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Robert Jeffress - The Christian's Birth Certificate

April 24, 2025 | S25:E195

Robert Jeffress - The Christian's Birth Certificate
Pathway to Victory offers a practical application of God’s Word to everyday life through the clear, biblical teaching of Pastor Jeffress.
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - The Christian's Birth Certificate | April 24, 2025
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist
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  • Church of dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory" with dr.
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  • Robert jeffress.
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  • Dr. robert jeffress: hi, i'm robert jeffress, and welcome
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  • Again to "pathway to victory."
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  • How can you know if someone is really a christian?
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  • Is it visible from the outside?
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  • Or is the answer hidden somewhere that can't be seen?
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  • Well, according to scripture, the authenticity of our faith
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  • All depends on whether or not the holy spirit is dwelling
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  • Within us, and today i'm going to explain why i believe that
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  • Every true christian receives the holy spirit at the moment
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  • Of salvation.
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  • My message is titled "the christian's birth certificate"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Announcer: god never intended for the holy spirit to be a
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  • Mystery to believers.
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  • In fact, if you're a follower of jesus, then god's spirit is
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  • Dwelling inside of you, and he's waiting to unleash his
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  • Supernatural power in your life.
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  • In his bestselling book, "i want more!"
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  • Dr. robert jeffress teaches what it means to be filled with the
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  • Power of the holy spirit.
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  • Jeffress: in his book, "the me i want to be," john ortberg writes
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  • About an experience he had water skiing.
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  • This is what he writes, "on vacation one summer, my wife, a
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  • Veteran water skier, was teaching our family to
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  • Water ski.
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  • I'd only watered skied once or twice before, so it took several
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  • Trips to feel any confidence at all.
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  • I decided i wanted to try using only one ski, but the boat could
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  • Not generate enough power for me to get up out of the water.
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  • Back in the boat, i noticed a button labeled power tilt.
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  • Now, i know nothing about boats or engines, but it seemed like a
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  • Promising button, so we gave it a shot.
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  • I heard a whirring sound, which i later learned was the
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  • Propeller being driven much deeper under the water.
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  • I got back behind the boat, balanced precariously on one
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  • Ski, and yelled to my wife, 'nancy, hit it.'
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  • The bow of the boat lifted up out of the water at a 45-degree
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  • Angle and moved as if i had been shot out of a cannon.
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  • Adequate power to get my body up out of the water was not a
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  • Problem, survival was.
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  • I gestured wildly for the boat to slow down.
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  • However, my family had not prearranged signals, and so my
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  • Kids interpreted my waving as a desire to go faster.
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  • So they revved the boat up full throttle.
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  • I was not just up, but i was bouncing through the air between
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  • Landings like a rock skipping across a smooth lake.
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  • It never occurred to me to let go of the rope.
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  • I eventually came down on my face.
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  • For 6 months, i could not smile with the right side of my mouth.
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  • But i did find out i could ski.
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  • I just needed power."
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  • You know, all of us feel that need for power at special times
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  • In our life, don't we?
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  • Maybe not the power to water ski, but we feel the need for
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  • Power in our prayers.
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  • We feel the need for more power in saying "no" to sin.
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  • We all want power.
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  • But the good news is that, if you are a christian, you already
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  • Have all the power that you need.
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  • The power is not a special force, that power is a person,
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  • The holy spirit of god.
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  • Last week we began a brand-new series of messages entitled
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  • "unleashed: experiencing the power of the holy spirit," and
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  • We're talking about how we as christians can access that
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  • Tremendous spiritual horsepower that we all possess, the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • We said last time that, while every christian is indwelled by
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  • The holy spirit, not every christian is empowered by the
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  • Holy spirit of god.
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  • Far too many christians go through life unaware of the
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  • Great power that they already have as christians.
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  • They're like that poor old indian chief we talked about
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  • Last week that bought the red cadillac and then attached two
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  • Horses to the front bumper to pull him around.
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  • He had no idea of the tremendous horsepower that was already
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  • Under the hood.
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  • Many christians are like that.
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  • We are unaware of the tremendous spiritual horsepower that we
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  • Have as believers.
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  • I want you to turn, first of all, to acts chapter 2.
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  • These are three passages in acts that tend to teach that the
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  • Baptism with the holy spirit is not concurrent with salvation
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  • But subsequent to our salvation.
