The Forgotten God? Part 3

JD Greer most Christians still think of the Holy Spirit like an electrical charge to get the conditions right to heart like it comes in the feeling the sensation but is not feeling the sensation. He's a person, a person with emotions. A person that you can grieve a person speaks a person who loves and delights like religion JD Greer Molly benefits safe to say that many of the Holy Spirit is talked about something that you experienced during worship when the music Christian Dozier motions surgeon here on your arms to him that where we were praying about a decision. We feel that warmth in our chest.

We think that's him telling us which way to go. Now don't get me wrong, the spirit can for sure be at work like this today. Pastor Jenny explained that the Holy Spirit's role in your life. Wayne Becker way more real in the book of John chapter 14 the message called Bob Donnelly all the boys I will do all these rather what he inspires and he illuminates us in verse 26 he inspires and he illuminates verse 26 he will teach you all things, and bring all things. You remember that I have said to you now that is two different promises there to two different groups of people to the apostles were hearing this live. This is a promise of inspiration.

Jesus was promising that the Holy Spirit would bring back to the minds of the apostles. Everything that Jesus had said flawlessly and help them recorded so that future generations could have a record a reliable record of the things Jesus said what and get for them. It was a promise of inspiration for you okay now that verse 26 is a promise of illumination illumination. You might think. If you're new to Christianity, but you never had any interaction with the Holy Spirit, but you have. If you believe Jesus is Lord prescriptive 12 three no man consider Jesus is Lord set by the Holy Spirit, which means that if you come to a place where your compensable Lordship of Jesus. That's not something you came up with your Holy Spirit. Put that in you.

Philippians 212. It is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure means if you desire to know God. That's something Holy Spirit inside of you. Second review chapter 2. If you have spiritual interest, genuine spiritual interest pulses that's that's up and you came up with that some of the spirit of God put inside of you.

So if you have any spiritual interest at all.

Holy Spirit has been at work inside of you doing this illuminating teaching, clarifying, bringing these things the mind for you want to see inspires and he illuminates number two manifest God's love to believers in verse 21. You see, verse 21 it says that the Holy Spirit will manifest door manifest is probably not the words you use much in day-to-day language, but it needs to make no means it makes you feel what Paul is talking about Romans 51 when he says the spirit sheds abroad, the love of God in our heart like you pours it over us the fullness of the Holy Spirit is those times when he takes the attributes of God and he manifests them to you makes you feel here's the definition I've given you the presence of God. The presence of God is when the spirit of God makes the attributes of God come alive to you what the Holy Spirit dies is he manifests God to you. Number three. He is our counselor for 60 workouts over 16 store translated as helper in verse 16 is the word Paraclete Paraclete literally means somebody who stands beside you to speak for you. This is what Paul meant when he said the spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God. Another dimension of him being our counselor is what he says to God on our behalf. He stands alongside of us and calls out to God on our behalf.

Not just us but he calls out to God and our Baptist think counselor. In this sense, like a lawyer your legal counsel did he is another counselor which means the first one was Jesus. Jesus is our advocate before the father. He stands by the father side and he advocates like legal counsel God for us. Now I told you that for years but never really knew what, exactly, that meant basically meant that Jesus was standing before God will supply best like lisinopril, God will like I know under seriously, would you give the guy one more shot. Could you give them a little leniency. I mean, I know he screwed up again but just one more time, God the father. Would you please, you know, not zapping prissy and just give them a little grace and I never brought me a lot of comfort because I didn't know well to come to the point where Jesus was like I'm not going to father Jim about that when you are embarrassing me son. I am doing. I am over the father.

Would you like to see that six-year same sin this time that we keep the sky less and we dislike zapping for us and bring a lot of comfort but Jesus is not standing before the father. Right now pleading for leniency. Jesus the same for the father right now is my advocate pleading for justice and what he said he got something like this. You cannot punish JD for that sin, because you punish me for it would be unjust of you to give to penalties for the same sin. I took it in this place that means you give him forgiveness because you gave me wrath. You gotta bless JD not because he deserves it because I am worthy to be blessed and because I gave him. That is a gift. Jesus is the counselor who demands God's blessing for you. The spirit is another counselor who get this right now. Right now is representing you, before God from your heart, demanding that God give to you the blessings and the goodness that Jesus has purchased for every single one of you that is a believer have him right now. Praying for you.

My first pastor Dr. EC.

She had, who coincidentally was Chris Gaynor, one of the worst pastors grandfather used to say this to ask you to pray about something in your life, and he would say I will I will watch it also noted – it also want you to know that Jesus is praying for you and if I forget he'll remember, Jesus is right now praying for you. Honestly what you can feel it or not demanding on your behalf that God give you the goodness of the blessing.

Not that you deserve.

