1 00:00:14,139 --> 00:00:17,339 Welcome to the Lansdale Life Church podcast. 2 00:00:18,420 --> 00:00:24,100 If you're seeking a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, this podcast is for you. 3 00:00:24,900 --> 00:00:27,079 Thank you for joining us today. 4 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:41,340 We're looking at Acts chapter 8 today, continuing in Acts chapter 8, 5 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:46,500 and we're going to answer three questions today, hopefully. 6 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:51,500 One is, is anyone beyond the reach of the gospel? 7 00:00:51,500 --> 00:00:55,359 In other words, is there anyone unredeemable? 8 00:00:55,979 --> 00:01:00,020 I think we already know the answer to that, but we're going to see how much so. 9 00:01:01,380 --> 00:01:06,780 Number two, can you believe in your brain but not in your heart? 10 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:13,500 And finally, what is the baptism of the Holy Spirit? 11 00:01:14,219 --> 00:01:16,760 Because we're going to hopefully experience that today. 12 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:20,980 I believe the Holy Spirit will baptize us afresh today. 13 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:25,239 So let's pray, and y'all turn to Acts chapter 8, 14 00:01:25,799 --> 00:01:34,620 and we're just going to thank the Lord for being here and speaking through inaudible words. 15 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:40,879 The Holy Spirit is going to deposit something into our souls and our minds. 16 00:01:41,180 --> 00:01:44,760 So Father God, we thank you, Lord, that your word is here. 17 00:01:45,340 --> 00:01:46,799 Your spirit is here. 18 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:50,680 And Lord God, we believe that you're going to tell us something new today 19 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,959 that we need to have to embrace, to hold onto, and to cherish, 20 00:01:55,140 --> 00:01:59,840 and to apply to our lives, that we leave here more like you. 21 00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:04,900 So Lord God, we do ask you that you would transform our minds today, Lord, 22 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,000 and speak to us through your Holy Word. 23 00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,360 And we ask this in Jesus' name, amen. 24 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:18,419 So just to recap for a minute, last week we saw how a great persecution hit Jerusalem, 25 00:02:18,419 --> 00:02:26,620 and as a result, the gospel spread out and started to—a lot of people fled Jerusalem 26 00:02:26,620 --> 00:02:29,479 to go preach the gospel other places. 27 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:31,939 Others remained and stayed behind. 28 00:02:32,699 --> 00:02:34,340 And so we're going to pick it up from there, 29 00:02:34,979 --> 00:02:38,419 and we're going to see a very unlikely place 30 00:02:38,419 --> 00:02:43,500 that the gospel would go to first after Jerusalem. 31 00:02:43,500 --> 00:02:47,180 So let's pick it up in Acts chapter 8, 32 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:56,020 and we're going to look at verse 5 to 25. 33 00:02:56,199 --> 00:03:01,060 Well, first we're just going to read from verse 5 to 8. 34 00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:06,379 So, then Philip went down to the city of Samaria 35 00:03:06,379 --> 00:03:08,860 and preached Christ to them, 36 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:14,300 and the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, 37 00:03:14,719 --> 00:03:17,939 hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. 38 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:22,379 For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, 39 00:03:22,379 --> 00:03:25,219 came out of many who were possessed, 40 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:29,300 and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed, 41 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,419 and there was a great joy in that city. 42 00:03:34,620 --> 00:03:38,599 So here, Philip, the first stop he makes is Samaria. 43 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:41,719 Which leads us to the first question, 44 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:46,259 is anyone unredeemable or beyond the reach of the gospel? 45 00:03:47,159 --> 00:03:50,599 Now, I have to give you a little bit of a history behind Samaria. 46 00:03:50,719 --> 00:03:52,659 Some of you already may know it, 47 00:03:52,659 --> 00:03:56,139 but the Samaritans, their history is that 48 00:03:56,139 --> 00:04:00,419 when the Assyrians came to exile Israel, 49 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,719 the northern kingdom, that is, to Assyria, 50 00:04:04,139 --> 00:04:07,860 they took Israel away, but somewhere left behind, 51 00:04:07,860 --> 00:04:11,560 probably the undesirables or those who were hiding, whatever, 52 00:04:11,740 --> 00:04:13,560 but most were taken away to Assyria. 53 00:04:13,699 --> 00:04:16,660 Some remained, and then what the Assyrians did, 54 00:04:16,740 --> 00:04:18,100 which was normal back then, 55 00:04:18,339 --> 00:04:21,959 is they said, let's repopulate the area with other cultures 56 00:04:22,580 --> 00:04:24,399 so that they won't really get along, 57 00:04:24,439 --> 00:04:27,339 and that there would be a lot of turmoil in the, 58 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,699 and they can't band together against us. 59 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,879 So, they brought in other cultures, other countries, 60 00:04:32,879 --> 00:04:34,959 that they had also captured 61 00:04:34,959 --> 00:04:38,220 and brought them into the land of the northern kingdom. 62 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,680 Now, when these peoples came to the northern kingdom, 63 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,500 the remaining Israelites started to intermarry 64 00:04:47,500 --> 00:04:49,199 with these other cultures. 65 00:04:49,639 --> 00:04:51,980 They started to adopt their Gods 66 00:04:51,980 --> 00:04:55,660 and practice many of their cultural things, their traditions. 67 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:57,439 And before you knew it, 68 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,000 it was kind of like a contaminated Jewish faith. 69 00:05:01,860 --> 00:05:05,540 They had their own temple on a different mountain 70 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:06,579 other than Jerusalem, 71 00:05:06,579 --> 00:05:10,740 and they had all kinds of customs that were very different 72 00:05:10,740 --> 00:05:14,620 than the true Israel that followed Yahweh. 73 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:18,660 So now, the exile is over, okay? 74 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,839 And by then, they were all brought together in Babylon 75 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:23,180 and then beyond that. 76 00:05:23,579 --> 00:05:26,899 And then finally, when they were released by the Persians 77 00:05:26,899 --> 00:05:28,879 to go back to their homeland, 78 00:05:28,879 --> 00:05:31,339 when the Israelites returned, they're like, 79 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:33,040 who are these people? 80 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,220 They kind of seem Jewish, but they're a mixed breed. 81 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:40,939 And they have all kinds of weird cultures and customs. 82 00:05:42,319 --> 00:05:44,860 And we don't really get along with them. 83 00:05:45,459 --> 00:05:48,000 And they realize that when the Samaritans saw 84 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,319 the Israelites come back, they were saying, 85 00:05:50,819 --> 00:05:53,699 they kind of seem like us, but they seem different. 86 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:57,500 And we want to find out more about them. 87 00:05:57,500 --> 00:05:59,660 Well, the Israelites wanted nothing to do with them. 88 00:06:00,019 --> 00:06:01,800 And so there started this contention. 89 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:05,120 Now, this is back 500 years before the days of Christ. 90 00:06:06,060 --> 00:06:09,620 And so there was this lineage of animosity 91 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:13,259 between the Samaritans and the Jews. 92 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,959 And for right cause many times, 93 00:06:16,399 --> 00:06:20,459 because at one point, when there was a conqueror 94 00:06:20,459 --> 00:06:25,860 coming against them from the Selesud or Selesud Empire, 95 00:06:26,420 --> 00:06:30,259 they were coming against the Israelites to conquer them. 96 00:06:31,399 --> 00:06:33,540 And the Samaritan said, we're not with them. 97 00:06:34,019 --> 00:06:35,060 We're not Jews. 98 00:06:36,019 --> 00:06:39,180 In fact, if you want, you could bring your God Zeus 99 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:40,639 and put it in our temple. 