1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,100 Welcome to Hub City Vineyard. 2 00:00:16,100 --> 00:00:22,720 To get connected or to give online, go to hcv.church or give.htv.church. 3 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,960 If at any point during this message you feel called to make a change in your life, text 4 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,720 change me to 970-00. Thank you and enjoy the message. 5 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:34,520 Hey, good morning Hub City. How's everybody doing? 6 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:35,520 Great! 7 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:38,840 Alright, that's better. It's good to hear. First service actually, I had to ask that 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,880 question twice because they weren't awake yet. So it's good to see that you're alive 9 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,860 and kicking here this morning. If you're joining us from home, thank you for welcoming us into 10 00:00:46,860 --> 00:00:53,760 your home. Now, have you ever tried to talk to someone who just wouldn't listen? Have 11 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,200 you ever tried to teach someone who didn't want to learn or correct someone who preferred 12 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,000 doing wrong? Now, if you're anything like me, I'm raising children and there's those 13 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:08,960 teenage years where they just seem to know it all. And you share with them and you're 14 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,540 trying to help them, you're trying to help them improve and it just seems like it's an 15 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:19,660 argument every time. Chances are you've been one of those people that's been unwilling 16 00:01:19,660 --> 00:01:27,920 to listen, learn or make a change. But the truth is, it affects the relationship. The 17 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:35,440 effects of the relationship are just painful because the relationship becomes stagnant. 18 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:42,120 Sometimes the relationship ends because where there is no humility, there cannot be intimacy. 19 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:51,360 See, refusing to receive instruction or hear someone out is in its basic form pride. We've 20 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:56,960 all experienced it because we're all human. We were born into sin, which means that humility 21 00:01:56,960 --> 00:02:03,960 doesn't come natural to us. We're people that have focused on ourselves. However, I believe 22 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:09,860 the goal for every Jesus follower should be that we may grow less impressed with ourselves 23 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:17,640 and more in all of God. John 3 30, we read this, John the Baptist makes a statement. 24 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:25,400 He must become greater and greater and I must become less and less. See friends, every time 25 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:32,800 we listen to God's voice, follow his instructions, accept his correction, we fight against our 26 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:40,680 natural tendency towards pride and our relationship with God strengthens. Today we conclude our 27 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,840 series Miracle Grow where for the last several weeks we've been looking back to look forward. 28 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:51,840 We've been discussing the values that make HCV HCV, kind of the vision that God gave 29 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:58,520 us 15 years ago. We kicked off our series talking about passion and how we will continue 30 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:04,560 as a church to pursue God, to connect with God as a community of faith. That it's our 31 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:11,000 desire weekly to read the Bible, to pray, to worship. Two weeks ago we discussed how 32 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:16,880 we relate to others in community that we need each other to grow together. Last week we 33 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:22,240 discussed Jesus's mandate that he gave the church called the Great Commission and how 34 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,840 we serve the community by serving others. I'm going to challenge you, if you didn't 35 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:32,240 hear any of those, go back and listen to them on our YouTube channel and today I want to 36 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:39,680 challenge our community of faith to not stop, to constantly grow in our pursuit of God, 37 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:45,520 to not become stagnant, to not hit the pause button, to pursue him throughout our lives 38 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:53,680 which leads to our first thought. See God desires that we pursue him more. All that 39 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:59,760 we have, right, all that we've been giving, our house, our job, our children, is not all 40 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:08,400 that God has for us. God has so much more for us. And for so many people though, when 41 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:14,600 it comes to Jesus and their relationship with Jesus, their approach to it is, well if I 42 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:19,920 can just get enough. There's so many people that just go through the emotions when it 43 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:26,080 comes to God. Sunday gatherings become a to do rather than a must have. Growth groups 44 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:32,480 become non-existent because of a busy schedule. Prayer, worship, Bible reading is a thing 45 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:40,200 of the past because it's just forgotten. That's just not God's best for you. Because all that 46 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:48,760 I have, all that we have, is not all that God has for us. He has so much more. Listen 47 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:54,760 to Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 2, 9 through 10. That is what the scriptures mean when 48 00:04:54,760 --> 00:05:00,960 they say, no eye is seen, no ear is heard, no mind is imagined, what God has prepared 49 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:08,600 for those who love him. Now see, Paul is quoting an Old Testament statement, but it's kind 50 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:14,000 of a sad statement. And he's quoting it because Paul is basically saying God has all these 51 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:20,800 plans, he's prepared all these things for his people, but they're missing it. They're 52 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:27,320 missing out on it. Now some biblical teachers believe that this verse is referring to heaven, 53 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:32,760 like we're going to eventually get it. But you see as we continue the verse, it's not 54 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:40,840 referring to heaven, it's talking about today. But it was to us. See, it's present tense 55 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:50,120 that God revealed these things by his spirit. See, God has given these things to us. And 56 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:55,840 the word that Paul used for spirit there in the Greek is the word Pneuma. It's where we 57 00:05:55,840 --> 00:06:01,480 get the English word pneumonia, which many of you know is a breathing disorder. The original 58 