100:00:00,320 –> 00:00:08,040Imagine going into a church, the people as200:00:08,040 –> 00:00:09,680you just listen in on conversation that300:00:09,680 –> 00:00:12,420they are largely ungrateful,400:00:12,420 –> 00:00:14,640self-absorbed, a lot of complaining you just500:00:14,640 –> 00:00:18,080hear that a lot and you would say to600:00:18,080 –> 00:00:19,760yourself you know they profess to be700:00:19,760 –> 00:00:21,920Christian they say that they believe800:00:21,920 –> 00:00:26,559got a nice sign up over their church900:00:26,780 –> 00:00:29,980but their speech betrays them1000:00:29,980 –> 00:00:32,279Welcome to OpenTheBible with Pastor1100:00:32,279 –> 00:00:34,400Colin Smith. I’m David Pick glad you1200:00:34,400 –> 00:00:35,720could be with us today Colin1300:00:35,720 –> 00:00:37,639unfortunately I think most of us have at1400:00:37,639 –> 00:00:39,540one time or another been in a church a1500:00:39,540 –> 00:00:41,560bit like that and it seems as if the1600:00:41,560 –> 00:00:43,040people are always complaining. Well1700:00:43,040 –> 00:00:45,139there’s the roots of sinful nature in1800:00:45,139 –> 00:00:47,959all of us and I guess I know I complain1900:00:47,959 –> 00:00:49,480too much. I think we all do that2000:00:49,480 –> 00:00:51,139sometimes. That would be true I think2100:00:51,139 –> 00:00:53,299quite widely but you know what strikes2200:00:53,299 –> 00:00:55,660me here is that the Congregation2300:00:56,119 –> 00:00:57,860complaining if you say where’s that in2400:00:57,860 –> 00:00:59,860the Bible, it’s out in the desert with2500:00:59,860 –> 00:01:01,540Moses and all these people grumbling2600:01:01,540 –> 00:01:02,820they’re never satisfied with the leader2700:01:02,820 –> 00:01:04,940and all the rest of it. And that is a2800:01:04,940 –> 00:01:07,980manifestation of their flesh it is just2900:01:07,980 –> 00:01:11,699how we are in our fallen nature and the3000:01:11,699 –> 00:01:14,260big contrast is that when you come to3100:01:14,260 –> 00:01:15,580the day of Pentecost and the Holy3200:01:15,580 –> 00:01:18,019Spirit is poured out you have a small3300:01:18,019 –> 00:01:19,680congregation of hundred and twenty3400:01:19,680 –> 00:01:21,260believers they’re filled with the3500:01:21,260 –> 00:01:23,080Spirit. They’re not complaining they’re3600:01:23,080 –> 00:01:24,839praising God they’re full of3700:01:24,839 –> 00:01:27,120thanksgiving and they’re not focused on3800:01:27,120 –> 00:01:29,279themselves and their problems but they3900:01:29,279 –> 00:01:31,379really are filled with a sense of the4000:01:31,379 –> 00:01:33,879wonderful works of God. Now you look at4100:01:33,879 –> 00:01:35,660these two congregations there is no4200:01:35,660 –> 00:01:37,879doubt at all about which one I want to4300:01:37,879 –> 00:01:40,040be part of and which group of people I4400:01:40,040 –> 00:01:42,839want to become more like. And there’s4500:01:42,839 –> 00:01:44,720what the church is and and that’s4600:01:44,720 –> 00:01:47,080reality when the church is filled with4700:01:47,080 –> 00:01:50,059the Holy Spirit, what a wonderful sense4800:01:50,059 –> 00:01:51,879of thanksgiving and praise there is4900:01:51,879 –> 00:01:54,160that’s the mark of the reality of the5000:01:54,160 –> 00:01:56,080presence the Spirit. I want more of that5100:01:56,080 –> 00:01:58,480I want more of that for myself more of5200:01:58,480 –> 00:02:00,480that in the church. We see that today in5300:02:00,480 –> 00:02:04,260Joel chapter 2 verses 28 through to 325400:02:04,260 –> 00:02:06,760as we continue our message Faith That Is5500:02:06,760 –> 00:02:09,259More Than Believing here’s Collin. Notice5600:02:09,259 –> 00:02:11,479what God says will happen when the5700:02:11,479 –> 00:02:13,220spirit is poured out it gives us the5800:02:13,220 –> 00:02:16,360evidence of the presence of the spirit5900:02:16,360 –> 00:02:20,220in people’s lives three things number6000:02:20,220 –> 00:02:23,240one your sons and your daughters shall6100:02:23,360 –> 00:02:25,160prophesy that’s what will happen when6200:02:25,160 –> 00:02:27,779the Spirit is poured out on all flesh6300:02:27,779 –> 00:02:30,220now to prophecy here’s a simple6400:02:30,220 –> 00:02:35,419definition