WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.260 --> 00:00:03.750 line:15% This program is made possible by the giving 2 00:00:03.750 --> 00:00:06.990 line:15% of the God called partners of Renner Ministries. 3 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:10.200 line:15% My name is Rick Renner and today I'm in the auditorium 4 00:00:10.200 --> 00:00:12.300 line:15% of the Moscow Good News Church 5 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:16.620 line:15% where the Holy Spirit does two amazing works every week, 6 00:00:16.620 --> 00:00:20.010 line:15% right in this auditorium, in the hearts of people. 7 00:00:20.010 --> 00:00:21.780 line:15% You say, Rick, what is it? 8 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:25.680 line:15% He convicts and he convinces. 9 00:00:25.680 --> 00:00:26.760 line:15% These are two works 10 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:29.460 line:15% that Jesus said the Holy Spirit would do for us 11 00:00:29.460 --> 00:00:32.340 line:15% in John 16:9 12 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:36.000 line:15% and 10, he comes to convict the sinner of sin. 13 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:40.800 line:15% But wait, he also comes to convince the believer 14 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:42.480 line:15% that he is righteous 15 00:00:42.480 --> 00:00:46.390 line:15% and just like an unbeliever has to be convicted of his sin, 16 00:00:46.390 --> 00:00:47.980 line:15% you'll never really embrace 17 00:00:47.980 --> 00:00:50.070 line:15% and understand your righteousness 18 00:00:50.070 --> 00:00:52.530 line:15% until the Holy Spirit opens your eyes 19 00:00:52.530 --> 00:00:56.910 line:15% and convinces you that you've been made the righteousness 20 00:00:56.910 --> 00:00:58.650 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 21 00:00:58.650 --> 00:01:02.160 line:15% And today I'm gonna talk to you about the convicting 22 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:05.100 line:15% and the convincing ministry of the Holy Spirit. 23 00:01:06.030 --> 00:01:09.210 line:15% Get ready for a teaching that feeds your spirit 24 00:01:09.210 --> 00:01:13.380 line:15% and your mind where the word is the anchor in uncertain 25 00:01:13.380 --> 00:01:18.030 line:15% times and doctrine doesn't bend to culture. 26 00:01:18.030 --> 00:01:19.470 line:15% We keep it simple, 27 00:01:19.470 --> 00:01:24.090 line:15% but dive deep revealing a truth that strengthens us, 28 00:01:24.930 --> 00:01:26.550 line:15% a love that emboldens, 29 00:01:27.930 --> 00:01:30.120 line:15% and a mission that touches the world. 30 00:01:32.430 --> 00:01:33.990 line:15% Let's join Rick Renner. 31 00:01:35.580 --> 00:01:37.200 line:15% Welcome to today's program. 32 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:40.950 line:15% Today I'm gonna continue talking to you about the 10 works 33 00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:44.130 line:15% of the Holy Spirit in the life of every believer. 34 00:01:44.130 --> 00:01:47.310 line:15% This is life transforming teaching, 35 00:01:47.310 --> 00:01:49.740 line:15% and that's why I want you to have the whole series, 36 00:01:49.740 --> 00:01:52.440 line:15% which is called, The Holy Spirit And You Working together 37 00:01:52.440 --> 00:01:54.690 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 38 00:01:54.690 --> 00:01:56.490 line:15% Can you say that you 39 00:01:56.490 --> 00:01:59.430 line:15% and the Holy Spirit are Heaven's Dynamic Duo? 40 00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:03.390 line:15% You can if you'll learn how to partner with the Holy Spirit, 41 00:02:03.390 --> 00:02:04.980 line:15% he wants to be the boss 42 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:07.980 line:15% and you are to become His apprentice. 43 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:09.690 line:15% And if you will listen to him 44 00:02:09.690 --> 00:02:12.990 line:15% and explicitly obey whatever the Holy Spirit tells you, 45 00:02:12.990 --> 00:02:16.170 line:15% he will release his powerful partnership 46 00:02:16.170 --> 00:02:17.880 line:15% and his presence in your life. 47 00:02:17.880 --> 00:02:19.800 line:15% And that's what this entire series is about. 48 00:02:19.800 --> 00:02:23.100 line:15% Its 10 parts and it comes in multiple formats 49 00:02:23.100 --> 00:02:25.590 line:15% with a marvelous study guide. My friend, 50 00:02:25.590 --> 00:02:27.120 line:15% this study guide is so powerful. 51 00:02:27.120 --> 00:02:29.220 line:15% It is loaded with information. 52 00:02:29.220 --> 00:02:31.920 line:15% It is like we set a banquet in front of you. 53 00:02:31.920 --> 00:02:34.890 line:15% All you have to do is pull up a chair, pull out your fork 54 00:02:34.890 --> 00:02:37.800 line:15% and begin to dive in because it's all right here. 55 00:02:37.800 --> 00:02:41.610 line:15% This will walk you into a powerful dynamic 56 00:02:41.610 --> 00:02:43.980 line:15% relationship with the spirit of God. 57 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:46.410 line:15% And we're also offering you my book, which is 58 00:02:46.410 --> 00:02:49.260 line:15% by the same title, the Holy Spirit And You Working together 59 00:02:49.260 --> 00:02:51.270 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 60 00:02:51.270 --> 00:02:54.030 line:15% And in this book, I chronicle 61 00:02:54.030 --> 00:02:56.460 line:15% how I left a pretty boring spiritual life 62 00:02:56.460 --> 00:03:01.120 line:15% to enter into a full color spectrum with the spirit of God. 63 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:05.140 line:15% It changed my life, it began a spiritual adventure. 64 00:03:05.140 --> 00:03:06.790 line:15% And I know your heart is crying out 65 00:03:06.790 --> 00:03:08.260 line:15% to know a deeper dimension. 66 00:03:08.260 --> 00:03:11.050 line:15% And please remember that if you need prayer, we want 67 00:03:11.050 --> 00:03:12.670 line:15% to pray for you. 68 00:03:12.670 --> 00:03:15.730 line:15% We mean that - those are not just words. 69 00:03:15.730 --> 00:03:18.790 line:15% If you contact us by sending us your email 70 00:03:18.790 --> 00:03:22.330 line:15% or calling us right now, the moment we hear from you, 71 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:25.870 line:15% we're going to put faith-filled prayers to work for God 72 00:03:25.870 --> 00:03:27.190 line:15% to move mightily in your life 73 00:03:27.190 --> 00:03:30.490 line:15% because we believe Jeremiah 33:3, which says, 74 00:03:30.490 --> 00:03:33.730 line:15% Call unto me and I'll show you great and mighty things. 