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:11,240 meaning of the word in Greek for Pneuma is breath, energy, life, wind. You know, wind 59 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:17,800 is so unique because it could just come out of nowhere and you can feel it. I was going 60 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,120 to run this week and I was going up this hill and I was just cruising along and this big 61 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:29,720 wind just came out of nowhere and it just presses against you. So here within this verse, 62 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:35,720 we're introduced to that term spirit that so many followers of Jesus just don't know 63 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,360 much about. Right? They just don't know much about it and not only do they know much about 64 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:47,240 it, but they kind of make things up and if anything, avoid it. So when we finish the 65 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:56,360 verse, Paul says it this way, for his spirit searches out everything and shows us God's 66 00:06:56,360 --> 00:07:03,320 deep secrets. The spirit. So this morning, if it's okay with you, I'm going to go a little 67 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:08,600 deep. Okay? I'm going to have a theological discussion with you and for those of you that 68 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:17,040 like the deep talks, this one's going to be deep. So is it okay if we go there? See, there's 69 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:22,080 so many people that simply do not understand or are afraid of the word Holy Spirit and 70 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:29,680 it's my goal to make you not only understand it this morning, but want more of it because 71 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:34,800 I believe living connected to the spirit is not a luxury, but in these days, a necessity. 72 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:39,920 I mean, we're living in difficult times. It's a lingering pandemic. It's political chaos, 73 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:46,120 right? It's the right versus the left. It's negative people everywhere we go and I don't 74 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:52,160 know about you, but I can't do it in my own strength. I need God's power living inside 75 00:07:52,160 --> 00:08:00,240 of me. This church needs God's power to make a difference in our community. Paul says that 76 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:07,240 he's desperate for this power. Listen to 1 Corinthians 2, 4 through 5. My message, my 77 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:15,480 preaching were very plain rather than using clever and persuasive speeches. Now remember, 78 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:23,600 Paul was a Pharisee of Pharisees. He knew the Bible or I'm sorry, the Torah, right? 79 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:30,380 He knew it in and out. He was a scholar, but notice he says, it's not about my speeches. 80 00:08:30,380 --> 00:08:37,400 I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit. I did this so you would trust not in human 81 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:43,800 wisdom, but in the power of God. Paul goes on and writes a few chapters later in 1 Corinthians 82 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:52,960 4, 20, the kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk. It is living by God's power. So this 83 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:59,840 morning I want to invite you into that power and I want to challenge you that God has so 84 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:05,600 much more for you. In fact, I want to look at three specific things that God wants for 85 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:10,920 us and if I was to use the correct theological term given to us biblically, it would be the 86 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:15,840 term baptism. Now immediately when I said that word, many of you think, well, there's 87 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:20,440 baptism today. People are going to go under the water or come back up or some of you thought, 88 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:29,280 well, my infant was sprinkled. Now most people don't know this, but baptism doesn't necessarily 89 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:35,040 refer to the moment when a person is in water. In fact, the word itself has nothing to do 90 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:43,240 with water. The word for baptism in the Greek is the word baptizo, which means to immerse 91 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:49,840 yourself in. In our modern day culture, we would use the term just go all in, you know, 92 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,920 sell out, just be committed. Don't just put your toe in the water like a reference I used 93 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:59,600 a few weeks back at the start of summer when you kind of dip your toe in the swimming pool 94 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,640 and you think it's just too cold. No, you're like my daughter and my son, you just go all 95 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:10,880 in. Don't matter how cold it is, you just jump. That's what baptism means. And the Bible 96 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:16,340 actually refers specifically to three different baptisms that are available to every Jesus 97 00:10:16,340 --> 00:10:21,600 follower and we're going to look at them this morning and the first is this. Baptism into 98 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:27,820 the church or salvation. Now some of you have never heard salvation referred to as baptism, 99 00:10:27,820 --> 00:10:36,360 but we read this in first Corinthians 12 13. But we have all been baptized, immersed in 100 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:42,640 one body by one spirit and we all share the same spirit. See, when we give our lives to 101 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:48,220 Jesus, we don't just begin a relationship with him. We join his family. We're a part 102 00:10:48,220 --> 00:10:55,000 of something bigger than us. Now hear me out. We need Jesus to connect to the father. We 103 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:01,480 need one another for support, encouragement, prayer. That's why we gather on Sundays. But 104 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:08,840 God, right, he doesn't want us separate, isolated, alone. What's he desire for us? He desires 105 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:14,760 that we connect to one another because we're the family of God or the body of Christ. Galatians 106 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:21,360 three says it this way. You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For 107 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:29,400 all of you who were baptized, what is it? Immersed in to Christ have clothed yourselves in Christ. 108 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:34,960 So salvation is the first baptism, which leads to our next baptism or experience, if you 109 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:42,500 will. And before I make this statement, let me be very clear. These are all separate. 110 00:11:42,500 --> 00:11:50,840 So our second one is water baptism or a public declaration of faith. These two are not together. 111 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:56,440 We don't have to be water baptized to be in a relationship with Jesus. Now hear me out. 112 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:00,920 You should, which I'm going to challenge you to do later, and we're going to celebrate 113 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:07,360 later this morning, but it's separate because if it was together, it would contradict what 114 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:14,420 is written in the Bible. Ephesians two eight says God saved you by his grace when you believed. 