be
43:49
filled
43:50
by the
43:50
Spirit,
43:51
right?
43:51
How do
43:51
we know
43:52
we're
43:52
filled
43:52
with
43:52
him?
43:52
Because
43:53
we're
43:53
obedient,
43:54
right?
43:54
Because
43:54
we're
43:54
fulfilling
43:55
the commands
43:55
of God
43:55
by his
43:57
power at
43:57
work
43:57
within
43:58
us.
44:00
So if
44:00
we find
44:01
ourselves
44:01
in that
44:01
place,
44:01
and we
44:02
do so
44:02
often,
44:03
right?
44:04
Transgressing
44:05
the law
44:05
of Christ,
44:06
what are we
44:07
supposed to be
44:07
doing as
44:07
Christian
44:07
people?
44:08
Our
44:09
sanctification
44:09
is a
44:11
synergistic
44:11
activity,
44:13
right?
44:14
We're not
44:14
passive agents
44:15
in the
44:15
process.
44:17
We're
44:17
told to
44:18
do things,
44:19
to be
44:19
active,
44:19
to be
44:20
moving,
44:21
right?
44:21
All of
44:22
this by
44:22
the power
44:22
of God
44:23
at work
44:23
within
44:24
us,
44:24
by the
44:25
Spirit,
44:25
let me
44:27
show you
44:27
the primary
44:28
way in
44:28
which we
44:29
are filled
44:30
with the
44:30
Spirit.
44:31
Turn to
44:31
Colossians
44:32
chapter 3.
44:33
This is a
44:34
parallel
44:34
text to
44:37
what I
44:37
just read
44:37
to you,
44:38
Ephesians
44:38
5,
44:39
18-25.
44:41
And the
44:41
reason I
44:41
read it
44:42
all to
44:42
you,
44:42
even though
44:42
I know
44:42
I read
44:43
it so
44:44
extremely
44:44
fast,
44:44
you
44:45
couldn't
44:45
understand
44:46
what I
44:46
was
44:46
saying.
44:46
I'm
44:46
not
44:46
sure I
44:47
actually
44:47
said
44:47
all
44:47
the
44:47
words,
44:49
but I
44:49
wanted
44:49
you to
44:49
see the
44:50
parallel
44:50
between
44:51
the
44:51
two.
44:51
Okay?
44:53
Beginning
44:53
in verse
44:54
16,
44:55
there's
44:56
not much
44:57
different
44:57
about
44:57
these
44:58
two
44:58
passages.
44:59
There's
45:00
not a
45:00
lot
45:00
different
45:00
except
45:01
the
45:01
beginning
45:02
of
45:02
verse
45:02
16.
45:04
Okay,
45:04
so let
45:04
me
45:04
remind
45:04
you,
45:06
verse
45:06
18,
45:06
chapter
45:07
5 of
45:07
Ephesians,
45:08
and do
45:08
not get
45:08
drunk
45:09
with
45:09
wine,
45:09
for that
45:09
is
45:09
debauchery,
45:10
but be
45:10
filled
45:11
with the
45:12
Holy
45:12
Spirit.
45:14
Colossians
45:15
3,
45:15
beginning
45:15
of
45:16
verse
45:16
16,
45:17
let
45:18
the
45:18
word
45:19
of
45:20
Christ
45:21
dwell
45:22
in
45:24
you
45:24
richly.
45:25
Paul
45:28
uses
45:28
the
45:28
phrase,
45:29
let
45:29
the
45:29
word
45:29
of
45:29
Christ
45:29
dwell
45:29
in
45:30
you
45:30
richly,
45:32
interchangeably,
45:34
with
45:34
be filled,
45:35
do not
45:35
be drunk
45:36
with
45:36
wine,
45:36
but be
45:36
filled
45:37
with the
45:38
Holy
45:38
Spirit.
45:38
Look,
45:38
he goes
45:39
on,
45:39
teaching
45:39
and admonishing
45:40
one another
45:41
in all
45:41
wisdom,
45:42
singing
45:42
songs and
45:43
hymns and
45:44
spiritual songs
45:44
with
45:45
thankfulness
45:45
in your
45:45
hearts
45:46
to God,
45:47
and
45:47
whatever
45:47
you do
45:48
in word
45:48
or deed,
45:48
do
45:49
everything
45:49
in the
45:49
name
45:49
of
45:49
the
45:49
Lord
45:49
Jesus,
45:50
giving
45:50
thanks
45:51
to God
45:51
the
45:51
Father
45:51
through
45:52
him.
