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Robert Jeffress - What The Holy Spirit Can Do For You

April 28, 2025 | S25:E201

Robert Jeffress - What The Holy Spirit Can Do For You
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 - What The Holy Spirit Can Do For You | April 28, 2025
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male announcer: from the pulpit of the first baptist church of
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  • Dallas, texas, this is "pathway to victory"
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  • With dr. 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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  • When someone accepts jesus christ as their savior, they
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  • Instantly gain access to a vast source of power for conquering
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  • Life's everyday struggles, but few christians never realize how
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  • To tap into the power of god's holy spirit.
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  • Well, to be filled with the spirit means to be controlled by
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  • The spirit.
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  • And today i'm going to explain four benefits that come when you
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  • Surrender to the holy spirit's direction in your life.
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  • My message is titled, "what the holy spirit can do for you" on
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  • Today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Male announcer: god never intended for the holy spirit to
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  • Be a 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," dr. robert jeffries
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  • Teaches what it means to be filled with the power of the
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: the psalmist said, "the righteous will flourish
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  • Like a palm tree."
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  • Isn't that a picturesque description?
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  • Shall flourish like a palm tree.
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  • What does it mean to flourish as a christian?
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  • One writer said it this way, god made you to flourish, to receive
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  • Life from outside yourself, creating vitality within
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  • Yourself and producing blessing beyond yourself.
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  • When you flourish, you become more like you.
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  • You don't just become holier, you become "you-ier."
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  • God wants to redeem you, not exchange you.
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  • Isn't that a great thought?
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  • God wants you to flourish, not to become like someone else, but
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  • So that you can become the person god created you to be.
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  • Flourishing, life from the outside flowing inside of us,
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  • Creating that vitality that allows us to be a blessing
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  • Beyond ourselves.
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  • Flourishing is just another word for being filled with the holy
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  • Spirit of god, and that's what we're talking about in this
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  • Series "unleashed," how we can experience that power of the
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  • Holy spirit in our everyday life.
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  • We've seen already that every christian has the presence of
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  • The holy spirit, that happens the moment we're saved, we are
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  • Baptized with the holy spirit of god.
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  • But although every christian has the presence of the holy spirit,
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  • Very few christians enjoy the power of the holy spirit, and
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  • That's what we're talking about in this series.
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  • The bible says flourishing is another way of saying being
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  • Filled with the holy spirit of god.
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  • Well, today we're going to talk about what the result of being
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  • Filled with the holy spirit of god is.
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  • Today i want to share with you four things the holy spirit
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  • Wants to do for you.
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  • When you choose to surrender your life to the control, the
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  • Filling of the holy spirit, god does some marvelous things
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  • For you.
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  • Specifically, there are four things the holy spirit wants to
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  • Provide for you.
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  • First of all, he gives you power in times of temptation, power in
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  • Times of temptation.
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  • Turn to romans chapter 6, dwight edwards in his great book,
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  • "revolution within" says that most christians think of their
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  • Salvation experience as they do going through a car wash.
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  • The idea is you go into the car wash, a dirty clunker, and you
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  • Come out a cleansed clunker, but you're still a clunker, and
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  • That's how most people view salvation.
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  • Before i'm a christian, i am a dirty sinner whose life is
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  • Controlled by sin, but then when i get saved, my sins are washed
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  • Away, but i'm still basically a sinner.
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  • But dwight edwards says, no, what most christians don't
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  • Realize is that somewhere between the power wash and the
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  • Power rinse cycle, it's as if god drops a brand new engine
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  • Inside of us when we're saved.
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  • And now the old engine is still there, but god gives us a brand
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  • New engine, a brand new set of desires, and when we come out of
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  • Our salvation experience, we have that new power, that new
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  • Set of desires.
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  • Now, we can still allow ourselves to operate with the
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  • Old engine, but only a fool would make such a choice.
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  • God has given us a brand new power, and that power is the
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  • Holy spirit of god.
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  • Look at verses 2 to 4 of romans 6: he says, "how shall we then
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  • Who died to sin still live in it?"
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  • That was unthinkable to paul.
