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Program Code: TDY190078A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life. 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome once again to 3ABN Today. 01:13 This particular program is a biblical study. 01:16 It's going to be a three way study. 01:19 And let me quickly introduce our special guests 01:22 because there's no use keeping you guys a secret. 01:26 We have the brother's Day with us. 01:29 That's right. Ryan Day and Dakota Day. 01:32 Thank you so much for being minuteman. 01:35 We didn't know we're gonna be doing this 01:36 to the last second. 01:38 Yes. 01:39 But, Ryan, you are the Assistant 01:41 to the General Manager 01:42 of the Proclaim, not Proclaim... 01:43 The Praise Him Music Network. 01:45 Praise Him Music Network at 3ABN. 01:46 Right. 01:48 So I assist Tim Parton, who is our General Manager 01:52 of the new 3ABN Praise Him Music Network. 01:54 And I kind of 01:55 wear multiple hats here as well, 01:57 as we all do, as the Lord calls upon us. 01:59 We're here for Bible programs and music programs 02:02 and anything the Lord calls us to do. 02:03 Well, you know, you're very blessed. 02:05 The Lord has gifted Ryan. 02:08 He was an evangelist 02:09 for Amazing Facts for five years. 02:12 He's a great Bible teacher. 02:13 I'm sure you've seen him on the Sabbath School panel 02:16 and a wonderful singer. 02:18 So you are a well grounded person. 02:21 And we're not lifting you, we're lifting up the Lord. 02:23 To God be the glory. 02:25 Amen. Amen. 02:26 And then your younger brother, Dakota. 02:27 Dakota, you also are an Amazing Facts evangelist now 02:31 for three years? 02:32 Yeah, three years. Three years. 02:34 Yes. 02:35 And so you and your wife 02:37 are really on the road almost constantly. 02:39 Yeah, we do about eight to nine meetings a year, 02:42 proclaiming the everlasting gospel 02:43 of the Three Angels' Messages. 02:45 Yeah. Praise God. 02:46 Well, we're so glad that you were here visiting 02:48 and you can join us today. 02:50 You know, what we want to talk about today 02:54 is the personhood of the Holy Spirit. 02:57 In John 4:24, Jesus said, 03:01 "God is spirit and those who worship Him 03:05 must worship in spirit and in truth." 03:09 Well, when we start talking about the nature of God, 03:13 particularly the triune nature of God, 03:17 things... 03:18 We have to stick to scripture 03:20 because we are walking on holy ground, are we not? 03:24 Of course, absolutely. 03:25 Let me share something with you guys. 03:27 None of us were reared in the Adventist Church. 03:30 So we've got a similar background. 03:31 Right. 03:33 The reason I am a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 03:36 is because I believe this church, 03:40 this movement teach us 03:41 more Bible truths than any other. 03:43 If I found someone who taught more, 03:45 I would join that church. 03:46 That's right. Amen. 03:48 But what I so admire is that the pioneers 03:51 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 03:53 came from all these different denominations. 03:57 They came in and they had their perspectives on scripture 04:00 and their interpretation. 04:02 But you know what they did, 04:04 they got together and they studied. 04:06 They laid it everything aside, 04:09 often their study was corrective. 04:11 I mean, you know, over the years, you see how... 04:14 As I studied out various things, 04:16 they had to let go of some of the things 04:18 they had believed. 04:20 And we believe as a church 04:24 that the Bible is infallible, 04:27 and that it alone 04:29 is how we should prove our doctrine. 04:32 Sola Scriptura, right? 04:34 That's right. Amen. 04:35 So let's look... 04:37 We wanted to look at 04:40 a couple of our fundamental beliefs. 04:42 Absolutely. 04:43 Because I think that gives us a good launching pad 04:47 for this program. 04:48 Our first fundamental belief 04:50 is that the holy scriptures are the authoritative, 04:54 infallible revelation of God's will 04:58 and the definitive revealer of doctrines. 05:01 In other words, everything we believe 05:04 is based only on Scripture. 05:07 And if you can't have, "Thus saith the Lord," 05:11 doesn't matter who says it, 05:12 it's got to be based on Scripture. 05:15 Our second belief is in the Trinity, 05:18 that there is one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 05:23 a unity of three coeternal persons. 05:27 Right. So you know what that makes us? 05:29 Monotheistic Trinitarians. That's right. yeah. 05:32 Doesn't it? And... 05:34 Not a belief in three Gods but a belief in one God 05:37 that consist of three, as you just said, 05:40 coeternal persons. 05:41 Yes. So one being three persons. 05:44 And, you know, people... 05:45 I was trying to explain to a Muslim. 05:49 She kept saying, how can Father, Son and Spirit, 05:52 one plus one, plus one equals three. 05:54 How can you say that there's only one God? 05:57 Right. 05:58 And you know what the Lord gave me? 06:00 And it was just an epiphany. 06:02 We've been using the wrong equation. 06:05 It's not one plus one plus one, it's one times one, 06:10 times one, equals one. 06:14 One cube. 06:15 And you'll find that God's presence is in the cube. 06:20 When you look at the sanctuary... 06:23 What was the shape of the holy of holies? 06:25 That's right. 06:26 Perfect cube, 15 by 15, by 15. 06:29 When you look at what's the New Jerusalem, 06:32 the length, width, the height, perfect cube. 06:35 So God's presence is in the cube. 06:38 Let's look at... 06:41 Now let me ask you, is Trinity found in the Bible? 06:44 No. 06:45 The word Trinity is not found in the Bible, 06:47 but the concept is. 06:48 So I just want to touch on that for a moment 06:49 because again, there may be some viewers at home 06:51 that says, you know what, I don't like that word. 06:53 And that's a personal preference, 06:56 because we recognize that, 06:57 while the word Trinity is not found in Scripture. 07:01 Historically, the church applied that word 07:04 to describe the concept that we find in Scripture, 07:08 which is basically a Tri-unity, a unity of, 07:11 as we said, three persons. 07:14 And so while our God is one God, 07:17 our God consist of three unified individuals, 07:21 which is where you get the word Trinity, Tri-unity. 07:24 While I don't personally use the word Trinity all the time, 07:27 sometimes I'll use it to communicate 07:29 the concept of the unity 07:31 of these three coeternal persons. 07:33 But, you know, there's many different words 07:35 that we used to describe our Christian walk 07:38 or our Christian terminology that's not found in the Bible. 