Unstoppable

00:00:00: Welcome to our Sermon podcast here at Feta Reso.

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00:00:33: So wherever you are listening today, get comfortable.

00:00:36: Settle in and let's turn our attention to God's Word!

00:00:39: Enjoy in a place that we've probably never been to.

00:01:13: The fact of the matter is, Colossians—the letter you have in front of you—is not really a theological textbook nor it's at collection spiritual sayings that are just sort-of coagulating together on a book called A Letter.

00:01:28: I want to be clear with this morning about This Letter Is A Real Letter written by real man To a real church and a real place And an important time In God's history.

00:01:41: Paul tells us In the very first verse of this, who He is.

00:01:46: I'm an apostle Of Christ.

00:01:49: By The Will Of God he says... The beautiful thing about that to give you context Is That He's writing This Whole Letter Within The Context Of Being Under House Arrest in Rome.

00:02:04: Probably Twenty Thirty Years After Jesus Has Been Crucified And Has Died and Has Risen Again Based On What Would Normally Happen To A Roman Citizen It's Likely That Paul is attached to some kind of Roman soldier who's keeping guard at his house, not letting him out.

00:02:21: This was before he really hits the prison and He's waiting trial as has this right?

00:02:26: As a roman citizen.

00:02:28: He's waitin' trial to come Before The Emperor himself To make His case so... So humanly speaking Humanely Speaking I think it matters!

00:02:37: i think that first thing That want you see in this letter Is It Matters The context Matters That Paul Is Confined.

00:02:45: I think that's so important as we go through this whole letter over the next ten weeks, That you remember Paul is writing from confinement.

00:02:54: His missionary journeys have come to a standstill.

00:02:57: He can't go into marketplaces and preach anymore.

00:03:00: he cant sing the Lord's praises in public any more.

00:03:03: he cant visit house by house people-by-people And have a ministry.

00:03:07: he cannot have it all confined.

00:03:11: Now for those of us who are pastors and ministers and elders Imagine the weight of the worry that you can no longer do your job for Jesus anymore, it seems.

00:03:24: That somebody has placed a limit on the ceiling and you can't go any further.

00:03:29: I imagine Paul must have had some sort anxiety around what's going to happen To The Kingdom Of God.

00:03:35: What is gonna Happen To Jesus?

00:03:36: What Is Gonna Happened To His Word?

00:03:38: What Will Happend To The People In Colisei And All These Places?

00:03:40: What Is Going To Happen For Them?

00:03:42: Thats What i think he should Worry About Because That Some Of Things in My Human This I Would Worry about I'd think if the gospel is not preached, what's going to happen?

00:03:50: To people.

00:03:52: How stupid of me.

00:03:53: do you think that right?

00:03:54: because it's not what Paul thinks.

00:03:57: from Paul's chains actually comes The richest pieces of scripture we have.

00:04:04: You know before he writes this letter From the same chains He writes a letter to the Philippians to the Ephesians Then Philemon and then eventually Colossians.

00:04:16: Isn't at all wonderful reminder First off, that even though Paul is imprisoned and restrained and kept behind bars the gospel of Jesus Christ has not kept in a locked cage.

00:04:33: The Gospel Of Jesus Christ Is Unstoppable!

00:04:38: The Apostle Might Be In Prison?

00:04:40: The Gospel Cannot be Put In Prison And That's A Huge Encouragement To Us.

00:04:45: Now About A Context Around The Church Here In Coliseum Quite a small congregation, it was planted by Epaphryus the minister that he mentions and we don't have any evidence.

00:04:56: Paul actually visited Colossae.

00:04:58: It's in Turkey but what we do know is seems to me most theologians that a letter was sent to Paul telling them of problems going on at Colossai which is why he writes all his letters.

00:05:12: What happened specifically in Colossais though was that the people who were coming to lead worship there, they are teaching the people that Jesus is insufficient.

00:05:24: That he needed to have rituals and religion in order to meet this standard God had for them.

00:05:32: so rather than preaching the sufficiency of Jesus how amazing He as He was saying Jesus good but not sufficient.

00:05:40: You need to have particular rules.

00:05:43: You may even lean into the old Judaic laws about food and how you behave, certain boundaries put things in place that make sure they are doing their right worship at a time or place.

00:05:58: So these were voices from church saying Jesus is not sufficient.

00:06:06: They wanted spiritual experiences more rituals, religion, rules.

00:06:11: philosophy, monasticism seem to have started in Colisey.

