WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:02.200 Hey, everybody, we're the Bible guys, and if you're just 2 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.320 tuning in recently, just know that we are showing a 3 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:07.120 little bit of reruns for a few months, and then 4 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.839 we'll be back bigger and better than ever on August 5 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:13.519 thirty first, because behind the scenes, we're taking a hiatus 6 00:00:13.519 --> 00:00:14.720 to do some very important things. 7 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:18.399 Yeah, we're building building out a new studio and we've 8 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:21.399 got some new structure. Super excited about it. So August 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:24.359 thirty first, brand new content. But in the meantime, enjoy 10 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.399 some of our greatest hits. 11 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.039 Well, today we're talking about how Jesus floated all the 12 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:30.160 way through outer space. 13 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:34.560 He's Chris and I'm Jeff and we're the Daily Bible guys. 14 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:51.799 So hey, so Jeff, here's what we're gonna do. Okay, 15 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.799 we're gonna invite people to actually respond to us. We're 16 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:58.240 going to invite them to send an email to us 17 00:00:58.560 --> 00:01:00.840 to play a little game that we want to call 18 00:01:00.920 --> 00:01:02.119 stump the pastor. 19 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.719 That's right, So if they submit questions in a future episode, 20 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:07.719 we'll use their questions to stump the past. 21 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:08.359 Possibly. 22 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:12.840 Well, well, oh, we're gonna. 23 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:13.439 So here's what we want to do. We want to 24 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.920 put an email on the screen. Please send your question 25 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:22.239 or questions to info at the Bible guys dot com. 26 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:25.400 That's right, Okay, info at the Bible guys dot com, 27 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:26.799 which is right down there. 28 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:27.040 There you go. 29 00:01:27.239 --> 00:01:29.840 So, uh, and then send your questions and so let me. 30 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:31.400 Let me give it and just just in the in 31 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.760 the headline, right stump the pastor question. 32 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.359 Yeah, that's right. And they could be serious or funny. 33 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.959 For instance, Uh, a funny one would be I'll ask you, Jeff, 34 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:42.319 I'm gonna try to stop you right now. Okay, did 35 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:45.359 did Adam and Eve have a belly button? Go? Oh? 36 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:49.799 Interesting? Did Adam and You've had a belly button? No? 37 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:54.079 Really, no, you don't think God just decided to They would. 38 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:55.519 Have had no need for an umbelical court. 39 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:57.599 Yeah, of course, of course they wouldn't. 40 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.840 So he could have gone, you're done, you're done. He 41 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:01.480 could have done that. 42 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:02.840 Yeah, well what if? What if? 43 00:02:02.959 --> 00:02:03.040 What? 44 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:06.439 Well? I was gonna I was gonna get visual on creation. 45 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:09.719 But but no, no, no, he formed them out of the dust, 46 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:14.759 which which then formed a dust and bilical cord. Probably 47 00:02:14.800 --> 00:02:16.680 not that's what I said I was gonna get. 48 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:18.280 O. 49 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:20.719 No, that's that's probably not how it worked. I don't know. 50 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:22.400 So the Bible doesn't say Yeah. 51 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:23.240 The Bible, of course doesn't. 52 00:02:23.360 --> 00:02:24.199 I think it's not. 53 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:26.879 By the way, that's a great example of saying sometimes 54 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:30.199 the answer truly is nobody knows. Nobody knows, right, because 55 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:33.000 there's stumped the pastor with questions that can be answered, 56 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:36.960 but then there's stump the pastor with answers that cannot 57 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.240 be known. 58 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:37.439 Yeah. 59 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:39.479 So there's also all kinds of silly questions. But then 60 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:41.599 you could also ask a really big hey, this is 61 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:43.960 a hard question. Yeah, so I've got a hard question 62 00:02:44.199 --> 00:02:46.719 the pastor you know, why does evil exist? Or does 63 00:02:46.879 --> 00:02:49.680 doesn't God care? Or you know one of those kinds 64 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:49.960 of things. 65 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:51.759 Yea, those can be really really hard. 66 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.280 Yeah. In fact, I would venture to say that would 67 00:02:54.319 --> 00:02:56.639 be more than a segment, that that kind of question 68 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:58.919 would be a whole episode or maybe even a series. 