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  • Now, the first is the first recorded instance of the baptism
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  • With the holy spirit in the bible.
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  • Look at this.
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  • Remember, the apostles were in the upper room, they were
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  • Waiting for the holy spirit to come as jesus had prophesied?
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  • Look at verse 1 of acts 2, "when the day of pentecost had come,
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  • They were all together in one place.
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  • And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent
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  • Rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they
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  • Were sitting.
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  • And there appeared to them tongues as a fire, distributing
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  • Themselves, and they rested on each one of them.
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  • And they were all filled with the holy spirit, and they began
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  • To speak with other tongues, as the spirit was giving
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  • Them utterance."
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  • This is the passage that records the long awaited coming, the
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  • Baptism with the holy spirit on believers.
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  • The second passage people point to is acts chapter 8.
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  • Look at that, verses 14 through 17, luke records, "now when the
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  • Apostles in jerusalem heard that samaria had received the word of
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  • God, they sent them peter and john, who came down and prayed
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  • For them that they might receive the holy spirit.
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  • (for he had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply
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  • Been baptized in the name of the lord jesus.)
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  • Then the apostles began laying their hands on these samaritans,
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  • And they were receiving the holy spirit."
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  • Now, remember, the samaritans were half jews who hated the
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  • Full-blooded jews, and the full-blooded jews hated these
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  • Half-breeds called the samaritans.
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  • But what did jesus say?
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  • He said, "and the holy spirit shall come upon you, and you
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  • Shall be my witnesses to," where?
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  • "jerusalem, judea, and samaria."
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  • Look at acts 19, verses 1 to 7, this is so interesting to me.
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  • Again, luke records, "and it happened that while apollos was
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  • At corinth, paul passed through the upper country and came to
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  • Ephesus, and found some disciples.
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  • And he said to these disciples, 'did you receive the holy spirit
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  • When you believed?'"
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  • Now, notice, by asking that, paul was indicating that would
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  • Be the normal thing to happen, to receive the holy spirit when
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  • You believe.
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  • So he sees these disciples, and he said, "'did you receive the
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  • Holy spirit when you believed?'
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  • And they said to him, 'no, we've not even heard whether there is
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  • A holy spirit.'
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  • And paul said, 'well, then into what were you baptized?'
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  • And they said, 'into john's baptism.'
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  • And paul said, 'john baptized with the baptism of repentance,
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  • Telling people to believe in christ who was coming after him,
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  • That is, in jesus.'
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  • And when they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the
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  • Lord jesus.
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  • And when paul had laid his hands upon them, the holy spirit came
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  • Upon them and they began speaking with tongues
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  • And prophesying."
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  • Now, let me give you the "reader's digest" version of
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  • What was going on here.
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  • Paul is going through ephesus.
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  • He meets these men who appear to be christians, and he says to
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  • Them--now, you know, in today's world, if we see somebody, and
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  • We're not sure whether they're saved or not, we've all learned
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  • That question from evangelism explosion to help diagnose
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  • Whether a person's really saved or not.
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  • We ask them, "if you were to stand before god and he were to
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  • Ask you, 'why should i let you into heaven?'
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  • What would you say?"
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  • By the way, a person's answer to that question can really tell
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  • You whether they're saved or not because, most of the time, when
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  • You ask people, "well, what would you say to god about why
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  • He should let you into heaven?"
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  • Most people will say, "well, because i'm a pretty
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  • Good person.
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  • I'm better than osama bin laden was.
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  • I keep the ten commandments.
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  • I give my mother flowers on mother's day, you know, i'm a
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  • Pretty good person.
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  • That's why god ought to let me into heaven."
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  • And, of course, the only right answer to say to that is, "the
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  • Only reason god would let me into heaven is because i've
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  • Trusted in his son, jesus, to pay the penalty for my sin."
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  • It's only faith in christ that saves us.
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  • Well, in paul's day, they didn't have evangelism explosion, so
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  • Paul had his own question that he asked people to determine
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  • Whether they were saved or not.
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  • And paul asked them the question, "okay, you're a
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  • Disciple, have you received the holy spirit of god?"
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  • And, when they said, "we haven't even heard of the holy spirit of
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  • God," that sent the alarm bells ringing in his mind, and he
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  • Said, "there's a problem here."
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  • So he probes further, and he says, "well, you were baptized.
