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 --> 00:00:09.090 line:15% My name is Rick Renner 4 00:00:09.090 --> 00:00:10.800 line:15% and today I'm in the auditorium 5 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:13.410 line:15% of the Moscow Good News Church 6 00:00:13.410 --> 00:00:18.210 line:15% where the Holy Spirit moves mightily in people's lives. 7 00:00:18.210 --> 00:00:19.410 line:15% I wish I could pick you up 8 00:00:19.410 --> 00:00:21.480 line:15% and bring you here to experience 9 00:00:21.480 --> 00:00:23.160 line:15% what happens in this church, 10 00:00:23.160 --> 00:00:25.710 line:15% but one thing is for sure we don't want 11 00:00:25.710 --> 00:00:27.750 line:15% to grieve the Holy Spirit 12 00:00:27.750 --> 00:00:29.760 line:15% because when the Holy Spirit is grieved, 13 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:32.190 line:15% he stops moving in our midst. 14 00:00:32.190 --> 00:00:35.400 line:15% That is why the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 4: 15 00:00:35.400 --> 00:00:36.570 line:15% and verse 30 and says - 16 00:00:36.570 --> 00:00:39.180 line:15% And grieve not the spirit of God, 17 00:00:39.180 --> 00:00:42.870 line:15% whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption. 18 00:00:42.870 --> 00:00:47.820 line:15% The Apostle Paul said, do not grieve the Holy Spirit. 19 00:00:47.820 --> 00:00:49.470 line:15% Well, how do you grieve him 20 00:00:49.470 --> 00:00:50.970 line:15% and how do you make sure you are not 21 00:00:50.970 --> 00:00:52.200 line:15% grieving the Holy Spirit? 22 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:56.250 line:15% One thing for sure. We need him and we need his movement. 23 00:00:56.250 --> 00:00:58.470 line:15% So we don't want to grieve him. 24 00:00:58.470 --> 00:01:01.080 line:15% And that is what I'm going to talk to you about today. 25 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:05.340 line:15% Get ready for a teaching that feeds your spirit 26 00:01:05.340 --> 00:01:08.940 line:15% and your mind where the word is the anchor in 27 00:01:08.940 --> 00:01:10.890 line:15% uncertain times 28 00:01:10.890 --> 00:01:14.190 line:15% and doctrine doesn't bend to culture. 29 00:01:14.190 --> 00:01:15.600 line:15% We keep it simple, 30 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:20.600 line:15% but dive deep, revealing a truth that strengthens us, 31 00:01:21.030 --> 00:01:22.710 line:15% a love that emboldens, 32 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:26.250 line:15% and a mission that touches the world. 33 00:01:28.590 --> 00:01:30.150 line:15% Let's join Rick Renner. 34 00:01:31.770 --> 00:01:33.690 line:15% Welcome to today's program. My friend, 35 00:01:33.690 --> 00:01:35.880 line:15% today I'm gonna continue talking 36 00:01:35.880 --> 00:01:39.000 line:15% to you about the partnership of the Holy Spirit, 37 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:41.550 line:15% the Holy Spirit and you. 38 00:01:41.550 --> 00:01:45.005 line:15% And I'm teaching an entire series called, The Holy Spirit 39 00:01:45.005 --> 00:01:48.210 line:15% And You - Working together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo, 40 00:01:48.210 --> 00:01:50.730 line:15% and it comes with a study guide, my friends, 41 00:01:50.730 --> 00:01:53.460 line:15% the Holy Spirit wants to become your partner. 42 00:01:53.460 --> 00:01:57.060 line:15% You and He together can become the dynamic duo, 43 00:01:57.060 --> 00:02:00.870 line:15% and this series will walk you into that relationship. 44 00:02:00.870 --> 00:02:03.600 line:15% And we're also offering you my book, which is 45 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:06.570 line:15% by the same title, the Holy Spirit in You Working Together 46 00:02:06.570 --> 00:02:08.580 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 47 00:02:08.580 --> 00:02:12.390 line:15% And the back of the book says, I did not write this book 48 00:02:12.390 --> 00:02:14.280 line:15% to be a deep scholarly work. 49 00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:16.350 line:15% Rather, it is a book designed 50 00:02:16.350 --> 00:02:20.100 line:15% to lead spiritually hungry people like you 51 00:02:20.100 --> 00:02:23.970 line:15% into a new place in God, a secret place 52 00:02:23.970 --> 00:02:26.820 line:15% that he's been waiting for you to find for a long, 53 00:02:26.820 --> 00:02:27.840 line:15% long time. 54 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:32.100 line:15% And every page of this book is written to walk you into 55 00:02:32.100 --> 00:02:35.940 line:15% that secret place, the deeper dimension 56 00:02:35.940 --> 00:02:38.400 line:15% where you will become the dynamic duo, you 57 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.280 line:15% and the Holy Spirit working together. 58 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:44.070 line:15% And please remember that if you need prayer, 59 00:02:44.070 --> 00:02:48.540 line:15% when you contact us, let us know how to pray for you. 60 00:02:48.540 --> 00:02:50.670 line:15% When you tell us how to especially pray, 61 00:02:50.670 --> 00:02:52.350 line:15% we're better at our praying. 62 00:02:52.350 --> 00:02:55.320 line:15% If you'll get specific, we'll get specific when we pray 63 00:02:55.320 --> 00:02:57.360 line:15% for you, and God will hear us 64 00:02:57.360 --> 00:02:59.440 line:15% and God will move mightily in your life. 65 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:01.660 line:15% That is what we are promised in 66 00:03:01.660 --> 00:03:03.070 line:15% Jeremiah 33:3 - 67 00:03:03.070 --> 00:03:06.040 line:15% Call unto me, I'll show you great and mighty things. 68 00:03:06.040 --> 00:03:07.360 line:15% We'll get into agreement with you. 69 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:10.480 line:15% We'll call out to God in faith and God will show you great 70 00:03:10.480 --> 00:03:12.970 line:15% and mighty things when we pray together. 71 00:03:12.970 --> 00:03:17.260 line:15% So let us know how to pray for you, but read for your Bible. 72 00:03:17.260 --> 00:03:21.460 line:15% And today we're going to turn to James 4. 73 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:25.030 line:15% And when you come to James 4, James is writing 74 00:03:25.030 --> 00:03:27.280 line:15% to a group of Jewish Christians - 75 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:29.230 line:15% Jewish Christians. But even 76 00:03:29.230 --> 00:03:32.620 line:15% before they came to Christ, they were good moral people 77 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:34.660 line:15% because they were Jews. 78 00:03:34.660 --> 00:03:38.110 line:15% They were God fearing Jews, but now they've come to Christ. 