69 00:02:59.120 --> 00:02:59.360 Yeah. 70 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.000 Yeah, So we're really interested in hearing what people have 71 00:03:02.039 --> 00:03:03.800 to say, what kind of questions that they have, the 72 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.280 big ones, right, But if you can find a stump 73 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.080 the pastor one like can God make a rock so big. 74 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:09.520 You can't lift it? 75 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:10.360 Yeah? 76 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:13.080 Yeah, yeah, yeah, people have all kinds of those those 77 00:03:13.159 --> 00:03:15.400 questions as well, and those are fun, so stump the 78 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:16.639 pastor be a fun one to do? 79 00:03:17.039 --> 00:03:19.199 Yeah, that that I'm tempted to answer that one. 80 00:03:19.240 --> 00:03:20.120 Go ahead, go ahead. 81 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:25.000 Well, God, God can choose for himself things that are limited. 82 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:28.400 For instance, it says that he chooses to forget our sin. 83 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:33.240 It doesn't mean that God is you know, forgetful, forgetful 84 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.800 or he lacks the ability to remember. But he can 85 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:41.639 impose on himself limits. So the answer is very carefully 86 00:03:41.639 --> 00:03:46.439 phrased can he right? Not would her right? Or why 87 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:50.039 would he right? But it's wood he or can he? So? 88 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.599 Can he create a rock so big that he cannot 89 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.800 lift it? Yes? You know why because the question starts 90 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:58.400 with can he in? 91 00:03:58.960 --> 00:03:59.120 So? 92 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.280 Can he put limits on himself? Self imposed limits? Well, 93 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:05.439 we already know that he does. Yeah, right, and he 94 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:07.479 chooses and again that's that's. 95 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:09.159 Directly, that's an interesting perspective. 96 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:11.800 It's it's connected to our sins, right, So, I mean, 97 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:13.479 that's why he does that. But we're not. 98 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:14.960 Asking why choosing to limit himself. 99 00:04:15.039 --> 00:04:17.959 Yeah, we're not asking why. We're not asking wood. We're 100 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:20.079 saying can sure And the answer is yes. 101 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:23.240 Wow, Okay, So I've never heard it that way before, 102 00:04:23.279 --> 00:04:24.240 So thank you for sharing. 103 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:25.199 Yeah, you're welcome. 104 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:28.600 So stumped the pastor info at the bibble guys dot com. 105 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:29.439 And hopefully it'll be fun. 106 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:31.519 Yeah, yeah, it'll be fun. So and in a future 107 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:33.399 episode we'll just start pulling those out. 108 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:35.079 As we go. So good. 109 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.680 So we are continuing in this series on the Book 110 00:04:38.720 --> 00:04:42.160 of Acts and the forward movement of God's Kingdom. 111 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:43.480 And one of the things we want to do is 112 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:44.079 we just want. 113 00:04:43.959 --> 00:04:47.079 To strip away all the extras that kind of have 114 00:04:47.319 --> 00:04:49.800 built up around Christianity and just go back to the 115 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.439 original movement of the first groups of Christians that were 116 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.399 following Jesus. And these are tent makers and fishermen and 117 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:03.240 political zealots and women and men and Jews and tiles. 118 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:06.160 They are just a ragtag bunch of people that God 119 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.600 decides to change the world with. And here we are 120 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.959 two thousand years talking about him. So we're going to 121 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:15.120 read in the Book of Acts and what did we decide? 122 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.560 What are the verses one through one through twenty six? 123 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:18.519 Here, So here go. 124 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.800 In my first book, I told you theophilis about everything 125 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:24.759 Jesus began to do and teach until the day he 126 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:28.079 was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles 127 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.120 further instructions through the Holy Spirit. During the forty days 128 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.639 after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles 129 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:35.439 from time to time, and he proved to them in 130 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:38.040 many ways that he was actually alive, and he talked 131 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.560 to them about the Kingdom of God. Once, when he 132 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:42.600 was eating with them, he commanded them, do not leave 133 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.079 Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift. He promised, 134 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.199 as I told you before, John baptized with water, but 135 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:50.360 in just a few days you will be baptized with 136 00:05:50.399 --> 00:05:53.240 the Holy Spirit. So when the apostles were with Jesus, 137 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:55.199 they kept asking, Lord, has the time come for you 138 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.639 to free Israel and restore our kingdom? And replied, the 139 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:01.480 Father alone has the author to set those dates in times, 140 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:03.639 and they are not for you to know, but you 141 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:07.079 will receive power. Let me restart that one. But you 142 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:10.120 will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, 143 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.879 