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This program is made possible by the giving
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of the God called partners of Renner Ministries.
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My name is Rick Renner
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and today I'm standing inside the Peter
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and Paul Cathedral in St.
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Petersburg, Russia.
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The foundations for this building were first laid in 1712.
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It was designed by Peter the Great to be the place
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where all the Romanovs will
be buried from his time
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until the present.
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And this place is lavishly decorated
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with more than 22 pounds of gold in all
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of its ornamentation and decorations.
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It is literally a repository
of precious stones
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and precious metals.
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It is amazing!
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But it makes me think of 2 Corinthians 4:7
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that talks about you and me
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and it says, we have this treasure in earthen
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vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God
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and not of us - which means - if 'X' marks the spot
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where you can find treasure,
then the big X is right here.
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It's on me. It's on you
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because we are the place
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where God has hid his greatest treasure.
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He's put his spirit in us,
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and as lavish as this place
is with all of its gold
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and precious stones
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and ornamentation, it
pales in comparison to
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what God has invested in me
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and what God has invested in you,
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2nd Corinthians 4:7
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teaches we are the secret treasure chamber.
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We are where God has
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deposited his spirit.
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We are the repository
of God's greatest gifts,
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and that is what I'm going
to talk to you about today.
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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 uncertain
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times 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
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Renner.
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Welcome to today's program.
My name is Rick Renner.
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It is the end of the week
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and today we're going
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to dive into 2 Corinthians 4:
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to find out God has placed his
greatest treasure inside me
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and God has placed his
treasure inside you.
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It is amazing what God has placed in us.
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In fact, God has transformed
us into the temple
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of the Holy Spirit
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and I want you to have
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You are, God has made
you his temple, he lives
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Do you know why I call this A Life Ablaze?
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Because God wants you to be a life ablaze.
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You're not supposed to
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You're to start on fire, stay on fire,
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and live on fire to the end of your life.
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where I identify the 10 essential fuels you need
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to be putting into your spiritual life so you stay on fire
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for Jesus to the end of your life.
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God's will is for you to be an inferno for Jesus
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to the very end.
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This is our way of welcoming
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But today I want you to open your Bibles
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to 1 Corinthians 6:19,
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and we're going to go
back to our anchor verse
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for this brand new series,
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which is called, You are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
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I have my Bible.
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I hope that you have yours
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because we always use the
Bible in this program.
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But in 1 Corinthians 6:19,
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the apostle Paul is writing to
the Corinthians with a sense
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of amazement and he says - What? Know you not
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that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost,
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which is in you, which you have of God
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and you're not your own.
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Paul is amazed
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that the Corinthians do not
already understand this.
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How about you? Do you understand it?
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Do you really have a revelation of
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who God has made you to be?
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Paul said to them, and he's
still saying to us - What?
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No you not. The Greek could be translated -
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Have you not yet comprehended?
Have you not gotten it yet?
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Do you not yet understand that your body
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is the temple of the Holy Ghost?
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The word body in Greek is the word, soma.
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It describes the physical
body. Just touch your body.
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Your body has become the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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The word temple is also full of insight
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because it is the Greek word naos.
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The word naos describes
a highly decorated,
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a highly ornamented shrine: vaulted ceilings, gold,
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silver, precious stones,
marbles, columns, something
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that just nearly takes away your breath.
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And it is the same word used in the Old Testament Septuagint
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to describe the innermost part
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which was the Holy of Holies.
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By using this word temple, naos,
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which every Greek reader would've understood
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because temples like this were all over the pagan world -
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Paul is saying to the Corinthians
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and to us, do you not
realize what is inside you?
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You are more than meets the eye.
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Inside you is a temple.
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If your eyes were open to see
what you're carrying on the
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inside, you would be flabbergasted
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because God has richly ornamented you.
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Your interiors are lavish.
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In fact, it is so lavish that
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to live there, and God moved in us
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and we became the temple
of the Holy Ghost.
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In fact, Paul goes on
to say, which is in you.
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The word in - in Greek is the word, en: it identifies the
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location for this temple.
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It's right here inside us.
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We are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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Do you really have a revelation of that?
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But wait, when you come to 2 Corinthians 4:
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7, Paul elaborates on this rich deposit
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that God has placed inside us.
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So open your Bible to 2 Corinthians 4:
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7 to one of my favorite verses in the New
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Testament where Paul says -
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But we have this treasure - this treasure -
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in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be
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of God and not of us.