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  • "or do we not know that all of us who have been baptized into
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  • Christ jesus have been baptized into his death?"
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  • Now remember that word "baptized" there, that's a dry
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  • Baptism, not a wet baptism.
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  • It's not talking about what you do when you jump in that
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  • Baptistry up there, that's just a sign, a symbol.
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  • He's talking about what happens to you when, you're saved.
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  • You are baptized, you are immersed with the holy spirit of
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  • God, you've been called to a new way of living.
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  • Now look at verses 3 and 4.
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  • "therefore we have been buried with him through baptism
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  • Into death, so that, as christ was raised from the dead
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  • Through the glory of god the father, so we might also
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  • Be raised to a newness of life."
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  • I'm gonna say something's gonna shake some of you up here.
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  • I used to preach this and i was wrong.
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  • I used to even say it in the baptistry when i baptized people
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  • And i was wrong.
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  • I've always used to believe that baptism was a picture of our
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  • Future resurrection with jesus; just as jesus died and was
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  • Buried and was raised again, so one day our physical bodies will
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  • Die and be buried and be raised again.
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  • But listen to me, baptism is not a picture of our future
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  • Resurrection so much as it is the resurrection that occurs the
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  • Moment we're saved.
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  • If you're a christian, god does not want the rest of your life
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  • To be characterized by defeat and by sin.
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  • The fact that we have this new engine, this new power inside of
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  • Us means that our life can be characterized by victory and
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  • By holiness.
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  • The holy spirit of god gives us power in times of temptation.
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  • And notice what we have to do to experience that power.
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  • Paul says in romans 6, first of all, if you want god's power,
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  • That new engine to take control of your life, you first of all
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  • Have to know the condition of your old engine.
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  • Know the condition of your old engine.
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  • By that, i'm talking about your old nature, that set of desires
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  • That are opposed to the things of god, that set of desires we
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  • Are all born with.
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  • Know the condition of your old engine.
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  • I've found that christians tend to go to one of two extremes
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  • When it comes to this old nature, this old engine.
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  • Some christians actually deny that they have a sin nature once
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  • They become a christian.
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  • Paul describes it this way in galatians 5 verses 16 to 18:
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  • He says there's a civil war going on in the heart of every
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  • True believer between the old engine and the new engine, which
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  • Is going to control our life.
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  • In galatians 5 verses 16 to 18, paul says, "but i say, walk by
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  • The spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of
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  • The flesh.
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  • For the flesh," he's not talking about your human flesh, he's
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  • Talking about that old set of desires.
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  • "the flesh sets its desire against the spirit, and the
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  • Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to
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  • One another."
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  • Don't you feel that all the time?
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  • Something pulling you to do the right thing, another pull to do
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  • The wrong thing, that's the civil war that paul is
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  • Talking about.
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  • They are in opposition to one another so that you may not do
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  • The things that you please.
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  • "but if you are led by the spirit, you are not under
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  • The law."
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  • Paul says we do have that old nature.
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  • Some christians deny it, but on the other hand, other christians
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  • Go to the opposite extreme, they exalt their old nature.
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  • That is, they put it in a place of prominence it should not
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  • Have, and they actually believe that they are still living under
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  • The control of that old nature.
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  • Look at what paul says about the condition of our old nature once
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  • We trust in christ.
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  • Verses 6 to 7, he said, "knowing this, that our old self," that
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  • Is our old engine, "was crucified with him, that our
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  • Body of sin might be done away with, so that we should no
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  • Longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is free from sin."
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  • When you trust in christ as your savior, you know what happens to
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  • That old set of desires?
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  • Paul says that set of desires is crucified--not just
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  • Wounded--crucified.
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  • Paul is saying those old set of desires that were the ruler of
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  • Your life before you were saved, it has no hold over your life.
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  • It has no more power over your life than you choose to allow it
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  • To have.
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  • And yet there are a lot of christians running around today
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  • Because they believe they are under the reign of their old
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  • Nature, they act as if they were under the reign of their
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  • Old nature.
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  • He says, "forget it, that old nature has been crucified."
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  • Secondly, he says, not only that, we need to consider the
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  • Power of our new engine, that new set of desires.