100 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:46,459 So they were really like faint hearted fans of Israel. 101 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:48,000 And they were hardly friends. 102 00:06:48,519 --> 00:06:51,139 So there's a lot of reasons behind this hatred 103 00:06:51,139 --> 00:06:52,439 towards the Samaritans. 104 00:06:52,959 --> 00:06:55,120 And they're considered half-breeds. 105 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:57,800 They were considered demon worshipers, 106 00:06:57,819 --> 00:06:58,800 all these other things. 107 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:04,160 And so now, the gospel leaves Jerusalem. 108 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,779 And the first stop is Samaria. 109 00:07:08,379 --> 00:07:09,860 And it seems weird, doesn't it? 110 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,579 But Jesus had already started this 111 00:07:12,579 --> 00:07:14,339 when he was in his ministry. 112 00:07:14,540 --> 00:07:19,199 In fact, when others would travel from the northern area. 113 00:07:19,300 --> 00:07:20,660 In fact, we have a map up there. 114 00:07:21,259 --> 00:07:23,680 When they would travel from Galilee, 115 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,560 down to Jerusalem, right? 116 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,160 When they would come through the land of Samaria, 117 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:33,740 they'd say, no way, Jose. 118 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:36,319 And they would cross over the Jordan River 119 00:07:36,319 --> 00:07:38,139 and travel on this side, 120 00:07:38,799 --> 00:07:41,319 specifically to avoid Samaria 121 00:07:41,319 --> 00:07:43,680 because it was considered dangerous. 122 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:47,639 It was considered disgusting, in a sense, 123 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:49,540 and filled with demonic presence 124 00:07:49,540 --> 00:07:50,959 and all the other things. 125 00:07:50,959 --> 00:07:55,100 And so at one point during Jesus' ministry, 126 00:07:55,779 --> 00:07:57,259 he said, let's go back to, 127 00:07:58,180 --> 00:08:00,800 let's go from Jerusalem to Galilee, 128 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:05,399 but let's take this route right through Samaria. 129 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,759 And you can read about this encounter 130 00:08:07,759 --> 00:08:12,500 Jesus had with the city of Sukar in Samaria 131 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:14,279 in John chapter four. 132 00:08:14,639 --> 00:08:15,540 You know the story. 133 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:16,379 Jesus is there. 134 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:17,839 He's going through Samaria. 135 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:19,259 Probably his disciples are saying, 136 00:08:19,339 --> 00:08:20,120 why are we here? 137 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,300 What are we doing in this ugly place? 138 00:08:22,699 --> 00:08:24,860 And here he meets this woman at a well, 139 00:08:25,399 --> 00:08:27,060 the woman at the well, the Samaritan. 140 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:28,879 He starts speaking to her. 141 00:08:28,980 --> 00:08:32,059 Before you know it, the whole city is saved. 142 00:08:33,139 --> 00:08:35,200 And they're worshipping him. 143 00:08:36,299 --> 00:08:38,779 And the disciples are like, wow. 144 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,419 So Jesus was already during his ministry 145 00:08:42,419 --> 00:08:44,740 making inroads to Samaria. 146 00:08:44,779 --> 00:08:46,419 That's why he even said before he left, 147 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:48,259 I want you to go to Samaria 148 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:50,820 after I leave with the gospel. 149 00:08:51,419 --> 00:08:54,399 Because to him, they were not irredeemable. 150 00:08:55,279 --> 00:08:59,179 To him, they were not beyond the reach of the gospel. 151 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:01,039 No one is. 152 00:09:01,820 --> 00:09:03,539 Everyone is valuable to God. 153 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:07,279 There's no reason to have a bias or a prejudice 154 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:10,919 or a distrust or a hatred towards any people 155 00:09:11,539 --> 00:09:12,779 or any person 156 00:09:13,460 --> 00:09:16,340 because anyone has the potential to be saved. 157 00:09:16,340 --> 00:09:17,419 All they have to do is say, 158 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:20,820 Jesus, I want you to be in my life. 159 00:09:21,399 --> 00:09:23,580 I want to receive you as my Lord and Savior. 160 00:09:24,019 --> 00:09:25,220 That's all it takes. 161 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:29,120 Anyone can be saved if they call upon the name of the Lord. 162 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,980 Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. 163 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,159 So here we see this beautiful picture of the Samaritans. 164 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:38,279 And it was wonderful. 165 00:09:38,580 --> 00:09:40,519 Remember the 10 lepers, right? 166 00:09:40,820 --> 00:09:41,899 He heals 10 lepers. 167 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:43,600 Which one came back to him? 168 00:09:44,420 --> 00:09:50,740 The Samaritan, the one leper who was realized, wow, 169 00:09:51,620 --> 00:09:57,240 I have to go back and worship that person who just cleansed me. 170 00:09:58,379 --> 00:10:01,379 In fact, Jesus even told the parable, the good Samaritan. 171 00:10:01,539 --> 00:10:03,000 Remember when that when, you know, 172 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:05,779 the priest wouldn't take care of this vagabond 173 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:07,460 who was beat up on the side of the road. 174 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:09,500 The Levite wouldn't take care of him. 175 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:10,240 Who did? 176 00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:11,759 The Samaritan. 177 00:10:11,759 --> 00:10:16,200 So Jesus was already saying these people are your neighbors 178 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:20,279 and they will also be brought into the kingdom. 179 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:23,059 You know, if he even saved Romans, 180 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:27,379 who were their oppressors? 181 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:29,399 He saved Saul. 182 00:10:29,559 --> 00:10:31,000 He could save anybody, right? 183 00:10:31,519 --> 00:10:33,360 And so the answer to that first question 184 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,879 is obviously no one is irredeemable. 185 00:10:37,279 --> 00:10:39,700 Even the Samaritans, even me. 186 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:41,519 No one is. 187 00:10:41,759 --> 00:10:45,740 And so there they are and great miracles are happening. 188 00:10:46,759 --> 00:10:47,460 And verse nine. 189 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,700 But there was a certain man called Simon 190 00:10:50,700 --> 00:10:53,759 who previously practiced sorcery in the city 191 00:10:53,759 --> 00:10:56,220 and astonished the people of Samaria, 192 00:10:56,620 --> 00:10:58,659 claiming that he was someone great 193 00:10:59,439 --> 00:11:03,620 to whom they all gave heed from the least to the greatest, 194 00:11:03,620 --> 00:11:06,840 saying this man is the great power of God. 195 00:11:07,539 --> 00:11:10,720 And they heeded him because he had astonished them 196 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:13,919 with his sorceries for a long time. 197 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:15,960 But when they believed Philip, 198 00:11:16,419 --> 00:11:19,620 as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God 199 00:11:19,620 --> 00:11:21,820 and the name of Jesus Christ, 200 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,419 both men and women were baptized. 201 00:11:24,919 --> 00:11:28,679 Then Simon himself also believed. 