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  • Into what were you baptized?"
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  • They said, "oh, we were baptized by john the baptist.
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  • We were followers of john the baptist."
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  • He said, "ah, there's the problem.
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  • John the baptist was simply a forerunner announcing the coming
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  • Of jesus christ."
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  • It turns out these disciples were not true believers, they
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  • Were followers of john the baptist.
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  • And, so, once paul explained the gospel to them and they were
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  • Saved, the bible says, then they received the coming, the
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  • Baptism, with the holy spirit of god.
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  • Now, here's the point i want you to take away from this: from
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  • Acts chapter 8, all the way through the rest of the new
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  • Testament, up until today, the pattern is very clear.
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  • When you truly trust in christ as your savior, you immediately
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  • Receive the baptism with the holy spirit of god.
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  • Every christian has been baptized with the holy spirit,
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  • But not every christian has been empowered by the holy spirit
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  • Of god.
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  • Now, as we wrap up this study on the baptism with the holy
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  • Spirit, let me answer the "so what" question, and that's the
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  • Question, "so what?
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  • What does the baptism with the holy spirit mean to me?
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  • If the holy spirit's baptism, if that's part of the basic
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  • Package, to use the car analogy, if every believer has it, what
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  • Benefit do i derive from the baptism with the holy spirit?"
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  • Let me share with you three things the holy spirit has done
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  • For every christian.
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  • If you're a christian today, here are three things the holy
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  • Spirit has already done for you.
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  • Number one, it is the holy spirit who gives us the ability
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  • To trust in christ.
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  • The holy spirit is the one who gives us the ability to trust
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  • In christ.
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  • I want you to turn over to ephesians chapter 2 for just a
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  • Moment, ephesians chapter 2, "and you were dead in your
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  • Trespasses and sins."
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  • He's talking about our life before christ.
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  • "and you were dead in your trespasses and sin.
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  • Among them we too all formerly lived in the lust of our flesh,
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  • Indulging the desires of the flesh and of our mind, and we
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  • Were," underline this, "by nature children of wrath, even
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  • As the rest."
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  • By nature, we were born into this world hating god.
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  • The bible says we are born into this world not desiring god.
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  • Ephesians--romans chapter 3 says, "there is not one
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  • Righteous person among us, no, not even one."
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  • There is no one who seeks for god.
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  • "but god, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with
  • 00:12:13.455 --> 00:12:17.660
  • Which he loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions,
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  • He made us alive together with christ
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  • (for by grace you have been saved)."
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  • The way he makes somebody who is spiritually dead spiritually
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  • Alive, so that he wants to and is capable of trusting in
  • 00:12:30.806 --> 00:12:34.143
  • Christ, is the holy spirit.
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  • The holy spirit is the one who regenerates us, who gives us the
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  • Ability to believe and have new life.
  • 00:12:39.648 --> 00:12:41.851
  • 1 peter 3:18 says that it is the holy spirit who has made
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  • Us alive.
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  • We have been made alive in the holy spirit of god.
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  • You know what the takeaway is for that if you're a christian
  • 00:12:50.726 --> 00:12:52.928
  • This morning?
  • 00:12:52.928 --> 00:12:54.864
  • Your salvation, if you're a christian, has absolutely
  • 00:12:54.864 --> 00:12:58.934
  • Nothing to do with you and everything to do with god.
  • 00:12:58.934 --> 00:13:03.005
  • It is not any good thing you did that merited your salvation.
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  • Even your ability to believe is a gift from god, and that means
  • 00:13:07.910 --> 00:13:13.983
  • We ought to all fall down on our knees before god and thank
  • 00:13:13.983 --> 00:13:18.120
  • Him that in his mercy and his grace, he saved us.
  • 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:22.625
  • It is the holy spirit of god who imparts to us the ability to
  • 00:13:22.625 --> 00:13:27.563
  • Trust in christ.
  • 00:13:27.563 --> 00:13:29.231
  • Not only that, secondly, the holy spirit imparts a unique
  • 00:13:29.231 --> 00:13:33.335
  • Spiritual gift to us when we are saved.
  • 00:13:33.335 --> 00:13:36.005
  • What do i mean by the holy spirit gives us a
  • 00:13:36.005 --> 00:13:38.774
  • Spiritual gift?
