Romans 8:8-17 | Life in the Spirit

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Man, so I don't know about you guys.

But I love a good. Conspiracy theory, right?

People are like what it's. Like is that how you?

Open all your conversations. You know, like the older I get.

I do a lot. Of community work because of my

job and and you run into a lot of.

People who? I'll have conspiracy theories

and. So I just want to.

List a few just. For your entertainment and mine.

All right, so. Don't get mad, all right,

because I know some of you are like, well, Ricky.

It is true, all right, but I was like conspiracy theorists, all

right, so. Here's a few conspiracy theories

that are out in our culture. Right now, some of them.

Are pop culture related? Some of them are.

Anyway, I'll just read them all right, so.

The moon landing was a hoax, actually.

Stanley Kubrick the. Director, He's the one that.

That made all that together the earth is.

Flat. Some people are like, well,

Rick. All right, chill out.

All right, the COVID-19 vaccines have a tracking chip that is

connected to the 5G network so that the government and that

billionaire. Philanthropist.

Like Bill Gates could keep. Surveillance on everybody's

movements. Birds are not real.

They are actually. Drones by the US government for

surveillance the Denver International.

Airport is the hub for. The Illuminati.

Khloe Kardashian is actually OJ Simpson's daughter.

The Titanic didn't actually sink.

The moon isn't real. Prince Charles is a vampire.

Katy Perry is actually. Jon Benet Ramsey.

It's just all hidden anyway. A Pokémon Go is actually a

government. Spy program Britney Spears was.

Actually an instrument used by the Bush administration.

Gucci Mane was a rapper for All That You Don't know is actually

replaced by a government clone. Taylor Swift does not have a

belly button. Biggie and Tupac.

Were actually killed by the. FBI Stevie Wonder actually isn't

blind. How does he not run into stuff?

I'm just saying. And Tupac is not dead.

He's actually living in Jamaica right now.

And the point with. Conspiracy theories.

You know this. Is a belief that some secret or

influential organization is responsible for this an event or

a phenomenon and and many people love?

To dig and and they get their. Information from.

All these sources, so they make. Conclusions based on.

What they have heard or. Seen but the problem.

Is it's like. What are the sources from?

What's the truth? And I've talked to a lot of

people. They're like, well.

Ricky on. TikTok, it said.

I'm like, oh. Because everything on tik.

T.O.K is true, right? Or social media and and and

like. We get our stuff.

From here and whenever when. Believers talk about the Holy

Spirit. Sometimes it feels like people.

Talk about the holy. Spirit like it's a conspiracy.

Theory. They're like ah, but.

But does it do? Was it real?

Like is it so like there's two sides of the?

Spectrum. Let's just be honest.

Right. There's like one side that's

like the yelling. And the convulging on the floor.

And the Holy Spirit activate Holy Spirit, you know, like all

that, that crazy stuff. But then on the other.

On the flip. Side you have people.

That are like no rig like that that.

Was for a. Season like that's not.

Like the Holy Spirit doesn't really do that.

And then there's people. Who?

Kind of idolize the. Gifts of the Holy.

Spirit more than God himself, so they claim.

Like if you don't have the gifts of this for then you're not

really. Saved so if you don't.

Speak in tongues and you don't have salvation.

So like, there's all these. Things in the air and I'm like.

We have God's word, you know, like, let's look what it says.

And yes, there are. Gifts of the Holy.

Spirit we see. That in First Corinthians.

Paul talks about that, but before you could.

Run. You got to learn how to walk and

we got to look. At what does it look like to

live? In the Spirit, because many of

us. Got it twisted.

We, we, we have a view of the Holy.

Spirit that is not correct and I think if.

We we learn. That the Holy Spirit.

Is not warm. Fuzzies the Holy.

Spirit are not goose pimples. The Holy Spirit's not what makes

you. Cry.

Listen. The Holy Spirit is a person of

the Trinity, Father. Son, Holy Spirit has always.

Existed. He didn't just show up in acts.

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Chapter 1 He was always around. He was there at the.

Beginning of creation we see. It in the old.

Testament in the beginning, when God created light.

It says that he set his breath. So go ahead and put up the first

light. What we see the Holy Spirit.

And this is how you say it in Hebrew.

His. Rah you.

Got to get that. Going right and when you talk

Hebrew. So what you?

See in the old. Testament is when he talks.

