WEBVTT 00:00:00.239 --> 00:00:03.759 What's going on, my beloved sisters and brothers in Christ? 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:07.200 Today, man, we're gonna get back on Romans chapter 8. 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:11.279 We've already covered verses 1 through 25. 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:17.280 But what I want to do is I want to go back to verse 23 before we get to verse 26. 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:34.719 Um, the reason why is because the apostle Paul is going to continue something in his thought under the guidance of the Holy Spirit in verse 26, uh, that is going to be in reference to what he said leading up to verse 23 to 25. 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:36.399 So we're going to go back up there. 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:42.000 We're going to read verse 23 through 25 first, and then we'll get to verse 26. 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:43.520 You'll see why in a moment. 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:48.079 Um man, we we covered the concept of adoption, where that came from. 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:55.280 We went to Genesis chapter 48, uh, and we looked at all the verses between of 1 to 20. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:08.560 When Jacob and Israel, um, which is his current name, because he is no longer the deceiver or supplanther, he is now Israel, covering Israel. 00:01:09.920 --> 00:01:23.680 So he was giving the blessings and unfortunately curses to one specific person, Reuben, because of some evil Reuben did, uh, sleeping with one of Jacob's wives. 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.560 And uh that wasn't a good thing, and Jacob never forgot that. 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:36.000 And so Reuben, of course, had to suffer the consequence, even though he is part of the 12 tribes. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:53.280 Okay, uh, we saw how Jacob has taken the two sons of Joseph and who weren't originally a part of the plan, and he put them over into the 12 tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. 00:01:53.680 --> 00:02:00.480 And so now we see how God also has done the same thing to us today. 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:17.759 He has taken us, and the Spirit, which is the Holy Spirit, is the one that provides and puts us into this adoption of God, and how we are secured in this adoption is by our obedient walk in the Lord. 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:31.199 Okay, if you truly have the Holy Spirit, the same Holy Spirit that Jesus Christ has, then we should be walking obedient and in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, such as Jesus Christ walked. 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:34.639 Now, God understands that we're going to fall. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:39.120 Okay, this is why he has his grace there to cover us. 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.840 This is why there is no condemnation. 00:02:42.240 --> 00:03:05.919 Because as we're working through the battle of the remembrance of sin, it is what ultimately, even though sin leaves us for dead, God will use all those things for the good for us, and we're going to see that in order to bring us to that place of transformation where we're no longer falling anymore, but we are now walking upright for all to see. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:16.000 And all we asked that question, the same thing they asked about Jesus, isn't this the man of a carpenter, the son of a carpenter who is doing all these things? 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:21.280 Or isn't this the one who persecuted the church, the Jewish church? 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:31.919 They asked these questions as they saw these men, Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul, just to name a few, who were all of a sudden now walking upright. 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:50.000 So they knew it couldn't have been under their own volition while they're all of a sudden walking the way that they should be walking, but it had to be a bigger power, which is the Holy Spirit helping them to walk the way that they need to walk in life, okay? 00:03:50.159 --> 00:03:55.360 And our righteousness comes from Jesus Christ, our justification comes from Jesus Christ. 00:03:56.800 --> 00:04:02.319 So that's the reason why we don't allow the devil to condemn us when we fall. 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:06.560 Because a just man falls seven times and gets back up again. 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:07.199 Okay? 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:24.480 And understanding that we dust ourselves off when we have a life of godly sorrow, which leads us to repentance, which eventually allows us to get where we need to be. 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:30.240 Because let me tell you something a life where you're numb to repentance is a dangerous place to be. 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:37.120 That means the Holy Spirit can no longer convict you of the wrongs that you are doing. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:45.199 But as long as you have that heart of conviction, you are in a good place and you're on your way to transformation. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:05:04.879 I don't know why I got off on that tangent, but uh I feel like it's necessary to get off on there as we get deeper into the scriptures here and see if we can finish chapter 8 and then get back to the book of Philippians where we were, and we're gonna try to get all four chapters done at some point. 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:21.120 Um, we are currently at the end of chapter 1, with probably about four more verses to go before we get to chapter 2, which is heavily loaded with a lot of meat in there, and a lot of supporting scriptures that we're going to go to when we get back there. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.360 But let's go ahead and jump right on back into it. 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:26.639 I want to start at verse 23, like I said previously. 