07:41 For instance, millennium. 07:42 The word millennium is not found in Scripture, 07:44 but the concept of millennium is there. 07:46 Incarnation is not found in Scripture. 07:47 Incarnation is not found there. 07:49 And so many, many words, 07:51 but Trinity is not necessarily an evil word. 07:54 Some people associate it with Catholicism, 07:57 and the concept is definitely there. 07:59 So we use that word that term Trinity. 08:02 We're talking about a Tri-unity 08:04 of the three unified beings that make up our one God. 08:08 You know, and I want to point that out 08:10 since you mentioned about Catholicism. 08:11 Sure. 08:12 We do not believe the same as the Catholic Church teaches 08:17 an eternal generation of the Son and the Spirit, 08:22 that they are eternally emanating 08:24 from the Father. 08:25 We do not believe that, 08:26 we believe in three coequal persons 08:29 that have the same past, 08:32 not that the Father has generated 08:34 the Spirit or the Son. 08:37 And one of the reasons I think that we can trust this, 08:40 there are 58 triadic scriptures that talk about 08:44 the Father, Son and the Sprit. 08:46 So, you know, I recently, recently, 08:49 a couple of years ago, I did... 08:51 I've got a 300 page study on the Holy Spirit. 08:53 Oh, wow, better. 08:54 Because I think it's good to go back 08:56 and check out what you believe from now and then. 08:59 Sure. All right. 09:00 Let's look then 09:02 at fundamental belief number three 09:04 is about the Father, four is about the Son. 09:07 Would you please read, Ryan, Fundamental Belief Number 5? 09:11 Number 5. 09:12 So dealing with the Holy Spirit. 09:15 Fundamental Belief Number 5 says, 09:17 "God, the eternal spirit was active 09:20 with the Father and the Son in creation, 09:24 incarnation and redemption. 09:27 He is as much a person as the Father and the Son. 09:31 He inspired the writers of Scripture. 09:34 He filled Christ's life with power. 09:36 He draws and convicts human beings 09:38 and those who respond, 09:40 He renews and transforms into the image of God. 09:45 Sent by the Father 09:46 and the Son to be always with His children. 09:49 He extends spiritual gifts to the church, empowers it, 09:54 that is the church, to bear witness to Christ 09:57 and in harmony with the scriptures leads it, 10:01 that is the church, into all truth." 10:04 Amen and amen. Absolutely. 10:05 So when we look in the Greek, 10:07 the word for person is Prosopon. 10:11 And it is translated as person, 10:14 presence, face, countenance. 10:16 It is used to the Father, the Son and the Spirit. 10:20 And this is... 10:21 This simply means... 10:23 It doesn't mean that, you know, 10:25 sometimes when you say person, people think, well, 10:26 it's got to be human being. 10:28 No, it's a living entity who is endowed 10:32 with personal properties 10:34 of understanding will and emotion. 10:37 So we want to see then what the scriptures say 10:42 about the Holy Spirit. 10:44 Some people believe 10:46 He's just a mere emanating influence, 10:49 a power that's coming from God. 10:52 Some people believe 10:53 He is the person of Jesus Christ. 10:56 But let's look at what the scriptures say. 11:01 And one thing else I want to say is, 11:04 the Bible is not 11:06 a systematic theology textbook. 11:09 What it is, 11:11 is a progressive self-revelation of God. 11:14 So we find in the Old Testament, 11:17 the idea of the advent of Christ. 11:21 It is more fully developed in the New Testament. 11:25 We find in the Old Testament, the advent of the Holy Spirit, 11:28 which is more fully developed in the New Testament, 11:31 particularly Jesus in John Chapters 14 through 16. 11:37 Boy, that's rich study on the spirit, 11:40 as is the Book of Acts. 11:41 Absolutely. 11:43 So, Dakota, why don't we start with you 11:46 because what we first want to show is that 11:49 the Holy Spirit is a distinct person 11:54 from Jesus Christ. 11:55 Let's read John 11:57 14:16. 12:01 John 14:16. All right. 12:05 And I just want to point out 12:07 as he's preparing to get that scripture. 12:09 We're going to attempt to clarify 12:14 what the Bible says about this subject. 12:16 And I can't emphasize that enough. 12:18 But what we cannot do, 12:20 as we are counseled very clearly 12:22 is understand the nature of the Holy Spirit. 12:23 Amen. 12:25 It is a mystery in and of itself. 12:26 And there's so much complexity to the Godhead. 12:29 In fact, the Godhead is so complex. 12:31 It's about one of the most complex, 12:33 if not the most complex topic in all of Scripture, 12:35 trying to understand the nature of God 12:38 is beyond our understanding. 12:39 But what we can understand 12:41 is what is revealed to us through the Word of God. 12:43 And so that is the point of this study. 12:45 And I'm very glad to be a part of it, 12:47 because I believe God is not the author of confusion. 12:51 And He wants us to understand who He is, 12:53 but there are elements to His nature 12:55 that we simply don't fully understand. 12:57 It has not been revealed to us yet. 12:58 Incomprehensive. Absolutely. 13:00 I heard it once said, 13:01 if you can understand everything about God, 13:03 He wouldn't be God. There you go. 13:04 That's good. Amen. 13:05 That's a good one. It's good. 13:07 So John 14:16. 13:09 "And I will pray the Father, 13:11 and He shall give you another comforter, 13:13 that he may abide with you forever." 13:17 All right. So let's hit this in the Greek. 13:20 Yes. Okay. 13:21 Another comforter, another helper. 13:24 So in the original Greek here, if you were to go 13:27 and study it very in depth, 13:29 the words another helper 13:31 in the original Greek is allos Parakletos, 13:35 that's how we would pronounce it. 13:36 And it's interesting because 13:39 what the original actually communicates, 13:40 as I believe it's clearly communicated here 13:42 in the English. 13:44 I believe it was properly translated 13:45 that Christ is simply saying 13:47 and it's interesting in this one text, 13:48 you have three beings present. 13:51 You have the Father, notice, 13:53 Christ and I's, well, there's the Son 13:55 and I will pray to the Father. 13:57 So there's the second being, notice. 14:00 And He will give you another helper. 14:04 Now we know that Christ is also a comforter. 14:08 Christ is a helper. 14:09 The Messiah was the Paraclete. 14:11 Absolutely. He is a Parakletos. 14:13 But here in the original Greek, 14:15 allos Parakletos is simply communicating 14:18 that we're not talking about the one comforter 14:20 that is already present. 