Participants: Jay Rosario
Series Code: 17SCM
Program Code: 17SCM000009A
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00:01 ♪ >> WELCOME TO 3ABN SPRING CAMP
00:16 MEETING 2017, EXPOSING THE COUNTERFEIT. 00:22 >> HELLO AND WELCOME ONCE AGAIN TO 3ABN SPRING CAMP MEETING. 00:28 MY NAME IS JOHN DINZEY, AND I AM PRAISING THE LORD FOR THIS 00:34 WONDERFUL TIME WE ARE HAVING. I PRAISE THE LORD, BECAUSE WE 00:37 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY GOD'S WORD TOGETHER. 00:41 YOU KNOW, CAMP MEETING IS LIKE A TASTE OF HEAVEN. 00:49 AMEN. YOU MEET PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT 00:51 PLACES AND YOU GET TO KNOW THEM, AND IT WILL BE MARVEL THAT WE 00:55 SPEND TIME IN HEVEN HEARING HOW GOD WAS SO GOOD TO US. 00:59 AMEN? AND SO WE WANT YOU TO BE READY 01:02 FOR THE BLESSING GOD HAS FOR YOU DURING THIS HOUR, AND I AM HAPPY 01:07 TO TELL YOU THAT OUR SPEAKER IS READY. 01:10 HE HAS BEEN PRAYING, AND HE HAS PLACED HIMSELF IN THE HANDS OF 01:14 THE LORD, AND THAT'S THE BEST THANK YOU CAN DO? 01:17 I WOULD LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. 01:19 HE WAS BORN IN MIAMI, BUT INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, A PERSON 01:24 BORN IN MIAMI, MET JESUS IN ALASKA. 01:27 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IN A SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDY. 01:33 PRAISE THE LORD, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU CAN MEET JESUS. 01:37 SINCE THEN THE LORD HAS TRANSFORMED HIS LIFE. 01:40 HE IS A MIISTER OF THE GOSPEL, NOW PASTERING IN THE PANAMA 01:47 CITY, SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND HE WILL BE 01:50 PRESENTING THE TOPIC, IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON? 01:55 IS THERE THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON? 01:57 THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT. 02:00 AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, AND PASTOR JAY 02:07 WILL BE PRESENTING TO US THE LIGHT THAT COMES FROM THE HOLY 02:12 SCRIPTURES. EVERY WIND OF DOCTRINE IS 02:14 BLOWING, AND WE MUST KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. 02:17 IN A MOMENT HE WILL BE COMING -FORWARD, AND AFTER WE PRAY, OUR DEAR PASTOR CA MURRAY WILL BE 02:28 SINGING "HE LEADS ME HOME," AND I KNOW YOU ARE BLESSED BY THAT 02:32 AS WELL, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A MESSAGE IN SONG AS WELL. 02:36 SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO STAND WITH ME, IF YOU CAN, AND 02:39 WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE LORD IN PRAYER, AFTER THE PRAYER, 02:45 PASTOR CA MURRAY WILL BE SINGING, AND THE NEXT VOICE YOU 02:49 HEAR WILL BE TH VOICE OF PASTOR JAY ROSARIO. 02:52 LET'S GO TO PRAYER. OUR LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER, WE 02:57 THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT YOUR LOVE SURPASSING OUR UNDERSTANDING. 03:01 WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN STUDY YOUR WORD TOGETHER, AND WE PRAY 03:06 THAT YOU WILL BLESS DR. J ROSARIO WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, 03:12 THAT HE MAY SPEAK WORDS FROM YOUR THROWN OF GRACE, AND WE 03:17 PRAY FOR BLESSINGS FOR EVERYONE THAT IS JOINING US ALL AROUND 03:21 THE WORLD. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TOOL OF 03:24 EVANGELISM YOU HAVE GIVEN TO YOUR CHILDREN, TO BRING THE 03:28 GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE WORLD. AND WE PRAY IN ALL THINGS YOUR 03:31 NAME WILL BE GLORIFIED IN JESUS NAME. 03:35 AMEN. YOU MAY BE SEATED. 03:38 I LEAVE YOU WITH PASTOR CA MURRAY THEN PASTOR JAY ROSARIO. 03:47 GOD BLESS YOU. ♪ 03:59 ♪ I NEED A SHEPPARD TO HELP ME MIND MY WAY ♪ 04:04 ♪ TO DRINK FROM THE COOL WATERS ♪ 04:09 ♪ TO FIND PLACE TO STAY ♪ ♪ I NEED THE COMFORT OF A KIND 04:13 AND GENTLE HAND ♪ ♪ A ONE THAT NEVER FALTERS FROM 04:17 ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 04:20 ♪ TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN REST ♪ ♪ WHERE I CAN LOVE HIM MORE ♪ 04:28 ♪ AND HE NEVER LOVES ME LESS ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 04:33 ♪ I SEE THE SMILE ON HIS FACE ♪ ♪ I KNOW THAT I AM WELCOME ♪ 04:38 ♪ AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 04:46 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ I NEED A SHELTER ♪ 04:55 ♪ I NEED A SHELTER ♪ ♪ OF A KIND AND GENTLE HAND ♪ 05:01 ♪ A LOVE THAT NEVER FALTERS ♪ ♪ SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ♪ 05:05 I NEED THE COMFORT ♪ ♪ OF THE PLACE THAT I CAN STAY ♪ 05:13 ♪ SOMEONE THAT NEEDS ME ALWAYS, AND NEVER GOES AWAY ♪ 05:17 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 05:21 ♪ TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN REST ♪ ♪ WHERE I CAN LOVE HIM MORE ♪ 05:26 ♪ AND HE NEVER LOVES ME LESS ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 05:31 ♪ LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ I SEE THE SMILE ON HIS FACE ♪ 05:35 ♪ I KNOW THAT I AM WELCOME ♪ ♪ AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE ♪ 05:40 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 05:48 ♪ HE LEADS ME ♪ 05:51 ♪ HOME ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 05:55 ♪ TO A PLACE WHERE I CAN REST ♪ ♪ WHERE I CAN LOVE HIM MORE ♪ 06:01 ♪ AND HE NEVER LOVES ME LESS ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 06:06 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ SEE THE SMILE ON HIS FACE ♪ 06:11 ♪ I KNOW THAT I AM WELCOME ♪ ♪ AND I'LL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE ♪ 06:16 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 06:20 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ OH, OH, OH ♪ 06:26 ♪ HOME ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ 06:29 ♪ HE LEADS ME ♪ ♪ HOME ♪ 06:33 ♪ HOME ♪ ♪ HE LEADS ME ♪ 06:36 ♪ HE LEADS ME ♪ ♪ HOME ♪ 06:39 ♪ HE LEADS ME HOME ♪ ♪ I NEED A SHEPHERD TO HELP ME 06:50 FIND MY WAY ♪ ♪ FIND MY WAY ♪ 07:07 [ APPLAUSE ] >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. 07:16 IT IS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AT 3ABN. 07:19 HAVE YOU BEEN BLESSED? >> YES! 07:22 >> IT IS ALWAYS A BLESSING TO COME TOGETHER AS GOD'S PEOPLE 07:25 AND STUDY HIS WORD. THIS IS AN EXCITING THEME, AND 07:30 WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT A HIGHLY MISUNDERSTOOD SUBJECT, 07:37 AND WE'RE GOING TO TY THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO GO INTO SCRIPTURE 07:41 AND TO LET THE BIBLE EXPLAIN ITSELF. 07:44 AMEN? I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO BOW YOUR 07:47 HEADS WITH ME, AS WE PRAY RIGHT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO OUR MESSAGE. 