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November 23, 2020

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Pastor Robert continues the A Way in the Wilderness series with a message about how we don’t have to live in a wilderness or desert because the Holy Spirit is a spring of living water inside us!

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ROBERT MORRIS: And He said,"The tongue can set on fire
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an entire forest."
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Have you ever said somethingand burned a forest down,
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a forest of relationships?
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Okay.
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The tongue is likethe rudder on a ship.
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It turns a big ship,small member of the body.
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ROBERT: So, we're ina series called,
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"A Way in the Wilderness",and it comes out of Isaiah 35.
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Isaiah 35, if youwant to turn there,
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or flip there, or whatever.
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Isaiah 35 is a Messianicchapter in the Bible.
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You've heard ofMessianic verses.
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Those are versesin the Old Testament
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that prophesy about the Messiah,
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which we know is Jesus, andIsaiah 35 is an entire chapter.
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There are Messianic chapters;Isaiah 53, obviously,
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a Messianic chapterin the Old Testament,
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So, Isaiah 35,we're going to start
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at the last part of Verse 6,
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because that's wherethis section starts.
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It's the last part of Verse 6,the last sentence of Verse 6.
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It says, "For waters shallburst forth in the wilderness."
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Now, I want you to thinkabout what you're reading.
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Don't read over this --waters in a wilderness.
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"Waters shall burstforth in the wilderness,
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and streams in the desert."
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You just don't think aboutstreams in a desert.
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"The parched groundshall become a pool..."
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-- now, I'm going totell you in a moment,
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there's a naturalfulfillment
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and a spiritualfulfillment to this.
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"The parched groundshall become a pool,
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and the thirsty landsprings of water.
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In the habitation of jackals,"in other words,
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a place wheredesert animals live,
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"where each lay, there shall begrass with reeds and rushes."
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That's because of the water,now, there are a whole bunch of
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Messianic scripturesalong this line,
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and I just couldn'tshow them all,
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but I'll show you one more.
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Isaiah 41:18, "I will openrivers in desolate heights,
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and fountains in themidst of the valleys;
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I will make the wildernessa pool of water,
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and the dry landsprings of water."
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All those things wejust kind of read over,
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but if you think about them,it's a miracle
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to have pools of waters,streams, rivers,
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in a desert,in the wilderness.
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So, there's a naturalfulfillment,
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when you look at Israel,it's a garden
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in the middleof a desert.
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Every nation around itis a desert,
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and yet it's a garden;God did this.
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I was reading this, and let mejust read you --
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this is from a Jewish person whobegan to study Israel
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and the water in Israel,and his name is Seth Siegel.
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He's the author of,"Let There Be Water".
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Just listen to this: he talksabout when people come up to him
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after his lectures, so that'swhere I'm picking it up.
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He'll say, "Whatthey want to learn,"
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so he's talking aboutpeople who would come up
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and ask him questions.
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"What they want to learn,"explains Siegel,
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"is how a country," listen,"that is 60% desert,"
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a country that is 60% desert,"and whose population
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increased tenfold since 1948" --
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the population of Israel, whenIsrael became a nation in 1948,
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has increased tenfold, "not onlyhas enough water for itself..."
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-- this is what people wantto know: how can Israel,
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that's 60% desert andhas increased tenfold
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since it's becomea nation, since 1948,
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not only has enoughwater for itself,
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but in fact has such a surplusthat it exports water
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to its neighbors?
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In addition," Siegel writes,"Israel provides
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large amounts of waterfrom its own supplies
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to both the Palestiniansand the Jordanians,
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and it exports," get this,"billions of dollars each year
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of peppers, tomatoes,melons, and other
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water-intensive produce."
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Here's what I would like to say:would you explain that?
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Explain how one small countrycan produce that much water,
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even to supply theirneighbors with water,
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and produce billions ofdollars of fruit that
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is dependent on water much morethan other fruit and vegetables?
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So there's a naturalfulfillment,
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but there's a spiritualfulfillment as well,
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that you don't haveto live in a dry wilderness
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once you get saved, andI'll explain why in a minute.
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Isaiah 58:11, "You" -- "Youshall be like a watered garden,
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and like a spring of water,whose waters do not fail."
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Jeremiah 31:12, "Their soulsshall be a well-watered garden."