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  • When you were born into this world physically, you were born
  • 00:13:40.743 --> 00:13:44.146
  • With certain natural abilities.
  • 00:13:44.146 --> 00:13:46.982
  • Some had the ability to play an instrument, some the ability to
  • 00:13:46.982 --> 00:13:49.852
  • Sing, some have the ability to work with their hands, some have
  • 00:13:49.852 --> 00:13:53.222
  • Natural leadership abilities.
  • 00:13:53.222 --> 00:13:55.324
  • Those are natural gifts.
  • 00:13:55.324 --> 00:13:57.526
  • But the bible says when you were born again into the family
  • 00:13:57.526 --> 00:14:00.529
  • Of god, the holy spirit brought into your life a spiritual gift,
  • 00:14:00.529 --> 00:14:05.734
  • Both a desire and a unique power to be a part of god's ministry.
  • 00:14:05.734 --> 00:14:11.106
  • 1 corinthians 12, verse 4 says, "now there are a variety of
  • 00:14:11.106 --> 00:14:15.077
  • Gifts, but the same spirit."
  • 00:14:15.077 --> 00:14:18.347
  • To some christians, he gave the gift of prophecy, not
  • 00:14:18.347 --> 00:14:21.383
  • Foretelling the future, the ability to speak god's word
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  • With conviction.
  • 00:14:24.486 --> 00:14:25.988
  • He gave some people the gift of mercy, empathizing with the
  • 00:14:25.988 --> 00:14:29.391
  • Sorrows of other people.
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  • Some people he gave the gift of leadership.
  • 00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:34.463
  • Every one of us has a unique spiritual gift.
  • 00:14:34.463 --> 00:14:38.667
  • It's no accident that the word for gift, charismaton, has its--
  • 00:14:38.667 --> 00:14:43.172
  • As its root word, the word that means joy.
  • 00:14:43.172 --> 00:14:47.776
  • As a pastor, i can tell you from personal experience, i have seen
  • 00:14:47.776 --> 00:14:51.613
  • No other truth give christians more joy than the discovery and
  • 00:14:51.613 --> 00:14:56.385
  • The use of their spiritual gift, to realize that god has
  • 00:14:56.385 --> 00:15:00.089
  • Empowered them in a unique way to be a part of his
  • 00:15:00.089 --> 00:15:03.726
  • Kingdom purpose.
  • 00:15:03.726 --> 00:15:05.694
  • The late pastor ray stedman once said that every morning when he
  • 00:15:05.694 --> 00:15:09.365
  • Awakened, he reminded himself of this thought.
  • 00:15:09.365 --> 00:15:12.935
  • He said, "i am a part of the plan of god.
  • 00:15:12.935 --> 00:15:16.038
  • God is working out all things to a great and final purpose in the
  • 00:15:16.038 --> 00:15:20.275
  • Earth, and i'm a part of it.
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  • What i do today has purpose and significance and meaning.
  • 00:15:22.578 --> 00:15:27.116
  • This is not a meaningless day i'm going through.
  • 00:15:27.116 --> 00:15:30.019
  • Even the smallest incident, the most apparently insignificant
  • 00:15:30.019 --> 00:15:33.956
  • Word or relationship, is involved in god's great plan."
  • 00:15:33.956 --> 00:15:38.293
  • Therefore, all of it has meaning and purpose.
  • 00:15:38.293 --> 00:15:43.032
  • It is the holy spirit of god who connects us to god's eternal
  • 00:15:43.032 --> 00:15:47.569
  • Purpose by imparting to us a unique spiritual gift when
  • 00:15:47.569 --> 00:15:51.306
  • We're saved.
  • 00:15:51.306 --> 00:15:52.641
  • There's a third benefit of the holy spirit of god available to
  • 00:15:52.641 --> 00:15:56.045
  • Every christian, part of the basic package, and that is the
  • 00:15:56.045 --> 00:15:59.515
  • Holy spirit secures our future.
  • 00:15:59.515 --> 00:16:02.751
  • He is the one who secures our future.
  • 00:16:02.751 --> 00:16:05.087
  • How do i know, once i have trusted in christ, that i will
  • 00:16:05.087 --> 00:16:09.458
  • Keep on trusting in christ?
  • 00:16:09.458 --> 00:16:12.194
  • I want you to keep looking at ephesians 1, look at
  • 00:16:12.194 --> 00:16:15.130
  • Verses 13 and 14.