79 00:03:38.110 --> 00:03:41.140 line:15% But when you come to James 4:4, 80 00:03:41.140 --> 00:03:42.970 line:15% he calls them something 81 00:03:42.970 --> 00:03:45.430 line:15% that must have been shocking to their ears. 82 00:03:45.430 --> 00:03:47.980 line:15% Listen to what he says - Ye adulterers 83 00:03:47.980 --> 00:03:50.200 line:15% and adulteresses: know ye not 84 00:03:50.200 --> 00:03:52.840 line:15% that friendship of the world is enmity with God? 85 00:03:52.840 --> 00:03:55.270 line:15% Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world, 86 00:03:55.270 --> 00:03:57.730 line:15% is the enemy of God. 87 00:03:57.730 --> 00:04:02.560 line:15% I can just imagine the shock they must have felt when they 88 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.380 line:15% saw that James called them adulterers 89 00:04:05.380 --> 00:04:07.570 line:15% and adulteresses. Even 90 00:04:07.570 --> 00:04:08.800 line:15% before they came to Christ, 91 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.850 line:15% they would have never committed adultery. By Jewish law, 92 00:04:12.850 --> 00:04:15.970 line:15% adulterers and adulteresses were stoned to death. 93 00:04:15.970 --> 00:04:19.510 line:15% This is just a line they would not have crossed. 94 00:04:19.510 --> 00:04:22.270 line:15% They were not adulterers and they were not adulteresses. 95 00:04:22.270 --> 00:04:25.000 line:15% So why does Pastor James call them 96 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.400 line:15% adulterers and adulteresses? 97 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:31.390 line:15% Because in a spiritual sense they had crossed a line 98 00:04:31.390 --> 00:04:33.550 line:15% and now they were beginning to give their heart 99 00:04:33.550 --> 00:04:34.930 line:15% to other things 100 00:04:34.930 --> 00:04:38.680 line:15% and they were losing their soul devotion for the Lord. 101 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.710 line:15% They did not commit relational adultery, 102 00:04:41.710 --> 00:04:46.420 line:15% but it appears they had began to commit spiritual adultery. 103 00:04:46.420 --> 00:04:48.370 line:15% Well, of course, when you think of adultery, you think 104 00:04:48.370 --> 00:04:53.320 line:15% of impurity, you think of a sexual sin unfaithfulness, one 105 00:04:53.320 --> 00:04:55.030 line:15% that violates a commitment. 106 00:04:55.030 --> 00:04:57.910 line:15% These believers in some way had become impure in 107 00:04:57.910 --> 00:04:59.410 line:15% their spiritual life. 108 00:04:59.410 --> 00:05:01.240 line:15% They had become unfaithful to the Lord. 109 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:03.940 line:15% They were violating their commitment to Jesus 110 00:05:03.940 --> 00:05:07.720 line:15% by giving their heart and their attention and their focus. 111 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.270 line:15% Two other things, wow. 112 00:05:10.270 --> 00:05:11.800 line:15% You know, many, many years ago, Denise 113 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.740 line:15% and I were working in a large denominational church. 114 00:05:14.740 --> 00:05:16.240 line:15% We were newly married 115 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:18.640 line:15% and we were ministering to single adults. 116 00:05:18.640 --> 00:05:22.150 line:15% And my heart really began to break for people that had been 117 00:05:22.150 --> 00:05:23.530 line:15% through divorce 118 00:05:23.530 --> 00:05:24.970 line:15% because it seemed people who had been 119 00:05:24.970 --> 00:05:28.480 line:15% through divorce couldn't find their place in the church. 120 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:30.910 line:15% And many times they just stopped going to church 121 00:05:30.910 --> 00:05:34.060 line:15% because they felt judged or they felt condemned 122 00:05:34.060 --> 00:05:35.920 line:15% or they didn't know how they fit in the church. 123 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:37.600 line:15% They used to come with their spouse. 124 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:38.980 line:15% Now they're by themselves. 125 00:05:38.980 --> 00:05:42.370 line:15% And they just felt so uneasy and so uncomfortable 126 00:05:42.370 --> 00:05:44.500 line:15% and my heart went out to them. 127 00:05:44.500 --> 00:05:47.170 line:15% So Denise and I began a ministry to people 128 00:05:47.170 --> 00:05:49.750 line:15% who we called the newly single. 129 00:05:49.750 --> 00:05:51.520 line:15% These were people who had been 130 00:05:51.520 --> 00:05:53.080 line:15% through the trauma of divorce. 131 00:05:53.080 --> 00:05:55.750 line:15% We opened the doors, we began to advertise 132 00:05:55.750 --> 00:05:57.920 line:15% that we were starting a brand new ministry for those 133 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.970 line:15% that were newly single, and they began to come. 134 00:06:01.970 --> 00:06:03.710 line:15% And in one year, Denise 135 00:06:03.710 --> 00:06:06.410 line:15% and I taught a seminar called Starting Over, 136 00:06:06.410 --> 00:06:09.020 line:15% how Do You Start Your Life over Again? 137 00:06:09.020 --> 00:06:13.040 line:15% And if you can imagine, when we opened that door, they begin 138 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:14.600 line:15% to come by the droves. 139 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:18.350 line:15% And in one year, 1,100 people went 140 00:06:18.350 --> 00:06:21.380 line:15% through our starting over seminar 141 00:06:21.380 --> 00:06:24.200 line:15% and I met with all of them one by one. 142 00:06:24.200 --> 00:06:27.650 line:15% I talked to them, I interviewed them, I counseled them. 143 00:06:27.650 --> 00:06:30.650 line:15% And do you know, it seemed that two thirds 144 00:06:30.650 --> 00:06:34.940 line:15% of them all basically had the same story. 145 00:06:34.940 --> 00:06:36.740 line:15% Everybody doesn't have the same story, 146 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:39.920 line:15% but two thirds of them had very similar stories. 147 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:41.660 line:15% I would hear brokenness 148 00:06:41.660 --> 00:06:45.830 line:15% and grief pour out of their hearts as a woman would say, 149 00:06:45.830 --> 00:06:47.660 line:15% I just don't understand. 150 00:06:47.660 --> 00:06:49.760 line:15% I gave my life to him. 151 00:06:49.760 --> 00:06:52.790 line:15% We had children together, I served him, we dreamed together, 152 00:06:52.790 --> 00:06:55.400 line:15% we started together, we did everything together. 153 00:06:55.400 --> 00:06:57.740 line:15% How could he do this to me? 154 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:01.580 line:15% How could he now violate my marriage and go out 155 00:07:01.580 --> 00:07:04.790 line:15% and have a relationship with someone else, grief, 156 00:07:04.790 --> 00:07:06.410 line:15% just pouring out of the heart? 