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.079 And again, uh, I am reading from an amplified Bible. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:32.079 Always try to make that known. 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:38.480 Um, if you're watching the videos, if you have your own Bible you're comfortable with, you're more than welcome to stay with it. 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:52.240 Or uh, if you want to rock with me with an amplified Bible, you can go to Bible Gateway, they have a free version there, the AMP edition, not the AMPC, and um, because the AMP edition is the one that I currently study from. 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:54.720 So let's go ahead and jump on into it. 00:05:54.879 --> 00:06:07.040 Verse 23, and it says, And not only this, but we too who have the first fruits of the Spirit, a joyful indication of the blessings to come. 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:15.199 Even we groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for the sign of our adoption as sons. 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:31.839 Now, a few verses up, it talks about how all of creation is awaiting for the revealing of God's children, and the reason why is because that signals that death, sin, and the grave are finally done away with. 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:35.199 Okay, everything is cursed to die today. 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:45.279 We walk in sin with these sin natures today because of what Adam did in the garden, his willing disobedience to go against God's word. 00:06:45.680 --> 00:06:58.000 Okay, and it hurt everyone in this world, and this is the reason why Jesus had to go through the cross to reverse and restore what Adam lost and gave up. 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:28.800 And one of the things that he gave up was the ability to walk in immortality with the Lord, and Jesus Christ now has a body now that does not have to worry about ever tasting death again, and one of the reasons he went to the cross was the redemption of these bodies that we currently have tonight, okay, and it's telling us this that as we have the first fruits of the spirit, what is that? 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:41.360 It is the fact that the Holy Spirit becomes our down payment to the promise of not only immortality in bodies, but also having eternal life. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:08:03.199 Even watch this as we have these first fruits of the spirit, a joyful indication of the blessing to come, even we groan inwardly, just like all creation, as we wait eagerly for the sign of our adoption as sons, the redemption and transformation of our body at the resurrection. 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.439 So, this is our great hope. 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:23.199 Okay, we will no longer have to taste death, and we will receive the bodies just like Jesus Christ that he also received, with the same Holy Spirit that helped raise him from the dead, is also in us tonight. 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:24.399 Verse 25. 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:33.039 But if we hope for what we do not see, we we will wait eagerly for it with patience and composure. 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:44.879 Now, it is hard to think about heavenly things when we become so conditioned to what we think we need right now. 00:08:46.559 --> 00:09:31.200 And I get it, because we're on this earth, we're struggling with finances, many of us, and we want God to bless us with much finances, or we're struggling with this materially or that materially, or the lack thereof, and we think that is exactly what we need right now in order to accomplish and be in a better state than we're in, but God knows differently, and as we get through these other few scriptures, we're gonna see that God wants to be the one to tell us what we need when we don't know what we need, just like a child. 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:36.320 When you're at when you're young, your mother lays your clothes out for school. 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:45.440 You don't know exactly what you need to wear, but your mother knows what you need to wear so that you will be covered when you go to school. 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.799 And this is the same way God wants to do for us. 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:55.759 God wants to be the one to know best and tell us what we need. 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:14.480 We live in a society where man doesn't want to be told that and they want to run their own lives, but as the scriptures say, there's a way that seems right to man, but ultimately it will lead to death when he is in control of making his own decisions that are against the will of God for his life. 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:19.200 God has his will and purposes for everyone in this world. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:26.639 Okay, and if we allow him, he will help guide us into what we need. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:44.960 Alright, so now, verse 26, in the same way, the Spirit comes to us because of our groanings, eagerly waiting on our adoption and the redemption of these bodies as we go through the sufferings in life. 00:10:45.039 --> 00:10:56.240 But the apostle Paul tells us don't allow the suffering of this life to outweigh what is going to be revealed in us when we get to heaven. 00:10:56.720 --> 00:11:03.519 So, in the same way, the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, comes to us and helps us in our weakness. 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:05.279 Watch this. 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:11.360 We do not know what prayer to offer or how to offer it, as we should. 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.519 Now, this is not a knock on us. 00:11:15.120 --> 00:11:21.759 It's not a knock on us, and I'm gonna show you why in a minute, but it is necessary, okay? 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.639 But the Spirit, the Holy Spirit Himself knows our need. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:27.440 Look at this. 