115 00:12:14,420 --> 00:12:20,680 And you can't take credit for this. It's a gift from God. So if the church, if we include 116 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:26,040 something we have to do to receive salvation, guess what? It removes what Jesus did on the 117 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:32,240 cross. It removes that connection with God. Now hear me out. There's some denominations 118 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:37,440 that teach and believe if you're not baptized, you can't get to heaven. In fact, some denominations 119 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:42,760 teach that if the right words aren't spoken over you while you're being baptized or under 120 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:47,640 the water, you can't get into heaven. Man, I feel bad for that person being baptized. 121 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:53,680 They don't even hear what's being said. Right? And they teach that he can't get to heaven. 122 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:58,800 But listen, we can't give more. We can't serve more. We can't pray more. We can't worship 123 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:04,600 more. We can't be baptized enough to be in a relationship. It's simply Jesus. It's what 124 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:12,260 he did on the cross that connects us with God. So that's why they got to be separate. 125 00:13:12,260 --> 00:13:19,040 Now in Acts 2.41, we see the first and the second baptism. Those who accepted his message, 126 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:25,600 right, they believed, were baptized. That's the second baptism. So you have one and then 127 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:32,300 two. So what is the second baptism? It's simply letting others know that you are now in a 128 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:40,580 relationship with Jesus. It's a public declaration and it means you will experience more of God. 129 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:44,960 It's just not good enough to be a private Jesus follower who keeps everything to him 130 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:51,360 or herself. God wants more for you. I mean, after all, a practical example, it's why couples 131 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:58,160 have a wedding. What is a wedding? It's a public declaration of their love for one another. 132 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:03,560 It's why a man and a woman wear a wedding ring when they get married, right? This ring, 133 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:09,520 it doesn't make me married to Jessica. What is this ring? It's a public declaration of 134 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:17,360 my commitment that I made to someone 24 years ago. Now could you imagine, could you imagine 135 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,480 if I said to Jess 24 years ago, hey babe, I love you. I want to spend the rest of my 136 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:26,600 life with you, but we don't need a wedding. We don't need to spend all that money. We 137 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,680 don't need to let people know we're married. We don't need these rings. We can just keep 138 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:36,720 it to ourselves. Now I don't know about you, but if I would have said that to her, I would 139 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:42,240 have lost that fight. All right. I would have lost that fight and I would have been beat 140 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:53,160 up and black. It would have been, it would have been ugly. It doesn't work. It doesn't 141 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:59,240 work. It's not any different with Jesus. Once you make the commitment to follow him, it's 142 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:04,840 time to let everyone know that you want more. You desire more of him. Jesus says it this 143 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:11,120 way in Matthew 10, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will acknowledge 144 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:18,280 before my father in heaven, but everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny 145 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:24,760 before my father in heaven. So let me encourage you this morning. For some of you, you may 146 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:29,200 be in a relationship with Jesus and you may have been putting off that baptism, right? 147 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:35,000 I don't need it. I know I'm right with God. I checked that box. Maybe some of you were 148 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:39,720 baptized as an infant. Dude, you got to make that public commitment. You got to make it 149 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:45,800 personal. You got, you have to step out and allow yourself to be changed. Now some of 150 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:51,880 you are like, well, Chris, I'm just not prepared. I don't have the right clothes. Doesn't matter. 151 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,320 Right? It just makes it more memorable. Okay. Just makes it more memorable. We got a shirt 152 00:15:56,320 --> 00:16:02,440 for you. We got towels. We got it all covered. It's the choice of being responsible to God 153 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:10,000 in stepping out in faith. But it doesn't stop there. The Bible talks about another baptism. 154 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:17,320 In fact, it talks about this baptism by multiple times more than the first two, which leads 155 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:22,520 us to our next baptism. That's the baptism in the Holy Spirit. See the first baptism 156 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:27,320 into a relationship with Jesus. It's about eternal. It's about the kingdom of God. It's 157 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:32,880 about being with God for eternity. The second baptism is about our public declaration. The 158 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:40,480 third is about your everyday life, how we live a spirit empowered life. Cause remember 159 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:45,760 at the beginning I said, God has so much more for you. And remember all three of these are 160 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:53,640 separate experiences. But again, there are some denominations in the church that teach 161 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:58,400 if you're not baptized in the spirit, you're not going to heaven. For example, some Pentecostal 162 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:03,680 denominations teach that if person does not speak in tongues, they're not saved. It's 163 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:10,320 just not true. It's just not biblical. It's not there. Jesus paid it all when he died 164 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:15,200 on the cross. Then you're, then you're looking back, okay, Chris, then why should I be baptized 165 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:21,920 in the spirit? Because God has more for you. He has so much more than you could ever imagine. 