About the Spirit of God. The name of the.

Spirit of God is Hua. Elohim, which is Goddard, the.

Spirit of God the Creator. And the Holy Spirit in the Old

Testament does not show. Up.

In this cozy. Little like.

The Holy Spirit? No, it's very violent.

It is a violent force. It is the Spirit of God that

split the sea. Open.

So that way his people could walk across it.

It is the Spirit of God, the Huai.

Elohim that knocked down the. Walls of Jericho and.

It's that same spirit that. Led Christ.

Through all his ministry and it's the same spirit that lives

in you and I. So when we look.

At the Holy Spirit, Yes, it. Started in the Old Testament.

We see it in the Old Testament. Isaiah 60. 1.

It talks about the Spirit of the Lord right the the hurrah.

Elohim right it comes upon me to preach the gospel and Isaiah.

Talks about that's where he. Gets his anointing from and that

that's what's given to him by. God, so he's able.

To proclaim the good news. Of the Lord, so the Holy Spirit,

the Spirit of God, we see it all throughout scripture.

It's he's. Always existed.

He's always been. Around and it's a.

Violent force. It's a powerful force that the

Lord uses. So what?

We're going to look. At today is what does it look

like? To live in the Spirit.

And I want to start in verse 8IN in Romans chapter 8.

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So we're going to kind of. Kick off like where Pastor

Randall ended. He talked about how there's no

condemnation for those in Christ and.

It talks about what that. Looked like and then we.

Get to verse 8. And this is.

What the word of Lord? Says I'm just going to read

through 12. Those who are in the realm of

the flesh cannot. Please God, you.

However. Are not in the realm of the

flesh. But are in the realm of the

spirit if. Indeed the.

Spirit of God lives. In you and if anyone does not.

Have the Spirit of Christ. They do not belong.

To Christ. But if Christ is.

In you then even. Though your body is subject to.

Death because of sin the. Spirit given life.

Sorry, the Spirit. Gives life because of

righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who

raised Jesus from the dead is living in you.

He who raised Christ. From the dead will also.

Give life to your mortal. Bodies because of His spirit.

Who lives in you, right? It's a little.

Bit of A twist. And turn like man Paul.

Likes to talk in lots of details.

So let's go to verse 9. I want to.

Start there, because there's some.

Really significant things that I want us to understand.

So if we're believers in. Jesus Christ, if you claim.

To. Surrender your life to Christ.

There's certain qualities, there's certain.

Things that we see and in verse 9.

He talked. Paul talks about like man.

Or in verse. Eight, you don't live.

According to the. Flesh, right?

So that. Means that we are no longer

control. We don't live according to the

world's standards. The world's.

Like policies and moral. Values like.

Our sinful nature. We are now in the Spirit.

Because of justification and. Because we're in the spirit, we

no. Longer live our life according

to the flesh. And I love what Paul.

Starts. He says you, however.

Are not in the realm of the flesh.

He's kind of calling us. Out.

He's like, listen. You can't live to the flesh but

you. You, however you believer in

Jesus. You do not live in the realm of

the flesh, but are in the realm of the spirit.

If indeed. The Spirit of God lives.

In you all. Right, so in.

Verse 9 I want us to look at something here.

Where it says. If indeed the Spirit of God

lives in you. Right.

Like if if you're a little like no taker, that's that's.

Something you might want to underline.

A better word is dwell. If the.

Spirit of God dwells inside. Of you.

That means what Paul is saying is that the Spirit.

Of God. Makes a home in your heart and

many. Of us treat the.

Spirit of God. Not a home, but more of an

Airbnb. He doesn't leave whenever things

don't go. Right, he doesn't leave.

Whenever you are in your sin and he doesn't leave.

Whenever you're not feeling the goose pimples if you are in

Christ. He.

Dwells inside of your life. And he dwells inside of your

heart. He makes a home inside of us.

This is what Paul is. Getting at First Corinthians

619, don't you know that your bodies are temples of the holy?

Spirit. The Spirit is.

In you and. You have received the Spirit.

From God you do not belong to yourselves.

Christ has paid the price for you, so you so use.

Your bodies in a way that honors the Lord.

That means that. Our bodies because Christ

dwells. In US no longer belongs to us.

That's why Paul. Says.

In Romans chapter 12. That our bodies are to.

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Become living. Sacrifices period.