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:39.120 The Holy Spirit knows our need, and at the right time intercedes on our behalf with sighs and groanings too deep for words. 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:50.559 Now, a lot of times people will look at this and they equate it to speaking in tongues, ladies and gentlemen. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.320 I would venture to say that this is not a speaking in tongues. 00:11:55.759 --> 00:12:00.960 In fact, this is not a speaking in tongues type of situation. 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:10.399 Because it says that it is done with sighs and groanings from the Holy Spirit that are too deep for words. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:18.240 Now, let's let's keep going, verse 27, and then I'm going to explain all of this. 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:33.840 And he who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit, Holy Spirit is, because the Spirit intercedes before God, look at this, on behalf of God's people, in accordance with God's will. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:38.879 The only way we know what's in God's will is through this word, ladies and gentlemen. 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:51.440 And the more we stay in this word, the more we allow the Holy Spirit and align with him so that he can intercede on our behalf on what we actually need. 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:59.120 Now, as God is searching the Holy Spirit, He is searching us as well. 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:13.120 And He is searching us in order to align with the Holy Spirit and align with our Spirit, man, on what we actually need, even though we don't really know. 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.240 We may pretend that we know, but we really don't know. 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:22.879 As a matter of fact, let's go to Jeremiah chapter 10. 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:28.159 And like I said, it's not a knock on us that we don't know what we need. 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:43.919 Because of our sin natures, it has clouded our judgment, it has clouded our ability to make the decisions necessary on what we need in life. 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:49.440 Let's go to Jeremiah chapter 10 and look at verse 23. 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:50.399 Watch this. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:58.399 Why is it important for the Holy Spirit to intercede on our behalf? 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.080 Watch what it says here. 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:09.519 Verse 23, it says, O Lord, I know that the path, look at this, y'all, of life of a man is not in himself. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:14.240 Man doesn't have his own path within him. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:20.720 He doesn't have the ability to choose his direction in which way to go. 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:28.240 The reason why is because of these sin natures of ours, we can't trust our innermost being without God. 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:30.320 Watch this, and he's gonna say this. 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:34.480 It is not within the limited ability. 00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:38.559 Look at this, y'all, a man, even one at his best. 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:47.600 I don't care how successful you have become, that does not necessarily mean that you have hit on the nose what God actually called you to do. 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:54.559 Which means you can have success, but it might not be the success that God called for you to do. 00:14:54.799 --> 00:14:58.320 Next thing you know, you get in front of God and say, God, I've accomplished all these things. 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:02.240 And God said, I didn't call you to do that, you did that on your own. 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:07.039 You didn't trust me, so you did it on your own. 00:15:07.360 --> 00:15:09.919 It is not within the limited. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.559 Look at this, y'all, ability of man. 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:20.639 Even one at his best to choose and direct his steps in life. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.679 Ain't there something? 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:30.240 Alright, now let's go to Ecclesiastes chapter one, and look at verse one. 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:31.679 Watch what it says here. 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.759 Ecclesiastes. 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.759 Chapter one. 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:42.960 Look at verses one and two. 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.440 Watch what it says here in regards to this. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:53.600 The words of the preacher, the son of David, King of Jerusalem. 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:58.240 Vanity of vanities, says the preacher. 00:15:58.320 --> 00:15:58.960 Watch this. 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:02.639 Vanity of vanities, all that is done without. 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.919 Look at this, y'all. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:15.840 God's guidance is vanity, futile, meaningless, a wisp of smoke, of vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind. 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:23.200 When God is not involved in the direction of your life, it's vanity. 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:29.120 Every accomplishment you make and you're doing it without God, it's vanity. 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.799 It does not count. 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:38.000 Only thing that counts is God's desires, his will, his purpose for your life. 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:51.200 And as God is searching the deep heart of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit also in reverse is searching the deep heart of God. 