and you will be my witnesses telling people about me 144 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:16.959 everywhere in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, into the ends 145 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.519 of the earth. After saying this, he was taken up 146 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:22.240 into a cloud while they were watching, and they could 147 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:24.480 no longer see him. As they strained to see him 148 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.759 rising into heaven. Two white robed men suddenly stood among them, 149 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.519 men of Galilee. They said, why are you standing here 150 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.519 staring into heaven. Jesus has been taken from you into heaven, 151 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:36.920 But someday he will return from heaven in the same 152 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.480 way that you saw him go. Then the Apostles returned 153 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:41.720 to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, a distance of 154 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.240 half a mile, and when they arrived, they went to 155 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.399 the upstairs room of the house where they were staying. 156 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:52.879 Here are the names who were present, Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James, 157 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:55.839 the son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas, son 158 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.920 of James. They all met together and were constantly united 159 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.800 in prayer, along with Me, the mother of Jesus, several 160 00:07:01.800 --> 00:07:04.959 other women, and the brothers of Jesus. During this time, 161 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:07.480 when about one hundred and twenty believers were together in 162 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.759 one place, Peter stood up and addressed them. 163 00:07:09.759 --> 00:07:10.120 Brothers. 164 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.959 He said, the scriptures had to be fulfilled concerning Judas, 165 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:16.160 who guided those who arrested Jesus. This was predicted long 166 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:19.160 ago by the Holy Spirit speaking through King David. Judas 167 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:21.800 was one of us and shared in ministry with us. 168 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.199 Judas had bought a field with the money he received 169 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:27.839 for his treachery. Falling head first there, his body split open, 170 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:30.560 spilling out all his intestines, and the news of his 171 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.680 death spread to all the people of Jerusalem, and they 172 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:36.720 gave the place the Aramaic name Alkadama, which means field 173 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:40.199 of blood. Peter continued, this was written in the Book 174 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:42.920 of Psalms, where it says let his home become desolate 175 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:44.879 with no one living in it. It also says let 176 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:48.240 someone else take his position. So now we must choose 177 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:50.800 a replacement for Judas among the men who were with 178 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:53.160 us the entire time we were traveling with the Lord Jesus, 179 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.399 from the time he was baptized by John until the 180 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:58.240 day he was taken from us. Whoever is chosen will 181 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:00.959 join us as a witness of Jesus resurreme. So they 182 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.560 nominated two men, Joseph called Barsabus, also known as Justice, 183 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:07.480 and Matthias. Then they all prayed, Oh Lord, you know 184 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.040 every heart, show us which of these men you've chosen 185 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.680 as an apostle to replace Judas in this ministry, For 186 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:16.279 he has deserted us and gone where he belongs. Then 187 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:18.800 they cast lots and Matthias was selected to become an 188 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:21.959 apostle with the other eleven. One interesting thing. 189 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.639 Yeah, well, I mean, you know, we ended up with 190 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:27.639 the replacement of Judas. But I could have done without 191 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:30.079 the details of his body splitting in half and his 192 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:32.480 intestines spilling out in the field of blood. 193 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:36.320 But you were happy to repeat it. 194 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:42.440 Yes, you could have just referenced the gruesome description. 195 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:45.919 Yes, that's true, that's true. I actually I actually went back. 196 00:08:45.759 --> 00:08:47.720 To there, went for the shock value. 197 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:50.519 So Jesus floating out of space, obviously I was tongue 198 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:55.000 in cheek. But Jesus, but Jesus ascending to heaven and 199 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:58.120 believing and knowing that Heaven is above, he would have 200 00:08:58.159 --> 00:08:58.399 had to. 201 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.559 That's a fair question. Clouds, that's what it's all about today. 202 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:02.120 Where is heaven? 