WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.559 Remember something. God the Father is not Jesus 00:00:05.559 --> 00:00:10.679 Christ the Son. Neither is the Son the Holy Spirit. 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:19.600 The three comprise the Godhead. But the Holy 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:23.859 Spirit is a person. God the Father is a person. 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:31.000 Jesus Christ the Son is a person. each with a 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:38.039 very definite personality, a distinctive work 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:44.280 to be done, and yet one does not work separate 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:49.240 and apart from the other. They work in conjunction 00:00:49.240 --> 00:00:55.259 with each other, but not separate and apart one 00:00:55.259 --> 00:01:01.149 from the other. Yet there are three persons working 00:01:01.149 --> 00:01:09.750 as one in such perfect harmony and unison. The 00:01:09.750 --> 00:01:13.290 fact has been established in previous messages 00:01:13.290 --> 00:01:19.609 that the Holy Spirit has been in existence from 00:01:19.609 --> 00:01:24.810 all of eternity. And when the great plans were 00:01:24.810 --> 00:01:28.859 made, for the redemption of man. And these plans 00:01:28.859 --> 00:01:31.879 were made way back there, even before the foundations 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:38.120 of the world. The Holy Spirit was there. For 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.359 the Word says, in the ninth chapter of Hebrews, 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:45.079 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.599 through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:53.799 spot to God. Therefore, we see that when plans 00:01:53.799 --> 00:01:58.120 were being made, for the redemption of man that 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:01.680 Jesus offered Himself through the Holy Spirit 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:08.259 to God the Father. Going a little further, we 00:02:08.259 --> 00:02:12.879 see that the Holy Spirit was present at the creation 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:19.900 of this planet. He was also present when God 00:02:19.900 --> 00:02:25.340 made man. For the Scripture says, God said, let 00:02:25.340 --> 00:02:31.360 us make man in our own image and after our likeness, 00:02:31.539 --> 00:02:38.759 referring to his Son and the Holy Spirit. He 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:42.199 was there at the time of creation, for Job says, 00:02:42.599 --> 00:02:48.919 by his Spirit he hath garnished the heavens. 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.919 The fact has been established in... previous 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.860 messages, that God the Father could not have 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:03.020 carried out His plans for redemption without 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:05.780 the aid and the cooperation of the Holy Spirit. 00:03:07.620 --> 00:03:16.060 For, remember, Jesus was conceived by the Holy 00:03:16.060 --> 00:03:22.699 Spirit. He was baptized by the Holy Spirit. Jesus 00:03:22.699 --> 00:03:25.900 performed all of his mighty works by the power 00:03:25.900 --> 00:03:30.159 of the Holy Spirit. He was anointed to preach 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:35.960 by the Holy Spirit. He was raised from the dead 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:42.139 by the Holy Spirit, quickened by the Holy Ghost. 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:51.280 Now watch something. Before Jesus went away, 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:57.340 he made something very clear. It was most important 00:03:57.340 --> 00:04:02.460 that those of us in the generations to follow 00:04:02.460 --> 00:04:07.939 would understand those important words that he 00:04:07.939 --> 00:04:14.159 spoke just before his ascension. It is expedient 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:17.500 for you that I go away. In other words, it is 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:22.139 absolutely necessary that I go away. Why? That 00:04:22.139 --> 00:04:25.160 the Holy Spirit, the third person of Trinity, 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:38.180 might come unto you. And in that day, when the 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:42.750 Holy Spirit came, after the ascension of Jesus, 00:04:43.069 --> 00:04:48.829 he came and took up residence here on this earth. 00:04:48.949 --> 00:04:55.290 But why? Why did the Holy Spirit come to take 00:04:55.290 --> 00:04:59.310 up residence here on this earth? I'll tell you 00:04:59.310 --> 00:05:03.230 why. He had a very definite work to do in this 00:05:03.230 --> 00:05:08.069 dispensation. What was it? The formation of the 00:05:08.069 --> 00:05:14.959 body of Christ. The church. Now, before I go 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.939 further into this message, let's go back to something. 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:24.060 Let's go back to the time when the three sat 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:27.660 at the great conference table, away back there 00:05:27.660 --> 00:05:32.959 in the past, past eternity, before the very foundation 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.160 of the world, when the three were making plans 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:42.279 for the redemption of fallen man. When Jesus 00:05:42.279 --> 00:05:45.920 offered himself through the Holy Spirit to God 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:52.420 the Father to come and give himself as a living 00:05:52.420 --> 00:06:00.040 sacrifice, to give himself as a lamb led to slaughter, 00:06:00.220 --> 00:06:04.160 that you and I might know redemption and have 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.879 eternal life. When they sat at that great conference 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:11.569 table, And we're making the plans for the future. 