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:53.120 Let's go to 2 Corinthians. 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.320 2 Corinthians and take a look at this. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:02.559 So as we saw in Romans chapter 8, we saw that God was searching the Holy Spirit. 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:07.759 As the Holy Spirit is interceding on our behalf, then the Holy Spirit is within us. 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:16.240 The same way the Holy Spirit broods over the waters, and I'm gonna show y'all in a minute. 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:18.720 Too deep for words. 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:22.400 What did the Bible say? 00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:33.359 These waters was in darkness, and all of a sudden they get divided and become the sky and become the oceans and the seas. 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:43.680 And all of a sudden, there is light that shines upon these things, it illuminates it so you can see the distinction. 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:50.400 It is the same thing that the Holy Spirit does with us, and we're gonna talk about that in a minute. 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:54.480 So let's go over here. 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:57.519 1 Corinthians chapter 2. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:10.640 As God is doing this through the Holy Spirit, watch what the Holy Spirit now also is doing as well, similarly to what God is doing. 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.759 Watch this. 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:13.359 Look at verse 10. 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:14.880 Watch what it says here. 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:21.920 For God has unveiled them and revealed them to us through the Who. 00:18:22.160 --> 00:18:23.200 Look at this, y'all. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:25.039 Holy Spirit. 00:18:26.079 --> 00:18:33.440 As God is searching the deep things of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit is searching the deep things of God, which is aligned with Him. 00:18:36.400 --> 00:18:40.400 To tell us what we need to be praying to Him for. 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.839 Alright? 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:52.640 So for the Spirit, watch this, y'all, searches all things diligently, even sounding and measuring the profound, look at this, y'all. 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.559 Depths of God. 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.920 Y'all see that? 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:06.160 The divine counsels and things far beyond human understanding. 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:25.440 Verse 11 for what person knows the thoughts and motives of a man except the man's spirit, our spirit man, which the Holy Spirit works closely side by side with to help guide us into the things of the Lord. 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:31.200 So also no one knows the thoughts of God. 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:34.799 Look at this, y'all, except the Spirit of God. 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:38.640 Nobody knows the thoughts of the Holy Spirit, except God. 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:43.119 And nobody knows the thoughts of God except the Holy Spirit. 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:45.440 Ladies and gentlemen. 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.319 Right? 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:49.440 Verse 12. 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:53.920 Now we have received not the spirit of the world. 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.759 But who have we received? 00:19:56.079 --> 00:20:00.640 But the Holy Spirit who is from God, so that we may know. 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.680 Watch this. 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:08.240 And understand the wonderful things freely given to us by God. 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:13.599 We don't know what prayer to offer up as we should. 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:17.440 But the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf. 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:22.480 In sighs and groanings that are too deep for words. 00:20:24.079 --> 00:20:26.000 But watch what he does. 00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.680 But let's finish 13. 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:32.079 It says, We also watch this, speak of these things, not in words. 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:34.319 Y'all, y'all, y'all, are y'all digging this? 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.079 Are y'all seeing where this is going? 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.000 Taught or supplied by human wisdom. 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:53.200 But in those taught by the Spirit, combining and interpreting, look at this, y'all, spiritual thoughts with spiritual words, for those being guided by the Holy Spirit. 00:20:54.799 --> 00:21:00.079 Don't mean that we won't understand what the Holy Spirit is conveying to us. 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:14.559 But it takes the Holy Spirit and God to intertwinely do a deep search within one another, and then guess where they turn their attention to? 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:15.839 Us. 00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:25.200 They now together do a deep search in us to bubble up to the top what it is we need to be praying for. 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:32.319 And I'm finna show you at which moment God does this. 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:59.759 What we see here, going back over to Romans, that the Holy Spirit, God is now searching the Holy Spirit as He intercedes on our behalf before God, on the behalf of God's people, in accordance to God's. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:06.720 Will you want to have an effective prayer life? 