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• Individual significance and joy come from living out relationships with others in the Spirit
• God's vision for the church is unity among diverse people, not just those who are comfortable with each other
• The Christian movement should reflect the kingdom of God, but often fails to do so
• Christians struggle with cooperating with the Holy Spirit and working out their own agendas instead
• The Holy Spirit wants Christians to see life through His power and eyes, leading to unity in Christ
• J.I. Packer writes that every Christian has the Holy Spirit from the moment of believing, but might ask if they are submitting to Him
• Recognizing weakness and surrendering to the Spirit is necessary for true strength and growth as a Christian
• Paul's example in 2 Corinthians 12 shows that God's power is made perfect in weakness
• The Bible teaches that boasting in one's weaknesses allows Christ's power to rest on them, leading to strength in the Spirit
• Peter heals a man who had been lame for years
• People are surprised and amazed by the healing
• Peter explains that it's not because of their own power or godliness, but God's Spirit at work
• The healing is an example of the kingdom coming and a foretaste of what's to come
• Humility is necessary for God to use people in his plans
• St. Augustine said "the way to Christ is first through humility"
• Peter's love for Jesus and his role as the "rock" of the church
• The weakness and cluelessness of some Christian followers
• The power of God's Spirit in individuals, including Peter's transformation from denier to rock
• Jesus' statement that He will build His church on Peter and the gates of Hades will not prevail
• The importance of humility and surrender to God's will
• A prayer for empowerment by God's Spirit to use followers in building His kingdom
[0.00 --> 8.00] Good morning, Hope community.
[9.56 --> 15.90] It's good to be with you, and I want to start off thanking you, Candy and I, for all the
[15.90 --> 18.88] condolences with the passing of my mom.
[20.38 --> 21.50] She's a wonderful mom.
[22.42 --> 29.18] My sister, in the end, when she was near the end of her life, my mom had her eyes closed
[29.18 --> 33.36] and my sister said to her, Mom, just go see Jesus now.
[34.56 --> 37.78] And she suddenly perked up and she started singing, Jesus Loves Me.
[39.32 --> 41.62] And it's a gift.
[42.52 --> 43.26] It's a gift.
[43.40 --> 49.44] So she'll be missed, but she's with the Lord now and all better again.
[49.44 --> 51.00] So a lovely thing.
[52.02 --> 53.64] It is a gift to be in community.
[55.36 --> 58.92] Today we are continuing our series on the Holy Spirit.
[59.18 --> 64.90] And last week, Pastor Dave read about the coming of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and
[64.90 --> 70.84] the wind and the tongues of fire and God's presence coming on those who believed.
[71.64 --> 77.06] Filling them, filling us, filling our relationships with one another, filling our lives, becoming
[77.06 --> 78.40] a new humanity.
[78.60 --> 79.60] That's what's going on.
[79.60 --> 84.32] And we become more loving, more forgiving, more generous, and the church is equipped to
[84.32 --> 85.90] reach the world with God's love.
[87.24 --> 88.86] That's the influence of the Holy Spirit.
[90.32 --> 95.22] And then Pastor Dave in his sermon asks us individually and collectively, why do we limp
[95.22 --> 96.44] along in our own strength?
[96.58 --> 101.84] Why don't we ask for the power of the Holy Spirit to work in us and through us?
[101.84 --> 105.50] And I've been thinking a lot about that.
[106.66 --> 109.02] So how do we cooperate with the Spirit?
[109.48 --> 111.66] How do we even understand the Spirit?
[112.56 --> 117.28] I was reading about a guy named John Ullman, and he suggested that the importance of any matter
[117.28 --> 120.90] can be measured by the difficulty in defining it.
[120.90 --> 128.52] And then he mentioned Louis Armstrong once said of jazz, he said, if I have to explain it
[128.52 --> 130.00] to you, you ain't got it.
[131.48 --> 135.76] It kind of feels that way a little bit too when we try to talk about something profound
[135.76 --> 137.26] and like the Holy Spirit.
[138.58 --> 144.68] John 3, verse, I'm just trying to find here, there we go.
[144.68 --> 152.72] In John 3, verse 8, Scripture says, the wind blows wherever it pleases.
[153.48 --> 157.14] You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it's going.
[157.46 --> 160.02] So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
[160.42 --> 163.02] And we have this sense of power and yet mystery.
[163.72 --> 167.54] But Scripture is, it does say quite a lot about the Spirit too, and His work in us and
[167.54 --> 168.10] through us.
[168.44 --> 173.32] And so we're going to look a little bit at that and how the Spirit helps us build the
[173.32 --> 175.94] kingdom and helps us live out kingdom life.
[177.74 --> 182.76] A few weeks ago, Pastor Dave talked about the kingdom as being the reign of Jesus in
[182.76 --> 183.26] our lives.
[183.70 --> 187.92] The rule of God where the Holy Spirit brings righteousness and peace and joy.
[188.20 --> 192.72] Where we learn to live out, thy kingdom come, thy will be done.
[193.40 --> 199.82] So I picked a passage out of Romans, and it probably wasn't the most obvious passage to
[199.82 --> 200.10] pick.
[200.10 --> 205.56] But what struck me about the passage was that the Holy Spirit comes to real people living
[205.56 --> 208.42] real life with real situations.
[209.52 --> 211.82] And so that's why I kind of like this passage.
[212.24 --> 217.98] In this passage, there's a lot of stuff going on with that community about what you can and
[217.98 --> 220.48] cannot eat for religious reasons.
[220.82 --> 225.22] And there's lots of disagreement about that, and they're having some issues.
[225.22 --> 227.76] I imagine God's people having issues.
[227.86 --> 230.60] But anyway, that happens.
[231.28 --> 234.78] So let's look at it together where we read Romans 14.
[235.34 --> 238.26] Therefore, let us stop passing judgment on one another.
[239.20 --> 243.70] Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother
[243.70 --> 244.54] or sister.
[245.42 --> 251.62] I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself.
[251.62 --> 255.82] But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person, it is unclean.
[256.10 --> 259.80] And he's kind of going with the logic here that some of these food rules, you know, it
[259.80 --> 262.56] was okay to eat it, but if you thought it was wrong, you better not eat it, right?
[262.72 --> 266.20] And so it's kind of, yeah, it's an interesting approach.
[267.06 --> 270.82] If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, so now you're kind of doing
[270.82 --> 273.62] something they don't want you to do, you're no longer acting in love.
[274.02 --> 277.38] Do not, by your eating, destroy someone for whom Christ died.
[277.38 --> 281.90] And I thought, wouldn't that be a fascinating way to approach our differences sometime?
[282.74 --> 282.94] Right?
[282.96 --> 286.76] We have a difference, you see it differently, and I'm going to win an argument, or I'm going
[286.76 --> 290.22] to say, wow, I'm not going to get in the way of this person whom Christ died for.
[290.44 --> 293.08] It would just change the dynamics quite a bit, wouldn't it?
[294.84 --> 300.12] Therefore, do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil.
[300.74 --> 305.30] And then this, for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating or drinking, whatever
[305.30 --> 310.66] the issue might be, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
[312.80 --> 315.28] That is the evidence of the Holy Spirit.
[315.38 --> 317.74] We're going to see more righteousness, more peace, more joy.
[317.96 --> 322.50] Because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.