Holy to him. That way we do not conform to

the patterns. Of this world Christ lives.

In US now, this is significant right here.

Because if Christ dwells in. Us there are some ramifications

that. Show.

That Christ lives in US. So if Christ.

Lives in US if if he's made his dwelling in our hearts that

means that there must be evidence that someone has taken

residence in your heart you know last week or.

Two weeks. Ago, Rachel and the girls left

the house. They went on vacation.

They left me behind. I just couldn't go.

But while they were. Gone.

I was excited. I was like, well, I get to clean

the house like. Deep clean like like get stuff

out. And I remember like getting home

late and like just just cleaning the house.

Then they got home and then I walked back into the living

room. Once they're home, there's.

Evidence that there's two little.

Girls in my house. It's like Barbie puked

everywhere. There's pink, there's toys,

there's they're playing, which is normal, but I was like, man,

I sure did clean a lot. See, there's evidence that.

Someone is living in this. House, there's evidence that

there's. 2 little girls that are.

Living in this house if Christ dwells in our hearts and makes

his our hearts his home. There's evidence that Christ

lives there, that's called. Fruit.

Jesus. Talks about this in Matthew

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Chapter 7. He was like, man, what's?

Evidence that you follow Christ there's.

Fruit in your life, that is. Produced that people can see.

So no fruit, no residence. You could say all you.

Want you could claim it all you want.

But if your life. Does not look like it.

There is no evidence and listen as a.

Believer. As a Christian that claims.

That Jesus Christ. Is their Lord and Savior.

That means that we have a higher principle.

That means that we have something more powerful than

our. Flesh.

Then I love what Paul does here in verse 9.

Because he. Divides up the the.

Both camps and then he contains this and if anyone does not have

the. Spirit of.

Christ, they do not belong. To Christ, you know this.

Is not science like. It's very self-explanatory and.

What Paul's saying is like, listen.

You have those who are filled with the Spirit.

And those who are not and the way.

That you could. Tell is not that.

They shout louder or. That they make, that they do the

greedy during. Worship or that they yell.

Or that they do languages. It's not about lit languages and

all that. Stuff.

No, it's about. What it looks like?

What fruit? Are you bearing what?

Fruit, are you? Bearing This is something I had

to learn because it's like, man, we have.

Such a twisted view of the Holy Spirit.

A lot of people ask me, well Ricky, like is your church

spirit? Filled and I'm like yes.

Because there's believers. Who have the Spirit inside.

Of them. So if a church is.

Studying the Word of God. If they are loving his word, if

they're making disciples. If they're serving the

community, if they are worshipping Christ, listen,

that's a. Spirit filled church.

Yeah, Ricky. But y'all eat that loud?

Though listen, a lot of that stuff is just.

Cultural, a lot of that stuff. Could be a trained behavior.

You could put people. In environments like that, it's.

Really easy to. Just kind of.

Transform into a man. It's.

But but. Listen, you could be loud.

And you could do. All that stuff and still love

your sin. And still live different.

Outside the world so. Yeah, and here it's great.

But. Out there, it's the same exact

ball game, so. Those who are Spirit filled,

those who are the Spirit. Filled ones love Christ.

How do I know I'm spirit filled? I'm so glad you asked.

Let me give you 4. Quick reasons, I'm going to put

it on the. Screen.

What does it look? Like to be spirit filled.

So I'm just, I'm not going to rock through these, but I just

want to show you. Because when we get the.

Holy Spirit, so according to. Scripture to be spirit.

Filled means that the. Spirit has LED you to Jesus to

be Spirit. Filled means that the Spirit.

Put you. The desire to honor Jesus, that

means the things that. He loves you, love holiness.

Righteousness, seeking Him, spending time with him, praying

to him. Is the Spirit.

Leading you to be more like Jesus, which is sanctification.

Is the. Spirit at work in your.

Heart, you see. Guys, so to live.

In the spirit is not body work to live in the.

Spirit is hard work it. All comes through the heart.

And like I. Said I'm not dogging the gifts

of the. Spirit, that's a real.

Thing. Like Paul talks about it, but

before we get there, you've got to get here.

You've got to understand what it means to live.

In the spirit so. If the Spirit of Christ.

Is in me if the. Spirit of Christ.

Dwells in me. Then listen, there's not going

to be some contradictory statements.

That we say. I hear this all the time.