157 00:07:06.410 --> 00:07:09.680 line:15% Or I would hear men say, I just don't understand. 158 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:13.160 line:15% I did my best to provide. I tried to be a good husband. 159 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:14.450 line:15% I tried to be a good father. 160 00:07:14.450 --> 00:07:16.550 line:15% I just don't understand 161 00:07:16.550 --> 00:07:20.210 line:15% how she could violate our marriage commitment. 162 00:07:20.210 --> 00:07:22.910 line:15% And in fact, so many of them said the same thing, 163 00:07:22.910 --> 00:07:24.380 line:15% that when they begin to talk to me, 164 00:07:24.380 --> 00:07:28.010 line:15% I nearly could finish most of their stories, 165 00:07:28.010 --> 00:07:30.320 line:15% grief pouring out of their heart, 166 00:07:30.320 --> 00:07:33.320 line:15% feeling like the wind had been knocked out of them, 167 00:07:33.320 --> 00:07:37.250 line:15% or somebody had given them a big kick in their gut. 168 00:07:37.250 --> 00:07:39.680 line:15% It had just knocked them off their feet 169 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.320 line:15% and now they were trying to cope with life 170 00:07:42.320 --> 00:07:46.700 line:15% and rebuild their life again, feeling so violated 171 00:07:46.700 --> 00:07:50.180 line:15% because their spouse had been unfaithful 172 00:07:50.180 --> 00:07:52.670 line:15% by committing adultery. 173 00:07:52.670 --> 00:07:54.920 line:15% And in many ways, the act 174 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:57.740 line:15% of adultery is worse than when a spouse die 175 00:07:57.740 --> 00:08:00.740 line:15% because when a spouse dies, you can deal with that. 176 00:08:00.740 --> 00:08:02.780 line:15% But adultery is something that lingers. 177 00:08:02.780 --> 00:08:06.110 line:15% It's a pain that just continues and continues. 178 00:08:06.110 --> 00:08:09.260 line:15% Adultery is a horrible, horrible thing. 179 00:08:09.260 --> 00:08:13.010 line:15% And now James speaks to his Jewish believers 180 00:08:13.010 --> 00:08:15.093 line:15% and calls them adulterers and adulteresses? In some way. 181 00:08:18.320 --> 00:08:22.400 line:15% They have violated their relationship with Jesus. 182 00:08:22.400 --> 00:08:24.740 line:15% They have been unfaithful, they've gone 183 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:26.510 line:15% beyond their relationship with Jesus 184 00:08:26.510 --> 00:08:29.450 line:15% and now they begin to give their heart to something 185 00:08:29.450 --> 00:08:30.770 line:15% or to somebody else. 186 00:08:30.770 --> 00:08:32.630 line:15% And James says, you are adulterers 187 00:08:32.630 --> 00:08:35.120 line:15% and adulteresses: not physical adultery, 188 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:38.600 line:15% but spiritually they had crossed a line they were not 189 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:40.550 line:15% supposed to cross. 190 00:08:40.550 --> 00:08:42.890 line:15% But what is really interesting is when you read this in the 191 00:08:42.890 --> 00:08:47.660 line:15% Greek text, it does not say adulterers and adulteresses, 192 00:08:47.660 --> 00:08:50.090 line:15% it simply says you adulteresses. 193 00:08:50.090 --> 00:08:53.420 line:15% He was speaking to the bride of Christ. 194 00:08:53.420 --> 00:08:55.110 line:15% And the bride of Christ, 195 00:08:55.110 --> 00:08:59.490 line:15% these Jewish believers, had violated their relationship 196 00:08:59.490 --> 00:09:03.450 line:15% with Jesus and now they were going outside of Jesus 197 00:09:03.450 --> 00:09:07.050 line:15% and giving their heart to other things or to other people 198 00:09:07.050 --> 00:09:08.190 line:15% or to other projects. 199 00:09:08.190 --> 00:09:11.640 line:15% Their focus had shifted from Jesus to something else. 200 00:09:11.640 --> 00:09:14.940 line:15% And by using this word, adulteresses, it tells us 201 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:17.070 line:15% how God felt about this. 202 00:09:17.070 --> 00:09:21.180 line:15% God saw this as a spiritual violation 203 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:23.760 line:15% and it grieved the Holy Spirit. 204 00:09:23.760 --> 00:09:26.820 line:15% It grieved him. In fact, if you go on in this verse, 205 00:09:26.820 --> 00:09:28.590 line:15% it says - Know ye not 206 00:09:28.590 --> 00:09:30.360 line:15% that friendship of the world is enmity 207 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.430 line:15% with God. When he says, no, you not. 208 00:09:32.430 --> 00:09:34.830 line:15% The Greek is so strong - Don't you understand? 209 00:09:34.830 --> 00:09:39.360 line:15% Have you not yet comprehended that friendship 210 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:42.330 line:15% with the world is enmity with God? 211 00:09:43.650 --> 00:09:45.780 line:15% The word, friendship, is the Greek word, philia: 212 00:09:45.780 --> 00:09:47.100 line:15% and I'm gonna read to you from my notes. 213 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:50.280 line:15% It describes friendship, affection, fondness 214 00:09:50.280 --> 00:09:54.870 line:15% or love: an intense fondness that is developed by two people 215 00:09:54.870 --> 00:09:57.240 line:15% who enjoy each other's company: 2 216 00:09:57.240 --> 00:09:59.940 line:15% or more people who know each other, who are fond 217 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:03.660 line:15% of each other and who are growing more deeply involved in 218 00:10:03.660 --> 00:10:05.280 line:15% each other's life. 219 00:10:05.280 --> 00:10:09.270 line:15% It conveys the idea of a deep, deep involvement. 220 00:10:09.270 --> 00:10:12.060 line:15% These believers were being pulled away from the Lord 221 00:10:12.060 --> 00:10:15.690 line:15% and they were becoming involved with the world. 222 00:10:15.690 --> 00:10:17.910 line:15% In fact, the verse says, the friendship 223 00:10:17.910 --> 00:10:19.740 line:15% of the world is enmity with God. 224 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:22.620 line:15% The word, world, is a form of the Greek word kosmos. 225 00:10:22.620 --> 00:10:24.930 line:15% The word kosmos depicts the world 226 00:10:24.930 --> 00:10:28.410 line:15% or anything that is fashioned or ordered like the world. 227 00:10:28.410 --> 00:10:33.000 line:15% It denotes systems, institutions, a worldly way of thinking. 228 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:37.170 line:15% It can even carry the idea of fashion, culture, society. 229 00:10:37.170 --> 00:10:41.370 line:15% These believers who began so on fire 230 00:10:41.370 --> 00:10:45.960 line:15% for Jesus, now were losing their focus on Jesus 231 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:49.650 line:15% and they were being swallowed up and engulfed in the world 232 00:10:49.650 --> 00:10:53.580 line:15% and fashion and society and the things around them. 233 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:55.770 line:15% Wow! this is very serious. 