to prophesy is simply to be6500:02:35,419 –> 00:02:39,399prompted by God to speak the right word6600:02:39,399 –> 00:02:42,179at the right time in the right way to6700:02:42,179 –> 00:02:45,419be prompted by God to speak the right6800:02:45,419 –> 00:02:48,520word the right time in the right way6900:02:48,520 –> 00:02:51,779and not only that that’s the first7000:02:51,779 –> 00:02:54,380thing here’s the second your old men7100:02:54,380 –> 00:03:00,160shall dream dreams so here are hope7200:03:00,160 –> 00:03:06,059filled seniors marvellous older Saints7300:03:06,059 –> 00:03:08,179who are dreaming dreams what does that7400:03:08,179 –> 00:03:12,419mean? It means older Saints who are7500:03:12,419 –> 00:03:15,100filled with confidence with regards to7600:03:15,100 –> 00:03:18,179what God can do on Earth and filled with7700:03:18,179 –> 00:03:21,419growing anticipation of what God has7800:03:21,460 –> 00:03:24,699prepared in heaven and along with that7900:03:24,699 –> 00:03:27,020when the spirit is outpoured not only do8000:03:27,020 –> 00:03:29,899you have hope-filled seniors but young8100:03:29,899 –> 00:03:34,179men shall see visions so here we have8200:03:34,179 –> 00:03:37,539mission focused youngsters a new8300:03:37,539 –> 00:03:40,539generation rising up and again this is8400:03:40,539 –> 00:03:43,139God’s work of God’s spirit that young8500:03:43,139 –> 00:03:46,720people have a passion and a sense of8600:03:46,740 –> 00:03:51,919mission and vision they see visions8700:03:51,919 –> 00:03:53,279miracle of God’s Spirit because when8800:03:53,279 –> 00:03:54,880you’re young you’re absorbed with the8900:03:54,880 –> 00:03:59,119now life comes towards you when you are9000:03:59,119 –> 00:04:02,699young and all the new music and all the9100:04:02,699 –> 00:04:04,559new media and all the new gadgets you’re9200:04:04,559 –> 00:04:06,520the target audience for everything9300:04:06,520 –> 00:04:08,059that’s coming and it’s coming at an9400:04:08,059 –> 00:04:10,399extraordinary rate towards you and it’s9500:04:10,399 –> 00:04:13,300so easy to be completely consumed by it9600:04:13,300 –> 00:04:17,299all but here are some young people now9700:04:17,299 –> 00:04:18,980the Spirit has been poured out on them9800:04:18,980 –> 00:04:22,239and they see through all of this, they9900:04:22,239 –> 00:04:25,820see beyond the little screen and they10000:04:25,820 –> 00:04:28,179have a perception as if they had x-ray10100:04:28,179 –> 00:04:30,940eyes they see eternal things most young10200:04:30,940 –> 00:04:33,019people never think about eternal things10300:04:33,019 –> 00:04:35,320but here are young people who are able10400:04:35,320 –> 00:04:37,980to frame their lives early in the light10500:04:37,980 –> 00:04:40,320of eternity and for that reason they10600:04:40,320 –> 00:04:42,640have a passion to glorify God and to10700:04:42,640 –> 00:04:44,679make a difference in the world and10800:04:44,679 –> 00:04:47,440they’re seeing through the the shallowness10900:04:47,440 –> 00:04:49,899and the trivia of what’s consuming a11000:04:49,899 –> 00:04:53,799generation around them and you put11100:04:53,799 –> 00:04:55,660these two things together and there’s a11200:04:55,660 –> 00:05:01,959spirit filled church, older saints who11300:05:01,959 –> 00:05:05,380along with mission-focused younger11400:05:05,380 –> 00:05:07,940people with vision and enterprise, the11500:05:07,940 –> 00:05:10,019older saints are coming alongside11600:05:10,420 –> 00:05:12,940having great confidence in what God can11700:05:12,940 –> 00:05:14,820do on earth so they’re saying go for it11800:05:14,820 –> 00:05:16,239we’re praying for you and we’re with you11900:05:16,239 –> 00:05:17,859and they’re encouraging and they’re12000:05:17,859 –> 00:05:20,140helping young folks to look towards the12100:05:20,140 –> 00:05:27,299future. The spirit anticipated in the12200:05:27,299 –> 00:05:32,320prayer of Moses and the spirit promised12300:05:32,320 –> 00:05:38,100through the prophet Joel if Moses was12400:05:38,100 –> 00:05:39,859listening to these words of Joel he’s12500:05:39,859 –> 00:05:42,500said boy that would be so different12600:05:42,500 –> 00:05:44,299from everything I experienced with