14:21 He's saying, He's going to send you 14:23 a completely separate distinct person, 14:27 another Parakletos to come and lead us and guide us 14:31 and abide with us, as the Scripture says, 14:33 here forever. 14:35 And you know, in Greek, there's two words for another. 14:40 There's Heteros and Allos. 14:43 Heteros means... 14:45 Let me give you an example. 14:47 If I have a bowl of fruit and you've eaten an apple, 14:49 and then I pick up this bowl of fruit 14:52 that has grapes and oranges 14:53 and things that you want another piece of fruit. 14:55 And you say, I'll have another but 14:57 you pick an orange 14:58 or it's another in the same category. 15:02 But allos Parakletos, allos in the Greek means 15:07 one that is exactly alike. 15:12 So it's like a clone if you will. 15:14 Right. 15:15 So when Jesus said, 15:17 I will send allos Parakletos... 15:20 Sure. 15:22 I'll pray the Father had Him send allos. 15:24 He's saying, I'm gonna send... 15:27 I and the Father will send one who is just like Me. 15:30 Sure. 15:31 One who is identical to Me. 15:34 But we see that He's definitely... 15:38 As you said, 15:39 Jesus was the Paraclete in heaven, 15:41 now He's our advocate 15:45 in heaven. 15:47 He was Paraclete on earth, advocate in heaven. 15:49 You know what, 15:50 this fourth verse also points out here. 15:52 It says that He may abide with you forever. 15:54 And that refers to the Holy Spirit as a He. 15:57 Jesus was speaking of Himself 15:59 or the Father being that comforter that would come, 16:03 than why would He reference it as another He. 16:06 And so I think it's very important 16:08 to point that out and understand that. 16:09 Absolutely. 16:10 And what is the word Parakletos mean? 16:13 It means helper or comforter. 16:15 Comforter, helper, counselor, advocate. 16:19 It is a person. 16:20 The word Parakletos 16:22 is only assigned to a person. 16:26 And when you think about that, 16:28 we're going to get to a scripture that Paul... 16:32 King James Version scripture in a moment 16:35 that many people use. 16:37 But Jesus always in speaking of the Holy Spirit, 16:41 He used the emphatic personal pronoun 16:46 "He" always. 16:48 Now let me ask you. 16:50 Do you think our Savior would use language 16:55 that would mislead His apostles? 16:58 Exactly. 16:59 You know, I quoted earlier, 17:01 referenced a scripture in 1 Corinthians Chapter 14, 17:04 where it says, 17:06 God is not the author of confusion. 17:07 Yes. 17:09 And I believe that, that goes as far as 17:10 to communicate that God is not a God of confusion. 17:14 He doesn't want us to be confused about who He is, 17:17 while His nature is mysterious. 17:19 And there's so many elements of that, 17:21 that we don't fully understand as far as who God is 17:24 and what God is consisted of. 17:26 I think God wants us to understand that. 17:28 And to me, Shelley, and I just want to add this, 17:30 not trying to be facetious or sarcastic. 17:32 But if I were to read this 17:34 just simply having no prior information 17:38 or understanding of scripture at all, 17:39 or what others believe, 17:41 or what other types of interpretation is applied 17:43 to these particular text, because you can take any text 17:46 and twist it, as Peter would say that 17:48 people were doing to Paul's writings to twist it 17:51 to their own destruction. 17:52 But if you were to just simply take this 17:54 for what it says and not try to apply some deep, 17:57 personal, theological, spiritual, symbolic meaning, 18:01 it literally communicates right there in the text, 18:04 three distinct persons. 18:07 And so when I read this text here 18:09 and I read what Christ says, and I will pray to the Father, 18:11 you know, I had to pause for a moment, 18:13 just to mention, Dakota and I came 18:15 before we were Adventists years ago. 18:17 We came out of 18:19 the Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal movement. 18:22 And there are wonderful people, loving people in that movement. 18:25 But while we were in that movement, 18:27 and I was raised up in that, we were taught 18:29 another completely different, 18:32 very interesting twisted version of the Godhead. 18:35 It was more of a, what would be properly called 18:37 an immortalist perspective of God which is, 18:41 there's one central, again monotheistic being, 18:44 you know, monotheism, one being 18:46 and this one being is playing different roles 18:49 in different dispensations of times. 18:50 For instance, Christ is the Father, 18:52 Christ is the Son, Christ is the Holy Spirit. 18:56 And so there's so many different varieties 18:57 and versions of this of looking at this topic 19:00 where people misinterpret or add to 19:03 or take away from 19:04 what the scripture is actually saying. 19:06 And I think 19:07 it's vitally important that we... 19:09 In this instance, especially in John 14, 19:12 the context of this passage, nowhere in here, does it... 19:16 Is there any type of symbolic, prophetic, you know, 19:19 symbolism that is being communicated here. 19:22 The Christ is coming straight out and saying, 19:24 "Look, I'm gonna pray to the Father. 19:26 And when I'm gone, He's gonna send you 19:28 another Parakletos. 19:30 He's gonna send you another comforter, 19:32 distinctly from Himself, distinctly from the Father." 19:35 Amen. Very clear. 19:36 We have to be clear too that, 19:38 you know, we have to understand 19:40 what a verse is saying or what it's not saying. 19:41 Right. 19:43 So many people read into a verse, 19:45 their own understanding or their own presuppositions 19:47 or where they may be, 19:48 or what they may have been raised into. 19:50 And Jesus did not say... 19:53 And I'm gonna pray to the Father 19:54 and I will come to you again. 19:56 That's right. Right? 19:57 And so we have to be careful not to read into the text. 19:59 Amen. Amen. 20:01 Well, and the fact that, you know, 20:02 we wouldn't dare accuse Christ of using something 20:07 that employing language that would mislead 20:11 His apostles and His disciples. 20:13 He said, I am sending you another allos Parakletos. 20:18 One, who is just like Me. 20:20 Why was that important that Jesus sent the Holy Spirit? 20:23 And we're going to see, 20:25 it was Christ and the Father that are... 20:29 The scripture says, who sent the spirit. 20:31 But why did Jesus know 20:33 He needed to send another? 20:37 Well, I think it's always... 20:39 I think it's always important to understand it 20:41 from the perspective of the, 20:45 the very aspect of scripture communicates to us 20:49 that the Father and the Son are in heaven. 20:51 Okay, let's just start there for a moment. 