75 00:03:33.730 --> 00:03:36.430 line:15% And when we know what you are facing, we will call out 76 00:03:36.430 --> 00:03:38.740 line:15% to God in faith and God will show you 77 00:03:38.740 --> 00:03:39.790 line:15% great and mighty things. 78 00:03:39.790 --> 00:03:41.560 line:15% I believe that 79 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:44.050 line:15% and we're waiting to do that for you right now. 80 00:03:44.050 --> 00:03:45.280 line:15% So send us your email 81 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:48.160 line:15% or give us a call. But reach for your Bible, 82 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:52.120 line:15% and today we're going to continue looking at the 10 aspects 83 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:55.120 line:15% of the Holy Spirit's work in the life of every believer 84 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.280 line:15% who will partner with him. 85 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.680 line:15% Now you have to partner with him in order 86 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:02.680 line:15% to experience all these 10 works, but he's in you 87 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:06.010 line:15% and he wants to do all of these 10 things in your life 88 00:04:06.010 --> 00:04:07.960 line:15% and let's summarize them very quickly. 89 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:11.020 line:15% No.1: we saw in John 14:16, 90 00:04:11.020 --> 00:04:12.760 line:15% the Holy Spirit comforts us. 91 00:04:12.760 --> 00:04:17.380 line:15% No.2: We saw in John 14:17 the Holy Spirit indwells us. 92 00:04:17.380 --> 00:04:20.950 line:15% He came to live in us. He is a permanent indweller. 93 00:04:20.950 --> 00:04:23.920 line:15% No.3: We saw in John 14:26, 94 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:28.720 line:15% the Holy Spirit teaches us. No.4: We saw in John 14:26, 95 00:04:28.720 --> 00:04:32.140 line:15% the Holy Spirit reminds us of everything Jesus did 96 00:04:32.140 --> 00:04:33.880 line:15% and everything Jesus said. 97 00:04:33.880 --> 00:04:36.790 line:15% Then No.5: We saw in John 15:26, 98 00:04:36.790 --> 00:04:39.370 line:15% the Holy Spirit testifies to us, 99 00:04:39.370 --> 00:04:41.860 line:15% and if we'll surrender to him, he'll testify 100 00:04:41.860 --> 00:04:43.780 line:15% through us to others. 101 00:04:43.780 --> 00:04:48.400 line:15% Today we're going to see point No.6: in John 16: 102 00:04:48.400 --> 00:04:51.670 line:15% 9, the Holy Spirit convicts of sin. 103 00:04:51.670 --> 00:04:55.090 line:15% And point No.7: in John 16:10, 104 00:04:55.090 --> 00:04:59.530 line:15% the Holy Spirit convinces us of our God given righteousness. 105 00:04:59.530 --> 00:05:03.520 line:15% Then we're going to see point No.8: in John 16:13, 106 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:04.900 line:15% the Holy Spirit guides us. 107 00:05:04.900 --> 00:05:07.690 line:15% No.9: John 16:13, 108 00:05:07.690 --> 00:05:10.030 line:15% the Holy Spirit reveals things to us. 109 00:05:10.030 --> 00:05:14.110 line:15% And No.10: which is recorded in John 16:14, 110 00:05:14.110 --> 00:05:17.890 line:15% where we find the Holy Spirit helps us to worship Jesus. 111 00:05:17.890 --> 00:05:20.560 line:15% There's no better worshiper than the Holy Spirit. 112 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:22.930 line:15% And when you hook up with the Holy Spirit, 113 00:05:22.930 --> 00:05:25.360 line:15% you become a phenomenal worshiper 114 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.480 line:15% because the Holy Spirit in you will begin to worship 115 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.110 line:15% through you to give glory and honor to Jesus. 116 00:05:32.110 --> 00:05:35.320 line:15% But today we're going to see in John 16:9, 117 00:05:35.320 --> 00:05:37.180 line:15% the Holy Spirit convicts of sin. 118 00:05:37.180 --> 00:05:40.660 line:15% And John 16:10, the Holy Spirit convicts 119 00:05:40.660 --> 00:05:42.730 line:15% of righteousness. 120 00:05:42.730 --> 00:05:47.140 line:15% In fact, in John 16:8 & 9, Jesus said, 121 00:05:47.140 --> 00:05:48.640 line:15% but when he has come, 122 00:05:48.640 --> 00:05:50.980 line:15% Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit. 123 00:05:50.980 --> 00:05:55.300 line:15% When the Holy Spirit has come, he will reprove the world 124 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:57.590 line:15% of sin. 125 00:05:57.590 --> 00:05:59.810 line:15% Well, what does that word, reprove, mean? 126 00:05:59.810 --> 00:06:02.750 line:15% The word reprove is from a Greek word which means 127 00:06:02.750 --> 00:06:05.540 line:15% to expose, to convict 128 00:06:05.540 --> 00:06:09.230 line:15% or to cross examinee for the purpose of conviction 129 00:06:09.230 --> 00:06:13.610 line:15% as when convicting a law breaker in a court of law. 130 00:06:13.610 --> 00:06:18.610 line:15% It is the image of a lawyer who brings forth evidence 131 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:20.330 line:15% that is indisputable 132 00:06:20.330 --> 00:06:23.870 line:15% and irrefutable, undeniable, so 133 00:06:23.870 --> 00:06:26.870 line:15% that the accused person's actions are brought to life 134 00:06:26.870 --> 00:06:31.220 line:15% and as a result, the offender is exposed 135 00:06:31.220 --> 00:06:33.710 line:15% and convicted. 136 00:06:33.710 --> 00:06:36.050 line:15% Convicted. Wow. 137 00:06:36.050 --> 00:06:38.330 line:15% It is used in a positive sense 138 00:06:38.330 --> 00:06:41.270 line:15% to convince someone of something. 139 00:06:41.270 --> 00:06:45.050 line:15% It pictures a lawyer who works diligently to convince people 140 00:06:45.050 --> 00:06:47.960 line:15% of a new way of thinking or a new way of seeing things. 141 00:06:47.960 --> 00:06:51.290 line:15% And in this case, not trying to convict someone, 142 00:06:51.290 --> 00:06:54.350 line:15% but trying to convince someone of something. 143 00:06:54.350 --> 00:06:56.330 line:15% And really in this word, reprove, 144 00:06:56.330 --> 00:06:59.210 line:15% we find the convicting work of the Holy Spirit 145 00:06:59.210 --> 00:07:02.930 line:15% and we also find the convincing work of the Holy Spirit. 