the12700:05:44,299 –> 00:05:47,700people of God in the desert. So different.12800:05:47,700 –> 00:05:51,540Now, let’s move forward to the book of12900:05:51,540 –> 00:05:58,140Acts. Book of Acts and chapter 2. And13000:05:58,140 –> 00:06:02,140here’s our third last stopping place the13100:06:02,140 –> 00:06:06,480Spirit of God gaven through the Lord13200:06:06,480 –> 00:06:08,019Jesus Christ13300:06:08,019 –> 00:06:11,399anticipated by Moses promised by Joel13400:06:11,399 –> 00:06:16,459but given through our Lord Jesus Christ.13500:06:16,459 –> 00:06:21,380And you know this story, most of13600:06:21,380 –> 00:06:24,519you, very well, the day of Pentecost. Verse13700:06:24,519 –> 00:06:29,7201. When the day of Pentecost arrived they13800:06:29,720 –> 00:06:34,320were all together in one place. Now who’s13900:06:34,320 –> 00:06:37,899they? Well the they is a reference back14000:06:37,920 –> 00:06:40,640to chapter 1 and verse 15 where we are14100:06:40,640 –> 00:06:43,220told about a company of a hundred and14200:06:43,220 –> 00:06:44,760twenty believers. Now that’s very14300:06:44,760 –> 00:06:47,660important for this reason. The company14400:06:47,660 –> 00:06:49,179that was gathered on the day of14500:06:49,179 –> 00:06:51,859Pentecost was not the Apostles only,14600:06:51,859 –> 00:06:54,339wasn’t the twelve, it was the whole14700:06:54,339 –> 00:06:56,579congregation. There only was one14800:06:56,579 –> 00:06:59,100congregation in those days and there14900:06:59,100 –> 00:07:00,420were a hundred and twenty of them but15000:07:00,420 –> 00:07:02,440all of the people of God, the15100:07:02,440 –> 00:07:05,100congregation was all gathered together15200:07:05,100 –> 00:07:07,660in one place on the day of Pentecost.15300:07:07,739 –> 00:07:10,559And suddenly verse 2, there came15400:07:10,559 –> 00:07:12,279from Heaven a sound like a mighty15500:07:12,279 –> 00:07:13,980rushing wind and it filled the entire15600:07:13,980 –> 00:07:15,940house where they were sitting and15700:07:15,940 –> 00:07:18,619divided tongues as of fire appeared to15800:07:18,619 –> 00:07:21,519them and rested on each one of them and15900:07:21,519 –> 00:07:23,220they were… Notice the word and help me…16000:07:23,220 –> 00:07:26,559they were all filled with the Holy16100:07:26,559 –> 00:07:28,779Spirit, that’s the key point here. And16200:07:28,779 –> 00:07:32,299began to speak in other tongues as the16300:07:32,299 –> 00:07:33,940Spirit gave them utterance. What does16400:07:33,940 –> 00:07:34,899that mean?16500:07:34,899 –> 00:07:36,880Well it means simply this, that God gave16600:07:37,000 –> 00:07:39,500to these believers an ability, a16700:07:39,500 –> 00:07:41,559spontaneous ability, to speak in16800:07:41,559 –> 00:07:43,079language as they had never learned. They16900:07:43,079 –> 00:07:45,040were not educated people, they’d never17000:07:45,040 –> 00:07:47,100been to other countries, and they did not17100:07:47,100 –> 00:07:50,600have Rosetta Stone. But suddenly and17200:07:50,600 –> 00:07:52,100spontaneously they’re speaking in17300:07:52,100 –> 00:07:53,160language… it must’ve been such a17400:07:53,160 –> 00:07:54,859surprise to them. I speak a language I17500:07:54,859 –> 00:07:57,760never learned. And God enabled them to do17600:07:57,760 –> 00:07:59,619that for this particular purpose, the17700:07:59,619 –> 00:08:01,920significance is in verse 5, there was a17800:08:01,920 –> 00:08:04,500large crowd of people from every nation,17900:08:04,500 –> 00:08:06,079they’re all speaking different18000:08:06,119 –> 00:08:09,480languages. And this multicultural crowd18100:08:09,480 –> 00:08:13,279gathers together and they hear the 12018200:08:13,279 –> 00:08:13,959believers they’re all18300:08:13,959 –> 00:08:15,540speaking different languages. Can you18400:08:15,540 –> 00:08:17,239imagine what happens? A hundred and18500:08:17,239 –> 00:08:18,559twenty people all speaking different18600:08:18,559 –> 00:08:20,079languages at the same time. It must have18700:08:20,079 –> 00:08:24,480sounded very confusing. And then, your18800:08:24,480 –> 00:08:26,880listen and you say, hey, that guy over18900:08:26,880 –> 00:08:28,720there speaking English! So what do you do?19000:08:28,720 –> 