  • 00:16:15.130 --> 00:16:16.465
  • Paul uses two words to describe how the holy spirit secures
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  • Our future.
  • 00:16:21.003 --> 00:16:22.604
  • "in him, you also, after listening to the message of the
  • 00:16:22.604 --> 00:16:26.608
  • Truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also
  • 00:16:26.608 --> 00:16:30.479
  • Believed, you were sealed," underline that word, "in him
  • 00:16:30.479 --> 00:16:34.950
  • With the holy spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge,"
  • 00:16:34.950 --> 00:16:39.288
  • Underline that word, "of our inheritance, with a view to the
  • 00:16:39.288 --> 00:16:42.758
  • Redemption of god's own possession, to the praise of
  • 00:16:42.758 --> 00:16:46.228
  • His glory."
  • 00:16:46.228 --> 00:16:47.729
  • Now, i want you to look at those two words i told you to
  • 00:16:47.729 --> 00:16:49.765
  • Underline that describe the holy spirit securing our future.
  • 00:16:49.765 --> 00:16:53.869
  • First, the word seal.
  • 00:16:53.869 --> 00:16:57.473
  • Seals in paul's day were a part of everyday life.
  • 00:16:57.473 --> 00:17:01.210
  • You know, today if you have a document that needs to be
  • 00:17:01.210 --> 00:17:04.446
  • Authenticated, to be shown to be a legitimate document, what do
  • 00:17:04.446 --> 00:17:08.550
  • You do with that document?
  • 00:17:08.550 --> 00:17:10.152
  • You have it notarized, don't you?
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  • You go to a notary, and the notary takes out his special
  • 00:17:12.321 --> 00:17:15.791
  • Seal, and he presses on that document and puts that insignia
  • 00:17:15.791 --> 00:17:19.795
  • And says, "that'll be $10, please."
  • 00:17:19.795 --> 00:17:21.697
  • That's what you do with a notary.
  • 00:17:21.697 --> 00:17:24.333
  • Well, in paul's days, there were also notaries, officials who
  • 00:17:24.333 --> 00:17:27.569
  • Would authenticate, guarantee a document.
  • 00:17:27.569 --> 00:17:30.639
  • But, in paul's days, the officials didn't have one of
  • 00:17:30.639 --> 00:17:32.975
  • Those contraptions notaries today have.
  • 00:17:32.975 --> 00:17:35.344
  • Instead, they wore a ring, and, on that ring, there was an
  • 00:17:35.344 --> 00:17:39.148
  • Emblem, an insignia, of the king or the emperor.
  • 00:17:39.148 --> 00:17:42.818
  • And the official to notarize the document would take that ring,
  • 00:17:42.818 --> 00:17:46.688
  • And he would press it on a circle of hot wax on the
  • 00:17:46.688 --> 00:17:49.958
  • Document, press that image of the king or emperor into that,
  • 00:17:49.958 --> 00:17:53.862
  • And, when the wax cooled, that document bore the imprint of
  • 00:17:53.862 --> 00:17:58.500
  • The emperor.
  • 00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.835
  • That's how you sealed a document.
  • 00:17:59.835 --> 00:18:02.004
  • It was a way of showing authenticity.
  • 00:18:02.004 --> 00:18:05.140
  • Now, that's the image paul is using here.
  • 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:07.676
  • He says when you trust in christ as your savior, the king
  • 00:18:07.676 --> 00:18:10.712
  • Of kings marks you with an imprint of himself.
  • 00:18:10.712 --> 00:18:15.484
  • And that imprint, that seal, is who?
  • 00:18:15.484 --> 00:18:18.554
  • The holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:18.554 --> 00:18:20.322
  • He stamps you with his image, guaranteeing that you are truly
  • 00:18:20.322 --> 00:18:25.027
  • A child of his.
  • 00:18:25.027 --> 00:18:26.395
  • Isn't that a great truth?
  • 00:18:26.395 --> 00:18:27.729
  • We have been sealed with the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:27.729 --> 00:18:31.300
  • But that's not the only word he uses here.
  • 00:18:31.300 --> 00:18:33.535
  • He also uses the word pledge.
  • 00:18:33.535 --> 00:18:36.071
  • The holy spirit, verse 14, is given as a pledge of
  • 00:18:36.071 --> 00:18:40.175
  • Our inheritance.