00:06:17: And this letter comes to the church.

00:06:19: and as you read through it all, we go throughout these next ten weeks You'll see that the primary thing Paul is saying No!

00:06:27: Christ himself Is sufficient for you.

00:06:30: That's what he's saying To every single person who will hear This and read even today Two thousand years later Paul's letter to us here in Fetresso, and to Stonehaven.

00:06:40: To the churches and pastors and congregations that gather in this town.

00:06:44: he is saying Christ is sufficient!

00:06:49: You don't need anything else ever.

00:06:55: And actually if you're here this morning looking for more than Jesus I'm sorry to disappoint you...you are not going get any more then Jesus because YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE THAN JESUS.

00:07:09: Replacing Jesus with your own ideas or morals, personal politics is not going to work.

00:07:15: It's never gonna fix you.

00:07:18: if You're in church today and you look across Your life And you think there are times where I've tried To dethrone jesus Paul writes to you and says stop that Don't dethron Jesus.

00:07:30: give Jesus his true throne and let him sit on it.

00:07:33: He's Not willing to share it With you?

00:07:36: Jesus Christ Is Lord and sufficient for each in every one of us.

00:07:41: We're going to sing it later, aren't we?

00:07:43: In Christ alone my hope is

00:07:45: found.".

00:07:47: That says to us that the church can't save you!

00:07:51: The preaching can't Save

00:07:52: You!!

00:07:53: The prayers Can't Save

00:07:54: YOU!!!

00:07:54: The service will be flawed...the music'll Be

00:07:56: Flawed!!

00:07:57: Everything Will Be

00:07:57: Flawed!!

00:07:58: Nothing Can Fix

00:07:59: It!!

00:07:59: There Is A Cross Shaped Hole In Every Single Person In This Room And Only One Man Can Fix

00:08:05: IT!!

00:08:07: The Lord

00:08:07: Jesus!!

00:08:08: He Fills That Space and Nobody Else.

00:08:12: You can try and fill it with all sorts of stuff, but they're all truly in deeply.

00:08:16: And honestly completely insufficient.

00:08:20: He is sufficient Now.

00:08:23: I told you almost a year ago now so It's about...almost a year since i came here ...and I said to you that unless Jesus directs me otherwise Im going to continually preach through the lens Of making us The fragrance of Christ For the people of Stonehaven That what we are gonna do.

00:08:39: We will look at this letter over these weeks through that lens.

00:08:43: How does this letter from Paul enable us to become the true fragrance of Jesus Christ amongst our brothers and sisters in Stonehaven?

00:08:54: I want us to be so recognisable, and smell so like Jesus That nobody will be able to deny your faith In Him.

00:09:07: Now these opening verses are a prayer.

00:09:10: It's The Heading Your Bible Will Say Thanksgiving And Prayer.

00:09:12: They Are A Prayer.

00:09:13: Look What Verse Four Says He's thanking God, isn't he?

00:09:17: Paul is thanking God and saying I thank you.

00:09:21: We've heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and for the love that You have for God's

00:09:24: people.".

00:09:25: I just think there something even on that statement...Paul was not seeing what many us would might say.

00:09:32: Thank you all!

00:09:33: The great mission successful programs that you've ran in your church.

00:09:41: Thank You for the Great Children's Ministry or Youth Ministry, thank You For The Great Preaching Or The Impressive Financial Outcome Or The Lovely Building You Have Or The Huge Financial Influence That You Have Online Or The Podcasts That You Do Or The Music That You Sing.

00:09:55: He Doesn't Say Any Of That!

00:09:56: He Doesn'T Thank Them For Stuff!

00:10:00: He Thanks Them For The Faith And Love of The People...The People Matter To Paul.

00:10:09: Remember This Church Is Doing Bad.

00:10:11: There are people in here who're teaching bad stuff, and Paul just wants the people to know what's going on.

00:10:18: Who he is?

00:10:19: And who?

00:10:20: God has rely entirely on Jesus—that's the context of a letter!

00:10:24: Paul knows that despite everything or anything that might come an attack the church if the gospel his present faith and love will be present then it'll be evident to see.

00:10:37: always you can walk into our church as there no faith.

00:10:40: The gospel has not touched the people.

00:10:46: and so when he receives this letter properly from Epaphrias telling him all This is going on, And He's probably told Him All the stuff that's been happening in how they faithful are trying to get over?

00:10:56: That problem.