202 00:11:29,259 --> 00:11:31,919 And when he was baptized, he continued with Philip 203 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:35,580 and was amazed seeing the miracles and signs 204 00:11:35,580 --> 00:11:36,860 which were done. 205 00:11:37,940 --> 00:11:38,720 Verse 14. 206 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,059 Now, when the apostles who were at Jerusalem 207 00:11:42,059 --> 00:11:45,440 heard that Samaria had received the word of God, 208 00:11:45,940 --> 00:11:48,539 they sent Peter and John to them, 209 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,320 who when they had come down, 210 00:11:51,799 --> 00:11:55,700 prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 211 00:11:55,940 --> 00:11:56,799 Now, did you catch that? 212 00:11:57,419 --> 00:11:58,320 They believed. 213 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,759 But verse 16. 214 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:04,100 For as yet he had fallen upon none of them. 215 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,580 And they had only been baptized 216 00:12:06,580 --> 00:12:08,399 in the name of the Lord Jesus. 217 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:12,500 Then they laid hands on them 218 00:12:12,500 --> 00:12:14,620 and they received the Holy Spirit. 219 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,179 And when Simon saw that through the laying on 220 00:12:18,179 --> 00:12:19,360 of the apostles' hands, 221 00:12:19,539 --> 00:12:20,940 the Holy Spirit was given, 222 00:12:21,460 --> 00:12:23,320 he offered them money saying, 223 00:12:23,639 --> 00:12:25,419 give me this power also 224 00:12:25,419 --> 00:12:27,840 that anyone on whom I lay hands 225 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,659 may receive the Holy Spirit. 226 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,100 But then Peter said to him, 227 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,279 your money perish with you 228 00:12:34,279 --> 00:12:37,039 because you thought that the gift of God 229 00:12:37,039 --> 00:12:39,440 could be purchased with money. 230 00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:42,460 You have neither partner portion 231 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:44,139 in this matter, 232 00:12:44,139 --> 00:12:47,039 for your heart is not right 233 00:12:47,039 --> 00:12:48,519 in the sight of God. 234 00:12:49,299 --> 00:12:50,279 Repent, therefore, 235 00:12:50,899 --> 00:12:52,600 of this your wickedness. 236 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,059 And pray, God, 237 00:12:54,279 --> 00:12:57,120 if perhaps the thought of your heart 238 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,980 may be forgiven you, 239 00:12:59,159 --> 00:13:01,320 for I see that you are poisoned 240 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,220 by bitterness and bound by inequity. 241 00:13:06,779 --> 00:13:09,519 Verse 24, then Simon answered and said, 242 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,580 pray to the Lord for me 243 00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:13,500 that none of the things 244 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:14,779 which you have spoken 245 00:13:14,779 --> 00:13:16,580 may come upon me. 246 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:19,259 So when they had testified 247 00:13:19,259 --> 00:13:21,620 and preached the word of the Lord, 248 00:13:22,059 --> 00:13:23,779 they returned to Jerusalem, 249 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:25,440 preaching the gospel 250 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,299 in many villages of the Samaritans. 251 00:13:30,779 --> 00:13:31,879 So that's an interesting, 252 00:13:32,100 --> 00:13:33,899 we have a few quandaries 253 00:13:33,899 --> 00:13:35,399 we have to figure out here. 254 00:13:35,399 --> 00:13:37,460 Okay, first of all, 255 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:38,580 Simon the sorcerer, 256 00:13:38,580 --> 00:13:41,679 didn't we just read that he believed? 257 00:13:42,899 --> 00:13:43,860 That he believed. 258 00:13:44,700 --> 00:13:47,460 And he was baptized in water. 259 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,320 So, you know, 260 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:51,299 most of us would be someone like that 261 00:13:51,299 --> 00:13:53,139 and say, okay, all right, 262 00:13:53,139 --> 00:13:54,299 he's coming along, 263 00:13:54,419 --> 00:13:55,120 he's one of us. 264 00:13:56,379 --> 00:13:57,759 And yet what did he want to do? 265 00:13:58,259 --> 00:14:00,799 He wanted to purchase that capability 266 00:14:01,879 --> 00:14:03,120 to lay hands 267 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,240 and give the Holy Spirit. 268 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:05,379 Why do you think 269 00:14:05,379 --> 00:14:06,860 you might have wanted to do that? 270 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:09,860 Ego, what else? 271 00:14:11,299 --> 00:14:12,179 Little jealousy. 272 00:14:12,399 --> 00:14:13,879 Look at these guys, man. 273 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:16,200 Everyone's following them now. 274 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:17,860 I used to be the guy. 275 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,500 They used to worship me. 276 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,679 I was the power of God. 277 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:22,740 Now suddenly they are. 278 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:25,759 I don't like this. 279 00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:27,559 What's in this for me? 280 00:14:28,620 --> 00:14:30,379 You see this envy 281 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:32,100 and the desire 282 00:14:32,899 --> 00:14:36,059 for to glorify himself in this. 283 00:14:36,799 --> 00:14:37,779 But he was a believer. 284 00:14:38,940 --> 00:14:40,240 How could Peter say 285 00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:43,659 that I could see 286 00:14:44,519 --> 00:14:46,980 that your heart is not right 287 00:14:46,980 --> 00:14:48,700 in the sight of God? 288 00:14:49,159 --> 00:14:50,139 How can that be? 289 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:51,840 Well, the second question we ask, 290 00:14:52,019 --> 00:14:53,200 can you believe in the brain 291 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,360 but not in your heart? 292 00:14:55,900 --> 00:14:57,139 I think you can. 293 00:14:57,580 --> 00:14:58,139 You know that? 294 00:14:58,220 --> 00:14:58,700 I really do. 295 00:14:58,879 --> 00:15:00,600 I think you can logically 296 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:01,820 come to the conclusion 297 00:15:02,679 --> 00:15:03,639 well, you know, 298 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:05,340 Jesus was a perfect man. 299 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:06,720 He lived a perfect life 300 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:09,960 and there needed to be a sacrifice. 301 00:15:10,860 --> 00:15:13,139 And so he was the sacrifice for me 302 00:15:13,139 --> 00:15:14,639 and he died on the cross, 303 00:15:14,759 --> 00:15:15,620 paid for my sins 304 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:17,620 and now he's in heaven 305 00:15:18,259 --> 00:15:19,720 and he's going to come back someday. 306 00:15:19,899 --> 00:15:21,340 Okay, I'm good with that. 307 00:15:22,279 --> 00:15:23,500 It's okay here, 308 00:15:23,639 --> 00:15:25,000 but is it okay here? 309 00:15:25,340 --> 00:15:27,080 Like has anything happened here? 310 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:28,440 Because, you know, 311 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,659 we can understand things logically 312 00:15:30,659 --> 00:15:32,820 but until it leaks down 313 00:15:32,820 --> 00:15:33,460 into the brain, 314 00:15:33,820 --> 00:15:34,299 into the heart, 315 00:15:34,860 --> 00:15:36,299 it's not really here. 316 00:15:36,379 --> 00:15:38,360 Unless we have a transformed heart, 317 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:40,600 nothing happens with these thoughts. 318 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:41,639 You know, in fact, 319 00:15:41,659 --> 00:15:45,120 James said faith without works is right. 320 00:15:45,259 --> 00:15:46,600 If we're not acting on the things 321 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,240 that we supposedly believe, 322 00:15:48,779 --> 00:15:49,960 then it's just dormant. 323 00:15:50,460 --> 00:15:51,179 It's idle. 324 00:15:51,779 --> 00:15:52,860 There's nothing happening. 325 00:15:53,659 --> 00:15:56,860 And so we see that Simon believed up here 326 00:15:56,860 --> 00:15:59,279 but his heart was still rotten. 