  • 00:18:40.175 --> 00:18:41.543
  • This relates to the future.
  • 00:18:41.543 --> 00:18:43.078
  • That word pledge in greek is a word that literally means
  • 00:18:43.078 --> 00:18:46.982
  • A downpayment.
  • 00:18:46.982 --> 00:18:48.817
  • The holy spirit's presence in our life is god's downpayment
  • 00:18:48.817 --> 00:18:53.889
  • That one day he's gonna fulfill his promise to us.
  • 00:18:53.889 --> 00:18:57.593
  • One day he's gonna take our spirit to be with him forever.
  • 00:18:57.593 --> 00:19:00.796
  • One day he's gonna raise our body out of the ground.
  • 00:19:00.796 --> 00:19:03.432
  • The holy spirit is god's downpayment that one day he's
  • 00:19:03.432 --> 00:19:07.703
  • Going to consummate the deal.
  • 00:19:07.703 --> 00:19:09.304
  • Let me illustrate that for you-- again, using our car analogy.
  • 00:19:09.304 --> 00:19:14.076
  • Let's say it is i who wants that new red cadillac automobile, and
  • 00:19:14.076 --> 00:19:18.413
  • So i look around, i go to a dealership, and i find exactly
  • 00:19:18.413 --> 00:19:21.283
  • The one that i want.
  • 00:19:21.283 --> 00:19:23.118
  • It costs $50,000, and i say to the dealer, "i've been looking
  • 00:19:23.118 --> 00:19:26.922
  • For this everywhere, and i need to go home tonight and talk it
  • 00:19:26.922 --> 00:19:30.292
  • Over with amy, but can you hold this car for me?"
  • 00:19:30.292 --> 00:19:33.629
  • And the dealer says, "yeah, if you'll give me a $100
  • 00:19:33.629 --> 00:19:36.031
  • Nonrefundable deposit, downpayment,
  • 00:19:36.031 --> 00:19:40.068
  • I'll hold this car to you.
  • 00:19:40.068 --> 00:19:41.403
  • But, if you change your mind, i get to keep the $100."
  • 00:19:41.403 --> 00:19:45.574
  • I say, "fine."
  • 00:19:45.574 --> 00:19:46.908
  • I go home, i talk to amy about it, get the green light from
  • 00:19:46.908 --> 00:19:49.211
  • Her, and i'm playing around on the internet, and i find on the
  • 00:19:49.211 --> 00:19:52.914
  • Internet the very same car i want for $10,000 less than the
  • 00:19:52.914 --> 00:19:57.686
  • Dealer was offering it.
  • 00:19:57.686 --> 00:19:59.321
  • Now, what do you think i'm gonna do?
  • 00:19:59.321 --> 00:20:01.223
  • I'm not gonna say, "well, i made a $100 nonrefundable
  • 00:20:01.223 --> 00:20:03.925
  • Deposit, and i've got to keep my word."
  • 00:20:03.925 --> 00:20:06.328
  • Are you kidding?
  • 00:20:06.328 --> 00:20:07.696
  • I'll be happy to let that $100 go in order to save $10,000.
  • 00:20:07.696 --> 00:20:12.467
  • That downpayment is worthless compared to $10,000.
  • 00:20:12.467 --> 00:20:16.705
  • But, now suppose, that, instead of making a $100 downpayment, i
  • 00:20:16.705 --> 00:20:21.009
  • Had made a $30,000 nonrefundable down payment.
  • 00:20:21.009 --> 00:20:25.514
  • Do you think anything is gonna keep me from going back and
  • 00:20:25.514 --> 00:20:29.084
  • Consummating that deal i made with the dealer?
  • 00:20:29.084 --> 00:20:31.853
  • Not on your life.
  • 00:20:31.853 --> 00:20:33.522
  • I had already invested a substantial portion of my wealth
  • 00:20:33.522 --> 00:20:36.858
  • In that car, i'm not about to let it go.
  • 00:20:36.858 --> 00:20:40.929
  • Now, ladies and gentlemen, here's the point that paul
  • 00:20:40.929 --> 00:20:43.265
  • Is making.
  • 00:20:43.265 --> 00:20:44.599
  • When you become a christian and receive the baptism of the
  • 00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:47.169
  • Holy spirit, the holy spirit is god's downpayment that he's
  • 00:20:47.169 --> 00:20:50.539
  • Gonna consummate the deal he's made with us.