234 00:10:55.770 --> 00:10:58.560 line:15% Now let's be honest, we live in the world 235 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:01.170 line:15% and we're going to live in the world until we go to heaven, 236 00:11:01.170 --> 00:11:03.180 line:15% until we die or until we are raptured. 237 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:04.740 line:15% And when you live in the world, 238 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:06.000 line:15% you have to deal with the world. 239 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:07.770 line:15% You have a job - that's in the world. 240 00:11:07.770 --> 00:11:09.600 line:15% You need a house - that's in the world. 241 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.125 line:15% You have a car, you need to fix your car, you need 242 00:11:12.125 --> 00:11:14.190 line:15% to have clothes, you need to have relationships. 243 00:11:14.190 --> 00:11:16.080 line:15% All of that is in the world. 244 00:11:16.080 --> 00:11:19.170 line:15% There's nothing wrong with doing business with the world. 245 00:11:19.170 --> 00:11:21.990 line:15% What is wrong is when the things 246 00:11:21.990 --> 00:11:24.360 line:15% of the world leave your hands 247 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:27.060 line:15% and they enter into your heart. 248 00:11:27.060 --> 00:11:29.520 line:15% God will bless you with things as long 249 00:11:29.520 --> 00:11:32.400 line:15% as you keep them in your hands. 250 00:11:32.400 --> 00:11:35.760 line:15% But when the things of the world begin to get in your heart, 251 00:11:35.760 --> 00:11:39.420 line:15% that is a violation because your heart belongs to Jesus 252 00:11:39.420 --> 00:11:41.880 line:15% and to the Holy Spirit alone. 253 00:11:41.880 --> 00:11:45.480 line:15% And when other things begin to enter into the heart 254 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:48.450 line:15% and you become so fond of them that you begin 255 00:11:48.450 --> 00:11:50.670 line:15% to ignore your relationship with Jesus 256 00:11:50.670 --> 00:11:52.050 line:15% and with the Holy Spirit, 257 00:11:52.050 --> 00:11:55.210 line:15% God says this is a spiritual violation 258 00:11:55.210 --> 00:11:57.940 line:15% according to James 4:4, 259 00:11:57.940 --> 00:12:01.960 line:15% they had committed spiritual adultery 260 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:06.880 line:15% and this is a line they were to never, never cross. 261 00:12:06.880 --> 00:12:09.520 line:15% In fact, it goes on to say - Know ye not 262 00:12:09.520 --> 00:12:14.260 line:15% that friendship of the world is enmity with God. 263 00:12:14.260 --> 00:12:16.840 line:15% Wow! Enmity with God. 264 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.890 line:15% And then he says - 265 00:12:17.890 --> 00:12:20.350 line:15% therefore, whosoever will be a friend 266 00:12:20.350 --> 00:12:23.860 line:15% of the world is the enemy of God. 267 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:26.830 line:15% Do you see those two words, will be? In Greek, 268 00:12:26.830 --> 00:12:29.440 line:15% this is a form of the Greek word, boulomai. 269 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:33.550 line:15% The word boulomai means - I counsel or I advise. 270 00:12:33.550 --> 00:12:36.130 line:15% If you wanted to go see a marriage counselor, 271 00:12:36.130 --> 00:12:38.260 line:15% this word, boulomai, would be used 272 00:12:38.260 --> 00:12:40.300 line:15% to describe the activity of a counselor. 273 00:12:40.300 --> 00:12:42.250 line:15% It's one that is counseling you. 274 00:12:42.250 --> 00:12:46.240 line:15% But in this verse, we find these believers are not going 275 00:12:46.240 --> 00:12:47.440 line:15% to see a counselor, 276 00:12:47.440 --> 00:12:50.020 line:15% they are self counseling themselves. 277 00:12:50.020 --> 00:12:52.000 line:15% They're talking to themselves. 278 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.400 line:15% They're saying to themselves - Well, 279 00:12:54.400 --> 00:12:56.530 line:15% I know I'm not on fire like I used to be, 280 00:12:56.530 --> 00:12:57.910 line:15% but maybe it's okay. 281 00:12:57.910 --> 00:13:00.430 line:15% Well, I know I'm giving my attention to other things 282 00:13:00.430 --> 00:13:03.460 line:15% that I formally wouldn't have done, but maybe it's okay. 283 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:05.980 line:15% Well, I know that previously I would not have done those 284 00:13:05.980 --> 00:13:07.990 line:15% things, but maybe it's okay. 285 00:13:07.990 --> 00:13:11.440 line:15% They're talking to themselves, making exceptions, 286 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:14.620 line:15% convincing themselves that it's all right for them 287 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:18.340 line:15% to walk away from their blazing red heart relationship 288 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:20.740 line:15% with Jesus to become more moderate. 289 00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:23.920 line:15% They're counseling themselves that it's all right 290 00:13:23.920 --> 00:13:24.970 line:15% to backslide. 291 00:13:25.810 --> 00:13:29.380 line:15% And my friends, no Christian that is on fire 292 00:13:29.380 --> 00:13:32.260 line:15% for Jesus wakes up and says, you know what? 293 00:13:32.260 --> 00:13:33.640 line:15% I've been walking with Jesus. 294 00:13:33.640 --> 00:13:34.900 line:15% I've been on fire with him, 295 00:13:34.900 --> 00:13:37.960 line:15% but today I'm going to backslide. 296 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:39.820 line:15% That is not the way it happens. 297 00:13:39.820 --> 00:13:44.050 line:15% Backsliding takes place one step at a time 298 00:13:44.050 --> 00:13:48.790 line:15% or one conversation at a time: as a Christian speaks 299 00:13:48.790 --> 00:13:52.090 line:15% to himself and he makes one little exception 300 00:13:52.090 --> 00:13:54.550 line:15% and then he talks himself into another exception 301 00:13:54.550 --> 00:13:57.130 line:15% and another exception and another exception 302 00:13:57.130 --> 00:13:58.330 line:15% and another exception. 303 00:13:58.330 --> 00:14:00.910 line:15% And very slowly, methodically 304 00:14:00.910 --> 00:14:04.300 line:15% and seductively, he begins to change positions. 