203 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:06.360 Yeah yeah yeah, Where is heaven? Yeah yeah, Well Jesus 204 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:09.720 refers to my father above, yes, so so, and then 205 00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:13.840 obviously here right, it's definitely not here. And Jesus ascended 206 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:19.559 into the clouds. Yes, so most likely they stopped seeing 207 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:21.600 him in the clouds, right, because that's sort of what 208 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:24.840 it said, And so whether or not he just decided 209 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.840 to take the journey through out of space to somewhere 210 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.879 called heaven or decided to just blip there where no 211 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:34.240 one really knows, and obviously it's not important. 212 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:35.960 Good. Yeah he didn't tell us where. 213 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:39.559 No, he's not important, right, But yeah, So the ascension 214 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:42.799 of Jesus is pretty awesome, and. 215 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:43.279 How amazing would that have been? 216 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:45.960 So not only I mean, this is just like the 217 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:49.919 dot on the exclamation point. At this point, Jesus had died. 218 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:50.960 What a shock. 219 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:53.440 Then he rose from the dead, and for the last 220 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.399 forty days he's been talking to us. Then he goes 221 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:56.519 see you guys. 222 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:01.080 Right right, and they're like, what, I know? It had 223 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:04.399 been amazing, Yeah, for sure, and you know and then 224 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:07.559 of course, you know, the angels say, why why do 225 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.080 you stand here gazing? Because he's some day he's going 226 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:11.720 to come back in the same way that he saw 227 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:13.840 You know that you saw him go. Yeah, So here 228 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:17.000 it is two thousand years later, and we're knowing that 229 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:19.519 the second coming of Christ is described to us in 230 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:21.840 the Book of Revelation and that he is one day 231 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:22.960 going to come in the same manner. 232 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:25.960 Yeah, I love the fact that they're coming, say well, 233 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:28.600 first of all, Jesus has promised the Holy Spirit's coming, right, 234 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.759 so I have to leave the Holy spirits coming. No that, 235 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:33.519 but in a few days, yeah yeah, and you'll be 236 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:36.759 baptized with the Holy Spirit. But then they immediately go, yeah, yeah, yeah, 237 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:37.759 we're excited about the Holy Spirit. 238 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.240 But Jesus, when are you coming back? When? 239 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:41.919 When are you going to solve all this? When are 240 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:43.759 you finally going to defeat Rome? When are you finally 241 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:45.720 going to re establish our kingdom? When do you do 242 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.480 all these things? And you know, Christians have been asking 243 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.240 all those questions, when is Jesus coming back? 244 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:49.879 Is this the end? 245 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:51.840 What's the mark of the beast and all those things? 246 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:54.720 And Jesus response is the Father alone has the sort 247 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:57.000 of authority to set those dates in times they're not 248 00:10:57.120 --> 00:10:59.879 for you to know, right, Christians get obsessed about the 249 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:02.960 things that aren't super important. Yeah, we get obsessed with 250 00:11:02.960 --> 00:11:06.440 about these they're necessary. God told us or tells us 251 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.399 these things through prophecy and all those because they're necessary 252 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.960 and we should know that He does have a solution. 253 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:15.759 But we get obsessed with the secondary issues sometimes. And 254 00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:18.960 Jesus said, okay, you're right, those things the Father knows, 255 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:21.639 he'll let you know when it's time. In the meantime, 256 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:23.200 you're going to be filled with the power of the 257 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:26.120 Holy Spirit. Go be my witnesses. Don't get distracted by 258 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.519 secondary things. Stay focused on the most important thing. 259 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:31.200 Yeah, and then we're about to see in the next 260 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:34.759 chapter that the Holy Spirit comes upon them and they 261 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:39.399 have a great experience and they recognize that the Holy 262 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:43.919 Spirit is personal, that the Holy Spirit is powerful. And 263 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:47.480 that's what we recognize today. We recognize that, you know, 264 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:51.080 Jesus was here roaming the earth, and then he left, 265 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:52.960 and that was the age of the Sun. And we 266 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:54.720 live in the Age of the Holy Spirit, where once 267 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:57.559 we believe in trust in God and believe in Jesus. 