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So, there's a spiritualfulfillment as well,
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or spiritual water.
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Listen, God doesn't haveany problem providing water
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in the wildernessfor His people.
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Think about when they wentthrough the wilderness,
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how He provided water.
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1 Corinthians 10:4,
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"For they drank of thatspiritual Rock
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that followed them,"
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now I don't know what youthought when you saw
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a rock following you, but that'swhat the Bible says,
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"and that Rock was Christ."
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So, when we talk about springsof water, rivers of water,
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we've got to understand --
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yes, God did somethingin the land of Israel
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for His people in the areaof natural water that
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confuses scientists to this day,but He also does something
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for you and for me inthe area of spiritual water.
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I don't have to livein a dry land,
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even though I livein a fallen world.
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I can live in a riverof living water.
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So, that's what I reallywant to focus on
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is the spiritual fulfillmentof what the Messiah brought
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2.000 years ago.
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So, here's number one,
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Jesus broughtthe Holy Spirit.
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He didn't bring just a stream,He brought the river;
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Jesus brought the Holy Spirit.
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Now, before I goto a verse in John 7
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that's very familiarto many of you,
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very familiar to you,you've read this verse,
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I need to give youa little background.
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So, here's what happened atthe Feast of Tabernacles
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every year when theycame to Jerusalem.
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The last day was the daythey prayed for rain,
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and they prayed forthe Messiah to come,
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because they knew Isaiah,and Isaiah said,
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when the Messiah comes,He is going to turn
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the desert into a pool.
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There's going tobe plenty of water,
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are you following me?
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So they prayed for rainand for the Messiah to come.
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So, they would fill upa flagon with water
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from the Pool of Siloam.
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They would play the shofar andthey would go to the temple,
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and they would pour it outas an offering before God,
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and they would pray forrain and for the Messiah.
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Two things they prayed for-- rain and the Messiah.
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So, the day they're prayingfor water and the Messiah,
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Jesus does this --look, watch, John 7:37.
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"On the last day," that'sthe day they did this,
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"the great day of the feast,Jesus stood and cried out."
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He's at the temple now whenthey're doing this ceremony.
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"And says, "If anyone thirsts,let him come to Me and drink.
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He who believes in Me, asthe Scripture has said,
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out of his heart will flowrivers of living water."
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You know what He'sactually telling them?
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"I'm the Messiah; You're prayingfor the Messiah, and I'm Him.
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If you want water, I got it."
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But then He's also tellingthem about the Holy Spirit,
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because it says, Verse 39, "ThisHe spoke concerning the Spirit,
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whom those believingin Him would receive;
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for the Holy Spiritwas not yet given,
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because Jesus wasnot yet glorified."
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Jesus came so that youcould have a dynamic,
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powerful river in you, flowingthrough you and out of you,
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and His name is the Holy Spirit,and He's like a spring of water.
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One of the reasons that Israelhas so much water
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are the springs.
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Yes, the rain alsoin the mountains,
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there are three springsat the northern part of Israel
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that water the entire land,and when you get there,
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it's like fire hydrantsand they've been just
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gushing for years andyears and years and years.
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It's amazing -- pools,and it's just springs,
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and the water just comingup out of the ground,
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and it flows 24 hours a day,and God just created this.
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It's unbelievable, and,you know what a spring is.
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A spring is just water justcoming up out of the ground
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for no reason it seems,but God just put it there.
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Now, please let me justexplain two things
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about the Holy Spirit.
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The Holy Spirit is theGreek word "Para-kletos",
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"Para" means alongside,"Kletos" means to walk.
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So, the Holy Spirit wantsto walk alongside you.
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I want you to think about that:would it be alright
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if all through your day,every meeting you were in,
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if the Holy Spirit just walkedwith you through your whole day?
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Wouldn't that be great?
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How many Christians todayhave a Holy Spirit
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that's not for use,He's just for looks?
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We have churchesthat He's for looks,
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and we have other churchesthat He's not for use,
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but He's for use.
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So, the Holy Spirit, Jesusbrought the Holy Spirit.
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Here's point number two,the Holy Spirit is not weird.
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[laughter]
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He is not weird.
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Let me give you thetheological reason
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why people think this --because people are weird.