305 00:14:04.300 --> 00:14:06.790 line:15% He's no longer on fire for Jesus, 306 00:14:06.790 --> 00:14:09.490 line:15% but he's moving away from that former position 307 00:14:09.490 --> 00:14:11.800 line:15% and now he's becoming more moderate 308 00:14:11.800 --> 00:14:13.780 line:15% and drifting further and further away. 309 00:14:13.780 --> 00:14:16.450 line:15% In fact, now he doesn't even read his Bible like he used to. 310 00:14:16.450 --> 00:14:18.610 line:15% He doesn't pray in the spirit like he used to. 311 00:14:18.610 --> 00:14:20.170 line:15% He's not even really committed to go 312 00:14:20.170 --> 00:14:21.880 line:15% to church like he used to be. 313 00:14:21.880 --> 00:14:26.410 line:15% He's drifting away little by little one step at a time, 314 00:14:26.410 --> 00:14:28.810 line:15% one conversation at a time 315 00:14:28.810 --> 00:14:32.530 line:15% as he talks himself into believing that it's all right 316 00:14:32.530 --> 00:14:34.420 line:15% to moderate himself. 317 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:37.150 line:15% That's what James says. 318 00:14:37.150 --> 00:14:41.140 line:15% Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world. 319 00:14:41.140 --> 00:14:42.700 line:15% Listen to what it means. 320 00:14:42.700 --> 00:14:44.650 line:15% It means if you become the friend of the world, 321 00:14:44.650 --> 00:14:47.710 line:15% here's the reason why. You have made 322 00:14:47.710 --> 00:14:52.010 line:15% so many little exceptions for yourself that now what used 323 00:14:52.010 --> 00:14:54.710 line:15% to bother you doesn't even bother you at all. 324 00:14:54.710 --> 00:14:56.060 line:15% In fact, over a period 325 00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:59.150 line:15% of time you've become a worldly Christian 326 00:14:59.150 --> 00:15:03.260 line:15% with worldly thinking and worldly behaviors. 327 00:15:04.280 --> 00:15:06.380 line:15% And dear friend, I want you to know that none 328 00:15:06.380 --> 00:15:09.260 line:15% of us aren't exception from this possibility. 329 00:15:09.260 --> 00:15:12.830 line:15% It can happen to me it can happen to you. Just like you have 330 00:15:12.830 --> 00:15:16.160 line:15% to work on a marital relationship to keep it alive, 331 00:15:16.160 --> 00:15:18.650 line:15% you have to work on your relationship with Jesus 332 00:15:18.650 --> 00:15:21.710 line:15% to make sure you maintain that fire in your heart. 333 00:15:21.710 --> 00:15:23.450 line:15% And if you're not giving time 334 00:15:23.450 --> 00:15:25.190 line:15% and if you're not giving your devotion 335 00:15:25.190 --> 00:15:27.320 line:15% and giving your focus to Jesus, 336 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:31.070 line:15% other things will draw you away from him. 337 00:15:31.070 --> 00:15:34.010 line:15% And that is what happened to these believers. 338 00:15:34.010 --> 00:15:36.380 line:15% And James says, you adulterers 339 00:15:36.380 --> 00:15:39.440 line:15% and adulteresses, you have violated your 340 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:41.090 line:15% relationship with the Lord. 341 00:15:41.090 --> 00:15:42.350 line:15% Know ye not - 342 00:15:42.350 --> 00:15:46.220 line:15% do you not understand that this kind of involvement 343 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:48.470 line:15% with the world is enmity with God - 344 00:15:48.470 --> 00:15:49.970 line:15% and then he adds - whosoever, 345 00:15:49.970 --> 00:15:51.770 line:15% therefore will be a friend of the world, 346 00:15:51.770 --> 00:15:53.540 line:15% is the enemy of God. 347 00:15:53.540 --> 00:15:56.660 line:15% And again, these words, will be, the Greek word, boulomai - 348 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:58.430 line:15% whoever convinces himself 349 00:15:58.430 --> 00:16:00.140 line:15% or talks himself into believing 350 00:16:00.140 --> 00:16:02.420 line:15% that this is all right is in trouble 351 00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:06.590 line:15% because it says He is the enemy of God. 352 00:16:06.590 --> 00:16:08.810 line:15% Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. 353 00:16:08.810 --> 00:16:11.300 line:15% When he says is the enemy of God, 354 00:16:11.300 --> 00:16:14.480 line:15% the Greek literally means constitutes himself 355 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:18.140 line:15% or renders himself to be the enemy of God. 356 00:16:18.140 --> 00:16:21.680 line:15% Which means, if you violate your relationship with Jesus 357 00:16:21.680 --> 00:16:24.560 line:15% and go out into the world, you have crossed a line 358 00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:27.170 line:15% that you are not supposed to cross 359 00:16:27.170 --> 00:16:31.640 line:15% and you will constitute yourself to be living in opposition 360 00:16:31.640 --> 00:16:33.080 line:15% to God - and my friends - 361 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.470 line:15% that grieves the Holy Spirit, which is 362 00:16:36.470 --> 00:16:40.010 line:15% what we read in Ephesians 4:30, 363 00:16:40.010 --> 00:16:41.270 line:15% where Paul writes - 364 00:16:41.270 --> 00:16:44.210 line:15% And grieve not the Holy Spirit 365 00:16:44.210 --> 00:16:49.210 line:15% of God whereby you're sealed unto the day of redemption. 366 00:16:49.670 --> 00:16:52.730 line:15% That word, grieve, is a form of the Greek word, lupe, 367 00:16:52.730 --> 00:16:56.840 line:15% which describes pain, grief: it depicts shock, 368 00:16:56.840 --> 00:17:01.840 line:15% devastation, hurt, a wound, a deep, deep, deep grief. 369 00:17:02.120 --> 00:17:05.990 line:15% It depicts something that is painful, sorrowful filled 370 00:17:05.990 --> 00:17:08.900 line:15% with anguish, torment, or agony. 371 00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:12.440 line:15% It depicts the emotions felt when spousal 372 00:17:12.440 --> 00:17:14.690 line:15% unfaithfulness occurs. 373 00:17:14.690 --> 00:17:18.590 line:15% This word, grieve, is used to denote the emotions 374 00:17:18.590 --> 00:17:21.440 line:15% of a betrayed spouse. 375 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:25.190 line:15% And now the apostle Paul uses this word, grieve, to describe 376 00:17:25.190 --> 00:17:28.580 line:15% what the Holy Spirit feels when we violate 377 00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:29.900 line:15% our commitment with him. 378 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:32.210 line:15% It's almost like the Holy Spirit says - What?? 379 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:35.270 line:15% After all that I've done for you: 380 00:17:35.270 --> 00:17:36.650 line:15% you've been washed in the blood, 381 00:17:36.650 --> 00:17:38.780 line:15% I came to live inside you. 382 00:17:38.780 --> 00:17:40.670 line:15% I cleaned you up, renewed your mind, 383 00:17:40.670 --> 00:17:42.890 line:15% gave you power, gave you life. 384 00:17:42.890 --> 00:17:44.570 line:15% I produced my fruit in you. 385 00:17:44.570 --> 00:17:47.330 line:15% I've worked my gifts in you, I've sanctified you. 386 00:17:47.330 --> 00:17:49.740 line:15% I've done so much in you. 387 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:53.670 line:15% And after everything that I've done in you, through you 388 00:17:53.670 --> 00:17:57.660 line:15% and for you, now, you are going to violate that commitment 389 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:00.480 line:15% with me by giving yourself to other things 390 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:04.230 line:15% and to other people and making me a secondary choice, 391 00:18:04.230 --> 00:18:06.600 line:15% making me 2nd place when I used 392 00:18:06.600 --> 00:18:09.090 line:15% to have the first place in your life. 393 00:18:09.090 --> 00:18:13.290 line:15% And it grieves the Holy Spirit as a partner in us. 394 00:18:13.290 --> 00:18:17.280 line:15% He's grieved. He's anguished when we live wrong. 