But that Jesus is purchased for you by the way, this is what Romans 826 a verse that confuses a lot of Christians is actually talking about Romans 826 likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We don't know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words that many people say that this verse is a reference to tongs what you know you got the things you pray about the Holy Spirit in the wrong tongs of the comes out, not an English but it cannot be a reference to tongs for two reasons. First, Paul is saying that this is something the Spirit does for every believer and prescriptive 1230 clearly says that not every believer has the gift of tongues, but even more importantly, listen the Greek phrase that is translated too deep for words means literally cannot be uttered which would exclude utterances in talks even say it cannot be articulated in English or Greek or Hebrew. He said it cannot be uttered. Not a reference to tongs what it is a reference to the back of the spirit of God is constantly right now asking the father for the blessings that Jesus is purchased for you as I give, but he's asking for the blessings for your family.

Jesus purchased not the ones that you deserve.

He's asking for God to give you what Jesus purchased.

He is your counselor.

He calls out to God on your behalf. Number four. He points to Jesus the points to Jesus luggage under 15 verse 26 when the counselor comes, he will testify about about me.

He said about Jesus. 16 verse 14 he will glorify me, Jesus, for he will take what is mine and declare to you that is his role 2.2 and glorify Jesus. Theologian Dale Bruner calls the Holy Spirit the shy member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit never directs attention to himself.

He never glorifies himself points to himself the voice of Jesus. It is like a floodlight on the Washington Monument millions of dollars of lights that light up Washington Monument you've never noticed any of them. You notice Washington Monument holders like you never will even know where they're located. They exist so that the Washington monument will stand brilliantly lit against any kind of sky. The Holy Spirit is a glory that directs our eyes to Jesus and that's how you know that a lot of the places that claim to be filled with the Holy Spirit or not, because in those places the supposed Holy Spirit glorifies himself for the real Holy Spirit is present all the attention Jesus. It says you looking to him.

He wasn't looking at Jesus.

But guess of the spirit are never to call attention to themselves. They're doing the call attention to Jesus CJ Mahaney a full on charismatic says this quote all the gifts from God, including the gifts of the spirit are intended to direct our attention to Jesus and create fresh affection for Jesus. That's how you know that a lot of the people who claim to have great spiritual gifts do not really have them because they use those gifts to direct attention to something else besides Jesus where the spirit is Jesus is glorified. Preachers who are filled with the spirit, are the ones that are always talking about the cross spirit filled preacher is one thought much about himself and his guys without the hero of every illustration.

They tell Roy talk about their wisdom and their insight and they get all their creativity, not their series was what I think about this.

All my experience as a spiritual preacher is never talk about himself. Spiritual preachers always talk about Jesus triple preacher never talking that much about you yourself preachers is all about what you want to do you do this you that is here to there right. He recalled was due to preachers right is always talk about what you're supposed to do a spiritual preacher and talking so much about what you're supposed to do. Talk about what Jesus has done spiritual preachers. I don't want to talk much about the spirit again. He will glorify me. John 1640 spiritual preacher talks a lot about Jesus and across Charles Spurgeon, one of our preaching heroes. 19th century London, England. Sale of this is that there is congregation. I sometimes wonder that you not get tired of my preaching because I do nothing but hammer away at this one that one mail is the glorious news of Jesus Christ crucified in our place and that in response he is worthy of the highest devotion and most fervent worship by God's grace is your pastor, that is all I ever that's the only male I want to keep hammering on for you. I don't want you to really know that much about my wisdom because I got that much.

I don't want to spend my time tell you all the stuff we ought to do for community as you are that much power. What I want to do by God's grace is to continue to hammer away at this mail of lifting Jesus up because when Jesus is lifted up all the spiritual fruit you want to see producing your life will be produced when Jesus is lifted up will transform our community because he said he would draw all people to himself. So by God's grace. That's what I want to keep going is to say, not me. Anything else just Jesus. If we can keep him lifted up, and you in all of him.

Guess what everything else. It is come along that number five.

He empowers for ministry. He empowers for ministry. None of us jumped 16 verse six rolling a touch on this okay because this is more what would you deal with in the weeks to come by, but I just want to give you this week of 30,000 foot view flyover of everything writes would like taken on a possible water from 500. I realize that Moraga combat organisms will give you little appetizer.

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Jesus died he told he's leaving because I've said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart is understandable right just leaving mom to verse seven nevertheless I tell you the truth you understood things it's to your advantage that I go wake up. I don't go away, the helper will not come to you, but if I go I'll send them to think for a minute about that statement seriously. They should be glad Jesus is leaving. How cool would it have been that Jesus as your companion for about three years. How cool would it be if you spend the next three years walking side-by-side with Jesus about that you have a party run a chinos. Jesus multiplies a chinos of their whatever everybody might get a headache.

Jesus actually her headache. Your dog dies dog gets run over. Jesus resurrects the dog back to life. Your cat dies, Jesus helps you dig a hole so that you can. The cat away forever because Jesus feels about cats way that I feel about that. She see how cool would it be to have Jesus by your side, yet he says that if you really understood things you would rejoice that he went away because the helper would come. Is there any way in your life that that verse is true. Is there any dimension of your experience with God that would make the truth is you something. Jesus was not prone to exaggeration.

He wasn't a rhetorical flourish guy when Jesus made a statement like that he fully intended to back it up. He says, is John 14. Another equally absurd statement on the on the surface.