20:53 The Son tells us to pray to the Father, 20:56 our Father who art in heaven. 20:58 And so, while God is omnipresent, 21:01 while the Father is omnipresent, 21:03 and the Son is omnipresent, 21:04 they're omnipresent through the Holy Spirit. 21:07 And so Christ was with them in person at that time 21:10 as a very physical, literal comforter. 21:13 But once His physical being was going to go back to heaven, 21:17 and then the Father is very physical being. 21:19 Of course, in all of His glory is in heaven. 21:23 The only way that He could manifest Himself 21:26 and that we would be comfort, you know, not comfortless, 21:29 would be to send His leading, guiding spirit to be with us. 21:33 And so in that case, I would say that, 21:35 that we have to understand that while God... 21:39 The entirety of God, you know, Father, Son, 21:41 and Holy Spirit is omnipresent. 21:43 The scripture does very much communicate 21:45 that it is through the Holy Spirit 21:46 that God is omnipresent. 21:48 Amen. 21:49 And it also, you know, the Holy Spirit 21:53 came to take Christ's place on earth. 21:55 Did He not to complete the work? 21:57 Because Jesus is still ministering in heaven 22:01 but He could not be here. 22:02 And that's why He told them, 22:04 "Hey, it's better for you that I go." 22:06 Because the Holy Spirit has worked with God's believers 22:09 throughout scripture. 22:11 He was one who was alongside of them. 22:15 But now, just as Christ, 22:19 God was incarnated... 22:21 Now the Holy Spirit's incarnated, 22:23 he lives in us, right? 22:25 And Christ was a very physical representation 22:28 and manifestation 22:30 of the perfect sinless moral character of God. 22:33 Amen. 22:35 And so while the disciples and the people 22:36 were able to very physically, 22:39 visually see the beautiful loving character of God 22:42 on display in the very physical form. 22:45 When Christ went away, 22:46 how was that beautiful character of God 22:49 going to be manifest to His people? 22:51 Through the Holy Spirit. Amen. 22:52 Okay, let's continue with verse 17. 22:54 You want to pick up 17 and 18? 22:56 Absolutely. 22:57 So we're still in John 14:17-18. 23:00 The Bible says, in this again, this is Jesus speaking. 23:03 "He says the spirit of truth," 23:05 again referring to the Holy Spirit, 23:08 "whom the world cannot receive 23:09 because it neither sees Him, nor knows Him, 23:13 but you know Him, for He dwells with you, 23:17 and will be in you." 23:19 And He says, "I will not leave you orphans, 23:21 I will come to you." 23:23 All right. So, as you've already said... 23:27 I mean, I think this is where 23:29 people get a little confused as to 23:31 whether or not the Holy Spirit is Christ, 23:34 when He says, I will come to you. 23:35 I believe we're going to see throughout scripture 23:39 that the presence, the Father and the Son 23:42 live in our hearts by faith 23:45 through the presence of the Holy Spirit. 23:48 When the spirit dwells in us, 23:50 then we know 23:52 that the Father and the Son dwell in us. 23:54 And, you know, we'd look at 23:56 Ephesians Chapter 3 for that. 23:59 I love this scripture. 24:01 Paul says in Ephesians 3:16. 24:04 He's praying that God would grant you, the Ephesians. 24:08 "According to the riches 24:10 of His glory to be strengthened with might, 24:13 through His Spirit in the inner man." 24:17 And He's talking about strengthened 24:19 with that dynamite power 24:21 through the Holy Spirit living in us. 24:25 And for what purpose? 24:26 That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. 24:29 Yes. Yes. 24:31 So when this Holy Spirit is in you, 24:34 because the Father, the Son, and the Spirit 24:39 are the exact same essence... 24:42 Yes, and character, yeah. 24:43 And character, in nature, 24:45 all of their attributes then one times, one times 24:49 one equals one. 24:51 That's right. And they are indivisible. 24:53 One divided by one, divided by one, equals one. 24:57 You mentioned this particular text here 24:59 that I just read. 25:00 And we read that particular portion 25:02 where it says, 25:03 I will send you the spirit of truth. 25:04 And then at the end of that particular verse, in 18, 25:06 He says, I will come to you. 25:08 And this is where a lot of people misinterpret 25:10 and apply their own personal knowledge 25:12 and saying, see, 25:14 the Christ is telling them in code 25:16 that I'm gonna send you another comforter, 25:18 I'm going to send you the spirit. 25:20 Hint, Hint, I'm gonna come to you. 25:22 But, you know, it's interesting 25:23 that we have to understand that 25:25 because, I found this quote here, 25:26 and this is a good quote to kind of understand 25:28 what this is saying here. 25:30 This comes from Manuscript Releases, 25:31 volume 20, page 324. 25:32 Very short, very sweet, but very clear. 25:35 It is said here, "The Holy Spirit 25:37 is the comforter in Christ's name. 25:41 He personifies Christ, yet is a distinct personality." 25:45 Amen. 25:47 And so while the Holy Spirit is a distinct third person 25:51 with the same character and personality 25:53 as the Father and the Son, 25:54 He is a representative of Christ. 25:56 So Christ essentially is coming to us 25:59 in the form of the spirit, when the Holy Spirit shows up, 26:03 because as we're gonna read in just a few moments 26:05 over in John Chapter 16, 26:07 He says, "He will show you and reveal to you 26:09 all that is from Me and by Me." 26:10 Amen. 26:12 And so while He is a distinct third individual person, 26:15 He is Christ personified in character and in spirit, 26:18 so that we might be able to manifest 26:20 within ourselves as we receive the Holy Spirit, 26:23 that of the very moral loving character of Jesus. 26:26 So when you think about Hebrews 1:3, 26:28 it talks about Christ being the outraying, 26:31 the effluence of the Father, 26:35 the same with the Holy Spirit. 26:36 Absolutely. 26:37 So, you know, in verse 23, if we go on down here, 26:40 Jesus says that, 26:42 "If anyone loves Me and keeps My word, 26:45 My father and I will come to them 26:47 and will make a home with him." 26:49 So we're looking at three coequal, 26:53 coeternal persons that are one being. 26:56 Let me give you an example of what I just said 26:59 that you could twist another scripture 27:00 to make it sound something that it doesn't. 27:02 For instance, what I just read here 27:04 in John 14:17-18, 27:07 where Christ says here, 27:09 "I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you 27:11 speaking in the form of the spirit." 27:12 And so people take that scripture, as I said, 27:14 and they will apply and say, see, 27:16 that is the Spirit of Christ. 