395 00:18:17.280 --> 00:18:19.650 line:15% And when you read the book of Ephesians, 396 00:18:19.650 --> 00:18:21.000 line:15% you find specifically 397 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:23.700 line:15% that the Ephesian Church was grieving him in 398 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:25.080 line:15% the following ways. 399 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:27.840 line:15% In Ephesians 4:35, they were lying. 400 00:18:27.840 --> 00:18:30.780 line:15% That was grievous to the Holy Spirit in them. 401 00:18:30.780 --> 00:18:32.250 line:15% In Ephesians 4:26, 402 00:18:32.250 --> 00:18:34.650 line:15% they were letting the sun go down on their wrath. 403 00:18:34.650 --> 00:18:38.820 line:15% They had real anger issues. It was grieving the Holy Spirit. 404 00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:42.540 line:15% In Ephesians 4:27, they were giving place to the devil. 405 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:44.910 line:15% That was grieving the Holy Spirit. 406 00:18:44.910 --> 00:18:47.910 line:15% In Ephesians 4:28, they were stealing. 407 00:18:47.910 --> 00:18:49.830 line:15% That was grieving the Holy Spirit. 408 00:18:49.830 --> 00:18:54.000 line:15% In Ephesians 4:29, they were allowing filthy communication 409 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.530 line:15% to come out of their mouths. 410 00:18:55.530 --> 00:18:58.350 line:15% It was grieving the indwelling Holy Spirit. 411 00:18:58.350 --> 00:19:01.230 line:15% And in Ephesians 4:31, we read, 412 00:19:01.230 --> 00:19:03.630 line:15% they had bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, 413 00:19:03.630 --> 00:19:05.400 line:15% evil speaking and malice. 414 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:10.230 line:15% And all of these things were grievous to the Holy Spirit 415 00:19:10.230 --> 00:19:13.770 line:15% and friends, you have to remember, he's not just the spirit. 416 00:19:13.770 --> 00:19:17.940 line:15% He is the Holy Spirit. The 1st part of His name is holy. 417 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:22.590 line:15% He is holy. And when we do unholy things, it grieves him. 418 00:19:22.590 --> 00:19:27.000 line:15% Romans 2:4, calls the Holy Spirit, 419 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:29.340 line:15% the spirit of holiness. 420 00:19:29.340 --> 00:19:30.810 line:15% That is who He is. 421 00:19:30.810 --> 00:19:32.970 line:15% That is what he wants to produce in our lives. 422 00:19:32.970 --> 00:19:36.360 line:15% He is the Holy Spirit in us. 423 00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:39.390 line:15% And when we behave in ways that are unfitted 424 00:19:39.390 --> 00:19:43.440 line:15% and unholy, it causes the Holy Spirit in us 425 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:45.570 line:15% to be grieved. 426 00:19:45.570 --> 00:19:46.890 line:15% Well friends, you do not want 427 00:19:46.890 --> 00:19:49.530 line:15% to grieve the in dwelling Holy Spirit. 428 00:19:49.530 --> 00:19:52.170 line:15% And not only that, when the Holy Spirit is grieved, 429 00:19:52.170 --> 00:19:54.510 line:15% he stops manifesting his power. 430 00:19:54.510 --> 00:19:59.010 line:15% He still there, but he withdraws. He withdraws. 431 00:19:59.010 --> 00:20:03.810 line:15% Joy begins to disappear. Hmm. Power begins to disappear. 432 00:20:03.810 --> 00:20:07.230 line:15% Healings begin to disappear. All of it begins to disappear. 433 00:20:07.230 --> 00:20:10.200 line:15% Not because the Holy Spirit has left, but 434 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:12.990 line:15% because the Holy Spirit is grieved. 435 00:20:12.990 --> 00:20:16.380 line:15% We do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit. We need him. 436 00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:17.850 line:15% We need his partnership. 437 00:20:17.850 --> 00:20:19.230 line:15% We need to participate with him 438 00:20:19.230 --> 00:20:21.660 line:15% and honor his presence in our life. 439 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:26.660 line:15% And remember that the Holy Spirit in us is holy, 440 00:20:26.850 --> 00:20:31.140 line:15% and we need to provide a holy environment for him to live in 441 00:20:31.140 --> 00:20:33.090 line:15% and thrive in our life. 442 00:20:33.090 --> 00:20:37.470 line:15% My friends, we do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit. 443 00:20:37.470 --> 00:20:40.650 line:15% You do not want to cross the line. 444 00:20:40.650 --> 00:20:42.180 line:15% And for God to say to you, 445 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:45.930 line:15% you have become a spiritual adulterer. 446 00:20:45.930 --> 00:20:48.160 line:15% I know that you do not want that. 447 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:49.600 line:15% And if you've listened to me today 448 00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:51.790 line:15% and realized you've crossed the line 449 00:20:51.790 --> 00:20:54.400 line:15% and you've strayed from where you used to be, it's time 450 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:56.170 line:15% for you to say, Lord, I'm coming home. 451 00:20:56.170 --> 00:20:59.020 line:15% I'm coming home. I'm renewing my fire. 452 00:20:59.020 --> 00:21:01.990 line:15% I'm renewing my vows to you today. 453 00:21:01.990 --> 00:21:05.560 line:15% And my friends, he is waiting for you with open arms 454 00:21:05.560 --> 00:21:09.190 line:15% to rekindle the passion all over again. 455 00:21:09.190 --> 00:21:11.920 line:15% I'll be back in just a moment and I'm going to pray for you. 456 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:23.110 line:15% This is Rick Renner, and somebody has asked the question - 457 00:21:23.110 --> 00:21:26.620 line:15% What does it mean to be born again? 458 00:21:26.620 --> 00:21:29.920 line:15% Well, that is a very fundamental and important question. 459 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:33.280 line:15% And we find that phrase, born again, in John 3: 460 00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:35.050 line:15% 3, when Jesus was speaking 461 00:21:35.050 --> 00:21:37.780 line:15% to a religious man named Nicodemus. 