I believe in God. But I don't go to.

Church. I don't like the church, No.

Then you don't believe in Christ.

How can you say I believe in Christ but I don't?

Love his bride. Well, Rick, I'm church her.

Well then go to a. Different church.

I had a bad. Experience at a restaurant.

You don't see me going. I'm I'm taqueria hurt, bro.

They jacked up my asada bro. I'm never going to taqueria

again. I'm not restaurant.

Hurt, I had a terrible. Time on vacation?

I'm vacation hurt. No, that only.

Goes to the church. And those who are spirit.

Filled understand that there's something.

That ain't. Right, like the people.

Are not going to like. Deter you from Christ.

From loving Christ so. Yeah, you got your.

Feelings hurt? Fine, go somewhere.

Else like. Dude, I've had that happen.

Before. And my thing I never questioned.

Man, forget it, I'm not going back to church.

That is garbage you. Never had it in the first place.

Because if you have Christ. Paul is saying you got the

spirit of the living God inside of you.

That means. That if you have the Spirit of

Christ then. You're going to love.

The things of Christ you're not going to.

Hate him and we've got. To learn so when that stuff

about like I love God. But I don't.

Like the church, I don't go to church, man, You don't.

You don't have it. Like, let's just be honest, all

right? I'm off my soapbox.

All right? Look at verse 10.

We got to keep moving. But if Christ is.

In you. So Paul talks about.

That in verse 9 we have the Spirit of the living God inside

of us. But if Christ is in you even.

Though your body is subject to death.

Because of sin, the. Spirit gives life because of.

Righteousness, right? So because of.

Our. Sinful nature.

Paul's just walking us through the gospel right now.

Our. Sinful nature, our spirit

because. Of sin we're separated.

From a holy and. Righteous God, so Jesus.

Comes and he and he. Rectifies it, right?

He he pays the price. So we are now forgiven.

So that means that the. Spirit.

Of God, who's in US, actually overwhelms our fallenness.

So Jesus comes in and yes, we're going to.

Struggle with our flesh. We're going to struggle with our

sin. We're not.

Perfect people, we live. In a genesis.

Three world, but because we have the Spirit.

Of God inside of us. We don't have death.

Anymore. Now, physically, yes, you're

going to die. Like because we live.

Like listen. Like I woke.

Up and my foot hurt for no reason.

I wore sandals all day and my feet hurt.

Listen, that's because we live in an imperfect world.

It's like man, if. You're headed to this way.

You're headed to death. And I love.

Where it talks about like how we're.

Born. Into death, but we leave this

world to perfection. Which is life with Christ.

In him for all. Eternity so yes, our body is

unredeemed it's dead it's. Sin.

Paul's just reiterating it. But because the Spirit gives us.

Life. We have life in his.

Righteousness, and I love this. Text too, because if you look at

verse. 10 It talks about the spirit, now usually in the New

Testament. You would see the word Spirit,

either Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ, or like a

capitalized letter. With an S and what Paul is

mentioning it here, he's also bringing in.

Our human spirit so as. Our spirit.

You know, as we're living in our in our spirit, and Christ comes

and he puts his. Spirit inside of us.

He actually takes over. The human spirit.

It makes us. It makes the human.

Spirit alive. It manifests joy inside of us.

That's why one of the fruits of the.

Spirit is Lovejoy. Peace, patience, kindness,

goodness, faithfulness, and self-control.

So we have the. Spirit of God in US.

And he raises us to glorification.

So it's because the Spirit we're able to see Christ when we pass.

Away from this world and in verse 11.

And if the spirit. Of him who raised.

Jesus from the dead. Is living in you.

He who raised Christ. From the dead will also.

Give life. To your mortal bodies because.

Of his spirit who lives. In you, I don't know if y'all

caught verse 11. How powerful.

That is because what Paul's saying.

Is like listen to the same. Spirit, this powerful spirit,

the. Elohim the Holy.

Spirit, this is the same. Spirit that move Christ all

through his ministry, that led him into the wilderness even

when Satan was going to tempt him, that healed people, but

more importantly, that rose him from the grave.

Get the power of resurrection and he's like.

Oh, and by the way, that same exact spirit.

Lives inside of you now. What's Paul trying to tell us

here? He's trying to tell us.

You have no excuse because. We have the.

Power of the resurrection inside of us there is no.

Excuse that we would lose. Against the flesh.