45:53
Wives,
45:54
submit to
45:54
your
45:54
husbands as
45:55
is fitting
45:55
in the
45:55
Lord.
45:56
Husbands,
45:57
love your
45:57
wives and
45:58
do not
45:58
be harsh
45:59
with
45:59
them.
46:01
You see
46:01
the parallel
46:01
connection
46:02
between
46:02
those two
46:04
texts
46:04
now.
46:06
It's not
46:06
like I
46:06
went and
46:06
unlocked
46:07
this.
46:08
Oh,
46:08
parallel
46:08
texts,
46:09
and these
46:09
have to
46:09
be
46:10
synonymous
46:10
things.
46:11
It's
46:11
not the
46:11
only
46:11
place
46:12
that
46:13
Paul
46:13
speaks
46:14
in
46:14
this
46:14
way.
46:15
Another
46:15
example,
46:16
Romans
46:16
chapter
46:16
8,
46:17
beginning
46:17
in
46:17
verse
46:17
5.
46:20
He
46:20
writes,
46:20
for those
46:21
who live
46:22
according
46:22
to the
46:23
flesh
46:23
set
46:25
their
46:25
minds
46:25
on the
46:26
things
46:26
of the
46:27
flesh.
46:28
But
46:28
those
46:29
who
46:29
live
46:29
according
46:30
to
46:30
the
46:30
Spirit
46:31
set
46:32
their
46:32
minds
46:33
on the
46:34
things
46:35
of the
46:35
Spirit.
46:35
You're
46:36
catching
46:36
the
46:36
mind.
46:36
The
46:36
activity
46:37
of the
46:37
mind
46:37
is part
46:38
of this
46:38
process
46:39
in here.
46:40
Not
46:40
their
46:40
emotions,
46:40
not
46:41
their
46:41
experiences,
46:42
not
46:42
a void
46:44
in their
46:44
brain,
46:45
but their
46:45
mind.
46:46
They
46:46
set
46:46
their
46:46
minds
46:48
On
46:48
the
46:48
things
46:48
of the
46:49
!
46:49
Spirit.
46:49
Verse
46:49
!
46:50
6.
46:50
For
46:50
to
46:51
set
46:51
the
46:51
mind
46:51
on
46:51
the
46:51
flesh
46:52
is
46:52
death,
46:53
but
46:53
to
46:53
set
46:53
the
46:54
mind
46:54
on
46:54
the
46:54
Spirit
46:55
is
46:56
life
46:56
and
46:57
peace,
46:58
fruit,
46:59
obedience,
46:59
coming out
47:00
of
47:00
setting
47:01
your
47:01
mind
47:02
on
47:02
the
47:02
thing
47:03
of
47:03
the
47:03
Spirit.
47:04
And
47:04
my
47:04
argument
47:05
is
47:05
that
47:05
is
47:05
to
47:05
be
47:05
filled
47:06
with
47:06
the
47:06
Spirit.
47:06
Verse
47:07
7.
47:07
For
47:07
the
47:07
mind
47:08
that
47:08
is
47:08
set
47:08
on
47:08
the
47:08
flesh
47:09
is
47:09
hostile
47:09
toward
47:10
God,
47:10
for
47:11
it
47:11
does
47:11
not
47:11
submit
47:12
!
47:12
to
47:12
God's
47:12
law,
47:13
indeed
47:13
it
47:14
cannot,
47:16
for
47:16
those
47:17
who
47:17
are
47:17
in
47:17
the
47:17
flesh
47:18
cannot
47:19
please
47:20
God.
47:22
So the
47:22
primary
47:22
activity
47:23
and the
47:23
primary
47:23
way
47:24
that
47:24
we
47:24
as
47:24
the
47:24
people
47:25
of
47:25
God
47:25
are
47:25
filled
47:25
with
47:25
the
47:26
Spirit
47:26
is
47:26
that
47:27
we
47:27
know
47:28
this
47:29
book,
47:30
that
47:31
we
47:31
are
47:32
engrossed
47:33
with
47:33
it,
47:34
that
47:34
it
47:34
saturates
47:35
us,
47:36
the
47:36
Holy
47:36
Writ,
47:37
the
47:37
Scripture,
47:38
the 66
47:38
books of
47:39
the Old
47:40
and the
47:40
New
47:40
Testament.
