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Get ready for a teaching
that feeds your spirit
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and your mind, where the
word is the anchor in
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uncertain times
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and doctrine doesn't bend to culture.
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We keep it simple,
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but dive deep revealing a
truth that strengthens us,
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a love that emboldens,
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and a mission that touches the world.
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Let's join Rick Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
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Hey friend, it is the end of the week
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and I'm wrapping up my series,
which is called The Actions
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and Personality of the Holy Spirit.
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It is 5-parts.
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This week we have really gone to school
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and we've studied what Jesus had
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to say about the Holy Spirit,
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but I want you to have the whole series
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and today is the last day we're offering it on the program.
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And remember that it
comes with a study guide
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and we're also offering you today,
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the last day on the program, my book,
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which is called, My Victory Filled Day,
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A Sparkling Gems from the Greek Guided Devotional Journey.
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It will walk, you write into victory,
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but hey, if you've got a prayer request,
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we want to hear from you.
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So when you reach out to
us to order these products,
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also let us know how to pray for you.
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And if you don't want to order anything
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but you need to have prayer,
call us because we're here
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and we believe that a major part
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of our ministry is praying for you.
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And so many people have testimonies of
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what God did in their
life after we prayed.
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And I want to share 3 testimonies with you right now.
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Listen to this. One person
wrote to say, praise the Lord
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and glorify the Lord with me.
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My biopsy for cancer came out negative.
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I'm so grateful to the
Lord and thankful for you
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and everyone who prayed for me
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and who continued to uphold me in prayer.
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I just wanted to give an update
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of answered prayer to the
glory of God and encourage you
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and the ministry team to keep
praying for those who write
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for prayer from all over the world.
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Amen. Thank you for that praise report.
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But here's another one.
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We prayed for a woman whom
the doctor said had a problem
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with her heart, but she just
called back today so happy
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to share that her EKG shows
no abnormality in her heart,
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no enlargement and no
further testing is needed.
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She was crying and was so happy
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and she told the doctor it
was the power of prayer.
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Amen. Prayer is very powerful.
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But I've got one more
testimony about somebody
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that we called listen to this.
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A member of our partner
care team wrote today,
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I called a man to thank him for ordering,
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teaching resources from our ministry.
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And while we were on the phone, I offered to pray for him.
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And after praying for him, he
said, of all the ministries
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that I have ordered
from, you're the only one
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who has ever called to check on me.
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I told him, we really do care about him.
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And he said, that's evident.
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And I thank you for calling me today.
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Well, we really do care about
people that reach out to us
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and we don't just pray for the moments.
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We pray again and again and again
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and we call back to see if
they need continued prayer.
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My friends, we take this very seriously.
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So if you have a prayer
need, call the number
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that is on the screen or send us an email,
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but reach for your Bible.
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And today we're going to go to James 4
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and we're talking about the actions
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and the personality of the Holy Spirit.
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And when you come to James 4,
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there are two verses that are just
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so powerful about the Holy Spirit
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and we need to understand them.
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And they really show us
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that the Holy Spirit has
feelings and he does.
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In fact, when you study
the New Testament, you find
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that the Holy Spirit experiences joy.
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There's the joy of the Spirit.
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You find that you can grieve
the Holy Spirit, my friends,
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the Holy Spirit is the 3rd person of the Godhead
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and he has emotion.
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And when we come to James 4, we find
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that the believers that James is writing
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to have grieved the Holy Spirit.
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And now James addresses that beginning in verse 4
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where he says, You adulterers and adulteresses.
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Well, let's stop right there.
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When you read this in the Greek text, it doesn't say that.
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It simply says you adulteresses.
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And this is an important difference
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because he was speaking to the church.
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And the church in Greek is
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and the church is the bride of Christ.
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And now the church who
is the bride of Christ,
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who is betrothed to Christ,
is doing something so bad
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that James addresses his readers as adulteresses.
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And remember he's writing to Jews. Well among the Jews,
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adultery was worthy of death.
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In fact, you could be stoned to death
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for committing adultery.
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And when James calls these
Jewish believers adulteresses,
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it must have been like a slap
up the side of their head.
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This was so offensive.
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But yet they were doing something which he said was the
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equivalent of spiritual adultery.
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So he calls them adulteresses, and then he adds; You
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adulteresses, know ye not -
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and the Greek actually means - don't you know,
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have you not comprehended?
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Do you not understand by
now that the friendship
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of the world is enmity with God?
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Whosoever therefore will
be a friend of the world,
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is the enemy of God.
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But notice he says, the friendship of the world. In Greek,
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this is a definite article with the word, philia.
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The word, philia, describes a reciprocal relationship.
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It's a person that is entered into a
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relationship with someone else.
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But because it has a definite article,
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it is the friendship with the world.
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This is not just any friendship,
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but this is one that's
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relationship with the world.