00:08:30,679You go over and you stand beside the guy19100:08:30,679 –> 00:08:33,719who’s speaking English, if you speak19200:08:33,820 –> 00:08:36,659Japanese. Some folks are listening right19300:08:36,659 –> 00:08:39,059now to translation, as I’m speaking in19400:08:39,059 –> 00:08:42,400Japanese, and if you were there on the19500:08:42,400 –> 00:08:45,359day of Pentecost, you go to the person19600:08:45,359 –> 00:08:46,320who’s speaking your language19700:08:46,320 –> 00:08:47,619and you’re able to communicate. And so19800:08:47,619 –> 00:08:49,659very quickly what happens is that every19900:08:49,659 –> 00:08:51,900believer has a little cluster of people20000:08:51,900 –> 00:08:55,700around him or her, and the little cluster20100:08:55,700 –> 00:08:58,440of people are listening to these20200:08:58,440 –> 00:09:00,359believers declaring the wonderful works20300:09:00,359 –> 00:09:03,599of God. By the way, that’s a beautiful20400:09:03,599 –> 00:09:07,320picture, because God will place people20500:09:07,320 –> 00:09:09,599around you with whom you can communicate20600:09:09,599 –> 00:09:14,020this week. And they’re placed around you,20700:09:14,020 –> 00:09:16,479not around me, not around the person next20800:09:16,479 –> 00:09:21,719to you, just around you. And some of you20900:09:21,719 –> 00:09:24,419can speak languages that I cannot speak,21000:09:24,419 –> 00:09:31,900like hip. I don’t do that. Or cool. I don’t21100:09:31,960 –> 00:09:34,940do that. But the point is that God has21200:09:34,940 –> 00:09:37,500gifted us, even within the English21300:09:37,500 –> 00:09:39,239language, let alone the other languages21400:09:39,239 –> 00:09:43,099that are spoken. We are given the ability21500:09:43,099 –> 00:09:45,940by God to be able to communicate with21600:09:45,940 –> 00:09:48,080all different kinds of people. People21700:09:48,080 –> 00:09:51,320you can touch that I, in my entire life,21800:09:51,320 –> 00:09:52,719would never be able to reach but21900:09:52,719 –> 00:09:54,400they’ve been placed around you, so that22000:09:54,400 –> 00:09:56,799you can take what you’re learning of the22100:09:56,799 –> 00:09:59,859wonderful works of God and declare22200:10:00,099 –> 00:10:03,340that to them, beautiful. This is the22300:10:03,340 –> 00:10:06,640church filled with the Holy Spirit and22400:10:06,640 –> 00:10:10,580it is a marvelous, marvelous thing and22500:10:10,580 –> 00:10:14,020Peter gets up and he explains to the22600:10:14,020 –> 00:10:16,520crowd what is happening and he says this22700:10:16,520 –> 00:10:21,659verse 16. Notice it, this is what was22800:10:21,659 –> 00:10:24,099uttered through the Prophet, say it with22900:10:24,099 –> 00:10:29,440me, Joël, that the last days has23000:10:29,440 –> 00:10:31,020God declares. Jaime will pour out my23100:10:31,020 –> 00:10:34,020spirit on, say with me all, flesh and23200:10:34,020 –> 00:10:35,780your sons and your daughters shall23300:10:35,780 –> 00:10:37,559prophesy and your young men shall see23400:10:37,559 –> 00:10:39,059visions and your old men shall dream23500:10:39,059 –> 00:10:41,799dreams, so here are 120 and they’re all23600:10:41,799 –> 00:10:46,799ministering. It’s wonderful. And think how23700:10:46,799 –> 00:10:49,400different this was from the people that23800:10:49,400 –> 00:10:54,039crowded in the time of Moses, the crowd23900:10:54,039 –> 00:10:56,880in the time of Moses, oh yes we believe,24000:10:57,059 –> 00:11:00,539oh yes, oh yes we bear the name of the24100:11:00,539 –> 00:11:02,520Lord, but they’re complaining and they’re24200:11:02,520 –> 00:11:04,320self-absorbed and they’re really24300:11:04,320 –> 00:11:06,599ungrateful for all of the mercies of God24400:11:06,599 –> 00:11:11,039that come to them daily, now here are24500:11:11,039 –> 00:11:14,679this congregation in the city of24600:11:14,679 –> 00:11:16,659Jerusalem and they’re filled with the24700:11:16,659 –> 00:11:19,099Spirit and they’re very different, they24800:11:19,099 –> 00:11:21,299are declaring the works of God, they’re24900:11:21,299 –> 00:11:23,559filled with praise and thanksgiving and25000:11:23,559 –> 00:11:25,599gratitude and people around them are25100:11:25,599 –> 00:11:28,260seeing this and it