The only way we lose against the flesh is if we don't.

Battle with it. We we just sit.

Back and let it and. Paul, say like no you.

Have the spirit of the. Living God in you, He.

Raised Christ from the dead. Like that same.

Spirit lives inside of you. You see, like there's two types

of people, those who love. Christ and those who don't,

those who love the things of the Lord, and then those who love

the things of the world. It's very easy to tell.

So we have our. Fallen condition and think about

it how the. Spirit LED.

Christ and everything that we see in.

Scripture of what? How the Spirit LED Christ.

Is the same thing. It goes for us.

Think about it. The Spirit, Holy Spirit gave

Jesus life. He gives us life as well.

The Holy Spirit grew Jesus. In wisdom and knowledge.

He also grows us in. Wisdom and knowledge in the

teaching of the Word. But also the Holy Spirit if we

look at Acts verse chapter. One verse 8 it.

Says when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.

It says that you shall. Be my witnesses.

He empowered Christ to preach and proclaim and listen that

same spirit that he used. To empower.

Christ to preach and proclaim the gospel is in US, and he's

calling us to do the same exact thing.

And there's no. Excuse because you have.

That same spirit. So.

You're to be my witnesses. As the Holy Spirit falls on top

of us, as we walk in the Spirit, we're to receive the power.

When it comes on us. So my question to you.

Is what does your. Witness say to the world.

If you're. Claiming to walk in the.

Spirit, what does your life show the world what does your life

show the world about the. Power of God is it?

Fear is it. Defeat.

What is it? And we've got to understand now

we have this amazing, amazing. Power of the Lord.

That lives inside of us. And then moving.

Forward and now look what he look.

What Paul does, so he tells us, he's like.

Man, we don't. Live in the flesh anymore we

live in the. Spirit, what does?

That mean because we live. In the.

Spirit, we have his righteousness.

And we also have his power. So now we could actually.

Fight the flesh, we could fight the.

Sin and then verse 12. Hits and he goes therefore, but

look how he addresses he says brothers.

And sisters. He's talking to believers.

Only right now those who are found in Christ.

He goes. Listen to me.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, lean in.

We have an obligation, but it's not to the flesh.

We have a duty, we have a. Commitment.

We have a responsibility, but it's not to this.

World so don't get sucked. In thinking that you owe this

world anything, don't get sucked in with your guilt and your

shame. And how the world is like

looking at you. Pointing fingers like beating

you down like you're not worthy enough, you don't have an

obligation. To the world you have an.

Obligation to the Spirit. So whenever that hits me, my

obligation is not to. The world be like.

How do I fix? It what did I do wrong?

Oh my goodness, I'm terrible person.

I'm not worthy of Christ. I'm going to keep getting down

on myself. No, my obligation is not to

that. My my obligation is to.

Christ. So my obligation is like when

when I'm fighting my sin, my obligation.

Is Lord, Forgive me, Lord. Help me fight this.

Lord, be with me. Lord, I want to honor you with

my. Body Lord help me get.

This and the more I. Study the word man and.

I'm, I'm just going to be honest with you, like I know a lot of

us, we say this term and I know what it means though, I'm just

going to let, let go and let God.

It sounds great. And it's true.

But man, the more I read this. It's like there's a battle.

It's not let go and let. God it is let go.

And bring God in the. Fight it's about put your.

Armor on and start swinging. It's about fighting sin and what

we see. Here what we're going.

To see in the next. Couple of verses is that Paul is

going to tell us he's like man like believers put.

Things. To death they don't just.

Wait. For sin to come and pull them

down what they. Do is that they put it to death.

There's a word called. Mortification in order.

For you to have vivification. Which means to grow something

new. You must.

Put it to death. We see this in Colossians

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chapter 3. Just fix your mind to the things

above, the things that are in heaven, not on the things of the

earth. There's some things that we got

to put to death in our life. And I know like, people don't

like the concept of surrender. No, like it's not.

About just sit. Back and let God.

Handle it. God is like I've.

Given you my. Spirit, I've given you the.

Spirit of power, you got it. That means that in order for my

spirit to come through, I must put my my flesh to death.

When every single day that means you.

Pick up the cross, Jesus says pick up the cross and.

Follow me listen you. Crucify the flesh every single

day. That's why Paul talks.