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You have seen some weirdpeople do some weird things,
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and they say, "The HolySpirit led me to do it."
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No, they're just weird.[laughter]
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They would be weirdwithout the Holy Spirit.
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They did a poll,recently,
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one-out-of-threepeople are weird.
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I'll prove it to you, look atthe person on your left.
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Look at the personon your right.
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If neither one ofthem are weird --
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[laughter]
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I'm telling you, that'snot the Holy Spirit!
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John 16:12, Jesus said, watchhow amazing this verse is.
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"I still have manythings to say to you,"
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and I don't know if you'recatching this or not.
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Jesus said, "I still havemany things to say to you,"
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many things, "but youcannot bear them now.
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However, when He, the Spiritof truth, has come, He,"
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and I'll tell you why I'munderlining the word "He" later,
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"He will guide youinto all truth."
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Jesus said I have morethings to tell you,
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but I'm not going to tell you,but He'll tell you.
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The Holy Spirit willtell you when He comes.
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"For He will not speakon His own authority,
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but whatever He hears,He will speak."
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That, right there,settles all debate
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on whether the Holy Spiritspeaks or not,
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because Jesus Himself saidHe will speak!
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He'll speak and He willtell you things to come.
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All right, it says, "He willguide you into all truth."
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How's he going to guideyou into all truth?
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Simple, because Heknows all truth.
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Why does He know all truth?
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Simple, because He's God.He's God.
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He's the third personof the Godhead;
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the Father, the Son,and the Holy Spirit;
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and He knows everything.
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Now, think about this: You havesomeone living inside of you
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Who knows everything thereis to know about everything,
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and He has committedHimself to be your teacher,
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so why don't youever talk to Him?
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Why don't you ask Himhow to raise kids?
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He knows everythingabout everything.
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Why don't you ask Him aboutwhat to do with your business,
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or where to live,or where to move,
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or whether to buythis or not?
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He knows everything!I'm telling you,
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some of you are educated people.
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You're an idiot comparedto the Holy Spirit.
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I hate to tell you that,but if you haven't
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figured it out yet,
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He knows more than you,and He's committed Himself.
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Here's the reason I think peopledon't talk to the Holy Spirit.
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I think that they don'tsee Him as a person,
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and you will never developa personal relationship
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with the Holy Spirit
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if you don'tsee Him as a person.
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Again, think aboutthe word "personal".
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You develop a personalrelationship with a person.
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Well, here's whatthe Lord showed me.
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The Holy Spirit is not His name,that's not His name,
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That is not His name;that is His description.
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The Father, that'sHis description,
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the Son, the Holy Spirit.
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But, hopefully yougot ahead of me.
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I'm going to tell youwhat His name is.
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Think about this:God, the Father,
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God, the Son, andGod, the Holy Spirit.
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His name is God;that's His name.
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His name is God andHe lives inside of us.
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And here's number three,let the river flow.
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God said those whothirst come to Me,
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and there's going to be a riverflowing in you, let it flow.
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Now, I understand I don'thave time to go into this.
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I wrote a book, years ago,called, "The God I Never Knew",
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and I go into a prayer language,and I'm going to talk to you
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a little bit abouta prayer language.
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I want to distinguisha little bit between
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the gift of tonguesand the prayer language.
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So, I don't have timeto cover this fully,
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but I knew I wassupposed to cover it.
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James 3:7 says, "For everykind of beast and bird,
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and reptile andcreature of the sea,
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is tamed and has beentamed by mankind."
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Think about even liontamers, dolphin trainers.
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Every creature, Hesays, can be tamed.
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"But no man cantame the tongue."
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I don't have the time toread the whole passage.
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He said, "The tongue can seton fire an entire forest."
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Have you ever said somethingand burned the forest down,
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the forest of relationships?
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The tongue is likethe rudder on a ship.
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It turns a big ship, asmall member of the body.
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But, listen to this:"No man can tame the tongue."
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Now, ladies, don't be thinking,"Well, I already knew
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no man can do it,because I live with a man,
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and there is no filter betweenhis brain and his mouth."
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Okay, when the Bible says "man",you're included.
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You're not male,but you are man,
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it said "mankind";you're man.
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By the way, let mejust remind you
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of your name-- woman, right?