00:10:57: It's happening.

00:10:58: You just praises them and thanks God for their faith and further love for one another for enduring through.

00:11:05: He sees it there.

00:11:06: They're so oozing Faith and Love in Jesus that they must have the Gospel.

00:11:16: the gospel has arrived when love and faith are amongst people of God.

00:11:23: You can see their love, you probably could smell the fragrance of Christ off a letter...you know?

00:11:29: ...You just tell something is different....you get into somebody's kitchen and they've been baiting bread.....you know that there's bed in the oven because you can smell it....somethings different!

00:11:41: So he could probably smell the fragrance of Christ on this letter that he received......it tells tells you something that's going on amongst the people.

00:11:53: And I want to see what Paul highlights actually as the root of this faith in love, look at verse five The Faith and Love That Spring From The Hope That Is Stored Up For You In Heaven.

00:12:10: Do not think it is just so good to know?

00:12:12: There is hope stored up for your heaven that the Lord Jesus has paid waiting for you and receive it day by day.

00:12:24: How often do You think in the world does It tell You, we'll hope In If it's okay?

00:12:28: if We've tested And it works...we can have Hope in it.

00:12:32: The Gospel says actually that You don't need to test any of it.

00:12:35: The hope is already there before Any test!

00:12:38: Is sure and certain?

00:12:40: The rock That You stand on..is Sure and Certain.

00:12:44: Paul says, the Christian life says that you stand on something so clear.

00:12:49: That your hope is evident in your faith and in your love.

00:12:56: Your Hope Is Secure And that hope will help You.

00:13:03: Love freely Give freely Live freely with one another.

00:13:08: Love One Another.

00:13:09: Have Faith Be able to Show The World Your Faith.

00:13:13: Be A True Disciple Of Christ.

00:13:15: It's That Hope That Gives You it And that hope goes out from you and the gospel grows, it flourishes.

00:13:24: You've seen in verse six all of this happening means that the Gospel is bearing fruit growing.

00:13:30: That's creation language!

00:13:32: Remember when God commanded Adam and Eve to go forth multiply?

00:13:38: Well now he's fulfilling his promise at His own gospel...that the gospel will bring creation a new life across the nations despite us, where sin brought death.

00:13:53: The gospel will bring life and life to the

00:13:55: full.".

00:13:56: You know that's why Christianity survived empires because it could not be stopped...couldn't be stopped!

00:14:07: Rome is gone, the Soviet Union has gone, Nazis are gone.

00:14:10: all other kingdoms will come and go but the Gospel will be unstoppable Because It Will Go Everywhere.

00:14:18: It will seep into every area that we allow it to do so.

00:14:22: We are the vessels who take out, we're witnesses of its power.

00:14:28: That was a privilege given by God.

00:14:31: and teach this gospel because the Gospel does not fail.

00:14:41: You were part today Jules, you were part of that story this morning when You gave Your life to Jesus and You went into the water And came up as a new person.

00:14:51: That's what that symbolized.

00:14:53: Washed in the blood.

00:14:56: The church tries To come up with New ways Of doing stuff New techniques New training courses All these things Because we want to do good Stuff right?

00:15:06: That is Good important But Paul says Just be known for your faith Be known for your faith and be known for Your love for one another.

00:15:15: Jesus actually said that words.

00:15:17: This is how the world will know That you're my disciples, but You Actually have so much Love For One Another.

00:15:23: They'll be able to smell it off of you.

00:15:28: The other thing I want To show you in this text Is How Paul prays?

00:15:36: For himself.

00:15:39: He doesn't Pray that he's released from prison.

00:15:41: you see It's not his priority.

00:15:45: And actually You would think, well what's going on in Colisey with all this false teaching going on?

00:15:51: And you'd think his prayer could be just get them by.

00:15:56: Just get him through it Lord!

00:15:58: Let give them a wee marshal to get them into the next stage.

00:16:01: Get them through that hard bit of their history Lord!

00:16:05: Give them something tiny A wee bit I hope To get them though It.

00:16:10: That is not what he prays.

00:16:13: He doesn't say oh lord let them survive.

00:16:18: Let them have a wee bit of good happening in amongst the bad.

00:16:24: That's not what he prays, look at him.

00:16:25: praise verse nine.

00:16:26: Lord fill them!

00:16:28: Fill them.

00:16:32: We continually ask.

00:16:34: He says that God would fill you Brothers and sisters.

00:16:40: He says because Paul knows Christianity is not.