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And the word world is a form
of the Greek word kosmos,
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which describes the world system.
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It would be fashion, entertainment,
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everything about the world.
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And now we find that the believers that James is writing to,
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though they started out
white hot in their passion
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for Jesus,
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now something has happened and they're drifting
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and philia, they've entered into a partnership
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or into an affection or
friendship with the world
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and all the world's systems.
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And this is so terrible in the
mind of God that James says,
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you adulteresses,
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you've given a part of yourself to the world
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that belongs only to the Holy Spirit.
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And when you cross that
line in the mind of God,
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you have committed spiritual adultery.
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Do you understand why it is
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so important that we understand this?
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None of us want to commit
spiritual adultery in the mind
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of God, but when you give
your affection, that's
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where this word philia comes from,
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when you give your devotion,
when you give your attention
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to the world and its systems
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and what the world gives
you more than you're devoted
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to the Holy Spirit, then
you have crossed a line
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that you are not supposed to cross.
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And the verse says, know ye not that friendship:
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a reciprocal relationship
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with the world is enmity with God.
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And the word enmity is the horrible Greek word, echthra.
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This word, echthra, is used in the gospels
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to describe the horrible relationship that existed
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between Pilate and Herod Antipas.
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The Bible says they were adversaries or they were enemies.
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That is this word, echthra.
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And now we find that when you
as a believer are mingling
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with the world, you're
giving more attention
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to the world than to your
relationship with the Lord,
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you're giving your passion and your devotion to the world
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and you've entered into a reciprocal
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relationship with the world,
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first of all then God calls us an adulterer - adulteresses.
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We've crossed a line that
we're not supposed to cross.
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And then James says,
do you not understand?
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Have you not gotten it yet?
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That, philia, entering into a reciprocal relationship
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with the kosmos, with the world
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and everything in the world is, echthra.
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This is hostility with God.
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But then James continues
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and he says this in verse 4: Whosoever
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therefore will be a friend of the world,
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is the enemy of God.
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The words, will be, are form of the Greek word, boulomai -
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boulomai. The word, boulomai means - I advise
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or I counsel.
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And here we find the picture of a believer
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who was once white hot
with fire for Jesus.
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But over a period of time, boulomai, he's began
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to talk to himself.
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He's began to advise himself, coax himself
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or counsel himself into believing that flirting
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with the world just a little bit might not be so bad.
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So when it actually says - whosoever
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therefore will be a friend of the world -
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it's whoever talks himself
into believing that it's okay
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to be a friend with the world.
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And here we find out that
people don't just wake up
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and backslide in one day.
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It's a process. This word, boulomai, describes the process
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of coaching yourself, counseling yourself,
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coaxing yourself into a different position.
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Here's a person who says,
well, you know, I know that
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the Lord has told me not
to watch those movies
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that have this and have that in it,
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but you know, everybody else
is watching those movies.
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Maybe it's not so bad.
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And very slowly over a process of time, boulomai: they begin
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to talk to themselves, counsel themselves,
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and they walk themselves out
of a white hot relationship
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with Jesus into a backward position
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where now they're relating
to the world in the way
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that they used to relate to the world.
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And James says, when you do that,
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you have crossed the line
you're not supposed to cross
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and you have committed spiritual adultery.
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And he goes on to say whosoever therefore will be, boulomai;
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whosoever therefore talks himself into being a friend.
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Again the word philia,
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entering into a reciprocal relationship
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where the world is the enemy of God
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and the word is in Greek
means constitutes himself
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or renders himself to be the enemy.
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The Greek word, ecthra, the enemy of God, which means
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when you walk away from the Lord
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and you begin to give your devotion
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and your passion to other
things more than to him,
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you put yourself on the
wrong side of the line
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and you constitute
yourself to be in a hostile
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and adversarial position with God.
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Now, I know you don't want to do that.
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Now somebody may ask the question,
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and it's a very good question;
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Well, what does that mean - friendship with the world?
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I go to work, I've gotta
go to work, I've gotta go
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to the mall, I've gotta
buy clothes for my kids.
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Of course, that's not
what we're talking about.
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We're talking about a
reciprocal relationship
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where you're actually deriving
something from the world
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and the world now has your chief focus,
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whereas your chief focus used
to be serving Jesus, going
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to church, praying in the spirit,
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but now you've drifted from that.
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And how does that drift take place - boulomai,
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one step at a time, one step at a time
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as a believer begins to coax
himself into believing, well,
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maybe it won't just hurt
once or twice to do this.
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I know that I shouldn't,
but other people do.
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And boulomai, they begin to counsel themself
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or talk themself into
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and playing with the world
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not be so bad.
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relationship with the world, you constitute yourself, echtra
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to be in an adversarial or
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And I wanna read to you
the RIV of this verse.
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to go online and you need to order the RIV
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because it is amazing.