166 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:26,600 Listen to the words of John the Baptist, Matthew 3 11. Listen to this. He says, I baptized 167 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:32,120 with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God, but someone is coming soon 168 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:38,760 who is greater than I am. So much greater that I'm not even worthy to be a slave or 169 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:44,840 carry a sandals. Notice what he says about Jesus. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit 170 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:51,600 and with fire. Now the cool thing is we can read about all three of these baptize baptisms 171 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:56,600 in one story recorded in the book of Acts. Remember the book of Acts, if you don't know 172 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:03,040 anything about the Bible, it's a written history of the early church. And in Acts 8, 5 through 173 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:08,960 6 and 12, we read this. Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people 174 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:16,000 there about the Messiah. So Philip, this was right when the disciples were scattered, persecution, 175 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:20,000 you know, they were facing death. So they scattered, but notice while they scattered, 176 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,480 they didn't isolate. They didn't hide. What did they do? They were preaching. They were 177 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:30,520 sharing the good news. That's what that's what Philip was doing. Crowds listened intently 178 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:35,320 to Philip because they were eager to hear his message and see the miraculous signs he 179 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:41,480 did. But now the people believed Philip's message of good news concerning the kingdom 180 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:46,840 of God and the name of Jesus Christ. What is that? That's the first baptism. They were 181 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:51,860 baptized into the church. They were immersed into the church. As a result, many men and 182 00:18:51,860 --> 00:18:57,720 women were baptized. That's the second baptism. So they were water baptized. They made that 183 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:05,800 public commitment. Now let's continue on Acts 8, 14 to 17. When the apostles in Jerusalem 184 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:10,720 heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there. 185 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,080 Remember in Jerusalem, that was kind of the mothership. That was the big church and they 186 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:20,600 were sending people out. So they heard that all these people were giving their lives to 187 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:27,560 Jesus in Samaria. So they sent Peter and John to teach them. As soon as they arrived, they 188 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:32,680 prayed for these new believers to receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit had not yet 189 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:38,240 come upon any of them for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then 190 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:44,520 Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers and they received the Holy Spirit. 191 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:50,680 All separate experiences. The third baptism though, why did they lay hands on it? So that 192 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:55,520 he could live a Spirit empowered life. Now there's so many people and you may be one 193 00:19:55,520 --> 00:20:01,800 of them here this morning that struggle with this teaching because there's so much misunderstanding. 194 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:09,920 Let me just say, you don't have to be weird to live a Spirit empowered life. You just 195 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:15,920 don't. We can live naturally supernatural lives to make a difference in the lives of 196 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:20,740 others. This, that naturally supernatural, that's one of the vineyard distinctives that 197 00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:29,860 drew me to the movement. Like there isn't any reason to be weird. We can just be natural. 198 00:20:29,860 --> 00:20:33,800 And we can look at the theology. Let's look at the theology of the three baptisms. You 199 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:39,600 can read about that in 1 John 5, 7 through 8. Someone's alarm's gone off if you can't 200 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:48,140 tell. 1 John 5, 7 through 8 we read this. For there are three that bear witness in heaven. 201 00:20:48,140 --> 00:20:55,000 The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. And these three are one. Okay, it's getting 202 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:07,480 louder. Polo. And these three are one. So it's referring to the Trinity, which is now 203 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,560 in heaven. You have the Father, of course God the Father, the Word. And you say, well 204 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,760 the Word, what's that mean Chris? That's Jesus. Because John when he writes his gospel refers 205 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:22,520 to Jesus as the Word and then the Holy Spirit. Then there's three that bear witness on earth. 206 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:28,080 That means here with us. The Spirit, the Water, and the Blood. And these three agree as one. 207 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:32,640 And you say, Chris, what's that mean? The Blood obviously is salvation. Jesus died on 208 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:37,200 the cross so that we could connect with God. The Water is that public decoration of water 209 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:44,360 baptism and then you have the Spirit. The Spirit is the breath, the energy, the wind 210 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:52,120 if you will, that empowers our lives. There's three. They're all one. They're all together. 211 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:58,760 But there's so many people that leave the Spirit out. They don't tap into God's power 212 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:05,240 for their lives. When in reality, what does Paul do? Paul challenges us to be filled. 213 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:10,360 It wasn't even option. Look at Ephesians 5.18. Don't be drunk with wine because that will 214 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:17,320 ruin your life. Instead be filled with the Holy Spirit. He says it's not even an option. 215 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:26,480 You don't choose it. You just make it happen. It's a command. Now I grew up, my church history, 216 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:32,080 I grew up in a liturgical church. Okay, from four to fourteen for almost ten years or five, 217 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:37,880 something like that. I was an acolyte. I served in the church. Carried the cross, lit the candles, 218 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,760 prepared communion, did all of that. It was in that church setting, within that liturgical 219 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:46,560 setting, there was really no teaching of the Holy Spirit. There was really no teaching 220 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:51,000 about salvation, about a relationship with Jesus. I didn't really understand that because 221 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:56,760 it was just a lot of religion. It was a lot of up, down, kneel, sing songs, hymnals, and 222 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,200 there's nothing wrong with that, but it just wasn't what I wanted or needed in my life. 223 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:06,640 I really didn't grow up with a relationship with Jesus and then I began to live life on 224 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:14,640 my own terms. Fast forward, after many mistakes, hurts, hang ups, questions, you know, whatever 225 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:21,640 it may be, I was introduced to the Holy Spirit in a charismatic Pentecostal church. Right? 