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  • Understand fully that new set of desires and the power it has in
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  • Your life.
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  • Look at verse 11.
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  • "even so," paul says, "consider yourselves to be dead to sin,
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  • But alive to god in christ jesus."
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  • Now, i want you to circle that word, "consider."
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  • It's an interesting word in the greek text.
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  • It's actually an accounting term.
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  • It means to make an accurate financial calculation.
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  • The bible says, don't just go around pretending that you're
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  • Free from sin, do an accurate calculation and understand where
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  • You are spiritually.
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  • The fact is you really are free from sin.
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  • Therefore, we need to act accordingly.
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  • That's what paul is saying here.
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  • Even so, consider, calculate that you are dead to sin, then
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  • He goes on to say, "but alive to god in christ jesus."
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  • Remember 1 peter 3:18 says, the holy spirit of god has made us
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  • Alive in christ jesus.
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  • Understand the power that god has given you when you
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  • Were saved.
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  • Now listen to this, the same power of god that reached down
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  • And lifted jesus christ up out of that grave, that very same
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  • Power of god is working in your life right now to free you from
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  • The power of sin.
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  • And that's why the bible says, if we are going to be free and
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  • Be filled with the power of the holy spirit, we have to first of
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  • All understand our old nature has no power over us.
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  • Secondly, we have this new power that allows us to say yes to
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  • God, but there is a third understanding, a third truth we
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  • Need to have, and that is we need to present our bodies
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  • To god.
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  • That is, once we understand what happened to our old nature, once
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  • We understand the new power we have, there's some things we
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  • Need to do every day.
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  • Look at verses 12 and 13.
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  • Paul says, "therefore," that is anytime you see that word,
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  • Therefore, ask yourself what is that "therefore" there for?
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  • It always relates to the previous verse.
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  • He says, in light of what happened to your old nature,
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  • What's true about your new nature, "therefore, do not let
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  • Sin reign in your mortal body."
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  • That word "reign" circle it.
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  • It literally means umpire.
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  • You know what an umpire does?
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  • He's the one who has the final say in the game, his word goes.
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  • And what paul is saying here is, don't let sin have the final say
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  • In your life, "that you should obey its lust, and do not go on
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  • Presenting the members of your body, the parts of your body to
  • 00:12:47.623 --> 00:12:50.559
  • Sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present
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  • Yourselves to god as those alive from the dead, and your members
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  • As instruments of righteousness to god."
  • 00:12:58.634 --> 00:13:02.905
  • Considering this new power you have in christ, start acting in
  • 00:13:02.905 --> 00:13:07.109
  • A way consistent with that truth.
  • 00:13:07.109 --> 00:13:10.346
  • Again, the bible says this resurrection to a new way of
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  • Life isn't something we have to wait for once we die, it's a new
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  • Way of life you can start experiencing right now by being
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  • Filled with controlled by the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:13:23.726 --> 00:13:28.664
  • Secondly, being filled with the spirit, being controlled by the
  • 00:13:28.664 --> 00:13:32.735
  • Spirit offers us direction in times of confusion, direction in
  • 00:13:32.735 --> 00:13:38.073
  • Times of confusion.
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  • Turn over to john chapter 14 verses 16 to 18.
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  • Many christians overlook this simple truth, that the holy
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  • Spirit is the one who gives us direction in life.
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  • Verse 14, jesus was getting ready to leave his disciples, to
  • 00:13:51.687 --> 00:13:56.292
  • Die, be resurrected and ascended into heaven, and he says, "and i
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  • Will ask the father, and he will give you another helper, that he
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  • May be with you forever."
  • 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.236
  • Who is that helper?
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  • Jesus said, "he is the spirit of truth, the holy spirit, whom the
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  • World cannot receive because it does not see him or know him,
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  • But you know him because he abides with you and will be
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  • In you."
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  • And here's a great promise, "i will not leave you as orphans; i
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  • Will come to you."
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  • Romans 8:14 says, "those who are led by the spirit of god, these
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  • Are truly the sons of god."
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  • Have you ever had a prompting to make a telephone call
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  • To somebody?