00:16:44: religion runs on empty.

00:16:51: Paul knows that the church of Jesus Christ can survive Anything if they are filled by the Holy Spirit The great conqueror of all.

00:17:00: The holy spirit is the gift to the Church, By the way It's no just...the Holy Spirit.

00:17:04: just as they come and know it a wee bit more excitable.

00:17:07: in the Christian kingdom The Holy Spirit is for each And every one Of you.

00:17:12: They're reserved on their unreserved among You!

00:17:14: The ones That Are willing To put your hands up and dance and the Ones that are willing to stand quietly with Your Hands Folded?

00:17:18: Its fine!

00:17:19: This spirit Can work through All of it.

00:17:22: I don't look for fakeness in it.

00:17:25: Let the Holy Spirit touch you as He desires to touch

00:17:28: You.".

00:17:30: The Holy Spirit is the gift of the church, a gift given to You.

00:17:35: Can you imagine?

00:17:36: Do remember Christmas mornings when you come down and your mum-and dad or your guardians gave you a present?

00:17:46: call that feeling back to your mind.

00:17:48: if That is a memory for you, Call it Back To Your Mind and Remember the Great Feeling It Is or Even To Receive A Birthday Gift Or To Receives Something Amazing.

00:17:56: Think About That Feeling.

00:17:57: THAT IS WHAT THE LORD DID TO YOU.

00:17:59: HE SAID HERE IS THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR YOU IT'S YOUR GIFT.

00:18:07: Imagine Imagine For A Moment That That Was Our Prayer.

00:18:15: You Know I'm A Church Of Scotland Minister Right?

00:18:17: and the church of Scotland gets on my nerves more than I can ever tell you, right?

00:18:24: It really does.

00:18:24: And I pray about it repeatedly.

00:18:26: when i was reading through this these last three weeks... ...I just thought rather then me constantly getting annoyed at The Church Of Jesus Christ in Scotland what if I woke up every morning and said fill them!

00:18:39: Fill the church with your presence.

00:18:45: imagine we wake-up every morning.

00:18:47: We said Lord fill ME again.

00:18:53: Imagine the person right next to you.

00:18:57: You turned to them and said, Lord Jesus fill this person—this brother or sister in Christ?

00:19:03: Imagine that was our culture!

00:19:05: Well it doesn't have to be wishful thinking.

00:19:07: we can do that daily.

00:19:08: ask The Lord Jesus to fill us.

00:19:11: It's actually a clarion call To every church everywhere.

00:19:15: Don't throw mud at the bride.

00:19:18: Pray for her That she is filled so much that she has faith and love to be obedient, live a life worthy.

00:19:29: I corrected myself over these last three weeks because there's times when like oh i'm so sick of all the meetings in all the rules...I just Lord I am sick of it!

00:19:39: And what should really be praying is fill us That we might see beyond this.

00:19:49: Paul expects The Church to be active in the Holy Spirit, brothers and sisters.

00:19:54: He expects this church to say I'm praying for you in the spirit that your filled because he wants them know That The Holy Spirit is only way through all of these trauma & drama thats going on.

00:20:08: Thats why he connects it intimately To Christian life Wisdom & obedience.

00:20:17: Through This Spirit You'll Get All Wisdom And Knowledge Not a side from It.

00:20:22: You can't get wisdom and knowledge.

00:20:24: if you've not had the Holy Spirit come upon you.

00:20:27: Because He opens eyes, he gives understanding... ...He makes it all clear again!

00:20:37: The spirit does something in each of us that turns to dial up.

00:20:41: It makes us love Jesus.

00:20:43: We cannot love Jesus without the presence of the Holy Spirit within us.

00:20:47: Not truly We can love the stuff we know about Jesus, but to truly Love him with generous.

00:20:54: Love and all your heart body-mind.

00:20:56: And so you need To have this spirit within You to do that?

00:21:00: To be filled to such capacity.

00:21:02: That is the only thing you can love That we might well.

00:21:08: verse ten says live a life worthy of The Lord to please Him in every way.

00:21:15: Actually there's something else.

00:21:16: it just actually occurred to me And I want you to see in this, like...I wanted to say that This new life comes.

00:21:23: So this living a life worthy Comes not first but it come second.

00:21:30: Paul doesn't Say That You Need To Live A Good Life In Order To Receive All These Gifts.

00:21:36: i think thats important to correct and clarify because Thats Just Religion.