327 00:15:59,279 --> 00:16:00,740 I have a little diagram, 328 00:16:00,940 --> 00:16:01,700 a little graphic 329 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:03,740 that I found along the way. 330 00:16:04,519 --> 00:16:06,360 I don't know if you can connect with it, 331 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:07,179 but I kind of did. 332 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:08,039 But anyway, 333 00:16:08,659 --> 00:16:09,299 but like here, 334 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:11,779 you know, we believe in the mind. 335 00:16:12,059 --> 00:16:12,519 Okay. 336 00:16:13,580 --> 00:16:17,279 But then when it comes down to the heart, 337 00:16:17,399 --> 00:16:18,600 when we finally say, 338 00:16:19,419 --> 00:16:20,580 yes, Lord, like, 339 00:16:21,659 --> 00:16:24,340 I want this for my life. 340 00:16:24,980 --> 00:16:27,019 I need this for my life. 341 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:27,720 I am. 342 00:16:28,299 --> 00:16:29,460 I'm going to own this. 343 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:30,100 Yes, Lord. 344 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:32,460 I want to receive you fully. 345 00:16:32,639 --> 00:16:34,399 I want to die to who I used to be 346 00:16:34,399 --> 00:16:36,240 and come alive and resurrect 347 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:37,740 in who you are. 348 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:40,120 And it trickles down into my heart. 349 00:16:40,259 --> 00:16:41,179 Suddenly now, 350 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,980 it's a transformed heart and mind. 351 00:16:45,639 --> 00:16:45,820 Amen. 352 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,360 You know, why do you think in Romans 10, 9, 10, 353 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:48,700 it says, 354 00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:49,399 you know, 355 00:16:49,860 --> 00:16:51,480 if you confess with your mouth 356 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:52,740 that Jesus is Lord 357 00:16:53,219 --> 00:16:55,120 and believe in your heart 358 00:16:56,079 --> 00:16:57,899 that God raised him from the dead, 359 00:16:57,919 --> 00:16:58,919 you will be saved 360 00:16:58,919 --> 00:17:00,279 for with the heart, 361 00:17:00,620 --> 00:17:01,980 one believes on the righteousness, 362 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,140 but with the mouth, 363 00:17:04,319 --> 00:17:05,299 which is connected really 364 00:17:05,299 --> 00:17:06,160 to your thoughts, 365 00:17:06,500 --> 00:17:07,099 with the mouth, 366 00:17:07,099 --> 00:17:08,859 one confesses unto salvation. 367 00:17:09,420 --> 00:17:10,759 It has to be in the brain 368 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:12,380 and in the heart. 369 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:17,740 In fact, in the Hebrewic Bible, 370 00:17:18,619 --> 00:17:19,519 when they say mind, 371 00:17:19,619 --> 00:17:21,160 we think of mind as the brain. 372 00:17:21,380 --> 00:17:21,660 Don't we? 373 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:23,180 What's in your mind? 374 00:17:23,660 --> 00:17:25,000 You know, we think of up here. 375 00:17:25,579 --> 00:17:27,079 But to the Jews 376 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:28,779 and to the Hebrew language, 377 00:17:29,039 --> 00:17:30,740 the mind was even more 378 00:17:30,740 --> 00:17:32,960 in the heart than the brain. 379 00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:33,819 Do you realize that? 380 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:34,720 It's more of like, 381 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:35,240 you know, 382 00:17:35,799 --> 00:17:37,579 it's the heart and the mind, 383 00:17:37,779 --> 00:17:38,579 but love the Lord 384 00:17:38,579 --> 00:17:39,220 with all your heart, 385 00:17:39,299 --> 00:17:40,400 soul, mind and strength. 386 00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:44,119 The mind is really the heart as well, right? 387 00:17:44,660 --> 00:17:46,000 And so it's interesting. 388 00:17:46,180 --> 00:17:47,900 They're finding out more and more facts 389 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,720 about how the heart does 390 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,119 a ton of communication to the brain. 391 00:17:54,319 --> 00:17:54,880 Did you know that? 392 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,619 This Vegas nerve system 393 00:17:57,619 --> 00:17:59,480 that it actually transmits 394 00:18:00,940 --> 00:18:03,180 communication and orders to the brain. 395 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,099 We always think the brain 396 00:18:04,099 --> 00:18:05,279 controls everything, 397 00:18:05,579 --> 00:18:07,059 but the heart does a lot more 398 00:18:07,059 --> 00:18:07,680 than we think. 399 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:08,859 And that's biologically. 400 00:18:09,799 --> 00:18:11,359 But how much more spiritually? 401 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:12,740 You know, did you ever hear 402 00:18:12,740 --> 00:18:13,359 someone say, 403 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:15,140 Oh, my heart's just not in it. 404 00:18:15,339 --> 00:18:16,079 That's what I see about 405 00:18:16,079 --> 00:18:17,859 all the projects around my house. 406 00:18:18,980 --> 00:18:20,059 My heart's not in it. 407 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Jill says, 408 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:21,900 Can you not? 409 00:18:22,079 --> 00:18:22,740 My heart's not there. 410 00:18:22,740 --> 00:18:25,660 Yeah, my heart's not anywhere 411 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:27,200 to do any work around the house 412 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:28,279 lately anyway. 413 00:18:28,839 --> 00:18:30,180 But really, if it's not in your heart, 414 00:18:30,460 --> 00:18:32,500 it ain't happening, right? 415 00:18:32,579 --> 00:18:34,299 You have to love what you're doing. 416 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,900 And so this was the problem with Simon 417 00:18:36,900 --> 00:18:38,279 and it's really a problem 418 00:18:38,279 --> 00:18:39,380 with all of us. 419 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,220 If it's not in the heart, 420 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:42,880 when you think about it biologically, 421 00:18:43,279 --> 00:18:44,579 what is it like a distance 422 00:18:44,579 --> 00:18:47,539 between nine inches to 14 inches 423 00:18:47,539 --> 00:18:48,599 with Josiah Kennedy. 424 00:18:48,779 --> 00:18:49,759 It's like 14 inches 425 00:18:49,759 --> 00:18:51,380 between the brain and the heart. 426 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:52,940 Me, it's probably nine. 427 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:54,059 Okay, I'm just saying. 428 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:55,700 But whatever distance, 429 00:18:57,460 --> 00:18:58,700 it could be eternity. 430 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:00,940 If it's not here, right? 431 00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:02,859 It has to be in your heart. 432 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:04,579 And so that was the problem. 433 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,000 Now, so we kind of solve that problem 434 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:08,559 in a sense 435 00:19:08,559 --> 00:19:10,000 because there is a lot of, 436 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:10,559 you know, people 437 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:11,940 who believe logically. 438 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,720 But really, are they really believers? 439 00:19:15,279 --> 00:19:17,519 Because it hasn't transmitted 440 00:19:17,519 --> 00:19:19,119 into the heart. 441 00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:21,740 But I saw another issue here 442 00:19:21,740 --> 00:19:22,660 is because, you know, 443 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,420 they all believe, 444 00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:24,799 they're all filled with joy 445 00:19:24,799 --> 00:19:25,539 and so forth. 446 00:19:26,140 --> 00:19:27,339 Peter and John come down here 447 00:19:27,339 --> 00:19:27,819 and says, hey, 448 00:19:27,859 --> 00:19:28,539 they haven't received 449 00:19:28,539 --> 00:19:29,740 the Holy Spirit yet. 450 00:19:30,420 --> 00:19:31,559 That kind of bugs me. 451 00:19:32,339 --> 00:19:33,420 Like, is there something there 452 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:34,359 that you kind of say, 453 00:19:34,460 --> 00:19:35,559 that doesn't really make sense? 