226 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:33,160 Now my first reaction was, whoa, slow down. I have no idea what's happening here and I 227 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:38,560 don't like it. Just being honest, you know, I roll into this church service, there's an 228 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:42,040 evangelist there, he's praying over people, there's people flopping around on the floor 229 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:47,400 like fish out of water. There's just all this strange stuff happening around me. And in 230 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:59,480 my mind, Chris said, don't you touch me or you're going to have a problem. And I meant 231 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:06,360 it. I didn't want anything to do with that person and what was happening around me. Because 232 00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:15,440 it was just weird. It was strange. I didn't understand it. Now, hear me out. I eventually 233 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:21,120 gave my life to Jesus in that church, which I'm thankful for. Okay, I celebrate it. But 234 00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:26,200 all throughout my time at that church, I was very unsettled. Right? Because I really didn't 235 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:32,800 fit. It just kind of wasn't me because I found myself dressing up for God and I was in a 236 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:37,440 suit and a tie every Sunday. And it just, to be honest with you, just really became 237 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:42,840 religious. You know, just a lot of rules and you put on a mask and you pretend everything's 238 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,800 okay. And I just didn't want that. I just didn't want it. Unfortunately, the church 239 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:54,920 went through a split, just kind of fell apart. And at that point, God led my family to move 240 00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:01,320 to Syracuse. So we moved to Syracuse and that's where we became a part of the Vineyard. And 241 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:06,520 that's where I met a family that I fit. Right? I met John and he's kind of my spiritual mentor, 242 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:13,560 my pastor, if you will. And he's just a normal guy. But he was a normal guy that prayed for 243 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:19,860 people and we saw healings and he said, hey, Chris, you do you, you be you. And I was able 244 00:25:19,860 --> 00:25:25,240 to bring in secular bands and Christian bands and we packed out auditoriums this size with 245 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:31,120 five and six hundred kids at these concerts. And it was amazing. And it's like that's when 246 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:37,680 God called me, spoke to me and he said, you are called to reach people like you. You are 247 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:42,000 called to reach those that wouldn't go to church. You know, those people that think, 248 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,640 if I walk in the church, the roof's going to fall down on me. I just had a conversation 249 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:51,480 with that about a guy, a guy coaches my daughter's softball team. And you know, if I walk in 250 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:58,720 there, the roof might fall on me. I said, don't worry. It falls on all of us every week. 251 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:09,600 We'd love to have you. But it took me, hear me out. It took me being willing to say yes, 252 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:16,600 God, in order for that to happen. Yes, God, I want to follow your lead and plan a church. 253 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:22,200 Yes, God, I want to reach those outside of the church that, let me be honest with you, 254 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:28,040 it makes church kind of ugly and difficult because we're dealing with people like me 255 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:33,520 that was full of baggage, right? And struggles and addictions and hangups and hurts and all 256 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:40,040 those things that we bring into this place. But the last time I checked, that's who Jesus 257 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:51,160 hung out with. That's who he spent his time with. Now for some of you, just being honest 258 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:58,880 here, your spiritual life is lifeless because you have prayed and are praying conditional 259 00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:03,640 prayers, especially when it comes to the Holy Spirit. You've seen things, you've heard things, 260 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:09,360 so your prayer life is kind of like, well, God, I believe in you. I believe in your Son. 261 00:27:09,360 --> 00:27:15,080 I believe in the Holy Spirit. Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. I'm not raising my hands. Whoa, 262 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:19,360 whoa, whoa, I'm not praying for somebody. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not going out 263 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:28,240 there and inviting people to church. Whoa, hold on now. I'm not going there. You're only 264 00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:34,000 going to go so far with God if you pray conditional prayers. Does everyone hear that? If you're 265 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:42,200 not open to all that God has, then God's going to stop in your life. But when we're open 266 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:47,240 to all that God has for us, you will be overwhelmed with his love and more importantly, his power 267 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:52,520 and you will make a difference in the lives of others. And I want more of God's power 268 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:59,360 in me. I want more of God's power in this church and I desire that all of you have that 269 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:05,120 same passion because I want to be a church where there's signs and wonders and miracles 270 00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:09,840 and healings and it happens time and time and time again because that's what we're called 271 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:18,120 to do. That's what we're called to do. And it doesn't have to be weird. It can be just 272 00:28:18,120 --> 00:28:23,400 really simple and practical so we can see lives change, which leads us to the question, 273 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:28,920 well, why are some reluctant? Like, why are you so reluctant, some of you so reluctant 274 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:33,440 to the Holy Spirit? Well, first one's, some of you are just uninformed. Like you didn't 275 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,280 even know. And if you're here this morning and you're hearing something new or you're 276 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:43,680 watching online, you're hearing something new, you're in good company. Now towards the 277 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:50,400 end of the book of Acts, there are still people who don't know about the Holy Spirit. And 278 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:54,360 if you read through the book of Acts this week, you'll read about people being filled 279 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:59,480 again and again and again and again, just the filling of the Holy Spirit. It was constant 280 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:05,580 theme throughout Acts. But then in Acts 19 towards the end of the book, while Paulus 281 00:29:05,580 --> 00:29:10,560 was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus 282 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:18,080 on the coast where he found several believers. So here you got Paul, he's out sharing, right? 