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Notice how he begins in verse 7
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he says - we have. In Greek, it is the word echonmon:
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but the word, echonmon is the plural version
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of the word echo.
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The word echo means to hold, to have or to possess.
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Paul is describing us like containers. We have within us,
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we hold, within us, we possess,
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he says - treasure.
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The word treasure is the Greek worth thesauros.
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The word thesaurus, describes an immense treasure.
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Let me read to you directly from my notes.
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This word thesauros, describes a treasure, even a treasury,
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a treasure chamber,
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or even a place for safekeeping where riches
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and fortunes are kept like a vault
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or a treasure chamber.
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It presents the idea of a specially built room, designed
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to be the repository for a massive riches
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and massive wealth.
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Well, my family and I,
we live in Moscow, Russia
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and not too far from here is Egypt.
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And from time to time
over the years, Denise
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and I took our sons to Egypt
and we sailed on the Nile.
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And one of our son's favorite
places along the Nile was the
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valley of the kings; and in
the valley of the kings,
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there are tunnels, there are
chambers, there are tombs
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where the pharaohs of Egypt
are buried like King Tut.
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And when you go into those tombs,
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the tombs themselves are treasures.
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The walls are covered with
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columns, precious stones.
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If there was no treasure, the
room itself is a treasure.
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It is amazing how much
work went into those tombs,
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but they were constructed
to hold the real treasure,
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which was the sarcophagus holding the king
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and all of his treasures, like
the treasures of King Tut.
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I always think about how Howard Carter
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and Howard Carter was the man
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who discovered King Tut's tomb,
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and it is recorded
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that when Howard Carter
drilled a hole into the tomb
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and looked through the
hole, they asked him,
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what do you see?
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And he answered - marvelous things,
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marvelous things. He could see through
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that hole into that tomb
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the treasures of Egypt.
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Well, my friend, we have
right here inside us,
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marvelous things.
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Thesaurus is the Greek word.
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It describes a treasure so immense,
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it can never be fully explored.
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That is what God has placed inside me
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and what God has placed inside you.
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But in 1 Corinthians 4:7, Paul writes with a sense
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of shock and amazement
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because of where God placed his treasure.
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He says, we have - the Greek word, echonmon,
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a form of the word echo; we have, we hold,
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we possess, we contain within
us this inexhaustible rich
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spiritual treasure.
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And Paul says, earthen vessels.
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The word earthen, is the Greek word, ostrakinos.
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This is a bad word.
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The word ostrakinos, describes very inferior Greek pottery.
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Listen to this: pottery made of inferior materials.
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That's how he's describing the human body:
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fragile pottery. The word generally represented
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anything inferior, low grade,
mediocre, shoddy, second rate
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or substandard.
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The broken shards of ostrakinos were used
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for casting votes against citizens
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who were banished from society
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and as a result, it meant to ostracize
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and it is where we get the word in English
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to ostracize someone.
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That is the word, ostrakinos
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which here is translated - earthen vessels -
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which means, our human bodies are inferior.
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They are fragile: inferior, low grade, mediocre, shoddy,
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second rate, substandard,
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and in fact, you might
even ridicule your own body
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or do you like your body?
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Most people wish they could do something
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to fix their bodies.
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Well, guess what? Ostrakinos pottery was substandard.
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It was flawed.
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Now today I've brought a real piece of ostrakinos
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to show you.
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This is about 2300 years old.
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It's Greek, and this is what was called, ostrakinos.
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And notice it's covered with paint.
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You can't see the clay of this vessel
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because it's completely
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Well, ostrakinos pottery was very inexpensive pottery
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because it was defective, it had flaws,
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it's what today we would call 2nd pottery.
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It had flaws in it;
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it was a second; but people liked it because it was cheap
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and they liked it because
it was covered with paint
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and all kinds of ornamental decorations.
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It was very pretty and they liked it
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because if you broke a piece
and it was easy to break
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because it was fragile,
you could easily replace it
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because it was not expensive.
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That is the word which
the Apostle Paul uses
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to describe our physical
bodies as the containers
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of the Holy Ghost.
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Paul is literally saying,
it is just amazing
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that God would take this thesaurus,
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this immense spiritual treasure
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and place it inside our
bodies which are substandard,
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easily broken, inferior.
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In fact, they are so inferior,
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most people are trying to change their bodies
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or fix their bodies or cover
their bodies with clothes
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or with cosmetics.
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We are like cheap pottery
that we cover with all kinds
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of decorations, but below it
all, we're just who we are.