calls for an25200:11:28,260 –> 00:11:32,320explanation and Peter is able then to25300:11:32,320 –> 00:11:33,919get up and to speak to them about25400:11:33,919 –> 00:11:36,979Christ. I wonder if God allowed Moses to25500:11:36,979 –> 00:11:39,359look down on this scene and I wonder if25600:11:39,359 –> 00:11:41,419Moses was saying well if only it could25700:11:41,419 –> 00:11:43,119have happened in the desert.25800:11:43,119 –> 00:11:46,239this is wonderful it is remarkable.25900:11:46,239 –> 00:11:47,979you’re listening to open the Bible with26000:11:47,979 –> 00:11:49,840Pastor Colin Smith and a message called26100:11:49,840 –> 00:11:52,179faith that is more than believing.26200:11:52,179 –> 00:11:54,539it’s part of our current series, Listener26300:11:54,539 –> 00:11:57,179favorite, taking the 10 most requested26400:11:57,179 –> 00:11:59,919and popular broadcasts of the last year26500:11:59,919 –> 00:12:01,400and if you have a miss one of our26600:12:01,400 –> 00:12:03,619messages you can always catch up and go26700:12:03,619 –> 00:12:05,359back and listen again online at our26800:12:05,359 –> 00:12:06,400website26900:12:06,400 –> 00:12:09,619open-the-bible.org.uk back to the27000:12:09,619 –> 00:12:10,700message now27100:12:10,700 –> 00:12:12,780we’re in Joel chapter 2, here’s Colin.27200:12:12,780 –> 00:12:18,419Imagine going into a church in which you27300:12:18,419 –> 00:12:21,179find whatever the service is like that27400:12:21,179 –> 00:12:22,659the people that you just listen in on27500:12:22,659 –> 00:12:24,140conversation that they are largely27600:12:24,179 –> 00:12:27,739ungrateful, self absorbed, a lot of27700:12:27,739 –> 00:12:31,940complaining, you just hear that a lot and27800:12:31,940 –> 00:12:33,260you would say to yourself you know they27900:12:33,260 –> 00:12:36,380profess to be Christian they say that28000:12:36,380 –> 00:12:40,580they believe, got a nice sign up over28100:12:40,580 –> 00:12:44,500their church but their speech betrays28200:12:44,500 –> 00:12:48,820them. Their speech betrays them, and28300:12:48,820 –> 00:12:51,119imagine the next Sunday you go into a28400:12:51,119 –> 00:12:53,260church and just as you’re listening28500:12:53,640 –> 00:12:55,200around what you’re really hearing from28600:12:55,200 –> 00:12:57,580people is a great sense of gratitude and28700:12:57,580 –> 00:13:02,020a great sense of praise to God, would you28800:13:02,020 –> 00:13:04,200not say comparing the two experiences28900:13:04,200 –> 00:13:06,039no this church is where the real29000:13:06,039 –> 00:13:10,739Christians are of the second one because29100:13:10,739 –> 00:13:13,440there is the evidence of the spirit of29200:13:13,440 –> 00:13:18,559Jesus in these people so here’s the29300:13:18,559 –> 00:13:20,520obvious question that comes out of all29400:13:20,520 –> 00:13:23,200of this for us and it’s a question that29500:13:23,200 –> 00:13:25,219all of us speaker and here is alike do29600:13:25,219 –> 00:13:27,619need to frame for ourselves to which29700:13:27,619 –> 00:13:32,739group do you belong and as I have to put29800:13:32,739 –> 00:13:34,500my life under the scope of God’s Word29900:13:34,500 –> 00:13:37,520before I ever tried to speak from it I30000:13:37,520 –> 00:13:40,380ask the question and I see too much30100:13:40,380 –> 00:13:44,059complaining still in my own life and too30200:13:44,059 –> 00:13:46,979little gratitude which leads me to say30300:13:46,979 –> 00:13:49,359as a Christian who has the Spirit every30400:13:49,359 –> 00:13:51,940Christian is given the Spirit of God but30500:13:52,000 –> 00:13:53,900I look at these things and it makes me30600:13:53,900 –> 00:13:58,520say oh God I need more of your spirit30700:13:58,520 –> 00:14:02,739and how can that happen30800:14:02,739 –> 00:14:04,559well how did it happen on the day of30900:14:04,559 –> 00:14:08,000Pentecost what caused it what led to the31000:14:08,000 –> 00:14:09,460outpouring of the spirit well Peter31100:14:09,460 –> 00:14:11,960makes it perfectly clear here first 2231200:14:11,960 –> 00:14:14,900men of Israel hear these words Jesus of31300:14:14,900 –> 00:14:18,200Nazareth he goes to Jesus Jesus is the31400:14:18,200 –> 00:14:19,619explanation of