00:06:11.850 --> 00:06:15.649 An agreement was made between the three of them 00:06:15.649 --> 00:06:21.089 that if Jesus Christ carried out those plans, 00:06:21.490 --> 00:06:31.149 that you and I would be given to him as his inheritance 00:06:31.149 --> 00:06:35.550 for the work that he did. You want to know something? 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:39.420 As Christians, you and I are constantly talking 00:06:39.420 --> 00:06:42.920 about our inheritance in Christ Jesus. Oh, that's 00:06:42.920 --> 00:06:46.079 thrilling. That's marvelous. There is a very 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:51.259 definite inheritance for us. A marvelous inheritance. 00:06:52.420 --> 00:06:56.000 Let's go back to that prayer that Paul prayed 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.899 and is recorded in the first chapter of Ephesians. 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:06.029 Here it is. 18th verse, he is speaking under 00:07:06.029 --> 00:07:09.009 the anointing of the Holy Spirit of our inheritance 00:07:09.009 --> 00:07:16.250 as Christians, which is the earnest of our inheritance 00:07:16.250 --> 00:07:19.709 until the redemption of the purchased possession 00:07:19.709 --> 00:07:25.370 unto the praise of his glory. Now, go down further 00:07:25.370 --> 00:07:28.610 in that prayer, and you'll see in the 18th verse, 00:07:28.670 --> 00:07:31.610 there's another inheritance that's spoken of. 00:07:32.300 --> 00:07:39.439 and it's not ours. Paul prayed that the eyes 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:43.139 of their understanding should be enlightened, 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:47.899 that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, 00:07:48.019 --> 00:07:54.259 and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance 00:07:54.259 --> 00:07:58.720 is in the saints. Whose inheritance is he talking 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:04.389 about? Not ours. He is talking about the inheritance 00:08:04.389 --> 00:08:12.069 of Jesus Christ. And his inheritance is the saints. 00:08:14.750 --> 00:08:17.750 As they sat at that great conference table, the 00:08:17.750 --> 00:08:21.329 three of them, making plans for man's redemption, 00:08:21.569 --> 00:08:23.730 God the Father made an agreement and said, All 00:08:23.730 --> 00:08:27.829 right, son, if you'll carry out these plans, 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:35.259 and come through victoriously, I promise you 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:43.100 that as your inheritance, I will give you those 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:50.559 who accept you as their savior, as their redeemer. 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:57.740 You know how I know those plans were made? Jesus. 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:03.659 talked about those plans, referred to them, when 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:08.519 he prayed that prayer as recorded in the 17th 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:14.080 chapter of John. This is the Lord's prayer. In 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:20.879 that 24th verse, he is saying, Father. He's talking 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.620 to the Father. He's addressing the Father. Father, 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:32.700 I will that they, Also, whom thou hast given 00:09:32.700 --> 00:09:39.120 me. They both had an understanding. The father 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:43.100 knew exactly what Jesus was referring to. And 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:47.179 Jesus was talking about his inheritance that 00:09:47.179 --> 00:09:49.899 had been promised to him of the father when plans 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:51.879 were being made before the foundations of the 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:56.350 world for the redemption of man. Father. I will 00:09:56.350 --> 00:10:04.330 that they also whom thou hast given me be with 00:10:04.330 --> 00:10:11.110 me where I am, that they may behold my glory 00:10:11.110 --> 00:10:16.190 which thou hast given me. For thou lovest me 00:10:16.190 --> 00:10:23.940 before the foundation of the world. Father. I'm 00:10:23.940 --> 00:10:29.639 reminding you of our agreement. You loved me 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:32.639 even before the foundation of the world. You 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:36.639 loved me so much when I offered myself through 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:42.799 the Holy Spirit to you to give to the world that 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:49.259 in exchange you promised the saints, you promised 00:10:49.259 --> 00:10:54.879 to me. As my inheritance, those who would accept 00:10:54.879 --> 00:11:00.100 my plan, those who would accept me as their Savior, 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:04.940 those who would accept me as their Redeemer. 