146 00:07:02.930 --> 00:07:05.660 line:15% First, we're talking about the convicting work 147 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:09.650 line:15% of the Holy Spirit when he comes to convict sinners of sin. 148 00:07:09.650 --> 00:07:14.300 line:15% And this word reprove means: to expose, 149 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:18.950 line:15% to convict, to cross examinee for the purpose of convicting 150 00:07:18.950 --> 00:07:22.820 line:15% as convicting a lawbreaker in a court of law. 151 00:07:22.820 --> 00:07:24.290 line:15% And here we describe 152 00:07:24.290 --> 00:07:28.490 line:15% that amazing moment when the Holy Spirit supernaturally 153 00:07:28.490 --> 00:07:32.600 line:15% enables sinners to hear the word of God in a brand new way 154 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.490 line:15% for the very first time. 155 00:07:34.490 --> 00:07:38.360 line:15% And the word of God becomes so razor sharp that it cuts 156 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:43.340 line:15% through and they understand that they are sinners. 157 00:07:43.340 --> 00:07:47.720 line:15% This takes a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. 158 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:50.630 line:15% It is amazing to me that people can live in sin 159 00:07:50.630 --> 00:07:53.420 line:15% and be comfortable with sin for years and years 160 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:56.690 line:15% and years have no sense of conviction about it whatsoever. 161 00:07:56.690 --> 00:07:58.580 line:15% You can even talk to them about Jesus 162 00:07:58.580 --> 00:08:00.530 line:15% and it's like they don't have eyes to see. 163 00:08:00.530 --> 00:08:01.850 line:15% They don't have ears to hear. 164 00:08:01.850 --> 00:08:03.020 line:15% They can even acknowledge 165 00:08:03.020 --> 00:08:04.610 line:15% that they're sinners, that they're unsaved. 166 00:08:04.610 --> 00:08:06.890 line:15% They can even acknowledge that they're going to hell, 167 00:08:06.890 --> 00:08:09.590 line:15% but they seem to have no conviction and no problem with it. 168 00:08:09.590 --> 00:08:14.180 line:15% They're just not disturbed by their spiritual condition. 169 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:16.370 line:15% And then the Holy Spirit goes to work. 170 00:08:16.370 --> 00:08:18.980 line:15% And when the Holy Spirit through the Word of God begins 171 00:08:18.980 --> 00:08:23.030 line:15% to cross examine them, the Holy Spirit exposes them. 172 00:08:23.030 --> 00:08:24.680 line:15% The Holy Spirit touches their soul 173 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:27.530 line:15% and begins to arouse in them the understanding 174 00:08:27.530 --> 00:08:29.930 line:15% that they're lost and they are going 175 00:08:29.930 --> 00:08:31.640 line:15% to hell if they do not repent. 176 00:08:31.640 --> 00:08:35.390 line:15% And suddenly the Holy Spirit announces the verdict 177 00:08:35.390 --> 00:08:39.410 line:15% and the sinner knows that he is guilty. 178 00:08:39.410 --> 00:08:43.160 line:15% I can use myself as an illustration. I grew up in church. 179 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:46.310 line:15% I got saved at a very early age, 180 00:08:46.310 --> 00:08:48.260 line:15% but I could have gotten saved earlier. 181 00:08:48.260 --> 00:08:50.270 line:15% I heard the Bible, I was in church every week, 182 00:08:50.270 --> 00:08:55.080 line:15% but a day came when a message was preached in our church 183 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:58.710 line:15% by a traveling evangelist who preached a message on hell. 184 00:08:58.710 --> 00:09:01.650 line:15% I can still remember that message. 185 00:09:01.650 --> 00:09:04.050 line:15% He described the fires of hell 186 00:09:04.050 --> 00:09:08.160 line:15% as they were engulfing human beings who had gone there 187 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:10.230 line:15% because they had never received Jesus Christ. 188 00:09:10.230 --> 00:09:12.690 line:15% And as I heard that man preach, 189 00:09:12.690 --> 00:09:15.510 line:15% I could visually see those flames. 190 00:09:15.510 --> 00:09:18.690 line:15% And even though intellectually I knew that I was unsaved 191 00:09:18.690 --> 00:09:20.340 line:15% and I needed to give my heart to Jesus 192 00:09:20.340 --> 00:09:22.710 line:15% and I needed to repent, I had never done it. 193 00:09:22.710 --> 00:09:27.030 line:15% But that day, suddenly the message was driven into my heart 194 00:09:27.030 --> 00:09:29.700 line:15% and I saw that I was a sinner. 195 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:33.210 line:15% It was me that I needed to repent. 196 00:09:33.210 --> 00:09:36.060 line:15% I saw my eternal condition. 197 00:09:36.060 --> 00:09:38.100 line:15% It was something that was revealed to me. 198 00:09:38.100 --> 00:09:40.500 line:15% It was like I had been cross-examined 199 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:42.840 line:15% and I understood the verdict was announced. 200 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:46.860 line:15% And when that service was finished, I fully understood 201 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:48.840 line:15% that if I did not deal with my heart 202 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:51.720 line:15% and repent of my sin, my eternity was going 203 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:52.950 line:15% to be spent in hell. 204 00:09:52.950 --> 00:09:56.728 line:15% The Holy Spirit did a work in me in a moment. 205 00:09:56.728 --> 00:09:59.935 line:15% It was a supernatural work of the spirit of God. 206 00:09:59.935 --> 00:10:03.150 line:15% You know, Romans 3:19 says, the whole world is guilty 207 00:10:03.150 --> 00:10:05.730 line:15% before God, but the whole world does not understand 208 00:10:05.730 --> 00:10:07.230 line:15% that it's guilty before God 209 00:10:07.230 --> 00:10:11.640 line:15% because 2 Corinthians 4:4 says 210 00:10:11.640 --> 00:10:15.870 line:15% that the God of this world has blinded the minds of those 211 00:10:15.870 --> 00:10:17.970 line:15% that believe not. 212 00:10:18.870 --> 00:10:20.790 line:15% What does the word, blinded, mean? 213 00:10:20.790 --> 00:10:22.560 line:15% Well, the word blinded means to be blind, 214 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:27.560 line:15% but it does not just depict a person who's unable to see, 215 00:10:28.110 --> 00:10:32.460 line:15% it depicts a person that has been intentionally blinded 216 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:36.540 line:15% by somebody else: one whose eyes have been removed so 217 00:10:36.540 --> 00:10:39.510 line:15% that he doesn't even have eyes to see. 218 00:10:39.510 --> 00:10:41.430 line:15% He hasn't just lost his sight. 