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:20.400 Stand God's will and allow the Holy Spirit to intercede on your behalf because you're going to hit the bullseye every time when the Holy Spirit prompts you on what to pray for. 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.160 Alright? 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:29.839 So as He's doing this search, this is why we allow the Holy Spirit to work on our behalf. 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:39.759 And this is also the reason why God says, Hey, I need you to divert your attention to other people in the body of Christ that needs your prayers. 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:42.079 I got your needs covered. 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:47.599 And this is what it looks like to be totally submissive to the Holy Spirit. 00:22:49.119 --> 00:23:04.400 That when we understand this, when the time comes, the Holy Spirit, as he's deeply searching us, and God is as well, will bubble up what it is we need. 00:23:05.119 --> 00:23:11.200 When that time comes, God says in his appointed time, he will make it happen. 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:24.960 And I know that's tough because we get so anxious about what it is we think we need, but in truth, we saw in Jeremiah 10, 23, we have no clue. 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:26.000 Alright. 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:32.160 Now so let's go to Proverbs 18 and 4. 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.680 Cause I told you. 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.640 Watch this. 00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:42.960 What the Holy Spirit will do. 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:50.640 Proverbs 18, verse 4. 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:52.000 Watch what it says here. 00:23:56.640 --> 00:24:02.720 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters. 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.200 Copious and difficult to fathom. 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:21.519 Now remember talking about how the Holy Spirit will intercede on our behalf in the form of sighs and groanings that are too deep for words. 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.160 Look at what it says here. 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.440 I'm gonna read this again. 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:32.400 The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, copious and difficult to fathom. 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.519 But watch this. 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:46.960 The fountain of mature godly wisdom is like a bubbling stream, sparkling, fresh, pure, and life giving. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:58.720 As we saw over there in 1 Corinthians chapter 2, that only the mature can discern these things. 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:11.680 And over time, as you continue to build a relationship with the Holy Spirit, ladies and gentlemen, his intercession will be effective. 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:31.680 The more that we die to our sinful and selfish desires, the easier it is going to be for the Holy Spirit to intercede not only on our behalf, but also to make it plain what it is God knows we need right now. 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:35.519 As opposed to what we think we need right now. 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:37.839 Let's go to Proverbs. 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:46.640 Let's go to Proverbs verse 20. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.680 Look at verse 5. 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:53.119 Look at verse 5. 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.000 Watch this. 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:58.319 Talking about this deep things again. 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:03.039 Because that's where it is, ladies and gentlemen. 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:04.960 It is deep within us. 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:12.880 And it takes God to have to search those deep things, bubble them up to the top. 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:17.119 And what we actually need. 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:20.240 There's things we need, we didn't even know we needed them. 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:25.200 Until the Holy Spirit's illuminating light, it shined on them. 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:29.519 And we like, wow, I didn't even think about the fact that I needed that. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:31.359 But God knew it. 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:39.759 And as his children, he wants to be able to provide for us what he knows we need. 00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:42.079 Because it's not within us to know. 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:50.559 He created us so he knows who we are, what we're capable of doing, what we need right away. 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.519 Watch this. 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.559 Verse 5. 00:26:52.720 --> 00:27:00.000 Proverbs 20, it says, A plan, motive, wise counsel in the heart of a man is like what? 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.519 Here we go again. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:04.240 Water in a deep well. 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.519 But watch this. 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:08.720 But a man of understanding draws it out. 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.279 The Holy Spirit has understanding. 00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:17.920 He gives us that understanding. 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:23.759 We're all aligned together, draws out the need. 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:27.359 Now we know what to pray for. 00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:37.359 As we listen in our prayer room to what the Holy Spirit has sought out, to what Him and God have come in alignment with. 