00:11:06.539 --> 00:11:11.379 Is it an inheritance for you? There is an inheritance 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:17.600 for Jesus. Watch something that to me is very 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:24.580 thrilling. as an inheritance and it works both 00:11:24.580 --> 00:11:32.480 ways ours and his jesus said father i want that 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:39.940 they should be heirs with me to the richest in 00:11:39.940 --> 00:11:47.019 glory i want that as my inheritance that they 00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:53.320 shall share equally with The father says, son, 00:11:53.440 --> 00:11:59.500 the only way that that can be done. For you are 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:03.580 the only son I have. I have but one son. You 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:09.519 are that son. The only way that I can make them 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:15.700 joint heirs with you is by adoption. through 00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:23.019 adoption, make them my sons. That's why, beloved, 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:27.340 at the time of our conversion, at the time of 00:12:27.340 --> 00:12:29.539 our salvation, when we accept the Christ our 00:12:29.539 --> 00:12:33.080 personal Savior, automatically, when the blood 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:35.379 of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:40.200 all sin, God Almighty, the glorious Creator, 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:47.190 becomes our Heavenly Father. And we are adopted 00:12:47.190 --> 00:12:53.610 of the Father legally. And through legal adoption 00:12:53.610 --> 00:12:59.669 of the Father, we become heirs of God and joint 00:12:59.669 --> 00:13:03.230 heirs with Christ Jesus. Oh, doesn't that do 00:13:03.230 --> 00:13:06.669 something to you? Isn't that thrilling? This 00:13:06.669 --> 00:13:09.669 marvelous plan of salvation is the most thrilling 00:13:09.669 --> 00:13:14.720 thing in the world. And it's way beyond our comprehension. 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:19.159 But every once in a while, somehow the Holy Spirit 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:23.539 just opens the crack a little bit and allows 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:27.539 us to peek through that crack. And he gives us 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:31.980 a glimpse of that which is rightfully ours and 00:13:31.980 --> 00:13:36.740 a part of God's wonderful plan for us. Oh, this 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:41.210 is glorious. This is marvelous. Now then. Do 00:13:41.210 --> 00:13:44.070 you understand? Are you beginning to see why 00:13:44.070 --> 00:13:47.490 the Holy Spirit, after the ascension of Jesus, 00:13:47.750 --> 00:13:53.970 why the Holy Spirit came here to this earth and 00:13:53.970 --> 00:13:57.350 took up his residence here on this earth and 00:13:57.350 --> 00:14:01.169 will continue to reside here on this earth until 00:14:01.169 --> 00:14:05.610 the great catching up, until the rapture of the 00:14:05.610 --> 00:14:10.690 church? at which time he leaves and goes back 00:14:10.690 --> 00:14:17.629 again to the father from whence he came. He is 00:14:17.629 --> 00:14:23.350 here with a very definite work to be done. What 00:14:23.350 --> 00:14:29.049 is it? To continue to carry out those great plans 00:14:29.049 --> 00:14:32.970 that were made way back there at the great conference 00:14:32.970 --> 00:14:35.309 table, before the very foundation of the world. 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:43.779 The purpose of this dispensation is not the conversion 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:50.200 of the world, but the gathering out of the church. 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:57.240 Watch something very carefully. While Israel 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:04.299 is a called -out body, it is a national body 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:08.809 composed exclusively exclusively of the descendants 00:15:08.809 --> 00:15:14.009 of Abraham. But the church is not a national 00:15:14.009 --> 00:15:18.129 body, for it is not composed of people of any 00:15:18.129 --> 00:15:23.450 one nation, but of individuals from every kindred, 00:15:23.470 --> 00:15:31.289 from all peoples, tribes, and nations. That Israel 00:15:31.289 --> 00:15:35.490 and the church are distinct and separate and 00:15:35.490 --> 00:15:39.710 cannot be blended, is clear from the fact that 00:15:39.710 --> 00:15:45.769 their election was made at different dates. Know 00:15:45.769 --> 00:15:52.190 that. And at different times. Believe me, Israel 00:15:52.190 --> 00:15:58.350 and the church are separate and apart, one from 00:15:58.350 --> 00:16:04.629 the other. Israel was chosen in Abraham from 00:16:04.629 --> 00:16:08.330 the foundation of the world, as recorded in the 00:16:08.330 --> 00:16:11.389 25th chapter of Matthew, the 34th verse, while 00:16:11.389 --> 00:16:20.090 the church was chosen in him, Jesus, before the 00:16:20.090 --> 00:16:24.509 foundation of the world, as recorded here in 00:16:24.509 --> 00:16:29.169 the first chapter of Ephesians. Oh, that's marvelous. 00:16:29.690 --> 00:16:32.289 Let me continue to read from this first chapter 00:16:32.289 --> 00:16:38.450 of Ephesians. The 22nd, 23rd verses. And hath 00:16:38.450 --> 00:16:45.610 put all things under his feet and gave him, speaking 00:16:45.610 --> 00:16:49.830 of Jesus, to be the head over all things to the 00:16:49.830 --> 00:16:56.350 church, which is his body. And the context shows, 00:16:56.570 --> 00:17:00.970 in verse 20, that this headship was not possible 00:17:00.970 --> 00:17:04.250 until Jesus had been raised from the dead. and 00:17:04.250 --> 00:17:08.289 sit at the right hand of the Father. Because 00:17:08.289 --> 00:17:12.309 remember something, as I told you in a previous 00:17:12.309 --> 00:17:16.549 message, that it was absolutely possible for 00:17:16.549 --> 00:17:19.450 these plans someplace along the line to go wrong. 