462 00:21:37.780 --> 00:21:39.070 line:15% And Jesus answered 463 00:21:39.070 --> 00:21:42.970 line:15% and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, 464 00:21:42.970 --> 00:21:46.630 line:15% accept a man be born again, 465 00:21:46.630 --> 00:21:49.210 line:15% he cannot see the kingdom of God. 466 00:21:49.210 --> 00:21:51.610 line:15% Nicodemus was perplexed by this, 467 00:21:51.610 --> 00:21:54.070 line:15% and he actually said, well, how can you when you're old, 468 00:21:54.070 --> 00:21:56.920 line:15% reenter your mother's womb and be born again? 469 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:00.130 line:15% And Jesus said, no, no, no Nicodemus. In life, 470 00:22:00.130 --> 00:22:01.330 line:15% there are two births. 471 00:22:01.330 --> 00:22:04.420 line:15% There's the natural birth you receive when you're born from 472 00:22:04.420 --> 00:22:05.980 line:15% your mother's womb, 473 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:09.160 line:15% but then later in life you're born again from above. 474 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:12.910 line:15% When God's spirit literally comes into you 475 00:22:12.910 --> 00:22:17.530 line:15% and your human spirit is awakened and it is born again 476 00:22:17.530 --> 00:22:22.530 line:15% and you become alive to God, that's what it means 477 00:22:22.780 --> 00:22:24.370 line:15% to be born again. 478 00:22:24.370 --> 00:22:28.390 line:15% Is your heart longing to know God more intimately? 479 00:22:28.390 --> 00:22:31.510 line:15% Are you inwardly crying out to know more of the power 480 00:22:31.510 --> 00:22:35.440 line:15% of God in your life? Than the series The Holy Spirit And You 481 00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.880 line:15% is exactly what you need 482 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:39.880 line:15% to take you into the supernatural life God wants you 483 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:41.590 line:15% to experience. 484 00:22:41.590 --> 00:22:43.870 line:15% In this series, Rick Renner covers - 485 00:22:43.870 --> 00:22:46.240 line:15% How the Holy Spirit is our comforter: 486 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.000 line:15% How the Holy Spirit speaks to each of us: How 487 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.540 line:15% to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit: How to partner 488 00:22:52.540 --> 00:22:55.150 line:15% with the Holy Spirit: How to see powerful 489 00:22:55.150 --> 00:22:58.180 line:15% and supernatural results in your life. 490 00:22:58.180 --> 00:23:01.180 line:15% This insightful, 10 part series is available in digital 491 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:04.270 line:15% or physical format starting at just $20. 492 00:23:04.270 --> 00:23:07.270 line:15% In addition, we are also offering you Rick's companion book, 493 00:23:07.270 --> 00:23:09.700 line:15% the Holy Spirit And You: Working Together 494 00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:11.920 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 495 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:14.590 line:15% In this book, Rick's shows you how to have an intimate 496 00:23:14.590 --> 00:23:17.860 line:15% and powerful relationship with the spirit of God. 497 00:23:17.860 --> 00:23:19.390 line:15% So if your heart is crying out 498 00:23:19.390 --> 00:23:21.340 line:15% to know the Holy Spirit in a deeper 499 00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:24.640 line:15% and more meaningful way, this book is exactly what you need 500 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:27.490 line:15% to help get you moving into the supernatural life 501 00:23:27.490 --> 00:23:31.000 line:15% that God wants you to have. This book about knowing the joy 502 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:35.260 line:15% and power of the Holy Spirit can be yours for just $22. 503 00:23:35.260 --> 00:23:38.710 line:15% You can order this 10 part series, The Holy Spirit And You 504 00:23:38.710 --> 00:23:41.050 line:15% and the companion book, The Holy Spirit 505 00:23:41.050 --> 00:23:45.050 line:15% And You: Working together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 506 00:23:45.050 --> 00:23:48.710 line:15% Call the number on your screen or scan the QR code to order. 507 00:23:52.670 --> 00:23:53.960 line:15% Hey, this is Rick Renner 508 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:57.530 line:15% and I'm standing outside our ministry headquarters in 509 00:23:57.530 --> 00:23:59.030 line:15% Tulsa, Oklahoma. 510 00:23:59.030 --> 00:24:01.730 line:15% Look at it. It's just so wonderful. 511 00:24:01.730 --> 00:24:05.090 line:15% And from this location, we are ministering 512 00:24:05.090 --> 00:24:08.240 line:15% to people all over the world. 513 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:11.870 line:15% We have thousands and thousands of phone calls, 514 00:24:11.870 --> 00:24:15.380 line:15% and I'm not exaggerating from every single part 515 00:24:15.380 --> 00:24:18.080 line:15% of the planet, from people that are watching us on all kinds 516 00:24:18.080 --> 00:24:21.410 line:15% of social media or television, so many different kinds 517 00:24:21.410 --> 00:24:22.940 line:15% of platforms. 518 00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:25.700 line:15% And from here, we're sending our programs 519 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:27.440 line:15% to the ends of the earth. 520 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:29.180 line:15% And that's our assignment. 521 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:33.350 line:15% Proverbs 10:21 says, The lips of the righteous feed many. 522 00:24:33.350 --> 00:24:36.110 line:15% That's our job to feed many the wonderful word of God. 523 00:24:36.110 --> 00:24:39.170 line:15% And you're a big part of that because you're friend 524 00:24:39.170 --> 00:24:40.760 line:15% and you are a partner. 525 00:24:40.760 --> 00:24:44.180 line:15% And right now we have a goal to pay off this facility. 526 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:47.870 line:15% And guess what? We're already 88% of our goal - 527 00:24:47.870 --> 00:24:49.220 line:15% 88%. 528 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:52.040 line:15% We're almost there. Week by week 529 00:24:52.040 --> 00:24:55.010 line:15% we're just inching further and further toward completion. 530 00:24:55.010 --> 00:24:59.120 line:15% And when we're finished, it's gonna release so many finances 531 00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:00.950 line:15% to help us take the teaching of the Bible 532 00:25:00.950 --> 00:25:03.200 line:15% to the ends of the earth. 