27:17 So it must be Christ coming in the spirit form, 27:20 but it's not a third distinct person 27:21 from the Father and the Son. 27:23 Well, we can apply the same method 27:25 if we go to the scripture where Christ says 27:26 in response to Thomas's doubting, 27:28 where He says to him, "When you see Me, 27:31 you have seen the Father." 27:33 As when I was in the Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal Church, 27:35 that was one of the text that they would use to say, see, 27:38 Jesus is the Father because He said, 27:40 when you see Him, you see the Father. 27:42 But even I've run into many people, 27:44 even those who don't believe that 27:45 the Holy Spirit is a third distinct person, 27:47 they still believe that the Father and the Son 27:49 are two distinct persons. 27:51 So you can take scriptures and read too much into them 27:54 and apply something 27:55 that's actually not being said there. 27:57 We know that when Christ was saying, 27:59 when you see Me, you have seen the Father. 28:01 He's saying, you know, 28:02 the Father cannot be revealed to you 28:04 because if He was here and very present, 28:06 you would just disintegrate. 28:08 But I am the Father's character, 28:11 I am the Father's moral essence, 28:14 personified right here in the physical presence, 28:16 but yet He was a distinct 28:18 different person than the Father. 28:19 Amen. Absolutely. 28:21 I think a lot of the confusion too that 28:22 comes with a subject of the Holy Spirit, 28:24 or even the Godhead in general is, 28:26 people focus and they make their main focus 28:31 on the numerical sense of it where the scripture says, 28:33 "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one." 28:36 And they think that, that one is only speaking 28:38 in a numerical sense 28:39 but as we've been talking about, 28:41 is speaking of the sense of unity and agreement. 28:42 Right. 28:43 In the Hebrew the word is echad, 28:45 which is compound unity. Right. Yeah. 28:48 So like, you know, you had the example 28:49 where it says that, 28:51 when a man and a woman are married, 28:52 they become one flesh. 28:54 It doesn't mean that 28:55 we're one flesh in the literal sense, 28:58 in the numerical sense, but in agreement and in unity. 29:00 Amen. Right. 29:01 Amen. Great point. 29:03 Thank you for bringing that in, Dakota. 29:05 All right. So let's look then at... 29:14 Let me say this. 29:15 Scripture unequivocally teaches 29:18 that the Holy Spirit is as much a conscious, 29:23 intelligent person as the Father and the Son, 29:27 because all of the elements 29:29 that constitute personality 29:32 are attributed to Him. 29:33 Sure, sure. 29:35 So we want you to turn in your Bibles 29:37 to 1 Corinthians Chapter 2. 29:40 And let's see that the Holy Spirit 29:43 is endowed with wisdom, 29:45 understanding and will. 29:47 Who wants to take 1 Corinthians 2: 10-11? 29:51 I'll take that one. Okay. 29:54 This is an exciting study because I came... 29:58 Again, as I said, I came from 30:01 a twisted understanding of God. 30:03 And over the years God has had to 30:04 straighten my understanding out from a biblical perspective. 30:08 And so, there's a lot of different views 30:09 of this out there. 30:11 And I just want to make a quick appeal 30:12 that you allow the Bible to speak to you, 30:14 allow the scriptures to speak to you directly 30:16 and not some preconceived ideas 30:19 or understanding that 30:20 someone else is sharing with you 30:21 because that's how confusion comes in. 30:23 And people begin to adopt confusing ideas 30:25 based on what others are saying, 30:27 rather than what the scripture is saying. 30:29 Amen. All right. 30:31 1 Corinthians 2:10-11 says, 30:33 "But God hath revealed them 30:36 unto us by his Spirit, 30:37 for the Spirit searcheth all things, 30:39 yea, the deep things of God. 30:41 For what man knoweth the things of a man, 30:44 save the spirit of man which is in him? 30:47 Even so the things of God knoweth no man, 30:49 but the Spirit of God." 30:53 Interesting. 30:54 So now let's break this one down 30:57 because many people will say, 31:02 "Well, this is the energy or the spirit..." 31:07 An impersonal force. An impersonal force. 31:09 Yeah. But let's look at this. 31:11 When it says the spirit searches, 31:14 searches is an act of understanding. 31:16 Right. Absolutely. All right. 31:18 Then he goes down here and he says, 31:19 what man knows the things, except the spirit of the man. 31:22 Now this is self-consciousness 31:24 that resides in a man or a woman. 31:26 Sure. 31:27 But when you get down to the next sentence, says, 31:31 even so no one knows the things of God 31:33 except the Spirit of God. 31:34 This is a totally different construction in the Greek. 31:39 It is not a mere self-consciousness of God. 31:43 Right. 31:45 This is the personal, 31:46 Holy Spirit in relation to the Father. 31:50 And John 4:24, Jesus said, 31:53 "God is spirit." 31:55 That's right. 31:56 So when people say, 31:58 well, the spirit is just a power. 32:00 Well, wait a minute. 32:02 Does the spirit have a spirit? 32:04 You know, I mean... 32:05 If God is spirit... 32:07 Christ was spirit before He became... 32:09 when He was incarnated. That's right. 32:11 So here we see that we do have wisdom 32:16 and understanding in this act of searching. 32:19 So let's flip it over to 1 Corinthians 12. 32:23 Why don't you take that, Ryan? 32:24 Sure. 1 Corinthians 12. 32:27 And this is gonna be verse 11. 32:29 It says, "But one and the same Spirit 32:31 works all these things, distributing to each one 32:35 individually as He wills." 32:38 And so this is talking about 32:41 how the spirit 32:42 endows the very concept of a will, 32:44 that we have the leading guiding power 32:48 of the spirit 32:49 who works in all these things to give us 32:51 and distribute these individual wonderful spiritual gifts 32:54 that we receive as believing Christians. 32:58 And so it's interesting here that, 33:00 that Paul's language... 33:02 Of course it would be meaningless 33:03 if the spirit is only in an influencing energy. 33:06 There's a personality here. 33:08 There's a personhood to this that, 33:10 that there's a choice being made, 33:12 that I'm gonna give divine... 33:13 I'm prerogative, yeah. 33:15 A divine prerogative, a divine choice. 33:16 Yeah. 33:17 An agenda to say, "Okay, I'm gonna give this person 33:20 this specific gift because that's what 33:21 they're gonna do for the kingdom. 