454 00:19:35,859 --> 00:19:37,440 Like, because I always thought 455 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:38,859 when you become a believer, 456 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:41,740 you receive the Holy Spirit. 457 00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:43,640 Don't you like these things 458 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:44,880 that seem contradictory? 459 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:46,779 Because they're like puzzles. 460 00:19:47,059 --> 00:19:48,420 I think God just wants us 461 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:50,720 to solve the riddle in a sense, you know. 462 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:53,940 But we're told that 463 00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:54,799 when you believe 464 00:19:54,799 --> 00:19:56,579 you receive the Holy Spirit. 465 00:19:56,700 --> 00:19:58,599 In fact, we have Ephesians chapter 1 466 00:19:58,599 --> 00:20:00,420 verse 13-14. 467 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:02,319 In him you also trusted 468 00:20:02,980 --> 00:20:04,940 after you heard the word of truth, 469 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:06,819 the gospel of your salvation 470 00:20:06,819 --> 00:20:09,599 in whom also having believed 471 00:20:10,340 --> 00:20:11,380 you were sealed 472 00:20:12,019 --> 00:20:14,339 with the Holy Spirit of promise. 473 00:20:15,519 --> 00:20:16,740 Okay, so I'm not here 474 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:18,119 to like have anyone question 475 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:19,240 their faith, okay? 476 00:20:19,599 --> 00:20:21,119 Unless you are and then, you know, 477 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:22,700 come on up and we'll talk about it 478 00:20:22,700 --> 00:20:23,680 and pray about it. 479 00:20:24,059 --> 00:20:25,799 But we're supposed to be 480 00:20:25,799 --> 00:20:27,079 receiving the Holy Spirit 481 00:20:27,079 --> 00:20:28,279 when we believe. 482 00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:28,980 I have another one. 483 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:29,940 Galatians 3 484 00:20:29,940 --> 00:20:32,160 verses 2 and 14. 485 00:20:33,839 --> 00:20:36,500 This, I want, this only, 486 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:38,700 I want to learn from you. 487 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:40,539 Did you receive the Spirit 488 00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:42,180 by the works of the law 489 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:44,700 or by the hearing of faith? 490 00:20:45,380 --> 00:20:46,640 The purpose was 491 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,059 that the blessing of Abraham 492 00:20:48,059 --> 00:20:49,700 would come to the Gentiles 493 00:20:49,700 --> 00:20:51,119 by Christ Jesus 494 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,220 so that we could receive 495 00:20:53,220 --> 00:20:54,819 the promised Spirit 496 00:20:55,659 --> 00:20:56,799 through faith. 497 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:57,720 You see that? 498 00:20:58,079 --> 00:21:00,000 We believe we receive 499 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:01,160 the Holy Spirit. 500 00:21:02,759 --> 00:21:04,700 And Romans 8-9 says, 501 00:21:04,980 --> 00:21:06,680 if you don't have the Holy Spirit, 502 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,160 you're not even, 503 00:21:08,259 --> 00:21:09,720 you don't even belong to the Lord. 504 00:21:10,319 --> 00:21:13,220 So, so when we become believers, 505 00:21:13,220 --> 00:21:14,880 we're supposed to receive 506 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,000 the Holy Spirit. 507 00:21:16,559 --> 00:21:17,980 So, why didn't he, 508 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:21,299 they experience the Holy Spirit? 509 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,339 Why did the Holy Spirit 510 00:21:22,339 --> 00:21:24,460 not come upon any of them yet? 511 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:26,640 Are you questioning that? 512 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:29,140 It doesn't make sense fully, right? 513 00:21:29,980 --> 00:21:31,599 Well, I believe it's solved 514 00:21:31,599 --> 00:21:33,079 because, you know, there are, 515 00:21:33,079 --> 00:21:33,839 there are, 516 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:38,059 there are three prepositional positions 517 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:40,180 of the Holy Spirit 518 00:21:40,180 --> 00:21:41,220 towards mankind. 519 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:43,700 And we see this 520 00:21:43,700 --> 00:21:44,480 throughout Scripture. 521 00:21:45,039 --> 00:21:46,180 The Holy Spirit 522 00:21:48,699 --> 00:21:49,619 comes alongside, 523 00:21:50,099 --> 00:21:51,420 he's with us, okay? 524 00:21:51,559 --> 00:21:53,279 In fact, Emmanuel, what is, you know, 525 00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:54,539 his name will be Emmanuel, 526 00:21:54,819 --> 00:21:55,980 God with us, right? 527 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,299 The Holy Spirit is with everyone, 528 00:21:59,899 --> 00:22:01,859 meaning the Greek word is para, 529 00:22:02,259 --> 00:22:03,640 as in like parachute, 530 00:22:04,439 --> 00:22:05,519 paralegal, paramedic, right? 531 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:06,299 It means with. 532 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:09,079 So, the Holy Spirit's with mankind. 533 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,660 He's always trying to draw people 534 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,039 to the Lord, right? 535 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,039 So, he's everywhere. 536 00:22:13,039 --> 00:22:15,299 The Holy Spirit is with all mankind. 537 00:22:15,579 --> 00:22:16,160 It's with. 538 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:17,680 It's just, he's here. 539 00:22:17,859 --> 00:22:18,960 He's here right now. 540 00:22:19,620 --> 00:22:22,220 The Holy Spirit is here in our midst. 541 00:22:23,859 --> 00:22:25,000 And that's, that's the, 542 00:22:25,460 --> 00:22:26,680 that's his position 543 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,680 in being with mankind. 544 00:22:29,259 --> 00:22:31,380 But then there's the in, okay? 545 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:32,819 And it's actually end in Greek. 546 00:22:33,480 --> 00:22:35,559 And it means he comes into us. 547 00:22:35,599 --> 00:22:37,240 That's when we become believers. 548 00:22:38,740 --> 00:22:40,140 A believer doesn't have that 549 00:22:40,140 --> 00:22:42,640 in position of the Holy Spirit. 550 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,579 He's not in them yet. 551 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:47,759 And then there's an upon. 552 00:22:48,599 --> 00:22:51,000 That is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 553 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:53,119 I believe that's what is being spoken about here. 554 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,140 He had not fallen upon any of them. 555 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,460 That word is epi, meaning comes upon them. 556 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,279 That means baptizing them. 557 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,720 That means empowering them, right? 558 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,319 And so, we see three positions 559 00:23:06,319 --> 00:23:07,960 of the Holy Spirit. 560 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:09,940 Jesus spoke about these 561 00:23:09,940 --> 00:23:12,980 in John 14, verse 16 and 17. 562 00:23:14,519 --> 00:23:16,700 This was the last evening with his disciples. 563 00:23:17,220 --> 00:23:17,559 And he said, 564 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:19,480 and I will pray the father 565 00:23:20,019 --> 00:23:22,019 and he will give you another helper, 566 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,039 meaning the Holy Spirit, 567 00:23:23,460 --> 00:23:26,480 that he may abide with you forever. 568 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,019 The spirit of truth 569 00:23:29,539 --> 00:23:31,779 whom the world cannot receive 570 00:23:31,779 --> 00:23:34,079 because it neither sees him nor knows him. 571 00:23:34,420 --> 00:23:37,640 But you know him for he dwells with you. 572 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,180 That's the power. 573 00:23:39,740 --> 00:23:43,200 And he will be in you, okay? 574 00:23:43,519 --> 00:23:46,599 We so far have the with and the in. 575 00:23:46,980 --> 00:23:47,640 Two thirds. 