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  • Just this urging that you needed to call somebody and call them
  • 00:14:41.737 --> 00:14:44.373
  • Now, an urge to send an email to somebody?
  • 00:14:44.373 --> 00:14:48.777
  • Have you ever had an inclination that a trip you had planned,
  • 00:14:48.777 --> 00:14:51.547
  • Maybe you had better not go on that trip, or maybe the
  • 00:14:51.547 --> 00:14:55.718
  • Prompting that you ought to change your route to work
  • 00:14:55.718 --> 00:14:57.953
  • One morning?
  • 00:14:57.953 --> 00:14:59.355
  • All of these things that we sometimes call intuition or the
  • 00:14:59.355 --> 00:15:03.125
  • Sixth sense, many times they are the promptings, the leading of
  • 00:15:03.125 --> 00:15:08.097
  • The holy spirit of god.
  • 00:15:08.097 --> 00:15:09.965
  • One of the benefits of being full of the spirit is he will
  • 00:15:09.965 --> 00:15:14.003
  • Direct us in the way we should go.
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  • Third, being filled with the spirit offers us courage in
  • 00:15:17.272 --> 00:15:21.276
  • Times of opportunity, courage in times of opportunity.
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  • In september, we'll be remembering the most horrific
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  • Day in american history, september 11, 2001.
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  • We all remember where we were on that day.
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  • When 3000 american citizens were killed on our soil.
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  • But there are many courageous stories that emerged from that
  • 00:15:41.964 --> 00:15:45.434
  • Tragedy, and perhaps one that will always be remembered is the
  • 00:15:45.434 --> 00:15:50.139
  • Story of todd beamer and the passengers aboard united
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  • Flight 93.
  • 00:15:53.375 --> 00:15:55.277
  • Remember the terrorists had overtaken that jetliner and they
  • 00:15:55.277 --> 00:15:59.815
  • Had planned to use it as a missile to either crash into the
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  • Capitol or the white house, we're not sure which, todd
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  • Beamer and other passengers aboard that plane once they had
  • 00:16:08.023 --> 00:16:12.061
  • Communicated with their loved ones on the ground and heard
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  • What had happened at the world trade center, they understood
  • 00:16:14.463 --> 00:16:16.965
  • They weren't going to make this out alive.
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  • And so they decided to do something to intervene.
  • 00:16:21.403 --> 00:16:23.639
  • They developed a plan in order to overtake the aircraft and to
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  • Regain control from the terrorists who had locked
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  • Themselves in the cockpit.
  • 00:16:30.979 --> 00:16:32.748
  • Todd beamer was a committed believer and before they rushed
  • 00:16:32.748 --> 00:16:36.985
  • The cockpit, he wanted to leave a message for his wife, so he
  • 00:16:36.985 --> 00:16:40.556
  • Used the airphone, he called the airphone operator and he asked
  • 00:16:40.556 --> 00:16:44.726
  • Her if she would relay a message to his wife, lisa, telling her
  • 00:16:44.726 --> 00:16:49.865
  • That he loved her and would see her again in heaven one day.
  • 00:16:49.865 --> 00:16:56.205
  • And this airphone operator who took the call happened to be a
  • 00:16:56.205 --> 00:17:00.609
  • Christian as well.
  • 00:17:00.609 --> 00:17:02.511
  • And todd beamer after explaining the situation to the operator,
  • 00:17:02.511 --> 00:17:07.382
  • Asked if she might pray with him, and they might recite the
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  • Lord's prayer together.
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  • And so they prayed the lord's prayer.
  • 00:17:13.122 --> 00:17:15.624
  • The prayer that included those words, "forgive us our
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  • Trespassers, as we forgive those who trespass against us."
  • 00:17:19.328 --> 00:17:25.634
  • And then after they had finished praying, the operator later said
  • 00:17:25.634 --> 00:17:29.972
  • She heard todd beamer utter those immortal words,
  • 00:17:29.972 --> 00:17:34.076
  • "let's roll."
  • 00:17:34.076 --> 00:17:36.512
  • What is it that gave a believer like todd beamer the courage to
  • 00:17:36.512 --> 00:17:42.417
  • Overtake those terrorists?