219 00:10:41.430 --> 00:10:45.270 line:15% He has no eyes, he cannot see. 220 00:10:45.270 --> 00:10:48.690 line:15% And by using this word, blinded, in 2 Corinthians 4: 221 00:10:48.690 --> 00:10:53.190 line:15% 4, the apostle Paul tells us, apart from the work 222 00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:55.950 line:15% of the Holy Spirit, a sinner will never see his sin. 223 00:10:55.950 --> 00:10:59.190 line:15% He does not have eyes to see it. 224 00:10:59.190 --> 00:11:02.610 line:15% He doesn't have ears to hear it. He's dead in sin. 225 00:11:02.610 --> 00:11:05.940 line:15% He has no ears to hear, he has no eyes to see. 226 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:09.960 line:15% And that is why sometimes it can be so frustrating 227 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.550 line:15% when you're trying to talk to a loved one 228 00:11:11.550 --> 00:11:13.350 line:15% or a friend about their sinful condition 229 00:11:13.350 --> 00:11:15.510 line:15% and they just don't seem to get it. 230 00:11:15.510 --> 00:11:17.760 line:15% They don't have eyes to see it. 231 00:11:17.760 --> 00:11:19.710 line:15% They don't have ears to hear it 232 00:11:19.710 --> 00:11:23.430 line:15% unless the Holy Spirit gives them eyes. 233 00:11:23.430 --> 00:11:26.970 line:15% This is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, 234 00:11:26.970 --> 00:11:31.710 line:15% and that is why Jesus said in John 6:44 - 235 00:11:31.710 --> 00:11:35.160 line:15% No man can come unto me except the 236 00:11:35.160 --> 00:11:37.320 line:15% Father draw him. 237 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.070 line:15% This supernatural drawing is done by the work 238 00:11:41.070 --> 00:11:42.660 line:15% of the Holy Spirit. 239 00:11:42.660 --> 00:11:44.280 line:15% How can you make a dead man 240 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:46.770 line:15% see? How can you make a blind man 241 00:11:46.770 --> 00:11:50.310 line:15% aee? How can you show a blind man what is wrong in his life? 242 00:11:50.310 --> 00:11:54.580 line:15% He has no eyes to see the holy must supernaturally go 243 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:58.690 line:15% to work to give them eyes to see their condition. 244 00:11:58.690 --> 00:12:00.760 line:15% And Jesus said, when the Holy Spirit comes, 245 00:12:00.760 --> 00:12:03.010 line:15% he will reprove the world of sin. 246 00:12:03.010 --> 00:12:07.390 line:15% He'll give sinners the ability to see their sin 247 00:12:07.390 --> 00:12:10.150 line:15% so they can come to a place of repentance. 248 00:12:10.150 --> 00:12:14.080 line:15% And it's amazing when that sinner finally begins to wake up 249 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.380 line:15% and see his condition, that's when God begins to speak 250 00:12:17.380 --> 00:12:18.640 line:15% to the heart of that sinner. 251 00:12:18.640 --> 00:12:22.420 line:15% And what God says is recorded 252 00:12:22.420 --> 00:12:24.520 line:15% in Ephesians 5:14. 253 00:12:24.520 --> 00:12:26.890 line:15% God says - Qwake thou that sleepest, 254 00:12:26.890 --> 00:12:31.270 line:15% and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 255 00:12:31.270 --> 00:12:35.410 line:15% In that moment, God rouses the spirit of the unbeliever. 256 00:12:36.250 --> 00:12:38.650 line:15% God begins to shine his light into their heart. 257 00:12:38.650 --> 00:12:41.170 line:15% The Holy Spirit comes on the inside 258 00:12:41.170 --> 00:12:44.140 line:15% and there is no greater miracle than this 259 00:12:44.140 --> 00:12:48.340 line:15% and the 1st part of the miracle is God provides them eyes 260 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:51.610 line:15% so they can see: the Holy Spirit goes to work, 261 00:12:51.610 --> 00:12:53.470 line:15% to cross examine them 262 00:12:53.470 --> 00:12:55.000 line:15% and bring them to a place 263 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:59.950 line:15% where they are irrefutably convicted about their condition. 264 00:12:59.950 --> 00:13:03.430 line:15% This is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit 265 00:13:03.430 --> 00:13:08.170 line:15% and only the Holy Spirit can convict, successfully, an 266 00:13:08.170 --> 00:13:11.770 line:15% unbeliever about his sinful condition. 267 00:13:11.770 --> 00:13:14.590 line:15% But wait - the Holy Spirit doesn't just convict, 268 00:13:14.590 --> 00:13:17.680 line:15% he also convinces 269 00:13:17.680 --> 00:13:19.930 line:15% Convinces us of what? 270 00:13:19.930 --> 00:13:22.510 line:15% Well listen to what Jesus said in John 16:8 271 00:13:22.510 --> 00:13:26.710 line:15% and 10: And when he is come - talking about the Holy Spirit 272 00:13:26.710 --> 00:13:30.400 line:15% he will reprove of righteousness. 273 00:13:30.400 --> 00:13:32.830 line:15% Previously we saw he will reprove of sin, 274 00:13:32.830 --> 00:13:35.320 line:15% but now when the Holy Spirit comes, he's going to reprove 275 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:37.240 line:15% of righteousness. 276 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:41.230 line:15% And that word, reprove, again means to expose, to convict 277 00:13:41.230 --> 00:13:45.550 line:15% or to cross examine for the purpose of conviction 278 00:13:45.550 --> 00:13:48.220 line:15% as when convicting a law breaker in a court of law. 279 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:50.440 line:15% And again, it is the image of a lawyer 280 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:53.350 line:15% who brings forth evidence that is indisputable 281 00:13:53.350 --> 00:13:55.270 line:15% and undeniable so 282 00:13:55.270 --> 00:13:58.900 line:15% that the accused person's actions are irrefutably brought 283 00:13:58.900 --> 00:14:01.930 line:15% to light, and as a result the offender is exposed 284 00:14:01.930 --> 00:14:03.070 line:15% and can convicted. 285 00:14:03.070 --> 00:14:07.960 line:15% But this word reproved, if used in a positive sense, 286 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.440 line:15% and this is the next point - if it is used in a positive 287 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.810 line:15% sense, is used 288 00:14:13.810 --> 00:14:16.870 line:15% to convince someone of something. 