576 00:23:47,819 --> 00:23:49,500 If you've received the Lord Jesus Christ 577 00:23:49,500 --> 00:23:50,700 as your Lord and Savior, 578 00:23:51,079 --> 00:23:52,359 you already had the with 579 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:53,359 and he's still with 580 00:23:53,980 --> 00:23:55,400 but he's also in. 581 00:23:56,599 --> 00:23:57,619 But then what's this 582 00:23:59,020 --> 00:24:01,240 other preposition of the Holy Spirit 583 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,380 being upon? 584 00:24:03,140 --> 00:24:04,980 Well, Jesus also talked about this. 585 00:24:05,299 --> 00:24:07,180 He said in Acts chapter 1, verse 8, 586 00:24:07,180 --> 00:24:09,279 you will wait and the Holy Spirit 587 00:24:09,279 --> 00:24:11,779 will come upon you at B. 588 00:24:12,220 --> 00:24:14,119 And you shall be witnesses to me 589 00:24:14,779 --> 00:24:17,359 in Jerusalem and all Judea 590 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:17,859 and where? 591 00:24:18,299 --> 00:24:18,880 Sumeria. 592 00:24:19,380 --> 00:24:21,940 Sumeria and to the end of the earth. 593 00:24:22,279 --> 00:24:23,640 And what happened at Pentecost? 594 00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,640 The Holy Spirit came upon them, right? 595 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:29,859 Well, some might say, 596 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,180 well, that was the same thing. 597 00:24:31,539 --> 00:24:32,519 They received the Lord, 598 00:24:32,940 --> 00:24:33,980 the Holy Spirit in them 599 00:24:33,980 --> 00:24:35,539 and then also upon them. 600 00:24:35,539 --> 00:24:38,000 No, there was another empowerment here. 601 00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:41,019 And the reason I can say that for sure 602 00:24:41,019 --> 00:24:43,380 is do you remember a short time after that, 603 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:44,539 we already read it in the past, 604 00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:45,660 Acts chapter 4, 605 00:24:46,039 --> 00:24:48,559 when this is after Peter was arrested 606 00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:50,660 and they're all praying in the upper room 607 00:24:50,660 --> 00:24:51,299 and said, Lord, 608 00:24:51,799 --> 00:24:53,700 you know, all these strikes against us 609 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,799 empower us to be bold 610 00:24:55,799 --> 00:24:58,059 and to preach the gospel 611 00:24:58,059 --> 00:25:01,299 and prove your gospel 612 00:25:01,299 --> 00:25:03,880 by garnishing it with the worse, 613 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,599 the signs and wonders and miracles. 614 00:25:08,220 --> 00:25:09,079 And as they were praying, 615 00:25:09,220 --> 00:25:10,519 the place was shaken 616 00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:14,299 and what the Holy Spirit came upon them. 617 00:25:14,740 --> 00:25:15,779 And they went out and preached 618 00:25:15,779 --> 00:25:17,259 with even more boldness. 619 00:25:17,420 --> 00:25:18,440 Were they already saved? 620 00:25:19,859 --> 00:25:22,059 Did they already have the Holy Spirit with them? 621 00:25:22,900 --> 00:25:24,779 Did they have the Holy Spirit in them? 622 00:25:25,759 --> 00:25:30,039 But there was a new fresh empowerment upon them. 623 00:25:30,539 --> 00:25:31,240 Isn't that awesome? 624 00:25:32,079 --> 00:25:33,599 And so I have a little prop here. 625 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:35,059 I haven't done a prop in a while. 626 00:25:36,559 --> 00:25:37,599 And with one arm, 627 00:25:37,700 --> 00:25:38,799 it could be a little challenging, 628 00:25:38,839 --> 00:25:39,740 but why not? 629 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,779 So this is you. 630 00:25:43,839 --> 00:25:45,599 Okay, a little sponge, all right? 631 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:47,839 And we do actually sponge 632 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,380 in everything around us, don't we? 633 00:25:49,759 --> 00:25:51,519 There's a lot of spirits in the world. 634 00:25:51,599 --> 00:25:52,680 And before we came to Christ, 635 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,579 we have sponged up 636 00:25:54,579 --> 00:25:56,119 a lot of spirits in us, right? 637 00:25:56,539 --> 00:25:58,220 There's a lot of spirits in here, right? 638 00:25:58,859 --> 00:26:02,119 And so the Holy Spirit comes along. 639 00:26:03,259 --> 00:26:03,700 Okay. 640 00:26:05,259 --> 00:26:08,940 And He's dwelling real close 641 00:26:08,940 --> 00:26:10,180 to a lot of people. 642 00:26:12,740 --> 00:26:14,019 But He's not in them yet. 643 00:26:15,019 --> 00:26:16,900 He's just with them, okay? 644 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,519 He's drawing them in. 645 00:26:18,599 --> 00:26:19,980 Come on, you got to receive them. 646 00:26:20,380 --> 00:26:21,039 Come on in. 647 00:26:21,339 --> 00:26:22,279 The water's warm. 648 00:26:22,740 --> 00:26:24,779 Like we say, we're always baptized in here, you know? 649 00:26:24,940 --> 00:26:25,740 And we don't lie. 650 00:26:25,859 --> 00:26:26,359 It is warm. 651 00:26:26,759 --> 00:26:28,720 But anyway, He's saying, come on, you know, 652 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,180 come to the Father. 653 00:26:32,140 --> 00:26:34,019 They're being drawn in, right? 654 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,640 But until they say, yes, Lord, 655 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,259 they don't have them in. 656 00:26:38,839 --> 00:26:43,059 And so finally, they say, yes, Lord. 657 00:26:46,940 --> 00:26:48,099 Save me, Lord. 658 00:26:48,539 --> 00:26:49,079 And what happens? 659 00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:51,619 Well, there's not even a drop there. 660 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:52,839 There we go. 661 00:26:53,259 --> 00:26:53,640 I don't want to... 662 00:26:54,619 --> 00:26:54,720 There. 663 00:26:56,099 --> 00:26:56,440 Okay. 664 00:26:58,579 --> 00:27:00,720 Is there a Holy Spirit in here? 665 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:01,380 Yes. 666 00:27:02,299 --> 00:27:02,720 Okay. 667 00:27:03,539 --> 00:27:04,480 They're saved. 668 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:08,420 But... 669 00:27:08,420 --> 00:27:09,740 Is there anything coming out? 670 00:27:11,220 --> 00:27:13,319 It's almost bone dry, isn't it? 671 00:27:13,819 --> 00:27:17,339 It's just a little droplet of the Holy Spirit. 672 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,539 Don't we want more than just that, right? 673 00:27:22,539 --> 00:27:25,359 And then we say, Lord, I want to be baptized. 674 00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:30,700 I want Your Holy Spirit to come upon me. 675 00:27:32,059 --> 00:27:34,319 I just want You to fill me, 676 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:37,460 overflow like living wooders, Lord God. 677 00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:41,420 I want to be saturated with Your Holy Spirit. 678 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:44,480 Isn't that what you want? 679 00:27:45,579 --> 00:27:46,839 And you know what comes out of us? 680 00:27:47,099 --> 00:27:49,859 Like Jesus said, like living wooders. 681 00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:51,660 It just pours out. 682 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:52,480 And guess what? 683 00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:54,420 Lord, I want some more. 684 00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:57,779 I want some more, Lord. 685 00:27:58,079 --> 00:27:58,960 Give me some more. 686 00:27:59,619 --> 00:28:00,259 Isn't that what we want? 687 00:28:00,259 --> 00:28:03,420 We want to be baptized again and again 688 00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:07,400 so that it just keeps pouring out of us into others 689 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,339 and being refilled up again. 690 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,880 There's a never-ending flow of the Holy Spirit. 691 00:28:12,180 --> 00:28:14,640 That's the baptism of the Holy Spirit. 692 00:28:14,980 --> 00:28:16,599 I believe that's what He's talking about here, 693 00:28:16,839 --> 00:28:21,839 is being the Holy Spirit had not fallen upon any of them yet. 694 00:28:23,599 --> 00:28:25,559 And yet also what bugs me is 695 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:28,500 why did He have to lay hands on them to receive the Holy Spirit? 