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it doesn't just give you
the new interpretation,
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it gives you all the
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But listen to the RIV of James 4:4; You adulterer,
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don't you understand very clearly
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that a reciprocal relationship
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and friendship with the world
being enmeshed in its affairs
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puts you in an adversarial
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and I really mean anyone, has
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it's all right to be a
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relationship with the world, that person
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by his wrong choices has made
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and actions have put him in a position
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that is completely contrary to
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and hostile toward God.
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That is the RIV of James 4:4.
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which says, Do you think that the scripture says in vain:
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the Greek says - do you think this scripture says
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to no purpose, that the spirit that dwells in us,
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lusteth to envy?
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there's a definite article
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which lets us know we're
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and lusts to envy.
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first of all, we have the word, dwell.
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which is the word for a house.
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The word kat is a form
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of the Greek word kata, which means down.
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who, katoikeo,
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he is lives in a particular place: kata,
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he's settled down there.
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and in fact, he is so
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he's rolled out his own carpets.
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he's nestled down in his easy chair.
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He says, well, I am so at home here that, katoikeo,
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I'm just gonna settle down here
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to describe the Holy
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and me, which means our
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He's not a guest, he's a permanent in dweller.
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and created within us
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that he was pleased to dwell in it.
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that the Holy Spirit literally katoikeo, he settled down,
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took up residency, became a permanent in-dweller inside
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of us.
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He lives inside you,
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and his desire is to exude
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of his glory, all of his fruits inside us.
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of the Holy Spirit in his life
by flirting with the world
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or enmeshing himself with
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the spirit that dwell within us does what?
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lusteth to envy.
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this is a really serious word.
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It describes the intense
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when he discovers, for example, his wife
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has committed adultery.
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he's gonna do everything
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It is his wife, he loves his wife
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and he is not gonna
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affection to somebody else.
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It is a rescue operation.
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He's gonna do whatever he
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and get her back home.
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But then the verse goes on
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The word, potheo means to long for something.
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This is a person who wants something so bad,
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he is doubled over.
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He's hankering for it,
he's journeying for it,
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he's longing for it.
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Holy Spirit comes inside us,
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he loves us so much
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and he wants our devotion
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That doesn't mean you can't have a job,
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you can't have kids,
you can't have friends.
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he wants our No.1 devotion to be toward him.
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He has, katecho, settled down in us.
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He's a permanent resident in our life and pathonos,
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when we share our highest devotion
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with something other than
him, it sends him into a state
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where he is ready to do
whatever is necessary
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to break your affair and to
bring you back home to him.
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And just to let us know how much he wants us, epipotheo,
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in us he's hankering for us.
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He is bent over, doubled over,
yearning and pining for us.
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And his desire is to completely fill us
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and to have every part of us.
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And I've learned in my own
life, it doesn't matter
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how much I surrender to him
today, tomorrow he's gonna ask
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for more, epipotheo: he's yearning for me
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and he wants every single part of me.
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And that's true of you.
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We need to understand who lives in us.
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That's why Paul said in verse 4, don't you understand?
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Have you not comprehended yet
that the spirit of God lives
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inside you?
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This is a very special thing
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my friends. And the spirit
in us is yearning for us.
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He is pining for us.
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And I want you to hear the RIV of this verse. Again,
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And the RIV of James 4:
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5 says it like this;
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Do you suppose the scripture
says to no purpose,
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that the Spirit has settled down, taken up residency,
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and permanently dwells inside us,
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and is filled with an intense jealousy anytime
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we give our devotion to
someone or something else.
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so passionately pines
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and yearns for us that
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to share our highest devotion with anyone
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or anything else more than him.
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That's the RIV of James 4:5.
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Well, I think you can understand this is a very serious
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verse, both of these,
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and we need to really
understand these verses.
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And when you understand
who the Holy Spirit is
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and how he dwells in us
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and what a work he has done in
us, we don't want to violate
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that by doing something wrong.
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We want to honor the
presence of the Spirit
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of God in our life.
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Do you ever want God to look at you
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and call you an adulterer
or an adulterous?
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Of course not. You don't
wanna cross the line.
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So rather than do what is wrong, we need
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to embrace the spirit of God
in our life, accommodate him,
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welcome him, and live
a life that is worthy
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of his indwelling presence.
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And that is what we now read in James 4:
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4 & 5, which are so powerful.
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Now, I've come to the end of this series
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and my friends, I believe this
is such important teaching,
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and most Christians don't understand what I've taught today,
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but it's vital for you to understand. I'm out of time,
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but I'll be back in just a moment.
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I've got more to say to you.
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And then I'm gonna come back
and I'm going to pray for you.
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This is Rick Renner and somebody has asked a great question.
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Here it is; I'm struggling with depression.
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How do I deal with it
and how do I overcome it?