283 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:23,200 And he runs into believers, Jesus followers, and he asked them a question. Did you receive 284 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:30,000 the Holy Spirit when you believed? He asked them. No, they replied. We haven't even heard 285 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:37,400 that there was a Holy Spirit. See, these people have not experienced more of God. They were 286 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,720 believers. They were, they were in a relationship with Jesus, but they weren't filled with the 287 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:47,560 Spirit of God. And we have to understand salvation is just the beginning of all that God has 288 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:55,160 for you. It's the starting point of your eternal life. And as you start with salvation, there's 289 00:29:55,160 --> 00:30:04,200 so much more of Him as you experience Him daily. Some are just uninformed, just uninformed. 290 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:10,520 For example, some of you here today, and when I mentioned the word charismatic earlier, 291 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:16,000 immediate year your mind went to, oh, charismatic, I know all about that, right? There's this 292 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:22,360 weird horn that gets blown, or there's people running in circles around the church, or they're 293 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,040 gonna put me in a seat and I'm gonna put my, they're gonna put my hands, their hands on 294 00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:32,280 me, or they're gonna make me say things that I don't really believe, or do weird things. 295 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:40,280 Or worse yet, they're gonna make me handle snakes. Now, some of you thought that, right? 296 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:48,800 When you heard charismatic, listen to this. The word charismatic comes from the word charisma, 297 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:55,360 which simply means to be gifted. That's all it means. It means receiving God's spiritual 298 00:30:55,360 --> 00:31:01,160 gifts. That's all charismatic means. But yet there's all these misinterpretations based 299 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:07,160 on what you've seen, heard, or experienced that don't line up with what the Bible teaches. 300 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:13,840 All charismatic means is being full of God's spiritual gifts, which I believe in 100% and 301 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:22,640 one for you. The Holy Spirit is so much better than you think. Don't be uninformed, desire 302 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:29,080 to be filled with his power, which leads us to our next misunderstanding, if you will. 303 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:37,120 Some are apathetic. Some are apathetic. Listen, Jesus warns us not to be lukewarm or 304 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:42,400 lazy when it comes to the kingdom of God. In fact, he says, if you're lukewarm when it 305 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:49,160 comes to my kingdom, I'm gonna spit you out. Jesus desires that we go all in, right? He 306 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:55,400 doesn't just want our toe in. He wants us immersed, right? He wants us a part of it. 307 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,960 He doesn't want us just showing up to church on Easter and Christmas and when there's a 308 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:07,880 baptism or a special occasion, oh, it's Crumpy Sunday, I gotta get there, get my Crumpy Fill. 309 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:15,040 Now he wants more of you. There's a scientific term called entropy. Entropy is how energy 310 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:21,960 is measured and dispersed. And entropy's thesis statement says that if you leave anything 311 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:31,440 alone, it doesn't stay there. It gets worse or declines. It gets less than. And that is 312 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:39,360 what some of your spiritual lives look like. You just allowed yourself to become stagnant. 313 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:43,160 And if we're able to operate and function with the gifts of God and have so much more 314 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:49,640 with the Holy Spirit, why wouldn't we want it? Romans 12, 11 says, never be lacking in 315 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:58,320 zeal but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord. Which leads us to our next reason 316 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:03,560 or misunderstanding. Some of you are just fearful. Some of you think, well, if I go 317 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:10,160 all in with God, he's gonna ruin my life. You know, I might have to quit my job. Oh, 318 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:14,880 my gosh, I'm gonna have to change my habits. I'm not gonna be able to watch that TV show. 319 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:21,200 Man, I'm not gonna be able to drink as much as I do. I mean, Chris, I ain't going all 320 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:27,920 in. I mean, he might move me and my family to Africa and I'll have to live in a hut. 321 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:36,560 Listen, man, you're just making stuff up. You're making up excuses. That's all that 322 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:42,640 is. Now, I'm not saying God won't call you to Africa. Maybe he will. But I haven't seen 323 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:51,880 any yet, right? Some of you are just scared of the things of God. You're scared to operate 324 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:59,440 in his power. And can I be honest with you guys? If you're fearful, you're believing 325 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:06,680 a lie. The enemy is whispering in your ear saying, you can't do this, you can't do that. 326 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:11,200 Don't go all in. Who have you doing this? And then the enemy's blaming me and you're 327 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:15,520 all looking at me like, see, I knew he would say this, that, and that. They're just lies. 328 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,440 And you say, well, Chris, how do you know that? Well, James 1.17 says, whatever is good 329 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,560 and perfect is a gift coming down for us from God our Father who created all the lights 330 