07:53 OUR FATHER, WE ARE HERE, BECAUSE WE ARE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY FOR 07:57 RIGHT HOUSENESS. WE'RE HERE, LORD, BECAUSE WE 08:01 HAVE A DESIRE TO BE CLOSER TO YOU. 08:05 WE CRAVE YOUR SPIRITS. WE ASK IN A SPECIAL WAY, LORD, 08:08 THAT YOU MAY SEND US YOUR SPIRIT, AS WE DISCUSS THE 08:13 SUBJECT OF IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON? 08:17 FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE OUR MINDS AND THAT YOU LEAD US 08:22 INTO ALL TRUTH. WE FLAY YOU HIDE THIS PREACHER 08:25 BEHIND THE CROSS, BECAUSE WE HAVE COME HERE, NOT TO HEAR THE 08:28 WORDS OF A MAN, BUT WE HAVE COME HERE TO HEAR YOUR VERY OWN 08:33 WORDS, AND IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT WE ASK IN JESUS NAME, LET 08:39 EVERYONE SAY, AMEN. NOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE 08:44 FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON THE TELEPHONE EITHER TRYING 08:50 TO PAY YOUR BILL, TRYING TO GET INFORMATION ON SOMETHING THAT 08:53 YOU PURCHASED, OR WHAT HAVE YOU? YOU MAKE A PHONE CALL, AND THE 08:57 FIRST THING THAT GREETS YOU IS, WHAT? 09:02 IS A MACHINE. RIGHT? 09:06 AND AFTER THE MACHINE GIVES A VERY ELOQUENT INTRODUCTION, IT 09:12 BEGINS BY GIVING YOU SEVERAL OPTIONS AS TO HOW TO PROCEED IN 09:16 YOUR -- IN YOUR PHONE CALL. AND IT WILL GO SOMETHING LIKE 09:20 THIS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR CALLING SUCH AND SUCH BUSINESS. 09:25 FOR BILLING INFORMATION, PRESS 1. 09:31 FOR -- WHATEVER OTHER DEPARTMENT, PRESS 2. 09:35 FOR -- AND IT WILL CONTINUE UNTIL YOU FINALLY FIND THAT 09:40 PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT OR THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT THAT YOU WANT 09:42 TO DEAL WITH, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION 09:46 HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE YOU ARE TRYING -- YOU ARE 09:50 WAITING FOR THE PROPER DEPARTMENTS, OR THE PROPER WORD 09:54 TO GIVE YOU THE QUEUE AS TO WHEN TO PUSH, AND LOW AND BOW HOLD, 09:59 THEY DON'T MENTION IT. [ LAUGHTER ] 10:02 >> HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION BEFORE. 10:05 AND THEN THE MACHINE IS ACTING -pCONFUSED. THEY ARE SAYING, ARE YOU THERE? 10:11 [ LAUGHTER ] >> IT'S LIKE, OF COURSE, I'M 10:15 HERE. ARE YOU THERE? 10:17 DID YOU NOT HEAR ME? AND IT WILL GO BACK ALL THE WAY 10:20 TO THE BEGINNING. FOR BILLING, PRESS 1. 10:22 AND YOU ARE LIKE OH, MAN. BUT YOU ARE WAITING AGAIN. 10:26 IT'S LIKE MAYBE THE FIRST TIME AROUND I WASN'T PAYING 10:32 ATTENTION. SO LET ME PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO 10:34 SEE IF I HEAR EXACTLY WHAT I NEED TO HEAR SO I KNOW WHAT 10:39 BUTTON TO PRESS. AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 10:43 9, AND YOU REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T GIVE YOU INCOME 10:49 -- ANYMORE OPTIONS. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 10:53 WHAT DO YOU DIAL? AH, YOU GUYS ARE SMART. 10:55 YOU GUYS ARE VERY SMART. NORMALLY YOU DIAL ZERO, AND 11:01 NORMALLY, WHAT HAPPENS? IT WILL GO STRAIGHT TO A PERSON, 11:04 RIGHT? WELL, SOME OF THESE COMPANIES 11:07 ARE GETTING VERY CLEVER, BECAUSE IF YOU PUSH ZERO, IT WILL TAKE 11:11 YOU TO, GUESS WHAT? ANOTHER MACHINE, AND IT 11:16 WILL -- IT WILL BEGIN KIND OF DANCING AROUND, ASKING YOU 11:20 DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. THAT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. 11:23 AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WILL SANCTIFY YOUR CHRISTIAN 11:29 EXPERIENCE -- [ LAUGHTER ] 11:30 >> -- NEVER MIND DRIVING ON THE ROAD, RIGHT? 11:33 BECAUSE TRY TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE AUTOMATED MACHINES. 11:38 WOW, SO FRUSTRATING. AND FINALLY WHEN YOU GET 11:41 THROUGH, IF YOU GET THROUGH, YOU HEAR SOMEBODY'S VOICE, AND THEY 11:44 SAY, HI, MY NAME IS SO AND SO. HOW MAY I HELP YOU? 11:49 THERE IS A SIGH OF RELIEF ON YOUR END, RIGHT? 11:52 AND YOU BEGIN TO TALK. WHY? 11:56 THE REASON WHY YOU BEGIN TO TALK IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT COMPARE A 12:01 MACHINE TO AN ACTUAL PERSON. WHY? 12:05 BECAUSE A MACHINE DOESN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND YOU. 12:11 IT'S JUST REGURGITATING PROGRAM INFORMATION, WHEEAS AN ACTUAL 12:15 PERSON CAN LISTEN TO YOU, AND RESPOND TO YOU, AND THERE CAN BE 12:21 ACTUAL INTERACTION AND CONVERSATION AND EXCHANGE. 12:26 YES? SO THE REASON WHY THE SUBJECT 12:31 OF -- IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON IS SO CRITICAL? 12:34 IS BECAUSE DEEP DOWN IN THE HUMAN HEART, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT 12:38 GENERATION YOU REPRESENT, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ETHNICITY 12:43 YOU REPRESENT, DEEP DOWN WHAT MAKES A HUMAN BEING, A HUMAN 12:49 BEING IS WE CRAVE RELATIONSHIPS. WE CRAVE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT 12:55 AND TO EXCHANGE. AND IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT A 13:01 PERSON, THEN WE ARE IN A VERY COMPLICATED SCENARIO, BECAUSE WE-pHERE ON EARTH -- NOT ONLY DO WE 13:09 NEED INFORMATION, BUT WE NEED SOMEONE TO MENTOR US AND GUIDE 13:14 US IN THE PROCESS OF ACCEPTING THAT INFORMATION. 13:17 DO YOU UNDERSTAND? SO THIS IS A BIG, BIG ISSUE, AND 13:21 THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE I HAVES -- DISCUSSIONS THAT 13:28 ARE GOING AROUND REGARDING THE HOLY SPIRIT. 13:30 BEFORE WE PROCEED, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ONE VERY SIMPLE YET 13:34 PROFOUND THING, AND THAT IS, THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD THE SON, AND 13:42 GOD THE FATHER, ARE VERY BIG. >> AMEN! 13:46 >> AMEN? >> AMEN. 13:48 >> OKAY. THIS IS PROPOSITION NUMBER 1. 13:53 PROPOSITION NUMBER 2 IS, OUR BRAINS -- SOME OF YOU KNOW WHERE 13:58 I'M GOING -- [ LAUGHTER ] 13:59 >> -- ARE VERY LITTLE. OKAY? 14:02 NOW THAT DOESN'T -- THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT BECAUSE GOD IS VERY 14:06 BIG AND OUR BRAINS ARE VERY LITTLE, THAT WE PRETTY MUCH 14:13 EXCUSE OURSELVES FROM SEARCHING AND FROM INVESTIGATING AND FROM 14:17 DIGGING. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT. 14:18 WHAT I AM SUGGESTING IS THAT THERE'S ALMOST A FRUSTRATION 14:25 WHEN WE DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING FIGURED OUT.-AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOD, WHEN 14:30 WE TALK ABOUT THE FATHER, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SON, WHEN WE 14:34 TALK ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE 14:38 PUNY IN CONTRAST TO THE GOD HEAD. 14:41 THEREFORE WE HAVE TO APPROACH THE SUBJECT OF THE GOD HEAD, THE 14:47 SUBJECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH A LARG DOSE OF HUMILITY. 14:51 >> AMEN. >> AND I THNK THE FUNDAMENTAL 14:55 ERROR OR ISSUE AT THE -- AT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS CONVERSATION 15:01 THAT PROBABLY LEADS PEOPLE TO FALSE CONCLUSIONS IS NOT HAVING 15:08 ENOUGH HUMILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE 15:12 EVERYTHING NECESSARILY FIGURED OUT. 15:13 AND THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT ETERNITY. 