  • 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:52.841
  • And, when god made the downpayment of his holy spirit,
  • 00:20:52.841 --> 00:20:55.310
  • He wasn't giving us some tiny, paltry fraction of himself.
  • 00:20:55.310 --> 00:20:59.915
  • Instead, when you become a christian, god invests 100% of
  • 00:20:59.915 --> 00:21:04.419
  • Himself in you.
  • 00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.754
  • He gives all of himself in you through the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:21:05.754 --> 00:21:09.691
  • Do you think god is gonna turn his back on that investment that
  • 00:21:09.691 --> 00:21:12.461
  • He's made, he's gonna walk away from the deal?
  • 00:21:12.461 --> 00:21:15.097
  • Not on your life.
  • 00:21:15.097 --> 00:21:18.266
  • Because he has invested all of himself in you, one day he's
  • 00:21:18.266 --> 00:21:22.938
  • Gonna consummate the deal.
  • 00:21:22.938 --> 00:21:24.573
  • One day he's gonna take your spirit to heaven, just as
  • 00:21:24.573 --> 00:21:27.275
  • He promised.
  • 00:21:27.275 --> 00:21:28.610
  • One day he's gonna raise your body from the dead and change it
  • 00:21:28.610 --> 00:21:31.012
  • Forever, just as he promised.
  • 00:21:31.012 --> 00:21:33.915
  • The holy spirit is god's promise that secures our future.
  • 00:21:33.915 --> 00:21:40.455
  • Now, think about what god has done for you.
  • 00:21:40.455 --> 00:21:42.824
  • The holy spirit of god is what gave you the ability to trust in
  • 00:21:42.824 --> 00:21:47.496
  • Christ to begin with.
  • 00:21:47.496 --> 00:21:49.097
  • The holy spirit of god is the one who has given you a unique
  • 00:21:49.097 --> 00:21:52.768
  • Spiritual gift.
  • 00:21:52.768 --> 00:21:54.136
  • The holy spirit of god is the one who has secured your future.
  • 00:21:54.136 --> 00:21:59.608
  • You don't have to beg, barter, plead for god to do
  • 00:21:59.608 --> 00:22:01.943
  • Those things.
  • 00:22:01.943 --> 00:22:03.278
  • He has already done those things.
  • 00:22:03.278 --> 00:22:04.646
  • All of those benefits are part of the basic package.
  • 00:22:04.646 --> 00:22:09.751
  • However, there are also some optional features available,
  • 00:22:09.751 --> 00:22:14.556
  • Some optional benefits from the holy spirit beyond the
  • 00:22:14.556 --> 00:22:17.959
  • Basic package.
  • 00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:19.694
  • Do you know what those optional benefits are?
  • 00:22:19.694 --> 00:22:21.329
  • Let me just outline a couple of them for you this morning.
  • 00:22:21.329 --> 00:22:25.467
  • Supernatural peace when your world is collapsing around you.
  • 00:22:25.467 --> 00:22:30.872
  • Hope when you've lost all reason to hope.
  • 00:22:30.872 --> 00:22:35.710
  • Power to say no to sin.
  • 00:22:35.710 --> 00:22:39.548
  • Guidance when you're faced with a difficult decision.
  • 00:22:39.548 --> 00:22:44.553
  • All of those optional benefits are available, not to everybody,
  • 00:22:44.553 --> 00:22:49.825
  • Not to every christian, but they are available to that select
  • 00:22:49.825 --> 00:22:55.297
  • Group of christians who have learned the secret we're gonna
  • 00:22:55.297 --> 00:22:58.934
  • Talk about next week: how to be filled, how to be empowered with
  • 00:22:58.934 --> 00:23:03.738
  • The holy spirit of god.
  • 00:23:03.738 --> 00:23:05.707
  • ♪♪♪
  • 00:23:05.707 --> 00:23:10.912
  • Jeffress: and i'll say more about this point next time on
  • 00:23:10.912 --> 00:23:14.316
  • "pathway to victory."
  • 00:23:14.316 --> 00:23:16.017
  • You see, it's the holy spirit who empowers us to put our faith
  • 00:23:16.017 --> 00:23:19.788
  • In jesus.