47:41
I'm
47:42
going to
47:42
look for
47:43
some
47:43
opportunities
47:43
as we
47:44
go
47:44
through
47:44
Acts,
47:44
I'm
47:44
sure
47:44
they
47:45
will
47:45
abound
47:45
for
47:46
me
47:46
to
47:46
teach
47:48
you
47:49
some
47:49
of
47:49
the
47:49
Bible's
47:49
canonical
47:50
veracity.
47:51
Why do
47:51
we
47:51
believe
47:52
that
47:52
these
47:52
are
47:52
the
47:52
66
47:52
inspired
47:53
books
47:53
of
47:54
the
47:54
Old
47:54
and
47:54
New
47:55
Testament?
47:55
They
47:56
were
47:56
inspired
47:56
by
47:56
God,
47:57
spoken
47:57
into
47:57
men,
47:58
written
47:58
down,
47:59
that
47:59
they
47:59
were
47:59
expired
48:00
!
48:00
by
48:01
him,
48:01
all
48:02
scriptures
48:02
breathed
48:03
out
48:03
by
48:04
God,
48:05
that
48:05
he
48:05
is
48:11
such,
48:12
like
48:12
we
48:12
pick
48:13
it
48:13
up
48:13
as
48:13
such.
48:14
The
48:14
creator
48:14
of
48:15
all
48:15
the
48:16
universe
48:16
condescended
48:18
to become
48:18
an author
48:19
spoke
48:21
through
48:21
men to
48:21
write
48:22
stuff
48:22
down
48:22
so that
48:23
we
48:23
as a
48:23
people
48:23
who
48:24
use
48:24
language
48:25
to
48:25
communicate
48:25
ideas
48:26
have
48:27
something
48:27
we can
48:27
hold
48:27
in our
48:28
hands
48:28
to
48:28
understand
48:29
what
48:29
we
48:29
need
48:30
to
48:30
know
48:30
about
48:30
who
48:31
he
48:31
is
48:31
and
48:31
how
48:32
we're
48:32
meant
48:32
to
48:32
operate
48:32
in
48:32
relationship
48:33
to
48:33
him.
48:35
And
48:36
beloved,
48:36
I put
48:36
myself
48:37
in this
48:37
place
48:38
as
48:38
well.
48:38
we
48:39
neglect
48:39
this
48:40
book
48:40
far
48:41
too
48:41
much.
48:46
The
48:46
disobedience
48:47
in your
48:48
life
48:48
is
48:50
almost
48:51
always
48:51
a
48:52
direct
48:52
response
48:53
to
48:53
your
48:54
lack
48:54
of
48:54
understanding
48:55
of the
48:55
word
48:56
of
48:56
God.
48:57
You
48:57
don't
48:58
fill
48:58
yourself
48:58
up
48:58
with
48:59
it
48:59
and
48:59
it
48:59
evidences
49:00
itself
49:00
in
49:00
your
49:01
disobedience.
49:04
Now
49:04
that is
49:04
not to
49:05
say
49:05
that
49:06
simply
49:06
having
49:06
knowledge
49:07
of
49:08
the
49:08
Bible
49:08
I
49:09
know
49:09
unbelieving
49:10
people
49:10
that
49:11
read
49:11
the
49:11
Bible.
49:13
I
49:13
know
49:13
unbelieving
49:14
people
49:14
who
49:14
have
49:14
searched
49:15
the
49:16
religious
49:16
books
49:17
that
49:17
didn't
49:18
come to
49:18
saving
49:18
faith
49:18
in
49:18
Christ
49:19
as a
49:19
result
49:19
of
49:19
reading
49:20
and
49:20
knowing.
49:21
I
49:21
know
49:21
some
49:21
unbelieving
49:22
people
49:22
who
49:23
have
49:23
a
49:24
clearer
49:24
theology
49:26
because
49:27
they're
49:28
thinkers
49:28
and they
49:28
read
49:29
the
49:29
Bible
49:29
than
49:29
some
49:30
Christians
49:30
that
49:31
I
49:31
know.
49:33
It's
49:33
frightening.
49:35
But
49:35
this
49:36
is
49:36
the
49:37
tool.