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:47.759 We pray it to God, and all of a sudden, boom, next thing you know, it happens because it's already been released. 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:57.839 And we tap in to God's divine will for our lives and receive that which was already done. 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.319 We just didn't know we needed it at the time. 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:07.680 Let's go over to Psalms. 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.759 Chapter 17. 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.960 I want to show y'all something here. 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:19.519 Blew my mind when I saw this. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:25.279 When does this searching happen? 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:41.599 When does the search deep within our hearts or our innermost being take place? 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:48.319 Y'all have to forgive me, it's taking me a little longer to get there, but I eventually will. 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.759 Let's look at verse 3, y'all. 00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.720 Watch this. 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:00.160 Watch what it says about when God visits us. 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:04.319 Watch this. 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:06.400 You have tried my heart. 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:10.960 Now, why do you think David always asked God to give me the give me a clean heart? 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.400 This is why. 00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:22.960 Because when God goes to search deep, David knows the more pure his motives are, the more pure his plans are. 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:39.599 When there's still a lot of gook in there, a lot of sinful gook in there, it makes it harder for the Holy Spirit to go to work on our behalf. 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:42.400 But watch it say, You have tried my heart. 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:47.440 You have watched this, y'all, visited me in the night. 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.720 Look at that. 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:57.519 You have tested me, and you find nothing evil in me. 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:03.119 I intend that my mouth will not transgress. 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:18.240 The more we die to ourselves, ladies and gentlemen, the easier it is for God to seek out that which we need right now. 00:30:19.599 --> 00:30:30.799 I want to go over the the chapter before that and look at verse seven and seven through nine and Psalm 16. 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:32.319 Watch what it says here. 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:49.039 Again, when it comes to talking about searching our innermost being, every answer we need, ladies and gentlemen, is right in there. 00:30:50.559 --> 00:31:01.279 And as we continue to work with the Lord, the Holy Spirit will be able to draw the answers to whatever we're dealing with, whatever problems we're dealing with. 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:08.079 Seek it out, draw it out, bubble it up, prompt us to pray for it. 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:12.880 And at the right time, it will happen. 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:17.519 At the right time, He will intercede on our behalf. 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:28.960 That's why we don't put much thought, just like Jesus says in Matthew 6, in what we need, what we wear, what we're gonna eat. 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:31.440 For God already knows those things. 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:43.839 When we put other people's interests as more important than us, then God will take care of our interests. 00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.799 So let's go here. 00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:50.000 Verse 7, chapter 16. 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.960 I will bless the Lord who has counseled me. 00:31:53.119 --> 00:31:54.000 Look at this. 00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:59.839 Indeed, my heart, mine instructs me in the what, ladies and gentlemen. 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:02.079 Your answers come at night. 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.640 Weeping may endure for a night, but guess what? 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:08.480 Joy comes in the morning. 00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:10.640 Do we know what morning is gonna happen? 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.519 No, we don't. 00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:17.119 But we can be assured that God is doing a lot of work in our lives at night while we asleep. 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:20.880 Because guess who don't sleep? 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.400 Your spirit man. 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:26.799 Even though you might sleep, your spirit man is up 24-7. 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:30.480 And guess who's guess who he's in communication with? 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:32.160 The Holy Spirit. 00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:45.119 So David says, I will bless the Lord who has counseled me indeed my heart, mind, my innermost being instructs me. 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.440 Look at this, y'all, in the night. 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:54.240 I have set the Lord continually before me, making him my most important need. 00:32:55.200 --> 00:33:00.960 Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:09.200 Therefore, my heart is glad and my glory, my innermost self rejoices. 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.240 Look at this, y'all. 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:16.160 My body too will dwell confidently in safety. 