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:27,720 in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. When it comes to the things 331 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:35,400 of God, he can't produce bad. It's all good. It's all good. So my point is, what are you 332 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:41,280 waiting for? What are you waiting for? The only thing that can come out of going all 333 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:49,840 in with God is good. Don't allow fear to lock you down in your relationship. So I'm going 334 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:54,600 to charge you this week with one action step. Right? I'm not going to have three or four 335 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:59,880 and let you choose which one you want to do. One. Are you okay with that? Because I believe 336 00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:07,440 that if you walk this out this week, your life will be changed. Daily be filled with 337 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:13,320 the Spirit. Daily be filled with the Spirit. And you're just like, well, can I really do 338 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,520 that, Chris? Yeah, look, Paul commands us to do it in Ephesians 5.18. Don't be drunk 339 00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,640 with wine because it will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. We read 340 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:26,040 this in Acts 4.8. Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, rulers and 341 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,920 elders of our people, Peter, right, how many of you experienced a stressful situation this 342 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,880 week? Put your hand up. Some of you that don't, put your hand up anyway because I know you 343 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:42,880 did. Thank you. Okay? Like all of us went through some form of stress this week. I get it. Peter 344 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:47,580 was in this stressful situation. He was standing before these powerful men. They could literally 345 00:35:47,580 --> 00:35:55,840 sentence him to death. And at that critical moment, Peter was what? Filled with the Spirit. 346 00:35:55,840 --> 00:36:00,600 Now the crazy thing is, listen, that wasn't the first time that Peter was filled with 347 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:07,920 the Spirit, right? He was filled with the Spirit multiple times before. In fact, Peter 348 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:13,200 was filled with the Spirit in John 20, 22 when Jesus breathed on them. Look, again, 349 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:17,320 he said, peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you. Then he 350 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:24,840 breathed on them and said, receive the Holy Spirit. That was before it even happened at 351 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:29,560 Pentecost in the book of Acts. But then in at the book of Acts, at Pentecost, Peter was 352 00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:34,040 filled with the Spirit with all the other disciples than what looked like flames or 353 00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:39,200 tongues of fire, appeared on each of them and everyone present was filled with the Holy 354 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:43,600 Spirit, began speaking in other languages as the Holy Spirit gave them the ability. 355 00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:49,840 Right? So there it is again, filling. Peter in Acts 3, 6 through 7 is walking down the 356 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:55,480 road towards the temple, of course. Right? And notice what it says. Peter said, I don't 357 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:59,640 have any silver or gold for you, but I'll give you what I have in the name of Jesus 358 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,720 and Nazareth. Get up and walk. Now let me ask you a question. Do you think Peter did 359 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:11,680 that in his own strength? What was he full of? Whew. Because last time I checked, I didn't 360 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:18,480 see you guys walking around saying, hey, get up and walk in Mike's name. Nothing's going 361 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:23,280 to happen. Nothing's going to happen. Peter took the lame man by the right hand, helped 362 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,360 him up, and as he did, the man's feet and ankles were instantly healed and strengthened. 363 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:34,520 Right? The filling of the Holy Spirit is not a one time event. It's something that we need 364 00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:41,640 to experience all the time so that we're living in God's fullness. It's literally a constant 365 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:48,680 filling. It's continually asked to be filled. It's a repeated receiving of the Holy Spirit. 366 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:55,080 Why do you think we pray? Come Holy Spirit. Because in our weakness, right, we need his 367 00:37:55,080 --> 00:38:03,680 strength. Listen, I want to challenge you today. If you're skeptical, I don't care who you 368 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:09,560 are, I don't care how long you've been here. If you're skeptical, if you're wondering, 369 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:14,800 will this work for me? This is my challenge for you. Give me one year of your life. Give 370 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:20,320 me one year of your life. Now, do we have the flower thing, the spaceship thing? If 371 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:26,520 you give me one year of your life and you go all in and you go to start with why and 372 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:31,120 you go to team up and you become a part of now what? You get in a group, you help others 373 00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,600 grow, you begin to pray for others to speak in others' lives. You give me one year and 374 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:40,200 you commit to it full time going all in. You don't make excuses on Sunday. You're here 375 00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,800 when you can be, unless you're sick and then I'll come and pray for you. It's all right 376 00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:51,000 and then you'll come. Sorry, that was tangent. But anyway, you're just all in. You'll have 377 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:56,640 the best year of your life. And then if you don't at the end of that year, go do something 378 00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:04,160 else. Go do something else. Right? Go talk to Tom Cruise. He'll tell you all about Scientology. 379 00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:13,600 It won't work. But you go all in here. You go all in with God. You have the best year 380 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:22,080 of your life. I believe that. Do you? Again, it's a choice. And I would close with a story. 381 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:27,760 This is a cool story. I was reading it this week. It's from the prophet Ezekiel. In Ezekiel 382 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:32,000 47, you can go back and read it yourself, but it talks about, it refers to this river 383 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:37,400 that was flowing through the temple, which it was a prophecy speaking to the Holy Spirit 384 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:45,520 flowing through the church and being a part of the church. And in Ezekiel 47, 3, it says, 385 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:50,640 measuring as he went, he took me along a stream. And he took out a tape measure and he measured 386 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:56,880 1,750 feet and he led me across this river, if you will, and he led me into the water 387 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:03,840 and it was up to my ankles. You know what that's a picture of? That's a picture of salvation. 