So much about running the race, like even to the point of

exhaustion. He's like, I'm going to keep

going. I'm going to keep going.

I'm going to strengthen, man. I'm going to strengthen.

I'm going to kill the flesh. I'm going to kill the sin in my

life. We've got to start.

Getting a little bit more on the defensive.

Here we have the Spirit of God. It's what we need so.

Paul's constantly reminding us. That if we.

Live in the. Flesh that's going to lead.

To death, but he also. Reminds us that if we.

Live in the spirit that's going to lead to.

Life. So we got to put.

The things of the flesh. To death, because if not, then

death is going to be the outcome.

So we have to kill it. We.

Have to kill it now. What he also talks about is for

those who are led by the Spirit of God.

You're also the children of God. Oh, I love what Paul does here.

Because he's like, man, we have the.

Holy. Spirit, we have all this stuff.

You're not. You're not just like he's not

just. Working in you to fight.

Death. But you know what?

He is going to help you with your identity because when you

know who you belong to, it changes.

You know that you belong to God and this is His main work.

So in the Old Testament. When you talk about the Spirit

of God or the Holy Spirit, it's you see.

Like like a God likeness. But in the New Testament.

You see a Christ likeness and the holy.

Spirit is what? Helps us in our sanctification.

So the two main functions. Of the Spirit of God.

Are illumination and sanctification illumination just

think of like Despicable Me or the Minions illumination I'm.

Sorry I watched with two wee kids.

Illumination. What does that mean The.

Spirit of God. Is now giving you the capacity

to know His word and what? The word of God says he shows

you the. Sin in your life.

He shows you how to defeat it. He helps you to know.

And understand this word. Is not just by.

This is not just stories. This is life now and then

sanctification, the holy. Spirit is what helps you look.

More and more. Like the person of Jesus.

And listen, that's a lifelong process.

It doesn't end till you're with him.

Those are the 2 main functions of the.

Spirit. But then what, Paul?

Tells us is that God because of the Spirit.

He makes you his child. He's pretty crazy.

There's a passage if you have your Bibles. 2nd Corinthians,

Second Corinthians chapter 3. Two Corinthians chapter 3,

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verses 17 and 18. I love this passage.

I think. This is one of the the best way

to explain. This says this.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit?

Of the Lord is there is what say a little bit louder.

Freedom. There's freedom.

And. We all.

Who? With unveiled faces,

contemplate. The Lord's glory are.

Being transformed into his image with every increasing glory

which comes from the. Lord, who is the Spirit?

So how does? The Holy Spirit transform us

into the light. Likeness of Christ.

He points us to Jesus because the more that you gaze on the

Lord himself, the more levels. You you're going to keep.

Going You're going to keep seeing Christ in a new way.

You're going to. Grow we call this.

Spiritual maturity, which is exactly.

What the Bible teaches us. You grow.

More and more into the likeness of God.

You see God's glory over and over.

Again. And what the Spirit?

Does. Is that the?

Spirit in your heart it. Points you to the sun.

And that way, the more that you see the sun, the more that you.

Grow in him, and the more that you grow in him, the more.

Glory of God, that you. See but in order.

For you to see. The glory.

Of God that means. That there's some sin in our.

Lives that we got to. Deal with.

There's some repentance that needs.

To take place. There's some acknowledgement so.

If where the Spirit of the Lord is, there's.

Freedom, the opposite of freedom.

Is bondage, fear and slavery? So if I.

Claim to have the Spirit. Of the Lord in me.

I'm not over here enslaved anymore.

Like that's a. Lie from the enemy.

So I'm like, man. Ricky, I'm not worthy.

I'm not doing. This.

I'm not like dude. Get your eyes up.

Look at the. Glory of Christ, Look at him,

look at He's. Giving you illumination to read.

His word and to understand. It because where the Spirit of

the Lord. Is there's freedom in Christ?

I got to move. All right, the Spirit.

Verse 15 Then it says the. Spirit you receive.

Does not make you. Slaves, we talked about this so

that you live in. Fear again.

Rather, the spirit you received, it's brought to you by.

Adoption through sonship to sonship and by him we cry.

ABBA. Father, listen, that means that.

We get to go to. God, not just as a.

Like that's. God, and this is me.

No, this is a personal relationship.

It's like my girl's. Calling me dad or daddy.

Or or pop or Papa like it's it's very.

Close. It's very intimate.