00:21:42: He Says Pray That The Holy Spirit Fills You.

00:21:44: Then You Will Get All These gifts.

00:21:48: the Christian Comes to God as they are and is made new in His presence.

00:21:57: We don't come with all the stuff, an order.

00:22:01: we Come and He puts it in order.

00:22:07: God has already rescued you before your baptism.

00:22:11: god had already touched You.

00:22:13: God was already forgiving you Before you agreed to be forgiven?

00:22:17: God has Already brought you into The kingdom before you decided To walk into.

00:22:22: It's good that you fall Into obedience to his will.

00:22:24: That's what the Holy Spirit does to you.

00:22:26: but You have all you need.

00:22:28: And really what this letter says to you is, or some mental change, or even some personality changes.

00:22:54: That's not what this is about!

00:22:55: This deeply spiritual you should be unrecognisable to your former self.

00:23:02: It so radically different that it no just making a good person its actually changing fundamentally.

00:23:09: who are in sight?

00:23:10: because heart now belongs something else.

00:23:16: Paul says give something at the very heart of gospel away in verse thirteen for He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of The Son he loves.

00:23:29: You know, if there is a verse that sums up the gospel it's about right?

00:23:34: The reality is, and I need you to know this whether your the most experienced Christian in the room are a brand new convertor.

00:23:40: You're not even a Christian at all.

00:23:41: You need To Know that we Are Not Simply Confused.

00:23:45: Before We Came And Saved We Were Saved By Jesus.

00:23:48: It's No Just Something.

00:23:48: We Just Sort Of Lived In This Kind of Life Of Confusion.

00:23:51: WE NEEDED RESCUED.

00:23:54: IT WAS THAT BAD.

00:23:56: We needed rescued.

00:23:57: If you think it wasn't that bad, then what was the price Jesus paid on the cross?

00:24:02: Was his blood just for a wee bit of

00:24:03: change?".

00:24:04: No!

00:24:04: It is complete rescue, complete rescue.

00:24:09: and Paul says we were under the dominion of darkness.

00:24:12: That's how bad it was.

00:24:15: Complete evil.

00:24:18: And You see The fact Is those Of You who are not A Christian or Those Who Are This Doesn'T Matter The Message For All Of You.

00:24:26: There Are Two Kingdoms.

00:24:30: There's just two kingdoms, darkness and the kingdom of Christ.

00:24:39: And we're rescued from one to another.

00:24:42: Rescued Jesus by His blood relocated you.

00:24:49: He changed your citizenship.

00:24:54: he took you From One Kingdom and put You in Another Kingdom.

00:24:59: and you don't get dual Citizenship In The Kingdom Of God In The kingdom of Darkness Through his son he says in verse fourteen, In whom we have redemption?

00:25:13: It was because of him.

00:25:15: Do you know?

00:25:15: honestly if somebody says to me what's Christianity about would You say them do no it is all About Jesus.

00:25:22: Everythings abut Jesus not even about us.

00:25:23: everythings about jesus Not the church.

00:25:25: its not about The songs We sing.

00:25:27: Its All About Him And Whom.

00:25:30: We Have Redemption.

00:25:33: Now also let Me be clear with you there are also three kingdoms.

00:25:37: There is not the kingdom of darkness, The bit in between that you quite like and the Kingdom Of God.

00:25:43: Right?

00:25:44: We are not In the business of creating our own kingdoms.

00:25:46: I hope there Are only two.

00:25:49: And also let me be abundantly clear to You they're Not ten options into this kingdom.

00:25:54: Some pastors will actually tell you theres Ten options!

00:25:57: There Is one option and i cannot clarify This enough with you regardless How difficult it is To say.

00:26:05: but all other religions are lies.

00:26:10: Do you know that?

00:26:11: Islam is a lie.

00:26:13: Buddhism as a lie, Hinduism as a Lie!

00:26:16: It's all lies and Jesus finds it apparent That any of us would dip into this.

00:26:23: Yoga Riki Lies Total an utter lies.

00:26:31: They are all sinful dead lies And they're utterly important to jesus.

00:26:36: there is one way One way only.

00:26:39: I am the Way, The Truth and The Life And nobody comes to the Father except through me.

00:26:45: That's the Lord Jesus for you.

00:26:47: You take Him or leave him?

00:26:50: Your not held in the Kingdom of God under arrest.

00:26:54: your free to get out yet if you want.