15:17 AMEN? THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT 15:19 ETERNITY IS THAT WE HAVE ALL OF ETERNITY TO GET CLOSER AND 15:22 CLOSER AND TO LEARN MORE AND MORE. 15:24 SO WE DO NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN BALANCE. 15:27 I MEAN IF WE DON'T HAVE THINGS SUCH AS QUANTUM PHYSICS FIGURED 15:33 OUT, RIGHT? WHAT MAKES US THINK THAT WE'RE 15:36 GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY MINUTE DETAIL ABOUT THE 15:39 GOD HEAD? THAT IS QUITE -- THAT'S A BIT 15:42 AMBITIOUS ON OUR END. NOW THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT 15:45 EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY 15:49 PARTICULAR, THE BIBLE GIVES US ENOUGH DATA, WHERE WE CAN 15:54 CONFIDENTLY EMBRACE, ACCEPT, AND BELIEVE CERTAIN THINGS. 15:58 AMEN? SO WE'RE NOT KIND OF JUST LEFT 16:01 IN LONELY WATERS, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVEN ENOUGH TO 16:05 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT. 16:08 AMEN? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE 16:10 GOING TO BE DEALING WITH HERE. FOR STARTERS, I THINK IT'S 16:13 HEALTHY TO DEFINE THE TERMS, RIGHT? 16:15 OUR MESSAGE IS ENTITLED IS THE HOLY SPIRIT A PERSON? 16:19 WELL, TO UNDERSTAND THAT QUESTION AND TO GIVE A 16:24 SATISFACTORY ANSWER, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 16:27 PERSON, OR TO HAVE PERSONALITY. AND PERSONALITY, OF COURSE, THE 16:33 ROOT WORD FOR PERSONALITY IS PERSON. 16:36 SO NOT A VERY PROFOUND QUESTION. BUT PERSONALITY IN THE 16:39 DICTIONARY IS DEFINED BY A PERSON AS AN EMBODIMENT OF A 16:46 COLLECTION OF QUALITIES. THE QUALITY OF BEING A PERSON 16:53 EXISTENT AS A SELF CONSCIOUS INDIVIDUAL WITH PERSONAL 16:58 IDENTITY, THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF A PERSON. 17:01 SO THIS IS -- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERSON, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 17:06 PERSONHOOD, PERSONALITY. THESE ARE KIND OF THE TERMS THAT 17:08 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SUGGEST 17:11 IN OUR STUDY IS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MORE THAN JUST A 17:16 FORCE. >> AMEN? 17:17 >> AMEN? >> AMEN. 17:19 >> IS MORE THAN JUST A POWER OR AN ESSENCE. 17:21 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DISCOVER IS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE A 17:26 PERSON, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE DATA AS FAR AS 17:30 THE SPECIFIC DETAILS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT HE ACTUALLY HAS A 17:34 PHYSICAL BODY. THIS IS WHERE THE BIG 17:37 MISUNDERSTANDING COMES. MANY PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THE HOLY 17:40 SPIRIT IS A SPIRIT, MEANING THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE A BODY. 17:44 AND THEN THIS IS WHERE THE DISCUSSIONS KIND OF EVOLVE, AND 17:48 THEY GET A BIT -- A BIT FANCY, AND THEN WE START GETTING INTO 17:52 SOME DANGEROUS GROUNDS. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON. 17:57 AND IN THE DICTIONARY A PERSON IS DEFINED AS A SELF CONSCIOUS 18:05 RATIONAL BEING. A PERSON IS SOMEONE, A BEING 18:08 THAT HAS CERTAIN CAPACITIES, OR ATTRIBUTES CONSTITUTING 18:14 PERSONHOOD. NOW WHAT I FIND INTERESTING IS 18:16 THAT NONE OF THE DEFINITIONS WE JUST READ HAVE MENTIONED 18:20 ANYTHING ABOUT A PHYSICAL BODY. THE DEAF SITUATION -- DEFINITION 18:25 OF A CERTAIN IS A SELF CONSCIOUS RATIONAL BEING, A BEING THAT HAS 18:31 CERTAIN ATTRIBUTES CONSTITUTING PERSONHOOD. 18:35 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A PERSON EXPERIENCES A VERY TRAUMATIC 18:39 ACCIDENT, AND THEY PRETTY MUCH LOSE ALL OF THEIR LIMBS? 18:43 THAT WOULD BE A TRAGIC EXPERIENCE. 18:47 DOES THAT PERSON BECOME DEMOTED IN THEIR PERSONHOOD? 18:51 OR ARE THEY STILL A PERSON? >> STILL A PERSON. 18:56 >> WHY? BECAUSE BEING A PERSON DOESN'T 19:01 NECESSARILY DEPEND ON FINGERS, EARS, AND TOES. 19:06 AMEN? IT ACTUALLY DEPENDS ON 19:09 PERSONALITY, ON CONSCIOUSNESS, ON RATIONALITY, AND ON HAVING A 19:14 CERTAIN CAPACITY AND CAPABILITIES THAT MAKE UP A 19:17 PERSON. SO JUST BECAUSE A PERSON MAY NOT 19:21 HAVE CERTAIN SPECIFIC BODY PARTS, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT 19:24 THAT PERSON CEASES TO BE A PERSON. 19:26 AND THIS HELPS US UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT QUITE 19:31 POWERFULLY, BECAUSE IT SHOWS US THAT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN 19:34 THAT THE SPIRIT HAS TO HAVE A PHYSICAL BODY. 19:37 PHYSICAL FORM IS NOT NECESSARILY FOR PERSONHOOD. 19:42 PERSONALITY HAS MORE TO DO WITH THE CHARACTER THAN THE BODY. 19:46 GRAB YOUR BIBLES. I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO GO WITH 19:49 ME TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. JOHN 14. 19:54 IF YOU READ JOHN 14, YOU READ 14, 15, AND 16, AND 17, IT'S A 20:01 VERY LONG DISCOURSE THAT JESUS IS GIVING TO HIS DISCIPLES, 20:05 REGARDING MANY THINGS, INCLUDING THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:08 NOW WE DONE HAVE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE VERSE, BUT 20:12 WE WANT TO AT LEAST GET THE CORE OF JOHN 14 AND ONWARD. 20:17 JOHN 14, AND WHEN YOU ARE THERE, PLEASE SAY AMEN. 20:20 >> AMEN. >> THE BIBLE SAYS IN JOHN 14:16, 20:26 IT SAYS AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER AND HE WILL GIVE YOU, 20:33 WHAT? ANOTHER HELPER THAT HE MAY ABIDE 20:37 WITH YOU FOREVER. OKAY. 20:38 WE'RE GOING TO STOP RIGHT THERE. SO THE BIBLE HERE TELL US IN 20:43 VERSE 16, THAT JESUS IS PRAYING TO THE FATHER THAT HE WILL GIVE 20:48 HIS DISCIPLES ANOTHER HELPER. THE INTERESTING THING IS THE 20:54 WORD ANOTHER THERE IS ACTUALLY USED IN THE CONTEXT OF ANOTHER 20:59 OF THE SAME KIND. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. 21:01 LET'S SAY I'M -- I'M A -- A NICE VEGETARIAN RESTAURANT, AND I EAT 21:08 JUST A SLAMMING VEGGIE BURGER, RIGHT? 21:12 AND I SAY, I WOULD LIKE ANOTHER. AND THE WAITER OR THE WAITRESS 21:17 COMES AND THEY BRING ME NACHOS. [ LAUGHTER ] 21:20 >> I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, I'M SORRY, THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A 21:25 MISFIRE IN COMMUNICATION. I WANTED ANOTHER OF THE SAME 21:29 THING, RIGHT? SO I WASN'T REFERRING TO NACHOS. 21:32 I WAS REFERRING TO THE VEGGIE BURGER, RIGHT? 21:35 SO THE CONTEXT IN JOHN 14 IS THE SAME. 21:38 WHEN JESUS SAYS I WILL SEND ANOTHER, WHAT HE IS SAYING, IS 21:42 HE IS SAYING I WILL SEND ANOTHER THAT IS IDENTICAL TO ME. 21:49 SO LET'S -- LET'S TAKE THIS ONE POINT AT A TIME. 21:51 JESUS IS PRAYING TO THE FATHER, AND HE IS SAYING, I'M GOING TO 21:55 ASK THE FATHER TO SEND YOU ALL ANOTHER HELPER JUST LIKE ME. 22:01 QUESTION? WAS JESUS A PERSON? 