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Well, there are practical
things you can do,
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and you should do everything
practically you can
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to overcome depression.
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But you have to also understand
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that depression is a spiritual force.
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It comes to suppress you.
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And God has given you spiritual weapons.
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We read about this in 2 Corinthians 10,
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and the Bible tells us that
with the spiritual weapons,
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we're able to pull down
every mental stronghold
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that comes against us,
which means you do not have
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to be a victim to your thoughts
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or a victim to your emotions.
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You can take authority over your mind.
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You can rebuke that spirit
that has come against you
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and do the practical
things that you can do.
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And if you'll do all of it,
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you will literally put depression
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and oppression on the run.
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You can be free from depression.
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Are you ready to experience
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner,
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and today I'm happy to be coming
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to you from the Tulsa
headquarters of our ministry.
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And this is the room
where they do production.
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And just recently they expanded this room
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because we are sending resources to the ends of the earth.
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And when I talk about resources, I'm talking about books.
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You know, I've written a lot
of books and things like this.
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Here is a USB of Haw a Float on the Sea of
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or the audio series of the same series.
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A lot of people want it in the video.
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I really like the video
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of interesting things on the programs.
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But in addition to this, we
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And you know why I love my study guides
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because I've put a lot of work into these study guides.
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It's nearly like writing an entire book
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for every series that we do.
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And boy, this is a good one.
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If you don't have this
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But the reason I'm telling you this is
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because all of this is produced right here in this room in
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our Tulsa facility.
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You know, several years ago when we started our Ministry
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Expansion Project, it was quite large.
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70% of it is already finished.
And I want to say thank you.
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And now we need to keep it up
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until we knock out the remaining 30%.
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And I want to say thank you
for everything you've given us
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to help us reduce this debt.
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It's really not for us.
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It's so we can liberate this debt
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and then begin to use all of our resources
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to take this teaching
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and these materials to
the ends of the earth.
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And that includes a lot
of materials that we give.
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We sow a lot of our material
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because there are many people
who cannot afford to pay.
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And we want them to have the
teaching of the word of God
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that they can trust.
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And if you're not a part
of our giving team already,
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please pray about being
a part of our giving team
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to reduce the debt in the Ministry Expansion Project
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so we can move on
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and take the light of the gospel further
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to the ends of the earth.
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Well, today is Friday,
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and I've just wrapped up my teaching,
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which is called the Actions
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and Personality of the Holy Spirit.
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Do you see how important this is?
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We need to really
understand who lives in us
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and learn how to interface
and how to cooperate with him.
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But today's the last day.
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We're offering this on the
program with a study guide.
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And today is the last day this week
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that we're offering my book,
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which is called My Victory Filled Day:
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A Sparkling Gems from the Greek Guided Devotional Journal.
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I believe this book will really make a difference in your
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life, but you can order all
these things by going online
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or by giving us a call.
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And I'm gonna tell you again,
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as I always tell you,
and I really mean it.
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We're waiting for the phone to ring,
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especially if you have a prayer request.
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We wanna pray for you. If you
let us know what's going on
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and ask us to pray, we
will pray scripturally.
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And 1 John 5:14
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and 15 says, if we pray according to God's will,
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he will hear us and he will.
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And if he hears us, it says
He will do what we ask.
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So reach out to us.
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We know how to pray scripturally, we will release our faith,
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pray according to the Word of God,
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and Jesus power will
begin to work for you.
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So call us or send us at an email.
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And by the way, thank
you for being a friend
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and for being a partner with our ministry.
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But put your hand on your heart
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'cause I'm gonna pray for you right now.
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Holy Spirit, help each of us
to understand who lives in us.
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We wanna welcome your presence
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and we want to honor your
presence in our life.
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Forgive us when we've crossed the line
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and we've done what we
shouldn't have done.
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We've all done it, and
we ask you to forgive us.
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And Holy Spirit, we ask you
to fully release your power,
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your glory, your character,
your fruit in our life.
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We want to accommodate you
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and make you feel at home
in Jesus' name - Amen.
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Well, I'll see you in the next program,
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but remember, Ecclesiastes 8:4 says,"Wwhere the word
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of a king is, there is power."
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If you've never received
Jesus as your Savior
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and Lord, now is the time for
you to experience a new life
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Jesus has to give you.
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Pray this prayer with me right now; Lord,
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I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior
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and Lord. Wash away my sin
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and make me completely new.
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I thank you that my sin is removed
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and Satan no longer has any
right to lay claim on me.
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I faithfully promise that
I will serve you as my Lord
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for the rest of my life.
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Amen. If you just prayed the
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prayer of salvation with us,
would you please let us know
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by going to renner.org/salvation.
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We would love to connect with you.
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Thank you for joining Rick Renner today.
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For more information about Renner Ministries
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and product resources, visit renner.org.