289 00:14:16.870 --> 00:14:20.740 line:15% It pictures a lawyer who works diligently 290 00:14:20.740 --> 00:14:23.830 line:15% to convince people of a new way of thinking 291 00:14:23.830 --> 00:14:25.450 line:15% or a new way of seeing things. 292 00:14:25.450 --> 00:14:28.930 line:15% And in this case, not trying to convict someone, 293 00:14:28.930 --> 00:14:33.400 line:15% but trying very hard to convince something to somebody: 294 00:14:33.400 --> 00:14:37.930 line:15% that they would understand a new truth or a new reality. 295 00:14:37.930 --> 00:14:42.010 line:15% This is the convincing ministry of the Holy Spirit. 296 00:14:42.010 --> 00:14:46.060 line:15% And if you read the whole context in John 16: 297 00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:48.970 line:15% 8 & 10, Jesus said, when he has come, 298 00:14:48.970 --> 00:14:53.300 line:15% he will convince of righteousness. 299 00:14:53.300 --> 00:14:55.970 line:15% He will convince of righteousness. 300 00:14:55.970 --> 00:14:57.710 line:15% Now, let me illustrate what I mean. 301 00:14:57.710 --> 00:14:59.450 line:15% Have you ever paid somebody a compliment? 302 00:14:59.450 --> 00:15:01.850 line:15% For example, maybe you said to somebody, oh, you've lost 303 00:15:01.850 --> 00:15:03.440 line:15% so much weight, you look so nice. 304 00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:05.660 line:15% And rather than say thank you, 305 00:15:05.660 --> 00:15:07.550 line:15% which would be the right thing to do, they say, 306 00:15:07.550 --> 00:15:08.570 line:15% oh, I'm just so fat. 307 00:15:08.570 --> 00:15:10.370 line:15% I'm just so ugly, I've never looked worse. 308 00:15:11.540 --> 00:15:15.140 line:15% It's like they throw the compliment right back in your face. 309 00:15:15.140 --> 00:15:18.020 line:15% Well, that's what most of us have done all of our life. 310 00:15:18.020 --> 00:15:21.290 line:15% We have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus 311 00:15:21.290 --> 00:15:23.900 line:15% because of God's gracious work in our life. 312 00:15:23.900 --> 00:15:26.933 line:15% And God looks at us and God says you're righteous, 313 00:15:26.933 --> 00:15:28.124 line:15% your holy, 314 00:15:28.124 --> 00:15:31.460 line:15% and most of us religiously have been trained to say, Oh, I'm 315 00:15:31.460 --> 00:15:32.690 line:15% so unrighteous. 316 00:15:32.690 --> 00:15:36.440 line:15% I'm so unworthy, I'm so unholy, I'm so bad. 317 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.890 line:15% It's like throwing the compliment right back in the 318 00:15:39.890 --> 00:15:41.720 line:15% face of God. 319 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:44.300 line:15% We're told in Ephesians 2:10, 320 00:15:44.300 --> 00:15:47.780 line:15% we are marvelously created in Christ Jesus. 321 00:15:47.780 --> 00:15:49.850 line:15% God put forth his best power. 322 00:15:49.850 --> 00:15:52.850 line:15% We are masterpieces of God's grace. 323 00:15:52.850 --> 00:15:56.510 line:15% And we're told in 2 Corinthians 5:17, 324 00:15:56.510 --> 00:15:59.360 line:15% that God has made us the righteousness 325 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.980 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 326 00:16:00.980 --> 00:16:05.980 line:15% And God wants us to embrace our righteousness. 327 00:16:06.290 --> 00:16:10.640 line:15% God wants us to enjoy our new righteous standing with him: 328 00:16:10.640 --> 00:16:12.650 line:15% not walk in shame. 329 00:16:12.650 --> 00:16:14.060 line:15% We can embrace who we are. 330 00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:15.890 line:15% God has made us to be the righteousness 331 00:16:15.890 --> 00:16:18.620 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus, 332 00:16:18.620 --> 00:16:22.700 line:15% but it takes a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit 333 00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:27.700 line:15% for a person to understand He has become the righteousness 334 00:16:27.740 --> 00:16:30.350 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 335 00:16:30.350 --> 00:16:31.820 line:15% But my friend, that is exactly 336 00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:34.340 line:15% what the Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 337 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.660 line:15% 5:17, 338 00:16:35.660 --> 00:16:39.230 line:15% and in verse 21. Listen to verse 21 - For he made him 339 00:16:39.230 --> 00:16:41.270 line:15% to be sin for us who knew no sin, 340 00:16:41.270 --> 00:16:44.600 line:15% that we might be made the righteousness 341 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.270 line:15% of God in him. 342 00:16:47.270 --> 00:16:51.110 line:15% But if there is any subject that stirs trouble 343 00:16:51.110 --> 00:16:54.530 line:15% and controversy, it is this subject of righteousness. 344 00:16:54.530 --> 00:16:57.320 line:15% When you tell people they're righteous, they usually answer, 345 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:58.760 line:15% oh, I'm just so unrighteous, 346 00:16:58.760 --> 00:17:00.890 line:15% I'm just so unworthy. You know what? 347 00:17:00.890 --> 00:17:04.310 line:15% They need to be convinced by the Holy Spirit. 348 00:17:04.310 --> 00:17:07.880 line:15% And it takes a supernatural convincing for a person 349 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:10.970 line:15% to really understand the work that God has done in his life. 350 00:17:10.970 --> 00:17:15.890 line:15% Just like it takes a supernatural convicting for a lost man 351 00:17:15.890 --> 00:17:20.890 line:15% to see his condition, it takes a supernatural convincing 352 00:17:21.110 --> 00:17:23.990 line:15% for you to finally wake up and say, that's who I am. 353 00:17:23.990 --> 00:17:28.070 line:15% I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 354 00:17:28.070 --> 00:17:31.820 line:15% It is a special, divine, supernatural work 355 00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:34.970 line:15% that must take place in our lives if we're going to be able 356 00:17:34.970 --> 00:17:37.340 line:15% to pray with boldness and authority. 357 00:17:37.340 --> 00:17:39.200 line:15% You have to know you're righteous to pray 358 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:41.480 line:15% with boldness and authority. 