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And Paul says, is it
remarkable that God Almighty
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would take his thesaurus, his
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inexhaustible treasure,
wealth beyond our imagination
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and would place it inside our earthen
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vessels?
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God put his greatest treasure inside me
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and inside you.
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I told you in a previous program
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that when I was a little
boy, the neighborhood guys
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and I would get together
and we would play like
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we were pirates.
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And of course, if you're
a pirate, you need
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to have a treasure map.
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So we'd get out our paper and our crayons
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and we'd begin to draw a
treasure map, an island
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with palm trees and rocks
and a ship out in the water
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and sharks swimming in the waves
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and somewhere on the map
we always put a big X
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because X marks the spot
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where buried treasure can be found.
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Well, in this particular
case, we are the location
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for buried treasure. Below our bodies, below our flesh,
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in this ostrakinos, there is spiritual treasure,
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which means - if 'X' marks the spot where treasure is,
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then the 'X' is right here, my friend.
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You just need to cross yourself and say,
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the 'X' is right here
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because God has miraculously
placed his treasure
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inside you.
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That is precisely what Paul writes
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in 2 Corinthians 4:7,
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and that's not all he says.
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Notice what he continues to say.
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But we have this treasure in earthen
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vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God
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and not of us.
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The word excellency, is the Greek word, huperbole,
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from the word huperballo.
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The word huper, describes something that is exceeding
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or surpassing.
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The word ballo means to throw.
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But when you compound the two words together,
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this word here translated,
exceeding, describes something
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that is above
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and beyond anything that is considered normal: something
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that is exceeding or surpassing.
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It is the very word which
was used to picture an archer
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who would aim his arrow at a target.
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But when he let loose of the target
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and shot, he shot way, way,
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way over the top.
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It depicts something beyond the range
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of anything considered normal
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or something that is unparalleled.
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That is how Paul describes the power
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and the riches that are inside us.
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Whatever you can think of,
it's more it is exceeding,
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it is surpassing.
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It is beyond your wildest imagination,
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what God has placed inside me
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and what God has placed inside you,
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and this is why we need to
have a revelation of it.
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We need to understand what
we carry on the inside of us.
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In fact, 2 Corinthians 4:7, Paul goes on
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to say the excellency of the power.
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The word power is the Greek word dunamis,
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which describes power, it describes ability,
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and very often this word dunamis, here,
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translated power, was used to depict the assembled forces
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of an army whose combined strength enabled them to achieve
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unrivaled victories.
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These troops were so strong
they could not be resisted.
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Generally, it depicts a power so mighty
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that it is impossible to resist it
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or impossible to defeat it.
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Paul says, we need to
understand what we have on the
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inside of us.
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We have, we hold, we possess:
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God has fashioned us to
become the containers
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of this amazing exceeding,
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surpassing power.
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That is what we carry in our, ostrakinos,
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our earthen vessels.
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Mm. That word, ostrakinos, I've told you
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is also where you get the word
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to ostracize. You may ostracize yourself. When you look in
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the mirror every day you may look at yourself
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and say, ah, y, yay, I don't like my body.
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I don't like what I see, but my friends,
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you are the treasure chamber
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where God has placed his buried treasure.
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And one of our tasks in life is
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to drill a hole into the chamber
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and begin to let the treasure out.
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We need to understand what we carry
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and we need to explore it.
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We need to dig deep so we can
begin to enjoy the deposit
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of God's spirit which is inside us.
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Say - Amen. Oh, this is so powerful.
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That's why when you come to 2 Corinthians 4:
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8, Paul continues to say,
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We're troubled on every side, but not distressed.
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We are perplexed but not in despair.
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The word troubled, is the Greek word thlibo, which is a form
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of the Greek worth thellipsis which means
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to be hard pressed,
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we're under great, great stress but not distressed.
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The word distress means we have not been crushed.
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He goes on to say we are
perplexed but not in despair.
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The word perplexed means
naturally speaking,
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we would be at our wit's end,
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but we're not at our wit's end.
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Then in verse 90 says, we're persecuted
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but we're not forsaken.
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The word forsaken means we're not down,
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we're not out, we're not depressed.
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We don't feel like we've been abandoned.
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We've been cast down.
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The word cast down, is the Greek word kataballo, which means
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to hurl somebody down as hard as possible.
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Paul says, we've taken some real hits
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and some real attacks in life,
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but we've never been destroyed.
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The Greek word apollumi, which
describes total loss, full
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of destruction or liquidation.