And he's saying that the spirit causes that.

And I love what Paul. Does here because Paul.

Uses this explanation of adoption.

And I started studying it a little bit.

And and. Adoption in the Roman world.

When Paul. Wrote this man the explanation.

Just blew my mind. Adoption.

What it looks? Like so adoption in this

century, in this. World was actually extremely

difficult. Adoption was not like me and my

wife can't have a child so we want to adopt back then.

Adoption could also mean like man.

I really like what your. Son has learned and I think your

son could benefit our family. With his skill set so.

We might want to adopt him, you see back.

Then it was. All about building the family,

the wealth, the reputation. But.

Roman adoption was very hard. So there's something.

Called Patria Postas patria post.

Us it means that the. Father's has power, so the

Father's power. In the family.

The patria post us. Rules the family, so no matter

how. Old you are, the Father still

has power over your life. You'd be. 25, married with a

mortgage and three kids. Dad still has all say.

For some of y'all still. Through today, but back then

whatever Dad says is law, right? Like like the.

Romans honored that, so this was a formal event.

So there was 2 steps. In order for you to.

Adopt somebody into your family. Step number one was called Mensi

Potato. Is where the word.

Emancipation comes in Mensi potato.

Means that there is a. Symbolic scale.

So let's say that I wanted to adopt.

A son in your family? I would go to that father.

And I would make the gesture of exchanging money or property or

some kind of. Price in order to adopt that

child and the. Symbolic nature would.

Be that I would go. To him and then he would reject

my first offer and then he would either add.

More or add less. Than you go back the second time

and then you agree on that offer.

Just to show that the father. 'S like I'm not just throwing my

child away. I'm not just throwing my son

away. I I want you to know something I

like. I want you to see the value in

this but then the third time. That the father.

Comes to the other father. They shake.

Hands and they make the. Deal.

And they make the exchange. Of goods or property or.

Land in order for this. Father to adopt that child.

There's got to be an agreement. Then Step 2 comes in.

And Step 2. Is called Vindicado I'm.

Sorry, Vindicario Vindicarrillo is you're.

Stating a legal case now for the adoption.

So you made the. Payment.

There was an agreement now. You have to do the paperwork.

Now you have to go in front of the judge in Rome.

And you have to show. That this is the case, so

there's got to be a. Transfer of rights with the.

Son and I started reading this and it just blew my mind.

I was like, no wonder, Paul. Always uses this.

Example. No wonder God.

Does this. Four things immediately take

place. Four things immediately take

place. After all of those steps.

Happen when the son is. Into the adoption, the legal.

Process. #1 the adopted person. Lost all his rights.

From his former family, so once I.

Adopt that child that. Family cannot.

Do tell that child. What to do anymore?

They can't say, hey, you owe me this.

You need to come visit us. No, that's gone the family.

Gave all the rights over. To the new family #2 the new,

the child becomes an heir. To his father's new.

Estate, so that means whatever. This father has the child that

he's adopted. Is now an heir to everything

that the new father has #3 the old.

Life of the Adopted. Person this.

Is crazy the old? Life of the adopted person.

Is completely obliterated. It's like.

It's never happened. Before.

So this. Person could have committed

crimes, he could have stolen money, he could have.

All this debt if the father adopts him.

And it goes through. Everything that he has in his

past is gone. It's like he's being like.

Reborn or something, It's like a new life.

And then the last thing #4 he's permanently the son of the new

father. There's no going back.

There's no changing minds. I don't know about you guys, but

that sounds like salvation to me.

That sounds like the grace of God to me.

And what Paul is saying is that. Because of the Spirit we.

Are now sons and daughters. Of God.

Through adoption. And he uses adoption to show us

what that means. And let's finish this thing up.

Verse 16 and the Spirit. Himself testifies with our

spirit that we are the children of God.

They say it's the Holy Spirit. Is locking arms with God saying

yes he is? The Son of God.

I am a witness because also when you do adoption.

You need to have at. Least three witnesses.

Father, Son, Holy Spirit. You got to have at least three

witnesses. Through law, the.

Spirit is saying. Yep, he is.

Now, verse 17. If we are.

His children, we are his. Heirs, heirs to God and coers to

Christ. And if indeed we share the

sufferings in order that many, we may share.

In His glory, so how? Are we going to finish this

thing up? So real quickly I'm.

Going to go. Through this pretty quick what?