359 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:45.110 line:15% I remember when the Holy Spirit convinced me 360 00:17:45.110 --> 00:17:48.500 line:15% of my righteousness. Until that moment religiously, 361 00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:51.720 line:15% I would've answered - Oh, I'm just so unworthy. 362 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.210 line:15% I'm just so unrighteous. I just struggle in life. 363 00:17:54.210 --> 00:17:56.010 line:15% That's kind of how I viewed myself. 364 00:17:56.010 --> 00:18:00.630 line:15% And one day I was driving in my car listening to a teaching 365 00:18:00.630 --> 00:18:05.630 line:15% by Kenneth E Hagin on righteousness: driving my car, 366 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:09.120 line:15% listening to that audio teaching, amazed at 367 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:11.010 line:15% what I was hearing 368 00:18:11.010 --> 00:18:14.880 line:15% because I'd always seen myself as being unworthy, unholy, 369 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:17.040 line:15% a struggler, unrighteous. 370 00:18:17.040 --> 00:18:20.700 line:15% And brother Hagen began to teach on the righteousness of God 371 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:23.160 line:15% that has been given to us in Christ Jesus. 372 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.730 line:15% And I felt like I was someone being cross-examined 373 00:18:26.730 --> 00:18:28.110 line:15% by the Word of God. 374 00:18:28.110 --> 00:18:30.780 line:15% The Holy Spirit went to work to cross-examine me. 375 00:18:30.780 --> 00:18:33.180 line:15% He began to bring forth irrefutable, 376 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:35.580 line:15% undeniable revelation from the word of God 377 00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:39.240 line:15% that I was no longer unholy, no longer unrighteous, 378 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:42.510 line:15% that God's grace had supernaturally made me the 379 00:18:42.510 --> 00:18:44.850 line:15% righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 380 00:18:44.850 --> 00:18:49.650 line:15% And I supernaturally saw it that day. But it had 381 00:18:49.650 --> 00:18:53.850 line:15% to be revealed to me by the Holy Spirit. 382 00:18:53.850 --> 00:18:58.320 line:15% And Jesus said, this is one of the works of the Holy Spirit. 383 00:18:58.320 --> 00:18:59.970 line:15% Two works we've talked about today. 384 00:18:59.970 --> 00:19:02.580 line:15% He convinces the sinner of his sin 385 00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:05.430 line:15% and he convinces the believer 386 00:19:05.430 --> 00:19:10.170 line:15% of his new God-given righteous status. 387 00:19:10.170 --> 00:19:12.060 line:15% Wow. Both 388 00:19:12.060 --> 00:19:16.080 line:15% of these require the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. 389 00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:19.110 line:15% You can entertain all of this information by yourself, 390 00:19:19.110 --> 00:19:22.080 line:15% but it never really dawns on you what it means 391 00:19:22.080 --> 00:19:26.910 line:15% until the Holy Spirit gives the sinner eyes to see his sin. 392 00:19:26.910 --> 00:19:31.350 line:15% And until God opens the ears of the believer to really hear, 393 00:19:31.350 --> 00:19:34.320 line:15% to hear that he has been declared the righteousness 394 00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:35.910 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 395 00:19:35.910 --> 00:19:39.030 line:15% And the Holy Spirit goes to work to convince and convince 396 00:19:39.030 --> 00:19:40.950 line:15% and convince, diligently speaking 397 00:19:40.950 --> 00:19:43.800 line:15% and revealing, bringing forth undeniable, 398 00:19:43.800 --> 00:19:45.930 line:15% irrefutable evidence from the word of God 399 00:19:45.930 --> 00:19:48.210 line:15% that we're no longer unholy and unrighteousness, 400 00:19:48.210 --> 00:19:51.600 line:15% but we have become the righteousness 401 00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:55.650 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 402 00:19:55.650 --> 00:19:59.100 line:15% These are two vital works of the Holy Spirit. 403 00:19:59.100 --> 00:20:02.550 line:15% They are supernatural, completely, No.1 - 404 00:20:02.550 --> 00:20:06.240 line:15% to convict a sinner of his lost condition 405 00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:07.530 line:15% so he sees it 406 00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:13.050 line:15% and really understands it: exposed, convicted, 407 00:20:13.050 --> 00:20:15.660 line:15% confronted undeniably. 408 00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:17.220 line:15% That's a work of the Holy Spirit. 409 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:22.220 line:15% Secondly: convinced with irrefutable evidence, 410 00:20:22.410 --> 00:20:25.920 line:15% undeniable revelation from the Word of God until it gets 411 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:27.300 line:15% so deep on the inside of you 412 00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:28.830 line:15% that you're absolutely convinced 413 00:20:28.830 --> 00:20:31.140 line:15% and no one can ever steal it from you again, 414 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:33.420 line:15% that you're no longer unworthy and unrighteous, 415 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:37.080 line:15% but you have been made the righteousness 416 00:20:37.080 --> 00:20:38.940 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 417 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:42.450 line:15% That's your new status. That's who you are. 418 00:20:42.450 --> 00:20:46.260 line:15% That is a supernatural work of the Spirit of God 419 00:20:46.260 --> 00:20:49.930 line:15% and the Holy Spirit my friend wants to reveal to you 420 00:20:49.930 --> 00:20:53.230 line:15% and convince you to the very core of your being, 421 00:20:54.370 --> 00:20:58.570 line:15% that God's grace and the blood of Jesus has made you new 422 00:20:58.570 --> 00:21:01.780 line:15% and you become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. 423 00:21:01.780 --> 00:21:04.330 line:15% That is a supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. 