everything that’s31500:14:19,619 –> 00:14:21,559happening here because Jesus is the one31600:14:21,559 –> 00:14:23,900who pours out the spirit and this Jesus31700:14:23,900 –> 00:14:25,559he was attested to you by signs and31800:14:25,559 –> 00:14:27,700wonders verse 22 he is delivered up31900:14:27,700 –> 00:14:29,559according to the definite plan of God32000:14:29,559 –> 00:14:33,280verse 23 you crucified him verse 24 God32100:14:33,280 –> 00:14:35,960raised him up and then jumping to verse32200:14:35,960 –> 00:14:38,76033 God raised him up and being32300:14:38,760 –> 00:14:41,280therefore exalted at the right hand of32400:14:41,280 –> 00:14:44,640God and having received from the Father32500:14:44,640 –> 00:14:48,760the promise of the Holy Spirit he Jesus32600:14:49,260 –> 00:14:54,719has poured out this that you yourselves32700:14:54,719 –> 00:14:57,479are seeing and hearing it’s all because32800:14:57,479 –> 00:15:01,119of Jesus that’s what he says now in the32900:15:01,119 –> 00:15:03,280Bible the Bible speaks about the Spirit33000:15:03,280 –> 00:15:05,299being sent by the Father and of the33100:15:05,299 –> 00:15:07,580Spirit being sent by the son the Bible33200:15:07,580 –> 00:15:09,020speaks about the Holy Spirit as the33300:15:09,020 –> 00:15:11,080Spirit of the Father as well as the33400:15:11,080 –> 00:15:13,780Spirit of the Son here’s what matters33500:15:13,780 –> 00:15:17,400the outpouring of the Spirit from the33600:15:17,400 –> 00:15:20,000Father and through the son happens33700:15:20,000 –> 00:15:23,640because of the finished work of Jesus33800:15:23,640 –> 00:15:25,280Christ through his death through his33900:15:25,280 –> 00:15:26,919resurrection through his ascension he is34000:15:26,919 –> 00:15:28,859now at the right hand of the Father and34100:15:28,859 –> 00:15:32,320therefore he pours out the light of his34200:15:32,320 –> 00:15:35,400finished work on his people the Holy34300:15:35,400 –> 00:15:37,440Spirit and the Spirit is poured out on34400:15:37,440 –> 00:15:40,679who those who look to him in faith and34500:15:40,679 –> 00:15:44,359are walking with him in obedience these34600:15:45,099 –> 00:15:47,979people. So you follow through the story34700:15:47,979 –> 00:15:50,000it gives you the answer to the question34800:15:50,000 –> 00:15:52,039how can I know more of the Holy Spirit34900:15:52,039 –> 00:15:54,859in my life and the answer is simply this35000:15:54,859 –> 00:15:57,239you give more of yourself to God and you35100:15:57,239 –> 00:16:00,280ask God to give more of himself to you35200:16:00,280 –> 00:16:02,679you give more of yourself to God because35300:16:02,679 –> 00:16:06,640God cannot fill what he does not have35400:16:06,640 –> 00:16:09,900you place yourself into his hands so35500:16:09,900 –> 00:16:12,719that he may fill you and you’re going35600:16:13,280 –> 00:16:14,039and as you go into another week and as35700:16:14,039 –> 00:16:16,859you go into another day you live with a35800:16:16,859 –> 00:16:19,200sense of your own need of the empowering35900:16:19,200 –> 00:16:22,080and the equipping and the strengthening36000:16:22,080 –> 00:16:25,700and the prompting of the Holy Spirit36100:16:25,700 –> 00:16:28,960to be able to live as one of the hundred36200:16:28,960 –> 00:16:32,179and twenty lived and not like the folks36300:16:32,179 –> 00:16:36,179in the desert.36400:16:36,179 –> 00:16:38,440In the light of God’s mercy present36500:16:38,440 –> 00:16:40,719your bodies as living sacrifices says36600:16:40,719 –> 00:16:42,419the apostle that’s what I have to do36700:16:42,440 –> 00:16:44,780and I seek to do it as I move through36800:16:44,780 –> 00:16:46,900life on a continuing and on a deepening36900:16:46,900 –> 00:16:49,140basis Lord hear him I take me use me37000:16:49,140 –> 00:16:51,880fill me.37100:16:51,880 –> 00:16:54,260God gives his Spirit Peter says in Acts37200:16:54,260 –> 00:16:56,919532 to those who obey him.37300:16:56,919 –> 00:16:58,500So you walk37400:16:58,500 –> 00:17:00,659in obedience to Christ that’s what it37500:17:00,659 –> 00:17:03,559means to live a Christian life37600:17:03,559 –> 00:17:05,239and then as you’re giving yourself to37700:17:05,239 –> 00:17:07,300him37800:17:07,300 –> 