00:17:20.509 --> 00:17:24.569 It was absolutely possible when Jesus was here 00:17:24.569 --> 00:17:28.130 in the flesh, as much man as though he were not 00:17:28.130 --> 00:17:32.730 God, it was possible for him to have yielded 00:17:32.730 --> 00:17:37.369 to temptation. And one of the greatest battles 00:17:37.369 --> 00:17:41.630 that was ever fought and won was fought in the 00:17:41.630 --> 00:17:47.089 Garden of Gethsemane. Know that. The battle wasn't 00:17:47.089 --> 00:17:51.690 fought at the cross. No. The battle was fought 00:17:51.690 --> 00:17:56.049 and won before the body was ever nailed to the 00:17:56.049 --> 00:18:04.119 cross. in the garden of Gethsemane, when Jesus 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:13.140 finally looked up with great beads of blood upon 00:18:13.140 --> 00:18:21.099 his forehead and said, Father, nevertheless, 00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:31.150 not my will but thine be done. was proof positive 00:18:31.150 --> 00:18:35.730 that Jesus had a will separate and apart from 00:18:35.730 --> 00:18:42.630 the Father. While he walked in the flesh here 00:18:42.630 --> 00:18:49.289 on this earth, he had a will, the will of a man, 00:18:49.470 --> 00:18:54.470 that was separate and apart from the Father, 00:18:54.630 --> 00:18:59.940 and that will had to be yielded To the will of 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:04.259 God. Before he was ever nailed on that cross. 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:09.519 We make much over the crucifixion. We make much 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:13.200 over Golgotha. But I'll tell you something. The 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:17.480 battle wasn't fought on the cross. The battle 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:21.779 was fought and won there in the garden. And through 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:25.440 the whole thing. From the time of his conception. 00:19:26.670 --> 00:19:32.650 To the time when he cried, it is finished. His 00:19:32.650 --> 00:19:37.430 every movement was watched very closely by God 00:19:37.430 --> 00:19:42.309 the Father and by the Holy Spirit. Waiting, watching 00:19:42.309 --> 00:19:45.529 breathlessly to see that the plans were carried 00:19:45.529 --> 00:19:50.109 out. For he could have failed. That's the reason 00:19:50.109 --> 00:19:52.210 the father looked down and said, this is my beloved 00:19:52.210 --> 00:19:55.390 son in whom I'm well pleased. He was saying, 00:19:56.460 --> 00:20:02.720 In essence, son, up until now, you're carrying 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:07.519 out every plan. The church, therefore, could 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.880 not have been in existence before there was a 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:16.059 head, and Jesus could not be the head until after 00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:18.680 he was raised from the dead and seated at the 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:23.160 right hand of God the Father. Oh, that's marvelous. 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:34.880 And now today, we are his church. We are a very 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:39.740 part of his body. For as the body is one and 00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:42.440 hath many members, and all the members that one 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:47.319 body, being many, are one body, so also in Christ. 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:51.279 For by one spirit are we all baptized into one 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:56.299 body, whether we be Jew or Gentile. whether we 00:20:56.299 --> 00:21:03.700 be bond or free, and have been all made to drink 00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:14.359 into one spirit. Why then did the Holy Spirit 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:20.420 come to take up residence here on this earth 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:28.799 after the ascension of Jesus? And why will he 00:21:28.799 --> 00:21:32.700 continue until the close of this dispensation 00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:36.319 when we have the great catching up? I'll tell 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:43.640 you why. Not for the purpose to convert the whole 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:50.579 world, but the gathering out of the church and 00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:59.680 the church. is the inheritance of Jesus Christ. 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:08.500 The part of the agreement that was made as the 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:15.420 three sat at the great conference table. Jesus 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:21.380 carried out the plan. to the dotting of every 00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:31.640 I and the crossing of every T. Therefore, as 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:40.380 surely as you and I are a part of the great plan, 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:46.440 as surely as we have an inheritance in Christ 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:51.549 Jesus, as heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ 00:22:51.549 --> 00:22:57.309 Jesus, never overlook the most important fact 00:22:57.309 --> 00:23:01.089 of it all, and that is the fact that through 00:23:01.089 --> 00:23:10.930 redemption's plan, we are his inheritance. And 00:23:10.930 --> 00:23:17.829 I pray that he shall be proud of his inheritance. 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:21.359 Inherited. Amen.