268 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:01.480 The Bible literally says, the Holy Spirit comes and dwells 269 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:03.960 in us. And just like God used to in the 270 00:12:03.960 --> 00:12:06.440 Old Testament dwell in the Temple, the Holy Spirit dwells 271 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.879 now in the Temple, which is our body. And that's 272 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.039 how we experience God's power in us. Yeah, it's the 273 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:12.919 power of God in us. 274 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:17.159 So the Holy Spirit. It becomes one of the central 275 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:20.759 figures throughout the rest of the Book of Acts, and 276 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:23.799 then all throughout Paul's writings but it's interesting. The Holy 277 00:12:23.840 --> 00:12:27.720 Spirit rarely draws attention to himself. The Holy Spirit's always 278 00:12:27.720 --> 00:12:30.679 pointing people back to Jesus. So the Holy Spirit is 279 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:37.360 confirming salvation. He's the one that's securing people's souls. He's 280 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:41.159 the one that's drawing and convicting us of our sin 281 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:43.840 and drawing us to God. And he's pointing us to Jesus. 282 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:46.519 He's not trying to draw attention to himself. Sometimes some 283 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.320 Christians get super excited about the Holy Spirit to the 284 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:51.320 point where he's the only focus. 285 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:51.840 Right. 286 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.000 And I had one friend say, you know, I feel 287 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:55.559 like I spent a big part part of my life 288 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:57.519 playing in the Holy Spirit, but not living in the 289 00:12:57.559 --> 00:13:00.480 power of the Holy Spirit. Right, So what do you 290 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:02.320 mean by that? And he said, well, clearly, the power 291 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:06.679 of the Holy Spirit is demonstrated through changed lives, people 292 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:09.279 who were dead in their sins coming to faith in 293 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:12.200 Christ and their spirit coming alive in Christ. It's through 294 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:14.480 the results of evangelism. That's when you see the power 295 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:19.440 of the Holy Spirit. And this is what he says here, right, 296 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.480 you receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, 297 00:13:21.519 --> 00:13:24.639 and you'll be my witnesses. And then you see Throughout 298 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.440 the Book of Acts, you'll see a lot of miracles, 299 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:29.559 but they're all for the purpose of moving the Gospel forward. 300 00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.919 They're all for the purpose of convincing people of the 301 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:34.919 authority of Christ in their lives, for the need of 302 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:36.720 salvation that comes up over and again. 303 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:40.440 So the Holy Spirit has given several roles and names, 304 00:13:40.919 --> 00:13:43.600 you know, like, for instance, he's called the intercessor, he's 305 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:49.519 called the advocate, he's called the counselor, and in the 306 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.200 comforter right, yes, I'm not sure if there's another name, 307 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:54.879 but those are different roles of the Holy Spirit place. 308 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.480 So God the Father in the Old Testament, you know, 309 00:13:57.639 --> 00:14:00.320 used to speak audibly, and the role of God the 310 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:02.559 Father was you know, God is the one who sets 311 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:05.480 his will. Whenever you talk about the will, even Jesus 312 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:07.960 refers back to the will of the Father. Father the 313 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:10.159 Father is the one that always sets the will for 314 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:13.159 our lives. Jesus comes and he's the initiator of the work. 315 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:15.879 He's the foreman that shows up on the scene. He's 316 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.200 the one that starts the work and executes the will 317 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:21.480 of the Father. And then the Holy Spirit, primarily among 318 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:24.720 other things, is the one who completes the work in us. 319 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:27.120 It's the completer of the work. And so you know, 320 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:29.240 the Holy Spirit is the one who, you know, finishes 321 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:32.720 our prayers. The Holy spirits the one who can you know, 322 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:36.720 finally give us the power that we desperately so have lacked, 323 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:40.000 you know, just just as far as humanity goes, you know, 324 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:43.200 if you think about just the breadth of all of humanity. 325 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.679 So so the Holy Spirit is able to finish the 326 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.679 work and complete the work in us. And it's just 327 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.360 great that you know, we have we know that we 328 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:55.480 have the power within us to withstand anything evil that 329 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:58.279 comes our way. And the Bible is so crystal clear 330 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:01.399 about that. Yea, one more thing about the Holy Spirit. 331 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:04.799 We could sort of move on, but but you know, 332 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:06.879 it's always sort of bugged me a little bit. I'm 333 00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:12.480 confessing a little bit that people say, Holy Spirit come 334 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:15.679 and and you know, fall upon us, you know, and 335 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:18.039 they pray that, And there's nothing wrong with that because 336 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:20.360 we all know why they're praying that. They want to 337 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.679 experience and live in the power of the Holy Spirit. 