00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:44.960 Now, just in case you didn't remember, why it's so important to allow the Holy Spirit to guide us in prayer, search out the deep things of God, which allows Him and God to search out the deep things in us and bubble up to us what it is we need right now. 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:50.319 We can't rely on these wicked hearts of ours. 00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:56.559 We hear this quoted all the time, but hopefully now you can put it in its rightful place. 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:11.840 Give me one second, Jeremiah 17. 00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.800 Want to look at verses 9 and 10. 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.239 Watch what it says here. 00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:20.400 Many of you have heard it. 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:24.239 But tonight, hopefully, it makes more sense now. 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:31.440 We can't be trusted because our sinful natures has us all over the place. 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:41.119 And this is why we have to empty ourselves out and allow the Holy Spirit to fill us to help guide us into the right prayer. 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.800 Alright? 00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.719 Verse 9, watch what it says here. 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.000 Jeremiah 17, 9. 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:53.440 It says, The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is, look at this, y'all, extremely sick. 00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:56.800 It's in nature. 00:34:57.519 --> 00:35:01.119 Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives? 00:35:01.280 --> 00:35:09.599 Now, what he says, the motives of the man, the plans of a man, is like a deep whale. 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:13.280 But a man of understanding knows how to draw it out. 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:24.480 The Holy Spirit knows how to get past some of the confusion that is in our innermost being, some of the sin nature that is in our innermost being. 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:34.400 He knows how to get past all of that to provide for us exactly what our need is. 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:43.599 So the heart is sick, and no one knows its secret motives but God. 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:45.599 Watch this, verse 10. 00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:58.159 I the Lord search and examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds. 00:35:58.639 --> 00:36:04.639 And when God searches the hearts while you sleep at night, that's when he's doing his work. 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:12.239 That's when he knows exactly what you are thinking. 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:16.880 The Bible says the evil don't sleep until they've done something evil. 00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:18.639 Now that's crazy. 00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:26.800 Until they've called somebody to stumble, they are up thinking of how evil they can actually be. 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:33.920 Now let's get on back over here to Romans chapter 8. 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:44.000 So there is a lot of searching that goes on, especially in the nighttime. 00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.760 Watch what it says here. 00:36:49.920 --> 00:37:01.840 So as the spirit searches the hearts, knows what the mind of the spirit is, because verse 27, the spirit intercedes before God on behalf of God's people in accordance with God's will. 00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:21.679 Verse 28, and we know with great confidence that God, who is deeply concerned about us, causes all things to work together as a plan for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his plan and purposes. 00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:48.159 So God makes all things work for good, and how he does that is the more we build that intimate relationship with God, the more we build that relationship more deeply with the Holy Spirit, the more deeper we build that intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, He will get us back on His divine plan for our lives. 00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:57.199 And what the devil may have meant to do us, He will use it all to perfection. 00:37:58.159 --> 00:38:02.400 Joseph told his brothers what you guys meant for evil, God used it for good. 00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:05.360 It propelled me where I needed to be. 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:08.639 Alright, now let's keep going. 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:16.239 For those whom he foreknew and loved and chose beforehand, before the foundations of the world, he chose you. 00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:32.960 He also predestined to be conformed to the image of his son and ultimately share in his complete sanctification so that he would be the firstborn, the most beloved and honored among many believers. 00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:36.079 Now, I spoke about this in the video I did. 00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:39.840 Jesus being the firstborn does not mean he was the first created. 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:53.199 What this means is he is the firstborn to be raised into a body of immortality that no longer has to taste death before all creation, before any man, the firstborn. 00:38:54.480 --> 00:39:04.320 And now, because of what happened in him with the same Holy Spirit that we also have in us, we now have hope for that very same thing. 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:13.599 That we will receive bodies redeemed at that cross of immortality, such as Jesus has. 00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:24.320 Now, this does not mean talking about prosperity and all that kind of stuff that people like to go off into. 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.440 This is a heavenly thing. 