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[819.04 --> 819.92] Galatians carefully,
[820.50 --> 821.74] you will probably have noticed
[821.74 --> 822.34] that the Spirit
[822.34 --> 823.70] has showed up a lot already,
[823.70 --> 825.50] and we haven't focused on it yet
[825.50 --> 826.40] because there's just so many
[826.40 --> 827.28] other things that Paul
[827.28 --> 828.58] is trying to say in Galatians.
[828.82 --> 829.64] But let me give us
[829.64 --> 831.12] just a really brief summary
[831.12 --> 832.44] of what Paul has already said
[832.44 --> 832.94] in Galatians
[832.94 --> 834.32] about the Holy Spirit.
[835.14 --> 835.76] Number one,
[836.70 --> 838.54] Christians receive the Holy Spirit
[838.54 --> 841.24] at the time of their conversion.
[842.66 --> 844.46] The moment you came to faith,
[845.32 --> 846.24] the Spirit of God
[846.24 --> 847.26] was operative in your life.
[847.28 --> 847.68] And I would say,
[847.74 --> 848.70] even mysteriously,
[849.16 --> 850.04] wonderfully,
[850.24 --> 851.06] even before that,
[851.06 --> 852.80] creating in you this desire,
[852.94 --> 853.50] this ambition,
[853.64 --> 854.36] this intent
[854.36 --> 855.30] to sort of know
[855.30 --> 855.88] what you believe
[855.88 --> 856.84] and why you exist.
[857.14 --> 857.98] And when you come to faith,
[858.04 --> 858.36] you could say,
[858.42 --> 858.92] praise the Lord,
[858.98 --> 859.86] the Spirit of God
[859.86 --> 861.18] is at work in me.
[861.52 --> 862.48] You do not need to doubt it.
[862.56 --> 863.00] Number two,
[863.64 --> 864.94] the plan from the beginning,
[865.12 --> 866.62] according to Galatians 3, 14,
[866.68 --> 867.10] and following,
[867.36 --> 868.32] was that the nations
[868.32 --> 869.08] around the world
[869.08 --> 870.78] would come to faith in Jesus
[870.78 --> 872.16] and receive the power
[872.16 --> 873.04] of the Holy Spirit,
[873.26 --> 874.42] and communities
[874.42 --> 875.98] would live and move
[875.98 --> 877.06] and follow the leading
[877.06 --> 878.24] of God's Spirit.
[878.24 --> 880.32] Thirdly,
[881.38 --> 882.46] as Jonathan preached
[882.46 --> 883.26] on last week,
[883.84 --> 885.02] the Holy Spirit
[885.02 --> 888.12] enables us to call God Dad,
[888.86 --> 889.10] right?
[889.16 --> 889.98] In Galatians 4,
[890.64 --> 891.38] 4 to 7,
[891.82 --> 892.78] it's Abba, Father,
[892.86 --> 893.32] that language
[893.32 --> 894.14] that comes from us.
[894.20 --> 894.68] That is because
[894.68 --> 896.30] the Spirit enables us
[896.30 --> 897.40] to have this intimate
[897.40 --> 898.50] relationship with the Father.
[898.60 --> 899.64] It's not natural to us
[899.64 --> 900.18] in our rebellion.
[900.46 --> 901.10] It's the Spirit
[901.10 --> 902.54] who brings us back
[902.54 --> 903.70] into a relationship
[903.70 --> 904.30] with our Father
[904.30 --> 905.14] who loves us.
[905.60 --> 906.10] And finally,
[906.18 --> 906.66] this is what we're
[906.66 --> 907.56] going to focus on today.
[907.56 --> 909.20] It is the Spirit
[909.20 --> 911.04] that enables us
[911.04 --> 912.68] to have victory
[912.68 --> 914.80] over our sinful flesh,
[915.32 --> 916.34] the old self,
[916.74 --> 917.72] the old desires
[917.72 --> 918.62] that enslave us,
[918.72 --> 919.94] and then it is the Spirit
[919.94 --> 921.20] that produces in us
[921.20 --> 923.02] the fruit of love,
[923.30 --> 924.32] joy, peace,
[924.82 --> 925.70] patience, kindness,
[925.92 --> 926.38] goodness,
[927.06 --> 927.54] gentleness,
[927.88 --> 928.76] and self-control.
[932.06 --> 934.12] Jonathan mentioned last week
[934.12 --> 935.58] I think something very profound
[935.58 --> 936.40] that I want to repeat.
[936.40 --> 937.74] He said it's important
[937.74 --> 938.14] that we know
[938.14 --> 939.00] that when Jesus came
[939.00 --> 939.96] and defeated death
[939.96 --> 941.02] and sin and Satan,
[941.02 --> 942.12] he went through the grave
[942.12 --> 943.22] into resurrection life.
[943.42 --> 944.46] He didn't look at the church
[944.46 --> 944.76] and say,