424 00:21:04.330 --> 00:21:06.610 line:15% And if you'll submit to the Holy Spirit, 425 00:21:07.690 --> 00:21:09.550 line:15% and if you'll say I'm your apprentice 426 00:21:09.550 --> 00:21:13.090 line:15% to hear you explicitly, he will begin 427 00:21:13.090 --> 00:21:15.130 line:15% to do his convincing work 428 00:21:15.130 --> 00:21:18.370 line:15% that you have become the righteousness 429 00:21:18.370 --> 00:21:21.130 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 430 00:21:21.130 --> 00:21:25.480 line:15% It is a divine, supernatural work that the Holy Spirit wants 431 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:28.750 line:15% to do inside you. 432 00:21:28.750 --> 00:21:31.150 line:15% I'll be back in just a moment and I'm going to pray for you. 433 00:21:31.150 --> 00:21:35.290 line:15% Is your heart longing to know God more intimately? 434 00:21:35.290 --> 00:21:38.380 line:15% Are you inwardly crying out to know more of the power 435 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:42.340 line:15% of God in your life: than the series The Holy Spirit And You 436 00:21:42.340 --> 00:21:43.780 line:15% is exactly what you need 437 00:21:43.780 --> 00:21:46.810 line:15% to take you into the supernatural life God wants you 438 00:21:46.810 --> 00:21:48.520 line:15% to experience. 439 00:21:48.520 --> 00:21:50.770 line:15% In this series, Rick Renner covers 440 00:21:50.770 --> 00:21:53.140 line:15% how the Holy Spirit is our comforter, 441 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:55.930 line:15% how the Holy Spirit speaks to each of us, how 442 00:21:55.930 --> 00:21:59.470 line:15% to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit, how to partner 443 00:21:59.470 --> 00:22:02.080 line:15% with the Holy Spirit, how to see powerful 444 00:22:02.080 --> 00:22:05.080 line:15% and supernatural results in your life. 445 00:22:05.080 --> 00:22:08.110 line:15% This insightful 10 part series is available in digital 446 00:22:08.110 --> 00:22:11.170 line:15% or physical format starting at just $20. 447 00:22:11.170 --> 00:22:14.200 line:15% In addition, we are also offering you Rick's companion book, 448 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:16.630 line:15% the Holy Spirit And You: Working Together 449 00:22:16.630 --> 00:22:18.850 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 450 00:22:18.850 --> 00:22:21.520 line:15% In this book, Rick shows you how to have an intimate 451 00:22:21.520 --> 00:22:24.790 line:15% and powerful relationship with the spirit of God. 452 00:22:24.790 --> 00:22:26.320 line:15% So if your heart is crying out 453 00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:28.270 line:15% to know the Holy Spirit in a deeper 454 00:22:28.270 --> 00:22:31.570 line:15% and more meaningful way, this book is exactly what you need 455 00:22:31.570 --> 00:22:34.390 line:15% to help get you moving into the supernatural life 456 00:22:34.390 --> 00:22:37.960 line:15% that God wants you to have. 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It's just so wonderful. 466 00:23:08.650 --> 00:23:12.010 line:15% And from this location, we are ministering 467 00:23:12.010 --> 00:23:15.160 line:15% to people all over the world. 468 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:18.790 line:15% We have thousands and thousands of phone calls, 469 00:23:18.790 --> 00:23:22.300 line:15% and I'm not exaggerating from every single part 470 00:23:22.300 --> 00:23:25.000 line:15% of the planet, from people that are watching us on all kinds 471 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:28.300 line:15% of social media or television, so many different kinds 472 00:23:28.300 --> 00:23:29.830 line:15% of platforms. 473 00:23:29.830 --> 00:23:33.550 line:15% And from here, we're sending our programs to the ends 474 00:23:33.550 --> 00:23:36.070 line:15% of the earth, and that's our assignment. 475 00:23:36.070 --> 00:23:40.270 line:15% Proverbs 10:21 says, the lips of the righteous feed many. 476 00:23:40.270 --> 00:23:43.000 line:15% That's our job to feed many the wonderful word of God. 477 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:46.040 line:15% And you're a big part of that because you're a friend 478 00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:47.660 line:15% and you are a partner. 479 00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:51.110 line:15% And right now we have a goal to pay off this facility. 480 00:23:51.110 --> 00:23:54.800 line:15% And guess what? We're already 88% of our goal, 481 00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:56.120 line:15% 88%. 482 00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:58.940 line:15% We're almost there. Week by week, 483 00:23:58.940 --> 00:24:01.910 line:15% we're just inching further and further toward completion. 484 00:24:01.910 --> 00:24:05.960 line:15% And when we're finished, it's gonna release so many finances 485 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.850 line:15% to help us take the teaching of the Bible 486 00:24:07.850 --> 00:24:10.130 line:15% to the ends of the earth. 487 00:24:10.130 --> 00:24:11.270 line:15% And I wanna say "thank you" 488 00:24:11.270 --> 00:24:12.770 line:15% for being a part of our giving team. 489 00:24:12.770 --> 00:24:16.430 line:15% And if you're not yet a part of our giving team, I'm asking 490 00:24:16.430 --> 00:24:17.900 line:15% to please join us 491 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:20.120 line:15% to help us retire the dead on this facility 492 00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:22.250 line:15% so we can obey the great commission 493 00:24:22.250 --> 00:24:24.140 line:15% and take the teaching of the Bible 494 00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:26.780 line:15% and the words of Jesus to the ends of the earth. 495 00:24:34.760 --> 00:24:36.950 line:15% I have so enjoyed being with you today, talking 496 00:24:36.950 --> 00:24:38.300 line:15% to you about the convicting 497 00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:41.120 line:15% and convincing work of the Holy Spirit, 498 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:43.340 line:15% but we're barely getting started 499 00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:46.520 line:15% because there are 10 works that the Holy Spirit wants 500 00:24:46.520 --> 00:24:50.960 line:15% to do in you, but he needs you to become His apprentice. 501 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:53.690 line:15% And that's why I want you to have my brand new series called 502 00:24:53.690 --> 00:24:55.940 line:15% the Holy Spirit And You, Working together 503 00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:58.100 line:15% as Heavens Dynamic Duo. 504 00:24:58.100 --> 00:25:00.290 line:15% And it comes with a study guide. 