22:03 >> YES. >> ARE YOU FOLLOWING MY TRAIN OF 22:07 THOUGHT HERE? SO IF JESUS WAS A PERSON, 22:10 THEREFORE, AND JESUS SAYS I WILL PRAY THAT GOD WILL SEND YOU 22:14 ANOTHER IDENTICAL TO ME, THAT MEANS THAT WHOEVER 22:17 THIS -- ANOTHER HELPER, OR COMFORT, DEPENDING ON THE 22:24 TRANSLATION, WHOEVER THAT SECOND PERSON HAS TO BE WHAT? 22:27 HAS TO BE A PERSON. WHY? 22:29 BECAUSE THE FIRST WAS A PERSON. BECAUSE JESUS WAS A PERSON. 22:33 SO IF JESUS IS GOING TO SEND ANOTHER HELPER, AND THAT WORD 22:37 ANOTHER IS BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SAME TYPE, THE SAME 22:41 KIND, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR A PERSON. 22:43 WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PERSON THAT CAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE, THAT 22:47 CAN ACTUALLY TALK. THAT CAN ACTUALLY LISTEN. 22:51 OTHERWISE JESUS WOULD HAVE CHANGED HIS WORDING, AND THAT'S -VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO 22:55 UNDERSTAND. LET'S CONTINUE READING. 22:58 VERSE 16,JESUS PRAYING TO THE FATHER, HE SAYS I WILL PRAY THAT 23:01 THE FATHER WILL SEND ANOTHER HELPER, JUST LIKE ME, THAT HE 23:06 MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOREVER. AND THEN HE EXPLAINS WHO IT IS. 23:09 VERSE 17, VERY SIMPLE. WHO? 23:13 THE SPIRITS OF TRUTH. WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, 23:17 BECAUSE IT NEITHER SEES HIM NOR KNOWS HIM, BUT NOW KNOW HIM, FOR 23:22 HE DWELLS WITH YOU, AND WILL BE IN YOU. 23:26 I BELIEVE THAT'S A REFERENCE TO PENTECOST. 23:29 RIGHT NOW HE IS DWELLING WITH US. 23:31 BUT NOT -- IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE, HE IS GOING TO BE IN 23:36 INSIDE OF YOU. AND IN VERSE 18, HE SAYS I WILL 23:40 NOT LEAVE YOU'RE FANS. I WILL COME TO YOU. 23:44 SO JESUS IS SPEAKING TO HIS DISCIPLES. 23:46 HE IS TELLING HIM ABOUT THE COMING OF THE COMFORTER, THE 23:50 COMING OF THE HELPER. AND HE IS SAYING THE HELPER IS 23:56 GOING TO BE JUST LIKE ME. I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU 24:06 ORPHANS. AND THAT MEANS BEREAVED OF 24:11 PARENTS. SO WHOEVER THE SECOND PARENT IS, 24:13 HAS TO BE A PERSON, BECAUSE IF THE SECOND PARENT IS JUST AN 24:18 ENERGY, OR AN ESSENCE, OR A FORCE, THEN IT WOULDN'T FILL 24:23 THAT VACUUM, IT WOULDN'T FILL THAT VOID PROPERLY. 24:26 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT'S LIKE TAKING YOUR 24:30 GRANDCHILDREN OR CHILDREN, TAKING THEM TO THE BABYSITTER, 24:33 YOU TAKE THEM TO LIKE -- TO THE AQUARIUM OR SOMETHING. 24:37 RIGHT? THAT WOULDN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT 24:40 OF SENSE. BECAUSE THOSE IN THE AQUARIUM, 24:43 THE ANIMALS IN THE AQUARIUM, ARE NOT FIT TO LOOK AFTER YOUR 24:47 CHILD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 24:50 SO JESUS IS SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE YOU ORPHANS. 25:03 . BECAUSE THE SECOND HAS ALL OF 25:04 THE CAPACITY I HAVE TO PARENT YOU, TO MENTOR YOU. 25:09 AND A LOT MORE. JESUS IS SAYING THE COMFORTER, 25:13 THE HELPER THAT COMES IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE ME. 25:16 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK THIS -- THIS IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE 25:20 TO -- TO SAFELY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. 25:23 HE HAS TO BE A PERSON. BUT IT ACTUALLY GETS EVEN MORE 25:27 CLEAR ONCE YOU CONTINUE. IF YOU CONTINUE WITH ME. 25:30 GO TO -- WE'RE DOWN IN VERSE -- IN CHAPTER 14. 25:35 JUMP WITH ME TO VERSE 26 OF THE SAME CHAPTER, AND WE'LL JUM 25:40 OVER TO CHAPTER 15 IN A MINUTE. IT SAYS BUT THE 25:45 HELPER -- CAPITAL H IN THE NEW KING JAMES, SAME DISCUSSION. 25:51 THE HELPER, THE HOLY SPIRIT. SEE NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO GUESS 25:56 WHO THE HELPER IS. WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY 26:01 NAME. HE WILL DO WHAT? 26:03 HE WILL WHAT? HE WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS AND-BRING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL 26:08 THINGS THAT I SAID TO YOU. THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME. 26:11 SO JESUS HERE IS SAYING THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HELPER, WILL 26:17 COME, AND HE WILL DO TWO THINGS, AT LEAST IN THE PASSAGE. 26:21 HE TEACH YOU. NOW WHAT IS REQUIRED TO TEACH? 26:24 WHAT DO YOU NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TEACH? 26:28 YOU NEED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT KNOWLEDGE 26:32 TO YOUR STUDENTS. WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? 26:36 YOU NEED EXPERIENCE. VERY GOOD. 26:37 YOU NEED EXPERIENCE. YOU ALSO NEED THE ABILITY TO 26:41 COMMUNICATE, BECAUSE IF YOU HAV ALL OF THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE 26:44 WORLD, BUT YOU CAN'T SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE, GUESS WHAT? 26:49 YOU BECOME VERY INEFFECTIVE TEACHER. 26:52 DOESN'T MATTER HOW MUCH YOU KNOW, BUT IF YOU CAN'T DELIVER 26:55 THAT INFORMATION TO YOUR STUDENTS, THEN IT'S PRETTY MUCH 26:59 COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. SO HERE WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT 27:02 AS A TEACHER, AND NOT ONLY A TEACHER, BUT HE BRINGS TO THE 27:10 REMEMBRANCE EVERYTHING THAT JESUS HAS ALREADY SHARED. 27:14 IN OTHER WORDS THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A VERY -- IS A VERY 27:19 RESPECTFUL BEING. IT'S A VERY -- IT'S A VERY 27:24 HUMBLE BEING. BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT DOESN'T 27:27 GO IN THERE, KIND OF SHOWING ALL OF THE ABILITIES THAT THE HOLY 27:35 SPIRIT HAS, WHICH LATER ON, WE'LL DISCOVER THAT THE HOLY 27:39 SPIRIT HAS CERTAIN ABILITIES THAT CHRIST DOES NOT HAVE. 27:42 THAT'S WHY HE SAYS IT IS EXPEEDANCE, IT IS TO YOUR 27:48 ADVANTAGE THAT I GO. BECAUSE IF I GO, WHO CANNOT COME 27:51 IN THE HOLY SPIRIT CANNOT BE HERE. 27:54 TO JESUS WAS CONFINED TO ONE PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHICAL 27:58 LOCATION, BECAUSE HE TOOK THE BODY OF A MAN. 28:02 BUT THE SPIRIT STILL HAD THE ABILITY OF BEING EVERYWHERE. 28:08 NOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THAT? NO. 28:11 WHY? BECAUSE GOD IS VERY BIG, AND? 28:14 OUR BRAINS ARE VERY SMALL. AND THAT'S OKAY. 28:17 AMEN? >> AMEN. 28:18 >> WE DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT, BUT WE HAVE TO AT LEAST 28:22 GET A FEEL, AND THE FEEL THAT WE HAVE SO FAR IS THAT THE HOLY 28:29 SPIRIT DOESN'T WALK AROUND WITH HIS RESUME. 28:36 THE HOLY SPIRIT -- ALL HE DOES IS HE BRINGS BACK TO THE 28:42 REMEMBRANCE OF THE APOSTLES, OF THE DISCIPLES, OF THE FOLLOWERS 28:46 OF JESUS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT JESUS HAS ALREADY SHARED. 28:50 AND IT TAKES A LOT OF HUMILITY. AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO 28:54 THIS CONCEPT OF HUMILITY, WHICH I THINK IS A BEAUTIFUL CONCEPT. 