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You're mankind, so you'renot male, but you are man.
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When the Bible says, "Noman can tame the tongue,"
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that's you included.
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Where you gotthe "wo-" from is
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when Adam sawEve naked -- whoa!
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I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
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[laughter and applause]
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Alright, whoa-manalright, so anyway.
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Okay, so what's the thing?No man can tame the Holy Spirit.
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What's our hope then?
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I mean, "No mancan tame the tongue."
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Well, our hope isno man can do it,
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but the Holy Spirit can.
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And isn't it amazing thatthere's a gift that requires you
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to yield your tongueto the Holy Spirit,
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but no person can tame it, butthe Holy Spirit can tame it?
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But, you can actually do-- by the way,
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there's a gift of tonguesand a grace of tongues,
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and everybody can prayin tongues, everybody can.
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It's not the gift, peopletell me all the time,
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"Well, Pastor, I don'thave the gift.
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And if God wants to give methe gift, I've told Him,
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He can give me the gift."
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I don't mean this wrong, butthat's just such bad theology,
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it's incredible,it's horrible theology.
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That would be like walkingby the offering box
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and money,jump out of your pocket
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into the offering box,and you say,
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"Oh, look, I've gotthe gift of giving!"
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[laughter]
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I've been praying that if Godwanted to give me that gift,
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He would give me that gift.
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And, no, you're going to haveto write out a large check.
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I mean, if we're going totalk about writing a check,
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let's say large --a large check
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and put it in thereyourself, right?
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Okay, so you've gotto cooperate with God,
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but there's a differencein the gift of tongues
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and the grace of tongues.
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The gift of tongues is public,
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and the grace oftongues is private.
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It's a privateprayer language.
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And the gift of tongues canonly be done when unbelievers
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and uninformed peopleare not present.
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That's 1 Corinthians 14,and, it has to be interpreted.
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So we're not talkingabout the gift of tongues,
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we're talking aboutthe grace of tongues.
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We're talking abouta prayer language,
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and every Christian canpray in a prayer language,
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every Christian can.
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And, by the way,if you say, "Well,
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why would I want to prayin a prayer language?"
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Well, I can give youjust one of the reasons,
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and I could list ten.
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Actually, I have ten reasons,I don't have time to do it,
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ten reasons why everyChristian should pray
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in a prayer language,but here's just one.
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The Bible says it builds you up,that means it strengthens you.
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So, there's probably no onehere that would say to me,
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"Pastor, I'm glad itdoes build you up,
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but I just have all of thebuilding up I can handle.
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I just can't bebuilt up any more."
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All right, so here's whyI want to show you
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that it is voluntary.
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It is voluntary to prayin tongues, all right?
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1 Corinthians 14:14,"For if I pray in a tongue,"
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so you can pray in a tongue,and the greatest apostle
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who ever livedprayed in a tongue.
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"If I pray in a tongue,my spirit prays."
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Wouldn't it be okay ifyou let your spirit pray?
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"But my understandingis unfruitful."
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The word "understanding"here, 95% of the time
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when it translates,it's translated "mind".
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In other words, my mind doesn'tunderstand what I'm saying.
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"What is the conclusion then?
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I will pray with the Spirit,
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and I will also praywith the understanding."
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Now again, I don't have timeto do a whole thing
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on praying in the Spirit,but here's the greatest apostle
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that ever lived, and one guysaid to me,
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"He said, 'If I prayin a tongue,'
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there's no proofthat he ever did."
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I said, "Just readfour verses down."
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Verse 18, Paul said I pray intongues more than all of you.
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So, yes, there is proof.
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But, "If I pray",okay, please hear me.
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It's not uncontrollable,think about this.
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Why would he give instructionsabout when and how
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to pray or speak in tongues ifit was uncontrollable?
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It's controllable,you have a choice.
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You can build yourselfup in the Spirit
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or you can not buildyourself up in the Spirit.
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One day, don't be afraid thatif you yield to the Holy Spirit
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you're going to beat Kroger's one day,
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and you're goingto grab the intercom
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and start speaking in tongues.
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It's not going to happen,you could have
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the gift of teaching,but you can control it.
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You can havethe gift of serving,
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you can control it, okay?
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So, I just want you toknow, "If I", I will.