505 00:25:00.290 --> 00:25:02.180 line:15% This is gonna make a difference in your life. 506 00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:04.400 line:15% You can become the dynamic duo, you 507 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:07.580 line:15% and the Holy Spirit working together, this series, 508 00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:11.660 line:15% the Holy Spirit and You, and it comes in multiple formats. 509 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:14.300 line:15% And we're also offering you my book by the same title. 510 00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:17.120 line:15% I love the book called The Holy Spirit And You Working 511 00:25:17.120 --> 00:25:19.100 line:15% Together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 512 00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:21.770 line:15% Page after page after page, 513 00:25:21.770 --> 00:25:24.860 line:15% it will walk you from where you are into where you'd like 514 00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:29.390 line:15% to be spiritually: into a supernatural partnership 515 00:25:29.390 --> 00:25:31.070 line:15% with the spirit of God. 516 00:25:31.070 --> 00:25:34.100 line:15% Amen. And remember that when you become a partner 517 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:36.920 line:15% with our ministry will get you Denise's book called The Gift 518 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:39.890 line:15% of Forgiveness and my book, Life in the Combat Zone. 519 00:25:39.890 --> 00:25:42.710 line:15% This is our way of saying welcome to our Partner Family. 520 00:25:42.710 --> 00:25:46.490 line:15% A partner is anyone who regularly financially gives 521 00:25:46.490 --> 00:25:49.100 line:15% to our ministry to help us take this teaching across the 522 00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:50.780 line:15% planet and friend, 523 00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:52.610 line:15% we're really taking the teaching 524 00:25:52.610 --> 00:25:54.920 line:15% of the Bible across the planet. 525 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:57.620 line:15% People everywhere are tuning in 526 00:25:57.620 --> 00:26:00.110 line:15% to find teaching they can trust. 527 00:26:00.110 --> 00:26:03.170 line:15% And when you become a partner, you help us do that. 528 00:26:03.170 --> 00:26:05.420 line:15% So the moment you become a part of our partner family, 529 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:07.700 line:15% we're gonna send you these books as our way 530 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:10.070 line:15% of saying - Welcome to the family. 531 00:26:10.070 --> 00:26:12.560 line:15% And remember that if you need prayer, we want to pray 532 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:15.830 line:15% for you, just give us a call or send us your email 533 00:26:15.830 --> 00:26:17.030 line:15% and let me pray for you right now. 534 00:26:17.030 --> 00:26:19.970 line:15% Father, I thank you for the convicting work 535 00:26:19.970 --> 00:26:22.670 line:15% of the Spirit in the life of every unbeliever 536 00:26:22.670 --> 00:26:26.570 line:15% and the convincing work of the Holy Spirit in the life 537 00:26:26.570 --> 00:26:30.200 line:15% of every believer that we might really understand 538 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.820 line:15% that we've been made the righteousness 539 00:26:31.820 --> 00:26:33.020 line:15% of God in Christ Jesus. 540 00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:36.710 line:15% Holy Spirit, do your convincing in our lives. 541 00:26:36.710 --> 00:26:40.850 line:15% In Jesus' name, Amen. I'll see you tomorrow. 542 00:26:40.850 --> 00:26:43.110 line:15% But remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word 543 00:26:43.110 --> 00:26:46.560 line:15% of a king is there is power." 544 00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:48.810 line:15% If you've never received Jesus as your Savior 545 00:26:48.810 --> 00:26:53.190 line:15% and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life 546 00:26:53.190 --> 00:26:55.350 line:15% Jesus has to give you. 547 00:26:55.350 --> 00:26:59.970 line:15% Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord, I repent 548 00:26:59.970 --> 00:27:03.450 line:15% of my sin and receive you as my Savior 549 00:27:03.450 --> 00:27:06.420 line:15% and Lord. Wash away my sin 550 00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:09.420 line:15% and make me completely new. 551 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:13.200 line:15% I thank you that my sin is removed 552 00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:18.200 line:15% and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me. 553 00:27:18.810 --> 00:27:22.800 line:15% I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord 554 00:27:22.800 --> 00:27:25.350 line:15% for the rest of my life - 555 00:27:25.350 --> 00:27:26.350 line:15% Amen. 556 00:27:29.520 --> 00:27:32.280 line:15% If you just prayed the prayer of salvation with us, 557 00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:34.230 line:15% would you please let us know by going 558 00:27:34.230 --> 00:27:37.200 line:15% to renner.org/salvation? 559 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.910 line:15% We would love to connect with you. 560 00:27:43.590 --> 00:27:46.950 line:15% Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ 561 00:27:46.950 --> 00:27:49.110 line:15% through every available media avenue 562 00:27:49.110 --> 00:27:51.120 line:15% to the uttermost parts of the earth. 563 00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:54.150 line:15% Discover the many ways you can help us make a difference in 564 00:27:54.150 --> 00:27:57.120 line:15% lives around the world with the word of God. 565 00:27:57.120 --> 00:28:01.260 line:15% We invite you to partner with us in teaching, strengthening 566 00:28:02.310 --> 00:28:05.730 line:15% and rescuing lives for the glory of God. 567 00:28:05.730 --> 00:28:07.860 line:15% Together we can make a difference 568 00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:09.780 line:15% that will last throughout eternity. 569 00:28:22.890 --> 00:28:25.440 line:15% This program was made possible by the giving 570 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:28.500 line:15% of the God called partners of Renner Ministries.