00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:33.920 Yes, God will supply our need, don't mean he's gonna make everybody rich. 00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:40.079 And I know people don't want to hear that, but everybody's not gonna have a lot of money on this world in this world. 00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:43.599 The Bible does not teach that. 00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:51.119 Now, what the Bible does teach us is how to be financially ethical in what we do have, and many of us have messed that up. 00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:52.079 I'm one of them. 00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:54.559 I'd be one of the first to admit that. 00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:59.840 But as long as I have breath in my body, God gives me that opportunity to admit. 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:07.199 Line up with his word so that I don't make those same financial mistakes again. 00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.320 Alright. 00:44:08.719 --> 00:44:15.760 So verse 33 Who will bring any charge against God's elect, his chosen ones? 00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:24.960 It is God who justifies us, declaring us blameless and putting us in a right, look at this, relationship with himself. 00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:32.639 Even though you may fall at first in your life, there is no condemnation against you. 00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:38.800 There is hope you're gonna come out of that. 00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:41.119 You won't keep falling forever. 00:44:41.440 --> 00:44:42.400 Alright? 00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:46.159 Who is the one who condemns us? 00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:46.800 Look at this. 00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:50.320 Christ Jesus is the one who died to pay our penalty. 00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:56.480 And more than that, who was raised from the dead and who is at the right hand of God? 00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.920 Watch this, y'all. 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:01.039 Interceding with the Father for us. 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:08.079 So now we not only have the Holy Spirit interceding on our behalf, we got Jesus interceding on our behalf. 00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:10.800 We got Jesus as our mediator. 00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:19.119 When the devil tried to bring accusations against us, just like he tried to bring accusations against Joshua. 00:45:20.960 --> 00:45:23.840 Jesus said, the Lord rebuke you. 00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:30.079 Took Joshua out of them dirty rags and put them in clean white linen clothing. 00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.960 Ladies and gentlemen. 00:45:40.239 --> 00:45:46.159 But you now also have Jesus interceding at the right hand of the Father on your behalf. 00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:50.800 So you got the Holy Spirit and Jesus interceding on your behalf. 00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:54.960 Two big, big powerful people. 00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:59.599 And yes, the Holy Spirit is a he, not an it. 00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:03.280 So let's keep going. 00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.159 35. 00:46:04.320 --> 00:46:19.199 Who shall ever separate us from the love of Christ with tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword, just as it is written and forever remains written. 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:22.800 For your sake, now he's quoted from the old testament. 00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:24.480 They're all in capital letters here. 00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:28.639 For your sake, we are put to death all day long. 00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:32.639 We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. 00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:38.000 Those that have been chosen to preach and teach God's word. 00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:47.280 Sacrifice their lives in possible death every day on our behalf. 00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:48.400 Watch this. 00:46:48.639 --> 00:47:00.400 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through him who loved us so much that he died for us. 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:10.239 This is what Jesus says the definition of a friend is one who lays down their own lives for their friend. 00:47:10.719 --> 00:47:37.599 For I am convinced and continue to be convinced beyond any doubt that neither watch this death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present and threatening, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the unlimited love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 00:47:37.840 --> 00:47:38.880 What did Jesus say? 00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:41.280 We keep our mind on things above. 00:47:41.760 --> 00:47:47.599 We have died to this world, and our life is hidden in Christ. 00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:52.480 Christ said, If you abide in me, I will abide in you. 00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:56.559 Hide in me, and I will hide in you. 00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:03.840 And when I am revealed, you will be revealed also. 00:48:04.960 --> 00:48:08.159 Y'all, we have just finished Romans chapter 8. 00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:12.559 And man, I'm so excited after finally getting through it. 00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:18.159 I'm telling you, I tried to attempt recording this video, attempt recording this video about four times. 00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:30.880 And after I come out of from praying, I had been praying to God. 00:48:31.199 --> 00:48:34.079 I don't know what I'm gonna do, Lord, and I can't record these videos. 00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:35.360 What am I going to do? 00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:36.719