28:59 NOW JUMP WITH ME TO CHAPTER 15 AND VERSE 26. 29:03 JOHN CHAPTER 15:26, JESUS SAYS BUT WHEN THE HELPER COMES, WHOM 29:11 I SHALL SEND TO YOU FROM THE FATHER, THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH, WHO 29:16 PRECEDES FROM THE FATHER, HE WILL TESTIFY ON WHAT? 29:20 HE WILL TESTIFY OF ME. JOHN 14 SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT 29:24 WILL BRING BACK TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL OF THE THINGS 29:26 THAT I SHARED. HERE WE -- HERE IT REITERATES IT 29:30 WITH DIFFERENT USAGE OF WORDING, AND IT SAYS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 29:35 TESTIFIES OF JESUS. THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS 29:38 TO MAGNIFY JESUS. THAT'S IT. 29:41 THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TO EXALT JESUS SO MUCH, THAT 29:45 IT'S ALMOST AS MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS 29:51 THERE. THAT'S PRETTY POWERFUL. 29:53 NOW WHY IS THAT POWERFUL? AND WHY SHOULD WE FOCUS ON THAT? 29:58 BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET FRUSTRATED. 30:00 THEY ARE TRYING TO STUDY THE SUBJECT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 30:03 THEY GET FRUSTRATED, BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE WHERE IS HE? 30:06 IN THE OLD TEST YOU SEE A LOT OF REFERENCES TO THE FATHER AND THE 30:11 SON, THE SON AND THE FATHER, AND YOU ARE LIKE WHAT ABOUT THE 30:15 SPIRIT? AND I FEEL LIKE GOD -- IN -- IN 30:19 HIS INFINITE WISDOM HAS PURPOSEFULLY LEFT A LOT OF 30:24 MYSTERY BEHIND THE TEACHING OF THE SPIRIT, AND NOT JUST 30:28 MYSTERY, BUT ALSO HUMILITY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S 30:32 ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT ARE TRYING TO ELBOW THEIR WAY 30:37 INTO THE LIMELIGHT. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING TO 30:40 GET RECOGNITION, POPULARITY, FAME. 30:43 BY THE WAY THIS HAPPENED EVEN WITH THE DISCIPLES, AT THE LAST 30:51 SUPPER, THEY WERE FIGHTING AND ARGUING AS TO WHO WAS THE 30:54 GREATEST. SO THIS IS NOT ANYTHING NEW. 30:56 BUT THE POINT IS THAT WHILE EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET THE 31:00 ATTENTION AND POPULARITY, THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS THE ABILITY TO 31:02 DO A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T, AND HE IS SHHHHH. 31:07 AND HE IS WORKING 24 HOURS A DAY, NOT SLEEPING, AND HE IS NOT 31:12 PROMOTING HIMSELF, ALL HE DOES IS HE LIFTS UP JESUS. 31:16 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE NEED TO KIND OF ADOPT THAT SIMILAR 31:20 BEHAVIOR. AMEN? 31:21 I THINK WE WOULD HAVE SO MUCH MORE IF WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET 31:27 ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT, RIGHT? 31:30 WE WOULD HAVE A LOT FRIENDLIER WORKPLACES, YEAH? 31:34 I THINK A LOT OF OUR CHURCHES WOULD BE A LOT FRIENDLIER, IF WE 31:39 WERE THERE NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES, ALL THEY 31:43 WANT TO DO IS EXALT JESUS. AND IT'S HARDER FOR THE SPIRIT 31:47 TO DO THAT. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? 31:52 BECAUSE THE SPIRIT HAS THE CAPACITY OF DOING SO MUCH MORE 31:55 THAN WE. WE'RE SO FRAIL, AND WE'RE SO 32:02 ENCUMBERED BY LIMITATIONS. BUT HERE WE HAVE THE THIRD GOD 32:13 HEAD, WHO HAS THE CAPACITY OF BEING IN BEIJING AND NEW DELHI 32:18 AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S PRETTY REMARKABLE. 32:21 AND EVEN THOUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS THAT UNIQUE SUPER NATURAL 32:26 ABILITY, SHHHH, SILENCE. ALL YOU HEAR COMING FROM THE 32:31 HOLY SPIRIT IS THE WORLD FROM JESUS. 32:32 AND I BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WHO IS REALLY FILLED WITH THE 32:38 SPIRITS WILL EMULATE THE SAME BEHAVIOR. 32:42 >> AMEN. >> YOU SEE THAT?-pAND A LOT OF PEOPLE -- A LOT OF 32:46 PEOPLE ARE ATTACKING THIS IDEA OF THE PERSONALITY OF THE 32:48 SPIRIT, AND WE'RE GOING TO -- WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 32:52 SOME OF THE DANGERS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE DOES IT 32:56 REALLY MATTER? BUT BEAR WITH ME. 32:59 JOHN 16, JUMP WITH ME TO CHAPTER 16, AND GO TO VERSE 7. 33:03 THIS IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST DETAILED SPECIFIC GUIDELINES 33:11 THAT JESUS GIVES AS TO THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT. 33:14 JOHN 16, AND WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN IN VERSE 7. 33:17 WHEN YOU ARE THERE, PLEASE SAY AMEN. 33:20 JESUS SAYS NEVERTHELESS I TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT IS TO YOUR 33:25 ADVANTAGE THAT I GO AWAY. BECAUSE IF I DON'T GO AWAY, THE 33:29 HELPER IS NOT GOING TO COME, BUT IF I DEPART, I WILL SEND HIM TO 33:36 YOU. NOTICE HE IS REFERRING TO THE 33:38 HOLY SPIRIT AS A HE, NOT AN IT, WHEN HE HAS COME, HE WILL 33:42 CONVICT THE WORLD OF SIN, OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND OF JUDGMENT. 33:49 OF SIN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ME. 33:52 OF RIGHTEOUSNESS BECAUSE YOU SEE ME NO MORE. 33:56 OF JUDGMENT BECAUSE THE RULER OF THIS WORLD IS JUDGED. 33:59 I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU, BUT YOU JUST CAN'T 34:03 HANDLE IT. YOU JUST CAN'T HANDLE IT. 34:05 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE RIGHT NOW. 34:09 HOWEVER, WHEN HE, THE SPIRIT HAS COME, HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL 34:15 TRUTH, FOR HE WILL NOT SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, BUT WHATEVER 34:19 HE HEARS, HE WILL SPEAK AND HE WILL TELL YOU THINGS TO COME. 34:24 HE WILL GLORIFY ME, FOR HE WILL TAKE OF WHAT IS MINE, AND 34:29 DECLARE IT UNTO YOU. ALL THINGS THAT THE FATHER HAS 34:32 IN MIND, THEREFORE, I SAID HE WILL TAKE OF MINE AND DECLARE IT 34:38 UNTO YOU. HE IS ADDING 34:43 DIFFERENTING -- DIFFERENT DETAILS. 34:46 WE SEE THERE ARE PARALLELS. JESUS IS SAYING THE SPIRIT WILL 34:50 TEST THE FIRE IN ME, THE SPIRIT WILL MAGNIFY AND WHAT WE SEE IS 34:55 THAT THE SPIRIT WILL TAKE EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS HEARD 34:58 FROM ME AND WILL TELL YOU THOSE THINGS TO COME, AND HE WILL NOT 35:02 SPEAK ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY, BUT HE WILL SPEAK ON THE AUTHORITY 35:05 OF THE SON. SO THE SPIRIT, HAS A VERY 35:09 COMPLEX MINISTRY. BECAUSE THE SPIRIT'S JOB IS TO 35:14 TAKE WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE ON CAVALRY, AND APPLY IT TO THE 35:21 NITTY NITTY-GRITTY, SPECIFIC 35:25 DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. HE IS THERE TO APPLY THE 35:27 PROVISION OF THE CROSS TO US INDIVIDUALLY IN OUR HEARTS, AND 35:31 OF COURSE WHEN THAT OCCURS, WE EXPERIENCE REPENTANCE. 