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Naturally speaking, he
has been through enough
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to wipe him out, but he is not wiped out.
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He is still there. Why?
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Because he has learned
how to draw on what is
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inside him.
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He has in him the super
exceeding power of God.
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The excellency of power is
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how the King James version translates it in 2nd
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Corinthians 4:7.
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So Paul says, but we have - echonmon - we have,
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we hold, we possess,
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we carry within our earthen vessels,
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ostrakinos: you may think that
your body is substandard,
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second rate or inferior but nonetheless 'X' marks the spot.
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This is where God said he
was gonna put his treasure
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and his thesaurus,
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his immense inexhaustible
spiritual treasure is
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deposited right here,
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not in a treasure chamber made out
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of stone like you would see
in the Valley of the Kings,
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but God has placed his treasure inside me
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and God has placed his
treasure inside you.
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And 1 Corinthians 6:19 says, as a result,
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we are the temple of the Holy Ghost.
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Our spiritual interiors are
embellished, they are lavish,
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they are covered with
spiritual ornamentation,
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and we need our eyes to be
open so we will understand
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and thank God for what
he has done inside us.
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My friends, we are the temple
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of the Holy Spirit.
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Wow! I'll be back in just a moment
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and I'm going to pray for you.
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Do you really know
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what the Bible means when
it says You are the temple
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of the Holy Spirit? My friend,
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you really are the dwelling
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and that is amazing
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God put forth his best work
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Hey friends, this is Rick Renner
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and today I'm seated in the
meeting room in the Tulsa
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Headquarters building
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and this is the room where
we have multiple meetings
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to discuss various
aspects of the ministry.
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And every week I join
them long distance online.
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As we discuss the word
of God, pray for you.
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We hear testimonies from viewers that have written into us,
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and then the whole team watches whatever's being broadcast
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that particular day on TV
so they will be aware of
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what you are watching when you tune in
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and not just you people around the world.
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I just wish I could show
you the list of people
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that are calling from
the nations of the earth
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because they're so hungry
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for the teaching of the word of God.
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That's why we have the
great commission on the
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back wall of this room.
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We want our team to always
remember we're doing our part
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to fulfill the great commission.
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Also, Proverbs 10:21 says, The lips
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of the righteous feed many.
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And that's our job - to feed many people the
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wonderful word of God.
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And if you're a part of the
Ministry Expansion Project
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Giving Team, I want to say thank you.
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You've helped us to already finish 70%
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of this huge project and now 30% remains.
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And I want to say thank you
for everything you've done
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and we need to keep it
up till we finish it.
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And if you're not a part yet
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of the Ministry Expansion Project Giving team,
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I'm asking you to please join us.
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We wanna knock out this remaining 30% so
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that we can redirect all those
funds to take the teaching
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of the Bible to the ends of the earth.
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Thank you for joining me today
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as we've been looking at 2 Corinthians 4:
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7, which says,
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We have this amazing treasure in earthen
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vessels; my friends, we carry buried treasure.
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God's spirit is in us,
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and 1 Corinthians 6:19 says, We have become the temple
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of the Holy Spirit.
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I am the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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You are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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We are a walking sanctuary.
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God lives in us by His spirit,
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and I want you to have the whole series,
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which is called, You are the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
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This series will help you
figure out who you are
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and what you carry on the inside.
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And it comes with a wonderful study guide.
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And we're also offering you today my book,
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which is called, A Life Ablaze.
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I know you want to burn like an inferno for Jesus to the end
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of your life, and that's
what this book is about.
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If you'll read this book
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and do what it says,
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you can become A Life Ablaze, and my friend,
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it's really hands-on.
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It's very practical about the
10 different fuels you need
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to be putting into your spiritual flame
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so you remain A Life Ablaze.
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And I want to tell you that
if you need prayer, we're here
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for you and we want to hear from you.
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Father, thank you so much
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that you have placed your
rich deposit inside us.
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Lord, help us to turn our
eyes inward to see the riches
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that you have placed inside us
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and to embrace the fact
that you have made us
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to be the temple of the Holy Spirit.
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In Jesus' name - Amen, Amen.
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Oh, I'll see you again on Monday.
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Until then, remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where 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, I repent
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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.
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Renner Ministries is
proclaiming the gospel
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of Jesus Christ through
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Discover the many ways you can
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We invite you to partner with
us in teaching, strengthening
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and rescuing lives for the glory of God.
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Together we can make a difference
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that will last throughout eternity.
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