John 1412 truly, truly, I say to you whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do and greater works than these he will do, because I'm going to the father okay seriously. Anybody got a greater burden Jesus anybody my placement from the dead, and I never walk on water fee 5005 loaves and two fish dinner preacher greater clarity than Jesus preach with your prey with a greater understanding the mind of God and Jesus had you been crucified for gay people from the cross is the crucified you ever been resurrected from the dead. Anybody anybody here will legitimately stand on me.Yep I do greater works than Jesus was me. What is he mean by can't mean that you do a greater work, Jesus goes Jesus wants our unmatchable I we we can't reproduce us what he meant what he meant was that the collective power of the spirit of God on individual members of the church would be greater if even he himself stayed on earth with the spirit located in one place we have in our community. Jesus was our staff uncle Debbie, let me introduce you. Your youth pastor Jesus Christ. I mean that that would that would create a buzz in Chapel Hill right journalist.

Jesus said, who again was not prone to exaggeration and not one for rhetoric, the impact and power of the summit church with each member filled with the spirit is crater. Jesus himself joined our staff team are we experiencing our church talk about in weeks to come is how that is not supposed to be a dream that is supposed to be reality. Here's what I want us to land today.

I just the big take away for you this week. Ms. would run through all these, I want you to realize that he is a person here's a person you see most Christians still think of the Holy Spirit like an electrical charge you get the conditions right you to heart right it comes into you. The feeling the sensation but is not a net feeling sensation. He's a person, a person with emotions.

A person that you can grieve a person who speaks a person who loves and delights in you. That means when you reject God's word rejecting a person. Some of you right now they're not walking with Jesus, you're not listening to God's word. That's what you need to think about is not that you're just less moral than the rest of us.

It's not that you're an exceptionally bad person. This is that you love other things more than you love Jesus messages, said John 1423 to catch up. If any man loves me, he will keep my word, the reason you don't keep Jesus's words is because you don't love Jesus you love other things more than Jesus.

That's why you won't obey him. Msgr. exceptionally bad person to try to get you to the root of the issue. That's our problem. That's why you need a new heart because your heart loves other things besides Jesus when Jesus created you for himself so that you could love and know him.

That's why your heart condemns.

That's what you need to be saved. That's why you need a new heart because God created you, so that your heart would love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength in mind.

That's why you need to be saved, but as you have not rejected a religion you have not been less more than you should.

You have rejected the love of a person who created you, and gave himself to you means that further you that are believers you are walking with a person were not talking about just to be the better Christian Bob Milam made a few more rules and little more spiritual, church people but more money or talk about you. Learning to commune with a person, a person that delights in you person that you can grieve over Manchester and now are there things that you are doing now that you would not do if you were aware of the Spirit's presence in your life right now, this moment but me are there are things that you think you're doing in your life that you would be doing if you are aware of the Spirit's presence in your life. Think about the ways that you what you entertain yourself with what you do. Imagine that you were cooking a meal for the person you love the most knew they had a peanut allergy. You covered the meal with peanuts. Is there any way possible you could say that was done in love for that person. How do we say that we love God and then entertain herself a consumer lives with things that break is it we Christians we love to decry moral corruption with her malls and surrounding giggle at it on TV. How can we possibly say we love God and then laugh at what God calls an abomination and what drove him to a cross friend of mine defined simple lust as well of this is symbolized is entertaining ourselves with the things for which Christ died to free us, sinful lust is entertaining ourselves with the things from which Christ died to free us, but when I am not saying that super spiritual Christians are so isolated from the world they like never see TV.

I grew up in a culture like that were like you like more spiritual. You were the you could usually do in our culture.

It was like if the word have three customer drool the team for every cartridge less.

It was okay if they said damn the third time you were out right, much less like the unit F bombs and asked what you did Mary touch that stuff you just like that you isolated yourself. I'm not saying that because the Holy Spirit never tries to take you out of the world ever leaves you in the world but think there is a huge difference in enduring sin and entertaining yourself with while you're in the world you have to endure sin, but there's a whole different altogether different turbines have to endure it and entertain yourself. What spiritual maturity is when you feel about similar to God feels about it and in the world you have to endure the same with Jesus had to endure it out with prostitutes and centers. That's totally different than willfully notating yourself with course. I'm not saying you never get yourself clean enough of the spirit of God. The blood of Jesus has to make you that way.

What I am saying is after the blood of Jesus has cleansed you and he abides in you say that if you love him.

Won't you respond by delighting in what he delights in my bringing joy to his heart because he's a purse. Have you ever begun to relate to the Holy Spirit. That way, have you ever begun to walk with God. That way she there's a whole dimension out there that some of you never touched my prayer is that the summa church would begin a new season that you individually begin a new season of life right now where you walk in the spirit. Are you experiencing his power. Are you feeling him for his love over you as you felt sign. You know him as a person for you still stuck in the trappings of religion and never moved to relationship the most important question you like to learn more about what it means to be a follower of Christ.

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