35:35 WHEN WE SEE THE GOODNESS OF GOD, IT LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 35:39 BUT IN ORDER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DO THIS EFFECTIVELY, HE HAS 35:44 TO HAVE THE ABILITY OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE. 35:46 HE HAS TO HAVE THE ABILITY OF NAVIGATING THROUGH COMPLICATED 35:50 HUMAN EMOTIONS, AND IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT A PERSON, HE COULD 36:02 NOT CARRY THAT OUT. A COLLEAGUE OF MINE PUT ALL OF 36:07 THE SPECIFIC WORDS THAT ARE VERBS, PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY 36:12 FROM THE BEGINNING ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE ENTIRE BIBLE. 36:16 I'M GOING TO READ IT RAPIDLY BECAUSE OUR TIME IS LIMITED, BUT 36:20 HERE IS A SERIES OF VERBS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ASSOCIATED 36:25 WITH, THAT CONFIRMS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT MUST HAVE 36:29 PERSONALITY. AND WE'RE GOING TO START IN 36:32 AFTER BET CALL ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE 36:36 A'S. THE HOLY SPIRIT ABIDES. 36:38 THE HOLY SPIRIT ANOINTS. THE HOLY SPIRIT BARES WITNESS. 36:44 THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTIZES. HE BRINGS UNITY AND PEACE. 36:49 HE BUILDS UP. THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE GRIEVED. 36:53 HE COMFORTS. HE COMMANDS. 36:55 HE COMMITS, AND HE DWELLS.-THE HOLY SPIRIT COMMUNES. THE HOLY SPIRIT CONCEIVED. 37:02 THE HOLY SPIRIT CREATES. THE HOLY SPIRIT CRIES. 37:07 THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPELS. THE HOLY SPIRIT DWELLS. 37:11 DIRECTS, EMPOWERS, ENABLES US TO PRAY, FORBIDS, GIVES ACCESS, 37:17 GIVES GIFTS, GLORIFIES CHRIST, GUIDES, HELPS AND INTERCEDES, 37:23 INSPIRES, LEADS, LIBERATES, MINISTERS, PURIFIES, REGE 37:30 REGENERATES, RENEWS, RESURRECTS, REVEALS, PURCHASES, SEALS, SHEDS 37:36 GOD'S LOVE, SEEKS AND SENDS, STRENGTHS, STRIDES, TEACHES, 37:43 TESTIFIES OF JESUS, WASHES, JUSTIFIES, SANCTIFIES, AND 37:49 WILLS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU CANNOT 37:50 DO THAT UNLESS YOU A PERSON. >> AMEN. 37:54 >> AMEN? FROM GENESIS ALL THROUGHOUT TO 37:57 THE BOOK OF REVELATION, WE SEE THE SPIRIT OF GOD -- IN THE NEW 38:01 TESTAMENT IT SEEMS LIKE HE TAKES A MORE PROMINENT ROLE, BUT IN 38:07 THE OLD TESTAMENT THE SPIRIT WAS-ACTUALLY INVOLVED AS WELL. BUT WE SEE THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS 38:12 FULL OF ACTION, CARRYING OUT THE MINISTRY OF BRINGING CONVICTION 38:16 TO THE WORLD. WE CANNOT SAY THAT THE SPIRIT IS 38:20 A FORCE OR AN ESSENCE. BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT ACCORDING 38:23 TO WHAT THE EVIDENCE OF SCRIPTURE HAS. 38:26 NOW IT IS TRUE THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS -- IS ILLUSTRATED IN 38:30 DIFFERENT WAYS. REFERRED TO, OF COURSE, AS FIRE, 38:34 RIGHT? IT IS REFERRED TO AS WATER. 38:37 IT'S REFERRED TO AS MANY DIFFERENT SYMBOLS IN NATURE. 38:42 BUT OF COURSE SO IS JESUS. JESUS IS THE BREAD. 38:45 THE LIFE, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. 38:48 SO JUST BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS THOSE ATTRIBUTES OR THEIR 38:52 PARALLEL SYMBOLS, REFERRING TO HIS MINISTRY AND PERSONALITY 38:57 DOESN'T MEAN IT IS BECAUSE HE LACKS PERSONALITY. 38:59 NOW I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FIRST BIBLE TEXT THAT PREVENTS THE 39:05 SPIRIT. THAT'S ALL THE WAY IN THE BOOK 39:06 OF GENESIS. I WANT TO TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY 39:10 BACK TO THE BEGINNING. GENESIS CHAPTER 1. 39:14 THE FIRST OCCASION WHERE THE SPIRIT APPEARS. 39:20 GENESIS CHAPTER 1, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE FIRST TWO 39:23 VERSES. I WANT TO SHOW YOU HOW EARLY IN 39:26 THE ENTIRE BIBLE THE SPIRIT APPEARS. 39:30 GENESIS 1, IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE 39:38 EARTH. THE EARTH WAS WITHOUT FORM AND 39:40 VOID, AND DARKNESS WAS ON THE FACE OF THE DEEP, AND THE SPIRIT 39:44 OF GOD WAS HOVERING OVER THE FACE OF THE WATERS, DOT, DOT, 39:49 DOT, YOU CAN READ THE REST WHEN YOU GET HOME. 39:51 HERE WE HAVE THE INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPTURE, THE INTRODUCTION TO 39:56 THE BIBLE, AND ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT CHARACTERS WE SEE IS 40:01 THE SPIRIT OF GOD. AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS 40:05 ACTUALLY UNDERTAKING A POWERFUL, POWERFUL MINISTRY OF 40:10 TRANSFORMATION. >> AMEN. 40:11 >> BECAUSE IN THE BEGINNING THE WORLD WAS WITHOUT FORM AND VOID 40:16 AND DARKNESS COVERED THE WORLD. SO THE HOLY SPIRIT, OF COURSE, 40:21 ALONG WITH THE FATHER AND THE SON WERE BOTH -- ALL THREE 40:25 TOGETHER WORKING IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF PLANET EARTH 40:31 GOING FROM VOID -- DARK AND CHAOTIC TO GENESIS 131. 40:37 AND IT WAS VERY GOOD. GENESIS 1 LITERALLY SHOWS US 40:43 WHAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CAPABLE OF. 40:46 AMEN? >> AMEN. 40:48 >> THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CAPABLE OF TAKING A PLANET, THAT IS 40:53 UNLIVABLE, AND TURNING IT INTO A PLANET THAT, NOT ONLY IS 40:57 LIVABLE, BUT THAT IS A DELIGHT. AND IT'S FASCINATING BECAUSE THE 41:04 APOSTLE PAUL SAYS FOR GOD WHO COMMANDED THE LIGHTS TO SHINE 41:07 OUT OF DARKNESS IN THE PAST, HAS SHOWN WHERE? 41:11 IN OUR HEARTS. IN OTHER WORDS THE SAME POWER 41:14 THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD HAD IN GENESIS 1, TRANSFORMING AN 41:19 UNLIVABLE PLANET INTO A LIVABLE ONE IS THE SAME POWER THAT THE 41:25 HOLY SPIRIT HAS OF TURNING AN UNCONVERTED HEARTS TO A 41:30 CONVERTED ONE. THIS IS THE POWER -- THIS IS THE 41:33 VERY INTRODUCTION THAT WE HAVE, NOT ONLY TO THE HOLY SPIRIT BUT 41:36 TO THE BIBLE ITSELF, AND THE FIRST MESSAGE THE BIBLE WANTS US 41:40 TO UNDERSTAND IS, HEY, THE HOLY SPIRIT ACTIVELY CAN GIVE YOU 41:44 HOPE WHERE THERE IS NONE. THE MESS AGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 41:48 IS HOPE. THE MESSAGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 41:51 IS THAT GOD DOESN'T BELIEVE IN WRIT 41:55 WRITE-OFFS. THE MESSAGE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 41:56 IS BE VERY CAREFUL WHO YOU THINK IS NOT GOING TO GO TO HEAVEN. 42:01 BE VERY CAREFUL. BE VERY CAREFUL WHO YOU PREJUDGE 42:07 BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS THE ABILITY OF SURPRISING. 42:12 NEVER, EVER THINK THAT YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT 42:16 OF GOD CAN TURN A MESS INTO A BLESSING. 42:20 AND THIS IS THE EXAMPLE WE HAVE IN THE VERY FIRST PART OF THE 42:23 BOOK OF GENESIS. IF YOU GO TO CHAPTER 6, YOU FIND 42:27 THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS ACTIVELY WORKING DURING THE TIME 42:33 OF THE FLOOD. GENESIS CHAPTER 6, AND IF YOU 42:38 TAKE A LOOK AT VERSE 3, THE BIBLE SAYS IN GENESIS 6:3, AND 42:48 THE LORD SAID MY SPIRIT SHALL NOT STRIDE WITH MAN FOREVER. 