Does it mean for the? Holy Spirit to lead us so based

off what I've read. And just kind of.

What Paul shows. US6 quick things number one for

the Holy. Spirit to lead us.

That means the Holy Spirit leads us.

To repentance first the. Spirit of God, when it.

Comes on us. It leads us to repentance.

Because our pride, it's not. We don't want to repent.

We don't want. To say we're sorry.

You crazy, the holy. Spirit is the one that.

Leads us to. Understand that God Forgives us

and that God is gracious. And God is loving if we repent

to Him. Psalms 51.

God create. Sorry, yeah, Psalms 51 verse 10.

Psalms 51:10

God create. A pure heart.

In me, give me a new. Spirit that I is faithful.

To you don't send me away from you.

Don't. Take your Holy Spirit away.

From me, give me. Back the joy that comes.

From being saved by you. Give.

Me, a spirit that obeys you so that I will.

Keep going. Illumination.

Sanctification. He shows you your sin.

But then he forgives you, or he shows your sin so that God can

forgive you. #2 the Holy Spirit leads us to think little of

self. And much of Jesus.

Oh oh. That means it's not about.

Me because we saw. Where self got you.

It's all about Jesus. I love what the Spirit says.

I'll read this real. Quickly first John chapter 5.

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Verse 6. Jesus Christ.

Was born as we are. And he?

Died on the cross. He wasn't just.

Born as we are, he also died on the cross.

The Holy Spirit is a truthful. Witness about him.

That's because the Spirit is truth.

There are three that are witnesses about Jesus.

They are the Holy Spirit. The birth of Jesus and the death

of. Jesus and the three of them.

Agree. We accept what people say.

When they are. Witnesses, but it's.

More important when God is a witness.

That's because it is what God says about his.

Son, the main. Goal of the Holy Spirit people

who are filled with the Spirit talk about.

Jesus, they don't talk men. The Holy.

Spirit testifies to the Son. He doesn't testify about

himself. He doesn't testify about.

You. He doesn't.

Testify about what you're doing. It all leads to Christ.

Everything about the Holy Spirit.

Is to illuminate. The son of.

God, it all leads to. Jesus and if you.

Look at your heart, the Bible says whatever.

Is comes out of your mouth is what's in your heart.

If you're angry, all the. Time.

Why are you angry? What's in your heart?

If you're saying like lustful. Things all the time.

What's in your? Heart, but let's get a.

Little bit deeper if you talk about yourself.

All the time What's in your heart if you talk.

About ministry all. The time, what's in your heart,

Anything that you talk about more than Christ is in your

heart. And the Holy?

Spirit is the. One who illuminates Christ, He.

His job is to show you the. Sun, we see this in.

Colossians, Chapter 1. The Supremacy.

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Of Christ Romans chapter 10 it all is about.

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Jesus, then the last couple. Things the Holy Spirit leads.

Us to truth He. Illuminates his word so that.

We understand it, the Holy. Spirit leads.

Us into love. We're able to love like Christ.

We're able to love people that are unlovable because of the.

Spirit inside of us. And then the Holy Spirit leads

us into holiness. You.

Got to hate your sin. You got to fight.

That sin you got to battle against?

It the Holy Spirit leads. Us into a life of.

Holiness and then? Lastly, the Holy Spirit leads.

Us into usefulness, also known as obedience.

Man, you know I was. Talking with I know I'm over but

y'all just hang with me. I was talking with my brother.

William yesterday he cuts the. Grass at the church.

It was about 11:30. It's hot outside.

And we're just standing out there chopping it up.

And I was, I'm talking with him, He said something that stuck

with me because I asked. Him I was like.

Bro like you do this. And I mean, he don't even ask

for money. I mean, we, we try to help him

out, but he. And he's like, Ricky, this is,

this is what I do, this is. How I want to.

Serve the house see people with the spirit of.

God in them they're. Obedient to what?

God. Puts in their.

Heart so whether it is. Cutting the grass, whether

serving the homeless, whether it's teaching, whether it's

singing, whatever it is in your life, you're.

Obedient to what God has. Given you.

You are spirit filled. And I know our.

Culture has a weird view of the Holy Spirit.

But if you were obedient. To what?

God's. Called you to your spirit

filled. That's how he serves.

He's spirit filled however you serve.

That's how you obedience. Your spirit filled.