  • 00:17:42.417 --> 00:17:45.454
  • What is it that gave him the power to forgive those, those
  • 00:17:45.454 --> 00:17:50.459
  • Very terrorists who had wronged him?
  • 00:17:50.459 --> 00:17:53.795
  • What gave him the courage to face death that way?
  • 00:17:53.795 --> 00:17:57.900
  • That courage was the result of being full of, being filled with
  • 00:17:57.900 --> 00:18:02.404
  • The holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:02.404 --> 00:18:05.007
  • We see that courage illustrated in the life of the first
  • 00:18:05.007 --> 00:18:08.677
  • Christian martyr, a man named stephen.
  • 00:18:08.677 --> 00:18:11.046
  • If you have your bibles, turn to acts chapter 7, where we see
  • 00:18:11.046 --> 00:18:14.449
  • This instance of the first time someone died for his
  • 00:18:14.449 --> 00:18:17.753
  • Christian faith.
  • 00:18:17.753 --> 00:18:19.254
  • Remember, stephen was one of the first deacons, and in acts
  • 00:18:19.254 --> 00:18:23.525
  • Chapter 6, it says he was filled with, he was controlled by the
  • 00:18:23.525 --> 00:18:27.863
  • Holy spirit of god.
  • 00:18:27.863 --> 00:18:29.531
  • And it was that holy spirit of god that gave stephen the
  • 00:18:29.531 --> 00:18:32.568
  • Courage to preach the message of christ to a most unreceptive
  • 00:18:32.568 --> 00:18:36.705
  • Audience, the jewish leaders, the sanhedrin, and they told
  • 00:18:36.705 --> 00:18:40.075
  • Him, "you'd better stop preaching
  • 00:18:40.075 --> 00:18:41.777
  • Or we're gonna take your life."
  • 00:18:41.777 --> 00:18:43.111
  • They hauled him in before the ruling council of the sanhedrin
  • 00:18:43.111 --> 00:18:45.881
  • And notice how he responded to their threats to stop preaching.
  • 00:18:45.881 --> 00:18:49.518
  • In verse 51 of act 7, he said to these men, "you men who are
  • 00:18:49.518 --> 00:18:54.323
  • Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always
  • 00:18:54.323 --> 00:18:59.094
  • Resisting the holy spirit; you are doing just as your
  • 00:18:59.094 --> 00:19:03.465
  • Fathers did."
  • 00:19:03.465 --> 00:19:04.833
  • Now think about it, here's stephen talking to the men who
  • 00:19:04.833 --> 00:19:07.402
  • Had the power to take his life, how does he refer to them?
  • 00:19:07.402 --> 00:19:10.672
  • He says, "you are stiff-necked.
  • 00:19:10.672 --> 00:19:12.874
  • You're no better than your fathers.
  • 00:19:12.874 --> 00:19:14.376
  • You are resisting the holy spirit of god."
  • 00:19:14.376 --> 00:19:17.145
  • Let me tell you, that's not the best way to win friends and
  • 00:19:17.145 --> 00:19:19.781
  • Acquittals, okay?
  • 00:19:19.781 --> 00:19:21.950
  • But he wasn't interested in being popular, he was interested
  • 00:19:21.950 --> 00:19:24.987
  • In faithfully teaching and preaching the message of
  • 00:19:24.987 --> 00:19:28.223
  • Jesus christ.
  • 00:19:28.223 --> 00:19:29.558
  • How did they respond to his message?
  • 00:19:29.558 --> 00:19:30.926
  • Look at verse 54.
  • 00:19:30.926 --> 00:19:32.261
  • "now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick and they
  • 00:19:32.261 --> 00:19:36.098
  • Began gnashing their teeth at him.
  • 00:19:36.098 --> 00:19:38.533
  • But stephen, being full of the holy spirit," see that?