33:22 I'm gonna give this person a specific gift 33:24 because they're gonna bless the kingdom and amplify 33:27 and advance the kingdom in this way." 33:29 So there's an intelligence there. 33:31 And some non-personal force 33:34 or essence or power cannot do that. 33:38 There's a divine intelligence 33:39 and personhood behind this work. 33:41 Amen. 33:42 And we know, if we turn to Acts 13:2. 33:45 I'll let you take that one, Dakota. 33:47 That the Holy Spirit, 33:49 He not only distributed the gifts 33:52 according to His will, 33:54 but He chose church leaders 33:57 and He exercised His authority there. 34:00 Acts 13:2. 34:03 "As they ministered to the Lord, 34:05 and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, 34:07 Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work 34:10 whereunto I have called them." 34:13 The Holy Spirit said. 34:16 We've got... That's right. 34:17 I've got so many scriptures on that. 34:18 You know, somebody telling me, "Well, He doesn't speak." 34:22 And I said, really, I've got so many scriptures 34:25 that talks about the Holy Spirit speaking. 34:28 But He's exercising again, a divine prerogative. 34:31 Sure. 34:33 The Holy Spirit is acting as Christ agent, 34:36 as God's agent here. 34:38 He is ministering to the church, 34:42 choosing the leaders and where they will go. 34:45 So let's look at Acts 15:28. 34:49 Okay, Acts 15:28. 34:50 "For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us, 34:54 to lay upon you no greater burden 34:56 than these necessary things." 34:59 And so we see that there again... 35:01 There's a divine intelligence, a personal intelligence 35:04 that is leading to make church decisions here. 35:07 So the spirit, that intelligent spirit, 35:10 a person who is leading these individuals, 35:12 working through the church 35:14 to make good spiritual decisions 35:16 for the church. 35:17 Amen. Absolutely. 35:19 And we see it again in Acts 16. 35:20 This is... 35:22 Why don't you take that one, Ryan? 35:24 I mean, Dakota, Acts 16:6-7. 35:27 We're seeing the Holy Spirit is... 35:30 He decides as He wills. 35:32 He distributes the gifts. 35:34 He chooses church leaders. 35:36 He's leading in church decisions. 35:39 But He also led in the direction 35:41 of the preaching of the gospel. 35:43 Acts 16:6. 35:45 Acts 16:6-7. Yes. 35:48 "Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia 35:50 and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden 35:53 of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 35:57 after they were come to..." 35:58 How do you pronounce that? 36:00 Mysia. Mysia. 36:01 Mysia. Mysia? 36:02 Okay, Mysia or however you say that. 36:04 "They assayed to go into Bithynia, 36:08 but the Spirit rather suffered them not." 36:10 Right. 36:12 New King James Version says, "Spirit did not permit them." 36:15 So they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit. 36:18 There's a time and place for everything, right? 36:20 Right. Absolutely. 36:21 But here we see the spirit saying not now, 36:25 don't go, I'm not allowing you to go. 36:27 Right. Does that sound like a person? 36:30 Absolutely. 36:32 Only a person could give that 36:33 type of leadership and guidance. 36:35 Okay. Yeah. 36:36 Why don't you hit the idea of how the Holy Spirit 36:39 is endowed with emotion? 36:40 Well, we serve an emotional God. 36:42 Yes. 36:44 And while we know that, that can be a gift 36:47 and it is certainly a gift I think that God 36:49 has bestowed upon us 36:50 to be able to express the emotion. 36:53 We know that sometimes 36:55 the enemy will play upon our emotions. 36:57 And so we have to safeguard and had to be careful. 36:59 But I like to remind people that we serve a God of emotion. 37:01 Amen. 37:03 He created emotion. He wants... 37:04 We are emotional beings. 37:06 We were created in His image. 37:07 And so He is an emotional God. 37:09 The Father is an emotional being. 37:11 Jesus expressed His emotions many times in scriptures 37:14 as He was working with 37:17 and working among the people of God. 37:20 And here we find 37:22 that the Holy Spirit is no different. 37:23 We're gonna go to Romans 15:30. 37:26 Again, this is Romans 15:30. 37:29 And we see here that the spirit loves, 37:32 that the spirit shows emotions of love. 37:34 It says, "Now I beg you brethren 37:36 through the Lord Jesus Christ, 37:38 and," notice there's a distinction here, 37:40 "through the love of the spirit, 37:43 that you strive together with Me 37:44 in prayers to God for Me." 37:47 Love, while love identifies who God is. 37:50 Love can also... 37:52 We can have emotions of love. 37:53 And so we see that the Holy Spirit 37:55 here is also expressing an emotion of love. 37:58 And then what... 37:59 I mean, God is love, 38:01 so we expect that the Holy Spirit 38:03 to be the spirit of love. 38:05 But what about the emotions of... 38:08 Can we grieve the Father? 38:10 Oh, of course. Absolutely. Sure. 38:12 Ephesians 4:30 says that actually. 38:14 It says that... 38:16 Why don't you read that? 38:18 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 38:20 whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption." 38:24 And we need to make... 38:25 We need to be careful that 38:27 we do not grieve the spirit of God 38:28 and continuing to rebel 38:30 against the will of God in our life. 38:31 We can do that. 38:33 We can actually bring much sorrow and agony, 38:35 even anguish to God. 38:36 So can a force be grieved? 38:39 An impersonal force. An impersonal force. 38:40 An impersonal force cannot be grieved. 38:43 Right. Only a person can be grieved. 38:45 Do you know? 38:46 And then in Greek it's actually cease grieving 38:49 the Holy Spirit. 38:51 By whom, and that is literal, that it's not by which, 38:55 by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 38:59 You know, and we've emphasized this, 39:01 the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, 39:03 while there are three distinct different persons, 39:05 they are one and the same in goal, 39:07 agenda, purpose and as we're seeing 39:09 their emotions in essence. 39:11 And so it's interesting... 39:12 In the life of Christ, do we see Christ being grieved? 39:17 You know, the Bible tell... 39:18 You know, within this, 39:19 I'll think of the story that perhaps 39:21 the shortest scripture in all the Bible. 39:22 As he was weeping over the fact that, 39:25 that He saw the pain and the hurt in Mary and Martha 39:27 when they lost Lazarus. 39:28 Yes. 39:29 I can imagine Christ weeping over Jerusalem 39:32 with emotion as he was saying, O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 39:36 how long I have, you know, 39:37 wanted to gather you as a hen gathers her 39:40 hens under her wings or chicks under her wings, 39:42 but you were not willing. 