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• Serving others as an act of humility and love leads to becoming more human and fully alive |
• Giving one's life away in service results in receiving it back enhanced |
• The definition of freedom is to serve with humility and love others |
• The Holy Spirit is necessary to change one's sinful nature |
• Christians receive the Holy Spirit at the time of conversion |
• The plan from the beginning was for nations to come to faith in Jesus and receive the power of the Holy Spirit |
• The Holy Spirit enables believers to call God "Dad" and have an intimate relationship with Him |
• The Holy Spirit is necessary for victory over one's sinful flesh and produces the fruit of love |
• The importance of the Holy Spirit in believers' lives |
• Jesus' defeat of death, sin, and Satan through resurrection life |
• Paul's statement "walk by the Spirit" and its implications for living a Christian life |
• The contrast between walking by the Spirit and gratifying fleshly desires |
• The author's question to the church: do you truly believe in this passage? |
• The importance of the Spirit in Reformed tradition |
• Criticism from charismatic traditions about lack of emphasis on the Spirit in Reformed preaching |
• Plans to preach more on spiritual gifts and power after Easter |
• Exploring what it means to "walk in step with the Spirit" |
• A story about whale watching used as an analogy for relationship with the Holy Spirit |
• A group on a whale watching tour has an unexpected and memorable experience with a large whale breaching right beside their boat |
• The whale's splash soaks those on the side of the boat with water and mucus, but others on the boat who are below deck or behind glass do not get affected in the same way |
• A pastor relates this experience to a person's relationship with the Holy Spirit, using different areas of the boat as metaphors for varying levels of engagement with God's presence |
• The pastor asks his congregation to reflect on whether they are "below deck", "behind glass", or "latched to the side railing" in terms of their relationship with the Holy Spirit. |
• The speaker emphasizes the importance of surrender and letting go of control, citing Galatians 5:25-26 as a reference. |
• Walking in step with the Spirit is described as surrendering one's ambitions, intentions, and desires to God's will. |
• This surrender is a lifelong project that requires daily practice and loosening one's grip on life. |
• Prayer is identified as the key that opens the work of the Spirit. |
• Jesus' example in the Bible shows him retreating to prayer when faced with demands, needs, or difficult situations. |
• The Spirit leads and empowers the church |
• Prayer is the door to experiencing the life of the Spirit |
• The gift of the Spirit is available to all believers at all times |
• Jesus' ministry was empowered by prayer and the leading of the Spirit |
• The power of the Spirit is available for resisting temptation and living a life of obedience, self-denial, and love |
• The solution to division in the church and spiritual struggles is the power of the Spirit, accessed through prayer. |
• God requires prayer and the Holy Spirit |
• The door to the power of the Spirit is available to all through prayer |
• A personal story about a retired pastor who asked about protecting marriage in ministry and praying for the infilling power of the Holy Spirit |
• The importance of daily praying for the power of the Spirit |
• Prayer as a means to seek God's guidance, transformation, and service to Him faithfully |
• Feeling of not being safe with the Spirit |
• Possibility that guilt or hunger is causing this feeling |
• Request for prayer and worship before breaking bread |
• Praying for the Holy Spirit to breathe life into the church and bring freedom from control |
• Desire to be free to love others and serve in humility |
• Prayer for a deep hunger for change and desire to let God lead the way |
• Asking for the Holy Spirit to have its way in the church, marriages, families, and personal lives |
[0.00 --> 5.02] James, I appreciated that comment about eating lamb. |
[5.46 --> 6.84] I grew up on a sheep farm, |
[7.52 --> 9.98] and so my parents, we want to thank you for eating lamb. |
[10.86 --> 12.14] Kept our family in business. |
[15.02 --> 18.92] We're in the third third of our series on Galatians. |
[19.32 --> 22.86] The first two chapters focused on what is the gospel and what it isn't. |
[23.32 --> 26.62] The second two chapters focused on what does it mean to be part of God's family. |
[26.62 --> 33.44] And the third section, chapter 5 and 6, is all about how we then live. |
[34.06 --> 35.88] And I'm pretty excited to preach on this passage |
[35.88 --> 38.06] because it is all about the power of the Spirit. |
[38.78 --> 41.90] And so if you have your Bible, turn with me to Galatians chapter 5, |
[41.98 --> 44.26] and we're going to read verse 13 to the end. |
[49.94 --> 54.08] You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. |
[54.08 --> 58.60] But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature. |
[59.26 --> 62.02] Rather, serve one another humbly in love. |
[62.52 --> 65.44] For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command. |
[66.34 --> 67.72] Love your neighbor as yourself. |
[68.42 --> 70.86] If you keep on biting and devouring each other, |
[70.98 --> 73.92] watch out, or you will be destroyed by each other. |
[74.82 --> 77.58] So I say, walk by the Spirit, |
[78.06 --> 81.24] and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. |
[81.24 --> 84.74] For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, |
[84.94 --> 87.18] and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. |
[87.68 --> 89.46] They are in conflict with each other, |
[89.60 --> 92.46] so that you are not to do whatever you want. |
[93.04 --> 94.44] But if you are led by the Spirit, |
[95.04 --> 96.16] you're not under the law. |
[97.00 --> 99.34] The acts of the sinful nature are obvious. |
[100.06 --> 102.90] Sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery, |
[103.24 --> 104.66] idolatry and witchcraft, |
[105.20 --> 108.06] hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, |
[108.06 --> 112.02] selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, |
[112.72 --> 114.68] drunkenness, orgies and the like. |
[115.26 --> 117.04] I warn you, as I did before, |
[117.34 --> 118.54] that those who live like this |
[118.54 --> 120.68] will not inherit the kingdom of God. |
[121.56 --> 124.56] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, |
[125.60 --> 131.24] joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, |
[132.00 --> 135.04] faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. |
[135.04 --> 138.50] Against such things there is no law. |
[139.24 --> 140.56] Those who belong to Christ Jesus |
[140.56 --> 142.34] have crucified the sinful nature |
[142.34 --> 144.08] with its passions and desires. |
[144.82 --> 146.36] And since we live by the Spirit, |
[147.28 --> 149.10] let us keep in step with the Spirit. |
[149.86 --> 151.28] Let us not become conceited, |
[151.42 --> 153.62] provoking, and envying each other. |
[158.28 --> 159.96] Well, a number of years ago now, |
[160.18 --> 163.86] I got to know a man who was involved in B.C. Corrections. |
[163.86 --> 166.68] His job, I did not envy his job one bit, |
[166.74 --> 169.12] his job was overseeing criminals |
[169.12 --> 171.18] who had finally finished serving their sentence |
[171.18 --> 173.76] now being reintegrated into society. |
[173.86 --> 175.12] It's a very important position. |
[175.76 --> 177.86] And he would meet with parole officers |
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