388 00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:08,960 You're in. You're in a relationship with God. You're eternal. You're going to heaven. But 389 00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:14,680 then it didn't stop there. He measured another 1,750 feet and led me further out. This time 390 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:22,600 the water is up to my knees. That's your water baptism. Right? You see it? You see it happening? 391 00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:27,960 But it doesn't stop there. It's another 1,750 out and it's up to his waist. Maybe you're 392 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:32,800 in a group. Maybe you're committed. You're going all in. You're serving others. Then 393 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:39,360 he mentioned another 1,750 feet and he said, it's too deep. I can't walk anymore. He was 394 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:49,200 swimming. He was swimming in the river. And it says this, there will be swarms of living 395 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:55,840 things wherever the water of this river flows. Living things. Fish will abound in the Dead 396 00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:02,560 Sea for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows. And 397 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,920 friends, that's a picture of going all in with the Holy Spirit. Amen. Will you stand 398 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:17,840 with me? Will you stand with me this morning? Listen, it's going to be a real simple request, 399 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:26,280 like a real simple action step. If you're here this morning and you're like, Chris, 400 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:30,360 I want to go all in. I want more of God. I just want you to put your hand up. I'm going 401 00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:34,680 to pray for you. Yep. Put them up. Put them up. If you're here and you want more of God, 402 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:39,480 just slip your hand up. Now hear me out. Keep your hand up as I pray because I believe for 403 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:45,240 some of you that God is going to fall on your life. It's going to be immersion. That the 404 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:49,200 Holy Spirit, some of you are going to experience the Holy Spirit like you never have before. 405 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:54,600 You may weep. You may feel chills. You may feel or sense. It's almost like the wind blowing 406 00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:59,880 against you. That's God saying he's walking with you. Amen. So Holy Spirit come. You see 407 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:05,320 the hands fall on each and every person that says they want more now in Jesus name. Rest 408 00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:13,840 on us. Rest on us, Spirit. Lead us and guide us, God. Make us a people that is desiring 409 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,920 so much more. Your signs, your wonders, your miracles, God. Praying for others, sharing 410 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:26,160 with others. Allow us to be a people of your Spirit in Jesus name and we said together. 411 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:32,640 Amen. Now, now hear me out. Now listen. Some of you just need to get your ankles in. Right? 412 00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,160 If you're here this morning, no one looking around. It's a private thing. You know I do 413 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:40,400 it every Sunday morning. It's a private thing between a person, between someone and God. 414 00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:44,800 If you're here this morning, you haven't made that first step. You haven't been baptized 415 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:48,680 into the family of God. Maybe you've walked away from God. You're questioning God. You 416 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:54,760 turn your back on God. Whatever. Maybe you're just lazy. You don't want to be spit out. 417 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:58,360 Today's your day. No one looking around. It's personal. If there's anybody here like that, 418 00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:03,960 today's your day. Slip your hand up so we can pray with you. Yes, God. Come Holy Spirit. 419 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:16,360 Yes, God. Yes, God. You know we all pray together. Jesus, I'm broken, full of sin, doubt, shame, 420 00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:30,560 regret. I need you. I believe you're God's son. I believe you died for me. Make me new. 421 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:41,960 Fill me now with your Holy Spirit. Allow me to impact others. In Jesus' name. Amen. Yes. 422 00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:48,360 Amen. That's awesome. Now listen, if you're getting baptized, if you could make your way 423 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,480 up here to the front row, if you signed up to be baptized, cool. We're going to do it 424 00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:56,360 here in a minute. If you didn't sign up and you're like, Chris, I want to get baptized. 425 00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,540 Maybe you just gave your life to Jesus. Come on up, man. We got you covered. All right. 426 00:44:00,540 --> 00:44:03,760 We're going to baptize you right now because that's what they did in the Bible. That's 427 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,720 what we're going to do here. Okay. So if you signed up, come over here. Now listen, there's 428 00:44:07,720 --> 00:44:11,560 one other thing I want to mention before we sing. Is there any way if we sing to close? 429 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:16,080 Can we get a little rowdy? All right. I got a new song for you I'm excited about because 430 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,840 I want you guys to get a little rowdy. But anyway, there's a guy back there named Dalton 431 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:25,640 and he wants to start a young men's group, 18 to 25. If you're 18 to 25 and you want 432 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,680 to get around other like-minded guys to pray for each other and encourage each other, see 433 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:34,400 Dalton at the well going afterwards. But this is a new song. It's called rest on us. It's 434 00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:38,760 been wrecking my life for the last two months. And I want to encourage you. It's a simple 435 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:44,640 song, right, Lauren? Simple song. But if you sing the words, if you extend your arms, if 436 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:49,160 you allow God to use you, man, you're going to be changed. It's all about the Holy Spirit 437 00:44:49,160 --> 00:45:13,960 falling in this place. So can we sing out loud? Is that all right? All right, let's 438 00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:14,960 do it. 439 00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:19,960 All right.