  • 00:19:38.533 --> 00:19:42.304
  • "being controlled by the holy spirit, he gazed intently into
  • 00:19:42.304 --> 00:19:46.208
  • Heaven and saw the glory of god and jesus standing at the right
  • 00:19:46.208 --> 00:19:49.611
  • Hand of god, and he said, 'behold, i see the heavens
  • 00:19:49.611 --> 00:19:52.981
  • Opened up and the son of man standing at the right hand of
  • 00:19:52.981 --> 00:19:56.151
  • God,' and they cried out with a loud voice and covered their
  • 00:19:56.151 --> 00:19:59.621
  • Ears, and they rushed upon him with one impulse.
  • 00:19:59.621 --> 00:20:02.324
  • They began stoning him," and notice verse 60.
  • 00:20:02.324 --> 00:20:06.395
  • "he fell down on his knees, and he cried out in a loud voice,
  • 00:20:06.395 --> 00:20:11.066
  • 'lord, do not hold this sin against them.'
  • 00:20:11.066 --> 00:20:14.369
  • And having said this, he fell asleep."
  • 00:20:14.369 --> 00:20:17.205
  • That is, he died.
  • 00:20:17.205 --> 00:20:20.075
  • How do you explain that courage to use adversity as an
  • 00:20:20.075 --> 00:20:24.346
  • Opportunity to spread the gospel, the courage to stand up
  • 00:20:24.346 --> 00:20:27.616
  • Against those who are going to kill him, and yet the courage
  • 00:20:27.616 --> 00:20:30.619
  • Also to forgive those who were stoning him to death, all of
  • 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:34.623
  • That is the result of being filled with, full of the holy
  • 00:20:34.623 --> 00:20:39.161
  • Spirit of god.
  • 00:20:39.161 --> 00:20:41.063
  • The holy spirit will give you courage in times of opportunity
  • 00:20:41.063 --> 00:20:45.300
  • If you'll allow him to do so.
  • 00:20:45.300 --> 00:20:47.669
  • Forth, being filled with the holy spirit allows us to
  • 00:20:47.669 --> 00:20:51.907
  • Experience comfort in times of stress, comfort in times
  • 00:20:51.907 --> 00:20:56.645
  • Of stress.
  • 00:20:56.645 --> 00:20:58.947
  • I remember going to see a couple years ago who had received some
  • 00:20:58.947 --> 00:21:03.919
  • Very bad news.
  • 00:21:03.919 --> 00:21:05.987
  • The husband had never been sick before a day in his life, but
  • 00:21:05.987 --> 00:21:09.558
  • Several months earlier he'd been diagnosed with colon cancer and
  • 00:21:09.558 --> 00:21:13.962
  • He had undergone chemotherapy to shrink the size of the tumor, it
  • 00:21:13.962 --> 00:21:17.733
  • Was ineffective and now he had lost his sight in his right eye
  • 00:21:17.733 --> 00:21:22.371
  • And that was a sign that the cancer had metastasized into
  • 00:21:22.371 --> 00:21:25.774
  • His brain.
  • 00:21:25.774 --> 00:21:28.143
  • You know, i never know what to say in situations like that.
  • 00:21:28.143 --> 00:21:33.715
  • Now, i used to know, when i was younger in the ministry, i would
  • 00:21:33.715 --> 00:21:36.251
  • Just talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.
  • 00:21:36.251 --> 00:21:39.020
  • But the older i've gotten, the more i realize how hollow and
  • 00:21:39.020 --> 00:21:42.124
  • Trite words are in moments like that.
  • 00:21:42.124 --> 00:21:45.927
  • Sometimes the best thing you can do is just be quiet.
  • 00:21:45.927 --> 00:21:49.164
  • So i went to visit with this couple and thinking about still
  • 00:21:49.164 --> 00:21:52.167
  • What i might say.
  • 00:21:52.167 --> 00:21:53.735
  • Fortunately, that evening, i didn't have to say anything.
  • 00:21:53.735 --> 00:21:57.205
  • They wanted to talk.
  • 00:21:57.205 --> 00:21:59.174
  • The couple talked about, yes, they were disappointed in the
  • 00:21:59.174 --> 00:22:02.711
  • Report from the doctor.