00:26:57: But you are more than welcome in...you're more then welcomed In....You & I are offered More grace every day To live with that promise in mind that Jesus is all-sufficient and his kingdom belongs to him in Him alone.

00:27:14: There will be a day, brothers and sisters those of you who are no Christians at all there'll be a Day when You Will want To Be In Jesus' Kingdom because the alternative Is so bad.

00:27:30: And just as You'll not be held in The Kingdom here on earth You'll Not Be held in the Kingdom.

00:27:35: We'll give You what You Want.

00:27:36: if You don't want it.

00:27:36: been the Kingdom Here He'll know.

00:27:38: Have You any's Kingdom There?

00:27:40: You'll get What You Want in Your next Life which is complete disobedience to God and moving away from him, having no closeness with Him.

00:27:47: If that's what you want fine.

00:27:48: or You can recognize What happened on this cross not the specific one lit up but The Cross in Calvary?

00:27:54: What happened there?

00:27:56: Is it?

00:27:56: you were given access To the majesty of the throne Of heaven.

00:28:04: Some of us forget what That means.

00:28:06: We have Access This a door.

00:28:09: It'a tabernacle through Which we Can enter his presence, I was thinking when i was off.

00:28:17: you know that?

00:28:18: remember the scene where Jesus is in the temple?

00:28:20: When he was a child.

00:28:21: I often wonder it's completely outside scripture but I love the idea of He would knit behind the curtain and go hi dad can't imagine how close Jesus must to His Father!

00:28:33: And now we've got same access to Father God That same access again.

00:28:38: pull back The Curtain and go Hi Dad...and we can bring His Presence.

00:28:43: This Is The Jesus We Believe In The Jesus that's Lord, and as I said to you won't do half-hearted nationalities or half hearted citizenships.

00:28:58: It is genuinely...I know people say it to me all the time…it's my way of the highway!

00:29:03: And it IS its HIS way of a highway.

00:29:06: there's no other way.

00:29:10: There are people listening today even maybe in here who might know ALL their religious talk.

00:29:15: they may take bread & wine and be baptised.

00:29:22: Many of us have been baptised, but we don't really know what that means and it's all great.

00:29:28: But Jesus wants you to proclaim the gospel to yourself first.

00:29:33: When last did You do That?

00:29:36: when Last?

00:29:37: because he doesn't say To you this morning Do you Know My Gospel?

00:29:41: It is not What He Is Saying.

00:29:45: He is saying to you as my gospel your gospel As my good news Your Good News!

00:29:53: He doesnt even want you simply to believe its true Vetteresso brothers sisters.

00:29:59: He doesn't want you to see it and select.

00:30:01: It is maybe many, one of many equal roots.

00:30:04: somewhere he wants You To really and truly surrender to his kingship And to say in your heart-of-hearts that he is Lord and lord of all.

00:30:18: because there's a difference and I can tell you this from my own experience.

00:30:21: There was the difference between being near The Kingdom and Being In The kingdom.

00:30:27: and if feels quite similar If Feels Similar When Your Near The Kingdom As it does in and so.

00:30:35: It's important to clarify are am I in the kingdom or am i sitting too close to?

00:30:39: And not quite in Sitting by a fire?

00:30:43: you can still feel the heat but notice as intense is that we be.

00:30:45: if he were in it That Can Be For You, that's your message that could be for you today.

00:30:54: Maybe A heart In Here Needs To Hear With That This Morning Actually Just Sensing The Holy Spirit That There Are People Who are here who have actually never known what it is to surrender.

00:31:10: Maybe you want forgiveness more than anything, but you don't know how do that?

00:31:16: Maybe there's a resistance... maybe he doesn' t know how to pray....maybe you want heaven but not sure about Jesus.

00:31:26: You might even want the gifts!

00:31:30: But your're not quite sure.

00:31:31: you want The Lord Who gives them.

00:31:35: So I invite you.

00:31:36: come this Jesus Paul talks about in Colossians one and discover that there's mercy at His feet.

00:31:44: It is not too late, it isn't a boring life but good news?

00:31:57: Good news!

00:31:59: Will you be able to testify with all your heart and mind in soul that You have been rescued from the dominion of darkness And brought into The Kingdom Of His Son?

00:32:10: Can you testify That Your so desiring the filling of the Holy Spirit That You want to grow In knowledge God To live A Life Worthy That You might Be Strengthened With All Power according to his glorious might.

00:32:24: I wonder if this morning that offer was laid on the table.