533 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.370 line:15% And I wanna say "thank you" 534 00:25:04.370 --> 00:25:05.870 line:15% for being a part of our Giving Team. 535 00:25:05.870 --> 00:25:08.900 line:15% And if you're not yet a part of our Giving Team, 536 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.970 line:15% I'm asking you to please join us, 537 00:25:10.970 --> 00:25:13.190 line:15% to help us retire the dead on this facility 538 00:25:13.190 --> 00:25:15.350 line:15% so we can obey the great commission 539 00:25:15.350 --> 00:25:17.240 line:15% and take the teaching of the Bible 540 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:19.880 line:15% and the words of Jesus to the ends of the earth. 541 00:25:28.040 --> 00:25:29.720 line:15% Friend, today I'm talking to you about not 542 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:31.700 line:15% grieving the Holy Spirit. 543 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:34.070 line:15% We do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit. 544 00:25:34.070 --> 00:25:36.260 line:15% We need his participation. 545 00:25:36.260 --> 00:25:38.540 line:15% We need his power, we need his presence. 546 00:25:38.540 --> 00:25:41.240 line:15% And when we grieve him, he withdraws. 547 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.920 line:15% He never leaves us, 548 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:46.220 line:15% but his power in His presence, it seems that it begins 549 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:48.470 line:15% to disappear when we have grieved him. 550 00:25:48.470 --> 00:25:50.540 line:15% And that's often a way that you know 551 00:25:50.540 --> 00:25:52.040 line:15% that you've grieved the Holy Spirit. 552 00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:55.580 line:15% If your joy is gone, if the fruit of the Spirit of gone, 553 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:57.050 line:15% if the gifts of the Spirit is gone, 554 00:25:57.050 --> 00:25:58.670 line:15% if the miraculous is gone, then you need 555 00:25:58.670 --> 00:26:00.440 line:15% to ask why is it gone? 556 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:03.050 line:15% And make sure you've not grieved the Holy Spirit 557 00:26:03.050 --> 00:26:05.540 line:15% and if you have, ask for forgiveness 558 00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:09.140 line:15% and rekindle the passion all over again. 559 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:11.090 line:15% And by the way, I'm speaking to you from my series, 560 00:26:11.090 --> 00:26:14.120 line:15% which is called - The Holy Spirit And You: Working together 561 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:16.370 line:15% as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 562 00:26:16.370 --> 00:26:19.160 line:15% And this comes with our great study guide 563 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:22.495 line:15% and we're also offering you my book called The Holy Spirit 564 00:26:22.495 --> 00:26:26.570 line:15% And You: Working together as Heaven's Dynamic Duo. 565 00:26:26.570 --> 00:26:29.150 line:15% And please remember that we want to pray with you. 566 00:26:29.150 --> 00:26:31.910 line:15% If you need someone to pray with you right now, 567 00:26:31.910 --> 00:26:34.700 line:15% for the passion in your heart to be rekindled 568 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:36.830 line:15% and to renew your commitment to the spirit 569 00:26:36.830 --> 00:26:38.240 line:15% of God, give us a call. 570 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:41.240 line:15% We would love to pray with you for the power of God 571 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:43.290 line:15% to be reignited in your life. 572 00:26:43.290 --> 00:26:45.780 line:15% Amen. In fact, let me pray for you right now. 573 00:26:45.780 --> 00:26:47.790 line:15% Father, I thank you in the name of Jesus 574 00:26:47.790 --> 00:26:50.850 line:15% that you're always giving the invitation for us 575 00:26:50.850 --> 00:26:51.870 line:15% to come back home. 576 00:26:51.870 --> 00:26:54.090 line:15% Your arms are wide open 577 00:26:54.090 --> 00:26:56.700 line:15% and Jesus, today we make the decision 578 00:26:56.700 --> 00:26:58.680 line:15% that we're gonna return to you. 579 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:01.710 line:15% We're going to rekindle the first love in our heart. 580 00:27:01.710 --> 00:27:06.120 line:15% We do not want to grieve the Holy Spirit - Amen, 581 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.230 line:15% Amen. 582 00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:09.450 line:15% Well, I'll see you tomorrow, 583 00:27:09.450 --> 00:27:12.570 line:15% but remember Ecclesiastes 8:4, "Where the word 584 00:27:12.570 --> 00:27:15.390 line:15% of a king is there's power." 585 00:27:15.390 --> 00:27:17.670 line:15% If you've never received Jesus as your Savior 586 00:27:17.670 --> 00:27:22.020 line:15% and Lord, now is the time for you to experience a new life 587 00:27:22.020 --> 00:27:24.210 line:15% Jesus has to give you. 588 00:27:24.210 --> 00:27:28.260 line:15% Pray this prayer with me right now - Lord, 589 00:27:28.260 --> 00:27:32.280 line:15% I repent of my sin and receive you as my Savior 590 00:27:32.280 --> 00:27:35.250 line:15% and Lord. Wash away my sin 591 00:27:35.250 --> 00:27:38.280 line:15% and make me completely new. 592 00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:42.060 line:15% I thank you that my sin is removed 593 00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:47.060 line:15% and Satan no longer has any right to lay claim on me. 594 00:27:47.610 --> 00:27:51.600 line:15% I faithfully promise that I will serve you as my Lord 595 00:27:51.600 --> 00:27:53.280 line:15% for the rest of my life - 596 00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:55.240 line:15% Amen. 597 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:58.680 line:15% Renner Ministries is proclaiming the gospel 598 00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:01.980 line:15% of Jesus Christ through every available media avenue 599 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.990 line:15% to the uttermost parts of the earth. 600 00:28:03.990 --> 00:28:07.020 line:15% Discover the many ways you can help us make a difference in 601 00:28:07.020 --> 00:28:09.990 line:15% lives around the world with the word of God. 602 00:28:09.990 --> 00:28:14.130 line:15% We invite you to partner with us in teaching, strengthening 603 00:28:15.150 --> 00:28:18.570 line:15% and rescuing lives for the glory of God. 604 00:28:18.570 --> 00:28:20.760 line:15% Together we can make a difference 605 00:28:20.760 --> 00:28:22.650 line:15% that will last throughout eternity.