  • 00:23:19.788 --> 00:23:21.122
  • And, for those of us who already know christ, the holy spirit
  • 00:23:21.122 --> 00:23:24.926
  • Continues to give us power every single day.
  • 00:23:24.926 --> 00:23:28.964
  • Well, guiding people like you toward a relationship with god
  • 00:23:28.964 --> 00:23:32.767
  • Is what "pathway to victory" is all about.
  • 00:23:32.767 --> 00:23:35.570
  • Not long ago, bobbi wrote to us and said, "pastor, i got saved
  • 00:23:35.570 --> 00:23:39.808
  • One morning while listening to
  • 00:23:39.808 --> 00:23:41.576
  • Pathway to victory on the radio.
  • 00:23:41.576 --> 00:23:44.079
  • When it happened, tears started falling from my eyes.
  • 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:47.849
  • I bought a new bible and i began to read it, and i could
  • 00:23:47.849 --> 00:23:51.052
  • Not get enough of god's word.
  • 00:23:51.052 --> 00:23:53.555
  • Since that day, i found a wonderful local church.
  • 00:23:53.555 --> 00:23:57.025
  • And i continue to listen to pathway to victory every morning
  • 00:23:57.025 --> 00:24:00.529
  • On my way to work.
  • 00:24:00.529 --> 00:24:02.163
  • Thank god i found pathway to victory."
  • 00:24:02.163 --> 00:24:05.834
  • Well, thank you, bobbi, for sharing that wonderful news
  • 00:24:05.834 --> 00:24:09.104
  • With us.
  • 00:24:09.104 --> 00:24:10.438
  • And, to those of you who give financially to support this
  • 00:24:10.438 --> 00:24:12.774
  • Ministry, let me extend my thanks to you as well.
  • 00:24:12.774 --> 00:24:16.912
  • You're the one who makes it possible for people around the
  • 00:24:16.912 --> 00:24:19.748
  • World to hear the life-changing truth of god's word.
  • 00:24:19.748 --> 00:24:24.219
  • Now, stay right there, i'll be back with more "pathway to
  • 00:24:24.219 --> 00:24:26.988
  • Victory" in just a moment.
  • 00:24:26.988 --> 00:24:30.025
  • Announcer: the bible promises that when we put our faith in
  • 00:24:30.025 --> 00:24:32.394
  • Jesus christ, our lives will be changed from the inside out.
  • 00:24:32.394 --> 00:24:36.765
  • And yet many christians feel discouraged and defeated in
  • 00:24:36.765 --> 00:24:39.568
  • Their daily walk.
  • 00:24:39.568 --> 00:24:40.902
  • Jeffress: if you're longing for something more in your
  • 00:24:40.902 --> 00:24:43.104
  • Relationship with god, you're not alone.
  • 00:24:43.104 --> 00:24:45.607
  • At one time, i felt dissatisfied and powerless to change it, but
  • 00:24:45.607 --> 00:24:50.111
  • By god's grace, i discovered how to deploy the power of the holy
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  • Spirit in my life.
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  • And today, i wanna help you discover that as well, in my
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  • Was written to help you build spiritual strength as you pursue
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  • A fresh way to unleash god's supernatural power in every area
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  • Of your life.
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  • Jeffress: god has granted to you everything you need to lead a
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  • Fulfilling existence while here on earth.
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  • Everything he has given you is all wrapped up in the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • Jeffress: if you didn't already recognize the holy spirit's
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  • Presence in your life, i hope today's message has helped you
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  • See the power he's prepared to unleash in you.
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  • And over the course of this series, we'll continue to learn
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  • More about these gifts and the ways in which they can change
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  • Our spiritual lives for the better.
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  • Well, today we learned that all christians are baptized with the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • And that's not quite the same as being filled with the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • Next time we'll learn exactly what it means to be filled with
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  • The spirit and why we need to allow god's holy spirit to take
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  • Full control of our lives.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next time on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: you say, "why do we need another experience with the
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  • Holy spirit?
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  • Pastor, you just said we all were baptized with the holy
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  • Spirit of god.
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  • Why do we need some additional experience with the holy spirit
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  • Of god if he's inside of us?
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  • Why do we need anything else?"
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  • You see, when you become a christian, you have all of the
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  • Holy spirit of god.
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  • The question is, does the holy spirit have all of you?
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  • "the second blessing," here on "pathway to victory."
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