00:17:09,339you’re asking him to give more of37900:17:09,339 –> 00:17:11,420himself to38000:17:11,420 –> 00:17:14,540you38100:17:14,540 –> 00:17:16,420the way to seek more of the Spirit is38200:17:16,420 –> 00:17:18,739to come to the one38300:17:18,739 –> 00:17:20,459who’s completed work on the cross and38400:17:20,459 –> 00:17:22,359triumphant resurrection from the dead38500:17:22,359 –> 00:17:24,619led to the pouring out of the spirit at38600:17:24,619 –> 00:17:26,560Pentecost Christ is the one who has the38700:17:26,560 –> 00:17:27,819spirit without measure38800:17:27,819 –> 00:17:30,319and Christ is the one who imparts the38900:17:30,319 –> 00:17:32,780Spirit into the lives of39000:17:32,780 –> 00:17:37,119his people39100:17:37,119 –> 00:17:39,160one story and then we’re through39200:17:39,319 –> 00:17:45,400earlier in in my ministry I began to39300:17:45,400 –> 00:17:50,500feel our profound need for more of God’s39400:17:50,500 –> 00:17:55,560spirit and I still do and I hope that I39500:17:55,560 –> 00:18:01,400always will I feel the weight of Christ’s39600:18:01,400 –> 00:18:03,459words without me39700:18:03,579 –> 00:18:10,660can do nothing nothing how hopeless is39800:18:10,660 –> 00:18:12,500all the work of preaching and pastoring39900:18:12,500 –> 00:18:15,140and leading unless God should breathe40000:18:15,140 –> 00:18:21,339upon it and give it life by his spirit I40100:18:21,339 –> 00:18:23,619had some preaching heroes in these early40200:18:23,619 –> 00:18:27,780days and I still do now there was one40300:18:27,780 –> 00:18:29,699man in particular whose preaching had40400:18:30,219 –> 00:18:32,939been a great blessing to me there was40500:18:32,939 –> 00:18:36,520the way that he spoke of Christ and the40600:18:36,520 –> 00:18:39,479incisiveness with which is speaking came40700:18:39,479 –> 00:18:43,859to my heart I I wanted something more of40800:18:43,859 –> 00:18:46,459what he had and sensed what I think I40900:18:46,459 –> 00:18:48,339could only describe as an anointing41000:18:48,339 –> 00:18:52,140upon his ministry one day I was at a41100:18:52,140 –> 00:18:54,339conference in which he was one of the41200:18:54,339 –> 00:18:55,859speakers there were just about a hundred41300:18:55,859 –> 00:18:57,979of us there it wasn’t a large group and41400:18:58,140 –> 00:19:00,060we were there for three days and so41500:19:00,060 –> 00:19:01,739there was good opportunity to interact41600:19:01,739 –> 00:19:04,619with those who minister to us and I41700:19:04,619 –> 00:19:06,739decided that I would ask this man to41800:19:06,739 –> 00:19:10,380pray for me I think I felt that if he41900:19:10,380 –> 00:19:13,400prayed for me something of what I42000:19:13,400 –> 00:19:17,439admired in him might rub off on me in42100:19:17,439 –> 00:19:19,319some way you’ve perhaps felt that with42200:19:19,319 –> 00:19:23,420someone that you admire yourself and we42300:19:23,420 –> 00:19:25,300sat down during a coffee break during42400:19:25,300 –> 00:19:29,739this conference and I told him about the42500:19:29,739 –> 00:19:36,199hunger in my soul I said I want more of42600:19:36,199 –> 00:19:43,339God’s spirit will you pray for me and he42700:19:43,339 –> 00:19:49,380paused and he said you know where he42800:19:49,540 –> 00:19:56,739comes from and that was it you know42900:19:56,739 –> 00:20:02,420where he comes from and it is to this43000:20:02,420 –> 00:20:05,219day the only time I have ever asked43100:20:05,219 –> 00:20:07,900someone to pray for me and been refused43200:20:07,900 –> 00:20:13,660and he was absolutely right to do what43300:20:13,660 –> 00:20:15,260he did but I’ve always been so thankful43400:20:15,540 –> 00:20:20,900for it been life-shaping he discerned and43500:20:20,900 –> 00:20:22,160i have no doubt that God gave him43600:20:22,160 –> 00:20:24,099discernment that I was looking to this43700:20:24,099 –> 00:20:26,439pastor as if he was the giver of the43800:20:26,439 –> 00:20:29,739Spirit rather than Christ and he gave me43900:20:29,739 –> 00:20:32,400the best advice that anyone could ever44000:20:32,400 –> 00:20:35,760get go to Christ do you know where he44100:20:35,760 –> 00:20:37,060comes from44200:20:37,060 –> 00:20:38,739he said it was such