39:43 We see, and we're actually told 39:45 in the Spirit of Prophecy, 39:47 that when He was rebuking the Pharisees, 39:48 He did it with tears in His eyes. 39:51 And so as Christ expresses emotion 39:53 and the Holy Spirit is to reveal 39:55 now the manifestation of Christ will and Christ... 40:00 Christ's very, very intelligence 40:02 and His moral character. 40:03 You could imagine that as a person, 40:05 the Holy Spirit can be grieved and show emotion. 40:08 Amen. Absolutely. 40:09 So the spirit loves? Absolutely. 40:13 The spirit can be grieved 40:14 and the lay person can be grieved. 40:16 The spirit can be insulted. Let me read Hebrews 10:29. 40:20 But this always, this one gets you. 40:24 Hebrews 10:29. 40:25 "Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, 40:28 will he be thought worthy, 40:30 who has trampled the Son of God under foot, 40:33 counted the blood of the covenant, 40:36 by which he was sanctified a common thing 40:39 and insulted the spirit." 40:43 The capital S, Holy Spirit of grace. 40:48 So only a person 40:52 can be insulted. 40:54 Yeah. 40:56 You can't insult a wind or an air, or a fire or... 41:01 In all these things 41:02 you will find in Scripture by the way 41:03 that this Holy Spirit is compared to. 41:05 The Holy Spirit is compared to wind. 41:07 The Holy Spirit is compared to fire. 41:09 The Holy Spirit is compared to rain. 41:11 The Holy Spirit is compared to a dove. 41:14 And so all of these things are elements 41:17 that it's being compared to, but it's, 41:20 the Holy Spirit is not wind, 41:21 the Holy Spirit is not fire, it is not a dove. 41:24 It is not... These are describing... 41:26 It's a mode of operation. Absolutely. 41:28 Like Jesus, I am divine. Right. 41:30 I am the gate. I am the door. Yeah. 41:33 So it is just a mode of operation 41:38 and that is critical. 41:39 Absolutely. 41:40 So we can, you can offend a dove 41:43 and per se. 41:44 Can offend the wind or a fire or element like that. 41:47 But yet a person you can 41:49 and that's what we're emphasizing here. 41:50 Okay. All right. 41:52 Acts 5:3. 41:54 Dakota, you want to take that one? 41:56 Sure. Yeah. 41:57 Obviously this is a really big one. 42:00 The story of Ananias and Sapphira, yeah. 42:02 Acts 5:3, "But Peter said, Ananias, 42:05 why hath Satan filled thine heart 42:07 to lie to the Holy Ghost, 42:10 and to keep back part of the price of the land? 42:13 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? 42:16 and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? 42:20 why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? 42:23 thou hast not lied unto men," then He clarifies, 42:26 "but unto God." 42:27 And so the Holy Spirit is called God here. 42:30 We know it's part of the Godhead. 42:31 And when you lie to God, 42:34 you're ultimately lying to the Holy Spirit as well, 42:36 which, as we've clarified... 42:37 You lie to the Holy Spirit, you lie to God. 42:38 You cannot lie to an impersonal force. 42:40 Right. Amen. 42:41 Amen. Absolutely. 42:43 And then... 42:44 Can anyone 42:47 but God be blasphemed? 42:50 Well, we know that 42:52 according to Matthew Chapter 12, 42:55 God can be blasphemed. 42:57 But, of course, we know that, 42:58 that great scary occurrence 43:02 that can happen in one's life, 43:06 blaspheming the Holy Spirit is going far 43:09 and beyond something that Christ even said, 43:11 He couldn't forgive you for it. 43:12 And I just want to emphasize that, 43:15 that... 43:17 And I'm sure we're gonna read this again. 43:18 Mark 3:28. 43:20 Okay, yeah, let's read. Let's read it, Mark 3:28. 43:21 Yes. So Mark 3:28-30. 43:25 It says, "Assuredly, I say to you, 43:27 all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, 43:29 and whatever blasphemies they may utter. 43:33 But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit 43:35 never has forgiveness, 43:37 but is subject to eternal condemnation. 43:40 But they said, he has an unclean spirit." 43:43 And so... 43:44 You know, again in Matthew 43:45 He also emphasizes the fact that you can, you can, 43:48 you know, blaspheme and speak badly 43:50 against the Son of Man, even himself Christ. 43:52 And this is what's amazing to me. 43:54 And again, it shows to me even more clear, 43:58 straightforward proof that the Holy Spirit 44:02 is a third distinct person from Christ 44:05 because He just states in that scripture. 44:07 You can say... You can say bad things to me. 44:11 You can put Me down as the Son of Man, 44:13 as the Son of God. 44:15 But if you blaspheme the Holy Spirit, 44:17 you've went far and beyond, 44:18 you've crossed that line of demarcation, 44:20 you've passed the point of no return. 44:23 And so it's interesting that if Christ, 44:25 if the Spirit of God, 44:27 the Holy Spirit is indeed Christ Himself, 44:31 then, that to me, 44:32 that would be confusion for Christ to say, 44:34 "Oh, you can say all these things about me. 44:36 And you know, you can lie to Me 44:38 and you can put Me down 44:39 but when you blaspheme the Holy Spirit, 44:42 I can't forgive you for that." 44:43 Well, then essentially you would be doing that to Him, 44:46 and that's confusion. 44:47 And so we know that he's, Christ is essentially saying, 44:50 you know, My power, the power of My spirit, 44:56 it's a time, you're living in a judgment time period. 44:58 Well, you cannot afford to reject the leading power 45:01 of the Holy Spirit. 45:03 And if you do, you can set yourself up 45:05 for blasphemy. 45:07 Completely rejecting the living, 45:09 leading guiding power of gospel. 45:10 And only God can be blasphemed. Absolutely. 45:12 You know, I think that part of the problem, 45:14 of course, you know, Jesus said, 45:15 I and the Father are one. 45:17 Paul says that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, 45:21 the Spirit of the Father. 45:23 Sure. So this is where people forget. 45:27 They are three persons, one being, 45:31 one times one, times one. 45:34 They have the same attributes, they have the same purpose. 45:37 They're the same essence. 45:39 Now, hard time, 45:40 we're not gonna get to all of this. 45:42 But let me just... 45:43 Let me hit something real quickly. 45:45 The Holy Spirit is endowed with speech and mind 45:49 and you can look in Acts. 45:52 All throughout Acts it's talking about 45:54 what the Holy Spirit says. 45:56 The Holy Spirit speaks to Philip. 45:58 He's speaking. 46:00 And then he bears witness Jesus said. 46:03 He teaches us the truth. 