42:52 FOR MAN IS FLESH, YET HIS DAY SHALL BE 120 YEARS. 42:56 IN OTHER WORDS, A LOT OF CONVICTION WAS COMING TO THE 43:01 HEARTS, AND THE MESSAGE WAS, HEY, THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS NOT 43:05 GOING TO DWELL HERE, IT IS NOT GOING TO STRIVE, AND THAT WORD 43:09 STRIVE SO RICH, BECAUSE IT MEANS CONTEND, IT MEANS PLEA. 43:13 IT MEANS DISPUTE. HE WAS TRYING TO BRING CON TRIB 43:18 SHUN TO THE HEARTS OF THESE UNBELIEVERS, AND WE KNOW THE 43:21 SPIRIT OF GOD DEPARTED AND THERE WAS JUDGMENT UPON THE LAND, AND 43:25 OF COURSE, WE KNOW AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF -- SO SHALL IT BE IN 43:31 THE DAYS OF THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN. 43:38 SO THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS AN ACTIVE ROLE. 43:43 RUN WITH ME TO THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS. 43:50 EPHESIANS 4, THE -- APOSTLE PAUL MENTIONS THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND 44:02 EVEN THOUGH THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS A MIGHTY BEING, THE BIBLE 44:07 REVEALS THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO SOMETHING. 44:13 EPHESIANS 4:30 REVEALS WHAT THAT IS IT. 44:16 EPHESIANS 4:30, IT SAYS AND DO NOT -- WHAT IS THAT 44:21 WORD -- GRIEVE WHO? THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD BY WHOM 44:24 YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION. 44:28 DO NOT GRIEVE -- NOW WHAT DOES THE WORD GRIEVE MEAN? 44:32 GRIEVE OF COURSE COMES FROM THE WORD GRIEF, SORROW, DISTRESS, 44:37 PAINED. IN OTHER WORDS EVEN THOUGH THE 44:40 HOLY SPIRIT IS A MIGHTY BEING, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE SPIRIT 44:44 CAN EXPERIENCE GRIEF, SORROW. IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE GRIEF AND 44:49 SORROW, IT REQUIRES EMOTIONS, AND IN ORDER TO EMOTIONS, YOU 44:53 MUST HAVE PERSONALITY, AND PERSONHOOD. 44:57 IF I WERE TO TAKE, OF COURSE, THESE SMARTPHONES AS THEY CALL 45:01 IT, AND OF COURSE -- HAVE YOU TRIED TO EVER HAVE A 45:05 CONVERSATION WITH SIRI? [ LAUGHTER ] 45:06 >> I KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US HAVE. 45:09 BUT LET'S SAY YOU ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH SIRI, AND YOU 45:12 SAY SIRI, I REALLY DON'T LIKE YOU RIGHT NOW? 45:17 . I THINK YOU ARE A REALLY BAD 45:19 PERSON. YOU ARE KIND OF ANNOYING. 45:22 IF YOU WERE TO TELL SIRI THAT, WHOEVER SIRI IS, WHATEVER THAT 45:27 IS, DO YOU THINK SIRI IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OFFENDED? 45:31 NO THE ENGINEERS OF THIS MACHINE PROBABLY ARE SO CLEVER THAT THEY 45:35 MAY HAVE PROGRAMMED THE RESPONSES FOR SUCH INSULTS. 45:40 RIGHT? [ LAUGHTER ] 45:40 >> SO IF YOU WERE TO SAY, SIRI, I THINK YOU ARE VERY ANNOYING. 45:45 SIRI COULD BE LIKE, SO ARE YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] 45:50 >> RIGHT? BUT IS SIRI REALLY OFFENDED? 45:53 IS SHE REALLY ANNOYED? NO, BECAUSE REALLY, SIRI DOESN'T 45:57 EXIST. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 45:59 SO THE BIBLE SAYS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN BE GRIEVED. 46:04 WHY? BECAUSE THE SPIRIT IS NOT A 46:06 MACHINE. IT'S NOT A SIBORG. 46:19 IT CAN BE EFFECTED BY THE WAY THAT WE RELATE TO HIM. 46:23 THAT IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. ALL POWERFUL, YET AT THE SAME 46:27 TIME HAS THAT SENSITIVE TOUCH. AND THAT SENSITIVE TOUCH IS 46:30 PRESENT IN ALL THREE MEMBERS OF THE GOD HEAD. 46:33 SO WHY DOES IT REALLY MATTER? I MEAN WE CAN GO ON AND ON, AND 46:37 SHOW CLEARLY FROM SCRIPTURE, THAT INDEED THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A 46:41 PERSON. WHY DOES IT MATTER? 46:43 WELL, IT MATTERS FOR A LOT OF REASONS. 46:46 ONE OF THE REASONS IT MATTERS IS BECAUSE THIS ATTACK AGAINST THE 46:50 PERSONHOOD OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A SUBTLE ATTACK AGAINST ONE OF 46:54 THE UNIQUENESSES OF CHRISTIANITY. 46:57 WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, AND 47:02 WHENEVER WE SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF SENSITIVITY. 47:06 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN MANY OF THE 47:14 REL RELIGIONS. 47:15 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT CHRISTIANS YOU FIND SOMETHING UNIQUE. 47:19 IN HINDUISM, YOU HAVE ROUGHLY AROUND 330 MILLION DIFFERENT 47:24 GODS. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A NUMBER, BY 47:26 THE WAY, AND THAT'S THE ACTUAL NUMBER. 47:29 330 MILLION. THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT 47:31 THESE GODS AT TIMES ARE AT ODDS WITH EACH OTHER. 47:35 SO IT GETS VERY COMPLEX AS TO CARRYING OUT A MEANINGFUL, INTEE 47:44 MATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE OF THE 130 MILLION. 47:48 AND IN ISLAM THERE'S ONE GOD, ALLAH. 47:53 AND ALLAH IS SO DISTANT FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUAL HUMAN 47:58 BEINGS, THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A PARTICULAR SIN IN ISLAM THAT 48:03 COULD BE PUNISHABLE BY DEATH. AND THAT SIN IS SAYING THAT I 48:10 KNOW ALLAH. AS IF I KNOW ALLAH, I'M SO CLOSE 48:15 TO ALLAH, THEY KNOW HIM. I FEEL HIM. 48:17 I SENSE HIM. THIS IS ACTUALLY FORBIDDEN. 48:21 WHY? BECAUSE ALLAH AND -- THERE'S A 48:24 BIG CHASM, THERE'S A BIG VOID, AND IT'S ALMOST AS IF THAT'S HOW 48:28 ALLAH WANTS THINGS TO BE. YOU UNDERSTAND? 48:31 WHEN YOU LOOK AT BUDDHISM. BUDDHISM IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE 48:35 THERE REALLY IS NO GOD IN BUDDHISM. 48:37 THE GOAL OF BUDDHISM IS TO ESCAPE SUFFERING, AND THE WAY 48:41 YOU ESCAPE SUFFERING IS BY ESCAPING DESIRES, BECAUSE 48:46 ACCORDING TO BUDDISM, THE REASON THEY ARE SUFFERING IS BECAUSE OF 48:52 DESIRES. AND BY ESCAPING DESIRES IS 48:57 ENTERING INTO A WORLD OF NIRVANA. 49:02 WHICH IS LITERALLY A WORLD OF NOTHINGNESS. 49:05 YOU SEE THAT? AT LEAST IT'S LOGICAL. 49:07 AT LEAST IT'S CONSISTENT. THERE'S A PROBLEM. 49:10 HUMAN BEINGS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT GENERATION YOU EVENT, OR 49:15 WHAT ETHNICITY YOU REPRESENT, WE ALL CRAVE RELATIONSHIPS. 49:22 WE ALL CRAVE THAT CONNECTION, THE ONLY RELIGION, THE ONLY 49:28 MESSAGE THAT GIVES US, NOT A RELIGION, BUT A RELATIONSHIP IS 49:34 CHRISTIANITY. >> AMEN. 49:35 >> AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GOD HEAD 49:39 WHO IS NOW THE -- THE -- THE ONE THAT IS IN CHARGE OF TAKING THE 49:44 HEARTS OF ALL OF THE PEOPLE BACK TO CALVARY, SO THEY CAN 49:48 EXPERIENCE REPENTANCE, SO BY DEMOTING THE SPIRIT OF HIS 49:52 PERSONALITY, WHAT YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY DOING IS REMOVING 49:56 THIS BEAUTIFUL UNIQUENESS THAT EXISTS IN CHRISTIANITY ALONE. 50:00 IT'S A SUBTLE ATTACK, BUT IT IS AN ATTACK NONETHELESS. 