warmth and affection44300:20:39,599 –> 00:20:45,079you know where he comes from. go to Christ44400:20:46,260 –> 00:20:49,319and that is what I have tried to do and44500:20:49,319 –> 00:20:52,540what i am still doing and what I will44600:20:52,540 –> 00:20:55,579continue to do until the day when faith44700:20:55,579 –> 00:20:58,140is turned to sight and what the apostle44800:20:58,140 –> 00:21:00,160Paul prays for believers will be true of44900:21:00,160 –> 00:21:02,079me as in the presence of Jesus it will45000:21:02,079 –> 00:21:05,800be true of you to be filled with all the45100:21:05,800 –> 00:21:08,380fullness of God and until that day i’m45200:21:08,380 –> 00:21:09,959going to keep coming to Christ and45300:21:09,959 –> 00:21:12,520saying I want more I need more I need to45400:21:12,520 –> 00:21:14,719be refreshed i need for today45500:21:14,719 –> 00:21:20,319Oh fill me with thy fullness Lord what45600:21:20,319 –> 00:21:23,680about you the New Testament commands us45700:21:23,680 –> 00:21:25,719as Christians be filled with the Holy45800:21:25,719 –> 00:21:28,060Spirit when there’s the last time that45900:21:28,060 –> 00:21:30,599you came to God to express your desire46000:21:30,599 –> 00:21:33,300and what do you see of yourself in46100:21:33,300 –> 00:21:35,459today are you as you look at your own46200:21:35,459 –> 00:21:39,619life honestly full of thanksgiving or46300:21:39,619 –> 00:21:41,619would you say that there was in your46400:21:41,619 –> 00:21:45,099life just too much complaining and in46500:21:45,099 –> 00:21:50,619gratitude and me me me46600:21:50,619 –> 00:21:56,900oh fill me with your fullness Lord until46700:21:56,900 –> 00:22:00,400my very heart46800:22:00,400 –> 00:22:02,979overflow46900:22:03,060 –> 00:22:05,300Well I guess we’re both encouraged and47000:22:05,300 –> 00:22:07,280challenged by that message from pastor47100:22:07,280 –> 00:22:09,000collinsmith on open the Bible47200:22:09,000 –> 00:22:11,400when was the last time that we prayed to47300:22:11,400 –> 00:22:13,459be filled with all the fullness of God47400:22:13,459 –> 00:22:15,979and if we’re not praying like that why47500:22:15,979 –> 00:22:19,219not today. The message was entitled a47600:22:19,219 –> 00:22:21,400faith that is more than believing and47700:22:21,400 –> 00:22:23,439it’s part of our series called listener47800:22:23,439 –> 00:22:26,060favorites taking the 10 most requested47900:22:26,060 –> 00:22:28,400and popular messages from the past year48000:22:28,400 –> 00:22:30,719if you’ve missed any of the series don’t48100:22:30,719 –> 00:22:32,260forget you can always catch up or go48200:22:32,260 –> 00:22:34,420back and listen again online at our48300:22:34,420 –> 00:22:35,260website48400:22:35,260 –> 00:22:39,560openthebible.org.uk or on all the main48500:22:39,560 –> 00:22:41,739podcast sites and you can find those by48600:22:41,739 –> 00:22:44,699searching for open the Bible UK48700:22:44,699 –> 00:22:46,939also on our website and available as a48800:22:46,939 –> 00:22:49,939podcast is our daily reflections program48900:22:49,939 –> 00:22:52,020that two to three minutes long49000:22:52,020 –> 00:22:54,079based on Pastor Collin’s teaching and49100:22:54,079 –> 00:22:56,560read in the UK by Sue McLeish we call49200:22:56,560 –> 00:22:59,380it open the Bible daily open the Bible49300:22:59,380 –> 00:23:01,900aims to give individuals small groups49400:23:01,939 –> 00:23:04,459and churches excellent Bible study49500:23:04,459 –> 00:23:06,979courses one of these is fly through the49600:23:06,979 –> 00:23:09,000Bible I’m with open the Bible’s49700:23:09,000 –> 00:23:11,939executive director John Martin John how49800:23:11,939 –> 00:23:13,780does fly through the Bible help with49900:23:13,780 –> 00:23:16,140Bible study fly through the Bible is50000:23:16,140 –> 00:23:19,280collen’s whistle stop tour of the Bible50100:23:19,280 –> 00:23:21,540you meet five characters from the old50200:23:21,540 –> 00:23:24,099testament then we look at five events in50300:23:24,099 –> 00:23:25,839the life of Jesus and then we finished50400:23:25,839 –> 00:23:28,079with five gifts that God gives to the50500:23:28,079 –> 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