338 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:25.759 So the sentiment is is great and I'll never I'll 339 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:29.039 never like yell at anybody who prais that right? But 340 00:15:29.039 --> 00:15:32.159 but theologically it's not true. It's it's almost like saying, like, God, 341 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:35.519 please be with us as we enter into this difficult thing, 342 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:39.720 and it's like, hello, He's already with you. Jesus says, 343 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:42.440 I'm with you always, right, and there's you know, So 344 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.279 praying that is just a wrong prayer theologically. 345 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:47.600 A more appropriate way to pray it would be, Lord, 346 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:49.240 help me to be aware of your presence. 347 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.399 Yeah, you're here. 348 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.399 Yeah, remind me, but I'm struggling with awareness. 349 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:55.840 Yeah, give me strength, give me confidence, give me peace. 350 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.639 And so when people say, God, you know, the Holy 351 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:01.879 Spirit fall upon us, it's like he's already here. Yes, 352 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:04.960 it's not as if like the Holy Spirit wasn't here 353 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.159 and then all of a sudden he was here. And 354 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:12.159 to be very technical, it's not. It's it's also very 355 00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:16.039 firmly and theologically it's not as if the Holy Spirit 356 00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:18.440 was here a little bit and then the Holy Spirit 357 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:21.360 was here more right, It's like, oh, you should have 358 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.919 seen the Holy Spirit just was so present in that service, 359 00:16:25.039 --> 00:16:27.039 more than he was in any other service or this 360 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.720 time in my life, more than he was. And I 361 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:32.240 understand again the sentiment is fine. I'm not trying to 362 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:34.639 I'm trying. I'm not trying to knock anybody. I'm not 363 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:38.600 trying to you know, correct anybody or chastise anybody. It 364 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:41.559 is just theologically, we have all the Holy Spirit we 365 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.799 will ever need. 366 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.159 Right. 367 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.200 As you grow spiritually, you should develop a little bit 368 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:48.399 more theological depth. 369 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.240 It's cute, you know. 370 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.639 I have a three year old grandson right now, and 371 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:56.679 his incomplete sentences were always trying to sort out what 372 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:58.399 does he mean and what's he trying to do? You know, 373 00:16:58.480 --> 00:17:01.440 usually it has something to do with hot wheels or 374 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:06.319 his bike or you know, snacks, right, But he speaks 375 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:10.039 in incomplete sentences, and that's okay. He doesn't have linguistic 376 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:14.319 precision yet. But now his dad, who's twenty seven, I 377 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:16.680 kind of expect his dad to finish whole sentences and 378 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.559 to be as precise and clear as he can be. 379 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:21.640 I think the more you grow spiritually, the more precise 380 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.839 your theology should become as you grow in your understanding 381 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:27.240 of the Word of God. So you made a great 382 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:30.319 statement here. You already have all of the Holy Spirit 383 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:33.000 that you that you're going to get or that you need. 384 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:35.880 The question isn't how much of the Holy Spirit do 385 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:39.240 you have. The question, quite honestly, is how much of 386 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:42.440 you does the Holy Spirit have? So it might be 387 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:44.920 more when you're asking for the power of the Holy 388 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.160 Spirit of God just to come down on you. I 389 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:50.640 understand the sentiment, But what you're really saying is, Holy Spirit, 390 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:54.200 I'm surrendering all of me right now to you and 391 00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:57.319 your will. And so it's really a surrender thing. We're 392 00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:59.880 not just asking for more power. We're saying we're surrendering 393 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.799 to your power. 394 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.799 That's exactly where us and so if you look back 395 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:05.839 at all of those times in our lives where we 396 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:09.440 felt like the Holy Spirit was very present. So to 397 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:13.400 identify that is very clearly sort of a variation of 398 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:15.559 what you just said. You didn't have more of the 399 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:17.319 Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit had more of you. 400 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:19.200 That's right, that's it. That's right. 401 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:20.359