46:06 But what I want to get to, 46:08 because this is the scripture 46:10 that people will sometimes use 46:13 is Romans 8:26. 46:16 Yes. Would you... 46:18 You've got the King James Version. 46:19 Let's start with you Dakota. 46:21 Read Romans 8:26 from the King James Version. 46:26 Romans 8:26. 46:29 One of the most, probably misunderstood text, 46:32 misapplied text for sure in all of the scripture. 46:35 All right. 46:36 It says, "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities, 46:40 for we know not what we should pray 46:42 for as we ought, 46:43 but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us 46:47 with groanings which cannot be uttered." 46:49 The spirit itself. 46:52 Why does the Greek... 46:54 Why does Paul say the spirit itself, 46:57 if he is a person? 47:00 If the Holy Spirit is a person, 47:02 why would Paul say the spirit itself? 47:06 In the Greek the word for spirit is Pneuma. 47:10 It is neuter gender. 47:12 And that means it is not male, it is not female. 47:16 This is perfectly appropriate to say 47:18 the spirit itself as far as 47:21 following grammatical rules. 47:25 But it would be equally... 47:27 When Jesus said in John 4:24, 47:31 "God is spirit and you must worship Him 47:33 in spirit and truth." 47:35 It would be just equally as grammatically correct 47:39 to say God is spirit. 47:41 You must worship it in spirit and truth, 47:45 because it is neuter gender. 47:47 But the interesting thing, I believe, 47:50 Christ intercession to the Father proves 47:54 that He is a different entity from the Father 47:57 and the Holy Spirit's intercession 48:01 proves His distinct personhood. 48:04 And I just want to point out 48:06 that when Jesus spoke of the Holy Spirit, 48:11 anytime Jesus spoke against the rule 48:15 of Greek grammar, 48:16 He always used 48:19 the emphatic personal pronoun, 48:22 He. Yeah. 48:23 I think we can look to our Lord and see that. 48:25 Absolutely. Absolutely. 48:27 And, you know, this is something that 48:29 a lot of people were all here, 48:31 I prefer New King James to King James 48:34 because I get tripped up under these and thou's, 48:37 it just throws me off. 48:39 But sometimes people say, 48:41 "Yeah, but look, they changed itself. 48:44 In the New King James it says, this Spirit Himself, 48:49 as all of the rest of the translations 48:53 refer to Him in a personal manner 48:55 because Christ always did. 48:57 But it's, I think that is... 49:01 I think we're on dangerous ground, 49:03 when we call the Holy Spirit it. 49:06 I agree. 49:08 You know, I believe that 49:09 we are... 49:12 grieving Him in the fact that 49:15 we are not recognizing Him as God. 49:18 Right. Absolutely. 49:19 What do you think? 49:21 Well, I think, absolutely, 49:22 I think it sets us up for exactly 49:24 what we were just talking about, 49:25 in the rejection of the Holy Spirit 49:26 and committing the one, 49:28 the one act or the one existence 49:31 or the state of which we reject the Holy Spirit 49:34 and commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. 49:37 When we don't apply a personality, 49:40 a person to that 49:43 distinct individual of the Holy Spirit, 49:46 then we set ourselves up to apply more emphasis 49:49 to the Father and the Son. 49:51 And we reject the leading guiding power 49:54 of the Holy Spirit. 49:57 And I think that puts us in a direction 49:58 and sets us up for a dangerous, 50:00 fearful looking forward to judgment in rejecting 50:04 the very person that Christ said, 50:06 I'm sending to be a comfort to you. 50:08 I'm sending to lead and to guide you 50:10 and to teach you all things 50:12 and to remind you of all things. 50:13 And I just, I know 50:15 we have just a couple of minutes 50:16 before our break here, 50:18 but I just want to add here very quickly. 50:19 You know, I, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, 50:22 inside the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 50:24 there are many different views on a lot of different subjects. 50:28 But there is a strong movement within the Adventist Church 50:31 of those who are Seventh-day Adventist Christians, 50:33 but they are anti-Trinitarians. 50:35 And on this particular point, I'm sure people, 50:37 they are gonna watch this program 50:39 and they're gonna just pick us apart 50:41 because of the interpretation that they get personally 50:44 from the particular text that they see one way 50:46 very different from us. 50:48 But I think it's important that we understand 50:50 as I was finding some of these that, 50:52 you know, they try to manipulate 50:53 the text as well as the Spirit of Prophecy 50:55 to say something that it doesn't. 50:57 But I just want to make this very clear. 51:00 Manuscripts Releases volume 14, 51:01 as well as Acts of the Apostles page 52, 51:04 powerful texts, you got to read this 51:05 because this is powerful. 51:07 She says here, this is Ellen White, 51:09 whom I believe had the gift of prophecy, 51:11 whom I believe was strongly influenced by the Holy Spirit. 51:13 She says, "It is not essential for you to know 51:16 and be able to define just what the Holy Spirit is." 51:20 Christ tells us that 51:21 the Holy Spirit is the comforter, 51:23 and the comforter is the Holy Ghost. 51:25 On this point, she goes on to say, 51:27 "Silence is golden." 51:28 And she's referring to the nature, 51:30 that you can't understand the Holy Spirit. 51:32 We can only understand in as much as 51:33 what the scripture reveals to us. 51:35 And we have to stick to that. 51:36 Yeah. Yeah. 51:38 And, you know, this is... 51:39 We're just out of time. 51:40 But the scripture shows us that 51:43 the Holy Spirit possesses 51:45 all the attributes particular to God. 51:48 I mean, He has, He's holy, obviously, 51:51 eminently holy as His name suggest. 51:53 He's eternal. 51:54 Hebrews 9:14 talks about the eternal spirit. 51:58 He's all knowing, Jesus said in John 14: 26, 52:02 that He will teach you all things. 52:04 He's omnipresent. 52:06 In Psalms He says, 52:08 "Where can I go to be away from your spirit?" 52:10 He's omnipotent. 52:12 He is the one who actually was the one, 52:15 who, if you will affected the incarnation of Jesus, 52:20 and miraculously formed the incarnate Christ. 52:23 So when we see this, 52:26 we see that the Holy Spirit is God. 52:31 And again, it is not God the Father, 52:34 God, the Son, God the Holy Spirit. 52:37 It is God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 52:41 One times, one times one equals one. 52:44 Amen. 52:45 Well, we've got to take a quick break, 52:46 but we're going to be back with a final thought. |
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