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[944.86 --> 945.44] all right people,
[946.40 --> 947.04] go get them.
[947.42 --> 948.72] I'm going off to the Father.
[949.08 --> 950.02] You've got this.
[950.84 --> 951.14] No,
[951.24 --> 951.94] what he said is,
[952.34 --> 953.42] you're going to need me.
[954.28 --> 955.58] You're going to need my power.
[955.84 --> 957.02] And I'm actually delighted
[957.02 --> 958.10] to go back to the Father
[958.10 --> 958.78] because I know
[958.78 --> 959.82] you are receiving
[959.82 --> 960.84] the Holy Spirit
[960.84 --> 962.62] which is the very same power
[962.62 --> 964.08] that rose him from the dead
[964.08 --> 965.50] that is now poured out
[965.50 --> 966.58] in the hearts of believers
[966.58 --> 967.98] in the communities
[967.98 --> 968.96] of faith in Jesus.
[970.52 --> 971.68] And so I want to read for you
[971.68 --> 973.22] my favorite verse
[973.22 --> 973.94] in this passage
[973.94 --> 975.04] and it was hard to pick,
[975.14 --> 975.82] I will admit.
[976.36 --> 977.26] Verse 16,
[979.00 --> 979.70] Paul writes,
[979.82 --> 980.60] so I say,
[981.46 --> 982.52] walk by the Spirit
[982.52 --> 986.08] and you will not gratify
[986.60 --> 988.28] the desires of the flesh.
[989.74 --> 990.98] Here's my question, church.
[992.42 --> 993.76] Do you believe this?
[995.54 --> 996.72] I was saying to the staff
[996.72 --> 997.06] this week
[997.06 --> 998.00] when I was working on my sermon,
[998.06 --> 998.98] I think this is my sermon
[998.98 --> 999.86] in a nutshell right here.
[1000.16 --> 1000.94] This powerful,
[1001.14 --> 1001.52] beautiful,
[1001.76 --> 1002.42] amazing thing
[1002.42 --> 1003.04] that Paul says
[1003.04 --> 1003.54] that I'm going to ask,
[1003.90 --> 1005.94] do we truly believe this?
[1006.66 --> 1007.58] And I'm going to sharpen
[1007.58 --> 1008.34] my point here.
[1008.40 --> 1009.26] I'll put verse 19
[1009.26 --> 1010.34] on the screen
[1010.34 --> 1011.96] and I want to just continue
[1011.96 --> 1012.60] to contrast
[1012.60 --> 1013.46] what Paul is saying
[1013.46 --> 1014.86] because this is what he's saying.
[1014.86 --> 1016.10] So I say,
[1016.56 --> 1017.34] walk by the Spirit
[1017.34 --> 1019.72] and you will not fall prey
[1019.72 --> 1021.26] to sexual immorality
[1021.26 --> 1022.02] and impurity.
[1022.68 --> 1023.40] So I say,
[1023.54 --> 1024.56] walk by the Spirit
[1024.56 --> 1026.54] and you will not become people
[1026.54 --> 1027.60] who are idolatrous,
[1028.20 --> 1028.82] hateful,
[1029.34 --> 1029.98] descending,
[1030.80 --> 1031.82] causing division,
[1032.36 --> 1032.88] and envious.
[1033.70 --> 1034.32] So I say,
[1034.42 --> 1035.32] walk by the Spirit
[1035.32 --> 1036.28] and you will not be
[1036.28 --> 1037.38] an angry person.
[1039.14 --> 1039.82] I say,
[1039.90 --> 1040.74] walk by the Spirit
[1040.74 --> 1043.12] and you will not gratify
[1043.12 --> 1044.36] the desires of the flesh.
[1044.36 --> 1044.98] So church,
[1045.44 --> 1046.72] do you believe this?
[1047.72 --> 1047.96] I mean,
[1048.00 --> 1049.04] this passage is so important.
[1049.12 --> 1049.94] I hope it works its way
[1049.94 --> 1050.62] into your minds,
[1050.70 --> 1051.32] your imaginations,
[1051.42 --> 1051.90] and your hearts,
[1052.06 --> 1052.98] the way it's been working
[1052.98 --> 1053.40] into mind
[1053.40 --> 1054.54] because it is so powerful
[1054.54 --> 1055.46] we have to ask ourselves,
[1055.68 --> 1056.54] do we really believe
[1056.54 --> 1057.26] that this is true?
[1057.40 --> 1058.62] That when God's Spirit
[1058.62 --> 1059.96] takes hold of our lives,
[1060.06 --> 1061.76] it will actually change
[1061.76 --> 1062.72] these old habits
[1062.72 --> 1064.24] and create new desires
[1064.24 --> 1066.50] as a result of God's power.
[1068.84 --> 1069.24] Now,
[1069.40 --> 1070.80] I'm just going to be forthright
[1070.80 --> 1071.70] about my own upbringing.
[1071.80 --> 1072.32] I grew up
[1072.32 --> 1073.26] in the Reformed tradition.
[1074.46 --> 1075.34] And we didn't talk
[1075.34 --> 1076.16] a lot about the Spirit.
[1076.84 --> 1077.06] In fact,