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"I will", that meansit's a choice.
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Here's what happens whenI pray in the Spirit.
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I get so much more sensitiveto the Holy Spirit.
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I can see things thatI couldn't see before.
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I can say things,I can say,
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"the river startsflowing through me."
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So, I'll tell you one lastthing, and then I'm done.
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I was preaching one timeand there was a man,
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I found this out later, thathad been out of church
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for 12 years -- 12 years.
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Raised in church, outof church for 12 years.
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Something happened, he gotbitter, and he left church.
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It happens to a lot of people.
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I'm not saying it's right,but it does happen
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to a lot of people.
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So, finally, he and his wifekept talking,
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and finally he said,"Okay, I agree,
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we needto go back to church."
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On the way to church,he pulls over.
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This was a big man, a big, bigstrong man, owned a company.
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He pulls over and he'son the verge of tears,
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and his wife says,"Honey, what's wrong?"
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And he said,"I'm the Prodigal Son.
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My whole life, I've feltlike the Prodigal Son,
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and I'm afraid that whenI go back to church today,
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that God's going to ask me,"Where have you been
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and what have you been doing?"
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So, he comes tochurch that day.
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I was preaching onthe Prodigal Son.
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He comes down tothe altar to pray,
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and the Holy Spiritspeaks to me.
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By the way, every time before Ipreach, I pray in the Spirit.
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So if you want to know if youhave a wild pastor, you do.
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You don't have a weird one,but you have a wild one
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who's wild about Jesus Christ,totally wild about Him.
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[applause]
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But it causes me to besensitive to the Spirit.
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It lets the riverflow through me.
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And so, I saw this guycome down and, boom,
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I got this immediate thought,now, think about this.
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I just walked over to him andI knelt down on the platform,
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and I whispered in hisear and I said, "I know" --
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No, I didn't --I said, "The Father."
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I said, "The Father wants meto tell you that He knows
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that you see yourselfas the Prodigal Son,
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but the Father wanted me totell you that He does not care
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where you've beenor what you've done,
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He just wants His son back."[applause]
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Now, that doesn'thappen just to pastors,
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that happens to Christianswho let the river
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flow through them,streams in the desert.
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ROBERT: I just want to emphasizeto you, one more time:
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it doesn't matterwhere you've been,
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it doesn't matterwhat you've done;
00:24:37.167 --> 00:24:38.702
Jesus has already paid for it.
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What matters is thatyou come to yourself,
00:24:40.704 --> 00:24:43.741
just like the ProdigalSon did, and come home.
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The Father wants you back,the Son wants you back,
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and the Holy Spirit is hereto draw you and guide you
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back to the Father, gently.
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Even if you'rein a wilderness,
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there's a streamin the wilderness,
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and His name isthe Holy Spirit.
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Don't ever be afraid of Him.
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He loves you and He wantsto guide you, gently,
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into all truth.
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Hey, I appreciate youso much for watching,
00:25:12.436 --> 00:25:14.538
and I want to encourage you,watch next time
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because I'm gonnacontinue this series.
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See you then.
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ANNOUNCER: We're so glad youjoined us for today's program
00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:24.381
as Pastor Robert sharesa message from his series,
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"A Way in the Wilderness."
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Taken from the book of Isaiah,Pastor Robert explains
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how God's people forfeitedHis protection and blessings
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when they forgot about Himand went their own way.
00:25:35.693 --> 00:25:38.028
Isaiah prophesiedthe arrival of a Messiah
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who would make a wayin the wilderness,
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and bring a dry, barren,and desolate land
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back to life again.
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Pastor Robert shows ushow Jesus is the fulfillment
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of Isaiah's propheciesabout the coming Messiah;
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and because we have placedour hope and trust in Jesus,
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He transforms our wildernessinto a lush garden
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overflowing with abundance.
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We want you to have a copyof this life changing series
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♪ ♪
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ANNOUNCER: Living your best lifeisn't about having a dream home,
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wonderful kids,or the ideal job.
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It's about changesin your family, health,
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and relationships.
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When God changes your heart,you'll discover
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that there is so muchmore to life.
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With humor, passion,and clarity,
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Pastor Robert presents,
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"The Secretsof Living Your Best Life."
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♪ ♪
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