696 00:28:28,500 --> 00:28:31,180 Now, that wasn't one of our questions, okay? 697 00:28:31,619 --> 00:28:33,240 We're not necessarily going to solve that 698 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,799 because you see the Lord move in a lot of different ways, okay? 699 00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:38,759 He really does. 700 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,799 He doesn't like to do the same thing the same way again and again 701 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:45,259 because all of a sudden, you know what mankind does? 702 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,359 Oh, let's save that bronze serpent and worship it. 703 00:28:49,980 --> 00:28:51,380 That's going to be our Messiah. 704 00:28:51,700 --> 00:28:52,559 Does anyone know what I'm talking about? 705 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,259 Everything becomes a religion. 706 00:28:55,819 --> 00:28:58,119 Everything becomes a symbol. 707 00:28:58,579 --> 00:29:01,000 Everything starts to have its own divine power 708 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,839 instead of the power of God, right? 709 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:05,640 So He doesn't like to do the same thing 710 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,240 over and over and over and over again. 711 00:29:07,759 --> 00:29:11,259 But sometimes do we need to have an anointing 712 00:29:11,259 --> 00:29:13,819 and have someone lay hands on us 713 00:29:14,460 --> 00:29:16,400 to receive the Holy Spirit though? 714 00:29:17,599 --> 00:29:19,059 Sometimes, but we don't. 715 00:29:19,299 --> 00:29:20,680 In fact, I can prove it to you 716 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,759 when Peter went to the house of Cornelius. 717 00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:26,359 You remember that? 718 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,880 We're going to come to it in Acts chapter 10. 719 00:29:30,099 --> 00:29:31,220 They're all unbelievers. 720 00:29:31,599 --> 00:29:34,799 They were Romans and he goes to them and he says, 721 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:35,319 you know what? 722 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,839 I can't even believe I'm here, okay? 723 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:41,339 Because you guys are unclean, okay? 724 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,039 And I'm in your house 725 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:46,059 and they probably had a meal together, right? 726 00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:49,380 And so he comes in and he's like saying, 727 00:29:49,380 --> 00:29:51,599 the Lord told me this is okay. 728 00:29:52,339 --> 00:29:53,660 He never would have been in there. 729 00:29:53,779 --> 00:29:54,240 But guess what? 730 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:56,660 Nobody is unredeemable, right? 731 00:29:57,059 --> 00:29:59,359 So here he is in the Roman household 732 00:29:59,359 --> 00:30:01,200 and he's talking, he's talking 733 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,700 and he's trying to convince them. 734 00:30:03,099 --> 00:30:05,059 And then suddenly, as he's still speaking, 735 00:30:05,539 --> 00:30:07,099 had nothing to do with him anymore. 736 00:30:07,579 --> 00:30:10,279 Holy Spirit just fell upon me. 737 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,299 He didn't have to lay hands. 738 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:14,839 He didn't have to lay hands on them. 739 00:30:15,319 --> 00:30:16,599 But then we see other places 740 00:30:16,599 --> 00:30:19,460 where Paul, you know, Ananias came to him, 741 00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:20,500 laid hands on him. 742 00:30:20,859 --> 00:30:23,099 He received his sight. 743 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:24,839 He received the Holy Spirit. 744 00:30:25,420 --> 00:30:28,019 We see when Paul was in Ephesus 745 00:30:28,019 --> 00:30:31,160 and he was preaching to those 12 men. 746 00:30:32,140 --> 00:30:33,480 And as he was speaking to them, 747 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,480 he had said, were you guys ever baptized? 748 00:30:35,799 --> 00:30:38,980 We, I was baptized in the baptism of John the Baptist. 749 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:41,299 He goes, oh, well, that's for repentance. 750 00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:43,700 But you have not received the baptism 751 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,339 of remission of sins. 752 00:30:46,060 --> 00:30:47,339 He laid hands on them 753 00:30:47,339 --> 00:30:50,319 and they were anointed with the Holy Spirit. 754 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,279 So we see that the Lord wants to anoint all of us 755 00:30:54,279 --> 00:30:55,799 with the Holy Spirit. 756 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,920 He wants to baptize us with the Holy Spirit, doesn't he? 757 00:31:00,299 --> 00:31:02,079 If the worship team could come up, 758 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,559 I know it's a little bit early, 759 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,099 so sorry if I'm taking some of you by surprise, 760 00:31:07,140 --> 00:31:08,940 but as you're making your way up here, 761 00:31:11,559 --> 00:31:14,019 you know, as we're thinking about this, 762 00:31:16,699 --> 00:31:19,480 I was thinking about like a sailboat, okay? 763 00:31:19,740 --> 00:31:21,079 You know, and I'm not a sailor. 764 00:31:21,220 --> 00:31:22,460 I've never sailed a boat. 765 00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:24,059 So I don't, why am I talking about it? 766 00:31:24,059 --> 00:31:24,740 I'm not sure yet. 767 00:31:24,859 --> 00:31:27,640 But anyway, I saw, this is what I've heard, okay? 768 00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:29,720 Any people ever sail a sailboat? 769 00:31:30,599 --> 00:31:32,319 You lucky people, you know? 770 00:31:32,359 --> 00:31:33,160 Okay, not me. 771 00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:35,599 Roger, you look like a sailor, actually. 772 00:31:36,039 --> 00:31:38,019 I could see him with a sailor's cap on. 773 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,819 But anyway, so, but, you know, a sailboat, you know, 774 00:31:42,460 --> 00:31:43,980 you can hoist the sail. 775 00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:49,180 A little bit, and you'll catch a little bit of wind, right? 776 00:31:49,359 --> 00:31:51,740 Go a little bit of places, right? 777 00:31:52,319 --> 00:31:54,700 Or you can just pull it up a little bit higher, 778 00:31:54,839 --> 00:31:56,880 halfway up, you'll go a little faster. 779 00:31:57,039 --> 00:31:59,220 What if you hoisted the thing to the top 780 00:31:59,799 --> 00:32:01,539 and caught all the wind? 781 00:32:01,740 --> 00:32:04,819 Well, you know, the Holy Spirit is spoken of as a wind, 782 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:07,019 a mighty rushing wind. 783 00:32:07,500 --> 00:32:08,579 The Holy Spirit's wind. 784 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,900 Don't you want to catch all of the wind? 785 00:32:12,119 --> 00:32:14,700 In fact, what I'm about to see sometimes on the beach, 786 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:20,119 and I look at, and you ever see a kite border? 787 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:23,740 Man, I wish, I don't think I have the guts for that, 788 00:32:23,799 --> 00:32:25,019 but maybe someday, I don't know. 789 00:32:25,059 --> 00:32:26,839 When I have a death wish, I'll just see how I'm going. 790 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:27,400 That's it. 791 00:32:28,099 --> 00:32:28,500 Bye, Jill. 792 00:32:29,779 --> 00:32:31,200 I put everything in order for you. 793 00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:33,819 But, I mean, they have these kites, 794 00:32:34,099 --> 00:32:37,500 and they're on a little wakeboard, or a hydrofoil. 795 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,700 No, not a hydrofoil, a wakeboard. 796 00:32:40,299 --> 00:32:41,759 And they're holding on to the sink, 797 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,039 and it catches the wind, and they jump off a wave. 798 00:32:45,659 --> 00:32:48,380 And it's like 30 feet in the air, 799 00:32:48,859 --> 00:32:51,480 and it's for like 100 yards in the air. 800 00:32:51,579 --> 00:32:53,960 I'm like, how do you have the guts 801 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,059 to even practice something like that? 802 00:32:56,359 --> 00:32:57,400 And they're in the ocean, 803 00:32:58,099 --> 00:33:00,660 about three quarters of a mile out in the ocean. 804 00:33:00,779 --> 00:33:03,200 Like, what if a whale comes by, and you land on them, 805 00:33:03,359 --> 00:33:05,339 and then the shark comes along right after it, 806 00:33:05,420 --> 00:33:06,140 and says, hmm, what's this? 807 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:07,940 Here's a nice snack, right? 