  • 00:22:02.711 --> 00:22:04.446
  • But they said they knew god was still in control, that he had a
  • 00:22:04.446 --> 00:22:07.349
  • Purpose he was working out.
  • 00:22:07.349 --> 00:22:09.184
  • And what they wanted to talk about that evening was the
  • 00:22:09.184 --> 00:22:11.286
  • Husband's funeral service.
  • 00:22:11.286 --> 00:22:13.188
  • The husband said, "i wanted to make sure that my service is one
  • 00:22:13.188 --> 00:22:16.725
  • That exalts the lord jesus christ."
  • 00:22:16.725 --> 00:22:20.061
  • What is it that gives somebody that kind of courage?
  • 00:22:20.061 --> 00:22:24.433
  • It's the byproduct of being controlled by, by being filled
  • 00:22:24.433 --> 00:22:28.136
  • With the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:22:28.136 --> 00:22:31.072
  • Now, listen to me this morning.
  • 00:22:31.072 --> 00:22:33.108
  • When that telephone call comes in the middle of the night,
  • 00:22:33.108 --> 00:22:36.077
  • Telling you there's been an accident, when that doctor tells
  • 00:22:36.077 --> 00:22:40.515
  • You that the report is not good,
  • 00:22:40.515 --> 00:22:43.585
  • When that employer tells you your services are no
  • 00:22:43.585 --> 00:22:46.688
  • Longer needed,
  • 00:22:46.688 --> 00:22:49.191
  • When that mate tells you he or she no longer loves you,
  • 00:22:49.191 --> 00:22:53.795
  • You have a choice as a christian.
  • 00:22:53.795 --> 00:22:56.765
  • You can either be filled with anger or with fear, or you can
  • 00:22:56.765 --> 00:23:02.370
  • Allow the peace of god that passes all human comprehension
  • 00:23:02.370 --> 00:23:06.908
  • To take control of your life.
  • 00:23:06.908 --> 00:23:10.645
  • Power in times of temptation.
  • 00:23:10.645 --> 00:23:13.081
  • Direction in times of confusion, courage in times of opportunity,
  • 00:23:13.081 --> 00:23:17.652
  • Comfort in times of stress, these are just some of the
  • 00:23:17.652 --> 00:23:21.356
  • Benefits of being controlled by the holy spirit of god.
  • 00:23:21.356 --> 00:23:26.628
  • But remember what i said at the beginning?
  • 00:23:26.628 --> 00:23:28.930
  • It is a command, not a promise.
  • 00:23:28.930 --> 00:23:32.300
  • Be filled with the holy spirit of god, that means there's
  • 00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:35.103
  • Something you and i must do to experience the filling of the
  • 00:23:35.103 --> 00:23:39.941
  • Holy spirit.
  • 00:23:39.941 --> 00:23:41.676
  • And we're going to discover what that something is next time.
  • 00:23:41.676 --> 00:23:47.249
  • Jeffress: i've titled this series, "unleashed," and i hope
  • 00:23:51.386 --> 00:23:54.689
  • You'll continue to join me in the coming weeks as we learn
  • 00:23:54.689 --> 00:23:58.093
  • Together how to invoke the power of god's spirit in our lives.
  • 00:23:58.093 --> 00:24:03.031
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  • You, your family, and our nation with the transforming truth of
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  • God's word.
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  • Jeffress: power in times of temptation, direction in times
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  • Of confusion, courage in times of opportunity, and comfort in
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  • Times of stress--
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  • These are four of the benefits you receive when you choose to
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  • Surrender your life to the control, the filling of god's
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  • Holy spirit.
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  • And if you haven't already experienced these outcomes, it's
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  • Not too late to start.
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  • Next time we're going to discover some practical steps on
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  • How to experience the filling of the holy spirit.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview of what's coming up next on
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  • "pathway to victory."
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  • Jeffress: see, christians get confused on this subject.
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  • There are a lot of christians who think that being filled with
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  • The spirit is god's responsibility, when in fact
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  • It's our responsibility.
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  • In fact, a lot of christians really don't understand what
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  • Works of god are totally his responsibility and what works of
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  • God are our responsibility.
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  • Here on "pathway to victory."
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