50:06 IT'S INTERESTING, ALSO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT IS 50:09 AN IDOL? ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT 50:13 YOU HEAR IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE FORBIDDING IDOLATRY. 50:18 EVEN PARTS OF THE NEW TEST YOU SEE IDOLATRY. 50:23 WELL, ONE OF THE THIGS THAT THE PROPHETS EVEN IN THE BOOK OF 50:26 REVELATION, TALK ABOUT, THE REASON WHY IDOLATRY DOESN'T MAKE 50:30 ANY SENSE, IS BECAUSE -- AND IT USES THIS LANGUAGE -- BECAUSE AN 50:38 IDOL DOES NOT FEEL. AN -- IDOL DOES NOT HEAR OR SEE. 50:49 BECAUSE AN IDOL IS VOID OF PERSONALITY. 50:52 SO FOLLOW THIS LOGIC CAREFULLY. WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO TAKE THE HOLY 50:56 SPIRIT AND TRY TO STRIP THE HOLY SPIRIT OF THE PERSONALITY THAT 51:02 HE HAS, THEY ARE LITERALLY TURNING THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO AN 51:08 IDOL. AND THAT IS FORBIDDEN IN 51:10 SCRIPTURE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY 51:14 CAREFUL HOW WE TREAT AND HOW WE -- WE ASSOCIATE THINGS TO THE 51:18 HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT AN IDOL, 51:21 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS 51:23 ALIVE. >> AMEN. 51:24 >> THE HOLY SPIRIT LISTENS TO YOUR PRAYERS. 51:26 >> AMEN. >> THE HOLY SPIRIT IS CHASING 51:28 YOUR -- YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS. 51:31 >> AMEN. >> EVEN IN THOSE PLACES THAT 51:35 UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF US MISSIONARIES DON'T GO. 51:37 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THERE, AND HE IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING TO 51:41 BRING THE CHILDREN BACK TO THE HEART OF GOD. 51:45 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON. 51:47 >> AMEN. >> THE HOLY SPIRIT IS REAL. 51:50 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ONE THAT CAN RELATE WITH US. 51:53 WHY? BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN THERE FROM 51:55 DAY ONE. HE UNDERSTANDS. 51:57 HE COMES CLOSE. AND THE WAY THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT 52:00 MINISTERS TO US IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE SHOULD MINISTER TO THOSE 52:05 OUT THERE. WE NEED TO COME CLOSE. 52:07 WE NEED TO BE HUMBLE. WE NEED TO GUIDE. 52:11 WE NEED TO EXALT JESUS. >> AMEN. 52:13 >> WHEN WE LOOK CAREFUL AT THE HOLY SPIRIT IT'S A MYSTERY, AND 52:18 THE CHURCH IS SUPPOSED TO BE A MYSTERY, THE MYSTERY OF 52:23 GODLINESS, THE FEEDER OF GRACE. WHERE PEOPLE COME IN FELLOWSHIP 52:27 AND WORSHIP, THEY SHOULD SEE THE EXACT SAME THING. 52:31 IF THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS JUST AN ENERGY, WE WOULD BE TEMPTED TO 52:36 ASK, HOW CAN I HAE MORE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT? 52:41 BUT IF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A PERSON, WE PROBABLY CAN ASK, HOW 52:46 CAN THE HOLY SPIRIT HAVE MORE OF ME? 52:54 THE GREATEST THING IN HUMANITY TODAY IS THE OUTPOURING OF THE 52:58 HOLY SPIRIT. AND ONE OF THE ATTACKS THAT THE 53:00 DEVIL IS TRYING TO DO IS TRYING TO ATTACK THE PERSON OF THE 53:05 SPIRIT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE PERSON OF THE SPIRIT, THEN 53:08 WE HAVE A DISCONNECT, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ENEMY OF SOULS 53:13 WANTS. HE WANTS TO DISCONNECT HUMANITY 53:16 FROM THAT LIFELINE. JESUS IS IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES, 53:20 RIGHT? AND HE IS STANDING, INTERCEDING 53:22 ON BEHALF OF HUMANITY BEFORE GOD, THE FATHER. 53:27 WELL, THE HOLY SPIRIT IS ON PLANET EARTH, AND HE'S STANDING 53:31 IN OUR PRESENCE ON BEHALF OF JESUS. 53:34 >> AMEN. >> SO AS WE GO IN PRAYER, AND WE 53:40 PRAY, THE SPIRIT OF GOD TAKES HER TO PRAYERS AND AS THE BOOK 53:43 OF ROMANS SAYS, HE -- HE GROANS WITH GROANINGS THAT HUMANS 53:49 CANNOT UTTER. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING. 53:52 AND THAT GOES TO THE SON, THE SON RECEIVES THOSE PRAYERS, AND 53:58 HE SWEETENS THE PRAYERS OF THE SINNERS, BEFORE HE PRESENTS IT 54:04 TO THE FATHER. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE SPIRIT 54:07 IS AN ESSENTIAL LINK BETWEEN MAN AND GOD. 54:12 >> AMEN! >> IN THE WORDS OF THE HYMN "OH 54:18 HOLY DOVE OF GOD DESCENDING." I WANT TO READ THEM TO YOU, OH 54:24 HOLY DOVE OF GOD DESCENDING, YOU ARE THE LOVE THAT KNOWS NO 54:29 ENDING. ALL OF OUR SHATTERED DREAMS YOU 54:32 ARE MENDING. SPIRITS NOW LIVE IN ME. 54:36 OH, HOLY WINDS ON GOD NOW BLOWING, YOU ARE THE SEED THAT 54:40 GOD IS SEWING. YOU ARE THE LIFE THAT STARTS US 54:45 GROWING, SPIRITS NOW LIVE IN ME. OH HOLY RAIN OF GOD, NOW 54:53 FALLING. YOU MAKE THE WORD OF GOD 54:56 ENTHRALLING. YOU ARE THAT INNER VOICE NOW 55:00 CALLING, SPIRITS NOW LIVE IN ME. OH HOLY FLAME OF GOD NOW 55:07 BURNING, YOU ARE THE POWER OF CHRIST RETURNING. 55:12 YOU ARE THE ANSWER TO OUR YEARNING SPIRIT NOW LIVES IN ME. 55:21 THIS IS THE PRAYER THAT SHOULD -pBE CONSUMING US RIGHT AS WE PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE 55:27 LORD. >> AMEN. 55:28 >> AS WE EXPERIENCE THE PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT IN OUR 55:33 LIVES, AS WE HEAR HIS VOICE, AS WE FEEL HIS PRESENCE, AS WE ARE 55:39 ILLUMINATED WITH BIBLE TRUTHS, AND RECOGNIZE MORE BEAUTIFUL GYM 55:46 GEMS OF THOSE TRUTHS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DISCOVERED, WE CAN 55:49 UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPIRIT IS ARRIVE AND WELL, THAT IS A 55:53 BEING. THE FINAL MENTION OF THE SPIRIT. 55:56 GRAB YOUR BIBLES. GO TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 55:59 THE FINAL MENTION OF THE SPIRITS, WE SAW THE FIRST ONE, 56:06 GENESIS 1, GENESIS 1, THE SPIRIT WAS THERE, TRANSFORMING PLANET 56:10 EARTH FROM UNLIVABLE TO LIVABLE. THE LAST EXAMPLE WE HAVE 56:15 REFERENCE TO THE SPIRIT IS IN THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE. 56:18 I FIND THAT VERY CURIOUS. FIRST CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE HE IS 56:23 THERE. LAST CHAPTER OF THE BIBLE HE IS 56:27 THERE. IN BETWEEN HE'S THERE. 56:30 REVELATIONS 22:17, THE BIBLE SAYS, AND THE SPIRIT AND THE 56:39 BRIDE TAKE HOME, AND LET HIM WHO HEARS SAY COME, AND LET HIM WHO 56:48 THIRSTS, COME, WHOEVER DESIRES LET HIM MAKE THE WATER OF LIFE. 56:54 GENESIS 1, THE SPIRIT, ALONG WITH THE SON, ALONG WITH THE 56:58 FATHER, TRANSFORMED THE PLANET THAT WAS UNLIVABLE INTO A PLANET 57:03 THAT WAS LIVABLE. IN REVELATION 22, WE HAVE THE 57:07 GARDEN RESTORED. AMEN? 57:09 >> AMEN. >> AND THE ONE THAT MAKES THE 57:11 APPEAL, TH ONE WHO SAYS COME AND DRINK OF THESE WATERS IS THE 57:16 HOLY SPIRIT. HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO SAY 57:19 SPIRITS, NOW LIVE IN ME. >> AMEN! 57:21 >> SPIRIT, I WANT TO ACCET YOUR INVITATION. 57:26 SPIRIT, I AM HERE. LET'S PRAY. 57:28 ♪ |
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