808 00:33:08,819 --> 00:33:12,000 But like, I want to catch all the wind, man. 809 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,960 I don't want to leave any wind behind. 810 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,619 I want to just say, Lord, if you want to take me, 811 00:33:17,059 --> 00:33:18,579 take me where you want to go. 812 00:33:19,660 --> 00:33:19,960 Amen. 813 00:33:21,259 --> 00:33:24,200 When Paul was writing to Timothy, 814 00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:27,680 and he said, do you remember the Holy Spirit? 815 00:33:28,579 --> 00:33:31,819 He said, do not neglect the gift that is in you, 816 00:33:32,380 --> 00:33:34,700 which was given to you by prophecy, 817 00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:38,619 with the laying on of the hands of the eldership. 818 00:33:39,660 --> 00:33:41,819 So they laid hands on them with the Holy, 819 00:33:41,819 --> 00:33:46,859 and prayed that the Holy Spirit would gift him in a certain way. 820 00:33:47,940 --> 00:33:50,960 And yet, Timothy probably always struggled with boldness, 821 00:33:51,380 --> 00:33:55,319 with confidence, with courage, yet he was still chosen. 822 00:33:56,599 --> 00:34:00,640 And in Paul's second letter, his last letter ever written, 823 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:04,000 and he had invested so much in Timothy, 824 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,480 and he was probably thinking, man, if Timothy lets this dwindle, 825 00:34:10,079 --> 00:34:13,320 this flame that was started in him, the Holy Spirit, 826 00:34:13,579 --> 00:34:15,539 if he lets it, I'm not going to be here anymore. 827 00:34:15,739 --> 00:34:18,079 My time is very limited at this point. 828 00:34:18,380 --> 00:34:18,980 And he was right. 829 00:34:19,460 --> 00:34:22,800 He was executed probably within a year after this letter. 830 00:34:23,739 --> 00:34:24,800 And he was writing to them, and he said, 831 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:29,079 listen, fan into flame that gift of God, 832 00:34:29,659 --> 00:34:32,579 which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 833 00:34:33,420 --> 00:34:34,900 You know, we're told here, obviously, 834 00:34:35,340 --> 00:34:39,039 that we have a responsibility to not only be baptized, 835 00:34:39,039 --> 00:34:42,260 but in the Holy Spirit, but be re-baptized, 836 00:34:42,599 --> 00:34:47,639 and rejuvenated, and just, and refilled with the Holy Spirit, 837 00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:52,079 with that rushing, living waters, the mighty rushing wind, 838 00:34:52,519 --> 00:34:54,460 right, the Holy flame of God. 839 00:34:54,860 --> 00:34:59,500 It's up to us to say, Lord, I want more, and more, and more. 840 00:35:00,420 --> 00:35:03,780 Jesus said, ask, seek, and knock. 841 00:35:04,580 --> 00:35:09,659 If you being evil fathers give good gifts to your children, 842 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,400 how much more your heavenly Father 843 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,980 will give anything you ask when it comes to the Holy Spirit? 844 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,760 Ask, seek, knock. 845 00:35:19,519 --> 00:35:20,780 That's what he wants us to do. 846 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,239 He wants to say, yes, Lord, I am no mediocre human being. 847 00:35:24,739 --> 00:35:26,980 I am the temple of the Holy Spirit. 848 00:35:27,260 --> 00:35:28,639 I am a new creation. 849 00:35:29,179 --> 00:35:30,960 I am anointed for great things. 850 00:35:31,199 --> 00:35:33,380 I am a royal priest or priestess. 851 00:35:33,380 --> 00:35:35,079 I am a holy nation. 852 00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:37,920 I am anointed for mighty things on earth, 853 00:35:38,199 --> 00:35:40,400 and as long as I am walking the face of the earth, 854 00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:43,900 I am going to make it known that I belong to Jesus Christ, 855 00:35:44,659 --> 00:35:46,000 and he belongs to me. 856 00:35:46,099 --> 00:35:48,780 We are one, and he lives in me. 857 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:49,079 Amen. 858 00:35:50,039 --> 00:35:53,139 So I think it's time to, let's get anointed in the Holy Spirit. 859 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,219 You know, I was thinking, Lord, what do you want to do today? 860 00:35:56,340 --> 00:35:58,659 And I just was tearing up thinking, Lord, like, 861 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,179 can you just fill us afresh with the Holy Spirit? 862 00:36:02,819 --> 00:36:07,519 Can you just pour down on us like living waters? 863 00:36:08,019 --> 00:36:10,820 Can you send your holy flames on us today 864 00:36:10,820 --> 00:36:13,460 to burn up all the dross, Lord God, 865 00:36:13,579 --> 00:36:16,900 and to purify us that we will be like liquid gold 866 00:36:16,900 --> 00:36:20,460 leaving this place, that we will be purified, Lord. 867 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:22,840 Fill our sails today, Lord God. 868 00:36:23,119 --> 00:36:24,940 We are ready for more of you. 869 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:26,860 Are you ready for more of the Lord? 870 00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:28,559 I want to be filled today. 871 00:36:28,679 --> 00:36:31,260 I'm not satisfied yet. 872 00:36:32,179 --> 00:36:34,440 I'm content, but I want more. 873 00:36:34,639 --> 00:36:36,659 If there's more to be had, do you want more? 874 00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:39,880 He said, ask, seek, knock. 875 00:36:40,579 --> 00:36:42,039 He doesn't say just be okay. 876 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:44,539 He says, ask, seek, and knock. 877 00:36:44,619 --> 00:36:48,360 Are you ready to ask for more of the power of God in your life? 878 00:36:49,099 --> 00:36:54,340 He says that he will download gifts of the Holy Spirit into us today. 879 00:36:54,659 --> 00:36:58,380 You may receive a gift today that suddenly you'll be praying for someone 880 00:36:58,380 --> 00:37:00,739 and casting out a demon right out of them. 881 00:37:00,739 --> 00:37:02,239 And you think, oh, he's being ridiculous. 882 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:03,039 No, I'm not. 883 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,940 I'm saying this is for us today. 884 00:37:06,260 --> 00:37:09,400 You may be laying hands on someone and praying for them, 885 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:10,699 and actually they're healed. 886 00:37:11,179 --> 00:37:14,059 Like, whoa, this is for now. 887 00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:14,980 This is true. 888 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,860 We are equipped to do this. 889 00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,059 So we're not going to do it. 890 00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:20,880 Who's going to do it? 891 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:27,099 There's only one human race that can live in the power of God, 892 00:37:27,219 --> 00:37:28,320 and that's the saints. 893 00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:29,739 That's us. 894 00:37:30,739 --> 00:37:34,559 If we're not going to believe who we are in Christ, who else will? 895 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:37,840 There's no one else that will believe in us except Jesus Christ. 896 00:37:38,219 --> 00:37:39,860 And he says, look, I've done this for you. 897 00:37:40,179 --> 00:37:41,260 I want you to have more. 898 00:37:42,539 --> 00:37:44,300 Ask, seek, and knock. 899 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:52,380 So let's stand up and let's just claim what the Lord wants for us today. 900 00:37:52,639 --> 00:37:54,239 And it's not for our benefit. 901 00:37:54,460 --> 00:37:55,539 We don't want to be superheroes. 902 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,420 We want to be empowered to bless others. 903 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:02,840 To change their lives in the name of Jesus. 904 00:38:03,340 --> 00:38:07,019 As we worship, let's just prepare ourself 905 00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:10,739 to cry out to the Lord and say, Lord, anoint me today. 906 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,780 Thanks for joining us at Lansdale Life Church 907 00:38:17,780 --> 00:38:20,280 as we praise God and discuss His word. 908 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,039 Don't forget to join us for Worship Lives Sunday mornings 909 00:38:24,039 --> 00:38:26,460 at 10 a.m. Eastern on YouTube. 910 00:38:26,460 --> 00:38:29,579 Be blessed and have a great day!