49:37
If we're
49:38
to set
49:38
our
49:38
mind
49:39
on
49:39
the
49:39
things
49:39
of
49:39
the
49:39
Spirit,
49:40
what are
49:41
those
49:41
things?
49:42
That's
49:42
the
49:42
book
49:42
that
49:43
he
49:43
wrote.
49:44
These
49:44
are
49:44
the
49:44
things
49:45
of
49:45
the
49:45
Spirit
49:45
that
49:46
we're
49:46
to
49:47
set
49:47
our
49:47
minds
49:47
on.
49:47
This
49:48
is
49:48
the
49:48
tool
49:49
that
49:49
the
49:49
Spirit
49:50
of
49:50
God
49:50
uses
49:51
to bring
49:52
about
49:52
change
49:52
in our
49:53
lives.
49:53
At
49:54
times
49:54
it's
49:55
the
49:55
sword
49:56
he
49:56
wields.
49:58
At
49:58
times
49:59
it's
49:59
the
49:59
scalpel
50:00
that
50:01
he
50:01
uses
50:02
to bring
50:02
about
50:03
the
50:03
necessary
50:04
change.
50:06
And
50:06
if we
50:06
are
50:06
reading
50:07
and
50:09
meditating
50:10
on
50:10
the
50:11
Scripture
50:11
the
50:12
Spirit
50:12
of
50:12
God
50:13
will
50:13
use
50:13
it
50:13
to
50:14
bring
50:14
about
50:14
obedience
50:15
in
50:15
us.
50:16
We
50:16
will
50:16
be
50:16
filled
50:17
with
50:19
the
50:19
Spirit.
50:20
Eastern
50:21
religions
50:21
have
50:21
stolen
50:22
the
50:22
idea
50:23
of
50:23
meditation
50:24
from
50:24
us
50:24
and
50:24
made
50:24
it
50:24
a
50:25
mindless
50:25
thing.
50:26
Meditation
50:26
is not
50:27
a
50:27
mindless
50:27
thing.
50:27
Meditation
50:27
is a
50:28
mindful
50:28
thing.
50:29
It's
50:29
reading
50:30
the
50:30
Word
50:30
of
50:30
God.
50:30
It's
50:31
considering
50:31
the
50:32
Word
50:32
of
50:32
God.
50:32
It's
50:34
to
50:34
the
50:34
Word
50:34
of
50:35
God.
50:35
And
50:35
all
50:35
of
50:35
this
50:36
the
50:36
Spirit
50:36
is
50:36
mixed
50:37
in
50:37
the
50:37
middle
50:38
of
50:38
helping
50:38
us
50:39
understand
50:40
spiritual
50:41
things
50:42
and
50:42
giving
50:42
them
50:42
right
50:42
and
50:43
proper
50:43
application
50:44
in
50:44
our
50:44
lives.
50:45
If
50:46
we're
50:46
not
50:46
obedient
50:47
and
50:48
we're
50:48
not
50:48
we
50:48
find
50:48
ourselves
50:49
in
50:49
sin
50:50
we
50:50
commit
50:51
these
50:51
acts
50:52
of
50:52
sin
50:53
it's
50:54
not
50:54
because
50:55
we
50:55
need
50:55
to
50:55
try
50:55
harder
50:56
because
50:56
we
50:56
need
50:56
to
50:56
go
50:56
back
50:57
to
50:57
the
50:57
source
50:57
of
50:58
filling.
50:58
We need
50:59
to be
50:59
filled
51:00
by
51:00
the
51:00
Spirit
51:00
so that
51:01
we
51:01
won't
51:01
be
51:01
disobedient
51:03
so that
51:03
we
51:03
won't
51:03
fulfill
51:04
the
51:04
desires
51:05
of
51:06
the
51:06
flesh.
51:06
We
51:07
need
51:07
to be
51:07
back
51:07
here
51:08
saturating
51:09
ourselves
51:10
letting
51:10
the
51:10
Word
51:10
of
51:11
Christ
51:11
dwell
51:11
in
51:12
us
51:12
richly.
51:16
And
51:16
this is
51:16
what it
51:17
means
51:17
to be
51:19
baptized
51:19
to be
51:21
filled
51:22
and this
51:22
is the
51:22
way
51:23
in which
51:24
we are
51:25
filled.
51:25
Let's
51:26
pray
51:26
together.